Rabbi Pereira Mendes was erroneously announced in these columns as preaching at the Spanish-Portuguese Congregation, of which he is minister emeritus, on Monday morning, April 29. He will preach instead on May 4.
More than 1,000 guests are expected at the Japanese dinner dance of the Bronx committee of the New York section of the National Council of Jewish Women, to be held at the Waldorf. Astoria Hotel on Saturday evening.
The annual meeting of the New York section of the National Council will be held Monday afternoon at the. Temple Emanu-El Community House, 1 East Sixty-fifth street, Mrs. William de Young Kay, president of the New York section, will speak on “Ten Years of Change.”
The Progressive Synagogue of Brooklyn will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary with a dinner and dance at the Capitol Club, 1260 Ocean avenue, Brooklyn, tomorrow night. Speakers will include Rabbi Milton Ellis, Aaron L. Jaeoby and Mrs. Albert J. May. Hugo Levy will be toastmaster.
The Jewish Community of Richmond Hill will celebrate the 800th birthday anniversary of Moses Maimonides on Sunday evening at the Beth Israel Community Center, 102nd street and 38th avenue. The celebration is being sponsored by the Congregation Beth Israel and its affiliated organizations in cooperation with the Zionist District of Richmond Hill and the local Masada.
The Order of Zion has undertaken to sell 10,000 Shekolim entitling purchasers to vote for delegates to the forthcoming World Zionist Congress.
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