The Denver Jewish news., 1924-01-17

jewish woman mas DeeH ueIIieu, hSi
obligation as n Jewess, to the com
munity, to her family and to herself
has been impressed upon her without
reservation.
"Bible classes and private devotions
are not to be underrated, but they are
not sufficient vehicle for religious
propaganda; from them we do not get
soul culture nor do we learn therefrom
the application of ethics to our daily
lives. In religious work nothing is
more potent than the religious educa-
ton of the child. We are not giving
our children their just Inheritance. II
child has had proper religious tram
ing in the home the danger of ship
wreck is negligible. Too often our
children are surrounded by every lux
ury, but we minimize the most essen
tial thing, the cultivation of his soul.
| Let our women. be true mothers in Is
rael and ispire spirituality in the
home. The National Federation, an
organization of almost 10000 women,
stands primarily for religion. The
work of the state federation is fight
against the apathy indifference of the
Jew to his religion and his inheri-
tance."
A symposium on how the influence
of Temple Sisterhoods may best be
exerted was the feature ut one of the
sessions. The tendency of the time, it
was brought out, is felt in the prob
lens of its young people as in the
young people of every faith and there
was a heated discussion on whether
the Sabbath School or the home is to
blame for the lack of spirituality of
the child and how best this may be
overcome. 1t was impressed upon the
delegates by the president, Mrs. h.
H. Mayer, of Kansas City, that the
child needs the spiritual background
of the home to resist temptations OF
later life.
"Our Sabbath Schools, like our
selves, are suffering from thickness OF
souls, said Mrs. Louis Witt, in speak
ing on "The Influence of the Sister
hood on the Religious Schools" Our
people, Israel, who withstood> twenty
centuries of oppression, is now inn
periled by the very civilization that
emancipated it. More thought should
be given to religious education than to
superficial things. The over-indulged
child of today needs force of will to
encounter life; needs fortitude to with
stand disappointment. During child
hood the foundation of character are
laid. Even higher education will not
give him the moral force to rise to
high and holy places from the depths
of life. The mother in the home must
lay the cornerstone by teaching
PRAYER, in the nursery moral lessons
must begin. The Sabbath School
teacher should stress more the moral
lessons of the Bible. The Sisterhood
place of moral and spiritual influence.
We must awaken the need of jewish
consciousness, and we must begin with
their elders in order to help our
youth"
| Mrs. Eugene Mannheimer gave as
the three purposes of the Temple Sis
terhood "to promote good fellowship
in the congregation, to further every
interest in the religious school and to
strengthen the cause of Judaism She
emphasized the need of wiping out
class lines and distinctions among
members of the congregation. "The
question of the adolescent girl and boy
is the responsibility of the Sister
hood" she added. at should foster
their social life, that their interest
and activities will not be lost when
they are grown. Help them to develop
into fine, clean-minded men and wom-
en-. The Sisterhood must help Jewish
chautauqua movements, the Hebrew
Union College and Bible study classes.
1t should cooperate and federate with
other women's organizations and as
sist in all community activities
"Think, talk and live Judaism and
the people of your community will re-
spect you for it. Be proud of your
heritage and of your forefathers," ad-
monished Mrs. Walter ]. Samisch, of
Leavenworth, Kan, in her talk on
"The Influence of the Sisterhood on
the Community" Study the art and
literature of the Jews. We should
know our own background if we ex-
pect the world to see us as we are
The prejudice against the Jew is the
result of ignorance of our people and
their customs. We must cooperate
and work in harmony. Help our young
people to organize their social, athletic
| and dramatic clubs and assist our