Jews as they are / by Charles Kensington Salaman ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salaman, Charles Kensington, 1814-1901.

Contributor:

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews.

Physical Description:

viii, 314 p. ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Simpkin, Marshall, 1882.

Contents:

Jews as they are. A survey of noteworthy events marking Jewish progress during the past half-century, 1830-1880. A brief hsitorical survey of the practice of usury in ancient and modern times. The Jewish clergy in England. Sermon by the Rev. A. Löwy, preached at the consecration of the new synagogue, Bradford, Yorkshire

Dedication prayer delivered by the Rev. Dr. G. Strauss, Rabbi, PhD

Catalogue of Jewish sermons and lectures

A list of some of the chief Jewish clergy in England

Jewish conversion. The Mendelssohn family

Shylock, from a Jewish point of view. Various versions of the "Bond and point of flesh" incident in "The merchant of Venice," from the 12th century

"The Roman wager" (1585), from Gregorio Leti's Life of Sixtus V, the full text in the original Italian

An English version of the same

Addenda: persecution of the Jews in Russia. Russian atrocities (from The Times)

Letter from Mr. Serjeant Simon, MP, to The Times

The memorial from the London Committee of Jews to HIM the Emperor of Russia

The requisition to the to the lord mayor of London

The mansion house meeting, February 1 1882

Sermon by the Rev. W. Page Roberts

Sermon by the Rev. H. R. Haweis

Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Hermann Adler, delegate chief rabbi.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

Athenaeum copy: Handwritten on title page: "Recd May 24, 1882."

OCLC:

6654041