Testimonial dinner to Samuel S. Solender, occasion of his fifth anniversary as executive director of Men’s Club, Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. of Washington Heights, St. Nicholas avenue and 159th street, evening.
Purim meeting, Leaders’ Council, Institutional Synagogue, 37 West 116th street, 8:30 p. m. Address by E. J. Londow, musical program.
Bridge party, Women’s League of Institutional Synagogue, Associated Milliners’ Men’s Club room, Victoria Hotel, afternoon.
School of the Jewish Woman, 251 West 100th street, 4-5 p. m. Dr. Trude Weiss Rosmarin, “The Beginnings of Jewish History;” 7:15 p. m. Rabbi Isidore S. Meyer, “Jewish Mass Exiles;” 8:30 p. m. “Moses Mendelssohn,” Dr. Max Raisin; 8:30 p. m. Dr. Judah A. Joffe; “The Origin and Development of the Yiddish Language.”
Purim card party of Washington Heights group of Ivriah, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, 1560 Amsterdam avenue, afternoon.
Menorah Society forum, College of the City of New York, 137th street and Convent avenue, 12:30 p. m. “What of our Youth–What We Can Learn from the German Jewish Tragedy,” Dr. Mordecai Soltes.
Nation-wide radio Purim broadcast; Station WJZ, 10:30 to 11 p. m. auspices of Religious Reconstruction Fund Committee of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, chairman.
Purim forum and reception of Jewish Guild of Bronx, Paradise Manor, 11 Mt. Eden avenue, Bronx, 8:30 p.m. Judge Benjamin E. Greenspan, “Unity of the Jew.”
Annual debate, Junior Federation of Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities, vs. Junior Group of Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York; subject; “Resolved, That the Medical Profession be Socialized.” Manhattan Hebrew Orphan Asylum, 137th street and Amsterdam avenue, 8 p.m.
Forum of Beekman Hill Neighbors, Panhellenic Hotel, 3 Mitchell place, 6:30 p. m. “An American Scholar Looks at Contemporary Germany,” Dr. Alvin Johnson.
Y. M. H. A. of Brooklyn, 339-8th street, 8:30 p. m. Stanley Burnshaw will speak on American poetry.
Jewish Community Center of Jersey City, fifth anniversary celebration, concluding tonight with “Jewish Youth Rally.”
Purim festival, by G’dud Zion youth organization, Elsmere Hall, 284 East 170th street, Bronx, 8:15 p. m.
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