Tentative plans have been approved for a national assembly, under the auspices of the Synagogue Council of America, to assess the basic religious needs and problems of American Jewry, it was announced here today by Rabbi Norman Salit, president of the Council.
“It is our hope that from the deliberations of this assembly there will emerge a comprehensive analysis of the spiritual assets of American Jewry, upon which it may be possible to build a long-range program designed to place the synagogue in the forefront of American Jewish endeavor,” Rabbi Salit said.
He also announced the formation of a national advisory committee of 100 Jewish leaders from all parts of the United States as one phase of a major expansion of the program of the Synagogue Council, “The function of the new committee will be to assist in the formulation of plans aimed at strengthening the primacy of the synagogue in all aspects of Jewish life in the United States,” the announcement said.
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