Delegates from synagogues throughout the Catskill Mountain region will gather at Congregation Ahavath Israel here on Sunday to organize the Catskill region branch of the United Synagogue of America.
Speakers at the afternoon opening session will be Rabbi Joel S. Geffen of Troy; Rabbi Israel Lebendiger, Mrs. William Gorowitz and Dr. Louis Kauner, all of Ahavath Israel, and Rabbi Abraham Simon of Middletown.
In the evening, following the convention dinner, Sam Sacks, president of the local congregation; Dr. Benjamin Abramowitz of Monticello and Rabbis Lebendiger, Simon and Geffen will speak.
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