The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-24
CHAUTAUQUA WORK
Of JEWS EXTOLLED
Leaders of Movement Plead for
Cooperation and Outline
Progress Made.

Before a large and representative
| crowd which filled the auditorium OF
Temple B'nal Israel. representatives OF
| theNJewish Chautauqua society OF Amer
| lea presented the cause last night and
| pleaded for cooperation. The speakers
were introduced by Rabbi Charles j.
F'reund of the local gregation
| Dr. Henry Berkowitz OF Philadelphia.
the flrst speaker, alluded To the fact
that the state OF Utah is celebrating to-
day Pioneer day The observance Of this
anniversary by the people of the state
shows that they base their teachings
on the Bible which had been given TO the
world by the ancestors oil the present
day Jews.
Through mishap OF otherwise. continued
the speaker, this Bible has become a
sealed book 10 the people of the pres
ent generation and the efforts OF the
after the general Chautauqua system, has
been TO make the Bible an open book.
lhe text books of the open Bible ARE
used by thousands throughout the cdun-
try, besides which courses in Jewish re-
ligion and one on the Jew in English
literature and fiction are given.
Miss Jeannette Goldberg of jefferson,
Texas, field secretary of the Chautau-
qua society. who was the next speaker
In the course OF her remarks stated that
a good deal Of the prejudice against the
Jews existing today could be eradicated
II the Jew would greater value treasures
he really possesses.
During six years service Miss Goldberg
has organized hundreds OF circles through
her efforts. The evidences of her activi~
Ties extend from Bangor. Maine. TO Tam
pa, Florida; as far west as Omaha and
in Minnesota In the northwest. She told
OF her work in introducing up-to-d date
methods OF instruction among the child
rem OF Jewish colonists in the southern
portions of New Jersey, There are five
colonies In this section with 1900 chill
dren receiving instruction,
During the present year The work has
been extended into the New England
states, New York and Pennsylvania while
the statistics show that 5000 Jewish farm
ers in various parts of the country are
Rabbi Joseph Hevesh OF Congregation
Montefiore. on behalf of his flock, extend
ed greetings to the visitors and promised
corporation In The work of organizing
circle in Salt Lake City.
Rabbi Moses p. Jacobson OF Shreve-
port. La. formerly Of Salt Lake. spoke
OF the great value of the work as shown
by the personality of the individuals at
mate success.
The last speaker OF the evening, DR..
William Rosenau of Johns Hopkins uni
verslty. Baltimore. told of the organ
teen years ago and Its annual summer
sessions, the last OF which was held In
Milwaukee, He told of the plans for
forming the western association in San
Francisco. which will be undertaken in
the next few weeks.
THE movement should extend 10 the
west" he told his hearers. 'Jt should
not be confined TO the east alone" He
tho people OF Salt Lake for the proposed
local circle.
Announcement was made that the dis
,'nguished visitors would spend the next
several days In visiting among the local
Jewish community soliciting support for
the ChaUtau0ua circle