New-York tribune., 1921-10-04
Tribute Paid
Dead by Jews
As Year Opens
thousands in City Attend
Services in Synagogues.
Where CIergynen Speak
OF Problems of Race
Ancient Names Upheld
Rahbi Scl,uInaan Tells OF
Difficulties: DIR. CoIdstein
Speaks on Worlds Need

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The first day Of the Jewish Ncm
ear, o6s2, was marked Yesterday by
services in synagogues throughout the
city. These viii continue to-day and
the observance of the new wear will
last tor nine days from its beginning
on Sunday night. Both reformed and
orthodox Jews observed yesterday as
the day Of the dead, Offering prayers
IN cemeteries where relatives and
friends are buried The neriod Of re-
pentance ends with the fast dav Of
Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Schulnlan, of Temple Beth-Fl,
Seventy sixth Street and Fifth Ayeuue
delivered sermon on the tonic The
Good Way for the Jew and for the
Worid,' in the course Of which he
said:
IT is idle to think that by giving a
new name TO ourselves we win com
pleteiy solve our problem and remove
ali ulfhcultles from the path which. bv
our genius, we must travel An Amor.
ican Jew recently suggested that our
found bE giving ourselves a new name
lie suggests to US that we call our
selves the Reformed Church ofAmerican
lsracltes. He tells us We should drop
the name Jew, which every one knows
mas become, in the mouths of our enc
mics, q word Of insult and opprobriuYi
tic also points out what everv one
Knows, that in the English language it
mas been put 10 such ignoble use as 70
make IT synonymous with cheating and
everything mean and low. He would
thefe1ore run away from that name
He would also reject the use of the
is Greek in origin. and as he wants to
be perfectly assimiiated American he
would use only the word church.
True Difficulties Defined
II would say to this that it betiays
a woeful misunderstanding OF the true
nature OF the difficulties with which
Israel mas 70 contend. The tragedy Of
The jew is something that cannot be
put an end to. either By changing his
name as a group or by willfully chang
ing his personal name. 1t goes with
out saying that I sympathize with that
rart of his argument which would en-
rhasize the divdualitv of the Jew a
purely religious. | viii also add that
ny preference has always been for the
rame Israelite.'
The word Jew is only an external
denotation applied to the descendants
Of those whose ancestors lived in
Judea All our prophets speak OF
Israel; our holiest sentiments are ex-
pressed in connection with the word
Israel. which means champion OF God ,
and can never be abused by being
TUNED INTO a word synonymo ous with
TO cheat But the word Jew has been
cndeared to us Just because it has been
dragged into the dust by malice and
hate
And as long as tho word Jew VIII
continue to be abused by peoples who
are not sufficiently educated morally.
to treat il with respect, so long will
every chivarous, loyal, generous and
unselfish Jew stand by it,
Rabbi Schulman urged that the rco-
pie Of the country create the moral at
mosphere ''n which the delegates to
the disarmament conference will do its
work if our hopes are not to be dashed
to the ground
Worlds Greatest Need
Rabbi Herbert s. Coldstein. preach
ing on THE Worlds Greatest Need"
in the institutional Synagogue. said:
II maintain that the World " ar has
not really ceased, because no true and
lasting peace has resulted. President
Hardin ng-God bless him has called
for a conference on armaments. We
Jews, who have felt the gushing, un-
broth eriy and wanton use Of the worlds
armaments more than any other people,
will certainly otfel up our prayers on
this New Years that this conference
may be successful. But let me say here
that this conference VIII fail unless
the representatives Of the nations of
the world will in their deliberations
accept God as the visible king of the
world then black, yellow and white
men Will all be deemed alike his SER
wants. God as king has given to man
kind the Bible, his moral law, as the
basis and foundation of this Kingdom"
GLOW Shall the Jew Meet the
Worlds Ostracism ?" was the subject
Of the address Of DR.. Maurice H. Har-
ris at Temple Israel. Ninety-sixth
Street and Central Park West He
said:
II am sorry for the Jew who is ey
cluded from a club, for the son of
Israel Disseminated against i'll sum
mer colony, for the medical student
denied admission in hospital But
what matters exclusion from sociai
groun Of parvenus or q black ball from
q college fraternity whose hilarious
diversions would not bear exposure in
the pages Of decent periodical? Ger
tainlv he may regard with equanimity
such social exclusions il he realizes
that in the demonstration of loyalty to
such principles, by living them. he may
vet be of service to his fellow men.