=Damascus affair=, the, reported in the French journals, =5=, 642. taken up by Crémieux, =5=, 644. considered in England, =5=, 645. the Austrian report on, =5=, 646. in the hands of Mehmet Ali, =5=, 647. tried by a court of European consuls, =5=, 648. trial of, stopped by Thiers, =5=, 649. in the French Chamber of Deputies, =5=, 649-50. view of, among Catholics, =5=, 650-1. in Parliament, =5=, 652-3. discussed by London Jews, =5=, 653-4. a Mansion House meeting protests against, =5=, 656-7. rejoicing at the termination of, =5=, 667, 669. plans for commemorating, =5=, 669, 670, 671. account of, by Erter, =5=, 671. Munk on, =5=, 671-2. =Damascus, the Jews of=, in an expedition against the Christians of Tyre, =3=, 20. in the twelfth century, =3=, 426-7. liturgy of, changed, =3=, 466. cause of, espoused by various governments, =5=, 633. number of, =5=, 634. suspected of ritual murder, =5=, 635, 636. arrested and tortured, =5=, 636-7. houses of, destroyed, =5=, 637. evidence favoring, suppressed, =5=, 637. confess under torture, =5=, 638. pronounced guilty by Ratti Menton, =5=, 640. appeal to the European Jews, =5=, 642, 651. torture of, stopped, =5=, 648. release of, =5=, 660-1. new crusade against, incited by Catholics, =5=, 662. =Dan, the tribe of=, late settlement of, =1=, 39. isolation of, =1=, 51. attacked by the Philistines, =1=, 64. oppressed by the Philistines, =1=, 66. around Nishabur, =3=, 433. =Dan=, northern frontier town of Israel, =1=, 129. occupied by Sheba’s followers, =1=, 149-50. center of idolatry, =1=, 186, 233. subjugated by Ben-hadad I, =1=, 191. “=Danger= to the Welfare and Character of the Germans through the Jews,” by J. F. Fries, =5=, 521. “=Dangerous= Courses, The,” by Joseph Penso, =5=, 113. =Daniel=, the supposed grave of, causes a quarrel, =3=, 434-5. =Daniel, the Book of=, written during the Maccabæan struggle, =1=, 465-6. language of, =1=, 465. consolations offered by, =1=, 465. prophesies the end of the Syrian power, =1=, 465-6. additions to, =2=, 359. prophecy of, thought to be verified, =2=, 482-3. explained by Jochanan bar Napacha, =2=, 494-5. as explained by Christians, =2=, 502. commentary on, by Porphyry, =2=, 502. a verse of, applied to Odenathus, =2=, 527. a prophecy of, applied to Julian the Apostate, =2=, 598. commentary on, by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, =3=, 373. Nissim Gerundi on, =4=, 120. Gallipapa on, =4=, 149. commentary on, by Isaac Abrabanel, =4=, 482. Simone Luzzatto on, =5=, 81. =Daniel=, friend of Immanuel Romi, =4=, 66. =Daniel=, Karaite, candidate for the Exilarchate, =3=, 155. =Daniel ben Saadiah=, anti-Maimunist, =3=, 525-6. excommunicated, =3=, 526.