The Jews in the United States can make their contribution to the American way of life ” by creating a unity between the Hebraic concepts of the moral and spiritual values of society and the culture and civilization of the west,” Dr. Samuel Bellcin, president of the Yeshiva University, declared tonight at the annual dinner of the institution, held at the Hotel Astor. More than 1,500 persons were present.
Dr. Belkin emphasized that ” for the first time in the history of our 2,000 years of Diaspora life – in the year 1945, a year which has brought us so many disappointments and disccuraging news, so many betrayals, and the unfolding of the tragic lot of our European brethren, we are still able to bring to our disillusioned people a wey of light and some good tidings, namely, the creation of a Jewish University to be known as Yeshiva University.”
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