The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 23, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
eight pages: b&w; illus; page 10 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm microfilmView a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
mfQmmmMQi > tbji < m mmm i to
4
THE JEWISH HERALD
Published Weekly by
HERALD PRINTING COMPANY
Goldberg Ruppln Proprietors
Phono 6333 Preaton
GIG Fannin St
Subscription 5150 pofcyoar
jroreign 200 per year
All communication for publication
muot reach this office not later than
900 a m Wednesday
Entered as second class matter No-
vember 20 1908 at the postofflco at
Houston Texas under tho Act of
March 3 1879
The Jewish Herald Invites corre-
spondence on subjects of Interest to
tho Jewish people but disclaims re-
sponsibility for or indorsement of the
views expressed by the writers
JEWISH CALENDAR
5670 A M 1910
Shabuoth Feast of Weeks
iMonday June 13
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
Friday July 8
Rosh Chodesh AbSunday August G
Fast of Ab Sunday August 14
Rosh Chodesh EllulMonday Sept 5
New Years Eve 5G71
Monday Oct 3
By Mrs B Lurie
INTERMARRIAGE
Dr Philipson In answer to Dr Mag
nes Passover sermon contends that
more Jews and Jewesses are lost to
the faith through intermarriage from
Orthodox than from Reform house-
holds That this is not true can easily
be verified by comparing available sta-
tistics city by city as far as former
congregational affiliations sliow These
will demonstrate that mixed unions
are more prevalent among Reform
Jews than among the Orthodox
Everything taken into considera-
tion one finds many natural causes
why this should be the case Chil-
dren reared in Reformed households
have more in common with are
more attracted and attractive to their
Christian neighbors than those brought
up under the Orthodox regime Why
these selfsame young men and women
cannot apparently find suitable mates
within the pale of their religion is
the mystery of mysteries Why is it
that the charm which is great enough
to attract a Gentile sweetheart cannot
be exerted to the same advantage in
gaining the affections of a Jew or Jew
es
Of late the problem of Intermarriage
has become a subject of widespread in-
terest to Jewry at large It Is the most
knotty one that confronts us All
know that it Is the end not alone of
all Jewish obligations but if not
strongly discouraged of Judaism it-
self This contingency Is of course
In tho far distant future But always
tho strongest argument against In-
termarriage is the emperativo duty
of selfpreservation
Would that those contemplating this
step heeded tho words of warning from
those who have passed through a sim-
ilar experience These If thoroughly
honest aver in all sincerity that a
K mjKvmwffTmBf tr
mixed union stands less chance of
permanent happiness than between
two no matter how uncongenial in
temperament but of Identical faith
They will tell you that after tho
blindness of passion and youth have
been replaced by the calmer vision
the game was hardly worth the candle
Violation of even a dulled conscience
is a very unstable foundation on
which to rear the most sacred of fam-
ily ties The awakening which is in-
evitable in the course of events
brings with it undreamed of unpleas-
antness and friction
A number of Jewish writers have in
the intermarriage of Jews and Gen-
tiles of the upper class a most prolific
theme but the treatment given the
subject offers no proper solution
It is a matter of profound regret and
astonishment that so many of the
leaders of our most important move-
ments have intermarried This misfor-
tune arises from the undeniable snob-
bishness of our socalled best Jewish
society This element gladly opens
its arms to and fawns on unworthy
Gentile association but utterly refuses
to have anything to do with less for-
tunately situated Jews no matter how
worthy or gifted These In a cowardly
attempt to get even turn from the
associates of childhood arid youth seek
wife or husband among Goyim and
ruin their own and families hopes by
cutting off their nose to spite the face
A breach of this kind is unpardon-
able from every aspect The more
gifted the more does one owe to
God to society and to ones self
Jewish men and women must take
heed to themselves betimes All so-
cieties for the promotion of Jewish interests
i
terests ought to bar from membership
those Jews who thought little enough
of their faith to marry Gentiles Ev-
ery force must be brought into active
play to teach the youth to resist the
supposed call of the heart and give
a little more heed to the call of duty
Judaism is a sacred heritage and
should not be cast aside lightly to suit
ones convenience
Apropos to Dr Phillpsons conten-
tion of the prevalence of intermarriage
among the Orthodox Jews it is Inter-
esting to note two such cases among
the Reformed wing which It will be
admitted more than compensate for
uozens among tho laymen These are
marriages to Gentiles of two daughters
of the late Dr I M Wise founder of
tho Hebrew Union Colege and tho run-
away match on Yom KIppur evening
of a daughter of Rabbi I S Moses of
Chicago These marriages strict-
ly against tho wishes of the par-
ents go to show that Official Reform
cannot and does not bind Its adher-
ents to tho faith as closely as did tho
oldfashioned Orthodoxy which It so
THE JEWISH HERALD
adequately undertakes to replace
The religious enthusiast proposes
hut an irreligious public disposes
The situation in whitih Judaism finds
herself today makesserious demand
l for severe thinking But with so
many members of the Rabinate away
on their summer vacation a great deal
of this will have to be suspended
pending their return to active spiritual
work in the fall
While conserving ones physical
strength during the hot summer
months longer hours for selfimprove
ment may profitably be indulged in
Communion with self study of self is
when rightly understood and practiced
a communion with God and a study
of God
The whole world feels kindly
towards the modest young man or wo-
man To the middleaged they are
Hope and Courage personified Wheth-
er in religion business or politics they
welcome the younger generation as the
coming kings and queens All the eld-
erly folks ask is that they be listened
to with respectful interest and heed
paid to their experiences some defer-
ence to their counsels
THE TRIALS OF THE IMMIGRANT
By Miss Ray Karchmer of Denlson
Texas
Breathes there the man with soul so
dead
Who never tohimself said
This is myiown my native land
Well could this be said of the Rus-
sian Jewish immigrant and yet his
soul is not dead it is longing and
eagerly seeking for a land to call its
own Ill treated persecuted mentally
and physically tortured politically and
economically chained the Russian
Jew sees from afar the Statue of
Liberty kindly calling he hears from
a distance voices of freedom singing
the string of hope in his heart vi-
brates again and he goes
It Is of this journey to the land
of freedom that I want to tell You
who never have experienced it do not
try to get a clear conception of the
horrors of which it is full you can-
not do it You who skeptically smile
a ny statement find one who will
consent to take this trip over again
your efforts will be in vain you can-
not find him
The first difficulty in tho way of
an Immigrant is his departure from
Russia Russia as every one knows
hates her freedomloving subjects and
at the same time she keeps her gates
closed and will not let the freedom
seeker out One desiring to pass tho
boundaries of tho country has to ob-
tain special permission to do so but
one suspected of the love for freedom
will never be granted this request
Tlio thing left to do is to smuggle
away Since the number of immigrants
Is enormous there are people who
make it their profession to transport
whole companies of these freedom
seekers to Germany As In every pro
fesslon among these socalled
agents are found nuscrupulous men
WWjtt
JT3i PWr SCf55PW = WW > W WWM W < > BWW WS
who will rob the immigrant of almost
all the money ho has On dark rainy
nights the crowds of men women mid
children arc led through woods
swamps and rivers till the border of
Russia Is pnsscd Who can describe
the mental agony that he Immigrant
lives through in the short time Short
it is to you but to him It is an etern
ty He dares not look for In every
bush on the way ho beholds soldiers
firing their guns at him He dares
not listen for in every rustle of tho
leaves in every whisper of the wind
in every ripple of tho water he hears
the gallop of pursuing riders He
cannot think and it Isbetter so For
every thought would have straightened
the hair on his head chilled the blood
In his veins and stopped the beating
of his heart
Now he is in Germany his stay
here is also not associated with pleas-
ure The steamship ticket sellers of
the bordering towns think it lifes mis-
sion to rid the immigrant of every-
thing he has They secure the help
of local police to compel him to buy
the ticket from them and not at the
port of embarkation where he could
obtain it for a much lower price So
just as soon as the immigrant steps-
on German soil before he has time to
recover from his former trials before
the sight of massacres and kleath
have passed away from before his
eyes he encounters the German police-
man his rough appearance cold fear
inspiring eyes and loud voice utter-
ing something that he can scarcely
understand serve to depress him still
more he again sees himself in the
dungeon from which he has just es-
caped he looks hopelessly around
he feels a weight pressing him down
and he feels himself sinking under
it Then comes the ticket seller in
the guise of a deliverer he takes the
immigrant under his protection and
then compels him to buy the ticket
What price would the immigrant not
pay rather than encounter the police-
man again N
Then comes the compulsory fum-
igations as if the immigrant carried a
plague or pestilence with him Here
his clothes that he has with him are
supposed to be disinfected and so
they are but whether supposed to
or not they are also destroyed With
the help of money one can avoid this
socalled disinfection but very few
indeed possess any money after tho
transport and ticket agents are
through with them
Finally mentally depressed and phy-
sically worn out ho reaches the ship
Were lie strong and full of hope and
faith in life tho sight of his cellarlike
quarters would break him down A
largo hot dark dirty room containing
rows of bunks which can lay no claim
whatever to cleanliness But depressed
as ho Is he can feel no more ho
autlmatlcally enters takes his place
and sinks down in Indifference
Tho days that passed on the ship
when once gone tho Immigrant does
not care to remember The food If
food it may bo called is miserable
tho water Is salty they have a tin
bucket and a spocn which takes tho
place of all dishes they have no ta-
bles they eat In their bunks
r >
Uf JU
iiA
There is no more heartrending
scene than that of crowd of Immi-
grants standing on tho deck thin
bent figures long pale faces dull
hopeless eyes aimlessly looking oh the
cloudy gray Bky which seems to bo
In full sympathy with their counte-
nances or watching the foaming
waves hiss and laugh at theirmisery
Only when they see land when the
sky gets clear when they behold the
Statue of Liberty kindly smiling to
them when they breathe the air of
freedom do their figures begin to
straighten their faces to color their
eyes to glisten and their hearts to beat
with a hope for a now life in the Land
of the Free
You who enjoy the life or equality
and liberty do not spurn the stranger
welcome him He has paid for his
freedom Jewish Ledger
SUCCESS TO PROPHETIC RELIG-
ION
London May 5 Liberal Judaism
found an eloquent champion last Wed-
nesday night in Dr Emil Hirsch ot
Chicago who spoke before the Liberal
Religious Union
Liberal Judaism said Dr Hirsch
is not a child of caprice or cowardice
or of a desire to make the religious
life easier It seems to intensify our
religious duties Far from aiming to
get out of Judaism we would get into
it more profoundly
Liberal Judaism is conservative
and would conserve Judaism for such
as accept and are influenced by the
modern view of the Bible revelation
of creation It is enabled to accom-
plish this by its very appeal to the re-
sults of modern studies on the nature
rise and development
of religious no-
tions and ceremonies
These resources have made it cer-
tain that Judaisms originality and dis-
tinctness do not lie in the ritual and
ceremonial law but in ethical insis-
tences and assurances of the pro-
phetic interpreation of the universe
and mans place therein and of Isra
els task to be the servant of God in
this world that by His example all
men might be brought into rlghteus
ness
Those Jews who share my opinion
do not regard the return of Israel
to Palestine as the culminating hope
of their souls and they do not feel
that Inability to observe the sacrificial
ordinances of the code is a dire pri-
vation which negatives their loyalty to
Gods law
LiberalJudaism Is old enough to
have a history of its own Its first
manifestations are synchronous with
tho development among the Jews of
Western Europe of the consciousness
that they are not aliens and the sons
of another political nation In tho land
of their birth
The Jews of Russia may still hon-
estly pray the lament that they are
exiles but British and American
Jews may not profess tho complaint
That law itself liberal Judaism ha3
come to understand not as a miracu-
lous proclamation of God but as tho
slow growth of ages There was Ju-
daism before the law In Its various
forms was It Is to that Judaism that
we revert It wo carry forward and It
Continued on Pigs 7
m
4
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Goldberg & Ruppin. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 23, 1910, newspaper, June 23, 1910; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth69006/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .