March 28, 1930

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Interesting and Entertaining

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"OMAHA, NEBRASKA,.FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1930

poBtomce at Omata, Nebraska, under the Act ot March 3, TStii.

BERNARD SZOLD B'NAI B'RITH Hadassah Celebrates OPEN MEETING Eighteenth Armwersary WILL SPEAKTO ON THURSDAY LOCE COUNCIL

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Harry H. Lapidns, chairman of the Gtizens' Committee of the Jewish Communal Survey, has called a meeting of the Committee for Monday evening, »t the J. C C at 8:15. At this meeting the Executive Committee will present the results of their deliberations and wiQ ask the group to take definite action on their report. Fifty-three delegates of fifteen organizations have been interviewed by the Executive Committee. The vote by the representatives of the various organizations will be the final decision on the recommendations made by Dr. S. A. Goldsmith of New York at the conclusion of the research held here recently under bis direction by the New York * Bureau of Social Research.

VIIL—No. 11

Local Chapter of Aleph Zadik Aleph to Observe A..Z. A. Sabbath Tonight

The eighteenth birthday of Hadas-! Rosenstein. This was followed by sah, the women's Zionist organiza- bridge. \ _ ^ tion of America, was appropriately All of the speakers lauded the Bernard Szold, director of the "Past Presidents' Night" to Be celebrated by the Omaha chapter wonderful work achieved by HadasOmaha Community Playhouse, "will Held at Community with a luncheon and bridge held at sah, which they stated was "second appear before the Omaha Council of Center the Jewish Community Center to none in service". Tribute was Wednesday afternoon. Over 200 wom- especially paid to the service render- Jewish Women at the March meetA novelty in the form of a "Past en were present at the beautifully- ed by the Hadassah in preventing ing, Monday, March 31,- at 2:30 p. Presidents' Night" will feature the appointed luncheon, with a delega- and alleviating disease in • Palestine. m. at the "Jewish Community Center. next open meeting of the local lodge tion of forty-six from Council Bluffs. • Sam Beber spoke on behalf of the of the B'nai B'rith, to be held at the This was the final "big" Hadassah Wise Memorial hospital. Two Omaha chapters of £he Order is an international boys' fraternity Jewish Community Center Thursday affair of the season. of Aleph Zadik Aleph will join in a sponsored by the Independent Order The large birthday cake with,, its evening, April 3, at 8:30 p. m. local celebration of International A. of the B'nai B'rith which is commonOne of remarkable features of nineteen candles—one being) added "All of the past presidents of the the event was the large number of Z.-A. Sabbath at the Friday evening ly known as the largest fraternal Omaha, lodge will be present that new members who were present. for .the coming -year—attracted conservices at the Conservative Syna- order in the world. The A. Z. Ai night, and the public has been in- This was accomplished by also mak- siderable attention. gogue, March 28. The entire service was first conceived of by Sam Beber, Mrs. B. A. Simon> general ehaiiv. vited to attend. Refreshments will ing the - affair, a "Bring a member will be under the direction of the a local attorn*}, who to this day man, was assisted by the following: be served. members-of the chapters. [serves as the president of the suluncheon". Mrs. Max' ;Fromkin, program -comHarry Trustin, past commander of A " special opening1 and closing preme advisory council of that order. Mrs. Max Fromkin was chairman mittee,* Mesdames Abe Greenspan, the Omaha American Legion, will de- of the program. Those taking part prayer for the occasion will be ren- The international offices of the fraliver the main speech, representing in the program included Rabbi Abra- Abe Silverman, and Mose Yousem, dered by Saul Craetz of Omaha ternity are located in Omaha. reservations; Mrs. M. F. Levenson, the former heads of the order. chapter'No. 1 and Arthur Kazlowskyi Regular services of the Conservaham Bengis, Mesdaroes Joseph Ros- publicity, and a committee consisting The feature of the evening will enberg, president of the Omaha of Sam Beber chapter No. 100. The tive Synagogue will be held Saturbe the presentation by William L.. chapter, and Herman Marowitz, and of Mesdames Max Lerner, Julius services will be conducted by Frank day morning, starting at 9 o'clock. Holzman, president of the Jewish the Misses Rose Brandeis. and Grace Stein, O. C. GoldnezvJ. H. KulakofR. Ackerman, Sam Beber chapter sky, Abner Kaiman, Max Goldberg, Community Center, of a movie of No. 100, who holds the distinction of Abe- Somberg, Ernest Meyers, Jack his recent trip through' the Panama having served as Aleph Godol (presAlberts, Sam Cohen, and Meyer-FrieCanal. This movie presents many ident) of his chapter for three terms. interesting- views and entertaining Ackerman at- present occupies the scenes. Mrs. Albert iKrasne, treasurer of position of Grand * Aleph Shotare the newly-organized chapter of HaAbner Kaiman, whose comments Godol of the entire order. dassah- in Council Bluffs,- was • in on current Jewish events at past The sermon will be delivered by open meetings have been so enthusij charge of their reservations. Mrs. Prizes Will Be Awarded at Sam Fregger, present Aleph Godol Quota for State of Nebraska Is • Mrv Bernard Szold astically received, will again deliver , „ •••-•••• 'Herman Marowitz i s president of the Each of the Many Set at Seven Thousand of Omaha chapter No. 1. He has his spicy remarks on the happenings London. (J.T.A.) A plea not to a , ^ BluSs chapter. At this time Mr. S=old. will read Tables chosen for his subject "The Modern Dollars of the day. allow grief to waste the opportunity, _.. i r. ^. u "Jew Suss" by Ashley Dukes. "Jew Youth." Fregger was a member of for carrying on the work that Lord I Plans are complete for the Benefit Milton Abrahams, president of the ' Similar celebrations were held Suss' is the dramatization . of the Dr. Maurice Margolin was electerl Bridge Party to be sponsored by the j **** International championship dehad so much at heart was throughout the country by the var- novel "Power' by Feutehwanger. Omaha lodge of the B'nai-B'rith, will Balfour made at the meeting of the Zionists « u s chapters of the organizataon. local chapter of the Junior Hadas-\ bating team in 1928. Rabbi Abraham president of the National Fund Counpreside. Mr. Szold attended Northwestern Actions Committee by Mrs. Blanche sah Tuesday evening, April 1, at Bengis and Sam Beber, president of cil of Omaha at the meeting of the University* and Carnegie Institute Dugdale, a niece of Lord Balfour; the Jewish Community Center. The the Conservative Synagogue, will de- group last Thursday. Other heads of Technology where he specialized Communists Will elected are: Mrs. Abe Siverman, viceliver short addresses. Young Poale Zion Coming from Lord Balfour's death in dramatics. He also toured Europe bridge is being arranged by the president; Dr. O. C. Belzer, secreAs special guests for the occasion bed, Mrs. Dugdale said she "came board of the group. Increase Crusade in the interest of art and drama. . . Secretary to Speak because I know that everybody in the congregation will have Cantor tary, and Joseph Rosenberg, treas: The committee in charge consists For several years Mr. Szold-.was of •- Maurice M. Cohen,, national gen- this, room feels with us on this day. Moscow....("J.T.JL) The anti-Soviet TJla,; Alberts and Rose Fine, tick- A. PlisTrin and the Shaare Zion* choir urer. : Mrs. Abe Silverman is chairm&r eral secretary of the Young Poale "His feeling -with and for the Jew- crusade abroad will OnlyL strengthen an the- road with professional" com- ets; Anne Freeman, refreshments; from Sioux City. of a committee on committees, and Zion, "will speak .at a youth mass ish people was based on a very the anti-religious movement in Rus- panies, then seven- years ago. he, be- Rose Lazarus, publicity; Grace RosUshers will include Ralph Gross, meeting at the Jewish Community strong faith which was his con- -sia, the official Communist "Prav- came director of' the Little :'T3ieater enstein, tables; Mary Claire Franklin Russel Blumenthal, Milton Altschul- Mrs. M. F. Levenson is chairman of Center Thursday, April 3, ? t S?3Q* fidence in ,tbje JTewish people. He felt ^a" assures the enemies of the So- in -Birmingham^ Alabama, and Bess Spar, phone squad; Sarah «"» Arthur Grossman, Harry Levin- > the constitution committee. The Nebraska budget for the NRabsolutely certain that your cause viet, • in commenting -o"n ^the "Jewish remained'-for "five years. He Xurtzman; jspsters; Tdbie Steinberg, sen, and Harry Colkfc A banquet in honor of the guest would succeed because he believed demonstrations in New York, War- responsible for the -development of arrangements; Grace Rosenstein, Ida Following the services refresh- i tional Fond was set at seven thouwill be sponsored by the local.Young in you, and the people behind you saw and Jerusalem. the Children's Theatre in Birming- Platt, and Ann Greenbergy donations ments will be served by the local! sa nd dollars at the first meetirig Poale Zion club Friday evening will be all united. Th'ank you- a the newly-elected regional boam, .The Warsaw and Jerusalem rab- ham. .chapter, of the Junior Hadassah. a n d p r i z e s . • ••- 1 April 4, at the home of Rose Kilr thousand times, both for myself and j b i s ' t h e "Pravda" says, proclaimed held at St. Louis Sunday. •A year and a half-age Mr. Szold The affair will be for both men 'The order of Aleph Zadik Aleph berg. a fast M. N. Fisher, regional director for came to Omaha, and-since-that time his family, for the ^vay in which I "because the Jewish manuand women, with prizes given at Every youth organization in the district, will be here April 27, at. he has been director o£: the Com- each table. -Tickets at fifty cents ycturers, Joznansky and Sheibler, city is entitled to send two of their you have spoken;-of Mmi" which time definite plans will be formunity Playhouse here. -Mr. .Szold each are on sale by all the members on military The morning session of the com-1 ;r a"n"tVto ^ fget " - «rich ™ uu «um»r* orders executive members to the banquet mulated for raising the Nebraska but *«»e Jewish workers who as un- is" taking the lead this week in the i of the organization. as guests of the Young Poale Zions. mlttee which had" been interrupted | employed quota. fast several days each Community Playhouse production At a boards meeting held Sunday by the arrival of Mrs. Dugdale was Invitations are being sent out. Plans arc under way by which « - : afternoon reports -from each comcontinued with a debate on the Pal- week anyhow will understand that •"The Hairy Ape." National Fund council similar to tht?. the only remedy against their starThe regular Board meeting of the mittee head was given, with indicaestine Emergency Fund. A resolu- vation is to energetically help the one existing in Omaha will be estabCouncil -will precede the general tions pointing toward a. very suction on the Fund and a policy of Soviet." lished in each city. meeting. cessful affair. reconstruction was then adopted.

BALFOUR'S NIECE URGES CONTINUING OF ZIONIST WORK

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Z. B. I FRATERNITY TO AGAIN AWARi/ GOTTHEIL MEDAY

In New York City, on the night of May 10, the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, the largest and oldest Jewish college fraternity will present the Gottheil Medal to the American who has done the most for Jewry and Judaism during the year 1929. The Gottheil Medal was first awarded in 1925 by Z-B-T to Dr. Stephen Wise of New York. In 1926 it was received by David Brown of Detroit and New York. In 1927 Aaron Sha,piro was the recipient and in 1928 Julius Rosenwald of Chicago received the fourth medaL ; Although Zeta Beta Tau presents the medal, it leaves the selection of the annual awardee to -a. committee of editors of Anglo-Jewish newspapers and magazines. This commitee includes: David N. Mosesohn, Jewish Tribune, New York; Isaac Landman, American Hebrew, New York; Jacob Landau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Jewish Daily Bulletin, New York; C. H. Joseph, special -«vriter, Pittsburgh; Joseph Cummings, Bnai Brith Messenger, Los Angeles; Aaron M. Neustadt, Ohio Jewish Chronicle, Columbus, Ohio; Howard M. Wertheimer, The Jewish Review and Observer, Cleveland; Alexander Brin, Jewish Advocate, Boston; J. Fishman, Jewish Morning Journal, New York; Rabbi Gerson B.Levi, TheTemple, Chicago; Felix N. Gerson, The Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia; S. M. Molamed, The Reflex, Chicago; The Jewish Press, Omaha, Nebr.,; Eugene Block, Jewish Journal, San Francisco; Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, American Israelite, Cincinnati, and the Jewish Transcript, Seattle, Wash. The ballot for 1929 is now being taken and the name of the awardee -will be announced within two weeks. The Gottheil Medal was established in honor of Professor "Richard J . H . Gottheil, an outstanding leader in Jewish, American and international affairs.

SAYS JEW FOUND AMERICA 300 YEARS AGO

The collections for the Palestine I Emergency Fund and the late start of the Keren Hayesod campaigns had somewhat hampered the Keren Hayesod work, declared Dr. Arthur Hantke, a member of the Keren Hayesod's board of directors, in giv-. ing a report of the work. He pointed out that the United States had so far failed to. make its usual, contribution but he hoped to obtain the American share of the budget in the concluding months.

World Jewry Still Mourns For Balfour

Jew and Non-Jew Should Meet in Field of Service"

New York.—(J. T. A.)—A Jew from Palestine discovered America some three thousand years ago and became here a sort of deified prophet of all the barbarous Indian tribes that then inhabited the American hemisphere. This claim is made in an article in last Sunday's "World" by A. Hyatt Verill. Mr. Verill bases his claim upon three points. First he says that the stories and legends of all the Indian tribes tell of a man from BORGLUM PLAYS SELECTIONS the East who came to America about three thousand years ago. In the came tools of the state instead of ism exists—as long as any faith second place the facial features of the guiding spirit," he emphatically thinks they have the one and only this "prophet", as represented in tales, are declared. "Here is a program in true religion and must force that on Indian statuary and Indian 1 ail Semitic, posse&sing as he did a which we ought to meet—in a pro- others—the Jew and Christian will gram of instruction for youth and never meet," he maintained. "And as thick, flowing beard, a strongly aluxurious mustaches adult so that peace will become a long as people believe in the superi- quiline nose, v • ii. 4. x ii V i .L and wavy y hair that fell below the thought habit." ority of one race over another, an ; *u. ^ _ j „!„„„ T..^..; Crime, rampant paganism, poverty, insurmountable wall obstructs the ears. In the third place, Indian legends appear to show that this and -unequal distribution of wealth path of unity." were pointed out by Rabbi Silver as In this connection the speaker took man, who was regarded by the Inissues which today ought to be met, our immigration. laws to task be- dians as "kindly, benign and philoprograms on which Jew and Gentile cause they favor the >T rdics. He sophical", taught them something of should get together. claimed that immigrants should be Hebraic religion, art and industry. man from the East, accordadmitted on the strength of their s This Rabbi Silver stated that if by to Mr Verill xas deified by the meeting was meant one religion physical and mental fitness and not I1 f merging into the other, he was of on the mythical basis of superiority Incas as Wira Kocha, the Bearded the opinion that they would never of race. He cleverly built up his One; to the Mayans he was Kukulthe lawgiver and divinity from oeet, and that even if this were premise that no race is pure and can, land of -he sunrise, and "to the that it is absurd to think that the Aztecs in Mexico he WE- Quetzalpossible, it would be undesirable. "Just as the Christian religion is Nordic is better than the member not a dead i-eligion, so is not Juda- of an Asiatic or Mediterranean race, coatl.'tbe all powerful Plumed SerThe superiority of any race is not pent. ism. True, we lose a few by conversion, a few by intermarriage, but because its members come from betpersecution seems to have the very ter stock, but because of political M. Minkin Leading opposite effect from that intended in and economic conditions,_ he argued. in Chess Tourney that it strengthens the Jew and Prior to the lecture Miss Jean gives him more resistance. The Jew- Borglum, talented local pianist, presM. Minklin and J. Zweibach are ish religion will never die because ented three selections from Chopin, holding down first and second place there is an element of the eternal which were -well-received by an ap- in the round robin chess tournament in it," preciative audience. being held under the auspices of the In giving what he believed to be William L. Holzman, president of Checker and Chess club at the Jewthe factors keeping the Jew and the Jewish Community Center, pres- ish Community Center. non-Jew from meeting, the speaker ided and introduced Rabbi Silver. The organization holds informal named Imperialism, not political but Herman Auerbach, chairman of the: meetings every Monday evening at religious and racial imperialism. Community Forum, introduced Mr. the Recreation Room of the Center. Visitors are cordially invited.' Holzman. . •"As long as Eelijgioui Imperial-

Rabbi Silver Tells Appreciative Audience That Jew and Christian Should Work Out Common Problems Together MISS JEAN

"Jew and Christian will meet," declared Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver in his lecture Monday evening at the New" York.—Messages and expres- J. C. C, "when they realize that sions of sorrow 'at' the- passing of ^ ^ source is one^—God, their task task B 0 U r c e i s o n e G o d , their Lord Balfour continue to pour : in b n e _ t o e s t a b l i s h the kingdom of from- all -parts" off "the world,, world and nd G o d everywhere Jews are holding memor-- a n d b e a u t yb r ii nn tgo mt hoer e w jours lt idcb6 yj Eb go ht ht j ial meetings for the author of what a p p ] y i n g themselves to common prohas come to be known as "The Jewish , b l e m s . Only in the fraternity of Magna Charta." |i common common hum human endeavor can we Tribute is being given everywhere really meet." for the wonderful work Lord Balfour i The auditorium was packed to had done in behalf of Zionism and overflowing, and the lecture by the Palestine. His death is 'indeed "a , famous Cleveland scholar, sponsored misfortune for the Jewish people." by the Community Forum under the . His sudden death at the age of 81 auspices of the Jewish Community came as a shock to the world and the Center and the Council of Jewish Jewish masses have especialJy been Women, -was one of the most impressive ever delivered from an completely, dazed. Extra large memorial meetings Omaha roster. "Jew and Christian will not meet were held inv Jerusalem, London, through good-will banquets," Rabbi Vienna, and Warsaw. ' Silver opinionated, "where bouquets Besides being the father of the Balfour Declaration, which recog- are thrown at minister and rabbi. nized the Tight of the Jews to a There has been too much of verbal National Homeland in Palestine, Lord mutual adulation." The speaker said that every time Balfour dedicated the Hebrew University and has upon all occasions the two thought out a problem together around, a conference table, championed Jewish causes. a forward step had been. taken. In illustrating upon what problems Jew More Synagogues Closed and Christian could meet, he laid Moscow."—Seventeen r -more. syna- most emphasis on a common progogues were closed this week in Ukr gram, of unity and peace. rainian cities, including Bolotzerkov, "During the war both church and Balta, Heifiin find Clevski synagogue lost their vision and he-

Claim Made in Article Sunday in the New York "World"

15,000 JEWS LEFT EASTERN EUROPE DURING YEAR 1929 New York. — The Twenty-Firfit. Annual Meeting- of the Hebrew Sheltering1 and Immigrant Aid Society of America, known as Hip-*, with headquarters at 425 Lafayefct* street, New York, was held Sunday afternoon, at the Hotel Astor. Ther* were present more than 700 delegate* of various organizations in addition to individual members. Mr. Abraham Herman, the president, presented iht annual report of the activities of society and other reports were mate by Mr. Harry Fischel, treasurer, Rn.-l Mr. Albert Rosenblatt, chairman <*Z the Committee on Organization. The president in his report some of the outstanding figures t>i

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& - . , ,. ... J* TT ., e Society's activities. TIn ttie Unite.-.. States 154,442 individuals called P". the Hias ofFces for various advir* and information. 49,007 letters wer*. received and replied to. 65,908 were served to immigrants, trs.trsients and unployed men, women «.TKJ children, and 11,347 nights of shelter were given. The Society maintains- « free Shelter Department in tion with which is a free Employment Bureau which found work for i ' 0 4 6 applicants during the year. In the Citizenship which assists aliens in becoming citizens, 9,608 applicants were givrrir necessary advice and help to preps.7* their applications. S,494 records of arrivals were verified from the Kias files, these records being1 necessntT in obtaining first or second papers, The Society maintains bureaus J»« Ellis Island and Washington an1 haf branches in Boston, Balti.;norGs Philadelphia. Chicago, Seattle JUK'I Sen Francisco. In the new immigration centers offices are maintained in Argentina, Brazil, "Uruguay, Cuba, South Afrk(j and Australia, •• . - ——~


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