New-York tribune., 1880-04-05
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HEBREWS IN NEU- -TORH.

ADDRESS by RABBI MENDfs AT THE oSE Hr;DRED
AND FIFrIEIH ANNIVERSARY OF 1uE sYNA-
GoGUE OF THE CONGREGATION SIILAEITH TsRAyv.
The one hundred and tfieth anniversary Of
the conservation Of the Synagogue belonging 70 Ia.
Sh"arh lsrae, row worship Ping III he tempe on West
Sine ueeenth-st near Fifihayr.. was concluded satur
day. The services began Friday morning, and consisted
OF proclamation OF tho connnny. the reading - no
ten comm inncns, chants by the choir and ~ 80
ly the Rabbi. \ cliei fca:ure OF the celebration
procession led by TIE Rev d. Mico. aud followed ~ Ino
Rev j. D. Lyons, sUn OF tie late rabbi, and Others Do
>crnlans of the earlier Hebrew st,icrs OF NV 'oE
These gcnilsmen carried the nine scrolls OF the law
The exercises saturday mUIling Consisted Oi The rcSu
lar srryir and nn address by Rabbi H. Perrcra Men,
on toe Influence ri the jews in Tie W"lfS Intel oI
Progress After speaking .. the pcrs rnii"ns ana T.
srOrr. iv the Hebrews n EuIorc ana IN the earl
history & AmcrIta. tbs preacher ma i' t"e i"''"'''
references 10 the part taAcn by them in tie f'-
of iiis tity
In the comm, rcal op ratlons connected wiz
fu,,,,ur az Now.lork Jews became stockholtcrs; A.
cmicrpr Sc facd hut it brought ont the first Jew'
Amrr.cl. Tnc nr.t VIII, came 10 this city ~e'
Alrbd, Al rLham Costa, Abraham Lucas lisa Ic dc Nexs
Asher Levy AMI Jacob Hendricks. Three OF tese sathers
# IA" church are represented among you at ,,s ~.
mrnt. Tie six arrived here In lGa7. strange t.
Governor s:u, ycsan rather obccIoato their prs
wa. .,k,, fe his conduct 80 inconsistent viii
dom ma u' ice lie pcrsevcrct however. IN hs mp,
oral pOpy toward tNc Jews. ~ pllboH was PiC~cutcu
iy tGo Jews 10 he allowed to hold land, tobee ~
taxed and To bc admitted 10 trade rights; onf tbs
r,,m s site of this ir burial croanii
IL was prob biy incorporate cd with ground subeqeny
Snre SSrS "f bra smaIl part OF the SUI to"
seen Among the ssnihcldt events 81 the I'M ~
ynrr "r"r.s : rsa.S%srance 1856 such intolerance "
consistent %ita tue pory 81 .Me s" sa have eo
ey aud rsGqS ~ is rSat ~ Ec TqS ie nnr was
Thirteen years aftcrwnrd in 1896 1S4 years ago. "
nrst synasosuc was built in Beayerst, between Broaas
ths bloct. samuel Braun was The first muistsr., IL
WI % sGcGS@ y 4R nr to hsSna n %nO from m @ y
service Ia i7ss the FRS! Mtst 81 synaSasaS was
thcn he mn tsrs have 5scn az follows Moses Lopes
Eous.ca. David Msnass MIehado nlann pssSsrs ss.s
Mnnos Cayaho. Moses Low NJ. Pexotto, Isaac H.
Sexas, j. J. Lyons and myself.
sad Z, eI occurred. In 1913 tho Jews We're
lc G"hcrl Yam Horne % and and Ai"iph phipss i; was
cisred that the Jews hu yot,i Tor tho latter nnd Tue
Van ons r'W a werscd 's The Of s
that thr House decided that Jews e.na v nos
Of P'' indaTencncc. c ' VIXEN Jews We're pomhcn. IN
patriotism and sacrifices Tor the Natio ~, uaass'
Many OF them gave gis and money to the G1yfn%est.
Isaac Musrs and IIayin Solomon at TINS time loaned tis
greater rt of their fortunes ana supp.ed he,n es ~
froying ordinary exrcnsrs In i77G Bodlan's hl'cty
eight guns san ii near orr Oh bnr.ar srorns s
It's m" "cKnow!cdsmen rcin General washngion wfd
in reply to dG's viii iiH read :do 10 YOU
from the original manuscript; =, ,m.,,,, h.,.s.
M ci,Izrns ~ the Unt.i states OF HiHe''o p""
,obt to Ippand themselves for having Evil W. =. W.
kind exumpes Of an enlarged anu .s niiks Iipeity
~ ,,ousccncS aud inlmunitics of clinepsn n. wis
o., M more that tO.crjun "a spoken o. "' =. ,Tns
iv ,hc indulgence OF Onr' Glass o. p.oP'U U"atnr.s
another. noy the exercise II tca % ", ihr I;nifea
nD,s E,r hnuui,y the GDvcrni:eht OF tno o.s.ne
states which gives TO bigotry no , ,ny ,xSa Iva
tioi IL" shulld dcmcah iLeDsrlyrs as g'eS
unei i'S vn, ~ on al oecans tncir ehcdaai sup
pOit" ..,cut N ly erccted nv us were tao
, LINZ , SIrsrt synis"suc. IN ISIS that III Cr"sJlys
ocroh. ~, nn5 fhr present -trncufc, cpUs'erat IN
81 ~ y, M rari. the history vi our cDErcs"tens
n for long Time meant ihc history ol thc 'S"s
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