The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-02
EPHEMERAL S%YNAGOGUES.
CERTAIN oUTETTTERS MAKE MONER
ny PROVIDIyG THEN.
Conditions in New York City DoscribedSY
n Jewish Paper M nm Abuae-But No
Remedy IL Suggested Except the

Conditions in New York City Descrtbed'BP
n Jewish Pnper M mn Abuae-But No
Remedy IL Suggested Except the
Multiplication OF FREQ synaEoEues.
Just so sure as the Jewish holiday time comes
around. when all orthodox Hebrews hold
special religious services. and not only are the
regular synagogues full. but tho temporary
eynagogues as well. there comes out the ao-
c~usntIon that Judaism is being disRraced By
boinR turned to monetary profit. Commonly
the accusation Is directed against this city, bee
cause the temporary synagogue fourlshes here.
owing to tho enormous lumber Of poor Jews
who do not attend any regular place OF Wor-
ship. The latest attack comes from Je,oish
Comment. n weekly Of some standing. pub
llshed in Baltimore. and is signed G. II. L. IL
is In part as follows:
THE state OF affairs In the Jewish eommus
nifty OF New York city is a disgrace 10 every
temple there. The cxpose OF the temporary
synagogue and its abuses had to come. and.
now that II has bsen made. what are the New
York Jews going to do about III AChristian. by
name Theodore Neits. has carried on the 'busi-
moss OF providing services on the holidays for
New York Jews. and during the last ten years
has cleared over $4,000. He pretended to be-
o Jew. taking the name Of Isidore EnRel.
He started by opening one hall. hiring q
cantor. buying q table and seats ut Aucr
ton and the first year cleared some 5000. Each
year thereafter he added to the number Of
sections, o, the city. Do we blame, this false
'angel'2 BY no means. He found the Jews
I% %isat.d n meme, w We o. are seRIl Sppy o To credit ne dSiism GaT
contemporary, the American, Hebretc. with an
annual ANNA ~ protest TopsS,n as Snf !. these hns ,oo ts%IlGi5SS {
secular press viii, awaken the slumbers
Wy ff Is t 'tRRss in 81 al these ahs N sssrs h9 money s' Sas
been lqvished upon gorgeous blildipss and
SSo oRIlsas y ys saGi are e1 TsiTis pp % f flsfie' ' sSs sSsS
and ears q a few plutocrats, while thousands
and an 5St cSFi s : G spe %ias 9se S Thsse tSos ssMada
who crowd the Temporary halls for worship on
th fsb ho yeaF: their hsEs c FL RlsGe grow % T up SaEbs shG nsss
A SUN reporttse ter. asked sktid, several pTomineepnt I hS;
that the matter was greatly exaggerated. "a,
SRS 81 Of III He % + sn deprscSte their sT3 being COM
Quoted fer profit but, after all. the evil Il not
are 100000 Jews in n this city. a great proportion
e Rr whom : are nDS ye PO, poor e Taes SS are o mostly sre saS
o o4fs o an" They eyiI cannot Gsf AFFORD to pay ,tRs
expenses Of maintatning sy~nagoguss; a1a y
srgy S0qas tnf because @asser these %es'q people op 'i hold Wo o.
ship not on Saturdays alone, but every morn
t Ing In p tee yea Wish toe to W 9nlH GSf ia the sy9 0a %eaSs
Htonement and New Years. For this period
over, q saloon are hired, fitted with seats. and
established as tempoTary synagoguss; The
apiece Tor a seat throughout the three weeks
q the festival time. It is simply pew rent.
and a preacher. a reader. n singer. and. other
religious officials are employed: 1t is, not
heartfelt. Very likely somebody makes q profit
from these synagogues. That is wrong. but it
| cannot be helped until we get enough free syna-
gogues to accommodate all. and that will be q
slow work; As for this Neits. or Engel. never
heard OF him."
Nobody was found who could locate Neitsb,
The. Je,cish Messenger. which has always stooda
on the structures OF &c. H. L." saying that the
charges are much exaggerated and that
temporary holiday services are useful for the
large mass OF recent immigrants who can be
reached In no other way.