Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-10
The Brotherhood Deal
~ K0GER W. sTRAUs


An .non IL how being made by the
Brotherhood orkpnlzations nffillntci with
ciAeods to ralr ll5,ooo Tor the carryihs N
Of Ms Aanifold nctivltlca A campaign or.
ssni,atipn bag eren formed with Mr. Grover
Mascowlta. ~ brooklyn, Az nrtinr chair
I man, and campaign committees are now be-.
Ing organized In the various Brothcrhoods
throughout the country. Wlth the money
raised u Is planned TO engage nm Executive
7 Secretary TO devote his entire timN to
brotherhood work aud To assist In IN. cs
pnnsiop of Its activities aud In the estab,
! lisbmebt OF new lirOtherhoOds The fol
Z lowing statement by Mr., Roger W Strnus
! national President OF thc Brothsrhoods cs
bfnins the brotherhood ideal
! out Of n vague and literally inclusive
/ abstract desire to strengthen the syn
ascg's ciforts to bring the influence OF
I the Jewish religion to the lives Of It's
people by emphasizing the ideal OF
'brotherhood.' has grown u wide
sprcnd movement Of co-opcrution and
concrete achievement Thirteen thou.
7 sand men uhe number Is growing
daily are working for the ideal Of spir-
| ltual brotherhcod In Isrnel, md during
the two years Of existence of the Ma.
! tionnl Federation of Temple Brother
hoods. have sought through various
acts OF service to AID the pulpit In re
awakening the religious cuhsciousness
of the Jews of America. They are also
striving through an awakening of the
iinest ideals Of Judaism to bring
ahout better understanding of the Jew
and the non-Jew
An ideal. per Sc, Is magnificent
thing for the individual himself, but
In his relations with his fellow-man. 1t
must be made apparent whether the
ideal has living force.
Growth ~ National Federation
At the outset Of Its existence, two
years ngc, when 1t was organized at
/ the fiftieth council of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations in
New York, the National Federation of
! Temple Brotherhoods had only the de-
sire to serve the Temple In some such
manner ms the National Federation Of
/ Temple Sisterhoods had done, to unite
all of the existing Temple Mems Clubs
nhd determine how they could best
serve. increasing Temple attendance
and stimulating fellowship between
members were Mt the outset the aims
Of the Brotherhoods. There were
forty-two societies to begin with and
this number has been doubled by newly
organized societies. Aside from the
standpoint Of numerical gain. the Mi
ticnai Federation OF Temple Brother
hoods hns greatly expanded its field Of
cifticavor and finds the need for such
service as it has to render, growing in
crensingy.
BrOtherhoods Breed Temple Leaders
The BrOtherhOods are today deveI-
of,ihs inS leaders for the Temple, men
who will help the rabbis in carrying the
burden OF the spiritual welfare of Is
( racl and VIII MD In directing the at
/ tention Of the modern Jew from the
material 10 the ideal phase Of life.
The Brotherhoods appeal largely to
the young men of the congregation.
Their meetings create good fellowship
and concentrate on the common re-
4. ligious ideal Aside from their social
value, Brotherhood meetings through
their open forums, lectures and discus
sions, are assuming educational import
ance. One feature of brotherhood ac-
tivity which holds more than passing
significance is that of holding fellow
ship dinners, to which each member in
I vites a non-Jcwish friend. and repre-
sentatives of Christian denominations
are among the speakers. brotherhood
members serve as ushers at Temples ;
they invite strangers to attend services
by telephone, mail and personal effort ;
increase Temple attendance and broad
east services by radio.
Specific attention should be calleed to