The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 17, 1910 Page: 3 of 12
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DR WISE IN LONDON
Dr Stephen S Wise rabbi of the
Free Synagogue New York City de-
livered an address last week at Port
man Rooms in Baker street London
on the subject What is Liberal Juda-
ism Dr Wise said in part
We are told from time to time that
sve must not forever accent the adjec-
tives that ours is not Orthodox Juda-
ism nor liberal Judaism nor reform
Judaism nor conservative Judaism
but Judaism Be it noted that it is we
who are emphasizing that we are
Jews that ours is Judaism Liberal
or reform is not a term of derisive-
ness nor even of distinctiveness but
rather let us hope of distinction
Ours is not liberal something or re
i orm something nor are we liberal
somebodies but we are liberal Jews
and ours is liberal Judaism Liberal
Judaism is not a way out of Judaism
hut a method of return to Judaism
Liberal Judaism is Judaism militant
not moribund vitally selfdetermining
not apathetically drifting greatly dar-
ing not feebly fearful
Let men be responsible and ask
themselves it is not disloyalty is it
indifference is it iconoclasm that
moves Mr Montefiore and his splendid
associates and similar groups in Am-
erica to take up the banner of reform
Judaism Is it false that ours as has
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lately been said is an American Jew
ism journal is an irreducible mini-
mum of Judaism It is an irreducible
minimum of the things not worth-
while in Judaism It is the maximum
of that in and of Judaism which is
worth while
We are liberals because we would
conserve It is our very conserv-
atism our zeal to conserve all that is
best in the religion and life of Israel
bat moves us to take the position
which is our
Beth Israel services Friday at 8
oclock Subject of Dr Barnsteins
lecture The Hebrew View of Art
and Life
HOUSTON TEXAS MARCH 17 1910
ASKED TO RESPECT PASSPORTS
Washington President Taft has in-
structed the American ambassador at
St Petersburg Mr Rockhill to make
strong representations to the inviol-
ability of American passports in that
country Mr Rockhill it is stated
will take the matter up personally
with the Russian empeior
In an interview President Taft said
that he was personally deeply inter-
ested in the matter and that he had
given Mr Rockhill the instructions
referred to above as one of the most
important features ot his mission to
Russia
TEXAS JEWISH COLONY
San Antonio Tex March 2 Sam
n uel B Becker of Hartford Conn
president of the Federation of Jewish
Farmers ot America is again in San
Antonio He has just completed a trip
of investigation over Texas and Mex-
ico His trip will probably result in
the establishment of a big Jewish col-
ony both in Texas and Mexico He
is now negotiating tor land in South-
west Texas and for a big concession in
Mexico
IMMIGRANT BADLY INJURED
Isaac Clainbaum who came to this
country some time ago landed at Gal-
veston and was sent to Waco by the
distribution bureau He then came
back to Houston and secured work at
the S P shops where he was doing
nicely During the celebration of
Texas Independence day some boys
bought a few canon crackers giving
one of them to Clainbaums son who
in turn gave it to the father It
seems rather odd that Clainbaum
knew enough to apply a match to the
thing but did not know it should be
thrown out after the light was ap-
plied The result is that three fingers
were blown off the right hand He
was taken to St Josephs infirmary
and is in a very low condition
NO LONGER DESPISED JEW
At the conclusion of an excellent
article The Scattered Nation writ-
ten for the Bnai Brith News by Ad
lai B Stevenson former vicepresi
dent of the United States is the follow-
ing passage
He is no longer the despised Jew
the pariah the alien the mystical
Shylock the monstrous creation of
Shakespeare but an important factor
in all human affairs the citizen of a
country he can well call his own He
is to be found in the busy mart as
well as in the humbler callings of
liie in the society of the most cul-
tured as well as along the humbler
walks in the palatial home as well
as in the hovel
In this land of equal opportunity
no longer bewailing his fate as one of
the scattered nations with no long-
ing for segiegation within the narrow
limits of Palestine but content with
his surroundings proud of the country
oi his adoption the Jew is patiently
surely hopefully working out his own
destiny
ITALY HAS TWO JEWISH SEN-
ATORS
Among the 33 senators nominated by
royal decree aie two Jews Signori
Martara and Polacco The former is a
son ot the late Rabbi Marco Martara
and has been professor of civil pio
cedure at Pisa and Naples His cul-
ture and reputation as a purist gained
him an appointment at the Court of
Cassation in Rome He has also been
president of the Court of Appeal at
Ancona and recently was procureur
general at the Court of Cassation in
the captial
Signor Polacco is also a lawyer
having taught civil law at the Uni
virsity of Padua Later he was elected
lector of that famous seat of learning
He takes an active part in Jewish
leligious life and has published a
work on Jews and Divorce in Italy
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 17, 1910, newspaper, March 17, 1910; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth68992/m1/3/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .