Emphatic in their view that Nazi and similar propaganda constitute a challenge to Jewish life in this county, officers of Ezekiel Lodge, B’nai B’rith, at a conference with representatives of other groups at the Ezekiel home, announced the launching of a $10,000 drive to further the activity of the order’s anti-defamation service.
For more than a score of years the anti-Defamation service has been one of the leading projects of B’nai B’rith in counteracting offensive propaganda and defending the Jewish name against discriminatory tactics. In view of the fact that many of its findings have been of a confidential character, comparatively very little publicity has been given its activities.
Mayor Ellenstein, a member of the lodge, will serve as honorary chairman of the local effort. Charles Manshel, an officer of Ezekiel Lodge, who presided at the conference, will be the active chairman, and Bernard Miller will be treasurer and chairman of the initial gifts. The climax of the local appeal will be a dinner on April 23 at a place to be announced soon.
Secretary. Abraham Mankowitz; cochairmen of solicitations. William Margulies and Miss Etta R. Berry, former head of the Ezekiel auxiliary; co-chairmen of speakers, Aaron Levinstone and Sholem Lipis; chairman of sponsors, Jacob Fischel; chairman of advisory committee, Sidney Finkel. Abraham Shohan, of Cincinnati, field secretary of the national headquarters, in charge of executive details and Abraham Silverstein is publicity director.
Serving on the sponsors’ committee are the following prominent business and professional men: Louis V. Aronson. Dr. Irvin M. Bierman. Harry A. Braelow, Mayor Ellenstein. Herman Epstein, Louis A. Fast. Julius E. Flink. Louis L. Friedman, Alexander Harris, Irving Harris. Morris Herbst. Charles Hood. Frederick Jay. Samuel I. Kessler. Edward Kohn, Dr. Joseph Kussy, David Kraemer, Jack H. Lehman, Henry Leeds. Mr. Manshel. Mr. Miller, Isador N. Milstein, Leopold Rich. Benjamin Rubin. Samuel Schechner, Louis C. Schwartz, Judge Joseph Siegler, Dr. Louis Simonson, Charles Slavin. David Strauss, Milton M. Unger and William M. Untermann.
Speakers at the conference included Manshel, Shehan, Levinstone, Finkel and David Kantorowitz. The speakers made laudatory references to Nazi exposes now under way in various periodicals, notably the magazine Today.
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