The Denver Jewish news., 1919-01-22
Five Day Week Urged
To Keep Sabbath
PLAN PROPOSED AT MID WEST
CONFERENCE OF UNITED SYNA.
COG. OTHER VITAL PROBLEMS
DISCUSSED.

\ nationwide movement by the
United Synagog of America for five.
day week, with Il nine-hour Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday. and an eight,
hour Thursday and Friday. was pro
posed by Rabbi Louis Fcinbcrg Of
Cincinnati at the Midwest Confer
cnce of the United Synagog Of Amer.
ica as Il solution of tile prOll of
Sabbath closing of business. Ii the
opinion of Rabbi Feinberg. the problem
industry. Under his plan. it was
pointed out. the usual hour week
would he provided and the manufac.
tIlrcr would he saved the expense ot
heating his plant for the short period
on Saturday morning.
DR.. Elias l.. Solomon OF New York
city. president of the United Synn-
cog on taking the chair. told of the
beginning of the United Synagog. He
paid tribute to the memory of the
late DR. Schcchtcr. founder of the in
Stitution. and told of the underlying
principles upon which the institution
was founded. The essentials of Or
thOdoXy. Conservatism and Reform in
Judaism are the same. h" said. and
while We quarrel about the petty
things. our children are getting away
from us. american youth" he said
lis not lost to Judaism; it is by re.
ligiOus. but is repealed from the nature
synagOg by disorder in the synaeog
Give them the right teachers and the
traditional service. dignificd and
decOrOus service. 4 service that is
formal and lacking in spirit will not
save Judaism. The United Synago"
wants to strengthen Judaism. The
cause is greater than the individuals
and congregations, and we must per
nit no petty notions to keep us asun
der"
'.Thc Jtwisl YOUTH wns the title
for the discourse presented by Rab
hi Jacob Gittclman of Louisville. ny
The young men and young women. he
said. present n special problem. as
they are not usually amenablc to cdu
cation in the ordinary sense Of the
word. He suggested that young mer
and women be brought to services by
bringing the service within their grasp.
Bring them to the synagog for every
thing possible" he said. Make ii y
house of assembly-make 1t n center
during the week. not only for religions
service. but for social purposes as well
and under proper direction.
"The Returning Soldier" said DR.
Jacob Kohn of New York. but lately
returned from France" offers not u
boys have gone thru spiritual trans.
figuration and like Jacob of old
'havc seen God for the first time"
He told of his experiences in the war
zone and of the eagerncss of the men
for Orthodox religious ministration
"Thc morale of all the armies was
strengthened by the entrance Of tn"
Americans into the war. upon the plat
from OnIllnpu DN lTtSluelll W llSol. !"
said. ''The men now felt they were
fighting for the regeneration of the
world. The soldier has learned to
despise treachery and cowardicc. He
is coming back social idralist-and
the synagog must not he merely sun
preSSivc-it must hold the torch that
leads forward II must neither bctray
the past nor will it enslnve itself to
every tradition that has come from
the past God grant that the synagoc
may rise to the opportunity when the
soldier knocks"
Rabbi Newman made an anpcal for
active members to the United Synagoe
of America and within few minutes
S1.5OO in annual subscriptions were
announced.