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Jewish Publication Society Completes 34 Years'Existence
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-jnd-claag malj,matter on Januarj 27th. 1921, at maha, Nebraska, wider the Act ot March 3. 187S.
IRISHMEN ATP ! v JEWISH RELIEF
New York (J. C. B.) As a St. 'atrick's Day contribution to the ewish war relief, Deputy County Clerk Thomas. M. Farley, Democratic Hodls Annual Meeting in Phila- leader of the. Fourteenth Assembly District, turned over a check foi delphia to Hear Reports of 654. The money was collected at Past Year. a meeting of the district's Democratic IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS club. Forty-seven persons gave from >2 up to $100 each Nearly every TO BE PRINTED BY SOcontributor was an Irishman. CIETY DURING COM-
ING YEAR.
Wave of Anti-Jewish Feeling Sweeps Over British Newspapers
Philadelphia.—The Jewish Publication Society of America, at its thirtyfourth annual, meeting held here, on Sunday, March 26, reported a total membership of 15,591. New" York state heads the list of members with 4,040. Every state_in the Union is represented on.: the membership list. Mr. Simon Miller, in his presidential Latest Book by Hilaire Belloc Precipitates Sentiment. address to the society, pointed out that the society has issued more than 120 books and distributed more than LLOYD GEORGE BLAMED l;750,000 copies of these publications. BY ONE PAPER FOR JEWS'
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Tear's Publications. During the -past year the society published Dr. B. Halper's •'PostBiblical Hebrew literature;" the annual Year Book, the feature article of which the biographical sketch of Jacob H. Schiff by Dr. Cyrus Adler; Prof. Malter's "Saadia Gaon—His Life and Works." Mr. Miller announced that the society is about to send to the members a volume by Prof. Max L. Margolis entitled "The Hebrew Scriptures- in the Making." This book will be followed by a volume by Yehoash, consisting 'of impressions of Jewish life 'in Palestine at the beginning of the World War, a work that was originally published' in Yiddish. • Another Yiddish, work which the society will publish in English \vill be Sholern Ash's -j'Kiddush, Hashein," a historical novel of great, power, dealing with a •p^riod^nfrfCpssaeit-'OiitragB* of the Seventeenth <G. entury. . Among" the bookB "that arefto follow are "Studies in Judaism," third series, by Schechter, and Slousch's volume.on "Travels in Northern Africa." .
UNPOPULARITY. London, (J. C. B.) An extensive wave of anti-Jewish propaganda is sweeping over the British press. This is best exemplified by Hilaire Belloc's latest book "The Jews" which, although hardly considered a serious treatise, is excerpted by numerous newspapers, a few quoting huge extracts. Belloc's thesis is that a war between the Christian world and the Hebrew race is imminent, and that this conflict will be precipitated by Jewish "exclusiveness.'' Belloc contends that during the war it was discovered that the monopoly of all things essential to existence was in the hands of a people who did not care who won or lost. Jews are loyal only to the children of Israel. They are possessed of the highest courage, ., generosity r ancj, loyalty,, only for Jewish needs. ate The author opines; •Bia 'two ways, open- for a solution of the problem,—the elimination of what is alien in the Jews, or their complete segregation from the rest of civilized nations. Liberal Papers Concerned. It is significant that even papers which usually poohpooh the possibility of the rise of anti-Semitism in England are concerned over the recent hostile manifestations. The Belfast "Telegraph" makes the remarkable discovery that the un-popularity of the Jews is in a large measure due to Lloyd George's "penchant for Jewish favorites." The fact that he has advanced Sir Alfred Mond, Lord Reading, Sir Philip Sasoon, Sir Herbert Samuel and others, has in the opinion of the "Telegraph" invited the hostility of many non-Jews.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1922
ART AMONG JEWS
BV HERMAN STRUCK
Copyrighted, 1922, Jewish Correspondence Bureau. Note—The author of this article, such a thing at all as Jewish art. It dealing with the Jews' achievements is not easy to answer the question in the plastic arts is a widely known definitely. There has been so much Jewish painter of Germany, who has written on it that the problem has bedevoted at least as much time to the come even more? obscured than it was affairs of his people as to his- art.— previously. First of all, we have to determine what is Jewish art. All the Editor. errors which have been made by those There are ancient prejudices which who have considered the question are appear to be justified only by con- to be ascribed to! the fact that they stant repetition. One of them is the have interchanged!two ideas—art creassertion that Judaism is antagonistic ated by Jews and Jewish art. A work to art, but constant repetition has not of art created by a Jewish artist bemade the assertion any more correct. longs to the spiritual possessions of People are fond of supporting it with our race if it shows qualities which the quotation from the Bible, "Thou belong exclusively to the Jewish soul. shalt make no graven image," and In other words, those works are to be they deduce from it very shortsight- counted as Jewish works of art which edly and very superficially that Jew- have been created by Jews and which ish law prohibits all artistic activity. express the emotions, the passions, the It is clear, however, to every thinking life of our people as only a Jew can person who really studies the Tal- express them-. mud, the Shulchan Aruch and the A Jewish Masterpiece. vast mass of Responsa literature of As an example of what I would the great Jewish scholars that the honor with the" description of Jewish Bible prohibition is only intended to art, I will mention the famous masput a stop to idol worship and not to terwork, "A Son pi an Ancient Peothe creation of works of art on ornaple," by the Dutch painter, Josef Ismental or other aesthetic grounds. On raels, indisputably one of the greatthe contrary, we see that in. the earliest painters of the last century. The est period of our national life applied painting depicts a Jewish second-hand art had already attained a flourish- * , ,
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, A YEAR, $2.50. ! LINCOLN BOY WINS I ART PRIZES
United States Nay Declare for Jewish National Homeland
Lincoln, Neb.—Julius Shapiro, • 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shapiro, of this city, has been awarded first prize in the contest conducted by the Lea.s^ie of Women for the best poster Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, to Present Resolution on "The Cost of the War". He also to Senate at Once. won the prize that Mayer Bros, gave several months ago for the best poster of "Abraham Lincoln". Young ADOPTION WOULD HAVE GREAT MORAL EFFECT , Shapiro is now. enrolled at the ON LEAGUE J&F Nebraska State University, were he NATIONS -\ takes up Commercial Art. Washington, April 8.—Senator Hen* ry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts today assured a delegation of Zionists from his home state that he would present to the senate at once the resolution adopted yesterday by the Massachusetts House of Representatives with a view of getting the United States government to declare itNew York Theatrical Folk Re- self in favor of establishing a national Jewish homeland in Palestine, ta ceive Thanks of Colleagues in accordance with the terms of the : In Moscow. Balfour declaration of November 2, t=S: MORRIS GEST HEADS MOVF- 1917. MENT TO SUCCOR STARVMr. Lodge said that he had disING ACTORS AND cussed the identical question with MUSICIANS. Secretary Hughes last week and that the secretary is now in correspondNew York, (J. P. A.) Five hundred ence with the British government. letters of gratitude from Russian He said that while it was proper that artists and musicians, chiefly of the he should speak to Mr. Hughes first, Grand Theatre, Moscow, to whom he was quite sure that the secretary food packages were conveyed by the would not object to the offering of American Relief Administration, have the resolution. He made arrangebeen forwarded by the distributors, ments later in the day to confer with who received these acknowledge- the "secretary tomorrow morning. ments, to Morris Gest, who raised the The delegation declared that the first modest fund among opera and early adoption of such a resolution J theatre folks .if New York. Mr. would have a great moral effect on | Gest now plans, with the Russian the council of the League of Nations 5 company of Balieff appearing here, which they said must pass upon the % to give a joint benefit for another British mandate over Palestine next A of the famoiiS institutions, so that month. 't. similar help may reach the members of the Stanislavsky Art Theatre in
S00 Russian Artists Write of Gratitude for Americans9 Aid
J ™ , dealer m a street m Amsterdam, siting position among the Jews. It is particularly significant that The Bible describes with lov- ting in front of his shop, which is the Jewish artists of Germany mostly ing elaboration the details of the packed full of old clothes, twisted can- belong- to the camp of the moderns. artistic work which was used in build- dlesticks, umbrellas and all sorts of For example, the painters, Ernst Oping the Tabernacles and later in erect- flotsam and jetsam. This simple sub- pier, Joef Oppenheimer and Eugen ing the Temple. If objectors point ject has been treated without senti- Spiro. The well known etcher, Erich out that King Solomon employed mentality, without any sort of theat- Wolfsfeld, is a professor at the AcadPhoenicians in the erection of t:ie rical posing. The Jew is sitting down emy of Arts in Berlin. Temple, we must remind them that quite simply looking in front of him. The Modern National Gallery in Hiram of Tyre, the Phoenician mas- Yet we find in his wistful eyes which Berlin and other important collections ter builder, who supervised the con- are looking far .into the distance, in in Germany contain the works of struction of the Temple, was the son his solitary self, all the sorrows and Franz Marc, who died at the Front, of a Jewess of the tribe of Naphtali. the sufferings, all tho experience of an important, highly sensitive artist One of the writers of the letters ; our sorely, tried people throughout the It- follows then. from those,^historical -ages, a ray of h©pe "both in line and pigment. '• — shown yesterday was well known here considerations that the" Jewish people for a brighter future. Of this pic—Catherine Geltzer, who danced at Other European Artists. possessed both original artistic abili- ture we may assert with justification the Moscow Opera with Mordkin and batWhile Liebermann has been ties and the desire to put them to use. that it is absolutely out of the ques- tling for modern art in Germany, appeared later in Russian ballet tours. Zionist Conference Urges th6 League of Nations Speed \ This is clear also in the case of the tion that a non-Jewish painter could Ernst Jose£sohn in Stockholm has The letters were in Russian, some Plans for Palestine. Jews of modern times. There is evi- have painted it just as well. It is my been the pioneer of Swedish painting. in French, a few in English; typedence for it in countless wonderfully profound conviction that it is impossi- He had not, however, the good for- written in Russian characters or illustrated bibles and other manu- ble for a non-Jew to express so much tune of Liebermann and did not live scrawled in pencil or penned in vari- Philadelphia.—Zionist delegates from scripts, in the glorious golden and sil- Jewish emotion as we find in this to see himself recognized. He lost his colored inks, on a pathetic assortment more than 25 States met Sunday^ih ver vessels of old synagogues, the work, which is saturated from the reason and died after eighteen years of stationery, from the rough copy an all-day conference at the Hotel architectural beauty of many houses first to the last stroke of the brush of confinement in an asylum in Stock- pads to carefully preserved violet- Adelphia, to promote movements now on foot establishing Palestine as the of prayer, and a host of applied art with the Jewish spirit. It is true, of holm. His works which previously design note paper or a souvenir card Jewish national homeland. This conproductions now treasured, in the Mu- course, that we find Dutch influences were with unfailing regularity reject- of "Le Grand Theatre". ference is regarded as one of the CONGRESSMAN SABATH WARNS seum Cluny in Paris, in the Jewish in this picture as we do in all of Is- ed from every exhibition to which Grand Benefit, Sunday Night, most important held in years, com* JEWS OF DANGER OF NEW museums in Vienna and Jerusalem raels' works. There are particularly they were sent, are now the -most valThe coming benefit, referred to by ing, as it does, just before the con;\ JOHNSON BILL. and in a number of private collec- J strong traces of Rembrandt, but the uable treasures of the museums and tho relief agent, is that arranged for vocation of the League of Nations iM tions. dominating note, and this is the im- private collections in Sweden. starving Russian artists and their Geneva, when the ratification is preWashington.—(J. T. A.) At)—At portant note, is Jewish. In France, too, we had a Jew children at the Forty-ninth Street dicted of the British mandate over The Rise of Jewish Artists. least one Jewish Congressman, Repamong the pioneers of modern art, Theatre on Sunday evening, April 9, Palestine. resentative Sabath of Chicago; is Since the days of the Emancipation i Jewish Artists in Germany. The convention unanimously passed alive to the necessity of taking some when the walls of the Ghetto fell | We will admit without further ar- the great landscape painter, Camille when Balieff's ("Ghauve Souris") Action regarding Chairman Johnson's down, and the Jews were allowed to gument that every modern Jew is in- Pissarro, who has immortalized company will give its performance several important resolutions urgingnew naturalization bill, requiring move about freely, there have been in fluenced by his education and his en- French landscape in his wonderfully under the auspices of Mr. Hoover's support of the British mandate and among its numerous innovations the all civilized countries a slowly but vironment. If this influence is strong- luminous paintings. It is sad to re- committee, with local patronesses, appealing to the United States Govannual registration of all aliens. Conconstantly growing number of Jewish er than his Jewish feeling, he pro- call that he was so poor that he him- including Mmes. W. K. Vanderbilt, ernment to give "public expression'* gressman Sabath is convinced that artists. It is not my place to speak duces works of art similar to non- self had to make the shoes for his Otto H. Kahn, H. I\ Whitney and to its sympathy with the cause. Pro- g the measure in substance will become paganda tending to block the aspire* here of the large and indisputable ac- Jews, which is what happens in most large family of children, and that he many more. a" law in viewj;of the strong combinaStars of Broadway volunteering tion of the Zionists, which is being. tivities of Jews in the sphere of rau- cases. On the contrary, however, attained recognition only after his tion formed by administration leadinclude Ed Wynn at the carriage call, circulated botfh in this country and ife sic and literature. I will admit my- jwhen the Jewish soul is more power- death. In America, there are a number of eri in Congress and the Department self to the splendid achievements of fui than the influences received by the Al Jolson as ticket man, Sam Palestine, was vigorously decried, and AMERICAN M O T I O N PICTURE Jews in the field of plastic and graph-' t i in the land of his birth, then talented Jewish artists at work, some Bernard as coatroom boy, Lenore plans were discussed for enlisting cer» of Laboi..-' ar st Meanwhile/ , Representative Sabath COMPANY FILMING BIBLICAL i c a r t , • - | we are justified in saying that we are of them being originally from East- Ulric, Laurette Taylor and Doris tain non-Jewish elements throughout PICTURE NEAR JERUSALEM ^. has requested the Jewish Correspond Keano as ushers, Lillian and Dorothy the country in the cause. "7 Continued on page 4) It is often asked whether there is in possession of a work which can be ence Bureau; to warn through the j Gish as program girls, Leon Er-rol An American invasion of much in'Jewish newspapers every Jewish non"0 and Walter Catlett as water boys, FILM OF JEWISH LEAGUE OF NATION TARES LOCAL UKRAINIANS HELP citizen to immediately take out the terest took place recently when about LIFE COMING TO , Sam Harris and John Golden backHAND IN CITIZENSHIP MUDDLE ORPHANS. "first" papers* or attend to the final twenty stars of the Fox Film ComSUN THEATER SUNDAY] OF AUSTRIAN JEWRY i stage, living Berlin with the music, Acknowledgment has been renaturalization^ According to statis- pany of America arrived in Jerusalem An interesting plot, full of laughs, Vienna (By Mail—Jewish Press j a n d M m e - A l d a o f t h e Metropolitan ceived here of the receipt in New r in c h a r e o f tics, there diii 100,000 residents of to make preparations for the filming sighs .and surprises, marks "Little Association.) The Austrian Govern-| g distributing flowers. GIRLS' AFFAIR SATURDAY this country yt}io are entitled to final of a spectacular film depicting scenes York of $160 sent to the Joint' DisMiss SriMles of the Ghetto," Shirley; tribution Committee by the local Soment has received an inquiry from NIGHT TO BE WELL naturalization and .are neglecting this from the Bible. The company proDelegation of Palestine Mason's^wew Fox picture, which opens ciety of Ukrainian Jews. The money the secretariat of the League of NaATTENDED. step. The^JoJinson bill requires ev- poses to take the main scenes in PalWorkers to Talk at Swedish Sunday Sfc^ tie Sun theater. -As Eswill be used in the Orphan adoption tions with reference to the many ery applicant for citizenship to know estine, returning to, their studios in Auditorium Sunday Night One hundred reservations have alther AarSnsbn, daughter of a typical work of the Committee, under the complaints made to it against the how to readi write and speak Eng- Rome to complete'the final details of ready been made for the Mother and East Side-tfamlly in New York, littl* "These men and this woman are not direction of Miss Jessie Bogen. J. Austrian Government's treatment of lish "understandingly." Thousands of the picture. Some idea of the vastDaughter Banquet whichywill be given Miss Mason has a singularly appealtheorists; they are actual workers. Sherman is presidentof the local the citizenship of its former Jewish men of'advanced years* will find it im- ness of the undertaking will be obat the Jewish Community Center, ing role. " The supporting ca3t is ex* They have given the best part of their group, and J. Radinowsky is secrecitizenry. In the reply which it made possible to bejbome American citizens tained from the fact that it is proSaturday night. Sponsored by the ceedingly capable, particularly George tary. : years and their strength to the upto this inquiry the government debecause, of the difficulty of learning a posed to employ some 3,000 footmen, Ru Na Club of the YWHA, all the clares that this question was not building of the land which they call Williams as Papa Aaronson, Martha new language;late in life. The only together with 500 riders in one of the girls' clubs of the Association are co- within the province or concern of their land." Franklin as Mama Aaronson, and way of avoiding this danger is by scenes. Other properties will include UNION OF JEWISH ARTISTS operating to make this affair an outGaston Glass, the leading man, Who Thus did Dr. Judah L. Magnes the League of Nations. The governFORMED IN GALIC'IA taking but thfe first and last papers 5,000 sheep, 5,000 camels, herds of standing event in Jewish communal appears as a handsome young phyiicharacterize Berl Katznelson, S. Bament further points to the severe Lemberg. (B ymail—J. P. A.) At before the 'ifcjr becomes effective. goats, etc. The big scene, L e., the and club life here. The banquet will cian. ratz and Mannia Shachat, members of economic condition in which the fight between David and Goliath, will a conference of representatives of be the first of its kind ever given in The story concerns the vicissitudes 1 country found itself and the necessij the Palestine workers delegation, who musical organizations and choires in be taken near the main Jerusalem local Jewish circles. of the Aaronson family, and thjsir jojr RABBI M< N. TAXON ty for adapting its policies to the I will be in Omaha this Sunday. Galicia, a central union of all these Ramallah Road, but historical acTO DRIVER SPECIAL The wives of members of the Adand sorrow as they realise <|n one The delegation comes in the interlocal units was decided upon and crisis, through which the country was is not being strictly adhered SERMON SATURDAY curacy visory Board jof the Association will hand that the mother's sight is failest of the Palestine Workers' Bank, formed. Mr. Alfred Flahn was electpassing. As there had been a cabito, since the scenario provides for a On Shabboi Hagodol, April 8, Rabbi love scene after the battle. Four ed president of this newly formed-or- attend as guests of the girls, and net shake-up the last few days, and and each is qualified through many ing, and on the other hand that the Morris N. Tfctoh will preach a special truck loads of properties have been ganization, having achieved distinc- members of the boys' clubs will act in place of the' former Minister of years of actual experience in Pales- daughter, Esther, is beloved by a pojpsermon a t : £ > m - at the B'nai Israel brought to Palestine, including uni- tion and fame in the direction' and as waiters and "kitchen-police." the Interior, the Antisemite Dr. tine to speak o.n the needs of such an ular young doctor. Then there is the The program includes, > besides re- Wachner, Dr. Shober, a liberal and institution. They will talk at the anxiety caused by the ambition of .DaSynagogue,'it eighteenth and Chica- forms for each of the .3,000 soldiers' management of large syrnph'ony orchestras, which received the whole- sponses to toasts, readings and reci- progressive now holds the portfolio Swedish auditorium Sunday evening. vie, the eldest boy, to become what go Streets. ; His theme will be "Ideal who will take part. ^ . hearted approbation of all music lov- tations by Mrs. B. R. Boasberg and of the Interior, it's hoped in Jewish It is said that they are compelling Papa Aaronson calls a" "box fighter:" Freedom." This time was chosen in Many Advantages. ers in Lemberg. Miss Leah Solig, and musical num- circles, that there will be' a radical speakers and that they bring mes- The boy gets into evil companionship, order to enable everyone to attend This will be the first occasion that bers by the Misses Iva Siegel and change in government policies in this sages of great importance to Omaha shoots a gangster who has insulted Jews. Admission to the meeting is his sister, and causes dire compliilaSeventy-five couples attended the R o s e Dubnoff. Miss Marguerite matter. -''six new members have joined the a large and important production has ::. free. tions. *" ..'.." • "Wise Sunbeams," a group of little been filmed in Palestine, which, apart dance given by the Brotherhood and Rosenberg will be toast-mistress. Additional reservations may be girls that *ew weekly for'the Wise from its appropriateness for the film- Sisterhood at the Blackstone Hotel Miss" Rose Mkikin and Miss Mary Fj3pital under the direction of Mrs. ing of Bible subjects, is prcb-bly un- Saturday evening, April "l.—Ani in- made through Miss Iva Siegel, At- Yabroff left Sunday evening for the The Omaha Chapter of Hadassah. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kuklin celeS Nathan. New "sunbeams" include surpassable for film' production owing teresting feature of the,evening w,jjg lantic' 287, up to Friday night. Nebraska University at Lincoln after will give a card party Wednesday brated' their first wedding anniveW'Josephine Monheit, Lillian Habler, to the natural hc-uties of the country the moving picture portraying the Mrs. J. Abramson returned home spending their, spring vacation here afternoon, May 3, at the Blackstone ary Monday evening, April 8, at their i was spentt IIn Elaine Berkowitz, Ruth Kulakofsky and the extraordinary clarity of the members of the Temple when they last Monday after several weeks'stay with Miss Minfein's parents, Mr. and Hotel. The proceeds will go to main- home. The evening were children. * " . Mrs, M. Minfcnfc;^-* •":••: tain a nurse in Palestine v" Adele Wilinsky and Bessie Bernstein, atmosphere. . cards and dancing. ' •\ in .Chicago
Urges all Non-Citizens to Become ffatnralized
Palestine Mandate Ratification As
Great Movie Drama Being Hade in Palestine by Fox
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termed really Jewish. In the case of 'the overwhelming majopity of our artists it is extremely difficult to point to the Jewish element in their work, as in the case of the great artist, Max Liebarmann, who is the towering figure in the modern German school, as Israels was for four decades the recognized and honored heead of Dutch art. Max Liebarmann, who was born in Berlin in 1847, where he is resident, is the pioneer of modern art in Germany. He brought to Germany the modern conception of art created by the Impressionist movement in France and aided them to achieve their victory in Germany. His masterworks are the greatest treasures of the German museums and private collections, and he is the honorary president of the Secessionists (Independents) and the president of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Lesser Uri, who was born sixty years ago in the small town of Birnbaum in the province of Posen, must be recognized as one of the greatest colorists in Germany. After a life of denial and struggle he has achieved universal recognition and admiration; and the Berlin Secessionists who have elected him an honorary member have had a wonderful exhibition of his works.
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