(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
A plea for education for world peace was made to the Executive Board of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods which began its three day annual session at the Hotel Congress here yesterday. The plea was contained in the report of the National Committee on Peace of which Mrs. Nathan J. Miller of New York, president of the organization, is chairman.
“For centuries the Jewish people have stood for peace. The Prophet of Old pleaded: ‘Turn thy spears into plowshares and thy swords into pruning hooks.’ The program of peace is in itself a system of education. War is created by public opinion. Peace can be maintained by the same token. We must create in the minds of the majority, hatred for war and love of peace,” the chairman’s report read. The report told of efforts having been made to get each member to telegraph her senator to vote for America’s entry into the world court.
Thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars were raised for Hebrew Union College Scholarships, according to a report submitted. The dedication of a $300,000 dormitory at the Hebrew Union College was reported. Efforts on the part of the sisterhoods to fit 1,500 college students for Jewish leadership and to establish three days a week instead of one day a week for religious schooling were described.
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