The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
FREE PALESTINE
 IS RABBITS HOPE

The kindly-lool1ing, gray-haired. white-whiskered old gentleman sud denly stood erect. His stopped shoulders became straight and rigid. His eyes flashed n look of determ- inaion. His heavy fist struck the table
 Tt must be 5o." he said, and with emphasis he added; "It must be sol"
 Rabbi Abraham Aaron Yudelovitch the new and yenerated head of all the orthodox Jewish congregations in America, was speaking. He was thinking aloud of Palestine, the dream of the Jewish race.
 Not sinco Rabbi Jacob Joseph died, in 1902, has orthodix Judaism had a head until Tuesday night when the Jewish ministers and the Jewish con gregations united in the selection of Dr. Yudelovitch. the recognized world authority on Talmudic law
 Dr. Yudelovitch told of his aspfra- tons in his new and venerable posi- ton. He wants to help the Jewish peopls-au the Jewish peopIe--and maks them a happy, contented race. That really is the dominatinE Idea which pervades the heart and soul of the man chosen to head orthodox Ju- delsm.
 His first act of putting this idea into practice Is to be the tnaugura- tion in the very near future of a Beth Din or court, in his humble home at No. PAP East Broadway. Here his people can come to him, as they did to Solomon of old, and have their disputes settled without recourse to the civil courts. Here this past mas ter ot Talmudjc law will deal out jus ttce in accordance with ancient He braic rules to all who come to him to arhitrate their quarrels.
 As another means of inculcatinE real orthodoxy among his people, Dr. Yudelovitch has arranged to give 2 special course 10 all orthodox rabbis in Talmudic law. so they can preach the sarns Co their congregations.
 But the venerable Chief Rabbi has thought back of all this. He wants to incuIcate government into his people so that they can go back to their new land, Palestine-the dream of ISrael--able to govern themselves. Of Palestine, with reverence, he said:
 'Tn view of the shining of the Jewish people in the past, they must love Palestine-the land. of form CT glory-before they can return to it. But their return will be in the near future. When the Jews in their wanderings sent out investigators, these men calurninated Palestine.
 ''The Jews must now, by their love, atone for this calumny. It Is the duty of every Jew to take up the Zionist cause devoutIy, as the dream of our people is now about to be re- alized.
 'In every nation the existence of sects Is inevitable while the people are scattered over the face of the \ earth. But the moment the Jewish nation has established itself in its own home, these diverse sects will disappear, and there will exist Jews only"
 Dr. Yudelovitch says Bolshevism IS "the curse of the world" Every man, he thinks. '4 entitled to a fair return for his wol <, but he does not approve of the ownership of industry by labor.
 Unknown generally. until his cleo ton to the high post he now fills pr. Yudelovitch. according to ortho- doE Hebrews. is the worlds leading expe@t on the Jewish law It was becaUse he is an expert that he was elected.
 He is at present interpreting the Talmudic law in a series of nine volumes. Three of these-written in long hand-already have been com pleted. Experts from all over the world come to him for his interpre- taton of the writings of the ancient Hebrew lawgivers.
 In his new position. Dr. YudeIo- witch wiB act essentially as the Su- preme Curt of orthodox Judaism He will nol have any temporal power over tho Jewish congregations, but will act Ss the final arbiter in mat ters of typiritual nature.
 Rabbi Yudelovitch was Sborn Tn Ma varadec, Minsll, Russia. sixty nine years ago. He has been a rabbi foI forty-hve years. Twenty-two year: ago he left Russia and went to Man chester. England. There he spent ter years with his son-in-law, Rabb Solomon Golubowski.