INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Ab, Fast of; Hymn for, 220 ff.

Abraham, 23, 52;

and Toleration, 306.

Achad Ha’am, 79.

Acorn, Parable of, 303.

Addir Hu, 210.

ADON OLAM, 190, 193 ff., 338.

Adversity, meeting, 297.

Ahasuerus, 264.

Akabya ben Mahalalel, 292, 300.

Akdomus, 213.

AKIBA, RABBI, 135, 290, 291, 307.

Alexander the Great, 304‒5.

Am-Haaretz, 99.

AMERICA, The Jew in, 44‒5, 95‒6, 176.

Ammon, 128.

Anger, 8, 9.

Animals, kindness to. See Cattle.

Antiochus Epiphanes, 124, 257.

ANTI-SEMITISM, 37‒9, 178‒82; 30, 107, 131, 157, 165, 169, 175, 185, 326;

‘Higher anti-Semitism’, 37, 60;

See Persecution, Suffering, Pogrom.

Antoninus, Emperor, 313.

Apion, 77.

Apostasy, 5, 15.

Aristotle, 193.

Asceticism, 250.

ASSIMILATION, 119‒20.

Assyrians, 223.

Athens, 42, 134, 172.

ATONEMENT, Day of, 160, 226, 235 ff.

Auto-da-fé, 157, 162, 167, 170.

Babylon, 125, 186.

Barcelona, Massacre at, 167.

BARMITZVAH, 18.

Baroka, Rabbi, 302.

Belief, and Duty, 22.

See Faith.

Ben Azzai, 290.

Ben Sira, 325.

Bernard of Clairvaux, 81.

BIBLE, 57‒63, 137‒40;

in England, 42, 171;

Book of the Ages, 59, 75, 137;

Epic of the world, 57, 59, 138, 213;

in Education, 139;

and Democracy, 140, 143, 159;

and Israel, 5, 57‒60, 131, 132, 140, 157, 185, 308, 336;

the interpretation of, 63, 327;

and Literature, 137, 138, 154, 336;

Reverence for, 140.

Versions: English, 61, 62, 171;

Greek, 60, 61;

Jewish, 60‒3.

BLOOD LIBEL, 100, 181.

Body and soul, 20;

parable of, 313.

Bones, Valley of Dry, 121.

Bontzye Shweig, 109 ff.

Book of Life and Death, 226.

Books, Jews’ Love of their, 162.

Britain, 42, 43, 91, 96, 125.

BROTHERHOOD, 244.

See Responsibility.

BROWNING, Robert, quoted 79.

Burden, Sharing the, 25.

Burgos, massacre at, 167.

Caligula, Jews refuse divine honours to, 77.

Cattle, 144, 304, 335.

CEREMONIAL, 23, 216.

See Symbols, Custom.

CHANUKAH, 259, 263.

CHARITY, 31‒3; 7, 27, 286, 288, 306.

Chazan, 161.

Cheder, 37.

CHILDREN, 70;

merit of, 198;

torn from parents in Portugal, 168;

love for, 281.

Chillul Hashem, 322.

Christianity and the Jews, 166 ff.

Christians, early, 181.

CITIZEN, Jew as, 173, 183.

See Patriotism.

CITIZENSHIP, British, 96.

Civilization, Jews as Pioneers of, 135, 172, 174.

‘Cleanliness next to godliness’, 282.

Columbus, 86.

Commentaries, of a nation, 157.

CONDUCT, Rules of, 7‒9, 19‒21, 292.

‘Confession’ by Gabirol, 238.

Consciousness, Jewish, 119.

Conversion of Jews, 107, 168, 178.

See Proselyte.

Cordova, massacre at, 167.

‘Corpses, Last in the desert’, 123.

Counsel, good. See Conduct, Jewish.

Courage of the Jew, 5, 106.

Courtesy, 8, 9.

Cradle song, 12.

CREED, Jewish, 22, 23.

See Belief, Faith.

Crescent and Cross, 166.

Crucifixion, 170.

CRUSADES, 163.

First Crusade, 80;

Second Crusade, 81.

CULTURE, What is? 16.

Custom in Religion, 217.

See Ceremonial.

Cyrillus, 174.

Cyrus, 125, 126.

Dante, 341.

David, 147.

DEATH, 240‒2 and 298‒301; 160, 285 ff., 309 ff., 344.

See Kaddish.

Dedication. See Chanucah.

Deeds, the Best Commendation, 292, 303.

Deluge of Fire, Legend of, 46.

DEMOCRACY and Bible, 140, 143.

Deronda, Daniel, 161, 173.

Destiny. See Free-will.

Dietary Laws, 212.

Dogmas, Judaism and, 24, 25.

East End of London, Jew of, 177.

Ecclesiastes, 155.

Eden, Gates of, 326.

Edom, 128.

EDUCATION, Religious, 13, 324.

See also Bible, Law, Torah.

Egypt, 135, 186;

and Israel, 143;

drowning Egyptians, 210.

Eleazar ben Azaryah, 19.

Elizabeth, Queen, 171.

EMANCIPATION OF JEW, 35‒6, 92‒3;

Macaulay on, 172.

Enemy, Love of, 8.

ENGLAND, 41‒3; 94, 96; 125, 130;

Elizabethan, 16, 171;

resettlement of Jews in, 91;

and Zionism, 125.

ESTHER, 156, 264 ff.

Eternity, Jew the emblem of, 136;

Time and, 301.

ETHICS, Jewish, 5, 7‒9, 32, 293‒5.

Evening Prayer. See Prayer.

Evil inclination, 5, 22.

Exile, 37.

Exodus, the. See Passover;

from Spain. See Spain.

Ezra, 125.

FAITH, 219; 3, 342.

Family. See Home.

‘Famous Men, Let us now praise’, 28.

FATHERS, Merit of, 198.

Fight for religion, 5, 262.

Fire, Deluge of, 46.

Fishes, Akiba’s Parable of, 307.

Forgiveness, 39, 234, 237, 249.

Folk-song, Russian-Jewish, 323.

FREEDOM, 143, 144; 42, 340.

Feast of. See Passover.

FREE-WILL, 276; 226, 235‒6, 290.

Gabiha, 286.

Gates of Eden, legend of, 326.

GHETTO, 10, 157, 174;

in London, 177;

in New York, 341.

‘Glory, Hymn of’, 268.

GOD, 193‒7;

and man, 70, 228, 283, 290;

Kingship of, 120, 228‒9;

love of, 25, 243;

the fear of, 5, 6, 13, 20, 234, 287;

trust in, 50;

servant of, 266‒7;

work of, 274.

Godliness, 282.

Good and evil, 274.

Good inclination, 5, 243.

Gratitude, 289.

GREECE, 133; 16, 186.

Greeks and Jews, 64, 68.

Gulf Stream, comparison to, 44.

Hadrian, 179, 223.

Haham of York, 84.

Halevi, Heine on, 342.

Haman, 264.

Hanina ben Dosa, 19, 292.

Hannah and her seven Sons, 256.

HARVEST FESTIVAL, 252.

Health, preservation of, 20.

‘Hebrew, I am an’, 4.

HEBREW LANGUAGE, 13‒16, 141, 324;

in public worship, 14;

key to Israel’s treasures, 15, 119;

a holy language, 16.

Hellenism, 4.

See Greece, Greeks.

Hellenistic Judaism, 15.

HEREDITY, Obligations of, 30.

HERITAGE, Israel’s, 27.

Hero, the true, 288.

Herzl, 334.

HILLEL, 290‒1; 158, 218.

HISTORY, JEWISH, 73 ff.;

importance of Jewish, 75, 128.

HOLINESS, 282; 134, 201.

HOME, Jewish, 10 ff., 177, 202, 339, 341.

Homer, 137.

Honour, 30, 292.

HUMANITY, a united, 48, 49;

and Israel, 68, 131;

and Prophets, 67, 68, 151, 328;

protection of, aim of Jewish Law, 144, 335.

See Messianic Hope.

Humility, 284; 192, 248, 281, 287, 293.

Ibsen, 98.

Idolatry, 8, 23, 291.

Immorality, cardinal sin of, 291;

purity of life, thought, and action, 282.

IMMORTALITY, 300, 301, 316; 286, 344;

shared by righteous of all faiths, 26;

of Israel. See Israel.

INQUISITION, 167.

Intermarriage, 322.

Ishmael Rabbi, 253.

ISRAEL, antiquity of, 174;

brotherhood of, 196, 244‒5;

and Greece, 64, 133‒4;

heart of mankind, 74;

and humanity, 3, 16, 67, 68, 128, 131, 135;

immortality of, 52 ff., 120‒1, 128, 136, 185‒6, 340;

loyalty of, 308;

martyrdom of, 5, 39, 54‒5, 76, 82, 97, 106, 168;

mission of, 3, 4, 23, 24, 48, 65, 120, 128, 131‒2, 135, 207 ff.;

and the nations, 133, 134, 186;

people of revelation, 64, 132;

preservation of, 3, 4, 11, 22, 28, 119, 120, 340;

St. Jerome on preservation of, 185;

and Rome, 77 ff., 133‒4;

and the Sabbath, 203;

and the Torah, 64, 307;

and Woman, 10, 11;

witnesses of God, 3.

ISRAELITE, responsibility of each, 6, 30, 35, 244, 322.

Ivan the Terrible, 178.

JACOB, RABBI, 316.

Jeremiah and Jewish patriotism, 90.

JERUSALEM, 134, 185, 223;

the ‘Old People’s Rest’ at, 34.

JEW, What is a? 135; 21;

and Bible, 56‒64;

the misunderstood of history, 65, 326;

and Greek, 66;

heroism of, 66, 78, 79;

and scholarship, 99;

and non-Jew, 9, 25, 26;

as citizen, 176;

of East London, 177;

duty of every, 3, 4, 35.

See Israel, History, Patriotism, Learning, &c.

Jewels, story of, 305.

Jewish question, 93.

Job, Book of, 155.

Johanan ben Zakkai, 218, 287.

JONAH, Book of, 152 ff.

Jordan, The Watch on the, 177.

JOY, Religious aspect of, 250, 252 ff., 302.

Judah the Prince, 292, 313.

JUDAISM, 21, 23, 24, 65;

a life, 21, 92;

its obligations, 21;

original truth of, 25, 197;

and daughter religions, 79;

and the times, 218‒9;

and original sin, 197;

and peace, 48‒9;

connected with Jewish nation, 24;

a positive religion, 23;

revival of, 119;

consciousness of, 259‒61.

See Israel, Mission;

dogmas of, see Dogma.

Judea, New, 128.

Justice, sacredness of, 32, 93, 133, 134, 328;

faith and, 342.

KADDISH, 160, 199 ff.

Kiddush Hashem, 282, 322.

Kieff, Blood Libel in, 181.

Koran, 137.

Lamdan, 99.

Language, Hebrew. See Hebrew.

LAW, JEWISH, and humanity, 69, 144, 335;

study of, 5, 293;

and Israel’s immortality, 128.

See Torah.

Law of Nations, 46.

Lazarus, Emma, Lucien Wolf on, 334.

LEARNING, Israel and, 162, 169, 177.

See Torah.

Lecha Dodi, 203.

LEGENDS, Talmudic, 302 ff.

Liberty, and the Jew, 135, 209, 285.

LIFE, Paths of, 7 ff.;

the right, 273;

the dedicated, 289;

consists of deeds, not years, 303, 344;

life and death, 310, 344.

Light in darkness, 298.

Light, Sabbath, 201, 339;

kindling the, 202.

Lisbon, Auto-da-fé, 170.

LITERATURE, Jewish, 61, 71, 336;

classic, and the prophets, 68.

LITURGY, superiority of Jewish, 160;

George Eliot on Jewish, 161;

and prayers for the Dying, 160;

poetry and, 140.

See Prayer.

Litvack, 230.

London, the Jew of East, 177.

LOVE, of God, 20, 25, 212;

to our neighbour, 39.

Loyalty to faith and country, 40‒1.

See Patriotism.

Lulav, 251.

Maccabaeus, Judas, 223.

MACCABEES, 124, 218, 257 ff., 262.

Mahomet, 57.

MAN, What is? 314;

half angel, half brute, 275;

and God, 290, 318, 319;

and Nature, 328;

his descent and destiny, 197, 300;

his three friends, 311;

his work for future, 303;

Jewish great men, 74.

Manasseh ben Israel, 73.

Manners, good. See Conduct.

Marriage, 8, 11, 322.

Martinez, Hernando, 167.

MARTYRDOM, Jewish, 76, 82, 168.

Mattathias, 257.

Mediation between man and God. See God.

Meekness. See Humility.

Meir, Rabbi, 308‒9.

MENORAH, 259 ff.

Merciful God. See God.

Merit of the Children, 198.

MERIT OF THE FATHERS, 198.

MESSIANIC HOPE, 23, 48, 49.

Methodius, 174.

Middle Ages, Jew of. See Jew.

Mishnah. See Talmud.

Mission of Israel. See Israel, Messianic Hope, Zionism.

Missionaries, Christian in China, 181.

Mitzvah, 216.

See Ceremonial.

Moab, 128.

Modin, 257.

Money, 306, 311.

Monobaz, King, 306.

MONOTHEISM, 28, 196, 197.

Moors of Spain, 166 ff.

Moral Foundations, 151.

Mordecai, 264 ff.

MOSES, 35, 120, 143 ff., 146, 289;

and Israel, 64‒6;

and Art, 66.

Mother, The Jewish. See Woman.

Murder, 291.

Myrtles, Palms and, 251.

Nation, Jewish. See Zionism.

National consciousness. See Consciousness, Jewish.

Nationalism, and the Torah, 127.

NATIONS, Israel and the, 130 ff., 186.

Nature and Man, 328.

Nazarenes, 159.

Neighbour, love of, 291.

Nemirov, Rabbi of, 230, 342.

New Moon, 205.

Newport, Hebrew Congregation and George Washington, 95;

Hebrew cemetery at, 175.

NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, 226 ff.

Nicholas, Czar, 107‒8.

Nineveh, repentance of the men of, 152.

NOBLESSE OBLIGE, 30.

NON-JEWS AND FUTURE LIFE, 26.

Norwegian and Yiddish, 98.

Original Sin, 197.

Original Virtue, 198.

Orscha, massacre at, 330.

PAIN, the Mystery of, 296;

a discipline, 296, 297, 344.

PALESTINE, as a Jewish National Home, 184;

the British Declaration on, 125 ff.;

restoration to, 120.

Palm-Branch, 251.

Pantheism, 23.

Pappus and Rabbi Akiba, 307.

Parables and legends, Talmudic, 302 ff.

Parents, duties towards, 19.

PASSOVER, 163, 207 ff.;

in Old Russia, 100;

and liberty, 285, 340;

the Seder, 206‒7.

Paths of Life, 7 ff.

PATRIOTISM, 35, 40‒1, 183.

See Citizen, Jew as.

Peace and Judaism, 48‒9.

People of the Book, 57.

Peloponnesian War, 42.

PENTECOST, 211 ff.

Pericles, 42.

PERSECUTION, 97, 166‒70, 178‒80, 285, 340.

See Pogrom, Israel.

Persians, 186.

Peter the Hermit, 164.

PHARISEES, 159.

Philo on Prayer, 189.

Pleasure, worldly, 312.

See Asceticism, Joy.

Pluralism, 23.

Poets, Poetry, 147;

folk-song, 323.

POGROM in Russia, 100‒5, 330.

See Persecution.

Polytheism, 4.

POOR, 33, 140, 288;

Jewish, 33, 177.

Popes, repudiate Blood Libel, 181.

Portugal and the Jews, 90, 166 ff.

Posterity, duty to, 303.

Praise of God’s works, 189.

PRAYER, 160, 161, 189 ff.;

Philo on, 189;

and Tears, 285.

See Liturgy.

Preservation of Israel. See Israel.

Pride, 281, 285.

PROPHETS, the Hebrew, 67‒8, 151, 328.

Proselytes, 26, 27, 136.

See Conversion.

Providence, 3.

PSALMS, The, 147 ff.

PURIM, 264‒5.

Quakers, 181.

RABBIS, Work of the, 69‒72.

Rashi, 327.

Rebecca (Ivanhoe), 141.

Redeemer, God as, 39, 193.

REJOICING OF THE LAW, 254 ff.

RELIGION, 13, 282;

and morality, 215;

and Education, 13, 324;

custom in, 217;

fight for, 262;

and science, 195;

and Zionism, 127‒8.

REPENTANCE, 5, 22, 226, 243, 278, 288.

Resignation, 308‒9, 315.

RESPONSIBILITY, Jewish, 6, 30, 35, 244, 322.

Resurrection, 286.

See Immortality.

Revelation and Israel, 64, 132, 336.

Revival, Israel’s, 122.

See Israel.

Richard I, and the Jews, 83.

RIGHTEOUSNESS, 67 ff., 134, 328.

Romanoffs, Under the, 106.

ROME AND ISRAEL, 4, 77 ff., 133‒4, 186, 223.

Rousseau, 173.

RUSSIA, Jew of, 97, 99, 100, 101 ff., 178‒80, 323, 330 ff.;

Olive Schreiner on the, 177.

SABBATH, 12, 27, 144, 201 ff., 339.

Sage, Jewish, 34.

Saintliness. See Holiness.

Salvation, secured by conduct, 25.

SCHOLARSHIP, Jewish, 162; 16, 17, 99.

Science and Judaism, 195.

Scripture, interpretations, 63.

See Bible.

Scroll of the Law, 214.

SEDER, the, 206, 163.

Self-denial. See Dietary Laws.

Selfishness, 158, 290.

Self-reliance, 158, 290.

SELF-RESPECT, Jewish, 36.

Selichoth, 230.

Sepher Torah, 214.

Servant of God, 266, 285.

Service of God, joyous, 253;

the morning, 190‒1.

Service of Synagogue. See Liturgy, Synagogue, Prayer.

Shakespeare, 90.

Shame, 287.

Shammai, 253.

SHEMA, 24, 196.

Ships, Parable of the two, 310.

Shofar, 227.

SHYLOCK, 90.

Sick, visiting the, 7.

SIMCHAS TORAH, 254 ff.

SIN, 235, 282;

Original Sin, 197.

Sincerity, 295.

Slaughtering, Ritual, of Animals, 178.

SLAVERY, Spiritual, 36, 79, 123.

Social Justice, 133, 134.

SOLDIER, THE JEWISH, 41.

Song of the Three Children quoted, 165.

Soul, 20, 197, 240;

Soul and body, 313.

South Africa and the Russian Jew, 177.

SPAIN, Expulsion from, 86‒8, 166‒9.

Speech, 20.

Spiritualism, the real, 198.

STUDENT, the Jewish, 17, 162.

Superstition, 10.

Symbols. See Ceremonies.

Sympathy, 32.

SYNAGOGUE, the, 14, 161 ff.

See Prayer, Liturgy.

TABERNACLES, 250 ff.

TALMUD, 69 ff.;

sayings from, 285 ff.;

parables and legends, 6, 302 ff.;

study of, 17, 34;

burning of the, 156, 162.

See Index of Sources.

Tarphon, Rabbi, 318.

Temple, 172, 185, 218, 291.

TEN COMMANDMENTS, 215.

Tephillin, 216, 341.

TIME AND ETERNITY, 301.

Times, Judaism and the, 218.

Toledo, massacre at, 167.

TOLERANCE, 25 ff., 136, 160, 306;

Jew, emblem of, 136, 306.

TORAH, meaning of, 17;

student of, 17;

and Israel, 127, 128, 307.

See Law, Bible.

TORAH, SEPHER, 214.

Torquemada, 166;

a new, 179.

Tragedy of Assimilation, 119.

Transcendentalism of God, 193.

TREASURES, earthly, 304;

heavenly, 306.

Trust in God, 50, 204, 239.

TRUTH, 8, 20, 272, 284.

UKRAINE, multi-massacres in, 331.

Uprightness, 20.

UNITY OF GOD. See God, Shema.

UNIVERSALISM, Jewish, 25, 26, 69, 158, 210, 306.

Valentia, massacre at, 167.

Versions of the Bible. See Bible.

Vedas, 137.

‘Veteran of History’, 30.

Virtue, Original, 198.

Voltaire, 173.

WAR, the Great, 46, 47.

War Graves Commission, 325.

Warrior, Jew as, 41.

WASHINGTON, George, and the Jews, 95‒6.

WATCH ON THE JORDAN, 117.

WEEKS, FEAST OF. See Pentecost.

White Garments on Day of Atonement, 236.

WICKED, thoughts of, 277;

repentance of, 278.

Widow, duty to, 8.

Wife. See Woman.

WILL, freedom of, 276, 328.

WISDOM, 19, 158, 270, 281, 284;

true, 317;

the wise and foolish, 280‒1.

Witness, Israel as. See Israel.

WOMAN, Jewish, 8, 10‒12.

Words, ill, 8, 9;

multiplying, 20.

Work, 20, 318.

Works, good, 311.

Worship, Public. See Liturgy, Synagogue.

Yahrzeit, 199.

YIDDISH, 98;

Cradle song, 12;

folk-song, 323;

literature, 333.

Yogi, Jewish, 34.

YOM KIPPUR. See Atonement, Day of.

YORK, Jews of, 83‒5.

Youth, its opportunities, 5;

its obligations, 18‒21.

Zechut Abot. See Original Virtue.

ZEDAKAH, 31, 32.

See Justice, Charity.

Zerubbabel, 124.

ZION, Halevi’s Ode to, 220.

ZIONISM, 117‒28, 183, 184, 334;

and religion, 127‒8.

Zohar, 34.

Zunz, 35.

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