The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
SONS OF COVENANT
MEET IN CONVENTION.
DISTRICT MEETING OF THE Or
DER OF B'NA BIRTH.
Benevolent and Patriotic Organization
of Jewish People in the Sixth District
of the United tates-Marked In
crease in Membership Shown.

- One hundred delegates nave assem-
,bled in Minneapolis for the thirty
district of the Order Of B Mai s 'Rith,
whose sessions begin this morning and
continue until Tuesday night.
Sons of the. Covenant is the Eng
sish *translation1Sof the Hebrew name
of this benevole emit and patriotic order
of Jewish people. The order was found
ed in the United States and has spread
to Europe and the orient. In. America
the purpose of the order is educat ional
;ish immigrants. B'Nai b 'Rith knows
no difference between the reformed Jew
and the ultra-orthodox. It is racial in
its scope. x =. - 80 *
tits one of the leading districts of
the order that is represented here today
in a delegate convention. Reports of the
various officers and statistics of the
condition of the district and its finances
viii he presented. So far as known, no
questions Sof great moment are to be
discussed: The convention will deter
mine today where it shall meet next
year. Attic Chicago Is Headquarters,
offers received from cities which aspire
to- the honor Of entertaining the conyen-
tio OF are generally accepted. Fl.
800. Public: Session Toni CHIT. VS. lS
q Business will occupy the morning and
afternoon and the first public session as
to be held tonight In the temple Of the
Reformed Jewish congregation, when
DIR: George L. Zepin Of Cincinnati. head
of the extension work Of the United
Hebrew congregations OF America, will
deliver an address. The meeting will
be, under the district educational ad.
vance committee. The address Of well
come will be given by Jonas We'll, chair
mo ~
In the afternoon the visiting women
will have an automobile tour of the
city. An informal reception will follow
the evening meeting, in the parlors of
the temple. Another social event will
be the entertainment of the i guests
Tuesday by the st. Paul lodge.
/: ( j, Chief Social Feature. T
The chief social feature Of the con
vention, however, will be a banquet
Monday night at the West hotel in
honor of the VISITORS Some $50 guests
are expected. Rev. S. N. Deinard will
Dr.: I. u. Rypins Of st. Paul; II o. B.
b. Judge Phillip Stein of Chicago;
'Distriet No. g." J. H. Meyer of Mil
yankee - "3aF Isaac Gol9
G: M. Greenbaum Of Danville, III.
1.-THE Lodge and the Synagog,' Rev
DR.. Eugene Manheimer Of Des Moines
"America, Our Land of Promise,' Si&
Livingston of Bloom1ngto Ill. =
| A noteworthy fact in the recent his
tory of the order is that the young peo
Pile are entering heartily. into thu
| work, ably 'seconding the initiative O.
| their elders. The increase in member
and reports of*the propaganda are cx
pected to- be encouraging 49, -
/ '< Purpose of the Order.
B. G. .Lange Of Springfield, ILL.,, pas
grand president of, the district, sait
last night at the West hotel: % 49,, .
'The order is mainly benevolen
organization. In its inception the ideI
was to bring the Jewish immigrants to
gether and into good standard, O
American citizenship Incidental,
there was engrafted an endowmen
fund, which became a failure as tn
mortality increased and the assess
ments got higher. This has been abo,
ished in so far that no new member
ment trustees for this district, Of whic
M. M. Hirsch Of Chicago is chairman
has reserve fund Of $I75,O00.3
"The order was founded nearly sixt
. years ago by Henry Jones. Of Ne,
, York, and it has grown until the rem
bership in the United States is 35 ,00t
1t has been enormously stated tina
the organization was brought from th
old country, but it was started her
and taken over there after it, had a
, tanned strong hold here. It. hs
reached into Germany, Rumania an
] Palestine. esq.,. .. -. :
What the Order Has Done.
, "What has been accomplished alon
, humanitarian lines is shown in the al
tablishment Of. orphan asylums in ";
L :rious parts of the district. Notable ]:
: one at Cleveland, which harbors &C
children. This has been in existene
about thirty years. /
cat Denver is maintained MOI
> sectarian hospital for the treat1ne1
i of consumption, and which has acccn
|. plished much good. It owns its bull
! ings and grounds and is admirab]
. managed. T.,
"Under the administration Of IL
' past two years there have been gre,
! accessions to the order among tt
= younger people, who are taking up II
work which their elders established.
Election of officers will be one
. the duties of the convention toda
With the exception Of the secretary
Z is expected that the rule Of rotation
! office will be maintained. The .sixt
!: district includes forty-two lodges
the states Of Minnesota, Wisconsi
Michigan, Nebraska, Illinois and low
I -, y-,.. Who Is Moreau? IL 49,"
}, | Just ask your neighbor. or friend.