is remarked that new forces will have to come in in order to take advantage of the situation. A provisional committee has already taken in hand the affairs of the Chief Rabbi of Constantinople.
A PIONEER ZIONIST.
JOSHUA STAMPFER, whose death in the colony of Petach Tikvah was announced last month by our Jaffa correspondent, was a Zionist from his early youth. After a course of study at Dr. Hildersheimer's Seminary in Berlin, Stampfer left his home for Zion. He wrote to his father: "Only a return to Zion and the reconstruction of a national center can perpetuate our spiritual and national existence." He worked his way to Zion, and arrived in Jerusalem penniless. But he secured employment and was soon able to send for his parents to join him. After his father's death, he co-operated in the organization of the Petach Tikvah colony, where he died. His was a pioneer soul, whose piety and patriotism were backed up with sturdy physical strength and great energy. He was a mechanic, a farmer, a teacher, and his memory in Petach Tikvah will be lasting. Our comrades there propose the erection of a hospital in the colony in his honor.
TECHNICAL SCHOOL AT HAIFA.
—THE proposed technical institute, which the Hilfsverein has decided to establish, in conjunction with the bequest from Wizzotsky, will be erected in Haifa, although a number of applications had been received by the Hilfsverein, favoring other places in Palestine. Haifa will be a feeding station on the road of the Hedjaz railroad, and is destined to become one of the important cities in Palestine.
HAHAM BASHI, OF CONSTANTINOPLE, DEPOSED.
RABBI MOSES HALEVY, Haham Bashi of the Jewish community of Constantinople, has been deposed, and his successor ordered to be elected. Rabbi Halevy had been put into
office in opposition to the wishes of the Turkish Jews. Rabbi Moses Halevy occupied the position of Haham Bashi for nearly thirty years. He was never elected by popular vote, but was appointed by the government. By reason of his close relations with official circles in Constantinople, Rabbi Moses Halevy wielded supreme authority over the Jewish communities of Turkey, often disregarding the wishes of the people, as was the case when Rabbi Meir was elected Haham Bashi of Jerusalem and he influenced the government to annul the election and have Rabbi Panigel chosen to that position. The present change in the Turkish Government was probably the direct cause of his downfall.
THE FALASHAS AGAIN.
—RABBI HAYIM NAHOUM, who has been selected as Chief Rabbi of Constantinople, has returned from a visit to the Falashas, and, of course, the Jewish Chronicle reports his observations. This constant source of Jewish sensation articles, says Rabbi Nahoum, has not more than seven hundred families, the most important group of which numbers not more than thirty families. The Falashas are Mosaists, but in many respects they contravene the Mosaic laws. In view of their small numbers and wide distribution, Rabbi Nahoum thinks it is not desirable that anything should be done for them. The erection of schools would be impossible. It might be possible, though, to establish a trade school for the young Falashas.
GEORGE BRANDES WOULD BE AN ATHENIAN.
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