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HOD BEZALEL
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Lodge Bezalel News
April 30 is Registration Deadline for the 2025 Lodge Bezalel Retreat
The registration deadline is April 30 for our 2025 Lodge Bezalel Retreat, May 30-June 1, at the Apple Mountain Resort near Clarksville. No payment is due, but registration is a MUST.
It's a great place. Check it out! Registration is open NOW.
We have reserved nine 3-room villas at the resort. All prices include food.
- Three people to a villa - cash, check or Zelle: $205
- Three people to a villa - credit card: $215
- Two people to a villa - cash, check or Zelle: $265
- Two people to a villa - credit card: $275
Registration Deadline for HOD Biennial is April 30;
No Admittance Unless You're Registered
Due to security reasons, the deadline to register for HOD's Biennial 2025 has been moved up to April 30. Unregistered Brethren WILL NOT be admitted.
You won't want to miss celebrating 120 years of The Order and the installation of Atlanta's own WB David Joss as President of Grand Lodge.
Festivities start on May 15 and culminate on May 18 with the installation of new officers and a gala banquet.The cost is $54.
Don't wait. Click here and register now.
Here's the schedule:
International Workshop
Friday May 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Westin Perimeter Hotel, Sandy Springs
Open to all Brethren
Dress: Casual attire (No shorts) – light drinks and snacks provided
Special Grand Lodge Meeting
Friday May 16 from 2 to 3 p.m.
All Grand Lodge Members are requested to attend to discuss and vote upon two motions proposed by the Grand Executive
Motion 1: Proposal to amend the current HOD International Constitution
Motion 2: Proposal re the International Fund
(Please see Motions attached & Proxy forms for Lodges – Casual attire)
Third Degree Raising Ceremony
Sunday May 18 from 10:30 to 11:00a.m.
Congregation Bnai Torah.
Only Brethren who are due to be raised and those Wor Brethren in possession of the 3rd Degree are invited.
(Dress: Suit & tie and Regalia)
46th Biennial Conference of the Hebrew Order of David International - Including North American Governing Lodge Installation and investiture of the Grand President and Deputy Grand President
Sunday May 18 from 11:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Congregation B'nai Torah
All Wor Brethren / Brethren are requested to attend. To include the Installation of North American Governing Lodge Officers and the Investiture of the Grand President and Deputy Grand President for the 2025 – 2027 term
(A light lunch will be provided – Dress: Suit & tie and Regalia)
HOD International 46th Biennial Conference Gala Dinner
Sunday 18th May 2025 at 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Congregation B'nai Torah
All Brethren & Wives / Partners invited. Payment required at registration.
(Dress: Suit & tie and Regalia)
Click here for our 2025 Biennial Page with links to the HOD Constitution and Motions 1 and 2.
Lodges Present $200,000 Check to IDF Widows & Orphans Fund
The Hebrew Order of David Foundation, comprised of the 23 HOD Lodges worldwide, presented a check for $200,000 to the IDF Widows & Orphans Fund, Sunday, Nov. 3, during the installation ceremonies for Atlanta’s four Lodges. The check represents the latest results in an ongoing campaign to fund an endowment for educations for widows and orphans of fallen servicemen of the IDF, police officers, and other security personnel.
Since Oct 7, 2023, the number of widows and children who have lost one or both parents has increased by more than 750. Among IDFWO’s numerous programs and support initiatives, annual scholarships are a crucial component to foster the academic and personal growth of widows and adult orphans within the organization.
HOD leaders in North America began working with a network of benefactors this past summer to set up a program to match HOD donations to IDFWO dollar for dollar. In the process, they established the HOD Foundation to better manage donations for this and other causes.
You can donate now to the Hebrew Order of David International Endowment Fund, administered by the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization in Israel.
Click here to:
The Atlanta Jewish Times published this article about the check presentation in Atlanta.
The Jewish Voice of Houston published this article about the HOD initiative.
Through campaigns to support IDFWO, Birthright Israel and United Hatzalah, HOD Lodges have raised more than $800,000 over the past year.
Monthly Planning Meetings!
Our monthly planning meetings are returning to the Publix in Woodlawn Commons on Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta. Meetings are scheduled for 7 p.m. on the first
Monday of the month - but subject to change for holidays. Our next meeting is Monday,May 5, 2025
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Lodge Bezalel and HOD in the community
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Lodge
Bezalel of The Hebrew Order of David International (HOD), a Jewish fraternal
organization, recently presented a check to support the K-9 Unit of the Cobb
County Police Department. The money was raised through Lodge Bezalel’s
participation in the annual Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival, held in the fall at
Brook Run Park, Dunwoody. [
Zichron Menachem Project
Hebrew
Order of David is partnering with Zichron Menachem to fund the
construction of a Hair Salon at the Zichron Menachem campus in
Jerusalem.HOD Lodges from around the world are supporting this needed and valuable project.
Your donation is strongly encouraged. An anonymous donor will match 100% of your donation, so please give all you can. [Read More] about this wonderful project.