Saturday, May 12
World Fellowship of Faiths, opening session of conference: theme. “A New Spiritual Dynamic Needed;” speakers: F. Homer Curtiss. Philip L. Seman. Benjamin C. Marsh. Hereward Carrington, Basil Alexander: Hotel New Yorker, Thirty-fourth street and Eighth avenue: 3 p. m.
Young Folks’ League of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun: operetta, “Trial by Jury:” 270 West Eighty-ninth street: 8:30 p. m.
Junior League of the Manhattan-Washington Lodge of B’nai B’rith, dance; 36 West Sixty-ninth street: evening.
Broadcast, Union Assembly: George Jessel. Isa Kremer, Kroll String Quartet; speaker, Abraham Cahan; Station WEVD 10:15 p. m.
Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, lecture; Dr. George J. Bacarat, “Italy and Its Contributions to Jewish Learning;” Bay Parkway and Seventy-ninth street: 8:30 p. m.
Bronx Jewish Civic League, lecture: Nathan Balber. “Jewish Renaissance;” 883 Prospect avenue. Bronx; 8:30 p. m.
Jewish National Fund, dance; Young Men’s Hebrew Association. 4910 Fourteenth avenue, Brooklyn: evening.
Young America Institute, lecture; Irma Kraft, “The Jewish Drama in Europe and America:” Mecca Temple, 135 West Fifty-fifth street; 8:30 p. m.
Board of Governors of the Hebrew University, conference of the American members: speaker, Judah L. Magnes: Harmonie Club, 4 East Sixtieth street; 7 p. m.
Talk of the Town Club, one-act play by the Harrison Lewis Screen Players; studio 61, Carnegie Hall. Fifty-sixth street and Seventh avenue; 8 p. m.
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, banquet; presentation of Gottheil Medal; address by Harold Riegelman; Metropolis Club, 105 West Fifty-seventh street; evening.
Non-sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights, broadcast; speaker, J. George Freidman, “Effects of the Boycott;” readings, Mark Schweid; Station WARD; 10:30 p. m.
Junior Society of Temple Israel, play, “The Family Upstairs;” 210 West Ninety-first street; 8:15 p. m.
Parents Association of Jacob H. Schiff Center, card party; 2510-2520 Valentine avenue, Bronx; evening.
Vocal Art Operatic Group, concert and dance; Hotel Lismore, 253 West Seventy-third street; 8:30 p. m.
Sunday, May 13
Greater New York Campaign of the United Jewish Appeal, opening supper; speakers: Felix M. Warburg, Nathan Straus Jr., Paul Baerwald, James G. McDonald (via Trans-Atlantic radio), Jonah B. Wise, Raymond C. Moley, Morris Rothenberg, I. Edwin Goldwasser, Judah L. Magnes; Hotel Commodore. Lexington avenue and Forty-second street; evening.
Better Housing Week, official opening at mass demonstration: speakers. Alfred E. Smith, Langdon W. Post, B. Charney Vladeck, Rev. E. K. Moore; Seward Park; 3 p. m.
World Fellowship of Faiths: procession starting from Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Thirty-second street and Seventh avenue; program of songs and speeches, Hotel New Yorker, Thirty-fourth street and Eighth avenue; 3 p. m. Evening session, speakers: Prof. W. A. Wadia, Dr. Charles S. Macfarland, Rabbi Louis I. Newman, Dr. Henry Neumann; theme, “Designs for Living in a Nobler World;” Hotel New Yorker, Thirty-fourth street and Eighth avenue; 8 p. m.
Manhattan-Washington Lodge No. 19, B’nai B’rith, carnival night; 36 West Sixty-ninth street; evening.
Free Synagogue School, graduation exercises; 40 West Sixty-eighth street; 2:30 p. m.
Religious Council of the Rockaways, Brotherhood Day meeting; Public School 44. Boulevard and Ninety-fourth street, Rockaway Park; afternoon.
Mothers’ Association of the West End Synagogue, monthly meeting; 160 West Eighty-second street; 8:15 p. m.
Jewish Youth Guild, lecture; Dr. Marie Levinson. “A Modern View on Sex and Birth Control;” 41 West Eighty-sixth street; 8:30 p. m.
Michael Trenzer Family Circle, Mother’s Day celebration; East Midwood Jewish Center, Ocean avenue, Brooklyn; 2 p. m.
Ladies Auxiliary of the Throggs Neck Jewish Center, confirmation ceremonies and reception: 2918-20 Lafayette avenue, Bronx; 2 p. m.
Mizrachi and Mizrachi Youth of America, memorial meeting honoring Harry Karp; speakers, Rabbi Wolf Gold, Jacob Levinson, Joseph Lookstein, Israel Goldstein, Abraham Goldberg, Isidore Epstein and Max Hagler; Yeshiva College auditorium. Amsterdam avenue and 186th street; 5 p. m.
Talk-of-the-Town Club, lecture; E. M. Kriegel, “Hitler and Hell;” studio 61, Carnegie Hall, Seventh avenue and Fifty-sixth street; evening.
Young America Institute, film presentation, “Les Miserables;” Grand Street Boys Clubhouse, 106 West Fifty-fifth street; 8 p. m.
Society for the Advancement of Literature and Art, lecture; Dr. Ben Reitman, “Will Mariage Disappear?” 88 South Seventh avenue; 9 p. m.
Youth Zionist Revisionist Organization of America. Lag B’Omer hike; starts, subway station at 241st street and Broadway; 9:30 a. m.
Broadcast, address of James G. McDonald, Refuge High Commissioner, from Hotel Excelsior, Rome, to dinner launching German-Jewish relief campaign at Hotel Commodore, New York; Station WMCA, 8:45 p. m.
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