Ways and means of more effectively organizing the Jews of the United States for the better functioning of Communal institutions will be the subject of a special discussion at the afternoon session of the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Jewish Committee to be held on Sunday, at the Community House of Temple Emanu-El.
Pointing out that the size of the Jewish Community in the U.S., greater than that of any other land, and the vast extent of territory throughout which the Jews of America are scattered has led to numerous divisions and organizations, the Executive Committee states that “in prosperous times the great growth of organizations, if not approved, was tolerated, but that now when grim necessity has come upon all the people of this land for the conservation of money and energy, thought has been given to placing our community in a better, in a more compact, and even in a more economical situation to deal with the many things with which it has to deal.”
The discussion will be led by Judge Horace Stern of Philadelphia who, some months ago, presented a plan of organization at a meeting of the Executive Board of the Union of Ameriscan Hebrew Congregations. It is expected that the discussion will be participated in by many members of the Committee and that it may lead to the formulation of a definite program.
Dr. Cyrus Adler, President of the Committee, will preside at the meeting, the morning session of which will be taken up by the presentation of the Annual Report of the Executive Committee and the election of officers to succeed the following:
Dr. Cyrus Adler, President: Judges Irving Lehman and Abram I. Elkus, Vice-Presidents; Samuel D. Leidesdorf, Treasurer; and Herbert H. Lehman James Marshall, Roger W. Straus, and Lewis L. Strauss, Felix M. Warburg, and Morris Wolf, members of the Executive Committee.
The American Jewish Committee was organized in 1906 to safeguard the civil and religious rights of Jews in all parts of the world. The late Judge Mayer Sulzberger of Philadelphia and Louis Marshall of New York were the predecessors of Dr. Adler in the Presidency.
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