The Denver Jewish news., 1923-10-11
JEWISH CONGRESS WILL BE
HELD IN NEW YORK, OCT.
Ia.
To Consider Problems Affecting Jews
All Over the World

-NtN WIN Iue StltetSSiu III
election of delegates just held in Chi
cagO and other large cities. the next
session of the American Jewish Con-
gress is assured of delegations from
the leading communities in the differ
ent sections of the country, including
many distant points. In addition to
the delegates chosen in the general
elections, there will be present 100
delegates representing the leading ma
tiOnnl and central organizations of the
United States. Three hundred dele
gates are chosen in the general elec-
tiOns and 100 are chosen by the ma
tionnl and c9ntral organizations.
Preparations for the holding of the
completed. the announcement that the
delegates to the American Jewish Con-
gress,, for the first time assemble In !
New York City having aroused much
interest in all the circles and organi-
cations which have hitherto been iden-
tilted with the movement. 1t is nm
dcrstOO,l that the Congress will con-
slider snch questions as Jewish rights
abroad. the situation of Jewish re-
fugees. immigration, the spread of anti |
Semitism, the condition of Jewish edu-
cntiOnal Institutions in Eastern
Europe. the proposed Jewish World
Congress for Palestine; and the adj
dress to be delivered by Mr. Zangwill
;yl, Oft Tor,
throughout the world will probably
form the basis of some of the decisions
to he reached.
Big Mass Meeting Il
The sessions Of the Congress will
open on Sunday afternoon, October II.
In the Grand Bah Room of the Hotel
Commodore. and all the other sessions
will he carried on in this hotel. where
n registration bureau and headquar-
tiers for the delegates hre also being
established. The large mass meeting. \
a. which Mr.. Zangwill will deliver the
chief address. will be held in Carnegie
Hall. Op Sunday evening. October II.
and DIR. stephen s. Wise. chairman of
the eNtSUtlNc vi tuC <AuiSih-
can Jewish Congress. is to DC chair I
man on this occasion. Present at this
gathering will he some of the most
prominent Jews of New York and other
cities. Among those who have already
reserved boxes are the Hon. Samuel
Untermyer. Nathan Straus. Judge
Aaron J. Levy, DIR. Stephen 3. Wise.
Congressman Sol, Bloom. DIR. I. W.
Held. Joseph BaroiNless, Bernard Sem.
el. George 4. Fox.
!, Mr.. Isrnei zanxElll, WHO, during his
'stny here. is to he fl,e guest OF Mr..
Nathan Straus, the president of the
American Jewish Congress, will Ike re-
ceivesl on his arrival In behalf of the
Zangwill Reception committee, which
has just been formed. and Of which Mr..
Samuel Untermyer Is chairman. The |
committee includes insits membership |
representatives from all classes and
groups Of New York Jewry. including |
leading American Jewish writers.
Leaders on Committee
Among the members of the commit |
tee are: :: Nathan Straus, DIR. Stephen |
8. WISE Judge Louis ID. Gibbs, Hon.
Abram 1. Eikus. Adolph Lewisohn. Her.
man bernstein. Felix Adler, Mrs. Mary |
Fels, DIR. David DeSOlO Pool, Judge
Aaron J. Levy. Judge Gustave Hart |
man, Morris Hillquit. Charles Hart
man. Judge Otto A. Rosalsky, Joseph
Barondess, Rabbi Meyer Berlin. David
Pinski. Congressman Samuel A., Dick
stein, Congressman Nathan Perlman,
Jacob deHnas, Arthur NJ. LampOrt,
Rev. Hirsh Maslainsky. Dr. Nehemiah
MOssesOhn. Henrietta Szold, Bernard
g. Richards. Louis Lipsky, Morris
Weinberg. Hon. Samuel Greenbaum.
Louis Wiley. Horace NJ. KalIen. Rev.
DIR. Moses Hyamson. Louis Posner.
SOlOn J. Iiebcskind.
New York will he fully represented
mt the Congress sessions, 100 dele
gates having been, chosen here in the
elections held on June "a. Some of
the delegates then chosen were:
Nathan Straus. DIR. stephen s. Wise.
Hon. Samuel Untermyer, Nathan Perl
man, Joseph Barondess, Joel Entin.
Rabbi Samuel Buchler. DIR. Nachum
Syrkin, Senator Benjamin Antin. Judge
Jacob 5. Strahl. Reuben Brainin. Judge
Louis d., Gibbs. Herman Berstein.
Samuel A. Dickstein. Leon Kamaiky.
Arthur NJ Iamport. David Pinski, Mrs.
Norvin Lindheim, Mrs. Il. GOttheil.
Joseph Polstein. Louis Lipsky, Hon.
Isaac Siegel.