Some Thoughts on Judaism: Two Lectures Delivered May, 1879 Before the Y. M. H. A., San Franscisco (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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I °have often read in books of travel of a peculiarity of the residences of our co-religionists in those lands where religious persecution has not yet died out, and where the fear of the fanaticism of an ignorant multitude which ever and anon vent-s itself in the sacking of the Jewish quarter, yet haunts the minds of our brethren in faith. The peculiarity I allude to, is the striking contrast that exists between the exteriors and the interiors of the houses of Jewish families; the former frequently exhibiting a poverty and meanness utterly at variance with the wealth, the elegance, and the luxury disclosed within. Something very analogous to this will be experienced in our contemplation and examination of Judaism itself, which exhibits very different features as seen from without, and as seen from within. Different, if viewed even through a mental atmosphere clear of the mist and fog of prejudice; and how much greater must the contrast prove, when the exterior view is taken through the deceptive media of sectarian bigotry and hatred, through which it has been too frequently the custom of the world to regard it.

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