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B'nai B'rith
Anniversary

New York (JTA) — When
B'nai B'rith was founded
150 years ago by 12 young
German Jews at Sin-
sheimer's Cafe on
Manhattan's Lower East
Side, Jewish communal and
family life was dramatically
different than it is today.
As B'nai B'rith prepares to
celebrate its 150th birthday
this month, the organization
is getting a face lift: Its
image is being spruced up
and its programs and organ-
izational structures are be-
ing re-evaluated and
overhauled to address the
needs of Jews today.
To celebrate its 150th an-
niversary, B'nai B'rith will
host a series of special
events during a week-long
celebration that will include
a special "International
Sabbath" program to be held
in thousands of synagogues
and temples throughout the
world.
Along with a series of an-
niversary symposia, the
organization is also plann-
ing a gala dinner on Oct. 24
at Washington's Grand
Hyatt Hotel that will be at-
tended by President Clinton
and ambassadors from the
51 countries where B'nai
B'rith has a presence.
In contrast to its first act of
collecting $60 for a fund to
support widows and or-
phans, B'nai B'rith now has
500,000 members worldwide
— including 153,000 in the
United States — and a
budget of over $25 million
for education, social ser-
vices, youth activities and a
variety of other community
programs.
While this growth has
made B'nai B'rith the
largest Jewish organization
in the world, B'nai B'rith
leaders point to this very
growth as a factor in recent
financial troubles.
B'nai B'rith has revamped
its traditional membership
structure in the hopes of at-
tracting new and younger
members. Although its ser-
vices have always been
available to everyone, mem-
bership was generally based
on affiliation with one of its
lodges, which were de-
veloped to provide a social
setting for Jews who needed
a refuge from an often
hostile outside world.
Countering a perception
that B'nai B'rith is only for
older people, the organiza-
tion has recently developed
programs to address prob-
lems faced by contemporary
Jewish families.

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