ABSTRACT
When the Jews formed a nation in their own land the attacks upon them were made with the sword, and they defended their people's life and possessions with the same instrument. The fact that the attacks were renewed in every age, and that, as a consequence, the defence had to be constantly resumed and must still be carried on in our own time—even in the lands of liberty and religious equality—explains the necessity of our dealing with the subject of Jewish apologetics at the Conference. There is one aspect of the problem of modern Jewish apologetics which ought not to be lost sight of in this connexion. The only impartial tribunal which modern society recognizes—at least in English-speaking countries—is a court of law. It is scarcely necessary to point out to a gathering like Conference that the best and most effective weapon for the defence of Judaism is knowledge.
