This has been a year of spirited activity in the synagogues, temples and community centers throughout Brooklyn. In addition to money-raising drives the proceeds of which went for the support of the poor and needy, there was sustained effort on the part of congregations and their affiliated societies to add to their numbers and generally to intensify the religious as well as social aspects of their work.
The highlights in the year’s program were summarized as follows: Progress was made toward the erection of a $50,000 community center adjoining the Borough Park Y.W.H.A., at 4910 Fourteenth Avenue, which at the present time is aiming to add at least two thousand new members. Outstanding workers in the project were Noah Fells, Herman Rabbino, Louis Rayzid, William Sugerman, Samuel Sternberg, Louis Simon and Harry Marks.
A sizable sum was realized by the Ivriah, Women’s Division of the Jewish Education Association, at the annual springtime breakfast held at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, Manhattan. The organization, which is headed by Mrs. Gabriel Hamburger, donated its proceeds to welfare agencies.
The Hadassah and its affiliated branches in East New York, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Bedford, Coney Island and Flatbush, was active all year raising money and promoting social service work.
BROOKLYN CONGRESS DIVISION
During the week of May 12, the Brooklyn Division of the American Jewish Congress, which was established with headquarters at Brooklyn Jewish Center, mobilized its forces for an inaugural year that “will make history.” Plans are tentatively announced for a show to be held at one of the regiment armories in Brooklyn, proceeds of which will augment the fund to aid the German Jews that was raised by the pageant committee of Manhattan. Officers of the organization are Supreme Court Justice Mitchell May, president; Rebbi B. Leon Hurwitz, vice-president; Register Aaron L. Jacoby, second vice-president; Rabbi Z. H. Mashianski, Rabbi Wolf Gold, Professor A. B. Cohen, Rabbi S. J. Levinson, David Shapiro, Max Herzfeld and Assemblyman Albert D. Schanzer, honorary vice-presidents; Commissioner of Records Hyman Shorenstein, treasurer; Rudolph Sanders, financial secretary and Dr. I. David Cohen, executive secretary.
On May 21, the Jewish Sanitarium for Incurables held its annual banquet at the Brooklyn Jewish Center, realizing money for its upkeep and other needs.
During the first week of June, Temple Emanu-El, of Borough Park, held numerous affairs in the vestry hall in which all of its societies and organizations participated. Rabbi Moses J. S. Abels, who is also president of the Brooklyn Jewish Ministers Association, announces a membership drive for the fall.
BIG SISTERS’ ASSOCIATION
The Borough Park Big Sisters’ Association held its fourth annual dance at the Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island. Funds realized went to the distressed and the needy in Borough Park. Among its active supporters were Matilda Weintraub, president; Harriet Danzier, Helen Figenbaum, Pearl Gordon, Dorothy Margolies, Rose Patriarch, Gertrude Zeikowitz, Max Bogart, Samuel Weintraub and Harry Parton.
On June 6 about 700 persons attended the annual dinner of the Brooklyn Committee of the Jewish Education Association at the St. George Hotel. The organization is headed by Municipal Court Justice Nathan Sweedler, president, and Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, vice-president. One of its objectives is to attain a membership of 25,000, including children, whose Hebrew education is supervised by the organization.
Between July 3 and August 28, the Young Men’s Hebrew Association of Brooklyn, located at 339 – 8th Street, maintained a summer camp for Jewish children in the Adirondacks. Harry G. Anders is president.
YESHIVA SCHOOL, BOY SCOUTS
On June 25, the Yeshiva Hebrew School of Bensonhurst graduated 23 pupils. M. Parker is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the school.
Since last year the Brownsville Assembly of Boy Scouts, with headquarters in the Hebrew Educational Society of Brownsville, Stone and Pitkin Avenues, has been conducting courses in Red Cross Life Saving, as well as engaging in many public functions.
The Hebrew Educational Society, which houses more than 80 clubs and associations and has an average daily attendance of 700, held a series of open air concerts beginning July 19. Rabbi Alter F. Landesman, head of the institution, announced that the concerts will be continued as an annual feature of the Society.
The Daughters of Zion Hebrew Day and Night Nursery, one of the outstanding institutions of its kind in the city, initiated a drive for $75,000 on July 14 for the support of its six auxiliaries, situated in Flatbush, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Williamsburg, Bedford and Marlboro. The central building is located at 130 Boerum Street. Fifteen years ago the institution was organized at 211 Varet Street, and today has an average daily casebook of 150. Elias B. Desatnick is the president.
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