THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
A Constructive Program
By Dr. Rudolph I. Coffee
National Director Social Service Department, Independent Order B'nai B'rith
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Seventy-three years ago the' city officials to prOvide the same
Independent Order of Irnai li'rith advantages as obtain in other
was called into being. Its orig- sections of the city.
inal purpose was to Americanize
The industrial situation will
the Jew. Those immigrants who concern this department. Israel
were then coming to America ar- ever h onored l a b or an d th e ar
ti_
ri ved largely from ( ;ermany. san, brit i n A mer i ca J ews h ave
This order was created with the fallen short of our historical
intention of imbuing the new- id ea l s. All t oo many s t r ik es -h
ave
colliers with the tine ideals of occurred in which the Majority
American citizenship. These pion- of. employerS and strikers have
eers of our beloved order - erect-
been Jews. Why should not this
cd asylums for the orphans, or- order, in which are enrolled both
ganized homes for the aged and employers and w
orking Wien, do
built
hospitals for the sick. Their sot etiiing to prevent strife,
record IS one of tchievement and bloodshed and even loss, of life?
merits our warm approval. Is Israel, which. produced Karl
The second chapter in ll'nai Marx and FerdinamP La Salle in
li'rith history dates largely from the nineteenth century, bankrupt
the days of the Russian immigra- of Prudent, conservative and
lion, it-Iniost two score years ago. wise economists in the twentieth?
If the first idea was to American- Our critics say the Jew only
ize the Jew, in the second era the knows how to make money. Let
chief thought was to judaize the us prove that in whatever indus-
American, Tlie American boys trial field the Jew enters he sets
were fast growing away from a higher ideal, pays better wages,
their religion. They were being - and creates a cleaner standard of
weaned from the consciousness ethics,. .
of Israel, and determined em-
Then, this department will con-.
phasis was placed on bringing- cern itself with the 'Very serious
Jewish thought into the lives of problem of unemployment. In
"lair young-
men. Chicago this order has conducted
The third epoch in the history all employment agency for five
of our order commenced last Years. Now. we shall 'spread out
■ .ear, when,. in San Francisco, at and try to place the Jewish peo-
the constitutional convention, the 'plc in all manufacturing towns
Social Service Department of this within a radius of 100 miles.
order was created. Last summer When that is working- properly,
President Adolf Kraus did me the the field will be enlarged so as to
honor of extending an invitation Provide employment for the
to become national director of the greatest possible number of Jews.-
Social Service Department of this Then we shall have agents in
order. In October I moved t o every city prepared to provide for
Chicago and since that time the the influx at the close of this hor-
work of creating a national ma- rible European war.' -
chinery to take up social service
In other .words, this depart-
work has been carried on with Illela aims at constructive and
vigor and energy.
preventative philanthropy. There
I f you as k t h e average A mer _ are fine and splendidly equipped
i can, he will te ll von t h at t hi s charity organizations throughout
wonderful spirit of social service the land. Our department, how-
is barely one-quarter of a century ever, will continue where they
old. From his standpoint the leave ° tY. We are not concern-
statement is correct. We Jews. ed with charity in the sense of
however, w-ho read understand- alms-giving: our aim is to pre-
i ngi v t h e word s o f t h e anc i ent vent the need for such a condi-
prophets, know that social service tion of affairs. They take care
. enters 4 le very heart and soul of of the orphans ; we shall endeav -
j u d a i si .- __.,\V e rea li ze th at w i t h_ or to prevent those conditions
„ ti t social service th ere can h e no which make this child an orphan.
correct interpretation of Israel's They equip a magnificent hos-
mission. The 11'nai B'rith was pita .]: we shall seek those Incas-
merely enlarging its - platform ores which will diminish sickness
when it determined to emphasize through wiping- out improper en-
social service as a cardinal dec- vironment. Charity is a Chris-
trine of its future labors. Some tiun concept which has come in -
of the concrete features of the to 'the world by way of Greece.
work as it is beginning to shape The Mosaic legislation made no
itself follow : .., ,.., provision for charity. The word
In every city of the land there "charity" is not even found
should be a , social service- corn- among - its pages. True, we read
mittee of the I. 0. B. B. :Too in Deuteronomy \V-ii: "For
often the recent Jewish !arrivalS the needy shall not cease out of
inhabit a most unsanitary part of the land." This merely meant
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the city. No play-grounds are
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available for children, and the
public school equipment is much
inferior to that in other sections
of the city. Why should the
634 HASTINGS STREET
child suffer these extra handi-
(Near Rowena Street)
capS in addition to the poverty of
High Grade Furnishings
the household? This social ser-
For Ladles and Gentlemen
vice committee should work with
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H. RUDA
$25 000,000 00
A MAN OF SUBSTANCE.
You
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to be a miser, you don't expect to be a
millionaire; but you ought to be a man of substance. lien
Franklin said it is hard to make an empty sack stand up. To
have no money is to have .weak knees and a limp backbone.
You are afraid of other people and you don't think much-of
yourself. Get a little money ahead and so keep your chin tip.
Face the world unafraid and be - a man among men.
Begin not and start a savings bank account.
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The death has occurred. in
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Chaneles, one of the most popu-
lar communal workers in the Pale.
Ile had filled the post for forty-
Phone Cedar 183-M
Notary Public
1174 Jefferson Ave.
1306 Grand River Ave.
418 Michigan Ave.
three-years with much success.
Ile was lately very active in the -
interest of the Red Cross.
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