A Remarkable Change Among the Jews
By Editor
A REMARKABLE change is taking place among the Jews. Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, D. D., in an article on "Intermarriage," in the Jewish Times and Observer of April 19, says that Judaism of today differs from that of some centuries ago, and continues:— “We have ceased to look upon ourselves as the exclusively God-appointed and God-anointed chosen people, as the sole depositaries of religious truth. We do not like to be excluded, nor do we wish to be exclusive. We recognize truth in all creeds, and look upon all human kind as the creation of God, nor do we regard anybody inferior to us, for having been so unwise as to select non-Jews for his parents. We have gone back to the pure and simple Judaism of the prophets, the religion that has for its aim the establishment of the common fatherhood of God and the common brotherhood of man, and a Judaism with such views, and with such a creed, cannot, without exposing itself to the charge of inconsistency, interpose barriers in the way of intermarriage, which is one of the most effective means for the establishment of the fraternization of human kind.” And what will the end be? Does not the concession savor more of weakness and lack of religious vitality than it does of real fraternal feeling? The Judaism of the prophets was really but the Christianity of Christ.