April 19, 1929

Page 1

c.

Interesting "\ I-*""* and . Entertaining

All the ' 6j Interest ' to Jevos

Entered as Becond-clnss mail tnatqS"-itiJanaary 27, 1921, at postofflce -at Omabn, Nebraska, under ' Act of March 3, 1871).

Wtru Holzman and Dr* Sher Head

• and Federation

UWRENCE BARON, Jewish Community Center and Jewish Welfare^ federation Officers for 1929 LAPIDUS HONORED WITH RESOLUTION JEANETTELEVINSON BYJ.C.C. TRUSTEES J E W STAFF EDITORS Annual Reports Read by Hafry Lapidus and Samuel Gersort

Baron Edits Sioux City Section; Jeanette Levinson Social Reporter r-

ELEVEN CANDIDATES NAMED FOR DIRECTORS

STAFF INCREASE DUE TO PAPER'S EXPANSION The expansion of the JEWISH PBESS into the double size "seen in this ^ssue has added two new editors to the regular staff. Jeanette Levinson,, local co-ed at Creigfrton Univer-

jQ

bv

Hejn

William L. Holzman President, J. C C

v-

—Photo by Hevn

Dr. Philip. Sher President,1 Federation

Harry A. Wolf 1st Vice-president, Federation

Lawrence Baron

sity, will from now on be the Omaha 'society editor» > while to Lawrence Baron -of -Suuuc City, la>, has fallen the^tiek of organizing: and jnaintainf RESS forHfiat city. Miss LevffiSon ib a sophomore in the 'College of Commerce, Finance, and Journalism. She is secretary of Tau Delta Gamma, Jewish sorority (Continued on page 7.)

. . r-

r

—Photo by tleyn

- Mrs. Morns Levy Honorary Vice-president, J. C. C. and Federation

Harry Silver man Secretary, Federation

Twenty-Fourth Annual Report

Harry B. Zimman Honorary, Vice-president, Federation

^^

Complete J. Q, C. and Federation Reports on This Page. Gratitude to '"Lapidus Resolution on Page Two. William"L. Holzman and Dr. Philip. Sher were elected to the -respective office's of .'president of the Jewish Community. Center and, president of , thp Jewish* Welfare Federation at the annual joint Tneeting of the two institutions'. held" Wednesday-evening- at the Center. Holzman wa last year president of the Welfare Federation and —Photo by Heyn . succeeds Harry H. Lapidus in his Abe Goldstein present office. Treasurer, J. C. C. . Holzman is a member of the board of governors of the Omaha Community Ghest, a member of the board of the Nebraska Humane Society, and if state' chairman of the United Jewish Campaign. Dr. Sher. is known as the dean of local Jewish social workers, having been active in Jewish welfare work for over twenty-five years. He was the founder of. the Jewish Free Lour! society in'1909. He is honorary prr sident of the City Talmud Tor«)i, chairman of the social service conmittee of the B'nai B'rith, trustee or the Jewish Community Center etui last year treasurer of the treasurer of the Y. M. H, A., urer of the United Jewish. Campaign, diairmaii of the executive comniittPf of the Jewish Welfare Federation, s»n<i •was formerly a ^member of the cxetu Cv,e copimittee^of the Omaha' CoiiT»;'H ; of Social Agenicies. , The other officers of the Jewisl' Community Center,named were: W>s, —Photo by Heyn Morris Levy, honorary vice-presidfi'>t.; Sam Beber '. . Secretary,: J. s C. C • (Continued on Page 6.)

Annual Report for 1928

of the

OF THE

Jewish Welfare Federation

Jewish Community Center

By SAilUEL GERSON, Executive Director. lief was given to' 289 individuals? -jf whom 162 required major care.. Social service cases not*'requiring .material aid numbered 310, .making a total of relief and"service cases'for the. year of 609. Add to this' the service given to 416 transients,-and you have a total of 1,208 cases-for the year. Statistics alone cannot give a fair conception of the assistance given in many of the service _'c$ises. The human interest-stories presented ^here. give a bird's eye view'of our federation in action. *' <" Immigration. ' •. After waiting .patiently in France for her quota, together w i t h ' h e r j ai nt and family of eight children, Olia finally received word that she was to sail for the Promised Land, there to join her father in Omaha. With great joy, she and her aunt boarded the steamship bound for the U. S. A. The expectation was a'little too much for Olia, and • when she finally reached Ellis Island, she. had . a bad; nervous breakdown and. was detailed.at the Ellis Island hospital, together with her aunt. The. rest of the family was sent, on to Chij cago, their destination. . ,. . ;. The next sceine opened- in our office, with the father of Olia pleadSamuel Gerson Executive Secretary of J. C. C. and ing, with us to intercede with the government so that-Olia-would.'oiot be Jewish Welfare Federation deported, since she. was without; a agency, our work'will become heavier country and home and since her aunt rather than lighter. would have to be sent with her, the Many' of the clients who came to aunt being the'mother of eight chilus were in no need of financial or dren. "'':.:'.material assistance. Theirs were We at once communicated by. wire problems of health, education, voca- with Eilis'--Island, and were told that tional guidance and child guidance. Olia was .to';-be' deported together Not knowing whither to turn in their with har aunt. This order was sighed trouble, they came to us, feeling that by the. commissioner of immigration. we; could help them solve their diffi- This was oii October .11th and she culties. •'•_ was to sail on October 12th. ' i Family Welfare. We immediately appealed the case, r 3fc i8«-interesting therefore to note guaranteeing detention charges for that during the last year, the cases Olia and her aunt. We did/BO on which--took the- most of our time the grounds that Olia's relativr in were social service problems rather than relief problems. Material re(Continued on page G.)

By

HARRY

H.

LAPIDUS,

The election of officers at this meeting will mark the end of a period of more than four years of service by the present administration. It would seem,.therefore, most proper that a lirief resume be given at this time of what has transpired under the present stewardship.

In closing the annual report of the Jewish Welfare Federation last year, we stated our belief that the cessation of immigration will play a most important part in the reduction of the need of the Jews of this country. We also stated that because of -the adoption of. a broader definition o i the functions1 of a" family welfare

The JEWISH PRESS is with this issue inaugurating a section for the complete coverage of the news of the Sioux City, Iowa, Jewish community. In doing so, it makes it possible for us to increase the size of the paper sufficiently to include the~type of extensive news, feature and editorial service that we have for along time yearned to give to the Jews of this part of the country. The Jewish communities of Omaha and Sioux City are already so closely bound together by ties of common history, common interests, alid" common; destiny that their mere geographical separation makes their isolation more apparent than real. What they have lacked in the past in effecting an active co-operation has been some tangible means of communication. It is the satisfying of this want that the JEWISH PRESS is now trying to accomplish. As we have already indicated, one of. the benefits that this co-operation will make possible, should it be permanently arranged, as we hope and believe it will be, will be a Wgger and better JEWISH PRESS. The paper will be eight pages, as it is this issue,, twice the old size, making room for an array of new features selected from the best available on the Anglo-Jewish market. Charles H. Joseph, eagle-eyed "Jewish Arthur Brisbane," will report for his in his column, "Random Thoughts," his impressions on all of the leading current Jewish problems and events. Through the Seven Arts feature Syndicate, we will have an opportunity to read weekly features on Jewish subjects of great interest written in brilliant literary style. For the benefit of the children, we have obtained the excellent "Sabbath Angel" page by Miss Judith lsh-Kishor. We have also secured the consent of prominent local authors to contribute editoi'ials and articles to the paper. All of these new things will only supplement the many features we already carry, especially the accurate and complete news service, the short stories. and the news features of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. We earnestly hope that in the future we will not only be able to do this but embrace and unite still more territory and still further increase the quality of the paper. If we can in this way do a little toward aiding the materialization of that dream of a united Jewry which so inspires our leaders, we will spare no expense or effort in doing so. THE JEWISH PRESS. ffgsWi*!^^

President

(5.4%). Because he has given oi himself so unselfishly, even to tl<* extent of neglecting his own business and family, the community is imlefi indebted to him. Maintenance Income In addition to paying off this s»h stantial sum on the principal of o>>>

Historical Summary When this administration first took office the Jewish Community Center was only a dream. We undertook to make that dream a reality. Our slogan • at that time was, "Must be built in 1925." We had then less than $40,000.00 in cash on hand. Shortly after our installation on March 11, 1925, we got into action and in three or fotfr days about $78,000.00 in cash was collected. Thus we were on March 27, 1925 enabled to receive bids and on April 5, 1925 to award a contract for the erection of the Jewish Community Center. • As the work got under way ouicrying need was more cash. Again we set out to get more money, and between March 11, 1925 and March 1, 1926, approximately $164,000.00 in Harry H. Lapidup cash was collected. This made posPresident of J. C. C. 1925-20 sible the dedication and opening of the Jewish Community Center for mortgage, we have been able to service to the people of Omaha on erate-the Jewish Community Cei June 6, 1926. ever since it first opened its without a deficit. We received <Us> Mortgage Reduced ing this time a total of $83,519.95 »nx: Since the opening of the Jewish expended $79,441.91, thus leaving * Community Center, without any surplus operating balance of $4,07&-ft« special campaigns, we have been able for the four years we have function^. to reduce our mortgage, in spite of the fact that we have had to keep up Even during the year 192S, in st»?r. our interest payment of over seven of the difficulties which had to hf. hundred dollars each month. You will overcome, we had a surplus of $l..SfiiV be gratified to learn that our mortgage SO, after all expenditures for }n«ii-has Tjeen reduced from $150,000.00 to tenance. Not Worth $135,000.00. To Joe L. Wo!f is It seems almost impossible to dedue much credit for the line work in the collection of funds that made scribe with mere words the value <>; possible such a reduction. And it our Jewish Community Center to U>r 1 was largely through his efforts that community as a whole. Its influsn. *? According to the we were able to re-finance the mort- is wide indeed. gage and obtained a reduction of the auditor's report, the net worth of ,th« interest rate from six per cent (6',i) physical property is at present $S'U,>to jive and four-tenths . per cent I (Continued on Page 2), _^.


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.