The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-22
AN APPEAL no A RACE.
A Jew Ashs sayagely m the JeWfeh Gem,
munity OF New York 10 Bankrupt.

A jew Asts Bayagely n the Jewfeh Z,
munity OF New York 10 Bankrupt.
To rHE EpIreR or TIKI suN-Siy: Then,
alec jaefo eel. The United Hebrew Charities,
the central phIlanthropio instltution Of the
greatest and richest wish commonwealth
of the world. housed In q palatlal building
which was raised by one Of the founders OF
Kuhn. Loeb a Co.. and standing under the
direct ~tutelage Of the jewish aristocracy-r
mean plutooracy-of New York, Will be forced
to close Ito doors on August / next unless the
deficit for the year, s?S, 600. be covered durp
Ing this week. After months OF fruitless prk
yate agftating. begging and lmplorinG, the
board of directors Of the United Hebrew
Charities, composed Of the most distinguished
and faithful servants OF the jewish commu.
nifty. recently made o public appeal TO the
Jews Of New York ending with the following
dilemmatic sting;
II rests with you az @ member Of the community
10 Indicate. by such contribution as you may deem
~ to make In this emergency. whether you wish
that the care Of the Jewish poor Of New York city
shall be continued by Jews, or whether these fnmi'
lies shall become burdens on the public at large.
And here we are: The l 800 well to do Jew.
fish merchants and manufacturers on and
around Broadway. the small but powerful
multimillionaire group OF Jewish bankers
and corporation lawyers In and around Wall
street, the swell cot erie Of jewish real estate
owners throughout the city. the beautiful.
black eyed and black haired Jewesses OF
Fifth avenue and Central Park West will.
then, quietly continue their summer vacation
In Long Branch, In the Catskiils and Adlron-
dacks. while the noble minded septuagenarian
president Of the United Hebrew Charities.
Henry Rice, and his energetic manager. DR..
Lee X. Frankel, will have to say to the poor
Hebrew widows and orphans. and ,unem-
ployed worklngmen applying ior help DUR
s(htIIran Df tho hnuaa nf Vqrlal vNur rich
brethren and sisters have no heart for you;
our. treasury is empty. but our souls, are filled
x xasa ssSoe'' F snH ssss and o 8is aaa A PSfter g
gates since our own swell ra5ois; having
ia6ors side by side with their faithful flock
on ths cooling seashores and in the breezy
It Z indeed hard not to become sarcastic i
you think Of the e. h, .Ta sounding sound .pp phrases o.
S SISitheT afe l SInne sad in 'h our se esTs in Se season he snd
out Of. season BY hired and voluntary %fatter;
ers within and without. the synagogue, and
every single Jswish institYtIloD in this and all
0'6 T6s 0's Gfsat OF b bne Hhtted s'aE ideals Of the
every possible tune that, God cares less for
longer course on the curb exchanges Of Yam
p Practices Hees. Of the ea sect Of Pr" sees.
One erects throughout the country one
s spss ? ~ s ~ aS .hb aft sbo a noms " 70 co the
siders himself the real centre Of divine wor-
ship-God serving mainly as solemn text Tor
satiensi bosses, the h%lesitimats Princes OF
the Exile. as Israel ,Zangwill calls them. are
PHsssrf for on their fHf " great y zeal and dislntefes;ed.
Well, it is time that the plain truth be said
disturb for q while ticker reading on Broad
street, French monkey conversation. and
a RiSha A Wagner performances at Eloeron
or The e fact 5. shsa The b m Hbont t. 2, 400 yelk e ed. do
p pea aea appeals. Sc o induce edi' to IS sacrifice critic q each
10 cents per annum for the maintenance Of
this country proves that real interest for the
sacred religious traditions OF the past has
ls st even x the p old gIaIEd Of sd dsTssl; the n fact msr that
In spite Of its efforts OF nearly two decades,
,SI. a PpecsrifHST nIs existence ts : only, ana nd
jewish Chautauqus Society Of philadelphia,
after ten years of vain trials. had this year
in spite Of rs tens Of Thousands q Jewish
}ss s been tSr lSws az aw sSe Ii t The oil Old ni pediep's
fssdsT y detailing the pathology Of Amer:
that at! as tie least sPf the J e asRe heart sar Va has 0G Pemsinsa
s slrsstors .e Ui E Rsssh snise sp RsSrs 3. ths 9S:sd hs q
tsse ias l5Sm Us ,J sisG IsS sh b.l lsst Illusion ths .sn.oa At . the
aims boz. with the plaintive refrain: .
df 1am d TAXI MiTTSS ne !sx ! e. oonn = save q
New. YORK. BY refusing obstInatsiy to furnish
to Mr.. Henry Rice and his colleagues the
E RSss'T poo sH% hs q. s ssc ;EoS d0T i,s ssf R Ssnfsap ssms sndd
even II In the last moment unexpected help
reaches ssn" I'll, the ! poo r 6 charity ia T palace on Second
Why have not those who persist in holding
slSSf i aot . aheif r. brethren ret oM1 the Ssd Souta "a c,o to
epsAs syD Das ana % our ss jewish sIa issnets e ot oss
Hebrew orphan asylums and Jewish hospitals.
thu q disGlaiming publicly AND solemply the
does one wish to deceived Almighty God.
E ins sso siyla 9e f rs e%n bifed ssrys g ss sIa" Fhc
world at lar ge? Ourselves7
To conclude: Could not, in view q ths
tha. the 5000. 900, jews in Russia viii stand
pogEom. to use the very words q schemaTya
c coSl5 tS Sne I. Of the u TTs tps ,Tsx q r. the CorI pTmdf1
q, the United States not be prevailed upon to
follow In the direction Of least resistance. By
daughters Of Jacob. 7".T you wish to main
tain Judaism on a distinct platform. then do
your Quty Dy the synagogue and your Dreth-
rem. II you have reached, however, the con-
clusion that the time has come. at least for
the Jews Of America, to give up their separa-
Smiths arguments In his recent essay. on the
question, then step out from the holy pre-.
association, since you never can and will
Join one OF the Christian churches. or dis
solve yourselves individually among the
atheistic, agnostic and other negative groups
Of modern society? Thus the Judsneiend
will at last have been done away with once
and for all, and it's annals and appurtenances
will In due form be handed over to the Jewish
historian and the chief keeper OF Mr.. Jacob
II: Schtf s Semitic Museum at Harvard.
NEW YORK. July 81, 1sIDoR SINGER