The sun., 1896-12-17

guist understanding thorouRhly the Talmud
He knew Hebrew, Arabic, ohaldee Latin,
was Grand vizier to King Habus OF spain. A
ntory ls told that while the King and his Vizier
shS streets Of MsS
Jewish Vlzier with curses. The King, indignant
At the rcpronch shown his Minister, ordered
NaRrela to cut out the tongue of the Mussul-
man, but tho Jewish Vizier. knowing better how
to silence such men. gave him money, and
inRs; have torn out his angry tongue" said
the Ni5ior TO the King, and instead given him
was buried before tho gate OF Elvira. In Grana.
ia, aud magnificent monument was erected to
his memory. His picture can bo seen at Mala-
ga. IL would be hard for any one to detect his
Abu Hmssan Joseph Nagrela was n worthy
successor of the honors and titles OF his father.
Evon all the Arab poets sang his praises: Greet
his eountenanoe, for in it wilt thou find
much his father. solomon 1bn Gabriel was a
great IL poet whose poems fun Of re lament
rule over tho son of the Prlnce2 NV exile has
already Lasted s dioOO years Where Is the high
ne sang This poet died in the latter part Of the
seventeenth century. and his picture hangs in
the gallery Of Spanish noblemnn at Valencia.
II is related that an Arab fellow poet slew him
out of envy because OF Gabrois mastcriy pswers
ofsong. ,Jehuda ben Samuel Halevi. whose pic
ture can be seen nt Toledo. was true poet and II
Spain could be brought to lay aside her pref
udices and reckon her great men by their deeds
place Of honor in its Pantheon He was also a
great physician and was dovout jew. Halevfs
Songs of Zion" will always be cherished by
the jewish people. He looked very much like
the Grandees of Spain.
In the private gallery of the Popc OF Rome
hangs the picture OF Isaac ben Mnrdecai ths
Jewish physician to the Pope in 1870. With his
clean shaven face and dignined bearing. It would
be task indeed to discover his Jewish rescm,.
blance SO also u was with the celebrated
Jewish surgeon, Illllel hen Samuel, whose pic
ture some time ago could be seen at Verona.
There hangs In tho National Assembly Mt Am
sterdam picture of tsanc da Costa \ tias, who
was It's President In the latter part of the seven
teenth century. His face resembles very much
that OF Peter Stuyvesant. one of the early Dutch
Governors of New Amsterdam. Isaac Cardoso,
q great medical and scientific author. whose
picture hung at ono time In a gallery at Venice.
was born In CelariCo. Portugal in tho latter
part OF the sixteenth century. aud he LETT his
country on account of his love for Judaism. He
does not look like a jew. Isaac Pinto. n Spanish
Jew. who answered Noltaire's TRADE aga nst the
Jews. was great man with no resem blauce to
the jew with the struggling beard.
as we come down to our own time. we see the
face Of judah +. Benjamin standing out in
bold relief. After leaving this country. at the |
close of the rebellion. no acquired new honors
in Great Britain. have been Informed by those
who knew him that 1t would be hard to tell by
his face his Jewish lineage.
daro say there are many thousands of Jews
In this great city to-day whose ewish extraction
could not be discovered in their faces.
NEW YORK, Dec. II. ABRAHAM FINELITE.