Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-25
Jews OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
Begin Celebration o. Advent of Race in
Amer.o.n Eis.ory,
I" ~ ,.~qon, i CONGREGATIONS
Rabbi COhn Delivers Eloquent and
Interesting Address TO the United
Membership ut Temple Israel
During Evening.

CcleDIdllOn Ol the LVtn anniversary VI lHt
settlement Of the Jews in the United States
began Friday evening with special services
in the three Jewish churches of the city.
But little was done aside from the regular
early Friday evening services at the Rus
sian Jewish orthodox synagogue on Capitol
avenue near Twelfth street the services
being concluded early that the members
could attend the more elaborate services
at Temple Israel on Harney street.
Beth Hamadrash Hagodol temple at iii
South Thirteenth street observed special
services in commemoratiou of the day and
occasion following the regular divine serv-
ices. Tho church was very prettly draped
on the interior with American flags. Rabbi
A. Abramson delivered "a brief address
appropriate TO the anniversary after which
the congregation adjourned to Temple
Israel where a large congregation had al
ready assembled. to listen to the address
of Rabbi Frederick Cohn.
Rabbi CObn's Address.
Temple Israel was beautifully decorated
with the American colors, the effect of
which was handsomely set off with a pro-
fusion of palms and flowers. \ short pro-
gram OF excellent music 10y "A special choir
preceded the regular devotional services,
after which Rabbi Cohn delivered a very
interesting address on the subject of "Our
Celebration" He said in part:
1t is with pleasure that we this evening
begin the celebra ton Of the 25Oth ami
versary of the first settlement of the Jew
in America We arc rather celebrating the
issuance of the Declaration of Privileges,
which was issued in 1850, permitting the
Jews who had arrived twenty in number.
! about year before. to remain at New
governor of New Amsterdam. was bitterly
opposed to the settlement Of this little
colony of Jews there and directed their
expulsion from the country. An appeal
was made to the West India company, of
which Stuyvesant was the creature, and
Of which many of the Jews were stock
holders, and the result was the Declaration
, of Privileges which gave the Jews a perma-
nent asylum in the country.
Nor was this the first appearance of the
Jew in America In fact. five Jews were
, included in the crews of the vessels of
Columbus on his first voyage OF discovery,
that was the first European to set foot
upon the soil of the new continent on that
momentous october day of 1892.
Epochs In Jewish History.
( In that year of 1892. when the gates of
the old world closed on the Jew. the gates
of the new world were opened to him.
While we today are celebrating tho 250th
anniversary of the settlement Of the Jews
in America our cO-religionists OF England
are celebrating the 250th anniversary OF
the re-admission of the Jews under the
protectorate of Cromwell into England as
the result of the famous Whitehall confer
ence. after their expulsion from England
In 1890. 365 years before, Even the Puri-
I tans were more Jewish than Christian.
America waB. called the New Canaan ana
Jewish law and government were laid deep
+ in the foundations of Purtanism. Their
! laws were based more upon the doctrines
of the Old Testament than upon the New
, Testament The New Canaan went back
for It's fundamental law to the laws OF
The Jew was ever in the past ages a
| pioneer and a patriot and from the little
Ne% 81 tMSny in IeEs IS Wbh9 arrived in
! grown 10000 in New York City alone and
over 100000 in the United States. In the
olden time it was mans proudest boast
to be able TO say 81 am a Roman" II is
a prouder boast to be able to say today
II am an American citizen" And there
is no proqder boast than to be able to say
Il am Jewish American"
Rabbi Cohn concluded his address with
a quotation from brakes poem on the
American Flag" The audience then arose
and united in singing two stanzas from
America"
Services This Morning.
The celebration will be continued Satur.
day morning. Rabbi Cohn will deliver an
address at Temple Israel on Israel and
America"
Rabbi Abramson will conduct sery.
ices at Beth Hamadrash Hagodol OF. South
Thirteenth street in the morning, at which
Dr. A, Romm will deliver an address upor
Emigration of Jews to America"
Rabbi II. Grodzinsky will hold service.
for the congregation Of Bnai Israel. TIL,
principal address will be delivered by DIR
Phillip sher on The Wandering Jew"
Sunday morning the following program
will be rendered at Temple Israel:
Song-We Meet in Gladness .............
Piano Duet-The Race Horse
Ida and Esse Brodkey
Violin SoIonWilliam Tell ..............,
! Recitation-Our Hired Girl ..............
Lorine Rosenstock.
Piano SolO-Fleur de NAL .............,...
, Fanny Livingston.
Recitation-The Bald-Headed Man.,
Ruth Arnstein.
; Vocal Solo-Spring Song ................,.
Pape,T.our Two Hundred Ffftisth An
niVerSar' ''iiinis'Gi;;s:.''''lrma irma Gross Gros
Violin and Piano-Lucia di Lammer
moor Joseph and Grace Meyer
. Address-Significanc OF Our Celebra-
Piano soio-shower Of blossoms, .' '',''
Dorothy Meyer
, Recitation-FiVe Little Servants
~ c. yeTna Kirschbraun.
riAno S0io-S;GGSgdI Naomi Trustin, tin.'''''''''''''
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at the Masdue-
lnd bTOuhey'
Violin solo-Legende ..,....................
Helen sommer Viola Calm, accom)
Recitation Selected .......................
Hazel Degen.
Piano Duet-RondO Militaire ,........... .
Mamie and Hortense Spiesberger.
tation-Tbe Banner OF the Jew.
Nellie Elgutter.
T Song-AmeTica ..........................
I School and Audience
. Patriotic Exercises at Lyric.
a Sunday evening the formal patriotic eS
I erclses will occur at the Lyric theater,
the new Rohrbough building, on Farnar
y street, beginning at 7:45. Following is III
= order % exercises:
G ! Ouintet-Fingalshoe ......... Mendel lssoh
% Sigmund Landsberg, piano. Robert Gus
caden first violin; l. Kaufman. second
! violin: r. Fibbinger, viola, 5. Heyn
e cello: +. ID. Patten, bass.
. Address OF Welcome. me.......,...,.....,.,.....
. Charles S. Elgutter.
: | Poem-The Gifts ....,........ Emma Lazaru
i II. A. Wolf.
k The Jew as Pioneer. ....,,, ,.................
q Izidor ZiegleT.
| piano SolO-MaZurka NiennOise. .Gruenfe
Mrs. Samuel Katz.
4 The Jew as EalIlDkss.
Simeon Bloom
. Quintet-(a) Spring Song ,..... Mendelssoh
(b) Melody In F..-..... Rubenste
= | Reading-Washington Letter to the
Jews OF Newport 1880, ,...............
Martin SuRarman.
Vocal SOlo-Du Bist VIE Fine Blume
CHeine) ....,,..,........... ........ Rubenste
Miss Minna Never