The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-31

I0r JEWISH Cnlidfpn ntipnulus
school to write on the sabbath, for
the acquisition of knowledge was a
religious duty and fine law of state was
also religious law CDna de-Malkuta
Dina). OF course. the ruling of the
Jewish bishop by the grace of the duke
had no effect, and conscientious Jews
would not allow their children to write
on the Sabbath.
The conditions in Sake Weimar,
where Goethe was at that time minister
of state, were the most typical for. this
in de AsiatiZing' the
Jews. A law, issued in 1923, demand
ed that services be held exclusively in
German and permitted intermarriage
between Jews and Christians. indeed |
the most effective method of solving 4
the Jewish question. especially as it
stipulated that the children of such
marriage be raised as Christians. The I
government found indeed Il I.andrab-
liner, Mendel Hess, who appointed III
1928, offered himself us the tool of the
lit olLiNia'Su ~
marriages for which couples came to
l,im from all parts of Germany, and he
held the services in German. When
the Jews. instead of attending the
synagog. held services in private
homes, he reported this rebellion with
the effect that these Minyans were
prohibited. When even then the OBJ
stinate parishioners would 20 out into
the woods to say their prayers, he com
planned again, and received the order
to report all those who did NOT attend
the services in the synagos and warn
them that none of these Asiatics would
be given peddlcr'a license.
III coinicai contradiction WIN oh's
hperailsh is the slrict resuia'ion vi
'he cohuuct Oh the SEiasoS ny i""'
issued III 1881. wMch proiiipited ie'N-
ing the s!hasoS before the ser'icc'
were Closed ana ordered 'hat ing
hahah ana Geliiah should NOT NC "'S'
tflputed as hohors hut periorHe" ny
OFFICERS ana the ike. Inc ciiiiiaN VI
all Is that the Laiior'ppiner WIZ VI
liciateu NJ mixed Marriages iepo'''"
III ISff that iiehuei rioeiNiiciiii n''
ieeii appointed attendant ut inc "iN'
wan ana had been sworn 10 perform
her duties IaithIui!. IL must "ie'
De stared that ms eNceiiencS, iiei'
Won Goethe. had no snare Ill this iooi-
lshhess Ahti-Semltc u! hereui'S "s
the son OF FRANKFORT patriciah' ne
ueplored the law Whlch perini'''" III,
termarriase pet"ecii Jews anu ,h'
lalis as menace 10 the hiorai iu''"'-
mehts OF 'hrist'ih society ana III i'io'
al fundamchts herr Won "oe'he was
an authority.
Perhaps the smallest Thuringiah
state is the principally of Schwarz-
lurg- Sondcrshauscn with dynasty
that reaches way back into middle
ages. There were only handful OF
Jews in the whole state. unable 10
maintain rabbi, but His Highness
also wished to show his soicitudc for
the spiritual welfare of his 200 Jew
ish subjects. and so he appointed the
teacher of the Jewish school. Philip
ficidenhclm' AN estinapie gentleman
as LaildraDpliier anu Ill ofoer 10 i''N'
1t possible Tor MN 10 iNe' gave INN
position as teacher Oh hi'i'i'eii"' 's
i'll the high schools securing iot MN
also by international agreement 'ne
position OF Lahdranpiher over 'iie -
sous III the heishporihs s'"''
s-huhoiSta"t anu siio"'
ing decorations ana tltles upon i'ih'
Another PROOF OF Ills h'Shhess SO
hcitude was an appear 10 MS i"i'ii"i
SubJects TO s'ibscflpe 10 'he S'''i''"'