The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 30, 1909 Page: 11 of 28
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SAN ANTONIO BNAI BRITH DAY
Judge H H Neill associate justice
of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
the guest of honor paid a high and
eloquent tribute to the Jews Monday
evening at the annual celebration
of Bnai Brith day by Edar lodge No
211 at Harmony hall
Judge Neill was introduced by S C
Bldridge acting as master of ceremo-
nies Judge Neill said in part
I am not like most of my audience
a Jew But when I contemplate the
grandeur the sublime purpose and
splendid achievements running through
all history of Gods chosen people
were it not for the distance traveled
in modern times by the AngloSaxon
race in the march of civilization I
should wish I were For what must
be the pride of ancestry of one wlio
can trace his lineage back to the days
of Abraham and find among his an-
cestors the names of Aaron of Moses
of David and of Solomon whose
statesmanship generalship whose
song and poetry have guided led en-
lightened and gladdened mankind
through the ages and still find a mod-
el in the wisdom and statesmanship of
a Benjamin or a Disraeli and an echo
in the poetry of an Israel Zangwill
What is it that after more than 20
centuries of conquest subjugation and
persecution after the destruction of
the holy city of Jerusalem the over-
throw and desecration of the holy tem-
ple the holy of holies the transpor-
tation and scattering of the tribe of
Judah over every countiy under tho
sun has preserved as a nation this
people separate and distinct from all
others For scattered all over the
world without a country of their own
Israel still as a people exists The
Egyptian nation that enslaved and
made them hewers of wood and draw-
ers of water Babylon that stormed
and sacked the Holy City and carried
them into captivity where they hung
their harps upon the willows and sat
down by the rivers and wept when
they remembered the songs of Zion
Persia that conquered their conquor
ers Greece who sought by its philos-
ophy to corrupt and win them from
their religion Rome who leveled the
walls desecrated the shrines and
passed the plowshare of destruction in
THE JEWISH HERALD
utt Wxxil Bag fa twas
a vain attempt to obliterate the site of
Jerusalem from the face of the earth
over her sacred precincts all these
with other nations almost forgotten by
history have passed away and their
history has became but as a school-
boys tale the wonder of an hour But
wonder of wonders the Jewish nation
still exists and is more numerous as-
a people and more powerful in its
wealth and influence today than at any
other period of its history which has
toucjied and run through and influ-
enced every action that has inhabited
world since cieations dawn
The order of musical entertainment
follows Coronation March Meyer
beer Muths orchestra Carmena
vocal valse Wilson Miss Sarah
Bramson duet for piano and cello
When Thou Sleepest Kjeralf
Miss Edith Goldstein and Ed Gold-
stein trio for piano and cellos Min-
uet Celebre Valensin Miss Edith
RABBI HENRY COHEN GALVESTON
Goldstein M Hesse Ed Goldstein
Following the piogram an Informal
dance was held until midnight
The committee of arrangements con-
sisted of S C Eldridge Max Blum C
M Lee L A Freed and Sam Bloom
berg
DALLAS BNAI BRITH DAY
Bnai Brith was observed by Dallas
Lodge Nc 197 of that order Sunday
December 17 initiating a large class
of candidates in the afternoon follow-
ed by a literary and musical program
at Temple EmanuEl in the evening
and banquet at the Columbian Club
at 10 p m
In the afternoon the lodge met in
the hall of the Knights of Columbus
281 Main stieet Rabbi Henry Cohen
of Galveston conducted the initiatory
ceremonies The following were the
candidates Alfred Rosenfield L P
Munzesheimer Melville Levy H To-
bias Melvin Hurst Frank Berwald E
Gilbert L Tobiansky I Rudnick Ike
and George Brin Harry Wattelsky S
Tibinsky I Lowenthal L Lewin Max
Friedman Ellis Brin David Wattel
sky Dr Emil Aronson and Henry
Levy
Several members of the class were
unavoidably absent The lodge now
has a membership of more than 200
An effort isbeing made on the part of
the workers to run it up to 250 by the
first of the year
Rabbi Cohen who was the guest of
the lodge opened the entertainment
at Temple EmanuEl in the evening
with a brief address The wintry
weather did not appear to interfeie
with the attendance as the auditorium
was crowded The program of exer-
cises follows
Organ solo Scherzo from Fifth So-
nata Guilmant Mrs J H Cassidy
song selected Mrs Else Harthan
Arendt presidents address Louis Ro
senberg violin Meditation from
Thais Massanet Walter J Fried
address Some Activities of the Bnai
Brith organ march from Lenore
Symphony Raff Mrs J II Cassidy
Victor H Hexter was tosatmaster
for the evening The principal toasts
were proposed and responded to in the
following order
The Democracy of the Order Rab-
bi Dr William H Greenburg
The Beauty of the Second Genera-
tion to Bnai Brith Lawrence Miller
The Pioper Attitude of the Ameri-
can Jew to His Immigrant Brother
Rabbi Henry Cohen Galveston
Zionist Management Criticised
Hamburg December 27 The ses
ions of he j nati Vi ii
gress were resumed today and were
taken up largely with an animatod
criticism of ihe management of the
organization which some of the dele-
gates condemned severely It was
contended that no leader existed who
was capable ofcreating enthusiasm
among the masses
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 30, 1909, newspaper, December 30, 1909; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84800/m1/11/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .