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The Southern Israelite Page 3 The correspondence is the out growth of a series of visits to the unorganized communities of Missouri, arranged by Rabbi Egelson for Mr. Samuel Soskin, a student at the Hebrew Union made a very pleasant impression on him as well as upon the Jew ish boys at Kemper. In his lat est letter. Major MacAaron says: “Representing many forms of spiritual aspirations, we have no ice of our own and on three even ings of the week we have a short vesper service which is cast along interdenominational lines. “Prayers of All Faiths” “At this service, we endeavor to use the prayers of — 1 ——*1 many faiths and our grace before meals are cast in all forms, I V and we want every I boy to feel that at some point Kemper I touched his spiritual life, whether he is a Baptist or a solemn little fellow to whom j tallith and tephilim bring hallowed WL memories. We thank Hf you for your efforts on behalf of our | boys who remem- J her Zion here among L / the Goyim.” 4 The Department of Synagogue and School Extension, in addition to sending out advanced stu- dents of the Hebrew ^ Union College bo conduct High Holy- day services and for iU" other special mis- sions to unorganized communities, has the full time serv- JB ] ices of Rabbi Mich ael Aaronsohn* as W? l field representative j and of Rabbis (Jus- | ^ ave Falk and Philip | Jaffa as regional * I rabbis. Through them and through 4 S | literature sent out j| from its office in the Union of Ameri- I can Hebrew Congre gations, it is not only keeping Jews in many otherwise isolated communi ties in touch with Judaism, but is also winning the respect and admiration of non-Jews for Ju daism. -makers, is that ot.tne uepari- nu . n t of Synagogue and School Extension. This department reaches out the isolated Jew in hundreds small towns, in colleges, in hospitals, in train ing camps, prisons ." ■ ^ ami also carries a religious message by . i hooks and tracts to I .1 f\\ and non-Jew. | Its work will be 1 ’ told by hundreds of I speakers in some j J7" cities during the jgg N ivember T o u r , 11 is being con- wF j ducted for four . in behalf of VWi I 'tiioti and Re- t u tn .J udaism. Affiliated with I the department are the Hebrew Union * a** « College, the Nation- \jjfl al Federation of Temple Sisterhoods and the National Federation of Temple Brother- Jn& Qimtrs from Lrtter A typical tribute t" the department’s work is included in the following para graph : “1 have always greatly admired the diction and i "bio spirituality of the prayer books • v * <i n ding on the fhcif in my office. P hey are apparently [he second volume of she Jewish liturgy. P have accordingly Ordered for occas- [" n al use in our de rations a copy of the F lrst volume of this liturgj-.” 1 hus writes Ma ll ,,r Walter Scott pacAaron, the com- f 1 a n d a n t at the temper Military °°1 at Boonville, r l0 - in the most re- | ent of an exchange Some of the prominent Jewish leaders participating in the November Tour of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations mard 1 Bambenier Rabbi H. Cerf Strau. David A. Brown Ralph Roaenbaum Henry Oojer.heimef llbany, N. V. * Alexandria, La. New York City Atlanta, Ga. Baltimore, Md. ah.a,mi Rabbi Charles B Latz Dr. Joaeph Stolz Dr. Abraham Cronbach Milton M. Alexander Rabbi Martin Zielonka Rabbi I»er L. Freund Abram. # Chicago, III. Cincinnati, Ohio Detroit, Mich. El Pa«>, Texa. Goldsboro, N. C. r Dr A B Rhine Dr. Henry Barnaton Rabbi M. M. Feuerlicht Dr. Harry H. Mayer Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin Rabbi Solomon N. Bazell Hot Spring*, Ark. Houaton, Texaa Indianapoli*. Ind. Kan*a« City, Mo. Lot Angele*, Cal. Louisville, ICy. "cuaon Dr Jacob H. Kaplan Leon Schwarz Rabbi Harry J. Stern Henry Y. Schooner Rabbi Juliu. Mark Dr. Mendel SiIber Miami, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Montreal, Can. Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Nashville, Tenn. New Orleans, La. ■in Rabbi Jonah B Wise Rabbi Jowph Blatt Judge Joseph L. Kun A. Leo Weil Samuel H. Workman Dr. S. J. Applebaura i. New York, N. Y. Oklahoma City Okla. Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. Providence, R. L Rochester, N. Y. rdon Rabbi William M. Stern Rabbi Hvman lola Rabbi Samuel H. Baron Maurice D. Ro-enberg Clinton M. Long Rabbi C. Mantinband South Bend Ind. Tulwl Okla. L'niontown, Pa. Washington, D. C. Wilke.-Barre, Pa. Williamsport, Pa. Prominent Jewish Leaders Participating fn Behalf of Reform Judaism of the services of the of American Hebrew ()ne Union (negations, to be revealed by uiy r i Union’s November Tour of letters between him and Rabbi Louis I. Egelson, director of the Department of Synagogue and School Extension. College, during the recent High Holyday r season. Following the visit to Boonville, Major Mac Aaron wrote that Mr. Soskin had special service at Kemper, but send the boys to the various churches. However, once a month we do have religious serv-