the Conference, that this be incorporated in the yearbook and be reprinted and distributed at the discretion of the Executive Board. HENRY ENGLANDER. VI. Your Committee recommends the adoption of the following resolution: Whereas, The Conference is, as a rule, unable to give full consideration to all committee reports presented to it, because of their number and lack of adequate time even in a week's session, Therefore, Be it Resolved, That the Executive Board be requested in the preparation of the program of the next convention to reduce, wherever possible, the amount of business to be presented to the Conference for action. EDWARD N. CALISCH. VII. In reference to the paragraph in the report of the Committee on Contemporaneous History, entitled "The Hebrew Language in Palestine", your Committee recommends the adoption of the following resolution: In the midst of the general rejoicing over the vigorous renaissance which has come in the last decade to the classical tongue of the Great Book, a regrettable division has arraigned against each other the ranks of workers for higher education in Palestine. The status there of the Hebrew language, its present function and its future destinies in the Holy Land have been the subject of vehement controversy. In the opinion of this Conference the value of our ancient tongue on its parent soil lies in the fact that its sacred associations appeal to every idealistic and loyal impulse of the Jew, that it forms a convenient vernacular between diverse branches of the parent stem, that, as a growing cultural asset, it appeals to those wholesome and manly aspirations which regard Palestine as a country to be developed, rather than as the land to die in. While, therefore, on the one hand, we deprecate all factional bitterness, and while, on the other hand, we would not sanction mere considerations of language to injure the material prospects, and to obstruct the educational advancement of our Palestinian brothers, we are of the opinion that, wherever practicable, the use of Hebrew in the educational institutions will best subserve the higher welfare of our brethren in Palestine. MAX C. CURRICK, LOUIS WITT, I. L. RYPINS, GEORGE ZEPIN, Respectfully submitted, HARRY W. ETTELSON, SAMUEL H. GOLDENSON, The report was received and taken up seriatim. Recommendations I-III were adopted. Recommendation IV was referred to the Executive Board with power. It was moved and seconded that a special Committee be ap pointed to carry out the provisions of Recommendation V. The Chair appointed as the Committee, Rabbis Englander, Chairman, Morgenstern, Philipson and Stolz. Recommendations VI and VII were adopted. The report was adopted as a whole. The report of the Committee on Contemporaneous History, one paragraph of which had been referred to the Committee on Resolutions, was adopted as a whole. The report of the Committee on Memorial Resolutions, recommending the adoption of the resolutions in honor of Rabbis Solomon H. Bauer, Henry J. Messing and Isaac L. Leucht, which were presented in the memorial addresses on the opening night of the Convention (see p. 24, and Appendix E), was adopted. The report of the Auditing Committee was presented by the Chairman, Rabbi Isaac E. Marcuson. REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE To the President and Members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis: GENTLEMEN: Your Auditing Committee, to which was referred the reports of the Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Solicitation Committee, Finance Committee and Publication Committee, begs leave to report that it has carefully considered all these reports. It finds a difference between the reports of the Treasurer and the Solicitation Committee in regard to the distribution of the money credited to the Relief and Tract Funds, and recommends that the Executive Board properly and equitably distribute these funds. Your Committee would urge once more the advisability of engaging a general auditor each year, who shall examine all books and financial reports, and thereby introduce a uniform method of auditing. This shall take the place of the present unsatisfactory method of having the accounts of the Treasurer and the Publication Committee audited by different men. Finally the Committee recommends that in the new contract to be drawn up between the Conference and the sales agent for its publications, the request of the Publication Committee that a discount be allowed only on orders of five or more prayer books, be referred to the Executive Board with favorable recommendation. Respectfully submitted, JACOB D. SCHWARZ, ISAAC E. MARCUSON, Chairman. The report was received and taken up seriatim. Recommendations I-III were adopted. The report was adopted as a whole. The report of the special Committee on the resolution offered by Rabbi Wise on a Conference lectureship at the Hebrew Union College (see p. 83), was presented by Rabbi J. L. Levy. REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE RESOLUTION ON To the President and Members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis: GENTLEMEN : Your Committee, to which was referred the resolution recommending the establishment of an Annual Lectureship at the Hebrew Union College to commemorate the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the founding of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, commends this idea most heartily and recommends that the Executive Board consider the possibility of establishing such a lectureship, and that in case of favorable decision, steps be taken to secure such addition to the funds of the Conference as may be needed to carry out this plan. Respectfully submitted, MAX HELLER, JOSEPH STOLZ, STEPHEN S. WISE, Chairman. After thorough discussion the report was adopted unanimously. In view of the brief time remaining for the transaction of important business still before the Conference, Rabbi Morgenstern offered to withdraw from the program of the Convention his paper on The Foundations of Israel's History. The offer was accepted with the expression of the appreciation of the Conference of the author's labor in preparing the paper and its regret that time did not permit presentation. The amendment to the Constitution proposed at the Atlantic City Convention (see Yearbook, vol. XXIII, 196), was, upon motion, unanimously carried, tabled. Invitations for the holding of the next Convention were re ceived from Congregation Adath Israel of Boston, Mass., the National Farm School of Doylestown, Pa., and from commercial organizations representative of New York City and Chicago. The Corresponding Secretary was instructed to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of these invitations. It was moved and carried that the time and place of the next Convention be determined by the Executive Board. The report of the Committee on Thanks was presented by the Chairman, Rabbi Martin Zielonka. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THANKS To the President and Members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis: GENTLEMEN: This convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, memorable in itself as the Silver Anniversary of the founding of the Conference, has been rendered still more memorable by reason of the warm hospitality tendered its members by the Jewish community of Detroit, its cradle city. The warmth of this hospitality is the more fully appreciated because it is not due to the novelty of entertaining a Rabbinic convention, but to a feeling of pride in welcoming home the child, now grown to vigorous manhood, and to an appreciation of the place this Conference now occupies in American Jewish life. There exists no greater pleasure than that of giving credit where credit is due. In addition to various entertainments the doors of many genial homes were opened to us. The Sabbath meal was an evidence of the traditional Jewish spirit of fraternity. To our hosts and hostesses we express our deepest thanks. Our special thanks are due the Woman's Auxiliary Society of Temple Beth El for the luncheons at the Phoenix Club. To the ladies who gave their time to prepare and serve them we express our heartiest appreciation. Through Miriam, the old legend says, the weary desert wanderers slaked their thirst at the miraculous well; through these modern Miriams we found meat and drink at the well-appointed tables. With the graces presiding at our meals the grace after meals became the more sincere. We express our thanks to Miss Adele Rosenfield for her courtesy and skill; to the Jewish Woman's Club for attention shown visiting ladies; to the Young People's Society of Temple Beth El for the delightful moonlight ride; to the Phoenix Club for the use of its club rooms; to Mr. Adolph Finsterwald for invitations to the National Theatre; to Mr. Charles L. Freer for the special courtesy of visiting his famous collection of art objects and rare manuscripts; to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kahn for the beautiful lawn fete; to Mr. and Mrs. David A. Brown for the delight ful trip on the steamer "Sappho"; to Mr. Milfred Stern for the invitation to visit the Palace Gardens; to Mr. Bernard Ginsburg, the genial and efficient Chairman of the Committee on Entertainment, and to each and every one who has made our visit to Detroit an event not soon to be forgotten. To that portion of the Detroit press which has reported our proceedings with a proper appreciation of their value to the public at large, we extend our hearty thanks. We are indebted to the officers and members of Temple Beth-El for the adequate and beautiful quarters provided for our business sessions, and for the Sabbath and Anniversary services, and herewith extend to them our thanks. But above all we express our unmeasured gratitude to our dear colleague, Rabbi Leo M. Franklin and his wife, for their unstinted service and regard for our welfare. Their influence is recognized in everything that is best in this city. This untiring energy and unflagging zeal permeated all social functions. To them we extend our heartiest thanks. We recommend that the expression of our thanks be conveyed in the customary form to the individuals and organizations herein mentioned. Respectfully submitted, JOEL BLAU, ABRAM BRILL, JACOB H. KAPLAN, JOSEPH HENRY STOLZ, MEYER LOVITCH, ALEX. LYONS, MARTIN ZIELONKA, Chairman. The report was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. The report of the Committee on Nominations was presented by the Chairman, Rabbi Foster. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS To the President and Members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis: GENTLEMEN: Your Committee on Nominations submits the names of the following members of the Conference for nomination as its officers and Executive Board: Honorary President, Kaufman Kohler President, Moses J. Gries Vice-President, William Rosenau Treasurer, Leo M. Franklin Corresponding Secretary, Joseph S. Kornfeld Recording Secretary, Morris M. Feuerlicht |