Life of North American Jewry in Review

The Barnert Temple is celebrating its eithy-sixth anniversary this week.

At a dinner held Monday night, Supreme Court Justice Joseph B. Perskie, the principal speaker, urged a united action on the part of the Jew to uphold the ideals of the race. He declared that certain governments and people in control have “instituted a most vicious policy unparalled in modern history against the Jew.” He expressed the hope that, in the not too distant future a voice shall be raised on behalf of world civilization and the Jew shall be heard.

Other speakers at the dinner included Rabbi Max Raisin, Moe I. Fuld, president of the Barnert Temple; Abram I. Feltman, president of the Brotherhood; and Mrs. E. A. Fuld, presiden tof the Sisterhood Representatives from all the outstanding Jewish organizations in Paterson attended the dinner.

In his address, Rabbi Raisin said: “It is the affiliated Jew who is worth while as a Jew. He is the Jew without ifs and buts. He had no apologies to make for being of Jewish stock. He clings to his people because it is the only natural and the only decent way From my knowledge of Jewish life and habits I would divide the Jew into two categories: the Jews who look for no excuses for their Jewishness, who are Jews and know that they are, and that’s the end of it. The second category is that of Jews who go through life as in a trance, who do not begin to know the meaning of it all, who cannot even understand the beauty of the tragedy and the martydom of the Jew. It is the Jew of the first category who insure the safety and survival of our people.”