The sun., 1901-10-06
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hegins With a discussion Of ,h, question
wh".h her contemporary jew. are ~ the sam.
rae" a. tho~r mentioned In the Bitle 1Is
arguments hitherto advanced agaiu-r e
purity 81 tho Jewish race are. fr.' fr.
evidence that In Bible time- the jew, .'.'..-
marriesi with surrounding Nations. ,.....l,
trc frequent reference 20 prosclvrs, n
early Christian literature. third. 'he y-u-
mbi'ioa ofint"rmsrriHgc Of between Christians
and Jews repeated m many of the councils
- "a" Church which repetition s.ofus
'u imply habitual infringemeu' fourth,
PIE, conversion to Judaism Of tho Cnazars.
Turauian trine IN SOUTH Russia from
whom. j. has been alicg'd. most ~ 'hs
Russian Jews. WHO form about half ~ 'Hs
contemporary l-raeht,s, are desceud"d.
and fifth thc marked difference IN physical
ivp- 10 bc observed among Jew a. ,H,
present daN To those argument, me
uphubi"r- of the purity Of the race rcrlv.
hr-i. that the ini"rmarnagcs mentioned
in the Bibl" we're Few in number and ~ m
cognat" tribes SECOND. that prosely tss
N"te the chief sources from which the early
Christian Church drew H. members. and
ths' 'hcV we're thu. removed from contact
Will Judaism. third. the severity u 'hs
punishment attached by the Roman ta'uo-
llc church to intermarriagc between Chr.s-
i'un- and Jcws proves that surh unions
mus have been infrequcu'. fourth. -
cor,.rsion 81 tho Chazar~ Was nt,r.v
nominal and has lef' traces only ou 10
few karait'- 81 South Russia. the oth"-
Hr,~iab Jews came from Germany, a. -
-nouu uv th" German dia,-r' they usr.
Nfih. the differences Of physical type NAV
har" been prodIc,-i boy -u,1Hl distinctions
ard are not - great ne the, have hc..u a.
legged 'o bc ~" uph1ldor- Of 'uc purity
Of the jewish race further point og' hat
clhdH'm OF members Cd, tine Vlr~'ly cate.
were not aud are mot allowed to us.rv
pro~"lvt". aud must. therefore. nJ."
preserved their purity of dc~""D'. '.tt
fH" uarl,.-d resemblance ~ J"wc--.',
'bruugnuu' the VoIld conforms ., U"
biological tr-i 81 purity o' hr'~i 'fIt
mixed marriage IN ~" prc7-"r' dov Hr"
markedly infcriil". which would r"d'Ir"
tho infucnCc 90 such unions iu an in"roa~.
ing gcpm"'ri"al ratio. Attention j. a.Sr
direci"i tp the rr"potency of Jewish blood,
a. shown bv the marked jewish WI" -
even th" rrmo'.r offspring oi Jews Tat
have interms~'ied. and 10 IN" existence ~
q sharply defined Jew ~h type IN N" features
ard bodily measurements of contemporary
Jew. wherever found
Measurements Of Jews nave been 'alr1
stnradicallv M most European Coun'r'''.
the result Icing demonstration thai r.v
are III" shortest and narruwcst ~ lIrt-
T.ans The fact thai Jewish skull UU-
liz" iho-c Of the AratS AM Svridu-. va
ara dolicocephaic or long headed. '."
almost tho hroadest in al Europe. is Thought
hy the author - the articl" before ~ 90 p"
due to crrebral dcvelopmcut. A. rnga-i~
he Complc 1ion the Jews are darAcr than
tho surrounding peoples. "Nc"p' ~ Gs.i.ra
The hair il also darker. ou 10" aycracr,
~ per cont nave black hair, a. again.
: 10 Z per cont. which Is tho European
average CGriou-lv enough however 'h"rs
j. larger proportion ~ rrd-hairrd men
among Jews han boz any Other rsr'.
Among lows about oue-hfth have hha
cves a. agaIr,, ouc-third IN the pupuia-
,iun ~ Euop. aiken a. whole Allp-
g.ther. abou' 90. fourth ~ the Jews can
l., described a. ,sr Jewcsses -eem 10
:. ,norr k,eu--i GIFTED and to have greater
strength % grip than other women 1ia
nus, i, generally considered the clardr-
cris'ic feature OF the Jews they have, ou
no-..s IN Europe. the distinctly. share
Z thi~ feature l. due 20 the sccen'uaton
+ the nostrls The lips of Jcvs arc al-o
a. largo a proportion -
- rer c,.nt being thick The~e arr '."
.iemen,s that g. 10 make tho marked
Jewish 'vpe. which l. exhibited in thu ~
vriau has -rehrf~ ~ well a. IN the ghr,u
= to-day
The prcdominantlv narrow glrth y
Iews would give them wha, is technically
,nown a. IN. Lowest index Of vitali'v'
statistics prove otherwise. however There
~ fewer still-births among them than
Imong other European peoples, and ihoir
Ieath rate - lower than ,ha, of their CHRIS
ian neishbors Especially is this trus
4 children under 5 years of age. 4 low
eath rate j. shown. IN fact. IN almr-t
N the remaining ages. until the very hish"~t
gc q. reached II has even b'on suggested
h,, Jews should claim sIecisl life tables
ud premium rates from the instrsn,s
ompanic- Jew~ have hecn crcii,ed with
from tuberculosis. bu' the cvi-
.pc,, on this point L. not satisfactory.
hoy are. unuucs, ionsblv, freer than Others
rom alcoholism. and they are less hanis
, yeu.r.aI Diseases ON th. other hand.
,Ir.rer- from diat-'t"- and hemorrholds.
N ins. probably 20 their sed"ntsrv hsh@-.
~ the reason. probably, that 'h"v az
lpstIy town dweli"r-. and cam their living
n brain work. they are moro susceptible
han their Christian n"ighborS 70 diseases
Z the nervous system a. j. shown hv ths
,rgcr yerc.n'age of deaf and dumh, blind
nj iusan" among them jews are mark
div inurr ,-,lor-hlind than Christians. az
a. one-hAf a. much again "" %
rr,r. finally. that lsraelii~- sr" surenn-
, Chris' ian- A. regards tho prop"n-i
, sui,,dr few among them rc~pr'iug .
~ ds.' rlction.
From ~" an icl~. ~ which ~~ have pa
,1ilarlv r'fr-r'-i y Ni,l 10 r'c 1guil"l fnpf
be-. .-IIfntr - tho uoiaii" work f--fpr" los.
ule aiming 30 l-' su,flv impartial e
--u'lal usT'"f-. have considered i's..r
I-s~iritfus-. amt la," i--'r ,.Hs'
- du~ 90 u.f hung Whir. -.sHHl .r.
20 f'-r'Iug- ui 'hs uIY-' tsu-..... l-rsr
Irh onHs..i"ra'l"H --'m. 'Hr % r. .r-.
.'r. h~n 80 k'~sp ir ,I~s .ia 800. r.
,Ys.ta q. Ttu f.r. Hv r.if.-'g
.,I-s ruf pu. uf vhs-H u.fnisafs I. ...l-