The Denver Jewish news., 1919-07-30
DENvER,S JEWISH CHAPLAIN
HAS RETURNED FROM OVER
SEAS SERVICE.
David Tannenbaaim gives \ Glowing
Account Of the Religious FeEyor AMI
mating Our Boys. Says Future Of
JewEy DsPsuds On America.

matlng our Boys. says Future Of
JewTy Depends On America.
Chaplain David Tannenbaum Just
returned from active service in France
and is greatly pleased to be back in
civilian life.
He is paying his family a short visit
before going to New York where lie
expects to make his future home.
When asked how the Jewish boys felt
regarding things religious, during the
war he said:
They are ardently Jewish, The
men who concerned themselves with
things Jewish before the war become
even more positively Jewish. And
those who may have been uninterested
over here found themselves attracted
into Jewish activities before they
knew it. Orders were read before the
company for the various holiday leaves
holidays were celebrated just as tho
we were hOme-altogether they were
made to feel that they were thorO
"S"S. ~ was mighty SOOu lUl tHCIu.
too. And they liked it,
do you know" he said "Nincty-
five percent of our Jewish soldiers
are nationalists. When the Jewish.
Legion left for Palestine our men
scraped together several thousand
fancs-just out of their scanty allow
ances, for u tobacco fund for their
fellow soldiers. The feeling OF co 4
radship was fine All of them felt
they were fighting of the same ideals
| and they wanted to show it,
Hundreds of them are waiting for
the opportunity of going to Palestine.
And those that can't go show their in
terest in a very convincing fashion.
These was one incident -
He was-a young chap-a watch
maker by trade-whO was passionate
ly interested in two things-music and
Palestine Before he went into the
Argonne he came to me with several
hundred francs which he had saved.
Before 1 leave Chaplain he said, II
want you to take this us nucleus for
II Jewish conservatory of music in Pal
estine." hsEMEAxl
The fund grew, and by the time he
came back, uninjured, by great good
luck. the fund had grown to worth
while proportions"
When asked whether he thought the
toys would continue to take an inter-
est in Jewish activities?
=. They must" was the instant re-
sponse. AAmerica is the hope Of the
Jews. From what 1 have seen of
Jews on the continent, am firmly
convinced of that. Our leaders will
have to take advantage of the present
strong Jewish sentiment among our
men. They must understand the new
spirit of Judaism and Americanism--
they must foster it and help it grow.
tut very little has been done in this
direction. so far. So few of our lead
ers have been across that they are not
in contact with the new feeling. For
some reason very few orthodox rabbis
were engaged in work in France. Even
the Jewish Welfare Board workers
were Handicapped by lack Of under
standing. 1t will be hard to get all
that adjusted-but adjusted it must
be-" .->;SiM,
"One of the ways think it can be
be done will be thru the organization,
the Jewish War Veterans of America,
of which l was the first member.
The Veterans were organized in
France-thousands Of our boys belong
to the league and are actively inter-
powerful means of co-ordinating the
Jewry of America They are:
Il. To promote interest in Ameri-
can ideals and institutions.
ideals and Institutions.
3. To foster spirit of friendship
among the Veterans"
THAT is large program" he con-
tinued. land that is why it will be
successful. As soon as get back to
New York; am leaving the end Of
he week, l shall have to get to work
spreading the good news"
The Chaplain very modestly re-
Trained from mentioning that he was
the originator and founder of The
Jewish War Veterans of America, from
which he expects such good results to
obtain. As2tD
If the attendance at the annual