Society of Philisters of the Jewish Student Corporation “Vetulija” (Ebreju studentu biedrības «Korporācija Vetulija» filistru biedrība)

Registered on 21 June 1923 (Valdības Vēstnesis, 23 June 1923, No. 156).

By decision of the Minister for Public Affairs, the society was reregistered under the new name:

Jewish Student Society of the University of Latvia “Vetulija” (Latvijas Universitātes Žīdu studentu biedrību “Vetulija”).

The society’s aims were to organise active leisure for its members, promote the ethical principles of the “Vetulija” corporation, provide financial assistance to members and to the families of deceased members. The society also maintained a library with a reading room, a billiards room, and a sports ground.

Over the years, members of the board and active participants included: Janis Jakobi, Herman Srago, lawyer Arno Neizaus, H. Feitēdbergs, I. Vysotsky, E. Falk, B. Vulfovich, A. Slutskin, S. Fixs, L. Model, E. Makhtus, L. Grossman, S. Shenkman, H. Kepner, M. Heimanson, S. Mandelstam, A. Falk, L. Levenstein, L. Rudov, G. Pesis, E. Bagg, H. Karlan, M. Rudov, L. Kots, H. Makhtus, S. Vazbutski, L. Hirshberg, M. Hirshberg, B. Galperin, H. Vakhtel, M. Shtilbakh, B. Vovsi, O. Katzen, and Raphael Jungelson.