The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-21
CELEBRATING The NEW YEAR.
ROSH HA SHANAH SERVICES
HELD on ELLIS ISLAND. A

o,,. VINO Are 10 ne DepOrted Allowed 70
nsmain n Few Days In order 20 JOIN
IN the CeIebrAUiOn Prayer Robes On Q
uot pay Look DecidedIy Uncomfortable
y Was on September 20, the irst day Of
-,.rr-. which is the first month Of the lew
isb wear. on which 10 celebrated the begin
Ming N things, Of days, OF months, Of years,
NJ he world, az n matter OF fact occurring
s,c,rllng TO their reckoning about 6,o67
voiys ago, that all along the corridors on
The way from the office Of the Hebrew Aid
SOCIETY A. Ellis Island to detention room
X where Rosh ha Shanah services were
being held by the Jewish immigrants either
deported or going to be, there resounded
JOYOUS cries Of Happy New fear!" and
.Harpy New Year to you" and the Their
nometor boiling up and running over!
couldn't you wait till the snow flies
Dor yolr New Year," asked the reporter
of the Jewish escort.
The day was set 5,ee7 years ago. he
answered.
He was stopped by a jovial Jewish friend,
Working today" this friend queped.
Don't You know what will happen to you
II Won work on the first day Of Tishrit You
will be sent straight to Gehenna when you
come 20 die
II was a strange sight hat met the eye
IN detention room B. The room reeking
with unclcan'iness. the grayish blankets
the color n earth piled on hammocks Of
the same color.
The barred windows gave it the look
Of some great cage for the Incarceration
Of Wild animals, and walking back and
forth and back and forth after the manner
Of wild animals were strange figures veirdly
shrouded.
They are the Jewish prayer robes they
have on, volunteered the escort. adults
wear them. Children do not
And it was Just az well, for these strange
PRAYER robes were worn over the heavy
clothing Of the immigrants. the combina-
ton resulting in heavy beads OF perspiration
on forehead and cheek.
A. sight of the escort these people ran
swiftly forward and crowded about him,
talsing Practically in their native tongue,
in a low tone, however,, so as not to dis
turh those who Chanted.
Along the walls the chanters stood in
rows, face - wall, bending back n forth,
wailinC. Near them at a long, narrow
table stool two old men. and a little further
hack from them a boy who chapted in a
sweet young voice high above the others,
Some younger children caught flies at
the windows. One of these old men chAnted
from the pages Of a book. The other every
once in a while blew a horn.
The escort tore himself from the Whisper
ing throng Of immigrants to offer explana-
tons.
IT is the rams horn," he said. The
ceremony Of the Roeh IA Shanah Ia char
acterized by the blowing Of the rams horn.
II is enjoined in the Bible He spoke
stu'y as one who has memorized his text.
orthodox Jews celebrate two days, to-
day and Tomorrow, but the reform Jews,
who are increasing in number, celebrate
only one. II is n OF the most solemn
Of the Jewish rites, next In solemnity TO
the Feast Of Yom Kippur, or the Feast
Of Atonement, which occurs on the tenth
Of Tishri, that is TO say, the tenth OF this
month
The whispering throng once more
threatened him. but he waved them on,
little if anything these two days. Most
Of them merely dip pieces OF bread into
honey. Honey ia symbolic OF sweetness
and felicity. They wish 70 begin their
New Year happily, with good resolutions
ing the fruit they like best just before this
day, 80 as to begin 1t again on this day.
You see the old man bending back and
forth, the one Who is conducting the ser
vices? He has been deported. He must
Old in America. No, but too old for an
immigrant. He had a brother here who
would have taken care of him, added to
which he brought with him enough things
TO sell TO amount to nearly $500.
What thingsl Well, citFons for the Feast
ofTabernacles of the Jews, citrons and palms.
Jews are very willing TO buy these things
on the occasion of the Feast OF Tabernacles.
His name is solomon jacobson. He II
from Palestine. He arrived several days
ago on the Italian steamer Citta di Milano.
The Commissioner has been kind enough
10 suspend the deportation OF these Jews
until after the celebration of Rosh ha Shanah.
That is why they are so anxious TO present
their cases to me. They want me to help
them.
This one, " he explained OF one who stood
by listening in a plaintive way rendered
more plaintive by the accompanying chant
that was like a funeral dirge, was an at
torney in Russia.
comes from Schawli, of the Government
OF Kowna. They have concluded to de-
port him on account Of some slight physical
defect. He has a wife and two children.
He asks me to heip him OH this tie Rosh
ha Shanah, the Happy New Year"
The sound OF the rams horn broke in
upon his talk. The chanting grew louder.
A boy Of Is ran TO them.
Send a telegram" he DRIED in Yid6ish.
Send a telegram! Beg them 70 let me
stay"
The escort shook his head. Gently he
pushed the boy by and opened the door OF
the detention room for the reporter 20 pass
out. They could hear the sobs OF the boy
as they stood outside, the sobs accompanied
by the moaning chant OF the Rosh ha Shanah,
the Happy New Year.
That boy" he sighed. His case / am
afraid is impossible. He Is a minor. They
won't let him land. Already ar appeal has
been sent to Washington, the telegram
he talks Of, but there IL no hope for him,
Kosh ha Shanah or no Roeh ha Shanah.
They will send him home"
DEMANDS or JERSEY MILITIA.