THE JEWISH OUTLOOK

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 17, 21 January 1939, Page 8

THE JEWISH OUTLOOK

"A MELANCHOLY YEAR"

Condemnation of Nazi measures against the Jews is expressed by the Chief Rabbi (Dr. J. H. Hertz) in a message on the occasion of the Jewish New Year, 5699, writes the London correspondent of "The Post."

"A melancholy year is closing," Dr. Hertz said. "Whether in Vienna or the Holy Land, in Spain or the Far East, its legacy is a further catastrophic decline in human values and an appalling disregard of civilised standards.

"A typical instance: during August, 250 Jews were shot, flogged to death, or hounded to suicide in one Nazi concentration camp alone. Such are the unholy works of a tyranny which is 'a negation of God erected into a system of government,' and has led a once great nation into "outer darkness.

"Mankind as a whole will not sink to the level of Germany. The response of thirty nations to President Hoosevelt's plea for the refugees, the denunciation by the Vatican of the new idolatory of race and blood; the unwearied toil of our own beloved country for international . peace—are reassuring signs that freedom and humanity will not perish from the earth.

"Though we watch the Nazi poison infecting even such countries as Italy, whose Jews have loyally served her for over 2000 years, we, the sons and daughters of Israel, shall allow neither bitterness nor. exile nor deferred hope to crush our' faith in the God of Justice and Loving Kindness, Who makes every reign of violence. pass like so much smoke from under the heavens of the Lord. In His hands is our cause." .