A four-day conference of the Haddssah opened here today with an announcement by Mrs. Rebecca Shulman, president, that the organization has decided to establish a $25,000 Historical Research Project for “a study of the basic ideas, ideals and values of the Jewish historical experience and their relevance to contemporary life in the United States.”
“The project will involve outstanding scholars and educators on three continents and will disseminate a knowledge of Jewish history and tradition and of its significance for the enrichment of Jewish life in the United States,” Mrs. Shulman said in her opening address.
Mrs. Benjamin Gottesman, chairman of Hadassah’s education program in this country, reported that more than 20,000 Hadassah members have already been enrolled in special Hadassah-sponsored courses for the study of the Hebrew language. She estimated that this figure would be trebled in the coming year.
Mrs. Shulman, announcing the project, revealed that the following scholars have been named to work on it: Dr. Yehezkel Kaufmann, Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Dr. Ralph Marcus, Professor of Hellenistic literature at the Oriental institute of the University of Chicago; Dr. Gerson D. Cohen, newly appointed Librarian of The Jewish Theological Seminary of New York; Dr. Abraham Halkin, Professor of Jewish history in the College of the City of New York; Dr. Cecil Roth, Professor of Jewish history at Oxford University; Dr. Salo W. Baron, Professor of Jewish history, literature and institutions at Columbia University, and Leo W. Schwars, historian and critic, editor of the Rinehart Anthology series on Jewish history and literature.
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