(J.T. A. Mail Service)
At a meeting of the Society for Jewish Jurisprudence, held here yesterday with Lord Phillimore, former Lord Justice of Appeal, presiding, the Chief Rabbi, Dr. J. H. Hertz, read a paper on “Ancient Semitic Codes — Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite — and their relation to the Mosaic Law.”
Dr. Hertz, gave the ethnic and geographic background of these codes. “The Babylonian Code of Hammurabi,” he said, “is the oldest document in the development of human legislation, and one of the landmarks in world history. As to the question of its relationship to the Mosaic law, some of the stories of the Patriarchs could be fully understood only in the light of Hammurabian family and shepherd law; and there were a number of legal analogies and resemblances between the two codes. But the Babylonian code was not the source of the Mosaic civil enactments. The two systems exhibited independent codification of ancient Semitic law.”
It was resolved that the chief rabbi’s address be published by the society.
A placement committee of the Alumni Association of the Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, was formed at a recent meeting of the Association held at Hotel Newton, New York City. Rabbi Maurice J. Bloom, of Temple Beth Jacob, Newburgh, N. Y., was chosen chairman of the committee. To assist Rabbi Bloom Rabbi Henry A. Schorr. president of the Alumni Association, appointed Rabbi Mitchell S. Fisher, of Temple Israel of Washington Heights, New York City; Rabbi Morton M. Berman of Temple Emanu-El, Davenport, Iowa; Rabbi Samuel Teftelbaum, Fort Smith, Ark.; Rabbi Philip S. Bernstein, Rochester, N. Y.; Rabbi Max Meyer, Flushing, N.Y.; and Dr. Maxwell Sacke, Brooklyn, N.Y.
The National Conference of Jewish Social Service will hold its annual sessions in Cincinnati from May 9 to May 13, according to an announcement yesterday by Samuel A. Goldsmith, Secretary of the organization. The meeting will mark the twenty-eighth year of the Conference. Originally, April 29 to May 2, were set as the dates, but the executive committee of the Conference decided on the change.
Morris D. Waldman, President of the Conference, has appointed Dr. I. M. Rubinow, of Philadelphia, to head the program committee. Because of the fact Cincinnati has one of the oldest Jewish communities in the country and was the first city to adopt the Federation idea. A large representation of laymen is expected to attend the sessions.
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