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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928
- '^ Karl Marx • - -Xghtas Museum
KELLOGG SAYSES. IS CONCERNED OVER OPPRKSIONOFJEWS Secretary- df State Corrects pression of Previous .. . . . Statement.,
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'.:. Berlin—,(J. T. A.)—The house where Karl Marx was born has been. 1 purchased by the German Social Democratic party. -; Located at Trier, Rheinland, the Im- house Jias been preserved" in its original condition. It wilT be kept as a socialist museum.
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Mary Visits David A* Brown, Quest in Omaha, OMAHA ADDS NEW Princess TALMUD TORAH TO Hebrew University Tells How Tradesmen Are Made VICTORY IN DEBATE; Into Farmers in Rural Russia OPEN BRANCH IN WINS UNANIMOUSLY Detroit Philanthropist Affirms His Interest in Jews cf the World DUNDEE NEXT WEEK Klutznick and Zacharia Defeat St. Louis Speakers in Lively Contest. 400 ATTEND DEBATE.
OMAHA TO ENTERTAIN Another debate victory was chalked up to the honor and glory of Omaha JUNIOR AND SENIOR 3Ionday evening, when Philip Elutzand Sam Zacharia argued three HACASSAH CHAPTERS nick judges to a unanimous decision in
Washington—r(J. T. A.)—Secretary of State" Kellogg at his daily conference with press representatives on MonSay'officially confirmed the report in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on the United States government's atti-, _ . _ • . _, , o _ r t _r., . tude toward the oppression of minori-j L o = a I Group Expects 250 Visi-. tors During :Re£ionai'. ties in -foreign countries--including.| Jews.
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their favor in their debate .with Alvin Wolff and Echael Feinstein of the St. Louis Y. M. H. A., in th.e Jewish Community Center Monday evening.
Jerusalem—(J. T. A)—Princess Mary visited the Hebrew University pn Mount Scopus. In her reply to the message of greeting sent by the :Zionist executive, the princess, expressed her desire to see something of the Jewish work in the country. ,. The princess made a-visit to the pioneer colony, Dilb, where she was presented with gifts of milk and honey and flowers. Tbi* address of welcome was. translated; by Norman Bentwich, Palestine attorney general. Princess Mary replied, declaring she was happy( to s£e the settlement and its work, '
HADASSARNABONAL BOARD W1THI1AWS SUPPORT 6FUPSKY
Wherever They Need Help.
New School to Accommodate
"My name • is connected with work "Dr. Rosen is one of the greatest About 50 Stndente from among the Jews of Russia, but do not agriculturists in the world. Under Residential Section. imagine that I am interested only in his direction we have established j them. There are some Jews -who are farming communities, provided them j O P E N RECEPTION SUNDAY. interested in their brothers only if with machinery, and bred for them! —: they live in a certain part of the the finest herds of cattle. We have j A branch Talmud Torah ift Dundee world. I have no use for them." proved that the Jews cai. be good will be opened next week, according to the announcement made WednesIn these vigorous words, David A. farmers." day br Dr. Philip Sher, chairman of Brown, philanthropist and national' Good Farmers. the board of education. The new chairman of the United Jewish Ap-1 ,, . peal, declared his brotherhood with! T Mr. Brown told of;a community of school will be opened in two rooms on Jewish farmers which has been in the Jewry of all'the world, in an in- | existence in Russia for a hundred the second floor of the Sunset. Tea terview for The Jewish Press during!f years, althoug-h other Jews were not Room building, Forty-nintli ah<I Dodge streets, and vrill serve primarily" the his visit here Monday. Mr. Brown: scouted'the idea, that | Permitted to go on. the land. children in the Dundee lo T l estab^sfaed t b ^ f a d by-.one b n e of the tion. The rooms have been lease*! for there is a great rush of Jews to the f^ ^ ^ i Czars, and a good agricultural school three years. land in Russia this spring. Th"e opeiiing" of this branch is a "Of course we have more applica- Was provided for them. Here there tions- than we can accept," he said. grew up a group of Jewish fanners step forward in-, the progress of the "That is true of relief wort in all whose sons, are very skillful agricul- local Talmud Torah, toward which the parts of: the world. We have 50,000 ! turi&ts. These men have become the directors of the institution have baen. for the newly-settled for three years. It is expected applications and the most we can set- finstructors tie on the land in a year are 5,000. | a r o i e r s i n t h e Agro-Joint colonies. that between 40 and 50 students livIt would take $500,000,000 to settle! Dr. Rosen's coming- brings to the ing in that section will attend the hewthem all. But there is no rush to attention of interested Americans the school, of which Judah Wolfson will the land because they are not per- large volume of colonization work be principal and Morris Bloc": teacher. Classes -will be held after school mitted to go into the colonies until done under the handicap of a limited budget. Two hundred thousand acres every day, A few student-, livittg in they are ready." have been prepared for immediate Dundee who are attendi?-^ the central The More the Better. "We are taking them as fast as we settlement, 1,627 houses hav e been Talmud Torah will transfer to the hew can," he continued. "Few as they are, I built, 29 schools have been established. branch. Mr.-Brown'has'not been to Russia The school will be formally opened the more we take, the less hungry since 1925, but plans to go this sum- with a reception to the public, to be mouths there are in the cities. Each family put on a farm is so much to mer. He was in Omaha for only a held at S p. m. Sunday, April 2&. i few hours on his way from the west' Henry M on sky will give a brief adthe good." Mr. Brown referred to the arrival to New York, where he will hold a dress. Dr. Philip Sher, who is in last week in New York of Dr. Joseph special meeting next Sunday. During charge of arrangements for the recepA. Rosen, director of the Agro-Jcint. his visit here, he was guest of honor tion, is also planning a musical proat a dinner at the Blackstone hotel. gram, ' He said, The need for a branch Talmud Torah has been felt by local leaders in Jewish education 'for'several years. Its establishment marks further progress in Omaha's determined effort to provide its Jewish 'children With Jewish •
; , At thfe pregs conference;-a';-corres-y! : -The' siabject, "Resolved, tnat Ours Is JOINT pondent. inquired -whether-in his; recentk an Age of Brassv" aroused a keen indiscussion'of the-minorities in Europe^}' . , J. - . . , . . - . . . terest in the audience': of i about 400 Secretary Kellogg" means that the! About 2oO Hadassah.members from persons, and after the. decision .had United States is not concerned about" this region outside Omaha will attend been given for- the affirmative, the Nathan Straus Defends the -ill-treatment of certain of these t h e third annual conference of the meeting was thrown into an open Mrs. Hadassah in New minorities, including principally the] Southwest Region ..of. Hadassah May forum. A lively discussion, mostly Statement ' Jews in. Roumania. The secretary re- 27, 28 and 29, in. the Jewish Commun- upholding the negative side of the . % ... plied that he had said that the United: ity Center. question, took place from the SOOT. «NO CONFIDENCES tOTED. States could not protest officially to: Five states will be represented by The Omaha speakers contended that Junior and Senior delegates. The foreign -countries against their treatthis is an age primarily of braggadocNew York—(J. T.. A.)—A vote of ment of; the minorities •. in. those coun-! Junior conference will take place Sun- cio," rather than of learning, a period; day, Junior and Senior Monday; and "no confidence" in the present admintries t not citizens of the United States. of hollow insincerity when intellectual He stated that he did not say the the Senior alone on ""-lesday. Twelve attainment is at an ebb. They con- istration of the Zionist ^Organization of America, definitely "aligning the United States was not concerned aboutt chapters will be represented/ trasted it with the Talmudic age, Hadassah leadership with the oppoProminent speakers are being arthe matter, but that.in.fact, he, the; which they referred to as an age of sitional elements within American secretary, had -done everything. he ! ranged for the lunchc _,n on Monday gold. . and the banquet to be? held Tuesday Zionism against the Lipsky adminiscould wilhin(the diplomatic rights arid evening. Men will be guests at the • "Today the Jew is higher socially tration, was passed at the closing sesproperties of this country and that, banquet. • "' " " and economically," Sam Zacharia said, sion of the National Board of Hadasof course, this ^country was concerned Officers in charge'of the Cenior con- "but assiduous devotion to Jewish sah, the women's Zionist" organization about the proper .treatment of minorir ties in foreign countries* although we ference will be Mrs. M. F. Levenson, learningis conspicuous b; its absence. of America, late Sunday-night. About 130 members-of Hadassah, had rio right officially to. protest president; Mrs. S. L. Goldman, St. We hear the chatter of self-praise like Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. G. Klausner, St. the blare of trumpets. Yet; what has including the members of the National against it." Louis; Mrs. A. Markus, Kansas City; tfie Jew. of today contributed to Jew- board and chairmen, of Hadassah Moral Pressure. Mrs. E. Hill, Lincoln, and Mrs. B. Wil- ish-knowledge?" • •••-<--:. chapters and regional units, were The Unite$J_States government has lens, Denver, vice presidents; Mrs. J. Alvin Wolff, speaking for the nega- present at the sessions which began a ground to act in the situation in. J. Friedman, Omaha," secretary, and tivev denied that vainglorious bragging on Saturday night aad ended late Ho'umanid because' of the!" mistreat- Miss Dora- Cohen, Kansas tCity, treasr is predominent, and maintained that Sunday night. The sessions were dement of Jews greater than that which They -will be-" assisted byL-ihe Jewish leaders admit the low standard clared executive and no press repreexisted at the time of abrogation of j of director^ of the Omaha chap- •of modern Judaism and are1 trying to sentatives were admitted. A statement the^Rugsiaji^treaty.isthec^pipioii. 'efr-l Issued-•after..the.^lraej^ the sesScn? "'" i>/tiir : -New York"Times''1 . In vivid, terms, Philip1- Klutznick de- declared that the special" "meeting- of members ; from ^Eulsa^ P,eneditorially on tiie statement of St. Louis, Kansas City* StI Jo- scribed the indifference of the masses the National'board was call d for the Canadian Capitalist Bequeaths Falk Brothers, Merchants, Mak« Secretary Kellogg: The "Times"- deseph, Pueblo and Lincoln will attend of Jewish people to the: summons of purpose of clarifying the position cf clares that the first statement, in this Part of Wealth to Jewish ^5<v to *" TUniversity. ~ ; —" : ^" Gift the leaders. Hadassah toward the present adminthe Sunday and Monday, sessions. matter,, which.was a rejoinder to the Philanthropies. opponents of the policy in Nicaragua, • A talk on the nurses' training ""The Wider Scope movement 1and istration of the Zionist Organization FOR FREE TREATMENT. the Hillel Foundation have failed/ he of America. "was not of the-happiest inspirations." school, a new project of the Junior ESTATE TO BE DIVIDED. said.-'We claim that we were destined In regard to this matter the statePittsburgh—(J. T. A.)—A complete'; i The^Center Players Guild last^week Hadassah, will be given. The •paper' writes: j members to ofto be the moral leaders of humanity; ment quoted the following resolution .Montreal—(J. T. A.)—Four specific modern clinic and dispensary, entirely elected Omaha lias several- regional : offiM ) p •"•The recprd' has now been set Earl S^gel, presiyes^—to teach them a faith that we adopted: ! bequests of ?100,000 each to the Fed-' equipped and furnished, where 750 perstraight. The right to apply moral cers: Grace Rosenstein,-regional-presiJf° 'Brown, vice-president; ourselves do not know. The Talmudic 1 "The National Board of Hadassah, eration of Jewish Philanthropies, the'sons will be treated free of charge pressure in tfie interest of elementary dent; Ann Greenberg , second vice age has given us so much, of wisdom, e.Beber, secretary; Sid Vrmtrottb. despite its criticism of the present adYoung Men's Hebrew Association, the daily and which will cost approxihuman rights and justice, is one we president, and Tina* Altschuler, secre- and we think we can sit complacently have often exercised. Twenty years tary. The chapters will give a report back on our haunches for eternity. We ministration of the Zionist Organiza- Montreal General hospital, and the mately S750,000, has been given to the j mtreasurer and S.anley I•. Levin, chairof the committee,season ago Elihu" Root : as secretary of-state of the year's activities. Rose Fine is build synagogues,- but we forget our tion of America, considc : itself a Notre Dame hospital are the outstand- University of Pittsburgh by Maurice ^n Altho the publicrty Glide's theatrical constituent part thereof, and ha' for- ing donations in the will of the late and Leon Falk, according to an antook open cognizance of the treatment president of Omaha chapter. Jewish souls and hearts." mulated a constructive program for Sir Mortimer Davis. Lady Davis and nouncement yesterday by Chancellor is over and production will not be reof the Jews iri Czarist Russia. We deThere are over 10,000. Junior memSpeaking for the negative, Echael its future policy to be presented to Mortimer Davis, Jr., are to share on; John G. Bowman. It is expected the sumed till September the members of ferred renewal' of a trade treaty with bers in the United States, and, the Feinstein denied the ability of the afan equal basis the net annual revenues [ building will be finished within eigh- the Guild plan to hold «. "get-together" Russia as.a protest against such prac- membership is expected to double in firmative to evaluate the. age, and de- its next annual convention." each month. Mamye Temin is chairj teen months. from the estate. tices. In the case of Roumania today 1929. Hadassah maintains a children's scribed the present period as one of Committee of Seven. man of the May affair which will be The $100,000 donation to the Young j The new building will be located at in the form a a gala jubilee and "kids the United States may be .said to oc- village in Palestine.. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency ""_ transition, in which the germs of a Men's Hebrew association is an extra Fifth avenue and Lothrop street, party." Admission to the party will cupy a moral ground even more solid new growth, a new attitude toward learns unofficially that the Hadassah than the ordinary considerations that i endowment outside of the f 350,000 where the University of Pittsburgh is be limited to members only and the delegates to the forthcoming Zionist religionvand. a renaissance in Jewish enter such protests. To the extent promised by Sir Mortimer to the "Y" ( developing a health center for the peo- tickets may be had from any of the convention will be instructed to suplearning are germinating, that this country contributed to the foT the erection of a new building.: pie of Pittsburgh and western Penn- following members of the committee: port a plan by which the convention • Judge L. B. Day, Judge W. G. HasTictory of the allies in the:war,_.it According to M. H. Weinstein, director sylvania. The center will consist of! Sid Wintroub, Sadie Beber, Anne tings and Frank Fogarty were judges. •is to effect a change in the American has contributed to the present .enof the "Y," the new building will be three medical buildings when wholly Lintzman and Mamye Temin. Zionist Organization leadership by 'Henry Mbnsky was chairman of the hanced position bf Roumania. "When erected as planned by Sir Mortimer completed. So far, one unit of the Appropriate favors and plenty of debate. During the open forum pe- electing a committee of seven to ad- B. Davis. Incorporated ground will be proposed three has been established. the collapse of, the Central Empires ministrate the affairs of the Zionist good eats will be on hand to sat« the riod, David A. Brown, who was in the came, Eournania was overrun by their broken for the new building in May It is the Children's hospital. In addi- jaded appetites of the "kids" as the By Kate Goldstein.' audience*- -was called upon, and gave Organization « America, instead of troops. "Without- an allied victory there and it is expected that the building tion to the Falk clinic, tne medical evening wear,s on, Oother features of choosing, a president and an adminisdefense of the modern certainly would" not have been a great- Iancobi—Lincoln mourns ^he loss of an-impassioned will be completed by January first of center will house the Fresbyterian nos- the program will be the i-nstB.llst.Jor) : ../. , ' '. ' : ' .'•-....,: , er Roumania arid there, might have a pioneer. A man of sterling qualifies J e W . - . next year. j pital of the city. . (Continued on Page 4} 7 of the new officers and the presentacoupled with unusual f xesight was ' After the meeting . had •• dispersed, been no Roumania..at_all. ,•,..• The executors of the estate are! The new Falk center will be closely tion of Guild pins to the members. Ben Simon, whose three-day illness, small* groups •gatheted in the halls to Lady Davis, the Rt. Hon. Lord associated with the new 27 Story Pitt ; Prizes will be awarded to the wearer? which appeared to be.; an inconse- continue the discussion, and only when "League Should "Protest; Shaughnessy, K. C, and A. M. Morti-\ Cathedral of Learning-, now under con- of the best costumes, the cutest "Our efforts in behalf of fair treat- quential need of rest, was cut short the lights were put out at midnight, raer Davis, Inc. The executors are struction in Pittsburgh's educational with death. . v ; did arguments cease. ment for European minorities canand the prettiest- girls. given wide powers, notably in winding center, Schenlcy farms. Ben Simon was \in active charge of not be so direct as those that lie open The St. Louis boys were guests of up the estate, which is to be concluded i Maurice and Leon Falk, brothers, j „, \ \\ to members of the League of Nations. his business until Monday noon, when the Jewish Community Center Monday in fifty years. If in that time Mortimer j have been leaders in Pittsburgh's j J^Ol r i & V l t Z The rights of minorities are embodied he left" the store after complaining of and Tuesday, and a full .program of G r a d u a t e Scholarship The Jewish Community Center and Davis, Jr., dies and Lady Davis dies,' manufacturing- and business for many in the peace treaties and stand under being ilL Tuesday he' remained at entertainment was planned for them. without issue of her marriage to Sir \ years. Their interest in humanitarian • . the Jewish Welfare Federation were the protection of the league.,-These home, but told Ms" sons that he was Mortimer, specific provision is made work has been evidenced through their Word has come from the University at home to approximately 500 persons clauses, courageously and impartially feeling better on' Wednesday"morning. during their reception . "Wednesday for the disposal of the residue under,! donations. They have been associated of Utah that Sol Bflvitz is one ©£ enforced, constitute: one^ of the surest At li:30 he passed: away; with death evening. Many were representatives a plan whereby 75 per cent will be with the Federation of Jewish Thilan- three graduate students of the uniguarantees for the preservation of due to dilation of-the hesrt following ah attack of pleurisy. ' of other social agencies of the Com- used to build a-• general hospital in thropies since its inception, and are versity that have been awarded gradupeace" on the continent. Whatever may ,v Montreal, the majority of whose man-' trustees of this organization. ate-assistantehips for their work-along munity Chest. have been the mistakes committed by For twenty-four' years a business — research lines in the department of The Koda club and Compeer chap-the map-makers at Versailles, no one man in Lincoln, after coming here Guests were given an opportunity agement shall be of Jewish faith. The j chemistry. seriously contends" that it is possible from Washington, .Kans. He, was 65 ter of IvTe have concluded negotia- lo learn the work of the organization, hospital, however, will be open to a n L Ravftz will continue his studies at to draw a set of frontiers in the eth- years of age and was born in Darm- tions for the affiliation of the two through posters displayed, literature sects and creeds. Of the remaining OR Quadrant btal I the California Institute of Technology clubs. The affiliation will bring into given cut, and a tour of the building 25 per cent, half is to go to the Federnological crazy-quilt of - central and stadt, Germany. ation of Jewish philanthropies, and at Pasadena, next year, working in eastern Europe that v/ould eliminate The immediate surviving^relatives Compeer chapter 11 nei men. Clyde •conducted by members of the boards "half will go to non-sectarian charitable j Selma Levin has been made a s s o " j p^vsical chemistry research. He will minorities under foreign rule. But it are his wife\ Etta; one daughter, Mrs. Krasne and Nathan Hoi ./ich are of directors and trustees. : : should not be impossible to inculcate Abe Wittenbergof Lincoln: 'onr sons, members of both. The new club memA gymnasium exhibition tinder Miss institutions in the Province of Que-. ciat* editor of the Technical high j ^ o m e a candidate for Ph. D. The \ school Quadrant, holding the highest j v a | t t e of iTjs scholarship is 1900. The or enforce fair treatment for all races Charles, Harry, Joseph and Samuel; bers will be initiated during • a gala Ethel Greenberg and a swimming ex- bee, as selected "by his executors. The will of Sir Mortimer was drawn ] position on the staff given to a girl. a w a r j estme fct the end of a difficult affair the first week in May, so that hibition directed by Marcus Krasne and creeds within the political fron- four sisters and two brothers. She has been active in journalism national competition. tiers. That is the surest way to mitiFrom a tribute to. the memory of members will be able to participate preceded the auditorium program, up in London, England. in the conclave, which will take placs which included a one-act play, music work during her whole course, and J £ a v ; t K j s *a grandson «f the late gate the menace of, the unredeemed Ben Simon .::'.. ressed before his-burial in Omaha June. 2 and 3. expects to take up newspaper work as! j a c o b stein and Mrs, Stein, and a by the Center orchestra, and a film of lands. Standing outside of the League 1 Dy Rabbi S. E. Starrels: "He leaves her profession. j n e p h e v r of Mr. Sam Ravite. 1 New members are Harold Farber, the Federation activities. of Nations,, we are bound, on our own | behind a rich'an. varied heritage, but Paul Goldstein, Philip Feldman, Harry Benny Freshman was made business; _ Hennine Green, Sid Wintroub, initiative, to take note of the vital im-1 best of all, we honor and love Ben j manager of the Quadrant. portance of the minorities," the Times gimon for himself—"a man of cheer- Ravitz, Abe Markovitz, Dave Ravitz, George M. Cohen, Haskell Cohn, Leo Annur,l elections .at Beth Hame-j ful yesterdays and confident tomor- Lou Rosenthal, Jack Orlichoff, Wil- Brown, Earl Siegel, Bess Wetnstein, concludes. liam Wessly, Ben Ravitz and Sid and Faye Klein were the members of drosh Hogodel. resulted in the follow-f Sofia (J. T. A- —The homes of j rows." Corenman. the cast for "Three Pills In A Bottle," ing staff of officers: I hundreds o Jewish families were j Eabbi Frederick Cohn will discuss Plans for the conclave are progressNathan Levinson, chairman of the' destroyed in the cities of Tchirpan j The Geverkshafter. campaign Of directed by Mrs. Herman Jahr. OutLudwig Lewisohn's latest book, "The Chicago (J. T. A.)—Jacob Franks, ing rapidly, according to Herbert standing work was done by Hermine board of commissioners; L. Harris, and Phiiippopolis; one Jewish child Omaha will hold a Flower Day SunIsland Within,"in his sermon at TemGreen, Earl Siegel, and Bess Wein- president; Harry Soskin, vice presi- was killed in Borissovgrad in the; day, April 28. Headquarters will be ple Israel Friday evening. His Satur- father of Bobbie Franks, for .whose Goldsten, general chairman. death Nathan Leopold and Richard dent; Israel Kulakofsky, chairman of earthquake which roked Bulgaria on j jn the Labor Lyceum, from which stein. . day morning subject will be "The Loeb are serving life sentences in Paris (J. T. A.)—The tenth anworkers will go out at f* :S0 fi. m» the finance committee; Moses Hurwitz, Wednesday, April 18. A group of women of the Center Glory of. Judaism." Joliet Penitentiary,- died yesterday "in niversary of the He'Chalutz, Pal- Were in charge of the refreshments, Harry Rimmerman and Max Venger, j All "friends of the Chalutrlm of - - i" Opposition is the test furnace of bis suite at the Drake Hotel. " He estine Pioneer organization, which were "served at tables" during administrative committee; Sam Ele-' Assuredly to <Jie for a religion is Palestine are asked to co-ojieiatp witJi was iseventv two years' old. * marked at a meeting held here. the program. this effort. *•. • easier than to live for it. witz, secretary new ideas. •
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CENTER RECEPTION PROVIDES VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT
CLUB JOINS COHORTS OF IVRE
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