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Baltimore. We learn that the Rev. Julius Spiro has
been elected to the vacant office of Minister in Baltimore. He
delivered his introductory sermon on Sabbath Shofetim last. We
shall probably notice this production more at large hereafter.
Charleston. The new congregation, Shearith Israel, have held their first annual election, after their temporary
organization last spring. Mr. Samuel Hart, Senior, has been chosen
President, Mr. M. Loovis, Vice-President, Mr. S. Valentine, Secretary and
Treasurer, Mr. Isaiah Moses also was appointed Hatan Torah, and Mr. E.
Sommers, Hatan Bereshit.—The members of the Board are not stated by our
correspondent.
Cincinnati. At the regular annual meeting of the
Kahal Kadosh Beni Israel, held in Cincinnati, September 7th, 1846, the
following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year: Joseph
Jonas, Parnass; Solomon Moses, Gabah Tzedokah; Hyman Moses, Gabah Beth Chayim;
Joseph Alexander, Treasurer; Mosely Ezekiel, Secretary.
The first semi-annual examination of the Cincinnati
Hebrew Institute took place at their school-room, on Sunday, 30th
August. This school has been in existence but for a short time, and as
expressed by Rev. Mr. Gutheim, in a brief address, the examination was not
to display abilities or proficiency in the pupils, but merely to show the
advancement of the scholars, and the mode of tuition. The exercises of the day consisted of Hebrew reading, grammar, and
translation, and all the branches of an English education. The trustees
and visitors all expressed themselves highly pleased with the manner in
which the scholars acquitted themselves; the details of the proceedings,
although exceedingly interesting, are too lengthy for insertion in the
Occident.
At the conclusion of the examination, prizes were
distributed, consisting of appropriate books, neatly bound, (among which
were the several works of the Hebrew Publication Society of Philadelphia,)
to Master M. Barbé, first Hebrew prize, Master Nathan Minken, second
Hebrew prize, Master Jacob Kramer, third Hebrew prize, Master Simon
Oppenheimer, fourth Hebrew prize; Master Abraham Myers, first English
prize, Master Leopold Fechheimer, second English prize, Master Judah Hart,
third English prize, Miss Henrietta Stern, fourth English prize.
Cleveland. We are requested by Mr. Englehart, the
President, to return the thanks of the Israelites of that place, to the
brethren in Charleston, who assisted them in the erection of their new
Synagogue, but especially to Mr. A. Hart and the members of our own
congregation, for the timely aid afforded.
Philadelphia. At the annual election of the
congregation Mikve Israel, the following gentlemen were elected officers
for the year: A. Hart, Parnass; J. A. Phillips, J. L. Moss, Mayer Arnold,
and Abraham S. Wolf, Adjuntas; H. Gratz, Gabay; and E. P. Levy, Secretary.
It affords us much pleasure the same time to announce, that the sum of
$200 was placed at the disposal of the Board, for the purpose of engaging
a Hebrew teacher; the action of the congregation was speedily seconded
by that of the Board, who promptly elected, on the Eve of Rosh Hashana,
Mr. Abr. I. H. Bernal, late of Montego Bay, Jamaica, as the above officer,
and assigned him the just stated salary, on the part of the congregation.
This is, unless we err, the first time that the congregation, as such,
have taken any active steps in the good cause of education, and we hope
that the happy commencement may lead to many beneficial results. We trust
also, that the worthy incumbent will be properly seconded, on the part of
the parents of children, so that his stay among us may be both agreeable
to him and useful to them.
Kingston, Jamaica. The young men of this place have
united themselves into an association, under the name of “The Kingston
Jewish Benevolent Society;” its object is to provide a weekly allowance
to poor families. The subscription is 3d. (6 cents) per week. We
have been promised some statement of the laws of the society, but as yet
they have not come to hand. The president is Mr. Isaac Lawton. Any
donations for this infant institution, raised solely for the amelioration
of the suffering poor, will be thankfully received by us, and forwarded to
its destination.
Kingston Bazaar. For some months past the hum of busy
preparation was heard in many a domicile, both in Jamaica and elsewhere,
(even as far north as Baltimore and Philadelphia, perhaps New York, we are
almost sure of the latter,) to provide suitable articles wherewithal to
tempt the eye at a public exhibition and sale, in aid of religious
education, in the good city of Kingston. The latest advices received
thence, bring the pleasing accounts that the result has been all that
could be expected. A letter before us says: “The all-absorbing Jewish
excitement has been our grand bazaar, truly deserving of the name,
which has realized the most sanguine expectations of its most sanguine
friends; and the zeal and general interest shown and taken for its success
by the crowded visitants of the elite of this city, has given us the most
lively satisfaction; but it is true, that in its getting up and display,
it has exceeded any thing of its character here before. You must not think
this picture overdrawn, because I have been one of the most foremost men
in the rank. The nett proceeds will answer any doubt, and whilst I give it
you, you must take, as a drawback, the frightful and paralized state of
trade here. Well, we have been enabled, after discharging heavy expenses,
to invest, for the benefit of the schools, $3,000, besides having
sufficient residue to clothe for the coming holidays, the sixty needy
children. It is a pleasing contemplation for the president and founder,
the late Miss Lazarus, now Mrs. De Pass.”
Rev. Abr. P. Mendes, who for the last two years has
been pursuing his clerical studies in England, has, upon his return to his
native island, been elected Assistant Hazan to the Portuguese congregation
at Kingston. He proposes conducting a school in connexion with his public
duties.
Barbados. E. A. Moses, Esq., has been elected Parnass
for the current year, and Messrs. Mozley Elkin and Daniel Lobo have tendered
their services for Hatanim, which have been cheerfully accepted.
St. Thomas. At last accounts it was expected that the
committee charged with making new laws for the congregation, would soon
complete their labours. We shall, as usual, report whatever of interest may occur.
The Late Assembly Of Rabbins. The Frankfort Journal
publishes an interesting circular, signed by a portion of the reform
party in that town, disclaiming every connexion with, and disapproving the
tendency of, the Assembly of Rabbins at Breslau. The Rabbins are
reproached with aspiring to hierarchial authority, and censured for occupying
their time with disputes on trivial ceremonies; but particularly for their
refusal to defer the Sabbath to the Sunday.
Note By The Editor.—Not being able this month, to
discuss properly the subjects embraced in the deliberations of an
assembly, now universally acknowledged to be subversive of Judaism, even
by the liberal party among us, always excepting the schismatics of
Frankfort, who can no longer
be considered as Jews, we defer all remarks and full account to a later
period.
Relief For Palestine. Sampson Simpson Esq., of
Yonkers, N. Y., has placed one hundred dollars in the hands of the Rev.
Mr. Isaacs, to be applied towards the relief of the distressed Israelites
in the Holy Land.
* * Notices of works sent to us are necessarily
omitted for the present. Persons
who have sent us their books, may rest assured that as soon as our health
is sufficiently restored, which we trust will not be a long time off, we
will do them ample justice. In the mean time they will please excuse our
seeming neglect, which is much more painful to us than it can possibly be
to them.
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