- To alleviate the consequences of persecu¬ tion wherever they may occur, and to afford re¬ lief from calamities affecting Jews.
THE JEWISH DEMAND FOR “RIGHTS” IN AMERICA 151 It will thus be seen to be an exclusively Jewish pro¬ gram. There is nothing reprehensible about it. If it meant only what it said, and was observed only as to its ostensible purpose, it would be not only unobjec¬ tionable but commendable.
The charter of the Kehillah empowers it, among other things, to establish an educational bureau, to ad¬ just differences between Jewish residents or organiza¬ tions by arbitration or by means of boards of media¬ tion or conciliation; while the Constitution announces the purpose to be:
“to further the cause of Judaism in New York City and to represent the