Children of the Ghetto: a Study of a Peculiar People
Children of the Ghetto: a Study of a Peculiar People
Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926
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"I have always maintained that the United Synagogue could be run as a joint-stock company for the sake of a dividend, and that there wouldn't be an atom of difference in the discussions if the councillors were directors. I do believe the pillars of the community figure the Millenium as a time when every Jew shall have enough to eat, a place to worship in, and a place to be buried in. Their State Church is simply a financial system, to which the doctrines of Judaism happen to be tacked on. How m...any of the councillors believe in their Established Religion? Why, the very beadles of their synagogues are prone to surrep- titious shrimps and unobtrusive oysters! Then take that institu- tion for supplying kosher meat. I am sure there are lots of its Com- mittee who never inquire into the necrologies of their own chops and steaks, and who regard kitchen Judaism as obsolete. But, all the same, they look after the finances with almost fanatical zeal. Finance fascinates them. Long after Judaism has ceased to exist, excellent gentlemen will be found regulating its finances." There was that smile on the faces of the graver members of the party which arises from reluctance to take a dangerous speaker seriously.
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