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The Southern Israelite srael at the IVailing JVall By STEPHEN S. WISE, Ph D., LL.D., f the Free Synagogue, Nciv York', X. Y. President of the Jewish Institute of Religion. began, as it ends, for Israel jjlinp Wall! We seem to have .udiout the year at the Wailing v , a r which began under the and ends with but little light. years that go down in our .. years of hurt; others as years still others as years of doubt. ; alxtut to end has been for us .jeep and tragic confusion. ;\ ninety began, as it ended, amid ,,f battle waged by misguided ■ups, with the tacit or spoken English governmental offi- Palestine, against our people, ,■ pioneers. When warred upon, ;ended themselves with a valor Rabbi Stephen S. Wise "t their cause and country. There ! m n<> higher praise. of the evil and even horror of mo against the Jewish resettlers of ' might have been overcome, if i idi government, by its Palestine Natives, had been equal to its tra it has been guilty of what its might choose to name blunder 'binder. The Parliamentary In- "inmission, save for its Labour . was less than a whitewashing ' was deeply hurtful to the cause 'tine peace. Since its report, we n act upon act, including the nam- I uke as England’s representative W ailing Wall Commission, which have been one of the saddest nments in all the centuries of t"ry. For we trusted England, ibl still trust England, despite this ear, if England would but choose it possible that we renew our elf-trust is more important still, mportant, if as a people we are to the proud centuries of our 'iich years as shall not be full As long as we imagined that depended for good or evil on ' kase, so long were we undone, as we imagine that the Jewish lent of Palestine depends upon my British government, we are x r much Eastern and Central i government did in the past ■•ur yoke heavier, however little Britisth governments may in the future do to effectuate the Mandate and all that went before, Jewish self-trust is the final arbiter of the Jewish fate. From this truth, such Jews as are vulgarly and noisomely indifferent to the plight of our people, will timidly dissent. Jews, who so occupy themselves with the divisive minutiae of Orthodoxy and Re form as to be unable to envisage the majesty of the whole Jewish picture, will not understand. But Jews, worthy of the name and heritage of their people, will share the faith that makes us unconquer able, that nothing less than high, unafraid, creative self-trust can bring us, as a peo ple, nearer to our heart’s desire. And that desire,—to go forward as a people in the land where God dwelt in the aspira tions and purposes and deeds of a death less people! And to go forward, in the name of the divine bidding, to widen the domains of justice, to deepen the foun dations of peace, to strengthen the will to the truth of self-conquest. The Wailing Wall, to which our fathers and mothers pilgrimmed, has performed the tragic miracle, throughout the passing year, of pilgrimming with us,—in many lands of exile. Once again is Russia a land of desolation, for neither acres nor bread, even when not illusory, can undo the hunger of the Jewish soul, which is asked to satisfy itself with the stone of compulsory irreligion. It has happened,— it may happen again.—that the Wailing Wall stands long after they have passed, who made of every dwelling place of Israel walls of wailing and desolation. May the New Year—5691—lead us from the Wailing Wall to the heights whence we shall, with the help of the spirit of holiness and mercy, behold justice for our brethren and peace for all men. Reports 40,000 Jews In Brazil New York, N. Y.—There are now 40,000 Jews in Brazil, according to Dr. I. Raffalovitch, chief rabbi of that country, who arrived in the United States last - week to confer with Hias officials regarding immigration possi bilities for Jews in Eastern Europe. Dr. Raffalovitch reported that 6,025 Jews arrived in Brazil last year. ‘ Bra zil offers a splendid field for the colonization of our race and particu larly for those from Eastern Europe,” he declared. Of the 40,000 Jews in Bra zil half that number arrived in the last five years. 120 Jewish Children Home less as Kishinev Orphan age Closes Bucharest.—One hundred and twenty Jewish children are now homeless m Kishinev as a result of the closing of the orphan home by the Jewish community there for lack of funds. 1 'W* wr mt mm ~ mmr v «r jn mm + mm * > Page 15 TO GIVE ALL OF OUR PATRONS FULLEST ADVANTAGE OF OUR VERY LOW COAT PRICES So we are pleased to an nounce fand we know you will be glad to learn) that Regenstein will Continue at Low Prices on Winter Coats We are continuing our Reductions on Winter Coats. Many of our pat rons, on their vacations, and abroad for the summer, could not be here in August and tho’ they were enjoying the scenery we do not want them to thereby miss the greatest buys ever offered in— FINE WINTER COATS APPAREL SHOP—SECOXD FLOOR