Chapter XLIV

PRESENT CONDITIONS. THE NUMBER AND THE DISPERSION OF JEWS
IN AMERICA. CONCLUSION.

Dispersion of the Jews over the country and its colonial
possessions――The number of Jews in the United States about
three millions――The number of communities in various States――
The number of Jews in the large cities――The number of the
congregations is far in excess of the recorded figures――The
process of disintegration and the counteracting forces――The
building of synagogues――Charity work is not overshadowing other
communal activities as in the former period, and more attention
is paid to affairs of Judaism――The conciliatory spirit and the
tendency to federate――Self-criticism and dissatisfaction which
are an incentive to improvement――Our great opportunity here――
Our hope in the higher civilization in which the injustices of
the older order of things may never reappear.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FRONTISPIECE (EZEKIEL’S STATUE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY)

COL. ISAAC FRANKS

JUDAH TOURO

RABBI ISAAC LEESER

DR. ISAAC M. WISE

RABBI SABATO MORAIS

DR. MARCUS JASTROW

MICHAEL HEILPRIN

LEWIS N. DEMBITZ

JUDAH P. BENJAMIN

HON. SIMON WOLF

COMMODORE URIAH P. LEVY

JULIUS BIEN

KASRIEL H. SARASOHN

EMMA LAZARUS

HERMAN ROSENTHAL

CHIEF RABBI JACOB JOSEPH

MISS SADIE AMERICAN

PROF. GOTTHARD DEUTSCH

HON. JACOB H. SCHIFF

HON. OSCAR S. STRAUS

JUDGE MAYER SULZBERGER

HON. BENJAMIN SELLING

PROF. SOLOMON SCHECHTER

MARTHA WOLFENSTEIN

MORDECAI MANUEL NOAH