Newark post., 1915-03-31
DR.. TAUBENHAUS
DELIVERS LECTURE
Before Jewish Organization

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before large and appreciative
audience, at the Young Mems
Hebrew Association, Wilmington
OF. Sunday evening, or. "The Prob
lem of Farming and the Jew" The
lecture in part follows:
at afford me great pleasure to
address a gathering of Jewish
young men. A few years ago,
when | first become connected
with Delaware College, there were
of course then, as there are today,
many Jewish young people with
whom one could associate in intel
lectual matters, but as far as |
know, the Young Mems Hebrew
Association did not exist at that
time. 1t is true you had now and
then some interesting social gath
erings, public lectures, and de-
bates.
81 am glad that today you are
organized into a body which keen
ly feels the problems of our race,
for indeed, the topic which we are
! to discuss this evening is one of
vital Importance. Of course, there
are many reformers to whom the
words race and nation as far as
the Jews are concerned is mean
ingless. They would have us be-
lieve that the Jew has already per-
formed his task and delivered his
mission, and is now awaiting his
natural death. take it for grant
ed that all of you here, like myself
put little stock in such express
sions and keep away from such re-
formers. The very fact that the
Jew still exists and so many other
nations have died is proof that he
still has a message to give. The
very fact that today, on the other
side of this continent, men are cut
ting their throats for no reason,
at least as far as we know, and in
Inst the same way as they have
done IN tie ages when we were
still struggling to outgrow the an
imal stage, is proof enough that
the Jewish race has still a mission
to perform. Our problem at the
present time is how can the Jew
as an individual and a nation add
to human happiness. l do not
come to claim, as you perhaps an
ticipate, that the sole panacea to
all JEWS national ills would be a
movement back to the soil. How
ever, | do wish to emphasize the
fact that the neglect Of the soil is
our greatest hinderance to our ma
tional and spiritual regeneration
as a nation.
GAS you all know, the original
occupation of the Jew was farm
ing. He made so good then that
the Bible proudly stated that the
land in which he lived flowed in
milk and honey. Some cities
would make us believe that the
land was naturally fertile and all
the Jew had to do was to sit under
the palm tree, with an open
mouth to receive the falling dates
and then eat them. This, how
ever, was far from the case. We
know from experience that today
the richest of farm land the best
country in fact may be spoiled
and ruined in a very short time
through poor farming. The Jew,
in spite of the crude methods then
in existence, was a good farmer,
for he knew how to make two
blades grow where one grew be-
: fore"
DR.. Taubenhaus then went on
to describe how through some un-
! fortunate occurrences the Hebrew
was deprived of his lands. He said
that after so many years of being
away from the soil, the Jew had
lost all he knew of the farming
, game. At the present time, he
| stated, there are great things in
farming, and he would advise all
that had leaning toward it to
take it up.
He greatly praised Delaware
+ College facilities and closed his
address with "In the past, our
= Jewish young men have not taken
! advantage of their State College
Unless | am all dreams, I am con-
= fldent that in the near future we
will have 100 Jewish young men
a taking up agriculture at Delaware
College. The time is ripe for it
Jewish young men, in every state