The Denver Jewish news., 1920-09-15
Why Jewish MarriedLife
Should be Happy
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own individuality in spiritual union
She is not absorbed by her own joy
or engrossed by her own sorrow. She
is content to be married, and accepts
any disadvantages that come from
that state. she believes in her hus-
ba,ld, in her children, and even if
these fail her. she believes in her
race, her religion, and the inheritance
of her people: this gives her Il centre
of gravity outside of herself.
For thousands Of years Jewish WON
en- have been taught the value of serv
ice; the dedication of the Self TO an
ideal At the same time they hav"
been held firm TO the realities of mar
riage by their worship. These two in
fluences will. / believe. forever make
numbers to accept the egoistic view OF
marriage and the duties of women
that has been set up in England. ai
also in other European lands and i'll
America, indeed wherever Self-asser-
ton has been admitted as the ruling
principle of life.
The Jewish women have inherited
the most perfect feminist ideal that as
vet the world has known: an ideal of
service within the home of which full
life she is the highpriestess an ideal
turning to foolishness the false values
of this industrial age. And this ideal
of service. shared by all, gives TO the
most ullearned Jewish woman the
priceless knowledge of an eternal
truth: truth that has to be learnt
by each one among us before we can
find happiness-that only by losing
ourselves can we find the Self that is
eternal The Jewish woman learns
this truth by living it.
The deep reasons of life lie beyond
the realm of individual advantage. The
Jewish spirit. pursuing its ends de
liberately and wisely. demands OF
women and of men two different de-
votions. 1t asks of women devotion
to men. to their children. to their
homes: of men. devotion to ideals.
JEWISH WoHeh w io' "'h' W "'N -
men are worthy. their thought is OF
service They understand that in each
devotion lies AN equal glory, an equal
Joy. and an equal honor in the sight
Of God and of man.
There is so much more / would like
to saw. l would wish to show you
something ut least of the success with
which religion among the Jews has
been turned to domestic uses. No
detail of the home life is left unhal-
lowed. Even the poorest Jewish home
is saved by its ceremonies from the
degrading Indifference to decency and
tenderness, which is the terrible
feature of the industrial homes of pow
crty. The salctity of the home is Az
affcctionate tradition linking the Jews
thru the ages with golden chain The
purity of home life has fought ana
triumphed over all the unsanitary con-
ditions of ghetto life.
Abundant o,;dcnc. is fortbcominp of
tho honor tb,t was ALWAYS maid nv
tho lavish busbo,d to hi, wife Hin
du,;,, toward bcr arc sot forth in de-
.,u :, .ho s,,,I foru ,f rho Eatubob
In tho bod,. of that instrument he
binds himself to work for her, and TO
honor her. to support and maintain
her The Talmudic savings on this
subject of the honor in which the wife
is held and the husbands dependence
on her are numerous. Let me quote
one or two: "Who is rich? He whose
wifc's actions are comely. Who is
happy? He whose wife is modest and
gentle" Acain: "A mans happiness
is all of his wife's creation :" and vet
again: Goods presence dwclIs in II