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is rectified the prejudice against
them vanishes.
Upon critical examination of such
queer phenomena it becomes evident,
that the prejudice is levelled, not
against the Jew, but against the desig-
nation Jew" As long as the Jew
is not identified us such, lie meets
equality of public consideration. As
soon rs identification takes place, pre-
:udice puts him under disabilities. 1t
is clear therefore that it is the name
Jew THAT causes the anti-Jewish pre-
judice. ft
The name Jew is not the designa-
ton of an individual. but pertains to
an entire people. Bearing in mind that
the prejudice is levened against u
designation rather than personality,
and that this designation comprises an
entire people, We are driven to the
conclusion that there must be some
thing pertaining to this people in its
entirety. which evokes the prejudice
against it as whole and consequently
also against its component parts, the
Jews. e..
An inquiry into this fundamental
finding will be productive of definite
results,
The Jewish People.
There are fourteen million human
beings calling themselves Jews. It is
known as historic fact, that once
they lived as nation on their own
soil with certain ethical laws and
prophetic teachings for rule of in
dividual and collective CONDUCT. 1t Is
furthermore known as fact, that the
loss of their own soil and their dis
persion over the globe has not de-
prived them of their national conscious
ness-that they are recognized as
Jews by others and lay claim them
selves to that appellation. They still
insist that they constitute the Jewish
People whose aim is to abide by the
laws and teachings of their Prophets.
1t is evident, therefore that this peO-
pie is endowed with a spiritual object
as an aim of existence, and that being
unwilling to relinquish its corporate
existence among the nations 1t must
be looked upon as Jewish corporate
body of international scope.
Let us now take a look at that
body to understand its outward sem
ilance.
We see before us, not an internation-
al Jewish body corporate-only an in
terIational multitude OF Jews. .,..n
There is world of difference be-
tween n definite collective body of men
and mere multitude A body cor.
pOrate contains within itself certain
positive elements which constitute it
Such body has unity of name, unity
OF aim and unity of representation. \
multitude on the other hand is mere
gathering of individuals in state OF
anarchy. Unity Of name alone without
the other basic requisites, will not
| turn such mass into collective body
II positive meaning. To go further
if such a multitude be possessed botl
of unity of name and aim, but without
\ the element of representation, 1t re-
mains mere multitude without a cor.
porate status.
One body-making element-or pos
sibily twO-are lacking in the make
/! up of the Jewish collective body. II
has name, n spiritual aim, even tho il
remains underlined, but the third and
ton is assuredly missing The Jewish
people, therefore, presents itself as
| an anomalous body, mass with Il
lamc, with underlined aims headlcss
and existing in IA chaotic condition
In our search for the root of anti
Jewish prejudice. we have arrived at
II new turning point: the Jewish PEG
pie lack a collective leadership.
In examining this our new thesis
we are led to the inquiry: Is not this
abnormal status of International Jewry
somehow correlated to the auti-Jcwish
prejudice?
The Law of the Mind.
The science of psychology has dis
covered many important laws concern
ing ahe working scheme of the hu-
man mind.
To begin with, it has been ascertain
ed, that the human mind in its work
ings is just as much subjected to GER
For all the infinite variety of physical
types among men. the laws governing
their physical existence are the same