Page Forty-eight THE JEWISH NEWS 100 Years of Bnsi Brith (Continued from Page 47) Bnai Brith's District 6 that it create a permanent publicity committee to combat anti-Jewish manifestations in an intelligent, dignified and .organized way. Out of that committee grew the more effective instrumentality known to all as the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith, which since its formation in 1913 has been headed by Mr. Livingston, with Richard E. Gutstadt serv- ing as national director since 1930. Interfaith Movement This program has been closely linked with the good will activi- ties of Bnai Brith, which present- ed the Statue to Religious Liber- ty to the people of America in 1876 and helped establish the or- ganized interfaith movement for better understanding in the 1920s. Even since it has worked closely with the National Conference of Christians and Jews. 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But wherever the march of destiny leads and whatever the challenges to come, Bnai Brith, which has been part of the fab- ric of American and Jewish life for a century, will never falter nor be found wanting on the road ahead. Brin Publisher Of Speech Book Joseph G. Brin, well known Bostonian, one of the publishers of the Boston Jewish Advocate, is author of an instructive book, "Leadership Through Forceful Speech," which is an excellent con-rpanion volume to his earlier book, "Personal Power Through Public Speech." The new book is dedicated by Mr. Brin to his brother, Alex- ander Brin, editor of the Jewish Advocate, the leading Jewish newspaper in New England. The book is highly commended in the introduction written by Arthur L. Woehl, head of the department of speech and dra- matics at Hunter College of the City of New York. 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