THE JEWISH CHRONICLE PAGE TWO INSPIRER OF DRIVE ORIGINATOR OF B'NAI BRITH CLUB A MANY-SIDED LEADER ADOLPH FINSTERWALD K ?WWII to Detroit at large as a man of great affairs, enough to r. Einsterwald is also a tre- take up all the energy of most 11101, mendous worker and an unstinting contributor to all Jewish welfare cause and humanitorMn purposes. He shows a genius. for leader- ship as ('resident of the B'nai !frith club. lle gives another portion of his abundant energy to the rice-presidency of the Pisgah I.odge. He is a Director, and an active and interested Director, in the !fe- brile Orphan Asylum in Ck•eland. Ile W011 wide attention during the drives of the war as Davis! Brown's effective assistant in the . Jewish War Relief drive. He is treasurer of Temple Beth 1;1 and a Director in the United Jewish Charities. Ile is recognized us a leader of the B'nai Britt, and is one Of the great forces at work for its progress. Rejoicing in Recent Successes (collo:flied From Page One.) the II'nai lirith Club from among professional or commercial or in- 11'nai Itrith members, the Pisgah dustrial lines. It gave to Detroit Lodge itself removed (ruin its hearers, even to members of the old quarters on Adelaide street Order, a new utterance of the to the rooms of the Irnai Itrith great aims for which the organi- Club. This move was attended zation was formed, and the great with farewell ceremonies, which and useful work ;Lethally done. Then the meeting gave to all showed that the entire member- ship of the Lodge was in sym- the inspiration of numbers. 'rimy pathy with the new social atmos- saw the large banquet hall burst- L. J. LEOPOLD The !Vital Brith Club, which has had so potent a share in the rejuvenation of the Intai Brith Order in Detroit, was the brilliant suggestion of L. J. Leopold. He had the vision to see that the mem- bers of B'nai Brith could work together in a new field, and also the devotion to the general good to induce him to give precious time and invaluable effort to making this a success. He is a man of a sound and loyal Jewish heart, whose suggestions are followed because they are loyal and disinterested. He is a Director of the B' n ai Brith Club. CLERGYMAN AND CITIZEN RABBI LEO M . FRANKLIN — ,(That Dr, Eeo M. Franklin has meant to Detroit and to Temple Beth El has been shown recently in the civic celebration of hazy twentieth anniversary in that pastoral charge. This was by far the most extraordinary demonstration by the public in honor of any citizen not in official life. The tributes brought him from men of all faiths were tributes full of respect for his position as a distinctly Jewish minister, mingled with recognitions of his general citizenship. His service here has also 5/10701 that he includes the Independent Order of B'nai Brith within the broad range of his interests. He conducted special services on the morning before the Great Initiation in Pisgah Lodge. He has shown Ow deepest interest in the pros- perity of the Order in the Past, and the deepest faith in its future. His own career in Detroit, which has brought him so much in honor and appreciation, is really a demmistration of those noble principles of Judaism which are the special policies of the It'nui Brith Order. phere that tvas created by the ing with the size of the crowd, It'nai Ilrith Club enterprise. and naturally had visions of an Fraternal relations between eyes larger festal assemblage, the Pisgah Lodge of Detroit and which they will indeed witness lided. lodges in other cities were made when the drive for 1,000 is e "l'he Jewish Chronicle Joni the more real and vivid during the secular press have at different past few months. Pisgah Lodge had the honor times recorded achievements of of entertaining. Mayor Cornell the Anti-Defamation League of Schreiber of Toledo. It found, the Brith. This work of and Detroit's Jewry also found. the league has naturally ;ionised that the man who had been hon- keen interest anomg non-mem- ored with the chief place in a bers, (lir the evil!: against which city of 'small Jewish population the League works are afflictions was a Zealous member of the to ;ill of Jewish blood and feel- Wnai Itrith order. Mayor Schrei- ing,. 'file Apti-l)efamation ber also proved to be full of the OUR YOUNGEST LEADER League ;Air& another means real spirit, the live spirit of the by which the Brith becomes known to the Jewish community. It'nai !frith. Visits between the lodges gave Dem a members a new sense of the virility and vigor of the Or- Once it is known to a member of that community hi its essen- tial practical principles, the Or- der in other cities. This had its effect in stimulating all efforts for new growth and develop- ment. der furnishes its ott n argument for him to join. The Larger Meaning. JACOB MILLER Broad humanitarian feelings in is big Jewish heart mark Jacob Miller. the former President of Pisgah Lodge, under whose admin- istration the work of rejuvenation 'INS begun. Ile has the honor of first sounding the slogan that Pisgah Lodge should have 1,gog mem- bers. He has been a strong supporter of the local Zionist movement. .It the ?Try beginning of the war he sane the need of welfare work among Jewish soldiers and sailors, and originated the plan for the B'nai (trills Order to take over that work. Hozeever, the work was finally taken over by the Jewish ll'clfare Board, which has 'worked along the very lines avhich lir. !Miler had diSCIAlli'd to be Hee l'SSar ThiS is a demonstration of the way in which Miller's mind and heart work together for results which are both noble and practicable. This is the spirit in which lie joins the work for the expansion of Pisgah Lodge. DETROIT'S NEWEST RABBI RABBI S. S. MAYERBERG .1s Chairman of the recent record-breaking drive which added fear nembers to Pisgah Lodge, Rabbi Mayerb•rg earned the admira- tion and the gratitude of the older 'northers, who had been led in advance to expect fine results from this earnest young minister. Rabbi iloyerbery is .Issociate Rabbi of Temple Beth El, and has shown a zealous desire for both parochial and general usefulness whieh has won him friends within and without the Jewry of Detroit. , .1s a member of the Pisgah Lodge he has proved his effectiveness and his strong fraternal spirit, and the general value of his presence among US, TWENTY YEARS A WORKER The growth of the Order must The Lodge had started a mem- also 1w expected with the growth bership drive• and would not rest of a stronger, keener, and more until the membership roll had alert Jewish spirit. "rue develop- been increased by :filo men. care- ment of such a spirit has been a fully chosen, men coining as natural growth of the war, with workers and not as drones. men its summons to every human be- determined to go on with their ing to show forth the character share of the tasks to w h ich the that is in him. We can thank God that the Order is devoted. The membership drive itself testing of these months and years