The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-29
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the Jews unmatched in civilized
countries for generations.
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Feuchtwanger's house has been
rihed by Hitlers agents and his
manuscripts seized. The novelist IS
a forced exile from his native land.
The Jews also are assailed in Po-
land, Rumania and other areas.
For some time conditions are
likely to get worse rather than bet
ter Therefore, it may be both time
ly and Illuminating to throw some
historical light upon one of the
darkest and most reprehensible
pages of human experience in the
west, namely, the persecution Of the
Jews by the Gentiles, pagan and
Christian
The starting point for any INTEL
igent discussion of the historic cam
paigns against the Jews must be
clear comprehension of who the
= Jews actually are. 1t is a strange
and somewhat ironical fact that the
most extreme anti-Semites and the
most fanatical Jewish nationalist
agree in their support of the fore
most myth connected with the Jews.
This is that they represent def
mite physical race which has come
down from ancient Palestine with
remarkable persistence and purity.
Claims in Conflict
AT this point, however, the two
groups split in their Interpretation.
The anti-Semites, represented by
: writer's like the German anthro-
pologiSt, Friedrich Won Hellwald, as
sail the Jews as a definitely ana
permanently inferior raCe-a can
Ger in the body polite
The most aggressive Jewish ma
tionahStS, on the other hand are
prone to persist in the claim that
the Jews are the chosen people OF
God and, as such, are markedly
superior to the other examples of
his handiWork.
1t hardly needs to be pointed out
that both of these views long since
have been abandoned by both jew
ish and Gentle scholars. Professor
Dixon and Professor Herskovits, for
example, unite in their firm re-
pudiation of the idea that there
ever has been any such thing as a
distinct Jewish race or that one eX-
\ lists today. Let us turn to the facts.
Ancient Palestine, the homeland
of the Jews, was inhabited before
y the Jewish settlement there by a
mixture of the two great races of
the near east, the long-headed
Mediterranean race and the round
headed ArmenOid type, which has
come in from Asia Minor.
Spoke Semitic Language
The Jews drifted in at varying
Intervals between 1900 B. c. and
1900 B. C. They were a Semitic
people. But this means only that
they spoke a Semitic language, not
that they were a pure race.
The ancient Semites, as group,
were so mixed that the greatest of
> modern anthropoligsts differ dia-
metrically as to whether they be-
long to the round headed orr the
long-headed type of man.
When these highly mixed Jewish
Semites-Some of whom may have
soiourned in Egypt-came to PaleS-
tine, they found, as we have seen
a mixed race already occupying the
territory. A further racial amalga-
Nation was the result.
Then, for more than a thousand
years. this exceedingly mixed racial
group was invaded by every ply
steal type of man in the near east
and the racial mixture proceeded
merrlly. The ASSyrianS CARED away
five-SiXths of the ancient tribes Of
Israel, and they disappeared from
history, unless We accept the Nor
mon contention that they came to
America as the ancestors of the
= American Indians.
EXiled by Babylon
' The Babylonians took most of the
remaining Jews on a long exile in
MeSopotamia. Then came the Hell
lenistlc age, in which the Jews
mingled freely with Greeks, Syrians,
Egyptians and Romans.
4 Therefore, II IS quite evident that,
by the time Of the So-called Dlas-
pora, or dispersion of the Jews. fol-
lowing the destruction of Jerusalem
by Titus in 70 A. D., they were one
of the most thoroughly mixed racial
types to be found upon the planet
al any time in human history
After the DiaSpora, they settled
in Arabia northern Africa, Asia
Minor, and in all parts Of Europe as
fast as the various areas of the lat
ter were opened to civilizide habin-
tation.
q In spite Of Jewish cultural solidar-
ity and Gentle intolerance. the Jews
actually have mixed widely with the
peoples among whom they have
settled since 10 A. D., still further IN
creasing the excessive mixture which
= prevailed before that time.
Therefore. 1t is evident TO scholars
that the notion OF a Jewish race
has been one of the most .nischiev-
Gus Actions among the many his
toric myths which have plagued
mankind
A This is, Of course. no reflection
Apon the Jews. since racial purity is
IN advantage and no legitimate
sc,Tce OF pride. There is. obviously.
no such thing as an American race
unless it is that of the aboriginal
American Indians
ITO Be Continuedl