Nearly six hundred women attended the Israel Orphan Asylum Sisterhood at the Central Park Casino Monday afternoon. Judge Gustave Hartman, president of the orphan asylum, greeted the women on behalf of the Institution and introduced Fannie Hurst, who addressed the group. During her remarks, Miss Hurst said, “We need more than ever the immense humanitarianism of you women.”
Mrs. Samuel Kahn was chairman of the afternoon and Mrs. Jacob and Mrs. Alfred Frankenthaler, vicepresidents. Among those present were Mrs. David Sarnoff, Mrs. James J. Farley, Mrs. John P. O’Brien, Mrs. Martha Frankenthaler, Mrs. Gabriel Haber, Mrs. Gustave Hartman, Mrs. Gordon V. Lyons, Mrs. Adolf Coh, Mrs. Manrice P. Hartman, Mrs. Hugo Levy, Mrs. Morris D. Meltzer, Mrs. Mary Freundlich, Mrs. Mary Sadev, Mrs. Nathan Lobel, Mrs. Abraham Marcus, Mrs. Sigmund Weitzen, Mrs. Abraham Feierstein, Mrs. Jennie M. Zipser, Mrs. Theresa Kohn, Mrs. Sadie Altman, Mrs. Max Steinberg, Mrs. William Kleinman, Mrs. Samuel Roseman.
Mrs. Joe LeBlang donated tickets for a raffle.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
