him they found their most harmonious and most complete expression, and that his whole personality, as well as the story of his life, served to impress them most memorably on the mind of the world. The modern Jew, therefore, cannot fail to appreciate Jesus as a religious and ethical teacher. Of course, the modern Jew deplores the tragic death of Jesus. Yet, if it was not inevitable—which perhaps it was—it certainly is irrevocable. Some say it was inevitable, as part of a universal scheme of salvation.