The Washington times., 1921-04-15
WOMEN |NJEW
PULP|TS SOON
Well Qualified to Preach, Say
Rabbis Attending Central
Conference Here.

Jewish women, in the near future
, will officiate as rabbis, according
! to opinions expressed today by DIR.
Abram Simon of this city, Rabbi
Edward. M. Calisch of Richmond,
Va, and other leading rabbis of the
country attending the annual con-
vention of the Central Conference
OF American Rabbis at the Eighth
Street Temple.
CONFIDENT OF THEIR ABILITY.
Women are taking an active part
IN everything else, and / see no rea-
sen why they should not be able to
fl the office of rabbi IL they are
/ qualified," declared DR.. Simon. ''Of
course, it will be a new venture but
even at the present time a woman is
taking a course in Hebrew the
illogical seminary at Cincinnati to fit
herself for such an office, and when
she graduates l have no doubt she
VIII have little difficulty in finding
congregation"
/ Rabbi Calisch, who will be inau-
gurated as the new president of the
= Central Conference on Sunday. de-
ciared Jewish women are well qualif-
ed to preach from the pulpit
: Our women have taken an active
part in every movement of the church.
Their aid in every direction has been
Invaluable, and L see no reason why
(, they should not officiate as rabbis,
once they receive the necessary train
ing and fill the necessary require
1rents.
IF a Jewish theological seminary
shall see fit to grant a diploma to
woman student who has taken the
ho
undoubtedly be allowed to accept
! congregation. 1t will be new step,
but one that we may look forward
TO in tho near future"
UNIFORMITY DISCUSSED.
The central aim of instruction in
Jewish religious schools was dis
cussed at this mornings session of
the conference. Questions of length
ening the time of instruction, uni
formity in methods of school man
agement. and to what extent Hebrew
shall be taught. were among the
problems considered.
Recommendation that the central
conference extend an invitation to all
existing associations in the United
States to join in a proposed national
federation Of Jewish sch Is for CO.
operative, work relative 10 Jewish
educa & ioh; were made this morning by
Ratbi 'Rudolph Grossman, chairman
of the committee on religious edu-.
cation.
The visiting rabbis were the guest
of the Washington Hebrew ecbngre7
cation at a banquet at the Hotel
Washington last night Referring tc
a visit of the conferees yesterday to
the White House Or. Leo NJ. Frank
lin, president of the organization.
paid tribute to the broad mi ndedness
and far-sghted vision of President
Harding, pronouncing him one of the
greatest. exponents of religious
liberty in this country.
WOLF WELCOMES GUESTS.
Simon Wolf. veteran diplomat. well
coined the guests. Among the speak
ers,were Justice Stanford, of the Su-
preme Court of the District: Con-
gressman julius Kahn, of California,
and Senator Samuel r. Shortridge of
California;; Mrs. Joseph Wiesenfeld,
of Baltimore. president of the Ma
tional Federation of Jewish Sister,
hoods. and DR.. Henry Englander of
Cincinnati.
Beginning at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. the day will be devoted to
prayer, reading from the NThora,
Alteration and Kaddish and, the con-
ference sermon. At the evening Sc
sion DR.. Leo We'll, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
will make an address on "How the
Religion of the Pulpit Reacts on the
People,
Sunday reports of committees will
he heard and the conference will ad-
journ with the annual election of Of
ficers.