Dr. Philip D. Bookstaber, rabbi of Temple Ohev Shalom, Harrisburg, Tensard DeWolf, first magistrate of the Morals Court, and Leo Robin, first field director of the organization, were the principal speakers at the tenth anniversary banquet of the Jewish Big Brother Club of this city, held Monday evening in the Concordia Club, to do honor to Albert C. Lehman, its founder, prominent philanthropist, business executive and art patron.
The club, whose purpose is to do preventive and constructive work with boys and young men in their homes and in social institutions, was organized in 1919 at the suggestion of Mr. DeWolf, and through the financial aid of Mr. Lehman, who supported the work until 1923, when it became a unit in the Pittsburgh Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.
The work of the organization is carried out on a case work basis, medical, psychological and psychiatric examinations being given in addition to regular visiting. Although the club concerns itself most with corrective work among juveniles, prisoners in penal institutions have also profited from the work of the membership, which includes prominent Pittsburgh social workers and educational men.
Ferdinand T. Weil is president of the club, and A. Z. Pittler is in charge of field work.
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