Docul and Domestic.
:f i or the Domesic News of New York, Cincinnati, San Fran
cis o, and other cities, we are indebted to the local jour,
nals of the respective places.]
CHICAGO.
—Last Wednesday niglit we received
the following despatch:
Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 21, 1878.
Rev. Henry Gersoni:
Twenty deaths in 24 hours. Suffering
great. Can’t you see.and send
some help to our Howard Association.
[Signed.] N. Picard.
—Chicago is going to have a Jewish
hospital. The heirs of Michael Rees will
contribute a share of their inheritence
toward this purpose. Upon the corpse
of a Jew, an institution of benevolence
for the living will be created. “History
repeats itself” in every true-born son of
Israel. By such deeds the Jewish soul
is raised toward heaven.
—The despatches received from New
Orleans have produced a commotion
among our brethren in this city. If the
matter will be properly canvassed, giving
every Israelite a chance to contribute
his share toward the alleviation of suf
fering in the southern districts, there is
no doubt that material aid will be pro
cured. Sound the Jewish heart and the
clear and elevating tones of sympathy
and brotherly love will issue forth. Here
is a chance for our Orders, Lodges and
Benevolent societies to show their work.
During the same calamity of 1873, our
orders and charitable societies have done
their duty. They will, they shall do the
same now ; and the lodges of this city
shall not evince their charitable disposi
tion in a manner less creditable than
those of other cities. Let them vie with
each other for the supremacy in this
sacred work. In answer to the “appeal”
published in the daily papers of last
Tuesday, the following contributions for
the New Orleans sufferers have been re
ceived : up to the time we are going to
press, Rev. Dr. Kohler had made up a
subscription list of about $400 ; at the
office of the Jewish Advance :
Mr. Isaac Strelitz - - - $ 5 00
Cash - - ’ - - - I 00
■Cash ..... 1 00
Mr. Jacob Liebenstein - - - 5 00
Cash - - - - - -100
Mr. Sam. Nathans - - - 10 00
Mr. Hyman Jackson - - - 2 00
Isaac Pieser .... 5 00
Fhilip Goldman - - - - 10 00
C. summerfield - - - - 3 00
"From the “Chillicothe HebrewBenevoient
Society,” chillicothe, Mo. - - 15 00
Isaiah Lodge, No. 22,1. O F. S. of I. in fa
vor of Howard Society - - 25 00
This is not enough, although it speaks
well for the sentiments of our brethren^
who have so promptly responded to our
'‘appeal.” We have the promises of
several friends who will bring their mites
speedily. Letters have been addressed
Ly this office to the Grand Presidents of
the I. O. B. B. ; F. S. of I. and K. S. B.
urging them to do their share of the sa
cred work.
New York.—Excursions and sum
mer-night's festivals for the benefit of
the sick and needy, are going on glori
ously. Truly the New Yorkers lead the
van in the work of charity and benevo
lence.
—At the 19th Street Synagogue (Portu
geese), Hew. David Nieto has been
•elected Assistant Hazan.
Louisville, Ky.—The Y. M. H. A.
Lave drawn up a programme of a good
-course of lectures, to be delivered under
their auspices. This is the right thing
for such societies to do.
—There are a good many strangers from
the sickness—stricken districts of the
South, sojourning here.
Cincinnati.— Eleven new students
have applied for admission into the He
brew Union College.
—A grand “ Autumn Musical Festival”
will be held by the Cincinnati Saenger
bund, at the end of the ensuing month,
the proceeds of which will be divided
between the Relief Union and the two
Orphan Asylums.
San Francisco.—Miss Fanny Key
fer, a Christian young lady of San Jose,
has for some reason become dissatisfied
with her faith, and in two weeks is to be
converted to Judaism by Rev. Hr. Levy.
The announcement of this item has cre
ated some excitement in the Garden
City.
—The Congregation Beth Israel have
purchased a lot on Turk street, near
Taylor, 60x137?, for $16,000, for the
purpose of erecting a new synagogue
thereon. Work on the building will be
commenced immediately, as its comple
tion in April is a necessity.
Macon, Ga.—The Macon Congrega
tion anticipates great things from their
newly-elected minister, a certain Mr.
Benson, who will enter upon his duties
by next month. They speak about the
“fame” of that gentleman, and keep the
telegraph wires busy with congratula
tions on the event of his engagement to
a young lady of Camden, Ark. Metez
un peu de Veau dans votre vin, mes
sieurs.
Vicksburg, Miss.—We are informed
by our special correspondent and friend,
the young folks of Vicksburg have been
at it again. They had a private theatri
cal, and recited a piece which is as bar
ren in contents as it is vulgar and ob
noxious in execution. When will our
young people learn that “fun” is not
the only object of such entertainments;
that talent must be cultivated alongside
with good taste — that talent without
taste helps only to make vulgarity and
immorality more censpieuous? We hope
that we will not hear any more of such
things. Exercises of this kind cast a
slur upon the communities where they
are enacted and upon the Jewish youth
in general. There are enough of good
pieces to be played on such occasions.
Be more particular in j-our choice next
time.
Yoreign Zntelligence. I
Koenigsberg.—Baron von Mirbach
Grorquitten, the conservative candidate
for the Reichstag, has declared in an or
ation. that “ Jews, merchants, and cut
throats, were the ruin of the farming
industry.”
Manchester, England.—A Jewish
rabbi was lately brought before a police
court for slaughtering an ox according
to Hebrew methods. Professional testi
mony was given to prove that there was
no ‘ unnecessary suffering inflicted, and
the charge was dismissed.
Posen.—A Jewish merchant. Abra
ham Paksclier by name, died in Posen
last month, and bequeathed large sums
of money to charitable institutions—
Christian as well as Jewish. The local
papers speak very highly of his munifi
cence and liberality of sentiment towards
all religious confessions alike.
Vienna.— Samuel Supermann, who
died receptly at Vienna, has bequeathed
10,000 florins as a sinking fund, the in
terests of which should be distributed
among Jewish students of High schools,
who would devote a certain portion of
their time to the study of the .Talmud.
Berlin.—On July 23d, the Christian
Socialists held a meeting at which a
certain tailor named Gruneberg, de
nounced the Jews and Judaism most
vehemently, as the originators of im
morality, lawlessness, and assassination.
The meeting was dispersed by the police
on account of these denunciations of an
industrious, law-abiding class of citizens.
The worthy hero of the needle and dis
ciple of the “ Religion of love,” was ar
rested on very serious charges,
Belgrad.—The Bcupzhtina (general
assembly) has subscribed to the article
of the Berlin Congress referring to Ser
via, on condition that the state of capit
ulation should be levied as speedily as
possible. It concurs also with the de
mands of the government to do away
with that article of the Servian consti
tution, which declares that the Jews are
only under the protection of that state
(but enjoying no evual rights with other
citizens).
Kingston, Jamaica. — The world
seems to be the same all over, and the
old landmarks’ worshippers of Jamaica,
are not better than the representatives
of their genus in America. The follow
ing correspondence of the Jewish Chron
icle tells the story:
“When conducting the services on the
first day of Pentecost last, I passed over
that mile-long ‘‘ Piyut ” in the
service, commencing with
or better known as the
and
devoted the time of its recital to the
delivery of a sermon, a member of the
congregation, whose name, out of regard
for his more enlightened and prominent
brothers in London, I shall not mention,
became so alarmed at the omission, that
he condemned me as a reformer, walked
out of the synagogue in the midst of the
service, and has since declared that he
shall never enter it again. “ This,” says
the pious Israelite, “ is reform,” and
that his orthodox principles would not
allow him to visit a place of worship
where so important a portion of the
prayers—as he terms it—had been left
out.
My object of bringing the conduct of
the individual to your notice, is to show
the affronts and insults the Jewish min
ister has to put up with in this part of
the world, when attempting to render
the service of the synagogue more at
tractive, and to yield to the pressing de
mands of our age for pulpit instruction.
And whereas, knowing that there is
scarcely a congregation in existence
without its Korah—I mean these rebel
lious spirits who assume to know more
than their spiritual leaders do, and, who
with the assistance of a few malcon
tents, not unfrequently succeed in excit
ing rebellion among the little camps of
Israel—I think you would render inval
uable service to ministers as well as to
congregations, by ventilating the subject
in your widely-circulated journal, and to
point out to the mass of your readers,
the insignificance of the portion I have
omitted, so as to avoid a reciyrence of
the fact stated.’'
Jerusalem (Palestine).—One of the
most important industries in the holy
city, is that of wood carving and turn
ing. From the olive wood, elegant and
useful articles for use are made and
shipped all over the world. The best
turners are Jews, but the industry is in
the hands of a Chi’istian society, which
has monopolized it, and which treats the
laborers very shabbily. A correspondent
of the Habazeleth calls attention to the
fact, and says that a great many Jewish
young men of Jerusalem would gladly
learn the trade if they would but have
the prospect of obtaining a reasonable
remuneration for their work.
—Palestine is again scourged with lo
custs, and the small pox is ravaging
the cities of the holy land. Gracious
Heaven, how much suffering there is in
this world! .
—There is a mineral well in the val
ley of Jehosaphat near Jerusalem, which
is called by the Arabians Ain Silvan,
and by the Israelites Tebiloth It. Is
mael Colien Gadol. A great many Is
raelites having . made it a practice to
bathe in that well, the German Jewish
community have placed watchmen near
it to prevent the immoral mingling of
sexes in the bath. In doing this they
have everlooked two important points,
viz: that notwithstanding the impor
tance of their community, there are yet
higher officials than theirs, whose con
cent is required in matters of public
concern, and that the well belongs to
the government, and not to the Jewish
communities. By reason of this over
sight, trouble has occurred. The Arab
ians (-who are not particular about mat
ters of morality) complained that the
Jews did not allow them to use the
baths. They fell upon the guards,
killed one of the Arabian watchmen and
wounded severely the Jewish overseer.
The assailants have been brought before
the criminal court, and it is to be hoped
that they will receive their just punish
ment.
Important for the Holy Tongue.
Dr. 0. H. Steinberg, of Yilna, (Rus
sia), has just issued a Hebrew Caldaic
Lexicon in the Russian language. Be
side the newest etymological discoveries
of the latest time, there is another great
improvement in that lexicon. Dr. Stein
berg has embodied in his work, short
biographical sketches and geographical
remarks on all the proper names occur
ring in the Bible. He has informed us
by private communication, that there is
a Jewish weekly in the Russian lan
guage about to be started in that city.
—Our old friend, the Hameliz, which
has been published in Odessa in the He
brew tongue, and discontinued for the
last six years, is started anew in the city
of St. Petersburg, by Dr. Alexander Ce
derbaum, its old editor. Being one of
the most fearless champions of Reform
in Russia, the editor and his publication
has to suffer a great deal from the on
slaughts of obscurantism. Notwith
standing our own editorial labor, we will
now again contribute our Hebrew arti
cles to our old friend, as we have done
so for years before its discontinuance.
—"The Jews of Spain and Portugal,
and the Inquisition,” by F. D. Mocatto,
has been translated into Hebrew by the
editor of the Ilabazeleth, J. B. Trumkin,
of Jerusalem.
-—Muir’s Geography has been trans
lated into Hebrew, and scientific and ex
planatory notes added thereto, by Na
than T. Sokolow, of Makorn, Poland.
—A Hebrew work called
in four poems, lias been pub
lished by Mr. L. Levin, of Kiev, Russia.
The author enjoys a high reputation
among the lovers of Hebrew.
—A Hebrew novel called
char
acterizing the Jews of Russia, has been
translated from the Russian into the
Hebrew language, by H. Rabinovitz, of
Grodno, Russia. Rabinovitz is known
in his country by his energetic labors in
behalf of the education of the young.