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JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA

TIIK

Hebrew by Shalom ben Jacob Cohen

iiniler the title "

Miznior le-Todah." and

"IJikkure ha'Ittini," Bndl."col. 2.")!:)).

of Mcseritz,

o.]

M. and aiilhnr; buin Town

failirr

ol'



Kiiirlisli

J.'

cipal pioneers of (he northern territory, has tilled (he hifrhest ollice attainable by a citizen, having been chosen premier of the colony in Xoveinber, 18!)!).

K.

though, owin.g to political combinaliims, he was in only seven days. The higliesi civic ollice. that of mayor, has been held by thiee Jews; namely, J. Lazar (185.>-.-)8), J. M. SVilomon (IstiO-Tl). aiid

.Icrirynian

ollice

.luscpli .di|isnii; lidni al .Mea-

parish oT

llcail, in llic

Itivcns-

('ni.sl)v

worth. Wcslinoicland. U>:i-'; <lied A|inl -.30." ITIKJ. He was educated al Cinecn's CoUcire.O.x ford, and served seven years (Ififi'i-TU) as chaplain of the jrarrison at Taniriers. While in that city he became suliiciently inleresled in the condition of the Jews to Study their habits and customs, and snbsei|nentlv published a book upon them, llissojourn in the l!aibary stales allordi-d hiiu exceptional oppoil unities for the stuily of alien customs. riles, and ndvernnient, and his iu(iuirin,!r and .sympathetic beni of mind in-

Lewis Cohen (188H-S4). In trade also the Jews have received honors. M. Lazarus liavini.'' been elected president of the Adelaide Chamberof .Manufaclures. Since the communi(y was establislied. Adelaide has known only one Jewish minister, (he Hev. ,V. T. Boa.s, who has been associalcd wi(h (he congregalion since 1871, Attached (o the synagogue is a congregational .school, which is attended by sixty children. There are four Jewish societies.ofwhieh the Hebrew Henetit and Medical Society is the most noteworthy. It was founded in 1877 by S. Saunders, a justice of the peace, and its assets now amount to over nine hundred pounds slerling (about §4. •")). 1. Aslier has been its president for over tifleeii years. The other three societies are (he Jewish l'liil,iiilhro|iic, (he Ladies' Benevolent, and the Hebrew Literary mid Social Society. Most of the Jewish public men have been connected, in one capacity or another, with the synagogue and these societies. D. 1. j".

duced him

to investiLjate these carefully. The I'esulls of his iuvestii;ations appeared in several works which he wrote and published after his return home; these Were entitled " Life and Death of MuliaUK'd," " West Harbary," "The First ."state of .'Iuliamelism," and a work entitled "The Present Stall' of the Jews (more particularly relatiim' to ihoseof Harbary)." The last

work was published

edition in KiTli.

few Jews

at

and a third

London

in 1(!SJ).

in l(i7.-)(a .second

There were very

Enirland at this time, and that country scarcely alTorded opportunities for such a study (if in

Jewish conditicais as Addison made in the Moorish states; in view of these facts, the success of his work is noteworthy. The book bears the supplenienlary titU>," wherein is contained an i-xaci a<'count of their customs, secular and religious, to which is annexed a summary discourse of the .Mishnah, Talmud, and Gemara." The title L'ives a fair idea of the work; this may be suppliimnted by the followin.ir suiijrestive pas.sa(j;e from the ])reface; " .s to ttic nceouiit It (rives of the Jews. I roru'oivo there Is not inoilerii. nor In niun.v Ihlnirs so pai'ili'ulur ami ime. tills U'lntr the I'esult of Coiivei-siiUoti. anil not of Itepor't."

any so

Addison nalurally manifests a stron.i; bias in liis view of a dilVeiciit creed, it must be conceded that his work exhibiteil a liberality of view anil a keenness of perception not often encountered at that time. These (pndilies and the marked fearlessness which evidently cliaracleri/ed this ecclesiastic of the dissolute days of Charles II. are indicated in the followinir I)as.saire from his work: AVliile

(ISoS-fifi),

Emmanuel Solomon, Lewis Cohen (18«T-98), and V.' L. Solomon, who was elected in l^^HO and who is still a member. The last named, who was one of the prin-

Dini.ior.K.uMiv: run .rif National BUiqraiiliy.s.v.; fii»:rlat<ir. .No. -WJ; Mu.x .1. Kolilcr, In Mennrah MmiDiln, Januar.v, ISiiit.

ADDISON, LANCELOT

various times: Judali Moss Solomon

at


 * )ublislieil in

104 (Steinselmeider. "Cat.

i.

Addison Adelkind

ADELKIND: among

(he

Ji

pra'nomen: also a family name the former it is found in a list Nuremberg in the year 12i)8. and also

us.

.

.s

of martyrs in occurs in a similar

list

for Wei.s.sensee of (he year

133.

As a family name

ca.seof

Haruch

it

is tirst

met with

in

the

Adelkiiiil of Padua (but evidently of origin), one of who.se sons. Cornelius." be-

German came a well known

iirintcrand publisher.

The name

juirely (Jerman. and occurs very early in (Jerinan literature; the (wo words (hat foriu it, '.UM {nr Kdcl "noble") and h'inil (or K/'nt. <7iiiit= "origin,"

is

=

"

family "), aic met very often in names for both men and women among the Jews of Germany. miu.iouKAPiiv:

Salfelil. I^ik

MiiiiiirliurlitH. pp.

IT'.l,

iltl,

Maiitm(laiKUrnberQer asu.

W. Cornelius B. Baruch Adelkind

M.

Uuiidle

Printer and publisher; lived in Italy during (he lirs( half of the sixteenth centuiy he wasof (Jcriuaii des<-eiit. l-'ioin 150.1 to l.")-l I he was in ihe employ of (he Vcnedaii publisher Daniel liomberg. by HJiom were issued, with Adelkimrs aid, (e.(sof (he Bible entire anil in part, coniinintaries on Ihe Bible, and |uiiyer books according to the German. Spanish, and Kamile rites. In iri41 lie worked for another N'enelian publisher. Giovanni ili Gara. who. during tha( year, published edidons of Baliya b. Asher's famous coiiimenlary and of (he pseudo-hisdiiical work. " Yosippoii." In the followingyear .Vdilkind's name appeared on the title page of the .Midrash on (he Pen(a(eucli and Iho Jlegillot published ill inice by Giiisliiiiani. From he seems to liave combined the fuiioions of prinleranil publisher; for an edition of Solomon ibn Gabirols " Mibliar ha Peninim " (Veiiiie, IVHi) and a repriiil of a prayer book of the German rile Venice, lot!)) bear his name alone. In I.m;! he
 * .'">4ti (o iri.");t

street was consriradd in 1S7| n(iil s(aiiils upon (he site of a small hall thai was used by lhecongre,i,'alion

changed his resilience fi'oiu Venice to Sabbioiietla. where he w as eniployed by T. Foil, an editioii of llie

early days. of Adelaide liave borne an hononible shale ill (he service of Hie H(ale. Ill the lA'j[;lslalive Council, Maurice Salem sat for iiiiii' years. In the Leirislative .ssembly, four Jews hav cupieil seals

Pentaleiich, Megilloi. and' Haftanit (I.V)^55)

of Tniile. they [(he naiiniry Jews] ran not lie ehar^riHl with any of those ilehalli'hes whteh are (frown Inlo repiltjition with whole Nallons of (hrlsllans. to the wamlal anil lontmilletlon of Iheir
 * ' For. settlia; tisliie the .Vfllllres of I'onimeri'e anil Collllstons

name ami

I'rofes,slon."

Hiiu.iniiii.M'iiv



DM. ii/ XalUinat

Diiiuraphii, s.v.

M.

ADDO.

See

J.

K.

Il)IH>.

ADDON. Sec ADELAIDE:

AniMX.

Capllal city of Soulh Auslndia. .lewish eomiuunilv of this cily is closely coimecled w illi a pioneer seltier, Jacob .Montetiore. who look a pionunenl part in the foundallon of both the colony and (he community. The con

The

liisii.iy lit llie

preiialion.

which now numbers about

]>ersons. dales fioni ls|ii

ill

its

The Jews

live

humlied

The synairoirueon





I

I

liein;;

published widi his aid. The plinise " from the stem of Isniel," that .del kind and his brother (or brothers?) employ upon sevenil ocea.sioiis, has sugg:esteil to Steiiischneider