He was also chairman of the board of editors of Liberal Judaism, the house organ of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
He served as chairman of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) Committee on International Peace from 1927 to 1935.
[4] President during Hitler's rise to power, he called for greater cooperation among American Jews to meet the rising anti-Semitism, believing Synagogue Council of America should be given a broader mandate to speak on behalf of American Jewry and opposing the creation of a new umbrella organization as some Jewish leaders supported.
At one point, he cosponsored a resolution at the CCAR to strongly condemn "immorality" in Hollywood films, although it wasn't adopted.
3 of B'nai B'rith, and a board member of the Erie Boys' Club, the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, and the Child-Parent Bureau.