The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-31
Biennial Session Held in New
York.
OBJECTS OF THE UNION
DESIRE TO TEACH cHIL9REN
MORE RELIGION.

New asriS, Dec. 59.-The biennial meet
Ing of the Union or Orthodox Hebrew
CONGREGATIONS was held today. attended
BY representatiVes from ninety-six ortho-
dox congTega tions in the. United States
ard Canada
Rev. Dr. H p Mendes, president of the
union occupied the chair, and among
Louisville. DR.. S. S. Cohn of PhiiadeIphia
Ir- a Er1denWaIds of Baltimore II
SaraSch of New York. Rev. NJ DeSola
on Montreal Rev DR.. +. Klein. Joseph
Blumenthal, DR.. Cyrus Adler L. Napoleon
levy J. sullivan. Max Deutschmann and
JACOB Itecht The union was organized
Two ana "a hat years ago for the purpose
OF ADVANCING the interest of positive bib
heal rabbinical and historical Judaism
Noi being a synod the meeting has no
authority TO amend any religious question
DuL IS an assembly of representative men
and congregations it was the intention of
the meeting to take such steps as they
coald Tor the advancement of the creed.
Address of DR.. Mendes.
The Rev. H. P. AIendes. president. made
J4e opening address, in which he ex-
said, in part:
we differ from reform Jews in our
lnsistence of "A thorough knowledge of
the teachings of our holy book combined
with loyalty to the principles of obedience
10 established rulings, which shall not be
amended except by the best attainable
wisdom of experts. And perhaps we Diff
Ter from some upholders of one form
of what constitutes orthodox Judaism
which to us seems to compose council to
regard the interest of our religion by de
inning Jewish duty in response to new
conditions. which so frequently arise"
DR. MeLdes then dwelt on the fact that
IhfnA jews are content with such di-
NOrceS as they can obtain from the civil
burts- the customs of widows marrying
the brothers of their deceased husbands
and of the intermarriage of Jews and
fzF - a he.
ing in1mlcai 10 the interests of Judaism.
LIT. Me1des spoke OF correspondence he
had with Seth Low. Of the American
peace commission TO The Hague, concern
ing the proposed action of the peace con-
ference in connection with the Geneva
Red Cross society. The letter to Seth
Low and another to the president of the
United States We're in relation TO the sub
StltutlOu of another emblem than the Red
cross Tor JeWlsh physicians, surgeons ana
OrderheS. who had conscientious ScrupleS
against wearing what is an emblem as
ISOLATED with a religion whose doctrines
are antagOnistiC to their own.
Seth Low replied that the commission
would do what they could to carry the
idea into effect, and the president replied,
attention of the secretary OF state
Resolutions are Adopted.
The following resolutions were adopted:
unions for the purpose OF instructing the
young in English.
mat on the eve OF all Jewish festivals
and holidays. an explanation of the sig
nifiCance of the same be sent to the As
sOCiated Press, together with a request
that they publish the same.
That the executive committees take
such steps as they may deem advisable to
further Sabbath observance.
THAT committee be appointed to COM
municate with the national government at
Washington, asking them to provide
chaplains in the United States army and
navy to minister the religious instruction
Of the Hebrews in-that branch of the pub
lie service
a resolution providing for special ser
vices for the instruction of the young
brought forth "a storm OF opposition and
the resolution was finally referred to the
executive committee for such action as
il might deem proper after careful con
sideraUOu. The majority of those who
spoke on this resolution were of the opin-
ion that any special service would tend to
lessen the respect which the children
no wsv could they be 50 effectively taught
To reverence the divine service a $ by par
ticipati ia il in common with theiI
elders.
officers for 1901 were elected as follows:
Rev. DIT. Mendes. president; Rev. DeSOlO,
Montreal: /. y. DeU.Ditz. Louisville; Or.
y E'riedenwald, Baltimore, and Dr. X. II.
Sarasch New York. vice pr s!dentS: JACOB
Hecht New York treasurer; w Bert
Lucas Max Cohen. Isadore Hirschfeld,
and J. BUchalteT. ali of New York, secre-
tarieS-
Trustees and executive committee were
also named. those chosen being mostly
from the C-tSt-