THE JEWISH CONGREGATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3684, 12 December 1874, Page 2

THE JEWISH CONGREGATION.

To the Editor, Sin-Being again attacked by Mr Barnard Isaac, who contradicts all the statements in my previous letter, I throw myself on your indulgence, and will endeavor to give an explicit account of all that Mr Isaac so emphatically contradicts, with the exception of point, in respect to which I labored under a mistaken impr-ssion, viz., the plans and specifications of the residence and alteration ®f the Synagoge shown by Mr Ross. There I \va> mistaken. Ihe mistake occurred by Mr Koss showing me plans and specifications of the Synagogue, and conversing at the same time about a residence for me. I understood, in the specifications of the Sy agogue were included the plans and specifications for a minister’s residence. The subject of making repairs to the Synagoge and building a residence was discussed at a meeting held in September, 1873, of which the following mention is made in the Evening Star of September 22, 1873 : The treasurer’s balance-sheet, read by Mr Joel, showed the financial position of the congregation to be flourishing. It was decided to form a branch of the Anglo-Jewish Association in JSew Zealand ; and, after discussing the proposal to borrow money to complete the Synagogue and build a residence for the minister was referred to the Committee to report as to ways and means. The question of my salary and engagement stand this way : A Mr J. Jacobs, of Melbourne, called mo into his office in Melbourne and asked me if I was prepared to accept a good situation in my profeesi mal capacity, producing a letter written by Mr M. Joel, treasurer, Dunedin, off.ring th' following inducements:-A competent r J fesaioaal Hebrew gentleman, who c' n h leader, perform circumcision, kU» uT r • accordance with the Jewish law u 7 Hebrew to children, can reck' „ * teacU of L3OO per annum. Th' e 7°7 an lUC i° me would be Ll5O, teaching V. . standln S in at least I iftri . » Hebrew would bring Iht rreuV ofV? ' kim “K **»* UK>- 0“ Ituuetlin “ In l - ' 8 Btate metU 1 went to sent bv Mr > meau f lDle a letter was nd desire L l* Cohß anno unciug my arrival DnnSJT? be en « a g , d - V* my arrival in eugaeem G nt We i Dt Ir , Joel ’ who told me my nnn e . dbe discussed at the next committee meeting ; but the committee gave '‘“S a xr of e,,Ba lime T . f • my amval . for which Umo I never received compensation of a,', holidays 'SThc ' $ «** and I , vaa d h j/ the Z r ZTy %2 deafly omitted.) £ ™y»£ ibao ,0r “- re Bonedm. December J- Jm ™ an [ V W fuHr not COntinue . this correspondence