"American Association for Jewish Education - Israel S. Chipkin.", 1947-1953

[1947-1949], 1953. Correspondence with Israel S. Chipkin, Executive Director, American Association for Jewish Education, regarding Association activities and meetings. Chipkin disagrees with Konvitz's article in Commentary which deals with religion in Israel (November 1949). Professor Konvitz explains the intention and meaning of his Chicago address which he believes Chipkin had "mis-read." Konvitz also defends his article in Commentary. Konvitz agrees that every bureau of Jewish education should respect diversities of opinion and that there is no orthodoxy. He explains his tolerance for differences of opinion and his philosophy "is to look for points of agreement rather than for points of difference in my relations to other persons and in my relations to social movements I am not afraid of differences, and I do love similarity, but one does not swallow up the other." He mentions that he was drawn to the Industrial and Labor Relations school "precisely for the reason that our policy here is to find points of agreement between management and labor and in all other social problems with which we are concerned," (May 19). Also included is a document by Konvitz "Quotations from 'Judaism and the Democratic Ideal,'" excerpts from his paper for the main address at the Opening Session of the 1948 American Association for Jewish Education annual Meeting (May 1948). Other routine American Association for Jewish Education matters and personal correspondence with Chipkin.