The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-20


persecution Of the Jews ia Russia and Aus
tria is driving mauy Of than here. and here
are large numbers II Polish and Spanish
Jews IN Jerusalem.
Our American consul, Mr. Gilman, tells
me lat there are about POD American Jews
in Jerusalem, and be says that tie great
number of Jewish immigrants Is the W u
der If the people Of tnis part of the east.
He says that the removal of the restrictions
on Jewish immigration has taken place
during the past IT years. and that wheD
he came ne @ it was the policy of the for
elgn government ats represented at JeruSale II
10 aid the Turks in expelling the Jews. He
was advised shortly after lis arrival lat
some American Jews were Overstaying their
three weeks time in Palestine and was re-
Quested to direct them to leave. He replied
that such action YVES emit ely CO ltrary
10 the spirit If our government which IS
toun led on religious and + &c freedOm, and
after some neg tiatiOns the American Jews
were allowed to remain. Shortly after this
the British consul, under Instructions from
the British mi i,ter at ConstantinOple, took
the me grounds Il i | am told that the
y rmau aud tle French governments have
followed suit. The time of Jews remaining
in Palestine has bee e1te lded, and the re-
strlctlons upon thar residence In Jerusalem
have been practically removed. A half
century ago there we're only Unirty-two
Jewish families in all Jerusalem, and the
number in Palestine was only 5000. Now
there are nearly 1000 in the Holy Land,
and ree-fourths of the population of
Jerusalem Is made up of them.
curious people they are. Like no
other Jews on the face of the earth They
are nearer the tyUe which existed here in
the past, and they have prescribed dress,
and their appearance is like that of no
other people of the Orient. Tue boys and
IN IN wear long "a like gowns which reach
without belts from the neck to the feet, and
which sho" otner & WINS beneath Re n at
the front. Their heads are covered with
cloth or velvet caps, borlered with long
br wn fur, which stands stra ght out, form
ing wide fringe about the head.
HANDSOME HEBREWS.
| None sh I'VE aid all who can, wear
boards. Each face is fra ned in two long
curly locks of hair which come out Just in
front of the ears and in many cases reach
down TO the breasts, in acc )rdance with an
injunction Of the scriptures stating that
"tnou must not mar the corners of the
beard" The Jews have never cut their
hair IN front of the ears, and | have seen
boys with the whole of the rest of the head
shaved and thee two loczs left. The
Jerusa Elm Jews have fine faces with tue
olive complexion, which are common to
their race the world over. They have hair
OF all colors from black and white TO fiery
red, and there are men among them with
bea DIS of silvery whiteness.
Jerusalem is to the elderly Jew of Europe
what Bsnares is to the Hlndoo. He hopes
to come Iere to die and am told that }me
of the race have belief that if they die i
other lands ey will be dragged under the
earth through the globe from whence
Chey are la until they come out upon
thu Mount of Olives. The side of
this mountain is covered with Jewish
tombstones, and soil from it is sent
to Jews III many parts of the wo Id in
oder that it may be put into their coli Is
at burial. Qlite number of the Anerl-
can Jews here are old men. Few of them.
however. are of American birth, and very
few speak English. Tney have acquired in
some way citizenship in America. But
they are not OF the nigh class If their race
III our country. Am ng u1em are some old
men who have gone out OF business or nave
given their business over to tneir sons and
who live here upon an allowance from the ii.
The Jews of Je usalem have some poor
among them, aud their condition is worse
than that of any of their race the world
over. The numb RS who have BEEN forcel
here by persecution are supported almos
4nuirely by the different Jewish churches
o er the world, AID the numbers of differ
ent denominations of christians also who
/ are 50 supported have made Jerusalem a
city Of mendicantS. At certain hou of
he day bread is given away at certai a
| places, and The people come to these in
3 | crowds. The Jews themselves in 10 fewest
OF cases cha ge their religion, but the differ
eat denominations of begging christians
move about from church to chu Gu as the
supplies rise or fall, just as tle bad ~
changes his Sunday scnoJl Accord @ to tn
pro poets of presents at time of Christmas
Such giving mas male Jeru ,alem hot bed
for the propagation of beZgars; a d this is
true of other people than the Jews.
, One of the great sights,,of Jerusalem is tn
= Jews waitlng place, where every Friday
certain ects meet on the outside of the
walls of the mosque of Omar, which occl
4 pies the site of Solomon'S temple, and with
/ heir head, bent against the stones sorro "
: yer the loss of Jerusalem and pray God tC
J: give the land back TO his chosen people
9 This custom mas bsen observed since the
days Of he middle ages, ami 1t is one of the
saddest sights. | visited it last week In {
i arrow alley SUR lunded by miserable
;: h )uses-on TONE flags which have beer
d worn with the bare feet of thousands Of
Jews-against wall of great bucEs OF
marble, which reached for 81 or more feet
3 above them, long line of men in long
gowns aud of wOme with Slawls over the j
!, heads stood with their heads bowed pray
- ing and weeping. Many of the men hat
white boards, and the lJng curly lock
Q which fell down ia trout of their ears were
S of silver.
;: Others were Just in their prime, and
t. could not but wonder when | saw tie forms
of these at times almost convulSed witt
emotion. Each had a wel-thumbed Hebre
"a Bible in his ha and frome time to time
r the party broke out into kind of ant
}: II old y-haired man acting as leader
and the rest coming in on the refrain. Tn
chant was in str .nge tongue, but as trans
la ed it is as follows:
4 Leader-For the place that lies de,olate
;. Responsive sit in solitude aad mourn.
Leader-For the walls that are de
stroyed,
Re ,ponse-We sit in solitude and mourn
Leader-For our majesty that is de-
y parted,
Responsive sit in solitude and mourn.
g Leader-For our great men who lii
dead,
Resp >rse-We sit in solitude and mourn
!, Leader-For our priests VINO have STUN
l. bled,
4 Responsive sit in solitude aud mourn
+, Leader-For our kings who have de
It spised him,
ReSponSe-W sit in solitude and mourn
+ TIL effect of this chant can not be appre
: ciated without hea ing it. The old men
= the weeping women who kiss the stones o
| the wall that separates them from wha
was once tne site of lomon'S temple. anC
i, which is even nowdhe hottest part on TIN
l. earth to the Jew. the genuine feeling ex
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