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History of Jews in England.
By .1. LEFTWICH
Dr. II. 1'. Stokes gives a soberly
written account of the History of the
Jews in England. Ile starts by tell-
(Copyrighted, Jewish Corr :spondence Bureau, 1922.)
ing us that the "Jews came into F.ng-
Two books — one of considerable gin" the "Church of the Holy Sepal_ Ian1 with the
t which of
bulk with a high-flown title, The chre" the "Holy Tomb", the "Chapel
, a par with
ry", the Grotto of the Nativ- course puts the Jews on
Home of Fadeless Splendour", the of Calva
aristocratic families of England,
other named soberly and in matter-of- sty", and the like. And Mr. Whiffing- the
whose proud boast it is that they
fact fashion, "A Short History of the ham's concluding thought of the fu- „ came over with the Conqueror".
of Palestine is: "May the time •
Jews in England", the first a series of ture
conic when it will be possible for "There are, indeed, rumors," he con-
impressions jotted down, suggesting
tinues, "of their presence here now
Greek,
Latin, Armenian, Copt, Syrian, and then in Anglo-Saxon times; but
the work of a journalist, rather than
that of a maker of books, the second Anglican and Protestant, all accepting the evidence of this is too vague to be
a small carefully-written, concise, the central truths of Christianity, to accepted. William I. brought them
scholarly work—the one dealing with celebrate their worship round the Sil-- from Rouen and settled them in sari-
Palestine, the ancient home of the ver Star at Bethlehem and at the ous towns in his new dominions, and
Jewish people, the other with Eng- Sacred Tomb in Jerusalem!"
during his reign they gradually pros-
Tinged With Christian Feeling.
land, which has in our own generation
Inevitably, with such a viewpoint, pered. They were still num. favored
Inevitably,
assumed the duties of Mandatory for
by William II. Referring to a contro-
Palestine, and both books dealing with Mr. Whittingham's one chapter on the versy between some clerics and some
Jewish subject animated by the spirit Jews, too, is tinged with Christain 1 Israelites, the Red King is said to
feeling, and in his description of a I
of the Christian enthusiast.
have df eclare d: "By the face of St.
Mr. Whittingham, the author of the "seder", which he attended he cannot Luke, i the Jews overcome the Chris-
the Hans, he himself would become of
"Home of Fadeless Splendor" appears forbear mentioning that during stone
overwhilmed throughout by the sig- repetition of the words, "The
ir sect."
nificance of l'alestine to Christendom, which the builders have rejected is the D. r Stokes traces the history of the
and the greater part of his book is become the chief stone of the corner" ' Jews in England through the reigns
devoted to his visits and experiences it seemed to him "wonderful that none
, Il enr Y II ., Richa rd I .,
of Henry
of the Christian Holy Places and present should realise to whom' these I ! King
John I. and Ilenry II., the hitt' r
of prophesy alluded."
churches. One chapter of twenty odd words
Mr. Whittingham
quotes a state- of whom "was interested in them from
pages is devoted to the "Faith of Is-
a religious point of view, and in 1232
made to hint by 'Zionists in Jeru-
lam", the rest of the 380 pages is al- went
salem that the Zionist movement is in I established the "'bonus Conversorum"
most entirely given up to the "Way
for the reception of some who em-
of the Cross", the "Tomb of the Vir- "no sense religious, but national,! braced Christianity."
political and economic." There are
The favorable period started in the
many enthusiastic Zionists who are beginning of their settlement did not
not "practising" Jews, but who believe East long. "The accession of Richard
in Jewry as a nation", and that the ! I. was a landmark in the troubles of
home of the nation must be in Pales- Israel. The persecuting spirit spad
re
tine". "I was given to understand
throughout the country, a terrible
he proceeds, "that once a Jew always . ' ! slaughter, for instance, occurring in
LJUL1L
a Jew"; he might nut practise his Y"k*" After the death of Henry III.,
religion, he might be n freethinker ! his son succeeded him as Edward I.,
or he might even live the life of a and in his reign in the year 1290, long
Gentile, but unless he wilfully broke after the expulsion from Spain, MI
away and dishonored Judaism, he still order was issued for the expulsion of
remained a Jew and had the right Mr.
to , all Jews from England, and in the
share in Jewish privileges."
autumn of that year a compulsory
Whittingham quotes the statement but exodus took place, and so, after two
makes no comment on it. Altogether centuries and store, it became illegal
he expresses no definite views of his fur any uncoil% erted Israelite to s.
own on the question of the Jewish
be , loom in England. "Not from the
future in Palestine, " indeed,
days fo Edward I. till Cromwell's time
states that "politics do not come with- were Jews knowingly permitted to re-
in the scope of this book." Mr. Whit-.side in this realm." "The richest of
tingham describes a visit to the Jew- the Jews having embarked themselves,
ish colonies Hulda, Rehoboth and with their Treature, in a Tall Ship of
Rishon-le-Zion and he seems very great Burthen; when it was under sail
favorably impressed by the "clean,
Of and gotten down the Thames, towards
healthy young men in _flannels."
the Mouth of the River, beyond Quin-
Rishon-le-Zion, in particular, he t borough, the Master of it, confederat-
writes that it "had an air of great ing with sonic of the Stars, invented a
prosperity, the people looked content- stratagem to destroy them. And to
ed, the houses comfortable and well; bring the same to pass, commended
built and its general appearance that
of a flourishing suburb in an English to
cast till
Anchor,
and at rode
the same
time
the Ship
Low at water,
lay
provincial town." "In view of the upon the sands; and then, pretending
future of Palestine and its possibili-
ties", continues Mr. Whittingham, "a .to walk on Shore for his health and
visit to these colonies was a most in- Diversion, invited the Jews to go
teresting experience,. for they are a along
with him,
which
they, nothing
suspecting,
readily
consented
to; and
revelation of what could be done by ,
Christians and Moslems as well as continued there till the Tide began to
help in the way of funds, conic in again; which as soon as the
Jews, given
loans and land." Pother on he states Master perceived, he privily stole
that "what surprised me most was away, and was again drawn up into
the great difference between the Jews the Ship ashad been before concerted.
Rut the Jews, not knowing the Dan-
of Jerusalem and the Jews of the
colonies. Anaemic, dirty and idle as ger, continued to amuse themselves as
most of the former appear to he, the before. Till at length, observing how
latter are fine, healthy men obviously ,' fast the Tide came in upon them, they
lit and eager workers. . . . Where- crowded all to the ship side, and called
ever a colony has been planted the tut for Help. When he, like a Pro-
Arab in the neighborhood has become lane Villain, instead of giving them
more self-respecting and the Arab oil- Assistance, scoffingly made Answer
!ages for cleaner than those at a that they ought rather to call upon
Moses, by whose Conduct their
distant e."
Fathers past thro' the Red Sea, and
"The Faith of Islam."
In
another
chapter,
"The
faith
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!slain", Mr. Whittingham reports a of those rageing Floods which came
visit to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. in upon them; and so, without saying
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the first to convey the news to the were afterwards try'd for it, by the
! Justices Itinerant in Kant, convicted
Grand Mufti. "lie received the news " f Murder, and hang'd."
he relates, "with much disappoint- o Dr. Stokes writes interestingly of
anent, for he had hoped that under the the various aspects of Jewish life in
British Mandate all religious would the Pre-Expulsion Period, of the Re-
have received the same treatment , turn and R
Estimates Furnished.
Resettlement of the Jews in
and on another page he adds that „tie England in the ti
2301 1st Nat'l Bk. Bldg. Grand Mufti was anti-Zionist in feel-
r political and social
ing
for he objected
to his
country
be- me
Cromwell, por-
and
ing exploited
by a section
of the
the Jul
struggle
fo
of Rembrandt's
ti of
reproducon
ti-
Main 9115
n. There is a very be au
ing who were not Palestinians, hut' emancipatio
trait of :Ma nasseh Ben Israel which
who had come and were coming from
es as frontispiece.
all parts of Europe and from America
But the central note and the con-
—so much so, that in a few years t sery
eluding message of the book is that of
time foreigners might be in a maturity the Christian enthusiast, eager for
Mable Rowe'. Beauty Institute
among the population." Mr. Whit- Jewish conversions to Christianity.
tingham also paid visits on more than '
fuonder
and President
of the el "Moslem
et the following list of names" (of
one
occasion
to Aref Pasha
Dajain, "L
converts), he writes, "selected from
Shampoo, Manicur e, Massage, and Christian League", who stated to those closely connected with our own
Special Marcel, Permanent Wave him "that the Arabs would far rather land, tell its story: D'Aguilar, Bernal,
Gideon, Disraeli, Dupass, Pereira,
(lair Dressing and Cosmetics.
have the Turks restored to Palestine !Ricardo, Herschel,
Basevi, Uzzielli,
than see their beloved country handed Lopez,
6553 Woodward Ave., at Blvd.
erschel, Wolff, Alexander,
over
to
international
Jews",
and
to
Benoliel,
Bernard,
Sullivan,
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snlem, who alleged that the riots in Davidson, Ginsburg,
Edersheim,
Saph-
'
Jerusalem in Easter, 1920, had been
Stern, etc." And let it
Residence 3698 Garfield Avenue
that Sc-hor,
,
started by soldiers belonging to the ir. Flecker, liellmuth, Marks, Rosen-
Melrose 6296
'Jewish Legion' throwing
stones
an be noted that "there are over 250
ngham,
"of at the
Arab religious procession. "The spin- converted Jews, or sons fo such, or-
ions," adds Mr. Whitti s in Jerusalem gained clergymen in the Church of
three leading Moslem
cannot foil to be of interest. I was England,
and
than double
that
number in
the more
Noncomformist
bodies
amazed
to find
such and
wonderful
onan- at home, in the Continental Churches,
imity among
them
other Moslem
and in America."
with whom I discussed the subject. ,t
Dr. Stokes refers briefly in his last
D
UESDAY is •
With whom are the sympathies of chi p ter to the Mandate given to the
good day to eat
the author? It is impossible to say. British
sh Government for Palestine, and
at KARSTEN'S.
Most probably he does not know him- appears if anything to he somewhat
The other good
self. He has hardly troubled to make' disturbed at its possibilities. "It is
shy. are Wed-
up his mind about it. For the whole too early to speculate,' he writes,
nesday, Thurs-
question
uestion concerns hi monly by the "what will he the future of this in
in-
day, Friday,
way.
ay. Palestine is to him, the land
Saturday, Sun-
which has felt the "Presence" and he remembered
teresting movement,
but
when it of
is
that
the
population
day and Mon-
is one of the "Pilgrims" who "cam e Palestine contains 80 per cent Mos-
day. Woodward
in their thousands, not because there
'
9
per
cent
Christians
and
only
at Clifford.
was anything to see in Palestine, but' lems
n per cent Jews, it is evident that
because of the Presence' If any - there will be need for the greatest
thing, his main fear seems to be of a
"Palestine turned into an up-to-date ' wisdom and impartiality, if the rights
country, with Jericho as a winter re- ' of every race and every creed are to
sort, Hermon the delight of mountain- be respected." And again, in his very
eers, the Lake of Galilee for anglers, last words, Dr. Stokes returns to his
swimmers and rowing-men, and Ti- central theme, to his dominating
berias a fashionable rendezvous
for thought:
"We Christians
wish that
cure"
shared with
us the knowledge
these who cannot do without a cur
of promises fulfilled in the Person of
There
here is an interesting
foreword
by our Lord Jesus Christ and the certain
Major-General
Sir Arthur
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