Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-23
JEWS FOR JEWS.
A Very Sharp Hebrew Estimate of Chris
tian Liberality, Brought About
by the Small
Amount OF Help Their Russian Brethren
Received from Their Christian
NeighbOrs in America.
American Hehreu eN.u W


Shall We say We are glad OF sOrss see
our remarks about the microscopic amount
/ OF assistance our Russian brethren have
hitherto received from our christian neigh
bors in America, echoed in the Jrlcisk Record
| Our Contemporary OF PHILADELPHIA q -. =
| prone to hit the nail upon the head, 10 Gail
spade a spade, or do anything else in the
way OF showing up cant and exposing pre-
| tense, and this time IL quite takes the lead
in expressing surprise that the cruel wrongs
OF Russian Hebrews, that the thrill of
horror they aroused, that the eloquent nav,
vehement, Pronunciation OF them so literally
put forth by our christian brethren, should
have so little result in the way of cash pro-
ceeds. Was it not Philadelphia philsn-
thropist who once considerably startled a
loudly sympathetic street crowd, surveying
the victim OF a runaway accident, by say
ing, "Geutlemen, 1 am sorry for the poor
| fellow to the amount OF $40; for how much
are you Sorry" But even the practical Phil
adelphia sympathizers of other creeds seem TO
have failed to say how much they are sorry
for their Russisn Hebrew feilow-cre atuFes
the Gentiles of Philadelphia, 500, 900 strong,
having to this day brought together the mag
nifceut sum of S3750-about two cents a
head. As to New York, it has bsen a mat
ter of common remark, how strangely back
ward the followers of the Nszarene have
shown themselves toward these cruelty out
ragged brethren of the race who gave them
revelation, morality, God, everything.
Have they forgotten the words IN which their
own evangelist depicts the day of Judgment
for those who saw the hungry and fed him
not, the stranger and took him not in, the
sick and the prisoner and visited him not?
1t would seem that the christian charity, so
loudly Wanted, stops short when Hebrews
are concerned, that TO the golden rule,
as Moses formulated and their patron
adopted it, Love thy neighbor as thyselfl7
must be added the mental reservation,
''unless he be OF Gods own people, But
we do not, we will not so far, indorse the de-
duciion our brother of the Record draws
from this cruel apathy, that the Jews
henceforth will have to help themselves en-
tireiy. Our christian neighbors have not
had their duty sufficiently brought before
them by the pastors; one may count on the
fingers of one hand the preachers of this
city and Philadelphia who have exhorted
their tiocks to assist in succoring these IN
fortunate victims OF christianity. Not a
dozen christian pastors have made more
than passing illusions to the deep stain the
Greek-Catholic church is permitting to be
perpetrated On the already blood-stained
records OF that church. What wonder,
then, that the people 90 not arouse them
selves TO a sense of their duty? What WON
der that the practical expressions of chris
tan disapprooatIon are Tar between? The
fault lies with the leaders of the church
We have right TO demand that the pastor
OF an enlighted American community shall
have and express higher and nobler views of
Jews and Judaism than the iiliterate and
jealous Russian priest, who fiads his best
support in tanning the flames of hatred and
prejudice against the wealthy Russian
Jewish farmer who saves, while the chris
tian one drinks himself into poverty
and rags. 1t is time for the old evapgel
of blood and hate TO be put Asi5e- fvI
that of faith, hope and charity, greatest of
all j" il is time for christians to be taught
from their pulpits that brotherly love must
include Jews Jews as well, and not only
so-called converted" ones; that the call Of
distress, the cry of the victim of brutality,
must be hearkened TO and lovingly stilled
whether he who uttered it belongs TO the old
dispensation or the new. Not until christian
pastors shall rise to their duty and demon
strate that they heed their Masters words,
"Inasmuch as We have done it unto the least
of these my brethren, ye have done it unto
Me" shall we hope for christian gifts by way
of atonement for Russia's wrongs on us
inflicted. Will they acknowledge their obi
CATION? We think they will!