Announcing the forthcoming International Conference for Progressive Judaism, which will be held in London or Paris this summer, Ludwig Vogelstein, chairman of the executive board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, communicated to the board news of activities undertaken to safeguard German Jews and to combat the spread of anti-Semitic propaganda in the United States.
At the annual meeting at the Hotel Sinton-St. Nicholas here, the board commended these steps and gave assurance that the Union would cooperate and assist, so far as consistent with its purposes and power. A new body was created by the board to study congregational problems and to make recommendations to the Union-affiliated congregations. This Commission on Synagogue Activities will consist of five rabbis and five laymen.
In his annual report, Rabbi George Zepin, Cincinnati, secretary of the Union, stated that the appropriations for the Union and the Hebrew Union College for the year 1932-1933 were $39,319. The report showed that there are now 282 congregations affiliated with the Union with a total membership of 54,089. It was also announced that four more states are being added to the Regional Districts of the Union. Other reports were made by David A. Brown, New York City, chairman of the board of finance; Alfred M. Cohen, chairman of the board of governors of the Hebrew Union College; Mrs. Maurice Steinfeld St. Louis, president of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, and Hon. Samuel B. Finkel, new president of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods.
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