The 35th council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations closed here today after electing Robert P. Coldman, Cincinnati, president, and urging its constituents to support the Jewish homeland in Palestine.
A resolution on Palestine expressed satisfaction with progress made by the Jewish Agency for Palestine, pointing out that a large portion of Jewry was desperately in need of friendly shelter, a spiritual and cultural center.
“The time has come for all Jews to unite in activities leading to the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine,” the resolution said. “We urge our constituents to give financial and moral support to the work of rebuilding Palestine.”
Other officers elected besides Mr. Goldman, whose election was praised in a telegram from Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, are: Jacob W. Mack, Cincinnati, first vice-president and Harry Gottlieb, Chicago, second vice-president.
At a banquet Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, New York, said that Judaism was not a secular life-salvaging program but a soul-building enterprise, adding that the cry of assimilation was “all rot.”
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