The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-06-21

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colonies. ! thought. we're the saving
grace Of Palestine. the new Jewish
generation. ccutering about Iana,
with It's Rnroen suburb. Tel Asiv.
The Hill OF Spring" Jaffa was tho
new J~ernaalen. healthy. self renpsct.
ing. while the ancient city wnE blight
ed by The degrading Chnlukah or dolc
system. ! approached the Holy City
with an open mind hut with a sub
conscious prejudice against tho ortho-
doS there as the stumbling block TO
Jewish progress.
Hitch Spiritual Material.
nut what / saw of the orthodox
Jews la Jerusalem made me marvel
at tho injustice done them here in
Ameuca. Beneath IN molly kanans
he Erotcspue turbann. behind ms
stfagTiing locks. under tho dift
and buuhlOf found a Jewish nobli.
~ Vt soul that convinced me they
will prove the iichcsT spiritual mater
ial In i'aieatirc.
me people " the New Settlement.
with whom | associated In thcls
homes. their schools. their forums,
their concerts. IN ely and colony. 4
found worthy people. with thsir
modern dress ~ manners. with their
Western standard Of life, with their
cosmopolitan culture tingcd with itus-
sian r~adicalisnl. they Impressed me a.
~commendahle citizens. Hut missed
In them the nsfy idoaiism hat 20
dream the new Judaca will rekindle
IN the Jewish people. untti Ia flame
becomes a iight unto the nations.
! found u among them only In isoi-
eted cases, IN unexpected hooks. for
The rest. they were raieatnians. e..
timable people living B m Palestine. but
not positive Hebrews In spirit, wen
though they sans Hebrew songs. OBJ
served the Hebrew sabbath, aud their
tongue was Hebrew.
New Rss:ect kindicSi.
In was In the caves OF hutH In tho
ancient City Of David. IN the foot
worn stone alleys Of the oid Jerusalem
that ! found what made me thrill 10
the beauty OF Jewish idcalism. what
gave ms % new respect FOE the Jewish
law and made me understand. as I
had never understood before. the
miracle Of Hebrew survival.
A. I found the God OF Israel on
the Mount OF Olives. 80 I found me .
made In Ills image IN ifih hoarN city
ncforc their simple grandeur Of soul
I WIS awcd. ahashcd And no ono eau
diEsuhde me now n 70 out Of those
ave will come The p%rieatly class OF
the mtu,e jewish nation. There II
the spiritual hope, In Palestine az
least, 81 the new Iudaoh under "a
heap Of rubbish and raEr N YOU will.
hut. stripped 60 ~ u~ukcdncss, a
shining. splendid hope.
Want 4 New system.
These Orthodox Jews have been DO
pendent Tor years. "a an JewrS
knows. on Chalukah. "a system OF doio
which tho q In interrupting com
m%unication. has almost broken down
completely, II would be criminal 10
revive A. The best men among thcm
do not want u revived. Some hettes
system OF support for the deserving
aud the helpless. some kind OF cm-
ployment for the able bodied. must hs
devised. There IN talk OF making
Jerusalem the centrc OF tho manu-
facture Of ritual articles This ~ q
problem for the Commission To handle
a task In which "a icvei-headcd Amer
lean Orthodox jew IA old Jerusalem
representative could help.
In Snfcd and. Ia some extent IN
Tiberias. the Orthodox Jews are In the
condition In which American JewrN
has pictured Jerusnlem'a pious Jews
hut this may he AN abnormal condi'
ton. for these cities, Safcd particd'
larry. have suffered indeHrribnhle hos
ros OF starvation and disease durlna
tho war To add to their hardship
evacuated Jaffu %hurdcned thcm viii
nearly two thousand refugees.
ola Jerusalem, however. has CONS
forth from It's our years ~ night
mare, ready To give from H. poverty.
stricken ancient alleys a rich spiritua
contribution to The new jewish homc
land.
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