The story of the National Farm School, its achievements and its significance as a Jewish contribution to America, were described at a function at the Hotel Pennsylvania on Sunday evening, December 7th, which was attended by over two hundred men and women.
Irvin S. Cobb, distinguished novelist and humorist who is familiar with the work of the National Farm School and was an intimate friend of the late Dr. Joseph Krauskopf, the founder of the institution, was the chairman.
Rabbi William H. Fineshriber in his address spoke of the fine work of Americanization in which the school is engaged.
Although the majority of students are Jewish, the institution is not-denominational.
“The Jews are not traders by choice, but a people yearning to return to the fields and the mountain tops where their biblical forefathers sought their inspiration and communion with their souls,” was one of the striking phrases of Rabbi Fineshriber’s address.
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