October 10, 1930

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In the . Interests of The Jewish Community

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Ten-Ye* BOOK REVEALS Ei HELP GIVEN BY s HAYM SALOMON

James °asses Away

.0-year-old son of passed James S. Er ^ .j-Erman, , Dr. and away at aMrs.' locaTliospital on Sunday, October 5. . . PabKc Drive to Be Launched to Funeral services, were held on Monday afternoon from the Jewish FunErect Monument to eral Home. Interment was at the i Him Pleasant Hill cemetery with Rabbi New York.—(J. T. A.)—Simultan- Frederick Cohn officiating. eously with the publication of a new book presenting additional and hitherto unpublished evidence proving the services of Haym Salomon, American-Jewish financier of Polish extraction, to the American Revolution,'it is learned that a public drive for $150;000 will shortly be launched to finance the Haym Salomon monument •which is to be erected at Lincoln J. N. F. Raised $430,000 in U. S. square in New York. During-Last Year The Municipal Art Commission has approved the design of Anton Schaaf New York.—:(J. T. A.)—American and the chairman of the committee Zionists have contributed.: in small will be announced in a fortnight . The new book, the work of Charles contributions the unprecedented sum Edward Russell and published by the of 5430,000 towards the annual budget Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, is of the Jewish National Fund, during called "Haym Salomon and the Revprry olution." Salomon's service to the revolution, Mr. Russell says in the preface of his book, are adequately proven by the diary kept by Robert Morris during the latter's period of service as superintendent of Finance for the young United States. • J After summarizing the efforts of this Jew, whose services have so longj been overlooked, to make the Revolu-! tion a success, Mr. Russell says, "if i Jie had, done no more than to keep; James Madison and James Wilson in public life he would have marke<l American history indelibly, if.unosten-j tatiously, for those men were among; its makers and directors. If he had; done no more than to keep Robert; Morris solvent and the credit of tbV United States from ruin that would have been enought for if the Revolution had collapsed when it was most beset in *178i.~there would have been Emanuel Neumann no United States. But he did even more. He testified to the world that the Hebrew year last - concluded, it Americanism is not a matter of so- was reported at the fifst meeting of called race of birthplace or descent, the newly elected Board; of* Directors but of faith and of faith. alone.. Its of the Jewish National Fund of Amers^,exponents-mi^nt ^be borni any-} ica. Thi$ sum represented an increase where and still - b e its indubitable of §135,000 over the fund's income in Eons." I the preceding-year'and; constituted'the largest annual sum raised." by-'the Palestine land fund: in the United. States. The Board of Directors, which is composed of representatives, of. all Zionist factions and groups in the United States, after approving the report by a unanimous, vote, re-electThe opening meeting of the Conservative Synagogue Auxiliary will ed Emanuel Neumann, president; be held Thursday afternoon, October Solomon Lamport," treasurer; David Surdt associate treasurer, and Isaac 16, at 2:30 p. m., at the J. C. C. Election of officers for the ensu- H. Rubin, secretary. An administraing year will feature an important tive committee was chosen, consisting meeting. A fine program has been of Rabbi Wolf Gold, Samuel Bonchek, arranged and will be followed by a Joseph Weiss, Abraham Goldberg, Abraham Spierer, Louis Rimsky and tea. Everyone has been invited to at- Harry J. Kahn. Two additional members of the Board, M. Goldsehlag and tend. Louis Gordon "were also added. The board approved in principle of extensive plans now being prepared Not Admitted Warsaw.—Of the 380 Jewish appli- for a nation-wide drive for the Palescants for admission to the school of tine Land Fund in connection with the medicine in the Warsaw University expected visit here in December of M. only 28 were admitted. A total of 127 M. Ussishkin, international ~ Zionist out of 130 non-Jewish applicants were leader and head of the Jewish National Fund in Jerusalem.accepted.

University of Budapest Darrow*Wilson Debate to Openly Discriminates Inaugurate Forum's Season

Budapest, (J. T. A.).—Only 106 of-the 900 Jewish applicants for admission to the University of Budapest have been accepted this year following competitive examinations, while an additional 46 Jews who • passed the examinations were ad-; vised to 3pp]y to other institutions, the Hungarian-Jewish paper (Eygenloeseg" reveals in a review of the tragic effects of the numerous clausus. i The.794 rejected Jewish applicants; received a printed circular informing them that the University's council could not recommend their admission. Tn the provincial universities the situation appears to be even worse. The University of Debreczin declined to admit Eugene Samuel, a Jewish applicant who had passed all the entrance examinations with honors and had won high distinction in mathematics as a high school student.

Gerson to Address State's Social Conference

GERMAN JEWRY NEED HAVE NO

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"Should the Volstead Act be Re- Forum include: November 20, Senator Dr. Samuel Gerson, executive pealed?" is the subject of a debate Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, on secretary of the Jewish Community between Clarence Darrow, famous "Russia." Center, has received a request from Minister of Interior Gircs AeJanuary 22, Julius Klein, assistanL Chicago criminal. lawyer,- and Dr. the Director of • the Lincoln ComClarence True Wilson, noted temper- secretary of commerce, "Chain Stores surances for Safety of munity Chest to address the next ance leader, which will take place at and Mergers." Jews State Conference of Social Work, the Omaha Auditorium, Wednesday February 4, Margaret Sanger, "The to be held in Hastings on Novemnight, October 22. \ Need of Birth Control in America." Berlin.—(J. T. A.)—Assurances reber 7, 8, and 9. His topic is, "The garding the safety of the Jews of The debate will open the .1930-31 • February 10, . James Waterman Future of Our State Conference." Germany were given by Dr. Joseph program of the Omaha Community Wise, son of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Mr. Gerson is on the executive Wirth, minister of the interior in tte Forum, sponsored by the Jewish "Wanted a New Morality." committee of the Nebraska State Bruening cabinet, in an interview with Community Center and the Council March 15, Rabbi Isaac Landman, Conference for social work and has j Jacob Landau, managing director of of Jewish Women. • • . • - editor of "The .American Hebrew," served as state chairman of the the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. lr; speaking on the subject, "The Revoluprogram during the 1929 confer- authorized statement, Dr. 'Wirth em"wet," while Dr. Wilson, as general! tion of Religion-1* ~ ence, which was held at the J. C.C. phasized that there was no ground fo^ secretary of the national board of I Season tickets'.niay be purchased the perturbance of the Jews the world temperance, prohibition and public J for ?3 from say member of the over in view of the unexpected temorals, of the Methodist Episcopal Council of JewishiWomen or at the crease in the National Socialist reprechurch, is an acknowledged leader of Jewish Community Center, Twentieth sentation in the Reichstag and th»t the "dry" forces in America. . and Dodge streets^ Tickets for inthere was" no danger of an. anti-SemMaterial for the debate was gathdividual lectures of the courses may itic wave sweeping over Germany. ered by both speakers during . the also be purchased. Dr. Wirth said that the Reich govpast summer, when they made . a ernment has not departed from the lasurvey of conditions in Canada,-spontitude itself'to "be driven along with sored by Collier's weekly., • the anti-Semitic flow." Replying to t>. As the debate will be held a short question of how he explained the BPtime before the November, election, Experiment in Secondary School tonishing increase in the National it is expected to attract considerable Socialist vote at the recent election. in St. Louis Turns attention. Dr. Wirth. said it was due to the difOut Well The Council cf Jewish Women h ave New York.—(J. T. A.)—New facts reason which he gives is as follows: ficult economic situation of Germany, "Since Prussia, after its defeats in started a campaign for the sale of about the role played by Napoleon in the great vote of the National Socialseason tickets to the Community the communication of European Jewry Thuringen, was absolutely willing to St. Louis, "Mo., (J. T. A.).—With ists signifying a tremendous protest Forum lecture course. Mrs. Herbert | at the beginning of the nineteenth make peace. Napoleon had to pro- more than a hundred students regist- against the present situation he adder*.. S. Amstein is president of the coun-; century are revealed in an article in ceed to Poland with his army in order ered for the elementary and adThe German minister of the interior til. Mrs. J. H. Kulakofsky. as chair-^ the current issue of The American He- to seek out the Russians who were al- vanced Hebrew courses added to the was emphatic in expressing1 hi* disbelied with Prussia and annihiliate man of the educational- committee, brew. The article is written by Prof. curriculum of two high schools here, lief that all those who voted for the is directing ticket sales, assisted by F. N. Kircheison,.who is regarded as them. The land which he traversed Henry J. Gerling, Superintendent of National Socialists had thus certifiPfi a committee, including: Mrs. Max the world's leading authority on Na- and which was inhabited by Poles had Instruction in the St. Louis schools, themselves as enemies of the Jews. made the most unfavorable and dis- expressed gratification that Hebrew Eolzman, Mrs. Gertrude Kulakofsky, j poleon and. his times. advantageous impression upon him, is taught in the schools as an ac- "Aggressive anti - Semitism which reason why Napoleon suddenly Mrs. Morris E. Jacobs . and Mrs. I would lead to injustice or even outj dissolved the Great Sanhedrin soon but still more as the numerous Jews credited subject, and declared the rages Samuel Gerson. does not exist," he pointed oui~ who lived there in the greatest deHerman H. Auerbaeh is chairman j after, he had convened it, is explained experiment a success. "The government can guarantee the gradation. This regrettable circumKirscheisen as ffollows: of the Omaha Community Forum, ] b j £ £ K ihi ll peace of the country. It was always In a message to Dr. David Reiss, "While the Great Sanbedrin was stance determined the emperor's fusponsoring the program of lectures. its resolute aim to protect German under whose supervision the Hebrew ture attitude towards a race of high William L. Holzman is president of convening in Paris, Napoleon happencitizens irrespective of religion. TWr ed to be dining one day with one of rank, which he wished to liberate and courses will be given, Mr. Gerling is the German Republic considers, s the Jewish Community Center. states that, what at the outset had which he desired to make into an inOther" speakers sponsored by the his intimate friends. As they dined matter of honor. We do not only dethey were talking of various things, tegral component part of the land in the appearance of an experiment, al- sire the protection of all our citizens: ready gives proiaise of a most eneven of religions "inatiers, in the gay- which it was dwelling." but we are able to carry it out," Dr. couraging success. est and most jovial of manners. SudWirth concluded. denly Napoleon's1 uncle, Cardinal "The success of the courses is, for Fesch, grew very serious, so that the me, the consummation of an affecemperor, becoming inquisitive, asked tionate hope I have long cherished", him what was wrong.. *It is easy Mr. Gerling wrote. After expressing enough to understand what is t i e his appreciation of the spiritual val: ;mattgr with jae,*;.saj| ^Jthe. jcsBainaL nes: ^derived £ram iihe Hebrew teach'However, it appears that you want ers, he declared, -"ThinkBig- thus and 1 New.JTork, (J. T. A.).—The New the end of the world to come about. reflecting also on the unique cultural York Yiddish stge,. which, last season *How so and why do I?" the emperor riches.that.have come to us.through Jerusalem. — {J. T. A.) —JPinchas Israel, I felt that the recommendamade a weak and somewhat prema- asked-him in amazement. 'Well, then,' Jewish Leaders of Europe 'Art, ture exit from Second Avenue, is answered Fesch, 'do you not know Rutenberg, president of the Jewish tion I made to the Board to place Alarmed at Report of Diffithis year assembling its forces in a that the Sacred Scripture predicts National Council, has dropped his in- Hebrew in our curriculum constituted, culties of Hias that the end of the world win take' tention of resigning and so informed final effort to revive the dying emon the one side, a privilege which I bers of what was once an exuberant -place as soon as the Jews are recog-!the last meeting of the council's exe- had feared might not be given me Berlin, (J.. T. A.).—An appeal te "jcutive. and profitable art. All the theatres* nized as a nation?" and on the other, an avowal of our the Jews of America not to abondon are dusting off and refurnishing old" This, according to Prof. Kirscheisen,' Entente* returned from the Ber- indebtedness for the legacy that was in the future the help they have been sets in an effort to give the Metro- \ied Napoleon on" the next day to or- lin meetings deeply disappointed with bequeathed us by Israel as a nation given their fellow Jews in Europe politan city an opportunity to prove jder the Sanedrin dissolved, Another what he alleged to be the failure of and as the mother of the Prophets to emigrate was issued by Professor the Jewish Agency leaders, including through whom Jehovah chose to Albert Einstein. The Jewish, leadonce and for all- whether the YidDr. Chaim Weismann, to appreciate speak to the world." dish stage will receive sufficient susers of Europe are alarmed at the the gravity of the Jewish situation in tenance in the way of patronage in report that the Hebrew Sheltering Palestine, particularly in view of Sir dollars and cents to permit it to live, and Immigrant Aid Society of New John Simpson's -expected recommendaor whether it is kinder to allow it to York was about to give up its activitions, especially the restriction cf land die a peaceful and painless death. ties in Europe on behalf of Jewish sales. Not only is New York scheduled for emigrants because of lack of funds. ' j During the first meeting of the performances, but Philadelphia, ChiDr. • Einstein said, "The situation, New York.—(J. T. A.)—The total• c o u n c i l after his.return from abroad cago, Boston, ""-wark, Montreal, Torof East-European Jewry, especially Herb Feierman and nis melody masonto, Winnepeg and Cleveland will Jewish population of the world, esti-j Eutenberg was inclined to adopt a of the immigrant, is in the highest ters will furnish the music for the mated on the basis of data gathered! p o i i c y tending to alienate the Jewish come in for a goodly share. degree critical, and the abondonmentsecond of the series of dances to be Maurice Schwartz has just re- up to 1927, is placed at 15,050,000,! community here from the Jewish sponsored by the Jewish Community of assistance • by American Jewthe United States, according toj Agency. At the last meeting of the turned from a South American tour while the same estimates, contains 4,228,-1 ncil, however, he greatly moderat- Center this fall. The dance will be would' be catastrophic. In the name, and is now at the Gibson Theatre in 000 Jews. These 'figures appear in| COU ^ fcj stand. t d O hi d held this Saturday evening at the of social justice for Jews everywhere On his recommendaPhiladelphia where he is organizing the new volume of the American Jew- j Center auditorium. I join in the call for the continuance the Jewish National Council dea new troupe. The Max Gabel-Jon- lsh Year Book, which has just been j tion ^ded to initiate agreements between Dae to the success of the first dance of the brotherly help." nie Goldstein enterprise, however, lssued • call to American Jews not to j employers and employes for coiupul of the year held on Yom Kippur eve, letA the will take no .active part this year, Hebrew Sheltering and Imarbitration to avoid strikes and Louis Lipp, assistant executive secreThe number of Jews in New York- g^y arb since the last season has had its tary of the J. C. C , has announced migrant Aid Society give up it* City is put at 1,765,000. Jews make • lockouts. fatal monetary effect. Instead, Lud- up 1667 16.67 per centt off the work on behalf of the emigrants h»s th totall popuJ u ] y Rntenberg, -who is head of that the Center will continue its policy wig Satz will be found in their place lation in New York state, where the] also been issued jointedly by EabM Kutenberg Power Company, re- of popular and well-known bands. the at the Publix Theatre, and Jonnie percentage percentag off Jews J w s is i the th largest l gt i 5 ^ , 1 f r o m the triumvirate charged in This affair is being held under the LeoBaeck, president of the Germs*,. Goldstein will play at the Hopkin- the h country, while l in ; Tdaho, where] ^ith.the administration of the Pales- auspices of the Senior Council of B'nai B'rith and Rabbis Ezra Munk side of a year spent in Europe, all son Theatre in Brooklyn. th percentage the t off JJewsjs i the h smal-| l and' Meyer Hildesheimer, three of Clubs. Emergency fund. his training has ' been received in In the meantime, Mark Schweid, lest, they make up only 0.21 of the} the leading rabbis of Germany. The America and his technique is a dis- who will be remembered for his tQtal population. appeal reads: tinct American type. The new volume of the American emotional roles in the Maurice "We are deeply grieved over th* He has been a musician since the Schwartz presentations, has organ- Jewish Year Book discusses events report that the Hebrew Sheltering age of nine. Born in Elizabethport, ized his own troupe and is planning affecting Jews in foreign countries and Immigrant Aid Society <HIAS), New Jersey in 1892, he received an an ambitious program in the Bronx during the past year, particularly the the old emigrant relief organization, early training in the piano and.organ. Art Theatre. anti-Semitic outbreaks in Roumania, is contemplating the abondonment of In his teens he spent a year on Eur"Tactlessness always has been one its great work in Europe. Support Germany, Vienna, Hungary andj London—(J. T. A.)—Advising Adolf But it is to the Adler family— opean study and on his return became Hitler, leader of the German, Fascists, of the outstanding defects of the chilCzechoslovakia. co-religionists ct leader of the Strand theater orchestra, that ubiquitous and exuberant troupe to follow the example of the founder dren of Israel. British Jews do not for our oppressed is vital. In the Eastern —that the Yiddish world-Is looking Europe at that time the largest motion picof Fascism and eliminate anti-Semi- err in. this respect nearly as much as forward to for a revival of spirit and name of human justice and Jewish ture organization. From then on his tism from his program because "Jew- their kinsmen of the continent. Neverlife. Their collective performance of "rachmones" (pity) we ask th&t the rise to fame was rapid. He has conbaiting is a stupid, survival of medi-. theless, they would do well to rememrelief work on behalf of the bewish ducted at the Boston opera house, the "The Wild Man" was a promising ber that the fact of leadership of the eval prejudice," Viscount Rothermere, Mrs. Sam Wolf, deceased, who reRivoli and Rialto theaters of New forerunner for "Millions" which they Bolshevist campaign against civiliza- emigrants be »ot abondoned. It is sides in Charles City, la., has been publisher of the Daily Mail and spon- tion and religion being almost entirely one of the greatest "mitzvoth" {good York, National. Symphony of Atlanta, will present at the New Yorker Theatre in October. This T will placed on the Iowa state roll of honor sor of universal Fascism as an anti- in the hands of men of their blood deeds) possible." and the Roxy theater orchestra. to Bolshevism, attacks British be remembered as "The Five Frank- through the efforts of the women of,idote _. has done inevitable and incalculable While in Europe he studied under forters" presented in English a few Floyd county. The honor roll, which] _ f ^ J . , the Jews throughout harm to the reputation of the HeMarquadt. Here in America he stud- years ago. ^'orld in a long signed article in the contains a brief account of the iife of! brew race in every country of its ied the piano under the guidance of Daily Mail. This article is considered each women whose name appears upon adoption." Joseph Horodes, organ- under Alfred it, will be displayed at the approach- to be the definition of the attitude of D. _Fohs, and theory with Mortimer British Fascists towards the Jewish Viscount Rothermere's article has Jernsalem.—{J. T. A.)—The Arafe ing fair. Wilson, the American composer. question. created a storm in Anglo-Jewish cir- press here is voicing its dissatisfacMrs. Wolfs name was placed on the tion because the Palestine Potanh, He said that "I freely admit that roll because she was actively interestcles because had advice to the Hitler- Ltd., the company that owns the the Jewish race has shown conspicued in all enterprises for t i e betternites to eliminate anti-Semitism from concession for the exploitation ©f Mrs. H. E. Nathanson of Estherville, ment of the community, and her earn- ous unwisdom since the war. Prom- their program is believed to be more the minerals in the Dead Sea it' Iowa, has been notifield that she has inent British Jews have brought great been named by Secretary Wilbur of est, efficient work. unpopularity upon their community of than over-balanced by his vigorous at- employing 120 Jewish workers and the Department of the Interior as H. Mendelson will address clamorous persistence in. pressing for tack on British Jewry.; While the only 80 Arab workers. The Omaha Philosophical Society at 4 p. m> chairman for Estherville of the "Betmaintenance, at the expense of the Daily Mail was known as not very insist that the number of Arab workers employed be. equivalent to the on Sunday afternoon, October 12, at ter Homes in America." Dr. James 1 The Temple Israel Sisterhood will [hard-driven taxpayers, of the Jewish the Lyric Building, 19th and Farnain. Ford of Washington is the executive sponsor a bridge at the BLackstone • National Home in Palestine, -which no; friendly to the Jews such an out- Jewish workers. The head of the Mr. Mendelson's subject will be "The director -and President Hoover is hon- Hotel,Ocfc 17. Attractive'prizes will' Jew above the charity Jzne wsats at spoken attack was entirely tmex- Palestine Potash, Ltd., is the Jewish engineer, Hoses Novomejesky,. Riddle of Palestine.". '•- orary president. be donated. alL

NEUMANN AGAIN CHOSEN HEAD OF NATIONAL FUND

AUXILIARY TO MEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON

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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1930

HEBREW CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOLS

Tell of Napoleon's Role in Emancipation of the Jews

YIDDISH STAGE OF NEW YORK PREPARING SELF

RUTENBERG NOT 10 QUIT AS OFVAADjIUlffi

JEWISH POPULATION OF WORLD PLACED OVER 15 MILLION

ENSTEIN APPEALS TO JEWRY NOT TO

FLAN GOOD MUSIC FOR CENTER DANCES

Omaha's New Batonist Is Talented Jewish Conductor

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New York.—Joseph Littau, musical director of the New York Roxy theater, who will succeed Sandor Harmati as conductor of the Omaha Symphony orchestra, is recognized as one of the most brilliant of Jewish conductors by critics of the Great White Way. The appointment of Littau is one of the few outstanding instances where an American-born conductor has been engaged to conduct an American Symphony orchestra. It is said that he is losing a considerable amount of money by leaving New York to conduct the Omaha symphony. The Jewish batonist is famed as a radio artist, known throughout the country. His broadcasting has done much toward introducing standard symphonic works to 'audiences of the sir-

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The directors of the Omaha Symphony orchestra are very enthusiastic over the new conductor and look forward to an exceptionally successful season under his direction. Harmati, in praising Littau to the Omaha directors, stated that Littau was the best man the city could get in New York. Many easterners go so far as to claim that this Jewish genius is the leading'American-born batonist. Out-

Lord Rothermere Attacks Jewry of Great BriU an

Charles City Woman Placed on Honor Roll

Arab Papers Want More Arab Workers

Mrs. H. E. Nathanson Named as Chairman

Mendelson to Address Philosophical Society

Sisterhood Bridge

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