The Washington herald., 1915-12-06
IB0RAH CALLSU,S.
BEST JERUSALEM
Senator Tells Hebrews They
Have Great Opportunities
in This Country.
SPEAKERS LAUD AMERICA
Sixtieth Anniversary of Congregation
Closes with Elaborate Service at
Eighth Street Temple.
SPEAKERS LAUD AMERICA

The three days of services commemorate
| ing the sixtieth anniversary of the found
ing of the Washington Hebrew Congrega-
ton came to a close last night with an
elaborate service in which many promi-
nent persons took part
] Among the speakers were Senator Will
lam E. Borah. Rev. DR.. David Philip
son. of Cincinnati: Simon Wolf. and Rev.
I DIR. William Rosenau. of Baltimore.
president of the Association of American
Rabbis.
Senator Borah spoke about the oppor-
tunity for service which confronts the
Jew in America and said the Hebrew
race has furnished this country with
some of its ablest men. Touching upon
! the Zionist movement. he said. IF l
were a Jew. as I am a Gentle, my Jeru-
salem would be under the Stars and
Stripes"
Praises Rabbi Simon.
DR. Philipson took as his subject. THE
Jewish American Congregation" He said
that under the leadership of Rabbi
Simon. the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation would continue to prosper and
be an example of what the American
Jewish congregation can and ought to
be.
We should be thankful, for the great
tnings God has worked through the
Jews" he said. THE history of the Jew
ish nation is not made up of conquering
generals. but of its rabbis. All the ma
chinery of church and state have been
brought against the Jews in the past
and the fires of hatred have famed
against them. but they have stood stead
fast in the faith and 1t is nothing short
Of miracle that they have continued to
prosper
DR.. Rosenau spoke on '"The Opportu-
nifty Of the American Jewish Pulpit"
and praised the atmosphere Of liberty
which prevails in America.
America Offers Best Opportunity.
Nowhere on the face of the globe"
said the speaker. has the Jewish move
ment had the chance II has had here in
America. in an atmosphere OF liberty
1t has thrived in that atmosphere" He
said the movement must measure I'D to
the opportunity. il IT is to accomplish any
thing.
Simon Wolf reviewed the great progress
made by the church in the last sixty
wears and said It was especially graft
flying to find Rabbi Louis Stern present,
leader who had given forty-four years
of service to the church He lauded
Rabbi Abram Simon and predicted that
In the next ten years the church would
to grow
Prayer was offered by Rabbi Louis
Stern and DR.. L. G. B. Pierce.
Mrs. Abram Simon. president OF the
Temple Sisterhood. spoke on the work the
is doing
An elaborate musical program was rem
dered as follows: Organ prelude, by
Lewis c. Atwater: singing of the ami
versarv hymn. written by Rabbi Louis
Stern: violin solo. The Night Concerto"
(De Berioo. bv Ralph Goldsmith: soprano
SOLO. Il VIII Extol Thee (Costa), by
Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shir-Cliff; alto solo.
To Thee Our Grateful Hymns Shall
Rise" Bartleto. by Mrs Irma Stern Kal-
sher. and violin obligato by Ralph Cold
smith: duet. Grant Us Thy Peace"
Biedermann). bv Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shir-
Cliff and Mrs. 1rma Stern Kalisher; and
he national anthem by the CONGREGATION.