The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-06

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BETH AHABAH TEMPLE AT CLOS f
whether 1t be Loyalty to those who
have gone before or stern self-con
seriousness of present obligation or a
reliant aspiration for that which is to
come, our goal must be humanity
ever larger and a service ever wiser
| than that to which the common effort
tends
The discussion of the question was
participated in by Dr.. j. l.. Magnes, of
Temple Emanu FL. New York City; Mr..
Milton e. Marcuse. president Of the
Epenitentiary board, Richmond; Mr. Leon
Kamaiky. New York City; Dr. Adolph
Gutman. of Syracuse, N Y; Mr. Louis
J Lavine, of Baltimore: Mr.. Cyrus Sulz-
\ berger. Of New York, and others. DR..
Emil G.. Hirsch. rabbi Of Sinai Con-
/ gregation. Chicago. who was to have
taken part in this discussion. could not
lbe present.
Afternoon Session.
! .1ntermunicipal Cooperation IN
| Charitable Activities was the prin
| cipal topic for the afternoon session,
which opened shortly after o'clock,
1.-THE leading paper on the subject be-
ing read by Rabbi George Zepin, SUI
perintendent of the United Hebrew
Charities of Chicago. The chair for
\ this session was turned over by the
/ president to Mr.. B. Ginsburg. of St.
I Louis, first vice-president of the So
/ ciety
Discussing modern charity in or
ganized form, Rabbi Zepin said that
/ while almshouses and such institu-
lions were necessary and adequate in
the country, the organized charity in
Its broad scope as 1T is known to-day,
/ is essentially a product OF the city. 1t
His natural that it should be, he said,
/ on account Of the many contingencies
which arise in the cities to main and
but the mental fabric of man. The
Jews, he declared. have Jared but lit
ft5tle better than the rest of humanity.
4. THE squalid Ghetto has left deteri-
Ioating marks on the fine old Jewish
morality of the. preceding generation,
slneed of charitable refugees for those of
1.-THE poor and infirm for whom no ade-
.,quate homes have yet been provided.
There are old men too sick for
for the hospitals: young children too
innocent for the .reformatories and too
WORLDLY wise for the asylums.'"
i For these" he went on. "a place
They should not be placed in the hands
Iof UNCONVENTIONAL charities. but should
! be cared for by their own people.
4 "of course: there are the lunatics,
land rightly So" he thought. But"
he added, "the government is now car
ling for many who should be in the
'Icharge of their own people.
I Charity and the State.
1.-THE tendency of labor leaders," he
{ said. sis now to relegate charity to
the State.
Il "For the large body for whom So
.lof readjustment of human conditions.
the government also seems properly to
become the custodian of the non-pro-
Iducing consumers" the speaker de-
clared.
.The Socialist" he continued. would
4 abolish class and race distinction. The
sIresult is bringing one of the effects of
i Socialism without bringing about so
J, cial readjustment. His opinion is thai
when the government becomes the sole
employer It should then take charge
of the pensioners: England has made
"a failure OF the governmental charity
land the only way to accomplish the
Edesired ends is through. private chart
AS. to The Jews, they are chiefly t.
! be aided when they first come to this
4 ever. should be neglected. and though
there are not enough OF the sick ant
NEEDY In. one city or community te
Z, by the plan of intermunicipal cooper
alton those people in two towns OF
:. several towns might allshe cared fol
lin the same institution. The plan has
4 been tried and has proved eminently
4 successful. Z
+ Rabbi zepin then rapidly reviewed
the classes who ,, have no relief and are
put into practical operation.
4 For, the Children.
For the ehIdref the rabbi advoeatel
A and 81 putting them In healthful, mora nora
surroundings among their own PEG.
pie. where they. could be grounded no.
Lonly In the fundamentals OF education
but religion.
A He advised the fraternal orders 4 Il
take up The matterof intermunicipa
co-operation and use 1t to the advant
age Of their. .peonle, as 1t seems as
though the idea Lei sl had Its origin witt
a Under 3hiss head. with relation /,
the order. B'nal Birth, NJ. Jacob
Of st L9uiT No. Tpeke
excellent and comprehensive paper
with Relation to- the National lewis!
by esRa f9s pseRsss
On account 20 thetFaddress Of DR.
Stephen s. Wise, whlclSWas moved III
to Yesterday afternoon instead of to.
of ( the subject of intermunicipal CO.
Eoperatlon 3Wns discontinued after a few
i words by Mr.. Marx Gunst, of Rich,
[lnond, and Judge Jnlian5yW,5 Mack OF
a |suggestions supplementing the views
Il Of tho speakers. who had preceded
Y them, 81 Ss
& Address, of DIR. Wise. A
pr Wise, who is rabbi of the Free
ISynagogue,i of New York, and former
|Child Labor Commissioner In, Oregon,
y said In the course Of his address on