El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
DR.. BURG MAKES
PLEA FOR ZION
Gives Reasons Why the Jew
Should Have a Country
of His Own.

7 temple Sunday evening
DR.. Burg asserted that the trend
OF governmental utterances was in
favor Of restoring Palestine 70 the
Jews and brought out many points in
support OF the movement DR.. lie
I lonka, who introduced the San Anto-
Mo man. said that the ideal OF the
Jew is not the establishment Of a
iJewish state and held that Jews are.
and Of right ought 10 be, at home in all
I lands. He said that MS church was
/ opposed TO the idea that Palestine
should be the home land OF the Jews.
and read a resolution Of the American
rabbis against the idea
I Dr.. Burg closed the speaking and
was applauded by Jewish soldiers
I present. He was on his way from
I Cloudcroft 70 San Antonio, with Mrs
Burg.
! DR. Burg said:
Or. Zielonka said that I only rep
I resent a small part Of JeWry in this
opinion inferrlng that the views Of
Dr. ZielonlSa are those OF the greater
part Of JeWry. I beg to state that
] this is entirely a mistaken idea IS
you well know reformed JeWry in
comparison 10 the whole mass OF
Jews, is very small part OF Jewryi
that as long as the Jews existed IN
exile, since the destruction of their
political nationality they have ben
constantly praying and hoping for the
restoration Of the Jewish people 70
their homeland. They have done this
not only as national entity, not only
as a race imbued with peculiar ideas
but as a religious people for whom,
according to their religion God said
TO Abraham: I have given you and
your children this land for ever and
ever All of our prophets when they
chastised the Jewish people have con-
siantly used the national idea
For COCO years these Jewish peo-
pie have suffered more than any race.
They have been persecuted in every
way and stilI they cd not give up
their old national idea OF their ma
tionaI entity because Of the constant
hope that once upon time II God
wills il, a part OF them viii return TO
the Promised Land
And now comes a small part Of
JeWry TO deny that They simply say
what God promised he did not mean,
what the prophets said was only a
myth-it is nothing.
Would Throw Souls Away.
For 1000 years the Jewish people
have sacrificed their bodies 20 save
their souls-and now a small part OF
them want US 10 throw our souls away
to save our bodies. And now let Us
see what is the psychological analysis
OF the opposition TO Zionism7 In the
letter Dr. Zielonka read from a lay
man TO the conference OF American
rabbis. he speaks OF the american
Jews and he forEets entirely that be-
sides American Jews there are mill
lions who are not in that happy posi-
ton Of We American Jews; whom we
should entirely neglect because we
have Il good What does il show
A H.
cause they are afraid OF their own
shadow. They are afraid the Gentiles
might possibly take offence at the
idea Of Jewish nationalism. and in
doing that, they have absolutely
shown that they don't understand
Americanism; that they have not got
the proper conception OF American
ism
-Americanism means freedom for
everybody in the land and for every
body in all other lands The head
OF our government has declared as the
cause for entering into this war free
dom for everybody and every nation, Z
be Il the smallest And then these /
reformed Jews come, and they are
Il shows nothing but egotism and
coWardice. The American is proud /
and he is self conscious and he likes I
a man from any other nationality who /
shows the same pride in his national I
1T viii not deprive US a bit OF our
Americanism II we help our brothers I
suffering in all other countries
Not 4 RelIEion-A Notion
The reform laymen constantly Z
claim that we are only a religion I
What has the religion Of DR.. Zielonka /
to do with the religion Of some Jew /
in Russia His religion and the re-
ligion Of the other are as far apart /
as the poles. Religion is a set OF I
moral principles and these are a part !
OF every other religion These prin- 4
clples mean 10 say, are a part OF 4
every other religion We have 70 I
teach morals and ethics and higher 1
OF humanity living together
in peace and in brotherhood-au the
other religions have IL. They say
We have spread our religion All 9TH
the wonders OF God What in the
world have the reformed Jews done in
a missionary Way2 Have you ever
seen Jews getting aaSt spreading the
gospel OF God2 / have not seen Il.
They laugh at the whole thing What
have they got from Judahism7 Not a
thing. They neglect their own festive
ties Of Christianity. They have grown
away from Judaism Why in heaven
should a people suffer for something
that IS not in reality7 They don't
believe in anything. Why should
they have the stigma on themselves
II they are entirely like the nom.
Jewsg 1ntermarryi Why do you al
ways marry among ourselvesg Inter-
marry, disappear: that is assimiIa-
ton Their assimilation is a false
assimilation. II is not assimilation
when we simply adopt the outer ap-
pearance and customs OF the nom
Jews.
All Under same Stigma.
The government speaks OF the He
orews, which is The official title. We
are a people because we are all under
q common suffering-We are all IN
Ter the same stigma. What has hap
pened 10 Jew IN Russia reverberatesl
10 Us Jews in America That Frank
boy in Atlanta was murdered and was
lccused OF a horrible misdeed. Did
hot we all feel it because we saw in
t an action against Jews2 The whole
country saw it as such. Everyone
looks upon US as a people, and the
best OF it is that I never spoke TO a
Semitic about Zionism that he did not
lay that Is what X ought 10 be- He
-incs the idea Of Zionism absolutely
correct
sien OF our race OF world standing,
ike Louis ID. Brandeis Nathan Straus.
Kew. stephen Weiss. Col Harry Cut
Ter, judge Sulzberger. and all the
'ther big men that have an interna-
-ional reputation all stand for this
movement All the allied govern
nents-the English. the French. the
talians-have declared themselves in
ayor OF the restitution Of Palestine 10
he Jews as their national home. 10
'ou think they are fools2 Do YOU
hink they are playing a little game