The Hebrew Union College was host today to national meetings opening here of the National Association of Biblical Instructors, the American School of Oriental Research and the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis. The conferences are the first of a series scheduled to be held here during the College’s 75th anniversary year.
A paper on the “Contemporary Moodin Reform Judaism” will be presented tomorrow by Dr. Samuel S. Cohen, professor of Jewish theology at the H.U.C. Other speakers in a special session tomorrow which will be devoted exclusively to examination of current directions in Judaism include Dr. Emanuel Gamoran, director of Jewish education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
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