The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-12
TIE CITY OF MANY NATIONS.
I-ABOUr THE HEBREWS.

Fo, efgn New YOrk-Talk About the Jews
heir Religious Di visions To-Dsy-The
sephsrdic aud Ashksnasim-Their Mum.
bers-SocisI Traits Ant. Jewish Preju-
dices
Copyright, 1885, by James Redpath.
Although New York is the largest city in
Americs, it is the least American of any large
city in America. Native New Yorkers-the
cockEeys OF America-delght TO call it "a
cosmopolitan city," while its detractors ome.
times describe it as "a dumping ground for
the race refuse OF Europe" and sometimes as
q modern Macbsth's witches cauldron. All
these definitions ere correct. New York is
the city OF many nations. Here only, in
big crude Jumps, can be seen the race els-
msnts from which the coming American is
to be moulded. Not London even, nor Paris,
has more diversified population.
"A few nights ago." said John Swinton,
who is the champion of the foreign or the
INFUSED New York, 81 al dressed a meeting
# Cubans, swarthy and flashing eyed. IN
Clarendon Hall in this city. After leaving
the ball, thought of the variety OF audi
nces one may find in New York, and of
those / have met with in ten years OF plat
form experience. Half dozen times hsve
1uufceecO rem Gu duOlt0CsS nSre, QFe uueS
as often have spoken to German audiences;
once l addressed an Italian meeting; often
have addressed audiences OF South and Gen.
tra' Americans; once, after Michael Davitt
had o; oxen addressed, from o platform in
Uni.n Square, an Irish audience of twenty
thousand; have spoken to q Russian audi
ence; have addressed q negro audience;
have adore an audience of Austrian
Jews l have addressed q Bohemian audi
epce; have often addressed audiences of
Americans OF the soil; aud have have ad-
ores ed many Cosmopolitan" audiences
Yes yes; II rs very much mixed city, this
civ Of New York"
Sunday before lss. 1t happened that was
called on In the forenoon by q Catholic Paul
ist Father and Dy Jewish Christian mystic.
and then by Virginisn black and famous
II sh journalist. In the evening l attended
the celebration Of the Commune-s large
audience of French Communists, Germsn
Socialists arc Rus sian Nihilists, and there
heard speeches made in three laogusges aud
saw beer drunk IN seven or eight. l heard
Nost and talked TO Sch Ssb.
In ore group there | saw four persons OF
tire HebIev Tsce-an American, a lawyer,
whose ancestors had lived here Tor two cen
turits; German. slse lawyer. who had
been long resident in this country but who
was boarn abroad a Bohemian maiden, With
black bright eyes, whc had bean driven from
P:aeue by the recent Jew batting MODS, aud
your & Russian, also OF the Hebrew stock,
sbo had been one Of the nihilists prcpagan.
DE- and had escaped long sentence in Siberia
BY evsding the police and securing false
passports. They were al highly educated
persons.
The topic of the day in Jewish cire'es, was
the bycotting of two Jewish candidates for
admission 10 the Hussars THIS led to "a <
with one OF the Jewish laEyers about the
Hebrews in New YORK. | took down bic
answers verbatim Ia shorthand.
ITO begin With, l said, will you tell me
he difference, if there is any difference, be-
tween toe terms Hebrew. Isrselite, aud Jew,
and whether the term Jew Is offensive to
man Of the Hebrew race2'
The terms Hebrew, Israelite and Jew"
De replied, are not Synonymous, bat repre-
sent distinct historical psrio6s at our race.
atbrew represents he early Ab'shamic or
nomGdc period. Israslits was the title OF
he theocrscy founded sitter the Exodus and
in the land of Canaan: while Jew was the
name of the remna at left in Palestine after
the separation OF judah from ISRAEL and the
loss OF the Ten tribes. The word Jew Is not
offensive unlees used in an ofensivs way;
jUst as he word Yankee may be used as the
name or people or as at insulting eoitdet.
We Jews call oursa.yts Jews among our
selves The two great divisions OF the Jews
a the Sspbsrdic and the AsaksnBslm
Whist do tbsy msen?T
The Sepnardic are the descendants o. the
Spanish or Portuguese Jews. The Ashsena-
sim are ali the rest of 10 The Sepha -i:c
until lste wears have s. Tsrs acquired g-sGt.
or distinction thsn the Asnksv as e. rne
Sspharoic have p tradition shet their higher
RANK al q general freedom fTom persec lli0n
are doe . the ia thar their ancestors were
residents Of Stain daring the period OF
Cnlists lie on saeth. ana therefore
GOT Ga=i7g bssD rssDnutihie Ia any Wv Tor
ttec rci6xion, were spared the curse taag
20 &C heavily on their brst5rer elsew lsrs.
o. ere years, the Ger nan Jews nave aeq1irsA
grea'er opportunities by eulisrasion = "a
vaDcemsrt both materially End mentally.
ard taslef' re ihsy are rsp;dly Winning
higher rsnk than was possible fSr them II
for times -
do these divis'9as designate t8sir rellg-
ious Emergencies also?