The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 30, 1909 Page: 3 of 28
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THE JEWISH HERALD
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HOUSTON TEXAS DECEMBER 30 1909
Washington Special On the 3rd
of April next the ConstitutionalvGrand
Tiodge of the Independent Order of
Bnai Brith will convene in this city
for the first time in its history This
body meets every five years the last
meeting held being in New Orleans It
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has met also in New York Philadel-
phia Chicago Cincinnati and Rich-
mond
It is the most representative and in-
fluential fraternal and educational or-
ganization of the Jewish people hav-
ing grand lodges not only in all parts
of the United States hut also Austria
Qermanyand Roumania with affiliat-
ing lodges in the Orient It was start-
ed by American citizens of German
tbirth who had emigrated to this coun-
try to better their condition and who
found many obstacles in their pathway
and concluded to inaugurate an organ-
ization that should be of help to the
incoming emigrant to educate him
within the precincts of the lodge room
to high patriotic ideas to care for the
widov and orphans and for the dis-
tressed everywhere to protect and de-
fend the politically and religiously per-
secuted and during the period of2its ex-
istence of sixtyfive years it has ac-
complished wonders
It was not founded in a sectarian
sense or restrictive character but it
was deemed necessary in educating the
incoming American citizen to treat
him with that forbearance and leniency
which could only be carried out suc-
cessfully within the precincts of the
lodge room and among his own kind-
red and no one can conceive the
splendid parliamentary life that was
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triotism by and thiough the means
of the Order of Bnai Brith
The men who have guided its destiny
and who have been closely allied to ev-
ery interest connected with the organ-
ization have been of the best ol our
citizenship reprasentative intellect-
ual philanthropic and educational
They have built and endowed under
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whether they are membeis of the or-
der or not
its ausipces the Orphan Home in Clev-
eland Ohio in Atlanta in San Fran-
cisco Cal and in New Orleans La-
the Old Folks Home at Yonkers N
Y and institutions of a similar charac-
ter In all parts of Europe In addi-
tion thereto they have instituted tech
nicaland manual training schools and
are aiding and supporting education
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al and philanthropic enterprises every-
where
The orphan asylums above alluded
to have done magnificent work in edu
eating the boys and girls and have
sent them forth as splendid examples
of American citizenship Some of the
most noted rabbis of our country were
educated in the Orphans Home at
Cleveland and Atlanta also lawyers
and doctors mechanicians electri-
cians scientists teachers of normal
schools and merchants of eminence
The organization contributes vast sums
in caring for the widows
In every calamity of the country in
Chicago Boston San Francisco Gal-
veston or abroad the order has been
promiiient and liberal in its contribu-
tions and has shown its cosmopolitan
spirit in being always ready to assist
those who were not members of the
organization and it must not be for-
gotten that all the institutions it has
endowed and under its support are
open to the general Jewish public
As a matter of appreciation for re-
ligious liberty the citizens of our coun-
try enjoy the order created at Fair
mont Park Philadelphia a magnificent
statue made by Moses iEzekial on re-
ligious liberty to typify the love of
and for that glorious inheritance of
freemen
The order created the Roumanian
mission which contributed so much
in past years to establish the Tew in
his right as a citizen It has battled
in every community and for the recog-
nition of the Jew as a man and citizen
It contributes annually large sums to
the National Hospital for Consump-
tives at Denver and which is open to
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all creeds for the sanitarium at Hot
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 30, 1909, newspaper, December 30, 1909; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84800/m1/3/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .