Mrs. Arthur Brin, president of the National Council of Jewish Women, spoke over a nation-wide radio hookup Friday sponsored by the International Federation of Business and Professional Women. Mrs. Brin was in New York after a tour of the Canadian branches of her organization.
She has issued a call to the fourteenth triennial convention of the National Council, which is scheduled to be held in New Orleans March 10 to 15. Arrangements are under way to have James G. McDonald, League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from Germany, address the convention by means of an international hookup. Mr. McDonald will be in South America at the time.
To assure the success of the $40,000 drive for funds to complete a home for girl pioneers in Palestine, a $20.00 plate luncheon was held at the Waldorf Astoria on Wednesday under the auspices of the Women’s League for Palestine. The affair was most successful and Mrs. William Prince, who is president of the organization, feels the fund will be greatly benefited by the event. The Women’s League for Palestine conducts an intensive campaign for the Beth Hachalutzoth, Home for Girl Pioneers, which is now being built in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv. Mrs. A. Lipton and Mrs. L. Klosk were co-chairmen of the arrangements. Mrs. Charles Hyman, Mrs. Joseph Hordes and Mrs. Louis Hyman were chairmen of the journal, while the chairmen of the various divisions of the organization acted as hostesses. Mrs. Louis Dlugash represented the East Side Division; Mrs. S. Green-berg, Harlem; Mrs. I. Danchig, the North Shore of Long Island; Mrs. S. Friedman, Brooklyn; Mrs. Louis Klotz, West Bronx; Mrs. Louis Diamond, the West Side of New York, while Mrs. Julius Cohen was leading the Junior Matrons.
The annual benefit of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Infants Home of Brooklyn also took place Wednesday. The event was staged in the grand ballroom at the Hotel Astor, and the work of the group was warmly lauded by Bernard S. Deutsch, President of the Board of Aldermen, speaking for Mayor LaGuardia. Mr. Deutsch said that this private charity, in caring for unfortunate children up to the age of five, was contributing to the well-being of the City of New York.
Others who paid tribute to the organization were District Attorney William C. Dodge, Fannie Hurst, and Dudley Field Malone. Mrs. Hannah Maged, president of the auxiliary, reported on the care of more than 100 children during the year.
Last Wednesday joint installation ceremonies were conducted by the Sisterhood and Brotherhood of the Sanhedrin Jewish Community Center of Dunton. Three hundred guests attended the affair and Judge Benjamin Marvin officiated. Officers of the Sisterhood inducted were: Mrs. Rose Silverman, president; Mrs. Jennie Rausnitz, vice-president; Mrs. Sadie Stier, treasurer; Mrs. Elizabeth Krakow, recording secretary; Mrs. Lily Cooper, financial secretary; Mrs. Rose Simon, hostess; Mrs. Sarah Schneider, Mrs. Fanny Goldstein and Mrs. Rausnitz trustees.
The hostess committee included the Misses Shirley and Selma Silverman, Rose Gold, Rose Enoch, May Spool, Edith Cooper, Sylvia and Rose Simon, Evelyn Stemple, Belema Steier, and Hilda Mellon.
Mrs. Sadie Bishoff, chairman of the adult education division of the Sisterhood of the Jamaica Jewish Center, announced that the first in a series of lectures on Jewish religion will take place on January 28 in the center. Rabbi William Maley will be the speaker.
The cruise contest of this Sisterhood, with trips to the Panama Canal, Bermuda and Florida, will be brought to a close on February 24 instead of on January 20 as originally planned. The prizes will be awarded at a supper and card party at the center. Mrs. Hattie Edelstein and Mrs. Flora Solomon will be in charge. The c#uise committee consists of Mmes. Sophie Feldman, Theresa Borowitz, Ida Roth and Minnie Estrin.
At a board meeting of the Kew-Forest Hadassah plans were discussed for the annual luncheon to take place on February 6 at the Hotel St. Moritz, Manhattan.
In conjunction with the luncheon, souvenir journals will be distributed. Mrs. A. R. De Vos, chairman of the group, is assisted by Mmes. Lillian Silbiger, Irving Spenadle, Nellie Forster, Anna Braun and Mae Kronfeld.
The Young Folks League of the Wall Street Synagogue is holding its annual dance and entertainment at the Hotel Edison on Saturday, January 26.
Through the medium of this dance, the League looks forward to increasing its membership and treasury and thus to enter a wider field of activities. In the past, the League has given valuable support to the works and endeavors of the Wall Street Synagogue and has also succeeded in launching some independent charitable works. With an increased membership it will be possible to spread this good work over a wider area.
On Tuesday, January 22, the Bensonhurst group of Ivriah will hold its monthly bridge and social at the Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst at Seventy-ninth street and Bay parkway. Refreshment will be offered and prizes awarded. Mmes. Gladstone and Roth are in charge of the affair.
Mrs. H. Wald, favorably known in Bensonhurst Jewish circles, will conduct a series of classes for adults desiring to learn the Hebrew language. Classes will meet every Thursday at 9 p. m. at the Bensonhurst Jewish Community House and are open to all.
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