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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1928
VOL,
VII.—No. 27
Saves Jew's Camp Levy Boys A re WORK IS STARTED Nobile "\ ~'j£ Italia Observations Sir Alfred Mond Becomes Lord Melchett Treated to Circus ABE SHAW GRAND ON JEWISH ORPHAN ALEPH English Zionist President Elevated to Peerage; London Correspondent DisHOME BUILDINGS cusses Political and Jewish Careers of Jewish h
(J. T. A.)-^Despite the cata^ end of thVatalia" expedition t° I I .TOrticregfari, science -will be enrid in 3- lje to the observations made Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver Gives on fL* ight by the Italian Jewish scie^ Aldo Pontremoli, a member Principal Addres' of t \\ Nobile's party. The observ made by" Pontremoli, proGRADS HOLD REUNION fesst _;he Milan Polytechnic Insti. sixtieth raniversary of the tute, who was invited by General founding of the Jewish Orphan Home Nobile to participate in the expedition, in: Cleveland by the Independent Order were rescued, although grave fears are of B'nai B'rith, over a thousand grad- entertained for the scientist, who is uates of the home" and officials of the counted among ;those lost, General Organization gathered to attend the Nobile stated in a message to the • •• laying of the cornerstone for new j Italian press. : • building? being added to the institu- Berlin. (J. T. A.) •' Professor Samoilowitch, leader of the Krassin rescue tion. . IVed Lazarus, Jr., of Columbus, expedition which saved 8 stranded Ohio, president of the home, set the members of Nobile's crew, is a Russtone •with • a .silver trowel presented sian Jew. ' '• '•"''. to" ;hlm. by the Jewish Orphan Home This statement -was made to the Alumni Association. This society is Berlin press and to the Jewish Telecomposed of . the graduates of the graphic Agency here by the jourhome, and they have, to date, -raised nalist Wolkowyski, former editor of in excess of $150,000 for their alma the Russian newspaper "Rannyeno mater. They are giving to it the new Utro." recreation building to be known as Alumni Hall. In presenting the main speech of the ceremony, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland praised the Orphan Home for, its carrying out of Jewish philanthropical ideals. "The ' greatest treasures," said he, "are held for Internationally Famous Talmuthose who care for the helpers dic Authority Passed Away orphan." Last Week Building construction is rapidly proCALLED MODERN GAON gressing for the new Home which is being built on the cottage plan, each New York.—(J, T. A.)—A huge cottage accommodating twenty-five throng estimated by police to number children tinder the care of the cottage fifteen thousand faced a two hour wait mother. The new Home is situated in the •glaring sun to pay a last imon a. thirty acre site in .University pressive tribute to Rabbi Solomon Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. The Poliatchek, internationally famous new institution is to be completed by Talmudic authority, Tuesday, July 10. Angust ist, 1929. Rabbi Poliatchek, who was dean of Pledges totalling $1,103,000 toward the Talmudic Department of the Rabbi thei?l;600,000 -qnota asked of the Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, states in Districts ?-and 6,1. O. B. B. and an internationally known author-* •were announced atthe annual meeting ity on Halacha, Idjed July. 8 after a. of itoe:board^ District No. 2, with a brief illness at the Sydenham Hospiquota ol one- miflibn dollars, has sub- tal; New "York. "•' ^ j ; ; ;^ ; ' : ' r •;-;" stantially completed its campaign and ••• Tuneral serviced' were, conducted the 'public appeal for $600,000 was from the sfeps"of-the Rabbi Isaac launched in District No. 6 in April. .ElchananYeshiva,'3Ql East Broadway, November ,1st next has been fixed as where for "the" last" seven years Rabbi the'.'•date. for the completion of the Poliatchek' had been' dean of the Talcampaign in both districts. President -mudic Department, while the huge Lazarus ..announced _. that this is the thrqrifir'stbod in silent tiributei" first public • appeal- for capital funds Following the simplicity of the Orin the history of the Home and will thodox" ritual-, the "services' "were •undoubtedly be,"the last in the life marked by the intense personal greif time of living generations. of those who participated. Speaker Graduates now residing in every after speaker broke off in the midst 1 state-in the union attended their an- of his tribute/ while Dr. Bernard nual reunion in connection with the Revel, head of the Yeshiva collopsed, sixtieth anniversary celebrationafter insisting upon completing his "Farewell to his friend, associate and teacher." Throughout the ; ceremony which continued- for an hour and a half, the bier stood on a black covered dais surrounded by a guard of honor consisting of students of the Yeshiva. Dave Goldman, of Philadelphia, in As the coffin was transferred from the Omaha-Monday on his transcontinen- hearse to the dais a group of twelve tal hike, recited his story to newly- boys, pupils of the elementary classes nade friends at the J. C. C. The of the Yeshivah, recited the psalms. thing that impressed him most on his - Rabbi P'olitchek, who came to the trek from Philadelphia to San Fran- United States seven years ago at the cisco and back was the Jewish hos- invitation of the Yeshiva, was counted tility that he encountered in his trav- as one of the Gaonim of the present els. •••-.••• age. He was born 51 years ago, in "Some of the Jewish families that I Meitshet, Lithuania, and started his -met would hardly let me go," he said. Talmudic training at the age of 12 m The youthful traveler was partic- the Yeshiva of Wolozhyn. He soon ularly astonished to find such a beauti- acquired fame as the "Ului of Meitful -. and well-equipped Community shet," by which name he was called up ' Center such as Omaha's in a commun- to .the day of his death. He was the ity of such relatively small size. To most beloved pupil of l^abbi "Chaim of the resident of a city, in "which there Brest-Ldtovsk. He held the position toe over 250,000 Jews, Omaha seemed of Rabbi in Brest. Later, he was inpretty small., vited to become the dean of the Talf Goldman left Philadelphia on June mudic school of the "Yeshiva in LSda, 17. armed.with nothing but a letter of district .of Vima, where he "remained introduction from the mayor of thej until the outbreak of the "World War. metropolis and enough money to cover MB expenses. Detained enroute in the In the New York Yeshiva he inhomes of Jewish families for days structed students in the Talmud four because they became attached to him times weekly and attracted a large he was slowed up in his progress number of pupils, enjoying the great somewhat*, but managed to reach San respect of Orthodox rabbia for the ^tsatasco about a week and half later. depth of his Talmadic expositions. He immediately turned about and set He was the autho* «f a number of out f o* home. During the trip he saw works. many beautiful sights, especially in Internment took place at Beth Judah Cemetery. the Rocky Mountains. • The youth, only 20, claims that the only time that he got homesick was ZIONIST IMMIGRATION when he heard an orchestra in a St. POLICY IS CRITICIZED Louis theater play "Back in Your Own Riga.—(J. T. A.)— A protest Backyard." against the attitude of the Zionist This is the first time that Goldman has ever tried hiking like this and he Executive on the question of immigraasserts that despite the fun he has tion to Palestine was expressed in a had,-that he don't care to do it again. resolution adopted at a mass meeting here last night. The meeting was He is a student at Temple College. called by the Central Committee for ^'Working Palestine. : • Whosoever tries to make gain by The resolntion also demanded the the crovm of learning perishes. resignation of Albert Hyumson from Culture in a woman is better than his post as director of the Palestine
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YOUNG HIKER PRAISES JEWISH HOSPITALITY
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Through the generosity of several Omahans the whole Camp Levy party motored to Omaha Thursday to attend the Sella-Floto circus. Leaving at noon, the boys and their y, counselors Bet out for the city. After Supreme Council Officers Are AI! Rctcmed to an' afternoon of wondrous sights inOffice cluding trained elephants, funny clowns, and the other usual parts of a ACTIVITIES PLANNED circus, the party immediately went back, to camp. They got back about The A. Z. A, in its international 5 o'clock. of rather Radical imputations, convention held in Denver, Colorado, All reports from camp show that trader of the matt stern and wtbendthis week, elected Abe Shaw of Kaning character. His Jewishnets wms at the success with •which it started con-l sas City, Kansas as its Graml Aleph that time not very evident. Indeed, tinues. Last Sunday over a hundred! Go<iol. The new head of the org-anitavery few were aware that he was a visitors came to see the boys in their tion succeeds; Max KrolofT of Sioux Jew and less regarded him *s one. summer home. A still larger crowd! City. His father was not very much identi- of visitors is expected this Sunday! In the election of the officers of the fied with Jews in his latter days. His and preparations arc being made to Supreme Council, there were no wife, Lady Mond, is a Catholic, and accomodate and entertain all that changes. They arc as follows: Sam his children are all Christians. Sir! come. The boys don't care to leave Beber of Omaha, president; Ja«ob J. Alfred gave away his daughters at! yet, but they do enjoy seeing their Lieberman of Los Angeles, first, vicetheir marriage in church and even his friends come out to the camp. president; Julius J, Cohn, second viceone Jewish son-in-law, Viscount Erpresident; Joseph Herhaeh of Phllaleight, Lord Reading's heir, waa mardejphla, third vice-president; I. F. ried to Sir Alfred's daughter in Gopdnian, of Omaha, Fecretary; Harry church. The malicious have said that LapufUB of Omtiha, treasurer; anH Phil Sir Alfred's i»t«rest in things Jewish Klutfnick, executive secretary. is to be traced back to the war period, The n«xt convention to be held next when his enemies attacked him as a summer will be in Pittsburgh. The German, and he found a way out by tournament .-will be held in Memphis. rediscovering hi* Jewishness prefer- Prominent Business Man Trys The.program outlined includes errnring to be a Jew rather than a GerCamp Life For A structive religious and social work. man, which was then a thousand times Day Th*y plan programs fep-twring Jewish woraa. ni«$0ry, %rt, and literature. The rePRAISES CAMP STAFF vival of Hebrew ie hoped for by enStill that is now past history. TocoyrRging its study thrmiyh contests. day Lord Melchett is one of the great William L. Holzman, speaking of Encouragement of sabbath observalights of the Zionist movement, one of hi« experiences during a short visit tion 16 «1BO planned. the outstanding figures in the Pales- to Camp Levy last week, summed up Over three hundred young- men from tine work, the largest single contrib- his idems of the boys' haven as "a all partii of the country attended th« utor, perhaps, to the Jewish National perfect pasture of health and content- convention. Besides the regular deleFund, the President of the Non-Par- ment." gates there were rrmrsf visitors from tisah Jewish Agency Commission, an Whci approached by the interview- the A. £. A. chapters aid from the investor of much capital in Palestine,- er, t"ie prominent business head, was B'nai B'rith. and what is most important of all, a for ^d in a lightly depressed mood big business man with, txemendoe* b Jugfet on by the unbearable heat, authority in the business. -world -who at at the mention of Camp Levy, & spreads optimism about Palestine's gleam crept into his eyes and a smile economic prospects, thus encouraging' enveloped his countenance as he exinvestments which will be of help in • claimed, "It's great," (J. T, A.)—The Nationthe upbuilding of the country. Sion- There was a touch of vristfulness in istic Jews -in their, enthusiasm Uxjk Ms voice .as he recited _the story of al federation of Roumanian Stud«n»s upon him as one of the great states- how he had lived the life of the beys •will meet in Paris during Augur*!, men and politicians of England. at camp for almost a day. Eating the states *i despatch of tlie Hungarian Some have even spoken of him as a SBTne."grub," playing the same games, Telepruph Apencv. second Beaconsfield, greater than B«a- and singing the same songs. Mr. "The motion to expel the Rovim&niru consficld. There is jn this something Holsman found himself in the midst Federation TPili he m«de by the Enjrof the wish being father to the j of a scene of nothing but happiness lisYi student body and will have the support of the leftilinR- ptutient delei-a^ thought. The new peer has not madej and contentment. a success pf political life in the sense j "To sho-w you how satisfied the tions from Western Countries. Tli« which Beaconsfield did. His present | boys are," he said, "I offered to take basis for thJR proposal will be the parstatus i* rather that of one of the any of them home in tny car but not ticipation of UrrVimanJari students in thf £Tlti-*frwisb pogrom in Orndeaa single one would go." (Continued on Page 2) msre in Pacsember, j?S7. Mr. Holzman praised the manner in * » • •which Morris Sogolow and his cblo Bucharest.— (J.T. A.)—The Nationassistants and.Dr. Slutsky are carin£ al Unioe cf Christian Student? was for the boys. "Do you know." he notified by the Internationa! Students asked, "that the boys gain, an average CongTess th«t at its meeting in Paris of about three and a half pounds a it will discussion the exclusion the week out at camp." Roumanian student* federation from "Every Jew in Omaha should go tmt the International students Confedera150 Rabbis Ask For liberal there some evening or on a Sunday tion bscEUae of thf TranpyJvaninn PMand see what is being done for the cejjses. Giving on Holiday boys. It •would surely open their The Roumanian union appealed to eyes," he concluded. the g-overnment for assistance -find REBUILD PALESTINE Other members of the camp com- fvmds to cnnble it to pay its duet ami mittee, all of whom have been out to send a strong" <iple^stion to the ConA plea to the Jews of America, ask- the camp, and who voice the same gress, but the government refused asing that Tiaha B'Ab, eccurrmg this sentiments, are I>r. Philip Sher, sistance. It is probable that the Union year on Thursday, July 26th, be util- Harry Lapidus, Henry Mrmskey, will Rend no delegation, but will inised for the rebuilding ot Palestine, Wolf, Harry Wolf, Harry E, ZI struct Roumanian students living- in has been issued by one hundred and Paris to represent it at the Congress n u , A. Goldstein, and A. Herxberg. fifty rabbi? from all parts of the counand if the raptjlsiOTi if unavoidable, try, through the Jewish Kational they should, withdraw befrrre thp deFund's national headquarters in New Annaul Highland Fling1 cision is taken, suggesting voluntary York. In their plea, the rabbis ask on the part of the RouSlated for Wednesday retirement that Tisha B'Ab, the day when Jews msnian Union. mourn the destruction of the Tranple, On Wednesday, July 25, the mem- The expwlsiemjwili be urged by the be turned into an occ&Sion for buildbers «f the Highland Country Club British Students Union, supported liy ling the Jewifh Homeland anew, by giving contribution* to the Jewish Na- and their guests •will join in the big- thp deleffatiottf! from Italy, Hunparj , tional Fund, th« agency., which buys gest fun event of the year. On that Jufoslevffi, Switzerland unri America., land in Palestine in the name and &s date, the second annual Highland while the Roumanian Union will be BGpported fcy the representatives of the inalienable property of the Jewish Fling -will take place. Starting at one o'clock and ending France, Poland, €?,echwlova1d«. Bulpeople. at any time dictated by the conscience garia, Turkey, Greece, Portugal an.!. Taking as their keynote the appeal of the individual, each participator will Eflthoni&, If the Rovimanian Union is , it ie possible that the Btwto "turn the sorrow of destruction in- have s full program to occupy bis federations In Poland and C*««hto the joy of rebuilding," the on= hun- time. Reports from the clubhouse dred and fifty rabbis, representing al- state that there will be everything oslova!4& will algo withdraw from the most the sajne number of cities, point from a Mammoth Side Show, World's out th« opportunity Jews now hav« to flasst Menagerie, Colossal Five-Ring make Tisha B'Ab one of the zoost im- CSrcos, and Wild West Show to a free- SABBATH OBSERVER? portant days of the yaar in its sub- for-all competition for ir«valoable CONGRESS IN EERLIKstantial effect on the rebuilding of prixes. There will be twelve real Warsaw.—(J. T. A.)—A world con•worth-while golf prizes awarded to the Palestine. press of Sabbath observers vnli be. Tisha B'Ab has always been the oc- winners of the following events: Low held in one of the principal cities of casion for those who come to the' eyna- Gross, Second Low Gross, Low Net, Europe, oLow Net, Blind Bo^ey, Three gogue to contribute to some charity or Seoid The initiative for convoking the con1 Blind Holes, Low Gross f>otjtfc-parw, other "worthy purpose. In making Least Strokes on any hole, Greatest ference WES t&ken Y>$ *. Berlin JewipH this nation-wide appeal, the rabbis be- number of strokes on ar.y hole, High Pro-Sabbath committee and it is lieve the sums of money usually do- Gross score, Driving contest, and Ap- planned to create s. world wide allinated on this day can serve, a very ef- proaching -and putting contest. ance of strict Sabbath observers and to seek waye at«3 means of reviving fective purpose if contributed to the Jewish National Fund. The Jewish Dinner will be served at seven-thirty the old Sabbath tradition in Jewish National Fund is the oldest Palestin- Tickets for the gala event can be obian fund-raising institution, and the tained from Manny Handler, Dave At a meeting: of Sabbath observers; only one which emphasizes the small, Feder, or Jerry Heyn. called on the initiative of H. Fsrbstein voluntary contributions. It has been president of the Warsaw Kehillah this aspect Of its work Which has The door which is not opened for Council, it waa decided that a PnJst«hmade the National Fond the most pop- charitable -urposes will have to open Jewish delegation participate in thj ular of the fund-raising agencies. congws; for ttw iphysickm, (Cant. R.V1, 11),
EVEN ROYAL FAMILY HAS JEWISH BLOOD IN ITS VEINS By JONATHON HOLLAND . The American Jewish Press jumped too soon. Sir Alfred Mond has not become Lord Mond, as they insisted on referring to him as «opn as the am nouncement -was made that the King had conferred a barony upon him. | The English papers, as. Is customery, \ recorded the conferment of the. barony and went on calling him Sir, Alfred. Mond, until the new title was \ gajetted. Yet the American Jewish I press -was, in a sense, expressing the J feeling of many people who \LZA hoped that the elevation to the peerage would not extinguish the name of Mond, grown rich by association. It need not have been. Lord Balfour, Lord Kitchner, Lord Haldane, all.re tained their names. And among JewLord "Melchett ish peers Lord Rothschild and Lord Jessel prefered to continue to be le demi-monde, bat what is le Alfred known by the names they bore as com- Mond? Well, le Alfred Mond has moners. Lord Melchett has followed gone now and we must learn to speak the example of those other Jewish of his Lordship, the Baron Melchett. peers, Lord Bearsted, Lord Beading, Put the story with its association of and Lord Swaythling, and has. sunk Mond with Lloyd George recalls the his name in a territorial t'tle, (and in unexpected outburst into which the passing it may be mentioned that! new Peer betrayed his former leader Melchett Court, his country estate! when he turncoated from the Liberal from which he has taken his title, is! to the Conservative Party. It was the but a stone's throw from Swaythling, j first, and I think the only public anthe place which gave the Lords Sway-! ti-semitic utterance of the Premier, thling their name.) who was head of the Government But Lord Melchett may have chosen i which issued the Balfour Declaration. wisely. Sir Alfred Morits Mond was I Sir Alfred Mond, he said, in his anger not a particularly loved name in Eng- was a Judas like aH Jews. It staglish political life, however much pres-' gered people at that time, and it was tige and authority attached to it.! quickly explained away, but when one Lord Melchett has a mellower eoundl rwadls Lord Oxford and Asquith's reabout it and he would seem to be a! cent suggestion in his diary that Lloyd kindlier man. j George "does mot care a damn about Yet~\Mond was a name that h&dLj the-'Jews," it gives ©nefariously to re.grown to stand for something dis-j flect. tinctive. There wae a story, told at ( It was expected at the time that Sir the iime of the Peace Conference in ] Alfred went over to the Conservative Paris, when Sir Alfred was "beginning I Party that a peerage would follow. to,, emerge into political importance j It has taken longer than the prophets .as the confident of Lloyd George, that { thought, but it has come. Yet it has Cle^nenceaar the Tiger, sitting with] come to a different man than the Mond Lloyd -George one day, asked him who entered British politics twentyabout this mysterious Mond of which odd years ago. It was in 1906 that he heard so much. I know a lot about Mr. Alfred Mond was first returned le monde he said, and a little, too, of to the House of Commons as a Liberal
More Siberian Land For Jews Allotted
JEWISH NATIONAL FOND CAMPAIGN TO Moscow.—(J. T. A.—By a decision BE ON TISHA FAB OFFICE \H JAMAICA Of the Far Eastern Central Executive
JEW APPOINTED TO
Former President of Synagogue Chosen Custos Rottullorum IN PUBLIC LIFE 20 YEARS Kingston, Jamaica.—(J. T. A.) — Altamond E. Da Costa, former "president of the synagogue in Kingston, Jamaica and an active worker in the Jewish community, has been appointed by His Excellency the Governor to be Custos Rotullorum for Kingston. Mr. Da Costa, who has served-three terms as Mayor of Kingston thus receives the honor of appointment to the highest position in the colony of Jamaica. . ^ office' of Custos Rostulorum is an old and ancient dignity. . The Cus£os is the keeper of the English county records' and by virtue of the office is the highest civil officer in the country. Until 1545 the appointment lay with the Lord Chancellor, but it is now exercised by the Crown and is usually held by a person of rank, most frequently the Lord Lieutenant. He is responsible to the Governor for the due preservation of lav and order. Itfr. I>a Costa has been identified for more than twenty years with the pu&f lie life of Jamaica. There is hardly a public body on which he -has not served. -He has also been- vice-president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. During Ms term of office as Mayor of Kingston he received the Duke and Duchess of York on their official visit to Jamaica.
Committee, the Bureya region in Siberia allotted for Jewish colonization will be extended northward, making a total area of 3,895,000 hectares available for Jewish settlement. The new area consists mainly of cedar forests and is watered by rivers. Six hundred and forty settlers arrived at Tichonkoye to settle on the new lands. One hundred and sixty proceeded immediately to EkaterinaNikolsk where they will -work on the rice plantations. Tractors and ploughs from America have begun to arrive. Cultivation will be started the end of June. It is planned to build large factories for cleaning the rice and extracting the oil.
JEW WINS PRIZE WITH ESSAY ON CATHOLICITY
Washington, D. C.—(J. T. A.)— Martin Kochman, a Jewish boy, was awarded a gold medal by La Salle Institute, for the best essay on ~a Catholic subject, according to a despatch from Cumberland, Md., issued by the National Catholic Welfare Council News Service here. Last year, his brother Leon, a inem"ber of the graduating class of La Salle Institute was awarded a similar medal for the best paper on the subject, "Catholicity in the United States." The subject of Martin's essay was "The Life of Blessed Brother Solomon, Martyr." Referring to this, the Rev. Albert E. Smith, editor-in-chief of the "Baltimore Catholic Review," in his adKEREN HAYESOD INCOME dress to the graduates of the instiFOR JUNE IS VERY LOW tute, said: "If some of our Catholic people knew their religion as well as Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.}—The income these two Jewish boys know it, there of the Keren Hayesod during the would be no need for non-Catholics month of June amounted to only nine- to declare that they find great difficulteen thousand pounds Sterling, creat- ty in getting clear explanations coning a difficult financial situation for cerning the Catholic Church from the Zionist Executive here,. ' some of their Catholic friends."
WILLIAM HOLZMAN ENTHUSIASTIC OVER CAMP LEVY VISIT