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CHICAGO, Jan. 5.1902—Impetus to the movement to establish the Jewish race once more in Palestine was given to-night at a mass meeting of Zionists in the Medinah Temple Theatre. Two thousand Jews, most of them supporters of the plan to open again the "promised land," crowded the hall. The meeting was in connection with the annual convention of Western Zionists, whose organization embraces ten States. The plan, as determined upon at the Basle conference, was outlined by Leon Zolotkoff, Grand Master of the Knights of Zion, who said that the idea was to create a legally assured home for the Jews and a refuge for Jews who could not be assimilated by the people among whom they had come to live.
"We do not mean to take the Jews by the neck and throw them into Palestine," he said, "nor do we intend to transform the Jews over-night into an agricultural people. We want to resume the broken thread of our nation; we want to show to the world the moral strength, the intellectual power, of the Jewish people. We want a place where the race can again be centralized."
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch gave his views on the proposed movement. In view of the fact that the Zionists had considered his attitude on the question hostile to their plans, great interest was manifested in what he said.
"I agree with you that the condition of 7,000,000 Jews in Russia, Roumania, and Galicia is a blot on civilization, and cries out to heaven for redress," he began. "The world is stirred by accounts of the suffering of the women in the concentration camps in South Africa. No doubt their condition is bitter, but the condition of the Jews in Russia, is worse.
Yet, while voices are raised in protest to England against her treatment of the South African women no voice is raised in behalf of the Jew. Why? Because they are Jews. What matters it that they suffer? They are Jews. Behind them stand no guns nor armored ships. They are Jews. They have suffered eighteen centuries; let them suffer more. That is the condition which calls out to heaven for justice and not for charity.
"I also agree with you that if these Jews say that they have no country, they are justified. What flag is theirs? They must pay blood taxes to the Czar, yet they are not treated as subjects. In Roumania they are declared to be aliens.
The fault lies with the Governments of Russia, Roumania, and Galicia. It is for these Jews that the name of their country spells 'Hope.' I should not be a man if I did not realize that for these persecuted Jews Jerusalem spells reason, justice, manhood, and liberty.
Shall we call them to America? I would gladly do so, if their coming would be a solution of the problem. But it would not be. From the prey of Russia to the sweat-shops of America does not spell redemption. If your plan will offer a solution, take them to Palestine and I will be with you, and we will all work together.
"I further agree to the proposition that in case the majority of the population in Palestine is Jewish, they shall have the right to determine their own form of government. I agree, further, that a Government established by them would be in accordance with the principles of Judaism, and it would give a model state. All you have to do to convince us that your scheme is practicable is to proceed from agitation to action by colonizing in Palestine.
I have a nation. I will not exchange it for a nation in Jerusalem. I have my flag, and I will not exchange it. I have a legally assured home, for after all, what we suffer here is inconsequential. Let the Jew learn to strike back when he is struck and they will learn to leave him alone. His condition would be bettered if he would keep the rest in wholesome fear of a Jewish fist and a Jewish kick."
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https://www.nytimes.com/sitemap/1902/01/06/
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.1902—Impetus to the movement to establish the Jewish race once more in Palestine was given to-night at a mass meeting of Zionists in the Medinah Temple Theatre. Two thousand Jews, most of them supporters of the plan to open again the "promised land," crowded the hall. The meeting was in connection with the annual convention of Western Zionists, whose organization embraces ten States. The plan, as determined upon at the Basle conference, was outlined by Leon Zolotkoff, Grand Master of the Knights of Zion, who said that the idea was to create a legally assured home for the Jews and a refuge for Jews who could not be assimilated by the people among whom they had come to live.
"We do not mean to take the Jews by the neck and throw them into Palestine," he said, "nor do we intend to transform the Jews over-night into an agricultural people. We want to resume the broken thread of our nation; we want to show to the world the moral strength, the intellectual power, of the Jewish people. We want a place where the race can again be centralized."
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch gave his views on the proposed movement. In view of the fact that the Zionists had considered his attitude on the question hostile to their plans, great interest was manifested in what he said.
"I agree with you that the condition of 7,000,000 Jews in Russia, Roumania, and Galicia is a blot on civilization, and cries out to heaven for redress," he began. "The world is stirred by accounts of the suffering of the women in the concentration camps in South Africa. No doubt their condition is bitter, but the condition of the Jews in Russia, is worse.
Yet, while voices are raised in protest to England against her treatment of the South African women no voice is raised in behalf of the Jew. Why? Because they are Jews. What matters it that they suffer? They are Jews. Behind them stand no guns nor armored ships. They are Jews. They have suffered eighteen centuries; let them suffer more. That is the condition which calls out to heaven for justice and not for charity.
"I also agree with you that if these Jews say that they have no country, they are justified. What flag is theirs? They must pay blood taxes to the Czar, yet they are not treated as subjects. In Roumania they are declared to be aliens.
The fault lies with the Governments of Russia, Roumania, and Galicia. It is for these Jews that the name of their country spells 'Hope.' I should not be a man if I did not realize that for these persecuted Jews Jerusalem spells reason, justice, manhood, and liberty.
Shall we call them to America? I would gladly do so, if their coming would be a solution of the problem. But it would not be. From the prey of Russia to the sweat-shops of America does not spell redemption. If your plan will offer a solution, take them to Palestine and I will be with you, and we will all work together.
"I further agree to the proposition that in case the majority of the population in Palestine is Jewish, they shall have the right to determine their own form of government. I agree, further, that a Government established by them would be in accordance with the principles of Judaism, and it would give a model state. All you have to do to convince us that your scheme is practicable is to proceed from agitation to action by colonizing in Palestine.
I have a nation. I will not exchange it for a nation in Jerusalem. I have my flag, and I will not exchange it. I have a legally assured home, for after all, what we suffer here is inconsequential. Let the Jew learn to strike back when he is struck and they will learn to leave him alone. His condition would be bettered if he would keep the rest in wholesome fear of a Jewish fist and a Jewish kick."
