The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-18

large congregation greeted Rabbi
b. SadIer last evening mt Mouteforn
| Synagogue On the occasion of his
farewell service after many years Of
faithful service. There was fun at
tendance OF the members and a mum.
Der of representatives of other faiths
present.
Rabbi Sadler rehearsed the history
of Judaism in Cairo which was exceed.
Iingly interesting to all present and
showed the progress made here during
his pastorate He said in part:
A number OF Israelites came to Cairo
before and during the Civil war which
lasted from 1861 to 1865, About that
time they organized a congregation and
called it the Covenant ot Abraham It
was an orthodox society and met in the
| Bross building which was located near
the site of the present synagogue.
Prayers We're said in the Hebrew Ian
lguage which but a few understood and
which was entirely unntelligble to
1.-The young people OF the congregation
Since the emerging OF the Jews from
the Ghetto women and children hal
'baeu excluded from orthodox services
and the children had grown up with !
out religious training When | came |
to Cairo some of the Jewish children |
were sent to Christian Sunday schools
I and my family came to Cairo Just
previous to the Day of Atonement ser
vices held on that occasion at
the residence of the late Herman May
ers. the men in one room and the wO-
men in another. The next year seg,
vices We're held in the building now
Occupied by b. McManus and some of
the seats were shoe boxes The third
year We met ar the residences OF A.
Marx and Herman Meyers. at the ser
vices on the Day OF Atonement in the
fourth year when we met at the Mey- |
ars residence ! spoke 10 Brother NJ
Lyman on the absuriity Of the Jews
holding services in such a disorganized
manner and the next day when the
lonors of the synagogue We're sold &C
.ording to the orthodox custom at aug !
ion, I bought the book of Jonah for
= 50 and read it at the services in the u
english language which was the first
hot fired at orthodoxy.
First Reformed Service.
The next year | was out of the city v
N the Day Of Atonement and the .
ervices were conducted by anothot u
Who, told me that me young people y,
lughed at the rams horn used in the 81
eryice. In 1885 | read services out :
f the reformed prayer book and =
reached my first sermon choosing as
subject sir Moses Monteflore.' Re
Jrmed Judaism continued to hold
way Later We met at IDEAL League
Iall and afterward at Stafford Han
a 1886 the Ladies' Benevolent He
rewS Society bought reformed pray
o books for the congregation, In 1894
20 commenced to meet at Bristols
TALL and NonteGore Society was form
RS as president and \. Messing son
Rabbi Messing OF indianapolis, IS q
Services were then held
very other Sunday evening a Sab
ath school was started and Monte
ore society changed its name to con
regation, having the law of Moses en-
asei in schrine. which. however b.
nipple, makes OF building. a syn II
goguc. ST
Biistols Han being too small to hold fc
le increasing congregations, we We're &,
armitted to meet in the Cairo Baptist A
iurch where in 1898 during the Drey- tn
Is trial we had capacity congreea- OF
ons. The congregation was chart
rcd few years afterward ia
Easton Pa, to which place ! have Al
cen called is near two great centers Fl
Judaism Philadelphia and New ne
DIRK Eastpn is mentioned in Madison &c
Peters book. Justice to The Jews n
; one of the earliest settlements of af
.ws in the United States having had by
wish inhabitants in 1855. so it is a hi
storic congregation that has called W,
Your congregation. M0ntefore. is AZ re-
historical one having been or.
lnized by a layman Your congre- gr
ition is member of the Union Of I
ebrew Congregations and your rabbi. err
member of the American organized ilat
bbis. in