Liberal Editor and Publicity Counsellor Meet with Conservative Rabbis

Spokesmen for the Conservative Jews of America and Canada will be conspicuous on the program of discussion of social, economic and religious questions at the thirty-third annual meeting of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Jewish Theological Seminary which will open here today and continue through Friday.

Members of the Rabbinical Assembly, including Jewish spiritual leaders from all parts of the United States and Canada, will partake in a symposium on Economic Justice tomorrow evening. Special papers have been prepared by George Soule, editor of The New Republic; Edward L. Bernays, public relations counsellor, and Rabbi Israel Goldstein of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Social Justice.

Rabbi Louis J. Schwefel, of New Rochelle, chairman of the committee on arrangements, said yesterday that the convention was expected to clarify the views of the conservative rabbinate of America on many of the outstanding problems confronting Jewry.

“This year’s meeting comes at a time when Jews the world over stand aghast at the merciless, brutal and stupid acts of the Hitlerites that threaten to extinguish our brethren in Germany,” he said. “Only the future can tell the effectiveness of the many protests that have been addressed to Germany’s present rulers by Jews and Christians alike. As Rabbis, we must exhort our congregations to renewed faith in and allegiance to the religion of Israel.”

Outstanding speakers at the various sessions of the convention and their topics are as follows:

Rabbi Eugene Kohn—Objectives in Jewish Education.

Rabbi Simon Greenberg—Jewish Nationalism.

Rabbi Israel Goldstein—World Peace, Jewish-Christian Good Will and Economic Justice.

Rabbi Julius Greenstone—An Interpretation of Jewish Law.

Rabbi Morris Silverman—A Survey of Liturgies in Conservative Congregations.