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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
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1941
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 25,
VOL. 43, NO. 17
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Detroit Welcomes Delegates to 37th Biennial Council of Union
of American Hebrew Congregations
COUNCIL RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Temple Beth El
Woodward and Gladstone
Sunday, April 27, 8 p. m.—
Other National Presi-
dents to Preside
at Sessions
The keynote address at the
sessions of , the Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations will
be sounded by Robert P. Gold-
Invocation—Rabbi Emil W. Leipziger, New Or-
leans, president, Central Conference of American
Rabbis.
Evening Service — Rabbi H. Eliot Snyder,
Springfield, Ill.; Rabbi Albert M. Shulman, South
Bend., Ind.
Address—Robert P. Goldman, Cincinnati, 0.,
president, Union of American Hebrew Congrega-
tions.
Council Sermon—"`The Strategy of Faith,"
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, Toronto, Canada.
Adoration and Kaddish—Rabbi Sidney L. Reg-
ner, Reading, Pa.
Benediction—Rabbi James G. Heller, Cincinnati,
0., vice president, Central Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis.
Transportation to and from Temple Beth El
will be provided for registered delegates and
(kita visitors. Conveyances will leave the hotels
at 7:30 p. m.
Sightseeing—A two-hour trip to see the most
interesting parts of Detroit has been arranged
by the Detroit Convention Committee. Buses will
leave the Hotel Statler, beginning at 2 o'clock
and at 10-minute intervals until 2:30.
FORMAL OPENING OF SESSIONS
Statler Hotel Ballroom
Monday, April 28, 9:30 a. in.-
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ROBERT P. GOLDMAN
man of Cincinnati, president, at
the opening meeting at Temple
Beth El on Sunday evening and
at the first business session of the
Invocation—Rabbi Nathan Stern, New York.
Temporary chairman, Mr. Melville S. Welt;
general chairman, the Detroit Convention Corn-
-
-
mittee. -
Greetings—Hon. Edward J. Jeffries, Jr., May-
or, City of Detroit.
Report of Committee on Credentials.
Election of Officers of XXXVII Council.
Address by the President of the Council.
Greetings—Rabbi Emil W. Leipziger, New Or-
leans, president, Central Conference of American
Rabbis; Mrs. Leon Y. Watters, New York, presi-
dent, National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods;
Mr. Albert F. Mecklenburger, Chicago, president,
The Mayor's Greeting
CITY OF DETROIT
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
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Monday, April 28, 11:30 a. m.—
. President's Message—Mr Robert P. Gold-
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Statement by General
Chairman of Con-
vention Committee
man.
The People of the Book—Rabbi S. Felix Men-
Melville S. Welt, general chair-
delsohn, Chicago.
man of the Detroit committee
Presentation of Reports.
for the 37th Council of the Union
Appointment of Council Committees.
of American Hebrew Congrega-
Monday, April 28, 2 p. m.—
Joint Meeting, all delegates and visitors, Hotel
Statler Ballroom.
"An Evaluation of the Union and a Program
of Reconstruction," Dr. Louis L. Mann, Chicago.
Report of the Planning Commission.
General Discussion.
Monday, April 28, 8:30 p.
Entertainment—Masonic Hall, Consistory Room.
Transportation to and from the Masonic Hall
will be provided for registered delegates and
visitors holding transportation tickets. Buses will
leave the hotels at 7 :45 p. m.
Monday, April 28, 10:30 p. m.—
Reception at Staler Hotel Ballroom by the
Detroit community to registered delegates and
official visitors.
Notice to all Delegates and Visitors
All meetings will begin promptly at the time
scheduled. Your cooperation is requested.
Tuesday, April 29, 9 a. m.—
ROUND TABLES
Each to begin with a breakfast.
No.1—Statler Hotel, Bagley Room
"Synagogue and the Unaffiliated"
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Chairman, Joseph Hagedorn, Philadelphia.
MELVILLE S. WELT
Leader, Rabbi Charles Shulman, Glencoe.
Recorder, Rabbi Joseph M. Taxay, Terre Haute. tions, has issued a statement of
welcome to the delegates, as fol-
No. 2—Statler Hotel, Banquet Room
"Problems of Larger Congregations"
lows:
Chairman, A. Morris Krensky, Chicago.
"On behalf of Congre-
Leader, Irvin Fane, Kansas City.
gation
Beth El and of the
Recorder, Rabbi Myron Silverman, Birmingham.
(Continued on Page 3)
Convention
Speakers
Outstanding Leaders to
Address U.A.H.C.
Sessions
See WELT—Page 4
What the Union Has Meant to Detroit
By DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN
Rabbi of Temple Beth El Extends Greetings to Delegates
There is no group in the coun-
try that should feel a greater
April 14, 1941
sense of obligation to the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega-
Mr. Melville S. Welt,
tions than do the people of Tem-
Chairman Detroit Convention Committee
ple Beth El of Detroit. From the
for the thirty-seventh biennial
Outstanding Christian a n d day that the Union was organ-
ized, this congregation has been
Council of the U.A.H.C.
Jewish leaders are on the pro-
grams of the Union of American
Dear Mr. Welt:
Hebrew Congregations, National
I have learned with pleasure that Detroit will be Federation of Temple Brother-
National Federation of
the host city for the thirty-seventh biennial convention hoods,
Temple Sisterhoods and National
of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations during Federation of Temple Youth, at
the sessions commencing with
the three days from April 27th to April 30th.
May I join with your services at Temple Beth El this
committee in extending the Friday evening and concluding
the convention banquet on
cordial welcome of the City with
Wednesday evening.
of Detroit to the officers Hendrik Willem VanLoon, James
and delegates of this im- Marshall, Dr. Emil Leipziger,
portant Jewish organiza- Rabbi Julius Gordon, Justice Hen-
M. Butzel, Morris D. Wald-
.
tion, which includes repre- ry
man, Judge Charles C. Simons,
sentatives of the leading r r.
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Rab bi
synag gues of the United
Samue S. Mayer-
States, as well as their Sis- dr.ath , Rabbi Samuel
terhoods, Brotherhoods, and berg, Rabbi James G. Heller,
Rabbi Morton Berman, Harry C.
youth Groups?
Grossman, Fred M. Butzel, and
It is my earnest hope that iriisatne d y i u o thtTires, eoamllpl eotf e whom
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the convention will be large-
ly attended, that it will be program, are among the speakers.
Dr. Van Loon, Mr. Marshall
successful in every sense of and
Dr. Leipziger will be the
the term, that it will serve jo u n st v iecn e tioB nutz b ea l nool utehet s1,11)eahki er su.
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr.
Mayor
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National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods; Mr.
Richard N. Bluestein, Boston, president, National
Federation of Temple Youth.
Joint Meeting, all delegates and visitors, ball
Sunday, April 27, 2 p. m.—
See PRESIDENTS—Page 2
Welt Welomes
Delegates to
Union Parley
PROGRAM OF THE CONVENTION
R. P. Goldman
Gives Report
As President
of Beth El should have been
eager to give to the Union the
fullest possible measure of mater-
ial and moral support. We have
recognized in it not only a unify-
ing force in American Israel, but
we have looked to it for inspira-
tion, guidance, and encouragement
as an inspiration to the spir- c
the
itual life of your people State Supreme Court will be ga
here and throughout the toastmaster.
Hendrik Willem Van Loon
land. Moreover, I trust that Dr.
Dr. Hendrik Willem Van Loon,
opp6rtunity will be given of ou r t smtaernlym ogf j oRuortntaelrltamandHwo=,
DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN
to our distinguished guests
ornell Univer:
is a graduate
moral
as
well
as
the
physical
identified with it. As a in all phases of Jewish endeavor.
to learn something of the
ld of
a C P h.D. from Mu- officially
s ity and hos
More than half a century ago, the
representative
of an uncompromis-
assets of our great city.
nich.
ing
advocate
of
liberal
Judaism,
Union
held one of its early meet-
With kind regards and cordial greetings, I am
Associated Press Correspond-
ings in our city, and the records
the
platform
of
the
Union
has
ent, Dr. Van Loon served in been that of Temple Beth El. Ac- show that already then, the people.
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr.,
Washington and in 1906, in Mos- cordingly, it is only natural that
Mayor of the City of Detroit.
See FRANKLIN—Page 3
as an organized group, the people
See SPEAKERS—Page 4
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