Religion: Israel

At St. Louis, met the biennial convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. More than 1,500 delegates represented 273 congregations at a session, described as "greatest in the history of the Jews in America."

Judaism. The session was held in the name of expansive Judaism, but the so-called problems of the Jews in the U. S. were not among the agenda. The slogan of the session was rather "keep the Jews Jewish," or, as Marcus Aaron, President of the Pittsburgh Board of Education, put it: "The Jews are to remain Jewish!"

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