The Vatican will not support proposals now before the United Nations for world calendar reform, it was reported here today to a meeting of the Agudas Israel European executive. The proposals now before the UN are opposed by Orthodox Jews because such reforms would un-fix the position of the Sabbath and interfere with Jewish religious observances.
The executive decided to establish a Jacob Rosenheim Institute to coordinate educational and cultural activities, to issue a series of Orthodox publications and to set up a central Orthodox library. The institute will be named for the 82-year-old Mr. Rosenheim who was one of the founders of the Agudah organization and is currently its vice-president. Dr. S. Ehrman of Zurich was named first director of the Rosenheim institute.
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