The Denver Jewish news., 1924-09-11


bcrs Than thelr proportlonnte quota.
In the Revolution they fought with col.
nnlsts of different faiths, striving pa.
trloticnlly, and freely sacrificing their
lives Ia the end that here In the West
might come Into being q nation Of true
liberty of thought nnd action. The
finances NJ the colonial causc In the
Revolution were materially helped hy
Jewish assistance. They participated
In the war for the Preservation Of thc
Union. In the world war. Jews par
tlclpatod 10 the extent Of four percent.
while the Jewish population Of the
United States constitutes but three per-
cent of the whole. There were over
2O000O Jewish soldiers and ~ this
number the percentage Of volunteers
were particularly large, having 10000
Jewish volunteers In the service. Ire
Jewish dead who sleep beside their non.
Jewish comrades gave silent testimony
To the worth OF Jewish patriotism.
As for the material successes Of the
Jew, merely 10 describe them would
require volumes. But there are tther
Jewish volunteers in the service The
Jew contributed to American ideals?
No section Gf our varegated population
has ever set mp a higher ideal Of what
the home ought To be than the Jew.
BE il because there still survives in
Jewish life the Scriptural tradition Of
/ the family as an institution in whicr
! the patriarch rcigns supreme. or he
cause their social Isolation has caused
! them to cling more closely To one an
other than would otherwise he the case.
l in the average Jewish home there is
! reverence for age and tenderness of
affection. There is in all relations Of
family life mutual regard and respect.
witr n recognition Of the claims of kin
ship. No other portion of our popula-
/ tion cares so well or so literally for
its sick, Its aged, its dependents and
no other people aids so freely the help
less and lowly Of other sectS.
! The miracle Of history has been pro-
duccd in this country. There is nothing
in all the tides of time compared with
1 the March of Americas greatness. We
are great because we have gathered the
strength of all the people and have the
benefit of their combined genius. We
have brought here all the good there
was of the English common law and
we have adopted that as part of our
selves. We got what good there was Of
English character, its gallantry, its
| strength. its courage. but we did not
stop there and limit ourselves to that.
We obta ined all there was of the genius
and soul OF the French people who sent
their emigrants here and their sons and
daughters TO contribute to our great
ness. We got what there was good in
the Dutch people who came from Hol-
land with their solid virtues and their
obedience to law and their reverence
for that which was right. We OBJ
taincd the skimmings of the genius of
the German people, the individuals of
which have contributed much TO the
welfare of this country. We obtained
from Ireland the best of Irish gallantry
and courage and beauty We brought
here from Italy men who represented
the Italian art and the Italian genius
and the Italian industry. We brought
/ H., Al. t,aE. .k.A 20, 10,
and their reverence for sacred things.
Here, the jew could become n doc
tor; he could become lawyer, he
could become merchant he could be-
come an owner of ships. he could be-
come banker, and we added that to
the sum total of all that has been added
of other races. and so we have had here
all these women and all these women
of all these races working to build an
America, and we have made a colossus
that stands not astride the world hut
|, above the world, the greatest nation
that has ever existed.
When our country was in trouble. we
did not have any lrishmen or Scotch
men or Englishmen or Swedes or Nor
wegians or Dutchmen or Germans or
, Jews or Gentiles over here. We had
American citizens who marched to the
front, an dthe Jew and the Gentle
slept together in the same tented field,
stood together in the same muddy
! trench; they sprang over its bloody
edge with the same courage in their
hearts; they charged in the roaring
. mouth of n cannon with the same de-
, sire to serve their country; they died
together and their blood mingled to-
gether in the same common stream: it
was new conservation of all people to
this country.
The Jewish people have held high
the light of progress and learning in