The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1920-12-29
To Give Prosecuted Jew Place Of Refuge is
the Work of Zionism of Today
d. SPIVAK EXPLAIN OBJECTS OF THE OR
GANIzATION MEETING SUNDAY EVENING

The Denver District Zionists organi-
cation held one of the largest and most
enthusiastic meetings of its history
Sunday evening in the Magnolia room
of the Albany hotel. Excellent ad'
dresses We're delivered by enthusiastic
speakers who plead for the future OF
three million prosecuted brethren. MI.
Leo r. Cohn. chairman of the evening
opened the meeting and said In part !:
We have reached stage or an epoch
in the development of modern ZION
ism which makes it very evident that
il has outgrown its narrow confines
and has assumed an all important role
in the life Of world Jewry.
The task to rehabilitate the Jewish
home land is a tremendous one and we
must muster the entire strength or
world Jewry that we may he able 10
overcome all obstacles and bear the
encouragement we may meet before
we reach our goal.
In this, the darkest hour of our
european brothers, America was their
only ray of hope. and now even that Is
gone with the shutting of our doors
TO immigration. Now. tell me. whittier
shall these wretched, prosecuted, half
starved millions go?
Knowing the INDISPENSABLE misery
af our unfortunate brothers across the
sea, l cannot mince words, but must
say that any Jew who remains aloof
now and withhdldS from joining with
the Zionists for the purpose OF secur-
ing a haven of refuge for our less for
,IInate brothers, not only falls as Il
jew, but even as man.
To accentuatc the necessity for a
Jewish Homeland it may not Ike amiss
10 be reminded of the wave of anti
Sem:tism which like dark and heavy
cloud ovcrhangs the entire world ana
even casts its shadows on our fair
country.
l desire to say few words to our
friends who are not rs yet entirely
familiar with our noble work. that in
Joining us in this task does no:
Gbligate him to migrate and take up
his abode in Palestine. No more than
an American citizen would I've ohligat-
cd to renounce his citizenship and be
come a Belgian. because of the fact
that he may he contributing to the sup
port of Belgian war-Orphun. As
American citizens our interest in Zion
ism is two fold:
First, to save from persecution,
starvation. and complete humiliation
three or four millions of our core
ligiOnists who have committed no
other crime save that of being born
Jews, and who insist on their rights
10 follow the dictates of their con-
science, to profess Gods highest ideals.
Secondly. that as Jews we are in
terestcd in the idealism and culture of
.'cwry, and there is 10 place any
where where the conditions are 50
favorable to develop Il distinctly jew
ISL cultural center as in Palestine
There Jew will he able to develop
physically. intellectually and spirit
nv Will 1--WE Ill lhi'i WHEY
he will have no need to apologize for
his being a Jew. He will not be
Inundated by being excluded from
snobbish clubs and organizations. nor
will he have the fear that on his Holy
days pogroms will be staged and his
place of worship may become Il slnugh-
ter house filled with the innocent
blood of men, women and children.
We have all reasons to believe that
in the Holy land our people will again
renew their pursuit of higher ideals.
1t will he land where spiritual lib
erty and social justice may reign. so
that again, II. in the prophetic days.
we will produce men who will preach
and set an example to us and the rest
of the civilized world of the true spirit
IF Judaism, which is liberty. justice
and humanity. Our spiritual inspira-
ton from the fount of knowledge i'll
Palestine. and the glory of people
ruled by the law of social justice will
reflect credit upon us here, and the
days may yet come when the world
will acclaim that from Zion comes
forth law and justice. and that the
spiritual word of God ema:Iates from
Jerusalem.
DR. C. ID. Epiyak. who has recently
returned from Europe. where he spent
line months in efforts to assist the
suffering peoples of the war stricken