Juror Explains Reasons For Accepting Leadership of $500,000 Drive (Jewish Daily Bulletin)
Samuel Kalisch, Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court for twenty years, will head the $500,000 campaign in New Jersey for the Yeshiva College, it was announced here today at campaign headquarters, Justice Kalisch, who is 76 years old, is the son of the late Rev. Dr. Isidore Kalisch, one of the leading Reform rabbis in the United States and Germany at the end of the 19th century.
In a statement issued here explaining his acceptance of the leadership of the Yeshiva campaign in New Jersey, Justice Kalisch declared that he is interested in the project because he is of the belief that the modern rabbis who are to serve the Jewish communities in the United States must be equipped with a more comprehensive and deeper knowledge of Jewish law and lore than is now usually demanded.
It was also announced that in addition to the $50,000 contributed by Jacob Fabian of Patterson, a campaign for $50,000 for the Yeshiva College will be started soon in Passaic. Harry M. Weinberger, banker, was chosen chairman of the Passaic campaign committee. Harry Stein and Rabbi Joseph Rosen are vice-chairmen. The quota is expected to be raised at a $500-a-plate dinner.
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