B'NAI B'RITH MEETING TO LOOK TOWARD FUTURE.Byline: Carolyn R. Saraspi Daily News Staff Writer About 350 people from 10 Western states and British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography are expected to attend the B'nai B'rith B'nai B'rith (bənā` brĭth) [Heb.,= Sons of the Covenant], oldest and largest Jewish service organization in the world, founded (1843) in New York by American Jews "to provide service to their own people and to humanity at large. District Four annual convention beginning Sunday at the Warner Center Marriot in Woodland Hills, officials said. This year's speakers will focus on ``reinventing B'nai B'rith for the 21st century,'' said Joel Baker, the executive director of B'nai B'rith District Four. ``We are looking at ways to implement changes to make a service organization relevant in today's society. Nonprofit service organizations everywhere are suffering from declining membership and lack of volunteers, and that is something we are going to address,'' Baker said. Founded in 1843 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , B'nai B'rith is the oldest international service organization in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . It is the largest Jewish organization in the world with 500,000 members. The group has given $70,000 in aid to earthquake victims in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. over the past two years, said spokeswoman Janet Bridgers. Local B'nai B'rith lodges have organized donations to food pantries and have distributed food to Jewish senior citizens on holidays. The B'nai B'rith District Four convention will be held Sunday through Wednesday. The group's director of international, governmental and Israel affairs will give the keynote address Sunday night. |
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