The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-15

into due consideration our prids-you may
says iyou choose, our enormous prIde-Jf
race, of " hich Lord Beacons6eld, q baptizsd
Jew, was conspicuous example; OF which
Mr.. Lewes, the husband Of George Elliot.
was an equally striking instance in another
field.
viii you give me few facts about the
well, the Jewish parents spend more
money on the education OF their children
than any other class, in proportion to their
means. ! never vet saw a man or woman of
my Tsce who could no. resd-at least in the
Hebl, tongue. They are ct the head oil the
money Tusrkets-such men, for exam pie. a.
Seligman ian orthodox Jew. Kuhn, Loeb &
Co., the great bankers. and Hslgartsn d Co
There are laaSe numbers OF Jewish brokers,
and wealthy Jews are found every where in
every branch OF trade. Every one knows
that fact. We are strong In music OF course,
you know that Msndelssho1, Handel Hay
den, Verdi, Often bach Strauss and Ruoen-
stein we're or are OF the Jewish stock. DR.
DsmIosch vas Jew. Most OF the music
teachers of this city are Jews or J wssses
In ant? Well, we are not particals' ? dis
tipguished in plastic art. Perhaps / IS true
that our religion killed plastic art among us.
as IDgeIson says, but the same command
preserved our race from idolstry. In agri.
culture? Well, here again, every educated
Jew Acknowledges the deficiency of his race.
For sges our people have not been allowed
to hold land and therefore we have cuiti-
waited trade instead of the soil. Bat We are
trying to remedy this inherited-this en-
foIced-d:fcien in our charities tech
nicsl education is now made prominent.
We have established a archaeological insti-
tuie."
'You have overlooked your own profess
sion?' suggested.
well" lie replied, There are more law
yers among the Jews in proportion 10 the
population than among any other race or
faith. say this without ever having actually
counted their Numbers. but simply from my
own personal observation. The proportion
seems to increase every year."
Now, then, as to Jewish trsits?"
Ny friend paused and then said:
IF ! were asked to describe my racs in
one word, that word would be Intensity.
We are the cosmopolitan people of the world
and therefore We are IL evitably more ma
tional, wherever We may reside, than the
most patriotic native nationalist. This fact
does not conflict with our race allegiance.
For eighteen centuries. and to day. the Jew.
ism matron, before the Child sees the light.
prsys that she may bearing the Messiah; and
still, on every Sabsath, the prayer maybe
heard in the Synagogue that in cur time Is
rael may be restored TO Zion. There is no
parallel 10 this sentiment among any modern
people except the Irish-and our sentiment
more ancientas we'll as more srdent for 1t
is founded on the deepest religious nature.
l think we have another trait 10 common
with the Irish-the sentiment that has kept
both races eytsnt under the mos. msTciless
peIsecuticns; we marry early; we regard
chastity as holy virtue, without regard 70
sex; and The ancient Jewish laws against the
PROCLAMATION OF the marriage relations are
rigidly observed even among these who are
otherwise most lay. As to charity, both IN
dividual and organized. the Jew has no rea
son to be ashamed of his race; and do not
hesitate to say that any Jew WAC begs is
rot worthy OF charity, as our chsrit-
quste to relieve them. Wesupport nun
Der Of orphan ssylums, and in Jewish hos.
pitfalls there are more Christians than jews.
This reminds me that Dug have said
that the great Catholic Convent schools do
net discriminate against Jewish childIen-
just as the Sisters OF Charity OF the st. Vim
cent Hos pital receive Protsstants aud Catho-
lies on equal terms
at is not too much to say that il Judaism,
as faith, was to be ebliteraied our pride OF
race VIC uld preserve the Jews distinct from
contagious influences for many genera
TONS"
"As 10 the nationality Of the Jews, where
do the most of these now here come from?"
THE bulk OF them are Germans but Of
late years many Russians aud Poles have
come. and some Hungarians. / think il
would be safe to say that three fourths OF the
Jews in America to-day are OF foreign
BIRTH"
what bond OF union, !" ! asked, sis there
among Jews of so many different and even
hostile nationalities, excepting their religion
and race? bow, for instance, csn German
and a Russian Jew understand each other?'
There is a dialect" he answered, spoken
kaV1Af hnI ~ ~ tina al
Europe and in European Ru ssia by the low
er classes OF Jews. This dialect is composed
Of mixture OF Hebrew and German words
and is called Judisch- Deutoch or Jewish
German. This is the language used in the
performance of the Jewish dramas now be-
ing brought out in the BoWery."
MANY attempts have been made to con-
vert the Jews to Christianity What, in
your oninion, has been the chief obstacle to
these auempts?"
THE chief obstacle 10 the conversion OF
the Jews to Christianity is that it has been
attempted to make the Jew sn anti Jew as
well as Christian: not only to love Christ
bui to hate his race, instead of trying to
teach him that the Christian Religion was
not the destruction Of Judaism but supple
mentary to 1t. The Jewish Christians regard
Christ as great Jewish prophet"
Where is an orthodoxy STRONGEST
"Well. orthodoxy Is most prevalent among
tnoee WIO nave tue more recently arrlVed ID
this country. The longer the average Jew
remains here the less orthodox he be.
comes. The most representative synagogue,
perhaps, of the Orthodox in New
York is the congregation Sheareth Israel In
18th street near Fifth avenue. The music
ct this synagogue is especially fine. II is ar
ranged from jewish melodies of i'm memorial
antiquity in Spain. The best synsgogus OF
the Liberal is the Temple Emanuel in Fifth
avenue corner OF 43i street. Its services are
principally in English and German and its
Rabbi, Rev. DR.. Gottheil is 8 man of elo-
quence and learning. Radicals, OF course,
have no recognized leader. but in the p)pu.
lar estimation Professor Felix Adler Is re-
garded as their represen iative. He lectures
every Sunday in Chickering Hall. His CON-
gregation is mostly made up OF German
Jews."
What is the estimated population of the
Jewish race in American
1T can only be guessed. No authentic
data exist An estimsts was made which
gave 5000 to this city, and it is believed that
$4,000 for the entire county would not be
far wrong"
The latest issue OF the American Edition
of Chambers Cyclopedia gives it as los, 900 J
us there really much social prejudice
against the Jews in America"
Yes" said my friend, There is far more
than is commonly supposed. We might pass