, 1877-01-28

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There is report "that the Jews arc agai1
crowding back to Palestine.'' i writer In th
Cincinnati Commercial says there are "man'
closed Jewish houses in London. The who'll
ragion from Dan to Bcersheba is crowded will
Immigrant Jews from all parts OF the world
Conversations with the leading Jewish minis
tcrs and professional men Of this city show tla
there is no truth whatever in these reports
except in this, that the Jtwiat population o1
rF.aie.saso hss,s IF. reecut years, been composed
| altogether Of & immigrants from all parts o1
the world, }" who have settled in Palestine SO as
| to benefit By the numerous charities which
enable them to live there in n!dleuess and paupcr.
| ism. The wholesale and indiscrimiuatc aims
giving for the relief OF 'tto poor OF Jerusalem -
has added to the population, which, as class,
is thoroughly lazy and good-for-nothing. As to
the idea Of i general return OF the jews to Pal
cstine, 1t Is secuted as absurd and improbable In
the highest degree. With the exception OF q
very few orthodox people, the Jews, as religi-
Gus sect, have long since given up all c1pecta-
tion Of ever returning to the Holy Land. and the
thought Of returning nov and founding jew
ish state hes, it is said, never existed, save in
the imagination Of some very visionary people.
Mr.. Lewis May. the senior member Of the
the Temple Emmanuel, the largest and richest
Jewish congregation in the country, said yestcr-
day to tho writer: .:sTle jews are more ant to
invest in Fifth avenue lots than In Jerusalem
real estate. ! should advise you to sell short
any Jordan River front lots you may happen to
have. | think the general feeling OF tie Jews
is that New York is good enough for them, and
that Bioon.ingdale is good enough for the
authors OF these perennial rumors Of return
Of the Jewish people to Palestine"
Another WtIl-kfn5W +InHisl, baul-ar rid{or,1oi
the report in a very humorous rein. lie said:
- hare not yet prepared to start for Jerusalem,
nor shall Until the weather is mildcr.''
a prominent member Of the Stack Exchange
said: ''Just fancy what i stir it would make if
this absurd report were true. We Should have
Sel;gtnan. Haljgar1en, and Meter all shutting
up their banking offices; RotAschi1d would no
doubt limit his financial operations to the Holy
vacancies in the City Government, to which
Coroner El}inscr would add another; then what
would become Of Anti-Tatnmany without En1a11- !
uel D. Hart and Judge Koch, Gershom Cohen,
anu AdolpG Sanger; what bench in Jerusalem |
Stein, William Il. stincr, and Judge Dittcn- |
hoetcrr would vanish, too. Solomon would |
move his furniture place aud lis Fifth ayeuuc |
mansion to the banks of the Jordan; and |
IN; most Of lesser lights would vanish. What
our sclsmans, Dc Cordovas, Josepls, Stern
berGcEs, and Bernheimcrs; what would the tile
atrcs do on Saturday nights who would patron
lie the bal1s2 With tile storcs at the Vogcls,
Stadlers, Rosenfelds, Solornons, Lasowitzes,
Adlers, Lantcrs, aud others, shut up, Broadway
would be indeed deserted. The handsome Hai-
nonic Club on Forty-second street would, of
course, be removed to the Holy Land. and the
Standard Club would follow suit. There would
9e big falling-on in the membership of the
Manhattan, Union League, Lotos, and Palette
ferdinand Myer would close lis s.Newport"
vat, Lewis May bis "Albany" fiat, aud Dore
Lyon would sell his real estate. The Temple
on Fifth avenue, Ill the handsome
.eg,ples in other parts Of the city, the elegant
M mansions Of the Hcndrtckses, Myers, Kings,
Sathans, and Pixies, all to vanis], to the stony