The B'nai B'rith magazine · 1927-06-01 · 9 (6.1927) · p. Seite 393

News of Lodges JI^STHER became queen, the Jews were saved, and Haman was hanged in Ottawa, Canada, last month, in a beautiful rendition of the Biblical story presented by a group of youthful players under the auspices of the local B'nai B'rith Women's Auxiliary. So good was the work of the players, that the Auxiliary, at a subsequent meeting, decided to take them under its wing as a permanent organization. At this meeting Mrs. M. B. Margosches was installed as president, and Mrs. H. Goldenberg as secretary of the Auxiliary. * * * V\ /"HO, in the future, will carry on Jewish traditions in America? B'nai B'rith Women's Auxiliaries of District No. 4 have stopped asking the question and are doing something about it. The Emma Lazarus Auxiliary, of Seattle, has organized the first Junior Auxiliary with a membership of sixtyfive girls, ranging in age from thirteen to eighteen years. Every Auxiliary in the District promises to form a similar group. Adele Fried Auxiliary, of Modesto, California, recently established a religious school and has enrolled almost every Jewish child in that city. * * * \ AR. AND Mrs. Simon Gallinger, of New York, came to the golden year of their married life on May 28th. Their fiftieth anniversary celebration was attended by fellow B'nai B'rith of Chanania Lodge, of which Mr. Gallinger has been a member for fifty-six years. Though he is eighty-three years of age, Mr. Gallinger still takes an active interest in the work of the Order. He was president of Chanania Lodge for many years. * * * HP HE educational program fostered by Pisgah Lodge, Detroit, is ambitious. It is designed to include the general public within its influence, and aims to present the thoughts of the country's finest minds. Last month the Lodge hired an auditorium and threw open the doors to all comers to hear Clarence Darrow, Chicago attorney, debate Will Durant, author of "The Story of Philosophy," on the subject "Is Man a Machine?" Mr. Darrow said yes, and Mr. Durant said no. Neither convinced the other and no judges' decision was given, but the audience went away with much to think about. ONG BEACH, Calif., is making preparations to receive nearly a thousand delegates to the convention of District No. 4, which will be held June 26th, 27th and 28th. A number of nationally prominent Jews have been invited to address the delegates, and Governor C. C. Young, of California, is expected to be present at the opening session. H. L. Cohn and Revan D. Komaroff, of Long Beach, are in charge of convention arrangements. * * * P DGAR C. LEVEY, past president of District . No. 4, has been chosen speaker of the California State Legislature. He is said to be the first Jew in the history of California to hold this office. Mr. Levey is an outstanding figure in the political life of his State. He gained renown as the author of the Sacramental Wine Bill which became a law in California in 1925. * * * DEFORE the advent of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations, if you had asked any group of Jewish college students what they thought of a national chest for the support of philanthropic agencies, they probably would have answered that they don't know anything about it or are not interested. Now they discuss such subjects as this in formal debates. The Hillel Foundations of Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin debated on the national chest question in Milwaukee last month. The Ohio speakers, advocating the establishment of the chest, were victorious. The debate was sponsored by Gilead Lodge, of Milwaukee. * * * UTL PASO (Tex.) Lodge, in accordance with an annual custom, held a basket picnic on May 29th, for all the Jewish children in the city. "It makes the children familiar with the Order and at the same time unites all Jewish elements under the supervision of the Lodge," Rabbi Martin Zielonka writes. Rabbi Zielonka, who is head of the B'nai B'rith work among Jewish immigrants in Mexico, recently was elected for life to the pulpit of Temple Mt. Sinai, El Paso, which he has held for many years. "D AMAH, in Hebrew, means "forward," and it was seen at the seventieth anniversary banquet of Ramah Lodge, Chicago, on May 11th, that the organization, throughout its existence, has exemplified its name. Ramah Lodge has stood at the forefront of every movement in every period of Chicago's history. During the Chicago fire, Ramah Lodge organized relief work on a large scale. In the Great War, the Lodge contributed huge sums of money for welfare work. Five years ago, the organization astounded Chicago by inaugurating popular concerts at the Cubs' Baseball Park. Noted opera artists, supplemented by an orchestra of seventy-five pieces, were engaged. Henry Monsky, of Omaha, national chairman of the Wider Scope Committee, was the principal speaker at the 1 anniversary dinner. * * * '"THREE hundred B'nai B'rith of Minneapolis recently gathered about a huge cake that was lighted with fifty candles. The occasion was the golden jubilee celebration of Minneapolis Lodge No. 271. Henry Monsky, of Omaha, telling of the work of the B'nai B'rith Wider Scope Committee, outlined the work that will engage the efforts of the Lodge during the next fifty years of its existence. Julius M. Kahn, of Chicago, president of District No. 6, described the program of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. Dr. Maurice Lefkowitz read from the minutes of the lodge of a half-century ago. * * # A LL day May 8th, members and friends of Grand Prairie Lodge, Champaign-Urbana, 111., celebrated the organization's fiftieth anniversary which reached its climax in a service conducted under the auspices of all the student societies at the University of Illinois. Prominent among these was the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. The speaker at the service was Dr. Louis Mann, of Chicago. * * * A SSUMING the chair of Menorah Lodge, Baltimore, Md., last month, Melvin H. Chernoff, newly-elected president, outlined an extensive program of philanthropic work that he hopes to inaugurate during the coming year. Maurice Gordon was elected secretary. 393