The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-28
JUDGE H|RsCH IN
 BASIC PRINCIPLES
 IF TRUE RELIGION
Celebration of B'Nai B'Rith Day at Temple Emanu-El a Notable Event-VeiI
 Drawn Aside

In a well delivered and forceful ad- dress that won the hearts and ap-
 plause of his audience, Judge Mau. rice Hirsch, distinguished lawyer ot Houston, Tex, and speaker of the evening at the annual celebration of the Independent Order of B'Nai B'Rith, outlined the basic principles of all religions and made an urgent appeal to the members of the order to follow out and live up to the teachings of their creed MT. Hirsch spoke on Working for Humanity"
 "The basic principles of all re- ligion is the love of God and of fell lowman," said Judge Hirsch. "Yet, so few of the followers of the various religions live their daily lives up to the standards that they profess. The members of the different faiths look with suspicion on each other and doubt their sincerity.
 The True structure
 eLove of God and love of fellow man, which in other words means, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy soul, with all thy heart. and with all thy mind, and love thy neighbor as thyself.' are not merely the cornerstone or the foundation of true religion; they are the whole structure. Shape 1t as you will or crown 1t IS you desire, the true struc- ture is the one that harbors the true followers of their respective faith and love for God.
 As an illustration of the similarity of fundamentals of all religion, Judge Hirsch said: Recently a leader of the Protestant church spoke before a place of worship and at the conclu- sion of his speech, the head of the church congratulated him and said, Sir, you should not be a Protestant, you should be a member of the Catho- lie church because you believe as we do.' The same gentleman spoke at a gathering of Jewish people and at the conclusion of his talk, the rabbi con graduated him on his wonderful speech and said, Sir, you should not be a Protestant, you should become a member of our temple because you believe as we do.' He also spoke at several other various denominations and encountered the same expe- rienee."
 War Activities
 Judge Hirsch also spoke on the &C., tivities of the B'Nai B'Rith order, which, he said, that up until the time of the late war, was a secret to the American public. Of this he said, During the late war. the secret veil that shadowed the activities of the order from the gaze of the public was drawn aside and the public allowed to see. They gazed with wonder on the United States flag that adorned the presidents platform and when the welfare workings of the order was made common knowledge it still won- dered. He said that every Jewish citizen of the United States should be loyal to the country that harbors and shelters him.
 Chester G. Sandman, assistant prin- cipal of Central High school, pre- sided ever the celebration which be- gan at o'clock. pr. Morris Newfield pronounced the invocation. Music was furnished by the Temple Emanu- Fl Sunday school orchestra. Harold Rubenstein rendered a violin solo that was well received. He was as sisted by the school orchestra.
 Percy Rosenberger gave very in- teresting reading on "Dreben, the Jew"
 Rabbi Katz, of the Jewish syna- gogue on Seventh avenue, pronounced the benediction preceding the in- formal reception and refreshments which were served by the Council of Jewish Women.