The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
M CMOsEN PEOPLE AT HOME.
Nest % tho Inhabitants 0G Jerusalem
New Are Jews

A Jew who recently visited Jerusalem
declares that the original seven hills
seem % have besn multiplied thousand
fold Every street IL stony and billy.
Entrances 10 side streets look % much
like the entrances 20 houses that you have
70 be on the alert or you walk unax-
pectedly into the bosom Of soms strange
housshold
One Of the greatest attractions the
city had for me. writes this correspondent
Of the MaccdbadA. -Wss 20 So there
gathered together Representatives Appar-
emily Of every JeWry on thu face q the
earth. One meets In the course q few
minutes Sephardim in their 'rabbush.
Ashksnazim from eastern Europe in
brilliantly husd shibbutzim' and fur
caps. or in more sober attire capped by
the low felt that resembles the garb Of a
Low Church parson more than anything
else know.
The Yemenites ara far more Oriental
than their Polish brethren. With the
Yemenites We must class the MOroccans.
the PerHians. the KurdistAn Jews, an for
ths most part sunk in deep poverty. and
the GeorEians Not far from the Yeme-
nites dwell the Bokharan Jews the wealth
ies, d tho Jewish settlers Of Jerusalem.
I'm their costly coats 81 many colors
We sse them passing 10 and fro. and u we
follow them into their houses we find
every sign o. comfort and prosperity.
and in many Instances wealth. There
are nlso a few Engliah. German, Russian
swiss and French Jews of culture and
breeding. Who are Aelf-sacFihcing. de-
voting their lives 20 the welfare Of their
Jsr,Iaalom ooreligiOnials.
lastly. Tiers arr Russian intellectualM
in soms Instances. Jewish nihilists Gin
the religious sense 81 Counsel and other.
who claim American and British nation
ality, hut WHOSE language casts doubts
nDJn their claim. / am told also there are
black Jews In Jerusalem 3udaness
formerly tho alaves % Jews. converted
Nv their masters. This may BE-. but | was
nor introduced n any.
within the last quarter u q century
Jerusalem has spread far bey0nd tho walls,
80 that Of 10 D.09 inhabitants two
thirds are computed " be dwelling IN
the s1burha With Ons exception an
the hOtsia are outside the Iafa Gate.
Mosi OF the principal zhOps arp also be %
found in the same nsighboFhOOd. Prac-
tically all tho public Institutions and
Residences Of the upper and middle claassa
ars also without the city
@FinaBly, In Jerusalem without the walls
are also sltuated tho innuuserabls jewish
colonies that have sprung ZAP within
recent years. in these arc included tho
MOntshore colnnisn. both those estab-
lished by Scr Mos himself and also by
the MomtsfiOFe Testimonial Fund.
Tho lOcal administrator showed ua
tho houses put up by the latter. They
appeared 20 BE- satisfactory in every
respect, well and substantially built %
stone in situations that compare most
Gavorably with the dwellings within the
town IRON which their inhabitanta arr
drawn.
These huildings are continually IN
creasing In number and arr not % an
description. inasmuch ~
they are paid for by their inhabitants
on the building lnan system. No one can
therefore oavil az The good work the fund
b doing. q work al ne more n@oesaaFy
IN cunasqusnce Of The great and continual
increaeo IN tho Jewish population II
Jerusalem, tWo-thiFia % whose lnhnhi-
iauts are nov os our iaith.'