Friday, April 26
Benefit bridge in aid of the Community Workers, Auxiliary of the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Park avenue at Fiftieth street, afternoon.
Young Women’s Hebrew Association, 31 West 110th street, 8:30 a. m. “Jews in Persia,” Dr. Joseph Kornfeld.
Temple Israel, 210 West Ninety-first street, 8:15 p. m. “Proverbs—Not of Solomon,” Rabbi William R. Rosenblum.
Congregation Shaart Zedek, Kingston avenue and Park place, Brooklyn 8:15 p. m. “Why Remain Jews?” Rabbi Solomon Foster.
Union Temple of Brooklyn, 17 Eastern parkway, 8:00 p. m. “Waiting for Lefty.” Dr. Sidney S. Tedesche.
Temple Gates of Israel. 560 West 185th street, 8:30 p. m. “A Rebellion in the Ranks.” Rabbi Judah Nadich.
Saturday, April 27
Social Art Center, 119 West Forty-seventh street, 8:00 p. m. “What’s Wrong With the Theatre,” Charles Recht.
Congregation Shaari Zedek, Kingston avenue and Park place, Brooklyn, 10:00 a. m. “The Message of Spring,” Rabbi Harry Weiss.
Temple Israel, 210 West Ninety-first street, 10:15 a. m. “Azazel—The Goat of Convenience,” Rabbi William F, Rosenblum.
Musicale and dance sponsored by the Organization and Colony Camps of the Order Sons of Zion, Hotel McAlpin, Thirty-fourth street and Broadway, evening.
Entertainment and dance, sponsored by the Young Folks League, Infants Home of Brooklyn Mecca Temple, Fifty-fifth street and Sixth avenue, evening.
Celebration of 280th anniversary of arrival of Jews in Manhattan and of the founding of Congregation Shearith Israel; at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, 3 West Seventieth street, 8:30 p. m.
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