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THE SAGE OF WASHINGTON
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Zionist movement. During this period
he traveled twice to Europe, went to
Palestine and lived much more the
life of a man of action than that of
a man of the study. With the unbend
ing determination of a pioneer he
tried to steer the Jewish National
movement in the direction which he
thought would bring, salvation. He
led relentlessly, demanded from his
associates the maximum of sacrifice,
did not tolerate interference and, like
every true leader, could not stand the
procrastination of democratic institu
tions. When the conflict between him
and the Zionist Organization reached
a climax, when his dictatorial methods
were challenged, he retired to his
ivory castle and again became the man
of the study. He retained his genuine
interest in Palestine, devoting much
of his time to it to this day and con
tinuing to dispense his generous finan
cial and spiritual aid. He has, how
ever, definitely and finally thrown off
all responsibilities for the leadership
of the Zionist movement.
That he was able to cut his official
duties with Zionism, that he remained
obdurant to all pleas during the last
decade to return to the leadership,
is regarded by some as evidence of
his strong, unyielding will-power and
by others as distinct proof of his cau
tious outlook on life. Had Brandeis
at one time resigned his exalted judi
cial position and boldly taken the lead
ership of the Zionist movement, he
would have gone down in history as
another Herzl. That he visualized the
Jewish National movement on a large
modern state-building scope, there can
be little doubt. That as a negotiator
with British and American politicians
he stamped himself as a tremendously
effective statesman nobody will deny.
That Brandeis is entitled to credit for
the obtaining of the Balfour Declara
tion as much as Weizmann and Soko-
low, historians will have to acknowl
edge. But that at the psychological
moment, he failed is equally beyond
discussion.
My personal impression—it is mere
ly deductive—is that Brandeis was
deformed by American political life,
that he was haunted by the idee fixe
to keep a “hole-proof” record. Thus
he repressed, at the critical periods
of his life, his inborn revolutionary
inclinations. He permitted himself to
become an academic liberal, afraid to
be thrown on the radical heap. His
liberalism remained, to all intents and
effects, strictly within the framework
of academic discussion. At the cross
roads of his Jewish leadership, he
decided to become an interested and
helpful spectator, instead of risking
his career. The title of “silent leader,”
which some consider a crown and oth
ers a mere label for caution, was the
result of this same fear of errors
and misinterpretations. Brandeis rep
resents the very antithesis of a Ste
phen S. Wise. Wise and IVrandeis
present the same contrast as a Cool-
idge and a Borah; only, Brandeis’ in
tellectual equipment is far superior to
that of a Coolidge, Borah or even
Wise. Were one to be brutally logical
one would assert that what Brandeis
actually lacks is moral courage.
But this deduction collapses in the
light of the life of Louis Dembitz
Brandeis. Brandeis is a selfless char
acter whose great joy in life is self-
sacrifice. Brandeis in his youth did
fight the most powerful organized eco
nomic forces in this country. As As
sociate Justice, his ethical, liberal out
look never compromised with any exi
gencies. He stands today as a great
American whose liberalism is respect
ed by those very same people who but
fifteen years ago feared and fought
him. That is perhaps his tragedy. But
while never a reformer, Brandeis has
held fast to his principles.
An austere, clean, spotless life is
his. Perhaps a hundred years hence,
law students will discover that he was
the precursor of liberal America. No
body today can say whether his self-
abnegation and withdrawal from
seething life is the height of self-sac
rifice or a lack of vitality.
On his seventy-fifth birthday, Amer
ica bows before him as the comrade-
in-arms of Justice Holmes, the Sage
of Washington, the great solitary
hermit of American public life who
represents the most unbending deter
mination— theretic determination for
a liberal interpretation of the Consti
tution of the United States. And
American Jewry rejoices that a Jew
has become the symbol of true Ameri
canism.
CopyriKht 1931 by S. A. 1*. 8.
S O V T HERN NOTE S
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The Federation of Jewish Women s
Organizations is sponsoring a bridge
Wednesday afternoon, December 16,
at the Henry Grady Hotel at two-
thirty o’clock. The proceeds will be
used for redecorating the auditorium
of the Jewish Educational Alliance,
one of the social centers of Atlanta.
Represented by nine Jewish women s
organizations, the Federation has
been successful in doing co-operative
work during its existence.
The following are the organizations
and presidents who compose the Fed
eration’s board Nessar Israel Sister
hood, Mrs. Denion Rosseau, presi
dent; Council of Jewish Women, Mrs.
Armand Wyle, president; Ahavath
Achime Sisterhood, Mrs. D. N. Meyers,
president; Senior Hadassah, Mrs. Hy
man Jacobs, president; Junior Hadas
sah, Miss Lee Rittenbaum, president;
Shearith Israel Sisterhood, Mrs. L.
Frankel, president; Temple Sister
hood, Mrs. Leo Strauss, president;
Anshi Sfard Sisterhood, Mrs. M. J.
Muldawer, president; Hebrew Or
phans Aid Society, Mrs. Edgar Lieb-
erman, president.
Officers of the Federation are Mrs.
J. E. Sommerfield, chairman; Mrs. D.
N. Meyers, co-chairman; Miss Lee
Rittenbaum, secretary and treasurer.
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