Letter from Jonas Bondi to Isaac Leeser;November 21, 1865

Title: Letter from Jonas Bondi to Isaac Leeser;November 21, 1865
Author: Jonas Bondi
Contributor: Isaac Leeser
Date Created: 21 November 1865
Location(s): Philadelphia
Format: Letter. 3 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).; Letter
Type: Letter
Language(s): English; Hebrew
Has Format: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3gm82514/manifest.json
Link to Colenda: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3gm82514
Physical Characteristics: Unlined Paper; Manuscript
Is Part Of: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries
content: Monday, 3rd of Kislev(Nov), 1865.
Dear friend:
Only on Friday did I come in possession of the “Occident”, and I am very thankful to you for the quite correct printing of the article. Nevertheless, I found mistakes in the printing and 2 which I note ? on the last of this letter which are quite serious, so that you will not make the same mistakes in the January issue. I must again dispense with a note or a judgment on your part — my health is quite affected. I can't work as much anymore. Is it any wonder? Sorrow, worry, andannoyances bend me low, me, the proud man, they bend downward. If it is possible, I shall send you, by the 20th, more of my work with which you will not have so much to occupy yourself.
In any event, I expect that you will translate the article completely for the January number. Secondly, to complete the introduction and send me the proof sheets betimes. I also want you toprint in the ? “Occident” myarticle in the “Jewish Messenger”.
And now a word in the open. “Open reproof is better than love in secret”. Your article about the ?, affected me most painfully, an for a double reason. For I respect and love you sincerely. First because the matter is criticised severely, secondly because the people are right. Through such impolite means, we shall never arrive at the goal. How is it possible that in a city like New York a board should be organized by 33 ignoramuses,- reverends and chazanim? Is there not the reform party correct when it pokes fun at the affair? The board in Philadelphia is fairly ? good, especially with such per-sonalities, but it, too, lacks a respectable leader. So, for God's sake, you continue your old horse in relation to the reformers. One must com-pletely ignore them, as if they did not exist, and stride ahead with re-ligious conservative ideas, conscious of the time. Thus independence will be developed. The articles must be made worthy. Would you perhaps like to print, in the January number, my German article? If so, I will send it to you, and my article will create a sensation. But I must say

that if you must continue my Hebrew article in the January issue, otherwise, I must ask you to send it back to me, since I want to have it printed in Europe in pamphlet form.
Did you forwars my letter to Jacob Friedman? I have received no answer from him. I beg of you to remind him.
Send me 50 copies of your small catechism bound.
I call your attention to the fact that I have moved my office to 117 Nassau Street, Room 10. Please send everything there.
With sincere respect,
Your loyal friend,
Jonah of the house of Bondi
I must also ask you to print my German articles either at the end or in an appendix. That is to your advantage, too.
Identifier: LSDCBx3FF4a_3
Date: 1865-11-21

Part of Letter from Jonas Bondi to Isaac Leeser;November 21, 1865

Jonas Bondi, “Letter from Jonas Bondi to Isaac Leeser;November 21, 1865”, 1865-11-21, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/67308