JEWS

descendants of Abraham, origimex! called Hebrews, then Israeli tes, and ncent, | finally Jews on their return from captivity. Pa ‘after | was ble e Viceon to Isaac: thence $0 Sandie anaes atid 3, and | descended the Cee ae ancestors er the | of the tribes. J found a home for > does | his kinsmen in Esypt, whence Moses e was| led their descendants to Canaan, the: Promised Land. This land was con- 5” a | quered Joahus and administered by These | judges till the days of Saul. Their caponted | Uvity in pees their return a ort of | leave and rule by governors, as antics | Ezra and Nehemiah as towards which | the end of Old Testament. Their g the | Subsequent history is that of Jerusalem. King | The Jews are now @ scattered race, ick of a about 6,000,000 in Europe. z of | The mention of Mendel ohn, Rubenstein, irvire } Heine, and Meyer beer indicates the Jewish ealth.| Wealth of genius, yet the Jews have ty of | Sene rally bee eee The French, ic re- | after the Revolution, were the first to treat joned | ‘em on terms of equality, but it was ining | 80% until 1858 that we finally removed all “ation | the disabilities of the Jews, as citizens, with | OY ing the doors of Parliament to and | #°Y io who could secure his election. eral’ | _ [s. 185]