GEN1176 What Judaism Should Teach Today.   So scientific has our world become that even the milk of human kindness has been condensed.   Nations are becoming as heartless to universal suffering as the inventions that inflict their misery. Now, more than ever, must Jewish ethics be gain promulgated from the New Judea if humanity is to be restored to a balanced mode of existence. Solicitude for the rights of the weak, the poor and the lowly; kindness towards all, be they men or animals, are the desiderata to-day.  “Tenderness to animals”, said Lecky, “is one of the most beautiful features of the Old Testament writers.” The lives of the leading characters of the Bible bear ample evidence of their reaction towards sympathy and consideration for all. Rebekah’s qualification to become the wife of Isaac was her kindness to Eliezer and his camels [this verse]; Jacob was chosen as the father of the founders of the Twelve Tribes of Israel by reason of his tenderness for his flock. Genesis 29:7; 33:13. Balaam was warned that if he struck his faithful ass, he would be slain Numbers 22:30f and the Psalmist praises God who “openth His hand, and satisfieth the desire of every living being.” Psalms 145:16 LEHRMAN 323-4