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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1931

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ise The Need for Philanthropies ZIONIST EXECUTIVE Is Most Urgent in History ISSUES MANIFESTO OF THEIR PROGRAM of Jewish Relief Work Group Assumes Responsibilities for Carrying out Congress

Rosh Hashcmah Greetings By YOUR PRESIDENT

Rosh Hashonah, the Supplementary Campaign During the '.'.'••' Aims Jewish New Year, afHolydays to Complete Drive .London.—(J. T. A.)-^-A manifesto fords an appropriate has just been issued by the.new.ZionHeld in the Spring ist Executive in which it takes up t h e occasion to recall the tasks and responsibilities entrusted to . "... Omaha Jews are faced with one of the most urgent and important i t by the seventeenth Zionist Congress problems in the history of Jewish Philanthropic work! The splendid reputa- and gives an outline of its aims and tion heretofore enjoyed by Omaha Jewry for its liberality in subscribing the course of its program. The manifesto indicates that the funds for necessary causes is being threatened and menaced! For the first the history of Omaha Jewry it is unable to fulfill its promises to political work of the Jewish Agency time' in — dependent upon these remains of supreme importance and local and national Jewish institutions which are that the mandatory power is preparing to take an active share in the promises for their very life! This serious condition has arisen be- ion that Omaha Jews in all walks of Palestine economic life. The first cause Omaha Jews failed to fully sub- life must unite in this effort to raise duty of the new Executive will be to scribe $42,150.00 in the recent cam- the necessary funds to properly carry watch the rights of the Jewish people paign of the Jewish Philanthropies. OIL the work of the Jewish Philan- and to make sure t h a t the Balfour This drive jresulted in a shortage of thropies during the coming year. • Declaration and the mandate provis"In these times when we hear so ions are safeguarded. The calamities$15,000.00. Omaha Jewish leaders •during the past several days - have much talk of depression those of us and the disappointments of the past given this condition much thought and who are-able to give should give with two years, it declares, have not,deconsideration and have reached the an. open heart for there are so many stroyed confidence in the sacred charconclusion that a supplementary cam- thousands who are not able to give acter of the international obligations paign to raise the $15,000.00 shortage anything," said Harry A. Wolf, co- and the justice and wisdom of the must be carried on in Omaha immed- chairman of the campaign. "Because mandatory power. the "peculiar situation every Jew in iately. Unrestricted Immigration. Omaha must give his proportionate Need Great share, and more if necessary, in order Unrestricted Jewish immigration, Plans for this supplementary .cam- ;o raise the required sum. Depression the manifesto points out, together paign to complete the recent Second brings on a greater need for work of with ready access to the land and an Annual Drive of the Jewish Philan- the: Jewish Philanthropies and, there- unhampered development must form thropies have been completed by the fore, every person must respond to the basis of the Jewish efforts. With campaign committee. . conditions still marred by misunderthis urgent call". According to leaders in the camstanding and prejudice the Executive paign the need is greater now than pledges itself to work untiringly t o ever before in the. history of Jewish sweep away.suspicion and distrust and 'Philanthropic work. . The caU »ow~for to enable the Jews and t h e Arabs to "aid is more urgent- -dae->Ao~ip»e<e economic conditions. common interest.

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5,692 JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN ONE YEAR

Jewish Immigration Falls 49 Per Cent During Year philan-

the professions* thropy, citizenship and, Washington.—Jewish immigrants to United States in the fiscal year above all, in the evolu- the ended June 30, 1931, fell 49 per cent wiih Jewish immigration tion of the spiritual life asto compared this country during the fiscal year contributions of an anof mankind, the race ended June 30, 1930, according to figmade public here by the bureau • cient peopleto the conhas contributed ele- ures of immigration of the United States temporary world. ments of strength, department of labor. In the fiscal year ended June 30, beauty and tolerance 1931, Jewish deeds and a total of 9,024 Jews were adwhich are the common mitted. Of this number 5,692 were idealism are written inimmigrants and the other 3,332 were heritage of all men. delibly on the scroll of non-immigrant aliens. For the fiscal ended June 30, 1930, 15,225 Jew* time. Down through On the occasion of year were admitted, 11,526 of them as imthe centuries to our the happy festival now migrants and the rest as non-immigrant aliens. In the fiscal year end* time there has flowed a Jbeirig celebrated I wish ed June 30, 1929, 12,479 Jews wen admitted as immigrants. continuing stream of enrichment to extend my heartiest congratulaWhile 9,024 Jews were admitted in of the spiritual and cultural life of tions and most cordial good wishes, the year ended June 30, 1931, 2,158 left the country. Of this number 319 the world. In business, the arts, were emigrants and 1,839 were non-

RABBI CARDON HERE Jew to Stand Trial WARSAW JEWS RIOT FOR HIGH HOLYDAYS WHEN SCHOOLS CLOSE forCircumdzRabbi E; Louis Cardon, son of the noted Rabbi Cardon of Chicago, will conduct services at the B'nai Israel Synagogue,. 18th and Chicago streets, ,ior LtheMighHolydays. _^_ Rabbi Cardon is a ranking member of the senior graduating class of the Hebrew Theological College of Chicago and was an "A" student at the University of Chicago. According to Rabbi J. Greenberg, dean of the Theological College, he is a brilliant and forecful speaker. He will deliver his sermons in English. Cantor A. Schwacskin and his choir of fourteen trained male voices will chant at all services.

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Moscow. (J. T. A.) —Mayer Rappaport, a Jewish artisan and a member of an artisan co-operative in the White Russia, will be placed on public trial for circumcising his new-born son, according to a report appearing in the Octiabr, a Jewish Communist daily in Minsk. The Communist paper demands that all the participants in the ceremony should likewise be held for triaL

emigrant aliens, leaving a net increase in the Jewish population of 6,866 im the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930, 2,210 Jews left the United States, 29» being immigrants. The bureau of immigration's figure* for the number of aliens debarred or deported show that 405 Jews were de« barred in the year ended June 30, 1931, as compared with 275 in \h» year ended June 30, 1930, and 610 in the year ended June 30, 1929. A total of 150 Jews were deported during tit* year ended June 30,1931, as compa—4 with 164 in the year ended June 30, 1930, and 153 in the year ended June 30, 1929.

Warsaw.—(J. T. A.)—Public riots resulting in the demolition of one school, followed the announcement by the Kehillah that the schools would be able to admit oaly relatively, few children this year, owing to the lads of funds. It is estimated that 70,000 children will be left without schooling, as a result of this decision. When word of this action spread in Warsaw, there was a rush of parents to the Kehillah offices, with a demand that the decision be revoked. Budapest.—(J. T. A.)—The new Riots resulted in several parts of the Jewish section and one school was Karolyi government which came into power upon the resignation of Count demolished as a result. Bethlen is making every effort to wia the support of the assimilationist; Jews of Hungary. An outstanding effort in this direetion was an order just issued by the Minister of the Interior, instructing1 Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.)—A policy of his ministry to give every possible faArab non-cooperation with the British cility for the Magyarization of surgovernment similar to that of the In- names. It is expected that this order dian Nationalists is favored by Jamal will be the prelude to a rush of apHusseini, one of the secretaries of the plication from thousands of Jews witife Arab Executive. Jewish, German, or Slavic names; esHusseini admitted that the Arab pecially from those who, because ©2 tactics had failed and said that a new their names, have encountered diffiprogram is necessary even if it in- culties in obtaining employment or ia volves wholesale arrests as in India. advancing their social position.

The manifesto further emphasizes Many people who in previous the importance of the chalutz years Were liberal contributors Statistics Also Reve&l Less Di- anil equal the Jew outside of Palestine who to Jewish Philanthropic causes vorces Among This must provide the financial resources are now recipients of the same Class of People The Executive undertakes to develop fund. middle class colonization based on priWashington.—(J. T. A.)—The im- vate enterprise and supported to some "In times like these all Omaha Jews must-respond more liberally, than migration restrictions were given as extent by the central Zionist institu ever" said Harry H. Lapidus, co-chair- reason for married men outnumber- tions. man of the campaign. "Suffering, and ing women in the United States, by Great Jewish Brotherhood. want among our people both in-this 150,000, according to official statistics The Executive also makes the ancommunity and abroad, are demanding announced by the Bureau of Census. nouncement that it will "endeavor to The statistics reveal that the per- extend the Zionist Organization so more of our time and money. We cannot tarn them away. Omaha Jewry centage of marriages among aliens is that it will not be merely a machinery has never failed to respond in prior much higher than among American for its given purpose but a great Jewyears and, we must respond now 'more bornl They also show t h a t there are ish brotherhood. The enlarged Jewish less divorces among immigrants t h a n liberally." Agency,, it declares, must /be made a among the native born. - •• Warsaw.—(J. T. A.) — Archibald powerful instrument in the construcBeneficiary Agencies "A difference of 156,351, by which tion of the Jewish national home; an Fenner Brockway, chairman of the According to Wm. L. Holzman, married. men outnumbered married instrument which it has hitherto been independent labor party of England, to-chairman of the campaign pledges women in the United States, is due in <prevented from becoming by the un- Jewish Press There Are Issued who is now in Poland, lias told the were made to 31 beneficiary agencies a large measure" to immigration^ the Jewish press, that the left wing labor in Four Different of the Jewish Philanthropies, all total" official announcement of the Bureau favorable circumstances of the past party, of which he is a leader, is totalLanguages ing $42,150.00. These agencies an of Census states. It-is due chiefly to twa years and the tragic death of ly uninterested in Palestine, as far as requesting their quarterly allotei the fact t h a t many married men have sonie of its leaders. its Jewish aspects are concerned. Paris.—(J. T. A.)—Although theTe sums, hut because of the shortage in entered the United States while their "The Balfour Declaration," Mr. are less than a quarter of a million the drive remittances have not been wives and families have remained Brockway declared, "was issued in Jews in all France, the Jewish press made. Mr. Holzman said, "We havi abroad." ' order to win the support of Jewish here is of considerable importance, in given our solemn promise to th The analysis of the population acquantity as well as quality. This too capitalism. That, in itself, is suffithirtyroae agencies of the Jewish Phil cording to the marital status, made by in spite of tli-^ act that. Jewish com- cient reason for our "opposition to it. anthropies that we would raise $42. the Bureau of Census, is based upon munal life in France is not of a very We appreciate that the Jewish coloni150.00 for their work. We .carino the 1930 Census, returns. I t discloses Vienna.—(J. T. A.)—The town of zation in Palestine has contributed to active and vigorous character. k-eep those promises unless we rais< that while the percentage of mar- Frieburg, Moravia, will honor its the improvement of the general popuJewish papers are issued in France Dear Friend: $15,000.00 now. We cannot and must riages among foreign born white male greatest SOD, Dr. Sigmund Freud, who lation. ,But this must not be done at in four different languages—Yiddish, THESE ARE TIMES THAT TEST MEN'S SOULS not fail these needy people for the; population.fifteen years old,and over was borri there 75 years ago, by erectthe expense of the Arabs. are looking to us to supply them with reached 70.8, during the decade 1920- ing a tablet on the house in -which the French, German and Russian—a fact The fair name of Omaha Jewish Communal Life is at stake! For the first time in a quarter of a century Omaha is unable to food, clothing, and the bare necessitie 1930, it was only 57.9 among the na- father of psycho-analysis first saw which testifies to the unique cosmo- "The imperialists have been playing politan character of French Jewry. the Jews against the Arabs. We have make good its promise to. maintain its Local Jewish Institutions, the light of day. The tablet will be of life." tive white population. and its pledges to its National Jewish Institutions. They are deformally dedicated sometime in the The Yiddish press is the youngest of therefore found ourselves opposed to "Under the leadership of Wnu L.i pendent upon these promises for their existence. all; nevertheless it is the most im- the imperialist policy of the labor fall. Holzman; Harry H. Lapidus; Harry A, We kept them from making individual campaigns in Omaha to ministry." portant and influential and includes Many years after the world had save you from being constantly harrassed by collectors. If we fail Wolf; Sam Beber; Mrs. J. H. Kulanow the work of twenty-five years for a united Jewry in Omaha will hailed him as one of the leading the only Jewish daily newspaper in kofsky, Mrs. Herbert Arnstein,' Mrs, France, Der Pariser Haynt, which not be wrecked. minds of his day, his native city, and B. A. Simon, and Mrs. L. Neveleff an long ago celebrated the fifth anniverNow is the time that every loyal Jew must come to the front. his adopted city turn to do him honarmy of workers has .been assembled sary of its existence. Now, when the cry for help is the loudest, when distress is so keen, Washington D. C—(J. T. A.)—Acto start on Tuesday, September -15, cording to a statement given out to- or. When he celebrated his 75th.birtha few dollars may mean the saving of a life, as well as the savin* The Haynt is an offspring of the day last May Vienna made him an to raise the $15,000.00 needed. A gen- day at the Department of Labor, Gerof our communal life. You must show the mettle you are made of! eral worker's buffet dinner will be held mans showed the greatest increase in honorary citizen "and" took - steps to Warsaw newspaper of the same name. Moscow. — (J. T. A.)The Emes You will help! You will come forward! You will stand up and be counted! We are not going to give up now! We are going to Monday evening, September 14, at the immigration movement of last rename the Berg-£asse, where Freud During the first few years of its brings the news that religion is dying fight harder than ever! has baen living for 46 years, to Freud- existence, it gave its Warsaw pro- out in America. According to the ac6:30 P. M. at the Jewish Community with the Jews following next. prietors plenty of trouble and worry. count appearing in the Communist We must raise fifteen thousand dollars to balance the budget g a s s e d • . . • • < - • Center. At this meeting final" infor 1931-1932. This fund is not an increase over last year, but the The figures were 7,987 for the GerToday, however, the Pariser Haynt is Yiddish newspaper thousands of structions and supplies will be given amount we were short in our recent campaign. firmly established on a paying basis churches, synagogues and yeshivas to the workers. Any person desiring mans and 6,866 for the Jews. Out of Some people have not given at all this year; some people have 39 different races and peoples listed and has a growing circulation. The have closed down in the past year, to enroll may attend this dinner meetcut their subscriptions this year; some people have not given enough. by the Bureau of Immigration 19 paper can be "bought at all kiosks and while those that remain open are ing, r A committee will call on you—give them your help and your showed an increase in the United at all railway stations, and also cir- practically empty. cooperation. Speakers Rosh, Hashonah States for the fiscal year of 1931 and culates in neighboring Belgium. ' Think of those who are less fortunate than you are and give Speaker^ will appear in all the syn- 20 decreased their numbers. London. — (J. T. A.) — The Arab It is a lively local organ, which The same story carries the report liberally. that. the Freethinkers' Organization agogues during the Rosh Hashonah case if accompanied by falsehood, dis- mirrors all happenings in the life of "Better still, bring your subscription to the headquarters at the services. The following persons-will tortion and threats of violence ,.is in •Parisian Jewry. It has undoubtedly has been •greatly helped in its atheist Jewish Community Center. campaign by President Hoover's ; speak in the .synagogues indicated: danger of going by default, the Near helped to educate and organize' the Annulment Grounds • • • • " • - . Yours for a United Omaha Jewry, "How <ian Temple Israel, Irvin Stalxnaster. . White Plains, H Y-T- (J. T. A.) — East and India declares in an. editorial East European Jews who have emi-- Thanksgiving message, unemployed Wm. L. Holzman Mrs, Herbert Arnstein eleven million starving Conservative Synagogue,, Harry H. Charging that his wife, Mrs. Clara strongly condemning the policy of the grated to France since the war. Mrs. J. H. Kulakofsky J. H. Kulakofsky Lapidus. • • , Mrs. L. Neveleff Harry H. Lapidua Beatrice High of Paris had led him Arab Executive., iS , . There are other Yiddish papers in thank God," the Emes asks. Sam Beber Henry Monsky B'nai Israel, Harry A. Wol£ to marry her by claiming to be the All of the attempted Arab demon- France, which are not dailies. There Rabbi Frederick Conn David Rosenstock Beth Hamedrbsh Hagodol, Henry widow of a Hungarian Episcopal strations this; year nave been essen- are a number of Yiddish weeklies in German Jewish Copper Firm Rabbi David Goldstein Dr. Philip She* Faces Crisis Monsky. when she was in reality a Jewess, tially anti-government- and not anti- France. Harry A. Wolf Berlin.—Owing to the extensive CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. B!nai Jacob, Sam Beber. John Meeker High Jr., member of a Zionist in character. Near East and j Berlin.—Definite opposition to the withdrawal of short term credits, the B^nai Israel of South Omaha, Philip socially prominent New York family,] India points out. - The above is a copy of a letter of appeal that has been sent to Omaha Klutxnick. was granted an annulment by Su- "This-'is a disastrous policy the calling of a Jewish world congress is Hirsch copper firm, the alrgest is Jews by the Committee in charge of the supplementary campaign f«c Germany and one of the largest in the Adass Yeshurim, Judah. Wolfson, preme Court Justice Frederick P. manifesto and the rejection of the de- expressed in an editorial published In $15,000.00 fot the Jewish Philanthropies. Leaders of the supplementary cam- Close. The annulment order was velopment plan~befeaying"an uncon-' the "Israelite, the centra} organ of the world, has declared itself to be in a It is ait appeal that must be heeded by Omaha Jews! This cause . faU! fitructive policy/* the paper declares. orthodox Agudath. Israel organization, critical condition. campaign are unanimous in the opin- granted on charges of fraud.

JEWISH PRESS OF FRANCE OF GREAT PRESTIGE

Magyarization of Names Now Easier

LABORTTE Arab Leader Speaks LEADER IS OPPOSED TO for "Non-Coperatiori BALFOUR DECLARATION

FREUD'S NATIVE CITY

A Vital Message

Jews Rank Second in Immigration Gain

Ernes Sees Religion Dying Out in U. S.

Arab Demonstrations Anti-Government

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New .Year's Edition—THE JEWISH- PRESS-^Friday,' September 11, 1DS1 which the total figure is given as Which is all very good. But these $35;162,932 and the net as $34,388,156 messages, very appropriate for yout An explanation of the delay which has intimate circle, can ncareely fltl the extended beyond the, death of Jacob bill, if you want to send a New Year Schiffs son, -Mortimer L., was con- greeting to «ome great celebrities, tained in a memorandum attached to You can't bo quite *o Intimate with the papers. The will carried provis- them, you've got to have fcomelhifig, —Joseph and His Brethren, based ions for distributing $1,350,000 to don't you know, more dignified. Jewish, and non-Jewish" charit- • •To ;supp}y that need, we have formupon the Biblical tale. It was.while various able institutions'.'"'V.* 1 .'•"•"••'-'""•'•'• icated, a number of, messages suitable I was getting ibis local color that-I ; . r ? : < > : - ; . ' : : . : x '.•.>:... - ; ; < ; q ^ j > : : . ; . . . to dispatch tb; the*e^lebrUlefe: was "also given; the ehyiablt: and .iirif forgettable' experience "<5f /seeing how To. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, London, Jews are working towards bringing England: the idea of theirs into realization: the A Happy New Year and a fast Yom building of a homeland. Kippur. Cheer up. Have you thought "My friend, Judah L. Magnes, conBy DAVID SCHWARTZ of columning? Look at Cal Coolidge. ducted me throughout Tel-Aviv and I was able to catch a glimpse of Jews To Dr. Nahum Sokolow, president in their most informal moments. I The telegraph companies have very World Zionist Organization, Lonheard them sing their Jewish folk- nobly come to the aid of the Jew who don: tunes as, with sweat on their brows wishes to send a New Year greeting A Happy New Year and a fast Yom and with backs stooped with work, to his friend. Today, all the arduous Kippur. You are credited with being they were rebuilding their home. labor of composing one of these mes- not only a great Jewish statesman, Such enthusiasm for an ideal of sages of greeting mayfbe. avoided by but a great humorist. Could you arwhich, it is altogether obvious, the sitnply asking the wire company to range to tell a real corking one so pioneers themselves may. never See seiii> message-No?, /^Sujth" possibly that the Arab demagogues could split the fruition, intoxicated trie, ^ e r e is ads: "May you > be; inscribed for a their kishkes. something unspeakably . beautiful very happy new year ami may your about it. And any nation that' can children become champion ball play- To Adolph Hitler, Fascist and antising while it works with dirty..'&ahds. ers." Or, maybe you; jisTc for No. 10 Semite leader, Berlin, Germany: in the attainment of so-distant a and yet get a message which reads: .Yeah? Thanksi Same to you and goal, is a nation, of a great spirit, May the new yeai'i firing you pros- many of them. If you decide to jump courage, and beautiful visions. perity, popularity, nunch and pep, but the fifteenth floor is better than the tenth. not-porous plasters.*d

My Interest in Jews Thomas Mann Pictw^cs He Is Interested in Jeutislri Problems By THOMAS MANN as told to David Ewen to.rise far above - such pettiness— that we should merely^ stand, aloof, and adopt a policy of laisez-faire. To most intelligent Christians, tolerance consists in entirely of letting the Jew alone and not having anything more to do with him. That to be ; sure, is a step forward. But why should we not go still further ahead and actually becoming interThomas Mann was leaning back in ested in the problems and the ideals his" soft chair, smoking a pipe, and musing. And between puffs, he was of the Jew? talking to me about his interest in INTERESTED IN THE JEWS t h e J e w . . - . .-• : : ' : ' V " ; . ' '.".,.. . •',.' •' ;. "Anyone interested in humanity ' 1 have again and again been ques- must necessarily be interested in all tioned why it is that I am so inter- of its many and bewildering diverse ested in the Jew. The question, in phases. Who can deny that the Jew turn, has often surprised 'me.It, seems and his problems constitute an imas if people are genuinely and sin- portant phase of humanity ? For cerely bewildered to learn that I, a many'years now, therefore, have I Christian, without a single drop of been interested in the Jew. Mark Jewish blood in me, should so keenly well, that I say "interested"—for, for associate myself with Jewish prob- a long time, it was only a sort of inlems. And yet why is this so strange? tellectual interest at a race of peoThat I, a German, should be absorbed ple, who had different ideals and a' with the problem of India and its different way of thinking and livfight for emancipation has struck no ing. It is only recently, however, that one as strange or out-of-place. And my" interest actually grew into an yet in what way is my interested- overwhelming sympathy and enness in the Jew a greater phe- thusiasm for Jewish strivings. And nomenon ? that was when I made my first visit : to Palestine. "The great fault is that even intelligent Christians confuse • the is- "The reason I made the visit was sue!. Because hate has BO long kept because I wanted to get local color Christian and Jew apart, does not for "my novel, which I was then planmean, that now—when we are trying ning and which I. recently completed . Thomas Mann, the world-famous German novelist and Nobel Prize winner in literature, has long been interested in the Jews. He is now writing a new novel with a Palestine locale. He explains why he is interested in the Jew in. this exclusive interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Jewish Press.— Editor.

New Year Greetings By H O N . CHABXJES W. BRYAN GOVERNOR OF STATE OF NEBRASKA

I extend cordial greetings and my very best wishesto the Jewish citizens of Nebraska as you are about to celebrate JRosh H ash on ah. Your fellow citizens recognize the value of your contributions to both the material and spiritual welfare of our state. Our progress must continue and we count upon your industry, your integrity, your faithfulness to high principles being large factors in it. . May your New Year bring each of yqu much happiness. By RICHARD Li. METCALFE MAYOR OF CITY OF OMAHA

CONTACT WITH JEWISH OUTLOOK

"During that trip I was given the opportunity of coming into contact with many fine Jewish minds, and exchanging ideas with them, of discussing many Jewish matters with them, and finally of learning many things -which, until now, had been far removed from me. In such a way I was grven an opportunity to come closely into contact with Jewish thought and Jewish outlook. I began to understand the Jew'more and more. I began to. understand the suffering and the pain that have gone into the history of the race; and, for the first, time, I began to understand how it is that the Jew has lived for two thousand years in spite of every effort made to exterminate him. "That's the whole story. Understanding inevitably brings with it not only tolerance but sympathy, too. And having learned to understand the Jew, how can I but help being deeply interested and deeply in sympathy with his strivings?" But what—to a mind as keen as that of Thomas Mann—is the fate of the Jew? What is the Jew's future? Is the Jew destined to find peace and rest, at last? Is he destined to be absorbed by the countries in which he is living, tft acqtiird its characteristics, its outlook, and to loss, In return, his heritage, individuality and tradition ? Is the outlook for the Jew a bright one, or is it bleak and dismal? Thomas Mann smiled at this tirade of questions? "Who can answer such questions but a prophet?" he asked quietly. "Who can say with assurance that he can peer into the future and say what is there? One cannot tell what will happen tomorrow. One can merely speculate." "I told Thomas Mann that that was all I expected or wished. Would he speculate audibly?

I deem it a privilege tobe able to express through tlie medium of the Jewish Press my heartfelt congratulations and good wislies to the Jewish people of Omaha on the occasion of. the Jewish New Year. As citizens individually and as a people collectively, you have been a pillar of strength in the building of those lofty ideals and aspirations which constitute the cornerstone of Americanism. In my intimate acquaintanceship with my many Jetmsfi friends, I have been giVehlan insight into their magnificent racial integrity. They have helped build our city\-m,r state, our nation— not only materially but also sobQUr and spiritually. In art, in science', in industry, and Ity'eiwp, exiteiypiisps+tlie''COri^ tributions of the Jewish people have teen i most distin-^ Estate guished. Is Over 35 Millions It is my earnest hope that the New Year brings you New York.—(J. T. A.) — Eleven bountiful blessings full oj; happinessrand prosperity and years after the death of Jacob H. Schiff; eminent banker of Kuhn, Loeb that yew continue to Uve by those profound religious tenets & Co., and Jewish leader, a final apwhich have been an inspiration to your people and the 'world praisal of the value of his estate has been filed with the deputy commis-at large. . sioner of taxation and finance in

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MUSTN'T SURRENDER PRINCIPLES OR HABITS •'The destiny of the Jew? Certainly, Palestihe.will be a solution'only for a most negligible minority. The greatest majority'must find his place in the society in which he finds himself and harmonize with it. But in doing so, he must never surrender his Jewish principles and habits. That to me is the only solution for the present. The Jew, I know, will continue to suffer for a long time because he is different, he is in the minority, and lie is sensitive. But it is his duty to himself and his race not to. forget his religion—his -duty and his salvation. Sacrificing this, he sacrifices; everything—not only his religion but his happiness and peace, too. I have felt this for ever so long. For here, I feel, lies the answer to the great problem." Thomas Mann was born in Lubeck, Germany, in 1875. From an agent of fire insurance he became the editor of Simplizissimus. After, this devious and circuitous route' he turned to writing. His first hovel proved to be a masterpiece. It was Buddehbrooks— the history of, a family—and in its depth, sweep, knowledge „ of. human beings and sympathy with human problems it clearly revealed what would soon come. He created the tender story, Death in Venice", and the colossal philosophical novel—considered by many the greatest novel of our generation—the Magic Mountain. It was for this last-named work that two years ago he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Rarely had this award been more justified. (Copyright, 1931, by the Jewish Tele- -. -..; - -.r- .graphic Agency, Inc.) • -; ;-

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tomorrow, there is no point to the silly superstition that meas- to build a richer, fuller, more satisfying Ufe. Just ax we bud- Hadassah Clinics in 11 Haif a Are to Close. ures the worth of a man by the rod of purely external stand- get our. expenditures of, money i so let us budget our time. ards. Intelligent thinking plus a sense of humor can help us Let no man permit himself the excuse thai he has no time to Haifa.—(J. T. A.)—Owing to the see through the myth of social prestige and make us laugh live Jewishlg? We must remember that only he is a truly severe financial difficulties with dt the stupidity of snobbery. loyal Jew who gives systematically of his tlvought and energy which the Hadassah organization is faced the decision has been For tlie coming year more of us need to achieve strong to tlie Synagogue, the cause of' Zion's rebuilding, and Zedekah being reached to close down the local clinics. convictions about Jewish life. The great sin of our age is not in all its phases. Let us hope that out of Hie coming Tomim anti-semitism, atheism, or assimilation. It is the exasperating Noroeim—days of awe, repentence, and prayer—will come Exempt Rabbis from I-don't-care attitude: of indifference* Be with us or against darityof vision and the resolution to live by this, the best light Immigration Quotas us, but know what you believe and care intensely about. We that we have. must realize more than ever that we Jews—whether we like T Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.—Rabbis and As we pray for life on Rosh Hashonah, we may well pray other it or not—must stand together. The painful revelations of a members clerical will be freely book like "Christians Only" are ominous. Prudence demands for the things that make life full of worth. ' God grant us and admitted into Palestine providing that that every Jew live his life and conduct his business with a our brethren eyes that see beneath the surface of things, feel- the chief rabbinate of Palestine guarstrong sense of responsibility for the honor of Israel. In ing hearts tliat sympathize and drive to the aid of the helpless, antees their maintenance. An announcement to this effect has planning our lives, we must reckon with the fact that we be- ideals that allure, conscience that challenges, and dauntless been made by the government in a courage to endure and see things through to the end. Let long to the brotherhood of Israel almost as though we were letter addressed to the Jewish Agency. these gifts of the spirit be granted us and we sliall be able to The letter all members of the same family. states that the government plan for 5692 and thereafter the kind of Ufe that will reward considers the guarantee of the chief Turning our back on the old year, we go forth to greet us with happiness and poise, and make us a blessing to therabbinate, with regard to incoming 5692 •with sobered optimism and quiet confidence. We seek wider community in which we live. rabbis, as acceptable.

We stand again at the threshold of a New Tear. What 5692 will hold for us we cannot tell. The future is mercifully screened from our. gaze. The year that is passing has been rather a discouraging one. The world-wide depression has not lifted. On the contrary it has seemed to press more heavily on tlie lieart of humanity. ?t But there is a rift in the 3" clouds. With the approach of our New Tear hope rises Temple Israel again in our hearts. And not Rosh Hashonah services will start merely hope, but faith. We tonight at 8 o'clock. Rabbi Frederick Cohn's sermon subject will be "The have faith in the God of Israel, New Year, 5692." who is the God of the centurSaturday morning services will ies, of time as well as of eternity. Mankind has weathered start at 10 a. m. Rabbi Cohn will many crises. God has His eternal purposes. Even through speak on "The Opportunity of the seeming evil He brings about ultimate good. He is Infinite Jew." Conservative Synagogue Wisdom, Justice, and Love. Man is but the creature of a The schedule of services for Rosh day. To God 'a thousand years are but as yesterday when it Hashonah: Is passed' It behooves man to put his trust in tlie Power Friday, September 11, 8 p.m. — that rules the universe. Israel lias always done so. Israel is Sermon: "What Makes Life Worth Living?" . the great People of Faith that lias given faith to tlie world, Saturday, September 12; 8:30 a. m. md his faith has marvellously preserved him. Faith made Sermon at 10:15 on "Shall We Be Fatalists?" Israel strong and faithful in all trials and emergencies.

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Saturday evening service, 6 p. m. Sunday, September 13, 8:30 a.m. Israel will still cling with all his soul to the Bock of theSermon at 10:15 on "The Quest of Ages while the storms and tempests beat about him and the the Ages." wild waters threaten to engulf him. "I shall not die but live" Rabbi David A. Goldstein will at the sermons. Cantor A. •s his victorious cry. Israel will continue to 'proclaim the preach Sivowitz will chant the service.

leeds of the Lord', who 'chastens sore, but does not give B'nai Israel iver unto death,' who doeth marvellous things without num- Rabbi Louis £ . Cardon of Chicago ier. He turns crises into occasions and opportunities of the will conduct the services at the B'nai ugliest consecration. Mankind will yet praise Him 'who is Israel Synagogue, 18th and Chicago for the High Holydays. %e health of their countenance and their God.* In confidence streets, Cantor A. Schwaczkin and his choir mil be their strength. of 14 well-trained male voices fill chant at all services. Our blessed New Tear comes, to revive this confidence in The schedule for services for Rosh mr breasts and to make us strong; for\ $itafk?% tlie future Hashonah: Tonight at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday ^may have in store morning at 8j a.m.; Saturday evening at 6.30 p.m.; Sunday morning Year wiU be filled at 8 a. m. Rabbi Cardon will deliver ind happiness for all humanity. Peaee^willagedf^lfe in thethe following sermons in English: 'joorld's palaces and prosperity in our'habitations. Mankind"A Mountain, a Field, or a House," •mil again plant vineyards of a revived industry mid a restored on the first day of Rosh Hashona; The Call of the Shofar," on the zctivity on the mountains of a new Samaria. 'Anew and bet- second day. Yom Kippur services schedule: ter world will dawn. Sunday evening, September 20, at 6 May Omaha share in fullest measure the blessings that p. an.; Monday morning, September ice pray Divine Providence may shower upon us, and to each 21, 7 a. m. Rabbi Cardon will speak "My Light and My Redeemer" Individual heart and home may be granted participation in on Yom Kippur night. life's choicest gifts and realization of fondest hopes and most Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol cherished desires. "L'Slvonah Tovah Tekosevu,"'A Happy Rosh Hashonah services will start Mfew Tear to one and all! at the Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol By RABBI DAVID "A. GOLDSTEINCONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE

synagogue tonight at 6:30 p.m. Services tomorrow morning and Sunday morning will start at 8 turn. Saturday night services will start at 6:30 p. m. A special cantor from New York will chant the services.

We have good reason to be Adass Yeshurim happy'at-the passing of the Rosh Hashonah schedule of seryear 5691. It was^a year of vices: worry, a year in which many : Tonight, 7 p.m.; Saturday morn' 'were burdened by one of. theing, 8 to 1; Saturday night, 7 p.m.; worst of all fears—the fear of Sunday morning, 8 a.m. Rabbi N. Feldman will speak in economic security. Yiddish. His Rosh Hashona topic on Unemployment stalked Sunday will be "The Meaningful throughout the land accom- Purpose of the Blowing of the panied by its comrades liunge Shofar." . Saturday the Shofar will not be and want. But something of blown, as Jewish tradition forbids value has come out of the dis- the blowing of the Shofar on the tress of the depression. The Sabbath. old smug complacency, which E'nai Sholem made certain thai this was the The Congregation B'nai - Sholem best possible social order, has will hold High Holyday services at been abandoned. 28th' and Farnain streets. Men in high places sound The Congregation B'nai Jacob and warnings and utter statements the Congregation B'nai Abraham will . + that five years ago would have hold regular Rosh Hashonah serMused them to be branded as dangerous radicals. Then call vices at their respective synagogues. •or a realistic thinking through of the problems we face. They 'lemand a thorougligoing reconstruction of society to make Herzl Biography Being Published Impossible the recurrences of the ironic tragedy that full granaries and abundance everywhere should cause millions to go in the Hungarian hungry and shelterless. In place of the rudderless drifting of two 'lie past, economists, business leaders, and statesmen alike Budapest.—(J. T. A.)—After 1 years of research and writing , a comlemand planning and thoughtful direction. plete biography of Theodore Herzl has The ,7coming of the New JTear challenges us with the ds- just uecu been punusnea published in inHungarian, Hungarian. The , j j T t -.• - - - - - - - - - - - ;; juot xne mrance that we do have another cliance to'beginagainand •mild better than before. '

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Xsin-the political and economic world, so in our personal hves has the depression called forth a more serious mood. Some time ago at a meeting of the Palestine Association of Hungary People are apt tO be more thoughtful, less arrogant, more Pro a decision was reached to prepare an 'tumble during a period of liardsllip. In times of trouble, e ^ e " s i v e Mography of Theodor • 'here often comes a deeper searching of soul; a more urqent ^iforihehmgM that JmeptsrtuttreallymrttersinMs story of his \fe. In this changing world in which the man of wealth and family mily life life as as well well as as the the story wsitiQn today may very well be in straitened circumstances -j>iace in the Zionist movement,

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New Year Greetings H A R R Y "LARDDUS F I R S T VICE-PRESIDENT, NATIONAL J E W I S H HOSPITAL

SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gross were honored Sunday evening on the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary at a beautifully appointed affair held in the garden of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Kulakofsky, brother-in-law and sister of Mr. Gross. Seventy-three guests were present, including Mr. Gross's father, Michael Gross, aged 86, and all the brothers and sisters of both Mr. and Mrs. Gross. After dinner congratulatory greetings and speeches were delivered by several of the guests, Harry Malashock serving as toastmaster. Among the out-of-town guests present were included Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lesser and Harold Kay, all of Calif ornia. At the dinner the following donations were announced by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gross: $50 to the Free Loan Society, $25 to the Hadassah Milk Fund, $25 to the National Jewish Hospital, $25 to the Visiting Nurses' Milk Fund, $25 to Father Flanagan's Home, and $50 for other miscellaneous charitable causes. HIGHLAND COUNTRY CLUB ENDS SEASON AT DANCE Members of Highland Country dub and their guestr attended the formal closing dicner-drnce at the club Saturday evening. Autumn colors were used in the decorations and autumn flowers were placed on the tables. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Herzberg, jr., entertained *or.Mr. and Mrs. Sol Degan, Mr. ai.i Mrs. Morton Degan, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wertheimer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rosenthal, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rosenstock, Miss Hazel Degan and Jerome Heyn. E. W. Natelson had a party of five, and other reservations were made by Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rosenstock, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simon, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kitelman, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Goldman, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hene, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rosenfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Arnstein, and Earl Xatelman.

ENGAGEMENT OF INTEREST Word has been received of the engagement of Miss Annabel Koneeky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maxim Koneeky of Marquette Manor, Chicago, to Saul Roman, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Morris L. Roman, 6141. Drexel Avenue, Chicago. Miss Koneeky is a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Mr. Roman, an executive at the Chicago Mail Order Company, is a graduate of the University of Chicago, class of '30. ENTERTAINMENTS Mrs. Simon Pizer entertained 12 guests at a bridge-luncheon last week at the Fontenelle.

The year 5691 has left great suffering in its wake. Many people are toddy in a position in which they actually suffer the wants of. food and slielter. While humanity pays the price of an economic earthquake which spared no race or creed, privation and need are glutting on a weary world. This depression is creating a greater need than ever for our charitable institutions here in America, which are being taxed to overcapacity. Our own flesh and blood are actually withering away. Their appeal is a message we must heed, for if ever there were a time for humanitarian service, now is that time. Our institutions are to these unfortunate people the veritable fountains of life; they must not be permitted to run dry. Not while there are among us those who are enjoying the comforts of life, who by simple sacrifices can provide through our charitable institutions for these men, women and children whose conditions cry out for a chance to live.

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Sperling of Sioux City,.Iowa. On Saturday evening Miss; Harks -was hostess to 10 couples at a party at home to honor her guests, and on f unday afternoon, Miss Rose Rimmerman entertained at a banco party for the visitors. SOCIAL NOTES Mrs. David Newman has returned from a 10-day trip to Chicago and T.-es Moines. The Cecil Berrymr.ns entertained 30 guests at home for Miss Ida Lostgarten who has departed for Chicago where she will rerume her studies in music. Bennett Somberg, son of Mr. and Mrs, Ben Somberg, has returned from Camp Strongheart in northern Wisconsin. He will leave September 14 to enter the Missouri Military academy at Mexico, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. William Holzman have closed their cottage at Carter Lake club, and returned to their apartment at the Blackstone hoteL Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Ferer returned Tuesday ^er spending the

Miss Lorraine M. King, daughter of •week end with. their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Iff. Mrs. I. Kulakofsky, has returned from Shapiro, and their son, Harvey Don, a short trip to Chicago. at Grand Island. The' Misses Tillye Sigal, -Lee Goldberg, and Sophie Jacobson spent the Miss Nellie Ferer has returned from a two-week stay i s St. Louis, week-end in Kansas City visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kraft. Mrs. Mo. Kraft was formerly Miss Betty Jacobson of Omaha. The Misses Mary Goldstein, Jeanette Malashock, and Sophia Ferer ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Will Rips of San Anspent the week-end in Kansas City. tonio, Texas, announce the birth of a Mrs. Samuel H. Green departed baby girl on Sunday, September 6. last week to visit with her parents Mrs. Rips is the daughter of Mr. and in St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Green is on Mrs. J. Adler of this city. a business trip in Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Green will both be at home be- RETURN FROM TRIP Mr. and Mrs. S. Robinson have refore the holidays. turned from a two months trip to New They Mrs. A. White, who visited at the England and Eastern points. visited with their sons, Morris and home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Ferer Herbert, in New Bedford and Chelfor a few days, left Friday for her sea, Mass. They also visited in New home in Ottumwa, Iowa. York, Boston, Falls River, Newport, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Truhaft spent and many of the Eastern summer rethe week-end in Chic.go visiting sorts. with Mr. and Mrs. George Kahn and COUNCIL CIRCULATING family. LIBRARY Among the new books at the CounMr. and Mrs. Joe Cohn and family are spending several days in Excel- cil- of Jewish Women's circulating li(Continued on Page 1—Section A) . sior Springs, Mo.

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By such cooperation between man and man can we hasten the passing of the clouds which obscure the sunlight. For inevitably the economic horizon will clear— beliind the darkest gloom the sunrise is hidden. May the eclipse pass during this coming year and the sun of prosperity in 5692 brighten ike lives of all, shedding rays of health and happiness throughout the world.

Miss Gererude Corney entertained at a luncheon and bridge at home on Sunday, September €, to honor Miss Mary Corney, a bride-to-be, and Mrs. Jack Broscow and Mr3. Jack Kaiman, recent brides. hen, Miss Gertrude Lewis, and Miss Miss Ruth Marks had as her weekPrizes were won by Miss Sally Co- Lillian Oelfand. end guests the Misses Rose and Han-

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One of Mis Fathers' with # SidMUND - In my childhood I often heard the story that at my birth my mother's delight at the arrival of her first-born jvas increased by the prophecy of an pld peasant woman; who declared that ' a great man had come into the world. Prophecies of this sort must be exceedingly common; there are so many .hopsful mothers^ and so many old women whose influence on this earth is a matter of the past and who have therefore turned to the future. Doubtless the prophetess in my case received a suitable reward, for that matter. Perhaps this story is the source of piy longing to become great ? But another impression of my later childhood occurs to me here; it may serve as an even better explanation. One evening, in one of the inns in the Viennese Prater, where my parents usd to take me—I was eleven of twelve years old at the time—-we no«ticed a man going from table to table improvising verses on any given theme for a small fee. I was sent to Summon the poet to our table; and he proved grateful to the young messenger. Before he even asked what subject my parents wanted versified he reeled off a few rhymes about me, and in his inspired mood declared it hgihly. probable that I would some day become a "minister." I remember very distinctly the impression this second prophecy made' upon me. It jf/as the time of the commoners' ministry in Austria; shortly before this incident my father had brought home the pictures of the commoners who jnow were ministers. Drs. Herbst, Giskra, Unger and Berger were among them—and we had indulged in considerable celebration in honor of ,these gentlemen. Even some Jews were included in this ministry, so that every industrious .little ffewish boy was carrying a minister's portfolio in his schoolbag.

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My admiration for the Carthaginian general goes back'even'further, to-the incident with my father which. I have mentioned. Again, one of the first books that came into my hands" once I was able!to read was Thiers' Konsulat und Kaiserreich: -I remember pasting little slips bearing the names of the imperial marshals on the flat backs of my wooden soldiers—and I remember that even then Massena (the name being the equivalent of the Jewish menasse) was my favorite. When, in 1873, I first joined the university, I was met by some appreciable disappointments. Above: all, I found that I was expected to' feel myself inferior and an alien,, because I was a Jew. I refusedl absolutely to do the first of these things. _ I have never been able to see why I should feel ashamed of my descent or, as people were beginning to say, of my race. I put up, without much regret, with my non-admission to the.icommunity; for it seemed U> me that in spite of this exclusion an active fellow worker could not fail to find some nook or cranny in the framework of humanity. These first impressions at the university, however, had one consequence which wa3 afterwards to prove important; for at an early age I was made faiiiiliar with the fate of being in the Opposition and of being put. under the ban of the "compact majority." The foundations were thus laid for a certain degree of independence of judgment.

FREUD'S JEWISHNESS Pferhaps it is to this experience that I must ascribe the fact that until a Short time before I entered the university I had the intention of studying; law, changing my mind only at the last moment. For the diplomatic Career is not open to the physician. My parents were Jews, and I have Jpemained a Jew myself. 1 have reason to believe that my father's family . ^rere settled for a long time on the Rhine (at Cologne), that, as a result Of a persecution of the Jews during the fourteenth or fifteenth century, they fled eastwards, and that, in the icourse of the nineteenth century, they migrated back from Lithuania through Galicia into German Austria. When I was a child of four I came to [Vienna, and I went through the whole ibf my education there. At the gymnasium I was at the top of my class for seven years: I enjoyed special privileges there, and was scarcely iobliged to pass any examination. I must have been ten or twelve ^ «?ears old when my father began to let' me accompany him on his walks and to acquaint me with his views on jthe things of this world. Thus, to Show me, how times had improved since his youth, he told me: "When I .was a young fellow I walked along the Street in your birthplace one Saturday (dressed up in my best clothes, a new fur cap on my head. Along came a Christian who knocked off my cap Svith a single blow so that it fell in the gutter, and shouted to me: Off the sidewalk, Jew. "And what did you do?" "I went off.the sidewalk and picked .top my cap," was the calm answer.

TIMES CHANGED To me this did not seem heroic on •the part of the tall, strong man who jnow was leading a little boy by the hand. I opposed this situation, which idid not satisfy me, to another, which jwas more to my liking—the scene in jwhich Hannibal's father makes his swear before the domestic altar to - .take revenge upon the Romans. Since .that time Hannibal has always had a place in my fancies. My favorite hero during my years jat the gymnasium was Hannibal, like BO many boys of that age I sympathized with the Carthaginians rather than with the Romans in the Punic . iWars. But when I,reached the highter classes^ and came to understand the consequences of descent from a nonindigenous race, when anti-Semitic jjtirrings amongr my schoolmasters challenged me to take a definite stand "t-then the figure,of the Semitic genferal rose to even greater height in my eyes. To my youthful mind Han- pibal and Borne -symbolized the con-

"But as I feared that my boys, in their innocence and candor, might betray the fatal truth if they were per-, mitted to listen to conversation of that sort I thought it best to get them out of the way by sending them into the The question of Jewish race con- garden. sciousness1 ' recalls' a ; • story which a patient of "mine once told me. It illustrates the subconscious hold of' racial affiliations." ••:•.•'•>.!-.•.••...i

"Run along into the garden, Juden attached no significance to it. But I (Jews)," I said-r-and qqickly correct- derived from it the moral that one ed myself,: "Jungen, (boys)." Thus cannot deny the "faith of hia fathers" slip of the tongue provided an outlet with impunity if he is a son and has •• > for the "courage of my convictions." s o n s / * .,. ' • ' . • ! ' ; ' . ; • ' The others, of course/ drew, na con- (Copyright, 1931, b y Seven Art* F e a ture Syndicate.) clusions from this [ nustake, for they •". i

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i ;"As my 'wife: was a Christian and .refused to adopt Judaism I had to become a convert to Christianity in. order'to be able to marry her." I felt some definite inner disinclination; to change my faith; but the end appeared to justify the means, the more so since my adherence to Judaism had been purely a matter of form, so that the act of conversion involved no? change in my religious convictions, as, I had none. Despite this, however, I always admitted, my Jewishness subsequehtlyi and few of my, - frieiids know that I ever was baptized., v.v-. "Two sons;'were born of- this marriage.. .They _were; raised in theChristian faith. But when they had reached the proper age they were informed, of their Jewish descent—lest, influenced by anti-Semitic elements at school, they should be provided with a quite unnecessary reason for hostility ; to their father. "Some years ago the children and I spent -the Isummer .vacation, i n t h e home of a teacher. As we ^ f ing tea: one afternoon the lady of the house, who: had not the slightest suspicion of the Jewish origin of her summer guests, made some rather pointed remarks about the Jews. Of course, I should have had the courage to explain the situation, in order to set my,hoys an example of "the courage of my. convictions;" hut I did not care to provoke the unpleasant discussions which usually follow such, declarations. Moreover, I Was afraid that possibly, we w;ould have to leave the excellent quarters we had foundin case our hosts, learning that we were Jews, should change their attitude toward us; in : an unfavorable sense—and I was loth to spoil the brief vacation which the children were enjoying.

New Year Greetings "" > By J. E . DAYIDSON PRESIDENT OF NEBRASKA POWEB COMPANY

To the Jews of Omaha who are about to celebrate RosJt Hashonah: my most sincere wishes are that the coming New Year may be a happy and prosperous year for you. For thousands of years your race has been one of the most outstanding factors in civilization. You have given loyal and steadfast hearts to the world. Modern Jewry reflects the ideals and stabilization of your forefathers. Your race has been reared upon good and wholesome intellect. May you continue so. By SAM BEBER PRESIDENT SlJFBEME A D V I S O B Y COUNCIL OP INTERNATIONAL A. Z. A. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT DISTRICT N O . 6 B'NAI B'BITH:

The year 5691 has been a' rather gloomy one for the entire world. For the Jew it has been well nigh disastrous. Twelve months have wrought many changes. Great minds and fine personalities have been called to their last rewards. Industrial and financial giants have tumbled from their high places. Jewish aspirations and Jewish institutions have suffered in proportion to the liavoc that has been visited upon the men who have lent their support to these causes. Just as the dawn of a new day brings warmth and cheer to those who anxiously watch through the night, so does the. dawn of a new year bring hope and encouragement to those who have struggled and fought through the old year. May we find in the dawn of the year 5692 not only hopeful and cheering signs but the actual evidence of definite improvements in our. personal, our communal and our national lives.

BANKERS

CO/IA. Thrift is the big word in the dictionary thisyear. And thrift is what you display when you use the street cars instead of automobiles to solve your daily transportation problem. •When you are thrifty, you have extra money ta buj^ the things you want Safety, courteous treatment and quick service are important to each street car rider. We provide those things, and Economy, too. Save the auto, make it last longer.

HAPPY ROSH HASHONAH The Street Gar Company takes this opportunity in behalf of its officers and employes to wish the Jewish people of Omaha and Council Bluffs a happy and prosperous Rosh Hashonah . . . peace, happiness and good health to all.

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- Year's Edition—THE JEWISH PRESS—Friday, September 11, 1931

By P . J . MAHAN>S. J ; PRESIDENT, CHEIGHTON UNTVEESITY

own charming romance becomes shadowed with troubles and complications oif the older generation. If you enjoy ihe wit 'and polish and the company o f pleasant, well-bred people, be certain to read the new novel by SusanErtz—her best.

Junior Junior Hadassah is giving their first

On the occasion of the affair of the season on Thursday, great Hebrew} religious'sea- September JT,by giving a novel gipsy son, Bosh Hashohu%, Ham hostess bridge,' pleased at the opportunity BETH HAMEDROSH you offer ~tne to extend, to IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY the Jewish people ofpmaha A meeting of the Beth Hamedrosh my felicitations to tfiem- on Hagodol Improvement organization , their enduring loyalty* to will be. held on Tuesday, September 15, at 2:30 p. m. sharp at the Beth the spiritual ideals of tlieir Hamedrosh Hagodol Synagogue on race. .19th .and .Burt. Important matters

will be discussed; all members are prepared to pay their

The. Hebrew people down asked to come through five centuries lias 1931 dues. been M, spiritual minded : •• people]ana\.the faithfulness ": manifested hy its members in observing its historic religious seasons gives heartening assurance that they are withstanding the destructive influences of the prevailing materialistic and pagan decadence that is sapping the moral health of so many and that they 'will remain a spiritual force for the •preservation of what is best in our civilization.

A. Z. A. TOM XfiPPER DANCE "Achar Hataunis," two Hebrew words meaning "After the Feast," is ihe name given the dance to be held the eve after Yom Kippur at the Jewish Community Center Ballroom. This dance is being presented by the Mother Chapter of Aleph Zadik Aleph, an organization that has sponsored several Yom Kippur night dances in the last few years. Music will be furnished by Art Randall. Special orchestrations of the three official A. 2L A. songs will be rendered:by the orchestra. This will be the first time that an Omaha audience will have had C.e privilege of hearing the songs presented in such a manner. About 20 patrons have been procured by the local chapter. A complete list of these will be announced" in next week's Press. The committee consists of Erwin Wezelman, Oscar Mayerowkh, Art Grossman, and Herman Babich.

BY M WAY <Continued from Page 2—Section A) To Benjamin Winter, President Haym Salomon Monument Committee, Hew York: . . ., •,. A monumentally successful New Year to you Mr. Winter. To Lewis Brown, MacMillans, New York: ( You've written a history of the Jews and now a history of the church. 1: have some good material.on the Iitvaks if you care to write a book. Happy New Year Lew. To Leon Trotzky, Somewhere in Turkey: Happy New Year Leibel. Hope you and Joe Stalin get together. After all both of you boys are well read and have much in common. Could you send us a little turkey from Con-

, Seven—Section '£ stantinople for TtuntagiTiag. Flense actuatiy .entered a horse in an Eng- i Hsh JdeAy by the nlanre of Yom 3Uprush.-b.er.. i * { S pur knd that 'he was very fast. Ou<i. To Heywood Broun, World Telegram: Did you know that the two most It seems to me that yours and solemn of the Jewish holidays draw Britts expose ought to help, the job the biggest crowds at the synagogues hunting children of Mose Shana Tova! while Sfenchas Torah;. which is' dedicated to making whoopee attracts SL Relatively imall coiigT^gatiqn. To Gertrude, Stein, Paris, Fiance: pappy New; Year. ' The man ; said (Copyright, 1931, vby the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) he: would trolley jcar. The man said he would trolley car. Ot (the pmn; said hei would trolley car steam *oat.f The Einstein Leads Scientists' man said he would trolley car steam- Tribute to Michelson boat limousine. , Berlin.-—The leading German physicists and scientific leaders today To Mike Gold, the Masses, New York: participated in a memorial meeting Mike you sure were right about for the late Professor Albert A, fiichthat Jews without money. Couldnt elson, at Harnack House. Professor you write a book now called "Jews Albert Einstein, whose .scientific acget it again." Happy New Year. hievements are based on the experiments of his great contemporary, To Walter Winchell, the Mirror, New eulogized Dr. Michelson's scientific York City: and artistic contributions. Dr. MichelA Happy New Year and a fast Yom son was bom in Posen which was Kippur. Did you know that there was once German territory.

The Brandeis Stores

By HAKBY B. ZIMMAN Tormer Mayor and City Commissioner, Present Secretary and Treasurer - Brandeis Investment Company, J- L. Brandeis and Sons

I'l/Shonah Haba B'Yerusluilayim"—Are they mere* words? No, not with a group who arc faithful and devoted in their solemn Iwpes and aspirations. "A Happy New Year"— Yes—just mere words—A common practice. — Greetings — a cheap commodity — costless •— no overhead attached. Greetings witJiout contemplation^ for the human family and tlie well-being for alt, fall flat, starting with the year 5692 — (or fifty tliousand years prior). In this day and age greetings without contributions with our might and resources for the well being of mankind are a sad reflection for our existence at all. Unless •we have and entertain a common purpose in life, our memhersJiip in tlie universal family is in arrears and hence ineligible. Now and forever more let us get in good standing and accept tJiet opportunity to render service to our Nation— our State—our Municipality—and particularly the human family of which we arc distinctively a part^ I affirm without reservations and with a high purpose to be helpful and useful in so worthy a cause. True, we are undergoing a world-wide depression. We experienced cycles of disturbances years back—call it financial, industrial or economic—due to wars, natural or unnatural causes. We liave emerged from these dislocations no matter liow difficult and apparently unsurmountable. We did win in the past and with resolute courage we will gloriously succeed in overcoming tlte present situation. With genuine friendsliip and deep gratitude I offer sincere greetings.

Society News (Continued from Page 5—Section A) trary at the Blackstone hotel are: "Belle-Mere," by Kathleen Norris. 'Tair Tomorrow," by Emilie Loring"The Concave Mirror," by W- B. MaxwelL "Sons of Mrs. Aab," by Sarah Gertrude Millin. "Brothers in the West," by Sarah Gertijade Millin. "T$e Story of Julian/' by Sosan

Ertz.j "Susan Spray," by Sheila KayeSmith. "The Shortest Night," by G. B. Siern. "Brothers in the West" is the Harper $10,000 prize novel of the year. Well known critics describe it as being a richly human, deeply emotional novel of the lives of two brothers on the Western prairies in the days when the first steps -were taken by white men to start communities in the. wilderness. A story of strikingly unusual quality. A lavishly poetical picture of reckless ad-

venture and sturdy pioneering in a craggy, remote and glamorous country "Susan Spray" is said to he the climax of Sheila Kaye-Smith's career. The mingling of primitive strains in Susan Spray's character, ihe. ascetic and the voluptous in particular, as well as her power of turning natural desire' into inspired performance, are impressively depicted. "The Shortest Night" is full of the gay sophistication, the light banter, the debonair attitude for -which its author is so well known. "Fair Tomorrow," by the author of "Lighted Windows," is a stirring romance in a picturesque Cape Cod setting. "The Concave Mirror" i s : a gripping story of modern - Carriage, frankly discussing its | inescapableproblems and its unpardonable sin. "The Story of Julian," is a delightful novel about the kind of people you like to know. It is a story in which the more romantic younger generation becomes, involved in the problems of its disillusioned elders. Strikingly sympathetic with Ihe qualities and outlook of both age and youth, the author is at her cest in tellinj: the story of Julian as his

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