B'nai B'rith Convention

B'nai B'rith Convention
Official Award Medal, 5748-1987

The projects of the Jerusalem Lodge of the B'nai Brith include the establishing of the Jerusalem Library (eventually to become the National Library of the State of Israel) and libraries throughout Israel; the settlement of Motza, and establishing and encouraging rural settlement of the indigenous population; promoting community relations between the different ethnic groups of the then population, and encouraging the creation of a central national Jewish Council; establishing the new Jerusalem suburb of Bayit Vegan, and other development in the Land of Israel; being instrumental in the development and propagation of modem Hebrew as a living language, and establishing the Hebrew Language Council and the Academy for the Hebrew Language; counteracting the activities of Christian Missionaries among the Jewish population of Jerusalem; establishing the first Hebrew-speaking kindergartens, and providing medical care within the Jewish Community framework; promoting modern education and culture, including the teaching of languages, among the traditional community of Jerusalem (the "Old Yishuv"); and lobbying to remove the legal limitations on Jewish immigration, and working to absorb all arriving immigrants.

The medal serves to celebrate the centenary of the Jerusalem Lodge.

Obverse
Symbol of the Israel B'nai Brith centenary celebrations. The words "100 Jerusalem Lodge - B'nai Brith in the land of Israel" and "40 State of Israel" in Hebrew and the years "1888-1988.

Reverse
Part of the first Jerusalem Lodge report, signed by Ephraim Cohen and Eliezer Ben ' Yehuda (first secretary), in the form of a scroll.

Edge
Corporation emblem, its initials IGCMC - in Hebrew and English.

Designer
Ruben Nutels

Mint
Hecht