Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-15
THE GREATEST
JEWISH CITY
Chelsea, Mass, Said to Contain the
Highest Percentage Of Hebrews,
and Philadelphia Holds Twice as
Many as Palestine.
BY EpwARp R. BUsHNE1L

By EDWARD r. BUSHNELL
TLTHERE and what Is the most Jewish city
w In the United States7 Chelsea, Mass,
was stamped with that distinction at the re-
cent session Of the convention of the Fedora
tion OF American zlonists. Twenty-Five per
cent. OF It's population Of 10000 are Jews
Numerically, New York has the greatest
Jewish population either in the United States
or the world, but the proportion Of Jews
there Is slightly below that Of Chelsea.
Nearly half of the Jews In America and
one-twelfth Of all the world contains. live
within the confines Of Greater New York,
Nevertheless their proportion OF New YorlSs
entire population Is only about 16 per cent.
The extent to which the Jewish people
maintain their racial integrity though scat
| tered to tho four corners of the earth still
remains the most astounding thing In the
history OF nation building. From the time Of
their bondage in Egypt, their flight through
the wilderness into the promised land, and
their wonderful expansion during the relgns
Of David and Solomon followed by their
subjugation at the hands of the Greeks and
Romans, this integrity never suffered And
even during the last two thousand years, as
they have gone with civilization into every
quarter Of the globe, they have always been
a distinct people.
forms a subject of gripping interest. Roughly
speaking, there are about 10000 900 Jews to-
day. Every country has It's quota.
Only $4,000 in Palestine
Palestine the original home Of the Jews,
numerically does not contain many Jews,
but in proportion TO the entire population of |
that country II leads the world. The latest |
statistics give Palestine Jewish population |
Of $4,000 out of total population of 100000.
This gives the Jewish race in Palestine a
percentage of 22.29 of tho entire population,
though It's total of $4,000 is hardly half the
entire Jewish population of Philadelphia. In
certain parts of Africa and Asia the Jewish
population, although numerically small. is
proportionately high. Tunis in Africa ranks
next to Palestine with a Jewish population
of 1OS 900 out of total of 1,923,2l7 or 562
per cent.
Europe, OF course, contains the great bulk
of the worlds Jewish population, there being
approximately ten million scattered through
out that continent of nearly 100000 900 people
Russia furnishes home for more than half
of Europes Jews There are 15,SO5 of this
race living under the Cars authority. Then
comes Austria with 1,113,6S7 and Hungary
with 9S24O6. Germany has 615,O21.
OF all these European countries however,
contains the greatest percentage of
Jews. There are 259,O15 there out of total
population of 5,956,69O percentage Of 452.
The Jewish proportion in Austria Hungary
which includes Bosnia Herzegovina, is 442,
that Of Russia Ais.
Portugal probably contains the smallest
percentage Of Jews of any of the civilized
Out of this countrys total popu-
ation Of 5,42S,1S2 there are to be found only
4S1 Jews, representing but .O1 of 1 per cent.
In Spain there are but 1000 Jews out OF a
total population of 1858 6SS, or .O2 of 1 per
cent.
Atlanta and the Frank Case
The Jews are not an agricultural people,
1 fact which explains why in this country
most of them have found their homes in the
great cities Outside of New York of course
Chicago and Boston contain
he greatest number. The Jewish popula-
ion OF Philadelphia is estimated at about
10000. or little less than 10 per cent. of the
sntire population. ST. Louis, with a total
of 6SIO29, contains $4,000 Jews
With the same number credited to Cleve-
and out of population of 56O663. San Fran
'isco, with 416,912 inhabitants, contains
Jewish population of 100000
Atlanta, Ga, thrown into a state of tur-
noil over the trial and conviction for mur-
Ter Oh Leo frahk, mas jewish population
# only 1900 out of a total population of 1884,
80. This case attracted nationwide no.
oriety, and the charge was freely made that
much of the agitation against either the re-
rial of Frank or the commutation of his
entence from death to life imprisonment
vas of an anti-Semitic origin. Yet the pro-
,ortion OF Jews in Atlanta is extremely
mall
The number OF Jews in the small towns OF
he United States is almost negligible An
stimate made by the Industrial Removal
)ffice shows that so Of the principal cities OF
he United States, not counting New York,
'hicago, Philadelphia and Boston, contained
My 2s7.1OO Jews.
MORE BLACK SHEEP NEEDED
rom the Army and Navy Journal
One Of the difficulties TO be met in the selec-
on of a natural mottled brown for cloth for