The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-23

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vitcd Brown to spend weekend with
him at Mr.. Marshall's summer camp
nj Saranac Lake.
AN invitation from Mr.. Marshall is
command, SO far as / am concerned -
IL how David A. Brown explained It..
''And when he asked me to come and
see him. went Just as soon as l
could. Without bentipg around the
bush. Mr.. Marshall told me that he was
convinced 1t was my duty to grant the
request of the Seminary committee.
that II did I could coun. on him
| for all the support it Is possible for
him to giveHn order that the campaign
should succeed.
He described to me that great pos
sltiiities for the Jewish Theological
Seminary, through the training Of edu-
Gated and modern Rnbbis. MS well as
efficient md petlagogically well-equip
ped teachers. to develop in this cOun-
try generation OF Jewish young men
and women who would he credit to
their people and their history, who
could bring about real Jewish renais-
sance hut lacking religious inspiration
In their homes and virile religious
leadership In the synagog may drift
away from their ancient moorings. The
Jew wants to he proud of his people
He wnnts them to be worthy Of the
great opportunities timt hnve come to
them In Americn-and wants them to he
worthy Of America.
Either We Raise 81. .OoO 900 or Seminary
Closes Its Doers
"'This great institution said Mr..
Marshall to me. which under the iil-
|, fiuence Of the sninted DIR. Schechter.
has become such bnlwark Of Juda-
) ism, TINT had done 30 mncl, to adjust
the lew with his American environment
aud his American environment with the
lew. that has graduated 1a0 young.
progressive. devOtetlly Jewish and de-
votsSlly American rabbits who are in
spiring thousands to higher. nobler
Jewish lives must not he permitted to
fail And Mr. Marshnlfs voice trem-
bled ns he added with all Of the en-
phasis which makes him 40 eloquent.
40 moving, Either we raise $1.0OO.OOO
for 1t. or the Jewish Theological Sem
mary closes its doors ~
have the rest of the story from
Jacob Biliikopf who was one of the
first to endeavOr to persuade Brown
against his villas he wns the first
to name Brown for the $14,0OO.OOO
campaign leadership.
Marshalls Dramatic Appeal to Brown.
"There was dramatic silence In
the room when Mr.. Marshall paused.
I confess that was profoundly moved
by the words of this wonderful man.
who. as you know. has time and again
paid out large sums Of money in order
that this very calamity should not Oc-
cur to the Seminary" Mr.. Billikopf in
formed me.
II could see that Brown was moved.
could see the terrific struggle in his
mind. Mr.. Marshall rose from his
sent. "'David, you did glorious piece
of work for the starving Jews of Rus
sia Millions over there repeat your
name daily and bless it siad Mr.. Mar
shall. We. here. love and honor you
for what you did for our suffering
people across the sea. And now ! APP
peal to you-I appeal to you in the
name of American Israel, I appeal to
you for the sake of the Jewish good
name in this country. / appeal to you
for the sake of the future of Jewry
in America. do this thing. Help us
to keep the torch of Judaism buring in
America. If you won't who will?'
One must be superhuman to with
stand such plea, yet Brown struggled
against the moving power of Mr.. Mar
shnll's elo0uence. The best he would
promise Mr.. Marshall then was that
he would think it over But whether
he knew it or not. he had been ''stnm-
petled" The mo- was still on his
lips. hut yes was in his soul
Brown Goes to the Seminary
The proof is that instead of hnrrying
back to Detroit. he went straight to
New York and straight to West 123rd
street. straight to the Jewish TheOlOg-
ical Seminary. There he met DIR. Cyrus
Adler. the acting president. who went
into details with him about the tinan-
cial straits of the institution. He met
Rabbi Max Drob again and Rabbi Snm-
uel NJ. Cohen, executive secretary of
the United Synagog. He met Prof
Louis Guinzburg and Trof. Israel Dnv
idson. and their spirituality. their cru
dition. their Jewishness stirred him
again. He saw n portrait of DIR.