Leaders of Temple Sisterhoods from all parts of the State will gather here today for a two-day session of the California State Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. Mrs. Nathaniel Kessler of Oakland, president, will preside. Mrs. Arthur A. Barnett of Oakland is chairman of the convention committee.
Louis S. Haas, president of Congregation Emanu-El, has been elected honorary president for life of the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum.
Isadore Shemanski has been elected president of the Congregation Sherith Israel-Adolfo Stahl, for years congregation president, was elected to a newly created office of president emeritus.
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