(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
A proposal that women be permitted to join Jewish congregations as members of equal standing with men, was made by Mrs. Louis M. Epstein of Brookline, Mass., before the convention of the Women’s League of the United Synagogue of America at the Stevens Hotel here. “It has become a disease among congregations to out build one another to such an extent that some have mortgaged their grandchildren” Mrs. Epstein said.
Rabbi A. M. Hershman, speaking on Jewish education, proposed that just as there is a ceremony of “Bar Mitzvah” for boys who at the age of 13 are declared fully responsible, so there should be a similar ceremony for girls. He laid some of the blame for the present situation on the shoulders of rabbis, who, he said, have become “Jacks of all trades.”
Others who discussed Jewish education were Dr. Alexander Dushkin, of the Board of Jewish Education of Chicago who described the relationship of that body with the United Synagogue, and Rabbi Max Kadushin of Chicago.
Dr. Cyrus Adler reported that a committee has been organized at the suggestion of the highest officials of the Boy Scout movement of America to carry on religious activities among Jewish lads who are Boy Scouts. This committee, whose work is being privately financed, is composed of representatives of Orthodox, Reform and Conservative Jewish groups.
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