Irving Jaffee, who scored the fastest time in the 10,000 meter Olympic skating event at St. Moritz, Switzerland, on February 14, only to have his victory cancelled, arrived on the United States liner Leviathan and expressed the hope that the other contestants be permitted to run the race over, with the one making the best time-if it surpasses Jaffee’s–being declared the winner.
With the American ice star on the vessel were Valentine Bialas. A. Haugen and James O’Neill Farrell, also members of the American team, and George W. Lloyd, manager and trainer.
Jaffee was reluctant to discuss the cancelled event at first. He said that as far as he knew no decision had been made yet on the protest filed by the American team against the decision depriving him of his triumph. The action action costing him his victory, it was explained was taken because softening ice interfered with the time made by others in the event. Jaffee said he hoped that the governing body would adopt the course suggested in the American protest which was, he said, to have the contest repeated with him absent, when the ice became suitable, and if any of the others beat his time the skater with the swiftest record be awarded the event. He said he was surprised he was able to make as good time as he did.
DR. THACKERAY OF CAMBRIDGE ARRIVES IN U. S. TO LECTURE ON HELLENISTIC JUDAISM
Dr. H. St. John Thackeray of Cambridge University, England, one of the most distinguished scholars and writers on Hellenistic Judaism, arrived yesterday on the S.S. Berengaria. Dr. Thackeray came to America as the guest of the Jewish Institute of Religion, to deliver the Hilda Stich Stroock Lectures. This lectureship on the History and Philosophy of Religions was established in the Institute in 1927, in order to bring to its students the fruits of the best scholarship of distinguished students and representatives of the world’s religions.
The general theme of the lectures will be “Josephus, the Man and the Historian.” The series will deal with the “Life and Character of the Jewish Historian”; “The Jewish War”; “The Jewish Antiquities”; “Josephus and Judaism”; “Josephus and Hellenism”; “Josephus and Christianity”, and will be held on the evenings of March 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 at 8.15 P.M. in the Chapel of the Institute, 40 West 68 Street, New York. The lectures will be open to the public.
In addition to the above series, Dr. Thackeray will lecture at other institutions, including Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania and the General Theological Seminary in New York.
On Saturday evening, March 3, a dinner in honor of Dr. Thackeray will be given at the Hotel Olcott, to which the Trustees and Faculty of the Institute have been invited.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
