The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-02
CHRISTIAN AND JEW.

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For years represents
from the year 70 A. D. he has been without country
revove kept busy trying get
out Of the lest perhaps he BE- crushed Ever
Christian hated the nhde IN history and literature
sinister All this perhaps the d tie ages to the terrible
blood be upon US and upon our Any
tion bufetng and persecution
For once history good fortune favored the Jew When colum
bus continent the oppressed OF all lands must
populations seemed to realize that special Invitation
to off the burden and the promised
the sweetness thereof had the national consciousness
The laws and the customs Of the Middle Ages had placed
on the Jew He was useful banker for from other
% gds had bis os a na be
however the Jew did exist intellectually he serf And
terscs merged peoples among
whom he lived such feasible He chung
ahead and grasped every occasion to better his condition
When the Jewish immigrants caught glimpse
erty noble the gateway New York doubt
them quick to sense situation discern possibilities
the Jew at glance that this country to be ruled by ne
50 many governments of the older lands
The Jew made his resolve If this land Of liberty and if
liberty for the Jew then the would ask deal and
avo He himself to the task Of educating his children He
saved nd and sio and on that Isaac
by night their doors the alien who desired education
thither hocked the young Jews in increasing numbers
What past thirty forty years? Today
hand behold Jews in leading positions
financial world but in the realm Of art and music and the
drama and other intellectual fields The Jewish mentality has
aroused and usually where they enter there they lead One thing
and been responsible for the phenomenal Of
Jew his acute perception of the value Of higher education While
other naonali including to great extent Catholic people,
have been content their children school training
them pary dollars
his sacrifice little longer until Jacob and the others had finished
high school and had taken technical and
The schools of higher education especially the professional
have percentage of Jews their lasting credit and
honor Jews leading lawyers artists musicians
noves dramats and their number rapidly increasing
to their glory. 81
Our Catholic people the past have made heroic sacrifices in the
splendid record They deserve the blessings of God and
gratitude Of their children And yet sometimes ask will the
Catholic parent have perception than the Jew? Will higher
cation make less strong appeal the of Poland Ireland
Italy Germany Austria Spain England than does the
of Israel who has bounded other nations for ages Or will
these Catholic parents draw back at the added sacrifice that has
Island together they liberty along
the paths have they sought and happiness will
young outsp the others solely because his parents suffered
little more that he might mbibe higher learning?
These thoughts that well in the mind consider
the possibilities Catholic advancement the for educa
priest and ayman otherwise should take whole
hearted interest the this undertaking. for to that
shall the Catholics in the coming
proportion efforts financially morally shall
the ineec1al and national which onr ato1
destined to reach in the future Unworthy the Catholic
were he who would fail at this time the full stature
science philosophy models or
perfection and whose built the hard foundation
sacrifice. aSssa s
report the British Catholic heart irrespective
going learning exalted