The Denver Jewish news., 1922-09-27
Europe Dependent Of
America, Says Wise
SECURED OOPERATION OF
LEADING SCHOLARS FOR JEW
ISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION.


DIR. Stephen s. Wise. Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Amcri-
can Jewish Congress. has returned from
Europe. having been gone about three
months DIR. Wise went to Europe. for
one thing. in order to secure teachers
for the Jewish Institute of Religion.
recently founded. of which he is the
president and he has succeeded in Sc
curing the services and cooperation of
many of the leading Jewish scholars
of European countries.
DIR. Wise also paid brief visit to
Palestine on behalf of the Palestine
Development Council, and made sur
vey of conditions in Palestine at this
cupied with the affairs of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress and was in con-
ference in Europe with Dr. Motzkin
Secretary General of the committee of
Jewish Delegations in Paris and other
leading representatives of the Jewish
Congress plan.
DIR. Wise is to make full report Mt
n special meeting of the American jew
ish Congress Executive. to he held sun
day afternoon. September IL, hut
pending the publication of such report
DIR. Wise made the following brief
statement
AT some fitting time I shall deal
with the problem of America in rela-
tion to Europe. I WILL however. now
deal with the rela tiOns that Obtain and
that ought to obtain between Eu-
ropean lands and America long enough
to point out that there Is II close par
allel between Europe's need OF .Ameri-
cas- understanding and cooperation.
and the need of understanding and
service from American Jews to their
brothers in European lands. European
Jewry is no more and no less inse-
cure and unstable and even hectic than
all the rest of Europe. Europe looks
to America for counsel and cooperation
and European .Iewry looks to its Amer
lean brothers for such insight and
readiness to serve as are needed IL
order is to be brought out of the
chaos of Jewish affairs. Everywhere l
felt an almost pathetic dependence up
on the younger stronger brother,
American Jewry. s.
America cannot lay down com.
mands for Europe. and no more can
American Jewry apply long-distance
n1a nf an
Jewry. What the World needs is broth
erliness. European has the right to
demand and to expect 1t of American
Israel
II have not been home long enough
to have heard the results of the Carls-
bad Conference of the Zionist Organi-
xatiOn If 1t he true. as 1t is reported.
that the Carlsbad Conference has seen
that n World Congress must be called
on behalf of Palestine, such decision
squares completely with the needs Of
Palestine and the spirit of European
Jewry.
What is needed today more than
anything else is the coming together of
Jews from all lands in order to de-
termine what to do and to determine
to do exactly what needs to he done.
if the Palestine opportunity is not to
be hopelessly lost
Il am not disturbed by the Arab sit
untion. For one thing have been
in Palestine and have seen that entire
dependence can he placed upon its two
statesmen administrators. Sir Herbert
Samuel and Sir Syndham Decides, and
they will tolerate no uprising against
that Government. which has been CON
firmed and ratified by the consertetl
action of the League of Nations. More
over. the best answer to Arab propa-
ganda is more work and still more
work i'm Palestine by Jews for Pales-
tine. Every service to Palestine. every
Investment of strength and resources
is for the benefit of Jew and Arab
and all the people of Palestine.