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Ay Law School in 1924, he was
admitted to the bar two years
later, and he has ever since prac-
tic ed law in New York City.
From his very childhood he
has been active in Jewish af-
fairs, starting as a disciple of an
East Side Talmud Thora and a
member of an orthodox Junior
congregation. The center of his
activities is the borough of
Brooklyn where he has lived with
his family for over 35 years. He
is president of the East Mid-
wood Jewish Center of Brooklyn,
one of the largest Centers in
this country, and secretary of
the Brooklyn Jewish Community
Council which endeavored to
unite all Brooklyn Jews in the
fight against anti-Semitism, in
the heyday of the Christian
front. lie represented Brooklyn
and the Untied Synagogue at
the American Jewi h Conference
of its
end is a asember
last year,
m
Administrative Committee and
its Commission on PostWar Re-
construction.
Like most of the people affili-
ated with the United Synagogue,
Mr. Rothstein is an ardent Zion-
ist who spends much time in
aiding our brethren in Eretz Yis-
roel. Affiliated with and highly
active in behalf of the Amer-
ican Emergency Zionist Council
the Jewish National Fund, the
Palestine Foundation Fund, and
the National Administrative Com-
mittee of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, he is also ac-
tive in such fund-raising agen-
cies as the United Palestine Ap-
peal and the United Jewish Ap-
peal.
Before his election to the post
of president, Mr. Rothstein
served the organization as re-
cording secretary, at the same
time heading the Brooklyn Coun-
cil of the United Synagogue. Af-
ter the attack on Pearl Harbor,
he was among those who urged
that the resources of the congre-
gations that constitute the Unit-
ed Synagogue should be mobil-
ized in behalt of he American
War Effort. As chairman of
"United Synagogue Mobilization
for Victory" he stressed the im-
portance of understanding the
manifold problems involved and
to act accordingly. The problem
of children and adolescents un-
der the stress of the war, the
questions puzzling adults, such
as the effects of rationing on
people observing dietary laws,
the possible increase of anti-
Semitism, and the cooperation
with the various Jewish and na-
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tion-wide civilian defense organ-
izations required the full strength
of a man who united in his per-
son patience with fervor—and
Mr. Rothstein proved to be that
man.
I met him at his office on
Chambers St., a medium-sized
youngish-looking man with a
pleasant way of talking. On my
request he told me some details
of the tremendous growth of the
organization. The United Syna-
gogue, which started with 16
congregations, now numbers over
a thousand affiliated and asso-
ciated congregations, sisterhoods,
men's clubs and young people's
groups. I learned from him of
the many achievements of the
United Synagogue during the
three decades of its existence. It
organized religious opportunities
in farming communities, estab-
lished Jewish cultural centers in
universities and Jewish religious
radio programs, and provided Boy
Scout camps with religious and
Jewish educational activities long
before other religious bodies did
so. It contributed $100,000 to
the Jewish Theological Seminary
of America to create the Solomon
Schechter Chair in Theology and
it established a dormitory for
out-of-town Seminary students
which was maintained until the
completion of the new buildings.
But its activities extend for be-
yond the borders of this coun-
try. In Palestine, for instance, it
established a Synagogue Center
at Jerusalem, the only modern
traditional synagogue in the city
which conducts an inclusive pro-
gram of Jewish education cul-
tural and social activities for
young people as well as adults.
A branch of the Hebrew Uni-
versity Library in these build-
ings enables the inhabitants of
Jerusalem to make use of its
facilities.
"If time permitted," said Mr.
Rothstein, "I could tell you much
more of the activities of our or-
ganization."
Warner: "What you have told
me so far, fills me with admira-
tion for the work of your friends.
But I should like to know what
you do to gain adherents from
agogued Jews. In other words,
the ranks of the hitherto unsyn-
what do you do to combat athe-
ism and agnosticism which, as
you will admit, are making con-
siderable inroads in the ranks of
American Jewry?"
Rothstein: "First of all, I
don't accept the proposition that
agnosticism and atheism are on
the increase. On the contrary,
judging from the rise and
growth of new congregations and
synagogue centers I have a feel-
ing that the American Jew is
going back to the synagogue. To
my mind, the real reasons for
agnosticism and atheism are con-
tained in the insufficient methods
that have been used to instill
real faith and ideals. The Amer•
ican Jew is instinctively Jewish
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to the extent that every human
being seeks communion with the
Divine. In short, he aspires to
a higher ideal of life! What the
United Synagogue strives to do
is create an environment through
the synagogue and through the
home which will enable him to
understand and 'respond emo-
tionally to the Jewish ideal. For
instance, the United Synagogue,
in fostering the synagogue cen-
ter idea, is providing a program
through which our boys and girls,
our adolescents and our adults
can express themselves in the
service of Jewish and humani-
tarian causes. Through such a
program religion is made realis-
tic and a part of life."
Werner: ."If you had to coin
a slogan, how would you express
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