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fleeing Will Be Held Sunday 15, Fontenelle Hotel Meeting Postponed From January 28th Because of Illness of Rabbi Goldman. OFFICERS OF ORGANIZATION W I L i ; BE ELECTED AT A M U A L MEETING. ... Because of the illness of Rabbi Solomon Goldman of Cleveland, Ohio, # who was tp have been the principal speaker at the .annual Jewish WeKare Federation meeting, Wednesday evening, January 28, the meeting will be postponed until Sunday evening, February 15. The meeting will be held at the Fontenelle hotel. All Omaha Jewry should attend this annual' meeting where the reports of the activities of the Jewish Welfare Federation will be made. Besides-a prominent sneaker, a very interestmg program will be arranged for this occasion. • .
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1925
TEL AVIV ELECTS COMMUNAL COUNCIL Jerusalem. <J. T. A.) -Results of the elections to the .Communal.Council of Tel Aviv, the one hundred/per cent Jewish City of Palestine; /were made known Tecently. The Council consists of 12 members representing the -workers, 10 of the Orthodox, Jewish population, five general Zionists, six , Sephardim and six -of various other groups. •-.-.; : -
A. Z. A. Anniversary Dance Sunday at Fontenelle Hotel Randall's
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AN OPEN LETTER , Falls City, Nebr., January 19, 1925. • Mr. Nathan EL Green, Editor, "Jewish Press, Omaha, Nebr. ; Dear Nathan: Enclosed find two checks for $2.50 each, to pay for my subscription at Omaha, addressed to 1556 No. 19th Street, and for my present address, Falls City, Nebiv I did not order the Press that started coining here a couple of weeks ago but I am glad someone else had the presence of mind to put me on the mailing list, for I would not want to be without i t It is like "a letter from home. With kind regards, Your friend, AARON DAVIDSON.
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The third annual Y show will beheld Sunday evening, February 8, at the Brandeis theater. The show tbifi year will be the best ever staged to the- city. More than one hundred and twenty people will take part in this year's show. The Extravapanza with beautiful settings, dsncei-s and songs will be one of the features of the evening'. The jazz orchestra of fifteen will play the latent sonjr and bits. The advance ticket sale for thf show are rapidly being fioid. From the various ticket selling1 booths in the city, the. report is coming for the demand for more tickets. "The show wil! prove to the 01 the community what . talent they have in their children," said William R. Blumentlml. The boys and girls have their parts; to perfection. The show this year is the talk of the town, and from reports of committees who have charge of the advance ticket sale, a record breaking crowd is expected to see the third annual performance of the local boyp and girls. The ticket selling has beep -divided among- four teams, headed by Captain Isaac Sternhill. Agnes Ross, Iv:i Eiegal and Stanley Levin, The advance ticket must be exchanged at the box office four days prior to the show. The advance tickets can br purchased in any section of the theater, but" "vrill-.hsve to be"<e»dbikt*jS*<iih for set and .TOW numbers: at the theater at. a later date. Tickets for the Y show can also be secured at thr following ticket selling- booths: Jewish Community Center. Wolf Bros.. 1421 Douglas. I. Levey, Drug Store. 24th and De~ catur. Ed. Patton's Music Shop, 16th and FarrsaTn. Sommer's Food Shop, 16th and Farnam," Rial to Music Shop, 4907 So 24th. J. Lieb, 810 No, 16th. Sach's Cigar Store, 14th anil Farnam. Malashoclv Jewelry, 214 City Nat. Bank Bldg-.
St. Louis, Jan. 20.—A plan for a business man's religion was voiced by Rabbi Abram Simon, of Washington, D. C, President of the Central •Conference of American Habbis, in a Boys Are Charter sermon before fifteen hundred deleTo Enter Inter-City Debating Fifty-Three Word was-received here Wednesday leld in Chicago. "Vibe Omaha Jewish Members. League. gates from all parts of the country, morning of the Illness of Habbi Gold- Welfare Federation is praised for its attending the religious rally -which man and that he -would not be able to good work, .throughout the entire The Order of Aleph Zadik Aleph last night opened proceedings of the ..More than two hundred members attend the ineetingif held on January country," s'aid Mr. BlumenthaL of tiie Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. attend- will install Chapter No. 10 at St. Twenty-sixth Biennial Convention of 28. Plans -were immediately made lor At the board meeting, final plans ed the joint meeting of the two Paul, Minn., this evening. The chap- the Union of American Hebrew Conthe postponement of the meeting tm- were made for'the. completion of the groups Monday evening at the Jew- ter will be installed by Saa Beber, gregations. Among the delegates who til Sunday, Febi_ary 15. collection of.. outstanding pledges of ish Community Center. A program grand adviser -of the order. St. Paul are lay and rabbinical leaders in their chapter has a membership of fifty- communities were a large number of : A meeting of the board of directors the Federation. Joe L. Wolf, chairwas held at this meeting. of the Federation -was- held Wednes- man of the finance eommittes disMembers of the Boosters club spoke three boys. The advisers of the new distinguifhed and successful business day evening. The chairmen of the tributed names-to- the board memon the Y show which wili be held chapter • re: I. G. Goldberg, S. J. men, and it was to them that Rabbi1 various committees rep orted "their ac- bers. "We hope.to have these names Simon delivered his message, taking February 8 at the Brandois theater. Goldberg and DT. Leon J. Tiber. tivities. William'U. Blumenthal, su- collected Isefore our annual yearbook for Ms text, "The Eeligrion of a BusThe tryouts I r the Y debating team A complete program has been arperintendent of the Federation, gave will go to press," said Joe L. Wolf. will be Leld Monday evening at the ranged for this meeting, at which iness Man." "a - report of the recent conference of •There are a few members who have The religious service teas held at Jewish Community Cerlei. Fred many of the B'nai B'rith members of mioVwestern communities which, -was not yet paid their pledges. These Temple Moolah. Every available seat Whit** is chairman of the committee St. Paul Lodge will be present. pledges should be paid before the anin the auditorium was filled. In adin .charge. The Y team will be of Mr. Beber will also visit Minneaponual meeting."! the teams that w31 be entered in an lis Chapter No. 8. A. Z. A., cm Fri- dition to the delegates representing "The annual meeting this year will Reform Congregations, there were in inter-city debating league which is day. be-one of the best ever held by; the attendance delegates of the National now being formed by several of the "During the past week we have reFederation," said • Dr. Philip Sher. neighboring communities. It is hoped ceived many requests for information Federation of Temple Sisterhoods and "We are arranging a program that that the debating league will be or- relative to the organizing1 of A. Z. A. the National Federation of Temple Members to Be Listed in Annual will be of interest to every member ganized bv March X. All those wish- chapters," said Sam- Beber. "These Brotherhoods, two constituent bodies Book. in the community.'* ing to try out for the team should be requests come from all parts of the of the Union, holding their biennial GARY, IND., CHAPTER Keports of the various committees this meeting Monday evening. country. We hope to have a chapter sessions simultaneously with that of "Two hundred new members1' is ELECTS OFFICERS at the organisation. The three organizaof the Welfare Federation for the Among those who have expressed a the slogan adopted by members of Gary, Ind.—A. Z. A; Chapter No. 9 desire of forming ,s debating league in every community in the near fu- tions have a combined membership of past year will be made at this meetture." the Jewish- Welfare "Federation for one _ hundred thousand Jewish men ing. Following the reading of the re- of this city, which, was recently organKansas City,. St. Louis, J>es the campaign now being carried on. ports,. ..the election, of officers_ will ized, held its first election of officers. are; and women. SJoxaes- -end Sioux. :,<5tyi r take place. These officers will serve The jfollpwing .JG&en TSBIB elected:, Dr. Simon'is' one of the-leading by the workers a t which plans were for the ensuing .term. Adolph Goldstone, a former. Omaha ffigMand Omkf Cfni C@ Rabbis of America. He is spiritual made for the campaign. boy, president; Alvin -Goldman, vice Central aid Sosth High leader of the •Washington Hebrew Elect Officers Sunday "We will have these members on president; Samuel Sydney -Paul, secCongregation in the Capitol City, and f e Federation' list before the annual retary; Harry Ereyitz, - treasurer; to Hold Joint Exercises The Highland Country club will is an active worker in civic and re^'meeting which TOII beiheld February George Richter, sergeant-at-arms; hold its annual election of board memligious undertakings therFor a Central and South High schools )l5," said Nathan Bernstein, chairman Joe Fleischman, Jr. sergeant-at-arms; bers Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the period of years he served as president will hold joint graduation exercises of the membership campaign. - ' Sam Herman, reporter; Morris PoliJewish Community Center rooms. of the Board of Education of that Every person in Omaha-shonld be Proceeds to Go to Building of kow, chaplain. ''' : ' • ~ this Friday evening, January 23, at Four directors are to be elected to city. He is also a member of import the Central High school auditorium. a member of the Jewish Welfare FedStrncture. fUl the terms held by Messrs. Sam J. Eleven Jewish students will grad- Leon, Henry Rosentkal, Fred Rosen- ant communities in national Jewish eration. The Federation is the clearorganizations. He is head of the CenLocal Deborah Society uate from Central that evening, and stock and Isidor Ziegler. ing house of all activities in the comThe South .Side- Congregation of tral Conference of American Rabbis, will graduate from South High. munity.: The Federation yearbook Israel will hold a grand ball at the Elects Annual Officers five The new board of directors will an organization composed of all ReThose ia? receive their diplomas will soon be published, and every per- city auditorium Sunday evening, Febelect the officers for the ensxdng year. form Rabbis of this country. Mrs. M. Tatle was re-elected preswill be the Misses Rose Rosenstein, son .should be recorded in this book ruary 1. Edwin 'Kahn and his Field The club plans many improvements Dr. Simon directed his remarks to as a member of the Federation. Club orchestra have been secured to ident of the Deborah Society at the Fanny Fish, Sadie Stein, Bess Kir- during the'coining year. One of the the commercial leaders of America. annual election held Tuesday after- schenbaum, Florence Levey, Rnth play for this affair. main improvements will be the enThe sermon was couched in business noon, January 13, at the Jewish ComMargolin, Isadore Schreibman. 'The proceeds : of this ball will go larging of the club house and pro- phraseology. "You cannot drive a munity Center. Other officers elected Junior Hadassah To Hold Graduating from South will be Rose towards the fund now being obtained were Mrs. S. Robinson, vice president; and Izadore Bernstein, Michael Mar- viding .- dancing pavilion. Nine bargain with God. The business man to enlarge the South Side Synagogue. Open Meeting February 4 The present building has become in- Mrs. A. Romm, secretary; ' Mrs. kovitz, Ray Rubin, und Bess New- holes of the golf course will be com- cannot afford to shove the Bible unpleted by early spring. der the counter." These were among Charles Levinson, recording secretary, man. An open meeting and installation adequate to the needs of the congrethe striking utterances made in his : and Mrs. S. Ravitz, treasurer. Sp£&Mlii Ollfe tfi of officers of the Junior Hadassah gation. appeal to business men to take seriSYNAGOGUE DESECRATORS The president appointed the followAccording to members of the comwill be held Wednesday evening, Febously to religion. "Prayer," he emSENTENCED TO PRISON Castor Malek to Give ruary 4, at the Jewish Community mittee in charge, this ball will be a ing on the membership committee of phasized, "should be the business Berlin, (J. T. A.)—Verdict in the the club: Mrs.B. A. Simon, chairConcert Saturday M§nui| man's antidote to the hectic existence \ The Hebrew Speaking club will hold Center. A program is being pre- grand affair. The cause deserves the trial of five anti-Semites who an open meeting Monday, January 28. pared. The newly elected president, entire support of all, as the needs for man, and the Mesdames A. Wolf, Har- desecrated the synagogue in Hersfeld, The Congregation of B'nai Israel that is now consuming him. i at 8 o'clock, at the Talmud Tors'.! Miss Betty Fine, appointed her com- the remodeling of the South Side ry A. Wolf, P. £her, Harris Levey, S. was rendered today by the court in will present, Eev. Cantor Joseph MaFrohm, L. Kneeter, M. Lerner, A. i building. Several of the works of mittees to serve this year. They are Synagogue is very urgent. lek. in' a special concert Saturday ICA MAT BUY LAND Farber and J. FinkeL •» ..-.-. Cassel. Sholam Alechim will be read and disas follows: .Engineer. Goetze was sentenced to morning, January 24, at nine o'clock, cussed by the members. IN URUGUAY FOR Intellectual Advancement: Martye BRAZIL SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE ten months imprisonment, his ac- at the Synagogue. Babbi. Malek will JEWISH COLONIZATION Registrations are now open for the Weinstein, chairman; Bessie Green- Omaha Girl on Staff IMMIGRATION FROM POLAND plices, Goetting to nine months, Rein- be accompanied by..his choir. Montevideo, Uruguay, (J. T. A.)— Hebrew Study Classes, which will berg, Lucille Harcus, Rose Lazarus ofNebraska Uni Paper Warsaw, (J. T. A.)—-Representa- moeller and Thilow to five months The public is invited to attend. The Jewish Colonization Association meet every Saturday and Sunday Cecilia Braude, Beulah Mittleman i There will be no charge for admission. tives of the Brazilian government and each. (lea), the oldest Jewish organization evening at the Talmud Toi'ah under Beatrice Cohn. Miss Kate Goldstein, Omaha girl, the large Brazilian sugar plantations; engaging in colonization work, will the direction of the teachers of Ih* Courtesy: Belle Rosenthal, chair- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. Gold- spent some time here, in an endeavor probably buy large tracts of land in Talmud Torah. Tor registrations cftU man; Bess Snitzer, Tina Altschuler, stein, who is attending Nebraska "Uni- to direct Polish emigrants, barred DELEGATES AT CONVENTION Uruguay for settling Jews there, ac- Mr. E. Bloch at Jackson 3007. Margaret Biekes. versity, is on the Daily Nebraskan from the United States, to Brazil. The cording to a statement of Engineer Entertainment: Toby Steinberg, staff. She is in charge of a "Fashion immigrants were even offend free Starkmuth, director of the Ica in chairman; Jennie Krestul, Ann Green- Hints" column of the paper. passage. Argentine, who has spent some time THORPEIAN CLUB berg, Julia Wise, Dora-Greenberg. - She -was also".recently elected treasThe-mission- of the Brazilian reprehere. PLANS ACTIVITIES Membership: Rose Fine, chairman; urer of an advertising organization, sentatives • was unsuccessful because Engineer Starkmuth had several Ann Finkel, Rose Binstein, Minnie which was recently organized at the the workers and authorities in charge A regular meeting of the Thorpeconferences with Sr. Holando, the Ian Athletic club was held WednftKEisenstatt, Celia Kurs. University, and is a member of the of emigration were opposed to directUruguayan Director of Immigration, day--evening, January 21, at the Jew* Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. committee ing Polish emigrants to Brazil where with whom be discussed the pos- ish Community Center club rooms. staff. they would be under a system of peonMUSSOLINI PRESS PLAYS sibilities of Ica colonization in The President, Abe Meyers, apage. "PROTOCOLS" TUNE TO Uruguay. It was stated that the pointed the following committee* for An official delegation of the Polish FRIGHTEN ITALY NEW HEBREW MAGAZINE Uruguayan Government plans to the ensuing term; Initiation, Ben PUBLISHED IN TEL AVIV Emigration Office left for Rio de JaLondon. (J. T. A.) The "Protocols establish a special colonization bank. Knbby, 1. Rosenblatt, J. Laserovlte? Jerusalem. (J.- T. A.) A new He- neiro for the purpose of investigating of the Elders of Zion" are the basis Until recently the Ica refrained entertainment, I. Le-n.ne, Schoai Pried, brew bimonthly' magazine, "Gesher," the situation and looking into the posfor attacks of the Mussolini press, from buying land in Uruguay because and Max Kaplan; good »nd welfare* ich, aroused to greater activity by has begun publication in Tel Aviv. It sibilities of concluding a Polish immithe price asked by the Banco Hipo- I. Levinson, Lou Freiberg and B. Krethe latest political difficulties of the is edited by A.sher Barash and Elea- gration treaty with BraziL The. detecario and the landowners was too vich; dance, Shim Fredel, I. Sokcilof Fascist! Government, has started a zar Steinman and is published by the mand of the Polish workers that the high. There is one Jewish colony in and J. Davidson. delegation include a representative of campaign against Free Masonry, ac- Writers' Association. Uruguay, named "19 de Abril", in A dance, the rate which the comthe workers was not granted. cording to a report from Rome to the the. vicinity of Pesandu, which was mittee will announce later, will br London Star. established by private settlers with- given soon at the Ivel 1'ines Datu><? SUSPECTED ARAB EIGHTEEN HUNDRED One of the leading FSscisti jourout assistance from any organization. Academy. OFFICIALS RELEASED JEWISH IMMIGRANTS nals published an .article under glarIn a one-sided basketball game, the Jerusalem. (J. ,T. A.) Two Arab ARRIVE IN PALESTINE CHIE FRABBI OF ing headlines, alleging that."the Ma- officials who were arrested in Jaffa club basv-tball team defeated the Jerusalem. (J. T- A.) Eighteen sonic, Hebraic, Protestant, atheist, recently, following a search of their hundred and twenty-five Jewish imTHE HAGUE DIES Nebraska Power five by the score «£ The Hague, (J. T. A.)—E&bbi Van 31 to 4. The basketball team is fthowBolshevist and Republic internationals houses in connection with the murder migrants arrived in Palestine during Six outstanding Jewish leaders at the greatest Jewish rally ever held Loen, -Chief Rabbi of The Hague, died ing- -wonderful progress in the Ideal are all in one conspiracy against Mus- of Sir Robert Lee Stack in Egypt, the month of December, according to in the West. Fifteen hundred delegates from all parts of the eonntrv here yesterday at the uge of seventy- Y. "I. C, A. Commercial basketbsl! solini." are in St. Louis attending the Twenty-Sixth Biennial Convention of have been released. figures published here. eight. the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, January 18—22. league.
Federation Campaigning For 200 New Members
On Sunday evening, January 25, the local chapter of Aleph Zadik Aleph will hold their second'anniversary dance, at the Fontenelle " Hotel Ball Room. . , ' The last year A. Z. A. dance -was a prominent social event of the season and, according to the committee now in charge, they are making plans to make this dance an outstanding event. The Omaha Alephs have secured the services of Randall's Royal tenpiece orchestra, lately of the Brandies Restaurants. A number of local organizations have pledged their support to attend en masse. Many out-of-town members of rfher chapters of the A. Z. A. will be guests at the dance. Among, those who are cbming from Sioux City, la., are Messrs. Mike Grueskin, Manuel Herzoff, Ben Herzo-^ Ephriam Baron, Leou De^rofslcy, and Abe Fellman. Morris Zolat and Abe Babior are among those who are coming m from Lincoln to attend the dance/
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