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New Discoveries at City of Jericho
CONGRESS TO BE
Jerusalem.—<J. T. A.)—What may prove to be. one of the most valuable finds of recent years was uncovered j by Prof. John Garstang of Liverpool University near ancient Jericho where Congress Since, his excavators uncovered a complete —: — the War to Open necropolis with graves dating to 2000 <f Waiiam Holzman C l a s s " t o B e ing to figures made public "by t h e | B. C. Professor Garstang, who is \ June 29 United States department of labor's] Installed at Open examining the causes of Jericho's fall' bureau of immigration. Meeting London (J.T.A.) — The seven-! before Joshua's hosts, says the necro-' A total of 837 immigrant alisn i s c o n t a ins many pottery vessels. Zioaist Congress William Sultan of Chicago, presi-" Jews arrived and only 17 left during ^ W e 7" at "Bade,"swftrerIand on June p o JThe real value of the new finds will dent of District Grand Lodge No. G of January while 4,091 immigrant aliens 29 where the first Congress was depend on th3 further discovery of the B'nai Brith, will address an open of all races arrived and 4,397 left, convened by the late Dr. Theodor any art objects and articles of daily •neeting of ths local lodge at the Jew- With the 337 Jews who were ari- Herzl on August 29, 1897, the world ose that may have been deposited in •sh Community.Center on Wednesday' mitted in January a total of 4,3G3 Zionist Executive announced here. the tombs. Jews have entered th;3 "United States The Council of the Jewish Agency since July 1. 1930, and only i76 left. will' also meet at Basle on July 16. This meeting will be preceded by an ordinary session.*. of , the ' ^Agency's ] Administrative Oommitee on July 13. - The collection of shekel fees, payment of which is the only qualification for the right to vote tor uejegatss to the Congress, must be comJ "Washington.—(J. T. A.)— While J •fthe tiumber of ail aliens,leaving the, United States was greater than those! '•' arriving in January, nearly 20 times] as many immigrant alien Jews ar-1i rived here as left in January,, accord-1
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Weizmann Denies Having Any Zionists Executive. . Simultaneously instructions will be Parleys with the issued regaiding the appointment" of' Arabs
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>L^i«: l i t e Second annual campaign j the- Jewish Philanthropies," said Mr. Of the Jewish PhflanthTOpieS Of **PWn»- "Because the need of this
Omaha will/ be conducted in ^ J ^ n 5 t a 2 S ' S ^ r k t e b2'. Omaha from May 10 to May 29, j coming more widespread, this year we 1931., This announcement was' have included a number of beneficiary made today by William L. Holz-j agencies that we did not support last
"Passport" and. *TLo^b Cannot Make We feel that the needs of our. man, chairman of the drive for year. people locally, (nationally, and internaAgency's Council, while the Zionists the ;Dead Danced! jMys written by funds this year. Harry H. Lapi- tionally are so; great in these times of' Jerusalem (J.T.A.) — "I have had ;.representatives on the Council'will Mrs. Philip Eomonek.jare to be nroducad at the Jewish Community Cendus is associate chairman. distress, that, we must not fail to no negotiations with the Arabs and be eltrted as usual by the Congress. tefc on May 5. The premiere producoverlook any worthy cause." . • , '. The Jewish Philanthropies of all rumors to that effect are inThe forthcoming Congress is extion will take place at the J. C. C Headquarters telligent ; anticipation," D n : Chajm pected to be one of the most imOmaha is a fund-raising organiCampaign' headquarters will be at Weizmann declared here at a press portant neld since the "War. Among of Nebraska in Uncoln the latter part zation for numerous local, nathe Jewish Community l.ast conference. Simultaneotisly the Zion- the problems to be denied by the of April, tional and international Jewish year more than two Center. William Soltan Bernard Szold in his evaluation of hundred localist leader dismissed as fantastic Congress will be the official Zionist However, Number of Governphilanthropic, religious and evening. Th e program, which' • wil I Shawket Ali*s alleged statement in attitude towards the British govern- these plays says Mrs. Romonek is posment and Municipal Jewish charitable causes. Last year Jews took part in the drive for funds sessed of a realistic sincerity. -Uiat and this year it is expected that this start a t 8:30, will be featured by the which he quoted Dr.' Weizmann to ment in connection with the White Employes Few installation of a new class of initiates- the effect that Jews would penetrate Paper, Zionist stand towards the gives;her plays a feeling of yibrant $42,000 was raised for these earth warmth. She has a fine feeling! into the order, known as the "WMI'anv all Arabia. Dr. Weizmann said he Arabs, the financial status of the for dialogue and a conversational apWinnipeg.—(J. T. A.)—The Jews agencies. Executive Meeting* Holzman Class," in honor of the presi- had merely expressed the hope that (movement, and internal Zionist re- proach, and an exceptional back stage of Western Canada, numbering only This year, according to Mr. dent of the Jewish Community Center the influence of the Jews would ra- lations.. A meeting of the executive comsense that makes her plays highly about forty thousand throughout the Lapidus, twenty-nine agencies and Welfare Federation. diate through the entire East. three prairie provinces and British mittee of the Jewish Community playsble." Columbia, wield a political influence will share in the fund. The Center and Welfare Federation and " The new "class will be given the full Dr. Weizmann reiterated his prevMrs. Herman Jahr believes that all out of proportion to their numbers amount to be raised this year the newly selected Board of Govritual by the Omaha lodge degree ious statement that the second parti "Passport" and "Love Cannot Make here, l^anj towns in Western Canteam of which I. F.Goodman is chair- of the negotiations beween the Jewernors will be held at the J. C C. at the Dead Dance," are a distinct con- ada haye^tewish mayors and Jewish has not yet been announced. man. This will culminate an inten- ish Ageny attd the British govp-ri10 a. m. Sunday morning to conSuccess Last Year tribution to Jewish dramatic xepetotre. aldermen, although the Jewish popusive'membership drive under the lead- ment would begin on April 18th. ' • a "I have for years been endeavoring to lation in thess towns xisuaily consists "Last year, the Jews of Omaha re- sider the budget of the Philanership of Philip Klutznick. . correspondent of the Jewish Teleget plays of this type. 1 feel sure of a few famifiesV.; sponded splendidly to the appeal of thropies for the coming campaign. •'Everyone should plan to attend," graphic Agency learns that the that this production will be a real enstated Harry B, Cohen, vice-president British negotiators will be the Lord Jews too playvan important part in couragement for local talent." number wO! be swelled to at least of the jQmaha lodge and chairman of Advocate Craigie Mason «Aitehisnn; the councils' of the1" various' political' three hundred and fifty. Henry Monsky describes the dra"Authoritative Jewish demand is not the progiam. Malcolm M&cJtanald, son of the Preparties of Western Canada, this being mas as "masterful delineations, colorThe drive will be divided Into i-in the.nature ; jnier MacDonald, and ^me represent' for a Jewish statejit does not ask the especially t r u e ^ f ; Wmnipeg, » | groups composed of women, men, ful presentations of Russian Jewish others; Jews d^-sire testimonial; \*o,,an /outstanding ative each; from the Colonial v^and i h popstfetaoii fei b i co*mj»rathe JJewish being initial gifts, organizations, foreign r _Dllhfi_era of riafitv »m # n a i -Brti*i-*Brip^*o^^^pY^ iOffi«si?imA ^tfir-Oikfieen^rvtivefy* larg«, poliUcianE "haw t» reck*5*&Teigu^Qff«SBr "ind tne'^Chaficell^ry corporations. There will al#o be » Mrs. Samuel Gerson •srho covered" velopment within their ancestral land. J, vital message o f .the Exchequer. r speakers bureau. Chairmen of these the tercentenary Shakespearian cple- on with Jewish votes as well as JewWhat Jdndof polity will eventually Prague (J.T.A.). — The Czecho^ ish influence. for all Jewry^ We plan to make it a, Eeferring to Keren Hayesod, the from.the interplay of the two bration at Stratford on Avon for the Of the four deputies which Winni- SlovaMan council decided to approve various groups will be announced city-wide event." -J, chief financial instrumentality of tne emerge shortly. Sultan, besides being a noted sppak- J e w ish Agency, Dr. Weizmann saidj Q9minant cultures and races in Pales- New York Herald-Tribune has this to peg sends to the Federal Parliament a law providing for complete Suntine say: er, is outstanding in his work for J e w - ] t h a t t h e distinction between natipnai I ' lurther^complicated" by Protestin Ottawa, one is a Jew; of the ten day rest in the province or Slovakia. "Mrs. Romonek's plays have caught deputies which Winnipeg.sends to the This ordinance has been approved Max Klein Dies isVTEftUses. He is a trustee of the] ^ ! p r i v a t e ' initiative is artifiriaL ant and Catholic Christian influents, : islftauses. Cleveland Orphan home, a member of The Keren Hayesod is a financial what place s-uch a polity may assume very'-skillfully-the violent contrasts of Provincial Legislature of Manitoba, despite 12 years of protest on the in Los Angeles the board of directors of the Jewish pionier without, which business en- in the British Commonwealth of Na- Jewish life. In both the poetic one is a Jew; of the eighteen alder- part of the Jewish community and phrases -ofthe Tahnud are richly intions or in a possible federation of men in the Winnipeg City Council^ the Jewish press 'which have conDistribution Committee of New York, terprises would have been impossible Word has been received here of the and prominent in varied activities in and anyone belittling the Keren eastern peoples, no man is shrewd terwoven, yet they mirror also the two are Jews, while of the fifteen demned the law. Jewish papers recent death of Max Klein, 58, in Los little comedies of character which are members. of the Winnipeg board of characterize the law as a Passover Angeles. He is survived by the widow Chicago. ;.-•.-. Hayesod belittles the foundation of enough to foresee." typical of Jewish folklore and folk education one is a Jewess. This is a present from jthe government which and two daughters, Rosella and DoroThese are some of the statements our work, Dr. Weizmann stated. music" made by Felix Frankfurter, professor high percentage, when one takes into is either bound to ruin the. Jewish thy; one brother, William Klein, of A Keren Hayesod worker is fulof law in the" Harvard Law School, "in consideration the fact that the Jewish religion or Jewish opportunities for: Buffalo, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. filling^a tragic mission, laboring in an article in the April number of population of Winnipeg is only-about earning a livelihood. ' S. Hirschberg' of Omaha and Mrs. Av an atmosphere of suspicion as the Foreign Affairs, a quarterly publish8 or 9 percent of-the general populaThe law means that Jews will be M. Lesser of San Francisco. result of a fruitful incitement -large- ed in the. country. The article is ention. . obliged to abstain from their woi-k or The deceased father and mother ly frDin/Palesfine, he asserted, jDif- titled, ' The Palestine Situation EeBut while Jews occupy a very prombusiness •for JIS|4 .day^ in -the year in- were the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob licultifeS«oti»ithstanding, but for the., . ^ inent part as elected representatives cluding 52 Saturdays," 52 Sundays, a Klein, pioneer residents of Omaha, h Ainerican ^crisis the: budget would With regard to the definition of a n the legislature bodies of Western number" of Jewish: holidays and the who resided here for over fifty years. have been; covered^ "national home," Prof, Frankfurter Canada, the number of. Jewish, em- legal state and Christian holidays. Istanbul (jiT.Ai) The' Turkish quotes with approval the following] Warsaw.—{J. T. A.)—The proposed ployees in the various municipal pro-government has issued a ruling that Bridge Tournament definition given by Norman Bentwich, vinicial and federal government offiwill do much to prevent the. children Omahan to Conduct : Registration Open attorney general of Palestine, in' the plan of draining the Pinsk swamps in ces is next to nothing... Planned by Fa Hon of Turkishi Jews f jtym ia|±endmg • the British Year Book of International -Polesic and making the land available The chance of a Jew getting such Service for settlement is not being considered schools maintained by^ foreign —""' for Talmud Torah A novel and unusual bridge tournaLaw for 1929. as a Jewish matter by the Polish gov- a position is so slim that Jews do sot sionaries. Hyman Goodbinder of Omaha, stn-.' . ; "A national home connotes a terri: s even try for them. This seems te be . The Board of Education of *he City; ment will be sponsored at the Jewish fint of thej ^University of Nebraska, tory in which a people without re- ernment, Leon Koslowsky, minister part The decree ainn^unces-; that of the general Jewish economic Talmud Torah announces that regis- Community Center by the Fa Hon schools maintained by -the minorities, -will conduct the services at the A. Z. ceiving the rights of political sover- for land reform, made clear. will have the same standing as Turk- A. Sabbath to be conducted by the eignty, has nevertheless, a recognized v H e explained, however, that "we isolation in this country^ a phenome- tration for new pupils for the coming sorority on April 16, 22 and 29. The ish schools. ; Lincoln, Nebr., chapter of the Order legal position and receives the oppor- .shall naturally not discriminate non which Jews are beginning to feel, semester is open. All interested in tourney will be held in the lodge room. A silver trophy will be given to the This announcement is made in con- this evening. Harry Lotman will de- tunity of developing its moral, social against any nationality but we do not although they do not know exactly enrolling pupils are asked to call one receiving the highest score at the Jackson 3007. intend to extend any special favors to nection -with a recent law forbidding liver the sermon. now it originated. and intellectual ideals.'* three bridges. Tables will also be had the Jews because such action might Turkish subjects from attending the for bridge, poker, bunko and pinochle. result in the needs of the Polish peasforeign- missionary schools and proA prize will be given at each afantry remaining unsatisfied." M. vidiag that children between the ages N fair. A special surprise has been arKoslowzky pointed out that it would *of seven and twelve whose parents ranged for the men, and a door prize take at least 20 years to convert the 'are Turkish citizens must attend will be given. Refreshments will be swamp region in Polesie into fertile Turkish schools. served. land The ruling classifies the schools "The aluminum cupola appears to Rame.—(J. T. A.)—The recommend1 Berlin.—(J. T. A.)—The Hitlerite Asked whether Poland intends to ation that the great aluminum dome us to be in contrast with the entire vain attempt to reach an undermaintained by the Jewish, communities in Istanbul, Smyrna and Adrian- participation in the government of the standing with the leaders of the Thu- follow the example of the Soviet gov- of the Roman synagogue be abolished surrounding old architecture," Pro- Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.) — The proople as Turkish schools. In Jew- province of Thuringia, the first state ringian Peoples Party, but they were ernment in alleviating the plight oJ on the plea that it is out of harmony fessor Pacentini declared. posal to establish an income tax in ish quarters here the decree has eli- in which the Nazis achieved a post adament to support the vote ousting the Jews by assisting impoverishec with the aesthetic principles of modThe Roman synagogue was built in Palestine has been abandoned, the Jews to settle on the land, M. Koslow ern architecture has nothing at all to 1904 and its architectual plan was out- Revisionist Hebrew daily, Haara, recited great satisfaction because it will of responsibility, is at end with the Dr. Frick. keep Jewish children from going to vote of no confidence passed by the By his control of two such import-! zky said that Poland is different from do with politics, being based purely on lined by the leading Italian architects, ports today on the basis of informathe missionary schools and compel Thuringian diet in Dr. Wilhelm Frick, ant ministries as that of education and Eussia and "we cannot follow the So- artistic consideration, Prof. Marcello among them the father of Professor tion obtained from a government them to choose between the Jewish or minister of education and interior. interior Dr. Frick was enabled to car- viet system. Our swampy land must p a c e n t m i j a m e m b e r of the cominis- Pacentini. source. Adolf Hitler made a hasty trip in ry out many of the anti-Semitic pol- be sold in an individual way when sion appointed by the government to Turkish schools. icies advocated by bis party. Dr. converted into fertile soil." prepare a new city plan for Rome, told The explanations of M. Koslowzky the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Frick was the leader of the continued anti-Jewish agitation in Thuringia. put a new light on the scheme *oi There has been rumors that the Besides introducing anti-Jewish pray- draining the Pinsk swamps and Jew- Vatican was instrumental in the comers in the schools, later declared un- ish leaders here are now unanimous- missicn's recommendation which was Vienna.—(J. T. A.)—A perfumed made purchases in the shop have reAn annual prize of,?100 for an es- The contest is open to students of the constitutional by the German High ly agreed that the scheme is unworthy made to Premier Mussolini. brand of anti-Semitism in the literal turned their purchases when the sign Court, Dr. Frick sought to have anti- of being considered by the Jews, such Professor Pacentini pointed out y dealing with Arab-Jewish rela- Hebrew University. sense of the term has now made its was called to their attention. schechita legislation passed, fostered consideration merely overshadowing that now that the surrounding ghetto tions from the point of view of ethappearance in Vienna. In the very more acute Jewish problems. anti-Jewish propaganda, discriminated nas been razed, the synagogue finds nography, religion, philology, econoAlthough the suggestion to settle itself isolated amid the archeological heart of the city where the exclusive Will Lecture on mics, history and education was an- Elect Commissioners of against Jews in public office, and in impoverished Polish Jews on the ruins and buildings of ancient Rome. shopping center is located, a new pernounced by Felix M. Warburg, chair- B'nai Jacob Synagogue various other ways. fumery shop has opened, specializing Soviet Colonies Pinsk swamp lands is not new it was man of the American Advisory Comin so-called "anti-Jewish cosmetics." given new stimulus by Tytus FiliThe seven commissioners elected to A move to form a children's ormittee of the Hebrew University, in The windows of the shop contained a Madam Gina Madam, who just reIn Arabic and in English honor of the fiftieth birthday yester- head the B'nai Jacob Synagogue at ganization as a "living monument" powciz, Polish ambassador, to the to Jews large sign announcing that the man- turned from a long trip in Soviet RusUnited States, when he informed a day of Dr. Judah L. Magnes, chancel- 24th and Nicholas for the ensuing London — J. E. Mills, Laborite, agement did not want Jewish patron- sia, visiting the Jewish colonies there, term are M. Grossman, B. Shafton, to the late Nathan Straus, which delegation of the American Jewish lor of the University. complained in the House of (Commons age, but the sign gathered such a will lecture on the Jewish Colonizawould be dedicated to keep alive the Committee that not only was his govA special committee, appointed by Harry Steinberg, H. Turek, L that the Palestine government -writes crowd that the police ordered it re- tion in Russia on Sunday evening, Dr. Magnes, is to announce the topic Schwartz, C. H. Gilinsky and J. Kap- ideals that motivated Mr. Straus in ernment investigating the scheme, but its communications to the Arabs in moved and it is now to be seen inside. April 12, at the Labor Lyceum, 22nd his philanthropic work and as a that it was favorably disposed to the of tine essay each year, and for this lan. and Clark. No collections will be B. .Shafton is chairman and Gross- leader in Zionism, here at a Nathan settlement of; Jews on the Pinsk Arabis but uses English in com- Jewish tourists who have overlook- made. year the; subject is "Descriptions of ed the anti-Semitic sign and have munications to the Jews. 1 swamp lands. Straus memorial meeting. Arab life in Hebrew- literature.* . man and Turek are the "Gabi."
CANADA JEWS PLAY LARGE ROLE IN POLITICS
"JEWISH DEMAND NOTFORJEWBH PALESTINE STATE*
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Wine and Matzoth in the Jury Boom
Austin, Tex. (J.T.A.) — DeclLning to release Abe Rosen, a local Jewish merchant from jury "duty during Passover, Charles Wheeler, who skiing over a . murder c^fe| I which Eosen is rare of the -instructed Sheriff . Cokgi < ] ;£t White to permit sacramental wine, matzoth -and other Passover foods to be brought.to EoPlays Written JgrlMrs. Philip sen every day during the Passover holiday. ; Romonsk to B^Prodnced the •;.•
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TDRpHDEC TO PREVENT WORK OF MISSIONARIES
CZECH COUNCIL GIVES
POLAND'S LAND DRAINAGE PLAN NOTFORJEWS
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Hitlerites Lose Thuringia, Their Supposed Stronghold
Hebrew University Offers Prize for Best Essay on Arab'Jewish Relations
Dome of Roman Synagogue to Be Razed for Aesthetics
A Perfumed Brand of Anti-Semitism Is hatest Vogue in Heart of Vienna
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