Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-15

The IsrQelite, weekly journal pub,
lished in the Hebrew interest at Cinein-
natl, contains an interesting account Of
a mission to Jerusalem undertaken by a
dist nguished Israelite, named Mr. Hy.
man Moses. We take the following ex,
tracts from this article:
"All reports concur in this one point
that the persons now composing the
Hebrew population of Palestine, especi-
ally the poor, are unfit to earn a hYeli-
hood either in their country or elsewhere.
They learn no trade, no spoken Ian.
guages, mono of the necessary rudiments
| of common education, and marry at the
| age Of fifteen, TO increase the number o f
their families, in order to claim a large
| portion of the charities The immigrants
from all parts of the civilized world are
| the same class Of impractical men, piOus
| pilgrims, who consider it religious duty
to live and die on the sacred soil, and
others who have subsisted on charity at
home and do the same in Palestine. They
maintain that, by their prayers and their
reading of the Talmud, they benefit the
Israelites all over the world, and look
| upon themselves as a class of mediators,
an Office so foreign to Judaism, between
the God Of Palestine and the people Of
Israel.
"Mr. Lyman Moses, an old and WE'LL
to~dO gentleman, left his family and his
ease, and then went in person to the
Holy Land, to see that the gifts of
generous donors should be properly ap-
piled
Upon his arrival in Alexandria Mr..
Moses received letter from the United
States Consul at Jerusalem, Mr. Lorenzo
| NJ. ,Iohson.
Mr.. johnson wrote substantially as
follows;
a am much pleased to hear of
your proposed visit to this place, because
| think an intelligent examination of the
condition of the Jews of the Holy Land
cannot fail to develop a plan for their
ameliOration A distinguished Jewish
American has made himself immortal by
the establishment of what is improperly
known as the 'Montefore Hospital for
the money ofJudah Touro built it.
The Jews are unfortunately divided
into many sects, as you are no doubt
aware-and are too bitter toward each
other 1t is commonly asserted among
them that the masses do not receive the
full benefit of contributions from abroad
etc. You will hear much of this, and,
presume, will not come to the conclusion
that one party is more in the right than
another All are needy enough.
During the time | have beer
in Jerusalem the welfare of the Jews has
been a subject of much thought and
study, which only makes my regret great,
er from the necessity am under Of leav'
ing Just at this time
Il hope on my return to fine
you still here, and that you will have beer
uninhuenced by the cutlery Of one sec
against the other"
Mr.. Moses wholly denies the accusation
made in some journals against our Con
sui, and says that the Christians in Jeru'
salem are, in fact, the best friends of thu
Jews
"0n arriving near Jerusalem, the rab
bis, with their pupils in large process
sion, came out to receive Mr. Moses il
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city In the city he was overwhelmed
with petitions in ali forms; but he divided
the funds in the following manner:
" He first obtained the following oficia
list Poor (men, women and children,
among the
SEpnATulul
ASkcnaZim and 81
It'll "a
There are, however, about 5000 actua
, poor persons among the Hebrews Of JC
, rusaIem, besides those of Hebron, liberia:
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