Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-23
A JEWISH RENAISSANCE.

The Jews have remained people
despite persecution and prejudice thru
seventy generations. Is the Jew after
wandering thru more than 20 centuries
TO become again a nation and have a
national home and country?
The Jews are to be given back Pal
est!ne. So much they have been pro-
missed. Whether Palestine shall be
again a Hebrew land housing a He.
brew nation now depends upon the
Jewish people OF the world. The con-
fdenCe Of the leaders that the peaAe
conference will approve the return Of
If the Jewish people are to have and
inhabit Palestine again the Jewish
people must organize and raise funds
and prepare 10 renew their nationality
and their government
A start has already been made to-
| ward that end. Zionists in New York
are out with the slogan Build the
Jewish Home Land Now" and are
raising fund Of $4,000 900 to carry on
the Jewish administration, already es-
tablished, during the coming year The
Zionist Administrative Commission, the
first Jewish government Of Palestine in
1000 years. has established friendly re-
lations with the Arabian kingdom Of
the HedjaZ, and with Armenia, the
neighbors Of Palestine; the rudiments
Of a Jewish government have been
created. The educational system 81
the land has been co-crdinated; a
health department has been created by
the American Zionist Medical Unit;
financial tnstrumentalities for develop
ing the agricultural, industrial and &C.
| onomic resources Of the country have
been set In motion. The thousands Of
members Of the Jewish Legion who
volunteered to fight for the liberation
| Of Palestine are being transformed into
a Jewish military police. Experts in
every branch Of human endeavor are
being modified, and plans are being
perfected for the regulation Of the
mass immigration into the land, which
will set in as soon as peace is de-
clared. 1t Is for these operations and
their expansion that the Zionist Or
ganization Of America, with head
quarters at 55 Fifth avenue, New York.
is asking for 100000.
It is a magnificent idea and one that
appeals alike to the religious imagi-
nation Of Jews from the multi million
aire down to the peddler with PACK
laying the early foundations of a brick
block and a big business. Moreover
II is an Idea that stands in the light
| Of realization with the impulses and
hopes Of 1000 years seeking its reali-
cation. Palestine again Jewish under
Jewish government Jerusalem restored
to power and Place, a new golden city
In the age Of gold, and under all and
even greater than all the longing, in
tensifed by centuries Of suffering and
homelessness for a true Jewish center.
true Jewish home land.
The Jews can do 1t. They can do
anything they strive to DO. The abil-
ity and staying power of the Jew are
the result of thorough breeding to an
objective thru one third Of the biblical
existence OF the world. He has learned
In q most severe school and has pro-
flied by the lessons Of grief moro than
any other people in history. II tho
Jew concludes to rebuild Jerusalem
he will build it and having builded he
will make his city notable and to be
reckoned upon in finance and in trade,
perhaps in politics.
To quote Hebrew highly favorable
to the re- establishment Of a Jew
homeland We'll go out from Jerusa-
lem after we have things working at
home and bring all the money In the
world back" ISL