Letter from Judelsohn, J. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Sep 1884
- Title
- Letter from Judelsohn, J. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Sep 1884
- Date Created
- 25 September 1884
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- 3 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 3, Folder 8
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- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
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J. Judelsohn,
510 South Fifth Street.
P.O. Box 476, Philadelphia.
Sept 25/84
Rev S. Morais
City
Dear Sir
In order to prevent the in-terference of shortsighted, ignorant and prejudiced parties to disturb us in our movement, with the display that we are going to burden our charities with an Immigration and Labor Society, I found it necessary to publish a part of my yesterday[']s communic- ation to Geo L. Lyon Esq. Enclosed please find a cutting of today[']s Public Ledger.
Anyhow I intend to raise some money after we will be organized (from such parties
who never contributed a cent to the charities) and I can assure you on the contrary when we will have everything in running order that we will do with our labor bureau great assistance to the U.H.C. by getting employment for the poor and working able of this city[.]
Very resply
J Judelsohn
Public Ledger
Sept
25/84
Concerning the Movement to Organize a Jewish Immigration Society.-- Mr. J. Ju-delsohn, at whose instance the recent meet-ing to consider the project of organizing a permanent Jewish Immigration Society in this city was held, has written to Mr. Geo. L. Lyon, Hon. Secretary of the Jews' Emi-gration Society of London, England, giving an account of the progress of the movement here. He says:
"I am happy to state that the movement of the emigration affair is at present very strong in this city. But I am afraid that if the Hamburg Committee will continue sending hither companies of emigrants be- fore a regular organization to receive them and to provide work for them be effected, the kindly sentiments of our good men will be used up before any permanent good will be accomplished. It would, therefore, be advisable to stop sending emigrants to this port for a few months.
" I am persuaded," Mr. Judelsohn goes on to say, "that it will take but a very short time until our organization will be perfected in this city, to receive and provide work for our unfortunate brethren, the emigrants. Mr. Simon Muhr has already sent out an ap-peal to the Rabbis of this city, that they should with their influence lend assistance to the good cause. So also did Mr. Moses A. Dropsie, as well as Mr. Alfred T. Jones, the editor of the Jewish Record, promise to do all, that is in their power to establish an organi-zation with employment bureaus for our im-migrants.
"According to your letter of the 20th ult. I promised those gentlemen that they would get means to manage it from your Society, because we cannot expect to get means here at the beginning. The Jews of this city have to support the Jewish Hospital, Jewish Foster Home, Jewish Education Society, Young Men's Hebrew Association, the United Hebrew Charities of Philadelphia, and a few more kindred institutions, and we cannot expect to get means in this city to manage the Emigration Society with the Employment Bureau.
"Therefore please set yourself at corres-pondence after receiving this letter with Simon Muhr, Esq., 635 Chestnut street, and Moses A. Dropsie, Esq., 29 South Sixth street, Philadelphia, and explain that you are willing to co-operate with them, and that you are responsible for the expense which they have advanced from the funds of the Branch of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, as Mr. Dropsie is the President, and Mr. Muhr the Treasurer of that Society.
"In the meantime, I would beg you to communicate with the Committee of Ham-burg telling them to send no emigrants to this port until a regular organization be es- tablished here." - Identifier
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Part of Letter from Judelsohn, J. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Sep 1884
Judelsohn, J. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Judelsohn, J. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Sep 1884”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/87555