The role of Jewry and Judaism in the building of America will be highlighted nationally next Spring through a Jewish History Week observance, sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society, Dr. Abram Kanof, president, announced today.
The aim of the observance is to spur an interest in American Jewish history and Jewish Americana, to broaden understanding of the relationship between Jewish ideals of democracy and American forms and concepts, and to throw light on current Jewish problems through study of the past, Dr. Kanof said; Rabbi Philip Goodman of New York a member of the Society’s executive council, has been named general chairman of a broad committee of historians, educators and religious leaders planning the History Week.
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