sity of Texas: H. J. Ettlinger
University of Washington: Roy Rosenthal
University of Wisconsin: H. M. Kallen
Valparaiso University: Florence Turner
Western Reserve University: Benjamin Roth
Yale University: Reuben Horchow
AND THE OFFICERS

Office of the Intercollegiate Menorah Association
600 Madison Avenue, New York

THE MENORAH JOURNAL

_Published Bi-monthly During the Academic Year By_
_The Intercollegiate Menorah Association_
_"For the Study and Advancement of Jewish Culture and Ideals"
600 Madison Avenue, New York_

_Editor-in-Chief_
HENRY HURWITZ

_Associate Editor_
I. LEO SHARFMAN

_Managing Editor_
H. ASKOWITH

_Business Manager_
B. S. POUZZNER

_Board of Consulting Editors_

DR. CYRUS ADLER
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS
DR. LEE K. FRANKEL
PROF. FELIX FRANKFURTER
PROF. ISRAEL FRIEDLAENDER
PROF. RICHARD GOTTHEIL
DR. MAX HELLER
DR. JOSEPH JACOBS
DR. KAUFMANN KOHLER
JUSTICE IRVING LEHMAN
JUDGE JULIAN W. MACK
DR. J. L. MAGNES
PROF. MAX L. MARGOLIS
DR. H. PEREIRA MENDES
DR. MARTIN A. MEYER
DR. DAVID PHILIPSON
DR. SOLOMON SCHECHTER
HON. OSCAR S. STRAUS
SAMUEL STRAUSS
JUDGE MAYER SULZBERGER
MISS HENRIETTA SZOLD
FELIX M. WARBURG
DR. STEPHEN S. WISE

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VOLUME I DECEMBER, 1915 NUMBER 5

=CONTENTS=

PAGE

_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

INTERCOL