Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-14

self after his journey. he was clothed
IN black, as seems to be his taste, and
his black hair stood out crisply about
his pale face. He put aside his tGacup
to extend his hand, which is long and
thin and softer TO clasp than most wom-
ems hands. His voice, too, is very soft
and would be distinctly agreeable but
for slight nasal twang.
81 have not been in the house Is min
utes," Mr.. Zangwill said. You must
have followed me in. 1 go away again
in few days. Yes, more lecturing.
What is this about feuds among the
Jews? No! The old feud that existed
so many centuries ago between the
tribe of Israel and the tribe of Judah is
quite dead. There have been other
feuds, or rather differences, between
the Jewish people in more recent times.
For instance, the Spanish Jews held
themselves above the Dutch and Ger
man Jews for many centuries. They did
not intermarry with them. They con-
sidered themselves of superior race
in Europe. The reason for this is not
far to seek. Under the rule of the Moors
in Spain the Spanish Jews held high
positions. They were rich and power
full and learned. When the Moorish
power was supplanted by the Chris
tian sovereignty of the peninsula they
still retained their prestige. For time
they were free. from persecution to
great extent and they developed into
n superior people. The Jews of Poland
and Germany, on the contrary, had no
such advantages. They had not pow
erful friends at court. They could not
openly enjoy such riches as they might
have. Much of the little culture and
education of the times was forbidden TO
them. A feeling grew up between these
less fortunate people and those of
Spain and Portugal. But even this feel
ing is rapidly diappearing. The Span
ish Jews no longer lead in thought, and
the polish of their manners and the ex-
clusiveness of their aristocracy is no
longer theirs alone.
There are differences of doctrine,
there are divisions growing out of such
differences, but there are no feuds,
should say, among the Hebrew people.
Nor is there any longer any feud be-
tween the educated Hebrews and the
educated Christians. One of the old
Greek dramatists, good many CEN
turtles ago, asked in one of his plays
how long feud should be maintained;
how many generations should it find
men in the ancestral hatred. II was
problem then--and believe the soln-
tlon of the philosophers was to stop all
feuds. If we must have them, let them
be our own, not an Inheritance, but
something of our own creation; some
thing that bears some relation to our
own lives. But, better, none at ALL"
In this way Rabbi Gotthiel summed
up the question. Rabbi GOtthiel took
me into his comfortable drawing
on West Ninety-third street and talked
most Interestingly. Heisa "a young man,
in appearance about 40 years of age.
II was at the recent congress in
Vienna, which met for the considera-
ton and fuTthfrance of the Zionist
movement l should know If any such
feuds existed. None do exist, The
Spanish Jewsand certain others formed
patrician body at one time, and were
exclusive in their attitude toward GER
tain Others of the race. But this is all
passing away. 1t is as with the old
Knickerbocker families here. Perhaps
you do not know that the first Jews
in America were Spanish Jews. Driven
from Spain, they scattered over the
West Indies and South America as coli
onists and thsn came north, visiting
New York and Newport, where they
settled. The tirst synagogue was built
at Newport. F
There is, however, this foundation
for the thought that such an ancient
leud exists among the Hebrews; nc
ieud exists, but there is and has bseI