A gift of an elevator was made to Temple Sherith Israel by an anonymous benefactor.
Cantor Benjamin Liederman, for twenty-nine years cantor of Sherith Israel, has been re-elected for a five-year term.
Two bequests of $25,000 each were made to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and the Mount Zion Hospital in the will of the late Meyer Eleasser, mining magnate.
Louis S. Haas has been reelected president of Congregation Emanu-El.
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