The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-30
NEW ORGANIZATION OF JEwEssEs.
Hts Objects Are Religious, Phi1anthrOpic
and Educational.

Its Objects Are Religious, Phf1anthropic
and Educational.
The officers of the recently formed ma
tiOnal council of Jewish women have
adopted measures to promote the extern
sion of the important work which they
have undertaken, through which it is
hoped that the membership of the cOun-
Gil will be greatly enlarged and its use
fitness advanced. All these officers be-
long to the sex in whose behalf the body
has been formed and are well fitted for
the performance of the duties to which
they have been signed. The president
is Mrs. Henry Solomon. There is a
board of 10 directors There are vice
presidents for the states of the Union,
and there are committees for such pur-
poses as are designated in their respec-
tive titles. All business is transacted
under a constitution which has been de-
scribed as a model of comprehensiveness
and precision. The work of organizing
local sections in accordance with its
provisions has been begun, and it is
believed that before the end of the year
they will be numbered by the hundred,
and that all parts of the country will be
represented in the national council
Each section is required to hold regular
meetings and make monthly reports, and
is also required to carry into practice
the plans of the councils committee on
religion and the committee on philan
thropy. 1t is recommended that paper
on some topic relating to Judaism shall
be read at each of the meetings. Here
are some of the topics chosen by one of
the sections under ADVICE of the ma
tional board: Women In Israel, - 1.-THE
Study of the Bible, T" college Settle
ments, - Personal Service In Philan-
thropic Work. -
Jewesses of every age in life, whether
rich or poor, are invited to membership
in the body, so ''that the power and
pleasure of union among Jewish women
may be used in a way it has never be-
fore been used. - The expressed and
fundamental object of the council is the
advancement of an organic union for the
advancement of the common interests of
all members, for general service in be-
half of Judaism and for the prosecution
of philanthropic works under a method
ical system.
1--WE Jewish women, says the pre-
amble to the constitution, Sincerely be-
Heving that closer fellowship, great
er unity of thought and purpose and a
nobler accomplishment will result from
a widespread organization, do therefore
band ourselves together in union to
further the best and highest interests of
humanity in fields religious, philan-
thropic and educational There is no
doubt that if so, 900 of the Jewesses of
the United States shall thus cooperate
in behalf of the purposes here indicated
they will exercise a public influence that
cannot be confined within the bounds of
Judaism. The Jewish women of New
York, who already have many particu-
lar organizations for the promotion of
good works, possess a spirit which
enables them to carry on their business
with success and in harmony.
Conventions of the national council of
Jewish women are to be held biannual-
ly under the call of the board of direct
ors, and each section will be there rep
resented by one delegate at large and
one for every so members.
A good number of the rabbis in differ
ent parts of the country have expressed
their approval of the organization of the
council, the membership of which desire
TO render service advantageous to the
synagogue, and to perform work sup
Elementary to that of the rabbinate. The
Chicago section has received especial IA
vor from the rabbits there. New York
Sun.