ABSTRACT
There are, of course, many non-religious or secular groupings in the community, but it is doubtful whether these would survive for long if they were not linked in some way with Jewish traditions fostered by the synagogues. The vitality of the synagogues within, and their impact on other organizations without, are therefore of the greatest significance for the survival of the Jewish community. In the U.S.A., as is well known, there has been in times what has been described as a ‘return to the synagogues’. This is seen in the steady increase of synagogue construction, membership and attendance. The increase is in part connected with the movement of the Jewish population from areas of ‘first settlement’ to the new suburbs and, no doubt, on a smaller scale something similar is happening in the larger cities. There are organizations functioning, which have courageously taken upon themselves to solve a grievous problem within Anglo-Jewry—that of Jewish accommodation for University students.
