Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-28
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Other Prominent Speakers From Out.
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custom inaugurated last year, a GUS
tom that is prevalent throughout
the country, B'nai Birth Day was
j';tingly observed here Sunday az
ternoon and evening at the Tenn
pc. To add interest to the occa-
sion several out of town speakers
of prominence were invited to par
ticipate in the ceremonies. Among
them We're Rabbi Max Samtield of
Memphis, James trenson and HUI
go Holman of Little Rock, all three
closely identified with B'nai Birth
work. through personal service and
long experience
The afternoon exercises were in
the nature of limitations of new can
djdates and the installation of new
<ly elected officers. a class of seven
We're initiated. They were: Clar-
encc Hanf Harold Bluthenthal,
Meyer Solmson, l.. Klarberg, Dan
Silbernagle, Henry Rutstein and
Joe Atlas. In addition to those in
, :tiated the following were elected
and are to be Initiated at the next
meeting: Stanley Dreyfus, Alex
Lazarus. Jake krieger, I. Rattle,
Leo Jacobs. Harry I. Goldstain,
Jake Fr;edberg and Bertrand Alt
schul. Two former members re-
joined, E. B. Bloom and Mo Roth.
In the initiation ceremonies HUI
so lehman and James Arenson of
title Rock took prominent part.
Doctor Samfield conducted the in
stallat,on of new officers as repre-
sentative of the district grand
lodge The new officers are:
larry B. Solmson, president; Jake
Hiitatoin, vice president; B. Burton
Vel, secretary; William Rosenz-
wig, treasurer, Lsadore Rutstein,
inner guard; Dave We'll, outer
''llara; Gabe Meyer, I. Paschal and
'ulius Schloss, trustees.
In the evening large audience
assembled to listen to the elbar-
crate musical and oratorical pro-
gram. The welcome address was
ably delivered by the new president,
Harry B. Solmson. After greeting
he visitors and extending to them
the warm hospitality of the Pine
Bluff Jewish community, he intro
duced Rabbi E. Frisch, as the
chairman Of the evening. Rabbi
Frisch delivered a short address un-
der the title "Sons of the Cove
nant." He said that Israel had
throughout it's history been more
than any other people sons Of the
covenant and that the B'nai Birth
was the modern expression of that
ideal. From that organization no
loyal son of Israel should exclude
himself unless he wishes to be
classcd outside of the covenant. He
Then introduced James Arenson,
former president o. the Little Rock
lodge who spoke on "Thc Young
Man and the Order" Starting with
q tribute to the ''old man" of the
ord..., Mr.. Arenson branched out on
The obligations OF the young man,
saying that upon their shoulders
was to fall the mantle of Elijah in
B'nai Brithism. Mr.. Arenson is an
orator of no small ability, now ris-
ing to the highest flight of oratory
and now subduing his voice to the
key of pathos.
The next speaker, who was in
troduced as the imam of the hour"
was Hugo Holman of Little Rock,
recent graduate of Columbia Uni
versity. Mr.. Heiman filled the va
"pcies caused by the inability of
Charles jacobson and Rabbi WITT
of Little Rock to be present. His
subject was "The B'nai Birth as
Solvent for Jewish Problems. The
chief problem, he said, facing the
Jewish people at present was the
vast stream of immigration pouring
n from Eastern Europe, wherH
Jews are laboring under disabi'i-
ties and persecution. The B'nai
Birth was betetr organized than
any otner association to cone with
the situation. Depth of thought
and beauty Of d'ction combined