Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-19
HEBREWS
HEAR Dr.. LYONS
"The Painful Privilege of
Being a Jew" Subject of In
teresting Talk

DR.. Alexander Lyons, a most con-
vincing speaker, gave an inspiring
talk on THE Painful Privilege to be
a Jew" at the second of a series of
lectures and entertainments being
auspiced by the Ladies' Auxiliary, Of
the Y. M. II. A. in the high school
auditorium, last night. at is a pain
full thing to be a Jew" DR.. Lyons
said, because the Jew has been an
~tagonized throughout the world.
We find 1t more SO in large cities
than in small towns. Read the
| newspaper want ads in New York
city and you see: Christians only
need apply. Many Jews who apply
for positions are refused because of
their religion. There are objection
able Jews, we admit. but not all
Jews are Objectionable. We have
Objectionable Jews because there are
bad Jews but not all Jews are bad.
The world doesn't say bad Jew, hut
bad Jews. Because of all this an
tagonism, a Jew has to work twice
as hard to succeed. Many Jews have
left Judaism because they cannot
pear the pain of being a jew"
"Inter-marriage between the Jew
and non-Jew is one of the greatest
tragedies of life" said DR.. Lyons.
"Inter-marriage is on the increase,
because of the pain to be a Jew, but
people ought to be ashamed to give
up such a fine history"
ut is not only a pain to be a Jew.
but also a privilege" continued the
speaker. I'VE have given poets,
philosophers and many other great
men 10 the world but the great thing
Jews have given to the world is the
history and life of its people. We are
descendants of distinguished ances-
tors. Multitudes of Jews in this
country think they are a Jew be-
cause they refuse a ham sandwich
or because they observe one or two
days a year for atonement. We are
living a Jewish life not only to be
as good as anyone else but to be
a little bit better. You are not a
real Jew If you are content to be as
good as anybody else. You will
strive to be a little bit better. Being
a Jew is a responsibility and also a
privilege. The Jew is under criti-
cism, and we can't meet it by crying
out, or talking about others, but we
can do something by serving the
people. Ire greatest thing in life
is adversely, not prosperity"
Adversely is charged with a
greater blessing than prosperity"
said DIR. Lyons. Lets try to trans
form this antagonism into patience,
sympathy, consideration and to urn
the world to compliment. 1t is also
a privilege to be a Jew because of
its wonderful opportunities. The
privilege of being a Jew can to
be on the side of ultimate success.
The greatest blessings of the world
are enjoyed because of the spiritual
and religious teachings" The speak
er concluded his talk declaring:
"We should &c on serving the world,
as nothing succeeds but the right.
Pay the penalty of the Jew, and also
thing of it's many privileges" Mrs.
Lester M. White, violinist, accom-
panied by Mrs. Aaron Kaufman, ex-
quisitely played two selections.
A. ]. Gorney, a composer of popu-
lar music and s~emi-classical music,
will be the next entertainer on
November l.. He is on the staff of
7. B. Harms Publishing Co., and one
of the musical directors of Shuberts,
for whose productions he has writ
ten a number Of compositions. He
is an effective speaker and holds his
audience with a combination lecture
recital entitled Behind the Scenes
with the Composer. Mr.. Gorney
explains how musical comedies are
written and produced. Incidentally
and in the course of his talk, Mr..
Gorney plays a number of popular
and classical melodies, some of his
own compositions.