Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-09-16

| on the question of lntermarriagc.
yet IL was far benea n the dignity
OF cultured person to express
himself In such contemptlble
| manner.
one can hardly hope for an
apology. J. RICHARD PICK.
First of all Mr.. Pick Is correct in
assuming that no apology will he forth.
coming. Regardless of the social or
cultural or intellectual position OF the
bride and groom the fact Is unnlternhlc
that n Jew marries Christian Is n
backslider In the correct meaning of
that word and likewise n Christian who
marries Jew is also In the same cate.
CORY. That they are prominent does
not alter the situation. Intcrmarriage
is infermarrlnge and II Jews believe In
assimilation and self-elimlnntion as n
Jewish group. then intermarriagc is
to he encouraged. ! don't think so. SO
FAR ms Miss KRISTEN Is concerned she
Is privileged to marry any one she
chooses. But in marrying out of her
faith she becomes then properly the
subject Of special comment in the Jew
ish press. There is larger aspec,
from the conventional standpoint that
must be considered. The Prince of
Wales must marry royalty If he ever
expects 10 function as King of Eng
, land. II may be marrow minded and
blgoted" to insist In such course as
the Prince may have in his mind and
in HIS heart some lady not of royalty
he chooses to marry. But the STATE
expects him to adhere to tradition. IT
is not, my dear Mr.. Tick, narrow
minded and bigoted' for writer in
the Jewish press to comment adversely
upon the marriage of Jcwess with
Christian whether the lady in question
he named KRISTEN or Schiff.
All right I'll root for you. Any
thing that will reflect glory on Ameri-
can .Iewry I'm for. If Mr.. Agar, man.
ager Of the Brooklyn Wanderers, well
known soccer team, maintains the same
enthusiasm he breathes into the letter
achieve wonders. The other day
suggested that it was too bad that the
famous Hakoah players had snccumbed
to The lure of the American dollar and
thus broke up TO some extent an or
ganization that had been the pride of
European Jewry. Therefore the fol-
lowing letter:
Dear Mr.. Joseph -
| Your comment on the seven
Hakoah players who have sue
cumbed to the lure of money and
left the Vienna club for this coun-
| try, while generous and fair. has
regretful note There is no rea-
| son for it.
The Hakoah soccer team of
Vienna is continuing on its VIC
torious march. Only the other day
Hakoah defeated the strongest
team Oh hlSa. III 1Husr not ne 1Or-
gotten that Hakoah is more than n
team. 1t is n movement which does
not depend on any individual star.
Europe has enough first class Jew
ish players to fill any position va
Gated by departing players.
As for the Hakoah players who
have signed with my club. They
are not money mad. They could
| have gotten more money from some
other American club. They pre-
ferred to join the WANDERERS,
because they know my intentions
of transforming the Wanderers in
| 10 an ALL JEWISH team; l am
| Jew and would be the happiest
man if it were given to me to build
up the strongest Jewish football
club in the world.
Watch out for the New York
| HakOah it will soon take the place
of the Wanderers and reflect glory
| upon American Jewry.
Sincerely yours,