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were Nahida Kt -my's " Culturstudicn tiber das 

 Judenthuin " (Berlin), Leroy Beaiilicu's " Israel 

 chez Irs Nations" d'aris), and Dr. Stt-in- 

 schnoidcr's " Hi-brew Translations of the Middle 

 Ages " (Merlin). 



At home, the year that has closed was marked 

 by no more surest ive event than the Coni;n-s 

 of Religions at the World's Fair. Both in this 

 and in the Jewish Denominational Congress, as 

 well as in the Jewish Women's Conference, the 

 Jews were represented by speakers and essayists 

 of force and ability. In the Congress of Re- 

 ligions papers were presented by Rev. Dr. 

 Gottheil on " Moses " ; Miss Josephine Lazarus, 

 " The Outlook for Judaism " ; Rev. Dr. Felsen- 

 thal, " The Sabbath in Judaism " ; Rv. Dr. E. 

 G. Hirsch and Rev. Dr. H. P. Mendes, " Ortho- 

 dox Judaism " ; Rev. Dr. I. M. Wise, " The 

 God Idea in Judaism." In the Jewish Women's 

 ('undress the chief papers were by Mrs. Helen 

 K. Weil, Miss Julia Richman. Mrs. Eva L. 

 Stern, Mrs. Pauline Rosenberg, Miss Ray Frank, 

 Mrs. L. Manhcimer, Miss Mary Cohen, Mrs. M. 

 D. Louis, Miss Lesem, Miss Henrietta Szold, on 

 subjects connected with Jewish history and 

 literature, and on philanthropic and economic 

 topics. At the Jewish Denominational Con- 

 gress the programme included the following 

 among its features: "The Synagogue and the 

 Church, and their Mutual Relations with Refer- 

 ence to their Ethical Teachings," K. Kohler, 

 New York; "Contributions of the Jews to the 

 Preservation of Sciences in the Middle Ages," S. 

 Sale, St. Louis ; " Popular Errors about the 

 .lews.'' Joseph Silverman, New York; "Ethics 

 of the Talmud." M. Mielziner, Cincinnati; "A 

 Concise Digest of the History of the Jews as far 

 as their Share in the Culture of the Various 

 Nations and Ages is concerned," G. Deutsch, 

 Cincinnati ; " A Jewish Department of the Chau- 

 tauqua." H. Berkowitz, Philadelphia ; " Religious 

 Education of the Jews in Modern limes," Max 

 Heller, New Orleans ; " Position of Woman among 

 the Jews," M. Landsberg, Rochester; "Athe- 

 ism," Ad. Moses, Louisville ; " Ethical Judaism : 

 What the World benefited by its Teachings," A. 

 Kohut, New York; "A History of the Educa- 

 tion of the Jews, both Public and Private," H. 

 Zirndorf, Cincinnati ; " Popular Lectures," 

 Adolph Raden. New York; "Reverence and 

 Rationalism," M. H. Harris, New York; "At- 

 titude of Judaism to the Science of Compara- 

 tive Religions," L. Grossmann, Detroit; "A 

 Review of the Messianic Idea of the Jews from 

 the Earliest Times to the Rise of Christianity," 

 J. Schwab, St. Joseph, Mo.; "The Historians of 

 Judaism of the Nineteenth Century," E. Schrei- 

 ber, Toledo, Ohio. 



At the sixth convention of the Central Con- 

 ference of Rabbis, held in Chicago, Aug. 23, 

 Rev. Dr. I. M. Wise presided, and the revised 

 prayer-book, a hymnal, and a union catechism 

 were subjects of debate. 



At the second annual session of the American 

 Jewish Historical Society, held in New York, 

 Dec. 27, the papers submitted were as follow : 

 Dr. Cyrus Adler, " Settlement of the Jews in the 

 Ohio Valley"; Rev. Henry Cohen, Galvt-ston. 

 "Settlement of the Jews in Texas": Rev. Dr. 

 B. Felsenthal, Chicago, 111., "History of the 

 Jews of Chicago," " What is the Exact Date 



of the Trial of Jacob Lumbrozo for Blan- 

 plirmy i" \ Sermon by Moses Mendelssohn, 

 translated into Knglish and printed One Hun- 

 dred and Thirty Years Ago." Concerning the 

 Jewish GongKflfttion in Surinam"; Mr. Herbert 

 Friedenwald, Philadelphia, "Jacob Isaac- and 

 his Petition to the House of Representatives 

 concerning the Conversion of Salt Water into 

 Fresh Water," "Letter of Jonas Phillips, of 

 Philadelphia, to the Federal Convention." .Me- 

 morials to the Continental Congress"; Prof. R. 

 J. II. Gottheil, " On a Manuscript Hebrew Trans- 

 lation of a Spanish Book on the Conquest of 

 Mexico and Peru " ; Dr. Charl<-s Gross, " Un- 

 published Documents from the Public Record 

 Office, London"; Mr. J. H. Hollander, Balti- 

 more, Md., " The Civil Status of Jews in Mary- 

 land, 1634-1776," "Sketch of Haym Salomon, 

 from an Unpublished Manuscript of Jared 

 Sparks"; Max J. Kohler, Esq., New York. 

 "Phases of Jewish Life in New York before 

 1800," " The Lopez and Rivera Families of New- 

 port"; George A. Kohut, New York, "Corre- 

 spondence between the Jews of Malabar and t he- 

 Jews of New York," " A Petition from the Jews 

 of Germany to Congress," " Some Jewish Wil Is " ; 

 N. Taylor Phillips. Esq., New York, " Family His- 

 tory of the Rev. David Machado," " Unpublished 

 Letters of the Rev. Gershom Mendes Seixas " ; 

 Mrs. Isabella H. Rosenbach, Philadelphia, 

 "Aaron Levy." . 



Among the new works of the year were Rev. 

 M. Fluegel's "Spirit of Hebrew Legislation," 

 Rev. L. Adler's "Sabbath Hours," Max J. Koh- 

 ler's edition of Judge Daly's The Jews of North 

 America," Prof. Abram S. Isaacs's " Stories from 

 the Rabbis," " Melodies of the Synagogue," 

 issued by the Jewish Women's Congress, and a 

 further installment of Dr. Jastrow's "Talmudic 

 Dictionary." The Jewish press has been in- 

 creased by additions in Richmond, Syracuse, 

 Boston, and Portland, Ore. 



The fiftieth anniversary of the Benai Berith 

 Order was appropriately celebrated in New York, 

 Philadelphia, and in other cities. Attempts 

 were made to organize young Israel by a Jewish 

 Endeavor Society, and Dr. Berkowitz began his 

 Jewish branch of the Chautauqua. Efforts were 

 made to establish a technical institute in Phila- 

 delphia, and, despite the financial panic, nearly a 

 million dollars was raised for the new Mount 

 Sinai Hospital, New York. The condition of the 

 Russian immigrants in New York caused much 

 solicitude, but no concerted attempt is made to 

 divert the stream from the metropolis. Some 

 idea of the extent of the work of the United 

 Hebrew Charities of New York may be gathered 

 from these statistics presented at the annual 

 meeting. There were 5,620 applications re- 

 quiring action, classed as local poor, and 3,770 

 Russian and Roumanian cases. In addition 

 there were 4,279 cases in the local department 

 and 525 in the Russian previously investigated 

 and again brought up. Transient relief was 

 also given to 697 persons who were not visit- 

 ed by any committee, but were investigated at 

 the office, and supplies were afforded to '2.714 

 similar cases; 4.177 persons were supplied with 

 transportation, and 4,432 found employment 

 through the agency of the society, making a 

 total of .").">. .'id!) persons who were assisted in various 



