THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

8

B'Nai B'Rith District Lodge No. 6 Holds
Annual Meeting.

Delegates From Entire Middle West Assemble at
Ottawa Beach

Delegates from ll'Nai ll'Rith growth, its duties and responsi-
lodges throughout the middle west bilities have kept pace, and the
gathered at Ottawa Beach, 11 ich., vision of our founders is becoming
for the Forty-eight Annual Con- more and more crystallized. While
vention of District Lodge No. 6, many of our hopes are not as yet
realized, yet what we have achieved
which commenced on July 3rd.
The report of Benjamin J. fills us with gratitude to have been
Samuels of Chicago, President of vouchsafed the opportunity and
the district, revealed that a healthy privilege of serving our people. Let
growth had been made by the order us then continue to stand for the
during the preceding year, over 900 ennobling of man. Let our order
new members having been added to truly become the field for Jewish
its lists. The largest gain was made thought and action, and its strength
in the city of Chicago, where, due be a force and bulwark for Israel
to the energetic campaign for mem- and its scattered communities
bership recently conducted by all throughout the world 2gainst all at-
lodges there, a net gain in member- tacks.
"To he the guardian Of Israel,
ship of 804 was secured.
righting
its wrongs, relieving it as
District Active in Philanthropic
far
as
possible
from the terrible
Work.
The district was also active in consequences of catastrophes, to
the philanthropic and benevolent unite Israel in one bond of brother-
work of the order. During the past hood, sharing each other's sorrows
year the sum of $80,000 was appro- and joining in each other's bless-
priated towards the maintenance of ings, is our watchword. Wherever
the National Jewish Hospital for a spark of sympathy glimmers
Consumptives at Denver, Colo., the among the ashes of indifference we
Leo N. Levy Memorial Hospital at shall fan it into a flaming enthus-
Hot Springs, Ark., and the Educa- iasm for the Jewish cause. We
must arm ourselves with the power
tional League of Cleveland, Ohio.
The report of the President also of an awakened consciousness, fos-
chronicled the achievements of the ter the spirit of unity and unison
Anti-Defamation League, which to the end that the spirit of Israel,
endeavors to place the Jew in his its soul, may be strengthened for
true light before his fellow-citizens tie welfare of humanity."
Messrs. S. D. Rosenzweig. J.
and suppress the slanders heaped
upon him. The press, the stage, and Weiss and M. Finkelston of this
the moving pictures all furnished city were delegates to the conven-
arenas for the activities of the tion from Pisgah Lodge No. 34 of
league, and many instances of dis- Detroit.
crimination by hotels, summer re-
The announcement is made of
sorts and commercial houses met its
attention. Of great importance also the organization of the Detroit
was the intellectual work of the Bond Corporation, offering the in-
order, conducted in the district by vesting public of the city First
Mr. Edward Menkin of Chicago. Mortgage Real Estate Bonds. The
In conclusion Mr. Samuels said : officers are : Henry I. Forsyth,
"The order has steadily grown President Alex. Gray Anderson,
from a local organization at its in- Vice-President, and William P.
ception into a bond international in Merry, Secretary and Treasurer.
scope, altruistic in character, ex- The offices are located at 317 Free
tending over continents. With its Press Bldg.

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, documents concerning conditions of
To Aid Roumanian Jews.
At the request of Adolph Kraus, the Jews there, and suggestions for
president of the I. 0. Il. B., a com- various plans of action in their be-
mittee of the American League of half. A letter from one of the lead-
Roumanian Jews met at the hotel ing Jews in Roumania states that
Astor. Mr, Kraus informed the organizations have been formed in
committee that he had received France, Germany, Switzerland and
from Roumania sonie important other countries.

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