Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-17
done with the unequal struggle. AS
= mere survival It has only tho value
OF sentimental curiosity.

done with the unequal struggle As
4 mere survival 1t has only the value
OF sentimental curiosity.
nut one ,na% grant NJ! these things
ana sim ASK III ihcr. are Jews who
can bc happy oniy in Palestine why
not let them go there ana he hrp!y@''
But such : not TIA" real !ssl Iiouists
want political undergraduates. They want
10 Sp-uk as tn" Jewish people IN
snort. they want 10 arrosatc a suprcin-
aC" rhira Tou-Iionisis can never
dream OF giving them without : st'ur
..ie. Whether We viii or no tho worlG
insists upon looking at Jews rs Unit.
For what ON" Jew does. il: III. eye" o,
'hc world all Jews are responsible
w" bar upon oar backs tho burden
81 many {. Jew who il a Disgrace -
tn" air n" brca;hes. With sucn q spirit
abroad. IionstS would. c"nsciousl,- Or
'mconsciousiy, irasoom " into a citi-
%"nshp and q nationality which wc d..
not wlnt. Every rash act Of u ,Iev'isi,
politician would bc the rash act of our
brother. We wili not l." drasoon.d on:
Q! America into Palestine. Il is all
very yell for Tionists 10 say that ron :
I!onists Will not De affected bv what
goes ON in a new jerusalem. bu' they
know that they ar" not facing 'hr
'a'is. Who cf us Jews can eScarc be
ms drafted into whatever is don" bv
a Jewish people under I. Jewish
Tag:
In il attempt 10 force unity upon
all Jews whether they want II or no.
Iionism Is OF the brink Of splitting
Judaism irrccOuc;!ub'v. There arc men
UEr VIE" Ih:t now j. the time f,r :,
n"W rea'.e iu Judaism. that with ar
approaching contamination ION ~,
ought /" t"c.!Ne new confidence ara
"ncourae"mcut such wish IS far
from inlhiim"nt. Not harnony. IN,
di>rurti"n j. ia sight. II : iuccmc, X.
abb" ,hat american Jews mould allow
gronp "t men who wil control the
Zionist state. Th.y would have bun
on" I"Socrc"--to cast of their hnrdy
amt ronrircc the world that l.w$
,ru:y >'l"i team Jews. could ne; t~ke
II" r">nons ibi-i!y for men VII" A.
'"npi'd /" reconcile iovn!,y TO I'm cr-
ica wiih iorr'GI nationai!i'
VINO knows wha; the future may
bring forth? Who knows what en-
tansl!:!c alliances La Independent
PaleStir" nigh, form One must re-
member Tro:Ihy. DcraburS and IIiluuit.
They. TOO. are Jews. No country now
can escape international association.
!hos- drcum"rS wh" thiuk that Zion
could occupy splendid ISOLATION in in
'crnati"nal politics nave no sense 81
history. Toy max. the same mistake
mS the dreamerS who tliink that the
bhhN protests OF governments, at
Jerusalem could end Jewish pcrsecu-
, non everywhere. Just SO ions as sen
Hine!! active anti Srmtism. wn.ch
Would call forth protests is posS .b.c.
Just 50 lonG vii! little states have 40
power \ condition OF ini-rnationl
good viii which Will make the voice Of
4 little state heard in the council Of
nations. WI! make anti-Senit;sm an
imrOsS!hilitN.
The future j. clear The conple;e
"i"nlsi program means a complete dis-
! Fup'i"n OF Jewish unity. Win Xiom an
.ndcptndcnt state every American Jew
must become Il Zionist ana take The
reSponsi biiity for the acts OF Xlonisis
( "r h'H some ether nam. than Jew
No one. Of course. can object TO colo
n!fS OF Jews in Palestine. or anywhere
else. Bat every Jew who values his
independence and The AnIcricauism Of
which he has become j part will obi.ct
- never before Ia the complei. Zionist
program. What WAS once a dream has
now hec"in" almost 4 reality And as
II becomes real i: becomes. just because
"i its romantic associations. inSidiously
dangerous.