A Jewish Society for Psychic Research was formed here last night at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Miss Regina Miriam Bloch. A letter was read from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote: “I am delighted to hear that a people who once had such direct spiritual relations as the Jews, should once again turn their attention from the past to the present and make religion a living thing.”
It was decided that the Society should be a Jewish association for the purpose of psychic research generally, and of its Jewish aspect in particular. It shall be known as the Jewish Society for Psychic Research-Ha-aur Israel. Its objective shall be to seek knowledge of states and conditions existing in the after life, by means of study, logical evidence and psychic demonstration.
Membership shall be open and unfettered. It shall be the policy of the Council always to maintain a Jewish atmosphere. It will seek to inquire into and adjust any misconception that may surround the objects of the Society and the belief of its members as being opposed to Judaism.
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