Friday, February 8
Women’s Division of Federation for Support of Philanthropic Societies of New York City, Hotel Savoy-Plaza, 7 East Fifty-eighth street; “Where Are We in Social Service?”, Helen M. Hall; 11 a. m.
League for Political Education, Town Hall, 123 West Forty-third street; “Current History,” William Starr Myers; 11 a. m.
Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 East Ninety-ninth street; “Chronic Infectious Diseases of Central Nervous System,” Dr. Gabriel Steiner; 8:30 p. m.
Jewish Community of Bensonhurst, 7802 Bay parkway; Melvin N. Fagin, “The Jews Come of Age”; 8:30 p. m.
Young Israel of Manhattan at Mogen Abraham Synagogue, 87 Attorney street; “The Problem of Jewish Youth,” Rabbi Ascher M. Yager; 8:30 p. m.
Bronx Y.M.H.A., 171st street and Fulton avenue, Bronx; “What Is Zionism—Revisionism?”, M. Joseph Beer; 8:30 p. m.
Mapletown Park Hebrew Institute, 2022 Sixty-sixth street, Brooklyn; “The Law and the Jew,” Henry Rubin; 8:30 p. m.
Jewish Center of University Heights, Nelson avenue and 174th street; “Problems of Our City Government,” Maurice P. Davidson; 8:30 p. m.
Young Israel of Bronx Gardens; “Makers of the Talmud,” Norman Siegel; 8:30 p. m.
Columbia University Institute of Arts and Sciences, McMillan Academic Theatre, Columbia University; “Germany’s Challenge,” George Earle Raiguel; 8:30 p. m.
Saturday, February 9
League for Political Education, Town Hall, 123 West Forty-third street; “Current Books and Plays,” William Lyon Phelps; 11 a. m.
The Social Art Center, Studio 620, 119 West Fifty-seventh street; Jane Manner Players in a dramatic recital and dancing; 8 p. m.
Young American Institute, 118 West Fifty-seventh street; “Wanted a Theatre for the Masses,” Samuel Friedman; 8:30 p.m.
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