The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04
THE JEWISH IMMIGRANT.
His Gradual Transf OrmatiOn int n Genuine
Yankee.Hcbrew


To THE EpIroR OF The SCS-SirE My
recent criticism Of Queen Elizabeth's essay
on her ALLEN" fellow citizens procured me-
among others, the pleasure OF being by one
of your GENTLE readers invited TO JON the
hoard of the 100, 900 tsicD intellectual leau-
ers" of humanityto he created bY the rentie-
man In question, while another hoh-Je"lSh
correspondent called down upon my Door
sinner he I'D the united curse catalogue OF the
Old ard New Testaments for my advocating
the cause OF people who, according TO the
conviction of my voluntary correspondent
ought to be- in equal proportions dlvldeu
among the East River, the bay ana the fiuo-
son-before being allowed to land In a coun-
try where only the children OF the Ieutohio
and Irish races ought to have the right TO
hunt after the semi-divine greenback' a
few minutes after the receipt OF the sweet
missiye / CHANGED to have a talk on Jewsh
affairs with one Of our typical Jewish Broad-
way merchants. After the first banal phrase
ology was exhausted my friend. himseh once
a poor immigrant boy, began a p~laintiVe song
on the many demands upon his purse from
Jewish institutions. and seemed to be pecu-
liarly incensed at the audaoity OF the non
Isidore Straus TO ask again for n donat ion IN
behalf Of the Educational, Alliance. the hlg
training school of Jewish .imn grants OF
East Broadway, Since this IorRet,nineS ~ "a a
ma of my esteemed brethren is the
cause OF most of our Jewish institutions peliig
cali them to their duty from he latform Of
your paper, which permits, the pleading OF
every lust cause cause an od o at the hon sg ew is fIi fellow W
citizens to this great est and most ben Efficient
OF all institutions Of the Jewish community
" Following the alphabetical order of the
table of contents of the last annual report OF
the Jswissh Peoples efo nniveGT ed1Isd IN 6nt o Terp
little known East Side, | wish TO Gull a lew
items to convince even the most misery
at least five minutes of his precious time ana
a paltry $40 bill to the physical, moral, p9llt-
zeal and religious training o. In0fe era ,muh
Here Is the educational menu: Baron de
Hirsch preparatory school, for immigrano
ehiidren 8 0G% pssiigi esuo'i services girls clubs,
legal aid bureau, loan fund TO deserving SUI
d denbs Q Su tIoo rs sPSets rd Psnn Rgsrdd r1v's seRoo ils" OF
domestic science. fine arts music physica'
And In spite of this manifold, f~eyerish
! activity Of q group of disinterested. noble men
uniting American patriotism to genuine love
for for their 1sa,cc SpGGr eSs Of sFSs eM POLK haF drS t on tS Sa
roster of the greatest establishment, the yerN
names Of whose leading oSiG So tGi5 Teenr
baum, Markus ". Marks, Felix NJ. Warburs
and William, salomon} ought t. inspire the
enlist their sympathetic support. The budE"t
Of this year tJuly l. 1905. to June 80; lSoel;
with rpCeiDtS estimated at SH2, 4O3, ana gross
appropriations OF slol ell shows a dehclt OF
such a showing, for IL is indeed an outrage that
the greatest Jewish commonwealth on earth
| should thus publicly confess its moral
bankruptcy.
At the risk of mourning the wrath Of my
friends OF the cloth and their synagogal trus-
"We-Talmud Torah Ke-neged Kullam""-t;tC G.,
education stands higher than prayer ITSELF
that / would rather see the two fashionable
temples on Fifth avenue with crippled budgets
| or entirely closed than the Educational ALI
daily attendance of nearly 5000, men and
women, girls and boys, who are destroys TO
transform themselves into as genuine yam
KEGS and glowing American patriots as Is
feasible with the mea gre means their pros
I porous brethren place at the disposal OF the
board of directors.
He who knows as / do this indefatigable
minister Of education of the East Side, Sup
erintendent Blaustein, and sees him almost
| succumb under the heavy burden Of drudgery
for lack Of clerks, must. in throwing N ms
imagination a glance at the boxes or the
at once, remembering the terrible o~nslaughts
of the prophets. on the, rotten plutocracy or
| ancient Jerusalem. The prophets of the
twentieth century are the men of the pen.
and the mightiest pulpit is the. editorial chair
of an impartial organ OF public OPINION =
to do BOTH to those Of our fashionable rabbis
who have no gospel to preach either TO old
or young, but rehash dd ndusedm. every
Sabbath an Anticipated phraseology, but Tor
humanity's, Americas and your own sake
secure an annual budget Of at least, slP0 900
on East Broadway. IsIDoRE SINGER.
/ NEW YORK. March q.