The B'nai B'rith magazine · 1927-06-01 · 9 (6.1927) · p. Seite 396

Across the Seas LFRED M. COHEN, President of the Constitution Grand Lodge, is in Europe where he will spend three months visiting principal B'nai B'rith centers. He sailed from New York aboard the Leviathan on June 11th. The first stop in his itinerary was London where he was to officiate at the installation of Grand Lodge No, XV on June 20th. Other cities that he will visit are Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Carlsbad, Vienna, Munich, Zurich, Baden- Baden, Heidelberg, Wiesbaden and Paris. President Cohen will return to New York aboard the Hamburg on September 4th. * * * \ » 7TDELY quoted for its beauty and for the straight-forwardness of its declarations, is the address of welcome delivered by Dr. Leon Ader, president of District No. XIII, to General Sir Windham Deeds upon the latter's visit to Krakow, Poland, recently. The General was the guest of the Zionist Organization for Little Poland and Silesia, and the reception in his honor was held in the hall of Solidaritas Lodge, of Krakow. Dr. Ader concluded with these remarks to the guest: ". . . although I am not a member of the Zionist Organization, may I make the observation that every document issued by your government, which hastens the realization of the Balfour Declaration, strengthens the faith of the Jewish people and their friends, whereas a vacillating attitude weakens our faith. "In spite of our deep faith in the noble aims of England, however, we venture to hope for greater activity on her part. We should be happy to learn, for instance, that the problem of Palestinian citizenship had been settled. "We await an intensive promotion of the Hebrew school system; and, above all, we sincerely hope that all of the unoccupied, arable land of Eretz Israel will be turned over to our Chalutzim who long to till the soil of their old-new homeland." * * * '""PHE new lodge in Glasgow, Scotland, is rapidly adapting itself to the aims of the Order. The lodge is in the vanguard of all cultural and educational movements in the community. At a recent meeting the lodge decided to participate in the organization of a Jewish Literary Society, and considered a proposal to create an endowment fund to provide scholarships for the graduates of the Glasgow Hebrew College. * * * Y\ 7E didn't expect to hear anything of the activities of the Women's Auxiliary Lodge of Leeds, England, for many more months. The Auxiliary is only four months old, and allowances were made for its youth. But now comes a report from Mrs. Edith Newton, the honorary secretary, which shows that youth is no hindrance to service. The sixty-eight members of the Auxiliary have been divided into two committees, one for the Leeds Talmud Torah and the other for the Children's Convalescent and Summer Holiday Home. Formerly, with only a men's committee on duty at the Talmud Torah, Jewish education for girls in Leeds had been somewhat neglected. The Auxiliary committee attempts to enroll girls at the Talmud Torah, and investigate cases of non-attendance among girl students. The committee for convalescent children hopes to be able to open a home next year. Poor business conditions following the recent coal strike, which curtailed the committee's income, prevented the realization of the home project this summer, as originally planned. The Auxiliary has lent its service to various other enterprises, such as the Leeds Jewish Branch of the Babies Welcome, which has been supplied with workers from among the members. * * * ''"THE beautiful home life of the Jews is the subject of an interesting exhibit which is being held in Cologne under the auspices of the local B'nai B'rith Lodge. All objects identified with Jewish family life and ritual are on display. The exhibit is attracting many non-Jewish visitors. * * * (~\F greater service than ever in the cultural and humanitarian causes represented by B'nai B'rith, is District X, it was shown by the report of Grand President, Dr. Josef Popper, at the meeting of the District, April 9th. During the past year the District has enlarged its regular activities which include the care of widows and war orphans and the support of various agencies that are devoted to the relief of East-European Jews. An apprentices' home has been added to the Boys' Orphan Home maintained by the District at Weinberge, and an employment bureau has been established by the Silesia Lodge at Troppau. Through the bureau, the distress among the Jews of that city caused by the economic depression, has been reduced. Relief measures in Carlsbad have been systematized through a central welfare office established by the Lodge of that city. Dr. Popper reported that during the past year Moravia Lodge, at Brunn, had dedicated a new home, and that Alliance Lodge, of Budweis, and Ostravia Lodge, of Ostrau, have opened larger quarters. The total membership of the thirteen lodges in the District at the end of 1926 was 1,662. Women's auxiliaries have enabled the lodges to increase their philanthropic enterprises. * * * '"PHE establishment of Jewish students' organizations at English colleges, resembling the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations in American Universities, was proposed by Dr. M. Gaster in an address before the Manchester Lodge last month. Dr. Gaster, one of the leading B'nai B'rith of Great Britain, has seen that the perpetuation of Jewish ideals in England, as in America, can be accomplished only by winning the interest of the educated Jewish youth. Dr. Gaster outlined a program for the establishment of Jewish clubs in academic centers, which would be under the supervision of Rabbis. "Jewish students, left to their own resources, are not apt to resist the allurements of their non-Jewish environment and may cut adrift from Judaism," Dr. Gaster said. He emphasized the necessity of youth assuming its share of communal responsibilities. "We are growing old and look anxiously to the younger element to continue our work," he concluded. 396