Trouble in 18th Century New Orleans
Related in Jewish Archives' Brochure
of unspecified causes, and the offi-
cials resolved nothing to anyone's
satisfaction.
France lost the war to Britain,
but it was not until 1803 that Loui-
siana became part of the young
United States. One hundred years
after the Black Code was promul-
gated, says Dr. Jacob R. Marcus,
Archives director, the first Jewish
congregation met informally in
New Orleans. Four years later, it
opened its synagogue, a testament
to the resilience of Louisiana
Jewry and to the spirit of freedom
that Americans had brought to the
one-time anti-Jewish French de-
pendency.
Friday, November 8, 1968-17
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israeli Exports to Australia Over $2 Million in 1968
MELBOURNE (JTA) — Israeli
exports to Australia have exceeded'
$2,000,000 during the first seven
months of 1968, J. Gordon, consul
for economic affairs, told the
Israel-Australia chamber of com-
merce here. Two thousand tons of
Israeli phosphates, first shipment
of its kind to Australia, reached
'here aboard the Zim Lines' cargo
motorship Tappuz.
The "Texel Affair," involving ordonnateur and then freed by
the governor. The struggle went
French colonial officials in the 18th
back and forth, with the antagon-
Century Louisiana and the Jewish
Gossip: Sociologists on a mean
ists exchanging charges of bri-
mariner they used as a pawn in
and petty scale.—Woodrow Wilson.
their power struggle, is the pivotal
bery and trading with the enemy.
Complaints reached Paris and
incident in a new publication issued
by the American Jewish Archives: the King.
Thinking of a new Cadillac?
The little-known episode is re-
Citing the Black Code clauses on
counted in detail in "Commerce Jews, the ordonnateur used Arias'
For Personalized Service Call
and Contraband in New Orleans Jewishness against him and against
During the French and Indian the governor who wanted to en-
War," by A. P. Nasatir and James courage the trade which parlemen-
R. Mills.
taires brought to beleaguered
The authors document how the Louisiana. The governor countered
Jewish David Dias Arias, a British by accusing his rival of selling and
subject from Jamaica, sailed into buying at personal profit and at
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war-isolated New Orleans expect- high cost to the colony's welfare
24600 Grand River Nr. 7 Mile
ing a friendly welcome for his vital and military security. Arias died
cargo of food, munitions and trade
goods, and how, instead, he died in
the center of a career-wrecking in-
trigue.
Their monograph, seventh in a
continuing series published by the
Archives on the Cincinnati campus
of the Hebrew Union College-Jew-
ish Institute of Religion, also de-
scribes the precarious position of
Jews in Louisiana up to the French
and Indian War, 1756-1763.
When the Black Code govern-
ing slaves was issued by the
French Crown in 1724, two claus-
es banning Jewish residents from
Catholic-French Louisiana were
included. T h e reason the code
a repetition of a 17th Century
order expelling the Jews from
the French West Indies. The
anti-Jewish clause was enforced
or ignored according to the col-
ony's needs, and there is ample
evidence of a continuing Jewish
presence there in the years of
the Anglo-French war which be-
gan in 1756.
Most of these Louisiana Jews
came from Jamaica to trade.
Documents show that, in all prob-
ability, there were at times enough
of them to hold services, although
the first synagogue was not built
until 1828. ,
David Dias Arias was such a
ICNSIIA
Jew. In March 1759, he sailed his
ship, the Texel, into New Orleans,
and into trouble. The Texel was a
cup 'boiling lister
"parlementaire," a British ship
1 cup lAckviiest groats 1, t egg
carrying French prisoners for re-
1 tablespoon cooking tat
patriation under an international
1/2 teas]'
agreement characteristic of colo-
1/2. teaspoon paprika,
nial wars in the New World. Al-
groats, salt, paprika, and egg.
though nominally an enemy ship, it
was allowed to carry cargo for sale
the
ly casserole in soderate over
Cover (350n.)
and
Sake
in gcosed
in the prisoners' home port. Pre-
Iii%
thoroutat
and, tat.
vious parlementaries had been well
litter
received in New Orleans and their
nitnxtes. Serves li to Ss
until brow. air in
captains had profited from the
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trade with the tightening of the
return to oven for
British blockade of France, on
which the Louisiana colony was
utterly dependent.
What Arias did not know was
that the governor and the ordon-
nateur, equally powerful civilian
officials in New Orleans, were
fighting for primacy. Arias' ship
and cargo were seized by the
TOMMY MUM
KLETT CADILLAC
You
want
to make
kasha,
make kasha.
Arab Israeli Exports
to Be Subsidized
(Direct JTA Teletype wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM—Exports from oc-
cupied territories to Jordan will be
subsidized at a rate of up to 10
cents per dollar according to the
type of goods, it was announced
Tuesday. The rate is the same as
those applied to exports from Is-
rael.
At home, do it. Not in the office. Why take a nice, simple, large,
impressive office and turn it into a nightmare? Turn it over to
Silver's design staff. They'll put everything right where it goes.
Just the right touch of this and that. They'll plan the room,
order everything, put it together for you. Right down to the
last credenza. Right down to the last paper clip. You'll like it.
You'll like them. They're capable and efficient and they don't
say thing like"a well-designed office is in the recipe for success:
Via Camel Express?
It took the Amman post office
seven months to decide how to
deal with a Detroit letter addressed
to the World Zionist Organization
in Jerusalem: the letter was re-
turned, unopened.
The United Hebrew Schools li-
brary sent its letter in April.
Somehow, it was rerouted to Am-
man. This week, it was back in the
UHS library with the information
Stamped: Return to Sender. Deliv-
ery Prevented Because of Enemy
Occupation of Jordan (sic) terri-
tory.
P.S. The letter went air mail.
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