The reasons which prompted the Guggenheim brothers, Daniel, Murry, Solomon R. and Simon, to present a gift of $500,000 toward the $5,000,000 Endowment Fund now being sought for the Hebrew Union College, under the chairmanship of Adolph S. Ochs, publishe of the New York Times, were stated if a letter they addressed to Mr. Ochs and made public through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
“We think this College is an institution of which Hebrews generally throughout the United States, without distinction, may unite in feeling justly proud, considering that it is the oldest Jewish theological seminary in America and the largest Reform Jewish seminary in the world, and that it has proved its worth as an enlightened educational centre by a half century of fruitful work and distinguished accomplishment.
“It is so eminently fitted, in our estimation, to preserve and perpetuate the great tradition of Hebrew culture and scholarship, and to expound and propagate the truths of that ancient faith which from the beginning has proclaimed the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man, that we have felt it to be a special privilege, no less than a simple duty, by contributing to is maintenance, to identify ourselves with the high ideals it serves and exemplifies,” the letter, signed by the four brothers, declared.
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