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a fraiemal Jewish order, which at present has the entire sub- 

 ject under discussion, and has drafted a plan which has been 

 submitted to the various Jewish societies and institutions 

 throughout the country. 



Some idea of the extent to which Jewish charities have 

 been developed in the United States may be gathered from 

 the following : In practically every city and town there are 

 benevolent societies which look after the interests of the poor 

 in their midst. Jewish orphan asylums are established in the 

 cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cin- 

 cinnati, Cleveland, Newark, N. J., New Orleans, New York, 

 Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Rochester and San Francisco. In 

 New York there are three institutions and in Philadelphia 

 there are two. New York has four Jewish hospitals, and 

 Philadelphia has two. Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Den- 

 ver, New Orleans and San Francisco have each one. Homes 

 for the aged and infirm are found in most of the large cities. 

 Similarly, educational movements along philanthropic lines 

 are developing throughout the country. These include or- 

 ganizations such as the Hebrew Educational society of Brook- 

 lyn, the Hebrew Education society of Philadelphia, the Jew- 

 ish Training school of Chicago, the Hebrew Free and Industrial 

 school society of St. Louis, the Hebrew Industrial school of 

 Boston, the Clara de Hirsch home for working girls, the 

 Hebrew Technical school for girls, the Hebrew Technical insti- 

 tute, and the Baron de Hirsch trade school, the last four 

 being situated in the city of New York. The Maxwell street 

 Settlement of Chicago and the Neighborhood house in St. 

 Paul are under Jewish auspices. Cincinnati, Milwaukee and 

 Cleveland have Jewish settlements. In New York the educa- 

 tional alliance, the largest institution of its kind in the 

 United States, has within the past few years developed a set- 

 tlement with resident workers. 



Earlier in this paper reference was made to the fact that 

 much of the Jewish dependency in the United States and in 

 particular in the large cities is due to causes that are not in- 

 herent in the individual but are objective and not sub- 

 jective; in other words, are a product of his environment. Of 

 the million Jews in the United States nearly 600,000 reside in 



