New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-10
JEWISH CONFERENCES BYLAWS.
A CONSTITUTION ADOPTED FOR PERMANENT
ORGANIZATION.

A CONSTITUTION ADOPTED FOR PERMANENT
ORGANIZATION
The conference o., Orthodox Jews OF the United
( ates and Canada az the Spanish and Portuguese
synagoguc when It convened yesterday, took up
tho discussion % a constitution and bylaws FOR
the permanent organization o, the body. The Rev
6 II " srhnocberecr 81 baltimore. the first Vice
president presided Tho first section OF the constitu
ton providing tina, the name should be the orthodox
Jewish Congregational Union OF America was
adopted without discussion.
The second section provided FOR tho admission Of
Congregations 20 membership IN the union. Such
Congregations. it was s,ll. should apply 20 he
Executive Committee ana upon receipt Of dues
ard compiia' . with other conditions purely adj
mln.s'ratiYc they should bc received into the union
Objection was made 70 this and {, was moved that
power De given - the Executive Committee 10 re-
fuse congregational nrr orthodox. Discussion began
as 20 what constituted orthodoxy. and II was
moved that an applications for membership be
referred 20 A committee O, rabies VINO should De-
eide questions - Orthodoxy. one OF the speak
era said THAI q might be found desirable to ex-
cludc congregations with organs and with family
pcw- upon which II was remarked that some %
the congregations With delegates present mad both
pcws and organs. and also had Christian singers
and has of NJ services Resolutions and amend
menis thereto offered and discussion was
carried on iu English German and Hebrew.
Il was finally decided that a committee o. five
rabies chosen from the BOARD OF Trustees yet 10
Doe elected should pass upon the orthodoxy OF con-
g.csstlons applying Tor mem3ef'hir
The constitution ns originally comp01eJ fixed the
dues Tor zach congregation nc the rate ~ twenty
i've cents member OF ~" cong Eation but It
was changed 10 make con.reg ltl)ns 81 MY mem
bors or less pay s. per lnnln. and congregations
cquallinc or exceeding that number pay $40 per
annuu. During the discussion - these matters x
cam. out that great aspirations wer" entertained
by some Of ID" Hebrews present for tho future OF
The organization. In support ~ motion 10 make
the dues heavy. Dr. Bernard Drackm1n sail that
tho organization in the near future would have
chief RABBI with assistants ana would be a power
IA the educational world OF the Jews
q morning paper 20 the efe.t that the .. Inference
had expressed Itself as favofiag thc Observance 81
sunday instead OF The jewish Sl6blth. u was
decided 20 ask tho paper 70 correct this error Rabbi
Klein then offered O. resolution that the declaration
% principles as Expressed I'm the statement drawn
up YESTERDAY hc never changed. This resolution
bee incorporated IN the constitution After
discussion ard objection especially on the part
OF Rabbi Herr. who said the conference not
infaNlbe. The motion was Incorporated In the con
sflfu;ipu n decided tina, tho constitution could
be changed only after a tWo-thirls of two sue
ccsslve regular meeting. Of the union.
symposium on tho duties Of the jew In social
confercnc" at th" t!dridgcst synaRosu9 last night
Rabbi Mcissucr. II the Congregation Adath Israel,
opened an address on The Jew in Social Life" lie
was followed by Rabbi Hertz. OF Syracuse. who
spoke on "Thc jew IN Public Life" dwelling at
length on tho duties of irbrcNs toward ,hc United
States and IN maintaining the purity OF the ballot
Ephralm spoke on "Thc orthodox Jew OF tho
Present Day" The SYMPOSIUM closed with ad-
dress by Rabbi Zalsslcr of the Congregation
T2inl2 e! o" Tho jew !" Congregational
An election was held In tho evening at which
Rabbi Mcndoz. of tho Spanish and Portuguese
and Rabbi Drachmann were chosen secretaries OF
the conference for the coming year.