Chapter 8

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_Frontispiece_: THEODOR HERZL _From an Etching by Hermann Struck_

THE MENORAH _Theodor Herzl_ 261 _Translation by Bessie London Pouzzner_

THE PRESENT CRISIS IN AMERICAN JEWRY _Israel Friedlaender_ 265

OUR SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE _Irving Lehman_ 277

ADAM PROMETHEUS, and OTHER LYRICS _Louis K. Anspacher_ 282

SHOLOM ASCH: THE JEWISH MAUPASSANT _Percy B. Shostac_ 285 _A Menorah Prize Essay_

LIBERALISM AND THE JEWS _Joseph Jacobs_ 298

WHAT IS JUDAISM? _Second Paper_ _Mordecai M. Kaplan_ 309

UNIVERSITY MENORAH ADDRESSES 319

INTERCOLLEGIATE MENORAH NOTES 322

ACTIVITIES OF MENORAH SOCIETIES 324

INDEX _to Volume I of THE MENORAH JOURNAL_ 333

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