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Philanthropy ^ a s been the link which has held the Jewish peopie together.

"Thrice-blessed "is he who gives."

VOL. II.—No. 7

Entered as ' ""-' lass mail matter on January 27th. '1021. at postofflcc at*6tonna. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 18TO.

OMAHA, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY,; JANUARY 26; 1922

The Public Is Cordially Invited To Attend Judge Harry Fisher Here J Feb. 5; Talks at Brandeis CONFERENCE OF JEWISH LEADERS THROUGHOUT STATE TO BE HELD IN OMAHA SAME DAY IN INTEREST OF $14,000,000 APPEAL.

Solves 2 70 Year Old Problem Cincinnati. (J. T. A.) Jacob Feld, a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati,-has solved a problem which has been puzzling engineers since 1650. He has been able to figure out the exact strength of a wall necessary to support a given mass of

Jewish leaders throughout the state will gather in Omaha ion February 5 to attend the Nebraska State Conference being called by Win. L. Holzman, state chairman of the $14,000,000 relief appeal. j will be fore-stalled More than 200 delegates from fifty Nebraska cities will measurement of the meet to perfect final arrangements to make the $125,000 cam- which the surrounding earth paign in this state an overwhelming success. At the same time Judge Harry Fisher, of the Superior Court upon walls. of Illinois, an outstanding figure in American Jewish life, and a powerful speaker, will come to Omaha, to arrange with the delegates for their work, and to address a public meeting on Sunday evening, on conditions in Europe.

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The local committee has secured the Brandeis Theater for this meeting and anticipates a crowd greater than that which welcomed the Sokolow delegation recently. Judge '.Fisher is the man, who at the open grave of SO Jews, victims of one of the most horrible pogroms ever executed in Poland, vowed that be would not rest until their murder had been avenged—not through death dealing devices, but through the instruments of life to hundreds of thousands of their fellow Jews. Judge Fisher has dedicated himself to making the $14,000,000 appeal successful, in order that his solemn vow ynay• jfcVfuffilled.-;." ;"*-^ >„ Meanwhile the work of" the joint Distribution Committee in Central and Eastern Europe is going steadily forward. The need for this work, especially in Russia, becomes increasingly greater each day, and its continuance i3 dependent on the success of the present campaign. A cable received this week from James W. Rosenberg and Morris D. Waldman, European commissioners of the J. I>. C, to David Brown, chairman of the National Appeal, gives a heartrending picture of conditions. They report as follows:

menacing epidemics which are in conspiracy with: famine and cold to destroy these hopeless creatures.

SUBSCRD7TTON PRICE, A YEAR, $2.50.

Annual Meeting At The Fontenelle Hotel

Contest Di With Teams in Every Part of City to Secure Subscriptions to "Jewish Press".

'Biters Bitten" Berlin. (J. T. A.) The Board of German Missions in announcing its plans for the celebration in February of a century of its existence complain of the hindrance encountered in their work because of the persistent antiSemitic activities of those who are not interested. in anything but the persecution of the Jews. The .missionaries claim that there have been 3,000 converts to. the Christian faith within the century.

Excellent Program and Fine Addresses Prepared ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF 1,200 TO HEAR OF MARVELOUS, GROWTH AND SPLENDID WORK—OFFICERS FOR 1922 TO BE ELECTED.

Omaha Jews will learn Sunday why Omaha's Federation was railed by Dr. C. D. Spivak of Denver "the best Federation COMPETITION A L R E A B Y in the country". KEEN AMONCTGONTESTThe Jewish Welfare Federation will officially close its year by an on Sunday evening:, when over 2,000 people are expected to stress attend the annual meeting to be held in the ball room of the exerts The subscription contest of Fontenelle Hotel. "The Jewish Press" is on! Completing the most successful year in its history, with a Thirty girls, representing membership of 1,200, almost twice as large as that of the previous four organizations, are in the year, the Federation will report on its manifold activities of race, and each girl is already 1921, and elect officers for 1922. busily at work.to win the big Every Jewish citizen of the city is invited to attend and money for her club. * ' to learn how well the social service work of the community is The Junior Welfare Organ-' being done, how many orphans and widows and old people are ization, the Junior Haddasah,' cared for, how many of the sick are healed and how the Jewish the Yowoheas Club and the X. Probable That Few Changes spirit is kept alive in hundreds of boys and girls. The FedT. C. Club, are ther entrants to • Will Be Made in Current eration emphasizes the fact that every Jew in the city is a part but the field'is still open, i Immigration Friends Contribute to Memorial date, of the Federation, and that no Jew can claim to be uninterested The X. T. C. Chib, which wonj in its work. to Carry On His Work. first prize in the 1921 contest, TO Last year's meeting was attended stitutions are now cared for by the clubs by over 800 people, and was the in- Federation. Since last May and for FUNERAL 0NE OF LARGEST spiration for the city-wide campaign the first time in the history of The Junior Haddasah girls have | EVER HELD Bf THIS CITY SIQNAL COMMITTEE

Washington Sentiment Favors Retention of Present Quota Bill

Memory of Ed. Simon to be Perpetuated Through Loan Fund

ABOVE ALL THE CHILDREN. But above all, we are thinking of the children—of the hundreds of thousands of hopeless, helpless, friendless babes. Those who have somehow been reached by our officials and compledged themselves to adopt a Pales-j mittees are fairly safe thanks to The memory of Ed. Snnon will bej tirrian orphan wit& ftfae .$100 first] Washingtoon, Jan. 21. (J. T. A.) the munificence of American perpetuated in Omaha in a form that prize, and" are standing every effort It is now certain that the ImmigraJewry. Some have walked he himself would undoubtedly have to make good their jgledge to the un- tion Committee will report a bill exhundreds of miles to some place known orphan.""* tending the three per cent qnota chosen. where they, could b.e taken inland The Yowoheas;club is the youngest system for another year from, the exI v That same ^spirit of .selflessness healed and; fed an^ilie|t^rett but; "'*~*~ ' -'*-"jnthrip^s&ich;ch^cterized, group in" the jaceV being composed o£j piration of *t&e,.presen.t law in June, o»BW»d«cai» <oo .feeble sick t& survive t h e ' l w ^ j p j [4JOiorial Fund which, is being! newest of the "YMHA efan&xmy dubs.' Sentiment in-'fevW v£ Bepreafctt*the road. Thousands who are EtlBsdrlSed to by his many friends I The Junior Welfare girts have dem- ative Johnson's bill iot admission" to managing somehow to survive hetel % • | onstrated their ability as workers close relatives of American citizens, the hunger and cold are hating This fund, when completed, will'. through their contribution of $170 to,, introduced before-the Christmas rethe world that has given them be turned over to rthe Jewisli^Free the Federation last year, and of $50 >' cess1, has all but disappeared", John>•• i son himself having given it up, it nothing but agony and terrdr, * Loan Committee of the Federation, to the Free Loan Society. The entire city: is open to the girls,! is understood. This is probably due and are now without any sense to further its excellent work of conand at this writing, less than ten | of right or wrong. No one knows" structive help. How effective this to the opposition ' of-. the Senate the actual number of orphans. work is may be gathered from the hours after the start of the contest' which is immovably insistent upon Some say, there are three annual report of the Society which the workers can be found in every) the retention of the quota law. section of the city. Renewals are be- j hundred thousand, ethers, four appears on page 2 of this issue. ing counted equally with new sub- \ This morning's executive session hundred thousand. Two hundred and seventy-five dolconsidered the question of fining scriptions in the total. Shall these children be lars have already been pledged to Results of the first week's work will | steamship companies bringing over permitted to die in untold the fund, and additional pledges are immigrants constituting a surplus of thousands or will the Jews still being made. It is hoped that be published in the next issue of| the quotas of the respective coun"The Jewish Press." The contest ends of America move mightily the fund will total $500. ContribuComplying with your cable tries. It is confidently expected that to the rescue? We implore tions may be sent to H. H. Auer- at midnight on February 13. request for detailed information The following girls are now in the stringent provision to this effect will all the Jews of America to bach, treasurer of the fund, 582 of European Jewish conditions be made. B. B. Lasker, of the U. S. race: put speedy end to this Saunders-Kennedy Bldg. we feel it thir duty to say that Shipping Board, appeared at the Tina Altgliuler, Esther Katleman. Esther tragedy so vast in scope The funeral of Ed Simon held last Davidson, Gertrude Gilinsky. Ann Selicow. session, proposing an amendment that the fill story of horrors we are Slegelman. Ida HoBnrnu, Rose Zeitas to shock all humanity. Friday was one of the largest Jewish Sara witnessing daily would make chick, Helen Reikes, LUlinn Rnbinstein, fifty per cent of the immigrants Annette Ethel Rnbin, Mary Mosfunerals ever conducted here, more coe, RuthFnnger, every soul shudder and would Bernstein. Celia Kurs. Jennie must be transported on American than 300 of the friends of the de- Pit lor. 1%-a Segal, Helen Altschuler. Anne ships. This proposition is very difarouse every Jewish heart in Clara FeWman. Tess Kavieh. ceased . gathering to pay their last GTeenberfr. America to such a degree of pity MoiH* Grossman. Ann White. Pauline ficult and will probably be rejected Selicow, Blanche AJtman. Rose Fine. as impractical, 'it is understood. respects to his memory. The B'nai Bertha that there .would be no limit to Hoffmnn. .Jennie Liebowitz, Marian B'rith ritual was read by Harry Goldstein. Bess Handler. what the JeWs of America would The appearance at a hearing of the Silvennan and Arthur Rosenblum, . do for otir • suffering people. Immigration Committee of Mr. Louis JEWISH LEADERS TO LODGE and Dr. Frederick Cohn delivered the Marshall, representing the American HONOR PILES ON HONOR. PROTEST AT MEETING OF eulogy at the public services at Jewish Committee, and. Dr. • Stephen Notwithstanding all that has LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Stack's undertaking parlors. Rabbi S. "Wise, representing the Organizaalready;' been done, horror still Morris Taxon officiated at the family tion for the -Ajnerican Jewish Conpiles on horror and conditions Libau (J. T. A.) What is character- services. JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS IN gress, has been fixed for Thursday, are so terrible that crushing ized as a continued anti-Jewish policy Contributions to the Fund have January 26, it is learned. It is WARSAW MAKING HEROIC disaster 'threatens our people. is charged against the Latvian Gov- been made by the following: understood that the hearing has been EFFORTS TO COPE WITH Dr. Philip Sher, Dr. A. Greenbersr, Winter's cruel blasts are killing ernment, particarly in the alleged granted at the instance of ReSITUATION. Joe Wolf. H. A. Wolf. many hundreds. On every road cruel treatment of emigrants passing M. JSugrannan. Sgr Hyniie Milder. presentative Siegel who has not inLeon. Ed Kratig. and in hundreds of towns Jewthrough the .country on the way to S. Warsaw (J. T. A.) The danger dicated whether, any other Jewish K. Knlakofsky, Morris Arkin. ish men, Women and children are Lithuania or Russia. J. Slosberj;. Rabbi Morris Taxon, of the continuous spreading of the leaders will appear. Greenherg. Max Wezelnian. shelterless, famished and naked, The conduct of a number of gov- D. J. J. Greenberg:, plague and typhus epidemic resultAbe Silreraan. H. Rubenstein, Irwin Stalmaster. parched with fever and suffering ernment officials has aroused resent- A. ing from -overcrowding among the Rosenblum, Dr. Philip Levey. Rosenblatt. of typhtfs and we are unhappy ment and called forth protests from M. Louis Zier. . Jewish immigrants returning from CEDAR RAPHJS ORGANIZES Wn, Holzman. Louis Bernstein, in thinking we can do so little all Jewish organizations. H. Lapidns. Russia is one which is to be faced FOR JEWISH WORK. Mose Bernstein, Wilinsky. Bernard Gross. to save them with the limited The Latvian Consul at Moscow is H. by --all organizations and institutions E. Meyer. Sam Gross. Cedar Rapids, la.—(Special Corremeans at our disposal. said to have made a practice of per- C. C. Katleman. M r r s Milde M Idcr seeking to check the epidemic. The spondence of "The Jewish Press.") Vm. Grodinsky. .° J?, J m /Milder. Every previous estimate of posonally ejecting from trains all Jews II. H. Auerbach. Harry Silverman, principal difficulty lies in preventing The efforts of the Jewish communiJ. KnlakofsTsy. Max Froiakin. grom refligees is much too conreturning to Latvia, even women and II. M. Kulakofsky. A. Newman & Sons. its penetration into the interior. Per- ties of the "Tri-cities" in Iowa, in Kulakofsk.v. Ben Milder, servative. Fields and forests arc children. He is also said to be re- liOiiis mission has been secured from the behalf of Judaism, are not limited by David Keiler, Abe Kalskeo. SUed with these wanderers; old Hyinau Katskeo, fusing to recognize the documents J. A. GrosK, Polish Government to establish in- geographical boundaries. H. Kavieh. Samuel Meyersoji. and Women, young men and showing that the transients are in C. W. CnlJeii. Herman Meyerson. formation bureaus at the stopping Everything of an organized Jewish J- Alcbaier. Morris Levy, women, children and infants in 'possession of Latvian passports. points where the Jewish immigrants •nature seems'to'have started at once Harry and Jake Malasbock. arms ate vainly seeking a place The position of these re-immigrants are provided with the bare pecessaries in Cedar Rapids, la., due to the helpto rest, their wearied, fever is thus rendered desperate. Having of life and some medical attention. ing hand extended by nearby estabracked bodies, only to be told to sold their possessions they are now BLOOD LIBEL AGAINST Reports from Kovno state that lished Jewish communities. One hungo elsewhere, while epidemics of JEWISH PHYSICIANS unable to return home.. every train brings new batches of dred Jewish-spirited men and women typhus and other filth diseases IN GERMANY re-immigrants, famished, emaciated, of The return of emigrants from Cedar Rapids met last week, when decimate their ranks. Spreading Berlin. (J. T. A.) An anonymous bare-footed and ragged. Every house Latvia to Lithuania is also being Mrs. S. Weinstbek, of Des Momes, 'the diseases of which they are prevented, it is charged, Latvian of- appeal is being distributed in large and public building being .occupied, gave an illustrated lecture and Rabbi carriers i. they struggle toward ficials declaring that- there is no numbers amongst the Christian pop- the refugees are filling in synagogues J. L. Baron, of. Davenport, delivered seaports in a vain hope of escape frontier between Russia and Lith- ulation, urging them to avoid the hos- and are filling the Beth HaMidroshim, a stirring appeal for Jewish; work. to America now closed to them pitals because the Jewish physicians —men, women and children J being uania. The immediate • result was the forand strain their tearladen eyes Mr; Leo Motzkin and! Mr. Alenikow, are in the habit of poisoning the pa- indiscriminately huddled together. matifcn of the Association Jewish to you for help. It is tremenrepresenting the Comtriitee of Jew- tients and then selling the human • Rovno, on the Polish-Ukrainian Philanthropies and the subscription of dously important that every efish Delegations r.t Paris, have pro- flesh to sausage manufacturers; the frontier, has become the clearing $1400 for its initial iupport. Then the fort be made to raise large sums ceeded to Geneva to file an official iocal "Freiheit" reports. point for emigrants proceeding from, question of founding a progressive for medical aid to stamp out the protest against the alleged repressions and immigrants seeking to return congregation was-broached and was on the part of the Latvian GovernWarsaw. (J. T. A.) 4 men whose to Poland. Due to the epidemic, re- responded to yffih~Jtfc£"pledging of The Y. M. H. A. will give a mem- ment, with the Council; of the League; participation in the pogroms under immigrants have packed the transit $20,000.00 to sponsor the new movebership dance Saturday evening at of Nations which had asked-for • a Genera" Bulak Balachovitch at Krim- barracks to their - capacity, the sick ment. The next morning a group of the Jewish Community Center. The report.of the treatment of minority W> has .been established, have been andf the dying occupying the • same women met with - Rabbi * Baton and Council!! of Jewish Women will groujps in Latvia, Esthonia and sentenced to imprisonment for life by quarters as those that have been organized a religious- school which the Lithuania. ] "1 will start to function at oncei ftourt sitting at Luzk spared. '••..-

Latvian Government Charged With Cruelty to Imigrants

Typhus Epidemic Spreads Among Jewish Immigrants

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in the spring and summer of this yea*. Under the energetic leadership of Harry Lapidas, Chairman of • the

Omaha's Jewish social work, every dollar spend for such work was contribiited by Jew*, without asking support of l i e general community

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THE Cleveland, Ohio, December 29,1921. Jewish Welfare Federation. Omaha,-Nebraska. Dear Friends:— How beautifully you are rounding out the old year and < ushering- in the new! Your check for-$1200.00 additional to the payment of $600.00 already received by us for this year comes at a most opportune time and we are deeply grateful to you for your action in voting1 us this additional appropriation. Kindly accept our sincerest appreciation and our hopes that the coming year will find you able to at least duplicate the generosity which you have shown toward our little ones. Heartiest New Year greetings, ^ Yours very truly, '> (Signed) KATE WEISS, Secretary Jewish Orphan Home. Denver, Colo., December 27* 1921, Jewish Welfare Federation, Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Friends:— Your esteemed favor of the 24th ulfc. enclosing check for $500.00, representing the balance of your contribution for the year 1921, was duly received. We, too, are very happy indeed to know that there are a few Federated Charities in the United States, so few indeed that you can count them on the fingers of one hand minus the thumb and middle finger, that have volunteered to increase their contribution. Yours sincerely, (Signed) C. D. SPIVAK, Secretary The JeWish Consumptives* Relief Society. Federation finance committee, 150 men and women, many of them never before active in communal work, secured pledges totalling over $45,000, a sum more than twice as large as any ever before raised for local Jewish work. Before the start of the campaign arrangements had been made by the Executive Committee of the Federation, for caring for every local Jewish organization in its. general budget. Twelve local, and seven national in-

in the purchase of tickets for dances, balls or picnics. The financial report printed .on page 6, shows the scope of the Federation's work, and two letters from affiliated institutions, herewith printed, indicate how necessary tjiis work is. For Sunday's mammoth meeting a very excellent program has been prepared. Admission will be free and no funds will be solicited.

DR. S. M. MELAMED TO VISIT IN OMAHA. Word has just been received here that Dr. S. M. Melamed, editor of the Jewish Daily Courier, and a member* of the national executive committee of the Keren Hayesod, will spend February 2, 3 and 4 in Omaha. Plans are being made to have Dr. Melamed address the B'nai B'rith lodge next Thursday night, an to speak at the Friday evening services in one of the synago«n?»i

A very gratifying response lias been made to the appeal of the Immigrant Aid Department of the Local Council of Jewish Women, for clothes for the immigrants on ElHs Is2and» according to Mrs. Frederick Cohn, president. . Many hundreds of garments were received from Omahans, and two large boxes were sent in from the Jews df Fullerton, Nebraska, through the Krasne brothers there. The clothing will be shipped to New York next Monday.

RECEIVE MANY GARMENTS FOR IMMIGRANTS.


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