, 1877-06-10

| An attentive examination Of th,s ia6ic viii
tynr,soa esSns some . SHsous evntrasts, not without
Carolina, Iowa, Kansas, Wiscu1sn. and - .svaei
othcf states arc but small anu cncap LufiJinrs.
eaeli eh costing perhaps s500, s2,Sn. or s3 UlI
az 9! ucorga arc cstltnatcd at an average Of
Illinois, s30,gD0; Of Councrticut. Sa5fsM! " "
sGa't!osnia s'ta ~, ,00; of rennsyvanin, ti0W: ii
yylilo. *50o0: Of Missouri, sI5,O1: If M ~
ress rrHes ,tat{st';; t; g. Mayad even d sio
tiS comparative wealth aud religious xca1 n IT,
eAitdFcn Or Israel, anu many Of our rea,Iers viii
!eafl. With surprise that the Jews IN Tars,"nh
any aas otsr tiss sia,s ta IT, st s, 10
eeeu 70 the history OF the emigration and nrov.
tess Of TIC Jcws III the Union. Tjlosu ra,,sss @
!iaYe Afforded tlie occasion nf changes n,,,1,,,@
tns.n 10Y they gradually were Amcricautzci
1I1.s nrcIn1inna anu nnaliy uprooting prevailing
ING JcWish Immigration into tilis countrv he.
san ~ very carly period Of our history. Int
attained nlntcrial dimensions withtm ti;n' az
sta,s. ycass: I.e Jews WHO came to the United
slap, Portuguese, or Bpaisli Iesrcnf.' wosn us1',
T,.E s.thcF poor, or at least profcsscd to be 20.
aMsy Were peddlrrs, traders Ia old clothes
merchants. fhcy seemed teps?ate dn,s, 9ros, 81 %f
social lntcrcoursu With tho rust 0f TIM non,,i".
iaSt, nor dlu they care apnt social isteFco,lrs.
ceIiu.GG I, GGefans, s., on tsir pa,t would avo been
Tug Jsws were not iesseucd Gy tic anncara,."s
9na she general reputation Of those ckilren Of
-! T. yas believed that they were exclusively dc.
any special scruplcs Of cotisctencc touchin's ~
moue ! ani manner of tileie n,cfcautiiU nn,icr
prominent Hebrew author ubscryetl. rnapv
Ieeisr tnat The lava as tribe
eepnrceiated according to t,cir value or worth.
.,san my ot1lcr n1tton TN earth, The nec,1tart,
M l!es Whlch formerly exposed them to ifsrcsncrt
iaraeier p nG s n1ea a o,Eaal qualities t tcir
s,oi, !. ana p, Persecution. They needed but tew
Ieass Years IL ~ 1feo country, wlicn, in a state Of
1eaea r y ma security, ther ans abIttcs. uow
,',t .I.n1g ~ saen could be developed 30 as
it'zcns, but actually regarded and appreciated.
.ae afith OF this has been most striKiuriv
s5t,,cu ,than ~ 10 Englan1, Franco. Germany, aud
ar s'reF pouas pun,rv Of tEn tEEnrops wlt's hero in
so11erfu!ly Amcriean!zcd-strippel Of tboan pss%
'ecuiiaFttics which formerly mnrkc,i thcm NJ n
tsople " ltself, foreign tribe. THIS chanrs M
as9 an, h'pe4eu tnear selgo,ls views to great ex4
tsidel into I've classcs: fc Radicai i1y n5t,,os Se
ox," tIo '.Orthodox," tho "Conseryatlys Rc-
,snod," tso "Reiofmcd," and tic "Itadieal
nd thc H. wte g9lf ssParacs tic rst
Fcen the Radical Orthodox au,l tic st n1ti,,nG oc'
10 Conservative Reformed aud tho Rc;osmo9s' .
~ somgwl'nt difficult to DO recognized md tie.
s ana sas as ts. asS III ,sw sa 3rodo1
amber !s daily dIm!ulslng TINY ar1 f,rI',si. mM
" Wy ~, II tol's Austrian, or hungarian csccn,
~ rata sa!u ~ 70 move mostly. among tho lowest
ID viii tha oeass niss Re0Ps 1 ass sonsas1 ~ ,s,!sS
9saac law Is Interpreted by Tic Tala,.ti and q
l1a'a. thcle rulo Of l!fa. In their synasoeucs @
I'VE NJ! u more advanced vicws uro nol wcic1mc a
= tas uttfa Orthodox Of New York haye suy- !
" y, eS'!a?oRuGs III which divine service is con.
III. a.ts5 IT, .Me boaetotan and Polish ritual,
u east side Of tho city Of so.calicl nil "
!, s,n.1afdfeas, c.. modest piaces Of PRAYER IN O.
~. Iesoft aaily, mornings and evenings,
sy @ PUBLISH a. religious pcrthleal III Hebrew y
o!d fatl', more especially thosc uf tGe nt,je ii
!. a1e not very warmly attacllui to tho re-. a,
'ol' ahd fltuat Of thcIr fathers, un,l manv ~
iattsr show disposition to join thc unc or 81
,,ox UGs % seet U! ess religious tendency as so,, re
'tnsttly tlgy prefer u 20 viii, tbs hosts Of tu
Ortho!ox Jews, who hold fast 10 iflo .Incma'
erwin. tug principal rules uf tito iaJI Iw,s VT
atoses III hls books, without strictly attend I'll
tAe more onerous obseryatcea
4'e z ucillatcation linz botwecn tho Orthodox "
aC9heefsatlvc reformed Is huctuatlnr 1ntI lu
eai'sts willie the Reformed nre considerably tit
amSsa. III Jkey 10 not rcCarl themselves as'
"sre ~ a, "ef ~ tae ceremonial! and dfrtctc lara a
propleeles Of the prophets lias nearly sItn. frt
III vanished. The higher classes AZ liz. !.
~ i"Hstly belong to that scc,, Fcrsuns of So
Yery sa'tfs ~ wSi, 2; tose born hero at
etp up Ig aise oI,,a ropo1inn qna EoY1l Jc.
y oue1Ily aanit tlleir efforts yomplStciy to an,
lmericansxed, anl no longer to be fureIen tio