Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-22
YOUNG JUDAEA
HOST TO MANY
Three Sessions Held in This
City at the State Con-
vention
INTERESTING ADDRESSES
Delegates Present From Many
Cities and Affair Was a
Complete Success

Yesterday was a gala day for
Young Judaea in this city. The oc-
casioG marked the seventh annual
convention for this city and dele
gates were present from Bayonne.
Elizabeth, Jersey City, Hoboken,
West New York. Plainfield, Linden,
orange, Paterson and Somerville.
There were three sessions morning,
afternoon and night, each session
being of particular interest 10 the
Young Judaea members.
The addresses of welcome to the
various VISITING delegates were given
by Henry Nussbaum for the Y. NJ
II. A. and Morris Goldfarb for the
solomon Schecter Society. Rabbi
Chain spoke many encouraging
words to the delegates.
The business of the morning ses-
sion consisted of the annual message
by the president, Miss Ruth Jacob
son, after which the report OF the
executive committee was given by
Miss Chana TanZ, of Hoboken, re-
viewing the three leaders confer
ences arranged by the state during
the year at Perth Amboy. Bayonne
and HoboiSen Many interesting re-
ports were received from the dele
gates CoHNciHiHe bhc WI n 80 ~-
cities.
Following the morning session,
dinner was served at Silverman
restaurant.
The afternoon session was opened
by Rabbi Eugene kohn, of this city,
who has been on the National Young
Judaea Executive committee for sew
eral years and who was recently its
educational secretary. addressed the
delegates and gave a review of the
Zionist situation and urged the work
TO continue David Schneeberg.
founder of Young Judaea and its ma
tional secretary, for many years, in
view of the approaching national
convention. presented some of the
problems confronting the organiza-
ton for the delegates TO consider.
The director of Junior activities
of the Y. NJ. and Y. W. II. A. at
Camden, Joseph Varbolow, informed
the delegates of the way in which
Camden has successfully combined
Young Judaea work with the Y. NJ.
II. A. Junior clubs. Leon s. Lang.
brought the message to learn Zion
ism and Judaism and pointed out
as it is the youth who have started
the most spirited movements, it is
SO urged the New Jersey Young Ju-
daea to be present at the national
convention TO be held at Long
Branch, June 25.
A paper on the State Orga MIA
ton" was read by Miss Milnick. Of
Bayonne, and a paper. Our Solution
of the leadership Problem" by Miss
Mary Wilmer. of this city. was dis
cussed and highly commended by
Mr.. Lang, secretary of National
Young Judaea
The important reso- tions adopted
were 10 send a telegram 10 the Jew
ish American Congress. assembled at
PHILADELPHIA and one TO United
States Senator Lodge who fostered
the bill in which the United States
favored the establishment of a jew
ish home land in Palestine. A reso-
luton appointing sommittee 10
confer with the Y. NJ. n. A. Of New
Jersey on Spreading Young Judaes
work in their junior clubs was adop-
ted
The election resulted as follows:
Maxwell Kresch. OF Bayonne. presi-
dent; Dorothy Horourty Of Hoboken.
first vice president: Leo Slonim. of
Newark. second vice president:
Louis Berger of Bayonne. secretary;
Miss NJ. Spitz. OF Paterson. treasur-
er. There were also elected tiVe
delegates at large. The session closed
with the singing of -Hatikvoh.
The delegates were served with
luncheon in the Y. NJ. II. A. In the
evening the play Young Hadassah'
was given in conjunction with a mu-
steal program. The debate which
was scheduled was not given due 10
the illness of two of the partici-
pants.
The committee I'm charge of the
convention was: Ruth Jacobson,
Rose Brody. Mary Wilmer. Eca Self
ger. Tillie Wedeen, Sadie Sosin and
Fanny Brody.