, 1879-08-03
OSTRACISN.
pREIUDICEs OF SOME JEWS FOR OTHERS OF
THEIR GREED.

pHEIEDICES OF EDHE JENS tClk OI4EH5 OE
THEIR GREED.
The Je,ciSh AdUunce.
We owe debt OF gratitude to such worthy
and esti1nable personages like Hilton, Corbin,
and others Of the genus, who hive the courage
and honesty to express the prejudice which
dwell in the hearts Of many against our race. II
it were not for such persons, we might become
forgetful Of wlat we are, what the world owes
to US, and what We owe to the world. We
might, indeed, he rocked iuto sweet slutnber
with tie dreams OF a Christian civilization, of
brotherhood OF the human family, of peace,
love, and harmony, advancement and enlightcn-
mcnt 1oating before our deludcd fancy, and
making us forget the real state OF affairs in
this world. Hilton, Corbin, and others, when
expressing the sentiments noprishcd by many
others against our race, remind us that we are
Jews, that VIC are still prescribed by the de-
scendants Of those generations which have
burned our ancestors at the stake, which hunted
and prosecuted them because they have been
Jews. Such persons AZ Hilton aud Corbin teach
us to remember that notwithstanding we arc en-
ucavori to initiate and outdo our neighbors in
the worship Of fashion and in the neglect Of our
religious duties; Notwithstanding our professed
liberality and l;per-phosophical' tendencies;
Notwithstanding VIC isolate ourselves from each
other, and form societies in which we eschew
everything specifically Jcwish-we are nothing
more or less than Jews.
But it is a shame to the civilization OF our
time to have such prejudices and to make such
distinctions.
shame, is it? Is Mr.. shoddy, who pro-
fcsses to be 4 true lsraeiitc,-s he ashamed TO
make Determinations against his brother Israel
ties who have not been born in the same coun-
try with hima Is there 10 ostracisn against
the Polacks by the Germans; against the Ger
man by the Alsatian: against tile Ashkepazim
by the Sephariaic Jews! And ii we nousistl and
maintain such prcjudices against one another, ii
in our own midst classes and grades arc formed
entirely distinct and unable to milgle with
each other, why should those whom Hilton aud
Corbin represent be branded for 0Str2cisilg the
Jews in general!
One of our French contemporaries remarked
a few weeks ago that every. Christian who cg-
presses animosty toward the Jews as class nl
wars makes an exception Of one or more indi-
y1dual 1sraelitcs. Therefore, Our contemporary
said, it would be safe to let the enemies OF our
race do all they please against us, if only every
one Of them should pick out his fayorlte jew,
and accord him all the rights of man. 1t
would soon be found that there would rot be
Jews enough for all the prejudiced Christians to
1.-the same rule is applied to the Jews
who are prcjudiced against cacn other, it is hard
to tell how many PoIacks our enlightened Ger
man friends would have to treat with respect.
Hilton and CorbiD Je1r5 can be found in every
society, and before their Christian brethren are
roughly dealt with, they should be given what
they deserve.
gratitude for reminding US that we are Jews, for
rousing us from the lcrbargy in which We are apt
to sink by dint Of our excessive enlighten-
mcnt," or by the pride Of riches, Or BY the pur-
suit OF fashion. They deserve our thanks for
showing us our true 1r1ends,-the friends Of hu-
i%.. If II f0r Them W1t11n