The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-15
AMERICAN Jewish union
Hebrew Leaders in Annual Session
at Cincinnati.
Several Hundred Delegates Expected
to Be in kttcn Iznce-The Council
Opened This 3gornin=-A Memorial
Service ia Honor of Rabbi Wise.
Programme of the Convention.

CINCINNATI Jan. 15.-Promfnent He
brews both rabbis and iaymen. from all
parts OF the country are arriving in Gin
cinEati to attend the seventeenth council
OF the onion Of American Hebrew Cen
gre cations. which opened today.
It will also be the twenty fifth anniver-
sary of the founding Of the Hebrew Union
College, which is located on West Sixth
Street, this city. Several hundred dele
gates are expected The visitors viii be
entertained by the local committees on
arrangements.
The opening OF the council was preceded
yesterday by the biennial convention OF
the Hebrew Sabbath School Unicn in
America a Hebrew Union College. Re-
ports were read by Dr. David PhiliDSon,
| the president. and Marion Meyer, secre-
tary. showing that 125 schools are enroll
ed Rabbi Frederic Coin. of Fort Wayne.
Ind, who in 1894 won the Jones oratOrical
| prize at the Cincinnati University, made
an address.
| 4 reception WAS given IN the evening to
| the delegates at the Phoenix Club. one of
| the largest and most aristocratic social
y =
ception was largely attended and in every
way q magnificent affair
1T 10 o'clock this morning a meeting OF
| the council was held in Odd Fellows
Temple. AT II a m the ladies visited
lockwood Pottery and the Art Museum,
after which they dincd al the Phoenix
Club.
At p. m an Grafton viii be delivered in
the convention hall at Odd Fellows TEN
I'D Of
city, which viii be OF unusual interest. as
| he proposes 10 speak Of matters Of i'm
portance 20 the Jews OF America at this
time. The public is invited TO be present
to hear the Grafton, and a large attend
ance is expected
At p. n. the Isaac u. Wise memorial
scTEice VIII be held al the Plum Street
Temple, at which a bust Of Rabbi Wise
| will be presented in behalf OF the family
by MS eloquent grandson, Max B May 1t
viii be accepted in behalf OF the Hebrew
Union College by Hon. Bernhard Bett-
mann. president of the board of governors
since its founding. At s p. m comic
| oDeretta. The Jewel OF Asia" and
grand ball VIII be given at the Cincinnati
Club
Tomorrow morning the ladies will visit
the local Jewish institutions and in the
afterno on q reception and an entertain
ment VIII be given ct the Cincinnati Club
in their honor by the local section Of the
Council Of Jewish Women. At ! p. m.
banquet viii be given at the Phoenix Club
which viii be brilliant affair The ban
| quet programme follows;
Prayer. Dr.. Moses AIielziner; address OF
| welcome. Louis J. Goldman; the Union
| of American Hebrew COngrega tiOns,' Pres
| ident Julius Freiberg; Judaism in Ameri-
/ ca. Rev .. Philipson; The Hebrew Tn
| ion College" President B. Bettmann;
/ Our Country" Rev. Z. y. Calisch, OF
Richmond, Va; The Alumni" Rev. Mo
ses Cries. of Cleveland, Ohio; "Educa-
| ton" Rabbi Louis GrOssman; The New
| Century Rev. Dr.. Henry Barkow1tz, Of
! Philadelphia.
| On Thursday the ladies will be given q
| trolley ride. visiting points Of interest in
| and near * city During the week much
| important matter xiii be considered at the
! council meetings
| The Union OF American Hebrew COngre-
| cations vas established in this city in
| May, 1873, by the late Rabbi Isaac NJ.
| Wise. twenty-five years previous to this.
| which was two years after his arrival in
1 this cOuptry- he eSayed this union, but
| failed The objects Of the union are to
/ establish and maintain institutions for in
| sJrucJiou IN the higher branches Of He
! brew literature and Jewish theology; to
/ establish relations with kindred OrganiZa-
| tiO' throughout the T-sc~lA for the relief
( OF the Jews from political oppression; TO
| gire intellectual aid and TO promote the
religious instruction - the - Gg. Through
| the efforts OF ;he late Rabbi Mise the He
| brew Union College was organized in this
| city. where i has always remained. 1t
| is the offspring CT The union. and the his
| tory Ct each Is Interviewer in the biogra-
| ply Of Dr. Wise. lie was the president
| Ct the college from It's inception up TO his
/ death IN MAY. 1899
| The membership Of the union comprises
! 81 congregations. numbering about 5000
| members Up to 1873 the meetings we're
| held annually, after that bienniaIly The
/ las5 one held ia this city was IN 1888 Ju-
| Iius Freiberg is the president Of the ex-
| ecuG~e board Lipman Levy has been
| secret arE since us organization. and Lou
! is kohn treasurer. Ali of these officers
| are residents Of Cincinnati. The board of
| governors OF the college consists Of TWEEN
! ty-fiye members. with Bernhard Bdttm4n
| president anE Isaac Bloom secretary.
| A beautiful souvenir in book form has
| been gotten out by a committee consist
! ing of Abe Bloom, Rev. DR.. D. Philipson
| 8. Bettmann, Rev. DR.. Louis GTOSSmann
! 8 Greenebaun. and J. Block This souve-
| mir contains a history Of the union and
| college and biogra ply of the late Rabbi
! Wise. a beaItifyi haIf-tOne picture of
whom constitutes the frOntispiece. The
| book is bound in bIrlap and is very hand
| some The ladies accompanying the del
| egation viii weay gold pin bearing the
| seal Of the union. while a similar button
/ viii be worn by the gentlemen. These
| VIII entiIe the wearers 10 free street car
| rides
| Rev. Louis Stern. rabbi Of the Washing
| ton Hebrew Congregation, and Hon ST.
| mon Wolf we're appointed delegates to
| attend t. council at Cincinnati but
| neither of the gentlemen found il possible
| to 90.
THE EPISCOPAL ALLIANCE.