The Denver Jewish news., 1924-05-01
Address of Mrs. Max Fischer, President
Sisterhood of Temple Emanuel

! The SlSterhOod OF Temple Emanuel
are indeed happy to send to You theii
annual report for the year 1923-1924
The chairman of that organization
may well deem ii an honor TO be the
medium thru which this report is con-
veyed to You.
As You are fully aware the Sister
hood iS purely an auxiliary -organiza-
tion to the Temple Our endeavors are
concentrated upon religious welfare.
Tile promotion of our faith and all
things that portend toward n closer
union in religion. II is our duty of
the Sisterhood to encourage the OBJ
servance of the Sabbath TO sponsor all
religious activities to cooperate entire
| ly with the Temple. The Sisterhoods
throughout the country having grown
to such numbers and their influence
having become SO far reaching. Much
of our work is outlined at the Central
Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. In
these regions let me assure you Den
yer holds an inviable position. But
it is to our home activities that we
look with justifiable pride. Each year
has seen real development in our Sis
terhood. And we are gratified, beyond
measure with the results materially
and spiritually of the past year.
We wish to thank Mr.. Al Price, the
Board of Directors and the members
OF Progress Club. who came to our
timely rescue when the housing ques-
tion became serious one. Through
their kind and generous invitation we
have held cur meetings under most
pleasant conditions. The Sabbath
school too. have been able to continue
in their work with no interruptions.
Thanks to their graciousness.
We thank you, Mr.. President, and the
Board of Directors of cur Temple for
your hearty support in all our, under
takings. without your enthusiasm our
efforts would be in vain.
We have had twenty-siS committees
conscicntiously working during the
past year. Each committee important
in its capacity toward the fulfillment
of the ideals for which our Sisterhoods
stands.
! Materially it>has been highly salts
| factory year, as our treasurers report
will dttest. At our annual social and
dance last November we nctted $1,000.
| \ gain of SiOO over last year. Our
\ funds have grown with our added re
sponsibilities, which is proof of the
generous response with which our ap-
peals have been met.
Through the careful Conscientious and
rlnsefish work of Mr.. and Mrs. Nate
Rothschild. the Sisterhood is able to
account for every penny that goes in
deed grateful to these two dear people
who are ever ready to give their time
and energy to worthy cause Mr..
/, Rc:hschild has taken charge of the
Sisterhood's printing the past year.
thereby saving the ladies time and
money.
We thank Mrs. Ben Solomon, our
corresponding secretary. and Mrs. Ed
win Eisendrath, our recording sccre-
tary, for their prompt attention to
duty. 1t has been real pleasure to
serve with these ladies.
Having lost forty members at the
beginning of the season through the de
parture from the city and through
death, it has been only by careful
plodding that Mrs. d. s. Lehman.
chairman of the membership committee
has brought her membership up to 1856
She and her committee have worked
faithfully all winter and are already
planning their campaign for next year
our meetings have been "A real treat
each month of which the large attend
ance WIS proof. for which we thank
Mrs. William 5. Friedman. chairman
of the program committee. and Mrs
ID. Il. Harlem and Mrs. Morris Krohn.
chairman of our music committee.
= our big venture during the year was
the collection of 50 800 for the Kitchen
Fund of which NJ. D. Barnett is chair
man. The Sisterhood very happily have
pledged themselves 10 furnish the
kitchen for our new Temple. and it
has been toward this goal that Mrs
Barnett and her able workers have la
bored We will have kitchen to he
well proud of. Commodious and eff
licient which both the Junior and Senior
organizations of the Temple may use.
a crying need that we have all felt
for u number of years. 1t will be the
pleasure of the Sistcrhood to initiate
this kitchen early in the fall with
another of our community dinners.
Lest you may think we measure our