The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-18
ATTACKS ARE
 ANSWERED Rabbi Ehrenreich Ans wers Dr. Hul1ey. SINFUL A.tD MALICIOUS" Anecdotes of Dr. Hulley Are So
 Characterized. Rabbi's Address Was Delivered To His People at Temple Beth Or Lnst Night--Interesting Aftermath
 of an Educational Ad-

Rabbi R. C. Ehrenreich, in an ad- dress at Temple Beth Or at 8 o'clock last night with a dignity that left an impress upon his hearers, refuted cer- tain parts of the address of pr. Lin coin Hulley, delivered at the Court Street Church Thursday night, in the course of which the Jewish race was made the subject of jest,
 Dr. Ehrenreich. admitting that the unjust aspersions cast upon the Jew had rendered him deeply indignant, yet spoke with moderation and dig nifty. He deplored the fact that a fel- low being should so lightly assail the standing of an entire race because of the possible frailties or inmaginary feelings" of a few individuals of that race. He regretted that public speaker should lend himself to so low a form of amusement as to unjusti- fiably render any race liable to re- vilement for the sake of provoking laughter. Throughou his address. the Rabbi expressed sorrow, rather than anger, at the utterances of Dr. Hulley,
 "I would not speak of 1t from the platform" said he. did not my sense of shame conquer me. I could not per- init the utterance to pass without put ting upon it my unalloyed disap- proval."
 Proceeding with his discourse, Rabbi Ehrenreich took this occasion to pay beautiful tribute to the Jew, referr- ing with pride to his part in history and his citizenship of today.
 T am interested in educational mat ters generally and felt elated over the fact that the Educational Associa- tion of Alabama would be in annual meeting assembled in the city of Montgomery" he said. T took advan- tage of the opportunity to hear an eminent educator discourse upon what is ordinarily consider a good topic Pads in Education" The address showed that the speaker had the sub Ject we'll in hand. but it is to be re- gretted that as a matter of diversion he should have chosen an entire set of people, whose citizens fin many of our large cities and smaller ones are most prominent. to fling at them rude and vulgar jokes worthy of the vaude- vile stage, but entirely out of place before an association of men and wo- men who are the educators of the children of sovereign State, such as Is Alabama.
 While am not of those who do not appreciate a joke. but am rather in- clined to pass one myself occasionally. even jocularly to insult an entire peo- pie by branding them as incendiaries. ehoS MdnInB OI them criminals Of the worst type. is undignified. false and unworthy of an educator who is the president of university in the South. The Jews are not incendiaries, and be- cause Of the crimes of a few if is wholly unwarranted to charge that crime to all, in the same manner as if would be wrong to charge the peopie or Kentucky as night riders because there are few who placed themselves In opposition to the existing law of the State.
 The real harm was done because the aoddess was delivered to many men and women who rarely if ever. come in contact with the Jew. and thus are led astray into believing that the words of the speaker and his jokes are passed upon ract. If one joke only had been told, he may have been na rSonad put to repeat and emphasize and par ticularly to point out that in connec- ton with fire the Jews name was all ways coupled, is sinful as well as malicious" "S