Wednesday, June 12, 2013

How many rabbis were there in American in 1885?

According to the Jewish Messenger, 299,999. Ha ha.


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9 comments:

  1. Shragi9:34 PM, June 12, 2013

    This is very contemporary.
    Do you know that in Lakewood ever couple who's added to the community mailing list is listed as "Rabbi and Mrs."

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  2. avrohomkatz10:25 PM, June 12, 2013

    ...and we leave it to you, S., to find out who it was who wasn't a rabbi. :-)

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  3. Dan Klein2:03 AM, June 13, 2013

    Of course this means that there were also 600,000 shuls -- the ones they went to, and the ones they didn't.

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  4. Yerachmiel Lopin1:05 PM, June 13, 2013

    What was the date of the Jewish Messenger article and where was it published.

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  5. S.1:13 PM, June 13, 2013

    It was published in New York. Sadly, I forgot to record the exact date - but the year was 1885, as I noted.

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  6. Yerachmiel Lopin1:25 PM, June 13, 2013

    Sorry, I was asking about the date of the Jewish Press in Berlin article.

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  7. Yerachmiel Lopin1:26 PM, June 13, 2013

    It was probably the witty person who made the observation.

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  8. Yerachmiel Lopin1:27 PM, June 13, 2013

    But of course when a "rabbi" gets arrested they complain that the media is unfair in calling them a rabbi.

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  9. S.1:40 PM, June 13, 2013

    You can see that it doesn't say. Unfortunately, only two volumes of the Jüdische Presse seem to be online at present; 1889 and 1890, but not the 1885 one.

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