The confirmation speeches of 70 young members of Temple Israel of nearby Lawrence, Long Island, have been broadcast to Hungary as part of the United States Information Agency service over the Voice of American, it was revealed here today.
Paul Nadanyi, chief of the Hungarian service of the Information Agency, who happened to hear the confirmation services, was so impressed with them that he obtained permission from Rabbi Judah Cahn, spiritual leader of the Reform Temple, to broadcast them to Hungary. The speeches, each of which dealt with a different five-year period in the 300 years of American Jewish history, were broadcast in five different programs.
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