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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1929
Chosen Legion Chaplain ANNA LOUISE STRONGGuggenheims Make Gift to Celebrate MRS. J. E. FRIEND Einstein LOUIS MARSHALL to Hebrew Union College 50th Birthday March U ADDRESSESOMAHA TO DISCUSS CHINA DISCUSSES MODERN AT CENTER TUESDAY ! COUNCIL WOMEN JEWISH PROBLEMS National Head pf Women's So- ciety Advocates Jewish Education LOCAL COUNCIL INDUCTS . OVER 90 NEW MEMBERS ' Mrs. - Joseph E. Friend, national president of the'Council "of Jewish Women, addressing the local chapter of the organization, Monday noon at a luncheon held.at the Blackstone
Berlin. (J. T. A.)—Albert Einstein, whose new five page manuscript on the "New Field. Theory",. establishing the relation between, electricity and gravitation, has aroused world wide interest and been hailed as opening a new vista for the scientific understanding of the universe, will attain his fiftieth birthday on ^ March 14. He waB born in Ulm, GSermany, March 14, 1879,
FOUR OMAHANS TOGO TO NATIONAL JEWISH CornerstoneLaying to Feature • 29th Annual Meeting of Association MEET IN DENVER FEB. 5
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Hotel, cited Jewish education and the -promotion- of - good will as the principal "problems now confronting ' The national-president reviewed the work of' the" Council of-Jewish Women, stressing particularly recent activity in immigrant aid, farm and rural Jewish,- peace, "and vocation il guidance" fields.' Mrs.J. H.'Kulakofsky, head o^ the local Council, • introduced • and welcomed, the•' speaker. Che also welcomed over ninety new members into the Omaha, group. Following Mrs. Friend's talk, Mr. Milton R. Abrahams addressed the women on "International Arbitration.'" . The feature of the program was a pageant entitled "Peace" written by Mrs. Isidor Ziegler. The prologue was read by Mrs. Philip Romariek. She presented a striking figure robed in white satin, and standing before a curtain of flags of different nations. The five tableaus presented in the pageant were:. Preparedness ard Disamament; Liberalism and Patriotism; the League of Nations; the World Court; and Womanhood, the Youth of • Tomorrow, and Peace. The message "of the pageant was presented by Mrs. Paul Blotcky. Over two:. hundred attended the afternoon? ession.
Four Omahans, Harry H. Lapidus, Henry Monsky, Judge Irvin Stalmaster, arid Leo Rosenthal will attend the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the 'National Jewish Hospital association in Denver next week starting February 5. They will leave Sunday. Two of the Omaha men, Harry H. Lapidus and - Henry '". Monsky, are scheduled to " deliver addresses at the great public^ dinner which will close the sessions. . Mr. Lapidus Is one of the vice-presidents of the famoui- institution. The feature of this year's convention will be the laying of the cornerstone of the Louis~Heinejrnan Surgical Building foj children. - This building is being erected through the bequest received from the estate of Mr. Heineman, who died in Jamestown, N. Y,, in 1927. It is said that the addition oi, this building! with its facilities to the institution will give that organization • the • most complete facilities for the treatment of childi v aifficted;-;witir^ losis of the bones and joints of any institution hxl the .country. The National Jewish Hospital, which was founded twenty-nine years ago. -by the— Independent. Order ^ of B'nai B'rith and which has been sponsored by. that - fraternal lodge ever since, has;come- to be recognized as not only among the leaders in the treatment of .tuberculosis, „ but also in research on, the problems of that disease. Last week, the American Association for the Advancement of Science made a special award in recognition of the, excellence and value of the discoveries in research on tuberculosis of the institution.
Rabbi Cohn to Discuss Tolstoi I n Tuesday Talk
Rabbi Frederick Cohn will, give his fifth talk of his current topic lecture series sponsored by the Council of Jewish Women at the Jewish Community Center- at 10:30 Tuesday morning, February. .5. : He will discuss the centenary of Tolstoi. Dr. Cohn's subject Friday evening at Temple Israel will be "beat Brutus," and will be a discussion of the famous play by J. M. Barrie which L, to be presented soon;by the ComTALMUD TORAH PARTY munity Playhouse. •" Saturday mornPROVES BIG SUCCESS ing, he will-speak on "Taking AdT Ttie'piiblic party lor children given vice;"-^ .rr*'- «i- /-'/.' : i ..•"".•" •-•%•' last Sunday* by" the" officers land Board • Sundays morning,: he "vvil^ again beof Directors....of.. .the- City- -Talmud Torah was ^termed .-a .great .success. ianJChurch speaking,;qn the, subject, Overjfour •hundred_chiidren- attended. "Tfie-vWprW-ih'ithei "Making," ~~mtib Ail elaborate program was held evening "fie "vnlT^dress'the'Volunand refreshments • were - served. A teersHof'AmeViba' ori "Whither?Man/. feature of the1 program was the : pres- k i n o i " ? : •.•• " - - . • • — x r V r - entation of diplomas to the members of the graduating...class of •• the BLACKSTONE NEW SITE TalmudJTorah. Dr. JPhilip Sher made OF MIDWINTER MADCAP the-presentation.'— — Credit for the success of the afThe "Midwinter. JMadcap," dance fair has "been attributed '.to 'Mr. frolic o f the Kappa chapter xof Theta Nathan Yaffee, who promoted it and Fhi-Sigma, willbe held at the Bbiekwho conceived of . the original. plan. stoneTIotel.tlSupiday^evening, FebruThe celebration was in. com- ary.• "3,. instead of; afr. • the .Trip ; Inn memoration of Chamisho Osor Vesh- which-has=-been -closed up. - -— —•< -•• vat or Jewish Arbor Day. The/; ticket .r.commjttee, - headed • by Miss ^Min __Flax,^ 'reports ^yery^ satisfactory sales.- ' v , • : • B'NAI B'RITH TO HOLD Feirman's orchestra will play STAG PARTY THURSDAY forHerb the dance given by the local : Omaha Lodge No. 354 of the B'nai chapter of the national Jewish sororB'rith will "bold a stag party in the i t y . ' • . ' : • ' • . ' • • . ' ' - ' . , . » . - . : '..-.;. gymnasium" of the Jewish Community Center Thursday evening, Feb. FORM RELIEF SOCIETY 7, at 8-P. M. K ; At a meeting Held January 13, •Smokes and refreshments are The Eapeler Relief Society was orpromised, in plenty to all members ganized for' the" purpose' of aiding and their friends. The affair is open needy Jews in Eipel, Russia. Max to both. Kirschenbaum is president of the soFour three-round boxing matches ciety, Mrs. Kate Tatle is treasurer, will feature the.program. and Morris Potash is secretary.
Tells B'nai B'rith of Need For Jewish Education For Children
Speaker Is Author of Several Articles and Books On China
SPEAKS ON PALESTANIAN AND EUROPEAN PROBLEMS
TALK TO BE SECOND ON J. C. C. LECTURE COURSE
Atlanta, Ga., (J. T. A.)—Three major problems face American Jew, Jewish education i o r the growing American Jewish generation, completion of the relief work in -ISurope and the rebuilding of Palestine,"de^ dared Louis Marshall, president of the American Jewish. Committee, in an an address he delivered Sunday Rabbi Lee J. Levinger night'before the opening session of Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, director of the convention -of District Grand Lodge No. 5 of- th» Independent. the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at Order B'nai B'rith, leading American Ohio State University, Columbus, Jewish fraternal organization which Ohio, and a member of that school's has a membership of over 70,000; ••'" faculty, has been -named national chaplain of the American Legion. He The audience rose to its feet and is the first graduate of the Hebrew for many minutes applauded as Mr. Union College to be honored thus. Marshall came forward to speak. His subject was "Present-Day Jewish .Problems." -•' . . ... "The first problem I wish to touch on is the preservation,and.perp_etpa7 tion of the Jewish people in America. It is true we have all the rights and privileges which all others" have in this country. It is true that the Constitution of the United Staes and Wm. H. Schmbller Revealed As Contributor Toward the Constitutions of the several states guarantee freedom of conscience. It Artists' Fees might therefore be asked why is the preservation and" perpetuation of the PROCEEDS GO TO J. C. C. Jewish people a problem in America ? The answer is that it is a problem A crowd of approximately three of ourselves, not of the outside. thousand attended the joint recital "We have these guarantees, but of Beniamino Gigli and Margaret do we do our part toward the pre- Shotwell at the City Auditorium servation and perpetuation —of- our Sunday evening which ^was sponsored Jewish culture,^ Jewish traditions, by the Jewish Community Center and Jewish faith, in a word, Jewish, civi- the Council of Jewish Women. . lization. ••• ; i"•.,"• • • ' The concert was-termed a . great ^JlfPujr.itnceaitprs^^ «aoie_iieje poor in -success -and: tfce-iislienee- "was ^e this world's goods. "Tney/ worked imthusiastic in its recognition of the hi.rd. They prospered, but they talent of the artists. Both were never-forgot the Jewish heritage.-.and called back for repeated encores to Jewish traditions and Jewish learn- which they generously responded. ing. Compared to them with "their Gigli sang in a melodious tenor voice poverty, how infinitely poorer we are that won the audience instantly. who have acquired material goodsi Adding to hu performance his winbut have forgotten the things which ning personality, ha endeared himself really count, namely, our Jewish cul- in the hearts of all those who atture, our Jewish history, our Torahj' tended. He was accompanied^ on the. that wonderful map of llfei" thatf'is. piano by Miguel Sandoval. unknown to the growing ; generaMiss Shotwell, making • her formal tions.'^ debut in her home town as a concert Touching upon the work of the pianist also scored a great hit. She B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations, Mr. was received with great applause Marshall said, "All honor to the gen- and was showered with floral tribtlemen who started the Hillel Foun- utes in recognition of her skill. dation work." I am acquainted with The affair assumed not only the these activities. I have a-great re- proportions of an outstanding musispect for their vision and their ideals. cal event but also as a major social Bui, I want parents to^do something event. It was followed by a great for their children before they reach reception given by Mrs. Margaret th- university age. Then- there ;are Badolett Shotwell, mother of the piathose who do not go to colleges and nist, in honor of Mr. Gigli. Among universities. They, too, _ must be re- those who attended it were Mr. and a.embered. The Hillel Foundations, Mrs. Harry Lapidus, Rabbi and Mrs. good as they are and needed'as they Frederick Cohn, Madeline Cohn, and are, must be looked upon as-only Mr. and Mrs. H. Kulokofsky. part of the problem. But that part Mr. William H. Schmoller of the is important, too, and ' the work Schmoller and Mueller Piano Com! should be supported. pany has been revealed as the gen"My plea to American Jei.ish par- erous donor whose contribution toents," Mr. Marshall continued, "is to ward the artists' fees made it pospass on. the great heritaga _c' ur sible for the J. C C. to present the people to their children.. Jewish edu- concert as a benefit foT its social cation is too important to be rele- fund. The artists' fees amounted to gated to an hour, to an hour and a $3,500. half a week basis. It must be made an integral part of the life of the Jewish" child." , :: Turning to the second problem, Mr. Marshall spoke of the situation of the Jews in Europe and the~"w6rk d>/ne by the Joint Distribution "ComThe Congregation of. Israel synamittee. He spoke of the tact" that gogue at 25th and J streets will hold the task is almost done, b i t not a Benefit Ball Sunday evening, Febquite. He appealed to the B'nai ruary 3, at the City Auditorium, feaB'ritL to help collect the fun<£s. from; turing Randall's, Royal Orchestra. those who already subscribed to the The Ball, arrangements for which luropean relief funds and have not art being made by the building comyet paid their subscriptions. mittee of the synagogue, it is hoped "The B'nai B'rith can do much to will raise iufficient funds to enable help, for it has the ear of bus* people thf finishing of the synagogue buildin so many places, large- 2nd, small, and r appeal to the--delegates-*of ing erected this summer. The new District No. 5 to lend their moral building was milt to replace the forsupport in this impqijifent.J Jswigh, mer structure which was destroyed fci a fire. Although it is nearly comwork." - : As to the third .problem, Mr.. Mar- plete, more funds are needed to finshall said, "Palestine, the land of ish it and complete the payment of our fathers, ir the concern of every building costs. Jew whose heart beats in unison with " The .building committee consists of Israel. No Jew ca. \>e indifferent E. A. Bleicher, chairman; Harry to Palestine. Every Jew must help Dworsky, treasurer; A. Schlaifer, develop the land of the Hebrew pro- secretary; A. Newman, A. Lipsman, S. Rosinsk7, Leib Wolfron, I. Katzphets.". ' . . " • . ' .-.:•; -:-,'-• Credit is due the Zionists for hav- man, and Goodman Mayerson. ing taken the initiative in the .work, An electric radio will be given he declared, praising their persistence away as a door prize. One chance on an;?' perseverance amidst many dis- the radio will be given to each continued on page 3.) purchaser of an admission ticket.
Next Tuesday, February 5th at 8:15 P. M., Miss.Anna Louise Strong, the second speaker of the Lecture Course, conducted under the auspices of the Jewish Community Center and the Council of Jewish Women, will
BEN1AM1N0 GIGLI AND MARGARET SHOTWELL SCORE HIGH SUCCESS
SYNAGOGUE BENEFIT • BALL THIS SUNDAY
Cincinnati, O. (J. T. A.)—A gift of $500,000 from the Guggenheim family in New York City brought the Hebrew Union College $5,000,000 Endowment Fund to the $2,800,000 mark. The brothers, Daniel, Murry, Solomon R. and former United States Senator Simon Guggenheim, have increased their previous contribution of $150,000 to $500,000, announced Dr. Julian Morgenstern, president of the college.
A Z. A. ELIMINATION TOURNAMENTS AT DES MOMS THIS WEEKEND
IN CONVENTION Symposium on "Judaism and Modern World" Dedicated : to Philosopher RABBI .S. SCHULMAN TO SUMMARIZE DISCUSSION To the memory of Moses Mendelssohn, recognized as the first Jew to realize a new world had emerged from the medieval chaos two hundred years
Local Chapters Send Debate, ~ Oratory, and Basketball Contestants --- FTNALS IN MEMPHIS
Anna Louise Strong speak on the subject "China Aflame,' at the Jewish Community Community Center Auditorium. Miss Strong comes equipped with an unusual fund of information and experience On Chinese Life of today. During her several months of travel in China she has gathered enough material to tell sn unusual story of the Chinese Revolution and of her adventurous trip across China by caravan. Articles pened by her have already appeared in many of the leading American periodicals, such as HarP£J?&.. Asia*. ..Woman's Citizen,....Survey, Graphic,-Christian Century, "etc She has already written two books "China Aflame" and "From Hankow to Moskow in the Caravan of- Borodin" which are soon to be published in America. , Miss Strong is a graduate of Oberlin and Chicago Universities, taking her Ph. D. in the latter institution. . Miss Strong will also speak at the Public Affairs Luncheon, given in her honor on Tuesday noon, February 5th at the Chamber of Commerce, under the auspices of the Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce. Admission to this lecture will be free to season ticket holders, individual admissions will cost $1.00.
ISDDOR ZIEGLER HEADS OMAHA ATHLETIC CLUB Mr. Isidor Ziegler, prominent local attorney, was elected president of the Omaha Athletic Club at the organization's election of officers held last Friday. Mr. Ziegler has been vice-president of the Club for the past three years and has been active in its recent membership drive.
LOUIS SOMER ELECTED HEAD OF OMAHA GROCERS
Hundreds of members of the A. Z. A. from all parts of the midwest will meet in Des Moines, Iowa, February 1, 2, and 3, in the annual district elimination tournaments of the Order. The boys will compete in basketball, debate, and oratory, the winners being accorded free trips to the national finals in Memphis, Tenn., later on. The midwestern contests assume international aspect with Winnipeg, Canada, represented in the debate contests. Other chapters in the competition are Omaha Chapter No. 1, Sam Beber Chapter No. 100 (also of Omaha), and chapters from Council Bluffs, Lincoln, Sioux City, Des Moines, Denver, Pueblo, Cedar Rapids, and the winners of the northwestern tournament held last week in Minneapolis. Omaha Chapter No. 1 is being represented by Abe Fellman and Frank lipp in debate, by Sam Freggor in oratory, and by William Gerelick, Isadpre_ Mann, "Bad" Levin* Isadoxe Bogdonoff, Dave Franks, HaroicTSarrish, and Jimmy Burroughs (captain) in basketball. Phil Gerelick "it. coach of the latter team. The Century Chapter, Sam Beber Chapter No. 100) will be represented by Ephraim Marks and Irving Perlmeter in debate, by Eussel Blumenthal in oratory, and by Dave Greenberg, Harry T.ich, Jake Schreibman, Morton Ferer, and Sol Yaffee in basketball. Max Altshuler is coach of the basketball team. The Council Bluffs Chapter is being represented by Abe Katelman and Sal Michnick in debate and by Abe Saltzman in oratory. It has no basketball team. A rally and banquet was given by the two Omaha chapters and the Council Bluffs chapter at the Ad-Sell Restaurants Thursday evening as a sendoff for the contestants in the tournament.
ago, the elaborate symposuim on "Judaism and the Modern World" will be dedicated by approximately 600 leaders of Jewish thought in America meeting Feb. 10th-15th in San Francisco for the Thirty-first Council of" the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Following the celebration of the twohundredth anniversary of Mopes Mendelssohn's birth, the Council will center its interest upon the symposium which will treat of the Jew in his relation with modern science, the youth of tc<J»y "'fcSfd'the probietns of "social'-rfeeon^ Etruction. After outstanding American Jewish scholars have presented the problems from many points of view, Dr. Samuel Schulman, Rabbi of Tempi? Emanu-El, New York, will sum up thf entire field of discussion in his address on "Impressions and Summary of the Symposium." Dr. Schulman is one of the world's leaders in Jewish thought and culture, He has served a? president of thf. Central Conference of American Rabbis and is a member of the Board of Editors for the English Translation of the Bible for the Synagogue, *. member of the Editorial Board for publication of Jewish Classics, a prolific writer on religious subjects and contributor to the Jewish Encyclopedia.
GOODBINDER HEADS XL's HADASSAH MEET FEB. 7 A mass meeting of the Hadassah will be held Thursday, February "7, at the Jewish Community Genter, at which Dr. Leo P. Frachtenberg, regional Zionist Dixector, will speak.
Hymie H. Goodbinder has been elected president of the XL Clnb. The other officers arc Sam Finkel, vice-president; Robert Jacobssn, secretary; Al Winer, treasurer; and Israel Cohen, sergeant-at-arms.
Russian Jewish Life to be Depicted by Dramatic Sketches and Lectures
Mr. Louis Sommer, prominent Omaha groceryman, -was elected president of the Omaha .Retail __Grocers: Association last.. Thursday evening. Among the other officers elected, Mr. Sam Sommer was re-elected secretary of the organization for the tenth consecutive time, and Mr. Albert Wohlnei was chosen sergeant-at-anas.
LOUIS WIRTH, FORMER OMAHAN, WRITES BOOK Mr. Louis \7irth, former Omahan, is the author of a new book, "The Ghetto," which is to be published soon by the University of Chicago Press. Mr. Wirth is a graduate of South High School of this city and o* the University of Chicago. His book is one .of a series of studies of the forces common to i urban life, conducted under the auspices of the University's local community research committee, which uses Chicago a- its sociological laboratory. Mr. Wirth it a.forme; member of the University's sociology department. He is now a professor of Socioology at University and is a product of the process he describ-S. His study wajs . finished by. the Laura jjpellman.Rockefeller Memorial Fond.
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The local Icor will present an elaborate program descriptive of the life of Jewish colonists in Russia at the Labor Lyceum Monday evening, February 4. ; Mr. Abe Epstein of New York City, national organizer for the Icor, will give a talk on the Jewish Colonists in Eussia, illustrating his message with slides which will be projected upon a screen.
Following Mr. Epstein's lechitfe, Mr. A. Pecker and Mr. W. Baraell, both of New York, will peffft*tt! sketches- of Russian Jewish type** psrticalariy exemplifying variants characters found in the Jewish litei> afrure, Mr. Pecker is from Ben Awl's Th«Rtre in New York, while Mr. Mr* zeil is from Schildkraut's Broadwfiy Theatre* JSofli are prominent in th« Jewish dramatic world, , .,.