Dr. Israel Goldstein was honored here today by the Jewish Conciliation Board of America, in recognition of his 20th anniversary as president of the arbitration body, which is now in its 30th year of existence. Speakers at the annual meeting of the organization pointed out that during the past 20 years, the Board has settled 4,200 cases and thus saved the city and state hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In his presidential report, Dr. Goldstein stressed the voluntary aspects of the organization which settles all cases without financial costs to the litigants. “Aside from the services to the community as a whole, there are special Jewish values in the work of the organization,” he said. “Some disputes which arise in Jewish social and benevolent organizations and homes are of a uniquely Jewish nature, involving religious aspects which a non-Jewish tribunal would have difficulty in properly assessing, or which as a matter of Jewish dignity should not be brought before a non-Jewish tribunal.”
Dr. Goldstein revealed that some Judges in the state courts have referred cases to the Jewish Conciliation Board where they felt the cases could be better dealt with. Six hundred leading rabbis, lawyers, jurists and businessmen have served on the organization’s panels during the last 20 years, he stated. At today’s meeting, Dr. Leo Jung was elected vice-president. New members named to the Board were: Dr. Julius Mark, rabbi of Temple Emanu-El; and former Judge Louis B. Brodsky.
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