The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-17
A COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.
Miss American Organizes a Branch
in savannah.


branch or section Of the National
r5rucl Of Jewish Women was organ
i-.1 al a meeting held at AIickva Israel
-auole last night. The section was or
,-s,fzsd by the election Of officers and
directors. who viii look after the mat
,s- NJ organizing local sections in differ
s-r naighborhoods in order TO prosecute
che studies prescribed and TO carry out
-re. purposes OF the national council.
The meeting was called for the purpose
Of hearing Miss Sadie American of Chi
go. the national corresponding secre-
-arv. who is at present engaged in the
v9rz of organizing sections Of the ma
rioral council in different cities.
Miss American came here from Allan
"a where she recently organized a sec
ron Of the council. She is a fluent and
i-rsresting talker and she entertained
her audience very ably in speaking of
the objects and aims of the Organiza-
ZION. Its purpose, she said, is to stimu-
late a deeper study of the great truths
NJ the Jewish religion, and its source the
Pible to make better understood Ju-
5aisn and the Jew, their position, duties
and respOnsibilities and to learn the best
NAV TO fulfill them. There are now fifteen
IN twenty cities registered and actively
working on the lines laid down in the
rrogramme She reviewed in an inter
asting manner the work that has been
ACCOMPLISHED by the different sections
If the council. She spoke of the spirit
az the Jewish religion and of the jew
sch neople. which has enabled them al
vavs TO climb upward and to take a high
stand in every community, ana one OF
the main aims Of this organization, she
said was TO maintain, lnculcate and
Strengthen this spirit.
r9fs6nal council, she said, have taken.
and could always take the highest stand
in any general assembly, religious or
Cther,FIse. 1t was desired, she said, to
extend the work of the council through
ON the country. and to this end sections
were being organized everywhere. She
hJued for an earnest and enthusiastic spir-
H. and said that while the men were not
made direct members of the council, they
were looked to for assistance in the work.
Miss American then spoke OF Sunday
school work. and the necessity of educat-
ing the young along these same lines,
that they may be taught the history as
we'll as the spirit and philosophy of Ju-
sued in the organization of the sections,
which was followed by an explanation OF
how the work is done by the local or
ueighbOrhOOd circles. She then asked that
all the ladies in the audience take front
seats so that the matter of organization
could be settled. There was unanimous
vote IN favor OF ORGANIZING llie beCllOh IL
once, and it was decided to elect officers
right away. For the purpose OF
recommending officers for the section
committee consisting of Mrs. Mendes, Mrs.
Kraus, Mrs. Abrahams, Mrs. Roth and
Miss Lowenthal was appointed. As ma
JOrity of the committee desired to nomi-
nate Mrs. Mendes and Mrs. Abrahams as
officers, the appointment OF two other
members for the purpose of making the
nominations was asked for. and Mrs. "A
ron Ferst and Mrs. Max Ferst were nam
p1 A n
following officers were unanimously elect
ed:
President-Mrs. I. p. Nendes.
Vice President-Mrs. Abrahams.
Secretary-Mrs. Max Wolff.
Treasurer-Mis Simons.
Directors-Mrs. S. l.. Lazaron, Mrs. 1.
A. Solomons, Mrs. A. Berg, Mrs. Law
renee Lippman, Mrs Birnbaum, Miss L.
Enrich and Miss Strauss.
Mrs. A. Netsberg was named by the COM
mittee as treasurer, but she stated that
the fact that considerable of her time was
spent away from Savannah. Mrs.
Mendes and Mrs. AbraAams also wanted
TO decline but their election was insisted
that she hoped a meeting of the directors
would be held at once. and plans laid out
for the work before the section. The di-
rectors will see that the work as outlined
in the programme is carried out, and that
the local sections are properly organized.
Numerous subjects for study and research
are provided and different topics are as
signed members upon which they post
themselves and give the circle the benefit
of their reading at the meetings.
The national council publlssh ,sS,. pam m
terest to the council each year, and these
IN addition to the national programme are
sent to each member. There will no doubt
be a deep interest taken in the work in Sa-
vannah. Miss American will go from here
to Memphis where she expects TO organize
a section of the national council.