Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, December 19, 1962, at the Esplanade Hotel, 305 West End Avenue, New York, N.Y. Present: Executive members: Rabbi Theodore L. Adams, Abraham N. AvRutick, Sidney Applbaum, Louis Bernstein, Bernard L. Berzon, Alexander Budin, Albert Feldman, Meir Felman, Isaac Filler, Sol B. Friedman, Leonard B. Gewirtz, Morris Gorelik, Rafael G. Grossman, Arnold Heisler, William Herskowitz, David B. Hollander, H. Hillel Horowitz, Israel Klavan, Sholem B. Kowalsky, Paul Z. Levovitz, Robert H. Marcus, Israel Miller, Herman Neuberger, Fabian Schonfeld, Solomon J. Sharfman, Morris Shmidman, Nisson E. Shulman, Mordecai J. Simckes, Joseph M. Singer, Zevi Tabory, Israel Turner, Azriel G. Weissman. Also Rabbis Charles B. Chavel, Eliezer Cohen, William Cohen, Pincus Dachowitz, Morris Finer, Solomon M. Friedland, Abner German, Hirsh Goldberg, Morton Gordon, Murray Grauer, Reuben Gross, Abraham Hartstein, Immanuel Jakobovits, Gilbert Klaperman, Kurt Klappholz, Ephraim Kolatch, Simon G. Konovitch, H. Joel Laks, Norman Lamm, Sidney Lebor, Elihu Marcus, Moshe Max, Ephraim Shimoff, Philip Tatz, Bernard M. Twersky.The meeting was opened by Rabbi AvRutick at 10:30 A.M. While the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with, one correction was made. Rabbi Max Schreier was named coordinator of the Sermon Manual.The President reported that Rabbi David Silver of Harrisburg, Pa., was elected president of the Beth Din.The President congratulated Rabbi Sholem B. Kowalsky, who has been designated the Man of the Year by Yeshiva Ner Israel, and bid farewell to Rabbi Robert Marcus who is settling in Israel.As a matter of procedure, Rabbi AvRutick suggested that discussion on committee reports will be withheld until all reports are in—this will save time.MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: In the absence of the chairman, Rabbi Israel Klavan reported. Rabbi Herbert Richtman, Far Rockaway, N.Y., was accepted to membership.MIDWINTER CON…