Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-24
THE GENIUS OF THE JEW.

Inc Jews are the most wonderful
people in all history. There may have
oeeh more genius among the Greeks in
thelr golden age or among the Romans
IN their flower. but no other race has
ever kept it's dominating genius through
more than 1000 years and in spite of the
influence OF such ethnologic. climatic
AZ other environmental influences as
must prevail when a people are scat
tered over all parts of the world among
all the nations OF the world.
Inc Jews comprise much less than I
per cent OF the population. yet they fur
hish far more than l per cent of the
genius. talent n capacity. Fishberg
!elis as of some phases of the picture
IN a series of articles which appeared
III the American Hebrew.
Inc jew mas q dlSpropOrtionate num-
per of mental detectives. idiots and
iinbeciies. 1t is we'll known that a large
proportion of the Inconsistencies and
neurotlcs are Jews. Blindness. color
blindness. deaf muteism. idiocy and in
SANITY are from two TO five times as
1fequeat among them as among Chris
tians IN Europe.
tlsthers holds that the reason for
poth ia" good and the bad lies in those
Jewish customs most of which are
founded on their religion. Necessarily
IN the thousands of years that they have
Speht among the nations they have
greatly intermarried with the peoples
VITA whom they have lived. This GUS
ON has been great enough to weed out
the greater part of race Influence as
sue, The German Jew is of German
STOCK, the Polish Jew Polish stock. the
French jew French. the Spanish Jew
Spanis" and the English Jew English.
\ 1"Wlsll custom puts Il premium on
lhtetieci ~ marriage. A learned man is
and always has been regarded as the
most GaSly'Dh 1a 1iC1,anl 70. ,.,,,-.
woman. The fatherinlaw might have to
support both his daughter and his SON
i.ilaw. but the match was a good one.
Rahb!hical teaching advocated mar
rage with the daughters OF respect
able families" The brothers of the
bride should be good and respectable
men. The qualities of the child We're
seer, to depend largely on the qualities
ot the mother-and mothers who were
daughters of respectable parents and
mad good and respectable brothers We're
apt To be good mothers of good chill
dren.
On the other hand certain Jewish
customs were armfu eugenically to
the Jewish people. The Jewish law en-
couraSes universal early mating and
hearing of children. Even the beggars.
e'er-do-wells. morons and feeble
mlnded are encouraged and often finan-
ciaily helped to marry and bear chill
dreh. The competent system of Jewish
charities makes it safe for any incom-
petent. lily balanced Jew to marry and
beset. What he begets is his kind
This is the explanation of the high rate
or imbeciiity. blindness and insanity
among them.
The Taiinud teaches that women of
line physical development and grea,
beauty are to be selected in mating.
Blu it does not place any premium
on good. physical development in men.
Jewish women are commonly beautiful
and of good physical development.
Jewish men are apt to be flat chested.
sfoop shOuldered and spindle shanked.
These comments and criticisms arc
made OF Jews by a Jew. 1t is through
such criticisms tina Il eugenics plan
containing the strong points of the
present plan with the weak and bad
ones eliminated comes to find itself
adopted into the customs of a people.