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OUTHERN RABBIS
HONORED
RABBI MORRIS NEW FI ELD
. . . Re-elected President . . .
Brrr and abroad, action to lx? dependent
ftpon the next sc**ion of the Conference
1933. The neutral attitude adopted by
fthr majority of his fellow-rabbis was
■cored by Dr. Wise. During the course of
”fti* address, in which he demanded a re
ft irn to the more traditional forms of
Irwish life, Dr. Wise said:
“ l'he time has come for us to take to
Hirart the truth that we may not be sure
■>f a common faith, viewing the infinite
V arieties within the full circle of the Jew-
■ -h creed; but, whether or not sure of our
|»mmiin faith, we as a people must insist
ipon a common fate, whether that fate be
pood or evil.
, "American Israel developed too deep a
■>assion to be like unto the majority of
Rabbi Morris Newfield, of Birmingham, Ala.,
was re-elected President of the Central Confer
ence of American Rabbis at its concluding ses
sion in Cincinnati. Rabbi David Philipson, of
Cincinnati, and Rabbi Joseph Stolz were named
honorary presidents. Other officers include:
Rabbi Samuel II. Goldrnson, Pittsburgh, Vice-
President; Rabbi Harry S. Margolis, St. Paul,
Corresponding Secretary; Rabbi Isaac Marcus-
son, Macon, Ga., Recording Secretary; Rabbi
David Marx, Atlanta, Ga., Treasurer. Rabbis
Stephen S. Wise, New York; Felix A. Levy,
Chicago; Leon Fram, Detroit; Samuel Marko
witz, Fort Wayne; Edward I„ Israel, Baltimore,
and Irving Reichert, San Francisco, comprise
the Executive Board.
l'he high point of the conference’s deliber
ations was the debate on the resolution to
recommend the convening of a World Jewish
Congress. This step was pressed by Dr. Stephen
S. Wise, Rabbi Jacob Rader Marcus and Rabbi
James G. Heller. But their views were over
ridden and the conference went on record fa
voring a more thorough study of the situation,
with consultation with various Jewish bodies
people in the midst of which it lived.
Too much that was Jewish was for
sworn; and under the aegis of liberation
or emancipation, too much that was un-
Jewish was assimilated. The most griev
ous effect of this was that we, as a people,
made a minimal effort to effect and to
influence, to pervade and to transform the
people among whom we had come to find
home and freedom and asylum.
‘‘We must cease to think of finding
shelter in America and begin to think of
our people as enrichers and not bene
ficiaries of America. As a people, we
have been too docile and acquiescent in
stead of being inflexibly self-insistent as
Jews.”
METTERNICH THE STATESMAN
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arne of a noble family that had for cen-
Ituries furnished men of note in politics,
[diplomacy and the church. He reached
[statesmanship by way of diplomacy and
[at the age of 28 was appointed Austrian
[ambassador to the Saxon court at Dres
den. Two years later he became ambas-
ador ot Prussia at Berlin. Here he was
ristrumental in stimulating a closer al-
iance between Austria, Prussia and Rus-
• a against the Emperor Napoleon.
In 1806 he was sent as ambassador to
’aris, where he was enabled to keep
!rt»e watch upon the movements of Na
poleon who recognized his diplomatic
leverness and tried to win him over to
he French side. When Austria lost the
'ar of 1809 against Napoleon, Metternich
sas called by Emperor Francis to be for-
»gn minister, which position he occu-
ied for nearly 39 years.
As foreign minister and later as chan-
cllor of state, Metternich raised the
tatus of Austria from that of a power
umbled beneath the Napoleonic yoke to
>ne of the foremost of European states.
1 wa * he who arranged the marriage of
^larie Louise with Napoleon so fatal
o the latter. More than any other indi-
idual, he was directly responsible for
he overthrow of the great French em-
rTor - At the Congress of Vienna (1814-
G), which met to reapportion Europe
Iter the Napoleonic hegemony, Metter-
tch was the leading figure whose word
3 tried the day with monarch and states-
a n alike.
After 1815 Metternich’s chief purpose
to keep peace in war-stricken Eu-
r,, Pe by a strong and intimate alliance
*1 the conservative powers pledged to
IE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE *
I" as
maintain the peace treaties intact. He
fought revolutionary unrest with all the
weapons at his command and for more
than 30 years used his tremendous influ
ence to preserve the political, economic
and social status quo.
It was his firm conviction that any
change in the order of things must come
from the ruling classes and not from be
low, though he was never averse to
change by orderly and legitimate means.
He called himself proudly ‘‘The Rock of
Order,” and deemed it his exalted mis
sion to keep at bay the forces of insur-
gence and over-impetuous progress. He
represented the static principle of life,
the principle of order, stability and re
pose, as essential for the proper balance
and poise in human affairs as the dy
namic principle with its restless and
sometimes destructive seeking for undis
ciplined liberty.
“A true insight leads Mr. Herman to
emphasize the fact that the zenith of
Metternich’s greatness came with his
overthrow of Napoleon.
“With the final disappearance of Na
poleon from the F^uropean scene (Mr.
Herman writes), the career of Metter
nich takes on a new, a negative, a static
aspect. It is as if he had spent all
his dynamic vigor in bringing the great
opponent to earth, as if nothing remained
but to consolidate and maintain what had
been won. Spurred to action by a stu
pendous, historic figure that symbolized
the breakup of the old order, the removal
of that mighty disturber left Metternich
with only a dry and passive program of
return to ancient political ways and an
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