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 HIS EXCELLENCY LORD ABERDEEN, 
 Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada. 
 
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THE RIGHT HON. SIR WILFRID LAURIER, G.U.M, 
 Premier of the Dominion of Canadu. 
 
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HON. JOSEPH ISRAEL TARTE, Dominion Minister of Public Works 
 
 HON. FELfX GABRIEL MARCH AND, Premier of Quebec. 
 
HON. DR. JAMES GUERIN, Member of the Quebec Goveininent. 
 
 it. A. BOAS. President Temple Emami-El. 
 
HIS WORSHIP R. WILSON-SMITH, ESQ., 
 Mayor of Montreal. 
 
RABBI DR. I. M. AVI8E, CiNi ixnati, ()., 
 President of the Ceiitml (.'ontVrtMicfi oi Aiuoncan R;il>l)i->. 
 
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 THE HISTORY 
 
 OK THE 
 
 CENTRAL CONFERENCE 
 
 OF 
 
 AMERICAN RABBIS. 
 
 The Ct'iitial Conl'iTenco of Aini'riejvii l{;ilil)is wliicli convcnos 
 in the city <>t" Moiiticil, (janidii, on 'I'ucsilay evi-ninj^', July (Jtli, 
 1S!)7, Jit c'io'lit o'clock, under tlu^ piosidcncy of tlui vcnoralijo 
 Ual)l)i ])i-. I. M. Wise, was founded in J)etr()it, Mich., July 
 J)th, l«8<). 
 
 A piinted propo'^ition, lookin<^ to ofj^'anization of a Central 
 Conference, ha<H)ee".i previously circuhited. ])r. Philijison, of 
 CincinnRo., caking the tloor, submitted the proposition tor con- 
 sideration. Dr. Berkowitz, of Kansas City, was elected secretary. 
 An interesting discu.ssiou was participated in as a result of which 
 the motion prevailed that " We, the rabbis here assembled do 
 organize ourselves into a ' Central Conference of American 
 Raljbis ' and appoint a committee of live to report a plan of 
 organization." 
 
 On Jul}' 10th the Conference reconvened at the call of the 
 Chair in the parlors of the Russell House to consider the report 
 of the committee, which was earnestly debated, and, after due 
 amendment and revision, was unanimously adopted as follows : 
 
 To the Bdhhis assenihled in the City of Detroit, Mich, 
 
 July 10th, 18 80. 
 
 Gentlemen : — The undersigned connnittee appointed by you 
 at a preliminary meeting, held yesterday, beg leave to report as 
 follows : 
 
 Whereas, At the meetings of the Council of the U .A. H C. 
 and other occasions, at which a number of Rabbis have in the 
 past como together, they, in obedience to a natural and sponta- 
 neous prompting, have endeavoured to organize themselves 
 for mutual co-operation, encouragement and support ; and 
 
 WiiEUE.\s, All such organizations, though they may have fail- 
 ed to perpetuate their existence, have nevertheless been of 
 inestimable benefit to those participating in their proceedings, 
 and by their deliberations and resolutiotis have established cer- 
 tain forms, guiding principles and precedents which have become 
 
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 RABBI T. L. LEUCHT, New Orleans, La., 
 1st Vice-President of the Central Conference of American Rahhiu. 
 
 recognized as an authorative expression of the best intelligence 
 and purpose of their respective times ; therefore do we, Rabbis 
 of America, gathered in the city of ])etroit, in obedience to the 
 same natural pionipting, and urged by the same needs and 
 longings, lieri^with organize ourselves for like purposes into a 
 Central Conference of American Rabbis and elect five officers, a 
 President, Vice-President, Corresponding Secretary, Recording 
 Secretai-y and Ti-easui-er. 
 
 Tlie annual dues were placed at So.OO, one halt' of which to be 
 set aside for the purpose of preventing any unfortunate col league 
 or his family from becoming humiliated as objects of charity. 
 The first president was Dr 1. M. Wise, who is still in oflice. 
 ^S^^^JiiB. present Executive Board c(msists of — 
 
 Rabbi Dr. I. M. Wise, President. 
 
 Rabbi 1. L. LeU(;ht, New Orleans, La., 1st Vice-Presidi^it. 
 
 Rabbi W. RosENAU, Baltimore, Md., 2nd Vice-President. 
 
 Rabbi Dr. S. Hecht, Milwaukee, Wis., Treasurer. 
 
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 ,, Rnhln Dr. M. MiELZiNEH, Cincinnati, O., Cor. Secretary, 
 Rrtltbi Charles 8.' Levi, Cincinnati, ()., Rec. Secretary. 
 
 Th(> Executive Con.niittee is composed of — 
 
 Ralthi Dr. S. Sale, St. Louis, Mo 
 
 Rabin Dr. K. CJ. HiHSCH, Cliicago, III. 
 
 Rabbi J Stolz, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Rabbi S. ScHULMAN, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Rabbi Dr. L. Grossman, Detroit, Mich. 
 At the New York Conference; held from July Gth to 10th, 
 1892, the first official action was taktn in the matter of holding 
 a Parliament of Reliijions at the' World's Fair. The vaiious 
 subjects discussbd at the; New York Conference were Theology, 
 Ethics, History, State and Society, Organized Forces and gen- 
 eral matters. The Conference is thoroughly representative and 
 includes delegates from the principal cities of the United 
 States. Cana la and the West Indies. 
 
 At the Atlantic City Conference, the Ritual Committee, (on 
 Union Prayer Book) presented its report. Its unanimous 
 adoption has almost been the means of doing away with the 
 necessity as was formerly the case, when we went from one city to 
 another to leave our praver book at home, because every 
 temple had a different ritual. We are now united, having 
 put aside all differences. We, of the Central Conference of 
 American Rabbi.s, stand .shoulder to shoulder. We look to our 
 )(!spective congregations for support. The grand and imposing 
 scene after tlie report of the Ritual Committee had been 
 una/iimously adopted can never be forgotten. The Prayer Book 
 is not a new one as some seem to think. It is, as it is called, a 
 Union Prayer Book. The best elements from every existing 
 ritual have been adopted, including the old and familiar plaintive 
 prayers. It is the work of the whole conference. Hymns and 
 anthems have been embodied in their proper places, so that now 
 thei-e will be no necessity to turn to another part of the book, 
 or to another volunje. Suitable music has been prepared for 
 the .same. The traditional spirit of our entire liturgy has been 
 preserved. In our Day of Atonement service we have prayers 
 for ourselves as a congregatian, for all Israel and for all man- 
 kind without distinction of nationality or creed. 
 
 Conventions have been held in Cleveland, O. ; Baltimore, Md. ; 
 New York ('ity, Washington, D.C. ; Chicago, 111. ; Atlantic City, 
 N.J. ; Rochester, N.Y ; and Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
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 Le Grand Rabbin du Consistoire Central dee Fsra^'lites de France, 
 
 MONS. ZADOC KAHN. 
 Mons. Kahn is liead of tlie entire Jewish elerj^y in France. 
 
 THE GREAT SYNHEDRION. 
 
 The Jew baiters of Franco during the reign of Emperor 
 Napoleon did all in their power to impress upon liis mind that 
 Jews were extortioners and usurers ; that they were not 
 patriotic citizens ; in fact that they formed a distinct and ex- 
 clusive class entirely iniiuical to the best interests of France. 
 The Emperor proposed calling together the great Synhedrion, in 
 Paris, to be modelled after the Jewish body that ruled Israel as 
 a nation. It was composed of distinguished rabbis and laymen, 
 the bi'ightest Jewish minds then extant. The 20th of Octol er, 
 1809, had been fixed as the date for the opening of a great Syn- 
 hedrion inthe capitalof (me of the most powerfulChristiannations. 
 
 Prominent among this ijatherinu' were the jjreat Rabbi Sinz- 
 heim, who officiated as Nasi, such men as Segre and Abraham 
 de Cologna, Furtado, Hildesheimer, and a host of other leaders. 
 The Synhedrion enabled the Jewish leaders to refute the 
 calumnies that had been hurled against their brethren and threw 
 light upon Jewish matters which the non-Jewish world knew little 
 or nothing about. When the (juestion was asked the Syn- 
 hedrion whether a Jew could be a patriotic citizen of the land 
 with whicli he affiliated, it was answered in the affirmative, with 
 an enthusiastic shout that carried conviction to every heart. 
 Then it was decided that the Jew was a citizen of the country 
 in which he lived ; that his religion liad no control whatever 
 
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 RABBI VV. ROSENAU. Baltimore, Md., 
 2inl Vii;< -Prt'si(l.-nt of the Central ("onference of American Rabbis. 
 
 over his civic duties; that it was cornniendable for Israelites to 
 eniram' in otrricnlture lifiiidicrat't^, and the arts, an'l to forsake 
 tradiiijjj; and filially that it was foidtidden to Israelites to exact 
 usury either fj'oiii Jew or Christian. In fact this Svnhedrion 
 announced to the world that the Jew had a faith, and that his 
 country was of his own ehoo>jinif. 
 
 And so does the Jew of to day endeavor to disseminate ainoncr 
 his fellow citizens the lesson taiiiflit by this j^reat <;atherinir. It 
 was an (svent of much moment when tliese ni'eat Jewish minds 
 i;athere«l to(T<^tlier to save their people from the sneers and op- 
 probrium which their enemies wen; n^ady to throw at them 
 at a moinent's notice. And these men were e(|ual to the 
 emeroency. With a judicious calmness worthy of emulation, 
 with an exhibition of broad-mindedness and intellitrence which 
 produced its effect upon the CJentile world, they proved con- 
 clusively liuw their people had been malii>;ned ; that they were 
 as jiatnotic, as interested in the welfare of their country as any 
 Christian ; that all men should act as brothers in a common 
 cause: and that their j-eligion, thoui^h .sacred to them, had no 
 control over them when it came to affairs of State. 
 
 And thus did the wise men, part and parcel of this great 
 gathering, benetit the Jew for all time. The lesson taught by 
 
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 RABHI DR. S. HECHT. Milwaikee. Wih. 
 Treasurer of the Central ("onference of American Kabbis. 
 
 tht'Tn has not been i'oiyottcn by us who, t'oll<nvin<ij in their foot- 
 steps, !U'e constantly battlin*;' foi' rdiii^ions liltcvty mid the rii^hts 
 of man. 
 
 MODERN REFORM JITJ)A1SM. 
 
 ITS nEOINMNCi. 
 
 Tlie roforiiis in .luilaisin wcrf start<'(l l»y tiie ct'lcbratod ^j'cnins, 
 Mr. Is»'ael Jacobson, undci" the protection of the French r^^inn in 
 the kin«i;(loni of Westphalia and the special favoi- of the Duke of 
 Brunswick. Mr. .lacobson established and supported a free 
 school at the town of Seesen, in which Jewish and Christian 
 children were educated at his expense. Shortly after that 
 ( 1 807) Jacobson 's brother in-law, Isaac Herz Samson, established 
 a similar free school at \V^)lfenbuttel, and Mr. Jacobson estab- 
 lished another school (1 800) at Cassel — then the capital of the 
 kins^dom of Westphalia — in coiniection with a teachers' seminary. 
 Adjoinin<( tlu; school house at Seu'sen Mr. .Jacobson eivoted a 
 Synaj;'o<jiue in which he hiinself preached the dedication sermon. 
 This was the first synag()i;ue ni which a choir, instrun)ental 
 music and tiie (JeiMiian sermon were introduced. After the 
 downfall of the Westphalian kinifdom (181.')), Mr. Jacobson 
 moved to Berlin, anil there he again opened a congregation and 
 
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 RABBI DR. M. MIELZINKR, Cincinnati. O., 
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 instituted divine service like that in Seesen. One of the 
 preachers of Jac()l)sbn's temple, Edward Kleu, was called to 
 Hainbur<^ as master of tlu^ Jews' free school, and he continued 
 the propa<randa for reform in that city. He united fifty families 
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 RABBI CHABLKS S. LKVl. Cincinnati, O.. 
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 THE FIRST .JEWISH SYNOD IN BADEN. 
 
 Te first Jewish Synod, which met at the instance of the 
 (lovernment of Baden, was chosen from the different synagogues 
 in Batlen, and sat in (^irlsruhe from Marcli 18th to Alarch 2()th 
 1S95, to debate on the welfare of the Jews in that Duchy. 
 
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 Landgerichtsrath Dr. Stern was President of the Synod. The 
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 In England in the pre-expulsion times, tliere was a "Presbyter 
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 B. C and Vancouver B.C. when in cliirf^e of a permanent Rabbi 
 also had an ortijan and mixed ciioir. 
 
 ])r. Hermann Adler is the .son of the late Chief Rabbi Dr. 
 Nathan Marcus Adler h'^^, whom he accompanied to London in 
 1845, when the latter resigned the post of Chief Rabbi of Hanover 
 and its provinces, having previously been elected to a simihir 
 position in London. It is to him that the son owes his success 
 as a minister of relii^ion, havinij been closely (guarded by liis 
 father. The ])re.sent Chief Rabbi was born in Hanover in \HW. 
 We have already referred to the circumstances which broui^ht 
 him to England. He studied at University College, London, 
 matriculating and passing the examination the first time he .sat 
 for the B. A. degree, with honoui's in classics and modern 
 languages, in 1859. He .sub.se(|ueutly went to the universities 
 of Prague and Leipzig. His theological tutor,s were his father, 
 the late venei'able Chief Rabbi, and the learned (]Ihief Rabbi 
 Rappoport, of Prague, one of his fellow students having been 
 Dr. Scldesinger, now Rabbi at Albany, N. Y. and a member of 
 thisconference He passedon to the degreeof Doctorof Philosophy 
 in 1861, for which title he underwent a most ditHcult exumina- 
 tion. In 1864 Dr. Adler was nnanimously elected chief minister 
 of the Bayswater Synagogue, London. In 1879 he was cho.sen 
 to be the Chief Rabbi's delegate. In addition to his pastoial 
 duties, there is hardl}' a public meeting in the metropolis in 
 which the Rabbi does not take part. In 1882 he attended with 
 the late Sir Julian (Joldsmid, Bart., M. P.. as repirsentative of 
 the Jews of (ireat Britain a conference of delegates of the 
 principal European congregations to deiibeivite U[)on matti-rs 
 arising out of the persecution of the Jews in Ru.ssia. He has 
 been on a pilgrimage to Palestine. At Jerusalem he wnsmet by the 
 Governor-CJeneral and a <juard of honor. Befoi-e leavin<j he 
 distributed upwanl.s of £200 amongst the poor of the Holy City. 
 On June the 4th 1891 he was elected Chief Rabbi As a 
 preacher. Dr. Adler has made his great reputation. Whenever 
 or wherever he speaks he attracts large and influential congre- 
 gations; and when the doctor appi-als in behalf of any 
 charitaljle institution, he has a sort of talismanic influence. 
 He is quite as much at home as a public lecturer as in the pulpit. 
 Gifted with great ])owers of ehxiuencc; and a masterly mind, he 
 brings to bear his powerful mental grasp and scholarly acumen 
 on all or anj- subject, and his language and manner alike hold 
 his audience spell-bound. He is no bigot. He iccently modiHi-d 
 the Prayer for the Royal Family, wliich was tirst suggested in 
 the "Jewish Chronicle" by a nieiid)er of the London Reform 
 Synagogue At his installation the choral i)art of the service 
 was accompanied by an orchestra and organ. The latter is 
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 were sung with full orchestral accompaniment. On the 27th of 
 May 5640—1880 the late Chief Rabbi Adler of London, Eng. 
 sanctioned certain ii.odiHcations in the Ritual. 
 
 Dr Adler was once asked " How far Jews join in the rising 
 movement for reliifious unitv?" He answered, "I am at all times 
 ready, and regard it as a great privilege, to co-operate with my 
 fellow countrymen in every social and philanthropic work. 
 Such opportunities are to me a great happiness. 1 oft.'n sit on 
 the same platform at the Man.sion House with repre.sentfitives 
 of the Protestant and Roman Catholic .sections of Christianity. 
 I do so in all matters ccmnected with the hospital movement, 
 prevention of cruelty to children, to animals, and many philan 
 thropic organizations. We seize all such opportunities of work- 
 ing with Christian ecclesiastics. I enjoy the honor of personal 
 aquaintance with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and I am 
 intimate with many clergymen of the Church of England 
 ind with several of the Di.ssenting leaders. I had the friendliest 
 relations with the late Cardinal Manning, and they are continued 
 with his successor, Cardinal Vaughan. But of course, as 
 regards theological differences, I musi ^ay at the present time I 
 do not see any prospect of our agreeniLut." It will thus be seen 
 that he is honoured and esteemed everywhere. His contributions 
 to literature are numerous and scholarly, among which will be 
 found "Sermons on the Passages in the Bible, a<lduced by 
 Christian Theologians in support of their Faith," 18G9; "The 
 Jews in England," Ibn Gabriol, the Poet Philosopher;" a sermon, 
 "Js Judaism a Missionary Faith," in reply to Professor Max 
 Miiller, besides many lectures and articles which have appeared 
 in various periodicals, especially in the "Nineteenth Century — " 
 "Can Jews be Patriots?" "Jews and Judaism," a rejoinder to 
 Prof. Goldwin Smith ; "Recent Phases of Judjeophobia." 
 
 The subject of the above sketch has no authority over Reform 
 Jews. But on account of his position in cou'^ervative English 
 Judaism, it was th(jught that something of Chief Rabbi Adler's 
 career would not be out of place in a Souvenir Programme 
 published in connection with a Rabbinical Convention held in 
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 INTERESTING STATISTICS. 
 
 There are in the United States : Jewish Orthodox cono^'e- 
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 there are 122 edifices, seating 46,787, and wortli $2,802,()o(), 
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 The Jews in the United States built their fir.-'t synagogue in 
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 COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1897. 
 
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 Sir \Vm. C. Van Hobne. 
 Mr. C. J. Fi-EicT. 
 
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 Tuesday, July Cth, - - - 3 p.m. 
 MEETING OF T\\\l liXbXUTIVE (Private) 
 
 Tuesday Evenino, July (Jtl>. <S o'clock — Public Session. — 
 OiKMN Voluntary - 'Tnulitioiiiil an:l International Airs." 
 
 Hymn of welcome - - Choir 
 
 Invocation. 
 
 Opemn(j Address - - - Rabbi H. Veld, Montreal 
 Address ok Welcome — In the name of the Province of Quebec, 
 
 V>y His Honor the HononibleSiR Joseph 
 Adoli'HE Chai'LEAu K.C.iM.Gi. Gover- 
 nor of Quebec. 
 
 In the name of the l^oMiinion of Canada 
 by the Honorable JosEI'H lsi{AEL 
 Tarte, Dominion Minister of Public 
 Works. 
 '' In the name of the Quebec Cabinet by 
 
 the Honorable Dr. James Gcerlv, 
 Member of the Quebec Covernment. 
 
 Solo Miss Silverman 
 
 Address of welcome in the name of the City, b}'- his Worship 
 
 the Mayoi- of Mcjntreal (R. WiLSON 
 
 Sm(TH Ks([.) 
 
 Response to addPvEsses of welcome hy Rabbi I. L. Leucht of 
 
 New Orleans, L-., 1st Vice-President 
 of the Conference. 
 
 Soprano Solo — "With Verdure Clad" — with violin obli^ato, 
 
 Miss RUHENSTEIN 
 
 Presentation to Dr. I. M. Wise, President of the Central 
 
 Conference of American Rabbis, of an 
 illuminated addres.s, by B. A. Boas 
 ]*ls(]. President of the Temple Enianu- 
 El, Montreal. (The address is the 
 woi-k of Mr. W. H. BakePv, Superin- 
 t(Mident of the "Hirsdi Institute.") 
 
 Annual Address by Rabbi Dr. I. M. Wise, Presi.lent of the 
 
 (-entral Conference of American 
 Rabbis. 
 
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 PlKUJ R A M M E — Con ti hikhI . 
 
 Alto Solo - - -'Adonai Mo Odom" ("Lord what is man?") 
 
 Miss Ada Moylan. 
 
 Eulogy on the late Rabbi Israel Joseph by Rabbi S. Hirsch- 
 
 BERfJ of Boston. 
 Eulogy on the late Rabbi I). Feuerlicht by Rabbi Charles 
 
 S. Levi of Cincinnati. 
 Violin Solo "Romance in F" - - - Beethoven 
 
 Prof. R. Gruenwald. 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 Closing Anthem — "The Heavens are Tellinji^" — with trio by 
 Miss Alice Jenkino-, Mr. F. C. Capon and Mr. W. Lister 
 
 ^ Choir 
 
 Benediction. 
 
 Wednesday Morning 9.30. 
 Prayer — 
 
 '"Business. 
 Roll Call. 
 Reports of Officers — President, Secretary, and 
 
 From 
 9.30 
 
 , <( Treasurer. 
 
 10 SO I Appointment of Standing Conmiittees. 
 I Report of Publication Committee. 
 (Report of Book-Agent of the Conference. 
 
 10 30 — 12.30 
 Paper — 'The Rabbi as Teacher" by Rabbi Schulman of 
 
 Kansas City, Mo. 
 Discussion by Rabbi Dr. Berkowitz of Philadelphia, and 
 
 Rabbi Dr. Hecht of Milwaukee. 
 General Discussion. 
 
 Wednesday Afternoon 2.30. 
 2.30 — 3. — Business — Offering of Resolutions. 
 
 3 — 4. Paper — "The Origin and Aim of Reform Judaism" 
 
 by Rabl»i A Moses of Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Discussion by Rabbi Dr. K Kohler of New York 
 and „ „ M. H. Harris „ 
 
 General Discussion. 
 
 4 — 5.30 Paper — "The Theology of the Union Prayer Book" 
 
 by Rabbi M. Heli.ER of New Orleans, La. 
 Paper — "The Theology of tlie Old Prayer Book" by Prof. 
 
 Dr. M MAiKioiJs" of Cincinnati. 
 
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 Proguamme — Continued. 
 
 Discussion by itabbi I. S. Moses of ('hicngo, 
 General Discussion. 
 
 In the evening the Cohference will be tlic jruosts of the 
 
 "Montefiore Club" at a Moonlij-ht Excursion. 
 
 The Steamer "Cultivatcur" of the R. and O. N. 
 
 Co. will leave Island Wharf at 8 o'clock. 
 
 Thursday Morning dM. 
 Prayer — 
 
 From Business. 
 9.80 Reai)in(; of Minutes 
 to Reports of Committees. 
 11.00 Xe\v Business. 
 
 11 — 12.80 
 
 Greeting and Invitation from the Baron de Hirsch School 
 
 Comni'ttee. 
 
 Paper — "The Rabbi as a Public Man" by Rabbi T. L.. Leucht 
 
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 Discussion by Rabbi W. Friedman of Denver, Col. and Rabbi 
 
 Charles Fleischer of Boston. 
 
 General Discussion. 
 
 Thursday Afternoon. 
 
 2.80—4.80 Pai'ER — "The Messianic Idea in Judiasin" 
 
 by Raltbi Dr. S. Sale of St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Discussion by Rabbi Dr. E. G. Hiiiscii of Chicairo and Rabbi 
 
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 General Di.scussion. 
 
 4.80 — 5.80 — BusiNE.ss. — Appointnient of 
 
 Committees of Nonunation of 
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 Thl'rsday Evening. 
 H o'clock— Banquet at the "Windsor Hotel" tendered by B. 
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 pRO(;RAMMK~Continucd. 
 
 Friday Mouxixci. 
 Prayer — 
 
 From Business. 
 9..S0 Reading of Mfnutes. 
 to I Unfinished Business. 
 11.00 I Election OF Officers. 
 
 11 — 12. Pai'ER. — "The Rabbi in liis .study" by 
 
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 General Discussion. 
 
 12 — 12.80 Pai'ER — "Catcchisni Literature" by Rabbi 
 
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 Friday Afternoon. 
 2.80 — 8. Business. 
 
 8 — 4.80. Paper. — "Funeral Ao-enda." l)y Rabbi Joseph 
 
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 Rabbi A. (Juttmachkh of Balti- 
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 General Discussion. 
 
 Friday Eyenino. 
 (S o'clock — Pui'.Lic Divine Service, conducted Ijy Rev. W. 
 
 Si'AR(!ER, Cantor of tbe Temple 
 Emanu-El, New York. 
 Solo - . . _ Mi.ss Alice Jenkino. 
 
 CoNFERiNCE Lecture by Rabbi Di-. M. Samfield of 
 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 Anthem --.... Choir. 
 
 Benediction. 
 
 Saturday Morning. 
 10 o'clock — Public Divine Service. 
 
 Solo ..... mjss Ada Movlan. 
 
 Conference Sermon — "Confri-onjational Resources" by Rabbi 
 
 Dr. G. (ioiTliEiL of Temi)le 
 Emanu-El, New Yoi-k. 
 Solo ..... Miss Helene Lewis 
 
 Benediction. 
 
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 PROfJllAMME— rcjiitinucd. 
 
 Sunday Morning; — Piivnto. 
 10 o'clock — Meetl\(J of the newly elected Executive Board. 
 
 2.80 P. M. The Conference will be taken for a drive around 
 
 and up Mount Royal. 
 
 The Montefioue Clfi!, Art Asociation, ami M. A A. A. have 
 exteiuU'd tlii! privileges of their institutions 
 to the Confei'ence. 
 
 E'« mm muMmn mmi 
 
 MRH. E. LlCHTENUEIX, 
 
 Miss Ruukxstein, - 
 Mrs. S. Davis, - 
 Miss Ray Ri'iib:xstkix, 
 
 President. 
 Vic;e Pves, 
 Treasurer. 
 Hon. Sec, 
 
 Mrs. S. FisoiiKL, 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 Mrs. D Lazarus. 
 
 Mrs. M. Workmax. 
 
 Mrs. G. Fi.schel. Mrs. A. D. Schwersexski. Mrs, J. Berxsteix. 
 
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