Upon the conclusion of the thirty-first biennial convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, which held its sessions at Temple Emanu-El here all week, the Executive Board held its session at the Hotel St. Francis. Adolph Wolf of Philadelphia was chosen an honorary member of the Board and six new members were elected.
Those who were named to the Board, terms to expire January 1, 1933, are David M. Bressler of New York, Robert P. Goldman of Cincinnati, Joseph H. Greenberg of Philadelphia, Jacob W. Mack of Cincinnati, Herbert C. Oettinger of Cincinnati, Edwin B. Meisner of St. Louis, Carl E. Pritz of Cincinnati, Marcus Rauh of Pittsburgh, Henry Oppenheimer of Baltimore, Maurice D. Rosenberg of Washington, Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, Louis Schlesinger of Newark. Jacob L. Schnadig of Chicago, Meier Steinbrink of Brooklyn, Judge Horace Stern of Philadelphia, Judge Max S. Sloss of San Francisco, J. Walter Stern of New Orleans, Ludwig Vogelstein of New York, A. Leo Weil of Pittsburgh and Herman Weil of Buffalo.
The terms of the following expire January 1, 1931: Jacob L. Newman of Newark, N. J., Isidore Wise of Hartford, Conn.
The next convention of the Union will be held in Philadelphia, in 1931, the Union decided, following some discussion. Detroit had been favored by many of the delegates for the forthcoming convention.
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adopted resolutions of thanks to the city of San Francisco, to Samuel Dinkelspiel, chairman of the local committee, and to Adolph S. Ochs and Henry Morgenthau for their efforts in behalf of the Hebrew Union College Endowment Fund.
The executive board of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods held a session at the St. Francis Hotel electing the following officers:
President, Mrs. Maurice Steinfeld of St. Louis; vice-presidents, Mrs. Henry Nathan of Buffalo, Mrs. Adolph Rosenberg of Cincinnati, Mrs. Albert J. May of New York, Mrs. David Leftkowitz of Dallas; executive secretary, Miss Helen L. Strauss of Cincinnati; recording secretary, Mrs. Joseph Stolz of Chicago; treasurer, Mrs. Joseph M. Hirman of Boston.
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