The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1922-02-15
Nahum Sokolow Spoke
at B'nai Birth Meeting
GAVE OUTLINE OF THE DEVELOP.
MENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
.IERl' SALEM AT PALESTINE.

vnncemcnt program of Denver Lodge
No. III, I. O. b. r.. was the surpris"
number presented at last Sundays
meeting, when. in place of the attrac-
ton announced for this meeting.
Nahum Sokolow appeared and en-
,hralled those who were fortunate
enough to he present, with talk on
The work of the B'nai Birth in Pal
cstinc.
For an hour he kept the audience
hanging upon his words ms he portray
ed the activities of the order in the
Holy Land. In simple. straightfor-
ward manner. as one brother speaking
to another and with sincerity and
carnestness carrying conviction. he de-
livcrcd the message from afar. he out
lined the story of spiritual Palestine
of cultural Jerusalem.
Sokolow joined the order in Eng
land. He has sat in lodge in all parts
of the world He approached and
carried his subject without 'propa-
randasing." without appealing on be-
half of the movement which is his
very life. without indulging for mo-
rcnt in the attitude of the partisan
lie was purely educational. He pre-
scented information. sympathetieaiiy'
Interestingly. with the thoroughnesS
and accuracy of the scholar, with the
fairness of the true student.
He ,lwcit particularly on the 1ouh-
dation and growth of the library oil
Jerusalem. leading up to the I'M
ycrsity now being rapidly brought IN
10 reality He showed ho~ an IN
dividuaIs collection of Hebrew tones
and trcatises has. after being
given to an appreciative public as the
foundation for an institution, hau
grown into large library of great
variety including the rarcst volumes
covering every phase of Hebrew anu
Scmitics. And all this was accomplish
cd with the aid of the B'nni Brith
IN Jerusalem. The lodge is officially
recognizing the value of making the
center for the world.
He reviewed the history of the Near
East. He contrasted the present Ill
Palestine with Turkish rule. He show
ed how Egypt had grown and thrivea
| under British rule to the point oil
| ultra civilized independence. He show.
ed the spirit of Great Britnin's man
date over Palestine, OF the progress
Of the land and its people with the
aid of that Power. He showed what
had in part been accomplished. ana
what could be and would still be ac-
complishctl. Again he led from the
commercial, industrial, economic ana
historical aspects of the country to
the educational and spiritual side, tell
ing how Einstein was planning to de-
vote his time to the building up OF
the influence of the University of Pui-
@ time into world factor, how Berg
son had promised TO lecture there nj
frequent intervals, how exchange pro-
fessors would visit and lecture there,
TOW research work would be carried
on there, until the world would look
to this University as it does to other
leading universities of the world for
the fruits of wisdom. AS to the work
ers in the movement for the rebuilding
Of Palestine. he said, "nll we want is
10 be understood"
JIn yn this almost all his talks
very informally. He speaks splendid
English with the purity. the diction
and the precision of the foreigner who
has mastered the language. Thus III
speaks many other languages He Is
a true linguist He is real student.
He carries history, ancient mediaevni.
modern and current. at the tip of his
tongue. His comparisons. his pnrnl-
lclS. his metaphors are historical. He
is n born diplomat Not of the devious
or secret diplomacy is he the rep
resentative, but he is of the school
that approaches the subject with earn
estness, with sincerity. with knowi-
edge. He understands the politics OF
The world in the broadcast aspect. He
thinks in terms of world politics. and
in this manner he seeks to show the
rights of the Jew in the world. He
has been at the Peace Conference. mt
Versailles he has been at San Reno
lac has rubbed elbows and conferred
intimately with the worlds great rul-
,rs and representatives. He il with
nj modest man. Truly, here are the
clements of n great man.
TEA GIVEN nv THE JanUES, Am