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“WE HAVE NO KING BUT CAESAR”

“‘There is no Jewish race,’ is the somewhat startling declaration of ‘The Jewish Tidings.’ ‘We insist that in this declaration we fairly represent the great majority of the intelligent Jews of America. They do not wish to be separated from the rest of the citizenship of the countries in which they abide by such distinctions as ‘Jewish race’ or ‘Hebrew nation.’ The Jews are a religious community, having the same hopes and aspirations possessed by Christians, and differing from them only in their belief. The Jews of to-day believe there is but one God, and no other. They repudiate the doctrine that a Messiah has come or is coming, but they accord to every one freedom of conscience. They want to be treated upon equal terms with their neighbors—no better, no worse. The only evil which now remains to be fought is the popular idea that Jews are a separate body of people, of different manners, customs, minds and character from other people.”

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— April 15, 1892 —