Evening journal., 1920-10-04

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from the Tiber TO the Guadalquivir. |
did not also lead him across the !
Atlantic that he might, under Gods |
sun. in a land OF freedom. live where |
he chooses, worship as he desires
no ghetto TO wall IN him, no re-
strlciion 10 fetter his feet, no trl- |
bunal TO cow his spirit: free 10 de- |
Velop his highest faculties. and IN |
return give the best that is In him
TO make America the hope OF a
struggling Vorld2 l believe Americas
noble treatment OF the Jew is craven
on his heart. He is OF a race capable
Of splendid sentiment and great gratf-'
tude Time will never efface 10.
The Jewish Old Testament literature
nodded. Puritan thought. 1t was
the Jew who loaned Washington
100000 TO finance the Valley Forge
campaign. The inscription on the
Liberty Bell In our fair city is taken
from the Jewish Bible. LincOln's
addresses show mis- inspiration from
Jewish Bliiah what a coincidence
that the Lincoln penny, the
coin OF the little child and
the common people. is prod
uct OF a Jewish designer-Nictor
d. Brenner. In America the Jew is
a patriot without a hyphen. They
udNN HtNtI lIltu 10 ANINl a hhN Aoh
vote" at election time. He Is the
average citizen reaching the heights
and depths OF human possibility. He
Is as rich as Dives or as poor as
Lazarus. He is Karl Marx the Socialist
or Rothchild the capitalist. He Is
Felix Adler the law-aDiding or "Ikey
The Gunman." He Is a ShylOck or
Baron de Hirsch. He is a wanderer,
and yet he clings to the pale. He is
homeless, yet he owns Broadway.
The Jew at the lowest was Judas
at the highest he was Jesus.
An American Jersusalem.
Not in Judea, but in New York. Is
the real Jerusalem.
world. America has about 100000, OF
which about $4,000 are in and about
Greater New York. In that city every
| sixth person you meet is a son OF
| Israel while on Manhattan Island the
/ proportion is one TO four About
one-third Of the student body Of
| Columbia University is Jewish, the
| City College is nearly 81 per cent
New York has the largest nigh school
/ in the Yorld-the Washington Irving
practically all Of its 5000 pupils
are Jewish. The New York telephone
| director shows sixteen columns OF
]
| In Philadelphia there are two and
one-half columns Of Cohens to eleven
| Of Smiths. There was time, a
| generation ago. when New York was
/ Roman Catholic-tOday 10 is Jewish
/ There Is not a Christian church on
the east side. but there are 800 syna-
| gOgues
VIII the Jew 90 back to Jerusalem
Never, except as a tourist. America
/ is the Jews Palestine, and Wash
| ington d. c., his Zion. l suspect that
| II you plant the blue and white flag
| Of Zionism on one side and .he red
States on the other and demand OF
the Jew. Choose We this day which
you will serve" there will be but
one answer.
This is his country. He is on the
| bench Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States. he Is In Senate and
House Of Representatives, he Is Gov
ernor in three States, he Is Mayor Of
several cities. Two of New Nork'l
: most successful newspapers, tn,
World and The Times are works o.
Jewish proprietors. The bushes,
manager OF the Hearst newspapers ],
Jewish. The banking house tha
stands next TO j. p Morgan Compan,
Is Jewish. A Jewish engineer bull
= -, the Pennsylvania tunnels under tn,
East river
VIII the Jew intefmarry? d.
not know Of the future-but he ha
and does August Belmont married
daughter OF Commander Perry tn
distinguished Or. Abraham Jacob
married Mary Putnam, Walter Dam
rosch married the daughter OF Jane
G.. Blaine Ossip GabrilOwitch. th
Z / nnFgfnfaW. ~ nrufna ir,f
daughter. DO you know any Of tn
fruit Of Christian-Jewlsh marriages
Let me refresh your memory. Di
YOU know that Bret Harte was one
A few Others are Sir John Hersche
i, the astronomer. Francis Turner Pal
! grave. the critic; Sir John Millaii
the artist; Leon Gambetta, the states
! man; Sir Arthur Sullivan, the com
poser, and-now hold your breath
| the mother Of General Williar
| Booth, the youthful pawnbrOker
; assistant. the glorious Christian sair
! | OF salvation Army fame was a Mis-
I picture and see how she bedueathe
4 , to him that magnificent Old Test5
l. ment physiomomy which was sue
a valuable asset in his public appear
j. aace
Hath Not the Jew a Soul?
y VIII the Jew Become a Christian
J ! rather think not Not in appreciab
s numbers. Do we have grapes
s thorns and figs Of thistles? Not
e lhs year Of our Lord 1920.
c. The young jew is causing his eide
I, considerable anxiety religiously.
T. In all other religious bodies there
Y much drifting in these days Of trans
~ tion. The young jew Is makiI
2, money, he is getting an educatio
" he Is intense on social problems. mar
"a are pronounced Socialists-hut 7
? isn't becoming Christian. Not Chri
M tianity, but Christians stagger q
n, Jew What he has undergone at u
re ha>As Of Christians In Europe won
stagger us II the condition were r
IN versed
In America is not yet perfect in
VS. tolerance-humanity never will I
s. But thank God for the American spll
ID Of fair play and a chance. 10 Is &
" thousand times better than Russia
ee Central Europe from which many
\ tne Jews have fed Give the Jew
90 Gentile's chance. give the woman
TX mans chance, give the poor the ri
cd mans chance. and they will ma
n good America spells that chance
ur You and ], Christians, worship {
IN Jehovah Of the Jews-as Christ car
es 10 interpret Him. The Jewish Scri
nd lures the Old Testament. begins wi
)y the story OF Man, not with a histo
L. Of the Jews. Our religion. the Chr
S. tian religion, was founded on Je'
On and Judaism. Every book Of our n,
at Testament was written by a Je
Of with the possible exception OF Lu
IN and the Acts OF the Apostles ,
iy text was written by a little Jewi
e Y / tentmaker, he who, next 70 Mos