The Denver Jewish news., 1920-11-10

l SO4lNFVesypur 6udhlSui, ACTIVITY, tthKNl
texlrnble:s thru ceremonies, thT1, prat-
tics, and !our' children win hive the
experience of Judaism to guide them.
Take SOME time 70 study. our, history.
iearp the Pible, make 1t applicable TO
the life Of the chfld. Link up all
modern living With onr historic past.
That is the experience that will give
our youths the right. conception Of
Judaism. IL this difficult to do? Is it
hard to fipd time to study,+-Jewish
subjects l mean? IL IL humiliating to
copfess we have been wrong? After
preaching brosdnes OF vision until We
suddenly find our views spread so thin
that they lack substance. ia It hard to
go back to conservatism Then let
Us remember what our fsrrfathers al
ways knew thnt discipline is ut cessary
for stropg character" The ability to
persist aud endure under difficult con-
litions for n desirable end n Sne of the
most necessary elepents Of character.
believe that Q real 'kp0wledse Of our
Bible and an honest cndeaSor to dis-
cipline ourselves ip its teachings will
give MS this moral power which VIZ
reed. 1t gave our ancestors the
strength to Ole at the stake and what
was harder, TO live ''persecuted and
d.spised Of men," for > belief. 1t gave
the Pilgrim Fathers the. courage TO
face an unknown ocean and an IN
known wilderness for conscience sake.
At least II may stitYen our own back
ZONES and keep the next generation of
Jews from becoming jenyifsh.
Il believe that we are Gods chosen
people with mission to perform. Sure
ly the Lord loves us or We would not
be so chastened; but that mission was
given to US as Kingdom Of priests
aud, a holy nation" What We have been
CHOSEN for, what our mission II, that
We 10 not know, perhaps It Is to prove
tn scoring world that when people
fights for what 1t believes with Its
whole soul IL true. that people must
surely live, but ,as every woman once
kept herself in readiness to be the
Mother of the Messiah, so must We keep
ourselves In readiness for the greater
revelation which is to come. II We do
not conserve Judaism. how can We be
ready? For surely 1t is thru our
Judnism that we are. 10 make our mis-
sion felt. 4.
when the nations are sore Distress
ed they cry, Il lift up miae eyes unto
the mountains, whence ,cometh my
help That vista Of far horizons. Of
high peaks reaching up unto the. clear.
clean. blue was given to the, world BY
our Psalmist. :. Because We have lost
the vision must onr, children be biind7
And when ali II said life Is. the
great adventure, In which each, genera-
tion strives; to. climb to those same
mountain peaks. what our generation
llas forgotten is, that to 60 the great
adventure one MUST Afst ee,EreAtly dte-
ciplfned. willing to accept great re-
sponsibiltties and have honesty Of pur-
pose. Judaism straight. .forwffd, mi.
adulterated: working Judaism teaches
responsibility. judaism Is discipline.
Let as be sufHcientfy unnoiern to
Stiil believe IN duty, in idcsR. Only
in the night are III cats-gray:: In Goas
good sunshine things, ideas, attituduas.
manners are right or, wrong. moral OF
immoral. To b6 roloriess, passive. un-
moral. meShs death not life. Let N
cease ID BE- skepsics and sco1ets, and.
for QUE bate fsith- that. yoath win re-
spond.' . ..-,A - . =" -, 4'-. : :
.MRs. Fas1xxf LEWIS REFORT- ON
-: RELIGION. :, !! ~
Ms. yelix. Iexy. Of Chicago. chair
man of the cornnittee zen. Religion.
presented . most extensive .and com
prehcnsiye report In al inspirinS and
powerful manner. l...,
feel 1t q very great honor to. bs
permitted to present this report in this
House OF Worship, for even as no
mere figures, no bald statmeat of
facts. can begin to measure tho In
fluence for good or approximate the
force for righteousness that. the spirit
ual leader La this synagog has exer-
cised durink the many years Of his
ministry in this community. 20 do I
feel that no statistical report begins
to define the religious work of the
Council. How many women. especial
II in our very large and In our very
small cities. have no Jewish affilis-
tion other than the Council of Jew
ish Women? How many little girls
without any hope Of religious educa.
tion except In the Council Religious
Schools? How many commuhities in