Show conversions AMONG HEBREWS A french writer M do de cass callo call attention lon to the fact that there is ie at present a remarkable movement am adir the hebrew race toward christianity one of the character characteristics lotice of the present century la 18 iD indifference difference to religious matters and yet the conversions conven toni from judaism to the christian faith te 9 now so 0 o numerous the writer says una the adherents of the mosaic faith are not much stronger bt rooger ronger numerically now than they were thirty years ago age whether this is entirely a pleasing sign or not depends on the motives underlying the conversions to met mary y they are simply imply a proof that the line of de mar cation between the two faiths has become obliterated and the standards standard lowered so as to facilitate an amalga mation according to german statistics statistic between the years 1890 and 1893 jewish families in berlin alone joined protestant churches I 1 i france and austria the conversions cooTer are taking place on the same scale and in russia bou poland they are still more numerous some join a reform church called the now new israel that accepts accept jesus ol of nazareth as the messiah others adopt the catholic or the protestant Protea tant faith these changes of religious views are arc aften found in the most influential families M do de caa mentions mention the finance fidance minister of napoleon ILI III M asbille fould whose acceptance of the Cat catholic boio faith did not become generally known until alter after tits his death when the rabbi refused to at the funeral in germany many of the prominent stAte statesmen emen Dal brueck palk falk bouler Qu lucius and miquel are of hebrew origin and even prince bismarck counts a jew among his bis ancestors among d posterity the curious fact to la noted that the men mein generally general ly are protestants and the wo men catholics the hebrew reformer israel jacobson Jao obBon had the mortification of seeing his own son adopt protestantism and devote his life to the pr tion of this faith the celebrated acrel had a similar experience life bis son T theodor started a reform movement and finally became a christian other jewish reformers reformer adopted adopt eil a similar course in 1820 the be conversions in germany had become so numerous that it was fecund desirable to term a society for improvement slid and science with the special object in view ot of counteracting the christian it ii fluence among the jews the society existed a nw few years and finally all the leaders leaden became christians christiam it Is claimed that the pope plus IX was wai of jewish extraction and it is not an exception for converted jews jew to attain high ecclesiastical |