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September 11 • 2014

Started in 1857, Great Lakes region is
among the oldest lodges.

Taylor Schwink

Published: Sept. 25, 2014

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B'nai B'rith At 170

Special to the Jewish News

Ad Deadline: Sept. 19, 2014

May the coming year be filled with
health and happiness for all our family and friends.
L'Shanah Tovah!

Great Lakes Region celebrates B'nai B'rith's 170th anniversary and honors
regional past presidents: (front) Jack Caminker, Jim Grey, Sandy Tuttleman
(wife of Oscar Tuttleman), Alan Jacobs, Peter Perlman, Nancy Braun, Gerry
Corlin and Ed Weberman; (back) Herman Kasoff, Steve Zorn, Marty Melton,
Bruce Gorosh, Ralph Woronoff and John Rofel.

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t has been 170 years since 12
German-Jewish immigrants
descended upon the Lower East
Side of New York City to address what
they called "the deplorable condition
of Jews in this, our newly adopted
country"
Subscribing to the philosophy of
tikkun olam
making the world a
better place — the founders of B'nai
B'rith International embarked on a
simple mission that, over the course of
17 decades, developed into an interna-
tional operation still thriving today.
What began as a meager program of
providing insurance policies to mem-
bers' widows grew into funding Jewish
libraries, providing disaster relief and
humanitarian aid around the world.
The B'nai B'rith mission and comrad-
ery proved contagious: Lodges began
sprouting up throughout the country.
B'nai B'rith's presence in Detroit
begins in 1857, when the Pisgah Lodge
was formed. It was the 34th B'nai B'rith
lodge established and gave rise to a
number of other lodges, districts and
networks throughout Michigan and
the adjoining Great Lake states as B'nai
B'rith marched on into the 20th century.
"When you look at B'nai B'rith's
work today, with members and sup-
porters in more than 50 countries
advocating for Jewish and humanitar-
ian interests on a global scale, it truly
is remarkable to think that it all began
with the grassroots work of Jewish
communities, such as the Pisgah
Lodge and those in the greater Detroit
area: said Allan J. Jacobs, B'nai B'rith
International president

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Community Work
It's that grassroots work in the com-
munity that native Detroiter and B'nai
B'rith National Fundraising Chair Peter

Jeannette Olson reads names of
those lost in the Holocaust for Yom
HaShoah at the Holocaust Memorial
Center.

Perlman points to when highlighting
the assistance and action the organiza-
tion has performed in Metro Detroit.
Perlman touts a number of pro-
grams assisting the Jewish com-
munity in Detroit throughout the
years, including observing Holocaust
Remembrance Day with the annual
"Unto Every Person There is a Name"
program, staffing a bowling alley on
Christmas Day and organizing an
annual Jewish book fair.
But B'nai B'rith isn't only active in
the Jewish community. Perlman says
the organization has always looked to
assist all Detroiters.
"When I was with the Oakland
County Sheriff's Office, B'nai B'rith put
`buddy bears' in all of the patrol cars:'
Perlman said. "So when we work auto
accidents, and if there's kids involved,
you can take out the bear and try to
calm them down:'
Gerry Corlin has been involved with