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Title: Biography of Nathan Barnert, his character and achievements; including histories of local institutions
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Baum, Michael T
Subjects: Barnert, Nathan, 1838- Charities
Publisher: Paterson, N.J., News Printing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ysrooms, at which time six charter members were present, namely,Mrs. Jacob Levy, Mrs. Morris Feder, Mrs. Marcus Cohn,Mrs. Jane Cohen, Mrs. Henry Nathan and Mrs. Tennie Dia-mond. The work of the society is conducted quietly and withoutany ostentatious show. There are no public appeals for sub-scriptions, the source of income being from card parties andother forms of entertainment. The good sisters of mercy canwell be proud of their work. Great are conventions to con-sider all kinds of reform, but the men and women who aredoing most for the poor, are almost none of them in conven-tions, but are handpickers at work in the slums and among thedestitute. There are such men and women whose names arenever in the newspapers, who know where the poor live andwhere the orphan children are. They are everywhere presentwhere help is needed. The present officers are: Mrs. Jennie Cohen, President;Mrs. Charles Elbow, Vice-President; Mrs. Pauline Levine,Treasurer, and Mrs. Tennie Diamond, Secretary. 157
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JEPHTHA LODGE, NO. 143, INDEPENDENT ORDEROF BNAI BRITH. All those who are members of the Independent Order ofBNai Brith—considered the most powerful agency in exist-ence for the protection of Jews—have a just cause to feel apardonable pride in the work it has achieved in an extensivefield of endeavor. It could, with honor, rest upon what hasalready been accomplished, but the Order is not content to dothis for the meml)ers are aware that there are serious problemsstill to be solved. They have set their determination on meet-ing these difficulties and contentions face to face, fearlessly andunselfishly, with the end in view of the moral, physical andintellectual advancement of world-wide Jewry. In every land can be found workers in this splendid cause—men and women—whose noble fidelity have been shiningbeacons of encouragement to the down-trodden, the oppressedand poor, the sick and needy. Just such a band of loyal Jewscan be found in Paterson, their various activities being ex-

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