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… been re- served to enable those who could not secure reservations for the dinner to hear the address of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver on the American Jewish Tercentenary, this Sunday evening. Dinner guests…
… been delegated to represent the Governor, and William E. Stirton, vice-president of Wayne University, who will represent the Mayor. Emma Schavec will sing the national anthems. Details on Page 24 The…
…HE JEWISH NEWS' Dr. A. H. Silver: Courageous Leader A Weekly Review - Commentary, Page 2 Story, Page 24 of Jewish*Events 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. — VE. 8-9364—Detroit 35, October 15, 1954…
… 'seriously the theme of the Ter- centenary — ``Man's Opportunities and Re- sponsibilities Under Freedom" — we reaf- firm our adherence to the sacred ideals we have inherited from the Fathers of this Re- public…
… and from our Prophets. From the very day in 1654 when the first group of 23 Jews settled in New Ams- terdam to establish the first religious Jew- ish community in America, they dedicated themselves to…
… the principle of religious free- dom. We re-dedicate ourselves anew to this imperishable ideal. Throughout the three centuries of the development of the great American Jewish community, the Jews of this…
… country estab- lished the great tradition of caring for the needy, of providing means and sustenance for the aged, the orphaned and the home- less. In the last half century, American Jews rose to great…
… heights in their relief efforts for those who" were either uprooted by wars or were dispossessed by the in- humanity of bigots and tyrants in lands of oppression. We re-dedicate ourselves to the…
… • philanthropic ideals as we re-evaluate our contributions to humanity during our Tercentenary celebrations. American Jewry has been in the fore- front among the forces that helped in the re-establishment of the…
… State of Israel. This may be recorded by history as our genera- tion's greatest accomplishMent. We reaf- firm, as one of the Tercentenary's re-dedica- tory aims, that we retain our interest in the great…