Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-18
.B'NAI BIRTH DAY
CELEBRATED HERE
DR.. Coffee and Hiram Frankel Dis
tinguished Guests Of Honor
OF the Order.
DAY Is FILLED WITH EVENTS

III was Iull uay pTObIdu WIN
which B'nai Birth day was cele-
brated yesterday in Omaha. Distin-
guished guests, leaders in the B'nai
Birth order from Chicago and st.
Paul were in the city to take part
in the program and the speaking at
the banquet at the Loyal motel in
the evening. at the initiation OF new
members in the afternoon and at the
program and speaking at Temple
Israel in the evening
The distinguished guests we're DR.
Rudolph L. Coffee OF Chicago. superin-
tendent OF the social service bureau OF
the order. and Hiram d. Frsnkei OF St
Paul chairman Of the propaganda com-
mittee OF this district. The social service
| department Of the organization is the
newest feature Of Bnal Birth work. DR..
| Coffee was called from his place at Pitts
burgh 20 Chicago TO take charge OF the
social service department OF the Bnai
| Birth for the entire United states.
Propaganda Day.
This annual celebration day IL made
( kind OF opaganda day on which time
special enthusiasm for the work is brought
out and new energy is launched in the
movement The celebration yesterday
followed a big campaign for membership
In Omaha, during which time a special
membership committee put forth strong
efforts with the result that sixty new
members were initiated in the afternoon
at o'clock at Modern woodman hall. in
the Joint meeting OF the Nebraska and
Mckinley branches OF the order.
B'nai Birth. translated to English
means Sons OF the Covenant"
The order Is Just n trifle over sixty
five years old, and now has membership
in every quarter of the globe. The mem
bership is especially strong in the United
States, the European countries, and in
the Orient. u Is organized for philan-
thropic and altruistic purposes. Originally
there was an insurance feature and sick
benefit department. but these two have
been entirely eliminated.
BuiIds Hospitals.
The order now does not conduct an In
surance or benefit department. nor does
II do charity work in the way OF direct
relief. but Il builds hospitals and insti-
tutions and maintains them for the care
of its Orphans and INDECENT.
In accordance with this policy II has
built orphan asylums at Cleveland, At.
lanta, New Orleans, a national hospita
for tuberculosis at Denver, and bis
sanitarium at Hot Springs, Ark.
An informal reception for the tive
visitors from Sc. Paul and Chicago wal
held at the Fonteuelle hotel In the fore
. noon, Sunday. At 2 o'clock the program
of initiating the class of sixty new Omahi
members in the Nebraska and MeKinle!
lodges began, at woodmen hall.
, banquet at Loyal.
At o'clock sharp a banquet was he'll,
/ at Hotel Loyal where Isdor ZieEler an,
Isadore Rees responded TO toasts, an
Miss Esther Epstein spoke for tn
womens auxiliary. Arthur Rosenblur
was POSTMASTER.
The banquet was rushed through witt
ali neat dispatch. and by shortly after
o'clock the program began at Tempt
Israel The Misses Charlotte Abrams
, Cecilia Teller and Mrs. Blanche Monhei
= gave musical numbers, and DR.. Rudolp
= T. Coffee, Rabbi Frederick Cohn an
: Henry Monsky spoke.
y The committee on arrangements for tn
e days celebration was. for the Nebrask
T lodge, Rabbi Cohn, John Alperson Natha
3 Bernstein. NJ. Monheit Emil CAM an
d A. J. Miller, The Mckinley lodge com
a mittee IL: Henry Monsky, Carl c. Katie
. man. Arthur Rosenblum. Edward Simon
: Martin l.. sugarman. Harry A. VOL
Isadore Rees and DIR. Abe Greenberg.
Miss Bess Levey. Mrs. Arthur n. Ro.
enbiunn Miss Iouiaa SchoenhorwaH Nil
Malvina Newman and MISC Sarah Lea
: are the committee from the women
auxiliary one OF the few fomans OF
ganizations affiliated with the order 1
;, this district.