Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1888 — The Jews of Jerusalem. [ARTICLE]

The Jews of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is rapidly becoming again the city of Jews, writes a correspondent of the New York Observer. In 1880 there w ere probably not more than 5,000 Jew-s here; now there are more than 30,000. The recent persecutions in Russia have led thousands of them to seek a home in their ancient city. The Turkish Government forbids all Jews who are not residents of Jerusalem to remain longer than thirty days in the city, but the all-powerful “bakshish” enables them to live here as long as they wish without molestation. They are still coming in great numbers. Wealthy Jews have built hospitals and founded homes for them in and about the city, and, as ihany of those who come are poor, they live from the charity of their brethren.