The Denver Jewish news., 1923-06-28
The Great Jewish
Awakening
By ABRAHAM 3. schooner

lIlt tIt JEW iSi hscisis- -
broken. The lethargy. which. for cen
turies held the Jewish masses In n
state of slavery In their own people. Is
passing away. There is a great Jewish
Jewish freedom in Israel. and sys
| fsmatic and responsible collective lew
ish life. Is visible above the Jewish
horizon.
The large Jewish masses all over the
world are waking iip to the great prin;
oiplc of democracy to he applied to
Israel. BY the powerful light of that
principle they are gradually beginning
10 discern the following great truths:
1 First: The sovereignty of the Jew,
ish People Is in them-the Jewish peo-
pie;
second: The responsibility Of the
Jewish People rests on them-the Jew
ish people:
Third: No Jew or group of Jews.
no mntter how rich. philanthropic ana
influential. has the right to speak. or
act. i'm the name of the Jewish people
withost their. the peoples consent;
Fourth: No people. Israel included
can practically and nationally exist un-
der the rule fo self-constituted leaders
-shtadlonim:
Firth: No Jewish shtadlon. or group
of shtadlonim. is big enough, or in
t;ucntial enough. to successfully defend
the honor of the Jewish name. and to
successfully protect the human rights
OF the members of the Jewish people.
This could he accomplished only by the
Jewish people itself through duly
chosen representatives:
Sixth. The Jewish people is greater
than nny Jew or group of Jews:
Seventh: The Jewish people stands
| in need OF Representatives to he chosen
by the Jewish people. of the Jewish
people, and for the Jewish people;
Eighth: The chosen Jewish Repre-
sentatives must meet in and constitute,
the Jewish Congress of the whole Jew
ish people. The decision of this Con
grcss must he carried out by the Exc
cutive OF that Congress.
But. oh. the Jewish pag1le of cen
turics-the self-constituted Jewish
lcaders--tlc shtndlonim. The pest OF
sclf-crowned Jewish monarcls, seeing
their petty powers and petty personal
Interests In Jewish life threatened. and
feeling the ground giving way under
| 70. npsH al. fhat.
teeth against the Jewish masses anG
the Jewish right Of suffrage. BY {,
combined effort they have succeeded IL
giving. i .l3Hsk to me dnwdrd nsvc
n,ent Of the Jewish awakening-tht
Jewish Congress movement. BY shrcwd
ma nipulntions and vile tricks they have
succeeded In killing the first demo
CRITICALLY elected American and Cana.
,lian Jewish Congress, and they arc
holding back the convening of the lew
ish World Congress- by their craft!
tactics they have created marked
apathy in Jewish life. and they finttei
themselves. that the Jewish awakening
| to- the Jewish claim to the right OF
sufYerage-tlhc Jewish Congress Move,
ment. is crushed. Vain toll. Dclusivt
confidence. \ principle founded IL
truth is stronger than men. II l.
stronger even than mems voices. Tie
present apathy in Jcwry is but like thu
stiffness which precetlcs the cnrth
quake or the hurricane. There is nov
power In the Jewish people whicl
cannot be crushed. 1t is the power o.
Jewish manly dignity and personal re
sponsibility in Jewish life: the power
of great principle: the power OF
vital truth, long smOthered in Jcwr.
beneath the chaos. confusion. ignorance.
and abuses of the golus and of the
shtadiOn. but now breaking through
the terrific pressure and asserting it,
vivifying force.
Now. each lew says. or feels: -
am no slave. | have a mind. soul,
conscience. l can think. No Jew
or group of Jews. owns the Jewish
people. am a free man. l do moi
want self constituted Jewish leaders. /
do not want shtadionim. | want re
sponsihlc Jewish Representatives to liz
chosen by the Jewish people. ! want to
exercise my right of suffrage in Israel.
and choose my Jewish Representatives.
I am qualified for the right of suf-
fragc in my Jewish People"
What n power there is in this con
seriousness. Therein consists the great
Jewish awakening. This awakening
will end the Jewish golus.