The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, February 12, 1909 Page: 6 of 8
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The Synagogue
It is essential for every Jew lo
belong to a congregation says the
Jewish Review We need the
synagogue as much as the synago-
gue needs us and those people who
are not affiliated with any con re
sation lose more than they realize
Of course they may gain no mateiial
benefit from joining a congregation
but one must think of something else
besides their physical desires
We often hear people complain of
the high assessments of the synago-
gue They claim it is a great wrong
to have to pay to belong to the
synagogue and that Judaism is an
expensive creed
They forget that it takes funds to
keep up the synagogue and yet these
very same people who decry against
contributing their support toward the
congregations spend more in social
amusement in a few months than it
would cost to belong to a synagogue
a whole year
Some people have a false concep-
tion of their relation to the synago
gue They think that such affiliation
gives them entrance into society or
that it enables them to enlarge their
sphere of business activity
There are many peisons who
never think of the synagogue except
in time of death and then they ex
pect that the greatest attention will
be shown to them They are offen-
ded if the rabbi does not show them
the courtesy to which they think
they are entitled and declare that no
good can come from belonging to
the synagogue
How often do we hear persons who
never go to temple except on the
two great holy days camplain that
they are not shown good seats
They seem to be oblivious to the
fact that the members who contri-
bute their share toward the support
of the institution all the year round
year in and year out are entitled to
the first consideration
There are quite a number of peo-
ple who claim that they cannot af
ford to affiliate with a congregation
This is a mistaken idea as there are
few of us who are so situated that
we cannot spare something for this
purpose it we are only willing to
rhakef the sacrifice tbido so if neces-
sary
The great trouble is that most peo-
ple give religion cn1y a seconday
consideration They think that reli
geon is only necessary when they are
in trouble When everything oes all
right there is no need of it Jewish
Times and Observer
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Part Taken By the Jews in
American Wars
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the distinguished soldier Brigader
General Joseph Bloomfield Col Nath-
an Myers Samuel Noah Captain Mey-
er Moses Judah Touro Lieutenants
Isaac Mertz Benjamin Gratz David
Metzler and Adjutant Isaac Meyers
are among others whose valuable ser-
vices meant much at this time
The next war that attracts our at-
tention is the Mexican war in 1840
David de Leon who nad twice taken
the place of commanding officers re-
ceived the same number of times the
thanks o the United Staes Congas
for the able service ne tendeied Some
of the other Jews who po noticeably
showed their patriotism ore Surgeon
General Moses Albert Levy C > 1 Leon
Dyer QuartermasterGeneral under
Gen Winfield Scott Lieutenant Henry
Seeligson who was sent f > by Gen
Taylor and by him higbl complimen
ted for his bravery at Monterey Ma-
jor Albert Mordecai So gont Jacob Da-
vis Sergent Samuel xlenry and Cor-
poral Jacob Hirschborn
We should justly feel proud of the
large number of Jews who disti uish
cd themselves in the Civil War Na-
thaniel D Menken and Louis II May-
er served on the staff ut General Pope
Mayer serving also with Generals Ro
secrans and Grant Dr Mortis 7
Asch served on thd staff of General
Sheridan and Majoi Lully who had
served on Kossuths staff during the
Hungarian Revolution several imdei
the direction of the Secretary of War
Captain Dessaur and Newman Borch
ard served on the staff of Gen How-
ard while Max Cornheim and M Szeg
ley served on Gen Sigels staff
Quite a large number of Jewish
names are found among the staff offi-
cers in the Confederate army and navy
On the Union side New York is said
to have furnished 1996 soldiers Ohio
1004 and Pennsylvania 527 In both
the Union and Confederate armies it
is estimated that 7884 Jewish sol
diers took part This is a large num
ber considering that there were only
150000 Jews here at that time
Frederick Knefler a native of Hun-
gary attained the highest rank of any
Jew who took part in this war After
enlisting as a private in tho Seventy
Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry tijid
fighting his way up to tho colbnolcv
o his regiment then rising to the
rank of BrigaderGeneral ho becamo
Brevet MajorGeneral for his meri-
torious work at the battle of Chlca
raauga
Other praiseworthy names connect-
ed with this war are Edward S Sol-
omon Colonel of the EightySecond
Illinois Volunteer Infantry Philip J
Joachimsen who organized thojFifty
Ninth New York Volunteer Regiment
Leopold Blumenberg Major m the
Fifth Regiment Maryland Infantry
and Marcus M Speigel of the One
Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Infantry
The patriotism of tho sons of jlsrecl
was again displayed in the Spanish
Americanwar According to the Jew-
ish Book for 1901 over 4000 Jewish
soldiers took part Never were the
Jews more willing to offer their ser-
vices aid not one battle was fought
in which they were not conspicuous
Sergent Maurice Justh of the First
California Volunteers which number-
ed 100 Jews was the first man who
fell in the attack on Manilla Theo-
dore Roosevelt has spoken admiringly
of the daring bravery that was dis-
played by the seven Jewish Rough-
Riders
So we see that this was as in the
preceding wars tfie Jfews have nrer
failed torespond to the call of their
country and even though there ave
still among us some prejudiced people
who call the Jews unpatriotic v o neod
only to turn to past rsccrds to b con
vinced of the truth
ADATII YESHURUN SERVICES
The regular Friday evening services
at Adath Yesliurun Synagogue will
begin at eight oclock Rabbi Willner
will lecture on The Civilizing Influ-
ence of the Mosaic Code on Israel
vSabbath morning services begin at
eight oclock Isadore Dorenfield will
be Bar MitsWah Minchaph services
at four oclock
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, February 12, 1909, newspaper, February 12, 1909; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84756/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .