Rabbi Newman Hails Synagogue’s Function in Uniting Jewry

Judaism cannot survive the Diaspora without the synagogue as its focal center, declared Rabbi Louis I. Newman of Temple Rodeph Sholom, New York City, speaking last night at Temple B’nai Abraham during a meeting for the “back-to-the-synagogue movement” here. Rabbi Julius Silberfeld is spiritual leader of the local congregation.

“No institution is more important to preserve and up build in the midst of an economic crisis than the synagogue,” Rabbi Newman asserted. “Through it the great current of modern Jewish life emanating from the Jewish religious legacy and the new cultural and social life of Palestine can be transmitted to Jews in the dispersion. Moreover, the modern Jewish pulpit is the most powerful instrument for the dissemination of the great prophetic ideals whereby the Jew increasingly fulfills his mission in modern society.”