“No other force seems available to ensure our survival but our education and our religion,” Herman Wouk, novelist, told 600 Jewish educators here last night. Speaking at the fourth annual dinner of the Jewish Education Committee on behalf of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies $18,100,000 drive here, Mr. Wouk asserted that Jewish education is no longer a matter for specialists, but had “moved into the first position” as a problem for community leaders.
The dinner, which honored Saul J. Lance, chairman of the JEC’s board of directors, also heard former Supreme Court Justice Josph M. Proskauer, who joined Mr. Wouk in paying tribute to the Federation, which makes an annual grant of $636,000 to the JEC.
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