, 1869-04-12
HEBREW CHARITY
The Jewish Orphan Asylum nj
Cleveland.


Pursuant 70 nodce number Of the Je wish ladies'
and gentlemen met saturday night It LoncordlA
Hall and we1r called to order By Mr. Henry
Greenebaum. who said that they had met for the
purpose OF listening to reports relat,vsi to .she
Orphan ABytum at Cleveland. 6ere9al peTsons
PROMINENT. connected with the institution were
present and would speak
Nj. Jacob Rosenberg waa chos y Chairman and
Mt. Abraham Cnnn, Secretary.
Mt Aub, the President OF the Institution, spoke
At length. stating that In Jn1y, 1851, the order Of
the hnAi Berth Ind elected tre Trustees to choose
= suitable plsco for an orphan asyl1m for the
Vest and Southwest Application was made to
have II located At St Louis bar It was finally de-
ctded that the indncementa were not sufficient
It being impossible! ito obtain any properly N
the city. At The name time son,e property
was offered them In Cleveland for t2Asou. The
b11dtng Ind been ntted 1p. a5d il J1iy. ises, ihe
p1aee was opened. There were ave and ! quarter
asss. only %s Sts9s I'D qa,Fte. lIom ne Coal1
enidre1. Il September Il aad isy.eisht, AID nov
Seea en- no6ly sarported md kept b. the @ Superb IA
ttndent aud Axtspn IN an admirable ruAn-
neE. The. children xere taught German,
progress progress a, excellent Tae Trustees @ hsd been @
80 far se.J successful and the Institution wts one
Of the foremost In the United stAtea- The present
The Trustees had, therefore, resolsed 70 puild
wing for school and religious purpose The plan
xas and T you'd b '', ander eontsast in Two
would BE- large enough 70 accommodate 200
| orphaus. He urged them to do something In
placed in The care q this Institution On the 1sth
Of July there would be N anniversary, wneu he
hoped many Of hts audience would Be present.
staies. Last yesr the Trustees did not come 70
Chicago for money, but now they intended TO
csnTass the country, beginning With the large
VI. Kfsessnaeer. Of Louisville, the Secretary Of
Win Twelve o. thirteen thousand dollars. The
repairs, &e:, sse' 80 more. i might seem ~.
had responded Nothing Vas owed on the build.
Ing. There we're few outstanding debts only
Applications for admission were coming rapidly,
ali such an Institution tHho1ld not depend on
chance donations only. It ought To hare stronger
1hsZ 1fssssa ten ~ G th g Se;
wanted to raise b. subscription ali needed to sup
port the institution, and fund nj osner sums
The children had 70 be educated veil. and 70 q %
| that theT must have the money. This was no In.
Btitotion exclusively for the Bnai Berth 1t Wa
| open to alL The Trustees felt they had q lua
@ 70 ~ aud r. the area do1 a q
clans and teachers, they determined to bald n
addiflon This was another expense and thel
! membet5 could oc obtained, they would tuIld stil
more, hare more children and more teacherA 1
| surcnesr"1 IN Chlcasu they would be successful
tyeNHhere.
S,Mf. 41suas Abrams also spoke in general terms !,
faroE Of the asylum pointing out is influence y
preventing. paupertsu But no one clt! could d
the work Of supporting It. Its necessity nas ap
parent Tns appeals tor assistance could rot b
disregzrued il the Western cities did not sen,
70 support them At home, and they could be ed.
! Gated more cheapls at the asylum than anyThtr
else. 1t MAS the duty Of all Of them to foster sue
Institutions, which were TO eare these orphan
. from Life Of impending yagrancy. He hoped t
get that evening la1ge lla1 OF annual subscriber
and that the ladies' would be encouraged to extea
their auxiliary societies They Also wanted to e
t up committee to canEass the city for EubscriE
} ilous. lie trtsted that they would DO al that va
, expected Of them, and thus encourage al parts q
} would speedily be sent When children were sen
10 tbs Institution, he wansctl the lsdtes conposin
a aSsla = Ell ds of t. bo
a. otteto, its guardian II 1t returned shert-l
4 III. 1ienrJ Greeneoaum faia there werc twels
children from Illinois ar the asylum He did n:
know that Chicago h&d contributed money enouel
but that waz because attention had not been calle
: tolt Cincinnati had the prtyilege Of doing y
paid 8, 900. He bsd canvassed Cincinnati and rs
. also attended 70 re Iepasrs Q! IT. asyinn N pe
> ions, but Il wanssd annual snoseE,
a9a ~ seunI s1 sf a.
'c annually aud would soon cost ~, OIL Certain
It Chicago should gre the little sum mentioned
Il coursc donations would be received, but III
0. wanted yearly subscriptions to rlsee the 1nsstt
<. t1on ca q dsm basiA lie did not Intend to acce
ID reelection as TEas'ee, not haEns the tine to
af Sote toll. - ~
o. Mr.. SHERMAN, OF Chicago, suggested the q
y potp1ueut Of committees to have the 8uhsct5
u ions taken IN tho various congregations A
+ societies; each committee 70 cons
70 Of nyc persons. There were har1ly enou
Il psonjnrflt ncrkons present to CtyH the mattel
a. fat1 stArt. The object proposed was tho hlRa'
" and npbie8s of ali ehaIsHe4 Rna would not fall
th uhe1al support In Chicago. lie suggested taa
Ee Hebrew HIGH School be connected With the q
" Inn where tcachcrs and r2bbs could be real
tle for the United StAtes- lie puEloeed to ny,
he nine Jenrs, $50 . year toward such High 9cho
1ls Mr. Black, OF this city, made some remarks,
Eu ter which numerous subscriptions were made,
L. List being headed by Ar. Rosenberg, the Chi
ca man, who gives 80 annually and cash don2t
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