Remember When: Jewish Conference Comes to Philly

On Oct. 10, 1930, the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent reported on a conference coming to the city on Nov. 2 that was intended to spur action by the United Synagogue of America and its regional Philadelphia branch so that “more intensive religious work might be done throughout the region.”

The two organizations met at the conference to combine their efforts into that of a single entity that represented more than two dozen Jewish communities that consisted of around 300,000 people.

The conference featured Rabbi Simon Greenberg, president of the Philadelphia branch of the United Synagogue of America, as well as the unnamed wife of Robert S. Ginns, who was vice president of the Philadelphia branch and who served as chairman of the Arrangements Committee of the so-called “Committee of 1,000.”

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