New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
FREE SYNAGOGUE
TOTEACH HEBREW
Father of Language Re
vival Will Have Charge
of Lectures.

The holy days Of the Jews, beginning
Wednesday. the Jewish New Year
Eve. will mark the beginning Of the
ninth year Of the life Of the Free Syna-
gogue. whose membership has grown
from one hundred 20 seven hundred
"a Aftv The leaders are planning 20
obtain a membership Of lOOo by me
end Of the svnagogue's first decade ac-
cordinp 20 Rabbi stephen $. WISE.
In announcing the plans for the year
Rabbi Wise expressed qualification yes
terday that the steadily increasing eM-
nenditure OF the Social Service Dl-
vision had N last exceeded so per cent
Of the budget. which in l9l4-lSl7
amounted 70 $4,000. The attendance,
he added. Sunday mornings az Carnegie
Hall and at the downtown and ne
Bronx branches had totaued more IMAM
three thousand every week,
THE religious schools VIII resume
their work September 49, he an
nounced. There will be SIX IN all
one AZ the Synagogue House, two al
the downtown house and three ln
The Bronx. and the total attendance
upon the basis Of last years enrol
ment. will be 900 pupils. The schools
activities will be continued as hereto
fore. including the Cities Of Justice
summer camps. the Parents AssocIa
ton, Teachers Training courses, ana
addresses from time 20 time by as
tinguished visitors.
The Bronx branch now has its own
quarters. and viii have holy-day ser
vices for the first time al the tommu-
uitv Building. Southern boulevard ana
l68d Street. Dr. Goldsteln Will preach.
The chief development OF the down
town work apart from the Friday even
ing services and the religious schooi
has been along the lines Of class ana
club work. at the Synagogue House,
1855 Clinton Street, under the direction
Of Rabbi Fichman.
s notable undertaking planned Tor
the ensuing year win be q. course in
Hebrew for men and women, 20 be
LIN iv the lexicoRrapher Ben Je-
AiEgh .Fof Jerusalem, q temporary resi-
Gcnt IN this country, who Us considered
the father Of the renaissance OF lie
brew as "a spoken tongue. Inc SUD-
iect for the weekly lectures Will he am
bounced shortly.
"Perhaus the most striking event Of
the year in the synagogue, SAID haDol
Wise. "Was the obtaining OF S3'oOV TOT
the unemployment committee, WIN
Rabbis Goldstein and Flchman ID
charge. Small loans were made 10
men and women upon whom families
we're deutndent and who were not be-
ing cared for by any charity agency. u
was found that the margin between
,sfAupport and dependency is eX-
ceedinglv narrow iu q large number
of families, and that many can be
saved from slipping into restitution
lv "a small loan
During the coming year sunday
evening forum viii be held at the Syn
aqogue House. So West SWty-eighth
Street. In charge Of the young people.
The fundamental problems TO be voted
on in connection with the state con
stitution will be considered
The LewisoAu lectures, made posi-
bile bv the generosity Of AdOlph Levi
sohn. under the joint auspices Of the
Synagogue and the Eastern Council of
Reform Rabbits, viii be given IN No
vember and December, by Dr. Morris
.JAstrow, IT,, professor Of Semitic Ian
guages and librarian of the University
OF PENNSYLVANIA. His subject Will be
! priest, Prophet and Rabbi"
The social service division will con-
, tinue its activities At Bellevue and Leb-
banon hospitals, its mental hygiene
. clinics at the two Synagogue houses.
and its support Of the work Of the joint
+, tuberculosis committee. The annual
; social service rally Will be held on DC
/, tober 20.
At Carnegie Hall on Wednesday even
. ing. Rabbi Wise will preach on the
subject "poes the Old Order Change %