The Sentinel, v.150 no. 13, 1947

              THE SENTINEL
MORRIS ALEXANDER, President, LEONARD GROSSMAN, Editor, Men's Section MRS. JACK DRUCK President - MRS. SAUL E. STERLING, Editor Women's Section -
WOMEN'S COUNCIL INVITES ALL TO CHICAGO COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN
CITY-WIDE CULTURAL SABATH
By MRS. SAUL E. STERLING
Women's Publicity Chairman
FOR CULTURAL FOUNDATION
Chicago B'nai B'rith Womens' Coun-cil
takes pleasure in extending to you
and your friends to attend the City-wide
Cultural Sabath, on Saturday,
January 10, 1948 at 1:30 in the Grand
Ballroom of the Hamilton Hotel. A re-port
on ."THE AMERICAN JEWISH
CONFERENCE" will be presented by
the B'nai B'rith delegates to the Con-ference,
Mr. Benjamin Samuels and
Mrs. Aaron Osri. Mr. Samuels is the
first vice-president of the Supreme
Grand Lodge, B'nai B'rith, and Mrs.
Osri is Past President of Womens' dis-trict
Grand Lodge No. 6, B'nai B'rith.
The reports will be followed by an open
discussion period, with Mrs. Helen
Rothschild, past president of Womens'
District Grand Lodge No. 6 acting as
Moderator. Entertainment will con-clude
the afternoon program. Mrs.
Charles Davis, is the Conference for
Chicago B. B. Womens' Council.
Adolf Kraus Chapter- B'nai B'rith
announces the annual "PAULA WEIL
TEA" honoring members and their
sponsors to be held on Wednesday,
January 14, 1948 at the Standard Club
at 1:30 p. m. The guest speaker will be
Mrs. Jack I. Jeffe, President of Wom-ens'
District Grand Lodge, B'nai B'rith.
A distinguished musical program will
be presented by the well-known artists,
Saul Dorfman, pianist; and Helen Gor-don,
contralto. Mrs. Julius Abler, is
president. At the next regular meeting
to be held on Wednesday, January 7,
1948 at 1:30 p. m. at the College of
Jewish Studies, 72 E. 11th street, Olga
Rosenova will give a dramatic presenta-tion
of the gay and witty comedy
"Years Ago" written by the noted ac-tress
Ruth Gordon. Mrs. Nathaniel
Ruvell is program chairman.
Haym Salomon Chapter-B'nai B'rith
is having a Membership and Retention
Party on Saturday, December 27, 1947
at the Sheridan Plaza Hotel 4607
Sheridan road. Admission is by your
paid-up membership card. Hostesses
will be Mrs. Leo Bland, Retention
Chairman and Mrs. Archie Manewith,
Membership chairman. Mrs. Sid. Godell
is president.
* SCHEDULE OF EVENTS*
It is the sense of the Planning Com-mittee
that the Foundation conduct four
major events each year, three of them
Jewish, and one of general American
Interest. However, during the remain-der
of the 1948 season, it is not ex-pected
that these programs shall exceed
two in number.
* STRUCTURE AND FINANCING
The B'nai B'rith Cultural Founda
tion shall be, in reality, a Sub-Coin
mittee of the Chicago B'nai B'rith
Council, which shall be responsible for
its supervision and control.
Although it is expected that the Com-mittee
will be able to make these cul-tural
programs self-sustaining, in order
to provide a revolving fund and to in-sure
financial stability, the Council's
authority is sought to authorize an ap-proach
to the Lodges for a subvention
to make the creation of the Cultural
Foundation possible.
We respectfully submit as the unani-mous
opinion of the Planning Com-mittee
as created by Morris Alexander,
President of the Chicago B'nai B'rith
Council. It is our considered opinion
that the Chicago B'nai B'rith Cultural
Foundation will prove to be another
major contribution of B'nai B'rith to
the American Jewish scene. In con-clusion
we ask the adoption of this en-tire
report as submitted, to the end that
the Chicago B'nai B'rith Council es-tablish
the Chicago B'nai B'rith Cul-tural
Foundation, authorizing all neces-sary
steps in implementation.
All the foregoing recommendations
were approved by the Executive Com-mittee
of the Chicago B'nai B'rith
Council before ratification by the Coun-cil,
and will be carried out in 1948 to
the credit of B'nai B'rith and the en-tire
community, said President Alex-ander.
Chicago B'nai B'rith Cultural Foun-dation
was proposed by Carl Bromberg,
Program Committee chairman of the
Chicago B'nai B'rith Council and car-ried
by a 2 to 1 vote at the Dec. 16
meeting of the Congress Hotel with the
active support of Council President
Morris Alexander and major committee
chairman.
The Chicago B'nai B'rith Cultural
Foundation shall have as its general
purpose the traditional B'nai B'rith ob-jectives
of fostering an appreciation of
Jewish culture and advancing Jewish
art. Specifically, the Foundation aims
at bringing to Chicago the finest crea-tions
in Jewish music, drama, fine arts
and the dance, to the end that the rich
contributions of Jewry to modern cul-ture
be brought properly to the atten-tion
of the B'nai B'rith and Jewish com-munity
in particular, and all of Chi-cago's
citizenry in general.
An additional purpose of the Cul-tural
Foundation shall be to advance
the American cultural traditions. It
is planned that, at least once each year,
under the aegis of B'nai B'rith, the most
distinguished American artist, singer,
instrumentalist, composer or man of
Yetters be presented to the entire com-
WALTER SAMELOW, B'nai B'rith Membership Chairman shown with
world-famed iceskater Sonja Henie, who will headline the Ice Show opening
at the Chicago Stadium, December 25. For every two new members
secured by any B'nai B'rith since November 1, there will be one com-plimentary
ticket to the glittering premier of the revue.
munity of Chicago.
It is the joint sense of this committee
that such a Cultural Foundation will
not only further the traditional cultural
aims of B'nai B'rith, but will greatly
enhance B'nai B'rith's prestige in gen-eral
and provide an additional stimulus
for membership in our area among cer-tain
heretofore unreached segments of
the Jewish community.
Types of Programs
Jewish Programs: The foundation
shall aim to secure for its programs the
most distinguished Jewish exponents
and interpreters of the truest Jewish
art in the realm of music, drama and
the dance. It is hoped -that, depending
upon the availability of superlative
talent in these three fields, that one
festival each shall be devoted to Jew-ish
music, drama and the dance respec-tively.
It is anticipated that from time
to time, a Jewish Arts Festival will be
arranged which may combine any two
or three of the fields of music, drama
and the dance.
General Programs: Two examples
of programs advancing the American
tradition have been suggested:
1. A Town Hall Meeting on the
President's "Civil Rights Committee
Report," with such outstanding speak-ers
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.,
Charles E. Wilson, president of General
Electric Company, Max Lerner and
others.
2. A Chicago tribute to Carl Sand-bers,
Chicago's great contribution to
American poetry and letters-a com-bined
symposium of distinguished men
of letters with the participation of the
poet himself and a rendition of his
American folksongs.
Supported by Leaders
Fred Mann, past president of the
Council was a leader in the debate sup-porting
the Chicago B'nai B'rith Cul-tural
Foundation recommended by a
special committee, including Carl Brom-berg,
Program Chairman, Joseph Al-baum,
Hillel Foundation Chairman, and
Chairman of the special committee,
Walter Samelow and Nathan M. Cohen,
Chairman and co-Chairman of Mem-bership,
Aron Levita and Senator Abra-ham
L. Marovitz, Co-Chairman of
Civic Affairs, and Fred A. Mann, Chair-man
of Women's Chapter.