At this stage when half of the 16,000,000 Jews throughout the world are in danger of extinction while the rest of the civilized world stands by without a word of protest, the Jews of America must seek the revitalization of Jewish life, declared Richard E. Gutstadt, head of the Wider Scope Committee of the B’nai Brith at a dinner given here in his honor.
Mr. Gutstadt scored the building programs of synagogues and temples in the past, which he said caused the rabbis to worry so much about raising funds to meet heavy mortgages that religion was pushed into the background.
Mr. Gutstadt appealed for greater support for the work of the Wider Scope Committee which encompasses the activities of the Hillel Foundations, the anti-Defamation League and the Aleph Zedek Aleph.
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