Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-10-15

cows Jacob Mase Chief Rabbi of Moscow and Arthur
Rafalovich professor and economist Lenngrad)
In the article of the Jews of Canada Mr.. Martin
Woif takes up the story of the settlement and develop
ment of Jews in Canada, dividing the subject matter
into two parts: 1-the Jew as citizen, dealing with the
settlement of Jews in Canada and their participation in
the POLITICAL civic and business life of the country and
2-the growth and development of Jewish communal life
and Institutions On September g. 176C when the French
surrendered Montreal to the British one of the officers
who rode through the ancient city beside General
Amherst was commissary officer Aaron Hart. He was
the first Jew known to have settled in Canada Mr..
Wolf gives list Of the other early Jewish settlers who
arrived in Canada about that time several of these
connected with the army, others merchants and
number of others, again, extensive traders who
penetrated into the interior and established trading
posts. During the American revolutionary period We
come across such names Colonel David Franks, who
had relations with the New England colonies eventually
moved from Montreal to Philadelphia in 1T76 Franks
espoused the of the colonists and became prom
nent in the Revolutionary Army In 1881 he was sent
by Robert Morris with dispatches to Ben amn Franklin
then American Ambassador to France. In 1884 he
by Congress deliver copies of the Treaty Paris
to representatives abroad Then there other Franks
who utterly opposed to any of the rel
tons bet the American Colonies and the mother
country.
According to the latest statistics Montreal has 45
900 Jews Toronto $4,000, Winnipeg l4O0O Ottawa o.
Halifax 57s. The first congregation of Jews Montreal
organized in 176S, which called "Shearith
Israeli In 1886 several Polish-Jewsh families arrived
in Montreal.
In the United States there are lis national organ
zatons, giving the of their officers and other
pertinent information. 1t contains list of the Fede
rated Jewish Charities in the United States, list of
the Jewish periodicals in all languages issued in the
United States the Jewish members of Congress of the
United States, past 1861 and present CO)
In the article the Statistics of Jews, there
Al tables divided into several main groups such jew
ish population of the world Jewish population of the
United Statcs Jewish population of the Union of South
Africa, Jewish Immigration into the United States, jew
ish immigration into Canada Jewish Immigration into
Palestine. According to the Year Book the Jewish pop
uation of the world is 15,5Sl,9S7, of whom
than ohirds live in Europe and nearly % per
live in North and South America. Asia, Africa and
Australasia together have but little of the total Jewish
population OF the Jewish population, the United States
possessions have 1902 22O; Poland has $500 900;
Russia has 3,l13,066 Ukraine 2,200,000 Abyssina So
O0O Alaska 500; British Empire 795,466 Uruguay 150
Spain 1900; Siberia 900; Mexico S972; Malta 3d.
Virgin Islands TO- During the year ending June 30 1924
1859 Jews were admitted into the United States
This Year Book contains also the very important
reports of the American Jewish Committee which de
scribe activities of the Committee in many national
and international matters.
The Year Book closes with the report of the Jewish
Publication Society of America which contains the Ad-
dresses delivered at the Annual Meeting held in Pitts
burgh, and gives also list of names and addresses of
all of the members of the Society.
The American publication
Society of America hincphh Pa PIP 62l Illustrated SOU