Tonight
Manhattan
Young Men’s Hebrew Association, Ninety-second street and Lexington avenue; Dr. Louis I. Newman. “The Wit and Wisdom of Hasidism.” 8:15 p. m.
Temple Oheb Sholom, 257 West Ninety-third street; Dr. I. Mortimer Bloom, “Gratitude—To Whom? For What?” 8:15 p. m.
Temple Ansche Chesed. West End avenue and 100th street; Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin, “Chanukah Message—’The Light Eternal;'” 8:30 p. m.
Junior Congregation of the Young Men’s and Women’s Hebrew Association of Washington Heights. Fort Washington avenue and 178th street; services conducted by Rabbi Max Schenck. “Jewish Youth Faces Reality,” Alexander Kohanski; 8:30 p. m.
Brooklyn
Temple Sinai, Arlington avenue and Bradford street; Rabbi Morris M. Rosex, “The Call to Humanity;” 8:1 5p. m.
Ocean Parkway Jewish Center, 667 Ocean Parkway; Rabbi Jacob Bosniak, “The Spread of Hatred in Our Beloved Country;” 8:15 p. m.
Jewish Communal Center of Flatbush, 1302 Avenue I; Dr. Maxwell L. Sacks, “The Jew Contemplates Thanksgiving Day;” 8:15 p. m.
Union Temple, 17 Eastern Parkway; Dr. Sidney S. Tedesche, “Salvation is of the Jews;” 8 p. m.
Temple Ahavath Sholom, Avenue R at East Sixteenth street; Rabbi Alexander Alan Steinbach. “Hannukah and Its Challenge to Us Moderns;” 8:15 p. m.
Bronx
The Jacob H. Schiff Center, 2510 Valentine avenue, Bronx; Rabbi Alexander Basel, “Be Thankful for Being Able to Be Thankful;” 8:30 p. m.
Sinai Congregation of the Bronx, 951 Stebbins avenue: Rabbi Herman W. Saville. “Thanksgiving in Depression Days;” 8:15 p. m.
Temple Adath Israel, Grand Concourse at 169th street; Rabbi Henry A. Schorr, “Redeeming Courage;” 7:45 p. m.
Kingsbridge Heights Jewish Center, 124 Eames Place: services conducted by Rabbi Ben-Zion L. Rasenbloom. “Mental Hygiene Among the Jews,” Dr. A. A. Brill; 8:15 p. m.
Queens
Astoria Center of Israel, Crescent street near Grand avenue; Rabbi Joshua L. Goldberg. “Tallow Candles and Electric Bulbs;” 8:15 p. m.
Saturday, December 1
Manhattan
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, Eighty-eighth street, West of Broadway; Dr. Israel Goldstein, Scriptural Portion; 9:30 a. m.
Temple Ansche Ohesed, West End avenue at 100th street; Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin, “The Joy in Fulfillment;” 10:45 a. m.
West Side Branch of Institutional Synagogue; 148 West Eighty-fifth street; Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein. “The Feast of Dedication;” 10:15 a. m.
Institutional Synagogue, 37 West 116th street; Rabbi Philip Goodman, “The Story of the Candles;” 10:15 a. m.
Temple Oheb Sholom, 257 West Ninety-third street; Dr. I. Mortimer Bloom, Bar Mitzvah sermon. “Our Wagon to a Star;” 10:30 a. m.
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West Eighty-third street; Dr. Louis I. Newman, “Could A Judas Maccabeus Save Jewry Today;” 10:15 a. m.
Brooklyn
Union Temple, 17 Eastern Parkway; Dr. Sidney S. Tedesche, Portion from the Bible for the Week; 10:30 a. m.
Ocean Parkway Jewish Center, 550 Ocean Parkway; Rabbi Jacob Bosniak, “Attacks From Without and Dissentton From Within;” 10:30 a. m.
Temple Sinai, Arlington avenue and Bradford street; Rabbi Morris M. Rose, Portion of the Law; 9:15 a. m.
Bronx
Temple Adath Israel, Grand Concourse at 169th street: Rabbi Henry A. Schorr, Portion of the Law: Bar Mitzvah Service; 9 a. m.
Congregation B’nai Zion, East 135th street: Dr. Aaron Rosmarin, “What Price Jealousy?” 10:15 a. m.
Queens
Astoria Center of Israel, Crescent street near Grand avenue; Rabbi Joshua L. Goldberg, The Weekly Portion of the Law; 9 a. m.
Sunday. December 2
Manhattan
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, Eighty-eighth street, west of Broadway; Dr. Israel Goldstein. “How Shall the Jew Defend Himself?” 11 a. m.
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West Eighty-third street; Dr. Ludwig Lore, “Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler—The Truth Behind the Cables:” 10:45 a. m.
Free Synagogue, Carnegie Hall, Seventh avenue and Fifty-seventh street; Dr. Stephen S. Wise, “Is the American Jew Safe?” 10:30 a. m.
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