-sacrifice, when
its sons and daughters become degenerate, then it is that a spurious
and bastard humanitarianism masquerading as religion declares war to
be an anachronism and a barbaric sin."

_The Jewish Answer_

The Jewish attitude in regard to this great problem before the world
can be dealt with in a very few words. These words have already been
given to us in the twentieth chapter of Exodus: "If thou wilt make an
altar, thou shalt not wave thy sword over it; for if thou wavest thy
sword over it thou hast polluted it." It has been emphasized by the
prophet Jeremiah when he said, "Let not the wise man glory in his
wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the
rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glorieth, glory in
this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord who
exerciseth loving kindness, judgment and righteousness on the earth."
To this I will add only one single word of the Rabbis: "The whole
Torah exists solely for the sake of the ways of peace." This ideal of
peace has been the guiding star of Israel for which the Jew has prayed
morning, noon and night, and I trust that the young men of the Menorah
will be true to that which the Menorah typifies, and will assist in
the spreading of its light by upholding the reign of law, the reign of
love, and the reign of peace.

[Illustration: Signature: Richard Gottheil]

FOOTNOTE:

[Footnote B: In the last number of THE MENORAH JOURNAL, Mr. Jacob H.
Schiff ventured to suggest the reverse influence, and to intimate that
the association of England with Russia was having an adverse effect
upon the Jews in England. While Mr. Schiff does not tell us upon what
evidence he bases his views, I venture to guess that it consists
largely of the mistrust and ill-will caused in England by a small
coterie of German-born bankers and their following. But Mr. Schiff
must know that this ill-will is in no way connected with the fact that
the men referred to are members of the Jewish race. Most of them have
never taken the least interest in Jewish affairs, some even have
ostentatiously kept themselves quite apart from any connection with
them. And what is more, the feeling against them is shared by Jews as
well as by non-Jews in England.

Perhaps more serious still is Mr. Schiff's presentment concerning
German anti-Semitism. To speak simply of "a certain anti-Semitic
tendency in Germany" is to coat the truth with so much honey as almo