Murry Guggenheim Offers Additional $50,000 for Hebrew Union College Fund

(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

An offer to contribute an additional $50,000 to the $5,000,000 Endowment Fund for the Hebrew Union College was made by Murry Guggenheim, who has already given $50,000 to the Fund, according to the report of Adolph S. Ochs, chairman of the Endowment Fund Committee, to the Executive Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations held here last Sunday.

Mr. Ochs sent a check for $220,504.46, the collection in his hands at this time, and reported that the Fund now stood at $1,427,878. The chairman of the Committee stated in his report that Mr. Guggenheim had made an offer to contribute an additional $50,000 when the fund reached $2,000,000 and promised to make further contributions to stimulate the raising of money for this purpose.

A program entailing expenditures of $100,000 was presented by the Committee on Good-Will between Christians and Jews in its report.

The Synagogue Council of America, a clearing house for problems affecting all American Jewish religious groups, reported a year of important activities. The World Union for Progressive Judaism presented a report of the progress that had thus far been made and giving the details of the next international convention to be held in Berlin on August 11, 1928.

Following the instructions of the last Council a Commission on Research was established with an initial appropriation of $5,000. This Commission is the result of the symposium that was arranged at the Cleveland Council on the “Perpetuation of Judaism” and proposes to make a series of inquiries with reference to the spiritual needs of American Jewry at the present time.

The Librarian of the Hebrew Union College set forth the needs of the Hebrew Union College for a new library building where the library that has been gathered together, may be properly and safely housed instead of being kept in inaccessible boxes piled up in basement and cellar.

An additional appropriation was made to carry out the present plans of the Tract Commission.

David A. Brown, the Chairman of the Board of Finance, presented a report, dealing with the results of the recent tour of the United States. While it did not result in completely establishing the financial independence of the Union it demonstrated the great interest that the Jews of America have in the work of the Union, Mr. Brown said.

Isaac Ullman, of New Haven, was elected as a member of the Executive Board to fill an existing vacancy. In response to an invitation received, San Francisco was chosen as the place for the next convention, the question as to whether the same should be held in January or February being left to the Executive Officers.