The Denver Jewish news., 1925-07-09

sessions will be attended by Rahbis
from various parts Of the country who
are anxious 10 obtain the degree Of
Doctor Of Divinity. Credits leading to
this degree will be given to those who
successfully complete their studies at
the Summer School. The Faculty will
be made up Of professors of the Col.
icge.
Rabbi KOrnfeld to Tour Europe
Rabbi Joseph S. Kornfeld OF Toledo,
Ohio, former American Minister to Per.
sin, sailed Saturday, June 9th, on the
| New Amsterdam" for n tour OF Euro
pean cities, visiting Holland, Germany,
France, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, and
Russia. In Prague, Dr. Kornfeld will
preach in the Free Church" which is
the largest Unitarian church in the
world. and Of which DR.. Norman Capek
Is minister
Rabbi Kornfeld is graduate of the
Hebrew Union College Of Cincinnati,
and recently delivered the Baccalau-
reate address at its Graduation Exer-
cisps.
Hebrew Union College President at
Coast
DR. Julian Morgenstern now in the
West, gives out interview in which he
states that new American Judaism
| is now in the making.
In an exclusive interview with the
Emanuel" San Francisco publica.
tion, DR. Julian Morgenstern sets forth
his views on the evolution of an Ameri.
can Judaism. which, in his opinion, will
bring about unity in Israel In this
country. DR.. MOrgenstern is now In
San Francisco where he was one of the
principal speakers before the 62nd an.
nual convention OF District Grand
Lodge No. 4 of the B'nai Birth. In his
interview he said:
Environment is as great role In
molding Judaism as tradition ITSELF"
he told Emanuel 81 choose wherever
possible to avoid use of the terms Re
form Judaism and Orthodox Judaism.
, They are not correct terms and they
have no true application.
Fundamentally. basically, all Juda.
ism is the same. Yet. looking back into
| history, we may observe changes In
| Jewish life We find that Jewish life
in Babylon was not the same as that
| in Palesiine-in Greece not the same
as in other countries of old Europe
And the cause of these differences was
en- Ironment.
Nov the tide of immigration has
| brought Jews TO America from all the
countries of Europe. They have come.
each group bearing the signs of vary
| ing emvironmentnl distinctions. Yet In
America. living in the environment OF
| this country, these differences are bound
to give way, though the evolving of that
change be gradual
Like plants that have been trans
| planted into new soil and must take
root in their new beds, these peoples,
assembled here from different parts
of the Old World. must literally take
root in American soil and grow in the
changed environment of America.
And we in this country can help to
hasten that evolving of the change. We
can help by being tolerant: we can
help by instilling the idea that we are
not living the lives of our fathers, but
rather living for our children.
"a united American Jewry must
come through the change that environ
ment is gradually working"
How do you define your new united
American Judaism?" DR.. Morgenstern
was asked.
"I give it no set or formal defiri-
tion," he, proceeded TO explain. "Time
must tell that story. But l do see
that it will be colored by its environ
ment-the life of America. It is bound
to be liberal and progressive, for such
is the trend of things American. And
it is bound to show the effects of the
American trend against ritual--the
idea that ritual is only the language
and not the essence of religion"
"And when do you expect this new
Judaism will Gomez" was asked.
That too, is difficult to say" the dis.
tinguished scholar explained. 1T may
be beginning to make itself seen now.
You may say, figuratively speaking,
that we have a 1925 model of it how.
But the 1885 model, ten years from
now, will be improved and better And
ten years thence it will be still better
No particular time for the coming OF
II millennium can be set"