The Denver Jewish news., 1920-01-14
PresentD tDayJewishLead
ers Of Thought
IN ALL COUNTRIES
WHO ARE INFLUENCING THE
WORLDS PROGRESS.

yesterday to ninety lille per cent u
humanity, is today one Of the best
known men in the world. HIS appear
ance as one of the greatest scientists
of his time, if not the greatest, is sim
ply nieteoric. Professor Albert Ein-
stein is jew and Zionist too, The
late old Ehrlich Of salvanstran fame
was also jew and n Zionist. We
could enumerate quite respectable
number of great scientists and scholars
of International fame who are pubic
Jews, that is to say, who do not try
10 hide their Judaism, but are proud
of being Jews, and are active Jews.
There was time when every great
Jewish scientist or scholar deemed 1t
wise to cast aside bis Judaism by
either assuming non-Jewish name
or by consciously alternating himself
from his people. 1t is different today.
The great Jewish scholars and the
great Jewish artists want to be known
as Jews and want to participate in
the life of their people.
Albert Einstein the great antagonist
of Sir Isaac Newton is Jew and a
public Jew in addition. This is both
consoling and inspiring. Albert Elm
stein seems to be the Jewish scien-
tist of his decade. Ten years agO it
was the late great Ehrlicl, who was
spoken of as tile greatest benefactor
Of the human race. Two decades ago,
the two great Jewish physicists. Cvol-
son and Graetz, two sons of two Ia
nous Jewish scholars were hailed as
scientific master minds. and ever since
Jews are participating in the life OF
other peoples and in the development
of civilization, that is to say since the
French Revolution they produce every
decade a great mind and thus contri-
Lutte to human culture, more than any
other people. The great Italian his
torian, Ferri, in an essay on "The
Jews in Modern Civilization" publish
cd some seven or eight years ago, says
that Central and Western European
Jews forming only one fifth part or
the Jewish people, have contributed
more to civilization and culture OF
the XIX century than many great and
cid civilized people in Europe.
The great Jew is never satisfied
with going the old way paved by 9TH
ers. He wants to go his own way,
and if the way he wishes to go is
wilderness, he p,ives 1t himself and
makes it usable for others too. The
great Jewish scientist Is always
great inventor. The great Jewish
scholar is always n discoverer and
tile great Jewish artist is always orig
iual to the extreme. Two Jews, La
zarus and Stcinthal, have established
the psychology of nations. Another
lew. Geiger, is the founder of the
philosophy of language and was the
first to discover the underlying pr1n-
ciple governing the development OF
the languages. Another Jew, Herman
Cohen, the greatest Jewish philoso-
nher next to Spinoza, is the founder
of modern philosophic idealism. All
the great International movements OF
modern times have Jews as their orig
inators. We need only mention the
names of Karl Marx and Ferdinand
Jasalle. founders of socialism. Ivan
Bloch, founder of modern pacifism,
the man who caused the convening OF
the first International Peace Confer
ence in the Hague; DIR. Zamenoff,
Polish Jewish physician, the founder
CT Esperanto; Joseph Fels, the Ameri-
can Jew, organizer Of the Single Tax
Movement: Cesaro Lombroso, the
founder of modern criminology. and
many others. Our achievements in the
field of modern literature and art are
match to our accomplishments In
the field of science. The greatest Aus
irian poet of today, Arthur Sclinitzier'
is a Jew. The greatest German poet
of today, Hugo Won Hoffmafistahl Is
II Jew too. The greatest German lin
guist of today who is ut the same time
a great poet, Ludwig Fulda, Is also
II Jew. Our share in the development
of the modern stage is too well known
10 need special mention. Max Rein
hardt who has revolutionized the mod
ern stage, is Jew. The four great
est actresses of modern times, Rachel
Sara Bernhard, Irene Trisch and our
own Bertha Kalich belong to our race.
In America at least all the great the
atrical producers, like Beiasco, Schu-
bert, Wood Hammcrstein. etc, are
Jews. There is only one great man
among these producers who is not
Jew and his name is Cohan.
What is true of the participation OF
the Jews in science, art and literature,
is; also true of statesnianship. There