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Election of Henry Monsfcy to the international presidency of the International Order of B'nal B'rith recalls the history of tha lodge and the profound influence it han been In American Jewish life for almost a century. When B'nai B'rith v a s organized the Jewish population of tho .United States was 15,000 persons, about one-fourth the number of individuals on the membership roster of "the lodge. Today thero are over four hundred American lodges and DO American .cHy of substantial sine is without a lodge. The first formal sessions of B'nai B'rith were held in New York on October 13, 1843. Jewish, life in this country, though small, had been confronted with a number of problems and a dozen far-sighted men had organised the lodge a3.the answer. Not only was it to be a social organization, but as was common in those days, members paid a Seo • for insurance. Grotrth Stimulated , Rapidly growing: the Jodge spread westward, two chapter3 - being formed in Cincinnati then becoming the center oS German Jewish life. The second of these two lodges was the first lodge in tha_,order to conduct its meeting In English. Hitherto German had •been used almost exclusively. The growth of the organisation -was stimulated first in 1348 when great masses of German, Jews and non-Jevs, fled their homeland In the face of great oppression. In IS63' a cosmopolitan atote was added by th<? firnt larjjescale-inflcr -of immigration from Poland .following tho abortive revolution 1of that year. The TJay laWBor l ^ , th- Czarist pogroms, all added to the membership" aa well'as work of the organization. In 1851 the Constitution Grand Lodge met and chartered the first two ^District Grand Lodgea, one in New York and one in Cincinnati. A third district Grand lodge was organized the following, year in Philadelphia: Facing PrcJjleins Lodges have subsequently been organized throughout tha woria. In Germany and Austria where B'nal B'rith became. almost synonymous with Jewish life, the lodges have been liquidated, by the Nazis and the funds' and Institutions supported by the lodgo confiscated; b7 government. Even In far-away Shanghai the brunt of the problems of Chiness Jewry brought about by the F a r Eastern conflict nave been borne .by the Lodge there. Tha B'nai B'rith -was organized locally in 18 S 4 and today is tha largest" group in the city -with approximately six hundred members. ' The American lodges have dropped the insurance- ' feature and have devoted .themselves to philanthropic work^ Of primary importance i3 the Anti-Defamation League under B'nai B'rith sponsorship. This group concerns itself with defending Jews against baseless slanders. "With the appearance of late of a number of quasi-Fascist •organlsationc, worii of the Anti-Defamation League has been particularly heavy and a branch office has been estab-' lished in New York. Activities B'nai B'rith work among Jewish youth include the Hlllel FounI dations which lave been established a t American universities .' 1 1 ^_,_^,-* "7'-.' and the A. Z. A- whose headquarters are In Omaha. A "vocational Dlrc^cry of guidance bnrean -for Jewish Actlvitlss youth has also been established. . TTaslilcstoa, D. C. (J.r.A.' TVas.aingto'n,v Tj.\ • C. : fWN.S)—- sleepless sentinels on -the .fron-' Among the; many ^institutions !The B'nai -B'rith J c : r e tiers of -freedom, vill not bs fore-; Citing, the-words of-the-Declaraf The year, book,'•••which the idoubled-- its - raembrrri'r E' supported by the Lodge ars' the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home; tion-of 7 ladepjendentie- that" "we saken by/ those .Trho - share their" Sound Table - is • publishing this ! 1S3S, accordins to a -cor't Bpiritnal. heritag-e." . ' . . ' , year for 'the- first- t l s s , will bs 'livered a t ' t i e 15th. r i - ' - r l c the^Touro Infirmary at New Or- iold;theso -truths; to be self-evileans; the Leo N., Le^l hospital denti-" that > all* men r are ^ created : Speaking -'.at ' a ' testisonial.- in ready for distribution this cons- ! ventioa by Ka-nrios r sz: ", at Hot Springs, Arkansas; . the equal/ that they -are ; endowed "by honor, of • Alfred M: Cohen, -who ing' •sreei.- Tlie year BOO& -srill coa- I ecutire secretary. National Jewish hospital for con- their Creator, with, certain un- is ;retiring'• from, the B'nai; B'rith •tain' aa acouat ^f all the Round i ToSay . t i e order h-i" C" • sumptives at Denver as weir as a alienable- . rights, thalt "among presidency after 13 -years,. Speali- 'Table's'activities,-a history ol the number of other. Important phil- these a r e life, liberty, and the er_ Bankiead -vrarned; dictators Round Table, greetings from var- ;years Efa, lie stated. zl'~-T~ anthropic agencies. pursuit"iOf-'iaRpiness," William B. that no people has ever remained ious officers and a complete di- •* in the last three- yes-r r.-->; youth or- |14tb general caarent.rn cf r The B'nal B'rith wherever i t Bankhead, speaker of • the house in permanent; subje.ctioh/to' des- rectory of the .affiliated of representatives, - told . guests potism and .that no powrer oa ganizations. . : has been- established has conI B'rith vrzs held here. 1" cerned itself with the problems and "delegates attending the ban- earth can forerer destroy the in- "Bertha Slutzlry-iras ehsirrata jm nate passion of a people forlilr^ that confront Jewish life." It has quet climaxing the 15tL general tlie committee is charge of tiie -:.them la the last thrr" :: ^~' fought for Jewish rights and convention-of B'nai B'rith that erty. He said that wHile the re- of preparation of the book. . Copies | Sleaib-ersliiip gaias f t " r sought' to protect them where "America .proclaims anew for Jew | maining' democratic - states are can be obtained for tea. cents at I from every E'nai B ' n t - >I.r~ they have been gotten. and Gentile-alike the mighty chal- '. seriously.'menaced "and.Trill notthe Centex. I in the country. Since its inception it ha3 per- lenge that ;once "stirred hope and (save .'themselves through . smug ;portsE£- oa t i e -~c- : c: 'indifference"to the peril of dictaof all man• formed notable service to.Jewry. courage in the hearts ; " torship," he • did-apt'--believe that -Mufti:As!ss'Rider's-Aid ! B'nai B'rith Anti-:?-:-- -* Not content to rest upon its laur- kind." . . . , : - V ^ i League, Richard E- G.'.- - ' After _ expressing deep regret democracy "is permanently in reels its work continues. '•-..London (W2-TS)—T: e esiled ixeetor, ss.id that ZJ^Z , - that the.ijart played by .Jews in treat "or that it must yield on any Grand Slufti.of Palestine isas se Jerusalem WNS)-Palcor Agen-; the •foTinding of the American de- front to- the autioritarian .sys- fs-o- 'secret agents to"Hitler to •the last three years. T- t.'cy)—A nautical school has been mocracy "has not been more gen- tem."'" . - ' . - . ' " . ' ' U Tge him' to continue the fniEsciTS-helming" majority -' '. . established at Haifa with the as- erally known and asserting that "Claiming: that:' the, "dicf'ator- hi-S of the "Arab -terror-Sat, .camsistance of the Jewish agency. the: American coIonistB^ in their ships-'are in far greater danger-of paisa- -where 5-Inssolisi left c-ff, ! cases, lie pointei ou . ;"_- . . Aid' to the new institution has j struggle; for independence drew perishing'.-than'" are the .cT'eiacsra- -according to a dispatch in t h e been promised by Lord Lloyd, •some', of :their inspiration from cies," Speaker " Bankhead - said" daily'Herald, rjnssoijr.i has. droplormer Egyptian High Commis- | the Jewish Bible," he said that •"democratic .institutions' will .not ped -the Arabs since he signed a because ox thoiirfix" sioner, on behalf of the British "the children of Israel, who since. perish from the earth" because treaty.'.of-frienfisMp- viUx' Eng- : failure'to reaI:z.-3 ti - . ., i and ?osEJb*'s "h'rs i- -~ Maritime League. (Continued' on. page S.) 1 [ the dawn of; hi&fory have been '• land. people the i results; ;rcr
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