(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The sessions of the Zionist Actions Committee continued Thursday night and Friday until late afternoon when the session was adjourned for the Sabbath. A general debate on the financial and agricultural situation in Palestine developed at the session.
David Remes. representing the Palestine Labor Federation, presented to the Actions Committee the plan for floating a Jewish Palestine loan to the amount of $300,000,000 in America.
UNION ARRANGES FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES ON THE OCEAN LINERS
Religious services are being held this summer on many trans-Atlantic liners as a result of arrangements made by the Department of Synagogue and School Extension of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Leaflet reprints of the Union Prayer book were placed on board 92 steamers of 10 trans-Atlantic lines. The leaflet reprints, in folders bearing the name of the steamer, have been placed in the libraries of the steamers and are available for rabbis and laymen wishing to hold services on Sabbath morning.
Fourteen rabbis who are spending part of the summer abroad, have cooperated with the department in holding such services. Dr. Julian Morgenstern, President of the Hebrew Union College who sailed on the Steamship “Republic” of the United States Lines, has reported holding a service in the social room of the steamer on June 12th. About 50 people were present at the service.
AMERICAN ORT CALLS NATIONAL CONVENTION
A National Convention of the Ort to be held October 24th, was called by the National Council of the American Ort. All societies and organizations belonging to the Ort or in sympathy with its work were invited to participate.
Amalgamation of eight synagogues and the Adler’s Young Men’s Association. all in Harlem and Yorkville, having a membership of 5,000 for the purpose of erecting a $1,000,000 Jewish centre for Harlem and Yorkville on Madison Avenue, New York City, has been completed, it was announced by Rabbi Simon Glazer, of No. 31 East 96th Street. The cornerstone of the proposed centre is expected to be laid this fall and the building is expected to be finished by June 1, 1927.
The congregations comprising the centre are Zemack Zetek, Talmud Torah, No. 325 West 118th Street; Talmud Torah, No. 110 East 104th Street; Kehal Yeshurun, Thararat Kahodosh Beth Lehem, B’nai Abraham, and Ahabath Israel.
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