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Show i JEWS OF AMERICA HOLD CONVENTION! ' By Associated Press. PHILAKKLPHIA. fec. M. Judge ; Juban W. Mack of Chicago was yesterday yes-terday elected president of the Firsj I Amerban Jewish congress ever held on the American continent. a Congress that was characterized by one of the speakers as one of the "most momentous momen-tous epochs in Jewish life' In taking the chair. Judge Mack said that it was the first time in American history that Jew s of al lawes. all groups a nd all factions Into w hu h American Jewry has leen divided have j come together to solemnly Hnd hopefully hope-fully delitterate for the rights and welfare wel-fare of their race. The aims of th congress are to define de-fine method whereby. In coperation I may tie secured for the Jews of thej world, full civil, religious and political! rights may be e-cured for the Jews of sk lands ami all' laws discriminating 1 against thfm m ! Mbroeatei. 1 |