A mounting financial crisis at the United Hebrew Congregation, this city’s principal Orthodox synagogue, came to a head this week-end when only 100 out of the synagogue’s approximately 3,000 members attended the annual general meeting and failed to cast a two-thirds vote for raising fees to meet increasing expenditures and to provide for liquidation of a deficit that had mounted to 6,000 pounds. The resolution for the fee increase was favored by 50 of the members, 38 voting in opposition.
Dr. Percy Yutar, congregation president, accusing the opposing 38 of “thwarting the will of the absent 2,900 who do not oppose a fee increase,” walked out of the meeting with the 50 who voted for the resolution. He declared he would call on the synagogue’s council toiresign in protest at the next executive meeting.
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