A program celebrating the tenth anniversary of the dedication of the Jacob H. Schiff Center and the eighty-eighth birthday of the late Jacob H. Schiff, was ushered in Friday evening. Congratulatory messages were received from Governor Herbert H. Lehman, Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, Colonel Julius Ochs Adler and many others. A message was also received from Dr. Cyrus Adler.
The guest speaker of the evening introduced by Rabbi Basel were Dr. Samuel H. Goldenson, rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, and Mr. Harry L. Glucksman, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Board.
In his introductory remarks, Rabbi Basel pointed out the urgent necessity of keeping alive the memory of the late Jacob H. Schiff because he serves as a symbol for wise, unselfish and judicious leadership. Among those who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, Mrs. Rebecca Kohut Mr. Samuel J. Bloomingdale, Mr. Fred M. Stein.
Raphael Carregal, born in Hebron in 1733, in the course of his travels came to Newport, R. I., where he became an intimate friend of Ezra Stiles, afterward president of Yale College.
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