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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1929
VOL. VII.—No. 28
Group of Celebrities Donors of Half ENGLISH CABf* JEWISH CHllfiREN Jewish Fraternity at Iowa University BuildidgNew $65,000 Chapter House of $4,000,000 Raised For H.U-G OF CTTY INVITED MEMBER TO J. C. C. PICNIC CREATED IN RUSSIA PALESTINE SUPPORT 5ays New Labor Government Will Safeguard Jewish Interests in Palestine
Play School Host ^rAll Jewish Children at Etrnwood Wednesfey- -
Bir& Bidjan -Territory Becomes Full-Mensbcr of Soviet -~ Union
SHINWELL PRAISES JEWS IN ADDRESS
MEET AT J. G, C. AT 9 A. M.; SPECIAL CARS TO PARK
GOVERNMENT TO AID JEWISH COLONIZATION
London (J. T. A . ) — T h e I/abor government will safeguard Jewish, interests in -Palestine- and -there is ', no heed for any anxiety regarding the* course of the government in respect to Palestine and its development, was the;'. statement made . by - Emanuel Sbinwell,. parliamentary secretary of the War Office, in an -address he delivered at the- annual dinner of the Independent Order S'nai Brith here. ' The ,, guests of the evening were Members of Parliament, Isidor Salmon, Conservative, Michael Marcus, Marion Phillips and Emanuel Shinwe,Il, .-Laborites. • . Mr. Shinwell emphasized in his address the-Jewish desire for world -peace. . . Not only is there broad tolerance toward the Jewish community in this country, but^also complete equality and protection, he said. Nevertheless there are still recondite problems to be tackled, namely, Jewish immigration, changes in occupations affecting the working classes, the danger of assimilation,^ and educational problems which must be tackled from the Jewish standpoint. The presence of Jews in parliament is of great significance, because; they are to- be fottnd among-all parties, and independaht of their parties, stand up for the rights of the Jewish community. The speaker stated • that he does not agree lyith.-'those who put Judaism - before-. tjieir citizenship nor
All the Jewish children- in the city .will be . the - -invited -guests , of the Jewish Community -Center Summer Play School/at a: piratic, on Wednesday morning, July <3[1,: -at • Elmwood Park. . .-• _'i/: >In making : the j announcement of the picnic;~Louis Mj.Shanok, director «f. : the school, seated; that besides the- members of -J the Play School, students of the; two branches of the City .Talmud Torah, the _ South Omaha Talmod * Torah, the Temple Israel Sunday^School, and the Jewish Community. .Center Sunday School, were cordially ^invited to attend as well as any . other children in the city who: care ; to come. The children will all meet at 9 o'clock sharp- Wednesday morning at the Jewish ComnBwity Center from where they • will j be * taken to the park in chartered street cars. They will bring their o^n -lunches. To top off the lunches, {the; Jewish Community Center will ^also serve free refreshments. : • - In order to take care of the transportation costs to and from the park, <each child is requested- to bring ten cents to the J. C. C. not later than Tuesday eveningy July 30. A long program of-various games, contests, athletic events, folk dancing, music, etc, has been arranged for the picnic. Pmess- will be awarded to the winnere^of the various contests.
Moscow (J. T. A.)—The initials Y. S. S. R., meaning The Yiddish Socialist Soviet Republic, describingthe territory of Bira Bidjan, will now bevome a part of the official vocabulary, .in , the.'Spviet Union. Peter, Smidovitch, Vice President of Soviet RusBJa, speaking Thursday. at an open "sir meeting here, devoted 'to -R'tJipcuBaiors of the Jewish colonijRfien movement, made the announcement 'of the Soviet Government's'intention .to proceed with the colonisation by Jews of the territory of Bira Bidjan, Siberia, the territory, slated several yeans ago for a Jewish colonisation "project, sponsored by the Ofiet, % •o'ciety for settling Jew? on the land. Several hundred Jewish pioneers were assisted tc proceed there and to settle on the land. Some of these pioneers have, how«jver, returned, finding the land unfitted . for cultivation, Mr. Smidovitch stated that the official name of the region will be changed an<1 thst instead of Bira. Bidjan it is to be known »s the Y. S, S. K. "The Soviet Union will create a Jewish, republic in Bira Bidjan and grant it full" membership in the Union on lines similar to those of the other national republics," Mr. Smidovitch stated, adding that the territory of Bidjan is greater than the &m& occupied by France, and hss & jfood; industrial future. • The expedition of American invegiigatoPB,. sent by the American Jewish organisation, Icov, to survey ii|%.~'3re|p©n<» left' .Moscow today for Bidjan. - Befere its departure, the , headed by Dr.' f railkliti s, visited the Jewish e<)l6tUe& in Crimea. - •. • 'Two .Jewish regions, administrative units comprising Jewish settlements in the Ukraine, will be formed officially during. October. The Kvivo'y Eog: regional Soviet yesterday adopted .«. resolution to proclaim the third Jewish region in that district on October £, The Comzet, governmental department for settling Jews on the land, hus allotted 250,000 roubles fpr the constfuction of administ&tive offices in the district, which will embrace all ' Jewish colonies founded by the Agro Joint and the Jewish Colonisation Association, near Krivoy
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The select group shown above have together contributed a total of |2,000,000, approximately half of the slightly b e ^ r . t h a n ?4,0OO,OOO raised in the $5,000,000?; endowment fund campaign for the Hebrew Union College, reform rabbinical school at Cin; cinnati.'..i~.. The passing of the'$4,000,000 mark in the campaign inpujed Julius Rosenwald's ^SOO^jpb Ugift which' was conditional upon ;the? raising of at
least $3,500,000 in addition to his donation. '-•-• "• I ' Adolph S. Ochs, published - of the New York Times and chairman ol the drive, gave 'in- conjunction Jwitb his wife, $500,000. The Guggenheim family gave a like, amount, while Louis
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Extcitded JeWistt Agency's First High Ohio taurt Gjimts ^Injunction Favoring OrtjiodoKj Mem- ! Meeting to Be Held August •-bers of Cleveland Synagogue; : ^ HfaSi^ljd
"That Henry Ford's former antagonism to the Jcv^s was because -he considered-that they-*'lived as p « Ssites upon the work of .other people^" "was the interesting-statement made by M. Citroen, JFrench automobile "king," at a meeting, of the French ORT recently. Citroen, a Jewish manufacturer who occupies a position in the French automobile industry as high as Ford does in the United States, said in. referring to a recent visit to this country, "I had several in. terviews with Henry Ford, the famous industrialist who was for so long in the ranks of the antiSemites. I learned that his antipathy for our race was engendered by the feeling that the Jews were not a creative nation and that they always lived as parasites on the work of other people." The statement was made in connection with an explanation of the aims of the ORT organization which endeavors to teach needy Jews, in eastern Europe to earn their liver lihood in_the production rather than in the distribution of goods.. It was. pointed out that it was persecution that in the past forced the Jews .to rely on trade and speculation for a livelihood." "
TO WAME? THREE1 'MORE .> CASE FOUGHT TWO YEARS
Cleveland, Ohio.—(J. T.-A.)—The court of appeals-last week ?rever«d; the decision of Chief Justice Homer B. Powell of the Common Ple;as Court when it granted an injunction against the Board of Trustee^ of tlje Clevetended Jewish 'Agency,,which is exdanger which is threatening the Jewpected to'He'constituted'aT a session^ land Jewish Center ajid RafbV Solo-f ish youth which does not take any Goldman, enjoinjing thjm from part in the Jewish struggles. He in Zurich, Switzerland, August 11, jI use of the Synagogue as a Con-; were rhade public this week by Felix himself was brought up on Jewish servative House of Worship,t The fa tradition in a religious home, with M. Warburg. r Mr., rWarburg, who cision upholds the contentlojh of thft served as Chairman;of the'Cornnaittee Jewish knowledge which was an adorthodox .members of; the Cpnprega-T vantage to him in his work as of Seven,-;appointed 'by-LOTUS Mar-; tion that the synagogue wag; a tnj?t, shall, at the* non-Zionist" Conference Member of Parliament. formed for orthodox : purposes, wit held in New Xork City,, on October Miss Phillips said she was in.favor 21, • 1928, made'i public --tHe Mist of • that its trustees, without violating a, of assimilation as against separation. those selected on the occasion of the trust, could not change the BynBgOgue It was for the first time in the. last sailing for .Europe, of. Mpr.ris. Rothen-. ritual from orthodox ip Con^EfirvatJve. twenty-five years that she had been berg, Acting President; of the Zionist The decision that a breach tof %f\w$ ; invited to participate in a Jewish Organization'.of America,'..to "attend- had occurred was unanimous|y upheld -gsthermg. • •the sixteeijth-,Zionist.Congress which fby all three judges sitting! inline cjse; Mr. Salmon said that the attitude; "will'viave to 3 finally "'approve the The defendants, who were^ -p ef thft present government was..sim- agreement {between; the< - Zionists -and ted to file a nanswer within t o ilar to that of the late: government the -non-Zioinsts»4forf .the. formation' weeks, must stand trial in ihe court in fairness to religious • teachings. of tlie "Jewish "Agency-*>r ;Palestine, -of-appeals this fall, or,rever£the synas provided in the Palestine Man- agogue to its orthodox status. ' . • W. K. Stanley, attorney for the de-; dateii^Tbre^ more delegates are .ta 3IENDELS0N TO ADDRESS be fendants, stated that he did hot know . named as under the • agreement t OMAHA HEBREW CLUB •between'Mr. Marshall'and^ Dr.. Chaim further action would be taken. Jlabbi Goldman, is no longer the'spiritual Harry Mendelson, who "recently Weizmann, -Presiotent^of, the -World leader of the Cleveland Jes?{ph Cen•Zionist' Ofgariiza/tiop, '•• th'e .-Americari returned from Palestine where he ~" --•---• ^d ,to. .44 :rep- ter,- now-being with a Chicago conlived for about five years, will-be gregation. 'the principal speaker at "the•• meeting- *tesentative»i 5the, =rm>n-Zionists of .- The uc which has been almost of tlie-Omaha Hebrew Club Sunday, various • 'Eurppcan »countries. have July 28. He. will speak~ on conditions •ffametf ' thei^represe^ntattives • during •two years m litigation, has 'attracted and prospects of' Palestine. / . 'the .last' several1 jveieKs^'at 'special nation-wide interest. Plaintiff f i n the While a resident of the Holy Land, conferences'convoked for that pur- suit were an orthodox committee of Mendelson tilled the soil for two" pose. ' the congregation, headed' by A. A. years and taught English in a high .-. Of the forty-one American dele- Katz, which pressed charges against school the rest of the time, ' thus gates named, about twenty, Texpect to Rabbi Solomon Goldman and trustees having.'. an opportunity to get. a proceed to Europe to participate in of* the 'Cleveland Jewish Center^ thorough insight into the various the August ,.^lltht 'Zurich session. Formed as an orthodox congregation, conditions extant there. They will "hold- the'proxy- votes of dissension arose among the members those Americans who will not be able when Rabbi Solomon Goldman, its to attend the meeting,* as under the spiritual leader, -with the concurrence ROSENWALD SERVES ON of members of the Board of Directors, NATIONAL COMMISSION agreement, proxy vote is permissible. changed the ritual to Conservative The delegates named are: 1. Mr. so specified, the change from the otChicago, 111.—(J. T. A.)—Julius Ro- Louis Marshall; 2." MrTFelix. M. War- type of worship and the constitution sehwald has left for Rapid City, S. burg; 3. Dr.." Lee K. Prankel,- all of thodox ritual was a violation of trust, D., together with other members of New York; 4.' Rev. Dr» Abram Si- Brought to the Court of. Common the Hoover National Memorial Com- mon, Washington}.' 5. Dr. Solomon "Pleas, Justice Homer G. Powell demission td confer on plans for the Lowensteini New York; 6.- Rev. Dr. cided that the court has no jurisdicRuehmore national memorial in; the Leo Jung, New York; -7- Dr. Samuel tion over purely religious matters. Black Hills. He was accompanied by Schulman, -New- York; 8. Horace The "matter was appealed. his daughter, Mrs. Alfred K. Stern, Stern, Philadelphia; 9-" Mr. A. L. Salzstein, Milwaukee; 10. Dr. Jacob of Boston. Br;uR ; CHOLIM M PICNIC Other members of the Commission Billikopf, Philadelphia;; 11. Dr. Mau00 td 12. Dr. Cyrus include Fred W. Sargent, president of rice B. Hexter,'Bostonv t r , B o o:±3; v HonV Edward • Over ^00 persons attended tha Bi» Adler' PhilaSefphfaV kur Cholim picnic held ' Sunday at the Chicago And Noorthwestern Rail- Adler,' PhilaSefphfaV:±3; HonV Ed way, Congressman Royal C. Johnson iWn'skyV Broblflyn;; N/Yry- 14: Mr. Elmwood park. Games were, played, dt •8fiU|h,,tJakota, and Mrs. Lorraine David gfesslerTtfew York; 15. Mr. priies awarded, and .the picnic in general declared a griat success by I"8uti8nrkdrglum, sculptor. 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•"New York. '(J; T.'-A.) -^ 'The names of forty-one prominent American Jews who /were- selected tb represent the non-Zionists of. the United States on 'the "Council ''-at the exMr. Marcus drew attention to the
When the members of Alpha Beta chapter of Phi Epsilon Pi, national Jewish_ social fraternity at the University of Iowa,* Iowa City, la., return to their scholastic tasks this fall, they will hang their coats in their new $65,000 home which is now under construction, and which is represented in the above sketch. Located at S21 Ellis avenue in the midst of the university's exclusive "fraternity row," the new chapter house is being erected in an artistic Georgian style. It will be four stories and will be constructed of red brick with white stone trimming. The pillars and foundation of the porch will be of white Portland, cement. The building will be 64 by 36 feet in size and will accommodate about 40 men. The first t : dor, which will be partly underground, will include a dining room, chapter room, kitchen, servants quarters,- storage room, boiler und coal rooms. The second floor will have a larg« hall, two Irving rooms with arched
TO SETttt A1E8IGM ELECTION CONTROVERSY Z. O. A. and Herd Zionists Chal- "Swat Th« Fly" Also Being lenge Election of Poale and Broadcast Over E&dic t t Zeire Zion Delegates 2:45 This Afternoon STATEMENT. ISSUED
New York.—(J. T. 'A.)—The decision of the highest authority in the Zionist organisation in election matters " will be invoked before the Sixteenth Zionist Congress goes into session, to settle the dispute between various groups in the. United States concerning the result of the election of delegates held on June 9. From a circular tetter issued by Jarope, to the members of the Associacob de Haas prior to fsiling for Eution for Z. O. A. Reorganization, it appears that both the Zionist Organization of America and the HersI Zionist group have contested the elections. The matter will be taken up by the Congress court. The Z. O. A. has protested the Poale and Zeire Zfon elections. The.ijerzl group likewise protested. "If the protest is sustained, I willie a delegate; I am leaving therefore for Zurich and hope on my return to isgue a full report. We are protesting the elections, not so much in the hope of correcting the present mix-up, but in order to prevent like occurrences in the future," Mr. de Haas stated. Unexpected circtfnistimces prevented Judge Mack from .attending the Congress as a delegate of the Hersl Zionist*. Dr. .Harry-Fricdenwald will therefore attend in" his stead as delegate and M r . d e Haas as an alterRobert Kooper, president of Omaha nate. Lodge No. 354 of the B'nai B'rithi during the past week announced the CENTURY A. Z. A.'S REVEL committees which will operate during AT'SECOND OUTING his tenure of office, the balance of 1929. . The Century chapter of the A. Z. A. held its second summer outing The committees are as follows: Sunday at Nathan's Lake. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEES—- " - •' Milton R. Abrahnms, Chairman: Harry "Sou{h Omaha" defeated the "loB. Cohen. John FeWman. Rolwrt Glazer. Hprl)ort Goldstein, Joe Grecnberp, I>r. A. cal" members of the group in a Orpcnfoerp, Aimer Kaiman, Dr. M.-MarR- fast baseball -encounter, avenging olln. Perry Silverman, Louis Sogoldw. their previous :'.loss. Frank Ackerman FINANCE COMMITTEE— Philip M. Kinfznick. Chairman: Sam and Rupel Blurnenthai were the winGreen, Sam Beber, Jack Marer. - Leo ning team in the horseshoe tournaAbramson, I. P. .Gooilman, Phi) Kluti" nirk, Dave Blacker, Wm. Rncusin, Meyer ment. Freeman, Harry Cohn. Maurjce Steinberg, Sam Meyerson, IXTEttKCTCAI. AND ADVANCEMKXT and Arthur Kaslowsky comprised the COMMITTBTE— Irrin I^erine. Chairman: Samuel Gefgon, committee that arranged the outing.
KOOPER ANNOUNCES < X m . B. COMMITTEES i TOR RESF OF YEAR
Aliner Kalrnnn. Pnve Katzm.in. B r n O E T COMMITTEE~ " Louis Sojrolow, Chairman: -Harry Friedjnan,- Inndore Abramsonj Sam Mochman. Dr. Nathan Muskin. :: BOCIAI> SERVICE COMMTITEE-^ Ihr. Philip Sher. Chairman; Irrin ,«talmaster. Dr. Frederick Cohn. Samuel Gcr-
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openings between, a library; snd guest roonss. On the third floor will be IS study rooms, each eight by twelve and one-half feet, and on the fourth floopr will be five study rooms of the same size and two dormitories. The chapter was founded in 1919 and now has an active membership of forty men. These men and the alumni include many who have carried off some of the most coveted honors in scholarship, athletics, and general campus activity. In order to undertake the construction of the new home, the chapter filed articles of incorporation during thfe,'last school semester. The officers of the; corporation are: President, Sidney-Segal of Des. Monies; vice president, Herbert Liebermsn of Davenport; secretary and treasurer, MerriJl/Oransky. of,Cedar -Rapids; snd di-T«?U?t8, Alw MeyCTF -<j£ IDes Sftwsnes, Dr./S&m Shulfcin of Siwux City, Julius 'Swart* of Des Moines, and Joe Rpsenbesg of Muscatine. .
KEREN HAYESOD INCOME Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.)—The income of the Keren Hayesod, the Palestine Foundation Fund f©r the month of July amounted, to'. 81,765 pounds,; .approximately $158,000.-;
SHOW PLAY SCHOOL WORK "Swat the Fly", & musical comedy with a cast of forty, will headline the Jewish Community Center Play School public exhibit which will be held Sunday, July 28, starting at 10 o'clock in the morning. Produced under the direction of Mrs. Herman Jahr, the playlet has been found to be of such merit that it is being presented this afternoon at 2:45 over radio station W. A. A. W, through the courtesy of the Grain Exchange. Mrs. Jahr will give the introduction, and Mr. Samuel Gerson, executive secretary of the J. C. C. will give about a ten minute talk on the Play School. Esther Kichman and Frances Bhimkin EFE singing the leads. The entire radio program of the Center will last thirty minutes. The exhibit Sunday will open rath an hour of classes for the members of the school so that parents and friends will have an opportunity to witness what is actually being done in the school. Among the classes which will be held will be: folk dancing, * dramatics, boys' games, girls' swimming, girls* sewing, boys' toy-making, and story interpretation. At 11 o'clock, all the children and all the visitors will meet in the auditorium where they will be entertained by the musical comedy, various recitations, community singing, and stunts. Rabbi Frederick Cohn of Temple Israel will deliver a short address on the work of the Pl»y School. A display of all the articles made in the handicraft classes during the school term will be arranged in the lobby.
' The new. Sl^topol Jewish region will fee opened officially on October \, inptpad of at the end of Atipust as originally scheduled, because the go%Tfrnment buildings, now under construction, have riot been completed.
PEOGRAi ON AUGUST The twanty-ftfth anniversary of the death oi Theodor Herzl, father of politicftl - Zionism, will be comnuemorgted in Omaha on Sunday evening, Auguat 4, at the Beth Hatnedrosh .Hmgodel • synagogue at--19th and Hurt - streets in a Herzl Memorial program. The local units of .the Zionist Organization of-America and the Hadassaih are sponsoring the affair jointly. • John J"el(Jman is acting as general chairman and Mrs. • M. F, Levenson is program chairman. The program will be a public meeting. Speeches, music, find other features are being planned. Besides the tributes to the. Zionist leader, M. F. Levenson will give a report of the recent annual convention of the Zionist .Organization of America which he attended as local representative.
C. B. AGUDAS ACHIM PICNIC THIS SUNDAY GERMAN JEW NAMED . • •. - UNIVERSITY RECTOR The Council Bluffs Agudas Achim association will hold their fifteenth annual picnic Sunday afternoon, July 28, at Clark's Farm. Games of interest to all persons are being planned. The races will start at 1:30. .. A $225 el*ctric radio will be given away. Admission is free and -everyone in Omaha arid Council' Bhiffs i
. Berlin—(J. T. A.)—Prof. Ernfet Casgerer, philosopher and interpretelr of philosophic aspects of Prof. Albert Eiinsfceifl'ii theories, was named rector of the .'.University of Hamburg. He is the' first Jewish university rector in
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