NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK A STORY OF JEWISH SOCIAL LIFE BY VIOLET GUTTENBERG [Illustration: colophon] LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1902 PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES. TO MY FRIEND MARIE CORELLI AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE TO HER GENIUS THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED CONTENTS BOOK I PROBATION CHAPTER PAGE I. A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE 1 II. INTRODUCES A SWEET AND LOVABLE JEWISH GIRL 8 III. THE BARRIER OF RACE AND FAITH 17 IV. GEOFFREY RECEIVES UNPALATABLE ADVICE 25 V. THE FRIEDBERGS OF MAIDA VALE 34 VI. AN ACADEMY STUDENT 43 VII. ENTER--DAVID SALMON 52 VIII. AT SYNAGOGUE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY 60 IX. LUNCHEON FOR THREE 69 X. A GOLD NUGGET AND A DIAMOND RING 77 XI. UNDER THE MISTLETOE 88 XII. DAVID SALMON PAYS A VISIT OF CONDOLENCE 99 XIII. THE SOCIAL ETHICS OF JUDAISM 110 BOOK II THREE YEARS AFTER I. CELIA MAKES HER PROFESSIONAL DÉBUT IN LONDON 125 II. A NEW PROJECT DISCUSSED 136 III. FITZJOHN’S AVENUE, HAMPSTEAD,--OR JERUSALEM? 147 IV. A LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA 157 V. THE WILTONS OF WOODRUFFE 165 VI. CELIA’S AWAKENING 173 VII. WHITE HEATHER 182 VIII. THE RING RETURNED 191 IX. AN OUTCAST IN ISRAEL 199 X. STRELITZKI PAVES THE WAY FOR HIS REVENGE 210 XI. THE STANNARD BALL, AND AFTER--AN EVENTFUL NIGHT 223 XII. A WOMAN’S LOVE 237 XIII. THE ACME FURNISHING COMPANY 251