The Denver Jewish news., 1924-07-31
THE UNION OF AMERICAN
HEBREW CON RI & A.
TIONS AWARD PRIZES FOR
ESSAYS TO STUDENTS.

NNhIN hi NrlrcS int 'N~hNN on d'NlNn
topics 10y students In universities Nine
prizes were awarded. Among the uni
vcrstlcs having prize winners were
Harvard. Radcliffe, University Of Ala
hama, Howard College, University of
Missouri, and University Of Wiscon-
| sin.
The contest was conducted by DIS
tricts, the country being divided up
into sections with supervisor, n rep
rcscntntivc OF the Department of Synn.
cog aud School Extension Essays are
sent tu the supervisor who makes his
comment and then forwards the essay
on to the Union Office In Cincinnati.
jacob w. Mack of Cincinnati Is chair
man OF the committee In charge of the
awards
II was announced by Rabb Louis |.
| Egelson, assistant director of the Union
in charge Of synagcg and School Ex-
| tension work that larger number of
essays were submitted this year than
ever before.
Hebrew Union College Alumni Meet
The annual meeting of the Alumni
Association of the Hebrew Union Col
lece was held In Ccdarpoint, Ohio, in
| connection with the meeting of the Cen
tral Conference Of American Rabbis
Rabbi ii. G. EnelOw, DS, of New York
Il t.l hn 49, Nls
Of the association and called the 1ttcn-
ton Of the men to the celebration of
the iiftieth anniversary of the found.
ing OF the Hebrew Union College which
is to occur at Cincinnati in October,
1925 \ special committee WIS ap-
pointed to cooperate with the college in
elected the following officers for
1925.
President. Harry Ettelson, '04, Phila-
dolphin, Pa: yice-president. George
solomon, %. Savannah, Ga; secretary,
Abraham ]. Feldman, rs, Philadelphia,
Pa; treasurer, Harry $. Margoiis. 81,
Waterman, is, GRIND Rapids, Mich.
Executive committee: David Philipson,
SO, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fred Cohn, 'oG,
Omaha, Neb Henry ]. Berkowitz, '21,
Detroit; Felix A. Levy, ~, Chicago;
Abraham Feinstcn, 10, Huntington,
w. Va; Wolfe Macht, rs, Waco,
n
natl: Sidney Tedcschc. IL. New
Haven Ex-ofiicio; Julian Morgcn-
stern, 'O2, Cincinnati; Hyman G.. Enc
| low. '9S. New York. Advisory Board
to Hebrew Union College: Tobias
Schenfarber, SO, Chicago; Isaac Land
man, 90, Far Rockaway, l.. l.; and
the Hebrew Union College Jubilee com
mitte,: David Philipson, 'S3, Cincin-
natl; Jacob H. Kaplan, 'O2, Cincinnati;
Harry $. MargoliS, 81, Paducah, Ky,
and Harry EttclsOn, 'Ol, Philadelphia.
Report of Sinai Temple SisterhoOd,
Chicago
The annual report of the Sinai TEN
pie Sisterhood of Chicago has just been
issued. Among the activities conducted
during the past year was survey of
the children of members of the cCngre-
CATION attending the religious school,
and as a result OF this survey, the at
tendance of the school was largely in
creased. 4 membership campaign was
also conducted in 1928 with the result
that Sc new members were enrolled in
the organization.
The SisterhoOd has established n
Reference Library in memory of Emil
G. HirSch, and in addition the Emil G..
Hirsch Scholarship Fund WAS founded.
| The original intention of the Scholar
| ship committee was TO give n scholar
ship of $3.50 in memory of the departed
| leader. The response from the mem
hcrs for contributions brought 5000
which sum was sent to the Hebrew
Union College as loan fund for first
year students. The Sisterhood also
conducted the Emil G.. Hirsch Picture
Fund which has already collected
81 200 which is used for the purchase
Gf pictures for hanging in the Center.
The officers of the Sisterhood are
Mrs. Martin Barbc, President; Miss
Rosalic Glascr, secretary, and Mrs.
BENJAMIN Rosenberg, treasurer
Organizes Student Congregation at
University of Indiana.
Through the efforts of Rabbi Michael
AnrCnsohn, field secretary of the I'm
ion of American Hebrew Congregations
n Jewish student congregation has been
established at the University of lndi
ana at Bloomington, Ind. This con
gregntion has Il membership Of thirty
Found Mems Club in Duluth
Through the efforts Of Rabbi Irving
Robitshck, representing the Depart
mcnt Of SynagOg and School Extension
of the Union Of American Hebrew Con