Sam Beber, founder of Aleph Zadik Aleph, will report to the 13th Quinquennial Convention of the Constitution Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of B’nai B’rith, the progress of the Order adopted as the official Junior B’nai B’rith by the last Convention held in April, 1925, at Atlantic City, N. J. At the time of the adoption the Order boasted of twelve chapters and a membership of two hundred. Today, Beber reports a chain of 120 chapters, international in scope, with a membership totaling nearly four thousand.
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