Excerpt from The American Jewish Times-Outlook, Vol. 18: September 1952 The sources OF western civilization: It has become ai most a platitude to say that the Greeks gave the Western World art; the Romans, law; and the Jews, religion. Like so many generaliza tions it is neither complete nor in disputable. Nevertheless, it is roughly true. The Jewish contribution is the most important component of our Western civilization: Judea con tributed a humane evaluation of man, an understanding of his place in the universe and a formulation of his proper relationship to God. In the hub of our Western heritage is the idea of the basic integrity and sacredness of the individual man. That idea is derived not from science or pragmatic philosophy; it is derived from the belief in God, Creator and Father. Of a common humanity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.