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A. JEWISH ESTIMATE,
The splendid estate of leadership, spirituality, and service "which Prezident Coolidge, in his Rosh Hashanan'. (New Your) message says the Jews have giyon to the world for the common advan tage," receives additional paint. front m recent counter-wide Jewish poll, The readers of the New York Jewish Tribune "were askm) recently to vote on the twelyn Outstanding Jews of the world." The re sulting selection is felt by many newspapers! to be of considerable sigùificance at a time when the conventional charges against Jews of materialism, selfishness had lack of public service
recurring.* A physicist, a chemist, a man of letters, a lawyer, a Supreme Court Justier, the Viceroy of India, a phikuthropist," a critic, a port, asrabbi, a philosopher, and In playwright. in that order, are the
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7TH, 1925
That this idealism is marked through- Pont the entire list is further noted. Omitting the first; twelve, the first Efty names on the list were:
13. Sir Herbert Samel 1. Nathan Sokolow 15. Oscar:8, Strans 16 Baron Rothschild 17. Samuel Entermyer 15. Felix 31. Warburg 10. Sigmund Freud 20. Simon Elexner
1. Julius Rosenwald Irving Lehman Julian W, Mack- 24. Leon Trotzky 2. Max Lieberatan
8. Adolph S. Ochs
27. Ahad Ha'am and Abram I. Elkos
28. Albert A. Michelson
190 Henrietta Szold
30. Jacques Luch... -
3. Tuigi Luzzati
32. Leopoli Auer.
33 Cyrus Adler
34 Herman Berusteis 35. Lee K. Frankel
3. A. Kook
37. David Belaser --gebamel-Gompers
3 Israel Alrabams 40. Max Renhardt
41. Joseph Rosenblatt
42 Sr. Alfred Mond
43. Milton J. Rosenau
34. Jakob Wasserman
45. Jascha Helfitz 46: Maximilian Harden 47. Benjamin N. Carsleza. 18. Otto Warburg 49. Jacob Epstein
80. Joseph H. Herta
Other nanses included Sir Johu Monash," Albert D. Lasker, Leon Kameneff, Mischa Elman, Jo Davidson, and Benny Leonard. Of the list, as a whole, the paper "which publishes it. nutes."
Considering the entire list of men and
Agraphic picture of the Jewish con- tribution to the world's ndrance is what the dish. Tribune calls this list, adling:. Here among these twelve are the world's greatest physicist, Einstein; the world's greatest livrary critic, Brandes, Weizmann, great chourist, who gave his genius during the war to the perfection of T.N.T.. most terrible of all explosives, women mentioned, forty eight are active- and why, on the other hand, is the leaderly interested in Jewish movements, that of the most idealistic movement of all is are largely indentified as Jewish lead- tires (Zionista): here are three outstanders. That, the ideal of service played su ing Barristers, Reading, Marshall and important a part in determining the Brande-Reading holding the highest choices of the readers may also be strik- position, next to the King in the British ingly interpreted in the large number Empire: Marshall anthority on constity of philanthropists who were mentioned, tional law, sturdiest champion of his twenty-seven in all. This does not iu- people's rights: Brandeis, n passionate elude nierely the philanthropists who crusader for social justice, both as lawyer have given away millions for the better. wealth have and "Suprente Court Justice stalwartment of humanity, but those just as noble worker for the Jewish Homeland. Zarg-souls, who lacking great will, in the Frent rank of contemporar given themselves to angial movements for letters, whose always works inde the world's uplift.
The twelve great scientists mentioned fatigably, tor his prople, whether in on these lists give adequate proof of pre Eleven men were mentioned mirroring their souls, in his Ghetto Istoric or in fighting for their rights and who have distinguished themselves in
for their welfare; Nathan Straus, whose ang is revered throughout, the world public life, men who have played import for his philanthropies; Bergson, fountain ant roles in the history of their country. head of all modern philosophy, one of such as Oscar Strans, the only Jew ever in the United States Cabinet, thrice the French Immortal": Stephen Wisthe representative to Turkey: Albert rabbi, whose vole reaches round the Lasker, chairman of the Shipping Board, world: Bialik, who has made the ancient losest confidant of President farding language of his people live again through Sir Allred Mond, former member of the his inmortal Hebrew poems: Schnitzler, British Cabinet Sir Herbert Samuel, High Commissioner to Palestine Sir John supreme in the Beld of helleslettréï,
Monash, commander of the Australian orces in the World, War, etc.
A NOTABLE SELECTION:
The very important fact that with their pride and patriotism for their retive countries, these men are quite out standingly Jews, is rightly emphasised by the paper as it notes:,
eminence.
REVINESS MEN STÖT ADMIREI
The two most commonly male, critic isnis that fl) the Jew is predominantly a nonproducing middleman, and (2) that he is a revolutionary but nonpatriotic type. are touched on indirectly, as the article points out:
While there are no conditions attached to the balloting, readers being left free to make their selections along lines they
That the Jew is predominantly a husi- saw fit, these twelve are not merely Jews because they happened to be born withinness man and nothing else, or rather, that the fold, but there have also evidenced that is the quality most appreciated by on more than one occasion their Jewish the race is hardly horne out by this bal spirit, their interests in the race from loting. But nine men all told were men- which they sprung. Of most of the tioned who have distinguished themselves their Jewish work is of 20 outstanding in finice and commerce, and there nint nature that it was undoubtedly partially are all more famous as philanthropists responsible for the balloting in their than as business men, although they are favour. Of the rest, it may be surpris outstanding members of their profession.
The remaining classification of the rom- ing to learn that the Viennese dramatist,
as follows: Rabbis, Dr. Arthur Schnitzler, has been persecut plete balloting is el by anti-Semites as the outstanding Jew nine, literary, nines academic, aix; art, of Austria, and that what many critics five music, five journalism, four, and consider as his finest piece of work is the theatre, three. Beuny Leonard was his novel The Road to Freedom," one the only athlete mentioned,
Although the Jew is a revolutionary, in of the Enest Jewish stories-ever written. His play," Dr. Bernhardi based largely addition to being an international, banker. upon an incident in the life of his fathers Trotsky was not among the first twelve,r who was a famous surgech, is, one of the although he did finish among the first The "balloting for him was most devastating indictments of anti-twenty-five."
Neither is it curious, for he always appeared in close Semitism ever, penned. known that Bergson, detached as his propinquity to pious Jews (to whom he philosophical studies have ind him, beis anathema) and, conservatives, to whom lieves strongly in Zionism, and once he is likewise nathema. While readers in many enses explained that they voted marked to the late Jan M. Schiff that for him not because they believed in his Zionism he saw a great spirituni me policies (the rest of their ballot showed ment which would preserve for all timent) but because he is one of the out- Jewish cultural treames in Palestine, Brandes has on incre than one occasion, standing figures of the present day. other Communist turned his literary powers to the defence There was only one mentioned, Kameneff. of his people, while his study of Shy: lock show the Jewish, soul that barns within his breasts Lord Reading can not vake an active interest in Jewish move ments at presit. But until his elevation to regal powers, he was aways interested in Jewish communal life in England, par- ticularly in Londen..
Ta summing up. It is pointed out that in udition to indicating the Jewish con- tribution to the world, the balloting shows with startling clearness how Jews judge the greatness of their fellow Jews by degree to which they have enriched the world's spiritual and cultural trasures, and have been servants of their people and humanity."
THE EPHASIS ON SERVICE. But the most important feature of this poll, a invariably noted, is the emphasis placed on service. About the time of the Z Jewish New Year, a twelve-month ago, a. Literary Digest 'article entitled What Jews Think of Jew" occasioned con- siderable comment. It dealt with a poll arang Jews somewhat similar to the pre
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