Judas Maccabeus Beacon No. 15 Order of Ancient Maccabeans
Foundation
The Judas Maccabeus Beacon No. 15 Order of Ancient Maccabeans was already active by early June 1907. The Jewish Chronicle of 7 June 1907 reports a public meeting “under the auspices of the ‘Judas Maccabaeus Beacon, No. 15’” of the Ancient Order of Maccabaeans, held in the Breadalbane Hall, Oxford Street. The report does not use the words “founded” or “inaugurated.”[1] In January 1911 the same paper described H. Handelman as “founder of the Judas Maccabeus and Leo Pinsker Beacons” and Past Commander of the former; D. Halpern was then H.B. Commander of the Judas Maccabeus Beacon.[2] Collins, p. 129, gives June 1909 for the Beacon’s inauguration, but the Jewish Chronicle of 25 June 1909 reports only a public meeting of the Judas Maccabaean Beacon, with Commander H. Handleman taking part; it does not describe an inauguration.[3][4]
The Beacon was a Zionist-sponsored friendly society of the Order of Ancient Maccabeans in Glasgow. Collins names it as the first of the Glasgow beacons, later joined by the Leo Pinsker Beacon No. 12 Order of Ancient Maccabeans in January 1911 and by the Bnei Jacob Independent Benefit Society as the third Glasgow Beacon in August 1912.[5]
Timeline
- 1926 - Mr. I. Samunov, the Treasurer of the Central Office for Great Britain, visited Glasgow on Sunday. In the morning he addressed a conjoint meeting of the Jehuda Maccabee, Leo Pinsker, and Bnei Jacob, Beacons of the Order of Ancient Maccabeans.The respective Commanders pledged the support of their Beacons for National Fund work, and a number of volunteers were enrolled. Mr. Schenkin, the Chairman of the Glasgow Zionist Central Council also spoke. Thanks were accorded to Mr. Samunov on the motion of Mr. Shafter, supported by Mr. Balkind.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 7 June 1907, pp. 32–33, archive page.
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 6 January 1911, pp. 14–15, archive page.
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 25 June 1909, pp. 36–37, “Chevras and Friendly Societies”, archive page.
- ↑ Kenneth E. Collins, Second City Jewry: The Jews of Glasgow in the Age of Expansion, 1790–1919 (Glasgow: Scottish Jewish Archives Committee, 1990), pp. 125–126, 129.
- ↑ Collins, Second City Jewry, p. 129, nn. 65, 67–68, citing Jewish Chronicle, 2 December 1912 and 9 December 1912 (cited in Collins).
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 30 April 1926, p. 26.