(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
Contributions of $75,000 for the purchase of the Kirschstein-Frauberger Museum of Judaica, recently brought from Europe by Adolph S. Oko, librarian of the college, were announced at the Founders’ Day exercise held yesterday in the college chapel.
Rabbi Isaac E. Marcuson of Macon, Ga., of the class of 1894 and a member of the Board of Governors of the college, was the principal speaker. Dr. Julian Morgenstern, President of the college and Rabbi Michael Aaronsohn, a graduate field representative for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, delivered addresses.
The National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods presented $35,000 to the college for scholarships. Miscellaneous gifts totaled nearly $15,000. One thousand dollars was given by Congregation Shaari Shamayim of Lancaster, Pa., and Congregation B’nai Israel of Charleston, W. Va., in memory of Rabbi Morris H. Youngerman. There were three $500 gifts, one from Samuel Rosenberg of Cincinnati, in memory of his brother Theodore, and another in memory of his mother, Hannah Rosenberg, and one from the estate of Charles S. Mack of Cincinnati. The gifts announced totalled nearly $125,000.
The contributors to the museum fund were Ben Selling of Portland, Ore.; Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, Isaac W. Frank, A. J. Sunstein, Maurice Falk, Bennie Neiman, Nathan Spear of Pittsburgh, Adolph S. Ochs, Ludwig Vogelstein, Ben Altheimer of New York and Simon Lazarus of Columbus, O.
Theodore Rosenwald, president of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, presided at the 104th annual meeting of the institution Sunday, reporting 1,186 children being cared for by the asylum, at 138th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, New York.
New trustees elected in place of those whose terms had expired were Samuel Ullman, William I. Spiegelberg. Edwin Mayer, Harry M. Lewy. Max H. Friedman, Benjamin Winter and Max S. Griffenhagen. The Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, of which the home is a member, appropriated $126,692 for its support last year. Lionel J. Simmonds is superintendent.
The annual State Conference of the New Jersey Council of Jewish Women opened in Camden, N. J.
Mrs. Philip Wendkos, of Collingswood, president of the Camden section, presided. Judge S. Newcorn, of Trenton, was the principal speaker.
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