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PRACTICAL VIEW or RABBI WISE.
Rabbi Stephen s. Wise occupies an un-A'
usual place In New York; A Httbe. over
gogue at Amsterdam avenue and EtGhY-
| first street, where he has given mp entifNly
the Friday and Saturday services, the
days OF worship traditionally and histcrt-
caily set apart a. Hebrew days OF worshtpa
and has adopted the Christian idca OF
preaching on Sunday and inetrlcting his
Bible classes in the English Bible. y, ~
For the jew who went out OF his ey4e-
gogue and never associated himseK With
another place OF worship stands in the po-
sition Of a new leader. he is -eager. pee,-
! sistent. courageous and was tndetarigabia
| In his search fora gospel advocating uni1W
the orthodox rabbis he applies his doc
| trinee wherever there IL reality OF faith Au0
| In the most radical of all rabbis In rotormi
movements. His deliveries are more -
the form OF lectures than preachments, N
Said a jew. the other day who has
shifted somewhat from the old teachfnGss
| Il ret up Sunday morning and walk Hcf9ee
the park to hear DIR. Wise. He Is tlzs
only one l have found who teaches mo
to be a good American without wholly
forgetting am a Jew"
Rabbi Wise believes. he says. that
members of all denominations Ghculd
| get together and concern themselves lena
with the golden streets in New Jerqsalern
York. ~
1T has always been irnpossible for tssss
Church and synagogue TO stand togetherz
because my people believe thay are ths
that my people are the chosen people cx
| God. .-a. s'...' " ts-%
The greatest service Of the Jew 10 that
he survives to tell the story Of the strugsls
has done for freedom Is told in this book.
the Bible OF the inscription on the ioad
Liberty Ball at Philadelphia. worde from
the Third Book OF the Covenant OF Mones1
the land. 1 have often thought that thia
was prophetic OF the part the Jew wae
/ to play in building up the Commouwealth
and preserving her liberties i- ,fsat 81
Freedom is the very essence Of the
religious heritage Of the jew: NO
doubt have scandaliDed some good friends
by exclaiming. Better freedom without
Judaism than Judaism without freedos1h'
Fortunately we do not have % mal<e
such a choice: We are loyal to isrssi
uSTERMARRIAoE AND THE PASSING ow
4 Upon the subject Of interrnarriags
aIntermarriage is desirable. It ID scms-
times urged. because 1t will tend 70 lsssen
only another way Of saying that the emo
way in which to eliminate preiu6inG
against the jew is TO eliminate the Jsw.
TO hold that interuarriage Ia TO be desirq9
in 80 far as IL promotes good viii end
interracial solidarity Is to counsel peace
through surrender. a.ss
1T Is worthy Of serious consideratirn
that very frequently as result Of intss--
of Israel and the Christian Ia lost 70
; Christianity. so that it may be said that
, usually Israel and Christendom are
equally the losers through intermsrfiass:
! marriage should be deplored, for inter-
, marriage spells. as believe IL does. 9he
passing Of the Jew. It is OF utmost
r consequence TO the world that Israel
} persist. and it were a loss TO the world.
as see It. IL through intermarriage ser
! through any other cause Israel shouid
, sIf intermarriage between. Jew and
, Christian at this time were videeprsad
I and general the end would be the extincI
, ton Of the Jewish people. Here absorb
1 ton were disappearanoe sn& assirpilstion
but extinction. Only he may believe IN
: the deeirabihty. of intermarriage who
SSs anas s%s deSoey % 2, the s~
. The intsrmaTriage Of jew and Christian
is not 80 much a solution OF the Jewiah
question as the dissolution Of the Jewish
people. We are a minority people
everywhere and intermarriage were the
}, precursor OF Israels absorption by and
disappearance among the majority. s,is1.
o The answer TO the question OF inter.
= marriage depends in turn upon the anANer
q Is Israel worth ssvingf Ought istaeii %
{ survive? Our militant and uncompromisz
3 ing 'Yesi' in answer to these queetiung
n may be inexplicable to those who think
SSdS,s% as 81 bsHs ss%,oSs1.ets Tsss
heritage. To the loyal son OF lsrael hi
!, faith n soul OF his soul, life OF his Nfes
II the jew is to live and not to die. n,he
is to survive and not to perish. IL he-is ~
t persist and not to disappear. then inter
. marriage must be resisted. ysss'
The opposition OF the jew to inter
= marriage 10, IL cannot be made too olear.
4 not based on any pride OF blood or seabss
: Of seif-preservation. Coupled with thIs
instinct OF self -preservation are deep
. reverence and unfeigned good win toward
Christendom. IL is the call Of tho blcod
n that deters Israel from the disloyalty Of
r absorption IN so Ear as the jew feels thai
8 universal intermarriage would speedily
) presage the doom OF Israel as an historical
a factor. -
In one sense it may almost be, said
Q that Israel q attitude toward intermarriaRa
: rests upon the pride OF principle. ths
pride Of reluctance to surrender TO a
civilization. hendishly hostile at wprst
and all but intolerably tolerant ak the
}, best. In the question Of intermarriaRs
It there is not bound up. the q,leetion ~
d race superiority. but there n involves
4 the question OF race continuity. For
: intermarriage means the passing Of Isr4e
. and the passing Of Israel means not only
n the blotting put OF a word, force ..foI
L righteousness in the past but the destrup.
Q ton OF what we believe 70 be unspeni
8 potencies for good throughout future
n generations -. ..r 80 e.. -. Z
3 TOWARD A COMMON GOAL. ~ =
The Rev. DR.. Charles Y. jefferson. oI
Hroadwav Tabsruacle (ConRraaafioanl1 L
2 ist( at Broadway and Fifty-third street.,
q which more strangers In New York over
u Sunday are said TO attend than any othns
=, church, remarked that he had not -pena-
y trated into the subject yet In his pulpit
but that from observation and investixh.
tion into tho progression OF the Jew ran I
q business man, politician and Teaches
= much material could be gathered that
q would indicate that the Jew -and-hiu
= brother. the gentle, were very closeAy
y identified. IL the jew could not ral
,. across the border into the Christian fafth
~ Il could ha NO longer cnIlcnalad that ID