A Jewish Chaplain in FranceLevinger, Lee J. (Lee Joseph)
Religion
A Jewish Chaplain in France
Levinger, Lee J. (Lee Joseph)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Jews
To-day the Jewish soldier, no longer a soldier or a hero, but still a
Jew and an American, appeals to the American people. Will they suffer
such a propaganda, he wonders, such an attack on him and on his
brothers who still lie overseas, in their American graves on foreign
soil? Will they tolerate for a moment such a venomous and false attack
on the defenders of their nation, on any group, small or large, of the
boys who rallied to the defense of democracy? In the army overseas we
felt that prejudice was a thing of the past, that only in ignorance or
malice could the old serpent lift its head again. To-day, with all the
newer bitterness, we feel the same. We know that our soldier comrades
are loyal still, that America is still America, that as we have once
defended her we need not now muster our arguments or records to defend
ourselves against her. If the Jew ever needed justification, he surely
needs it no longer to-day. The Jewish soldier has once for all made
anti-Semitism impossible among the men who served America in arms, and
who still in days of quiet continue to serve and save their country.
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Transcriber's Notes
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Diacritics have be made consistent throughout the text.
Hyphens removed from "Where[-e]ver I went" (page 8), "looked like
side[-]streets" (page 11), "a complete prayer[-]book" (page 18), "an
every[-]day matter" (page 147).
Hyphens added to "new war-time societies" (page 3), "miles by side-car"
(page 70), "private soldier in war-time" (page 145), "their new-found
manhood" (page 209).
Unchanged spellings: "Ausies", "B'nai B'rith" but "Brith" elsewhere.
Page 6: "cemetary" changed to "cemetery" (hospital and cemetary).
Page 10: "new born" changed to "newborn" (see my newborn son).
Page 34: "devasted" changed to "devastated" (villages were devastated).
Page 35: "conspicious" changed to "conspicuous" (village had a
conspicuous).
Page 36: "experiencd" changed to "experienced" (experienced a queer
sensation).
Pages 57, 59: "accomodations" changed to "accommodations" (separate
accommodations, living accommodations).
Page 75: "excellant" changed to "excellent" (excellent cooeperation).
Page 78: "shown" changed to "shone" (shone directly upon).
Page 86: "Fredman" changed to "Friedman" (Samuel Friedman).
Page 90: "if" changed to "of" (in the interests of).
Page 110: "Cemetarial" changed to "Cemeterial" (Cemeterial Division of
the War).
Page 117: "Herschovitz" changed to "Herschkovitz" (Herschkovitz was the
only man).
Page 124: "ocasion" changed to "occasion" (occasion of a further).
Page 126: "grenades" changed to "grendates" (throwing grenades).
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