The Denver Jewish news., 1923-06-06

working for the wcif0re OF all. Amer-
is.u could net disbclieye in nccc~sity
% nbyious. 1t IL not because 4AmerifA
does not believe in disarmament. Amer
lea docs believe In disa arInument--nof In
Tho futile Limitations Of utterly useless
and Outgrown units of warfare. hut in
the complete Acknowledgement of Dayics.
and armies -and aeroplnnes, and that
most tla amnable Of all engines Of tlestruc
Ion. the chemical warfare service. 1t Is
,ot bpdause America does not believe
IN abolition Of war md In the estnb-
ishment Of international courfs Of
usticc. America entered the World
Var to do two things, TO drive the
icrmnns out of France and TO drive
var out cf the world. 1t IL mt be
ans. America dn.s not honor Woodrow
wilson and Jan Chrfstian Smn,s and
ord Robert Cecil Am.rica's hesitation
: simple Of explanation. Americn
lUs not enter the League Of Nations
.hicfiy because We nrr uncertain Of
he sincerity, not Of the peoples, hut
! Z the Governments of Europe. America
.annOt forget the secret treaties of
.a,Iell the High Commissioners did not
,yeak when they stood III the Hall Of
congress- and pleaded for our cOoipera-
Ion In the war: America cannot forget
he sex-rct treafies that more than any
hing el.c vltiatesl the peace and made
impossible compact IT Justice between
he nations. No one who is acquainted
With the political and diplomatic his-
tory 0f the last five hundred years will
io,,ht the statement that Europe today
: suffering from centuries Of insin-
Gritty. We have nat learned the, les
.on contained in the old Hebrew Mid
ash. Why liz 1t. our sages ask. that
he Hebrew word for truth, ernesh. IL
umposesl Of just these three hrfterx.
.ieph. the first letter Of the Hebrew
,lpllnpet unrm. the ssrcs,nd letter ~ the
iIIDlsal,et. and soph. the last letter!
This IL tn instruct us TINT truth. sim
rrify. iS the beginning. the center, the
end Of nll things. This is why de-
end sincerity ASA virtue that Is funtla-
mental.
Now come tc my main theme. tho
irt,m ~ holiness. that. ] believe. to
r. central in the faith Of Isrnel. In
Judaism there ar' three cardinal siI,s
do,atfy. murder and immortality. I'm
morality means Infidciitx and unchnst-
". Chastity. fidelity. holiness. These
ire the ideals that have heen sacred
md sovereign in the life Of Israel.
rhese are thu ideals for which the
ncn 0f Israel have striven. and for
liesc ideals the daughters Of Israel
,nve died. More than onsc In the long
'rnEesly cf persecution and pogrom.
!cwIsh nml6eNv have destroyed them
fSses ~faa s1atr trlns 1Iasas sssassvssAsn
.urer dlsh0nOr. They knew thnt life
vo,ild le worthless and who will deny
hat they were right. ravisl,etI Of the
most precious jewel In the dtallem Of
Jewish wOinnnhOOd. - "a. fs
II you would know how highly Israel
,ns treasured the virtue OF fidelity. re-
ouO inc SeNtutu &snhuiahNsfhss-hts =
Thou shalt not commit adultery" Re-
,rad the Commentaries and the eau
fiOns concerning the ''strangr woman"
In the Book Of Proverbs:
THE lips Of strange woman drop honey.
and her mouth Ia smoother than oil
Bnt her end IL bitter as wormwOOsl,
and sharper than tw0-eslged sword
Her feet 60 down to death and her
steps lead directly into He'll"
Rercad the exhOrtati0ns Of the
Prophets. Hosea h to me the most
tender, the most lOvable Of all the teach
~ of the Bible. He was hinlself the
.Ictim OF hearfrending domestic trng-
dy. When he tries to describe the
In OF npostasy In Israel. he can think
VI no words more awful than those
uggested by the imagery Of infidelity.
Israel Is the bride of God. the bride
.i,O hns fOrsaken her bridegroom for
strangers, who waiitlers' astray nfter
aisc loves and lnsciviOus conduct. H.
ilelity and apOstasy are equally helm
ms and horrible in the eyes Of the
'rOplicts OF Isrnel.
Ito be cOntinued).