Addressing a joint meeting of the Men’s Club of Temple Anshe Hesed and the Luther Memorial Brotherhood, Dr. Cameron Ross, president of Edinboro State Teacher’s College, made a plea for open-mindedness among all peoples.
An open mind, he said, is essential to problems of life, society, business and religion today. “It does not necessarily follow,” he stated, “that one is not entitled to his own opinions. They may be conceived but it is frequently necessary to put aside preconceived ideas before making judgments”
Louis IX and his court heard at Paris, in 1240, a controversy involving four rabbis and Nicholas Donin.
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