Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-11-18

"Tess of the DUrberviles." Instead Of taking Council
lor Weisensee's daughter for himself Suesz her
to the Duke who by his brutshness breaks the girl
and her ideals. Her father is broken in turn and APP
proaches old age within q few hours.
The Story .
Rabbi Gabriel has been taking Of Suesz's daugh-
er, whose birth caused the death of her mother He
takes her to comparatively deserted wood where Suesz
visits her for Short infrequent periods Through in
trcate series of relationships and contacts, Weisensee
sarns of Sueszs daughter whose existence the Prvy
Financial Councillor has kept concealed from his many
friends and enemies desire for revenge takes posses
sion of Weisensee. His life has been frustrated; and
memory haunts him, particularly the memory of n
tain evening when Weisensee anxously inquired the
whereabouts of his daughter, and nonchaanty told
by suesz that she in audience with the Duke. Wes
would like how Suesz would take the deora
ton of his daughter.
Release and Clutch
Once twice the Jew relaxed his hold the
Duchy only clutch it with tighter grip when he threat
ened Karl Alexander with resignation. The Duke had
always felt that Sueszs destiny inertwned with his
1t throug Suesz that he told of his rise
to the throne, and he believed that only through Suesz
could he maintain himself in that position. Not that
Alexander loved admired the Jew. He cursed him
viely venomously, bunty the most uncouth Of
peasants would attack harmless nofensve Jewish ped
der He insulted Suesz at possible turn, to
have Suesz smile complacenty, and accept violent
bucket of water with the outward equan
made his position in court securemerey by turning
Chrisan but Jud Suesz oppenheimer wanted power at
tanned through his own efforts
He Purred
Weisensee manoeuvred to have the Duke go hunting
the neghborhood of the secluded wood He further
more managed to have the Duke upon Sueszs full
grown daughter to whom Karl Alexander took liking;
but his ardor dmmed by the holy cast by the
absent Rabbi Gabriel.
But Weisensee would not be foed easily; he
pure of the charm of Suess daughter of her unique
ness of the peculiarity of the surroundings. He was
cordial host far liquor concerned until the
Duke decided to the house and try his fortunes
with the Oriental-looking girl She euded him, climbed
to the roof and quite gracefully and appropriately
jumped therefrom to her death.
Suesz summoned hurriedly to his daughters
corpse The metamorphoss which had disntegrated
Wesensee multiplied tendfold in Suesz. He too be-
broken decrepit Jew. But his spirit for revenge
infinitely strengthened. Now he sought not power
but the consequence of And thus he became the
instrument for fulfilling Rabbi Gabres second prophecy
Feuchtwangar out-destnies Hardy by revealing to
oppcnheimer that his is really Christian srsz be-
relentless towards the people OF the Duchy what
might have been called extoon before became mercess
blood-sueng The Duke suffered but his guilt chained
him to his vengeful Jew He too would have escaped
from his clutches but found the moral bond rrefrage
able With the aid of s,sz he plotted huge Catholic
deat that should suddenly convert the very Protes
tant Duchy into stronghold of Papacy incidentally,
the Duke has S,Rz marked for death IN the struggle
learned of the Slight disoyaty and reveaied
the plot to the very indignant burghers of the Duchy
Caught IN Tolls
Jud Susz Oppenheimer caught in the tolls OF
the frustrated plot. He became the symbol for all Jewry
appropriately enough He therefore sentenced to the
scaold technical charges chief among which was the
besmirchng Of the purity of Wurtemberg womanhood.
Thus ended period in German history, and monot-
ono repetition endless such incidents in the history of
Israel.
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