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THOUGHTS
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to American Jewry, your accep
tance of my challenge will afford
many of our people an opportuni
ty to familiarize themselves with
both the positive and the negative
views on Jewish Science, and they
will be able to determine for
themselves what their attitude to
wards this important issue should
be.
“Awaiting your reply, I am.
“Sincerely yours,
“Morris Licnenstein."
In the same mail that I received a
letter from Dr. Einstein, of Pitts
burgh, correcting his statement that
the Phi Lambda Kappa fraternity was
the only Jewish fraternity in the
United States by qualifying it as
"medical.” I received one from the
Vice President of the Lambda Omi-
cron Gamma, from Philadelphia. Mr
Fibish writes he wants to correct Dr
Kpstein. He says:
“Even piling Orsa on Potion I
must add that the Phi Lambda
Kappa is not the only “medical”
Jewish fraternity, though I free
ly grant that it is the larger. And
tt is the only Allopathic Jewish
frat, but the L. 0. G. is the only
osteopathic or.e . It may in
terest you to learn of the cos
mopolitan membership of the
Philadelphia chapter, consisting
of Jews from Palestine. Spain.
Koumar.ia. Russia. Canada and.
of course, the United States, at
tending the Philadelphia College
of Osteopathy.”
I always enjoy reading the “Reflex”
magazine. It shocks us sometimes but
then few of us die of shocks. Re
cently, Dr Melamed, the very much
a.rrt editor, suggested the need for a
Jew.<h University That didn't shock
me but it ruffled my feathers a bit.
So I replied. Now the Doctor writes
me a most interesting letter, the first
part of which is to be read with vour
tongue in your cheek for that was
where Dr Melamed held his when he
wrote it. But the remainder you are
to ta.ce seriously. I: is a most inter
esting communication and :s very
provocative. It may even provoke
thinking which so many of us are so
**dly in r.eed of.
"Dear Mr. Joseph:
^ our approach to tne idea of
j. Jewish university in America
ana your position are natural and
well-founded. Tnere is no Jewish
problem in this country. In Araer-
*can social and economic life, we
ire " o: discriminated against.
Uwry able and promising young
newish scholar or scientist i* en
couraged by the American Uni-
v ~fty. ^ offered the oppor
tunity to »cucn. ar.c to do research
work. Our undergraduates ,
join any fraternity they like,
are welcomed in ever-increasing
numbers m all universities, in
cluding Harvard and Yale. There
fore. only a pervert could propose
the establishment of a Jew^h mi
ranicy ia A>«ric*.
“Those who oppose to this pro-
posal are the savers of Judaism
m America. Hurrah for the <av-
ersl
“You are opposed to a ghetto—
rr.av
so am I. So is every Jew, but let
me give you one of my secrets.
The ghetto is the creation of the
Goy, and not the Jew—the Jew
never wanted a ghetto, and has
always been opposed to it. Th«r
Goy insisted that there be a ghet
to, and is still insisting, and what
are you, Mr. Joseph going to do
about it?
“You say that a Jewish univer
sity in America would contribute
to the ghettoization of the Jew
Can you please explain to me why
a Jewish university in America,
regardless of its name, would be
more than a ghetto than Jewish
baseball, Jewish swimming and
ail other Judaized sport activi
ties; which form part and parcel
of such Reform Congregations as
Sinai in Chicago? The Sinai peo
ple sureiy do not want any ghetto,
but why are there Sinai swim
mers, and Sinai tennis players,
etc. ? If I am not mistaken, Sinai
was established for the purpose of
getting away from the ghetto, but
today the Sinai in Chicago is more
of a ghetto than the old-fashioned
schule. I quote this to you, show
ing you that your attempt to run
away from the ghetto brings you
right in contact with it.
“We all attempted to escape
from the ghetto, and all of us
came here because we did not
warn a ghetto, but since Jews are
not just exactly social atoms, but
represent a religious, or ethnic or
racial group, the ghetto is right
there, where there are Jewis in
considerable numbers, and ar. at
tempt to run away from the ghet
to is just as wise as an attempt
to escape from your own skin.
Try and do it!
“I believe that a first rate Jew
ish university would not only
solve the problems of our scien
tists and scholars who are de
graded and humiliated, but it
would also establish us as a cre
ative group—for my part call it
religion. Every religion of the
major religious groups m Ameri
ca may own a university, may
make contributions to art ar.d
science, and we may not. because
we— and you are not ar. excep
tion—to the rule—suffer from at
inferiority com plea and that is
the only reason why you, together
with thousands of other well-
meaning Jews in America, are op
posed to a university.
“It is your good right to fight
the proposal, but please do not
treat us to arguments like ghet
to ization — because ghetto in
America is such a reality, that ”
seems to be impossible to oeny it.
“Cordially yours,
“S. M Melamed
I nave received so many interest.ng
letters of Late that should f-rc •"*-
way In RANDOM THOUGHTS that F
s impossible to publish them it
:ne issue. There are one or tw: —ire
:hat will have to be postpone-:
next week. They help fill the c0 ‘
urn a,” of course, bat they have *
much more important purpose. They
serve to give Jewish groups interested
in Jewish fife and Jewish prcciem*
food for thought and discuss::'
