With Dr. Chaim Weizmann as principal speaker, the Cleveland community will pay tribute on Sunday to Dr. Abba Hillel Silver on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as rabbi of the Temple here.
At Rabbi Silver’s request, because of the war situation, the celebration will be limited to an Anniversary Service held in the Temple edifice which was built during his leadership. Among the speakers at the service will be the Mayor of Cleveland, Frank J. Laushe, who will speak for the community. Rabbi Silver was installed as rabbi of the Temple on September 9, 1917. The celebrations of his twenty-fifth anniversary was delayed a few months in order that it might coincide with Dr. Silver’s fiftieth birthday which will occur on January 28. During his ministry the congregation has more than doubled its membership and is now the largest liberal congregation in the United States.
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