Friday, December 28
Mecca Temple, 130 West Fifty-sixth street; “Does Fascism Breed War?” John Strachey, evening. Under the auspices of the American League Against War and Fascism.
Broadcast by Dr. Conrad Hoffman, “Hitler and the Jews.” Station WMCA; 3 p. m. Under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of America.
School of the Jewish Woman, broadcast; Rev. Dr. Phineas Israeli, “Genuine and Pseudo Halacha”; Station WLTH, 3:15 p. m.
Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, Bay parkway and Seventy-ninth street, open forum, 8:30 p. m. “What Is Kabalah?” Dr. George J. Bacarat.
Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, annual convention, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Fifty-first street and Park avenue; all-day session. Luncheon, Empire State Building, Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, 1 p. m.
Mizrachi Youth of Brownsville, 453 Hopkinson avenue, Brooklyn, open forum; “Jewish History and a Glimpse into the Future,” Ralph Silverstein, 8:30 p. m.
Jewish Women’s Hour, Station WBNX, 1:30 p. m.
Young Israel of Rugby, open forum, Yeshivath Rabbi Meyer Simcha Ha-Cohen, East Fifty-third street and Church avenue, Brooklyn; “The Economic Problem of the Jew,” Sidney Marcus; 8:30 p. m.
Young Israel of Manhattan, open forum, Mogen Abraham Synagogue, 87 Attorney street, 8:30 p. m. “Predestination, Reward and Punishment,” Rabbi Solomon Wind.
Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity, silver jubilee convention, Hotel Commodore, Lexington avenue at Forty-second street; all day session.
Bronx Y. M. and Y. W. H. A., 172 street and Fulton avenue; “Jewish Organizations in America,” Saul Fleishman; 8:30 p. m.
Saturday, December 29
Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, annual convention dance. Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, Park avenue at Fifty-first street, evening.
Broadcast by Representative George Foulkes, “The Menace of Hitlerism,” Station WJZ, NBC network, 1:30 p. m. Under the auspices of the Farm Forum program.
Broadcast by Samuel R. Wachtell. “Self-Help versus Charity,” Station WEVD, 10:30 p. m. Under the auspices of the Women’s American Ort.
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