TABLE OF CONT NT E S .

PAG E

L s of Offic rs i t e , S n n Co s ta di g mmittee , Tem ora r Co s p y mmittee , Pro r of Con n on g am the ve ti , S ss on of ul 2 e i J y , B n n Pr er R . ay by e jami , f Kr usko A dr ss o Wlco Dr . d e e me by a pf . r ro o n W n k r Teleg am f m J h a ama e , A D r ss r . co W s dd e by Tal tt illiam , D M M l z n r r ro r . . Teleg am f m ie i e , ’ Pr s n s M ss e ide t e age , n n Tr u o Osc r . Co ib te the late a J he , Tribute on the late Aaron Lowenheim S ss on of u e i J ly 3, L s of M rs Pr s n i t embe e e t , ’ r sur r s R or T ea e ep t , R or of Co on Un on H mn ep t the mmittee i y al , A n n to o f M n me dme t Time eeti g , R or of Corr s on n S cr r ep t the e p di g e eta y , Report of the Committee on Rabbinical Qualifi cations M rs embe hip , Report of the Advi sory Committee T r s of R r eleg am eg et , Co un c on ro A r c n w s H s or c Ex on mm i ati f m me i a Je i h i t i al hibiti , N li c h r n r n a B L r ro R E. . Ca s r V ette f m abbi , ega di g i gi i ill R s ight , R solu on on S L r e ti aid ette , R solu on En o rs n A nc Isr Un rse e ti d i g the llia e aelite ive lle , Sess on of u i J ly 4, R or of the Pu c on Co ep t bli ati mmittee ,

R or of Co o n Non- Affilia ted ep t mmittee , ’ Report of the Co mmittee on President s M e ’ D Sin r s A r ss on Enc c o r . ge dd e y l pedia , Discussion on Zioni sm R so u on on r c s e l ti T a t , Resolu ion En orsin Public ion Soci t d g at ety , PAG E Report of Auditing Committee on Publicatio n Committee R or s ep t , ’ D L r s E c on a s Honor r M r r . . M aye le ti a y embe , R so u on Co n n N on F r Sc oo e l ti mme di g ati al a m h l , R so u on Co n n C u u u Soc ietv e l ti mme di g ha ta qa . Patriotic Ex ercises S ss on o f u e i J ly 5, ’ f o n Mr VVeinsto c k s L r s n A Report o Committee . ette Re pecti g t titude ow r s sus T a d Je , R o r of Co on Su r Sc o o ep t mmittee mme h l , Repo rt of Committee on Quarterly Review ’ R o r of Au n Co o n r sur r s R o rt ep t diti g mmittee T ea e ep . R so u on to M New Or ns e l ti eet at lea , R or of Co on nk s ep t the mmittee Tha , R o r of Co on R so u o ns ep t the mmittee e l ti , n n of F Ma x Mu r R so u on i Ho or . e l ti elle , Re soluti on in Honor o f the Seventieth Birthday of Maye r Fr n iedma , Resolution in Honor o f the Centenary o f the Bi rth of Zacharias Fr nk a el , Pri ze for Mono graph on Zacharias Frankel R on on o n R F k so u . s e l ti late J h i e , Rep ort of Committee on Nominatio ns E c on of Offi c rs le ti e , R so u ons on A o Neuba uer e l ti d lph , R so u on in R r nc to Con r nc S rmons e l ti efe e e fe e e e , A ourn n dj me t , F riday Evening a nd Saturday M orning Service s A n x ppe di , A A r ss Dr . C rus r dd e by y dle , nne h in n H. So sc e u s a d it P r Dr . S . s R o us l ape by , J dai m eligi Deve o me nt in N n n C n ur p the i etee th e t y , A n n c on R . Ru s Dis ussi by abbi C . be tei scuss on R M rcus S z n Di i by abbi a al ma , G n r scuss on e e al Di i , D M H rr o f w m H. s e th N n n P . S or r r . T e e te e t ape by a i , he t y the J i h C n ur e t y , n v B n scuss o Dr . ust Di i by Da id la ei , G n r scuss on e e al Di i , on r n L ur M G r c c R . . C fe e e e t e by abbi J ie s n r n A I Co c S r on Dr . . S . s c s fe e e e m by aa ,

o in H n r f I Mem rial Page o o o saac M . Wi se Lis of Memb rs t e , S OFFI CER .

n MO E MIE ZI ER n n on r r r N n 0. H o a y P eside t , S S L , Ci ci ati ,

r SI V ERM AN s n O E N N . . P e ide t , J S PH L , ew York , Y

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S n - n AM E A E V U . L Mo S S St . eco d ice Preside t , L L , ouis ,

A I E S . V R LE r . Treasurer , CH L S , Peo ia , Ill

S ADO UTTM ACHER n F G Md . Recordi g ecretary , L , Baltimore ,

A I S r r U R E . A rr n n M IC RR N N . . Co espo di g ec eta y , H H S , ew York , Y

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A E . S . I DEUT C S . S S E G . S H , L , W S ,

A . M NN O EN. L. RO G SS , F C H

N WEI ’ STO K ’ LETTER COM M I TTEE O M R . N C S

K A K . DE T I I R U O F . U C ON . D. PH L PS , J S P , G S H

AUDI TI NG COM M I TTEE ON TR EASUR ER ’ S R EP OR T

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TEE ON R EP OR T OF UNI ON H M N AUDI TI NG COM M I T Y AI. COM M I TTEE

T I E N . AM I M . KO A I . EN N F R . R B J , P S , B LL

COM M I TTEE ON NOM I NATI ON OF OF F I CER S

L. A I S . S . I E A T M M . M R O . GU T ACHER . G L S , W S , E A K . AM I . K R U O F N N J S P , R B J .

COM M ITTEE ON TEANII S

TTM A HER . E K G O . C U . A , B GLU

A . M A O OU N. . C P J BS , G H S

COM M ITTEE ON R ESOLUTI ONS

M AR I E I . M O E L V . RK Z S . WT . O I C , G L S , H B .

PROGRAM

TWELFTH ANNUAL CONV ENTION

OF THE

CENTRAL CON FERENCE OF AMERICAN RAB BIS

I ADE IA U Y 2 TO 6 1 01 . PH L LPH , J L , 9

8 M u 2d . . Tuesday , J ly , P

OP E I S ION ATTEM P LE ENES ETH I S L N NG S ES K RAE .

RAYER n n P , Rabbi Raphael Be jami .

DDRE OF E COM E Kr A SS W L , Rabbi Joseph auskopf .

DDRE E Hon. n n r A SS S Joh Wa amake .

Talcott Williams .

- E ON E OF THE V ICE RE IDENT M . M z n r R SP S P S , Rabbi iel i e .

A E F THE RE IDENT S E G O . M SS P S , Rabbi Joseph ilverman

MEM ORIAL TRIB UTES

In n r the . n Ma x . ho o of late Rabbi Oscar J Cohe , Rabbi C

Curric k .

im . . In r n . Lowenhe Ph D honor of the late Rabbi Aa o A , , Rabbi

Abram Hirschberg . ENTRA CONP ERENCE OP 1 0 C L

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n n ul y d o c loc k . Wednesda v mor i g , J 3 ,

IS R EL. s t a t i o ns AT TEM P LE s c a t t e r“ A

vi . REA U RER harles S . Le REPORT OP THE T S , Rabbi C

ICATION OM M ITTEE REPORT OP THE PU B L C ,

Ra bbi Joseph Stolz.

' Al Kai ser NION YM NA OM M ITTEE . o s REPORT OP THE U H L C , Rev i

M M TTEE ON UARTER Y EV EW REPORT OP THE CO I Q L R I ,

Rabbi Louis Grossmann.

r . DV I ORY OM M ITTEE M . M lzi e REPORT OP THE A S C , Rabbi ie n

OM M TTEE ON OO SERV CE REPORT OP THE C I SC H L I ,

i . . s Rabbi M . J Gr e

’ —ADDRE ru le . I I o c LOCR SS , Cy s Ad r

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B U S INES S .

THE OM M ITTEE ON SU M M ER SC OO REPORT OP C H L ,

rs h . Rabbi E. G . Hi c

REPORT OP THE COM M ITTEE ON THE NON- APP ILIATED WITH CON

K . REG ATIONS . G , Rabbi J rauskopf

OP OM M ITTEE ON MEM ER I REPORT C B SH P ,

z r . Rabbi M . Miel ine

M TT O M EE ON T n . T OP I E IC M . S s r REPOR C H S , Rabbi chle i ge

’ R— APER i D n in 4 o c LOC P Judaism and its Relig ous evelopme t ”

t r in. n . S N S . onnesch the ine eenth Ce tu y , By Rabbi H e

ION . n n. . n z DIS C USS , By Rabbi C A Rube stei and Rabbi M . Sal ma

e Wedn sday evening .

Conference will be entertained by the Loc al Committee a t

Willow Grove . I I AM ERICAN RABBIS .

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r th A. M . Thu sday , July 4 , o clock ,

S S ES IONS AT THE NATI ONAL PANNI S CHOOL, IN THE OP EN AIR.

F IA M M I REPORTS O SPEC L CO TTEES .

I I — n n A. M . A ER in N n r P P The Jew the i etee th Ce tu y ,

. rr . By Rabbi M . H Ha is

I I D. . . . D n P . n M M C U ON D. h a d S SS , By Rabbi Blaustei , , Rabbi J agil

M — I 3 P . . B U S NESS . — - . M . A ER S S o 4 P P P abbath chool Pr blems , r Rabbi Harry H. Maye .

DI C U ION M rr N ewfi eld a nd . M . S SS , By Rabbi o is Rabbi Julius H eyer

Thursday evening .

S OC IAL AND PATRI OTIC EXERC IS ES U NDER THE AU SP ICES OF THE LOCA OM M ITTEE ADDRE E L C , SS S ,

n n S . S . . Rabbis R . Grossma a d Wise

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r n n u th . F iday mor i g , J ly s , o clock I B U S NESS .

I REPORT ON RESOL UT ONS .

I ELECTION OF OFF CERS .

Conference Services .

T R D F S DAND M T. V R O A TEM P LE O E S HOLOM . E. CORN R B ROA E N N . E

S TREETS .

n t 8 ’ r n u h . F iday eve i g , J ly s , o clock

CONF ERENCE LECTU RE M . . . , By Rabbi J Gries

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S rn n oth 1 0 . aturday mo i g , July , o clock

S . . F NC SERM ON . CON ERE E , By Rabbi A Isaacs

S an . . m K . d A. W At these services Rev aiser , Rev . parger Rev

o ffi c iat e . Wm . Lowenberg will

M ERICAN A IS x A R BB . 3

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Eleventh Annual Convention

OF THE

Central Conference of American Rabbis

HELD AT

PHILADELPHIA, PA. , JULY 2 TO 6, 1901.

EM E KENES ETH RAEL T PL I S ,

l 2 E n n 1 0 1 . Tuesday ve i g, Ju y , 9

The Twelfth Annual Convention of the Central Conference of

r n n in Keneseth sr l Ame ica Rabbis was ope ed I ae Temple , Phila l P . M a z 1 0 1 . . de phia . , July , 9 , at P

The n sessio was public .

S r President Joseph ilverman called the Co nference to o der .

. . n n N r ff i r : Rev R Be jami , of ew Yo k , o ered the follow ng p ayer

Univ ersal Father ! We have assembled before Thee to deliberate on a nd r u i s r n r r the good welfa e of J da m , to endeavo to i c ease ou

n r rs d n t n r efficie cy as eligious teache , a n to stre g he t he ties of f iend

i un us n n r sh p and fraternity t hat ite as a associatio of abbis . 1 4 CENTRAL CONF ERENCE OP

And we e n ur ses i n 0 L r our God ca ll in u n b gi o s o , o d , by g po Thee t o n r r n our n r nc to nflue e an u e ur be ea to us du i g co fe e e . i nc d g id o d l e t n a nd c s n and t o h ar s it e ib ra io s dis u sio s , imbue our e t w h the

“ S r : a nd sa n it i f r pirit of the wo ds Behold . how good how plea t s o r r i i b ethren to dwell toget he n un tv .

r t s Et n ou nt a nd s t . ss ra Ble s , O er al , cou ry hi ci y Ble the bbis

a nd n n who ff r us a nd ss n r co gregatio s o e to a welcome , ble the ge e ous r r hea ts who S how us hospitalit y . Bless the P esident a nd mem

’ our n r n a d ma y e d e bers of Co fe e ce , n our w ek s labors be evot d to

n n rn n n t r t n the adva ceme t of lea i g , to the demo s a io of truth , to the a dopt ion of practical measures for the improvement of our religious

n n A n. a r n . life , d to the p omot io of peace a d good will me

A r se r r fte a musical lection by the choi , the add ess of welcome

Kr . was delivered by Rev . Dr . Joseph auskopf

’ AD P D SS . DR. KRAUS KO F S RE

It is the first time in t he hist ory of t he Cent ral Conference of American Rabbis that Philadelphia has the honor of entertaining within its borders this dist inguished body of leaders of Reform

r the s n r r n t st Israel . We e sea o of the yea othe tha hat of the la

on o m th of July , the vast assemblage of pe ple that would have

r n n a nd r r n g eeted you this eve i g , thei fe vid e thusiasm that would

n ut ou u in ur n have go e o to y , wo ld , a meas e , have i dicated our

in n r r of Un n pride welcomi g you to the thi d la gest city the io , to

r n r S in N n t he met opolis of the seco d la gest t ate t he atio , to the Cit y first in the Republic to proclaim liberty throughout all the

n t he n r o . land , u to all i habitants the e f

C n of r on r n a nd Other ities have had the ho or you C fe e ces , have been deserving of the honor ; but what city more fit for a meeting

men n n n n n ous L r of a body of champio i g I depe de ce , Religi ibe ty , Equality of Race a nd Sect than the city whose Independence Hall

i s A r n r o L r the Holy of Holies of me ica f eedom , wh se ibe ty Bell ,

e n n now n in r ve though sile t , awake s sweetest melodies the hea ts of

“ ’ A r n r r nn r me ica pat iots , whose elm t ee site of Pe s t eaty wit h the AM ERICAN RAEEIs . 1 5

Indians is still a shrine of pilgrimage of people belie ving in the ” h all u i L brot erhood of men , whose stat e of Relig ous iberty , the h n a n r u A a diwork of Ame ican Jew , and the gratef l gift of merican w Un S Je s to the people of the ited tates , is one of the proudest , a nd most reverential cent res of att raction for people believing as a common brotherhood in the Fatherhood of the common

And what city more deserving of a Conference of the promul gators of the teachings of Reform Judaism than the city that has i l l in ul g ven to American Israe its first Bib e the vernac ar , its first S S l P l a n S it s abbath choo , its first Jewish ub ic tio ociety , first Jewish u S e i n A ri n r l Chautauq a oci ty , the city that has g ve to me ca Is ae a as L r a nd M r En r l a le ders such eese o ais , i ho n and Hirsch , e ders to whose sacred memory the whole nation is to this day proud to do

affectionate homage . It does seem strange that a cit y so rich in Jewish historic asso cia tion r fl on , a city that has exe cised so potent an in uence the n l n n developme t of American Israel , shou d not have bee give an opportunity to welcome the Central Conference of American Ra bbis

. n ne l n before this The ear ss of At a tic City , which is regarded as

n r n r n a suburb of Philadelphia , a d whe e several Co fe e ce sessions f l n l f n x n. a have bee he d , may be o ered as a e planatio But th t wi l l r u i hard y serve as a sufficient eason. It is possible that yo r keep ng awayfrom us thus fa r may have meant your gracious way of saying tha t Philadelphia has no need of that stimulus for greater work in the cause of Judaism which the Conference generally brings to Cities in which it convenes ; may have meant that your recognition that the soil of Philadelphia Judaism had been well prepared and u i i l n h C e in j d c ous y sow by its first leaders , t at the onfer nce held i I SO in li r r n this c ty in 9, which rea ty was the fi st Refo m Co ference A eri n r l n n n n of m ca Is ae , the Co fere ce in which the lame ted fou der Dr l r z . l n a n . . M . s s of this o ga i tio , the Rev I Wise , e tab i hed his ead ershi of A a n in r n p meric Israel , which he p eached his first Confere ce e r n r u s rmon , and gave utte a ce to some of the most adical tho ghts r s in n r n n ever exp e sed the Wester Hemisphe e . a d that found a ri g — ing echo in this city it is poss ible that your not convening in t his cit y hitherto may have meant your gracious way of saying that 1 6 CENTRAL CONPERENCE or

t h r - een ell the work of that Conference , i ty two years ago . had b so w done and had been so well supplanted sixteen years laterby tha t

’ en end of S m r e other Confer ce , at the other our tate . the me o a bl P s n r itt burg Co fe ence , that up to the present time there had been no need felt by you for another Convention of Ra bbis in this city .

n a n n But if such have been your views , be assured . revere d d ho h a n h e e . ored sirs , t ey h ve be n by no mea s s ar d by us We have been e e i ag r for you to convene here . We are deeply consc ous of the n i good such a Conference as this c a exercise . If this c t y has c on ib n o n e it tr uted somethi g toward the devel pme t of American Isra l , has been made to recognize the vast amount that remains to be n in l n l n t do e , and which it is wi li g to help , if you wil but poi t ou the way . There a re questions that perplex the rabbinate of this city as l l c n n l s i n wel as the aity , practical o gregatio a que t o s rather t han l l f i ou for e theo ogica di ficult es , and it is to y that we look a h lpful

Solution . Hearty as is the welcome that I extend to you in behalf of the n r o u n e city , it is eve theless c pled with si cere r gret that you have departed from the wiser course of our fathers who held their Con ference in the fall of the year instead of in the hott est month of

ll n our e t . a the year . whe most of people are abs n from the city h n t e N e Ha d t is bee the mon h of Octob r or ovember , the larg out s n pouring of our laity , and the clo e atte tion they would have given

o n ou r to your deliberati n. would have amply co vinced y of thei profound interest in your discussions and of t heir deep co ncern in

r you enactments . And n s are eve though absent , their eye upon you ; their hopes i for n are centred n you . To you they look for light , cou sel . for

r r i n s k l l guidance . In accordance with you delibe at o s of thi wee wi

r r ur o u n . be thei p ogress , and that of o sister cities thr ugho t the la d As you will counsel so will they act ; as you will lead so will the; 7 i ur . s follow . Yo wisdom will become their practice It to you they look for a remedy against the needless and ever hurtful multifl lic it n u n n l p y of sy agog es . and agai st the ba eful riva ries between l r n them . It is to you they look for an authoritative dec a atio on

1 8 CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF

A E MAY N d . . . ul an C P , J , J y OW RD ONE A S . To H J S ,

’ ri f Wn r P vate O fice , a amake s , 1 a nd M r S r 3th a ket t eets , Philadelphia .

Kr a nd S See Rabbi auskopf how him this . I am not very well a nd fear to co me to city to - night ; if he c an excuse me I will be

no t n un Frida v obliged , if , please postpo e til afternoon.

N ANAM AK ER J OH W .

Dr . o W d Phila del hia P ress Talc tt illiams , e itor of the p , followed with a n address .

ADD ES S OF D . TAL TT WI LI M R R CO L A S .

M r P resident he herd t . S s o he America n Israel Ladies a nd entle , p f , G

I am but a n indifferent substitute fo r the distinguished speaker r r who was to p ecede me . I c a n bea te stimo ny perso nally to his deep interest in problems of the character which this Conference

n r a nd n n o r un r r n meets to co side , of his co sta t lab s to ite athe tha

r i r to separate all tho se inte e sted n thei solutio n. Nothing but ill ness which rendered his co ming perilo us co uld have prevented his

r s n n in r s . W n n p e e ce , eve weathe like thi he the Chairma of your

m Arr n n s o no r s Co mittee of a geme t did me the h , ome weeks ago , to ask me to extend a war m welco me in behalf o f the City of Phil

r o n r n n r adelphia to you C fe e ce , I myself felt , havi g had expe ience o f r w r ra a sco e of Philadelphia Julys . that the eathe was tole bly

r s r Y u n u r s . o ce tai to pply whateve wa mth my peech might lack ,

M r n r o r n r r n o sir r. c a n n f f , P eside t , a swe the e ti e a ge Jewish litera

ur n r r r of n ua a nd c a n s t e , eve the lite atu e a dead la g ge , I peak after

n f o u w a fashio o r the literature of the Arab . I kno w y ill agree with me that in neither ha s a ny adjective o r a ny ph rase been ap

u r uz wh s r - plied to the s mme heat of Tamm , ich the pa t fo ty eight

ur u s in u o s n t . o h have o j stified But if we mu t meet J ly , a h spitable

n r r n s a r of uz y a nd cale da b i g this ye the fast Tamm , by a happ

u n ur f u a spicio us circumstance upo the Fo th o J ly . That fast t e calls the beginning oi the end of the nation of Judea in its chosen r w of ho . s r a d me Thi yea . at le st , the fi st elcome Phila elphia is that B B I 1 AM ERICAN RA S . 9 it mingles memories of the opening of the great Siege of Titus with c o o the natal day of a nation , whi h , with ut fear of contradicti n , I may unhesitatingly say has been mo re hospita ble and proved a more happy and p rosperous home to Israel than any land since

Joshua led his hosts into Canea .

a nd n . M Rabbi , for me , has an unusual a perso al significance y V th childhood was pas sed in the alley of e Tigris , in a Semitic and

- r e t l semi A amaic world , where it was still the term of r spec fu but n a familiar address . It was o ly l st week that an Arab woman at

- for l the Pan American , whom I had been able to do some s ight “ ” r r . se vice , addressed me as Rabbi The teacher f om whom I S learned my first emitic alphabet was thus addressed . and if I were to express all which stirs within me as I face those devoted t the n ul : teaching of ano ther Semitic to gue , I wo d address you as scholars still address a teacher at his co ming Salam alay kumha ir allah ”

u all a kum rabboo ni . mak m , barakat allah y ya

o n n In n ordi ary se se are you the teachers of this city . It was nd n ma n P th fou ed , as you well k ow , by a . William enn , who , wi ’ r n s n in n n o the r F ie d , had go e back the Frie ds meeti gs to the sim

l z r of a p ar organi ation of the p imitive church , born the syn gogue . who believed in a preacher consecrated by the present calling of the

no t n o mi m spirit and by human ha ds , who had c m tted the govern ent o to a n n z n as the Mo amme an f worship orga i atio as democratic h d , d

and r n l i who , above all beyo nd all , had adopted that p ofo u d be ef

s n not use r r that justice is be t do e , by the of violence or a eso t to n n to i force , but by trusti g its executio and discharge th at h gher

o r n r o n and r n power which dai s ighte us ess establishes it , b i ging its

r to in n n n r de c ee pass its due seaso , a co victio and a t ust which has

n sh r r o f D bee ared by Is ael f om the days of Jacob to the days reyfus . o r i n n a h pe neve d sappoi te d . It was i evitable that a city founded by a m an belonging to such a church in sympathy with such a prin

c i l e ul as s p , sho d have been , my predece sor has already told you , a nd Am n n the early hospitable home of the erica Hebrew . I eed “ ” terri le not rehearse , here in this great p , the Church of Israel , its

small beginnings in this city . I need only recall to yo u that it t to ou ex ends y its civic welcome , because in this city the Jew has

uo u s s always been co nspic s in its civic affair . Jewish merchant s o CENTRAL CONFERENCE or s take their pro fits and their property by signing with the o ther e t Of s l Of - rt on m rchan s thi city the p edge non impo ati . They sub scribed as liberally as their fello ws to the support of the M ant l e . t to its r 3 its f a R pub ic One of hem s od by ve y cradle oste r f ther . s l e M to et Ha It is impo sib e , in the city of Rob rt orris , forg ym l S . e no w h e e h e r i o omon If . ven at t is day . aft r mor t an a c ntu y n u ee n n s which this npaid debt has b n ac cumulati g . the Co g res of the Un ted State o l refund the sums which a v c i s w u d be d a ned, which a re r se s ro ad k t e ma c in p id our p e ntative ab . which ep t h h a y Of the t o h ese al b l Federa i n in motion . w ich pr rved the judici a i ity of Judge Wilson to the members of the Cons titutio nal Convention and pa id M s e o J ames adi on his salary , wh n but for this he w uld have been f to to V l e orced return irginia . you wou d ne d no other endowment f o r o s U l n t is l y ur Jewi h niversity , it wou d be e ough if h egacy . ad v anced eri e r ro e the u no w by an Am canbank r , we e p bat d by co ntry i its a re t f his u g reat , which he a ded in e rly ext mi y in behalf O rightf l

h i t . eirs . the institut ons of his fai h P ro s P n l ut in a b ader sen e , not merely to the city of e n , not on y l ese to the birthplace of the Repub ic . you are welcome repr nting

r l i . early , as the teache s of the mora foundations of it institut ons l e l o You at east know , though oth rs forget , that in the ha f th usand e C S church s in this ity , the sermon . the prayer , and the unday S t ri s io chool , the addi ion to sac ficial wor hip of expo sit n , adoration .

r r t r a ll the e p aye , and the nur u e of the young , are heritag of the - l o . r non r synag gue The mo al debt of the Jewish world to Is ae , the

r r is n a n r . moral teache of the wo ld , co st tly emembered This other o in a l si debt is as constantly forg tten, no sm ll part beca use ecc e a stic al history is for the most part written by tho se who are ire ter st d ri a nd n z d e e in te , ceremony orga i ation , derive from Roman r mode ls and a theology based on G eek thought . But I waistli ne you most of all to this city on beh alf of the non- Jewi sh church be m ro c n s cause , in co mon with all P testant ommu itie , it owes the means and methods by which mo ral truth is inc ulca ted and publ ic

n an r to devotion led the sermo , the long prayer d the sho t , the

i n r assembl es from which the Christia church grew . The fi st Jewish S S Sir ll abbath chool to which you , . have already a uded , founded n o ne S e to in this city seve ty years ago by whose beauty , cott us d AM ERICAN RAB BIS . s r

is m s i ro le t e sketch h o t charm ng he ine , doubt ss succeeded o h r Sun S l e r b ac day choo s h re , but these in their turn we e the fruit and g y of that educatio n of the young in religion and in morals which the synago gue began and which its Rabbis have never forgo tten . l Another debt remains . This association of education with re ig ion sen of r s , the ab ce sacrifice and the p esence of expo ition and

articulate devotion brought about an educated ministry . The e all s a l z n c r fi c tend ncy always is at t ges of civi i atio , where sa i e exists in form or in symbol to look upon the ofiice of the priest as “ ” in t e n being , the be ter and high r se se of the word , magica , n n n ll l r an thaumaturgic, i depende t of i te ectua powe d training . The l v i n e Episcopa di in ty student who , whe he was r proached for the e t his n e n glec of lessons , a swered that he exp cted to rely for his on n n was an n n l n success his sacerdotal fu ctio , u fortu ate i lustratio r n r of eversio , in a chu ch which has always insisted on an educated The n n s . c n s mini try con eptio of learni g as eces ary to its ministry ,

the Christian inherited from the Jewish synagogue . Bot h in t he R n l ors i l r Greek and the oma wor d , w h p and ea ning , the priest and l w not l se a nd l the phi osopher ere a lied , but oppo d ; I we come you again as a Conference of Jewish Rabbis to this city of eloquent S S an n preachers , of great unday chools and educated mi istry , because these all are a part of the debt of this community to your

predecessors . The i o l s growth of Jewish mmigration to th se who , ike my elf , are called by their profession to the study of the past a s well as to the ' r n me durin t he s i reco d of the prese t , has been for , g la t th rty years in n r r n n n l a which we have see it g ow , the su e sig of atio a adv nce , the promise and portent of expansion of an approaching and ex r er in of uberant p osp ity , such as came the close the past decade l e e n r and sti l sw lls at t he op ning of the new ce tury . For th ough t r his e wenty centu ies , because he and virtues thrive b st in that e u r z n p acef l strife towa ds which civili atio steadily tends , peace and prosperity have been uniformly ac companied by the immigration r n . s o Em of the Heb ew His per ecution , whether it be u der R man eror n n n En l K n r n p or Arab Caliph , u der A gevi e g ish i g or F a kish l in n M N A in Ru er , the dyi g oslem cities of orth frica , or that other St t n n r S r in a e with o ly a past , just o th of the traits of Gib alt ar , a o z: C a m i . Conn u xc a r modern Republic which has cea sed to increa s an Austrian Empire torn by int feud has al and r er f r ent entu ways eve ywh e, o tw y c : and proof tha t pro sperity has culminated and d! is only when there has oeased to be enough to grow envious of the portion of IsraeL In this has made New York t he first Jewish city in t given this State more Hebrew inha bita nts tha r mo s n he a a city re Jew tha Jerusalem, t m teri const ant increase in wea lth and outward pro of us who are called to watch another growth rize list f r r t e hd the p o H a va rd fo the pas d c e. n in ni e n er grees give a u v rsity . ew . but with a

who ten t he is s the a n cago , are at tive to l t of p i h o who n the men e for H g Scho ls , k ow selec t d

are as pat ent and various as the sigfis of mater

business front of than the roof of t growth inwealth of vital religious B AM ERICAN RA BIS . 33

and an n one beautiful , sweet altogether admirable thi g , that of the speeches made at that celebration came from the President of the n I fi Methodist Episcopal Confere ce . If were nally to sum the wel oi n n - come this city , fou ded by a Frie d , which saw Jews aid the foundation of our American State a nd which owes its moral stability in i n n n u I n to st tutio s grow from the sy agog e , could ot do better n n t o n tha tur the words of Wesley , fou der of the church , whose representative so sincerely proclaimed the love and honor of it s ni commu on for your grea t leader . If I go back a century for these n n n how words , it is to remi d us all how early tolera ce bega , deep “ - n h n rooted to day it should be a d ow ge eral its fruits . Give me " t in n on an n h e ha d , said Wesley , the apostle of Methodism , occasio

not . not n he ni n ou n n t dissimilar I do mea of my opi o ; y eed o , not n do n I do expect or desire it , either I mea that I will be of your n n own i n n a nd n opi io . Keep your op io I mi e , as steadily as ever .

You n no t n to n eed eve endeavor to come over me , or bri g me over

to n n . no r i you , o ly give me thi e hand I have desi e to d spute with on n n n i n you e mome t , let all small poi ts sta d as de , let them ever

n i . t n Go come i to s ght If hi e heart is as my heart , if thou love d "

n n n no n n . a d all ma ki d , I ask more , give me thi e ha d

n n n a n After a musical selectio , Preside t Silverma delivered the n n t n r i s to . o nual message o the Co fe e ce , reply g al o Dr Krausk pf . n r d to . in Chai ma of the Local Committee , an Dr Williams , the - n l i . n p ac e of V ce President Dr Mielzi er , who was una voidably abse t a nd had sent the following despatch :

08 10 01 2 1 . CINCINNATI , , July , 9 CENTRAL CONFERENCE o r AM ERICAN RABBI S :

I sinc erely regret my inability to attend this Co nventio n. May your deliberatio ns co ntribute toward promoting the sacred cause of Judaism . Z DR. . M . M IE L INER 24 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or

P I ’ A RES DENTS M ESS GE.

W t n a n nnua v nd C n e elcome , bre hre frie ds to the Twelfth A l o n

n n n n r n . e tio of the Ce tral Co fere ce of Ame ica Rabbis Welcome , y m n a nd a and i isters , preachers prophets of Israel who have ze lously

w e se f a nd o . fearlessly , ith word d ed , labored for the cau Judaism n a nd a Welcome , ye faithful so s daughters of Judah who h ve been

a nd man. loyal to God Welcome , ye good people of the city of n of r brotherly love , who have ever bee martyrs to the cause t uth , n nd n justice a d liberty , a who have but lately give the world a n ma n practical lesso of the text , If a take thy coat give him thy ” n n f r t . u o Cloak also Welcome , ye disti g ished visitors oted s ates

n n a nd n ma ship , phila thropy scholarship , ye who have so obly n n n n n and . spoke words of greeti g , comme datio cheer We tha k u n n n you all for your aug st prese ce . your gracious e courageme t , a d n n not n ask you to receive with i dulge ce , if with favor , the message that this Conference will speak to - night a nd throughout n the comi g week . n n n n v n From this e live i g sce e , from this ser ice of so g , prayer

nd - n n a soul stirri g eloque ce , from this majestic house of God , we

n . shall gather i spiration for the great work before us But , most

a nd n n n and of all , will our thoughts se time ts be quicke ed our n t n labors touched , as if by a magic wa d , by the historic emi i sc enc es of this patriotic city that first felt the thrill of the birth of n n American independence . Lo g have we waited for the opportu ity of convening the national organization of American Rabbis in in a nd this city , the midst of these ever memorable , , to the heart of

n n And now a nd n . every America , dear sacred surrou di gs , that n fi n this Cherished desire has , at last , bee grati ed , we realize , at o ce , n n fi n n n ’ how emi e tly tti g it is , that this co vocatio of Israel s lead in n ” n ers be held the old Quaker tow , the shri e of liberty , truth n n . n n n a d justice Here was the cradle of America i depe de ce , of

n n a nd n n. n the U io the Co stitutio Here the pri ciples , that were first enunciated by Moses a nd endorsed by Israel at Sinai three n in and in thousa d years ago , were aga proclaimed to the world eradicably engr afted upon the then young a nd already vigorous

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n n n n . n the la d , to all the i habita ts thereof This co fere ce of Amer ican Rabbis assumes no authority save that which comes from in lli ent n a n n t e g deliberatio d agreeme t . It grants to its members s t the widest latitude to which their individuality may a pire , requi ing only that all gi ve their best thought to the elucidation a nd solution of the problems that are presented . The Conference is a common meeting ground for the representatives of various shades

n n n f r n Of belief a d practice . It is a are a o combating heresies a d

It is the rea t clea rin - house o ewis t t testing new theories . g g ffif h hough . n n t not n We sta d always upo his oric Judaism , breaki g abruptly n with the past , but rather buildi g the bridge by which to make n t e possible a transitio from h past to the present and the future . We note the events that affect Judaism and the position of Israel throughout the world and seek to cont ri bute our share towards the n n in n progress of our cause a d huma ity ge eral . We recognize n in Of n every adva ce the realm scie ce , philosophy , Biblical research a nd Rabbinical scholarship a nd endeavor to appropriate the best thought Of the world for the interpretation a nd application Of Jew ish teachings . N ACHI EVEM E TS .

The achievements Of the Conference during the twelve years of its existence speak eloquently in its behalf a nd demonstrate its n n usefulness to the America Rabbi ate a nd Israel at large . What

‘ wi a nd mn a nd n th the Prayer Book Hy al various other publicatio s ,

a nd n n a nd n n besides the Year Books , excelle t discussio s decisio s o n n ff n n almost every importa t questio a ecti g moder Judaism , the

n n n n. Co fere ce has j ust cause for co gratulatio The death , over a Of n a nd fi n Of n year ago , the revered fou der rst preside t the Co fer ence was a severe blow from which we have scarcely rallied . Yet the Spirit of our departed leader a nd benefactor has been ever

n wi a nd n n prese t th us , has sustained i spired us to remai loyal to n his memory a d the heritage he has left us . At all hazards we S hall maintain this Conference not only for our Own needs a nd those

n ttin monument to Isa a c M of America Judaism , but also as a fi g . Wise who founded it a nd gave t o its welfare his best thought a nd unstinted energy . AME RICAN RABBIS . 27

n nc l and not n nnu ns This Co fere e ives acts o ly at its a al sessio , but throughout the year by virtue Of the esprit de Corps it created

‘ among the fraternity and the spirit of scholarship it has dissemi n nated among the brethren. The Co ference lives and acts through out n Of u n the year by mea s its vario s publicatio s , its executive fi an s fi n of cers , d tho e members who have pro ted by its discussio s n and decisio s . N AI D FOR GALVESTO .

Last Fall I had occasion to use the existence of the Conference in t n in a l n n m a prac ical way , amely , c l i g upo the me bers to make a i n in i n n n collect o , the r sy agogues , duri g the Autum holidays for n fi n who uff the be e t of the Jews of Galvesto , Texas , had s ered ma te rially on account Of the severe storm that swept over that unfortu

n . l ate city I am happy to state , that about were thus co lected and turned over to the Jewish Relief Committee of Galves t on a nd that o ur efi orts n an , have bee highly appreciated d com mended by the stricken community . In calling upon Our Rabbis to make this collection in the syna to nrinister n n gogue , my purpose was also give the a other opportu ity of using his offi ce in the interest of public affairs and movements n n n outside of his congregatio a d commu ity . The tendency in the past few years has been to repress the clergyman a nd to narrow his hi position to the confines of the pulpit . T s limitation seems to c on

’ tra ct the preacher s offi ce a nd function a nd he should try to utilize ev ery opp ortunity to broaden his work a nd usefulness a nd strengt h t en his infiuenc e a nd authority . It may be timely o again Open for our consideration the topic Of the relation of Rabbis to public

Our several committees have been at work upon the tas ks as nd t r signed to them a will make their repor s at the prope time .

O TH E PRAYER BO K AN D HYM NAL .

The sale of the Prayer Book and The Hymnal has been grati i fy ng and Speaks well for the merits of these publications . The general reports from the hundred a nd fifty congregations that use 38 CENrRAL CONrERxNCE o r these books are to t he eflect t hat t hey ha ve enha nced the dignity

e ra l use in reform and conservative con re ations brou ht g ne g g , g r i to t eir r li i s s r i s t is i l unity and ha mony n h e g ou e v ce . I des rab e ' t all con re ations es ec iall those whoa ministers re mm tha g g , p y a rs h s n n e n n er Boo and ba of t i Co fere c , adopt the U io Pray k Hy mna l in order t ha t the bene fit s t hat result from their use ma y be more i widely sprea d . I a this connect on permit me to refer to a work

n . . tha t enhances the value of the U ion Prayer Book The Rev Mr . of on n and n r of l Emanu Sparger , member this C fere ce Ca to Temp e i f l and . Max D e t r o E, New York . Mr Sp cker, Choir ir c o the same

r n s for o cong egatio , have together composed uitable music b th volumes of our Prayer Book . The work is being published by G . i er a nd l o Sh rm , Of New York , wi l be sold at a m derate price so as to

r ° ena ble all congregations to purchase it . I ta ke pleasure in ecorn mending this excellent musical work to the members of this Con ference and trust when you have become familiar wit h some selec tions therefrom you will adopt it as a fitting companion volume to the Union Prayer Book and will extend to the authors a nd pub l ishers your hearty good wishes .

E MEM B RSH IP .

We have gained in numbers during the past year by the acquisi w t ne : . . . f o . . s tion o several members , wit Rev Dr A S Isaac , Rev

1 s . . . n . a 8 . en s u b h u . H . 0 3 a o s Dr F . de Me de , Rev Dr G T u , Rev G N

ma n . , etc n n a nd n o r Death has , alas , e tered our ra ks take from u midst the en i D Ill a nd L w . he n Ph . f . . . o o c Rev . A A , Chicago , , the Rev Os ar l i l i n f . fitt n . o n J Cohe , Dallas , Texas We shal g y ho or the r memory - t o night .

THE JEWIS H ENCYCLOPE DIA .

n n n l r n of O a Occasio ike this , it is also p oper for us to take ote some important events that have occurred in Israel at large dur ing the past year , especially those with which we as Rabbis are nd n n n of c oncerned . First a foremost , I me tio the completio the — fi rst volume Of the 7mmEnc yclopedia an event that eclipses all 2 AM E RICAN RAEETS . 9 other achievements of modern times in its beneficent influence upon Israel a nd Judaism. SO much has been lately said and t n n n i n a l writ e o this i sp ri g theme , th t it wou d seem almost super fluous to add more to all the glowing Speech that has already been

n n . b expe ded upo this topic It is possible that the projector , pu lishers and editors of this remarkable work have had a surfeit of i n f laudat o for what was to them a labor o much love . i in I am , however, just fied my remarks by the thought that i the Conference takes a fatherly pride n this encyclopedia . n l t oo a n . c We , , had ambitio to pub ish such a work We had on c ei ved the idea and had somewhat elaborated a plan a nd then l n came the excel ent prospectus of Dr . Singer a nd the Fu k Wag n nalls Co . We realized at o ce that here was a well matured plan upon a financial basis that seemed to guarantee greater success tha n we had hoped t o achie ve . We were ready to abandon our proj ect if we could c o- operate with the founders of the larger enter prise . We were met with flatt ering cordia lity and received in dubitable assurance that the forthcoming work woul d be thor oughly Jewish a nd would present every phase of Jewish thought in n a nd n . Of a scholarly impartial ma er Moreover , several our mem bers were appointed upon the Editorial Staff a nd the Board of n Co sulting Editors a nd many others were ma de collaborateurs . The co operation between the members Of this Conference a nd the editors a nd publishers of the encyclopedia has during the past two years steadily increased a nd contributed much towards the great i a nd almost unexpected result . We therefore feel a just pride n the success Of the Jewish Encyclopedia a nd take pleasure in rec om mending it t o both t he Jewish a nd Christian public . Nothwithst anding all guarantees that the encyclopedia would be a thoroughly reliable a nd authentic book of reference on Jewish n a nd a nd not doctri es , history , literature . philosophy biography . withstanding the undoubted scholarship a nd recognized ability Of e and c l n i m n the ditors o laborateurs , ma y had the r isgivi gs . But now fi a n that the rst volume is accomplished fact , all doubts are brushed aside a nd the encyclopedia stands forth as a demonstra tion Of the wisdom and executive ability of him who conceived the idea a nd those who aided him in realizing his dream . 30 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or

- n m n . The work is epoch a ki g It is monume t al . It ma rks the climax of Jewish progress in the nineteenth century a nd sets a n a nn n n n sta dard for Jud ism at the begi i g of the twe tieth ce tury , ’ that augurs well for the development a nd progress of Israel s i cause . It will usher n a renaissance of the science of Judaism in n ot w . nn n f America , if throughout the orld It is the begi i g O a n

n a n in a n n n i tellectu l moveme t Israel , of era of ge eral study a d i research n the domain of Jewish thought . It is a work for the a nd n n t e public private library , for the stude t , the scholar a d h layman. It is to the interest of the Rabbis to recommend it to n n nd i their co gregatio s , for , wherever read a studied , it w ll revive

in a nd f . n interest Judaism Jewish a fairs It will , above all , i struct the world in what it does not know of Judaism a nd Israel and will n n n a nd . thus te d to remove error , misreprese tatio prejudice n n n in n I believe , brethre , that I voice your se time ts aski g you ,

- n n a nd to ight , to ho or the projectors , publishers editors of this stupendous work by tendering them a unanimous vote of c ommen dation a nd congratulation. Let us encourage these men in the great task upon which thev are engaged a nd cause them to realize n the fi that America Israel appreciates sacri ce they have made , as well as the great good that will come to Israel out Of the truth that has thus been exhumed from the tomb of ages .

COLONIZATION.

n n fi Side by side with this i tellectual achieveme t which was , at rst n n Of ff n only a dream , a chimera , a other moveme t a di ere t

n n m n n nc . character , amely Zio is , has come i to promi e e I am not unmindful of the fact that this Conference has set itself on n n — n n record as bei g opposed to political Zio ism that is , to the fou di g

not n Of a Jewish State , but I also do ig ore the fact , that we , at the n n ews f n n same time , favored the colo izatio of J Si ce the adoptio n n n Of both resolutio s four years ago , Zio ism has somewhat ame ded not nfin n its controlling ideas or projects . It does co e its e deavors n f exclusively to the formatio O a Jewish State , though that is still n n its ultimate goal , but is co te t , at the outset , to establish large colonies of Jews in Palestine under the protection of the Turkish 1 AM ERICAN RABBIS . 3

n n n f e governme t a d with the sa ction o the other pow rs . This pur i success ul n n pose , f f , would have a te de cy to relieve the congested in fi s n n a nd a n and Jewish quarters , the r t i sta ce of Russia Roum ia ,

o n n and . e c nsumm perhaps , als Of Lo do New York This w re a o a e tion devoutly to h wished . And now comes the news that n l n n to . the Sulta has gra ted severa i terviews Dr Herzl ,

. nn the outcome Of which is that Dr Herzl has a ounced , at n n Ma c c abbees of n n a receptio te dered him by the Lo do , that before n n c an a n ten n a y importa t step forward be t ke , about millio dollars n (two million pounds) will be necessary . It ca easily be inferred

n n s from this stateme t , as has bee suggested , that the Turki h government is ready to make some concessions to the Zionists pro vided a sufli c ient mo ney guarantee is forthcoming to insure the success of the undertaking . It seems to me that ten millions is a modest sum to ask the Jews of the whole world to contribute towards any plan of colonization or settlement that will perma nent ly relieve the over- crowded Jewish distric ts of at least Russia and

R nia . h c n ouma W atever may be the out ome of political Zio ism , in whatever may be the attitude of Jews , general , towards the idea of n r a n a Jewish State , upo this , at least , all are ag eed , that y ex periment that will relieve the misery Of our brethren in the Orient

n - n and n en n a d make them self supporti g i dep de t , that will remove them from the Jewish Pale and dec rease the causes that give rise to nt - i n ten r h a i Semit sm , is worth tryi g , whether it will cost o a un n l i dred millio s Of do lars . If there is merit n any pl a n that impelled to - t . e Dr Herzl ask for n million dollars , let him take the leaders of Isfa el throughout the world into his confi dence by calling a n inter national conference of representative Jews to pass upon his great s on f n l cheme for the salvati o Israel . If his pla wi l be approved by

h r s n c n n of suc a rep e e tative body that has the o fide ce the world , I t all n n i believe tha the mo ey that may be eeded w ll be forthc oming .

be v l n s n l n - w I lie e that the A lia ce I raelite U iverse le , the A glo Je ish

n Hilfs- n n l in Associatio , the Verei der Deutschen Jude (late y sti

’ ' tuted ) the Bn a i B rith and other fraternal organizations ma y be induced to co- operate in any comprehensive colonization e n of n i proj ect that promis s a solutio the perplexi g Jew sh problem . n n I merely submit this subject for your co sideratio . 33 CENTRAL CONFERENC E OF

AN AM ERICAN J EWISH HISTORICAL EX HI B ITION.

I am at this point constrained to speak of the American Jewish n n n n Historical Exhibitio which , upo the i itiative of the America

e a n n n J wish Historical Society d u der its auspices , will be held ext Winter by representatives from the various national Jewish organ i fi f n izat ons . It will be the rst exhibit O its ki d ever held in this c ountry a nd promises to create widespread interest not only in

i n n- J ewish but also n o Jewish circles . I submit that this Con

e n t o n n n n f re ce ought pass a resolutio stro gly i dorsi g the project , requesting the members t o enlist the interest and support Of their c ongregations in this worthy cause a nd pledging itself to co- operate a s a body a nd as individuals in a ny manner in which our services ma y be required .

N GOLDE RULE B ROTH ERHOOD .

’ l ermit n n one n n n me to me tio other ge eral moveme t , rece tly set o n o in New f r f ot York , which promises great results o humanity , though it is still in the seed state . A Golden Rule Brotherhood ha s been organized consisting Of both Jews a nd Christians whose

o rst n n n Of ni a v wed objects are , the dissemi atio of the doctri e u ve sa a nd n 2d n n Of r l peace the abrogatio of war ; , the i culcatio the (lnlden n n d n Of Rule as a guida ce for co duct ; 3 , the securi g equal rights to all citizens as guaranteed by the Constitution o f the n a nd th n Of U ited States ; 4 , the eradicatio racial prejudice a nd religious intolerance . This movement has grown out o f the organization founded some time previous for the purpose of erecting a monument as a tribute Of the people o f America to the memory of the late Baron a nd Baron ’ ess (l o Hirsch a nd as a n evidence Of the people s a pprecia

o n n - n n n ! i of their oble examples of whole souled , i ter atio al a nd

- n no n sectaria charity a nd philanthropy . The Golden Rule B rother ho od aims to be national in scope a nd is thus an indication of the

n n Of n a nd - ra pidly Spreadi g doctri e u iversal peace good will . I , f re n n n n n l lwrc o , comme d this orga izatio to the co sideratio a nd support of the members Of this Conference a nd all believers in the a nd do c trine of the Fatherhood of God the Brotherhood of Ma n.

34 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or was adopted and a committ ee appoint ed which never made a

r 1 8 2 r n . o . a d he e r repo t (See Year B ok , 99, pp 7 n I t fo e re ew i this proposit on.

s ti I also renew a propo i on made by the la te Dr . Wise to the e f n n n a ers e f ect , that a volume be issued co tai i g all the p p r ad at our confer ences and all the sermons and lectures deli ve red before us 2 n I . a d n e (v . ibid pp 7 view of the fact that few of our Y ar t n o in o r s Books are ex a t , such a v lume is desirable rder to p e erve l those lectures , papers , etc . I suggest also that the same vo ume shoul d contain all the important dec isions and resolutions adopted by this Conference . In this connection I must refer to a proposi tion adopted at the meeting held in Buffalo and which has not yet n out an n for B bee carried , that i dex be prepared all the Year ooks thus far issued and that hereafter such an index be added to every

B . 1 00 . n . . te th volume of the Year Book (v Y , 9 . p I fur ' t hermo re att ntion to s on call your e the fact , that a propo iti made in the message of last year and adopted by the Conference to the f t con e fect that a volume be published in memory of Dr . Wise o tain his annual messages t o the Conferences and various literary n 00 . 0 a d t n n. . 1 n . B ha s . articles o yet bee acted upo (v Y . 9 , pp 7 I suggest that it may be feasible to publish one large volume that will carry out some of the ideas contained in these various propositions . Among these matters of unfini shed business I have also the honor to lay before you for future reference certain subjects for a d papers and discussion proposed by the late Dr . Wise n his suc cessor, to wit :

n . 1 . The Messia ic Doctrine 2 . The History and Philosophy of Reform Judaism .

l . 3. A Complete Theology of the Od a nd the New Prayer Book

4. The Distinctive Charact er of Jewish Monotheism and Jewish

Ethics .

5. Judaism as a Missionary Religion.

6 n f a . . The Qualificatio s O a R bbi

f n a . 7. The Relation o the Sy agogue to the Life of the Individu l R A AM E IC N RABBIS . 35

in t en e f n F ally , bre hr , I have several matt rs o vital importa ce and l n to s t r of a practica ature pre ent o your worthy conside ation.

DEFECTIONS FROM TH E M I NISTRY .

s . has n t n in Fir tly It become a matter of ge eral observa io , that . n n me wh t 8 rece t years , several you g n o had devoted from 6 o years to their p reparation for the ministry a nd had occupied pulpits for longer or shorter terms had finally abandoned the rabbinate nd n n s a entered other vocatio s . To my k owledge everal occupants f n n n o pulpits are ow co templati g withdrawal from the ministry . Various reasons have been assigned for these d efections from our

n a n n not n n n r s professio d the suspicio , e tirely u fou ded , p evail , n n n a that the moder co ditio s of Jud ism , the peculiar methods of e in and r n ft r n i el ct g emovi g Rabbis , the o arbit ary co trol wh ch n n ffi k r n petty co gregatio al o cers see to exercise ove the mi ister . t of n an e n n ogether with the lack appreciatio , d poor comp satio that n es n u t some Rabbis must face , are amo g the caus that co trib te o create that disordered state of mind that oft impells men to give up the cherished ideals of youth for some other walk of life . It is im f n n n t ely that this subject be ully i vestigated by this Co fere ce , that all evidence possible be obt ained upon which to form a proper

n s f e diag osi o the evil and base a n ad quate remedy .

TH E STU DY OF H EBREW .

nd a Seco ly . It is gener lly admitted that the study of the Hebrew language has in many religious schools been reduced to a minimum in r l n n a nd others enti e y disco ti ued . It seems a pity that this n in n n l h e a study , eve its eleme tary bra ches , shou d suffered to f ll n n n e ca . a i to d cade ce . Perhaps it yet be revived Perh ps the met hod of instruction which was rarely scientifi c in th e school s of our youth is to blame for the aversion tha t has arisen towa rds the not n n study of Hebrew . Could some light be throw upo this subject and some data furnished on which to base a resolution calling upon rabbis a nd congregations to foster the study of Hebre w a nd revise the methods of instruction if necessary ? I t rust you n n will find this matter worthy of your serious atte tio . 6 x r 3 Ce na r. Co x rs ns xc n or

V THE NEXT CON ENTION.

y v Tzirdl . I desire t o ad ise v ou of an att empt to a ll int o life a

Sout hern a n ca l Co n erence made durin t he a st Winte R bbi i f g p r. if : e w e ht wr l t t e t r m n ho a m d . i on y ha he C n a l cl i r g ly or g . t Con e l fer nce . h din it s sessi ns a ua l y in t he N rt h a t o g o h bit l o nd Eas . l e t e t t r r i t i e i p ac d h Sou hern in e est s p ac t c a llv ou s d of ts purview.

The at t em t a e t t he laint re ma in d it is my r . bu a n u p f il d comp s. p se t t v o o meet it . ssi . r se t ha t e next n i p if po ble I p opo . h c o ent on of our Conference be held in t he Sout h (sa v in t he cit y of New

Orlea ns ri n ri e w e re r t P v r ne xt Sp g du ng t h ee k b fo o af er as so e . Thi s will gi v e our Sout hern a nd Nort hern bret hern a c ha nc e to ' meet t e e e n m e n t s x ri en og t h r and l ar fro on a o her e pe c es. In cross t his prop osit ion is adopt ed t he sessions c ould begin on Monday a nd ose on rs a y t u s en lin t he members who att nd to cl Thu d . h ab g e et r t i e n r u n o t heir pul pit s n t ime for t h Sa bbat h. Ma ny me Who a re now unable t o be wit h us in July because of t heir trips t o Europe might be able t o att end t he seas ions if held in the v v Spring . Let us t ry e ery expedient b whic h we can uni te the me n a nat in one ar re resent ati v and influentia l A rica R bbi e l ge , p e

bo . o et er we c a n e t o ac i somet hin however dy T g h hop compl sh g , tt vi w il t e e s al al o t e . li le : di d d . h l fa ge h r

UNITE D ISR AE L .

The idea of a unit ed Rabbinat e will serve as a whol esome ex

e n n t he t t meri I is sr . o s t a ca n el ampl to all I ael C ideri g fac . h A sra he e s m e v i a t e o n o a s . n t h ri u count es of Euro e r g e us m haili g fro a o s r p , it i s m v l w n h a r el ou s ho litt le frict io or dissension exist s . And wit t l he . ea e s No t . o t st a nd st t h u y harmoni ous d r r h S u h , Ea We oro ghl , t he e t i prosp c of a perfect union of American Isra el s pro mising . The t ime ha s come for a bolishing all t he pett y nat iona l prejudic es t o v In t t e i l hat me y in a . s n s ec a l “ f r rl pre ailed Isr el hi cou ry p y , s hould inc ul cat e tn t he nat iv e Jew a s well as in t he immigra nt the idea t hat residence here ent ails upon al l t he dut v t o forget Euro pea n na t iona l diflerenc es a nd become at once assimil at ed with t h e grea bod y of American Israel a nd of American citizens in s s rs AM ERICAN Rx . 37

e efi ort s t in r n general . To this nd our must be direc ed ou Co fer n n in in an in our c om e ce sessio s . our pulpits , the secular press d

muna l work . In c n n n n fi o clusio . I beg to exte d my warmest tha ks to the of cers and members who ass isted me in my administration during the past ‘ di flidenc e in t n u n u to year . I felt a aki g pthe work you i tr sted me i l a n n w after my l ustrious nd immortal predecessor , a d I realize o that my efforts have only been as the reaping of the h arvest that e r r sulted from the seeds he had sown. The e is labor before us - r to during the coming week . I rely on your hearty (to o pe ation r n Let o to our give ou deliberatio s dignity a nd effectiveness . us g

e a d n in r f who task with z al n e thusiasm, the Spi it o the old sage " “ n s a d . aid , The work is great the day is short Memorial tributes were then ofi ere d in memory of the late

. i k O n Team . Curr c Rabbi scar J Cohe , of Dallas , , by Rabbi Max C .

P D. nd in of n Lowenheim h . a memory the late Aaro A . , , by

Rabbi Abram Hirschberg .

‘ ‘ N l l El l ORl AL TRIBUTE O THE LATE OSCAR J . COHEN.

‘

Y AX . B l l C CURRICK.

i i r s . P ec ous n the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints . (P

r t 6, 1

o n a n n n of n a f n in B r to i herita ce sick ess nd su feri g , but despite in n n of thereof, struggl g ma fully and conti uously for the weal his w n in n O . n n s of fello me , scar J Cohe has at last fou d surcea e pai the n n f n s a i fi ite peace o heave ly rest . Richly ha he earned his rew rd , blissfull y he reposes in that sweet sleep which God giveth unt o

v . Ps . 1 2 his belo ed ( 7,

l n a nd c - e i n nd n We , his co leagues , miss his prese ce o op rat o a mour n i his u timely demise . His earnest word was ever helpful n time of fi f dif culty , his zealous ac tivity never unproductive o some good resu t e la m n who l ; from the midst of his bl ssed bor , from a o g people in a t a comparatively short time had learned to know nd o love him , v n n with the e ide ces of his good work about him , did he a swer the a l n Of c l from the Academy o high . such as he may we properly 38 Cs xm t CONFERENCE o r qu ote the words of the ancient poet -seer Let the die the death l ” of n et s en e . the righteous a d my la t d h like his (Nu . n e New nc in Comi g from the far W st to York City . he evi ed ea rly life that power of application a nd sincerity of purpose which marked re his whole ca er . He rec eived rec ognit ion and honors not only in the lower schools but also at Columbia University where he grad uat the of In t n n ed at head his class . spi e of umerous e tic ements r a n r s s toward other less a duous d perhaps more lucrative p ofes ion , he adhered to his determinatio n t o enter the ministry and there a n n f i e l i i t c b Aa . n fore a cepted call from the co gregatio o Mo l , M s er in to t en fi in o an t g this charge for years , nd g here his l yal wife d rue

fi r i n o n n f . helpmeet . he xed himself fi mly the affec tio s the commu ity n l s But his health . aturally frail , gradually deteriorated until at a t it was so impaired as to render dangerous a longer stay in Mobile ; re n n v his e a nd nd the fore he resig ed his positio , ga e up hom frie s, an d m n . re oved to the more co genial climate of El Paso . Tex The one v d i move was apparently a good , for his health impro e so rap dly in u i of n e that abo t a year , he felt able to accept the pulp t Co gr ga t n E l n f . n a io ma uel , o Dallas , Tex Soo , however , he re ized his r n in a asthmat fatal er or . The cha ge the climate so ggravated his c n e n n i ailme t , that aft r bravely resisti g for a few short mo ths , he finally gave up the unequal struggle a nd succumbed to the inevi n t n wn il n table . He was mourned o o ly by his o fam y a nd frie ds , n t n n n he o o ly his own congregatio . but by the whole city wherei dwelt a nd labored and by the United Congregation of Ameri can

Israel . " For rarely do we find the elements so mixed in a ma n as they i u was n n n. n . were the late Oscar J Cohe Tr ly he a bor mi ister . for s in n a nd l l he manife ted early youth that temper of mi d sou , ca m

of t and n u in t ness Spiri piety , which sho e thro gh his every act la er ' r ffi S Mikha life . Thus , befo e he received his o cial , he was

of d a Rabbi . Had he preached the word God still woul f ld . o o he have been a Rabbi Like Samuel , he was by rea n n m son of his dispositio a nd bea utiful character , co secrated fro f n n t f . o childhood o the service o the Lord It was , there ore , sudde impulse nor determination that brought him into our ranks ; it n un n was a gradual a nd ormal foldi g . through which he grew AM ERICAN RABBIS . 39 into his office ; a rare instance of the right man in exactly the

Hence the performance of his duties was not perfunctory . He was a minister not merely of the letter ; he was pre -eminently of n t the Spirit . His word carried co viction no because of rhet orical n s of o l n embellishme t or pulpit graces , but becau e the c mpel i g f n s i n power o truthful e s and s nc erity . It was not the mere sermo to nt n e n n f ma n that appealed his people , but the i e s ear est ess o t he ; n n to and his they k ew his calibre whose uttera ce came them , official preachment was all the stronger beca use it was supple ’ mented by the life beautiful ; to use the words of America s most “ n man n w s n n s o - eloque t . his eloque ce a actio , oble , ublime , g d like ”

n. f a e actio His li e was n xpositionof the lofty ethics he advocated . He shed about him that sweetness and light that make for peace i an . n r e d righteousness Completely was he the teacher Is a l , c h n n s olar he was by his studious applicatio to all the higher bra ches , orator he was because of the res istless power of convincing sincerity ; n a nd n he was also the leader of his flock , ge tle true , who k ew just when his deft touch could smooth some irritating diffi cul ty a nd his n i n n . t ki d word soothe a ach g heart To vary the me aphor , the n v n n ground he cultivated was e er barre , it always gave him abunda t fruit and benediction and grace . An in l at d always the shadow of death , tru y we are amazed the n n n n i domitable e ergy , the quiet , u oste tatious , yet marvelous per sistency with which he accomp lished his ends ; for it was not cheap n a for fi but jour alistic flare that m de him a ctitious success , work F r r nd n n . o a duous a u remitti g , which brought him solid results n n : n u n i sta ce forced to leave Mobile , he we t to a city witho t a sy a n in or n n. n gogue well orga ized co gregatio Broke health , as he was , it was but a few months before he had both ; a nd tod ay the c on i re at o . and in g g nof El Paso , Tex , with its Rabbi Temple , is liv g testimony t o the zeal and energy of Oscar J . Cohen. Su ch was the manwe commemora te to - night ; for our betterment nd n n a nd n n a co sola tio have I plainly put his virtues att ai me ts , with n out addition a nd without cant . Mourni g with the bereaved family d n n E n and an the bereaved Co gregatio ma uel , of Dallas , let us , ’ for n n n in them with us , pause a mome t s si cere tha ksgiv g to the 40 Cs s rna x. Cos rs as xc s or

ll o t in His r ce He ha s blessed us with the in Giver of a go d , hat g a n i efi e spiratio of so beaut ful a nd ben c nt a life as tha t of Oscar J . n He has r n in l feIIOW Cohe ; that g a ted us our earthly pi grimage , the ship of one who walked with God ; that amid the throng of self k a n - ile f n see ers d make believers , ours was the priv ge o the prese ce a nd n l of m n w - m m d u se fish activity a a . eak bodied , but w . a n inc r n in a nd to calmly philosophic l yet arde tly s e e , ge u e whole n fl in in n n in n t ne the core ; ever agg g zeal , ever faili g i dus ry , ver un f his da ted by the grim spectre which , rom earliest days , ever n i d . n sha owed his steps We pray that his memory , ever livi g with us may endow us with his spirit ; that as year follows yea r and the u n u n f n n r ma mo r f l seaso o his u timely taki g away ecurs , its pall y and t n of n ion gradually lift revea l o us with the pote cy i spirat , n a n n f n l fi an n if the ful ess d the blessi g o so pure , u se sh d oble a l e

f . t o our n l a and . en as hat lame ted col e gue brother , Oscar J Coh

A ME N .

M N W NHEU'I E ORIALTRIBUTEON THE LATEAARON LOE E .

BY ABRAM HIRSCHBERG .

r Rabbi North Chicago Hebrew Cong egation.

r n r l l If the e is o e duty o honor that c an be esteemed above a l e se, it is the privilege of speaking an honest encomium of a good and m n n an n an. r oble The e is no eed of apologetic uttera ces here , d it is well that we feel that we ought to remember those who have forever n — men who n and in a left our cou cils , the , . havi g labored fought n n a n good cause , have bee called home to their Father to re der n ni ’ account of their sacred stewardship . Fairer tha the mor ng s l n n n ight is the light of blessed memories , re ewi g withi us the

n n a nd i ns in to o year i g for holy thoughts aspirat o , speak g us of l ve a nd friendship binding heart to heart and soul t o soul . The heart strings are easily touched a nd they must vibrate with the sweetest music of reverence a nd respect when the hallowed memories of dear ones come back to us a nd we reflect that they are no more .

l - e n h l This year , fe low members , we are call d upo to weave a C ap et n f two who of honor a nd to lay it at the shri e o colleagues . have ,

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strong to live as well as to think ; goodness outshines " he sun t n makes the electric light cast a shadow, he

that true nobility consists in personal otless v r e p character , he e er st ov to n lofty co duct a nd golden character . wi s girls are , tod ay , the living tnes es

protection for all who missed and ’ fathers embraces and the warmth

' It has been t ruly said that man s journey to the grave is one long l r n pi g image of duty , lit up by occasio al gleams of hope from realms i . for n L wenhe m and n celestial Such was it Aaro oe , , thoug h o n his i in i his great deed crow ed career , st ll his was the victory l fe , was the honor and the glory of having ever loved great principles s n r mi amid t small duties , of havi g ever cherished sublime t uths a dst x nin for n and ve atious cares , of ever liste g the divi e call , ready "

n n . t n t . a xious o a swer Speak , O Lord , for Thy serva t heare h

n - ni n Rememberi g him to ght , dear frie ds , let us look up , look n and above , look beyo d towards God feel with the poet preacher , “ ft in God that , a er all , Life is but a great feast which keeps the "

i . best w ne till the last . AME N AME N .

n n n n in The Co fere ce the , at the request of the Preside t , rose a s r r n body a a n exp ession of respect fo the departed brethre . n its r Dr . L . Grossmann moved that the Co ference express reg et a at the absence of Dr . Mielziner nd send a message of esteem.

Unanimously adopt ed . n The President appointed Rabbis A . Brill and D . Klei as a ssistant i record ng sec ret aries . Aft er an anthem by the choir the benediction was deliv ered

. t . r . r hy D . H Be kowi z AM ERICAN RAB BIS . 43

TE M PLE KENEss r n ISRAEL . — a r . WE DN ESDAY MORNI NG JULY 3, m

The President called the Conference to order at 1 0 A . M .

fi n e n Rabbi S . Green eld , of New York , ope ed the s ssio with

prayer .

n n Sec . Prof . G . Deutsch called the roll . The followi g respo ded

LIST OF M E MBERS PRESENT .

l . . er . r o in . mh Ans c h . H . A d a n A Kaiser , W , A S p , R Be j am , _

t . n . . n . n . . B erkowi z , D Blaustei , A Brill , S R Cohe , F Cohe , M C

. l i . . li t . fi Currick . n Feuer c n , G Deutsch , M E k , J , B Gluck , S Gree eld ,

n . . er . . s n Gutm h . . . o n ac M J Gries , L Gro sma , R Gr ssma , A , M H

. nn . . . . Harris , G Hausma , A Hirschberg , S Hirschberg , A S Isaacs ,

. i n . . n . n P . W . Jacobs , D Klei , H Klei , J Krauskopf , M Kopfste , C .

. . . . ! i . n . S . Levi , H . Lev , C H Levy , W Lowe berg , J M Magi , M L . i i E. . . . . n . n Margolis , Margolis , H H Mayer , A J Mess g , Jr J M elzi er ,

. s n . n . n . . n I . S . Moses , D Philip o , W Rose au , I Rose thal , C A Rube n h r . . f r S a be v n . s n . . an c a . tei , S Sale , M Salzm , T , J Sil erma , S H

Sonnesc hein . . z . n . . , W Sparger , J Stol , G Taube haus , H Weiss , S

Telegrams were received from various members unable t o be

present .

' The President appointed the following Committee on Pres ident s

: . . . . a n . n. Message G Deutsch , S S Wise , S Sale d F Cohe

n n r . : Trea surer Chas S . Levi prese ted the followi g eport 44 CENTRA L CONFERENCE o r

TREASURER’ S REPORT

P 1 00 70 1 1 1 0 . SE TEM BER , 9 , JULY , 9

To the President O cers a nd M embers o the Centra l n erence o , ffi f Co f f Americ a n Rabbis : — GENTLEM EN I have the honor to present t o your consideration nn a a nd n r r my first a u l report , as Treasurer , co g atulate the Confe n fin n i e ce upon the healthy state of its a ces , wh ch for seven years n n . so a d . were carefully guarded i vested by my predecessor , Dr S

‘ r - Hecht . Though virtually Treasu er elect of the Conferenc e since

1 00 not n n fi n t July , 9 , I could e ter upo the duties of of ce u til Sep em n n and n fi ber , whe the tra sfer of books mo eys were nally made ; and u ' n n n I received the f nds of the Co fere ce . amou ting to

for which amount I gave receipt to Dr . Hecht . The transactions of the Conference money s from June 1 5th to September were ao r i n n fo . cou ted by Dr Hecht n detail , showi g that the grand total

n n n rt assets had i creased from accordi g to his an ual repo , to

On N 1 t n ovember 5 h, I i vested of the funds of the

n en firm n . Co fer ce with a wholesale of Chicago . at six per ce t n n firm f a d n n . i terest , received their ote , e dorsed by a o Peoria

On 1 th fi for December 4 , I took a certi cate of deposit

n n n n n c n . from the Germa America Natio al Ba k . beari g three per e t

n . n n n and h l i terest Thus , our i vestme ts for the past seve a a f

an n n 2 0 an nu months brought us i terest retur of $ 9 45, which is

- precedented record of the interest bearing funds of the Conference . Our income from dues during the year was $60 from sale

f 1 n n o books , 3 ; maki g a total i come from all sources for

of n n the period my admi istratio , ' Our expenditures from the General a nd Ministers Fund amounted to thus showing during the past ten mont hs

n n r of n of n n a ge eral i c ease the fu ds the Co fere ce , of from

1 00 1 1 0 1 a nd n 1 September , 9 , to July , 9 , of from Ju e 5,

1 01 I 1 0 1 a nd n n n 9 , to July , 9 , raisi g the total assets of the Co fere ce Of en n t o to 5. the g eral i crease of funds , was added ' n n n now n the Indige t Mi isters Accou t , which amou ts to AM ERICAN RABBIS . 45

a nd n n now was credited to the Ge eral Fu d , whose total is Bills for membership dues were sent out four times during the

fi r n in a n . . : d past scal year , viz December , Feb uary , May Ju e I would suggest that hereafter the members paying dues shall do so in n n n the the form of a mo ey order or excha ge , thereby avoidi g extra expense of from t en to twenty cents on bank collections . ’ I now present in detail a tabulated statement of the Treasurer s n n a 1 00 1 0 1 . tra s ctio s from September , 9 , to July , 9

M EMB E RSHIP .

00 1 N n . 9 , umber of Members e rolled Reinstated by own request

- Elected during 1 900 1 901 by Board .

Total . Elected honorary member Died during past year Dropped from the list

Expelled from Conference .

Total enrollment of members Of which two were suspended for non- pay

ment of dues . Exempt from paying dues

Dues remitted up to July , Members in good standing owing $ 1 0 a nd more a nd liable to suspension 1 6

on 1 0 1 2 Members clear the books , July , 9 7 ’ ne 1 01 0 owing o year s dues , July , 9 4 5 two 1 901 1 1 1 20 three 1 901 2 six 1 901 1

Total amount of dues outstanding .

Amount of dues collected by me . n i Amount of dues collected by Dr . Hecht a d n cluded in moneys transferred to me 46 CENrRAL Coe RENCE or

RE E S C I PT . 6 Se . fe re r r l 6 r s D c enera F . pt , T an r d f om He ht , G und 9 6 n i ent Minis , I d g ’ r te s Fund . 79

1 00 1 0 1 e to ul du s . July , 9 , J y , 9 ,

ul I 1 00 n res n 00 t six er J y , 9 , I te t o a p 281 25

ul I 1 0 1 n r s n 600 00 at th e er J y , 9 , I te e t o $ r e p

From Publication Committ ee For

Funds transferred .

DISB URSEM ENTS . Commissions :

’ n 2 1 00 ul 1 01 . . e mi July , 9 , to J y , 9 , I S Mos s com ssio $557 5

X E PENDITURES .

General Expense . 00 1 9 .

1 . V Sept 3, H eld , clerk hire n n 1 . 3, J Stolz , expert accou ta t 1 dl r n n 3, May Krei er , p i ti g CC C‘ H 1 7, n n n 20 . , P Cowe , pri ti g M S I A ERICA RABB S . 47

1 01 9 .

Feb 6 8 2 . 2 , May Kreidler , Year Book . $ 7 4

6 2 2 , 4 0 M arch 20 C S Le vi (Janitor pay) 5 00

s n 1 2 00 tatio ary , books , post age

$ 420 1 5 B ook Account . 1 00 9 . De c. 1 Br ok n n n n 8 08 o . 3 , Ra ki , bi di g $37

1 01 9 . M a c 2 n n . r h 3, I sura ce

2 n C . . . 3, Brad er , Smith o , paper 2 n n n n 3, Brock Ra ki , bi di g

“ J l sl ne 2 0,

20 , Toby

42 Indigent Ministers : ' A us 1 00 to 1 0 1 M n e w ug t , 9 , May , 9 , i ist rs Allo ance 1 25 00 S 0 t 1 00 1 01 a s se en . ep , 9 , to July , 9 , Tot l Di bur m ts 9

S M M Y U AR .

Tot al Funds

1 00 1 0 1 Total Receipts , September , 9 . to July , 9

n 1 00 1 0 1 0 Total Disburseme ts , September , 9 , to July , 9 9

n on n 1 1 0 1 . Bala ce Ha d , July , 9 45

GENERAL FU ND OF CONFERENCE .

Into this fund is placed one - half of all dues of members ; one- half

net n n a nd one - n of ear i gs from books , half of the total i terest of the

ere n f n moneys of the Conf nc e . All ge eral expenses o the Co fer n t n n n n ence are paid out of this fu d , excep i g Allowa ces for I dige t

Ministers . 48 CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF

I RECE PTS .

r . 00 . 1 D . September , 9 , from Hecht

1 1 0 1 . July , 9 , dues

1 1 0 1 , 9 , book n 1 1 0 1 . , 9 , i terest .

Total Receipts 75

I R D SBU SE M ENTS .

n n 2 1 . 1 00 1 01 . 0 Sept , 9 , to July , 9 , Ge eral Expe ses $4 5

- RE STATE MENT . l . 1 00 t o u 1 0 1 Sept , 9 , J y , 9 , Total

1 0 1 1 01 9 , 9 ,

Balance on Hand 60

’ I I I I ND G ENT M N STE RS FUND .

Into this fund is placed one- half of all dues ; one- half of net

n n a nd one- n n ear i gs from books , half of the total i terest of the mo eys n of the Conference . O ly allowances for Indigent Ministers are paid n out of this fu d . I RECE PTS .

1 00 . Sept . , 9 , from Dr Hecht

I 1 0 1 . July , 9 , dues

1 0 1 n 1 n n . , 9 , ear i gs of book accou t

1 1 01 n , 9 , i terest .

Total Receipts . 85

I EM E D SBURS NTS .

’ 1 00 1 0 1 n s n 1 2 00 August , 9 , to May , 9 , Mi ister Allowa ces . $ 5

n on n 1 1 01 Bala ce Ha d , July , 9

’ Total of General a nd Ministers Funds

50 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or

0 9 0 0 5 0 m 0 c a 2 E 0 m s a 5c m u a o 5 c 0 e c o h Em5 fi o e c s 5o 8 J 4 ! m . . c w o i 0 6 3 2m5m m o m s o 0 c ¢ A 3A8 fi e£ m0 m . d 3 a u 3 s S . S fi 0 a o o 8n a 2 fl 0fl n 85: 8 3o m . . AE 1 AM ERICAN R EIs . 5

’ n and t o On motio , the Treasurer s report was received referred

: 8. e . ss . the following Auditing Committee Hirschb rg , H Wei , T

Sc hanfarber . . , S Sale

n of on n n Rev . A . Kaiser prese ted the report the Committee U io

H ymnal .

L REPORT OF 1115 COMM ITTEEON UNION HYMNA .

To the P resident cmd M embers of the Centra l Conference ofAmerican

— GENTLB M ENI The Committee on Union Hymnal begs leave to report that the sale of the book is constantly growing and that the of n n number congregatio s usi g the same is on the increase . The first two editions are completely exhausted as also a considerable i i n ' port on of the th rd edition. The stock o hand when sold will liquidate the entire indebtedness and will leave a balance of about r n i two hund ed a d fifty dollars n the treasury . The fact th at every successive session of the Conference has discussed a rev ision of the r n i n i book has greatly etarded its general i troduct o . It is the op nion n n n of the Committee that , si ce the book has give sa tisfactio wher v it n n r for u n n e er has bee i t oduced , as well as b si ess reaso s , it l t r should be al owed o emain undisturbed at least a decade . A revised edition would not only entail a considerable outlay to the n n but n n n Co fere ce , would also make the more tha seve thousa d i t cop es that have so far been sold useless . The Commi tee would recommend that those who have any improvements to suggest either to the text or to the music shoul d ma ke their recommends tions t o the Committee 80 tha t whenever a revised and enl arge d edition should be decided upon their suggestions could be taken i into considerat on.

Respectfully ,

AL0IS KAISER .

H D 2 1 01 P ILA E LPH IA , July , 9 . 52 CENTRAL CONFE RENCE OF

U IO H AL ACC N N YMN OUNT.

S ALES S INCE U LY ORDERS No 28 — 2 INCLU S IV E J . 7 3 3 ,

OUT AM COPIE G T DIN . N E S . S AN .

Dr tz t MO v . S S o R . L e . pi , uis , wm He a . . e a e A Mrs M N n , l n , rk m E . Y Rev . . a c a J M r us , l ir , N I B P t o L 00 M r . . a e e de oe a r ( r si n ) , M nr , 3 z n v . i ! i a ie Re Dr . . . a L r J M M g , ,

v Sc e . . 20 00 R . r . ba e D . h e A M l sing r , l ny , N Y ’ ’ ’ B o O in n ti o Off r t nd e . c h C . C a Oh M ssrs l , , i , L lf n n ’ ’ t i l e l O. 0 off Rev . Dr . . Wo e s e C d 1 , %

R v o R oui e tt e oc . . e . L W L A s ls y , i l k , rk B m h b S o m o . a t o O e h a C e Md . l ng , l i r , B t m M 20 00 F t Heb ew Co . a o e d . irs r ng , l i r R F a be De e ol Rev . . C r r , nv r , m I 00 l . B ew o Rev . So a N u , Y rk

Co e a t o Wa h to D. C . 20 00 ngr g i n , s ing n , Pa o e a t o Rode h Sho om Ph a . C ngr g i n p l , il , ’ ° bel o sk b k I ° Off L. er w . W J y , 0 e e c ob P a de a . L a h h Mr ss r J s , il lp i , 8 E tm New O ea La 2 00 K . G a 0 Mr . . u n , rl ns ,

! o c a Tex . 0 Dr . . . a a a 2 00 Rev . C J M M gi , rsi n , s B m New o 20 0 Rev S . a 0 . u , Y rk v F F o t Wa e Ind Re . . Cohe n , r yn , R ma ew o 0 Dr . . G o N 2 00 Rev . r ss n , Y rk B1 h ff Messrs . 0c O

B1 h off Messrs . 0c

Bil ersee New o 20 00 . d B . Mr , Y rk L S o x C t Iowa R v . e e e . J is r , i u i y , tt e Roc L . o e L A . Rev . W ls y , i l k , rk O e o Off B & . N w e . oc h C M ssrs l , Y rk , too a Pa C . We A Miss il , l n ,

B ff o I 2 R e . 0 . . L . o a a N Mr M s n u , u l , Y 5 ff 1 B O. w o e . oc h C Ne O M ssrs l , Y rk , 3 33 m B e 00 He a o d o o a do . . L . C Mr r n , ul r , l r 4

Tot a l $ 357 68 $ 51 33 AM ERICAN RABBIS . 53

STATE MENT .

n in 1 00 Bala ce Treasury , July 9, 9 Collected Outstanding on Old Account

n 1 00 Receipts from Sales si ce July 9, 9

IP RECE TS .

Total $41 5 66

I D SB URSE MENTS . 1 00 9 . n . 1 2 00 Aug 7, Koh Pollock , postals $

Nov . 22 . n on , Wm Sparger , postage , discou ts checks , r n etc . , du i g the last three years

22 . . n N Co . n ovember , Wm C Popper , o accou t

1 01 9 .

. . n a n. Co . on J 4, Wm C Popper , accou t

4, Alois Kaiser , postage n n M 1 . . Co . o arch 9, Wm C Popper , accou t

M a 2 . . Co . on n y 7, Wm C Popper , accou t 2 n 7, Koh Pollock , order book

n 28 Ju e , Alois Kaiser , postage to date

B n in 2 1 01 ala ce Treasury July , 9

$41 5 66

I I I LIAB L T ES .

. . . Co . n on n To Messrs Wm C Popper , pri ters , accou t of third edition of Copies at $400 $300 00

ASSETS .

Outstanding on Old Account u u I t New CENrRAI. CONrERENCE or

8 3° 77

563 80

1 5

ALOIs KA ISER , PH D P l 0 2 1 1 . ILA E L HIA , Ju y , 9

On n r was a d to motio , repo t received n referred a specia l Auditing

t e n n of . n n . . Commit e , co sisti g R Be jami , A Brill , M Kopfstein.

An n n to n n ff r R i ame dme t the Co stitutio was O e ed by abb s A. r Gutt ma che and S . 8. Wise to the effect that time of meeting of Conference be cha nged from first week in July to first week in

' The amendment was referred to Committee on President s

Message .

n n . nn n Correspo di g Secretary L Grossma prese ted his report .

N N REPORT OF CORRES PO DI G S ECRETARY.

O. 1 01 . CINCINNATI , , July 3, 9

To the President a nd M embers of the Central Conference ofAmerica n

a bbis Phila del hia P a R , p , — — GENTLE MEN During the year 1 900 1 90 1 the following vouchers were issued by me and duly countersigned by the President and n honored by the Treasurer : (See accompanyi g list . )

. t t n f r Rev . Dr . Isaac S Moses was requested o submi his bo d o

00 . A similar request for $5 bond was made of the Rev W .

n t . t Sparger . The bo d submit ed by Rev Kaiser was referred o n a nd Guttmacher Drs . S . Rose au for their approval , which wa s n readily give . I AM ER CAN RABBI S . 55

D H 2 1 0 . VOUC E RS ISSUE SI NCE JULY 9, 9 0

n H . Veld , Assista t Secretary

n n . May Kreidler, pri ti g

. n n . m Rev J Wechsler , o thly stipe d nt . r n J Stolz , for expe t accou a t

. . n n t Rev J Wechsler , mo thly stipe d for Sep

. . r n n . Rev J Wechsle , mo thly stipe d for Oct

. . f n n or . Rev J Wechsler , mo thly stipe d Nov

. C n n o . Isaac S Moses , ommissio July , Aug 8 . n Sept , Oct o $ 43 74

This item was corrected by Treas . t o $ 1 60 88.

. n . n Rev J Wechsler , mo thly stipe d for Dec

. n n 6 80 Isaac S Moses , commissio o S5 5 i n in May Kre dler , for pri t g

Brock Rankin

r n 1 . . n 0 1 Rev J Wechsle , mo thly stipe d , 9 in n nn I 01 May Kreidler , pr ti g a ual reports , 9 n . . n Rev J Wechsler , mo thly stipe d o May Kreidler , postage Year B ok

. . e n n Rev J Wechsl r , mo thly stipe d

a . e m n on 26 0 Isa c S Mos s , com issio $ 5 5

. . eX enses Rabbi Ch S Levi , p

. . n n n J M Wetterhah , i sura ce

Brock Rankin .

. i n on 1 I Isaac S Moses , comm ssio $ 5

. non 60 Isaac S Moses , commissio $5

. . n n Rev J Wechsler , mo thly stipe d

. n on 1 6 Isaac S Moses , commissio $3 34

. . n n Rev J Wechsler , mo thly stipe d

. n on 2 2 Isaac S Moses , commissio $ 7 v n Re . . n J Wechsler , mo thly stipe d i r n n Rubo v ts . Toby , p i ti g c 8: n n n n Bro k Ra ki , bi di g n n . o 1 Isaac S Moses . commissio $4 3 56 CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF

20 . . . 00 C S Levi , stamps 5 n 8 20 . n 1 0 1 May Kreidler , pri ti g nn une 20 . 6 Louis Grossma , stamps , etc 5 3

The work of the Corresponding is largely clerical in the form

n n e n n n . of a exte d d correspo de ce duri g the year This was , after

a n nc n n n n on all , i o ve ie ce ofte rather to the members of the C n n fi in fere ce tha to the Secretary himself , who was grati ed to be ,

in n a nd r n u . this way , freque t f ie dly touch with his colleag es n Frater ally , I LOU S GROSSMA NN .

President Silverman extended the thanks of the Conference t o

the Secretary .

. nn n . f . n Dr L Grossma read report o Dr Mielzi er , chairma of Com i t n m t ee on Rabbi ical Qualifications a nd Membership .

REPORT OF COM M ITTEE ON RABB IN ICAL QUAL IFICAT IONS AND

I MEM BERSH P .

I I O. 1 1 01 C NC NNATI , , July , 9 ,

To the P resident a nd M embers of the Centra l Conference ofAmerica n Ra bbis : — B RETHRE N : Your Committee on Membership a nd Rabbinical Qualifications begs leave to report : n 1 . That the Members of this Committee agreed upo the form of the Certificate of Membership a nd of Rabbinic al Qualifications i n n . l which form , pri t , is hereby submitted The further details wil be presented to the Executive Committee .

Respectfully submitted , Z Dr . M . M IE L INE R ,

ha irm n C a .

fi Prof . Deutsch asserted that certi cates issued by this Com n mitt ee should not be passed upo by Committee alone . It Should

on t o submit its report members Executive Board for approval , carried .

58 CENTRAL CONEERENCE OE

Prof . Deutsch mentioned a few important events to be consid r ered by Confe ence .

t . 1 . Dea h of Max Mueller i n n a Fr edmam n . 2. Birthday celebratio of M yer (Vie a)

r l . 3. Hundredth anniversary of Zacha ias Franke

t on l n n Matter was referred o Committee Reso utio , co sisting of i . w . . . M . Margolis , H Berko tz , C S Levi

f B the n In o . d s behalf Local Committee , Dr erkowitz ad res ed Co ference to set forth various plans for entertaining the Visiting

Rabbis .

n e o nn e Correspondi g S cretary Gr ssma read telegrams of regret , b

Of n il n n n . . L n e cause i ab ity to atte d the Co fere ce , from Dr M a dsb rg,

l . i n . . fi n a d . New e d OS . Leucht Dr . Mielz er Rev S M , J , L Mayer , Leo

. i t l n n and Lew n ha . . n M Fra kli , S Schulma , Isidore

n n n i c . The Preside t the i trodu ed Dr Cyrus Adl er , L brarian Of “ n n who a on Smithsonia I stitute , re d a paper American Jewish

History .

t n c n i n in n Dr . Adler submit ed the followi g ommu icat o refere ce to co- Operation of Conference wit h American Jewish Historical

X AM E RICAN JEWIS H H ISTORICAL E HI B ITION .

O 1 1 E I st ffi . ce of the Secretary , 5 ast 7 Street , New York

E N W K 1 1 01 . YOR , July , 9 — DEAR SIR : At a meeting of the Executive Council Of the Amer

n on 28 1 01 i n ica Jewish Historical Society , held April , 9 , a resolut o was unanimously adopted upon recommenda tion of a Special Com “ ittee en n a n n m , that it is the s se of this meeti g that exhibitio , f n under the auspices O the America Jewish Historical Society , be

in 1 - 2 i n 1 0 . was held n the City of New York , the wi ter of 9 It further resolved that a n Execut ive Committee of fifteen be ap n to n - n poi ted , with power appoi t sub committees from amo g B AM ERICAN RA BIS . 59

of c - e n members the Historical Society and other o Op rati g bodi es . has n n n an This Executive Committee si ce bee appoi ted d organized , a nd n f . c o h n n H n. o sists Dr Cyrus Adler (C airma ) , a d o Oscar S .

s . n. Ho . . Strau , Joseph Jacobs , Esq , N Taylor Phillips , Prof Morris

e . r t R heil . Got n n Es . Lo b , Prof icha d , Leo Huh er , q, George B Hell ma n and . n of , Max J Kohler (Ho orary Secretary) , all New H n o . . Frie en l f York ; Mayer Sulzberger , Dr Herbert d wa d, o Phila

Rev . . . n . al . . delphia ; Dr Wm Rose au , of B timore ; Rev Dr B Felsen

. in . . n f n n . thal , of Chicago ; Rev Dr D Philipso , o C ci ati ; Rev Dr . n n f n . o and . . V oorsan er of San He ry Cohe , Galvesto , Rev Dr J g ,

Francisco . In order t o carry out the design of the Executive Com mitt ee to secure the c o- operation in this undertaking Of other i n n n n c and n n f Jew sh orga izatio s of atio al s ope , the represe tatio o of n n all the various societies this character o a Ge eral Committee , nd n r - to n the honor a o va ious sub committees be appoi ted , we have

of n n to n o on Co- O r n your orga izatio co stitute a C mmittee pe atio , one of whom Shall be selected as a member of the General Com n n mittee of the Exhibition. Such actio o the part Of your Society would in no way obligate your organi zation to bear any of the ex um n n n in an for pe of the u dertaki g , or make it respo sible y way n n f n the work of the exhibitio . As a great amou t o prelimi ary n in n work will have to be comme ced forthwith , order to arra ge an n t o n for such exhibitio , we beg request that you evi ce your n r in t n n r n i te est this mat er on behalf of your orga izatio , by fo wardi g the names of your Committee as soon as possible to the honorary

You may recall that an admirable a nd very successful English

in n n in 1 88 and n Jewish Exhibition was held Lo do 7, it is desig ed i n of and n to g ve similar ocular evide ce the history , progress prese t n n Of n in s s int en co ditio America Judaism, all its pha e It is the ti on to exhibit documents and specimens illustrating the history the in m ni and n of a n Of Jews A erica , portraits , mi atures pri ts Americ t and n of n Jewish celebri ies , photographs , charts pri ts Jewish sy a

es nd n n a nd n gogu a i stitutio s , histories , records , reports Of America n n n n and Jewish congregations a d i stitutio s , collectio of all books pamphlets written by Jews in Ameri ca or pertaining to Ainerican 60 CENTRAL CONFE RENCE or

n t and h ens of Judaism . ma uscrip s autograp s , Specim the work of i r n s . The i Ame ca Jewish artist . etc exhibit on of Obj ects of Jewish a nd i n n l n t Ecclesiastical art Jew sh a tiquities ge eral y . o limited to n n i n. America , is also u der co sideratio It is bel eved that numerous

n t a a nd n in objects of i teres , be uty value , hidde away Jewish house a nd n n i h an t holds i stitutio s , will thus be brought to l g t d that he n study of Jewish history ge erally . of America n Jewish hist ory and Of n r l be r America histo y as we l . will greatly fu thered by such on and n t in nn e exhibiti , publicatio s projec ed co ect ion with it . Th n n an x i n in l r t n educatio al adva tages Of such e h bitio . i lust a i g the m n n in r e e i e t services Of the Jews Ame ica , from the disc ov ry on, impressing these facts both uponJews themselves a nd the American n n n n n public ge erally , are importa t consideratio s u derlyi g the ad ' f n voc ac y o this exhibitio . An n e n in fi n n early a sw r , eve if , the rst i sta ce it be but semi o fi ci al n n n r nd to - e in , as evi ci g your i te est a desire co operat the n n ta a . u der ki g , would be greatly appreci ted n to We have the ho or be , res ectfull Very p v,

CYRUS ADLE R,

MAx . J KOHLER , Honora r Secreta r y y .

~ Dr. Wis e moved that the Conference should co operate with the n m five i t a d o t . t he Historical Socie y , that a Com ittee of be app n ed

Carried .

President Silverman appointed as committee t o c o- operate with in h n n n the Jewish Historical Society their ex ibitio of ext wi ter , the

n . . . n n n: . followi g ge tleme R Grossma , S S Wise , S . Sale . H Berko

n - i . ofiic o . witz , J Silverma , ex

r r ma n n n L. G oss n e Cor espo di g Secretary read lett r from Rabbi E.

. Ca lisc h of n n n f r n N , Richmo d , stati g as the reaso o his abse ce from the Conference the fact that he was t o appear before the Constitu “ tional Convention to plead for the elimination of the word Chris 8 tian from Section 1 of the Bill of Rights . He request ed the n t f n n Confere ce o assist him by its of icial expressio o the matter . 6 AMERICAN RABBIS . 1

n n . o n . i . n A c mmittee , co sisti g Of H Berkow tz , S Cohe , M Salzma ,

a nd . 8. was ns S Wise , appointed to draft resolutio a nd submit same i n afternoon session.

The meeting adjourned .

P KENES ETH TEM LE ISRAE L .

E ON— 1 01 W DN ESDAY AFTERNO JU LY 3, 9 .

n n t ’ The Co fere ce was called o order at 3 O clock .

The Chair called for reports of committ ees .

R . Benjamin presented report of Auditing Committee on Hymnal Committee report :

1 01 . PHILADE LP HIA , July 3, 9 The report of the Union Hymnal Committ ee meets with our n a d n n . approval , we e dorse their recomme dation

0 P Cha irma n RA HAE L BENJ AM IN , .

AER. B RILL , P MAYE R KO FSTE IN .

n n nd fi O . motio , it was ordered that report be received a led

n on n to Rabbi Wise , Chairma of Committee propositio suggest “ " elimination of word Christian in Bill of Rights of Virginia Con stit tio n l : u , reported as fo lows

The Central Conference of American Rabbis in Philadelphia ass e 1 0 1 n of n n embl d , July 3, 9 , has lear ed the ame dme t proposed by t n 1 8 f f in n . o o n Mr Pollard Sectio , the Bill O Rights the Co stitutio " r n n n to n w h n of Vi gi ia , i te ded elimi ate the ord C ristia , from a t ext in which its retention would be directly subverse of the pur po se of the Cons titutio n.

to r n The Conference desires , furthermore , express its app eciatio in n nd n n . a Of the action of Mr Pollard , frami g i troduci g such 62 CENTRAL CONFE RENCE OF amendment as aims to conserve the rights and liberties of a ll the People

of e n Resolved , that a copy these r solutio s be transmitted to our li . N. Ca sc h n brot her , Rabbi Ed , of Richmo d , Va . BERxOWITz HENRY ,

. . H S R CO EN ,

. SALS HAN M , H STEP EN S . WISE .

O n n was n seria ti O motio , it ordered that report be take up m.

n in n n Dr . Sale obj ected to the stateme t resolutio s prese ted , that “ " the use Of the word Christian in the Bill of Rights wa s a sub o the ur ose o the Constitut version f p p f ion. He said further tha t we ought not to be supersensitive as t o the use of the word Christian t n which has c ome o be i discrimina tely employed . 8 n i . t Rabbi S . Wise suggested that the words o n spirit with “ be substituted for the words subversive of . Change was ao cept ed by Dr . Sale .

Sonnesc hein a n Dr . said that the m tter of revisi g wording Of Bill of Rights belonged rightly to the Union of American Hebrew nf Congregations and not to the Co erence . This position was not upheld by the Conference .

n n a nd a Resolutio as fi ally revised adopted , nd despatched t o C lis h l : Rabbi a c , was as fol ows

ALI . H C S . ED. C n RABB I N , Richmo d , Va

The Central Conference of Amfi can Rabbis in ses sion at Phila~ 1 01 n ff r delphia , July 3, 9 , expresses its satisfactio with the e o ts l made by Mr . Po lard to amend Section 1 8 of the Bill of Rights of the St ate Constitution of Virginia so as to eliminate the word

“ Christian from a text in which Its retention would be directl y n nd in contradictio to the spirit a purpose Of the Section.

Corresponding Secretary read a message from Alliance Israelite

Universelle . AM ERICAN RABBIS .

The following resolutions were submitte d indorsing the Alliance and approving its work : The far- reaching and eminently successful work done by the Alliance Israelite Universelle merits the hearty encouragement and support of all faithful Jews . Through the establishment and main tena nce of schools and institutions of an educational and philan thro ic in t ben fi p character , it has become some respec s the most e c ent power for the mental elevation and the material and moral

- co n i in n . emancipation of our religio ists , espec ally Orie tal countries I l n i n addition to this practical work , the Al ia ce Israel te Univer selle has exerted a vast influence towards mitigating the severity - ut an n n n of Anti Semitic persec ions , d its i ter atio al character has e n - r n n i made it a m eti g g ou d for Jews of all lands , i terested n the advancement of the Jewish cause . Through the energetic efforts of the accredited representative of

lia n . Nissim n now the Al ce , Mr Behar , bra ches are being formed in our n n nt o n i the various large cities of la d , with the i te i of g ving both financial a nd moral support and active co -operation to the parent institution. Recognizing the stupendous importance of the Alliance Israelite n l signific a nt fac to r in the n Of U iverse le as a ‘ solutio the Jewish t n n n m nf n sub ques io , the u dersig ed me bers of the Co ere ce , beg to mit the follo wing resolutions : Resolved n n n i , That the Ce tral Co fere ce of American Rabbis n n in 2- 6 1 01 sessio assembled Philadelphia , July , 9 , does hereby give its hearty endorsement to the Allianc e Israelite Universelle and to i f n n n . the zealous ef orts of its represe tative the U ited States , Mr

Nissim Behar . Resolved a n n n and n u , That both as orga izatio as i divid als , we tender our earnest co -operation to any movement that may advance a the interests nd increase the efficiency of the Alliance . The undersigned beg to sugges t that in order to bring the work and of n n of n aims the Allia ce properly to the otice America Israel , the members of this Conference be urgently requested to make the conditio n of our persecuted brethren a nd the work of the Al liance n o n i l the theme of a special sermo to be delivered , either a part cu ar a a on of o n n the n S bb th , or the Day At eme t , as Co ference may

Respectft submitted , PH V A JOSE SI L ERM N ,

D . BLAUSTEIN ,

S . S . WISE ,

LOUIS GROSSMANN . H C AS . S . LEVI , D PH RU OL GROSSMAN . 64 CENTRAL CONFE RENCE OF

n n Dr . L . Grossmann took the chair while Preside t Silverma a d dressed the Conference about the Alliance Israelite Universelle .

i i ffi n t Alli n e . Nss m he a c Mr Behar , o cial represe tative of , was asked

f : to Speak . He Spoke as ollows

A FEW REMARKS ABOUT TH E ALLIANCE ISRAE LITE

UNIVERSE LLE .

n in 1 860 n This Society was fou ded , for the purpose of securi g the emancipation a nd regeneration of our brethren the world over .

“ Its motto is : All Israel are surety for one another Our soli

darity is mutual . Its hope is to see the e mancipated Jews of all countries united in the idea a nd effort to redeem their perse

- cut ed c o religionists .

E MANCIPATION .

n n n n f w n in Tha ks to the i terve tio of a e frie dly powers , our aim

i e r this regard has gradually been attained n more than on count y . in n m n Thus , Switzerla d , the Jew for erly was allowed to remai but

n 1 86 n n a few hours , but si ce 7he has e joyed the full rights of citize n n In . n ship . Persia , Bulgaria , Turkey , etc , our co ditio has bee

rendered more a nd more tolerable .

I RE G ENE RAT ON .

In n n not is in certai cou tries public schools do ex t ; others , Jewish

children are excluded from them . There remain but the schools

of the Christian missionaries whose object is well known to us all . The Alliance endeavors to ameliorate this situation : By found

- 0 ing primary schools . We have to day 1 1 such schools attended by n a nd . n pupils , boys girls By establishi g appre ticeship

works a nd technical institutions . By maintaining agricultural i in O e . schools . n of these is n Jaffa the Holy Land Our pupils

n t - n men a nd leave these schools as clea , , educa ed , self relia t

women. The elite o f all our establishments are trained at our Normal College in Paris a nd go back to Asia a nd Africa to teach a nd direct

66 CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF

n n f . After the ope i g prayer was o fered , Dr Stolz read the report of the Publication Committee .

REPORTOF PUB LICATION COMM ITTEE.

I P I 1 01 . PH LADEL H A , July 3, 9

To the P resident a nd IV! embers of the Centra l Conference of America n

Ra bbis :

n n n n a nd The Publicatio Committee , e trusted with the pri ti g handling of the publications of the Central Conference of American

a nd n to Rabbis , exclusive of the Year Book Hym als , beg leave

n n 26 1 00 to report as follows for the twelve mo ths , from Ju e , 9 ,

n 26 1 0 1 . Ju e , 9 During this period we printed a sixth edition consisting of

. n Copies of Vol I ; a nd Copies of Vol . I I ; bindi g vi Copies of Vol . I ; z. :

- I . Cloth . .

Leather . .

Morocco . Extra Morocco

. : cost was , viz Paper

Printing a nd Correcting of Plates .

Total 86

By the order of the last Conference we also bound copies Of

fi n . : the fth editio , viz — Vol . I. Cloth

Extra Moroc c o . . — Vol . II Cloth Sabbath Morning a nd Eve

The cost amounted to . $420 56 6 AM ERICAN RABBIS . 7

n en n n n n not The followi g sev tee additio al Co gregatio s , previ ne e n n o o ly r ported , have adopt ed the U io Prayer Bo k

n . t . e N Y. n n n nn Sche ctady , ; Hele a , Mo ; Brow sville , Te ; Alex n ri n i . n n s O. n I O. a d a, La ; Za e ville , ; Madiso , d Chillicothe, ; Read g , P a . Ga . n i . Sa n . n n O. ; Augusta , ; Jackso v lle , Fla ; Diego , Cal ; Ca to , ;

Ind . e nn u Kokomo , ; Wat rbury , Co ; So th Jewish Religious Society ,

a Pa . n . m . Y. Phil delphia , ; Corsica a , Tex ; Te ple I srael , Brooklyn, N ;

t - n Ore Emeth . u . Por la d , ; Shaare , St Lo is , Mo

This makes in seven yea rs a tota l of copies in use in I 58 di erent r tio s sc tt r d i v r ti t e ni n ff Cong ega n a e e n e e y por on of h U o .

This growing popularity Of the Union Prayer Book is clear evi dence that its editors not only responded to the demand that the

n- f n America Jewish re orm worship be made u iform , but also felt intensely the religious needs of our co - religionists a nd met them t wi h reverence and with good judgment . r of n e The Jewish Liturgy , a wo k two thousa d y ars , is the product of many minds and in its changing forms reveals the religious thought a nd sentiments of the succ essive generations of Israel in in their changing historic conditions . The Union Prayer Book be g the most recent development Of the same a nd the product of the earnest efforts and deliberations of many minds is likewise a sincere expression of the religious beliefs and aspi rations Of the

ri n - t n is is Ame ca Israel of to day . That the lat er stateme t true evidenced by the general satisfaction felt by the congregations

n a nd n n i already usi g the book , furthermore , by the spo ta e ty with which it is being widely accept ed without disrupt ing or in the least ' nf n disturbing the harmony of the congregations . The Co ere ce s dream and hope of unifying the various elements of Americanized i is now n e z n. Israel , practically a grat fyi g r ali atio

n t Si ce the las report we disposed of books , viz

Extra Morocco 68 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or

Leather 335 Morocco 90

Extra Morocco . . 45

Unbound Vols . I a nd I I 1 25 Sabbath Eve a nd Morning 280 ’ Mourners Service 73

The total value of the sales was 33,

I l X n n n n n . accorda ce with the resolutio of the ast Co fere ce (Vol , l i 6 . . 1 2 O d n a nd 2 CO es . a n p 7) 5Copies of Vol I , Editio 5 p of Vol I , d

1 2 . New n n r n 5 of Vol I I , Editio was se t gratis to va ious priso s for the use of Jewish prisoners . Our cash receipts tu rned over from month to month to the n Treasurer , through the Executive Committee , amou ted to 0 1 3. This is but $ 249 5less than was reported a year ago

r for a period of sixteen months . Ou collectable outstanding a c 0 n counts amount to $8 3 92 . The u collectable outstandings

n 60 0 a nd n n n n amou t to $5 3 , we agai recomme d that the Co fere ce authorize the Agent to cancel these accounts because for one reason n t . or a other , it is impossible to collec them

The following stock was on hand June 26th — I. Vol . Cloth 71 0 Leather 420 Morocco 299

Extra Morocco . 1 33

Vol . I I . Cloth 367 Leather 296 Morocco 758 68 Extra Morocco . . 2 ’ n 1 Mour ers Service . 43 Sabbath Service 41 8 Unbound Pra yer Books

n n n . U bou d Sermo Books . 945 Bound Sermon Books 1 24

t zo n and 2o n Total value of s ock , less % discou t , % commissio ;

92 . 6 AM ERICAN RABBIS . 9

More bound books will be needed in the Fall and we recommend t h a t the Publication Committee be authorized to have bound at O n ce — . I 1 ooo Vol . Cloth . , — Vol . I I . Cloth . .

n n n We are u der obligatio s to our age t , Rabbi Isaac S . Moses , for f a ithful services rendered a nd we recommend that the appoint ment of a n Agent for the coming year be referred as heretofore t o t n he Executive Board with power to act . We further recomme d that the title Agent be changed to Secretary of the Publication

Committee . In conclusion we submit to you the following condensed state ment of our finances : I RECE PTS .

0 1 $ 3. 5 2 3

I D SBURSE M ENTS .

mm 02 1 To Executive Co ittee $ 3, 5 3

AS S ETS .

Stock on hand Cash on hand n n n C Outsta di g Accou ts , ollectible n i U collect ble .

Plates 32

I I I L AB L TIES .

None . tt Respectfully submi ed ,

T Lz ha i r a n P S O C m . JOSE H ,

LOUIS GROSSMAN N .

— e e t t n the N B . W n app d as a par of his report , the stateme t of

expert accountant . 70 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or

r 6 0 t 2 1 1 . Repo June , 9

Since the last report we disposed of books to the value of : 33, viz .

l — V I. o . sa Cloth , les Less returned — I. Vol . Leather , sales

Less returned

I.

Less returned . — I. t a s Ex r Morocco , sale Less returned

- I I . Cloth , sales Gratis

Less returned

Vol . I I . Leather , sales Less returned — . . s Vol I I Morocco , ales — Vol . I I . Extra Morocco , sales s Sabbath Services , sale ’ n s Mour ers Services , sale n n s Bou d Sermo s , sale n n n U bou d Sermo s , sales

n . n . B U bou d Copies , P , sales

2 Total Sales 4, 33

’ n 26 1 00 Stock of Prayer Books o hand June , 9 ; as per last year s

2 1 . report , folio 3 , 9 1 AM ERICAN RABBIS . 7

— Added to stock during 1 900 1 901 :

l — V o . I. 1 00 Cloth , $

1 1 0 Leather , 97 5

2 0 2 00 . 00 00 Morocco , 5 5 20 0 00 00 Extra 0 2 5 . 5 l — 00 00 V . . 1 . o I I Cloth , 994 994

50 Less 20% and 20% 80

1 n n n Ev 53 Saturday Mor i g a d e .

l V o . n n I , U bou d Prayer 60 n 00 t . Books , ce s

. n n Vol I I , U bou d Prayer n 60 . 00 Books , ce ts

75 Less 20% $746 55 20 Total to account for 91

on n n 26 1 01 : Stock ha d Ju e , 9

I - . Cloth ,

Leather ,

Morocco , Extra — I. I Cloth ,

Leather ,

Morocco , Extra

Less 20% and 2070 44 72 CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF

’ rn 1 2 0 . 1 0 Mou ers Services , 43 5 $ 7 75

S 1 0 abbath 41 8 25C . 4 50

n 1 0 n 1 2 1 00 . 2 0 Bou d Sermo s , 4 4

’ ’ Unb d 2 2 6 2 Sermon B ks 945 5C . 3 5 6 6 Prayer 0c . 0

Less 20% 48 Brought forward C in n ash ha ds of I . S . Moses Plates Correcting a nd Electrotyping n n Accou ts collectible as per stateme t . uncollectible

Total assets 32

NEW Y K 1 1 0 1 . OR , July , 9

Centra l Conference o Americ a n Ra bbis P hila del hia : f , p — GENTLE MEN Having made a careful examination of the books f n . n n o f . n accou ts O Rev I S . Moses co cer ing the publicatio of the

n n a n nn U io Prayer Book , d of the above A ual Statement herewith in s t n . ubmitted , I am pleased to testify o their correct ess all respects

Very respectfully , I Z A . P . POL T E R ,

Expert Accounta nt.

to : Sc ha nfarber n Referred following committee Rabbis , Taube n n . . n u . haus , H Levy , D Klei , C . R be stei

n n n n to Dr . Harris suggested the appoi tme t of a sta di g committee r v 1s n n n w e e the U io Prayer Book , for revisio must come ith riper n e xperie ce . The suggestion was accepted with the amendment that the Pub lic a tio n Committee be the Revision Committee a nd receive correo tions from members .

c e r 74 Cam “ . Co m m er o

esolved t r f r holi a onl be R , That he enfi ng o m ts fo the d y season y sin0e a com mmis of t is natum amnd s a W , p e h and a n exc use to many not to become permm fi y conneete d

e aine T t t il fi i a ll in no wia b a to bea r the R t d, ha he ch d e e m de onns tha t a ttac hes to the pa rent for m n-afi ha tiom but tha t its

t t o put into he hands of the congregationa l o fficers . of he vari us communities .

KOP Cha irma n s KRAUS F , , !i I OSES J . GR ES ,

MESS INC. A J .

In s sin the r a S a r r i a Ra di cus g eport , R bbi ch nfa be sa d th t the bbi ought not to ofiicia te at a marriage or funeral when the parties concerned or th eir families are not a flilia t ed with a congregation.

t s r s Rabbi Guttmacher was opposed o such drastic mea u e .

. n n es on Dr Sale gra ted the importa ce of the qu ti , but said the r d not a nd v hat n in repo t woul remedy matters , he belie ed t oth g ’ s of a coercive na ture should be resorted to . The minister s service should never be refused .

Mr . Kaiser suggested that the Rabbi request from those needing i their services a permit from the offi cers of the congregat on. This would bring all non- members of the congregation into direct c om munic ation oflic ers e and non- with the th reof , would lead the mem o i n bers t the conclusion that they are dealing with the congregat o . n in Dr . Philipso stated that he was thoroughly accord with the i n . n e spirit of the resolut o s There were ma y , said he , who sham i In lessly took advantage of every gratuitous p r vilege . his city no t non- a ffi liated n a nd n n burial lot was sold o a perso , o ly the dow town city religious schools were free to all . Rabbi Rubenstein reported that he was accustomed to act in acc ordance with these resolutions . M RAEEIS A ERICAN . 75

i l ll . r z n a r s Dr Be kowit Said that Phi adelphia, back of their ule , lies an efi ective power which mere circulars and resolutions c ould not produce ; the moral obligationOf maintaining a congregation

was brought home t o the applicant for offi cial service .

Rabbi Gries believed in liberal measu res in a religious organiza . i n in n i n one- of t o ; his co gregat o , half the Sabbath School scholars

n n - a re childre of on members .

sa r n i n n Dr . Moses id that the mo e the se se of obl gatio is awake ed ,

l t - l i the nea dier wi l be he response of the non a ffi a ted .

f The report was re erred back for revision.

on in Nn n Dr . M . H . Harris read a paper the Jew the i etee th

Century .

For a n i n en and ( p per a d discuss o , see App dix 5

l - i . n n S . . c Mr E E Favil e, the dea of the Nat o al Farm hool was

then introduced by the President of the Conference . He welcomed the Rabbis to the Farm Schoo l a nd extended to them the freedom i n fi o f the Farm . He Spoke of its possibilit es and the great be e ts that woul d accrue to Americ an Judaism if the School bec ame a

” The Conference then ad10urned for lunch on the grounds .

NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL . — NO N U 1 01 . T H URSDAY AFTER O J LY 4, 9

t i M i n on . 3 n . s n P . The se sio was ope ed at 3 , wi h discuss o Dr Harr s n n . . . . . a nd paper , by Dr D Blaustei Rabbi J M Magil (See Appe

dix . )

’ a n on n s Dr . S le , chairma of Com mittee the Preside t s mes age , reported as follows : 76 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or

t e nte n ssan f Your commi te , appoi d to co sider the me ge o the en be ea r the l wi Presid t , g l ve to repo t fol o ng ' 1 he a n Sc hirma i for t . T public tio , by , of a musica l serv ce he

ni n e s . n M U o Prayer Book , prepared by M s rs Sparger a d a x Spicker r n n n and in is ce tai ly a timely u dertaki g, , judg g from the ability of two men ai u the whose work it is , it will cert nly be a val able addi n i tion to our liturgy a d w ll recommend itself . n t 2 . We co gratulate the publishers and edi ors upon the com l etion of of n l and rec om p the first volume the Jewish E cyc opedia, mend that the members of this Conference use their best ca da ve rs

r the n - n a at d to furthe distributio of this epoch maki g work , c lcul e , to n n and e in re as it is , promote lear i g safeguard the high st te sts of Jews and Judaism . We make this recommendation on the

fi l d . merits of the rst volume , which has a ready appeare n n n n . n n n 3 Co cer i g the suggestio of the Preside t , aski g the Co ference to c o- Op erate with the Zionists in the colonization of Pal m n i n e on esti e , we deem it i adv sable for this body to co sider this qu sti at this time . n n n 4. The recommendatio of the Preside t with refere ce to the ri n ri n n proposed Ame ca Jewish Histo cal Exhibitio , has bee covered n by the resolution of the Conference o that head . I in ’ . n n n n t 5 keepi g with the teach gs of Israel s a cie t sage , Wha t not n l n is ha eful to thee , do u to thy fe lowma , this is the whole law n n r s n e nc onc in a d the rest a comme ta y , thi Co f re e c urs the n of en c o- r ld n sugg estio the Presid t , that we ope ate with the Go e s Rule brotherhood in every pos ible way . 6 t t t n i i . r o s s n Wi h rega d the sugge io of the Pre de t , that th s Conference underta ke to study of the methods pursued by cert ain n i n in r proselyti g relig o s , we declare our belief the p ophetic message expressed in these words : Is it too little for thee to be a servant n a nd n n a nd t of u to me , I will make thee a cove a t of people , a ligh n t n a n a n in o : the a io s , ide l acce tuated by the Rabbis the w rds “ A th e n n n - favor has Lord co ferred upo Israel by scatteri g it n n i n n n amo g the at o s , so that proselytes might joi themselves u to

" “ a n r in an an n and it , ideal, mo eover , embodied cie t liturgy , every i n n h n n and r fash o ed thi g S all k ow that Thou hast fashio ed it , eve y a tc reated a nd r n as in it s cre ture that Thou has it , eve ythi g which h na meu r R A ABBIS . 77

n a r ostrils the breath of life , shall procl im that the Lo d , the God n t i l ” a n Hs n e l . of Israel reig e h , d domi ion xtendeth over a We see no reason for departing from this traditional policy of Judaism and accepting proselyt izing methods which are foreign to its Spirit . In 7. the matter of the publication of tracts the resolution of

1 8 not n out and r n t 99 has bee carried , it emai s for the Execu ive

Committee to t a ke action thereon.

- 8 9. In regard to the recommendation of the President touching n n n s the publicatio of a volume of the papers read at our Co fere ce , we r n t for the refer to the esolutio adop ed last year . which provides

t n of an n ten publica io i dex to the volumes thus far published , we n has n a nd n would say that the i dex bee prepared , advise the maki g of plates thereof .

1 0 . n . en Si ce the demise of Dr Wise , two volumes have be pub n n n lished, beari g upo his life a d activity , therefore we believe that the publication of an additional volume would be ina dvisable for the present . i n n i 1 1 . The suggestion of the Pres de t co cern ng of essays c on tem la ted a nd not n d n n p , yet writte , shoul be referred to the i comi g

Executive B oard .

2 n 1 . Concer ing the subj ect of the defection from the Jewish n i n not sufli ci ent mi istry , we are of the op nio that we have ' i material at hand for the proper cona dera t on of this question.

1 3. Inasmuch as a paper has been announced on Sabbath l o t fin nn s an Schoo pr gram , your commit ee ds it u ece sary to make y i rec ommendat on on its hea d .

1 . n r n n n in the 4 Touchi g the meeting of ou ext Co fere ce South , we deem it advisable to leave this question to the incoming Ex ecu tive B oa rd . irma n 8. Cha SALE , ,

RED. CouN F , n . De ur sc G , Low s GROSSMANN ,

S . S . WISE .

i n seria t On the i m. mot o , it was decided to take up report 78 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or

Paragraphs 1 and 2 were adopted . in ' n to on En . With refere ce the paragraph cyclopedia , Dr S ger addressed the Conference as follows

Afr President La die a nd entle : . , s G men in n in n ou . I take the floor order to tha k , first y , Mr Preside t , of nd s s as in own behalf the publishers a editor , a well my behalf , for your Splendid commendation of the first volume of the wi n in nn nd n Je sh E cyclopedia your a ual message , a the you ,

n n for n n n n. ge tleme , the e dorseme t of this c omme datio Your

n n a o c n n c Preside t , a few mo ths g , re omme ded the E cy lopedia in n from his pulpit Temple Emanuel . He pointed e ergetic a lly to

of a nd the duty every Jew , espec ially to every Rabbi , toward the f support o the great undertaking .

n n n no n You will certai ly be pleased , ge tleme , to hear that , t o ly n of m n n a umber your A erica colleagues , but als o Europea Rabbis of great renown have followed the example of your esteemed

President . n A . few days ago I received a letter from Dr Herma Adler , Chief in nn n Rabbi of the British Empire , which he a ou ced that he preached o n the Enc yclopedia at the Bayswater Synagogu e on the “ 8 n a nd n f fir th of Ju e , that he characterized the appeara ce o the st n an n of n volume of the Jewish E cyclopedia , as eve t co siderable in ” moment modern Jewish history . n n n mi ai ou . Now , ge tleme , per t me to speak pl ly to y If , after all that has been said a nd written in the last two years about the Encyclopedia by the most eminent of your own colleagues and n to and others , some amo g you still hesitate come forward work

f r n of n with all your heart o the Spreadi g the E cyclopedia , there i must be some serious motive for that reserve n your attitude . — I am here to receive your public and private confessions be

frank with me as I am with you . I promise to smooth away the diffi culties which may yet prevent you from taking a n active part i n n n n n behalf of this E cyclopedia . Ge tleme , those amo g you who n r have a good memory , will still remember that more tha th ee

n n . e . n years ago , before the i stitutio of the Editorial Board i , whe I n r n n i stood alo e at the head of the unde taki g , I se t a C rcular letter AM ERICAN RABBIS . 79

of n n n n to the members the Ce tral Co fere ce , beggi g for their literary i n r n and . I r n collabo at o their moral support that lette , I poi ted out that this Encyclopedia shall be a platform from which the America n Rabbi c an Speak to the world at large and show at the same time to his European co lleagues what he c an do in the field of learning . Most of you have read the enthusiastic article of Israel Abrahams i on the Encyclopedia in the Jewish Chronicle . He envies Amer c an t n and n Judaism for the great li erary achieveme t co fesses that , l n in fi little by ittle , the America Rabbi will take the lead the eld n i n . . . n of Jewish scie ce Your colleague , Dr D Philipso , his thor n f in American Isra eli te a ough treatme t o the same subject the , t kes also pride in the fact th at this Encyclopedia enhanced the scientific i standing of the American Rabbi n the world of Jewish letters . i — r a t hor t z . . Allow me to quote a thi d u y Prof W Bacher , of Buda i t n s who r n n r h . pe t , w tes me u der date of Ju e o Sie habe durch n n und n n n die erste A regu g die u ausgeset zte , e ergische , fast fa at ische Betreibung des Planes und die Haupt mit a rbeit ersc haft und der Ausfuehrung deselben sich ein unverwelklic hes verdienst sr n d zeit en essisc he u enthum n worbe un das g o J d , aber auch die folge den ne n n n n Ge ratio e mit ei em Werke bereichert , das zum erste mal ein l o M e li hkeit ( wahres Ko b ) die o g c darbiet en wird, sich ueber

Al s n und udenthum n an n zu r n le , was Jude J a geht , ei em Orte o ie ” i r n a nd fin : n all maeli t e , ishes as follows Es schei t, das Amerika g . in i i t i i ued sc her Ge ster haet k . die erste Reihe j g e t treten. wird Auch i ll i ” die spec e jued sc he Cultur schreitet nach Westen vor . n n n in n n n Now , the , ge tleme , I believe the sou d ess of the pri ciple t d s n Do a e . The publishers a nd we editors are worki g for you

in n n n a n Rabbis , i spiri g your co gregations for Jewish history d

now ouw . literature ; well , y ork for us Help to Spread the work n n n h b l amo g your co stitue ts t at it may ecome , litt e by little , in a household book every family . n and a r . . u My frie d colleague of the Editori l Board , P of G De tsch , w l t and t n in n il ake the floor after me he will be bet er tha I , a positio t o ex n and o plai to you what we , publishers editors , w uld be happy i n n n n n. n to obta from your i terve tio But , before co cludi g, allow me to read vou an abstract from a letter of a simple householder 80 CENTRA L CONrERENc s or

' of o —we f md the s r r th—e S uth receive lett ers o this k by co e eve y week it will show you best how this Encyclopedia is doing pre parat ory work for you Rabbis : Never in my life did I feel more t o d a nd e on and n s of a t d proud be calle a Jew as I r ad o , tear gr t i u e t o n n l ha d c rose my eyes , for I k ew that as lo g as Israe su h worker s n n s i amo g her so s he was dest ned to endure forever . I need no t tell you of what vast importance this work will be to the Jew in n ou in r n st c n i ge eral , for y certa ly fo esaw tha t whe you fir o ce ved n n who v n n h this literary mo ume t , but I , am li i g dow South ere , c an readily see how the Southern Jew will profit thereby . We who ne in n f n re m live , o or two a commu ity o Christia s , a someti es apt a n s e i to forget that we are Jews , d there are those who om t mes are n glad when they are not recog ized as such . n n n n f r Ge tleme , I t ha k you o ce more o the var ious tokens o f

ou n n a n n sympathy y have give the E cyclop edia d to me perso ally , in i s f al and n n l . la t year , Bu f o agai this year Phi adelphia Let us n in n n one —t work ha d ha d for we all have , I thi k , but purpose o

f r n s a . work o the higher i terests of Judai m nd the Jewish ra ce .

‘ The commendation of the Encyclopedia in the President s mes 0 n sage was carried una imously .

Paragraph 3 was read .

President Silverman explained the meaning a nd purpo rt of his n i e remarks about Zio ists n his m ssage . He had not aske d the n n n n r t o u s Co fere ce to e dorse Zio ism , but me ely study the q e tion.

' It was moved a nd seconded that the article in the committ ee s report in reference to Zionism be stricken out .

n t c c - t n a n r i Dr . Philipso said he obj ec ed to opera io of y so t w th c i Zionism as long as it had politi al asp rations . The Conferenc e ought to cc -Operate with the Jewish Colonization Society a nd not with the Zionists .

82 CENrRAL CONr ERENCE o r

for a r ad la on. u an he ha d not idol t ous u ti The S lt , said . power to i give Palest ne to the Jews . Suppose the Zionists ha d 81 ’ woul d the question of the world s suffering Jews be settled ? It l n s wou d ot olve the problem . He thought tha t the Conserenc e

u on n o a nd n n l r o ght to go record o ce m re sta d by its origi al p a t fo m.

n The Preside t ca lled Dr . Gross man to the chair and propomd the fol lowing substitute for Article Concerning the suggestion of the President that we consider of ni n e n m the subject Jewish colo zatio , we r comme d tha t a co mitt ee be appointed to study the subject of Jewish colonization in a ll it s " d r n t phases a n repo t to our ex Conference .

. . n n nt t i n . a e Rev C S Levi offered as ame dme o th mot o , that a p aper on the subj ect of Jewish colonization be presented at the next Conference .

n h e n in in new e t ev . e o R . E Coh t ught th re was da ger mak g Gh t o i v en walls in Pal est ne . The greatest achie em t to day was the breaking down of Ghetto wal ls .

n n i i n l anc e ~ Dr . R . Grossma preferred a co s derat o of the A li Is raelite Universel le to that of Zionism .

l l not to e . We n i e Dr . Sale said we ought be i ib ral should i v t t to n c hammons of the o her side plead the Zio ist cause .

nn n n n of a . o Dr . L Grossma stated that i the Co fere ce two years g e i n f . o the late Dr . Isaac M Wise had favor d a free discuss o the n a nd in n problem of Zio ism , believers this cause were i vited to present their views .

n n n . O motio , the discussio was closed

n a nd f . . . c r The amendment o Rev C S Levi was the put ar i ed .

s n on h ~ Dr . J . Krau kopf volu teered to write the paper Jewis Colo

i n nd d n . nizat o , a his o er was accepted with tha ks

Paragraphs 4 a nd 5 were read a nd a da pted. RAEEIS 8 AM ERICAN . 3

n d . n a Mr Seward , chairma of the Golde Rule Brotherhood , dressed the Conference .

Paragraph 6 was read and adopted .

Paragraph 7was read .

w me Dr . Berko itz thought that timely papers be published by n best fitted for the work .

’

. n e . . b Rev . M J Gries proposed that Dr Berkowitz s suggestio f i n n f n n . e . o adopted i stead o the orig al propositio , i , i stead estab l i i sh n t . g a tract sys em , to distribute timely papers

Dr . Stolz said that not tracts for the passing need were desired

of n . so much , but pamphlets i terest for all times

i n n — Substitute for orig al motio offered by M . Gries that a com mittee be appointed for the selection of subjects and assignment of writers .

Substitute for Paragraph 7was adopted .

8 0 1 and 1 1 and . Paragraphs , 9, were read adopted

1 2 Paragraph was read .

H i n Dr . arrr s thought that defectio from the Rabbinate thus far does not deserve consideration.

Paragraph 1 2 was by consent of Conference struck out en tit ely .

1 Paragraph 3 was referred to the Executive Committee . 84 CENTRAL CONFERENCE o r

In n t o I . c refere ce Paragraph 4, Dr Deuts h expressed the ho pe t t on n in n n ha C fere ce would meet a Wester city ext year . The vote on question of locale of next Conference was postponed t o Friday session.

on i n Report Message as rev sed was the adopted as a whole .

S . S . Wise moved that a committee on thanks be appointed by

h . n the C air Motio adopted .

n n Gutt ma c her n s The Preside t appoi ted Rabbis , Housma , Jacob a nd Glueck .

On motion it was decided that the Chair should appoint a c om mittee of fi v e n n ffi : to omi ate o cers . Committee Margolis , Wise , Gutma her n n R . c e , B jami , Krauskopf .

Dr . Sale suggested that the Jewish Publication Society receive n the endorsement of the Confere ce . Carried .

m . S h nfa rber n n Co Rev . T c a prese ted the report of the Auditi g mittee on report of the Publication Committee :

Your Auditing Committee appointed to examine the report of the Publication Committee highly commend the excellent work of that Committee for the past year a nd feel highly gratified over the almost universal use of the Union Prayer Book in this country . The large number of congregations that have adopted the Union Prayer Book since we last met is the surest indication that it is the Prayer Book to for our American Jewish communities . We are thus led hope in n that it will ultimately be the only Prayer Book use . We co cur in the recommendation of the Publication Committee to cancel the

60 n . o u n n n . 0 tsta di g accou t of $ 5 3 , which it regards as u collectable We concur in the recommendation of the Publication Committee

to n n I ooo that they be authorized have bou d at o ce , copies , cloth , V u a nd 00 of ol me I , copies , cloth , of Volume I I , 5 copies , leather , of Volume I I . AM ERICAN RAEEIs . 85

We likewise approve of the recommendation to substitute for “ “ the title agent the title secretary of the Publication Com

We find the ac counts as submitt ed by the PublicationCommittee a nd the expert accountant correct .

Respectfully submitted ,

T SCHANRAREER Cha irma n OBIAS , , V D DA I KLEIN ,

. TAUEENEAUS G , LEV l HARRY , t . I Secre a r . C M . RUBENSTE N . y

n . n f . a o Dr Philipso offered a resolutionthat Dr Lipm Mayer , t n e of n n and Pittsburg , be elec ed ho orary memb r the Co fere ce that

n i n . he be ot fied by wire . Resolution was adopted by risi g vote

Telegraphi c response of thanks and acceptance was later received from Dr . Mayer .

t i n a nd n Dr . S olz moved that the Nat o al Farm School its fou der s hould be commended ; also that every year on the Feast of Suc

of n . coth , the work the School should be spoke of from the pulpit

n in . s c d a n Rev I . Mo es se o de the motion d spoke terms of praise h n n n o f t e Natio al Farm School . He thought that the Co fere ce n o ught to go on record as favori g the enterprise .

Motion was adopted .

n n n f . E n On n o . r motio Rev Cohe , the Co fe e ce also e dorsed the Jewish Chautauqua Society .

M eeting adjourned .

Thursday evening patriotic exercises were held on the grounds o f the National Farm School at which addresses were delivered

d . . nn a n . by the President and Rabbis L . Grossma S S Wise 86 CENTRAL CONPB RB NOB or

Ta ur u s M ess r s Ism s . — I O IN I 01 . FR DAY M RN G J ULY 5. 9

I u . President Sil verman called the meeting to order at o A .

e f . Rev . F . L vy of ered prayer

l s n for the m on e t r of . Dr . Phi ip o reported Co mittee the L t e Mr in n : We stock, of Sacrame to , as follows

n u to o t of Mr . nst Yo r Committee , wh m the let er Wei ock aski g for an expression of opinion on the question as to whe ther Jesus of in i i oo has n Nazareth shall be taught the Jew sh relig ous sch l , bee

r e s to o . eferred by the Executive Committee , b g leave rep rt The position of Judaism in respect to the founder of n t h n v en n his Christia ity is al oget er egati e , viz as d yi g

i . on h n v s div nity Though the pivot which C ristia ity re olve , Jesus in e n on of of Nazareth has no place Jewish th ology . The co c epti his historical position and of his significance in the development of religion is a matter of indi vidual view a nd conviction as is al so the pointing out a nd appreciation of the Jewish nature of many of in to ca n the beautiful moral teach gs attributed Jesus , but these not form pa rt of nor be incorporated in a ny offi cial statement or f declaration o Jewish belief . DAV ID Chai rma n PH ILIPSON , ,

. s r sc n G ,

K . J os . KRAUS OPF

On n n n t . motio , the report was u a imously adop ed

r n m . o n s Prof M . Margolis eported the Sum er School questio a follows :

O O ON REP RT OF C M MITTEE SUM M ER SCHOOL .

n to n . i . n f th Owi g the abse ce of Dr Em l G Hirsh , chairma o e

on n Bufi a l o u Committee Summer School , appoi ted at last year , yo r Committee is not in a position to make a definite report on the n of formatio a Summer School . 8 AME RICAN RA BBIS . 7

n in n n t n Recog iz g , however , the ecessity for some defi i e actio toward the ful fil ment of the duty with which the Committee has n n c n bee charged , we beg to recomme d that we a cept , with tha ks , u n n n f c o . the o rteous i vitatio of the Cha cellor the Chautauqua , Dr n w to n n of h He ry Berko itz , atte d the sessio s the C autauqua from

to 28 1 01 n a nd July 7 , 9 , appe ded below , that the various courses a nd r o lectures of the Chautauqua , especially its Summe Sch ol , be for a c cepted as the Summer School of the Conferenc e this year . t Respectfully submit ed , irma n . Cha R GROSSMAN , , Da ursc n G . ,

ARC u . M . M o s

28 1 01 JUNE , 9 . To r EE PRESIDENT AND ME MBERS or THE CENTRA L CONFE RENCE or I A AM E R CAN R BBIS , I l n n n n de a . Co ve tio Assemb ed at Phila lphi , Pa — SIRs z A n t t n is extended to n DEAR hearty i vi a io n your orga iza i n and to t t o all of its members , accept the hospi alities of the sessions o f m a a the Fifth Su mer Assembly of the Jewish Ch ut uqua Societ y . The sa me are to begin immediately after the close of your Confer e n o n the th and nt n a o u ce 7 of July to co i ue d ily , thr ghout three 28 l un th n n t . weeks til the i st at At a tic Ci y , New Jersey o i of n n n C p es the Prospectus , co tai i g the detailed program , are n n e a nd sent herewith , for distributio amo g the m mbers likewise , l n n e r n comp ime tary seaso tick ts , which are p ese ted with the com l f n p iments of the Society to the members o the Co ference . We thoroughly appreciate the fact that the se ssions of the Co n fe rence are devoted in a most gene rous a nd public - spirited manner in i to a consideration of the terests of the Jewish people n America . Inasmuch as the Summer Assembly has created a forum for the free a nd n n n of n ff an t n ope co sideratio these i terests , it a ords oppor u ity for the Rabbis to c ome in contact with some of the more earnest of the a nd n i ts minded Jewish people bri g to them d rectly , resul of

M f n the s l to oreover , the e fort which is bei g made b As emb y , a dvance Jewish studies through its Summer hool and to reach of Prac the needs of religious school teachers , through its School ” a nd n ad ti ce , as well as the other ear est methods adopted for n u n a nd r n vanceme t of the Jewish ca se , will appeal aturally st o gly to every Ra b . ‘ 88 CENI RAI. CONEERENCE o r

We therefore trust that you will accept the invi ta tionherewith cordially extended and that it may be possib le for em one of ya ur is n and a t t n to i and in members , by h prese ce p r icipa io , g ve help spira tion to our educational enterprise . n e Very si c rely yours , BB RKOWITZ H ENRY , l Chance lor.

L MARE BLUM ENTIIA . , M D

On motion the report was accepted .

nn e for i t on the . r a t Dr . L G ossma r ported the Comm t ee Qu r erly

Review .

OF N M AJ ORITY RE PORT COM M ITTEE O QUARTE RLY RE V IEW.

Your Committee to whom has been referred the matt er of pub lishin l g a Quarterly Review , begs eave to state that it believes that an organ for Jewish scholarship in the c ountry such as is proposed would serve the best interests of the Conference by offering an ia i ni f r cent ve and an Opportu ty o productive studies . We believe that the time has come when the American Rabbinate may ad o n i dress itself to academic w rk with a n assurance of ta g ble result s . Such studies are in keeping with a high standard of our profession with the scope of the American school of the Jewish ministry and with the significance which this has acquired in the development of n n n r i n a forceful and i depe de t Aner c a Judaism . The majority of the members of your Committee believe that a practicable plan might be devised during the course of the year for

n . the publicatio of 9. Quarterly It is probable that the present n now to n n usual appropriatio devoted the pri ti g of the Year Book , n k with a slight i crease . might be adequate , provided the Year Boo in one nn th n . be of the quarterly issues , for a beg i g of e e t erprise We suggest that this Conference continue the Committee and i n n a n n n charge it w th prese ti g a pl at the ext sessio . Cha irma n LOUIS GROSSMAN N , , E AE . SC W I , RR M . H . H A IS ,

S . SALE .

CENr RAL CONRERENCE o r

' OF AUDITING CONNITI EB ON TREASURER'S

’ ee to b en . whom has e referred the Treasurer s Re m n to say , that we have exa i ed the books a nd asurer a nd find in o an i n , them good rder d c ondit o n his accou ts to be correct .

SA MUE L SALE , S HA FAR . C N B ER T , EIss H . W .

A te legram from Dr . Heller was read extending a n invitation to n i w l the Conference to hold ext meeting n Ne Or eans .

n s n Dr . Philipso sugge ted that a special session of Confere ce be n in n l n for held at New Orlea s some time Spri g , eavi g exact time i the Conference to det erm ne . The suggestion was adopt ed by the

m n nf n m i Dr . Deutsch re i ded the Co ere ce that the regula r eet ng of i n nc n n to n t n. Co fere e must be held July , accordi g the Co sti utio

Gut ma c her f an n n to n i n Dr . t of ered ame dme t the Co stitut o that n n nn l the Co fere ce should meet a ua ly , but that the Executive i Committee should designate the t me .

President Silverman stated that the amendment would be sub mitt ed to the Executi ve Committ ee to be acted upon in the next i i fin n O n n r . session. It was ally decided to meet New rlea s the Sp ing

' n to all in to Dr . Philipson Ofi ered a resolutio have matter relat g i n n n on congregations pr nted a d circulated amo g the co gregati s .

Carried .

. . n l m nn . Bo h m of Secretary Gross a read a letter from Rev B A e , l n for nd Las Vegas , New Mexico , re ati g to suggested program Su ay

School examinations .

t i The matter was referred o the Execut ve Board . I 1 AM ER CAN RABBIS . 9

n . . n k r o Rev H Mayer , whe as ed to read his pape Sabbath Schools , e t n not l stat d that while he had writ e the paper , as it was avai able , he requested that the reading be postponed to next session.

Sal on of The suggestion of Dr . e that the paper be made e the features of the next Conference was referred to the Executive Board .

i n n Dr . Krauskopf urged that mmediate actio be take to Carry out the idea s of the Committ ee on the non-a ffil iat ed with congrega tions .

Dr . Deutsch suggested that the Year Books kept at the H . U . C . be distributed more freely .

Pr esident Silverman advised that the full set of back numbers of the Year Book be secured by all members .

. Guttma c her n on n Dr , chairma of Committee Tha ks , reported the following resolutions :

The Central Conference of American Rabbis wishes to express its hearty appreciation for the many courtesies ext ended to its a nd n m of n n members frie ds by the local Co mittee Co gregatio s , K eneset h Israel a nd Rodef Sholom . Though the Conferenc e was held at a time of a depressing tem

erature n ul n f a nd p , yet whatever mea s wo d te d to the com ort pleasure of the visitors were most thoughtfully employed by the n n ff t n n n n l s . u tiri g e or s a d perso al atte tio of our Co league , Drs ’

Krauskopf a nd Berkowitz . nk of Our tha s are also due to the ladies the Local Committee , Whose co- operation aided so materially towards making our stay i n Philadelphia a most enjoyable one . The thanks of the Conference are also extended to the Board of Directors of the National Farm Sc hool for having given oppor tunit y to the members of the Conference to visit the school a nd to n y ffi n n Ken e joy its hospitalit ; also . to the o cers of Co gregatio eseth

s and Rodef n n n I rael Sholom , for havi g throw ope their temples for 9: Ca xrm Conrm xc z or

the me d the confm and a ho thm h thc m s of m l ocal m for the m pb spm gi vm in theh‘ colm s to iu m

' ' Bc i t Rnolmd That thece ex msmons of manh be not onI , p y tions of Brothera

Ln B. G sc x.

Adopt ed .

Max l nen te r . ue er e ti as follows a t the la P of M l . the s ven eth nn of e n and cent ena anni r r a iversary Mayer Fri dma . the ry ve sa y of ra n el the se ent eth nn e rs of Aol u a e Zacharias F k , v i a iv ary d ph Ne b u r i a nd the Alliance Israelite Un verselle.

E 0? N R PORT COMM ITTE E O RESOLUTIONS .

The Central Conference of American Ra bbis viewing scholarship ' a nd t rut h as a bond of sympathy for all men would place on record ll w in a r . . M x l x f r the fo o g pprec iation of P of F a Mue ler of O o d , who i o ll r l i r 2 o . M w n Oc b I . u on th on t d ed to e 4, o Prof e e a s ot y e p eer bu reco iz d a rin mon t en s who h the gn e leader . f cile p ceps , a g s ud t ave made comparati ve religion a sc ience whereby truth in the highe st a nd holiest shall be received whether coming from Ar yanor Semitic B k of Ea s s w i i minds . His Sa cred oo s the t ho t he Sp r t of cathOBm i i in all n the recognit on of truth it s forms . His remarks on anti n wi n l in sci n Semitism prove that . combi ed th his clear mi d , ca m e tific r a t in n t r research , was a wa m he rt tha beat lovi g sympa hy fo i h s n e . fellowma , especia lly for those p rsecuted n i a As theologia s we are grateful for the bless ngs of his schol rship , son father WIlhelm e we are proud of this worthy of a worthy , Muell r . ’ who in n t in F o , immortal Germa litera ure , staked his life reed ms Cause

Resolved e ri to a nd to , That this d served t bute scholarship love born of the spirit of truth be placed on the records of the 00:1;s r AEEIs AMERICAN R . 93

n t s n 21 1 00 ed n lec O he fourth of Tamu , Ju e , 9 , Mayer Fri ma , f Ha mi rash a nd i n i nn t or o the Beth d Theolog cal Semi ary of V e a , f celebrated the seventieth anniversary o his Natal Day . As Rabbis in Conferenc e assembled it is fitting that we express our congratula ~ tions to him not only for making scholarship in theoretic lines rare in n se n in n of l achieveme t , as was e his critical editio Ta mud Sukkoth , but more especially for his edition of the Midrash in securing co r nd n on Mec hilt a Pesikt a Rabbati and rect text of a rare otes Sifre , Eli Tana de Be jahu .

Resolved n n o f our on , That this se time t good will be placed the minutes of the Conference and a message of congratul a tion be n sent to Mr . Friedman wishing him the life a d the joys of scholar

ship .

In nt n i of n e October , the ce e ary of the b rth the disti guish d

n wi . scholar , Zacharias Fra kel , ll occur His courageous battle for the rights of Jews in his renowned “ r l f t n esu ts . o n work Der Gerichtliche Beweis , the his i vestiga io s on n in of n r - the Septuagi t Orig the Mis h ah , the sto e house of learning found in the many volum es of Monatsc hrift fur ” Gesc hec hte und Wi ssenschaft des Judent hums ; his successful training o f teachers a nd Rabbis in Israel impose upon us the loving duty of honoring the memory most fittingl y of Zacharias

Frankel .

Resolved in n to n , That doi g honor the profou d scholarship of Z c n n a harias Fra kel , we admire especially his dispassio ate search of truth so much more appreciable in that he pro ved that Jewi sh n n no t u lear i g was a disg ised attempt of mere apologetics , but that

knowledge knows no higher law than truth .

Resol ved n o ur n be , That this expressio of high appreciatio pub

lished in the Year Book of the Conference .

Resolved T nf n ofi r 0 n , hat the Co ere ce e a sum of $5 for a mo o graph on the life a nd works of Zacharias Frankel in order to bring

his productions nearer to the minds of American Judaism . The memory of this righteous scholar shall e ver be honored for the

blessing his life a nd work produced to the glory of Israe l a nd God . Co xn u s c z o r 94 Ct m .

' On Marc h Adolph Neuba ucr d eb a ted hs se ventiet h ' r i i of t he life-r a h of t hs ri sc hola r birt hda . The app ec a t on pe y — ha ving been voiced by bot h Jews a nd non Jens it hec oms our dut y ' a s k a blns in partic ular to do so We gratefull v ac kno wledg e t he

sen ices rendere d to ewis h literature by Ad ol h In. ma t al J p

S euba ua fi ho b ought the pri c el ess trea sures of the rich libra ry In Uxord within the rea c h of so ma ny who ha d nd t he opppa tunity r of using the reso urces of t his lib ary .

e it R ac ke d Tha t we iv to thes e sentiments a la c e in o ur B , g e p Yea r Boo k a nd tha t we tra nsmit to Ado lph Neubauer the ex f our ra t d a nd the bes t wishes of the Co nferenc prm ion o g ti ue e for his life a nd pr osperit y .

Wi r a to t he s est on t at t he onference oth a s a n t h eg rd ugg i h C , b

a n za tion a nd a s nd vid als we n our a rnes t co -o erat ion org i i i u , te der e p t o a ny movement adva nci ng the int erest s a nd increa sing the emei e n rs w t l conc ur in t enc y of t he Allia nce Isra lite U ive elle . e hear i y he rmwlutitm t hat on t he Sabbath before or aft er Purim a spec i a l se rmo nbe d evote dto bringing t he work a nd aims of t he Al lia nce be l fore Americ a n I sra e . I . E CHARLES S L V , AX ARCOLIs M M ,

wr z Rxo r . H . BE

Salt: t o t s t n ken with Ur. h ught tha ome ac io should be to ta l l ’ s th t . rega rd to Dr. Fe en a s eigh ieth birthday

so h o t n Dr. [ mi l h t ought that it w uld be bes t o recog ize the birt h n da y a nni versary at the ext meeting after the event .

l son d n n Ur. Phi ip ma e the suggestio that special actio be t a ken for the offering of a prize of $ 50 for the best monogr aph on Zach

a ria s Fra nkel .

Ma te s c t r wa referred to the Exe utive Board .

In the eso t n n n n n ll i r lu io e dorsi g the Allia ce Israelite U iverse e , t wa s thought advisable for the rabbis to deliver sermons in behal f

t e S c of h o iety on Shabbath Zachor. AM E RICAN RA BBIS . 95

. c of n Dr Deut sch obj ected to the choi e such a day , as bei g con i r n n in n i s de ed o longer importa t reform co gregat ons . He sug no n on gested that special time should be appoi ted for the serm , but i it should be left to indiv dual discretion.

The Chairman of Committee on Resolutions then proposed the n Purim seaso as a fit time for the lecture on the Alliance .

m i n The report of the Co mittee w th this amendme t was adopted .

Dr . Stol z thought that the Conference should pay a tribute to n i on th nd f n l Joh Fiske who d ed July 4 , a of ered the followi g Reso u tion of Condolence :

hereas W sa d n to us of th n . , The ews has come e demise of Joh R t n n a nd l o n Fiske , he disti guished scie tist phi osopher . who has d e n n n a nd n much toward harmo izi g scie ce re ligio ,

There ore be it Resolved our n n to th f , That we exte nd co dole ce e bereaved family a nd that these resolutions be incorporated in the minute s of the Year Book . n Sig ed ,

JOSEPH STOLZ.

The matter was submitted to the Committee in charge of Reso

f n n . a n o t o Prof M . M rgolis prese ted the report Commit ee Nomi a n : tio s . which was as follows

To the P reside! ! a nd M embers of the Centra l Conference of Ameri

GENr t s ms wz— in t o n in Offi Your Committee appo ted om ate cers , the Executive Committee a nd other Committees for the ensuing e n : y ar , submit the followi g

n - ofii cio in Exec u Honorary Preside t , with membership , ex the — i n n nn . t ve Committee Moses Mielzi er . Ci ci ati 96 CE NTRAL CONFE RENCE or

si n — e de ose r an New o . Pr t J ph Silve m , Y rk Fi i — l i rs e es en se a s o hila e h a . t Vic Pr d t Jo ph Kr u k pf , P d p n i — l i c o n S . e e es e a e a ou s . S d Vic Pr d t mu l S e, St L — s r es . e eor a . Trea ure Charl S L vi , P i — c n . h r e t A Guttma c e a ore . R ordi g Secre ary , B ltim — or n n t r . w Y k es r a a e a rr s Ne o . C r po di g Sec e ry M u ic H H i , r

E XECUTIVE COM M ITTEE .

i i i b S nf r hi . on n nn . ha ar e ca o Dav d Ph l ps , Ci ci ati Tobias , C g nn al im o t . . s t ore . J seph S olz , Chicago L Gros ma , B

n . e r n . Steph S Wise , Po tla d

COM M ITTEE ON ME M BE RSHI P .

’ nn n . ss M . Mielzi er , L Gro ma ,

. . M . G Deutsch , M argolis n D . Philipso ,

ARB ITRATION COM M ITTEE .

il l . G t . . . Got he E . Hirsch , G , K Koh er

’ r TE M I I TRUSTEES o S UP ERANUNA D N STERS FUND .

li n . N. Ca s h H . Berkowitz , Aaro , E c . t Respec fully submitted ,

AX ha irma n M . G C . L MAR OLIS , M I R . B ENJ A N ,

R . GROSSMAN , K . K U P J RA S O F ,

S . S . WISE .

n a nd On motio the report was received adopted . i The Correspond ng Secretary was requested to cast the ballot of

the Conference for all who had been nominated . The Ch airman of the Committee thereupon declared Nominees

elect ed .

98 CENTRAL Commu na l; or Am ma n Ra m s.

APPENDIX.

AM ERICAN J EWIS H HIS TORY.

DI M Am . . GY

R E D AND GENTLENENS—I to r ss to ou M . PR SI ENT beg exp e y the tha nks of the Americ an Jewish Hi storical Soc iety for the courteous n to res n er n i e to be not invitatio add s your Co f e ce . wh ch I tak a n on x u sir to ho personal i vitati , but rather an e pression of yo r de e S w i t i i ern i the n erest th s body has n the work of the Frat a l Soc ety . a d s o e a n s i e mm n al o . I h p , evidence of your wish to e tabl sh som t - i ua lly helpful c o operat on. not to e f s in e a It is my purpose r view the history o the Jew Am ric , a statement which I trust will relieve a ny apprehension whic h you a f n r o e n ur r fm om l may h ve elt , o d I exp ct you to aba don yo p o a r an one an all n in n pu suits d d e gage research work i to the subject , r s fo who e study our Society was especially established . If t he n ns of Ka serlin Markens n l i vestigatio y g , Judge Daly , , Simo Wo f s n a nd en . in H ry S Morai , which have bee embodied book form , a nd the researches of the very respectable b and the Historical Society has gathered together , given in the eight volumes of the public atio are accessib le to you and through in n n r c n the U ited States , o mo e a Probably there is no one in this lieve it desirable or useful that the Jews of themselves from their fellow believers all

Speaker . I infinitely prefer to hear of Jews and Judaism without a n fi t n o adjective d quali ca io whether it be of the geographical , p li i l t c a i i . N or eccles astical var ety evertheless , it always behooves men to cultivate the study of that which is peculiarly t n a d n t c . which , if they do o take it up , will be negle ted believe that there in whose existing civilization a nd form of government the Jews have played so important a part as they have on the Southern and C xsn Hrsro v AMERI AN s a . 99

N t n r n n in n nd v or her Ame ica Co t e ts , a while I iew this as but a small n of n of' r n insi portio the ge eral history the Jews , p oportio ately g nificant in n it ur u iversal history , is o plain duty to secure all the t n wth e to m n nd facts ob ai able r gard the settle e t , history a develop in n u ment of our people here order that the si gle chapter , if yo our e t choose , of great history may b accurately writ en. The members of our Society have thus far devoted themselves more to the study of the ea rly settlements a nd of the relations of the Jews to public life than to the origin and development of peculiarly Jewish institutions . For a history of the Jewish Con re ations in n e f i n g g we must , the mai , look to the m mbers o th s Co en a nd n nd n f u fer ce cog ate bodies , a this is o e o the tho ghts that i ‘ I would l ke to lea ve with you in the hope that it may bear fruit . We have one c ongregation in America which has passed its two

’ n r hu dredth year mark , a few which ha ve passed one hund edth a ntl iversar n n - fi ve old y , ma y seve ty years , while a great majority n n not n mi n of the co gregatio s , which are due to the Russia im gratio , have either recently celebrated their semi -centennial anni versa ry r n l - o n the c n . is n w are eari g ha f e tury mark It the custom, I k o .

c w n s na o al n r to elebrate th e occasio s by y g gu gatheri gs , add esses ' a nd b a nquets . I should like to put in a plea for the preparation n i a nd n n i f n n. pri ti g , each case , of a h story o the co gregatio A z n s n e n do e or more uch have bee published , but th re are ma y n n n of co gregatio s who have held such celebratio s , which nothing remains save the reminiscence of the persons present a n n in e at the festal occ sio , or a colum of history the we kly local Pa per n n n n not The publicatio of a history of the co gregatio , which eed

be r n to s . at all p ete tious . could be made serve several purpo es the n the c n n First , it would require Rabbi , or Mi ister , of o gregatio to make an ac tual physical examination of the archives of the c on

‘ r ti o ne i n n g ega on. I hope there is n o w thi the sou d of my voice

n t n f r own n . be who has o do e this o his co gregation, but if there s h let s uc me exhort him to do it a promptly as may be , for he might fi nd the archives stored in a damp basement where they would in n s e . p edily rot They might , some cases, have bee exposed to ' n n of re rese te b t o a n one the g awi g tooth time p n d y mice , or y of l oo Ce s m i Co s n u xc z o r Ant a res ! Ra n-rs .

tht numerous enemies of hooks a nd pa pers which n-st he so care l ful y gua rded against . The a rc hi ves of every congrega ti on should be kept in a s secure a pla c e as t ha t cong regatim c an a flori and while I know t ha t it is not ordina ril y t he dut y of t he Ra bbi to

se t: t o t his but rat her t he un t i n of t re ry of t he c on re , f c o he sec ta g

at ia n it is t he dut y of the i s a r f a l earned ro g , Ra bb . a membe o p

s fession. to see t ha t document s whic h ha ve an hit orical v a lue.

shoul be r s v d p e er ed. The writ ing of a congregat iona l hist o ry might be ma de t o serve a c i n re n edu a t o a l purpose . I suppose t ha t in most of your co ng

i - te ati ans . n a ddit ion t o t he rdina ry sc l v ou ha ve ost ra dua g o hoo . p g c la sses a nd a lumni a ssocia t ions a nd orga niza ti ons of t his sort which keep toget her t he children o f t he congrega t ion a ft er t he y ha ve gro wn up . So me of t hese young me n and young women a re prob ll i t re tion a b y c o e e st dent s en r a es . Wit h a l t le di c l g u , or ev g adu t t l set he v c d be m s is in t w r . us ne mi ht be o u ade to a s t his o k Th . o g t o exa mining t he cont empora ry a nd ea rly Jewish pa pers for refer t er enc es t o t he congregat ion a nd it s import a nt members . Ano h might go t hrough the files of t he Sta t e or Cit y Historic a l Society i i t t e l l re t ries for sim la r not ces . Ano her might exa mine h oca di c o a nd t he a ns a nd y or lust r io ns of t he c it pl plots of the cit , the il at y l er to determine t he loc ation of t he early synagogues . A young a wy or la w student might be as ked to ma ke copies of deeds of ground n de a s n r oses . hus u on a dic ted to y agogue or cemete y purp T , p y

(xzc asion s nd y un e con e ation mi ht of thi ki . the o g p ople of the gr g g de o y i n an c redit a ble un r pr per scholarl gu da ce , produce a more th

st or se n t r se in useful hin bein hi y , rvi g the riple pu po of do g a t g , g tra ined in habits of rese arch a nd get ting a fresh interest in t heir w o n community . n it a nt a l wa s Nor should the aged be forgotten. The oldest i hab y s c n re ti ns ha s so met hing t o communicate . The pioneer of our o g g a o were t men a nd not k e l eft mem not li erary , they were li ely to hav

s e n t or dia ri es n at hetic oir b hi d hem , n to have kept eve , but a symp

s o in to s en a nd n c a n, in e er c o m vi it r , who is will g li t take otes v y

n ma ion a nd in c en h i be useful mu ity , gather infor t rem is ces w ich w ll for t he history of the local institution.

roe Cm m Co xrm n s ns c o r A mca x Ra a ms .

none at all to see that that publication is made a ooessihl e t o the students to whom it mright be usefuLor that it is pres erved for future students . It is needl ess to say that our flistorieal Soei ety futi ue and it wo uld he an esped d fa m r if copies of any mch

In addifi on mthe reemd s and m hives oi the congregati om the m a the m a ery a re of great m rt anc e for the prm v afi on of na mes and the a c r t fixin of t s me rw ords l cu a e g da e . Th m

the sub ect of t he cemet er re r s a n i her r him elf that j y co d , d e t assu e t hey are being pmperly kept and preserv ed or intro duee so me

Anmi can j ewish history nmy be ma de to ha ve a peda gogical ‘ l i va ue. Your congregat o nal lihraries might fior an out lay bf pmb abl not niore t han $ r or $s qcont ain amon t heir refemnee y s g series all of the books on America n J ewish M a y which l have i ment oned ahove . c e we re sec ure ur n ils when t he y d yo p p , y

m c h mentd t ra ming m d quite as fi ely to add to the mm tota i of

- clearer to them a nd serve to awaken an interest in the la rg u subject e er l ' I l l ture ur e l t of n a ewish hist . n ur annua ec eo s at ea s g J my yo , one l ecture might be devot ed to t he history of t he j m in m a nd the meparation of t his from the wo rks t ha t I ha ve menw

I hope it will not be supposed that bec anse t his gat ha ing t hat these matters be ta ken up by ym that l a m ne mone a wxsn Hxsroa v A J . m 3

n I consideri g the fact that we draw from the whole community .

too a d i e am well aware , , of the extremely varied n mult farious duti s in n fi t n which these days appertai to your of ce , but the sugges io s in no u that I have made , it seems to me , would way ta ke yo out of

own m new . your duties , but rather give the a impetus During the coming winter a Jewish exhibition will be held in New n York City , u der the auspices of the Historical Society , with , we

- l n e c o n n na n . To h pe , the operatio of all atio orga izatio s make this f e s o on . a succes , we shall need the help every of you It is our

t o n - desire show by origi al letters , fac similes , portraits , by photo graphs or engravings of synagogues a nd buildings of Jewish in stit utions r u a n ex , by models , by all the most app oved m seum d hibit i n r l o methods , the histo y and deve opment of the Jews o f the

United States . You will all receive schedules a nd circulars pointing s out definitely what is wi hed and when it wil l be required . Most f i o thes e communications will have to be n printed form . The

of h n in n on men who work the ex ibitio will , the mai , be carried by n nd in have other occupatio s , a dividual letters will be a physical i in impossib lity . I know the very strong prejudice that exists a n n and m m ny quarters agai st pri ted circulars , am aware fro ex ie e e per nc tha t thes are usually filed In the waste basket . I ask of all that you will make a n exception in this case that whenever you et m fi t n g a schedule or for to be lled out for he Jewish Exhibitio , ou c r t y pla e it with your most u gen mail and a nswer it promptly , for we have allowed ourselves but eight or nine months in which n m and n n i to secure the objects , i stall the arra ge for the e t re ex n a nd n ca n n o e hibitio , this pla o ly be carried through if every n h l t w o a d . o is able to , gives his he p , n gives it promptly We hope

this ib n n t nl an n n in secure out of exh itio , o o y e larged i terest Jewish

f u n e a af airs , but a series of p blicatio s which will b v luable to all students .

Al n t ur t n though o directly related with o Socie y , there is a other publication which I cannot refrain from mentioning in this connec i n. n n u s t o I mea the America Jewish Year Book , iss ed by the Jewi h

Publication Society of America . The first two issues were largely . v t n n i n de oted o the publicatio of directories of Jewish i stitut o s , in which I am well aware were very much criticised . I may say - 10 Ca m nu . Coxrs a s s c s or nne xes !: 4 A RABB IS . a dvance that it is not the intention of t he Society to issue a di rect ory this year . The Year Book will be devoted to another

t . l h no i be ss e ex a ma ter It is like y t at directory w ll i u d n t ye r, but n n s is mor a t if I should co ti ue to edit thi book . it e th n likely tha , in r now c l n e say the third year f om , su h a directory wou d aga i b issued . To secure its accuracy I have been obliged to troubl e y ou i in k n t x n . s o ou n all w th quiry bla s Whe the e come y the e t time, I hope that each one will be wil ling to answer the questions that t l e are pu . I ha ve an abm ut belief in the usefulness of ma king known to the Jews of the United States their own institutions , for I think our forces will never be ma rsh alle d unt il we are thoroughly n n a d u ion acquai ted with their exte t , their character n their distrib t i c l t a l t at But , aside from this mmediate practi al va ue . the ma eri h is a nd r in l fi t r ne n e s gathered ecorded this way wil , f y o o hu dred y ar n s se t u a n a n a h he ce , be of the mo t vit al u o the f ture histori , d e c o ne may cont ribute to the acc urac y of the source thus put upon record , if he will . n m n in and Ge tle e , I fear , fact , I am quite sure that the scope en of n n t o ou who on the t or these remarks is a disappoi tme t y , n nn n o occasio of your a ual gatheri g , expected to hear either sch la rly n r n . n n a papers or fervid oratio s You have bee give i ste d . a ather n and ru en n all of commo place humd m statem t with suggestio s , i in n u n . wh ch may have bee yo r mi ds before If , however , there be but one among you to whom all these considerations were not

s n an one e n e i pre e t , d if this will see that the archiv s of his co gr gat on i r of his are well preserved , at the proper t me write a good histo y n n a d di di s co gregatio , have the history published n metho cally s n n an s i tributed , e di g abstract of it to the Jewish Hi torical Soc ety give anannual lecture onsome topic rela ting to the Jews of America , Ex i t n n n n n it aid the Jewish h bi io , promptly fur ish i forma tio whe is n or fi ve required for the America Jewish Year Book . see that four books relating to the history of the Jews in America are placed in

n n one n be m his co gregatio al library , if , I say , but perso should oved to t m l n ai carry ou this very hu ble program , I shal feel more tha rep d for the rather hot Journey that I have taken to get here and the rest of you I hope will forgive the unnecessary inflict ion to which you t have been subjec ed for the sake of the one .

J UDAIS I‘ I AND ITS RELlGl OUS DEV ELOP“

IN THEN INETEENTH CENTURY.

H. l ounu nu Dfl. e m

In a very short essa y like this it is impossibl e to give more some of the most suggestive result s. To point out det ailed or to quot e pa rticular personalities is certainly not nec essar y b a n asse mbly of learned confreres . W is ? The i rica l a enc for u buil din the hat Judaism h sto g y p g

ligion. But it takes thousa nds of years to fait h and t o clear the field for such catholic sands of struggling efi orts and hundreds of hard- won victorie ll On this score we a agree . as the Old Judaism , as well the new But an . the past is aecom c s difi cult ies future is beset with fresh a tivitie , n n yet , such is the co scie ce of Judaism , that it culties a nd dispels all doubts . To test a nd t o prove this inherent spiritual Judaism in a direction heretofore never app a to the Nineteenth Century . This Nineteenth Century was

n n not - - ! a ythi g else a peace maker , but a pace maker n — n the revolutio stood at its cradle evolutio , that is , a n d n fi e , slow but sure developme t for the highest

n now on fi n all life , sta ds firm its rst rou d , where

Century closed . in a n f in ne The sav g wisdom d grace o Judaism its pristi , no n n t a d ho red declaratio , that Religio is superior o R ce , an the living word is more sacred than the dead letter n n n n n In uis Duri g the precedi g ce turies , whe the Spa ish q was f in followed by the Church Re ormation, Judaism was a ii of stupor a nd torpor . It simply made a n inventory of its sp

s n nd fi i . po sessio s , a was satis ed with that which st ll was left TS e u ni V 1 0 Jumu sm AND I R ons DE E LOPMENT . 7

ru n Century , Ba ch Spi oza , the first , who was honest effort to awaken a new life was read m too and was He. ca e much early , his voice Moses Mendelsohn caught f the intellectual st agnat ion construct a channel for the

soon interrupted by the stormy

a nd the Napoleonic wars . And m nnin m n , the begi g of a move e t n n n n most astou di g reco structio , a nd r t n n s thei tradi io al orga ism ,

keenly and played greater havoc than in new of Isra el , which received from these progress the strongest impulses a nd en of Europe which lies on the borderline

- In that n l a . giga tic mae strom , c used a nd Feudalism on one side and the in other faith

i r oi steer ng . Fo

et at the helm . the thirst for radical cooler judgment justly t an be For , af er all d ense exponent of faith

b n r n i e other ha d , whe ever it seemed that the fra t c zeal

d- n nin n ob still eleme t was gai g headway , it was ever

- e n the self evident force of argument . Th occasio al 108 CENTRAL CONrEu Nc s or AM ERICAN R u n s . 1 Ci " tM ph of orthodoxy

used to call forthe aid b nene ened y a my , that r li io s l with e g d iberty.

- liberty with the polic force of the secul ar powers . e ' isola ed rea ctionary triumphs were b y the very n t ic issitudes isola tion only of a sp asmodic dura ce . And hus the v

of the batt le went on continually . s r In the first half of the century the conflict was the fierc e t . Mo e of a n under current fierceness than of open fight Christian world h rdly knew or noticed even t he 'a in points of the rag g confli ct . Mendelssohnian Era gave way to the more

s i s t i n thmn . Sc ence wa o take the place of mere tradit o learning and fol k- lore was to give way to the results of es d com i ive ri r let me search an fertile pa at study . And ght he e that just like in the brilliant epoch of Jewish rena i ssa nce in prime of the medimval era we find all energies developed nthe — i domains of the Western Arabic a nd Latin empires just in the same light we must look for the main field of our e i n in s n turyr lig ous developme t those va t cou tries , 11 ! ni n a ammi domi o touches nd clutches the T . The t n n il n a nd r ssi e struggle be wee the sta d st l eleme t the prog e v , “ ” " t n w — s s end be be wee the orld ea t side and the world we t ,

n t - o er ii l ew n . v twee the Ghet o a nd the cu ture J we t on It was a p v fi . a n exhausting st ruggle for existence ! It was so much n a ff n - so much stro ger , bec use two di ere t peace mak

i e - stepped n b tween the p a ce making fighters . The orthodox camp changed front and made a flank mov ement n di n n l t o I stead of a forbid g , ster refusa ne n ivilizat culture , it admitted these w age cies of c i restrict ve rules and with a systematic caution. u l n n ne a nd vir s of reform be made harm ess , scie ce was quara ti d m I n of ih culture fu igated . t ret arded co siderably the freedom a nd n t of n o e quiry the e ergetic , ac ive display the educatio al f rc s

x m a n m Enm i . n a s n s r “ e a n o C Co c o R s .

s ri n s isc n f the n . s o t tre gth The h eki g . ha r h d a t PM the sof l l f listi l s re conclus ft ehin u la by o caba c spe l we ively le b d . The useless ha ir-splitt ing controversies of the degene rated Yeshiba were a bandoned and even orthodoxy had to lea rn the cra ft of fil ialfibl e i w s l n s u - in ns h s h c . a a a t log It a p ai c e of sq re hitt g agai t a b p tmg . The romanti c symbolis m of a modernized Ghetto coul d no longer ri i al r s a of co in us ld s f r disclaim the value of c t c e e rch , urse , mi e t o m, a nd the scientific method was a pplied evento the most cons er vative was th - el rabbinical training . This academic ring e death kn l of the Ghett o of the M inhag and of the fossilize d Halacha ! The new era

of liberty a nd law was here to stay . To die of ritual marasmus or e n i Spiritual degeneration is not the d sti y of Juda ism. Senil ty is fi i a term which you ca nnot nd n a Jewish Encyc lopedia . Its

n n e n . c ns r fou tai of youth is ever fr sh , ever flowi g What was o ide ed n s the thickest dark ess was imply the fore runner of the da wn. The champions of the medizeval Ghetto roared like lions in the nn n of the Nn t n n a nd its l e r begi i g i e ee th Ce tury , at c ose th y we e bleating like sheep ! It was a veritable realiza tion of the sp ring in f i s i n r o n . n c lap w ter For , i deed , every suc es ful p o eer of eform fi i r l was rst nursed n the cradle of the Talmud . The most b i liant disciples of the Yeshibah became the starters of the irresistible

- m n n ru a in reform move e t , the reco st ctors of a dilapid t g system . the

progenitors of a regained prophetic Judais m . And this n fi t r n a n new . u prophetic re aissa ce me t a theology At rs , the st ggle for and in ressive ess was the decorum , the beauty the popular m n i n n of the divine servic e n the sy agogue . That Bedlamic ma ia of

in t o of a n - l a ma n cry g at the p your voice , d the make be ief th t the with the soundest lungs is the quickest heard in heaven was at once i s . n n di carded That chaot c state of public devotio , whe the prayer meeting really resembled a public ’ ding a nd winning God s grace a nd — graceless fight at the ecclesiastic b argain- counter all this disap. f r n eared . o a a nd n h a p It made room order , h rmo y elevati g thoug t nd l n l t sentiment . The Shema Yisroe became o ce more the inte lec ual

- K S n and . a n edu ha battle cry , promisi g victory peace The gelic was ' n in u n of n to r o ce aga what it o ght to be , the respo se Heave ea th s ’ Kor im u ecstatic aspiration. The abandoned unms m T r s i i i J AND I S Rs u c ou DEVE LOPMENT .

the cringing obeisance of . the slave a nd was once mo re exalted to the sal ute of t he freeborn servant to his Master a nd King . The a ncient Psalm and the classic Piyut became once again the prayer and n n n n a nd ful ratio al commu io with God , wi ged by sweet music stirring song . The shul raised again to the dignity of a sanctuary minia tur en e n n r . , becomi g a veritable temple o a smalle scale Maht u n i t The ob was o more mumbled n a mere perfunc ory , half " - n B r absent mi ded routine . The o c hu no more profaned by

n- n - The Adono shod u- shema Ehod kitche fumes a d tobac co smoke . j no longer intoned near the place where geese were stufi ed a nd ' n l - chicke s kil ed . The Kaddish prayer no more offered up in the ’ cl osest proximity to the room where the sexton s laundry was n n r n dryi g a d his babies washed . That step of p ogress o ce taken was never revoked . No swerving from that path of propri n n n ety a y more . Orthodoxy fell i to the li e of decorum and j oined n i i the processio n good trim and good fas h on. A n r s n It nd ow Reform was ready fo the eco d feat . turned its n i n l l atte t o to the living questions of the day . The o d vesse s of the i immorta l faith were in a more or less broken shape a nd condit on. i n n n t na The private rel gious co duct , the i stitutio al s ami was below l par . There were more loops and patches in the o d garment than n mn s of n n in . n n of n re a t the a cie t , orig al fabric The a cie t coat ma y colors and trimmings was turned inside out and displayed a most i i t . old ni o nn n n pi ful sight The u f rm , the old ba er was tor shreds

and . A h n n n tatters rag may be o orable , but the it must be bor e l r a oft . Shreds that are dragged along in the gutter are a disg ace .

And n n bec ome an n a nd thus , whe the old u iformity had ab ormity , an the rituality of the old fervor , the habituality of a cold , mech ical e n n n and practic , moder life , i sti ct with its patriotic , social artistic on r an n n n aspirati s asse ted itself , d owhere with stro ger impulses tha

. n in n n . a the ewly ema cipated Jewry The Jew as citize , his wife a nd his children could no longer be restrained by broken Ghetto t n The ies a d antiquated customs . Levitical rites lost their rights t and the Orien had to succumb to the western change of front . The s f Shul han out o f ecclesia tic authority o the c Aruch was date ,

- - and the neo t a lmudical apron strings blown into the wind . At his old in uden ass n , still revered house , the J g , the moder Jew tried 1 : on s ns n s r 1 CENTRA L C p c o Aus mc w Ra s s rs .

t a n f be inoii ensive and n in t e G - wi h ef ort to dece t h liétto sense . His reverence for the grandfather a nd his veneration archal rabbi bid him to curb his passions for the u r s i n n w n c ltu ed as im latio with the e order of thi gs . n o- i f n was o ce outside of the Ghett bar it was d f ere t , ferent l r r The e and then he b ea thed the free air . i oom in a nd f g was beh d him, the limbo o the obscure i r i overcome n ght ma e . The first th ng that fell frorii his d Ta hlh - n h n shoul er was the , the prayer cloak with the fri ges , t e he tr n e Ph lum e ll ofi and t Th t . s ipped from ha d forehead h y , the fi u h n n the o e n n it s M ezuzah of ) T e he disma tled h us e tra ce of , this c al i a l st ic n. n and the oblique talisma The culi ary , the ascetic all

- ultra conservative restrictions followed suit . The misfit rules and u i n u of m diz val r n reg lat o s were rep diated , the last vestige e abbi ism e i nullified . The entir relig ous household of the western Israel was B ztzv n . a M ah nfir refur ished The r became a co mant. confirmation is not the aping of a c hurch- sacrament ! more empty show a nd unmitigated mumery in the modernizedB ar n n o nn x i i mitzvah performa ce tha the p or , i o cent orthodo m m c of a b m of ! n n a s e sini oy drea s The co firmatio , we cel brate it , ip y a nd n n and n n h s s l n stro gly acce tuates the older idea , by gra ti g t i o em and impressive religious self- assertion t o our daughters as well as i r n n an to ur sa iite to ou so s . we have done o ly act of justice o d t l t the f in n n e mo hers , whose loya ty o cause o Israel was ma y i sta nc s far superior to the fidelity of even the noblest Specime ns of Jewish manhood ! And now back to our survey . Whenever the dogma loses its authority it is caused by the ih s c ienc of n n of uffi y the doctrine . The doctri e is the true a chorage

. f n b t l n t the faith Articles o creed there may be ple ty , u witha o a particle of Unless the with the advanced int the religious conduct The old formul a for the messianic idea ; the old precepts revelation; the old maxims of eschatology had to be revised . such a work of rev1$ 1on must be undertaken only by the com bi ned wisdom of trusted leaders . This was the impul se for the

1 1 Conra na nc s or Au s a rc m r 4 CENTRA L Ra a a s . deny this ? We of the reform school a re no longer

. in d on es ns n. In fact a n c c sio We fight the ope ,

- i m n . a t e l of a ere pace mak g character We h ve pro ed h o d, open “ n s and old n reme 1zb d v . E c s wou d , proved the , ope y , thi above R u a n t d o . the it al , n Scie ce superior Tradit ion We have also n d a n in s r obliterated these ba eful emarc tio l e . which sepa a ted t he Sephardic from the Germanic the English from the Polish “ ne . o n n and Jew There is but Mi hag amo g us , tha t is the n ! e . . n ! true Mi hag Am rica I M Wise , i deed did buil d wiser ' n ne ! en n n m is tha he k w His life s deavor is o lo ger a drea , it

' i Nineteenth Centur n But th s y left a legacy for the Twe tieth. It now l : was - e says to its so we l cradled successor I the pace mak r . - r n e . And 111 one and st di Be thou the peac maker pa ti g from , an ng ne n to Nine upon the w Divide , the Ge ius of Reform says the teentl " Century : It was not thy task t o finish my work I And to am now Opening Twentieth he whispers : And thou art not yet exempt ” from continuing this work l l n or l n n e We o d o es have , with more ess ear est ess , tried to s em

s ! n e i to pli h the part that was allotted to us Ye , you g r Rabb s , try ou we s surpa ss us The more y will succeed , the more will ble s you n B t when we are no more amo g you . u succeed you must Lest some one in the later days to c ome will have to read a paper a

“ the irreligious Development of Judaism in the Twentieth Cm " to s ? No ! ! tury . Shall it come uch a pass Never now n in n nn be t Reform , e ter g upo its highest platform , ca ot oo

t . s and onl cautious a each step she takes The stairca e is steep , y - te c a reful n n wi s n and re l a sure foo d , asce de cy ll ma ter the situatio na the winning clima x ! in n on Let me , closi g this , my brief review , p i t with a few terse and exact words at the four most important a nd most difii cult stage: unu su Ir s REu c ro s 1 J AND u DEVELOPM ENT . 1 5

or n n n of Reform , rather , restoratio , which the Twe tieth Ce tury has yet to overcome and to finish :

- - 1 . n d n Go d ! s l Adva ce , elevate a n deepe the idea The o ca led " ni ti Well a nscha uun n f mo s c g, if applied by mea s o Jewish Phil n n n an n osophy , is , i deed , much stro ger tha the cie t dualism of “ n a nd t ur n n n mi d matter , allied o o firm a d yet u challe ged belief i - n the ever living God of Isra el and Huma nity .

- - 2. . th Free the Sabbath , the Seventh Day Sabbath , from e l shackles of the misapplied Talmudic rigor and discip ine . There is a n key by which the lock c an be ope ed without breaking the chain.

But we must look for it . and n all 3. Teach , teach emphatically , the gra dest of reform

n . : n n n nc not indif lesso s , viz Liberty is ot license , and i depe de e is ference . Study the past n of n ! n n own 4. Aba don the method imitatio Sta d upo your i . ten s n t e n a holy ground There is t me more stre g h , b a uty a d vit lity in - n n an n a n n in all b r our home made i stitutio s d orga iz tio s , tha o n n rowed plumage a d fadi g fashions . May God bless you ! 1 16 CENTRAL CONPB RENCE o r

’ ' S s N H IN EAP . bisctJ SmNe DR. SO NES C E S ER

. Y Ra n a C. “ a RUl CM IN.

i be r r t or a u c a the It s to . eg e ted that f such a bro d s bj e t s De " v l o ment in n en r n ~ e p of Judaism the Ni eteenth C tury (D. So ne ’ w u l t i s l n . e s schei s paper) , sho ld have such it le t me at our di po a Our eminent colleague had necessarily to resort to a syst em of compression in order to cover the ground even in the most general

. r S n i terms It would have been more agreeable to D. o nesche n l as s to n n as wel to ourselve , if he had had time enter i to cert ai r hase s f l n in c pa ticular p o , the deve opme t of J ewish thought , pla e of ni i l t o a en a l en ha d confi ng h mse f g g er l survey , as we wou d have th s o

At i n o u o n I the outset , I w ll ask our lear ed c lleag e t pardo me if i say that he has been too severe n his criticisms of Rabbinism . While it is true that the Rabbinic phase of Judaism largely stood in the way of progress in the last part of the Eighteenth and the beginning n n n n n the n of the Ni etee th Ce tury , it represe ted , evertheless , i tel i f and a e and lectual l fe o the Jew , m de possible the broad r deeper i n s n n n . religious co sc ous es that came later U fortu ately , Talmudic n nialis Judaism took the form of ceremo ialism , but this ceremo m was not wholly object ive . It contained within itself deep religious

. not conviction. It was religious truth expressed visibly There is a single ceremony in Rabbinic Judaism that had not the soul of a in n n i n n . o c a c loft y ideal it I deed , rel gio do wholly without ere n n a n t h u i e mony . It is the o ly mea s by which e ical or religio s d al c an be conveyed t angibly to the generality of mankind . Reformer n n not w n e as Ei hor was , he did make a ay with ceremo y altogeth r n n in n n r for that very reaso . Co sider g , the , what a ecessary pa t in n of and ceremonialism plays the developme t religious belief , in n to n particul arly Judaism , where it is always see be quicke ed by n in our n e the highest ideals , we should be u fair judgme t , if we w re ” a lways to stigmatize Talmudic Judaism as the religion of pet s ” n an . r d kettles It deserves better at ou ha ds .

1 18 CENTRA L CONra RENc a or na and s and t h sti e ture true ju t free , they may acquire tru , ju c , m h o to r nat r freedo T ey , moreover , restored the pr phets thei u al as e not an x - n but n place teach rs , of e tra huma Messiah , of a u iversal l brotherhood and of a universally ethical ife . n re st u u a Such , the , are the th e successive ages thro gh which J d ism i has passed n the last hundred years . These have been suggested ri of and wi l r wub at to me by the histo es Jost , you l ag ee me th i they outline n the rough the whole Reform movement . i in n . Sonnesc he ns Naturally , after rev ewi g the past , Dr tur tn n s r i n the future . The four poi ts he make admirably show the di ec t o f n n u f l . n n o ec we shou d take U ortu ately , owi g to the at re the subj t , not too n n z and h e he could here , , do more tha ge erali e , it would av been of great help to me if this matter especially had been trea t ed n wi . of the th some det ail Not to speak the other poi ts , that about i w Sabbath is particularly obscure to me . The Sabbat h s no un s n n trammeled by Talmudism a it is u trammeled by a ything else. The trouble is not that we have a Sabbath hedged in by tra di

n no a . n renc e tio , but that we have Sabb th at all If this Co fe

n on i n n d . would take a decided sta d this quest o , much would be gai e The day in the week on which Reform Jews shall worship is the i in and nn i t the s ns vital ssue Reform Judaism , we ca ot sh f re po i bility of defining our position much longer without endangering the stability of the splendid structure which our predecessors of the last century have committ ed to our care . AM ERICAN RABBIS . 1 1 9

DIS CUSSI N ON NN ’ O O . SO SCH IN P R E E S APER.

EV B RI O! M ARCO. S ALZMAN.

The essayist makes us realize again how strong a nd reliable is — the spirit of growth and progress in Judaism its power of adapta n i i i tio , its des re and its power to hold the h ghway n thought a nd “ n n of n t o a in f feeli g , its prese ce mi d , so spe k , time o storm a nd ”

. so stress As did Gieger, at the very outset , we must speak of the v n of de n in fi n de elopme t mo r Judaism a quali ed se se . Throughout n e n n o n this Ni et e th Ce tury m veme t , Judaism showed rat her an en a r n in not in in iri of - a n n l geme t degree , k d , the sp t self m i te ance , as though it carried within it sel f a spur to the very life which the n in . n ce t ury favored Comparatively speak g , this reformatio in

n . n n Judaism made gia t strides The i sta t we realize that , we think n t n for n rejuve a io is the better word the assertio of Jewish Spirit . The history of it c an be best underst ood by pointing t o a body as - n in l developed to it s life si ews , far back the ages , made to a n i now and n c se in n gu sh the , as was the a the Dark Ages , u der morbid n n n t oo i s of n c o ditio s , o ly qu ck to make the mo t co ditions that

gi ve it full vigor . In of h s n n n our the story t i wo derful awake i g of day , the writer puts forth cogent ly the supreme merit of Judaism in having shown

n ri to - fi itsel f to have Divi e ght the large , ever growing eld to which n n and in l n u n it has bee challe ged , which it has chal e ged , d ri g this ’ very ambitious and trying century . Judaism s claim to universal n r n to- n recognitio is st o ger day , for havi g passed through that age n in n n of ra c king and civilizatio . It is teresti g to ote the ease with n which Judaism dealt with the revolutio ary ideas . Here we have “ ” ' n ai of a a grand Gordo epoch for f th , proof Jud ism s assimilating “ If an n in r n to of power . orga ism is great p oportio its power as ” n no n s n li i n c a m. simi at o , there be questio as to the tre gth of Judais It shows itself greater than the many theological and philosophical not in dn a nd schools . It does lose itself the wil ess of social - Ca m tu x. Conra as xc a or

It shows a remarkable power to discrim sfi and the life- giving grain in the new fields

in new i as n w to the act vity , o e , ho

un n n in so not f dame tals remai ed tact , that Reform Judaism was , n w and not n n e n . was i te ded to be , a thi g and his followers was not so much that but rather that of successors after a perio

n of Sa ad a . matio , as it were , a j a Maim , n de t of the prophets , thought more 0 the our as logical as for it of the sin of clever eclecticism . It is absurd to f n in - do n o followi g a k d of coach g policy , selecti g from t a nd n of all the schools , the mos favored attractive o es , together with skilful hand a nd labeling the hodge- p

Judaism . These leaders were more n n n e a n a elimi ati g the obj ectio abl , th about p

. n n so n it Burde some excresce ces , ma y exotics from

CENTRAL Com m e nc e o r

resol ving to dispense with

a nd his successors accomplished as nd d e , was for a while regar ed by The belief that the educated man of the day had outgrown the l n e n n . r e d of re igious Observa ces , was rampa t It was the popula conviction that they were sure to be encumbrances and could not

l . n n d a be he ps to Reform The co seque ce was that Ju aism, th t i n of r in is had always prospered by educat o the hea t . seemed th n l of it 'lifeless and n n i n ro he~ eg ect , u promisi g . a subj ect j ust fy i g p p

- - . o f o he cies of doom A bare , matter fact form of w rship became t i order of the da y . Our holiest Observances were cast as de as " n of s to a i t e empty forms , a ki d useless surplu age , s t sfy h de

n of so- l f or er i o ma ds the called busy , practical i e , w e shifted far nt

n n n n n . E one of the backgrou d , upo the pale of co ve ie ce very us . seeing the havoc made by this order of things in our homes and n n houses of worship , has take every opportu ity to expose the littl e underst anding back of it . This aching desolation has long been ’ f r o o ou e . to h thought t be the heart s desire R form It is , t is day, n to v n to m n thought by ma y have utter a ersio symbolis , eve tra in i n l in i a nd l . c n 1 dit o a symbolism , worsh p ife We are o v ced tha nothing was farther from the minds of the leaders than such sense n of n n w ll at less vandalism . They were stude ts huma ature as e n . z tc of nature They reali ed that , besides the scie ce of Judaism , n n to r a nd give mea i g it , the e must be impressive Jewish worship , enough forms and Observances to quicken that wo were intent on saving all that could be a nd deserved in n on n . e they were zealous for the speak g , the livi g forms Whe n in n and : o f them says that Pha tasy , accord with k owledge Clea " n n n he is perceptio , have ever give Judaism a decided adva tage, who d c onvine at one with S . R . Hirsch , from the orthodox si e is fi “ a n of if that in order t o have a te chi g truth appear at its best , Ame ni c uv 1 2 RABBIS . 3

of r . u products life , it must be imp essed by symbolic acts F rst shows the true Jewish spirit when he objects to modern heathenism on the grounds that it regards public services as merely a poor

n - i u n . substitute for cl b meeti gs , prayer as self decept o , etc Better placed for constructive work than wer e those Re r in old in new i forme s the world , we , the , with Reform pract cally r u n n ri n n established th ougho t the la d , have bee gathe g stre gt h to check the Spirit of vandalism . The Rabbinate of the country is ow of n and in o n o n practically master the situatio , a p sitio t show Reform in its true light to displace the thought of neglecting oh servances by a real understanding and love of those that have been ' i l and n . In n a l m n Israel s pride spiritual stre gth commo w th e , the Jew has recently shown a n awakened desire for religious ob

an s . n n serv ce It is o e of the remarkable sig s of the times . There i on n in and n u is a decided react to cherish agai , home sy agog e , the n i ceremo ies that still hold to ma ke us equal to the l fe of the day .

Every Reform Ra bbi has insisted upon such Observances . Every one of us has tried to solve for himself the problem of general ap i i n of . one n preciat o them Every has traced laxity worship , poor

r in un- i n f n in o wo k Sabbath School, Jew sh i di fere ce the home , t

- l our n . con disregard of well tried Observa ces As a body , we have i s a r v nced ourselve that they e worth saving . The efforts to rein o i i state them have n t been n vain. Reform Jews are show ng a de “ o no n n n sire t rise above those that do t observe a ythi g . Withi n n n in c the last few years , there has bee a marked te de cy that dir e n i tion. It is ot too much to anticipate an early general apprec a

tio n of our public religious Observances .

Dr . Deutsch thought that Judaism of the Nineteenth Century n in f n i n o d . . ought to be explai ed the light the co tio of the Jew , i e , in n : L na wi three stages of developme t ( ) the educatio l stage , thout consideration of the truth or value of dogma ; the a sthetic s n in ut n n tage , whe it was po ted o that a cha ge was ecessary ; or o i n a n o the systematic the log cal aspects , whe attempt was made t i reconcil e contrad ctions . 1 24 Cs xrna r. Cos rs a s nc s or

Frederick Cohn

S n w n t o R n ? he i , were e o t have a Shabbath isho i believe the Sabbath was all of Juda sm .

n i t r. n u o en M Taube ha s did t agree w h the essayist wh

that cere mony was a vulgar nec essity . Such a view was not he felt that it was hard to say j ust where

between orthodoxy and reform .

' a r s i Dr . Philipson asserted that wh t he had hea d urprmed h m nf n n gr eatly . He saw that the Co ere ce was appare tly coquetting i n r . h m t f with o thodoxy To , it seemed stra ge tha the Con erenc e shoul d be considered anything else than an organization of Reform 1 Rabbis . American Juda ism 8 Reform Judaism . There are sha des “ of reform ; there are no shades of orthodoxy ; eit her Shulcha n "

i orm. n r n n n i Aruch sm or . Ref The Co fe e ce is a ta gible a d v s ible n expression of America Judaism or Reform Judaism .

is n R bbis ar . S to a es on Dr ale said that it wro g say that the ' e p ’r

Judais m was to become what truth for all mankind . The Jew believes t o be a religion for all mankind . I have in i i v i of historical Judaism . I do not dulge n n ect ons against doxy as in my youth ; but I think we should not lose sight es sential differences in the aim and purpose of reform and ortho doxy .

n h ld Mr . Salzma thought that Reform Rabbis could have e a

- an check rein on reform d thus achieved much good .

nn schein e n i n crit i Dr . So e d fe ded h mself agai st the various i u fi i n n e i c sms . Hethought he was perfectly j sti ed usi g the xpress on “ - l Talmudic apron strings . The right study of the Ta mud could wr n not sufi not be pra ised enough , but the o g use of it could be i c ently censured .

1 28 CENTRAL CONEERENCE or

n was not hi g of the hush of sa nctity . The service “ ” tione. Mitzv as ci , spe a l the service , were sold by

not that proper balance between the ’ which shoul d be religion s breath of an ofi ense in the latter rather th anin ” Ta rfas i was a. greater s n than the And though all kept the Sabbath in a theatre actions on Shabbas in symbolic terms . Such was the status of the Jew in Engl n an n n nt n the ce tury . d the Co ti e prese ted these undesirable conditions . n na h ema nci i ter lly , like t eir p ac teristica ll n y E glish , it was on n in n a n mo there was the Co t e t , of y retrograde n or n them . O ce a privilege a right gra ted , it was in r be rescinded. So their story the B itish Isles is n ripeni g .

n n to n iff n n of t Whe we tur Fra ce , we have a d ere t ki d s ory , n n the reason that here we have a differe t ki d of land . Up to n X I n of V des tm . early part the reig of Louis , Fra ce was a pc m

The people had no liberties a nd no rights . Tyranny and oppres sion did not die a natural death . They were overthrown violently in n n end of the at one fell swoop the Fre ch Revolutio , at the was not n Eighteenth Century . Freedom a pla t ’ n growt h as in England . At o ce the barriers

n. d clas s were broken dow The royalty were beheade , n f i s a nd s and were shor o the r title estate , the term l l t a n n f . plied o , i augurated a reig o equality

Naturally the Jew was afi ect ed by these changes . leaders of the people arose and pleaded for their rights an

n for for t oo . it was the opportu ity the Jew to plead his , Rna a rs 1 AM ERICAN . 27

— interpret the word in its original etymological mea ning there was certainly nothing noble in the attitude of the Sephardim to the Ashkenazim ; and they defeated an import ant measure that wa s to n n n all about be sa ctio ed by Parliame t , by which the Jewish po or t o n on n n were be assisted by a taxatio the co gregatio s , on the ground that the beneficiaries would be the Ashkenazim poor a nd not thei r own. Persecution had not taught kindness t o the Seph n n l n ardim. They looked upo the Ashke azim a most as a other faith .

n . I termarriages were rare When they occurred , they were occa n er for n n on sio s rath mour i g the part of the Sephardim , that they n must needs enter i to a degrading allia nce with Tadesc os . one n n in n n n While co gregatio Lo do is two ce turies old , all the congregations outside of the metropolis have been organized within i n . n n a ce tury A few Jews had settled Irela d , however , as early

n n . In n c loni as the Eightee th Ce tury the E glish o es , Jews were i n n n n a d n . fou d o ly Jamaica Mo treal Of course , the Australian ri n n i and South Af can settleme ts were to come later . A d n the

1 n n n n fi year 777, a year after the Declaratio of I depe de ce , the rst i syna gogue was opened n Canada . i The synagogue discipline was very rig d . There was nothing of that freedom of choice about belonging to a congregation or con n n n u n now . o formi g to its reg latio s , such as we k ow Not t belo g to a congregation was practicall y to be exco mmunicated from the n i community . A man who ve tured to hold a private service n his own u t o l u or n ho se , pub isha religio s a political work or tra slate the e n n n i n Pray r Book without the co se t of the co gregat o , was heavily i fined . It is mportant to remember that it was because of rigid of laws such as these that Isaac Disraeli, the father the Earl of l B ac onsfie d t e un . Hi s n n e , withdrew from h comm ity was ot the o ly family that went from the Portuguese Ghett o into the Episcopal h n to . . T e re n c hurch divi e service left much be desi d I deed , it included nearly all of those defects that repel us in visiting the i synagogues of our foreign brethren n the slums . There was no

pulpit teachi ng ; there was no Choir . The severe regula n wi a n n n r n tio s th reg rd to certai relatio s with the co g egatio was , i i nf n no n n of . u ortu ately , t exercised the terests decorum The

people went in a nd out during the service as they pleased . There of w in n a l h n nory the j e in other Cont e t ds. w i ’ Ba r the orst m over. Bot h n the fi qfish and the l m cb pictm the dayfigln m bm king alru dy a hnndmd ym agm

But u we mrn our gase further Ea st to Germany and Aumi a a i ' li ll i the nncr fe a the p ctures are dark. ' ' Wm l asked what m t sadest och in ewnh his he ep j tony . question whet her l would oint to an of the ea rl cmtnrm of p y y ufi m even o t irn violeo w n pm o , t he t es of monh &1 ce. he thousa nds ' of our co -religionists were massacred inthe streets of old EmOpm M or to that period when they were burnt in shoak on the fabul ous char of c a sin the B a Death or ev n—sadd of ge n g l ck , e & — i i i da ys when they were driven out of Spain. I a m ncl ned to th nk

l e and h n n t n in n cu tur , w e , u der bligh i g flue ces ism was degraded into an involved ceremonial

i s a s st . B t er e c am . Thi m rk the greate tragedy of the Jew it n m i r an na n na n h n ha d l ed s ty mo e th tural i cli tio , I t i k , for himself a c oat of mail against the incursions of the

li but iri ri . e succeeded , at a terrible sp tual sac fice — the mediz val captivities their makeshift of intercourse . Th n i n in ge iculat o prayer , their a m it outc st race . Al ost did seem i w a the r opp onents as re lized , that rest ed the brand of God . Their antagonism to the learnin s o im ha d m mic . the g y , beco e

a 333 C n t u . 001 131 38 1 3 or

M w e a Jew With the

Ala s ! it m all too good to lafl ' was the signa l for the Jews retm to hot beds of

' i s st abhshed n and the republ c e by Napoleo , the i i n n a inst pr v leges gra ted to the Jew . Rea ctio ga i a n n the n T t -mania itself nGe m y u der ame eu , "r o er a ns and was nd the G m the Jew remi ed , J est ablished u s o t right ,

- prophecies of anti Semitism to dawnh alf a century later .

And so libels and sla nders were v oll ied thick a nd fast . ’ tookthe opportunity of Napoleon s downfall to reinstate the who took the opportunit y to rei short-lived freedom here must be Jews were 1 Ama nrc a n Rxa s rs . 33

Middl e Ages returned for the Jew in all the papal states . Some ‘ German towns took advant age of the change of feel ing and the exil e of the grea conqueror to banish imperil the lives of those that remained . nf n its l Wurt ebur Ffank Ghetto , Prussia dise ra chised Jews , whi e g, and n o c n i t and ins esa fort , ma y ther p a es started a ew Jewish r o s , ' l c res sprea d even ais far as Denmark .

n n ad n in . But Fra ce, the la d of surprises , h yet a other store

' ' ' et on d P illi e en and h t and d hr e , Louis h pp made Presid t , Jewis righ s n in nc at new equality a nconsidered . Be ter conditio s Fra e g e gai t l “ fi n n m v con de ce to the Germa Jew . But we ust pass quickly o er the $ 8 of not t l ar , history the years that followed . It was il the ye 4 ' nd th e whena complete revolution spread over the Continent a . ' ' ‘ a in i of t he ew bec a me a people rose their m ght , that the status J ' n fairly tolerable one and his steady social and polit ical adva ce

V . ,

n n If this were a story of the Eightee th Ce tury , it would have to in d of an a ! k h of ol d tell of the k g om Pol d . Al s li e Pharao , the N “ i n n n ur n no an . n i etee th Ce t y k ows t Pol d The ambit o , the greed . its ndin n i it s n o t and of surrou g e ghbors , wiped ame u of history n divided the spoils . What did this mean for the Jew . Pola d had n one of n to n bee the earliest la ds to permit him settle u disturbed , a nd consequently here he had migrat ed inthe Fifteenth or Six t eenth n s n b un Ce turie m largest umbers . That favora le opport ity n and n of has left its lasti g impress , the ce tre of gravity the Jew,

n m - n now s in t a . measured by u ber , is Poland o d y But Pola d was

’ n ex ressi n T e k find o ly a geographical o . he Polish J ws wo e up to e s i n su ects r not Au n or th mselve Russ a j , where they we e stria Ger

n n n . What Russia rule might mea , they hardly k ew yet They w r not n u a t e Of ew e e made to feel the cha ge at o c e , nd h story the J n in Russia at the beginning of the century is at least as promising as in n a n . the story of the Jew other cou tries I deed , as e rly i 80 n n n. 4, Alexa der I. issued a ukase to improve their co ditio They 1 34 Cs s r u t Conra ne xc s o r

c ountry places and crowded into towns . That was the beginning of the Pale . nt e n e t e a n in c n i n I r ally , we m et h s me u promis g o dit ons see in an s a a and s a n Germ y , the ame politic l dis bilities oci l W a d. on the en all ul ar rnin part of the Jew, the same mity to sec lea g , the same narrowness of education withinthe confi nes of the Talmud and u din of s and s i Kabala , with a f rther sprea g the exces es uperst tions di th e n i n bo of the Chassi m . All educatio that the Russ a y recei ved

he in . to d l of the received the .Cheder But this story up the mi d e

net n n u no n n. n rt unat l Ni ee th Ce t ry is t exceptio ally Russia U fo e y , s i the of n to- t 1 8 8 w it is t ll story the Russia Jew of day Af er 4 , her u n in u n n fin n l i ever we t r , E ropea la ds , we d adva ce , social y , pol ti l l and n . a cally educatio a ly , but Russia stood sti l The little th t it n nnin c n e was . tu a gra t d at the begi g of the e tury its all Por g l, a fte r lon o n in 1 82 1 r nt t g opp sitio , readmitted Jews , Belgium g a ed h em

o in 1 8 0 n a nd in 1 8 8 i af a n freed m 3 , Swede Greece 4 , Austr a , ter m y set - and n n in 1 86 a nd n backs disappoi tme ts , 7, Switzerla d as late as

1 8 n m n nc an d 74. But the Russia stat us re ai s u h ge England had begun with the accession of Queen Victoria to give a n i to Montefiore n n cert i civ l rights the Jews , Moses bei g give the n l office of sheriff a nd later knighted . One by o e the o d disabilities

In 1 8 r to m n in were removed . 57, Jews we e admitted Parlia e t ,

1 8 1 n in 1 88 r 7 , they could take degrees at the u iversities , 4they we e n in n lan and in admitted to the House of Lords . Very soo E g d the English colonies Jews were winning distinction at po sts that a few dec ades earlier were denied them altogether .

n n n . And as to Yet Russia remai ed u cha ged , though complete ' a n iu 1 882 s i this story of Jewish obloquy d misery , Rus ia dec ded n in to put i to force a law that a measure had become a dead letter , in n a n n a nd aga turned the Jews from cou try pl ces i to the tow s , whic h meant that terrible congestion in the Russian Pale with n n of ew the awful social consequences . Russia treatme t the J

r Ca s r nu . Com m e nc e o

Jew is producing a new

carrying this knowledge from the scholarly few to the les s many

VII .

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So far for himself . “ at has the Jew of the Nineteenth Cehiur done for the world? Not long has he been given the oppor tunggy t < do for the world anything . The doors for the outlets of his va rieq powers have but To select a few music , M Solomon criticism , E Kum ert n a nd n t oo n mma Lazarus , p , Fra cos , ma y ear i n in n i B n fi l a n i aco s e d d r . t o ; statesma sh p , Crem eux , e Laske n n all ish extractio ; ot of these were of Jewish faith . There the great physicians ; there always have been th — Yet there i s one field i n part 1cul ar brought to a recent article—that the Jew has largely made suggeSts service which the cause of the people has been taken u in t n in fi heir defense . Great ames this eld are Anamc s n Rxa m s. 1 37

l ’ La Sal e and Carl Ma rx. On La Salle s tombstone in the Jewish r - n on n nen er s n c n bu ial grou d the Co ti t , th e appear a sig ifi a t epit aph , ” Denker und Kaenmfer. Into that Jewish cemetery at Breslau hundreds of workingmen find their way on the anniversary of his o la L a t n . Marx a n de h y wreaths upo his grave Car , who gladly d l n w n or on n en m p oddi gly e t to w k his mo um tal the e Das Capital , stil l suppl ies the best and most telling arguments for the leaders of

- the popul ar c ause to day . Possibly the world is hardl y aware that s an n to n e nt en r it owe y of its social adva ce the Ni et e h C tu y Jew. But that always has beenthe fate of the Jew in his varied c ontribu

But what further distinguishes the Jew of this century is that he has learned a new co-operation of all his c o-religionists in de fense of e c m n l s n n n th ir o mo cause , ike which there ha bee othi g n th n n n n i si ce the old days of e Sa hedri , whe it sat as ce tral author ty

did o ? In 1 8 0 a n How it c me about the year 4 , the blood accus tio i i n arose a a nst t he n . agai g Jew, this time the East A Turk had killed a m n and n ni n n an o k co ve e tly the blame was laid upo a Jew, d the

Many of our brethren were seized and the ancient ba rba ric met hod

of wringing confession by tort ure was introduc ed . Many Jewish

homes were destroyed and the persecution spread to further pl aces . ' s w n So far it reads like the story of the Dark Age , but it as t the

- Dark Ages . There existed the press and the press took up the n a u . n n s c se As the Fre ch co sul had approved the per ecutio , it l n n and became argely a Fre ch questio , thus it was that Adolph o I find n f Cremieux came t the fore . n him we a familiar tra s orma too n - n. tio He , , had bee a race Jew , aloof from his people , like

Emma Lazarus . Just as the latter had been fired into a loyal w s t n of s in 1 882 Je ess by the per ecu io s Ru sia , so Adolph Cremieux forty years earlier found the bond between himself and his bret hren

strengthened by this out rageous act in the East . i in The question became a n international one . Louis Ph llippe n l n in n n n in Fra ce , Lord Pa mersto E gla d , Metter ich Austria , all had i n n s a n n n . ee s ome p rticipa ce the moveme t I d d , it was the Au tria on Mirl at o n a c sul , , that played for the outraged Jew the oble p rt r s c s r 1 38 Cs s r ruu. Cou as u o

‘ that Picquart had played for Dreyfus . It was further to investigate ' a flair t os Montefiore d to a s in this tha M es travele the E t . receiv g

t l n s an To pass over the his ory briefly , the s a der was expo ed d t he

un d . n a in n guilty p ishe Twe ty years l ter a Jewish child Italy . amed n and a n Mortara , was abducted by its urse secretly b ptized i to the

i could restore it to its parents . ncident s such as these taught t he n n Jew that there must be some external bo d uniti g them . The time had co me for the formation of some international organizatio n by which they could all united defend the cause of their brethren

wherever their int erests were jeopa rdized . Thus was formed the “ l n wn an n t n an wel k o Alli ce Israelite U iverselle , hat has re dered d is rendering such Splendid servic e in being the defender of the Jew n o a nd n n n at all cor ers of the w rld u der all gover me t s , from the far a nd n and East to the far West . that is buildi g trade art schools

for the Jew in all benight ed lands . Every Jew throug hout the m n n s world should be a me ber of this orga izatio , who e powers for

good are only limited by the support we are willing to give it . No I question of religious difference divides here . n the interests of

their brethren all Jews are united as one famil y .

- min n nt n in n to It has this pre e e t adva age over Zio ism , additio and d m n in n its greater practicability imme iate achieve e t , that Zio n w n of ism , from the most favorable aspect , has created a e li e n n n and c n n cleavage , while the Allia ce has the e dorseme t the o fide ce l n n n f a l n n o . of Jews ; it ant ago izes o e, it makes for the u io all

VI II .

The story of Judaism of the Ninet eenth Century has been as

signed t o anot her . I have therefore religiously refrained from

treating of religious issues . Of course it is impossible t o write

—n about the Jew without touching the religious in some way for ’ ra iscm d etre that is his . ' One of the social consequences of that new chapter in Judamm n t n n n en that the ce tury has wri te , k ow as Reform , is the emerg ce w l n w n. n in n u e in of woma Her e p ace the sy agog e , her place t he

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In i i n of ffi t s ra e on. speaki g the Jew , it is di cul to epa te him from r l g his n im and the has n h n ec l a Take away religio from h , Jew ot i g p u i r about him to distinguish him from the rest of the world. The anatomy of the Jew is not diflerent from the anatomy of a ny ot her i i m n n . 8 too of s not n the eas hu a bei g 0. , the physiology the Jew l t diflerent from that of any other human being . There may be a ew the a so nno be de psychology of the J , but psychology l ca t well fin in n i i n ti sh l ed , except its relatio to the rel g o of the Jew. S ll , I al try to point out a few changes that the Jew has undergone during n n n u i n. the Ni etee th Ce t ry . apart from his relig o n of ne n n u Whe speaking of the Jew the Ni tee th Ce t ry , we must confine ourselves to the Jews of such countries that have come n n i u der the i fluence of the Nineteenth Century civilization. Th s would comprise the countries of Western Europe and the United

. n nc n t me n r States Russia , for i st a e, ca no be said to have co u de n n f l c the i flue ce o the Ninet eenth Century civi ization. On the on trar n n of in n n of y , the gover me t that country utilized the ve tio s the n n n t o in n not in Ni etee th Ce tury keep the people the Eightee th , if n i i n n n n . r a s the Seve tee th , or eve the S xteenth Ce tury The rail o d ,

n . n the telegraphs , the telepho es , etc , are ofte used by the govern ment to mobilize the army in order t o suppress a free movement i started n a remote part of the country . The developed art of photography is used by the government to identify political of 1 i s n i fenders . What 8 the case n Ru sia ma y be said of other cou tr es

111 Eastern EurOpe also . The emancipation of the Jew in Western Europe and the Unit ed in nd a nd l States has wrought the Jew , both i ividually collective y , the following changes : 1 : AM ERICAN RABBIS . 4

The difference between Jewish and Greek culture is said to have “ wh s on been that ile the Greek wor hiped the religi of beauty , the i n n n n Jew worshiped the beauty of relig o . The co ditio s u der which the Jew of Western Europe has lived during the Nineteenth nt n r u to n con Ce ury , have to a certai deg ee ca sed him cha ge his i n c i n l n nd . f ai for n ept o of re ig o a beauty Re ormed Jud sm , i sta ce , has paid more attention to the a sthetic part of the service rather n n i i n n n tha to the i ward devot on. Outs de i flue ces have bee brought

. i to bear upon the Jew to awaken n him his religious feeling . This is altogfi her contrary to the Jew of the Ninet eenth Century . This i in a n n. o n is a ch nge religio But , as I said bef re , whe speak g of

nn t r n. the Jew , he ca o altogether be separated from his eligio nfi n t not n While the Jew was co ed to the Ghe to , he was give a i i i f ow In chance to engage himself n public afi a rs outs de o his n.

l for l i i in n w n t and the strugg e re g ous liberty , or the co flict bet ee Sta e

c no t . n r n chur h , the Jew took par He may have bee the powe behi d n —i n n in the thro e n fact , he gave the i ce tive to the early reforms — the Christian church but he dared not to come out Openly with his on n t n n a nd ideas the questio , for it was a struggle be wee Christia

n and n l not n . Christia , the Jew atural y could i terfere r n Nin n n es The g eatest battle fought duri g the etee th Ce tury ,

eciall n a a c n n p y duri g the l st qu rter of that e tury , was the co flict In i not n n and a . s betwee capit al l bor th st ruggle , the Jew o ly n l “ f o ed . o to k part , but eve The author of Capital , the Bible n n n o . a d a the lab rer , was a Jew The sai ts p tro s of the laborers , n n Ka rl Marx and Lasalle were Jews . Not o ly did the Jew champio of in n n in the cause labor theory , but he has actually bee e gaged n n the struggle . The Jew has co tributed more tha his quota towards n the labor moveme t . Avisible change among the Jews during the Nineteenth Century

i e to to l . s the att mpt lead the Jew . back agricu ture This was the n in n and n did not case eve Easter Europe Asia Mi or , that come h now under the influence of the Nineteenth Century . T ere are n in n in Ar n n R ubhc in Jewish colo ies the U ited States , the ge ti e ep n in n i n in and in s . Russia ear the Caspia Sea , Palest e, other cou tr e i So far the economic changes . As to c hanges n the social life of the in Nn n n is n t n in Jew the i etee th Ce tury , there o hi g particular to be 1 44 Cs xrnu . Conra a sx c a o r

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a — im the n er a nd es en Isa c Mayer Wise peace be to h , fou d pr id t n n n e a n his of this Ce tral Co fere ce of Am ric Rabbis , declared faith that within twenty - fi ve years Judaism would be the relfi on of l r thinking men and women. Who that was pres ent wil ever fo get

i rc w i n s n o and i n . The old atr a h t o clo ed with sple d r w th eloque ce , p fi u n his and e e g re stood surrou ded by disciples friends. His y looked into the future as with vision of the seer and his voice with “ d n w n - five ears udaism prophetic power proclaime , withi t e ty y J i ” will be the rel gion of thinking men a nd women. 0 r n n n bea r n e and i , ude awake i g , so soo to upo the stre ts nthe - b en l e Euro legislative cham ers of the spl did capitals of civi iz d ne, " —“ the old and terrible cry death to the Jew I We review ’ Israel s history in the ce ntury just closed and we note a steady m n bu . n and es s o t forward oveme t Years of reactio retrogr i n, a a century of advance nd betterment . At the dawn of the Twentieth en a n one- sufler and C tury , more th half of the Jews of the world struggle under the burden of misery . Eagerly we speak the he pe our a n one n l n i m n i of he rts , the ext hu dred years wi l wit ess the r e a e fin . n and d patiou Ema cipated ourselves , we will must a way to make our brethren free . — But if all of Israel were free as we are free e mancipated from

- n and ond the age old misery , the yoke of the oppressor broke the b s ’ n n e and of i justice loosed , would the Messia ic Era have com Israel s ' mission have been fulfilled ? Israel s appointed life-work ends not rt n r vil with freedom for the Jews . We hold libe y more tha a p i ege ma n a nd blessing for ourselves . It is the sacred right of which we ' must help to establish and perpetuate . The Jew s historic life purpose means more than the struggle for physical freedom and a nd i i us right of conscience and liberty of worship . Moral rel g o

rer n s u m e r “ 0° Ca s “ . Co o

? tho generation of those that seek Thee I do not wa it to hear “ l n not all o im ort ant n in you protest . Temp e goi g is the p thi g n " ot of a sm. j udulnm. Worship is the all Jud i I accept the thought and I ask for more tha n times of worship

! ml hours for religious instruction. Front the conditions as they

in. e r x na o ues nor o nl-t . See the truth so pla Neith r o thodo sy g g r in re form t emples a e reach g our men and women and chil dre n.

Ever w e n n n to eat - in our s y her a ma ifest te de cy a d h cult —Jewi h Wflhip l The Kaddish must be said and not understood ser vice must be fa it hfully attended through the year of mourning and at " t ho Ya br l eft . 0 magnificent and pious Kaddish and Ya hrzeit ha s n n a of J uda ism , that cha ged the day of delight i to a Sabb h

- n v men a nd n n e r l e! mrro w. Too ofte ha e our wome o ly a d ath o

. Our mes o n l io nship to the temple Judaism , whose sage is j y a d

m nt a nd n a n ic i n Mg . Welcome the move e the i spir tio wh h w ll bri g back the hea lt hy interests of life . Our temples are not to be nd s n a f our and n . monume ts , beautiful co tly to satis y pride va ity

n l in a nd t o a . ea Mo nume t s there are to the iv g t he de d To t he d d , l n s im iv a n ess e d c n e . e re ou , , m e ct , if y wil sto es ma sive o secrat th m — u m n n To the living t here m st be ore tha co secrated stone. There n n a nd e n m must be spirit withi the sto e , pow r to help livi g en and r n n and n and women a nd child e , formi g buildi g hearts souls, purify

n n c . ing and uplift i g co du t T i a for r n d he temple shall be pr m rily worship , for the sor owi g an in for in n in a nd n for the rejoic g, structio the law traditio of Israel n a nd for the applicatio of these t o the necessities of the age and Of n generation. old , the sy agogue was house of lea rning devot ed

- of . To n in to e of to the study the law day , it must co t ue be hous and and o lea rning must be devoted to the study of life f all its interests .

Judaism is concerned with the whole of life . It makes no fa lse s n i aminct ion betweenthe sacred and the secular . It does ot d vide — lite and conduct into religious and irreligious religious for templ e — a nd Sabbath and holyday irreligi ous for the world and the day s

and . n and c o f the week the year If religio is , as we believe tea h t in i w fac or the whole of l fe , it must have force always , AM E RICAN RABBIS . 1 47

n seven days in the week a d everyw here . Every effort and acti vity and t n r n n c . of life , all work pleasure , are wi hi the p ovi e of religio ’ - Life is many sided and life s interest are varied . Temple

- a nd Judaism should meet t he needs of life . Our present day life l grows more a nd more comp ex. Men a nd women are drawn more and more out of their homes to satisfy their desires and their nec es n n e n too find s i sities . Huma i t rests have grow large to full at sfac n n in n . ot fi n n tio the i dividual home We are suf cie t u to ourselves . We are drawn out into the world to fill the larger desires of mind men and n find n i d . a d an heart Together , wome will accompl sh what is impossible for the individual . The te mple shall be the — larger home for the congregation not a substitute for but a sup n plement to the home . It is the atural centre of all congregational ” and communal life . It should be the social centre for the well

- l un d a nd l n to do . The ife of the comm ity shoul grow deve op atur i . n t n ally about the temple Withi , may be established ratio al m n n n i n e a d n. work a d sensible plea sure for , wome ch ldre The and t men a nd n n organizations socie ies of wome , especially of you g n in s n find men a nd wome which exist mo t commu ities , ought to a o l t to ni a n home in the temple . G od wil resul the commu ty d to n n n n the congregation. Such relatio i volves either a surre der of their independence nor the least encroachment upon their freedom

- n n . a of self go vernment The temple , by reaso of its character d n n the cause for which it sta ds , will give a eeded uplift to the works

s n and not a nd the pleasures of these a sociatio s , they , do fear , will not make unholy the altar . Why do we let our young men drift morally and religiously ’ a nd why have bur young men s movements failed again a nd again Because they were not sustained by the power of a moral a nd re ' E n li ious purpose . xter ally they appeared like the Young Men s g — t n n n . Christian Associa io , but withi the soul was abse t i n Boys a nd girls w ll rally rou d the temple . Tea ch children t o turn naturally t o the temple for the satisfaction of the natural — desires and needs of their boy a nd girl natures let the temple

n u a nd a nd answer , as a swer it sho ld . vou may be sure boys girl s will be enthusiast ically loyal to it . n n z and Judaism should i spire , orga i e direct Jewish life and x48 CENTRA L Conrs a a nc s or

e . n on t n i iz i activiti s The co gregati , ra her tha a soc al organ at on e n n t e is n s or a frat r al associatio of a chari abl society , a d hould be

n . ow in n i t he ce tre There is p er such ce t ral zation. One heart and one n soul will u ify the life of a community . The present ne ver

n n nfl w n . n t se. m m e di g co ict bet ee rival i erests may cea A use ents ,

now n an n r in r n too ofte opposi g fo ce , terfe i g with public worship

a nd n n r or na and o other co gregatio al wo k , will be sub di ted. p ssibl y pleasures which ennoble a nd educate will t ake the place of t hose n which degrade a d debase . n r The sy agogue will ema in the sanctuary . There need be no n nor i i loss of desired sa ctity , a decrease in the sp rit of worsh p and

reverence . I believe t hat the Open temple should do no work whic h home o r individual or a society is doing bett er and c an do bett er ; at the m e r n n ni n of n i i s a e tim , I am fi mly co vi ced that the u o i d v dua l strength and the centralizmion of scatt ered int erests almost alwa ys

in a d . The in of r n f r results gre t goo temple , stead fo ever beggi g o n n en . t he e support , becomes the supporti g i flu ce It is pow r , t he

o n life c entre the . o a nee soul , the of commu ity Let th se th t will, s r “ " “ o n n n er l an t side sh ws , or de ou ce the t emple as co c t ha l d "

n n . n n n e n l theatre . They solve othi g Ma ki d has ot b e ifted up n n by sne ering . I cherish the co victio that every efiort whose in

fluenc e o r r i in e . Be is for go d , may have a p ope place w th the t mple n e and not a assured moveme ts , activiti s , works pleasures are m de n evil because put withi temple walls . i n it and e on Get into right relat o w h the child , touch its life ke p en n and e su nt touching it until the d . Fi d both work pl a re to i erest

nd men a nd n n and old . o not children a wome , you g I d ubt , it is n t o in important to preserve the sacred Hebrew to gue, guard the a nd and rtant t o stitutions customs , hallowed by age , very impo

proclaim the law of Israel and the teachings of Judaism . I hold it most important to tea ch human hearts a nd to guide human n be minds and to inspire human souls . If religio t he vit al thing nn n n r n in in life , it ca ot , without i jury , be ig o ed , twelve mo ths the

n n one or . year , t welve mo ths lacki g t wo or three days Judaism ,

n of i l - in c n end if it be a religio life , w th ife power its tea hi g , must

W allegiance determined by birth and race . It ma y have

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1 D 3 I 5 R. . s aa c .

n n n Num Taki g the text from the traditio al sectio of the week , And nd bers XXV . 1 3: it shall be to him a to his seed after him n n an n t n as a cove a t of everlasti g pries hood , it was show how the promise to Phineas of a n eternal priest hood had significance for all

e n n n n time . Yet th importa ce give by traditio to Phi eas was out n act a nd n of all proportio to the recorded of him must be explai ed. by the fact that he symbolized the three ideals of priesthood .

- -it n n n of c n To day , seems the America te de cy to have Rabbis o

re at ions not n t n n g g , co grega io s of Rabbis , the creatio of a special

n nt - n class to develop , if without bala ce wheels , i o a self co stituted

- nd h . Now fi a self righteous hierarc y the Jewish idea , as exempli ed in n t h f n of n the lo g s retch of Jewish istory , aims at the dif usio k owledge n n n n in n ot . amo g the people , its rete tio the ha ds of a few Judaism — is a democracy that is the entire trend of its history even in times . and in h we call ecclesiastical the shadow of t e Talmud .

- n n To day , whe this idea is losi g hold , we must dwell upon the balance wheels of the priesthood in Israel and urge the ideals of n ffi 13 Phi eas as vital to the Rabbi , if his o ce to be perpetual .

fi - n These ideals are , rst , a three fold e thusiasm for practical learning that would teach our children love and sympathy for An n Jewish history a nd literature . e thusiasm for humanity would inspire more reverence for the trials and sorrows of men a nd ‘ n n. n not ffi wome It is the mi istry that makes the mi ister , o ce or n n . not n title It is the lovi g service which co secrates , dig ity or n n n statio . The comes e thusiasm for Judaism . Fads may exist n for a few years but our religio is perpetual . We must love it as . the best for us and deem it a privilege to translate into life it s message a nd monition.

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l H The second idea l for the Rabbi to il ustrate was courage . e

not . h must lead , follow It is easy to swim with the tide , but e

no r h hi n . e not a must live , t me ely preac , s pri ciples Succ ss is n a n s m of . questio of al ry or sy agogue me bership , but character ’ l n own n l one and To fol ow o e s ideal , eve if it ead out of the crowd , t o do and t n t o do modestly s urdily that which he k ows he ought , is the sign of courage . — b No less essential was the third ideal conviction. The Rab i o n c n i n n n n w n fte blames his o gregat o for wa t of co victio , he he is

l . without any himse f He needs central fires . As he rises to his

n t ns wil . o co vic io , so l his people To cut away at the ro t of Judaism H w n i i s not the most succes sful way t o inspire Judaism. o c a t grow when the pulpit is ever sounding its requiem ! The time is a nd past for the spirit of Mephisto to sway the Rabbi . The age its demands call for positive convictions as alone competent to erect a temple of faith . — Two pictures have come down to us from antiquity the one h a s n in u in a nd bee immortalized sc lpture , the other Scripture , n n b . o e oth are of the priesthood The is of Laocoo , a priesthood s n e n own n— n i truggli g with the s rpe ts of its creatio fa aticism , g no n en n o r c i . a e, vy , co ce t The other is of M ses , supported by his and nn n n Cn n brothers , wi i g eter al triumph , as will our o fere ce , if i w e n n n n . mai tai true brotherhood , with ha ds uplifted a holy cause

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R D. ode h n n D. n He ry Berkowitz , , Rabbi , p Shalom Co gregatio ,

r N r - i a 539 orth Thi ty th rd Street , Phil delphia , Pa .

n n n n . . n l nc David Blaustei , M A , Superi te de t Educatio al Al ia e ,

1 s a a 97 Ea t Bro dw y , , New York , N . Y .

. . f n n . o Jacob Bloch , M A LL D Rabbi , late Co gregatio Beth Israel , N E1 hteenth n Ore 35 orth g Street , Portla d , .

nn . . B n n . Montefiore n n e jami A Bo heim , M D , Rabbi , Co gregatio ,

New Las Vegas , Mexico .

’ h r n Botti eime B . n u 8. . A G g , Rabbi , Co gregatio B ai Israel , 21 1 N ss South Commerce Street , atchez , Mi .

ri n - B . A. n El n Abraham B ll , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Beth , Hele a , Ark .

L l B . B H. N. a s n n E C i ch . a dward , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Beth Ahab , 1 0 6 n V 3 West Grace Street , Richmo d , a .

V n n E’ n u n ictor Caro , Rabbi , Co gregatio e Jesh ru ,

1 u Wis 9 7Cedar Street , Milwa kee , .

h ir H . C umac e o n . C . M , Rabbi , Curacao , Dutch West I dies.

’ H n n n n B nai e ry Cohe , Rabbi , Co gregatio Israel ,

1 20 n 9 Broadway , Galvesto , Tex .

B f n n n . A. Ohe n S . imo R Cohe , , Rabbi , Sholom Co gregatio , n N Mo ticello Hotel , orfolk , Va .

Ac hduth s n F ri n . . V e halom n rede ck Coh , M A , Rabbi , Co gregatio ,

1 n t n In 44 East Mai Street , For Way e , d.

B n n n M a x Curric k A. C . , Rabbi , A she Chesed Co gregatio ,

Kimberley Hotel , Erie , Pa . 1 AM ERICAN RABBIS . 55

A sho m D n D. u h e n n D. dat ri avid Davidso , , Rabbi , g J Co gregatio , w 57 East orst Street Ne York City .

D h . n o P . n G tthard Deutsch , , Professor Hebrew U io College , n nn 0. Hyde Park , Ci ci ati ,

n n r . Mau ice Eise berg , Rabbi , Butte , Mo t

n n n Meyer Elki , Rabbi , Beth Israel Co gregatio ,

1 6 Shulta s nn. Place , Hartford , Co

n m n r n Bar ett A . Elzas , Rabbi , Beth Elohi Co g egatio , n Charlesto , S . C .

H D En l D . . w e o . G . , , Rabbi , Adas Israel ,

22 n ui . 7 West Chest ut Street , Lo sville , Ky

’ n n r n u Elias Eppstei , Rabbi , Co g egatio B ai Shalom , n N n 437Sixth Ave ue , orth , Qui cy , Ill .

- El n r n M . Faber , Rabbi , Beth Co g egatio ,

20 3 South College Street , Tyler , Tex .

n B . A. r n Aha wa s Morris Marcus Feuerlicht , , Rabbi , Co g egatio Ind Achim , Lafayette , .

n n n J . Feuerlicht , Rabbi , Co gregatio Childre of Israel , Augusta , Ga .

Fin hri A n n n B . . . es ber William H , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Ema uel , 80 n 4 West Sixth Street , Dave port , Ia .

itus . emer Ephraim K Fischer , Rabbi ,

1 0 n nn 7 East Fourth Street , Chatta ooga , Te .

L Ada h B . . t Charles Fleischer , , Rabbi , Temple Israel ,

1 8 n n n 9 Grampia Way , Lavi Hill , Bosto , Mass . 1 56 CENTRAL CONFERENCE or

n n B L - l . . a L M . a El eo . Te e e Fr k i , , R bbi , mpl B th ,

1 a in r i M et o t . 7 Br ard Street , D , ich

m n h n a as I . Sig u d Frey , Rabbi , W b , d

r n n n M . F iedla der , Rabbi , First Hebrew Co gregatio , 1 00 t a n 9 Castro S reet , O kla d , Cal .

B . L. . n e E anu William S Friedma , , Rabbi , Templ m el , 1 2 r n n en e Col 43 G a t Ave ue , D v r , .

L n . un B . S . B . a n Shome Charles J Fre d , , Rabbi , Co greg tio r E onim mo ,

20 n in n e 0 55Fra kl Ave ue , Tol do , .

n G n Ema uel erechter , Rabbi , Temple Zio , 6 1 n i Ws . 7 Edwards Street , Appleto ,

n n a n man n B . A. a ue Be ett Grad , , R bbi , Co greg tio E l , n ut Ro do , N . Y .

Ph D - . n . . n a n Emanu l William H Gree burg , , Rabbi , Co greg tio E, 8 1 0 a a Tx . Browder Street , D ll s , e

fi n n n . n Samuel Gree eld , Rabbi , Mt Zio Co gregatio ,

6 1 1 6th New 5 East Street , York City .

Moses J . Gries , Rabbi , The Temple , n 0. 45Oakdale Street , Clevela d ,

D n n D. . ui nn . n s Lo s Grossma , , Rabbi , Co gregatio K K . Be e Ye hurun

221 2 n n n inn Park Ave ue , Wal ut Hills , Ci c ati , 0.

L D.D m n B . . . Rode h h m Rudolph Gross a , , , Rabbi , Temple p S olo , 1 n n n o 347 Lexi gto Ave ue , New Y rk City .

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D. Guttma cher Ph . Con n Adolf , , Rabbi , Baltimore Hebrew g , 1 8 n n n mor e M . 33 Li de Ave ue , Balti , d

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B . . . A Pizer W Jacobs , , Rabbi , Temple Albert ,

1 8 n New M ex 4 East Railroad Ave ue , Albuquerque , .

B . n E. H. n n . A n Moses P Jacobso , , Co gregatio Hebrew Zio , 6 1 1 n . 0. Box 2 Cotto Street , P 99, Shreveport , La .

essel son Felix W . J , Rabbi ,

1 0 n n 9 Ra som Street , Gra d Rapids , Mich .

B . . . A Theodore F Joseph , , Rabbi , Temple de Hirsch , 60 n 7Sixth Ave ue , Seattle , Wash .

B A n . . n n n Emeth Joseph Saul Kor feld , , Rabbi , Co gregatio A she , n ff Pi e Blu , Ark .

n ’ n B h . . . n B . P na i David Klei , , M A , Rabbi , Co gregatio Israel ,

26 n 5 East Mai Street , Columbus , 0.

B n ’ n . . H. n E. A n B a i Israel Klei , , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Israel , 1 n n Ind 5 4 Upper Seve th Street , Eva sville , .

’ n B na i n M . Klei , Rabbi , Temple Israel , Bato Rouge , La .

- El Dr . K . Kohler , Rabbi , Temple Beth ,

1 1 I st New 5 East 7 Street , York City .

D ’ D . . Con n Keneseth Joseph Krauskopf , , Rabbi , Reform g Israel ,

1 22 n West Ma heim Street , Philadelphia , Pa .

n n in n n n Mayer Kopfstei , Rabbi , Ha d Ha d Co gregatio ,

22 n n New 7Brow Place , Bro x , York City .

D n n n Ph . . Kodesh Max La dsberg , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Berith , n 20 N. 4 East Mai Street , Rochester , Y .

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B . S . n n n . B a i B . L David Lefkowitz , , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Yeshurun,

1 8 n South Boulevard , Dayto , O . 1 AME RICAN RABBIS . 59

E. B H. A. E . mil William Leipziger , , , Rabbi , Temple Israel , 06 Ind 7 South Fifth Street , Terre Haute , .

Leuc ht n I . L . , Rabbi , Touro Sy agogue , 8 n New O n 44 Caro delet Street , rlea s , La .

’ Leuc h n n B nai n Joseph t , Rabbi , Co gregatio Jeshuru , 6 N N. . 97 High Street , ewark , J

n n Caspar Levias , M . A Professor , Hebrew U io College ,

2 21 n n nn 0 5 Kemper La e , Ci ci ati , .

Ansh i m B . A a E eth Charles S . Levi , Rabbi , , N n 111 atio al Hotel , Peoria , .

1 n n m Shoma im Harry Lev Rabbi , Co gregatio Leshe y , 6 F1fteenth n 7 Street , Wheeli g , W . Va .

’ n n na i Abraham R . Levy , Rabbi , Co gregatio B Abraham ,

1 5York Street , Chicago , Ill .

n a Rode h . Pa . J Leo ard Levy , R bbi , p Sholom , Pittsburgh ,

n D Oha va i Lewi thal Ph . n n Isidore , Rabbi , Sholom Co gregatio ,

1 1 2 End n N nn 9 West Ave ue , ashville , Te .

L w nb r n n n Rode h . oe e e Wm g , Ca tor , Co gregatio p Sholom ,

1 8 2 N n S 4 orth Thirtee th treet , Philadelphia . Pa .

n L. n n B . n Emeth Alexa der Lyo s , , Associate Rabbi , Co gregatio Beth , n 1 1 0 N. Jay Street , Alba y , Y .

n D. n Ph . n M . Machol , , Rabbi , A she Chesed Co gregatio ,

20 n n 3 Scovill Ave ue , Clevela d , 0. 1 60 CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF

h D - P . u . a e El s c a na x Te . Juli s M M gil , Rabbi , Templ Beth , Cor i ,

n D. Ph . . a n . n a on Jacob Ma del , , M A , R bbi , A she Chesed Co greg ti ,

62 1 1 8th West Street , New York City .

L. nn B . n n . e e S Ma heimer , , Professor Hebr w U io Colleg ,

6 n nc nn a 0. 39 Ju e Street , Ci i ti ,

n Ma rcuson . . n a E. e sr Isa c , B L Rabbi , Co gregatio B th I ael ,

1 26 n n n a n Washi gto Ave ue , M co , Ga .

D. Ph . n . a Max L Margolis , Professor of Semitic La gu ges , n Ca l1fornia e U iversity of , Berkel y , Cal .

B n A. a . on 111 Ahuvim Elias Margolis , , R bbi , C gregatio Re , 1 1 toc ton East Park Street , S k , Cal .

- E1 Samuel Marks , Rabbi , Temple Beth ,

1 n Sa n n n 4 5Peca Street , A to io , Tex .

n n n n David Marx , Rabbi , Hebrew Be evole t Co gregatio , 2 0 n a Ga 7 Whitehall Street , Atla t , .

n n B ’ n i . a Harry H Mayer , Rabbi , Co gregatio Jehudah ,

221 6 e a n as t East Twelfth Stre t , K s Ci y , MO.

meritus n Ph . e r n D. Lippma Mayer , , Rabbi , Co g egation Rodef

Sholem , 28 n n n t 9 Wester Ave ue , Alleghe y Ci y , Pa .

En Ph . D n . d n F . de Sola Me des , , Rabbi , West Sy agogue ,

1 82d N w e N. 54 West Street , York , Y .

- A. n n B . n r Abraham Joseph Messi g , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Beth O ,

28 n n Clayto Street , Mo tgomery , Ala .

D n ’ n Ph . . n u n . Aaro J Messi g , , Rabbi , Co gregatio B ai Sholom , n nn n 4337Vi ce es Ave ue , Chicago , Ill .

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s n n n . n n B A. e t s Or Simo Peiser , Rabbi , A sista t Superi t de Jewi h

n n 0. I pha Asylum , Clevela d ,

n B ’ n n D. D. B e . A. e n David Philipso , , , Rabbi , Israel Co gr gatio , 8 2 n n n n nn 0 5 Li col Ave ue , Ci ci ati , .

n n - El Julius Rappaport , Rabbi , Co gregatio Beth 8 n Statron 7 Potomac Ave ue (Wicker Park ) , Chicago , Ill .

n n D. b n Ph . William Rose au , , Rabbi , Co regatio O eb Shalom , 82 n n n g e 5Newi gto Ave ue , Baltimor , M d .

D n n r n n n Ph . . e Moses Rose stei , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Hebr w F ie dship ,

1 06 3 North Broadway , Baltimore , Md .

n h n . n Sha r i S om i A. a a a m Isidore Rose thal , B , Rabbi , Co gregatio y ,

1 8 n 3 East Clay Street , La caster , Pa .

n n n n . n C . A . Rube stei , M . A , Rabbi , Har Si ai Co gregatio ,

1 28 n n n 4 Li de Ave ue , Baltimore , Md .

L ns B . . n R i . n n Isaac L . yp , , Rabbi , Mt Zio Hebrew Co gregatio , n 6 . M nn 7 3 Holly Ave ue , St Paul , i .

h n . . n mi ut . n r Ge l Jacob S Raisi , B A , Co g egatio Chesed , t n Court Square , Por Gibso , Miss .

n Montefi ore n n Ber ard Sadler , Rabbi , Co gregatio ,

81 n 3 Commercial Ave ue , Cairo , Ill .

Em Ph . . eth n n Samuel Sale , D Shaare Co gregatio ,

1 1 n . s M 5 5Westmi ster Place , St Loui , O.

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A. n n n B . u ri Marcus Salzma , , Rabbi , Co gregatio B ai B th , 62 N r n o th Mai Street , Wilkes Barre , Pa .

n h D. Sa mfield P . r n n Max , , Rabbi , Co g egatio Childre of Israel ,

81 nn Market Street , Memphis , Te . I AM ERICAN RABB S . 1 63

. 0. A Schapiro , Rabbi , Portsmouth ,

Sc ha n arb r B n n n M f e . A. a a rabh Tobias , , Rabbi , Co gregatio A she , 0 n 4 49 Gra d Boulevard , Chicago , Ill .

n h D n n h P . . Emet Max Schlesi ger , , Rabbi , Co gregatio Beth , n n n N. . 334 Hudso Ave ue , Alba y , Y

n b Ph D n r n n Ema uel Schrei er , . . , Rabbi , Co g egatio Ema uel ,

260 m n n Se i ary Ave ue , Chicago , Ill .

n - El Samuel Schulma , Rabbi , Temple Beth ,

I 1 n w Ne . 44 Park Ave ue , York City

n n Ada th Isaac Schwab , Rabbi , Co gregatio Joseph , a nd M . . o Sixth Jule Streets , St Joseph ,

n n B . A. r Morris Sessler , , Rabbi , Co g egatio Beth Israel , n 354 Church Ave ue , Woodville , Miss .

D Ema nu- El n D. . Joseph Silverma , , Rabbi , Temple ,

oth New N. . 9 West 9 Street , York , Y

L n B . . Abram Simo , , Rabbi , Temple Israel ,

1 1 1 n O Neb . 7South Thirtieth Ave ue , maha ,

n n n n B . A. George Solomo , , Rabbi , A she Chesed Co gregatio ,

20 n . 5 Harriso Street , Vicksburg , Miss

n B L . m . . M . G Solo o , , Rabbi , n a nd of . n c Care S Bur et , Gree wi h Barclay Streets , N New . . York , Y

D B ’ n i n n S nn sc hein Ph . . a . o e Solomo H , , Rabbi , Temple Yeshuru , n 81 0 n . Pleasa t Street , Des Moi es , Ia

’ n B na i E1 . n M Spitz , Rabbi , Co gregatio ,

MO. 808 . . 0. Box P , St Louis ,