The Jewish outlook., January 27, 1905, Page 6, Image 6

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JEWISH CALENDAR
Sun.-Mon., Feb. 5-6.... New Moon Adar.
Tu.-Wed.. Mar. 7-8 New Moon 2d Adar.
Monday, March 20 Fast of Esther.
Tu.-Wed., Mar. 21-22.. .Purim.
Thursday, April 4 New Moon Nissan.
Thursday, April 20 Ist day of Passover.
Frl.-Sat., May 5-6 New Moon Iyar.
Tuesday. May 23 Lag B'Omer (33d day
of Omer).
Sunday, June 4 New Moon Slvan.
Friday, June 9 Ist day of Pentecost.
Mon.-Tu„ July 3-4 New Moon Tammuz.
Thursday, July 20 Fast of Tammuz.
Wednesday. Aug. 2 New Moon Ab.
Thursday, Aug. 10 Fast of Ab.
Thurs.-Frl., Aug. 31-
Sept. 1 New Moon Ellul.
Saturday, Sept. SO New Tear (6666).
JANUARY 27, 1905.
EDITORIAL.
Congregation
and Rabbi
disagree—not on one point merely, but
on many points. The one great ques
tion, however, that is the hardest bone
of contention between the shepherd and
his flock is, Shall the rabbi be merely a
pastor or shall he be pre-eminently a
preacher? That he can not be both is
clear. The pastor’s time is too much
occupied with social calls and functions
to allow him extended studies and re
searches necessary for substantial
preaching, and the preacher’s time is so
.crowded with pursuits along scholarly
lines that the course to social activities
is entirely barred to him. He can,
therefore, be only one of the two, either
a pastor or a preacher. If he chooses to
be the former he will tickle the little
vanities of the unthinking many; while
if he prefers to be the latter he will stir
the great aspirations of the select few.
And serving the select few is nobler
than pampering to the unthinking many.
The select few are the leaven of human
ity, the saving element of mankind. The
It is a pity, but it
is true, rabbis and
congregations often
THE JEWISH OUTLOOK
Jewish minister, leading a congregation
of the saving remnant of Israel will
therefore, under all circumstances, strive
for the laurel of the honest preacher
rather than for the applause of the af
fable pastor. He will serve the aspira
tions of the few and thus indirectly
serve all rather than pamper to the van
ities of the many and thus serve none.
Whither away ? is the dom
inating question for Jews
the world over. It con-
Whither
Away?
cerns the race in every clime, not merely
the unhappy people who are driven
away in crowds into strange lands, but
the more fortunate Israelites who are
settled in liberty-loving countries and
whose peace is threatened by the on
coming of their poorer brethren. Of
those poorer brethren there are not less
than 5,000,000 in Russia alone. De
prived of all human rights, and every
avenue towards making ever so scant a
livelihood shut to them, they see them
selves constrained to exchange the soil
harboring the bones of their fathers for
pastures more hospitable. But whither
away? Austria, Italy and Germany are
tightly locked to them. The Balkan
states are wallowing in misery and pov
erty. England’s government is forcing
upon Parliament an emigration bill
threatening to exclude “alien paupers
and undesirables,” which phraseology
practically means the haunted and
hunted Russian Jew. From South Af
rica come ominous warnings against any
further immigrations with even intenser
earnestness, and before the Congress of
our own blessed country the ghost of the
immigration peril is strutting about
with evil forebodings, and in view of the
terrible congestion in our large cities
caused by the continuous waves of im
migration, may not he disin
clined to grasp the bony hand of the
ghost. Thus, a short time, every
known haven ‘of refuge will be bolted.
The question therefore has an awful
pertinency: Whither away?
East Africa beckons, but her eyes are
savage and Jewish timidity shrinks from
them. M. L.
In our last week’s issue we published
a letter from Mr. Milton M. Schayer
concerning the proposed B’nai B’rith
building for Denver. The Jewish Out
look is desirous of securing opinions re
specting the advisability of a B. B.
structure and invites correspondence on
the subject.
The destruction by fire of the Y. M.
11. A. building in New Orleans,
and especially the death of the popular
steward, M. J. Fuss, are deeply regret
ted. The Y. M. 11. A. of New Orleans
is one of the few Jewish institutions
that devotes itself entirely to the wel
fare of young Jewish Americans. We
are, however, glad to note that its board
of directors has decided to reconstruct
the Y. M. H. A. on a larger scale.
The Jewish Consumtives’ Relief
Society
It seems impossible for the officers of
the above society to issue an appeal to
the public for funds without in some
way discrediting the noble work of the
National Jewish Hospital for Consump
tives.
The officers of the Jewish Consump
tives’ Relief Society will learn, sooner
or later, that easting unjust reflections
upon the great philanthropy of the Na
tional Jewish Hospital is a poor way to
gain the support of the public for their
enterprise.
We publish in full the editorial com
ment in Jewish Charities of New York
(January, 1905) on the article of Presi
dent Philip Hillkowitz of the Jewish
Consumptives’ Relief Society, which is
found in the same issue:
“We present, on another page, Dr.
Hillkowitz’s article in defense of the
Jewish Consumptives’ Relief Society of
Denver. While we acknowledge the
right of the defendant to a hearing, wc
do not hesitate to dissent from this so
ciety’s standpoint in almost every par
ticular. The mingling of cured and in
curable consumptives in one institution,
which they hail as a boon, is condemned
by every medical authority, and by it
self would suffice eventually to wreck
the entire project. It seems almost su
perfluous to point out two other serious
defects in this society’s plans. In the
first place, the field it intends to cover
is already occupied by two societies, the
National Jewish Hospital for Consump
tives and the local relief society; the
proper way to remedy any inadequacy
on their part is to increase their funds