=Radcliffe College=
THE Radcliffe Menorah, which was organized in December, 1914, did not
accomplish very much last year; there was no study circle, although
attempts to form one were made, and the members did little or no
concerted work. This year, however, a much stronger group spirit is
being shown. A study circle in Jewish history, lead by Dr. Harry
Wolfson of Harvard, has been formed; and a petition for a regular
course in Jewish Literature has been drawn up.
We have had two lecture meetings. At the first, Mr. Henry Hurwitz
spoke on the imperative need for concerted action among American Jews
in the attempt to ameliorate the conditions among the Jews of Europe.
He said the Menorah Society should ultimately help towards this
concerted effort by bringing home the realization of the conditions to
Jewish young men and women who, through lack of interest or education,
have not yet become conscious of them. At the second meeting, Dr.
Kaufmann Kohler, President of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati,
spoke on Reform Judaism: its history, meaning, and purpose. Reform
Judaism has its being, stated the speaker, not in the desire of the
Jew for an easier, less irksome mode of cooking and praying, but in
his acute need of adapting himself to the manners and customs of the
country in which he lives. Not only is the spirit of Judaism not lost,
it is reinforced through the casting off of the form which might
obscure it. At the same meeting, Mr. Frederick F. Greenman, President
of the Harvard Menorah, spoke about the possibility of co-operation
between the Harvard and Radcliffe Societies.
While there are few new members of the Radcliffe Menorah, it is
expected that the year will be an active one.