Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-10
CORNERSTONE
OF OHEB-SHALOM
TEMPLE SUNDAY
Beginning of $lOO, 900 Edifce
Marks Golden Jubilee Cele-
bration of Congregation.

Golden jubilee services of the OheD
Shalom Congregation. which were be-
gun last night, and which will end
with the laying o. the cornerstone OF
the new $780, 900 temple in High street
tomorrow afternoon. were continued to-
day, beginning this morning at $50
o'clock.
The rogra of today's services was
as follows: Introductory prayer. M
Povu;" reading of 'sPorsh' and Has
porah;" hymn, Heart, Spirit and
Powerq'' address, Professor Israel Sled
lamber, of the Jewish Theological Semi
nary. New York; music; sermon. Rabbi
Jacob Kohn, of Syracuse; regular Sab
bath service; memorial and funeral
service and hymn, "Agon Gram
Tomorrow
The exercises tomorrow afternoon will
be OF a most inspiring character. INT
services will open at 2:30 p. m. and
many of the most distinguished Hebrew
scholars in this city will participate. II
the ceremony. Mayor Haussling will
also be present.
AIlOIS lllOCC IA VIZ tAcRN
will be Rabbi Solomon Foster, Of the
Temple Bnai Jeshurun; Rabbi julius
Silberfeld, of B'nai Abraham Syna-
rogue, and Rabbi Hyman $. Brodsky,
of Anshe Russia Temple.
The Rev. Charles I. Hoffman, rabbi
of Oheb Shalom congregation, will pre-
side. a noted speaker will be Or. >.
Soils Cohen, of Philadelphia. Emanuel
Heyman. the chairman of the building
committee, will officially lay the corner
stone.
The musical director, the Rev. Max
Helfere, has arranged a special pro-
gram. which will comprise selections
by the choir and also several NUMBERS
by a large united chorus.
The board of trustees of the congre-
cation, who will also take part in the
and witness the browning re-
suit of their successful efforts, will be
President, Samuel Schwarz; vice
president, Emanuel Ables; treasurer,
Isaac Lowenstein; financial secretary.
Isidor Grand; corresponding secretary.
Leo Stein; Simon Heyman, Edward
Blau, Charles j. Beck, Jacob Cohen,
Meyer Kussy and julius Abeis.
The Rev. Dr. Hoffman, rabbi of the
flock, is one of the most eminent He
brew scholars in America. Prior TO en-
tering the ministry he practised law In
Philadelphia, For a score of years he
was chief editor of the Jewish Expon-
ent, a leading Hebrew publication. He
studied at the University of Cambridge,
England, and later returned to this
country and entered h Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary in New York, from
which he graduated. His first pastorate
was the United Hebrew Congregation
at Indianapolis. Ind. His next Oheb
Shalom, in this city, which he accepted
in March, 1906, succeeding the Rev.
Bernhard Gluck.
Last night the Rev. DR.. Mordicai
Kapian, of New York, made the princi-
pal address and spoke in glowing terms
of the growth and achievements of the
Oheb Shalom congregation.
Rabbi Hoffman,, in his opening ad-
dress, reviewed the history of the
parent congregation, which had its
origin in 1S48, during the European
revolution.
A special musica program, under the
direction of the cantor, the Rev. Max
Helfere, was presented by the choir, a
feature Of this part of the services be-
ing the singing OF the Jubilee Ode by
Rabbi Hoffman and DIR. Helfere. Mrs.
G.. S. Kirwan sang Mendelssohn's THE
King of Love-" while other vocal num-
bers were contributed by Ira Keller
and T. H. Dear.
The festival will be continued today.