The eighty-eighth anniversary of the birth of the late Jacob H. Schiff, renowned Jewish philanthropist, and the tenth anniversary of the dedication of the Jacob H. Schiff Center, 2510 Valentine avenue, the Bronx, will be celebrated jointly January 11 and 12.
Plans for the celebration have not yet been completed, but Rabbis Samuel H. Goldenson and Israel Goldstein have been designated to speak and Mr. and Mrs. Felix M. Warburg will attend, it is already known.
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