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Jewish Organizations in London Decide to Fight Proposal for Calendar Reform at U.N.

July 3, 1949
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An organization known as the Central Committee to Defend Jewish Religious Interests Against the Danger of Calendar Reform was established today at a joint meeting of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Anglo-Jewish Association, the World Jewish Congress, Agudas Israel and the London Beth Din, court of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire.

The meeting considered the appropriate steps to be taken in view of the recently announced intention of Panama to bring a calendar reform proposal before the United Nations Economic and Social Council, with which four of the foregoing organizations have consultative status. Among other proposals discussed was joint action with other denominations having their own calendar, such as the Moslems, Hindus and the Greek Orthodox Church.

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