With the center of Jewish culture shifting unmistakably from Europe to the United States, a “Jewish College of Exile” is planned at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, it was announced by Ralph W. Mack, chairman of the college’s board, at a dinner given by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations last night in honor of Mr. Mack and Robert P. Goldman, president of the union. The college can accept no more on its faculty but has room in its buildings for 25 refugee professors and scholars who will be allowed to use these facilities to continue their studies while they adapt themselves to American life, Mr. Mack said.
Mr. Goldman said a ten-year program of spiritual education was planned by the college and the union, leading up to the observance in 1948 of the 75th anniversary of the union. The program will emphasize the importance of all religions as a motivating force for service in philanthropy and relief and service to city, state and nation, he declared.
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