The Denver Jewish news., 1925-09-17

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in no unmistakable terms that he was
not at all in sympathy with the new
nativism, that he disagreed wholly
with those who held Professor
Browns views, and that he rccog-
nized the debt which America owes
to its Jews.
Examples Of Jewish contributions
to American civilization were not
lacking during the year. In the realm
Of economic life, for example, Jews
have made great strides in the bet
terment of working conditions, and,
during the year, the organization Of
Ladies' Garment Workers, under jew
ish leadership, pioneered in the field
of unemployment insurance. Al
though, despite a mistaken notion,
the richest Jews are merely well-to-
do when compared with non-Jewish
men of great wealth, as the recent
publication Of ncome tax returns
clearly shows, the contribution Of the
former to philanthropic objects were
not insignificant. The contributions
of Arthur Lehman, Of Jesse, Percy,
and Herbert, the sons of Isidor
Straus, Of the Sachs brothers, of
Goldman Sachs and Company, and of
Mortimer L. Sehiff, for various de
partments at Harvard University,
alone totaled three-quarters of a mil
lion dollars. Then there was the es-
tablishment by Simon Guggenheim of
100000 foundation for scholar
ships for advanced study abroad; the
gifts of julius Rosenwald and Felix
NJ. Warburg to Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, the 100000 donation of ST.
mon N. Stein to the University of
Rochester, the $500, 900 trust fund es-
tablished by Mr.. and Mrs. Felix NJ.
Warburg for the support of the visit
ing nurse service of the Henry Street
Settlement in New York, and the gift
of Daniel and Murray Guggenheim
of series of free band concerts to
the people Of New York City, and of
100000 to New York University for
school of aeronautics. Simon Levi,
Of Terre Haute, Indiana, bequeathed
$4,000 to that city for the promotion
of concerts in its parks. These and
many more princely gifts came from
men and women who were generous
also in their support of Jewish COM
munal undertakings.
What Jews have meant and are
meaning in American life was per-
haps most strikingly indicated by
some of the names on last years
neurology: Arnold W. Drummer, archi-
tect; Sam Dreben, war hero; Julius
Goldzier, former Congressman; Sam
uel Gompers, labor leader; Julius
Kahn, father of the wartime selec-
tive draft law; Gus Karger, dean of
Washington newspaper men, to men-
tlon the most prominent.
Turning now to internal communal
affairs we cannot fail to note per-
ceptible trend toward cooperation
among Jewish organizations. There
was for one thing, the meeting last
June of Representatives of the vari-
Gus wings of Judaism who deter
mined to unite into a conference to
further their common interests. In
April ten national bodies interested
in Jewish education, met in council at
Cambridge, Mass, and discussed the
promotion of religious and welfare
work for Jewish students at colleges
and universities.
The various institutions of higher
Jewish learning were in a hourishing
last year, and the move
ment to establish Yeshiva, a Jewish
college, went forward successfully.
Interest in Jewish music was lively;
the Hebrew Union College at Cincin-
natl established special department
in that subject, and a national So
ciety for the advancement of syna-
gogue music was organized. The jew