The Denver Jewish news., 1924-03-06
An American Jew's Right
To America
American Jews Lead in Science, Art Philanthropy Social
Service, Literature Commerce Finance and Industry.
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tIn February Issue of Ohio American)

III Ftbfiliry ISSUE
An enormously large amount OF
space has been dcvoted hy American
newspapers and periodicals to the
Jews. We have been RECALLED wi.ll
weird tales of international conspir-
acicS'' ha;chcd by elders cf Zion. n
mysterious body whose identity and
tain. and who by issuance Of ''rolo-
colS'' have been moving their people
like So many chessmcn in n plot Ia gain
The mastery of the earth and all that
il contained therein. The Bolshcvisi
conquest Of Russia. according 10 some,
writer's. is part of tho conspiracy for
world domination and the effort has
been made 10 find Jewish blood in
Lenine's veins. Failing that, The mas
tcr-mind of the Russian revelation.
the greatest living cold intcllcctualist
on earth today has been portrayed aS
the Gentle Front" acting in al innO-
ccncc as the shield and Iiask, as the
cats nav for the Jews. who are the
real miscreants. Al regular intervals
certain magazines publish articles view
ing with alarm the ultra foreigners. "
the exotic and menacing 81 aractcr OF
The East Side. the so-callcd Jewish
quarter OF New York. and he equally
SUNNY" sections of Epston. Phila-
dolphin. and Chicago. Ne read much
about the jew International bankers" ="
Manufacturers of cheap automobiles
and the chivalrous gentry of the Ku
lIlux sound warnings against the Jew.
Patriotism is the cStensiblc motive of
these neutrality-suspicious. and ap-
piled Christianity.
Our public schools are filed with
Jewish children. who make Themselves
obnoxious by knowing their lessons.
Our colleges are Ovcrcrowdcd with
Jews. who capture scholastic hOnors.
who refuse 10 participate in athletics.
who distinguish Themselves on the
"gridiron." Either way they are some
how n menace" Jews are leaders in
the profcssions-and that fOrbodes ill
for the Republic. Jews are the major
iry in certain trades. which make them
u dangerous subversive proletnrint.
Jews are successful in commerce. in
industry-.hey have us by the tlroat.
They are !non-prOducers. Parasites,
monsters. They will not assimilate
with the rest of .America. They push
and climb and insist that they are
equal to the rest. Tweedledum. twec-
dledec. fwredle,lee, tweedledum.
That there are Jews who are ILL.,
hammered is true. That there are
sUualid tenement sections tecming with
Jews is trt That there is great
mass of Jewish iprcletarians, many
with radical tendencies, is true. That
there are Jews who won't assimilate is
true. That there are Jews who would
thrust themselves too far forward So
cially Is true. That there Jews who
are ill-mamered is true. just as it is
rruc that there are Jews occupying
the seats of the mighty Bolshevist
Russia. No thinking Jew will deny
these things. Nor need they he denied
any more than there is need to deny
that some Jews are non-producers.
They prove nothing, except that Jews
are people, they are heirs. equally with
III, rest of us. Of all the ills and faults
that man is herr to. The only danger
is that the constant iteration of these
charges against the Jews may cause
entirely too many American citizens to
believe that they are somehow serious.
And that would he sad day for that
very America which those who so
viciously illuminate against the Jews
pretend or are persuaded they are de-
Tending against some underlined peril.
The Jews themselves are naturally
aware of the shortcomings of members
of their own faith and like every other
denomination. they are developing com
munily centers and other uplifting
institutions in order to give their young
people II better grasp of the tenets of
Judaism by intensifying their religious
and moral propaganda. One of the
leaders in this propaganda is the
Union of American Hebrew Congre-
cations which maintains the Hebrew
Union College at Cincinnati. Another
is the United Synagog which helps
maintain the Jewish Theological Sem
mary. Quite parenthcticnlly-the chief
uplifting propaganda of the Union
Of American Hebrew Congregations is
a war veteran, Rabbi Michael Aron'
sohn, who, on the firing line in the