The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume], January 26, 1940, Page Page Two, Image 2

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Page Two
Facing Facts
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Especially wqtten for The South
ern Jewish Weekly by Maurice
Lawrence, Griffin, Ga.
Two days after reading the
news item in The Southern Jew
ish Weekly regarding the deplor
able condition under the article
“Circumcision Banned.” January
5 issue, I was invited to a
“simcha”. A very close friend
had been blessed with an addition ;
to the family. God. in His wis
dom, had blessed this couple with
a boy. It is only natural that the
family was elated over the addi
tion. and never before had I wish
ed anybody ’Mazeltov”, wondering
whether words of sympathy
would not have been more appro- j
priate. After staying a reason
able length of time and paying
my respects to the family I left
thinking about this little “bundle
from Heaven”. With the article
fresh in my mind. I could not help
but think. “Little Man, What
Now?”
I could see a mental picture of
this baby growing up with a
group of children the same age,
happy and carefree until he
reaches the age of about 6. At
that age will come the first part
ing of the ways from his friends
and the first realization that he
is “different.”
The child’s parents live in a
small town, about 65 miles from
the nearest city. Incidentally,
they are the only Jewish family in
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the town. It is, therefore, only
natural that the child’s friends
will be of different faiths. The
little barrier that seemed so small
and insignificant during infancy
will grow and grow’ as he gets
older until it will be impossible
to cross it.
At the early age of 6. his
friends will start going to Sunday
School. He will then learn that
he can not go with them, because
he is a Jew. The child will not
know what it is all about He
goes to school with them, he
plays with them, he eats with
them, —in fact they have a lot
of fun together like all children
do. The other children are well
mannered and of the same social
standing as he.
About that time the parents
will start thinking about the boy’s
future, wondering whether they
should stay in this small town
where they have been for a num
ber of years and have made a
comfortable living,—or should
they sacrifice their economic se
curity by moving to a city in or
der to give their child the relig
ious training they would like him
to have ? The father will feel
that he has a duty to his child:
that of providing for him. He
might even go so far as to ques
tion himself as to whether he had
the right to bring a child into the
world while living in a small
town, and by that forego the joy
and pleasure that any child brings
to parents. However, after much
debating pro and con, he will
probably decide to stay where he
is and take the child to Sunday
School in the city, thus traveling
130 miles each Sunday.
As the child goes through pub
lic school he will be taught the
advances of science. This will
conflict with his religious train
ing. He will be taught to reason,
while his religion is not open to
reasoning, he must accept it as it
is. He will be taught good citi
zenship and honesty: he will also
learn about the Bid of Rights—
that in the eyes of the law all
men are equal.
His first sense of guilt will be
when he is taught that Saturday
is the Sabbath and a day of rest.
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bers of the Executive Committee
axe: Mr. Monsky, of Omaha, pres
ident: Alfred M. Cohen. Cincin
nati. honorary president; Judge
I. M. Golden, of San Francisco;
Louis Fabricant of New York and
Archiband Marx of New Orleans,
This will conflict with his entire
setup, as he knows that it is im
possible for him to observe that
day, and the teacher should know
that it was too much to ask or
expect. Being young, immature,
and having a conscience, he will
naturally feel like a sinner,
through no fault of his own.
When he drives to the city to at
tend services on a holiday, instead
of parking his car in a convenient
place in front of the Shule door,
he will have to park it on a side
street a couple of blocks away,
as if he were guilty of a crime.
Instead of being commended for
driving 130 miles in order to at
tend services, he will be condemn
ed for driving on a holiday. He
will naturally get the feeling that
perhaps he is not such a “good
Jew.” He will also be aware that
he has made more effort than
anyone present in Shule to learn
the little that he knows. How
ever. that will not be recognized,
as there is no compromise. In
stead of developing the good qual
ities. he is being impressed with
his faults.
All this time the boy will be
growing away from the children
with whom he grew up and those
that will be his future neighbors
and associates. The ease and
comfort that he once enjoyed in
their environment will be a thing
of the past; discussions will be
limited to certain subjects.
In the eyes of the Gentiles he
will always be regarded as a Jew,
and in the eyes of the Jews he
will be regarded as ignorant.
Since he is a normal child, his
scholastic average in school on
all subjects good, he will wonder
| why the subject that is to play
a great part in his life is lacking,
while all his life he has made
such an effort and sacrifice to
learn.
And so,—another lost soul is
produced into the world, all be
cause the leaders in the present
generation close their eyes to re
alities and do not attempt a plan
of action whereby the spiritual
and religious life will harmonize
with Americanism.
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vice presidents; Sidney G. Kus
worm, Dayton, Ohio, treasurer;
Maurice Bisgyer, Washington, D.
C„ secretary; Sigmund Living
ston, Chicago, chairman of the
Anti - Defamation Commission;
Sam Beber, Omaha, president of
the Supreme Advisory Council of
Aleph Zadik Aleph; Sidney Stern,
Goldsboro, N. C.; Judge Joseph
Kun, Philadelphia; Benjamin
Samuels, Chicago; Harry B. Ep
stein, New York; J. Eugene Far
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Pittsburgh; David Doldman, Oak
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Asheville, N. C.; Aaron Droock,
Detroit; and A. D. Bearman,
Memphis, Tenn. David Robinson,
of Portland, Oregon, chairman of
the National Anti-Nazi Boycott
Committee of B’nai B’rith, will
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