Evening star., 1923-06-11
Hebre,v Home Corner StOrte /:
Laid With Impressiu,e Rites
Euent Is History-Making, Say Leaders, of
Congregation Hereditary Take i"
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This is q festival of Jewish spirit,
| OF Jewish philanthropy" declared
Or. Abram Simon, chairman of the
board of education, at impressive
ceremonies held upon the occasion of
the laying of the corner stone of the
new Hebrew Home for the Aged. at
( 18th street and Spring road, yester-
day afternoon. The occasion marked q
the naturalization Of plans first dis
cussed In June, 1914, for the erection
of the Hebrew Home for the Aged.
and also the building of non-sec-
tartan hospital adjoining the home
on the aforementioned site.
DR.. Simon, continuing, told of the
Significance of corner stone, putting
particular emphasis on the one in
question, asserting that it was a liv-
ing embodiment Of the hearts and
thoughts of the. Jewish people OF
Washington. Shakespeare. he said,
said that there Is sermon in a
stone" He then congratulated all
those connected with the building en-
terprise on their courage and good
will in effecting the undertaking,
and, in conclusion, told them "the
building of this home will be a COM
pliment to Israel Of all time"
Event HIstory-Making.
Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith said. i'll
part: "On this occasion We are making
history, Jewish history, for which
posterity will bless us. This corner
stone will be living emblem to
future generations of what we have
done II carries a high resolve for
gratefulness for the future. 1t will
ever be noble emblem of the work
for which we have dedicated our
selves"
Others to speak were: r. B. Beh-
rend, chairman of the building com
mittee, who told of a number of the
problems confronting those in charge
of the raising of funds and the erec-
ton of the building and also gave
a brief outline OF how the building
is to be constructed. There will be
| thirty four sleeping rooms. large
1 enough to accommodate two people
| each, he asserted. and there will also
I be an: auditorium sufficiently large
to hold Ave or six hundred people. he
continued. In addition, he stated that
| the building would be built of brick,
| would be soundproof and it's frame
| work will be of steel, making it as
| nearly freproof as possible
d. Others Speak.
Harry Sherry. president of the
! Hebrew Home for the Aged: Maurice
| D. Rosenberg, a member OF the
| board of directors, and Bernard DAN
Zansky. one of the founders of the
| home also made remarks.
Opening = PRAYER vas delivered by
] gregation. -
The rest of the program included
| sins ging of Hebrew hymns by the
| Shelf er1nan family. led by Rev. Adler
Shefferman, Adith Israel congregation
| and the singing of several English
| hymns by the choir girls from the
above named synagogue. Included in
the SheTer7nan family We're: Martin
| Shefferman, Al Shefferman, Norris
1 Shefferman. Miss Teresa Shefferman
and Miss Celia Shefferman.
Alexander Wolfe acted as chairman.
In an appeal for funds and through
the process of bidding for the privi-
| lege OF putting on the mortar and
placing the corner stone respectively,
S11,525 was raised at the exercises.
r. B. Behrend with a bid of $1,000
won the privilege of applying the
mortar, while Mrs. Harry Sherry with
a bid of $500, won the privilege of
putting the stone in place.