Saturday, January 19
Young America Institute, 118 West Fifty-seventh street, 8:30 p. m. “Biro-Bidjan—The Jewish Autonomus Region in U. S. S. R.,” Charles Recht.
Testimonial dinner in honor of Mrs. Mark Harris by the Vigilance Division of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, Hotel Ambassador, Park avenue and Fifty-first street, evening. Speakers: James W. Gerard, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, James J. Lyons.
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, national Council meeting. Hotel Pennsylvania. Seventh avenue at Thirty-fourth street, 8 p. m.
Annual dance of the affiliated organizations of Temple Ansche Chesed, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Madison avenue at Forty-sixth street, evening.
Jewish Arbor Dav celebration. Hebrew Institute of Boro Park, 5012 Thirteenth avenue, Brooklyn, evening.
Dance of the Brooklyn Junior League of B’nai B’rith, B’nai B’rith Club, 34 West Sixty-ninth street, evening.
Third annual dance, Youth Zionist Revisionist Organization of America, Hennington Hall, 214 East Second street, evening.
Mid-winter Night Frolic and Dance of the Junior League of Beth Israel Hospital, Pythian Temple. Seventieth street, East of Broadway, evening.
Youth Groups of the Pioneer Women’s Organization. monthly meeting. Jewish Teacher’s Seminary, 427 Lafayette street, 3 p. m.
Informal dance and reception of the Bronx Council of the Youth Division of the American Jewish Congress, Jacob H. Schiff Center, 2510 Valentine avenue, evening.
Jewish Choral Society of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association, musical festival in honor of the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach. Y. M. H. A., Ninety-second street and Lexington avenue, evening.
Sunday, January 20
Dinner and ball of the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, Park avenue at Fiftieth street, evening.
Meeting of the Brooklyn section of the National Council of Jewish Juniors, Beth Elohim Temple House. Eighth avenue and Garfield Place. Brooklyn, afternoon. “Has Modern Life Any Significance?” Sydney Schweitzer and Charles Werner.
Zionist Circle. 52 Marks place. 7 p. m. “The Outstanding Jewish Events of 1934,” Irving Dattelkramer.
Meeting of the Manhattan Avukah, Young Women’s Hebrew Association, 31 West 110th street, 7:30 p. m. “Back to Herzlian Zionism,” Prof. Hayim Chernowitz.
Young Women’s Hebrew Association, 31 West 110th street, 8:30 p. m. “Adjustment Problems of the Young Jew,” Dr. A. A. Brill.
Modern Youth League, concert. Hotel Cameron. 41 West Eighty-sixth street, 8:30 p. m. Participants, Guiseppe Leone, Louis Sugarman, Isabel Shep.
Jewish Arbor Day celebration of the Williamsburgh chapter of Avukah, Young Israel Building, 563 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, 8 p. m.
Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 15 West Seventieth street, 10:45 a. m. “Sparks From the Jewish Anvil,” Dr. Abram L. Sachar.
Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Central Park West and Seventieth street, 11:15 a. m. “The Grant of the Huleh Concession,” Abraham Tulin.
Jewish Arbor Day Celebration at the Eretz Israel Camp of the Order Sons of Zion, Palestine Hall, 1731 Pitkin avenue, Brooklyn, 8 p. m. Address by Isaac Allen.
New York City Young Judea Leaders’ Social, Central Synagogue Community House, 35 East Sixty-second street, 8:30 p. m.
Jewish Honor Legion, Central Jewish Institute, 125 East Eighty-fifth street, 8:30 p. m. “The Jewish Woman of the Past, Present and Future,” Fred Spinks.
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