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An Old Jewish Legend From Avignon.
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Today they had selected the Jew-
passed since there existed a large ess as their butt; they had spied her
Jewish Congregation at Avignon, the behind bosquets and they were
wldlom residence of Popes. The reverberant in t heir joy, because
Jews were huddled together in nar- such sport did not offer every day.
row, dirty quarters all the shores of It was an extraordinary opportun-
the Rhone and they risked their lives ity to laugh and have fun and per-
petrate mischief. Therefore, with-
when they emerged from them.
On a beautiful autumn's afternoon, out much ado, they surrounded the
poor
woman. teased her and made
a poor Jewish woman, on whose
wrinkled facial lines were written the sport of her in boys' fashion.
The
poor old treat ore, believing
grief and trouble that aged her pre-
maturely, ventured outside of the that she was in serious peril, sum-
ghetto to enjoy the benefit of the moned all her strength and ran as
sun's warm rays, because the high fast as she could to escape her
walls and narrow streets of the enemies. She jumped up and ran as
ghetto did not let the sun's beams fast as her legs would permit her
dispense to the'pitiable inhabitants the toward her home, at least she thought
she was taking that direction, but in
blessing of heat.
Hesitatingly and timidly did the her excitement she took the opposite
old woman move along, because she direction, followed by the noisy
had to expect every moment to be urchins who had been joined by a
recognized by the inimically disposed lot of street arabs, throwing stones at
inhabitants and to be tormented as her and calling I he out ention of the
a Jewess, but she reached the square veople passing by keeping up the
of the Papal residence without being cry, "Jewess, a Jewess!"
Of course, the way to the ghetto
molested.
She sat down upon one of the num- grew much longer, but the fear she
erous benches hid between bosquets, was in winged her steps; gradually
eyeing wistfully the life and bustle of she gained on her pursuers and the
the crowds of people looked with cry was growing fainter by the dis-
admiration at the well-dressed digni- tance increasing between her and
taries of the clituth entering and her enemies. She suddenly felt a
leaving the palace. She pictured her- stinging pan in her back, which de-
self the contrast between those prived her of all power to move
princes of the church who rode in further, and after making a vain ef-
magnificent coaches, in their gold fort to run further she dropped to
and silver embroidered vestments. he ground.
She considered herself already lost
beaming with health and vigor, and
d uttered piercing cries of lament
their unhappw co-religionists who rise
in the morning from their poor —when a young man, with a pale
couches sorrow-laden and careworn face and mild eyes, approached her
and retire at night with grief and nod inquired for the cause of her
pain at the terrible fate that weigh- distress.
Encouraged by the apparent kind-
ed them down, which, however, they
accepted with humility as coming by liness of her interrogator, she gained
the dispensation of an all-wise Goa. courage and related briefly the
"It must be so," she said to her- trouble she was in, begging him to
self, "God is gracious and just. He protect her, which he did without a
has given us such numerous proofs moment's hesitation. And, strange
of Ilt ;s love and mercy and apparent- enough, as if by magic, the howling
ly 11,,s withdrawn His hand from us, crowd dispersed at the sight of her
but surely has not abandoned us en- protector.
He did not go away after restoring
tirely!."
But oh! our sufferings are very, her courage, but tried to find the
very great, when will He at last take cause of the sudden collapse of the
poor woman and of the stinging pain
pity on us, and—?"
Suddenly her thoughts were inter- with which she was attacked. His
rupted by an exclamation which nude hands disappeared in the rags of the
her whole body shake and tremble: old woman and when he drew it
"A Jewess, a Jewess!" it echoed all forth he grasped one of those dis-
gusting insects which, in spite of
around her.
Those who raised that cry were all precautions, propagate in those
damp,
badly ventilated, squalid hov-
a lot of choir boys of the Papal
chapel, who hied their way to divine els, the plague of the inhabitants.
The
woman
uttered a cry of joy
service mornings and evenings and
who never missed their opportunity and relief when the pain stopped as
suddenly
as
it
had conic, and in a
to play a trick on those who were
sort of ecstacy she blessed her bene-
least able to defend themselves.
factor and protector, and prophesied
to him that God in heaven would re-
ward him sonic day with placing upon
his head the Papal tiara.
Then she hurriedly went home to
the ghetto and the adventure was
soon forgotten.
Years had passed by when one day
an extraordinary excitement kept the
population of the ghetto astir. The
visit of a high dignitary of the church
had been announced, and, of course,
all possible preparations were made
to receive him with becoming hon-
ors.
But to the surprise of all, the
richly caparisoned equipage, instead
of taking the road toward the custo-
mary meeting-...._..e of the congrega-
tion, was directed toward one of the
most dilapidated, tumble-downs, and
the Pope himself left the carriage and
stepped into the dwelling which re-
sembled a stabile more than a dwell-
ing place for human beings.
Followed by a lackey, the holy
father ascended the stairs and en-
tered a roost in the garret which was
exposed to wind and weather. Find-
ing himself face to face with an old
woman who tenanted the apartment,
he inquired with soft voice: "Do you
remember, brave mother, a young
ratan who many years ago protected
you against a crowd of wild boys and
who relieved you of a stinging in-
sect ?"
"Certainly, I do," replied the aged
woman, "of course I remember it; oh!
he was so kind."
"And do you remember the pro-
phecy which you made then?"
"He merited," continued the wom-
an quite confused, "the highest re-
ward, and I presaged that he would
one day ascend the l'apal throne."
"Well, then," resumed the holy
father, "your prophecy has been ful-
filled; it is the lope you are speak-
ing to, and I am the young man who
helped and assisted you! Confide to
me now, without fear and false pride,
your highest wish, and I swear is
shall be fulfilled if it is within human
power."
"Certainly, do I recognize you," re-
sumed the old lady, her eyes swim-
ming in tears; "but I am old, and
have probably but a few days of life
from
left and they will carry me to the
place from which there is no return.
However, if it is your sincere desire
to confer a benefit upon me, if it is
your sincere desire that I shall die in
peace then grant permission to my un-
happy co-religionists to leave these
miserable quarters, these lanes iti
which they choke, because air and
light cannot enter, and give them
leave to exchange them for better,
store money and more airy habita-
tions."
. "Your wish shell he fulfilled," re-
and
plied the Pope, and lie left the room
with tearful eyes.
Immediately after the return to his
palace, he issued an order which
granted permission to the Jews of
Avignon to leave their unhealthy
Rhone-quarters, and assigned to them
of the city as their quarter.
They lived there until the French
revolution broke out, and the name
"Jerusalem Place" is continued to
this day.
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Wallach presented this letter to they
executive committee of the Teachers'
Association of Aachen. This body by
a large majority demanded an apolo-
gy for the letter, and threatened Zim-
merman with expulsion front the
Teachers' Association. The general
membership of the Teachers' Associ-
ation of Aachen affirmed this decision.
As Zimmerman refused to withdraw
the remarks in his letter, be was ex-
pelled from the Association.
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This teacher, Wallach, has written
a religious test hook for Jewish chil-
dren and distributed some copies
among his friends. Zimmerman also
received one, and replied to his
friend. The reply was full of anti-
Semitic offense, and remarked that
Wallach wished to fool the children
into believing that the Jewish God is
a living God, whereas in reality, he
is a God of revenge.
and
For
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AACIIEN.—"Our dear Lord is not
Jewish but Christian; the Jewish God
is wicked: a God always seeking re-
venge." Thus proclaimed the anti-
Semitic teacher, Zimmerman, in a let-
ter to a colleague, Wallach.
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