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Y.M.H.A. IN
FEDERATION Whole South Represented in Meeting Here. B. S. WASHER, LOUISVILLE,IS FIRST PRESIDENT Nashville Gets 1916 Meeting—Chattanooga Gets Important Places in List of Officers—Reception Is Held.The Federation of Southern Young Men's Hebrew associations was organized yesterday afternoon at a meeting held in the Y. M. H. A. building when more than a hundred representatives of ten southern cities were present. The meeting, called to order at 2, was opened with prayer by Rabbi Julian Miller, after which the address of welcome was given by B. Cassell, president of the local association. Responses to Mr. Cassell's address and reports on the activities and progress of the work of the association in the cities represented were given by S. A. Goldsmith, of New York; J. E. Londow, Asheville; E. Klein, Memphis; L. Leftwich, Nashville; I. J. Friedman, Montgomery; B. F. Washer, Louisville, and Harry Weiner, Chattanooga.The constitution and by-laws of the federation were adopted by the conference, after which officers were elected as follows: Benjamin S. Washer, Louisville, president; Joseph Morse, Nashville, first vice-president; Julius Goldman, New Orleans, second vice-president; J. M. Fine, Chattanooga, third vice-president; Manuel Frank, Nashville, secretary and treasurer. The executive board selected is: B. Cassell, Chattanooga; Lee S. Bernheim, Louisville; E. Klein, Memphis; H. L. Finkelstein, Asheville; I. J. Friedman, Montgomery; L. Pizitz, Birmingham;-Joseph Simon, Nashville; J. K. Newman, New Orleans, and E. J. Londow, Ashe ville.At the meeting of the executive Committee which followed a spirited fight for the next conference, to be held Sept. 5, 1916, arose between Nashville and Chattanooga, Nashville winning. The claims of Nashville were presented by L. Leftwich, who insisted that Chattanooga had had sufficient honor in entertaining the initial conference of the, federation. The claims of Chattanooga were presented by J. L. Levine, through whose efforts the federation was organ-zed here.The business session adjourned at 7:80 last night.The evening session, a reception to :he delegates by the local association, began at 9. Impromptu talks were made )y visitors and hosts, and after a musical program refreshments were served.The delegates will be the guests of ... |
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MME. PEVSNER GIVES OUTLINE
OF LECTURE "The Secret of the Jewish Revival" to Be Heard at Strand Theatre Tomorrow Afternoon. Asheville people will be afforded the opportunity to hear Mme. Bella Pevsner, the celebrated lecturer?, at. the Strand theater at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when the subject, "The Secret of the Jewish Survival," will be discussed. The lecture is to be given for the benefit of the local Y. M. H. A., the city commissioners having granted their permission that the lecture may be delivered on Sunday. Commissioner D. Hiden Ramsey will introduce the speaker and Mayor J. E. Rankin will occupy a seat on the platform. The arrangement committee is composed of Mrs. G. Lichtenfels, Mrs. S. Sternberg and Mrs. M. D. Long. Mme. Pevsner stated that the subject was chosen because of the general world's disaster, where the Jews are participating as the greatest sufferers. Outlining the probable trend of her discourse, she stated the following: "Mankind at large, of the old world is broken down. The nations are crumbling to pieces out of the general disaster, staking the last they have to build a better future. All of the battling groups are kindled with a great hope, however, to regain their historical rights, to mould independently their own destinies. "In this, wide world's battle and strife, the Jews being scattered in little atoms, like tiny fragments of one old historical body, see in the unparalleled moment of history, the single chance to reclaim and manifest the ancient undying hope for a brighter future. This is why it is necessary to acquaint the cold, indifferent and forgetful nations with the marvelous spirit that has kept the Jewish race alive though conquered by nations of the old and new world. The race still survives them all. "This will be a, review of the clashes of the old and later civilizations for the right to preserve their racial and historical individuality." |
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YM.H.A. ORGANIZED HERE
TUESDAY NIGHT HAS LEASED THIRD FLOOR OF SONDLEY BUILDING. Officers Named and Association Starts With Over Fifty Members—Membership Campaign Started. Asheville now has a Young "Men's Hebrew association.After working since last August for he organization of such an association, a number of the leading Jewish young men of this city had the satisfaction Tuesday night of seeing the first meeting of the Asheville Y. M. H. A. called to order, and the regular routine business of a regular meeting transacted.The new organization has leased and fitted up the entire third floor of the .Sondley building, formerly occupied by the Pendennis club, and is installed there. Affairs of the organization are in the hands of a 'board of directors, composed of a regularly elected set of directors, who, with the officers -of the association, act as the directing spirits of the affairs of the association.Officers were elected Tuesday night as follows: President, Jack Blom berg; vice president, H. L. Finkelstein; secretary, B. J. Londow; treasurer, Roy Swartzberg; members of the board of directors, A. A. Paul, A. J. Huvard, Morris Littman, Max Hoskoritz. Benjamin Seigle, and A. Kantrowitz. These last named six directors act with the officers of the club as the board of directors, making ten members of the -board of directors.The association opened its first meeting under most auspicious circumstances, over fifty members answering present when the roll was called. A committee on organization was appointed, and the work of organizing the association quickly perfected. A committee on membership was also named during the evening, and is already at work .on a campaign to increase the membership to 100 or more, with good prospects of success. They will also solicit donations for the fitting up of the club rooms, which have already been made unusually attractive."The object of the association," said one of the officers yesterday, "Is to improve the time of the young men of the Jewish race in Asheville and to advance their spiritual, physical and intellectual interests. We will have a well arranged gymnasium, in which our members will be given a chance to improve their physique, and reading rooms with literature suited to all tastes, that they may be [?] through reading. The Y. M. H. A. will also take a great interest in social activities, seeking to pro-vide, forms of amusement elevating to the young men of our race in the city. In short, it is an organization for the betterment of the men of the Jewish race in Asheville, and as such will have the hearty support of all our citizens." To the efforts of a small body of men is due the fact that Asheville has a Y. M. H. A. They launched the movement for such an organization last August, with the purpose of making- it a social center for the Jews of the city. That they have succeeded is evidenced 'by the large membership already enrolled, the interest, that... |
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WILL LECTURE AT STRAND
THEATER Mme. Pevsner Speaks Tomorrow on "The Secret of the Jewish Survival."Mme. Bella Pevsner, a well known lecturer, will deliver an address on "The Secret of the Jewish Survival" at the Strand theater tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. As Mme. Pevsner has a nation-wide reputation as a lecturer, it is expected that she will be heard by a large audience. She will be introduced by Commissioner D. Hiden Ramsey and Mayor J. E. Rankin will also occupy a heat on the stage. Mme. Pevsner states that the general trend of her discourse will be in part as follows: "In this wide world's battle and strife, the Jews being scattered in little atoms, like tiny fragments of one old historical body, see in the unparalleled moment of history, the single chance to reclaim and manifest the ancient undying hope for a brighter future. This is why it is necessary to acquaint the cold, indifferent and forgetful nations with the marvelous spirit that has kept the Jewish race alive though conquered by nations of the old and new world. The race still survives them all." One of the features of the meeting will be a solo which will be rendered by William Richards, a noted baritone. Mme. Pevsner is familiar with several languages besides being a fluent speaker in English. She is a student of the progress of, civilization from its dawn and has made a specialty of the interrelations of races in its effect on human development. In her the idealism of the brotherhood of man finds notable expression. In her search after first hand knowledge of racial conditions and feelings she attended in disguise the celebrated Beills trial in Russia which attracted the attention of the world. She also studied carefully the Dreyfus affair in its bearings on the treatment of the Jewish race by their European neighbors. |
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STRAND THEATER SUNDAY, APRIL -9*, 3:30 P. M. Mme. Bella Pevsner The Celebrated Lecturer Will Discuss"The Secret of the Jewish Survival" This Lecture Is to Be Given for the Benefit of the Local Y. M. H. A. Mr. William Richards, a Noted Baritone Singer Will Render a Sacred Solo— "The Lost Chord,'' SullivanAdmission 25c Tickets on Sale at Langren Hotel, H. L. Finkelstein Strand Theatre |
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