Hebrew University to Observe Anniversary of Newton’s Death

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The two hundredth anniversary of the death of Sir Isaac Newton will be commemorated by the Institute of Mathematics and Physics of the Hebrew University here.

Exercises will be held at the Institute on March 31. Four lectures will be delivered on Newton at the Institute.

The new Synagogue of the Beth Tfiloh Congregation, Forest Park. Baltimore, Md., was dedicated on Sunday. March 6.

Samuel J. Keiser, chairman of the Board of Governors, was chairman at the exercises.

Israel S. Gomborov, ex-president of the Congregation. Rabbi Joseph Marcus, and Harry T. Kellman, president of the synagogue, and other officers addressed the large gathering.

The principal address was delivered by Rabbi Davidowitz, of Atlantic City, N. J.

The new structure consists of a Community Center building and a synagogue. The two buildings of the Beth Tfiloh are so erected that they are joined together by means of sliding doors and openings at each floor level in a manner that they can be opened or closed upon the authority of the Board of Governors. By means of these sliding doors, the Synagogue auditorium, with a regular seating capacity of 550, can be increased during the High Holidays to a seating capacity of 1,200 on the same floor level, and the gallery by a similar arrangement increased from 200 to 500. In the Community Center Building there is a large gymnasium. There are six class rooms for the Hebrew School.

The auditorium of the Synagogue is on a high level, while on the first floor, on a level with the street, is the Beth Hamedrish, which accommodates 150 people. There is also a study for the rabbi, as well as a meeting room for the Board, a large room for the library and a place of study for the congregation.