statement, and my opinions are in this pamphlet.”
Senator Lodge—“Let me get at it. How would you classify Benjamin Disraeli? Was he a Jew?”
Mr. Wolf—“He was born a Jew.” Senator Lodge—“He was baptized as a Chris¬ tian. He then ceased to be a Jew?”
Mr. Wolf—“Yes; religiously he ceased to be a Jew.”
Senator Lodge—“Ah! Religiously. He was very proud of the fact that he was a Jew, and always spoke of himself in that way. Did the fact that he changed his religion alter his race?”
Mr. Wolf—“It did not change the fact that he was born a Jew; not at all; and I know the Jewish people throughout the world have claimed him, Heine, and Borne, and others who were born of their blood, as being Jews, when they speak of persons who have accomplished some¬ thing wonderful in the world. But they ceased to be Jews from the standpoint of religion—”