Letter from Sulzberger, Cyrus L. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Jan 1885
- Title
- Letter from Sulzberger, Cyrus L. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Jan 1885
- Date Created
- 1 January 1885
- Format
- 4 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 3, Folder 10
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3599zm8k
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
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- content
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Rev. S. Morais
546 N. 5 St
Philadelphia Pa
No.92 E 111St
N. Y. 1 Jany/85
My dear Mr. Morais:
I have just heard with real regret that you do not intend to attend the Ministers' Conference to be held here this month.
Will you pardon my in-truding upon what is entirely your affair? I think it is really a great mistake to hold aloof from such a meeting. It seems to me that Con-servatism has been much to blame for the errors that the radicals have made in failing to check those errors in their incipiency. It may be that heretofore opportunity has not offered for such checks, but
I believe that the spirit of Conservatism has been such as would not have availed itself of any opportunity which might have been at hand. If I read aright the evident signs of the times there is today a gradu[?] tendency to retrace some of the radical steps. It appears at least to be conceded that change and innovation have gone far enough and there seems rather to be an effort to rejuvenate old than to introduce new customs. Now, has Con-servatism nothing to aid in this work? It is no word of flattery when I say that in-stinctively we turn to you as our leader. I, as an in-dividual Jew, feel that I ought
to be represented in the Conference and that I will not be represented in your absence. No man like yourself stands in the Ameri-can Jewish Community for an intelligent liberal and consistently progressive Conserva-tism. Unless I have much misunderstood your teachings, you do not believe that any Minhag is of divine ordination and therefore externally fixed—consequently a fair and fine discussion (and I think this conference proposes only to discuss) cannot be vaneful and may be beneficent. But there can be no good influence excited, either by you in your personality or as the representative of those people for whom you would speak , if you will not confer with the others. The Ministers' Association in Phila did good work there—why cannot this larger scheme do equally well. I do not know but I believe that an Eastern College will be proposed at no distant day Does not this require co-operation?
I hope that you will reconsider and deter-mine to come. I know that you will appre-ciate the motives that prompt this letter and will therefore not regard it as impertinent.
Ever Faithfully Yours Cyrus L. Sulzberger - Identifier
- p3599zm8k
- identifier
- SMBx3FF10_2
Part of Letter from Sulzberger, Cyrus L. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Jan 1885
Sulzberger, Cyrus L. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Sulzberger, Cyrus L. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Jan 1885”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90308