New-York tribune., 1922-03-06
Bitterly Assails Them for
Indifference to Stricken
Co-religionists in Europe;
Many Apostates, He Says
Sees an Industrial Feud
Charges Some of WeIl-to-Do
Are Taking Revenge OH
Closed Shop Workers. Kin

Rabbi Stephen Wise. speaking at
the Free Synagogue yesterday, de-
Tended Jacob Loeb, of Chicago. and his
criticism of the Jews Of New York for
their failure to give aid to the stricken
Jews of eastern Europe.
In his sermon Rabbi Wise made the
accusation that some Jews are holding
themselves aloof from the appeal OF
the campa ign workers in the hope that
by so doing they may escape their
racial sponsbilities, while others, he
SAID, were withholding their subscrip-
tions for industrial reasons. believing
that their donations would 10 for sus-
tanning life in the class of east Euro
peans whose American cousins are
fighting for the closed shop.
In his Introductory remarks Rabbi
wise said: 81 would rather leave the
ministry to-day than feel under the
necessity Of pleasing Jews by defend
ing them when they are indefcnsiblc.
by eXcusing them when their sins of
commission or omission arc incx-
cusable.
ITO do as we'll as Mr. Loeb and his
fellow Jews of Chicago have done the
Jews of New York must give $4,000
GOO instead Of the bare $4,000 900 that
has come from 800, 600 subscribers
MIR. Loeb knows that it can be done
and he has helped to do 1t in his own
city
deaf TO Cries of Noedv"
"Too many Jews have lost their sense
Of sympathy with suffering They are
become deaf 10 the cries of the needy.
Even the case OF them whose need Is
known cannot search out the hearts of
these Implying ones. And some have
lost sympathy because they live for
self alone selfish, utterly materialized
lives.
perhaps the gravest thing about it
an IS that the present failure is not an
isolated one, as Mr.. Loeb pointed out.
1t is eliminating and discrowning
failure and. still worse. it is a symp-
tom of a state of affairs that obtains
IN the Jewish life Of New York. II is
true that there has been and is un-
sufflcing and uncompeling leadership
Of the Jews of New York. leadershin
without the acceptance of its core
spending sponsibilities and generosi-
YES; Inc oe"lSh community of New
lork is unorganized. but the responsi
bility for this lies between those who
lead without leading and those who
follow without following.
Some of my fellow Jews Of New
York feel that if they hold aloof from
and omit to identify themselves with
their brothers now, they will stand ont
as more completely American and as
less Jewish. The un-Jcwishness that
is bought at the expense Of elementary
decency and at the cost Of unlesseued
suherlng to ones people is a sorrv.
sordld, accursed thing. No Jew is an
American worthy the namo who turns
ms PACK upon bis brothers because they
dwell in Eastern Europe.
Suffer For Their Faith
"Let the Jews of New York rcmen,ber
that the children of East European
lands have been orphaned because thev
are Jewish. Not because they arc
Polish, Or Russian or Ukrainian. but be-
cause they are Jewish. Reason enough
for helping 100000 little Jewish
orphans that have been orphaned be-
cause of their Jewshness.
"And finally one Of the worst things
about the whole business has been that
the partial failure is due to the atti
tudc of some, do not say most. we'll
to-do Jews of this community, who
have either refused TO help or failed
to volunteer because they are unfriend
Y TO all Jewish immigrants and most
unfriendly to immigrants from Eastern
European lands. Why? Because East