New-York tribune., 1912-03-05
EMANUEL CALLS ENELON
Younq Louisville Rabbi Wanted
TO Fill Vacancy Here.
HIS ACCEPTANCE EXPECTED
Will Be Placed on Equal Footing
with DR.. Silverman at Salary
of $4,000 a Year.

rte congregation of the Temple Emanu-
r, ooe Of the strongholds Of reform Juda-
,sr, IN this country. issued formal call
,.st NIGHT TO the Rev. DR.. Hyman G. Enc
low rabbi Of the Temple Adeth Israel, in
rmbsville. to fiji the vacancy in It's pulpit
.oussd by the resignation Of the Rev. DR..
Ioseph Leon Magnes in May. 1910, after
{, had failed to be moved by his appeals
~ return TO the orthodox faith of the faith
srs. The call was in the shape Of a tele-
gram. signed by James Seligman. president
OF the temple It ran:
"At a meeting Of the members of the
Temple Emanuel, held this evening. the
board Of trustees was authorized by unani-
nous vote to issue a call to you to fill the
vacancy in the pulpit Of Temple Emanu-
FL You will receive from the congrega-
ton an official communication.
The meeting held in the Sunday school
room Of the Temple, at Fifth avenue and
43d street, was attended by less than fifty
members Of the congregation. 1t was ru-
mored for time that the Rev. DR.. Eneiow
might be elected to the office held by Rabbi
Silverman. who has been al the Temple for
many years. but no such move was made
the neW rabbi being placed on a co-ordi-
nate footing with the elder man. This was
in accordance with the recommendation OF
the special committee, appointed on May
o 1910 the day on which Dr.. Magnes 3
resignation was accepted. read last night
by Judge David Leventritt as representa-
tive of its chairman, Jacob II. Schiff, who
is at present in Bermuda. The other men,
bers Of the committee were Emanuel ].
Myers. George Rosenfeld and Adolph S.
Ochs. for the congregation. and for the
board Of trustees. James Seligman. Moses
H. Moses, Samuel NJ. Schafer, Louis Mar
shall A. J. Dittenhoefer, Daniel Guggen-
heim William L spiegelberg and Henry
sidenberg.
Has Lead of All Candidates.
While many candidates have been con-
sdered as successors to Dr. Magnes. the
tide Of choice has been running in favor
OF the young Louisville rabbi II was said
last night, ever since 1t became evident
that he had created a favorable impress
sion upon the congregation by his talks
from the pulpit when he was in this city
for rabtinical conference about a year
ago. AS DR.. Enelow was under contract
with the Congregation Adeth Israel, a cor
respondence was opened between the two
bodies, the Louisville people finally agree
ing TO release the rabbi should the Temple
Emanu-El ask him 10 fill It's pulpit.
In the letter which conveyed TO the trus-
tees Of the Temple Emanuel this action, a
high tlibute was paid to the ra bbi s qualities
and regrets were expressed at the thought
Of losing his services. DIR. Enelow," wrote
DR.. c. G. Rosenham, president Of the Tenn
pie Adeth Israel, has so endeared himself
10 this congregation and has performed so
nobly and satisfactorily the duties Of his
exalted office that we cannot but be grieved
and concerned in contemplating his leav-
ing"
Entitled to Larger Field.
Yet we are not insensible to our higher
responsibility and the larger duty owing 10
American Judaism, which is largely repre-
sented in and capable OF being reached
through your great congregation. Nor are
we unmindful that the extraordinary tai
ents, unselfsh zeal and sincere devotion Of
Dr.. Enelow are entitled 10 express and
exert themselves in a field greater than is
afforded in Louisville"
DR.. Enelow was born in Russia in 1875
He pursued his academic studies partly at
the University of Chicago and was gradu-
ated from the University of Cincinnati In
1897. One year later he was graduated from
the Hebrew Union College, where he was a
classmate Of the man he is called to sue
ceed He served for one year as the rabbi
Of the Temple Israel, in Paducah. Ky. He
became Junior rabbi of Temple Adeth Is
Tael in 1901, and succeeding TO the place Of
rabbi Of the congregation a year later has
occupied the same place since that time.
In 1910 he received a call from the Jewish
Liberal Synagogue, in London, but de-
clined it. He has served as the president
Of the Kentucky Conference of Charities
and Correction, as president Of the Con-
ference Of Social Service of Louisville and
was member Of the advisory board that
organized the Federation Of Jewish Chari-
ties. He is unmarried.
The Temple Emanu-El, Of which the
young clergyman will become the associate
rabbi, occupies a place near TO II not at
the top Of the Jewish reform organizations
Of this country II was founded in the
early part Of the last century.
Dr. Enelow has not announced publicly
whether he would accept the call of the
New York congregation. but it was as
sumed at the temple last night that he
would be installed in his new office before
the holidays next September. His salary
will be s10000 a YEAR