Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
JEWISH WOMEN STILL ~ SESSION.
Sccrrtnry's Report Indicates Rapid
GrnNvth of the Council.

Sccrrtnry's Report Indicates Rapid
Growth of til" Council.
NEW YORK. Nov 1G.-The second ses-
sion of the firsl annual convention Of the
National Council gf Jewish Women opened
with Mrs Solomon of Chicago, president
Of the council, in the chair. The meeting
was devoted entirely to routine committee
business and reports from sections in the
order Of states In the course Of her report
the secretary, Mrs. Carrie NJ Wolfe OF Chi
cago said:
1T has been our effort to make the
policy OF the council concilatory and
liberal. The council has grown beyond the
expectation of the most sanguine and 1t has
pTospcred May It continue to prosper and
become more and more a potent factor in
American Judaism"
The following standing committees were
announced by the secretary: Religion, Miss
/ Julia Folzonthal, chairman, ChiCaEo; Miss
Lille ilirschheld. New York; Miss Sarah
Lyons, New York; Miss Mary NJ. Cohen. New
York. Philanthropy Miss Carrie S Berja-
min, chairman Denver Colo; Mrs. |. NJ,
Appel. Denver; Mrs Holman, Denver; Mrs.
Joseph G. Wallace, New York and Mrs.
Pauline Wilkonskv Chicago Religious
schools Miss Julia RiChman chairman, New
York; Miss Ella Jacobs, Philadelphia: Miss
/ Rebecca Leselm, Quincy H.; Mrs Mary
3 Y.
/ American. Chicago
/ The report of Mrs Bertha Setz, the treas.
urCr shows balance of almost $500 Next
came the report of the committee on rules
! tho chairman of which is Mrs. s. r. Levy
( of Milwaukee, who carried her left arm
/ in sling on account of bicycle accident
ono Of the sections called upon to report
/ was that Of Denver, Colo, represented by
! Mrs. Carrie s. Benjamin. In her report
| Mrs. Benjamin stated stated that a cor
nCr' for Jewish women had been ostab.
/ lished in the public library at Denver
/ This corner" contained numerous works
on Jewish literature.
The vice Presidents numbering sixteen
presented their reports.
The chief feature of the afternoon ses
! sion was the reading of paper by Mrs
| Nellie l.. Miller Of Memphis Tenn. II
part. Mrs. Miller said "The National Coun
| ell of Jewish women must live in order Il
win and control the attention of our jewish
! women by means Of faith and the aCtua
contemplation of bible and religion and b!
the development of unselhsh humanitarian
! ism. Philosophy and science may satisfy
the mind, but religious study is needed tC
inspire tho imagination in order to gair
spiritual vitality.
! "A national organization Of Jewish womer
is an index of the times. We are coming
from behind the clouds of Oblivion ant
disinterostcdncss as to our future value al
women in this progressive and enlightened
/ age. BY association and emulation OF oui
Christian sisters, much could be learned
and such actions on our part are to be en-
oouraged, but not to the degree of mergint
! our indvidualities and personalities so az
| to lose our identity as a denomination"
! This address was followed by discus
sion led by Mrs Schwab of Cleveland, o.
| followed by Mrs. Laura Jacobson of st
Louis. In the main they agreed with th'
points brought out by Mrs. Miller, bu
Mrs. Daniel r. Hayes of this city, Mrs
Meldoa De Sola of Montreal. Miss Hrsch
field of Buffalo and several others though
Mrs. Miller's paper tri1e too strong. Mrs
Hrschfeld, who teaches in a Buffalo higl
school, declared sho found her Christian
pupils just as ignorant Of the bible as tn
Jewish pupils, and it was an injustice sh
| said, to lay the blame Oh the parents.
Replying to these criticisms, Mrs. Mile
said her section had received reports iron
all over the state. Indicating a lack of in
terest in religion among the Jewish chill
dren. perhaps it was rather sweeping t.
charge the parents with negligence for thi
state of affairs. but the fact remains.
However" said Mrs. Miller, 81 believ
that Jewish women. mentally, PHYSICAL.
and socially, and certainly morally, are tn
equal of her Christian sisters"