Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-27


nresident of the congregation.
mRArrrrEs IN THE UNITED STATES.
The next toast was "The Israelites In
the United States
There "a land, OF every land tho pride.
Beloved by Heaven DER all tho world beside
Responding TO this, Mr.. s. L. Bloom
beYg began by saying he knew OF no
better way OF illustrating than ~ com
pairing the Jew in America with those In
other countries. -,
In doing 80 comparison OF the
Israelite in Russia would depict more
graphically than the tongue Oh
Demosthenes or the pencil OF kapnael.
In America education from the lowess
10 the highest grade is open to MIN.
He can follow the arts or professions,
ana his property Fights are not inter-
fered with. This, he claimed, Is IN
deed the promised land spoken OF In
the Bible where milk and honey How.
The Jew, though, always remains o
Jew.
The speaker said he wished that some
bappv medium could be devised that all
four congregations in Richmond might
be merged into one. The forms OF the
religion Mr.. Bloomberg compared 70
the dead leaves on tree. The gardener
removes them and lays bare an unsightly
limb. This in turn is removed, and then
another, until the living pores are exposed
and the tree dies. The Jew should cling
tenaciously to his religion.
"May the Stars and Stripes, he con.
cluded, "long wave over the homes OF
the free and the land OF the brave, ana
among their defenders none will DC
Drawer than the Jews.
OUR COUNTRY.
Mr. A. M. Meyer responded to sour
Country
This land O. our'n toll yes got to be,
better land than man Ger see."
The vast audience, he said, was gath
cred TO do more than eat and DO merry.
They should think of Russia, where
their people are being depr. 'ed OF pro-
perty left them by their fathers fathers.
Svnagogues were destroyed, the people
driven away from the land Of their birth
10 wander in strange countries. In
closing Mr.. Meyer depicted the posi-
bilities OF the Jew in America and what
Le has accomplished here already.
GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM.
"Our City"
"There lie spot Of earth supremely blest'
dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest"
Mr.. julius Straus, replying to this,
said he Was like the man who did not
want to 90 to ACKNOWLEDGMENT is good
enough for him.
This city is his homo, he went on TO
saw, by chance, because his father set
tied here long before he (tLe speaker)
was born. With his hearers it was diff
ferent they had shown good Judgment
and come by choice. In eastern cities
the Jew was compelled to wear yellow
badge and was not allowed to remain
within the gates after they were closed.
Here they could not only worship with
open doors, but police were sent to the
synagogues il they wished it to see that
they were not disturbed. The Jews are
here to stay. This is good country
and affords protection for every one. All
that is necessary is for them TO be good
citizens.
He remembered when Broad street
was the only thoroughfare in that por-
ton of the city. When he thought OF
what had been done in the last thirty
five years, he could not but wonder what
it would be thirty-five years hence.
Richmond is nice place. He never
heard of a person going away who did
not come back again if they could get
money enough to buy a railroad ticket.
He claimed that the Jews are united,
and could offer them the broad platform
Of the beth Ahaba-House of Love"
which was large enough to hold the
world.
1.-THE Jews are on good terms with the
Christians, and the prejudice against
them is dying out. In their homes and
synagogues they were Jews; on the
streets American citizens"