Celebrating completion of a quarter of century of service, the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities, community chest for twenty-five agencies carrying on a program of social service in Brooklyn, will hold its twenty-fifth annual meeting next Sunday at Union Temple, 7 Eastern Parkway.
Simultaneously the women’s division of the Federation will hold its fifth annual meeting Officers and directors of the Federation and its women’s division will be elected from slates to be presented for each of the organizations by Oscar A. Lewis and Mrs. Allan D. Emil, respectively.
MRS. BACHRACH TO REPORT
Mrs. Clarence G. Bachrach president of the women’s division will deliver her annual report. Supreme Court Justice Mitchell Mav, who will end his third consecutive term as president of the Federation, will include in his annual report not only a summary of his stewardship but also a survey of the entire twenty-five years of the Federation’s service.
Seven men have headed the Federation in its twenty-five years of existence. The presidents of the Federation, and their terms have been: Nathan S. Jonas, 1910-1913; Major Benjamin H. Namm, 1914-1916; Justice Lazansky, 1917-1918; City Court Justice Alexander H. Geismar, 1919-1921; Aaron William Levy, 1922-1924; Justice May, 1925-1928; Nathan D. Shapiro, 1929-1930; Samuel Salzman, 1931; Justice May, 1932-1934.
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