A campaign to enroll 100 new families in the congregation of Beth Israel Community Center, Richmond Hill, L. I., was determined upon last night at a meeting. Max Kagan was appointed head of the membership committee.
Samuel Cohen was appointed chairman of a committee to arrange for the twenty-fifth annual membership dinner of the congregation, to be held January 13 at the Center.
Lope de Vera Y Alarcon was a Spanish knight who embraced Judaism and who died at the stake quoting the Psalms.
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