Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-09-16
new YORK INDUSTRY
At STANDSTILL FOR
. JEWISH HOLY DAYS
Sharp Drop in Trading Ac-
tivities on Stock
Exchange
TEMPLE SERVICES
ARE BROADCASTED
KEYNOTE Sounded in All Houses
of Worship is Preservation
of Jewish Feeling

New York. - Rosh Hashanah,
ushering in the Jewish religious New
Year 56s7, was celebrated with solemn
services by New York's Jewish COM
munity, representing almost one-third
of the population of New York City,
throughout the temples, synagogue',
and congregations in hired halls,
moving picture houses, stores and
lofts converted into houses of worship.
All these houses of worship were
thronged with masses of worshippers.
Thousands of shops, stores and
Offices were closed throughout the city
and, according to advice, throughout
the country, on the two days of Rosh
Hashanah.
The observance of Rosh Hashanah
also made an impression on the move
ments of the New York stock ex-
change. The sharp contraction OF
trading activities was attributed by
Wall Street to the observance of the
New Year.
The New York Council of Jewish
Women arranged with the Radio Cor
poration of America to broadcast the
services of Temple Emanuel, where
DR.. Nathan Krass officiated, from
Aeolian Hall through station WIZ.
Radios were installed in many rural
communities for the special purpose
of receiving the New Year services.
The broadcasting will be repeated on
Yom Kippur.
Furloughs for Jewish men in the
army and navy were granted wherever
possible, through the efforts of the
Jewish Welfare Board. Special serv-
ices for the army and navy men were
held at the Young Mems Hebrew As
sociation on 92nd street. The large
New York industries, including the
needle and fur industries, were at
standstil.
Have Time to Marry
One hundred of the 160 couples who
applied for marriage licenses at the
Municipal Building on the first day
work in the garment trades and who
took advantage of the holiday in their
trade to get married, according to
statements at the Bureau. The first
lay of Rosh Hashanah was the busiest
Thursday the marriage license bureau
in New York ever lad, according to
Deputy City Clerk Mccormack.
The history of the Jew, his present
position and his future and the prob
lens confronting America and the
world were discussed in scores of SER
mons. In some the Jew was urged to
remain loyal in the observance of the
ancient characteristic rites and GUS
toms of his religion. In Reform tenn
pies emphasis was laid on the essen
tials of the faith while the discontinue
ance of external forms and the adap-
tation to the needs of modern life was
urged. In many pulpits pleas were
made for strong support of Jewish
philanthropic activities, the New York
Federation for the Support of Jewish
Philanthropic Societies, and the
United Jewish Campaign.
The rebuilding of Palestine as the
Jewish National Home was the subject
of sermons in over four hundred syna-
gogues in Greater New York. Rabbis
emphasized that the restoration of
Palestine is the paramount duty facing
Jews of America during the coming
year in view of the plight of Eastern
and Central European Jewry and the
fact that Palestine is the only country
now open to Jewish refugees from
European countries.
Attention was called to the forth
coming campaign of the United Pales-
tine Appeal, which will shortly launch
an appeal for S7,5O0,000, the largest
amount ever sought in one year form
the Jews of America for the upbuild.
! inc of Palestine