The Denver Jewish news., 1924-04-10


sible To describe. The Communist
young are looked upon us The hope of
the land and they are gyien every
liberty which these immature and I'M
con,r rolled children utilize according 10
their tastes and interpretations.
IF the marriage records show in
stances Of 1G year OLD girls who marry
three times a year. no record is kept
to show the conduct of the young peO-
the young parents do not raise them.
gcois institutions as marriage. divorce
and records. Their attitude toward the
whole subject of sexual relations is
one of absolute frresponsibility. II
hey do marry they rarely consent to
have children. If children are born.
litc young parents do not raise them.
hut give them to public Institutions to
raise. The birth rate is terribly low.
he. instincts of parcnthoOd of mother
hood have bascly dcgcnerated. In
short, the youth of Russia are the
worst victims of the transition period.
What Can BE Done
IOuut III AAtls>Nssiy 'uVINiVi's II - A
question not solely cf religious schools
or of srecial Jewish national culture
witch is suppressed. 1t is rnther
question OF naming that degree of
spiritual human responsibility which is
50 absolutely necessary lest the de-
moral;zed youth OF Russia become n
nen:irc to the whole world. and thus
hrin. new misfcrtunes on the Jewish
race. And this danger exists. The
irresponsible young generation of Rus
sia will go out into the world and
carry ,les ructive ideas wherever il
will 90. and will iHcUn,e n source of
new tre,,l.lss. far the Jews -nf the World |.
II not for 0ur ewii sakes, this gem
GRAFTON must bc savetl on account of
its menace to others-espcciaily since
ace.
Formerly. the government did not
permit religious ins ructiOn to hc given
to yc,ins people under is. The law
has just been changed. II Is now per-
mittcd to form groups of six children
for the purpose Of religious instruc-
tion. Naturally. the hardships are
still great. Instead Of having tea0,- !
er for n class of twenty or thir y. we
must now have one for cnch group Of
six. But something can he done after
all. ! have myself organized 10000 to
10000 children into such groups. Jew
ish religious communities are now get
ting more and more opportunities of
carrying on their work. 1t must be
admitted. too. that the work is much
easier in those parts of central Russia
where the Jewish Section does not
control so absolutely the conditions of
Jewish life as in White Russia. There
nre other ways and means that can
be employed to bring more human
ns well ms Jewish education to the
young. But the Jewish communities in
Russia. on account of its lack of finan.
cial resources, of teachers and books.
and on account of the great expense
connected with small group instruction,
cannot carry the whole burden on its
own back In short time. outside
help VIII he absolutely necessary.
IF you will ask: what can outside
assistance accomplish? l will in reply
tell you of the old Jewish legend of
the spiders who were bringing fire
while the Jewish Temple was burning
and the birds which were bringing
wafer Altho the birds did not suc-
ceed in putting cut the fire. the his
orical gratitude of the Jewish people
remains. Again it is to be remember
ed that if the burning of the temple
We're only n result of the fire brought
by the spiders, it is possible that the
birds might have been successful in
their work. Since the government it.
self is not now taking steps in oppo-
sition to Jewish education, the destruc-
tive activities of the Jewish Section
may possibly be eliminated or counter
acted with outside help"
I'm this tone the Communist teacher
continued to harangue his pupils. The
other Rabbi and could not help nudg-
ing each other In comment on this
farce, but. as silence is the only thing
permitted MS. we could dc nothing else.
The same method is applied in teach
ing Jewish Literature. Into the writ
ings of Mendell. Sholem Aleichen and
Perez are put interpretations for the
most debased forms of communism and
license. No wonder there is nothing
in common between parents and chill
! dren.