The significance of the $1,000,000 B’nai B’rith building, which is being built here as a national shrine, was hailed by Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States, in a statement published in an American Jewish Tercentenary commemorative volume on B’nai B’rith activities which appeared here today. About 400,000 copies of the volume will be circulated to members of the organization in thirty-three countries.
“This new building,” Chief Justice Warren stated, “can become a source of new inspiration for all Americans, a center of knowledge and culture. From this strategic point of vantage in our Capitol, it can serve to illuminate the entire record of three centuries of American achievement in helping men to live together in peace and unity.” The original letter written by George Washington in 1790 to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport R. I. will be made available for public exhibit purposes to the B’nai B’rith building immediately upon its completion. The building will have a public exhibition hall in which will be displayed manuscripts, literature and objects of art indicative of the contribution of Jewry to democracy.
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