New-York tribune., 1901-11-21
RABBI ATTACKS CHARITY =.
HE TELLS CHARITIES CONFERENCE
THAT JEWISH CHILDREN ARE
MADE PROSELYTES.

When the New-York State Conference on Char
tiles and Correction began work in earnest yesteI-
day in the large hall of the United Cha'lDes
Building in East Twenty-second-st.. Clarence v
Lodge, of Rochester presented a report Whlch an
nounced that there had been decrease IN tle
number of adult inmates Of almshouses IN 1h'
State. partly due to general prosperity and party
due to a system of medical examination which mad
been adopted.
John W Keller the Commissioner OF Charities
read a paper on Problems OF the Airnshouse,
which provoked considerable discussion among
the statements IN the paper were the following;
In the approaching consolidation OF the public
soner will be found an opportunity such as has
never existed before to further the scheme OF
segregation. With BlackwelIs Island alnnshouss
and all its buildings the Flatbush almshouse and
al its various accomnnodations ana the
County poor farm, there can De sscn se5
that all the major moral horrors or the aiHshouse
MANAGEMENT Of our alnlsh3uses system IN mat viii VIII
protect the good from the bad. that Will serve
seif-respecting from those who have less self-re-
spect that will something akin 10 content
trast OF conditions something Of pride IN the IN
deserving.
The Rev Adolph NJ. Radfn. rabbi of the Peoples
Synagogue said he wished to file complaint
against the way in which Jewish children are
treated al the Juvenile Asylum. He said;
There l4o children there. and these children
are IN most cases sent to Christian homes 20 get
proseiy tisn. I would not care 50 much II they
eFe are oy ySgn made sSpocss ana 6s neither CHS @
tan nor humane, II makes think OF Emperor
Nicholas I of Russia. who took Jewish children
from their parents and gave them 10 Russian
parents to bring up
When he told that he speaking outside
the topic under discussion he sat down.
A paper was read on The Field Of Private
Homes for the Aged" by the Rev, Thomas \. Hen
drick
In a paper on "A,New Movement in Charity"
the Rev. Samuel II. Bishop, secretary Of the
Brooklyn Bureau Of Charities. referred TO the
monasteries as the first organized charities. the
Association for the Improvement Of the Condi-
ton OF the Poor a second stage in the develop
ment. and the Charities Organization Society as
the third and latest development.
The Relation OF the Church to Dependent Fam
Davis Of Buffalo.
The Rev John =, Devins. Presbyterian clergy
man, said he thought each denomination should
care for its own poor. He related that the Presby-
terians this city iE the winter OF 1893 had COL
Iected large relief fund with that object in view
leve, the only applicants FOR help proving 10
be ''fakrs'' belonging TO other denomina ations-
= am glad" said the Rev. DR.. Huntington, o.
Grace Church who followed. to hear from the
gentleman who just spoke that the Preshy hyterlans
while his fund remained intact that hard winter
mutitudes going to Wards. BlacAwells and
Randaus islands" -,
DR.. Huntington said there room for ooth
churches and secular societies in charity WORK
In the evening the local committee of arrange,
rnents of the Charity Organization Society received
the DELEGATES and invited guests. This reception
was attended by nearly all the prominent charity
workers the city and state The entire NharI'ea
Building was open for inspection -
The reception committee consisted of MIS-. Gecf se
Scrvmse- Mrs Charles Russell Lowell Ms M
Fullerton and Miss Annie B. Jennings.