Final arrangements for the holding of the national conference on Jewish education, called by the Zionist Organization of America, were completed at a meeting of the provisional committee which took place on Sunday at the Pennsylvania Hotel.
Besides the New York members of the committee, the cities of Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, Newark and Washington were represented at the meeting which was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Emanuel Neumann. Telegrams signifying agreement with the proposed plan were received from various quarters.
Louis Lipsky, in his opening address, outlined the program of the contemplated League for Jewish Education, which is to concentrate on the work of spreading Jewish education. Among the delegates who attended the meeting were Bernard Semel, Jacob H. Cohen and Israel Chipkin of the Jewish Educational Association, A. Hirsch and S. Rubinstein of the Hebrew Teachers Association, M. Rybeloff, Dr. S. Ginsberg and K. Whiteman of the Histadruth Ivrith, Jacob Ginsberg of Philadelphia, Professor Nathan Isaacs of Boston, Dr. Isidor Abrahams and Charles Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh and Max Rhoade of Washington president of the Avukah.
The representatives from Boston and Pittsburgh urged that the convention take place in one of these cities, instead of in Philadelphia.
The issuance of a call to organized Jewry in America was decided upon.
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