The Denver Jewish news., 1925-02-19

. A'N 'hH tH' hWl -l''h'A lA''lhH ll'i"ll"t
object 10 Jewish national develop
mcnt in Palestine
And now upon the worlds stage en-.
! tcrs the CosmUpulitc. Undoubtedly the
Mohnmmaden Cosmopolitc would speak
Of world ammulgumation with Islam
as the background: the Busdhlst Cos
mopolltc with that Of buddhism; the
Christian Cosmopolitc with that Of
Christianity; the Jewish CoSmopolltc
with that Of 60. The Characteristic
expression Of Christian Cosmopolitc
is thus: "Thcrp will come time
when there win be- NO JEW and no
GENTLE" with treble emphasis upon the
jew and almost iuaudble whispering
Of the word Gentle Tho tolerance
should be fostcrcd, the Jewish ccSmo-
polite is most iutolcrablc. Yet, what
reason has any cosmopolitc TO object to
larger colonization of Jews in Pal
estine?
But the stauuchcst opponents of Zion
ism are the super.nati0nalists. Being
an American. | speak particularly Of
American Supcuationulists Aud !
speak not necessarily Of the American
born, ms some natiyc-born are not such
ardent supernatioHalists as some who
have made this their home by adoption.
mean those who have developed the
thought that to be a Zionist is un-
Amcrican-that to he Zionist means
double citizenship,
Mr.. Bernard Stone. secretary Of the
Palestine Foundation Fund, who recent
ly came to Denver in the interest OF
that Fund and who delivered several re
murkablc speeches, made this astound-
ing statement: TO be an Anti-Zionist
is Un-American 90 And he followed up
this glaring accusation by saying that
of truc-bloodcd American to the laws
aud policies of America, and that the
American policy WIS and is to insist
upon the carrying out of the Balfour
Declaration relative to the Rcconstruc-
tion of Palestine as a Jewish Home
land as evidenced by our participation
in the San Reno Conference and later
by joint resolution Of Congress. And
further thu, 1t was the pol.y Of u
Hughes, Wilson. Coolidge whose
Amcricanism cannot he disputed.
And who cun challenge the American
ism Of such men as Marshall. Mack.
Brandcis, Warburg or UHtermcyer be-
cause Of their adherence to that policy,
10 Zionism if you please?
Possibly the greatest confusion that
arises is due to the double significance
of the word nation" Unfortunately
we have no two distinct words in the
English language 10 dincrentiatc he
tween political nationhood and Il cul-
tural nationhOod, between Il State and
Homeland.
The Jews, by virtue Of the BalfOur
Declaration. have in Palestine cultural
autonomy. The present aspirations Of
ZinmStS are not to create Il State as
we understand il, u political unity.
with an army. navy. aspirations for
territorial aggrandiSemcnt etc, etc.
The language. the religion, the beliefs,
the laws insofar rs they do not con
flirt with the law Of the land. Of the
jew are not only permitted in Pal
pstine but really fostcrcd. The fear.
therefore. Of our American super-na-
tiomIiSts that by adhcring to Zionism
one must acquire "A double citizenship
is mrOundod. as citizenship is uttri-
butable to Statehood and the Jews do
NOT intend to create in Palestine a
State but Homeland, a cultural cen
ter.
The objection to Palestine rs Jew
ish Homeland is becoming TOO empty.
Would there be any hcsitancy on the
part Of many of the Jewish opponents
to Ziouism to giving aid to our Jewish
brethren who needed It in -ia. in
Germany, in Poland or any other place?
Would many of these ohjectOrs dare
deny that the monies collected by Dr.
Taitclovitch for the reclniming Of the
Fnlasha Jews to Judaism We're and arc
wcll-Spcnt. those Abbysiniun Jews who
for many centuries thought themselves
to be- the last remnant of Israel and
for the last century or so were hcgiu-
ming to fall prey to the persistent at
tcmpis of The Christian missionaries?
Then why dcprcciatc the work of
those thousands Of Chahlzim in Pal
ostuc. good deal of them men and
women Of The various professions, who
are applying the pick, the shovel. the
pillow to the devastated neglected arcls
Of Palestine to construct Jewish
Homeland 10 build mp u Jewish Cul-
tural center that will reclaim for
Judaism the doubtful, the wavcriug:
(l'o be completed in next issuc)