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Annual Meeting of Stockholders Will be leld Wednesday Evening March Eleventh at Irandeis Grill All Stockholders, Every Man and Woman Interested in Omaha and a Bigger and Better Jewish Community Invited to Attend this Meeting. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES A N D DIRECTORS W I L L BE H E L D ; COMPLETE REPORTS W I L L BE MADE. "Community Center Must Be Built in 1925", this is the slogan adopted by the entire community for the erection of the new Jewish Community Center Building on Twentieth and Dodge Streets. The ground is already/excavated and awaits only the pouring of mortar and laying of brick. The need of the building is becoming more urgent each day. The boys and girls of the community are frequenting the present quarters more and more each day. :-
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1925
NINA DAVIS, ANGLOj JEWISH POETESS, DEAD London. (J. T. A.) Nina Davis, 1 the Anglo-Jewish poetess, died here February 24 at the age of forty-nine. She was the daughter of Arthur Davis, famous Hebrew scholar. She has'published several volumes of poems; as well as translations of Eight Teams Hare Already synagogue services. Entered in First Annual Nina Davis, who was married to Tournament. Dr. Redcliffe Salaman, authority on heredity, was very active in Jewish TICKETS FOR ALL EVENTS women's organizations in England, NOW BEING SOLD. being a prominent member of - ilie \ The first national. basketball and Women's Zionist Organization and debating tournament of the Order the Union of Jewish Women. --• Aleph Zadik Aleph will be held in Omaha March 21 and 22. The games will be held Friday evening at Technical High gym and oil Sunday at Creighton University gym. Teams are exepected from, all; chapters of ! More Than One Hundred Members the Order. ' \ Attend Election, The tournament is beang managed by Harry Trustin and Nathan BernA t one of t h e most spirited elecstein. The committee has been aptions ever held b y t h e Y. M. and Y . pointed to assist in making this tourW. H . A., Shrolly Goodman was electnament one of the outstanding events ed president Monday evening. More of the year. *There will be a large t h a n one hundred members attended number of boys in Omaha during the this election. A f t e r " nomination tournament," said Nathan Bernstein. speeches were m a d e , the candidates "Omaha will try to entertain them running for t h e office 'of president were Shrolly Goodman . and H a r r y during this time. We ask the people Kneeter. Not u n t i l ' t h e final few of Omaha to attend the games and votes were cast did the voters know debates." Tickets can be purchased which one of their choice was elected from any member of the A. Z. A. or t o t h e office. Shrolly Goodman was the B'nai B'riQu Four loving-cups will be awarded president of the Y when t h e organto the winning teams. The Simon ization m a d e a successful campaign for pledges for the n e w Jewish Com- Memorial Cop-for first honors in debating and the Stalmaster Gup for munity Center, building. Miiss Pearl Sherman was unanimous- second honors in debating. The ly elected to the office of vice pres- Malashock Cup for- first honors in ident. The office of secretary was basketball and the Sam Wolf Cup even more s o u g h t f o r t h a n . t h e office for second honors in basketball. Inof^president: ~""-JEBBST Agnes "RffsS" w a s dividuai- gold Tsscdals -wiH-be elected "secretary after much /discus- to the members of the winning sion and a recount of votes. H e r op- teams., The following chapters: have alponent for the office of secretary was Abe Cohen, who lost by only one vote-: ready chosen their teams to play in Miss Leone Novitsky was elected a s - the tournament; Omaha, Lincoln, Des sistant secretary* .•"". ' - ' . Moines, Council Bluffs,. Gary, Ind., Because of t h e lateness of t h e hour, Grand Rapids, Mich., St. Paul, Minn., the other officers were n o t elected a t Kansas
A. Z. I Basketball
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ShroDy Goodman Elected President T J t and YM&k
POLISH JEWRY SENDS DELEGATION TO UNIVERSITY Warsaw, (J. T. A.) Polish Jewry will be represented at the opening of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on April 1 by a delegation comprised of representatives from various Jewish groups. • The executive of the Zionist Organization in Poland will be represented by Deputy Rosenblatt and Rabbi Braude of Lodz, Mr. Feldstein of Warsaw, Mr. Schwiff of Bialystok, the Warsaw Jewish community delegating its president, Mr. Bergman. The Zionist delegation will present a life-size oil painting of Herzl, by the artist, Eliowitz, to the University.
SUBSRIPTION-PRICE, A YEAR, $2.50
More Than One Hundred Children Will Take Part h. The Three Plays to be Staged. BOYS AXD' GIRLS ARE KEHEAICSESrG' DAILY] TO MAKE THIS AFFAIR A SUCCESS.
More than one hundred boys and girls •will again appear before the footlights of the Brandeis Theater when the opening_r __.„ . m „ . icurtain rises Sunday evening, March 15. For the first time in ¥ . M. H. A. SllSW Committee 1i Omaha pupils of the City Talmud Torah and the City Sunday; School Toll present plays, i There will be three plays, two acted by pupils of the City Talmud Torah and one by boys and girls of the Sunday School. Workers Presented With Gifts From These boys and girls are rehearsing daily to make this affair *.• theY. successful one.
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"The Dream of Purim", 8 playlet in made history interesting; during the Memhers of the" third annual Y. M. English, "will be presented by the reign of Queen Esther and her Next .Wednesday .evening, H. A. show committee entertained the! Sunday School pupils. This play is Mordecai. evening, March is the; duty of every one to attend actors and actresses and the members being coached by Miss Martye WeinBecause of the large number /»£ 11, at 8 P. M.. the entire community j this meeting." '•Every man and of the committee at a banquet Tues- stein. "The play is progressing rapid- chOdren taking part and the expected. and subscribers of the Jewish Com-j "womanj every stockholder should atmunity Center Building Fund "will tend this annual ^meeting," said Harry day evening at the Brandeis Grill. All l y a n d ^ j b e a fished product when attendance of the merobera of the* meet in the Brandeis Grill for the H. Lapidus. "The need of the buildmembers who assisted in making the the curtain goes up for the evening community, it was necessarjr to obtain ing is; known: to everyone. Every annual meeting. third annual Y show a success were performance.." said Miss Weinstein. the Brandeis theater. present at the banquet. Several memSixty-five children of the Talmud At this meeting Wednesday eve* stockholder, should be at this'meeting The plays will be presented in Yidbers of -the advisory board of the • Y i T o r a h ViU take part in the play "The dish, English and Hebrew., Special ning, complete financial reports will to vote for the trustees and directors, were present. • | p a p e r Hat", which will be presented music will be used for this occasion be made with the work thus far per-_ and every man" and woman in Omaha fanned on.the new Jewish Commanity should be present to hear : the real Th'e_ committee presented gifts to j in Yiddish; and the play "Competl- The production is in charge of, Mr, K, • Centex; building.; : The , statements reports and help -us plan for the Mrs. IsidorZiegler, Mrs. B. E. Boas- tion" wSl be thoroughly enacted in Eloch, principal of the Talmud Torah, showing receipts and disbursements present and_ future generation of and Mr. H. Wohl. The production berg, Miss Cecelia Feiler, Miss Mary ! Hebrew. ; Omaha. This bufldihg when erected "will be made at this meeting. Maizel, Miss Agnes Eoss. • The pres- "There will be more than one hun- has been, approved by 'Kabbi CharJop . Election of trustees arid directors wiH.house youngand old; men, women entation address was made by Irvin dred children acting the parts that and members of the Board of Educa•will be held Wednesday evening. and children in every walk of life. Stalmaster. tion of th© City Talmud Torah, "This meeting is of great importance," This itfili to; a: r e ^ JEWISH COMThe principal speaker of the-even"The boys and girls taking part IT.. said William Holznian, president. "It MUNITY CENTER, each of these ing was Harry H. Lapidus. the different plays are rehearsing three words "to positively mean what "We want you' hoys "and girls to i daily and are anxious to present to it implies." ' * "* keep up the good work that you .havet-* the members of the community sorosvMiimeapofe-Cantor "beea--.-doing to--3naifc^-QiB--Yrergsniza- j •prominent" 'Omafaans to •fee"PatronsBecause of -the large -crowd' f their 'owa', something th«,t at this annual meetdngTiiie Brandeis h w take the audience back to th? tion what it is. "We hope that the g Patronesses at Dance. Give Concert Sunday Nite Grill was secured, as the present an times of Queen Esther and King Ashwill be staged in the next Y local Junior Hadassah's first evarus," said Rabbi Giarlop. new Jewish Community Center buildCantor Max Levine, of Minneapo- quarters of the Jewish Community annual spring dance to be held Sun- Tickets for this performance can hf! ing." lis, Minn., •will chant the.hymns at the Center, are not large enough to hold F Mr. William Holzman, present presJ day evening, March 29, at the Fon« secured at the box oiiice of tt\t: Saturday morning services of the the large audience. ident of the Federation, and Dr. Phili tenelle Hotel is being given for the Brandeis Theater or at the Taltruu. Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Synagogue,. ip Sher, past president ,of the Federa-1 henefit of raising money to adopt an- Torah. From all indications and Nineteenth and Burt streets, Saturday tion, were also speakers .at the ban-! other Palestine orphan* reports received thus far, it is exmorning, March 7. '"..•!' qaet. • I An original feature of the affair pected that there will be a sold on!. this meeting. The r e m a i n i n g . offiCantor Levine wiil also give a speOther numbers on the program were w i i l *>e a number of prominent men house. cers will b e elected a t the n e x t .meetcial concert Sunday evening, March Many Attend First Annual ,Mrs. B. R. Boasberg, who have sev- and women acting as patrons and .• " • • • ' . ; 8, at eight o'clock, at the Beth Hame- Omaha Team t o Arrange* Debates ing.' • PlaT Of! TWO'LOCU UDDS-eral readings, accompanied by Miss I Patronesses at the dance. A partial Pl T L drosh Hagodol Synagogue. ' W i t h Other Cities. Cecelia Feiler, musical number, by list of those who have already Cantor Levine recently gave a con-..*. More than five hundred people at-'Miss Fanny Fish, violin, assisted by pledged themselves are: Noted Labor Leader to cert at the B'nai Jacob Synagogue. M, The Y. M. H. A. debating team Mr. end Mrs. William Ii. Holsmp.n, tended the play "Broken Hearts," Miss Florence Levy with clarinet and 4 Mr. and Mrs. Harry i*pi<lTi8. meet the ; St. louis Y;. MI H. A. deSpeak Bere March 23 presented jointly by the Auflebung AL Finkel, piano. Mr. and Mrs. Max Fromkin. OMAHA GRADUATE A musical and literary program in bating team in a.debate at St. Louis, Mr. End Mrs. Henry Monstry. and Jewish Culture League Sunday! "The Coianatmity in 1945," by AgMr. End Mrs. Charles Levinson. Mr. R. Abramovitch, noted leader celebration of Purim will, be given bjr Z. B. T. CLUB FORMED April 19, The-St. Louis debating Mr. end Mrs. A. Silverman. 1, at the Swedish ! nes Ross and Jeanette Levinson, was evening, March and international figure of labor, will the Ladies' Progressive Club Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. A. Mozer. team is one of the best in the counone of the feature numbers of the Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Itosenblnm. George Macy, general secretary of try. . The same -.team that will debate speak in Omaha Monday evening, Auditorium. evening, March S, at the Labor LyMr. and 'Hts. X>oui£ Simon. ; The committee in charge of the program. Max Jacobson gave several the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, was-in the Omaha Mr. Nathan Bernstein. ceum. team is debating against March 23, at the Swedish Auditorium. Mr. Natikan E. Green, Omaha during the past week and at- the Philadelphia "Y. M. Hi A. team Mr. Abramovitch recently returned play -were Mr. M. F. Goodman, secre- j vocal numbers and Art Goldstein The program will be given in tin Mr. Wm. Grodinsky. tary, Mr. Joe Morgenstern, treasurer, j played several piano numbers. Dr. V. E. Levine. tended a dinner and open meeting at early in ApriL"..,". from Russia where he was a- leader following order: Mr. W E Bltimentfcal. the Omaha Graduate club of Zeta of the *Bund," the Russian Socialistic and Messrs. Ben Kligman and Boris! Many members of the committee Mr. Samuel •-'Wolf. 1. Violin selection by Miss Marjam The question for the debate is, "ReMr. Herbert Goldstein. Weitzer and Miss Doris Laserowitz. j were called on for short talks. Beta Tau at the Brandeis Restaurant. ;. ; Temirt, accompanied bj* Miss i Mr. Harry ChudacoE. solved, That the Restriction of Immi- Democratic Party. Mr. William Elumenthal was toastDirectors of the play were Messrs. Mr. Irrin Stalmaster. The Omaha Graduate club was re- gration to the United States is BeneFriedman. Mr. Joe Linsinan. master. Ben Martin and Joe Morgenstern. cently given, its charter by the Na- ficial to the Jewish Cause." This sub- PALESTINE ARAB EXECMr. I/eslie Bnrkenroafl. 2. A talk on Purim by Mr. The Junior Hadassah was organ- Kitnik. t-f Chicago, 111. According to the committee in tional Fraternity. The charter mem- ject is one of the most interesting UTIVE CABLES Tp LORD bers of the club are: Meyer Beber, subjects of the day. It is being detoand BALFOUR PROTEST AGAINT charge, the profits from the play will S. A poem by Mr. J. Morgenste Clyde Krasne, Nathan E. Jacobs, Her- bated by the leading organizations of HIS VISIT TO PALESTINE be given to charity. % 6 I ; JgWISh S c t e l fee j have each year sent $110 to Palestine 4. &y«ral song selections by man Xully, A. J.' Goldenbergj- Sher- the •country^ _• ~" v Jerusalem, (J. T. A.)—The-exec- Three prizes for those who" sold . — for the maintenance of their orphan Sherelle. , man L. Lowenstein, Edwin Lbewen- The Y debating team will officially utive .-'of the Christian Moslem-As- most tickets will be awarded at the The Jewish National Workers Alii- and now they are out to raise enough stein, John Beber, Millard Krasne, "be chosen "within the next ten days. sociation, in Jerusalem is determined next meeting to M. F» Goodman, J. ance^ are giving a concert .Sunday money to adopt a second orphan, Herman X- Friedman, Edtrar Katskee, This team will; go to St. Louis foT to make the day of Lord Balf OUT'S Morgenstern, and Sara Taub. evening, April 12, at the Swedish AnMiss Ann Greenberg is chairman POLISH '•STUDENTS N Harry Eavitz, and >Harry Diamond of the debate. /The S i Louis team will arrival in Palestine a day of protest, DEMAND INTRODUCTION ditoriam for the benefit of raising o f the ticket selling committee. She Lincoln. OF NUMEKUS CLAU according to cables sent out by the money to open a Jewish school to is being assisted by the Misses Beulah be brought herejat some later dateLUIGI LUZZATTI Vilna. {J. T. A.) A resolution Palestine Arab Executive -to Lord teach Hebrew and Jewish literature. Mittleman, Ida Greenberg, Toby SteinPlans are now being formulated for , APPEALS TO LEAGUE ing the government to introduce Harry A. Wolf Returned the Y debating team to hold debates Balf our and other prominent persons FOR PROTECTION Classes will begin the latter part of | berg and Hose Fine. the Polish Parliament a bill concernwho are expected to arrive her in April. Front Extended Trip with the neighboring -communities. Borne. (J. T. A~) An appeal to the ing' a NnmeruB Clausus for connection with the opening of the The National order of this organThe cities /who have already signified League of Nations that it take under STRANDED REFUGEES stnclents in Polish univerBities maintain Such schools throughMr. Harry Ai Wolf returned tins -their willingness to debate the Omaha Hebrew University scheduled to take nts strict protection the National Mi- j CANNOT BE ADMITTED, passed with a majority of 86 ' the entire country and the school morning from a seven weeks' trip to Y are Lincoln; Des Mbihes, Sioux place on April 1. norities whose rights were guaranteed ! SECRETARY' DAVIS REPLIES 20 %rotes, at the conference of Polish The day of Lord Balfour*s arrival, in the Versailles Peace Treaty and in [ ^ ^ opened here will be Miami, Fla., San Francisco and Los City and Kansas City. London. (J. T. A.) Replying to the the Arabs in entire Palestine will the Covenant of the League, was is- by the same system as the other request of Lady Swathling addressed students here. Angeles, Calif., and be was also in The resolution urges the senates J>1 cease work, and assemble in their sued by Luigi-Luzzatti, the great Ital- schools. This organization also main- to President Coolidge, pleading for Panama, and Havana, Cuba, and then WAHABI FORCES INVADE the Polish universities and colleges •'•ft tains a Seminary for teachers in New places of worship. The authorities of returned home by way of New York the admission to the United States of limit the number of Jewish ian Jewish statesman, former Prime TRANSJORDANIAN FRONTIERS York City. the Moslem Holy places and the naand Philadelphia. the Jewish refugees stranded in EngMinister of Italy. 1 Damascus, (J. T. A.)—Forces of land, . Secretary of Labor Davis has in the Polish institutions even befo*? 10,000 Wahabi' tribesmen, under the tional institutions will refuse to Te- "The League of Nations should apRABBI DISKIN DIES declared in a letter to Lady Swath- the-Numerus Clausus Iweomes 8 1»**leadership of Emir Abdul Aziz, have ceive Lord Balf our; the Arab press ply all its power against those gov- CARDINAL BOURNE Another resolution adopted by th* will, on that day, carry black borders, IN JERUSALEM crossed the border of Transjordairia ling that President Coolidge is not in ernments who do not comply with the URGES CATHOLIC CHURCH conference urges the government: w? Jerusalem. (J. T. A.) Rabbi Dis-- and started a march toward Amman, according to the program outlined by treaties concerning the protection of j ACTIVITIES- IN PALESTINE position to do anything for the refuldn, social worker and Talmudic au- according to. an announcement made the Arab Executive. It was also national minorities," the former Prime j London. (J. T, A.) A demand that gees because Congress is opposed to to Tecognize the diplomas of Jewish students who grraduated from thority, died here February 21 at the today by Sultan Ibn Saud's political stated that Arab political circles in Minister states in his appeal, men-'the Catholic Church should not de- admitting them. sities outside of Poland. Arabia are supporting this proposed age of eighty-six. tioning as an example the situation ( crease its activities in Palestine, was representative here v A committee, consisting of Mr. Rabbi Diskin was president of the • The Transjordanian inhabitants, action of protest. of ihe Jews in Poland who are act- voiced by Cardinal Bourne in an ad- Kshn on behalf of the Joint DistribuDisMn Orphanage and head of Ohel taken by surprise," were unprepared The Palestine Government has been ually persecuted. „ dress before the Catholic Women's tion Committee, Mr. Unger on behalf JEWS AND MASONS Mosche, an orthodox theological sem- for defense and fled in panic. One notified by the Palestine Arab ExecLeague, under the chairmanship of the of the lea, and Mr. Schiff representBLAMED BY CLERGYMEN inary in Jerusalem. Lord Mayor of London. tousand inhabitants were killed, many utive that the government alone will TWO JEWISH MERCHANTS ing the Anglo-Jewish Association, FOE WOMEN'S FASHIONS .be responsible for all consequences if MURDERED BY PEASANTS were wounded. ~ ~ "It is important that the Catholic conferred recently with Sir Jojmson- j Warsaw. (J. T. A.) This year's GERSHENSON, RUSSIAN Vienna. (J~ T. A.) The disappear- activities in Palestine shall not be Hicks, British Home Secretary, con- fashion for short sleeves and ]<>*•It was stated ihat the purpose of a Jewish demonstration in honor of LITERARY CRITIC, DIES the Wahabis' march toward Amman Lord Balf our will take place. ance of Abraham Weinberg and his lessened. England now holds a posi- •' cerning the refugees. The Minister necked dresses was blamed 6n the Moscow, (J. T. A.)—Michael Ger- is to expel Emir: Abdullah, the ruler brother, mere! nts in Brailo, was dis- tion in Palestine where there are stated that since there is no hope for Jews and Masons in an unsigned fe|yshenson, famous' literary critic and.. of. transjordania, as this is part of LORD ALLENBY RESIGNS. covered fey the police to be the result three official elnguages, including the refugees being admitted to the peal issued by the Catholic clergy president of the Literary Section of the Wahabis' plan to dethrone the London. (J. T. A.) Viscount Alien- of a hrutal murder, committed fay two English. The English members of the United States, they will have to leave here. the> Moscow Academy or Arts and Hashimite family in the Arab coun- by, the conqueror of Jerusalem and Roumanian peasants, according to re- Catholic Church must therefore as-. the Camp in England. Ample time The appeal urges a fight Sciences, died here Saturday. for the last six years High Commis- ports from Bucharest. . - tries. ! sume new responsibilities when they! will be granted them for leaving. the immoral fashions in His last request was to- be buried sioner of Egypt, has resigned from It was found that the peasants have the opportsmity to carry on'. Arrangements are being made by dress, declaring that these 'a the Jewish cemetery and that his "I Your 1925 subscription to The Jew- his post as High Commissioner, ac- killed the two Jewish merchants and church: activities- in the English Ian- the lea and the J. D. C. to facilitate •were in$rpdtrced in .-Polansi %y "nneral be held according to-JfesSsh ish Press is due now. flease mail cording to a dispatch to the London threw their bodies into the river. The guage in the Holy Land," the Cardi- the -emigration of the refugees to Pal- and the Jfgsons for "the purpose .+o. l i t in. Morning Post ^ peasants have been arrested. inal stated. estine, Argentina or back to Eussia. weakening Polish morals, <
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