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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1928
VOL. VIL— No. 48
Kazlowsky SOCIAL SERVICE First Jewish College in United States EMANDELNEUMANN Klutznick, to Debate for J. C. C. PI LAMBDA PHI, FOREMOST NATIONAL TO HEAD JEWISH JEWISH SOCIAL FRATERNITY, GRANTS LECTURES "T NATIONAL FUND CHARTER TO LOCAL PI PRTA SIGMA HELD AT fi'.C. Henry Moneky Vice-t t« , nan, Sam Gerson Profs. Chairman.V£T
Successor to Barondess Has Been in Zionist Work Over 15 Years.
SPEAKERS PROMINENT
HAIFA BAY LAND BOUGHT
Socially minded Omahans will again gather at the Jewish Community Center" this year for a series of lectures oir subjects of community interest. The series this year will consist of eight lectures by men and women from all parts of tbe JJnited States, experts in the fields of race relations, probation, social work and industry family welfare, child welfare and community organ- Above is represented the first of the buildings of Yeshiva College, being ization.• ' Dr.;H. von W. Schulte, president erected at a cost of $2,500,000 in of the Omaha Council of Social New York, which was dedicated last Agencies, wiH be chairman of the Sunday. Yeshiva College, the first Jewish course. W. C. Fraser and Henry college of arts and sciences in the Monsky, vice presidents of the ComUnited States, began classes this fall munity Chest, will be vice chairmen. in temporary quarters. Its curricuSamuel Gerson is chairman of the lum consists of the usual subjects program committee, -whose members found in American colleges, besides are: Mrs. Carrie Ada Campbell, Rev. James F. Borer, 0rville Robertson and John F. HalL • The first meeting of this series was held in connection with the Nebraska Conference for Social Work* in November, when Eugene Kinckle Jones of New York spoke on "Race Relations." The second lecture will Special Song for Occasion Is be given Thursday, December 20, by Written by Sam Charles L. Chute, general secretary Gerson. of the National Probation Association. Mr. Chute has traveled exten- TO COLLECT 1928 DUES sively to study the work of juvenile courts and probation associations, Members of the local Zionist Disand has held a number of important trict were feted at a Chanukah raloffices. He -will speak on "Proba- ly held Tuesday evening, December tion." ••-;'• - . ;yy- : . ; . . 11, at the Jewish Community CenWhiting Williams, widely famed ter. -Thftvineeting was featured by as ^a^speaker^on the_ relation of so- .the installation of. cial work and~ industry, will speAk The ceremony was conducted by Mr. on January 15. Years ago he gave J. J. Friedman, retiring president. up his position as vice president of The Hadassah women, under the a Cleveland steel plant to don over- chairmanship of Mrs. M. F. Levenalls and work in the mines of the son, arranged the program and United States and a number of Eu- served refreshments afterwards. ropean countries. Last summer he Community singing occupied a promattended the International Labor inent place on the entertainment proConference in Geneva. gram, especially the singing . of a Rev. John O'Grady, secretary of new Zionist song whose words were the National Conference of Catholic written by Mr. Sam Gerson, J. C. Charities, will speak January 21 on C. executive secretary, to the tune "Family Welfare." Miss Mary P. of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here.v Wheeler, general secretary of the The composition is as follows: United Charities of St. Paul, will Hail, Hail the Zionists, speak on the same subject on Wednesday, February 13. Kattleman and Feldman, Robinson and Freedman, The coming of Paul Kellogg, editGendler Cohen will do. or of the Survey and Survey GraphEomm and Kulakofsky, too. ic, on February 18 -will he one of the outstanding events of the course. Sing all ye Zionists Allen Burns, executive director of At our installation, the Association of Community The talk of all the nation, Chests and Councils, will speak on Put lots of pep in this, "Community Organization," and Dr. Or—lots of fun you'll miss. C. C. Carstens, executive director of the Child Welfare League of AmerJewish Agency, ica, will speak on "Child Welfare" What a stroke of genius, at two March meetings, for which Greatest credit to us, the exact dates will be announced Best thing we ever did, later; For good will we bid. This course is open to the general So, Hail, Hail, ye Zionists, public. Course tickets may be purKattleman and Feldman, chased at the Jewish Community Robinson and Freedman, Center or any other social agency. Gendler Cohen will do. Romm and Kulakofsky, too!
a number of Jewish courses. The architecture of the Yeshiva College buildings is of a distinctive Jewish type. According to Mr. Henry Beaumont Herts, designer and consulting architect of the structures, considerable research on the findings of archeaological ^experts has been Conducted in order to determine what might be called a Jew. ish type of architecture.
OFFICERS OF JUNIOR ZIONIST OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED AT HADASSAH TO REMAIN CHANUKAHPROGRAM IN OFFICE FOR YEAR
Rabbi Cohn's Current Topic Talk Tuesday The third of Rabbi Frederick Cohn's current topics series being given under the auspices of the Council of Jewish Women will take place next Tuesday at 10:30 a. m. in the Jewish Community Center. Rabbi Cohn's talks so far have dealt with "The Arrest of the Atheist" and "Bergson, Nobel Prize 'Winner." This series is proving to be one of the most popular of the Council's educational activities.
M. G. Cohen, John Feldman, A. B. Gendler, J. J. Friedman, H. Freeman, C. I>. Mendelson, M. V. Levenson and E. Weinberg volunteered to meet Sunday morning, December 16, at the J. C. C, from where they will go out and collect dues owed to the Zionist organization for 1928.
TALMUD TORAH STUDENTS GIVE CHANUKAH PROGRAM
Students of both the Central and Dundee branches of the Talmud Torah participated Sunday afternoon in a Chanukah program held at the Twenty-first and Burt Streets school. PSI MU-j. C. C DANCE Before a crowd of parents and relAT CENTER DEC. 16 atives that filled the meeting place, the youngsters gave recitations in The Psi Mn Club and the Jewish Yiddish and Hebrew, gave monoCommunity Center are sponsoring logues and dialogues in Hebrew, and the dance to be given Sunday night, many other entertainment features. December 16, in the J. C. C. ballroom. DR. JAHR HONORED Ralph Farrell's seven-piece orchesDr. Herman Jahr was elected seetra has been engaged to furnish the music. "According to Irvin Iievin, retary-treasurer of the Douglas sponsor of the Psi Mu, the arrange- County Medical Association at the ments for this dance are among the election of officers held Tuesday most elaborate ever planned for a night at the Medical Arts Building. Center dance. "It will be one of the Dr. Jahr succeeds Dr. Earl Sage to outstanding social events of the sea- this important post in the local organization. son," he said.
Chapter to Conduct Jewish National Fund Drive Dec 16. PLAN OPEN MEETING The Omaha Chapter of Junior Hadassah at its last meeting decided to retain its present list of officers for another six months in order to facilitate co-operation of the local offirfys_Mth_ the vnatiOTal_organ tion whose administration has a year's tenure of office. From now on all local officers will be elected for a whole year's term. The officers are as follows: Rose Fine, president; Ula Alberts, vicepresident; Sylvia Bernstein, secretary; Ida Dayteh, treasurer; Sarah Morgan, recording secretary, and Sarah Kurtzman, reporter. Among the activitifseoOBuMl@ Among the activities of the national organization are the maintaining of an orphan's colony and a nurses training school and furthering education in Palestine. The local Junior Hadassah is in charge of the local Jewish National Fund Drive, which will be held on Sunday, December 16. Sylvia Bernstein is chairman of the campaign. An open program meeting will be given by the organization on December 20 at the J. C. C. This will be open to the public. Another feature planned by the club is a "Chummy Get Together Dinner," to be held early in January as a means of enabling the older members of the chapter to become better aeauainted with the thirty new members recently secured at the "Manless Cabaret,"staged by the club at the J. C. C. on December 1. ,
Sam Cutler Passes Away After Sudden Illness Sam Cutler, 21, died Friday, December 7, after a sudden attack of pneumonia. He was a graduate of Technical High School and a member of the Psi Mn Club. He is survived by bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Cutlery two sisters, Ann and Mary Cutler, and two brothers, Nathan and Louis Cutler. The funeral was held Tuesday, December 11, interment taking place at the Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel Cemetery.
HENRIETTA SZOLD GIRLS At a meeting held at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday, December 9, the Henrietta Szold Girls laid plans for the raffle of a picture on some date in the near future. Miss Elsie Lazarus entertained the members with some piano selections following the meeting. Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.) — T h e amount of $3,000 was received here from the Canadian Hadassab, women's Zionist Organization. The fund is earmarked for enlarging the labor sanatorium at Motza, near Jerusalem.
Emanuel Neumann, one of the organizers of t h e Palestine Foundation Fund in 1921, and associated with every phase of the Zionist movement for more than fifteen years, was unanimously elected Chairman of the Jewish National Fund of America, the Jewish landbuying agency in Palestine, at the last meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fund. The new Chairman of the National Fund, who succeeds the late Joseph Barondess, has been prominently identified with every activity associated with the upbuilding of Palestine as the Jewish National Homeland. As far back as 1910 Mr. Neumann was among those who organized Young Judea/, the national Jewish youth organization, which has proved to be a very important influence on the life ^of AmericanJewish youth, and is now a member of its National Administrative Committee. ••--;
Phil Klutzniek and Ben Kazlowy both former lettermen of Creighton University debate teams, have been selected to represent the Omaha Jewish Community Center in an inter-city debate with the St. crowd an exhibition of how guardLouis Y. M. H. A. on December 23 at the Missouri metropolis. The men were selected in tryouts held last Thursday evening at the Center.- The judges were Rabbi Frederick Conn, Judge Irvin Stalmaster and Marks Lorig. Phil Klutzniek was on both of the Center teams last year which met and defeated Brooklyn and St. Louis in Omaha. Kazlowsky, besides his collegiate experience, previously debated for the Omaha Y. M. H. A. and was a member of the A. Z. A. No. 1 team that won the national A. Z. A. championship two years ago. The tryouts were held under the direction of Ephraim Marks, president of the J. C. C. Debate Club, which has full charge of all debating in the Center.
Omaha Jewish Group Becomes the First National Social Fraternity of Any Kind on Creighton University Campus LOUIS E. LIPP CHAPTER CHIEF COUNSELOR According to official announcement made by the Executive Committee of Pi Lambda Plii, a charter has been gTanted to Pi Delta Sigma, Creighton social fraternity. The acceptance of Pi Delta Sigma into the national order culminates four years of planning, investigation and negotiation on the part of the local men and brings to Creighton University as its first national social fraternity of any kind, the oldest Jewish fraternity in the country and the one considered ranking highest in inter-fraternity circles. In consideration of this lack of
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that Pi Lambda Phi has the most conservative expansion policy of any of the national fraternities, since it limits its growth to a maximum of new chapter a year, the granting Chapter to Be Officially In- one of the charter to Pi Delta Sigma is stalled on Decemconsidered a high tribute to the inber 23. dividuals comprising that organization. TRIBUTE PAID TO BEBER Pi Lambda Phi is the oldest Jewish fraternity in existence, having Sam Beber Chapter No. 100 of the been founded in 1895 at Tale. DarIn 1921 Mr. Neumann helped to Bess Weinstein and Mary Claire Shames Outstanding A. Z. A. was host to aboiit forty ing its thirty-two years of activity organize the American branch of in Performance. young men Wednesday evening, Dethe Palestine Foundation Fund „_, . , its men hare established sn enviable cember 12, at a smoker and get, , iV . ,, , , , (Keren Hayesod), of which he was , . . , „ _ !L I record both m collegiate and proLARGE AUDIENCE ATTENDS acquainted partv at the J. C. C. The i fessional circles. It numbers among evening, which was occupied by enits alumni some of the nation's most The Center Players' Guild, present- tertainment and speeches and cliing their second production of the maxed by refreshments, was consid- prominent men, notable among whom current season, "Lady Windennere's ered to be a great success, accord- are: Albert Ottiager, attorney genFan," a four-act drama by Oscar ing to the officers of the organiza- eral of New York State and Republican candidate for governor in the Wilde, scored a great hit last Sun- tion. last election ; Max Loewanthal,noted day night before one of the largest The main speech of the evening audiences ever to witness Jewish was delivered by Sam Beber, found- electricist and inventor; Sidney Her"Community Center plays."- •• • • = er of the order and man after whom man, philanthropist snd president of Bess Weinstein, playing the part Chapter No. 100 was named by its the Union National Bank of New of Mrs. Erlynne, and Mary Claire members. Mr. Beber, who is pres- York City: Major John F. W. MeaShames, portraying the part of Lady ident of the Supreme Advisory Coun- gher. alienist: Louis I. Harris, comWindermere, were outstanding for cil of A. Z. A., related reminiscences missioner of health of New York their artistic presentation of the of his experiences in A. 55. A. work City, and Louis K. Anspacher, wellauthor and playwright. dramatically intense scenes. Mar- and told of the successful idealism known T h e loca} chapter tha Himmelstein and George M. Co- of the order. A stirring tribute to eigMeenth to be chartered by hen drew frequent and hearty the speaker was paid when those laughs from the audience, while Earl present rose spontaneously to their national fraternity, others being loSiegaL playing the male lead, re- feet to applaud his words after h e !cated at. Yale, Columbia, New York rniTers tv Cornell Pennsylvanla> ceived recognition for his interpreta- had concluded his speech.. ; pi M i c W g a n ttBDOTpn> tion of the dignified character of ste. The entertainment was featured Lord Windermere. The supporting by John McLoone, Creighton law vens Tech, Chicago. McGill, Toroncast of Irving Perimeter, Leo Brown, i to. West Tirginia, Dartmouth, Johns Emannel Hascall Cohn, Al Fiedler, Gwendo- stndent and master of singing, to the jH o p k i n g . Wisconsin and Amherst. the Secretary for the first four years lyn Wolf, Hilda Gilinsky, Cyril accompaniment of a ukulele, and Pi Delta Sigma came into existof its existence. It was due to his Leon, Toby Flax, Ida Minkoff and Miss Rose Brick, "blues" singer. ence in January, 1925, when it reinitiative that the United Palestine Ann Linsman also did meritorious Both entertainers were applauded ceived official sanction from the enthusiastically and were forced to Creighton University faculty board. Appeal, now in the fourth year of workits career, was organized. At one That the success of the play was give encores. Miss Brick was ac- Since its inception it has attracted ftctive time he was Chairman of its Exec- a tribute to the efficiency of the di- compamed on the piano by Miss | m&ny o f t h e c a m p i l g , m o g t utive Committee. rection of Mrs. Herman Jahr was Anne Ruback. Readings and ex- ji men «nd has in its ranks men who Mr. Neumann has been equally the general concensus of opinion. temporaneous speeches furnished lead toe university in scholarship, prominent in world Zionist affairs. The play was presented under the more diversion. debate and various other activities. Besides Mr. Beber, other addresses The charter members of the new He was Chairman of the Budget sponsorship of the Senior Council. were given by Frank Ackerman, chapter of Pi Lambda Phi are: Committee at the last two World president of the Chapter, and Jack Frank R. Aekerman, Maurice AlZionist Congresses, directing the W. Marer and Dr. Dare Cahn Platt, perin, Samuel Faier, Daniel Greenmost important committee of the advisors of the group, and Abe L. house, Sam Greenberg, Ben KasslowCongress in fixing the financial alK&fcelman of Council Bluffs, Nation- sky, Justin Levey, Louis E. Lipp, locations for the various activities al Junior Deputy of this A. Z. A. ^ r a ' j ~ M a r ^ " ^ Mo~rgan, DITTO of the World Zionist Organization. Mr.. Neumann's rise to leadership in District. Robinson. Albert Shrier, Hymen the Zionist Organization was due, Sam Beber Chapter No. 100 will Shrier, Edward Shafton, Ben Sluts, in large measure, to his thorough The Jewish Community Center's be officially installed Sunday after- ky, Henry Sterling and Sam ZachJewish background. Mr. Neumann Chanukah celebration reached its noon, December 23, in connection aria. Pledges to the organization is also a noted student of Hebrew, climax Thursday evening with a sen- with National A. Z. A. Day celebra- are Harold Kendis, Frank Lipp, having written several volumes on ior rally for which an elaborate pro- tions. The ceremony will be con- Maurice Steinberg anfi Bernard the subject. For a time he taught gram was prepared. Miss Grace Ko- ducted by Omaha Chapter No. 1 and White of Omaha; Israel Snyder of Council Bluffs Chapter No. 7 of A. Sidney, Nebr., and Harold Wohlner in "the New York City high schools. senstein was chairman. Following the ceremonial lighting Z. A- It will take plaee at a ban- of Tabor, Iowa. of the candles by Louis M. Shanok, quet to be given at tbe Elks Club The Jewish National Fund, the Tbe officers of ttie Iocs? fraternity agency which buys Palestine land as Miss Annette Riklin presented a solo in honor of the new chapter and are: Louis Lipp, chief counselor; Rabbi Rabinowitz and Edward Ba(Continued on Pace 2) dance, accompanied by Miss Sarah Sam Zacharia, vice-counselor; EphRiklin. Philip Klutzniek, the speak- ron of Sionx City, la., who will be raim Marks, clerk of the rolls; of the evening, expressed the feel- the principal speakers at National Louis Shanok Is' Friday er Frank Ackerman, clerk of tbe exA. Z. A. Day programs to be held ing of the Jew toward Chnnnkah Evening Service Speaker and its meaning. in the evening in Omaha and Coun- chequer ; Edward Shafton, crier; Hymen Shrier. chaplain; Dave RobA medal which Miss Martha Lip- cil Bluffs, respectively. These pro- inson, inner guard, and Ben Slutssky, grams will be open to the public. In a well prepared and delivered pett won last season in the national outer guard. talk on "Whither, Jews?" Judge Ir- Xoung Judea oratorical contest was J. C C DANCE ORCHESTRA vin Stalmaster told of the inherent formally presented to Miss Lippett The Jewish Community Center WOMEN'S COUNCIL AIDS beaaty of Jewish culture that should by Mrs. M. F. Levenson. announces that a dance orchestra draw one to Judaism without the inTUBERCULOSIS SOCBETY Louis M. Shanok was the author will be organized in the Center. It fluence of accidental birth into the of a one-act play, "She Saved IsThe social service committee of fold in the sermon at the Friday rael," presented under the direction will be a non-sectarian organization, evening service at the J. C. C. last of Faye Klein. The cast- included for either amateur or professional the Council of Jewish Women, beadmusicians who have the necessary ed by Mrs. Reuben Kulakofsky, has week. Ruth Fox, Martha Lippett, Goldie The Senior Council, which, is spon- Baduaan, Ann Zwieback and Israel experience. S. Maurice Goldenberg been assisting the Nebraska Tnbersoring these services, reports that it Cohen. A second one-act play was will be in charge. The orchestra culosis Association in its campaign is now assured of their success, large given by the Xoung Poale Sion. will meet every Wednesday evening. for the sale of Christmas seals attendances having marked all of Those who had parts in this play, Registration for the organization which each year provides famls for the meetings so far. An elaborate which was presented in Yiddish, may be made at any time at the the fight against tuberculosis. list of speakers for the future is be- were Ryvke Saffer, Laura Leafshitz, office of the J. C. C. Mrs. Knlakofsky's committee, coming planned. posed of Mrs. Sam Nathan, Mrs. H. Joseph Sakss, Anna Sakss, Paul NeTO GIVE YIDDISH PLAY Tonight's talk will be delivered by renberg, Irvin Soiref, Frances BlumThe Omaha Pioneer Jewish Wom- H. Lapidus, Mrs, A. S. Rubnits, Mr. Louis Shanok, assistant execu- Mn, J. Novak, Morton Soiref, Har- en's Organization will present a Mrs. H. L. Abrahams and Mrs. Mantive secretary of the Center. Mr. riet Rifkin and Pauline Rifkm. four-act Yiddish melodrama, "Jew- uel Grodinsky, had charge of the Shanok, a Yale graduate and also a, Others who had parts in the pro- ish Hearts," at the Jewish Com- distribution of posters. graduate of the School for Jewish- gram were Ida Jacobson, Mrs. Mar- munity Center on Sunday, DecemSocial Workers in New York, -will' garet Bellman, Margaret Httrwitz ber 30. The perfornaance will be for He cannot be gtriet in judging, deliver a message on some Jewish and the Center Symphony Orches- the benefit of the Chalutzes in Pal- who does not wish others to tie topic. tra. estine. strict in judging him,-HDieero.
CENTER PLAYERS SCORE BIG SUCCESS IN "LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN"
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER SPONSORS CHANUKAH RALLY
TERMED BIG SUCCESS