The Denver Jewish news., 1925-02-05


articles in the Forward on the future
( Of Niddish in America in the January
II issue If that paper with general
observation Of the economic future of
American Jews. The writer interview
cd Jews in various walks of life to Sc
cure information on the decline OF
YiddiSh as mothcr-tongue of the
Jewish masses. In the course of his
conversations with labor leaders he
found ont, he says. that the American
i7atiou process is not limited to the
change Of language on the part of
Amcricanized Jewish immigrants. They
also change their occupations and so
cinl status. lie quotes a prominent
labor leader who told him:
Al a. our experience in trade un-
ion life shows us that we shall have
to stop speaking of the Jewish masses
rs labor mass to the extent that the
Jews udo"t the langage of the land.
inbihe its culture, and begin to feel
llNlihN'iN'N ~ l'AllAs ~ Aiitl fNlfHN
they cease to he workers and become
employers.
As soon as the Jews begin to feel
themselves completely at home they he
come again as people, employers and
businessmen The American atmos-
phere. in which workers do not want
to remain forever prolctarIanS. is also
II potent influence in this direction "
Thus, in speaking 10 union leaders
and others closely associated with jew
iSh trades. il seems 10 me that | have
found the key to the cause that drives
the mass Of our peonle to give up the
Niddish language The change Of oc-
cupatiuns from workers to business
people and employers, is one Of the
chief causes Both the change Of Ian
guage and occupation progress parallel
in the same direction With the Amer
icanizdtion comes the Impetus to leave
the shnu and try business and with the
entrance into the business world n
deeper interest in American life de
yelops.
"Iiut the question may be asked: II
Is only ten years since mass immIgru-
tion stopped Did the change occur 50
soon; The answer to this Is, yes.
During these ten years our economic
life has changed We have begun to
change our social situation and with
the change Of language and occupation
also cane Il change Of customs, habits
and general concepts
American Jewish Pioneers for Palestine
! The Jewish Morning Journal
recently criticized the attempts OF
young Hionists to start chaluzim
movement in this country to encourage
Young American Jews for pioneering
in Palestine The Editor Of the Morn
ing journal argued that Palestine
should he reserved for European jews
who cannot cmlgratc elsewhere. In rc
ply 10 the editorial the Mourning
Journal printed a letter Of one of its
readers which reads as follows:
"Thc Editor. the Jewish Morning
Journal; Sir,
In your editorial under the caption
"OtlIcr Chuluzim Como First" you say
/ TINT an American Young man whc
wants 10 90 To Palestine SHOULD rather
give up his next To a European work
or because the economic condition,
/ there are worse than here and thai
only rich Jews are entitled to emit
srutp from this country 10 Palestine
] Kindly permit mr 10 reply to this as
I ccrtiou as | am personally Interested
I | am one Of a group of chnluzim lcav
ing for Palestine next week
My opinion and the opinion Of every
/ healthy chnluz is that Palestine is moi
an asylum for economically brokci
refugees II is Il land for .clfIihcratct
/ Jews of thc whole world.
"Thc chnluzim movement knows OF
many instances when ordinary Iewisl
workers were sent TO Palestine to So