ISRAEL Continued from page 10 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- HAPPY NEW YEAR • ROSH HASHONAH GREETINGS TO ALL GREETINGS OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES - - - - from • JOSEPH SPRINGEL THE WILSHIRE D. SOBEL Apartment Hotel FAMILY Collingwood at Third 3750 AND Glendale ROSH HASHONAH GREETINGS! Our Best Wishes to Our Many Patrons and Friends for a Happy and Prosperous New Year GREEN BERG INSURANCE AGENCY GENERAL INSURANCE 1401 II DETROIT JEWISH CHRONIC.E and The Legal Chronic'e Friday Se amber 15, 1944 BLVD. BUILDING CADILLAC 0726-0727 DETROIT, MICH. 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 WASHINGTON 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. 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