Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-17
$2OO,0O0 VOTED FOR |. O. b.
Il. ACTIVITIES IN COMING
YEAR.
Urge Observance Of Better Under
standing Day" by Nations of the
World; Plans for Palestine Garden
City and Club House in Tel Aviv
Adopted.
tJewIsh reIegraphie Agencyl


Cincinnati, Ohio.-A budget of
100000 for the activities of the
B'nai Birth the coming year, an in
crease of $4,000 over the preceding
year, was voted by the Executive
Committee in the concluding session
of its two-day annual meeting here.
An appeal for help in the erection
of club house for the B'nai Birth
lodge in Tel Aviv, Palestine, was
favorably accepted as the result of
representations made by Mr.. Reha-
biaa Lewin-Epstein, vice president of
the Tel Aviv lodge.
This building is now in the pro-
cess of construction and will be used
not only to house the activities of the
lodge, but as a place for giving tenn
porsry care to the large number of
immigrants, as well as a center for
tourists Mr.. Levin Epstein stated.
"The lodge building will be charac-
teristically Oriental in its architec-
ture," he said. at is being built along
lines that will synchronize with plans
for the modern city of Tel Aviv."
Money to help in the completion of
the building was Professionally grant
ed by the Executive Committee and
the matter was referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means. a.
An appeal for aid for garden City
in Palestine from another lodge of
that country was presented by Mr.
Lewin-Epstein and favorably received
by the committee.
The Executive Committees friend
liness to the Palestinian and other
appeals is in keeping with its resolu-
tion adopted at the Sunday session
which voiced the organizations inten-
tions of showing no favoritism to-
ward any Jewish movement, but of
representing all opinion,
An important action by the Com
mittee was the granting of additional
money for the work of the Hillel
Foundation which conducts religious
work among Jewish students at the
colleges. Following report by Rab-
bi Benjamin Frankel, director of the
Hillel Foundation, the committee de-
cided to establish a Jewish Student
Organization at the University of
Michigan. The committee plans to
carry out a program of establishing
two new bodies each year for a per-
iod of four years as decided by the
convention of the Constitution Grand
Lodge in Atlantic City last April.
An interesting message telling Of
the first meeting since the war OF
delegates of German, English, Aus
trian, Polish, Russian and Czecho,
Slovakian B'nai Birth Lodges was re,
ceived. This meeting took place ir
Prague September IA. Members OF
the committee expressed the opinion
that this international meeting might
have the effect of helping to bring
about peaceful cooperation among
the nations of Europe.
The increased budget vii! be usec
partly tn Increase the work of tn,
B'nai Birth among Jewish immi
grants in Mexico. The physical, med
ical and educational needs of the i'm
migrants will be served.
A plan for making survey with {
view to helping foreign organizations
engaged in various activities among
Jews in Constantinople and Jerusa
lem, was referred to the Ways anc
Means Committee. This committe,
will also consider means of establish
ing additional lodges in foreign coun
tries, especially in Great Britain.
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After an address by Sidney G
Kusworm, of Dayton, Ohio, chairman
of the Committee on Americaniza
ton, proposal was adopted looking
to the observance of Better I'm
derstanding Day" throughout thu
world. The purpose of such an occa
/ sion would be to direct the minds o
all peoples to the need of effecting ;
spirit of helpfulncss and of toleranci
among all nationalities and religions