The Sentinel, v.057 no. 02, 1925

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The turning point in the history of
the American Jewish Community
seems to have arrived. The sum of
$800,000 was pledged amidst an at-mosphere
of enthusiasm and readiness
for generous action, at a small gath-ering
at the Astor Hotel on the occa-sion
of celebrating the first evening
of the Feast of .Lights.
This sum is a part of the five mil-lion
dollar campaign for the purpose
of erecting a large and magnificent
structure in one of the most prominent
sections of New York for the purpose
of housing what is termed a "Yeshivah-
College."
The Yeshivah, under the presidency
of Mr. Nathan Lamport, is now housed
in one of the poorly equipped buildings
on East Broadway. The sudden trans-fer
from East Broadway to Amster-dam
Avenue is significant, although
not so very sudden. The stabilization
of Jewish life in this country, is a
process which has been going on for
many years, and will take a good
number of years before it will reach
the desired height. Orthodox Judaism
has been for many centuries the res-ervoir
of force and mental energy for
all the movements and lines of thought
that spring up within the Jewish fold.
Attacked by every new movement
under all circumstances, Orthodox
Judaism withstood all, even though at
times the battle was none too mild.
The history of the reform movement
in Germany, Austria, Hungary and
France would justify one to expect a
similar strife in the American Jewish
Community. This seems, however, not
to be the case in this country. Through
the smoothening influence of the en-vironment
and the broader view as
dictated by the Spirit of Democracy,
the contours of a consolidated Jewish
communal life, running peacefully
Along three parallel lines-Reformed,
Conservative and Orthodox, come to
the surface. Of the three Orthodox
Judaism, representative of the newer
generations of American Judaism, was
until recently too much in the back-ground.
Lack of effort for self-preser-vation
and adaptation to environment,
demonstrated by complete lack of or-ganization
and dependence upon other
sections of the community, have been
the outstanding charges. The vigor-ous
attempt now made by the leaders
of the Yeshivah College will, no doubt,
be greeted joyfully by all those who
have the interests of the Jewish learn-ing,
coupled with systemized secular
education at heart.
Col. Frederick H. Kisch, political
representative of the Zionist Executive
in Palestine, English diplomat, arriv-ing
in this country, depicted in a very
descriptive manner, in a conversation
with a representative of the press,
both the political and economic devel-opment
in Palestine during recent
years.
Col. Kisch, a British Jew, enlisted
in the service of rebuilding Palestine
by Dr. Weizmann, is the most con-vincing
proof of how far the rebuild-ing
of Palestine has advanced and be-come
an actual task to be dealt with
in a businesslike and efficient way-in
a way that is dictated by the interests
of a country and community, though
the country and community are only
growing.
When listening to Col. Kisch, one
feels that the problems presenting
themselves for solution are not to be
looked upon as insurmountable ob-stacles,
but as difficulties to be fought
against and overcome. In the fluency
of language that only British diplo-mats
know how to make use of, the
situation appears to be substantially,
smooth, and if not entirely so, possi-ble
to be smoothened out.
Two million pounds have been
brought annually in the past four
years through various Jewish organi-zations
and enterprises into the coun-try.
An increase of 50% in the Jewish
population in the last four years, has
been witnessed, without causing any
serious disturbances in the structure
of the economic fabric. An influx of
2,400 immigrants is the monthly av-erage.
The opening of the Hebrew
University with its possibility to be-come
the spiritual center for the Jews
all over the world-in the presenta-tion
of Col. Kisch-is indeed a sound
basis for expecting still greater and
more rapid developments.
As to the Arabs, it would be incor-rect
to suggest that there are among
the Arabs no opponents to the develop-ment
of the country by Jews. Such
opponents, however, are to be found
in the limited sphere of the more or
less provincial Arabs. The Arab peas-ants
who form the bulk of the popula-tion
are associating in close relation-ship
with the Jewish settlements.
Economic co-operation, even between
those who are politically opposed, is
a matter of fact.
The presents of Col. Kisch and the
rebuilding of Palestine will bring con-viction
of greater weight even to
those who are skeptical.
You have probably read on many oc-casions
recently about the Monday
Opera Club. The Monday Opera Club
has in reality no connection with any-thing
specifically Jewish. Its interest
in the pretentions to the Russian
throne, made it of Jewish interest.
You have not, however, heard of the
"Thursday Gemara Club." This club,
as is obvious, has quite a strong af-fiflation
with Jews. It ought to be
more widely known in other cities.
A number of Jewish business men,
professional men, leaders, (mind you,
not Rabbis) have formed a club which
is to be known under the name
"Chavrutha." Chavrutha is an Ara-maic
word equivalent to our fashion-able
Society. It is indeed an interest-ing
society. Its purpose is none other
than social. Its function is dining
once a month together. No rabbis, no
women admitted. No lectures, no
speeches are delivered. Nevertheless,
the functions held so far proved to be
very successful and stimulated interest
in Jewish problems and social prob-lems
in general.
The "tired American business man"
is proverbial. The tired American
Jewish business man in New York is
searching for his salvation. The Chav-rutha
seems to be a good start in the
direction towards creating Jewish in-tellectual
entertainment for exclusive
groups. The Chavrutha is exclusive.
No official announcement has as yet
been made as to its formation. The
officers may resent any indiscretion.
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