Wednesday, February 20
School for Adult Jewish Education, 35 East Sixty-second street. "The Economic Factors in Modern Jewish Life," Nathan Reich, 7:45 p. m.; "The Jews of Soviet Russia," Joshua Kunitz; "Main Currents of Jewish Thought in Modern Times," Koppel S. Pinson, 8:50 p. m.
Meeting of the Junior American Ort, Hotel Commodore, Forty-second street and Lexington avenue, 8:15 p. m. "Labor Under the New Deal," Mrs. Elinore Herrick.
School of the Jewish Woman, 251 West 100th street, 8:45 p. m. "Appreciation of Hebrew Literature," Dr. Trude Weiss Rosmarin.
Brooklyn Jewish Center, 667 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, 8:30 p. m. "The Dream of a Jewish Homeland," Dr. Elias Lieberman.
Meeting of the Men’s Club of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, 117 East Eighty-fifth street, 8 p. m. Address by William C. Dodge.
The Jewish Center, 131 West Eighty-sixth street, 8:30 p. m. "The New Deal for the City," Maurice P. Davidson.
Bronx Division of the Young Peoples League of the United Synagogue of America, radio broadcast, Station WEVD, 8 p. m. "The Gates of Zion," Sidney H. Reiss.
Young Mens Hebrew Association, Ninety-second street and Lexington avenue, 8:30 p. m. Presentation of "Petersburg Nights," under the auspices of the Cinema Guild.
Meeting of the Flatbush Group of Ivriah, Capitol Club, 1240 Ocean avenue, Brooklyn, afternoon. "The Life of Maimonides." Dr. Maxwell L Sacks.
Organization meeting of the Evening Group, affiliated with the Bedford Chapter of Hadassah, at the home of Mrs. Bessie Deutschman, 872 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, 8:30 p. m.
Adolph Ritter von Sonnenthal, after a career as an actor, became chief manager and director of the Vienna Hofburgtheater.
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