_As Greece stands for art and Rome stands for law and order, so Judaea stands for morality, and so it occupies an exalted position in history. The Menorah Society comes to the University with a challenge and defies us to ignore at our peril that which Judaism has contributed to civilization and which we have derived from it. We have derived our own religion from it, and that spirit of Puritanism which was so closely connected with the settlement of the new world._--_From an Address before the Cornell Menorah Society by President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University._ FOOTNOTES: [1] _Psalm_ 79. [2] _Der Judenstaat_ (Vienna, 1906); English translation, edited by J. de Haas. [3] Theodor Herzl, "The Zionist Congress," _Contemporary Review_, v. 27, p. 587. [4] I. Abrahams, _Jewish Life in the Middle Ages_ (Philadelphia, 1897), p. 49. [5] Jacob S. Raisin, _The Haskalah Movement_ (Philadelphia, 1913), p. 33. [6] James H. Robinson, _History of Western Europe_ (Boston, 1904, 2 vols.), vol. 1, p. 246. Addison & Steele, _The Spectator_ (London, 1823), No. 495, p. 710. [7] L. Zunz, _The Sufferings of the Jews During the Middle Ages_ (New York, 1907). [8] S. M. Dubnow, _Jewish History_ (Philadelphia, 1903), p. 156. [9] Lady Magnus, _Outlines of Jewish History_ (London, 1888), p. 301 et seq. [10] Raisin, _The Haskalah Movement_, Chap. III. [11] S. Phillippson, _Weltbegerende Fragen_ (Leipsic, 1868) Edouard Drumont, _La France Juive_ (Paris, 1886). [12] Ernest Renan, _Études d'Histoire Religieuse_ (Paris, 1862), p. 85. [13] _Idem_, p. 88. [14] _Idem_, p. 87. [15] H. Graetz, _History of the Jews_ (Philadelphia, 1891), 5 vols., vol. V., p. 318 et seq. [16] G. F. Abbott, "The Jewish Problem," _Fortnightly Review_, vol. 93, p. 742. [17] _The Jewish Encyclopedia_ (New York, 1901, 10 vols.), under "Anti-Semitism." [18] _Idem._ and _ibid._, quoting from Preussiche Jahrbücher, 1879. [19] _American Jewish Year Book_ (Philadelphia, 1913-14), p. 215. [20] Arnold White, "Europe and the Jews," _Contemporary Review_, vol. 72, p. 738. [21] American Jewish Year Book, 1906-07, p. 24-90. Tables showing, for period of 3 years in Russia (1903-06), 254 pogroms, in which 3,973 Jews were killed and 14,034 wounded. C. R. Conder, "Zionists," _Blackwood_, vol. 163, p. 598, states on authority of Dr. Farbstein that 70 per cent. of Galician Jews are beggars and 50 per cent. of Russian Jews are paupers. [22] _Jewish Encyclopedia_ under "Reform Judaism." [23] Maurice Fishberg, "The Jews" (New York, 1911). [24] _Jewish Encyclopedia_ under "Reform Judaism." [25] _Idem._ [26] _Jewish Encyclopedia_ under "Alliance Israelite Universelle." [27] Cohen, _Zionist Work in Palestine_, p. 157. [28] _Idem._ [29] _Idem_, under "Agricultural Colonies in Palestine." The Third Annual Convention of the Menorah Societies I. The Public Meeting