A modern exodus: a novel

A modern exodus: a novel

Not wishing my readers to be falsely impressed on perusing this novel, I wish to inform them that this is a story of the impossible, and is placed in the future for the sake of convenience. Were England other than she is, however, it would not be so impossible to issue such an edict as I have here introduced; and therefore it is a matter of congratulation and deep thankfulness to both Jew and Gentile that the attitude of our country towards her Jewish subjects is that of justice, toleration, and friendliness. At the same time, the poisonous seeds of anti-Semitism are so subtle and so easily instilled, that a warningeven in the form of fictionmay not be out of place. With regard to the practical side of the story, I claim the authors privilege of imagination; since this is not a treatise on Zionism, but merely a novel. It was the Day of Atonementthe Great White Fast. The principal synagogue in the West End of London was crowded from the doors to the Ark, and the heat was intense. Like a flock of frightened sheep, those Jewsand they were manywho ignored the claims of public worship for over eleven months at a stretch, rushed to the synagogue on this Holy Day in order to settle their accounts with an offended Deity, and obtain exemption from service for yet another year. This Day served as a test to prove whether a man of Hebrew birth clung to the Jewish faith or not; for if he retained the very smallest respect for the tenets of his religion, he would at least put in an appearance at the synagogue, and refrain from tasting food. However lax he might be throughout the year, on this Day he would try to make reparation, lest he should be struck off from the inheritance of Israel; for if he failed to observe Yom Kippur, he could no longer claimamongst his own peopleto be a Jew. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 68763
Author: Guttenberg, Violet
Release Date: Aug 16, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1904
Publisher Country: United Kingdom