Amos Dushaw spent the greater part of his youth in Jerusalem, where he attended the school of the London Jews’ Society. Here the seeds of Christian truth were sown in his young heart. He afterwards came to London, where he was brought into close connection with the members of the above-mentioned society, and the germs of truth gradually grew, budded, and blossomed into faith in our Lord as his Messiah.
Dushaw went to American in 1895. The following year he was baptized, upon confession of his faith in Christ, in the Fourth Congregational Church, at Hartford, Conn.
He followed Horace Greeley’s advice, “Young man, go West.” He was determined to obtain a classical education. After a hard struggle, that perseverance and determination to conquer all obstacles always a component of the Jewish character, enabled him, in 1901, to graduate from Redfield College, S. Dakota. He afterwards returned to NY and entered the Union Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1904. June 12, 1905, he received a preacher’s license from the New York Presbytery.
While pursuing his regular academic course he made a specialty of sociology, literature and history. Especially was he interested in Hebrew history and the present social, religious and political status of Israel. He supplemented this study by personal observation as a worker on the East Side of NY. This training enabled him to write for “The People, The Land and the Book”, some very choice articles. Several secular papers quoted from one of his articles, “Moses and Jesus”.
The production of this article was due to the following incident. Dushaw called upon one of the leading reformed rabbis to discuss the condition of the Jews in the Ghetto.This rabbi was so much impressed with his insight into the situation, and also with his information on many facts pertaining to Israel’s development, that he advised him to return to the Hebrew ranks. Israel, he said, would appreciate his ability, whereas the Church would simply cast him out, because he was a member of Israel. He thought Dushaw was foolish to waste his time in the Church. On separating, the rabbi gave him a lecture, “Moses and Jesus”, delivered in his temple. Dushaw then decided to write one on the same subject, from his own point of view.
Works:
The Grumbler, South St. Paul, MN, 1912
The Rivals: A Tragedy of the New York Ghetto, Arthur H. Stockwell, London, 1910
When Jews and Christians Meet: an Interpretaion and a Message for the Department of Jewish Evangelisation by the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School work, 1923
The Man Called Jesus, Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 1939
Anti-Semitism - The Voice of Folly and Fanaticism, Tolerance Press, Brooklyn, 1943
When Mr. Thompson Got to Heaven, Tolerance Press, Brooklyn, 1932, 1954
No Room for Him, Tolerance Press, Brooklyn, 1950
Proselytes of the Ghetto: Time: the Present: Place: New York 1909 J. Heidinsfeld, 1909
Moses and Jesus, Calvary Baptist, 1924
