A new organization, the Seminary Institute for Jewish Affairs, has been founded under the sponsorship of several prominent New York Jews, and under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Its purpose is to create and foster further interest in Jewish subjects among laymen, both Jewish and Gentile, by means of free public lectures, round table discussions and conferences.
The first of the lectures planned will be given on Monday evening, November 28th, by Professor John Erskine, President of the Julliard School of Music and Professor of English at Columbia University, who will speak on “The Influence of the Bible on English Literature”.
Dr. Cyrus Adler will preside at this meeting, which, like all subsequent ones, will be held in the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Felix M. Warburg will discuss the establishment of this new department of the Seminary.
The round table discussions will be held on Monday evenings, alternating with the public lectures, and will be concerned with various aspects of contemporary Jewish life. During the last week of December the Seminary plans a conference of Rabbis, educators and others interested in Jewish problems, to discuss methods of organizing the American Jewish community, and the future of Jewish religious life in America.
The sponsors of the Seminary Institute for Jewish Affairs include Dr. Cyrus Adler, President of the Seminary, Sol M. Strook, Felix M. Warburg, Hon. Horace Stern, Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach and Hon. Julian Mack. Arthur Oppenheimer is the Chairman of the Organization Committee.
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