Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1877 — Converted to Judaism. [ARTICLE]

Converted to Judaism.

A rare event has lately transpired in Jewish circles in this city, which is no less than the circumcision ol a grown man, in order to be received as a member ot the Jewish faith. The readers of the Sentinel will remember an item in the daily papers a few* weeks ago hinting at the elop.Mjient of a Jewish young lady ot this city with a Christian gentlemen, and the consequent consternation of the young lady’s family. The upshot of the matter was that the young couple quietly wended their way to the residence of the ltev. Air. Bradly and weremade one by marriage. Shortly after marriage the young husband, Mr. John Grube, signified his intention of adopting the faith of Judaism. He not only expressed a willingness but a steadfast determination to join the Jewish church, which could only be done by undergoing the Abrahamie rile pl'circumoision?**' He accordingly approached the lief. Mr. Meyer Messing, rabbi ot the Indianapolis Hebrew congregation, with a view of his admission to Judaism, although against the earnest protestations ot his wife, herstlfa Jewess. But, he still persisting, she finally gave Her reluctant consent. A conversion to Judaism of a male member ot the society being such a great rarity, more especially as the Jewish church never holds out any inducement for proselytes, Mrs. Messing at first would have nothing to do with the matter; but the young man persisted, and called upon Mr. Messing so often in order to be taught the more important tenets of the Jewish religion, that Air. Messing fiii all y bee ame cbm’ viced that the young man was in earnest and he agreed to perform the ceremony of circumcision upon him. Accordingly on the 30th of May, in the presence of l>r. Gabriel Kaiser, the ceremony was performed and the young man informed that although circumcised, lie still had eleveu days in which to reconsider his determination of uniting himself with, the Jewish church. At the eud of the specified eleven days the young man appeared With his wife nee Sarah Bo lime, and requested to be married over again, according to the ancient and solemn rites of Judaism. The fii st marriage had taken place on the fourth of April. MrMessing appointed yesterday as the time, and his own residence as the place, for the celebration l 'of the Jewish marriage rites. The ceremony was celebrated at Mr. Mess’] ng’s residence, No. 3(5 East New York street. A large crowd assembled. The contracting parties under a canopy, upheld by four posts, under which were also Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Kahn, and Mr. and Airs. Abraham Lang, who stood up w ith the bridal couple.— Indianapolis Sentinel. Torpedo balloons are proposed by a cUrres p i .mlr-tvt of t lie American. The idea is to float the balloons over the enemy, and drop the torpedo by means of electricity sent over a wire. It is calculated that a city could he totally destroyed in this way by dropping a sufficient quantity of intro-glycerine.