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Rev.
Dr. Lilienthal.—From two reports in our present number, our
readers will perceive that this learned divine has not been idle since his
arrival in New York, and that his eminent talents have already been called
into requisition more than once to speak in behalf of the interests of
Judaism. We should be pleased to be able to announce that he had taken up
his abode permanently in New York, where there would be opened to him a
wide field for usefulness among the large number of Israelites who reside
there. Since our last, we have received the October number of Les Archives
Israelites, in which it is said, in substance, that the Doctor, after
having been for some years entrusted with the promotion of Jewish schools
by the Russian government, and occupied an important place in the Office
of the Minister of Public Instruction, had resigned his office, and
quitted Russia, in consequence of having been undeceived respecting the
intentions of the Emperor, through his famous Ukase against the frontier
Jews; the editor further states, that Dr. L. had passed through Paris on
his way to Havre, to embark for America. We trust, then, that his labours,
which were interrupted by the mischievous designs of Nicholas, may be
resumed here with many beneficial effects upon the moral condition of our
American Israelites, and he may calculate on our hearty co-operation in
all useful and practical schemes, both for the last mentioned, and our
suffering brethren abroad.
Rev.
Mr. Isaacs, of New York, has been invited by the Mayor of New
Haven and several Professors of Yale College, to deliver a lecture before
them, in the month of January, “On the Present Condition and the Future
Spiritual and Temporal Hopes of the Jews.” The reverend gentleman has
responded to this call, and we doubt not will give a worthy account of
what we are now and hope to be in all ages to come. It must not be
forgotten that, till very lately, there were no Jews in Connecticut.
St.
Louis.—The congregation ín this place is
progressing prosperously, as our correspondent informs us, and the hope is
indulged of being able to engage soon a competent minister. The officers
elected for this year are, Joseph Newmark, President; Joseph Kohn,
Treasurer; David Levison, Henry Harris, and Solomon J. Levi, Trustees; the
latter gentleman is also Acting Secretary.
Baltimore.—We
rejoice to be able to announce to the readers of our magazine, that that
consistent Israelite and worthy man, Jacob I. Cohen, of Baltimore, was, on
the 29th of November, elected President of the first branch of the City
Councils; not that this station confers any unexpected honour on our
friend, but that it proves, that a religious life as a professing Jew is
no bar with enlightened Christians to appreciate merit and talent in an
Israelite, and this, too, in a state where the removal of civil
disabilities for opinions’ sake is but of recent origin. The Baltimore
Patriot, one of the leading papers, speaks as follows:
“
It will be seen, by the proceedings in another column, that the City
Council of Baltimore met yesterday afternoon and organized. In the first
branch Jacob I. Cohen, Esq., of the 11th ward, was unanimously elected
President, and in the second branch Robert Howard, Esq., of the 7th and
8th wards, was also unanimously chosen President.
“The
President of the first branch, independently of his responsible duties as
presiding officer, becomes, by virtue of his office, the Mayor of the
city, in the event of the absence, resignation, or inability of the Mayor
to act. It is, therefore, obviously important that great attention should
be paid to the selection of the presiding officer of the first branch,
who, in the contingencies mentioned, becomes Mayor of the city, which now
numbers upwards of a hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants; and it will
no doubt be gratifying for our citizens to know that they have one filling
the post, so eminently worthy of it, by previous long experience in the
Councils, and by his general knowledge of the affairs of the city.”
St.
Thomas.—We learn from one of our
correspondents that the Hebrew School in this place is prospering, and
that Mr. Nathan does much for the progress of the congregation. Mr. Morris
B. Simmond was complimented on the 23d of Elul last, by the parents of the
pupils whom he had gratuitously instructed in the Hebrew, with a letter of
thanks, accompanied by a handsome silver tankard, with suitable
inscriptions. The officers elect for the year are, Daniel Pretto, M. D.,
President; I. H. Osorio, Vice President; S. B. Nones, Treasurer; J. L.
Maduro, Jacob Fidanque, P. Isaacson, and M. F. Sourdis, Wardens.
Kingston,
Jamaica.—On the 9th of October there was witnessed at the
Sephardim Synagogue of this town the presentation of a Sepher, (the copy
of the laws,) with appropriate ceremonies and chaunts. The service was
conducted by the Rev. Isaac Lopes, minister of the congregation. The book
was a gift of our friend Moses Mendes Sollas, of Buff Bay, St. George’s,
who had imported it expressly for the purpose of presenting it to the
Synagogue, in memory of his late father, who had officiated as Tokeang,
(the one who blows the cornet on New Year’s day, Kippur, and Hoshaanah
Rabbah.) The following has been sent us for publication in connexion with
the subject.
K.
K. Shahar Ashamaim, Kingston, Oct. 8, 1845.
Moses
M. Sollas, Esq.
Sir:—With
much pleasure I fulfil the instructions of the Board of Adjuntos, of this
Institution, in acknowledging the receipt of your letter, announcing your
much-valued gilt, and in forwarding to you the accompanying resolutions,
which evince the high esteem the Board entertains for your worth and
services.
I
am respectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant,
Andrew Judah,
Secretary, K. K. S. A.
K.
K. Shahar Ashamaim, Kingston, 8th October, 1845.
At
a meeting of the Mahamad and Adjuntos of this Institution, held this day,
it was
Resolved,
unanimously, That this Board accepts with much pleasure the gift of
Mr. M. M. Sollas, and requests that all the necessary arrangements may be
completed by the Rev. Isaac Lopes, and the Mahamad, for receiving the Sepher
tomorrow afternoon at five o’clock.
That
the Board, fully impressed with the value of the services and attention of
Mr. M. M. Sollas, the Tokeang of this Kaal hereby enacts, that
henceforward he shall he complimented with the taking out of the Sixth
Sepher on the evenings of each succeeding Yom Kippur, and which
Sepher shall be the one he has presented.
That
this Board further enacts, that. after the demise of Mr. M. M. Sollas, it
shall be the custom on the evening of Kippur to present the said Sepher to
the officiating Tokeang.*
That
the Secretary be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to Mr.
Sollas.
A
true copy.
Andrew
Judah,
Secretary, K. K. S. A.
MARRIED,
On
Wednesday, the 3d of December, at the Synagogue Beth Israel, the Rev.
Gabriel Papé, minister of the congregation, to Miss Minna Traubel.
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