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Page 4 - Postorial Texas Jewish Post - Thurs., Oct. 14. 1954
POSTORIAL
EINSTEIN ON THE JEWISH TEACHER
In a recent speech in Princeton at a conference of the
American Friends of the Hebrew University, Professor Albert
Einstein voiced criticism of the Jewries of the Diaspora as re-
gards their attitude toward the Jewish teacher. While on the
subject of support for the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the
purpose for which the conference had been called, the famous
scientist said he regretted that “the Jewry dispersed through
the countries of the earth has not yet succeeded in placing our
nuiversity on a solid material basis, so that it still has to exist
precariously from hand to mouth. ’
Such a situation would not exist, declared Einstein, “if our
tradition of high esteem for the teacher had not been affected
by the shallow materialistic tendency of our age.” The Jewish
ideal, according to him, had always been represented by the
teacher, “that is to say, the person who is able through his
work and his efforts to enrich the intellectual, moral and artis-
tic life of his people,” a concept which, he stated, is a repudia-
tion of what is comonly called materialism.
No truer words than the above on the situation in which
the Jewish teacher finds himself today, and no wiser ones, have
been uttered in a long time. The measure of the respect and
material remuneration we give to the Jewish teacher is the
measure of our spirituality or lack of it. And we have been
sadly lacking it in recent years. We have underpaid our He-
brew teachers, we have not shown them the respect which is
their due, we have neglected to send our children and youth
to Hebrew schools. We have thereby displayed our gross addic-
tion to “the shallow materialistic tendency of the age,” as
Einstein puts it.
There are, however, hopeful signs which indicate that this
attitude will soon pass away. It cannot pass away too soon, if
the Jewries of the United States and other lands outside of
Israel are to survive as a distinct group.
SUCCOTH — OUR RUSTIC PAST
Succoth is characterized in the Torah as “zeman simhath-
enu,” the time of our joy, and also as the feast of ingathering.
The Jew was instructed to live in booths, harking back to the
rustic life of his forebears. Compliance with this was not always
easy, with the Jew tending more and mere to find his domicile
in thickly populated urban areas. But the lulab, the palm
branch, served him as a reminiscence of the time when he was
closer to nature.
Man is of the soil. The city dweller nostalgically has his
potted plant on the window sill. In Israel, the Jews have gone
beyond the symbols to the real thing. Back to the land of Israel
in a very real sense means also back to earth. Four or five
years ago, there was complaints about this in Israel. The newer
immigrants, it seems were not willing to go onto the land. Mr.
Ben Gurion relinquished the pleasant amenities of urban life
to become a Negeb shepherd-like an ancient David of Israel- !
hoping thus to be an inspiration to others to leave the towns
for life on the soil.
That the movement is making headway has been confirmed
at the recent Israel Bond conference in New York, where it
was reported that some 23 preent of the people of Israel now
live on the soil. This is a very significant development to pon-
der at a time of the season when we halt in remembrance of
our agricultural past.
^TEXAS JEWISH POST ~~
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Dallas Staff Photographer: Paul Bynum.
Fort Worth Staff Photographer: Bob Bogan
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H. Lederman
Early Beth-El
Head, Dies
Harry Lederman, 86, a lead-
er in he Fort Worth Jewish
community and well known
tobacco dealer here for many
years, died October 6 in a Fort
Worth hospital.
He was a founder of Temple
Beth-El in 1902 and was the
congregation’s president when
the temple was built in 1920.
Mr. Lederman also was chair-
man of the building committee
for the structure which burned
in 1949.
His tobacco was known, not
only in Fort Worth, but
throughout the country and' he
sent his “707” to customers in
many different areas.
He was born November 18,
1867 in Heidelberg, Germany,
and came to the United States
at the age of 18. He worked in
a cigar factory in New York
for three years before moving
to Texas.
Lederman worked here for
a wholesale liquor firm, travel-
ing by horse and buggy to
Sherman, Gainesville and into
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Ahavath Sholom Dinner
Set For October 24
The Annual Congregational
Dinner of Ahavath Sholom
Synagogue will be held on Oc-
tober 24th, 6:30 p.m., at the
Synagogue Center.
Ellection of officers will be
held.
Reservations may be made
with Mrs. Charlotte Powell at
WE-7379. _
West Texas, often as far as
El Paso.
It was in El Paso that he met
and married in 1889 Miss
Hattie Schloss. Mrs. Lederman
died in 1928.
He was a charter member
of the Elks Lodge here and
worked actively in Red Cross
and Community Chest drives.
Lederman had two children,
Annette, now married to Dt.
E. G. Schwartz of Fort Worth,
and Leo Lederman, who died
in 1949.
He made his home with the
Schwartz family at 2420
Shirley.
Survivors also include four
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
October 9 in R obe,rtson-
Mueller-Harper Chapel, Rabbi
Milton Rosenbaum officiated.
Burial was in Hebrew Rest.
J. W. V. Hear
Army Head
RICHMOND, Virginia—
More than 5,000 delegates re-
presenting 950 JWV Posts and
Auxiliaries throughout the
country converged on this city
to attend the 5'9th Annual Con-
vention of the Jewish War
Veterans of the United States
of America which convened’
here October 13th. The session
will last through this Sunday.
The four-day meeting, hav-
ing as its theme, the American
Jewish Tercentenary, is the
largest gathering of a Jewish
group ever to be held in Vir-
ginia’s State Capitol.
Highlight of the Convention
will be an important address
by Secretary of the Army
Robert T. Stevens at the Na-
tional Commander’s Banquet
to be held Saturday evening
October 16th.
B. B. Award
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