The Denver Jewish news., 1921-04-27
Rabbi Franklin Delivers
Constructive Address
EDWARD N. CALISH ELECTED
PRESIDENT CENTRAL CONFER.
ENCE AMERICAN RABBIS.

All pui 70 VI thN eou's's
were present.
Rabbi Edward n. Calisch, vice presi-
dent of the conference was elected
president to succeed Rabbi Leo NJ.
Franklin, of Detroit. Rabbi \. Simon.
of Washington. ID. c., was elected vice
president; corresponding secretary.
Rabbi Felix A. Levy. Chicago: record
ing secretary, Rabbi 1. Marcusion,
Macon, Ga; treasurer, Rabbi Louis
wolsey. Cleveland. o.
Rabbi Franklin in presenting
his annual message began by
describing the conditions in which the
jew lives and the Anti-Semitism whicl
fnces him in every country.
Fortunately" said DIR. Franklin
tho l am no more blind than
others to the rising tile of anti-Semi
tism. feel justified in. speaking
word of great encouragement and OF
high hope at this time. l am convinc-
cd. as all must be, who do not content
themselves with observing conditions
merely superficially, that as result
of the attacks that have peen directed
against us, there has beer, born within
the Jew himself keener self-con-
sciousness. n finer appreciation of his
part and place in life, n more intense
Jewishness, and a nobler cOnsecratioE
to the task with which thru the ages
he has been entrusted.
.,,s&
of successful contradiction that today
there are more Jews in America COLI
scious of the dignity of being Jews
than there have ever been before;
less of sense of martyrdom and more
of sense of spiritual mastery: that
there are more Jews willing to make
high sacrifices for their fathers faith
than there have been for many years
that, In word tOs;ny Judaism means
more to more people. in this country
at least than it ever did in all our his.
tory.
Americas Sense Of Fair Play.
"What has contributed to this very
happy reaction as much as anything
else is. l believe. the sense of fair
play on the part of the American peo-
pie. / am glad to make this state
ment In this the capital of our country
and therefore the center of the ma
TONS life. hold that the protest
against anti-Semitism tnat recently
went forth under the signature o:
Woodrow Wilson, then President OF
the United States. ex-President VIII
liam Howard Taft. voiced eloquently
and with deep sincerity the indigna'
ton that normally fills the souls OF
the American people when American
ideals are dragged into the dust and
10y that fact the permanence of Amer
lean institutions is threatened. In
that protest the spirit of America
found voice.
..rhe same spirit of American fair
play found expression in the editorial
utterances of hundreds of newspapers
scattered from coast to coast. in mag
azine articles. in sermons preached
from the pulpits of all denominations.
III platform addresses, and in every
vehicle of expression at the command
of the American people.
at is no small tribute that i pay
to our country and our countrymen
when l say out of my heart that be-
lieve that had we Jews not said one
single word in protest against the in
justices or in answer to the misrep-
reservations under which we have sur
fered this voice of America womb
have spoken out in terms so clear aihi
so unambiguous that however they
might continue their mouthings, our
detractors would he held by Americans
of Christian faith to be un-Christian
and un-Amcrican.
"In paying this well-deserved tribute
to our fellow Americans of other
faiths, / am not uEmindful of the sig
nificance and the far-reaching import
,,nce of the address to their fellow ci1-
zens sent out December 1, under the
signatures of the American Jewish
committee. the Zionist Organization OF
America. the Union of American He
Irew Congregations. the United Syna-
COG of America. the Provisional Or
sanization for the American Jewish
Congress. the Independent Order oil
B'nai Birth. and the Authorization
League, the Central Conference OF
American Rabbis. the Rabbnical AS
sembly of the Jewish Theological Semi
nary and the Union of Orthodox Rab-
bis of the United States and Canadh.
This address. published under the
title 1.-THE Protocols, Bolshevism. ana
the Jews is clear-cut. statesman
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