The sun., 1902-07-04
A Significant Meeting of Jews

The meeting held in last Broadway.
on "Wednesday evening for the purp SO
Of promoting unity among the Jews of
this country and revivlng their splrr A.
a peculiar people. was oi tha nature o'
a confession that there D. e strong ten
d.ncy among III. jews IN America 20
kick against the traditional restraints Of
Judaism.
A. "" have shown repeatedly n very
great part Of the pupils IN the public
schools 81 New York are Jew, and that
tho brightest and most di gent of the
whole number are usually e that race
is demonstrated strikugiy IA the Jewish
names Of the great majority Of the su,-
CcSsiul candidates TO- admission from
those schools 10 the irc" colleges for
young men and young women one
of the greatest services rendered - 'Nr
state by our system OF public educati.r
~ recognized everywhere IN a., rtrI
assimilation Of the children of MIMI
grants of many different races and Ian
gllagcs l. makes Of them Americans
IN speech and IN spirit Jews moro
than any other race NAV have been
able tn preserve m their children venera-
,ion for the peculiar traditions # their
race and religion but they hav" hal
20 fight against the contrary lufucuc"
~ the public schools Except for rae"
prejudice az nst the Jews. under which
very general they are kept apart hy
sheer comrul-ion. II j. probable hat lu
this process of Americanlzatipn oven
more ~ the PECULIARLY thus Fast Broad
way meeting sought - preserve would
have bcen lust II l. not r"asouah'"
~ suppos" that any T~upl" her" enlpv
such compulsory separation. The ne
grocS would change their complexion -
tho usual hue and straIght"n out Their
hair If they could do n
These tvo remarks mad" a, the moot
ing hv Mr. LEVI. the President II tho
Is Bnal Birth order, are gnlficant:
a.'sai ~ .a'..as aho., sou u''h som a..
contempt lnl ,4sp.r'on % uo.f '.Iop, .,ol ru,
'rr & r,rru.r, between 'tsr ana sou. '.' ss-.
rather 'a md .ra.r even nre1si tte r,u.,s .sr-,
tas' beat, there f-adg 20 maze fa- ,rr..fa - d..
FsN,i', puu
You sEo 80 no. fee It ~ 'rp,d'r.n' orAi.,
grace 70 b,s '-v YOU Uho ar- proud o''a, rar,r
don, which HNs made o.. rur,GIr4oI' M '.- arr..
% raen. what A.. 500. gong 20 d.
The inferonc" il that considerabl.
body of The Jews have not the cunsum-
ing pride 81 race and race popularity
10 which alone this meeting appealed.
but are rather restless under the sopara-
Iion Mr.. LEVI would MAINTAIN and make
even more complete. They do not like
being the one white race which in ihiE
republic is set apart from the rest of
the people, and accordingly singled out
for antipathv and susplcipn II - hot
% a disgrace to I've a jew. but. unquoS-
tionably, II may be an impeachment
socially.
OF course, this feeling ~ the stronger
and the more widespread now because
- many jews have gwen up the rcli ligIous
behei winch had made race separation
an obligation ia thcu cyc-. 1 hc rcul-
IuuS socptiCism 30 general ~ this tIm.,
= especially marked among the Jes.
Complaints OF prevailing indifference 4"
the synagogucs are heard al every JcW-
Ish convoCdtIon. Even where all relg-
sous belief has not been abandoned
there ~ a disposition To- depart from 'h"
observance oi the sabbath - n"cc~sarv
To- preserve the peculiar Jewish d,>tu,-
tiun, and To adopt the Christian sunday
~ mere matter uf convenience Tho
dietary laws are openly dlSrrgari"d ~
many Jews who hive and eat and ,uu-
due, themselves generally lake the nom-
nal Christians about them They ~.
jews IN race only. IN religion not at all
Moreover. great numbers of Jews m
New YORK Hrr I.h men and th,Ir man