The 40th anniversary of the Jewish Conciliation Board of America–a voluntary court–and the 30th anniversary of Dr. Israel Goldstein’s presidency of the Board were celebrated here yesterday. The Board adjudicated and conciliated more than 18,000 disputes during the 40 years of its existence without any cost to the litigants.
United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who was the principal speaker, lauded the Jewish Conciliation Board for seeking “to find what is the truth in the local disputes, and what is a just solution.” Dr. Goldstein pointed out in his speech that many of the cases dealt by the Board “involved Jewish patterns, traditions and mores which only a Jewish tribunal could understand sympathetically.
“Under the arbitration laws of New York State we have been able to render binding decisions, “Dr. Goldstein reported. “We have probably saved our city and state millions of dollars in court costs and eased the already overcrowded court calendars. And we have made a contribution to the well-being of the community.” He was presented with a set of four volumes printed and photographed in Israel, titled “Views of the Biblical World.”
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