Excerpt from The Jewish Publication Society of America, 25th Anniversary, April 5th and 6th, 1913, Philadelphia Officers and Committees, 1912-1913 Introductory Note Israel and His Book. Poem by Felix N. Gerson Programme of the Celebration Authors Evening, Saturday, April 5. Chairman, Professor Jacob H. Hollander 19-42 Address: Jewish Authorship. By the Reverend Doc tor David Philipson 21 Morning Session, Sunday, April 6. Chairman, Edwin Wolf 43-84 Prayer. By the Reverend Doctor Maurice H. Harris. 43 Papers: The Origin and Growth of the Society. By Ephraim Lederer How the Publication Committee Does Its Work. By Henrietta Szold Afternoon Session, Sunday, April 6. Chairman, The Hon orable Simon W. Rosendale 85-155 Papers: The Bible Translation. By Doctor Cyrus Adler The Society's Publications. By the Reverend Doctor Samuel Schulman 108 Addresses from Foreign and American Organizations. 133-155 The Banquet, Sunday Evening, April 6. Toastmaster, The Honorable Mayer Sulzberger Addresses: The Bible. By Doctor S. Schechter The Materialization of the Ideal. By Louis Marshall The Society and the Colleges. By Doc tor Israel Friedlaender Charter and by-laws List of Publications, 1888-1913. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.