The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-16
RABBI ROSENBURG ATE HAM,
,yD NOW CONGREGATION BETH JACOB
mas EXPELLED MN
=, wa. Freshly Sliced and Tempting Ham.
with the FLAVOR OF spice, and the Schoi.
,,iy Rabbi Had Been Drinking beer.

nriy Rabbi Had Been Drinkiug Beer.
1,wn.a late OF freshly sliced boiled ham.
a., t,r,h without price on the lunch counter
,,,be orcuing Of Huber krcsss new saloon
a, North Second street. Williamshurgh. last
roev from it arose an odor which mingled
tho tang u! salt and mcllowness OF sugar. the
sri,c Il clpNo and tho suggestion of once
tangent wood smoke from the curing house.
Tho Rabbi LYMAN d. RosenburE OF tho Syna-
rorrs Beth Jacob was there. and his senses
,ock note Of these things.
pn.; kcrss asked Rabbi Rosenburg to take
another glass OF beer. and rabbi Rosenberg
,pInat refuse. Then he returned to the ham.
Tbors il; was. fragrant. rosy. Juicy. silvered in
.,o,eswhcie tho "uttin. knife had run with
tle grain. avpetizing
En,t krcss asked tho rabbi to take another
Glass O. Gocr lilo accepted. then returned
sr,ju to the ham. L.ko blessings it seemed
I, brighton as 1t took It's flight. aad it was ny
iac rai iLIy.
Many we're there who were not orthodox.
md they. adjusting u firm oval slice. edged
IKEA slirc OF bridal cake with white. placed it
with exactne>S on a slice of bread. Furnished
ns surface with Golden mustard. covered 1t
with M her slice OF bread. and Let thei. teeth
ey,ectaaly sharpeacl. sink through tho
strata
ifos, Kress asked Rabbi Eoscnburg to have
another class of beer. He did SO. and returned
again TO the ham. What followed tho civil
courts of Brooklyn must finally decide.
The President OF tho Synagogue Beth Jacob.
Mr.. Louis Schwartz. aflirms that he saw tho
rabbi eat of tho ham. Treasurer NJ. Rosen-
con saws lie thinks no saw piece Of tho ham
dlsapl ear down the rabbits throat Rabbi
EosenhurS neither adm!tsno denies.
liz roniesses that hc h!h take too many
glasses OF beer. and. in sorrow confeSses that.
in q condition of mental responsibility. he
may have taken n bite O.; nnin. ,
President Louis schwartz called a meeting
o. the Congregation Beth jacob to consider
school room OF tho Synagogue Beth Jacob. on
heap street near South Fifth street. on Wednes-
day evening.
Tie meeting was held behind locked doors.
iad It's stornIncss is Indicated hy the fact that
No two cnveis. Notices Of the meeting were
gwen to the srTton to serve. except that for
lahbi losenburs. which WAS given to the SEX
Most =. the congregation received their no.
t"es wv" hours before the meeting hour. but
Tour n"torr. Somo Of tho rabbits friends adj
ysssl h,rl not to attend. and he did not.
ID tin fse 1c crh ths at
facts Q! me breach OF the crth no !oX rules COM
mtttclly tho rabbi. as the i'rcsden. alleged
the facts 10 D" ANA called upon Treasurer
EoscNson TO sunstantiatc them.
I'M r. asurrr owing to his defective sight.
rrpN y! 10 ur SDmctiIlns OF an lfEprPSSlpnlSt hS
a witness. and tn. President gave the only
?'h.rr wore only three friends Of tho rabbi
manifest alter til. evidence against him had
been beard but thos. thee. ". leyser. Louis
Jackson. nni u brother ramed Worth. mad,
Their energy did not avail. and by n Vote Of
z! 10 3 the rabbi was expelled from his Office
This action has created great excitement in
WnliamsburEh. For some tine 1t has been
Known that there has been desire on tina
change. and some months az" charges OF over.
Indulgence IN what oi. shepard takes to nro;
Eose lose They were withdraw after POM POM
ises Of reform were made.
Mr.. Pcyserwas seen last evening in his cigar
store on Grand street. II" was very indignant
that the action against tho rabbi had been
taken with such haste and without giving him
TO on nre n Da Witnesses against
the rabbi is n arsighted and ,correspondingly
uncertain in his evidence. and that the other
friend for whom he wants til" Office. weighed.
~ VI. reyser's Judgment. against the con-
clnsvcness Of the testimony.
Mrs. leyS"r. who seemed a sympathetic
Soul and who assist ell her husband in the in
teFvrT. as she does in the care OF the store.
And how do they know that what tho rabbi
Ate was pork: It may have been only meat.
but Fan anon" one tell nork wit,"It tasting it ??
Mr. ieyser said that tho rabbi had no ap-
%aeicert to tn" civil courts. the synagogue
equal ecclesiastical standing with every other
Synagogue in America.
Rabbi liOsnnhurg lives in tho Easement Of
tho house. ut % Scholcs street. He was not ut
bone when Sc reporter called last evening.
nut Mrs; liosenburS was. and told some inter
sstins things about he rabbi.
He is n Russian Hebrew. but came to this
country when young man and finished his
studies FOR tho synagogue here. While he was
yet a student no boarded in house where
some ciynrmukerS lived.
They suggested that he !carn their trade.
" Ilut "a "a m ~ in am
hewould be glad to have II trade by which he
could earn II living. llo accepted their advice
and raid them Tor instruction.
Mrs Kosenburg is II native OF this city. and
knows the standing. AS scholars. OF all tho
iIabhis in this city and brooklyn. and says
thut more of them excel her husband. He
does, sometimes. drink n little too much. she
said but had been engaged rs a rabbi in
Canada
,n'.i his present engagement in the Syna-
g9Eue Beth Jacob he had always had the pay
20, only sor,rrrforming the synagogue duties.
brtior teaching in the school as we'll.
Nhen. three years ago. he went to the Syna-
E.9.Es beth Jacob. he did not get tho position
@ 9, SCHOOL tenrher and. as tho Sal AIRY was but
49, ~ yenr and b., Synagogue duties occu-
VIZ rhiin but a PORTION Of his Fridays and Sat
S ci.nMl5Js he began for the first time to make
Nc"tS 70 help make II living.
.,Inn ~ IN" customers Tor his cigars were
/. D"n t"cteIs, and in his trade visits to them
cHa VItei the haht Of tnking an occasional
;n% o., JIn rrMeine-rel the night OF tho open;
r raE ~, hnner Arc75'e saloon. Her husband
returned. lir,nneeinI aie. and in a dazed condition.
T., , sua'iy Wnen lie takes n glass too much. he
ra ,.,S !oiiy. bht on that night he acted in a
wa, WY W which suggested that no had something
'0' ~ MS Deer he did not order.