The Denver Jewish news., 1925-04-16

Germ for self impcls him ever TO take
and grab whatever he can lay hands
upon. lie is n slave to his passions. 7
force. cannot last among civilized PEG
pies. for II dis,urhs the harmony Of |
the wNrld-ihe fundamental principle |
NJ nature. In an article on Jewish |
Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism" by |
Dr. j. l.. Landau, chief Rabbi Of South |
Africa, in the December issue of The
Jewish Forum, we read, "othcr ma
tions kindled the torch Of knowledge by
the flame of human passion; the jew
kindled his by the super flame of pro
phetic inspiration; therefore the flame
of Sinai outshone and outlived those
of other nations The Jew rose above
physical needs and his eye sought the
element of life beyond the evil of NOR
tally" "..
When Bar Kochba defended the land
of Israel against the Romans. fighting
in the name of the Lord, he gained
v
did success 20 to his head than he be-
gan to measure victory by superior
numbers. forgetting that his goal was
mcrelv tn ro-estoblisb Gods law and
His people in the Holy Land. than the
great Rabbi Akiba departed from his
comp md Ror Kochba succumbcd to
tho ovcrwbe,miup numbers of Had
rims forces He had turned re-
lirious war into n secular one.
N,chounid.s orc or tho cre,t low.
tsh scbolors of the 13th century in n
Ict,.r I'm his son wrote "Tbe mop that
is b.urbtv ia otbers denies God
Humility Is tha 6rst of vlrtucs. for If
tbcu thirlkest how LOVELY is mnn how
,roo, e. God thou wilt faor him and
a,oi1 s;rf,Ir.sS Tho Soma idoo Is
srccostod hv Joromi,b IN ,b. p.ssoco
bo,irniny ..oI vithb,IIol cbocbom n.
ch,chmotbo" "Iet nat rho wise man
o,or,. 1, bis wisdom, por, tho rich man
i, bis wealth MOI. tho s+roug ,o, in
bis s,ronc,h but in this 1ot tbo se,f-
,loridor glory i, tbot be kpov,otb and
,,o.,,on1ot,, NJ v.hot,,o, 4, La, ~ =,
or,o,,oro, -, ,,.boI,I, ,ou.o,d ,hos, Icss
.In,,, ore .,o. az ,,n, q, ir,.Irnc, ,o.
r,,d thosc lass intellectual mn, to
src,k of ,hoso s,mcrior I,v brute force.
! II is couollv uoran. lust ms porops
ore circ,mscrih.d lv their own feel
inrs and pnssious so nre fine urropont
And n pagan and u secularist are
alike I'M that neither has control of
himself. but both are ruled by the de
srcs of the flesh.
Shall we say that the secularist
benefits civilization by his inventions
of machines for the destruction of
humankind? Or shall we say that
the devotee of art for arts sake is a
constructive force in civilization? The
true Jew would mot prostitute talent
Ito lewdncssl Would you say that the
person "who minds his own business"
when he can be help to his neigh
Dor, is an asset to society? Cain, too,
exclaimed, Gam | my brothers keep
err" The Jewish idea lis "Veahavta
Preacha kamocha," "Lovc thy enigh-
Dor as myself" The Bible does not
say 'love thy brother, or thy cousin,
or thy fellow nationalist, "-'neighbor'
includes the members OF any race or
creed. No narrowness here, but the
widest of univcrsalism.
What is this GOODNESS in spirit of
the secularist due to? Is it not due
to his spirit of ennui that deadens his
Ienergy except where he sees material
gain? Is it not an ennui resulting
from a feeling of sameness, of the
commonplace, n feeling that actuates
him to regard the greatest miracles in
life as something ordinary and not
to be admired and regarded with in
terest? To the Jew. each day is a
new life-sunrise n new miracle, nay,