Show WANTS I OUT Of O SCHOOLS Interpretation of Shakespeare's ShaKespeare's ShaKe ShaKe- speare's Character Is a aLibel aLibel aLibel Libel on Jewish Race Declares Declares De De- De- De clares dares Rabbi Freund Shylock the money money lender leader in Shakespeare's Shake U Merchant of Venice speare's 5 The The was tho the subject of a discussion by Rabbi Charles J. J at the Temple B nai nai Israel last ni night ht The cler clergyman vi vigorously vigorously vig vig- attacked some portrayals of th the tho character In recent months Rabbi Freund said II attempts have bae been made in certain tam tain sections of our country to have eliminated from the curriculums of school studies the tho readings from Shylock Shy Shy- lock If in sympathy with such a movement move move- ment meat it is for the good reason that the desire is man manifested to prevent that misrepresentation of the Jew from be- be beginning ginning at a period when tho the mind of a child is plastic and therefore susceptible sus sus- to tho the impressions of child child- hood It would seem that tho the lot of ot tho the Jewish people is hard enough without without without with with- out nurturing immature pu pupils puls ls on that which will tend to engender hatred Some actors of genius enius have reco recognized in Shakespeare's typical Jew a descendant of an illustrious race of heroes prophets and nd kin kings s a n man who was sinned a against more than he sinned ono one of a naturally noble nature who was finally moved to vindictiveness b sustained by injuries and insults The l late te Sir Henry Ir in Irving was th tup first to impersonate the thc Jew that Shakespeare portrayed and to impart to the tho noble character a native p dignity of expression that appears to have ha never been dreamed ot off by earlier actors Ho no depicted do de Shylock as a creature creaturo who was deeply wronged and who sought a just vengeance that he was not tho the base villain who has long been pilloried in contumely a view view that man many Shakespearian Shako Shake students adhere to And during during dur dur- ing the ve very time of such a noble portrayal portrayal por por- of a hitherto maligned and misjudged mis mis- judged character wo we were forced to tolerate tol tel erate erato those rank travesties esties ou on the Jewish Jewish Jew Jew- ish ash character with which the American stage e is is still surfeited As n a self self- respecting people it is our imperative duty to see Bee that caricaturing are stopped no race of p peo o. o pIe ve ca can he bo accurately tely portrayed by either its best or its worst type |