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PARTY IS PLAMtD FOR EOLZMAN
Visions a New "Europe Might Have ;Dynamic Judaism Been PredominNew Orleans.—(J. T. A.)—A dyna- i antly Jewish" mic Judaism of the future in which a i new generation will rediscover ceremonies and customs that have been' discarded in a Western world was prophesied by Mrs. Maurice Steinfeld ;o'f New York, president of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, in an address delivered here.) : Religion is still the basis of the Jew's j existence and the unifying force of his life, Mrs. Steinfeld said.
VOL. IX—No. 12
42,150 Is Quota Set
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Cleveland.—(J. T, A.)—If it had hot been for the pogroms and enPictures to Be Shown at Meeting forced conversions of the Jews durTuesday at Jewish Coming the Middle Ages, the western munity Center world might now be predominantly Jewish instead *>f Christian, Dr. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Salo Baron, professor of Jewish history and literature at Columbia . William L. Holzman, president University, declared in an address at the Temple here. of the J e w i s h Community • Pointing out that the Jews .are a Center and Welfare Federation, prolific race, Dr» Baron said that Will Jbewelcomed home-from his -since legislative \restrictions, mar, extended trip through the Oririage quotas • and economic limita\ ent. at a nieeting at the- Jewish tions have been'lifted - during the past century, the jJewish population Community Center Tuesday eveof Europe has increased more Tapning, April 21. The public has Istanbul.—(J. T. A.) — With the idly than any ptljer. population of Istanbul cut by nearly \ beei** invited to attend.; ••-\ 100,000 in l i e last four years owing Holzman left Omaha the first week to a considerable exodus of non-Turkof February and is expected to return ish elements, Kemal Pasha's governJewkh Agency Pays Tribute to' ANTfc tomoirow. Included in his itinerary ment has taken cognizance of the British Wa^Time *«*« were; Palestine,; Turkey, Italy and city's moribund condition by making • •- • • ' ' P r e m i e r ' j : Egypt At- the' "welcoming, party" plans for industrializing it and makwill be shown moving pictures of his : , -^ ; > . ; William L. Holzman ing it an agricultural center, the Mantravels. London.—{J. T. A.)—There j : A "welcoming-home" party "will be Forty-two thousand one hundred the B'nai Brith, Jewish National Fund, chester Guardian reports. • " Sam Beber is chairman for the ty of room in Palestine for the Jewish-j given complimentary -to William L. and fifty dollars is the quota of the People's Tool Campaign and the Mi*A considerable number of those who evening and is in charge of arrangeNational Home without rendering! have been leaving Istanbul are. Jews. coming campaign of the Jewish Phil- rachi. ' ments. " T h community is Hol^an at the Jewish ^Community homeless any of the present inhabit-: h e entire i i is Stirred by The leading commercial and financial anthropies for the year 1931-32, which happy to welcome Mr.' Holzman back, J e ^ r Tuesday evening in, honor of . Agencies False Reports in Columbus elements of the city, "who have found opens in Omaha on May 11. This The complete list of beneficiar* - * ~ Beber stated. --"His -• -accounts .- • • i his ^c return from an extended tnp thV Zionist success in tHe future the ] home," Daffies through various parts of' Asia" and" more the; AraBsjind' Chrisfians of thel it impossible to conduct profitable bu- quota was set by the budget commit-' agencies is as follows: of Jhis travels are always a treat, and Europe. • siness in Turkey in view of new laws tee of the Jewish Philanthropies at country will "benefit, declared David ^ the countries which lie visited upon Ohio.—(Ji T. A.)—B'nai f its' meeting last Sunday at the Jewish LOCAL AGENCIES and the economic depression, both of " - - ' "eorgei Liberal leader and * this tour make it certain that he will Brith officials-here referred to the. An- which have operated in such fashion Community Center. . . . Jewish Education. premier of Great Britain when the fiold his audience more spell-bound Balfour l>e^ratioli wa¥ issned,~at'* * ^ - ^ n i a f a o n League ^theplacmg ofj ^ to eliminate non-Turks, Old People's Hone. w This quota for the coming year is than «ver. . .'. ws in an. unfavorable light as* dinner tendered Turn Jhere by the JewSocial Service Committee. less than the quota for. last year. . JejrishSituation a result of-references in glaring head- j j u L m m y n u j L y p r n u A U ish Agency.' "'- "."*/." ~_- ''- • Economy in operation, less cost of, NATIONAL AGENCIES « Holzman's illustrated lecture on his : Tiie dinner, winch was irt recogni- lines of the -newspapers of this city to CONVENTION SERMON raising and. collecting the funds and the "Jew/V-a .nickname applied to one American Jewish Committee. journey is •- of • especial interest this tion' of ^s""services to tfie" Jewish of the two prisoners of the Ohio state a more systematic method of disBureau for Jewish Social Wf time because of • the unprecedented people, marked the opening of a cam-^ tribution, has permitted the redacwho has conditions of th? Jewry of the counpaign for funds t o establish a'colony, tion of the.qnota, «*en though 'nine fire at that Ex-Patient's Tubercular Home, Rabbi David A. Goldstein of the " morel>eneficiary agencies have been tries through" which he passed.- In in Palestine named for Lloyd Geoige. New York.—(J. T. A.)—The YidDenver. m o r e Conservative— Synagogue "has been Italy the entire status" of the Jewish dish press .need have little fear about The colony, which wfll be called JJam-j added to the list to receive funds Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. honored by being invited to deliver from the new quota. communities has been altered by a its future existence in this country, at David, is to consist of the two. Jewish Theological Seminary. in question is not a the convention sermon at the annual new community law whereby" the Jew- according to opinions on the^part_oX Rabbi Isaac Elchanan TheofogtAt the meeting of the-budget comish people are given greater autonomy Iea4injf-men-~iri ~the~profession, ex- TonT^ear Nahalal, and will be com-~j member of the Jewish faith and only conclave of the United Synagogues of cal Seminary. acquired the nickname "Jew" when -mittee the quota alloted to each America, to be held at Atlantic City than ever before, with, conmh^te-power pressed at the conference of "Jewish pletely established by "1934 at a tota! Hebrew Theological School of | he came to the penitentiary nine years agency was carefully checked, and the starting next Friday, April 24. of i»elf-6rganization. ; writers and representatives of other cost of $75;000. Chicago. because of his Semitic-looking final allotments were unanimously ap;• More than two hundred congrega' In Turkey the Jews are passing Yiddish cultural institutions, which The white-haired Liberal leader told H Jewish Consumptive Relief SoPrisoners at the peniten- tions in the United States and Canada proved by the committee, which was through an important crisis; The concluded its sessions here:. u . the impressive group of "personages^ ciety. made up of representatives of various on being questioned, claim that will be represented at the convention. economic situation there is such that Jewish and non-Jewish", who had gath- j The conference adopted a number of I groups in the city. The $42,150 to be Jewish Orphan Home, Clevenickname has not ' ~en used for thousands of Jewish residents have resolutions, with a view to'furthering ered to do him honor as a; friend o'i I raised this year has been allotted to land. the J ^ n ifdfce4tS leave the'country. = the work of the forces now interested the Jewish people, that "^there has'J l tire twenty-nine beneficiary agencies Leo Lcvi Memorial Hospital, < ' -^The.;situation in. Palestine is, of in Jewish culture and also. _with the Hot Springs. . ; ::.,»r<ff--< that will -receive funds this year. streamer headlines in course, still acute. ^ All of the Mos-intention of rendering some "practical the-Arabs or toI'the Christians. Their National Appeals Information ,' lems are H6t-yet Willing to co-operate assistance t o those members*of the rights "must be respected but both the papers was an attempt to incite hatred May Bring Outstanding Speaker Service. • against the Jews. and. 'during recent -weeks there have Yiddish literary profession that are at Arabs and the Christians have so far The campaign this year will start National Conference for Jewish ; • The Jews of Columbus are of the Harbin, Manchuria.—(J. T.' A.)— 6eenr manifestations of continued present without any means of utiliz- thriven owing to the success of the ! on May 11. Final plans for the openSocial Work. opinion that this is a most serious The Jews of this community, in comtroubled The fellahin. are still de- ing-their talents. • -'.;; •: " •'"••'-''-' '••• Zionist-movement." - . • National Desertion Bureau. j charge as feeling has been running mon with those elsewhere in the Far ing of the campaign will be announced termined to; keep the .peasants.-in a soon. The drive this year will be con: , Stresses Jews' Historic Eight high since the confession of the two National Farm School, Doyles' It was decided to perpetuate the East, have become alarmed at the state of dissatisfaction and have; captown, Pa. of the conference by a similar After describing the Zionistachieve- convicts to having started one of the daily and systematic pogrom agitation ducted along lines similar to that of It is expected that the National Home for Jewish Chilments in the past eleven years in ntil-j -worst conflagrations of its kind. The being broadcast'from a secret radio last year. ,every:year;. to create t the.Jewish Agency in their negotiaa more dren, Denver. izing natural resources and in-.intro-;J-two prisoners will undoubtedly be station that calls itself Kutiopov.^ women8 tions with the. British government unemployed Jewish writers and the during an educational system, Lloyd sentenced to death, National Jewish Hospital. Den- . which is the name of a Czarist gen-1 Portant part in the coming campaign concerning the White Paper. • • - who • - - was -kidnaped -• from — - -last•* than it did last year. It is hoped that ver. existence of the scientific Jewish in- George emphasized the historic right.' eral Paris the campaign can be opened by some Training School for Jewish Sostitutions; to take all possible meas-1 of the Jewish people and stressed the', year. IX notable speaker. The committee in cial Work. ures to help the Jewish Typographi-ffact that this opportunity to re-erect, The hidden station is somewhere in Wider Scope (B'nai Brith). cal union; to encourage - and further^ Jewish life as a separate people( the Far East, reputedly in Shanghai. charge of the arrangements is making the publication of Jewish books; to should not be neglected now ^'because Daily it has been broadcasting ap- an effort to bring to Omaha for this INTERNATIONAL APPEALS assist in the work of" the different later ifcmay be too-late." peals to "kill all the Jews and free event one of America's outstanding American Palestine Campaign. Jewish schools; to call upon the Jew-j "The add of persecution,*'.he pomtJewish leaders. holy Russia of the Palestine Labor Campaign. ish press for greater exertion in her ed out, "kept the Jewish national ideal "The quota this year is less than Special lectures calling for revenge Hebrew University. half of the development of the Jewish, bright and free irom rust. Prosagainst the Jews are on an important last- year, and this is because the Joint Distribution Committee. masses and in the solution of new-perity has greater danger.for the Jew Awarded by Z. B. T. T. to Amer- part of the station's program. The Jewish Philanthropies has proven its Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Jewish problems which are constantly in' store than persecution.": ican Doing Most for broadcasted speeches are often in real worth and success in Omaha," New York (J.T^)—Criticism of arising, and to appoint a special «om- j He-concluded by .saying that since Jewish National Fond. said Harry H. Lapidus, associate Jewry English and are received on short and New York Jewish leaders fo"r negPeople's Tool Campaign. chairman of- the coming campaign. lecting to fight discrimintion against mittee f or co-operating with the Jew- the Jews retumed, "Palestine has In |few York City at the Central long wave sets throughout China, "Every Jew in Omaha should be conMizrachi. Jews in office employment in this ish actors' onion in an effort to raisev been- enriched by contract with every Park ^Casino" on the night of Stay Japan and India. The general plans of the drive are vinced now that through the efforts city was voiced, in- a sermon by Rab- the Yiddish theatre to greater artistic national civilization. We-are entitled 9th, i i e Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, the ailv = heights. • :' • ' • ••' • : v • : {to expert g r e ^ things from~soc^ of the Jewish Philanthropies the work U being rounded into-final form. Bi J." X. Cohen. . '.. y . Midwest largest and oldest Jewish college fra- To Attend _. •..-,„ - - "of charitable, religious and philan- The general headquarters at the JewDescribing the; results of his re- - Problems of Jewish • literature, the experiment'not only for Palestine but ternity, will again present the "Gottl Community Center 4 L ish is ubusy each Jewish theater and unemployment in* for the worldj not only for the childC0UIIC11 C o n f e r e n c e thropic agencies can best be carried ' "" ~ '" " ~" cent investigation,••- Rabbi heil Medal" to the American who has day and evening making preparations l i e ranks of Jewish writers were Ten of Israel, but for all the children " ^— — • ' - . . j out. This is because they are not said: done the most for Jewry and Judaism Mrs. Herbert Arnstein, president of bothered with the problem of raising for the five hundred workers who are | of men." "Some agencies frankly declare, thoroughly gone into. during the year 1930. the local Council of Jewish Women money, and can devote all of their expected to take part in the drive. through printed slips handed out to The Gotthefl Medal was first awardattend the Midwest Conference of j time and effort to their good work. This year an effort will be made to callers, that Jewish applicants will ed t»y ZBT in 1925 to Dr." Stephen the National Council, which will be And not only that, but the general call upon more than one thousand pernot even be registered for employWise of New York. In 1926 it was cost of raising and distributing the sons who did not pledge last year. In ment, let alone given a chance to see order to do this it is necessary t« received by David Brown of Detroit, held at Joplin, Mo., April 20 to 22. money is a great deal less." prospective employers. And some have at least five hundred workers. It was next given to Aaron Sapiro. Bialystok Jewish Paper Among the new agencies added to have had the brazen, effrontery to. For 3928 Julius Bosenwald of Chicago Discontinues Publication the roster of the Philanthropies this An appeaJ is going out to eveiry orpost placards. declaring: 'For the received the fourth medal and Felix Warsaw.—Neie Leben, the Bialy- year are the Jewish Theological Sem- ganization in Omaha to furnish workpresent, Jewish applications not ac- William Sultan, of Chicago, presi-1 bias, was born during the civil war M. Warburg of New York City restok Jewish daily newspaper has dis-inary, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theologi- ers. cepted'. One Agency manager, ..the dent of District Number 6 of the B'nai when the B'nai Brith prevailed upon ceived the honor last year for 1930. "This year we must have workere continued publication. It had been cal Seminary, Hebrew Theological more quickly to dispose of a roomful Brith, was the principal speaker at Lincoln to rectify a discrimination Although Zeta Beta Tau presents published for 13 years. from all walks of life," said Harry A. School of Chicago, the Wider Scope of '_ : of applicants, told them en masse: the initiation of the ''William Holz- made in an edict by General Grant. the medal it leaves the selection of Wolf, one of the leaders in this year'* I'm sorry, but we have no jobs open man Glass" into the local lodge at the . Sultan was high in his praise of the the annual awardee to editors of the drive. "Every Jew in Omaha should for bookkeepers—or Jews.'. Jewish.Community Center Wednesday work of the National Hospital fpr :Aiiglo->Jewish newspapers and magapledge liberally, and in order to re»£>3 "What is the most feared question evening." Irvin Levine, president of Consumptives at Denver, in the up-zines of the United States. This comevery Jew we must have the worker*; posed to a Jewish applicant for a the Omaha lodge, was chairman. building of which Harry Lapidus mittee includes Moses Mosesohn, the to call upon them during the days o£ job? It is 'What is your religion?' "About 1846," the speaker pointed played such an important role. He Jewish Tribune, New York; Isaac the drive. Every Jew should be wJJJNot training, talents or experience, out, "revolutions in Europe sent many also spoke highly of the Cleveland Landman, American Hebrew, New ing to give just a few hours of hie but faith, seems to be the primary German and Eastern European Jews Orphan Home, of which Judge Irvin York; Jacob Landau, Jewish TeleDetroit.—(J. T. A.)—Justice Henry city commissioner. Mr. Goldstein is time to this important campaign." requisite in getting a job. . Agencies to these shores. They didn't receive Stal master is a trustee. Especial graph Agency and Jewish Daily Bul- Butzel, chief justice of the Michigan president of the Texas Retail Dry Any person desiring to voiuoitesr. •use the semisecret terms—No. 1. No. the expected welcome from the Seph- praise was given to Sam Beber as the letin, New York; Charles H. Joseph, supreme court, led the Republican Goods Association. Jake Weingarten may call Mr. Gerson, Jackson 1866 2 or No. 3—-to describe applicants. ardic Jews who had already settled founder of the A. Z. A. Beber's name, special writer, Pittsburgh; Joseph state ticket in Ms re-election to the was elected city councilman in Sher- and be placed upon the list of workey*. a One is a Protestant; a Two is a here. said the speaker, will go down in Jew- Cummings, Bnai Brith Messenger, Los bench in last week's election. Milton man. The campaign this year is expert?^ Angeles; Aaron M. Neustadt, Ohio Behrendt and* Benjamin B. Gordon, Catholic; a Three is a Jew. Recently • « * "Finally a group, of these newcom- ish youth history of America. • to last twelve days. in the course of my investigation, I ers decided upon an association to St. Louis.—Mrs. Elias Michael, inThose initiated in the "William Jewish Chronicle, Columbus, Ohio; Jewish candidates for common pleas ; applied for a position with a great give sick benefit and to help any Holzman Class" were S. M. dayman, Howard M. Wertheimer, the Jewish court judgeships were defeated, as dependent candidate and one of the i corporation. -with over 34,000 em- widow of a deceased member. But Julius Drolick, Eabbi David Goldstein, Eeview and Observer, Cleveland; was Dr. Albert Krohn, candidate for most prominent Jewesses in the city, 1,374 Jews Enter ployes in New York, and reputed primarily the thought they had "in Nathan Fine, Dave Krantz, Yale Krol- Alexander Brin, Jewish Advocate, the school board. was last week elected to the St. Louis Boston; Jacob Fishman, Jewish Mornto discriminate against Jewish appli- mind in forming this group was to off, Louis lipp, Edward Shafton, Carl The Detroit city council reaappoint- board of education. She led a ticket Cuba in Past Year cants. A careful scutiny of the 4- obtain an association that Jews^—ir- Sokoloff, Sam H. Stern, and Bernard ing Journal, New York; Philip J. ed Milton M. Alexander and Harry of nine candidates. Herman C. WaldSlomovitz, Jewish Chronicle, Detroit; Hershberg as members of the Wayne man, Republican, was the only Jew Havana,—(J. T. A.)—During t*# page, 7&Hquestion application blank respective of where they were from, Theodore. past year 1,374 Jewish immigrants eR-showed no basis for religions classi- whether reform or orthodox, Polish or L F. Goodman was in charge of the Rabbi Gerson B. Levi, the Temple, county board of supervisors. The elected to the board of alderman. tered Cuba. The largest number nt 'fication is the keystone of the whole German—should be able to meet on ritual. Those participating were: Dr. Chicago; Felix N. Gerson, the Jewish capital punishment bill, in opposition * * « i arch of religious discrimination, I common ground." A. Greenberg, Abner Kaiman, Philip Exponent, Philadelphia; S. M. Mol-to which, were enlisted the Jewish Baltimore.—Meyer Reamer, Sidney Jewish immigrants came from was about to say to myself that the "Thus," stated Sultan, "The B'nai IQutznick, Sam Leon, J. Malashock, amed, the Reflex, Chicago; Frank R. press, the rabbis and many Jewish Traub, and Jerome Sloman were the 560 men, 328 women and 172 Ackerman, the Jewish Press, Omaha, leaders, was defeated. ;. rumor concerning the company Jewish candidates for the city council Next in number of immigrants Brith has been the greatest factor in and Harry Silverman, Nebr.; Eugene Block, Jewish Journal, false. Bnt—in an off-hand, after- Bringing about anity in Israel; striv- -• A dinner was tendered Mr. Sultan who returned the victors in the Dem- Roumania, which sent 84 Jewish * * * thought manner, the interviewer ing always toward the upbuilding and at the Fontenelle prior to the meeting San Francisco; Henry C, Segal, Amerocratic primaries. Daniel Ellison, Re- 52 Jewish women and IS children Dallas, Texas. — Victor H. Hexter, by the directors of the local lodge and ican Israelite, Cincinnati; H. A. Horo- former president of the board of edu- publican, won out in his fight to retain Cuba. From Lithuania there came iisked, 'And -what isv your religion?' uplifting of that ideal." . witz, Jewish Transcript, ' Seattle, and my answer went into the upper The speaker told how 'the anti-Defa- their wives. Harry *B. Cohen, vice- Wash., and Joseph Frey, tae Modern cation, was elected to the city council his seat in the council and Abraham men, 15 women and 11 children. left square on the page one — in mation league, which has done excel- president, was chairman of the day's View, in last "week's election here. In Wa- Finkelstein was unopposed as the Re-Palestine there came to Cuba 10 JewSt. Louis, Mo. ,__..„/ ish men, 8 women and 10 children* lent work in eliminating prejudice and co, A, M. Goldstein won a place as publican eouncilman candidate.
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TO AGAIN GIVE GOTTHEH MEDAL
Wm^Stdtdh Speaks at Wnai Brith Initiation
Jewish Candidates Are Victors In Several Political Skirmishes