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THE ISRAELITE.vGLUMh 6,mJ munication of November 115, 1859, I havethe honor to inform you, that the Board ofthis synagogue, (formerly called Altsuhl.)resolved to present a Scroll or the Law to thehonorable congregation Anshe Eineth ofNew Brunswick, Ac., c.ERNST WEflLY, PresidentPrague, January 2, I860.The Sefer Thora was sent to us through«Messrs. J. A. Bondy of New York; we received it last week, atid it was to us like the receiving of the first ten Commandments from Mount Sinai. It was a holy moment for our congregation and the Feeling of each of us was verv solemnThe following Resolutions were unanimously adopted on the monthly meeting of the congregation Anshe Enietli, in New Brunswick, the 1st of April, I860.Whereas, The congregation Anshe Eineth of New Brunswick, in want of a SeferThorn, wrote to several places, to get made a Sefer Thora, andWhereas, Mr. Ignatz Frankenstein applied to the worthy Israelitisbe Cultus Ge-meinde Represetance of Prague to obtainthe information, andWhereas, The worthy Vorstand dps lsra-elitishen neuen Bethaus, (formerly Altshul Synagogue.) through the intercession of the Prague Cultus Gcineinde Represetance, and their worthy chairman, Mr. Ernst Welily have sent us from their Synagogue a Scfer Thora and a new gold embroidered mantle as a present; therefore be itResolved, That the congregation Anshe Emefh of New Brunswick, return their sincere thanks to their sister congregation AmTsraelitishen neuen Rcthaus of Prague, for their \aluable contribution to our congregation, in presenting as with Sefer Thora and a new gold embroidered mantle, and we deeply feel tbeir sympathy to our holy interests.Resolved, That the thanks of ourcongre* gation are eminently due, and are hereby tendered to the “worthy Vorstand of said congregation, and we assure them that their active operation in our behalf has secured for them our warmest thanks and most sincere prayers for their future welfare and happiness.Resolved, That the intercession of the Prague Cultus Gemcinde Represetance and their worthy ehinrman, Mr. Ernst Wehly, deserve particularly our thank* and , acknowledgment, .may., the— -Abnighty bfeas them in sill their undertakings.Resolved, That, the thanks of this congregation are likewise due and respectfully tendered to all brethren in faith, here and elsewhere, for their aid and assistance to our congregation.Resolved, That the above Resolutions be published in The Israelite and Deborah of Cincinnati and in the Jewish Messenger of New York, and copies of the foregoing Resolutions properly attested by the Secretary of the congregation be forwarded to the Is-raelitishe neue Bethaus Vorstand and to the Isrnelitishe Cultus Geraeiade Represetance of Prague.IGNATZ FRANKENSTEIN,Secretary of congregation Anshe Eineth.NOTE.Rt«-$nin4iQi(f. £frrn Sana# SranFen R f i 11.On lt;5rroifprruiifl Qbrrr 3u^rh*t »cm 13,ftoormbcr 1859. brebrf id) niilt; Sbntit ditjujeigfit ta§ brr ftlorilanb trJ biftlgrn Iflrarliiii'djin nrufii ScibaufrJ (fruberttlffdjut ubfr unfrrf Pfrirfrtung brfkhloRTrnbat, ter vcrebrlidjrn ©cmchibf Vhufdjr Gmelb in £9rLirt dtoidT geicuahttic ■*£ tfcr 5 bora ltnentgfUIUb a!*CJcfdjfnf ju ubfrlaficn rl ill bem anjrgfbenen «“ rnt-tprcieiib unb im gutcu 3urtattte. fcai Scfer wirb nub mil cinem neuen SJlanieldjen orrfeben irerten, unb fobalb feibel fcrtifl fein »irb on Jbrr Vtrrfjr frpcfcitf ircrtrii.(Js freuc un5 fer ten rrlifliofen ui fniffrn finer Siiroe-Rer-Gitnieinbf enfgeafn fommnt ju fennrn.©ottttn ,ei« Jibod) nacb Qfmyfprrg let uberfAitfien Sffer nocb fin aneere* ju beflcen tritnfArii. fp flnb toir berrir Qb-nen tttlanaunft bebutflid) m (eln.Die Uruditri'C Sultni-Ofmdflbe Sleprdfjntini) ju Traa am 21. ^anuar i860.Ter QJorflftenbe:Cr r ii R tZD e 0 * fl-iLi*rEvansville, April 10, 1SG0.Editor of The Israelite:.Seeing myself compelled to take up mypen again, I beg of you to give these fewremarks si,space in your worthy paper.In No. 52 of the Occident, dated March2*2, an article appeared, signed Judah, whichcontradicts my last communication in this paper. Judah states that all my statements rire falsehood, and threatens to say something disagreeable to iue, if I insist upon them.— “ Child,, be quiet, or you will get a whipping! 1 But since I happen to be no child, 1 will console Judah by telling him that 1 pay a no regard whatsoever to anonymous writings, I have written my nqme under my writing, and if Judah will do the same, f will answer him. Anonymously* or secretly behind m3' hack any fool cun call.me a liar, but 1 can pay no attention to rt,.nor. can 1 esteem a man for doing so.But some remarks preceded, this, cnoster-pjece. originating from the firc-eating. penof the Editor of the Occident,, which wja cannot leave unnoticed. If- ever there was *een any thing malicious and.mean, it is this.piece of writing.First, the Occident deplavesAhe mischicvpv,sspirit^ which is at work in the west undermining-all that is stable and g*od. We b^gtheOcqijqat to .give, us an explanation of. whathe calls stable and good. Is it perhaps orthodox hypocriey, which makes people live kosher in their own houses, hut eat trap hah as soon as they think themselves unobserved? Is it stable and good tu cling fast to all outworn customs and ceremonies from thousands of years ago, but to ignore the law of the living God. viz: to violate the Sabbath and tlt;* insult and slander liia fellnw-uian? I would like to know this particularly/ But the Occident has more yet to complain:“ It is a still more unfortunate circumstance that there is a press at hand, through which the most incongruous and ridiculous statements arc spread before the world, the editors taking a delight in publishing anything, no matter by whom written and based on however a small foundation of truth.”That end is worthy of the beginning of this deploring epistle. After having chastised the mitchuvou* spirit, (Mr. Leeser seems to he a spiritualist,) which is nowhere to be found, the Occident blames The Israelite for what lie would have done himself readily.—-Or would lie not have been glad to print in ii is sheet something against The Israelite even of a simple tun ^ as tfie writer of rhis?—■ But because it 13 not good orthodox, but. on the contrary, so it is wrong of The Israelite to publish it. If there is any sense in this, then we mu«t quit. As regards truth, we advise the Rev. gentleman to come here and convince himself of what is true. Further he says:“But unfortunately for themselves they have selected a knight-errand of the new school who had worn out his welcome in a northern 0113’, and who, not content with one severe lesson, had again to try his experiment in his new portion without first ascertaining whether he has any chance of success.”In talking of a severe lesson the dear Occident again falls into the old habit of writing things, of which he is not convinced and may tirsr correcr himself before he rebukes others for being untrue. Fortunately we can prove to the Occident not alone by the testimony of our late congregation, but also by an official letter of its secretary, being the answer to our resignation, that we have resigned that office out of our own freewill before our agreement had expired.— But this seems to be one of those experiments of which Mr. Leeser speaks. For truth makes not and needs not make any experiment, but vanity and falsehood do.— Therefore, you try to make the world believe, that 1 got a severe lesson, an experiment of which no honest man can approve. Truth is a mighty power and will succeed without any experiment.Further he says: “ If the simpleton, for such he is, had only kept quiet in his new place, lie would have been undisturbed by us, Ac. But he must needs talk his folly over again, and write to his patron and encourage r that, whilt ho can rule in Evansville, Orthodoxy shall get no stronghold there.”How great a man is the Rev. Isaac Lee-.jmM'J-—Indeed-go great, that, he can call hf9l fellow-man a simpleton who talks folly ! We would be angry about it if it only would not make us laugh, for we never thought about being a great man and certainly* not as great as the Rev. Isaac Leeser. But this worthy’ gentleman seems to feel disappointed at seeing that others can play the simpleton besides him, for, he who can have the idea of putting into tlie hapd3 of three most learned rabbts the power of giving laws to all the Israelites of the United States, can beasim-pleton only.Mr, L. also intimates that we have a patron. Unfortunately we have never been so happy as to have a patron and Imve none yet. But if Mr. fj. will be kind enough to take that honorable office, he is welcome to it. But we fear we shall cause the good man some trouble, for we work with the mischievous spirit of the west, and will never sacrifice (lie friendship of the esteemed editor of this paper for the sake of a patron, be it even the Rev. Isaac Leeser.But Mr. L. would have said nothing, had we not committed the great crime of mentioning his name, as he says: “'Would he not ha%e mentioned the name of the editor of this paper, of whom, from feelings of gratitude, he should speak only in the terms of the highest respect!”Do you refer to some favors you have rert-dered me? Sir! if yon have done this in the expectation that I should puc aside iny principles, then you have made a great mistake. a What have the principles I exeriise as a minister in Israel to do with that? The great God is my witness that 1 have a than fetal heart toward nil those who have shown or do show any friendship for me; but to exchange my principles on account of that I am not hypocrite enough. Must not any hopest man either orthodox or reformer despise me, if 1 was to act that way? And ns regard? the respect due to you, please sir, where have 1 treated you with disrespect?— Did J insult you? And have I, for the few words 1 said about you deserved the insults 3*ou heap upon me? iSlmine upon a minister, who can nor defend himself otherwise tlinn by insulting his colleagues! You hud better, sir, put away jour own faults before 3011 correct others* But stop! Mr. L. is right. I should not have ui-ed his name so vainly, Tor it is holy and we ought to put to the ten commandments another one: Tbou shall not use the name of the Rev. Isaac Leeser in vain, for he is the Very:Right iScu.Isaac Leeser JL. D.. Venerable L'rince of theSanhtdrin of the United States.. But earnest I v I never expected of a gentleman, and especially a minister, such action, which any honest man must despise.But not fur himself the good man. takes this step, but only for the benefit of the people whom I serve, as he-says:“Of him, therefore, we do not complain for ourselves, but the people-whom-we serve have a right to protest against bein misrepresented by the man who uses, his position only to.mislead, and desecrate, the house of God by preaching treason,against Heaven.The peopJe whom I servo hare aright to protest against beans misrepresented^ certainly they, have.. But who misrepresents his congregation if he not first misrepresent bin- religion?- Is it not-the• ministersfirst duty to ser.ve.-Go.d^and to represent anddefend his religion? And who does misrepresent Judaism? I do not, hut yon *)o il You mi?represenfc Judaism. You slander yonr colleague, because he does not a-reewith your notion?. ** 1 aiso use my position only to mislead— whom, the worthy gentleman Turgot to savBut now comes the best of all: 'J de^craic the house of the Lord and preach treason aqo'a,nHeaven. J never knew how great a sinner I am, until Mr. L. fold me. Only imagine-a desecrate the house of the Lord and preach ina-son against Heaven, O. horror! a whole year of rcpeptance will not be sufficient to obtain forgiveness for such heavy sins, espeeiallv as I degrade religion^ ns be says at the end. ‘Bur, tell me, is it desecrating the house of God, when 1 preach and expound the law of the living God according to nature and common sense instead of preaching hypocrite and the practice or outworn ccrecnnhicsanil customs? But you have nothing to do with common sense. Is it desecrating the house of tiie Lord, if I try to lead my congregation in the way of morality and true religfon?— Is it preaching treason against Heaven, if J try to impress upon the minds of the members of my congregation, that the praecico of the law of the living God. and especially* the observance of the Sabbath, is tirotnf alt necessary for any one who calls himself anIsraelite? Is it treason against Heaven, if J prove in my sermons that the law of Tsit-zith, the rabbinical interpretations of Tefii-lin, Mesussah and jShechicah are by no means the chief duties of an Iruclite* but that he must observe the laws of The hoK Bible to be considered aa such? Does it de-cxade religion, if I preach what my heart truly believes instead of taking the conviction of men, who have lived thousands uf years ago for my own, or, what is worse, consider their words holy like the words of God hinieelf? But ail this is nonsense in the eyes of Mr. L., for I do all this to aid mysuperior^ as he says.The fact is that the gentleman, of whom he speaks, does not want m.v aid. for in the first place he can help himself and in the second place true religion needs not to be aided. To this, of course, Mr. L. will not agree, for if he does, he must cease to send liis missionaries all over the Union to make proselytes for Orthodoxy. if J only* would be oneof these missionaries, Mr. L. would not, I brail the world, ha\e written so ineau an article on my supposed folly.As it is now, I *aj* again, as long as I am here, I will do all in m3* power to prevent orthodoxy from getting a stronghold in this place, not became I rule here as Mr. L. terras it, but. because my conviction tells me, that the great God can not be pleased with the-hypocritical observance of ancient customs without regard to the holy laws of scripture.However insolent I may be in the eyes of the Rev. I. L., 1 lastly will tell him that it does not behoove a minister to use language such as he does and chat I don't want to have any such controversy*, neither with him nor with anybody else. We have had enough of ttat lately and! don’t want to add any more: but if he wants to argue with me ou sound reason he may choose any subject and I amready for it. * DR. M. DEL BANCO.Albany, N. Y., April J2, ISGO. Editor o f The Israelite:Step down half a dozen step?, in an over-heated room, filled with about 60 persons, cf whom one cries louder than the other, three seated on 1111 elevated place, one of them trying in vain to keep the whole in order; there you lm\e a picture of a meeting, of which we had two in the congregation Anshe Emeth since I wrote you last.Is it not surprising that OU persons, of whom it is natural to suppose at least two third possess exalted sense, should meet, twice, for two and three hours to do—nothing? We have done nothing since myr last communication; we have held two meeringb, lost /.bout a month's time, merely for the purpose of pleasing a few admirers of Dr. tYihr, who either were misled by the Ret. Gentleman himself, to believe that be might be persuaded to altar his determination to leave us, or regardless of the disturbance they may; create, stirred up the congregation, humiliating the whole body to beg the Rev. Er. to stay, at a raised salary',—which offer was rejected.Now, Mr. - Editor, I too admire Dr.. Cohn1# eloquence of speech; I too bow before his vast a mount of learning, but as a man 1 would not stoop before any body', be he ev*»n Rabbior King, and there I think the congregationmade a blunder and went further than any body* of Hen ought to have gone IThe committee dispatched to lay before Dr. Cohn the unanimous request of the congregation to stay with us at a salary' of $1,500, reported that the Rev. Dr. gave his word to the £an Francisco congregation and that he can not break this word, and be aide?, the duties he has to. attend to. hare,-.are too heavy a burden foe Uis strength. S«*all hope is gone and if some extraord inary event does not occur, we will have to see the Rev. Lr. depart.—Our best wishes follow him on the shores of the Pacific, and I will add one, that there he may be more successful in the selection of hisAriends. ‘} forgot to mention that Dr. Deutseh of Philadelphia lectured here two Sabbathsngo, and had it, been,settled then that Dr. Cohn was going.away, he would have pleased, but under the then existing circumstances Dr. Cohn's friends thought it serving hi* eau^e best, by' running down the learned Gentleman from Philadelphia. The committee on-ministry' has lull power; I will sco how thev use it.—You raav often hear from me, but always the truth.-I am* Yours, VERITAS.Hamborg—A local paper calls attention to the curious fact that Mr. Lewis Veuillot the notorious editor of the ultramantnin Universe and archenemy of the Jews, after his paper was stopped, sought and found employment with a Jew, viz: Mr. Mires, the proprietor of the Romans rail roads.Mr. A* M. Tobbeand'Dr. Kuhr will p!ea*o take notice of .this apd publish, it in their churches.Berlin.—The Board, of officers of this congregation sent a printed copy of a‘petition tu the Prussian' cabinet prayingjthe abolishment of the oath morc judaieo.
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