“Let us all recognize that we Jews are a distinct nationality of which every Jew, whatever his country, his station, or shade of belief, is necessarily a member.” —Louis D. Brandeis Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
article is designed to put the reader in pos- ■L session of information regarding the Jew’s own thought of himself, as regards race, religion and citi¬ zenship. In the last article we saw the thought which Jewish, representatives wish to plant in Gentile minds concerning this matter. The Senate committee which was to be convinced was made up of Gentiles. The witnesses who were to do the convincing were Jews.
Senator Simon Guggenheim said: “There is no such thing as a Jewish race, because it is the Jewish religion.”
Simon Wolf said: “The point we make is this * * * that Hebrew or Jewish is simply a religion.” Julian W. Mack said: “Of what possible value is it to anybody to classify them as Jews simply because they adhere to the Jewish religion?”
The object of this testimony was to have the Jews classified under various national names, such as Polish, English, German, Russian, or whatever it might be.
Now, when the inquirer turns to the authoritative Jewish spokesmen who speak not to Gentiles but to Jews about this matter, he finds an entirely different kind of testimony. Some of this testimony will now be presented.
The reader will bear in mind that, as the series is not written for entertainment but for instruction in the facts of a very vital Question, the present article will be of value only to those who desire to know for themselves what are the basic elements of the matter.