The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
RABBI TALKS ON
AATI-SEMITISM
Persecution of the Jews in All
Countries the Subject of
Interesting Lecture.
ANGL0-SAx0N is LIBERAL
TOLERANCE OF ENGLAND AND
AMERICA COMMEMORATE.

Rabbi Charles ]. Freund delivered an
interesting lecture on "Anti-Semitism" at
Temple B'Nai Israel Friday evening.
The lecture traced the bitterness against
the Jewish race from its origin down TO
the present time, with special reference
to the treatment of the Jews in various
countries. He contrasted the excellent
treatment the people who professed the
Hebrew religion had received in England
and America with the prosecutions that
had been theirs in other countries. At
the conclusion of his address Rabbi
Freund said that in his next lecture he
would tell of the contributions or the Jew
TO the spirit of anti-Semtism that his peo-
pie might be better able to answer the
prosecutors of the race and the religion
aud TO so conduct themselves that there
could be absolutely no justice in feel
ing prejudicial to them.
The Worlds Protestant.
The Jew is the worlds protestant"
said Rabbi Freund- AS the successor
of the people of the Hebrew nation he
has repeated the activity Of the past
From the dawn of the migrations of his
people the Jew has adhered to policy
of religious protestation- As result or
such conduct the Jew has had to be ever
open to charges of non-confOrmity. Be-
cause of this he had to tutor himself TO
withstand much. 1t was an ever recur
rent ever to be expected attack that was
the lot or one fearless enough 10 bear
the name of Jew. In one form or another
did the Jew experience what has been
known as Anti-Semitism
Rabbi Freund then cited Biblical ex-
ampies of "Anti-Semitism" in the early
history of the world, naming Amalek and
HamaE as early prototypes of the Anti
Semites. AS an example of the persecu-
tions which have been the Jews at all
periods of history the speaker told of the
writings of Apion, who in the early days
wrote ISLANDERS on the Jews and accused
~ king sacrifices their
of Greeks whom they killed annually.
Speh Islander. said RABBI Freund, was
scarcely credible.
And you would scarcely believe II pos
sible." he continued. that in this en-
lightened twentieth century Jew, His
ner by name, is incarcerated in prison
in Austria on the absurd charge OF hav-
ing used the blood of = Christian child
for Passover. To us this seems incredible
in our day of supposed enlightenment
and yet il is a fact which should bring a
blush of shame TO the civilization OF en-
To-day. as for many years past, the
Anti-Semite is a menace to the Jews of
Germany. The cry raised for long time
is Germany for the TeutOns. The Jews
are accordingly looked on as aliens and
the effort is made to depict them as such.
Teutomania has been an obsession IN
Germany
Persecution in Russia.
"Judophobia as evidenced in Russia is
Anti-Semitism of the most undesirable
form. It's excuse for existence and con-
tinuation as expressed for example by a
leading exponent. the late Pobiedenosteff,
of Holy Synod fame. and terror to num-
berless Jews in Russia. is the claim that
the Jews form a separate national and
racial group. AS such they are foreign
TO Slavic civilization. If the cause of
persecution be not on religious grounds
how can Russia satisfactorily explain the
cessation of hostile demonstration against
the Jew as soon as he opportunity con-
Verts to the Greek Catholic church?
England and America have been ex-
ceptiOnally free from what we designate
Anti-Semitism. The petty annoyances we
experience at times in these countries OF
Anglo-SaXon traditions are not the equiv
alents of Anti-Semitism. At the side OF
the Germans and other Anti-Semites
these annoyances are as pin pricks. II
we can raise ourselves high enough we
may feel that we are the superiors OF
those who so annoy us. As to what a
Goodwin Smith may assert when he &C
cuses the Jew Of tribal exclusiveness and
cosmopolitanism; that he is an intruder
and a parasite, unaSsocisble race and
devoid of feelings of patriotism, We leave
for another time