CONTENTS

Program of the First Kallah Convention.

Participants at First Kallah

Officers, 1927-1928

Reports of Officers:

President

Secretary

Messages:

President, Abraham I. Schechter

Congratulatory Communications

Synopses of Papers:

1. The Higher Criticism and Biblical Archeology Henry Barnston, Houston.

2. The Settlement of the Jews in Texas Henry Cohen, Galveston.

24-29

3. The Relation of the Life and Philosophy of Spinoza to the Jewish Community and Judaism

David Lefkowitz, Dallas.

30-36

4. The Theology of AbrabanelsRosh Amana Wolfe Macht, Waco.

5. The Sabbatarian Prayerbook of Simon Pechi Samuel Rosinger, Beaumont.

42-46

6. Synagogal Rivalries Between Palestine, Italy and Babylon During the Geonic Period

Abraham I. Schechter.-

47-55