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Vol. IX—No. 51
OMAHA, I^EBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932
Name Judge Simons ^ B e n c h
To. Speak mh - Orthodox Ju&msffi-
President Himver Greets American Palestine Group
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r, rpr ; Detroit--(J. T. A.)—President Hoover has nominated Judge Charles Simons of the' United States District Court for the bench of 'the Sixth United States Circuit Court of ApWHITE HOUSt Each Organization Urged to 'Be. peals and has submitted his name to •WASHINGTON the Senate fox approval. Represented at Center Marvin Lowenthal to Illustrate Judge Simons, -who is well known in Professor to "Discuss Orthodoxy January 11, 1932. Sunday Morning " **The Trail of the WanJewish circles, here, is 56 years old at J. CvlcLThis'Sunand has had an active political career. dering Jew" A call for a conference of- dele. day. Evening gates' from various -Jewish .-organiza- He sat on the' United -States' Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, to which he is . Travel-talks on art treasurers, histions in Omaha, to consider what may now appointed,- from 1924 to 1927, Professor Moses, Jung of the toric monuments and old world life be done to commemorate the name by temporary designation." School of Religion, of J&e Universiin the Jewish by-ways of Europe, of Harry iapidus was issued by Dr. t y _of Iowa, will discuss Orthodox North Africa, and Palestine will ~be A. Greenberg, chairman of the temJudaism next Sunday; evening, Jan. the treat of those who will come to porary committee, for next;.Sunday, 24, a t ' the Jewish- Coinmunity , Cen. 11 mk interosted t o J a u a . t b e t a group, of hear Marvin liowenthal at the Jew- • Jan. 24, at 10:30. a. in., at'the "Jewter. " •;-. • - ' . • ;:-" ''-tiagfiia&ad mm aaft *onaa V* to be Conned to spread p ish • 'Community Cent"sr on Sunday ish Community Center. .:. .' / j ;This will be -the final, lecture of lti h rehabilitation ^ e h . . and apprscl&tion of .the exening, Jan. SI. • "Those organisations ..who have n o t the symposium. oh . Religious MoveIs going forward;in Palestine under Jewi A auspices, and yet. appointed tlieir delegates" should •Marvin Lowenthsl, writer andments in Judaism which"; is part of to add my expression to toe sentiment snong our people la do so immediately, or make" proper traveler, has "written of his eight the ' Sunday Evening Educational -tvnr of tte realization of-the age-old aspiration* or •" arrangements ' for representation," years rambling- in new worlds for: Program spbnsbred by the Center "tts Jewiao people for the restoration of tnair national • said Dr. Greenberg today fri-making travelers, under the title, "The Adthis winter. . •- '. honeland. I shall appreciate i t if yoo'will present By his announcement of thie conference. versierie's Notebook," under the pseu' Professor Jung is the head of the! ~ cordial greetings to tho.se attending the diinar la " 'I do not believe it essential that Payment of Arrears Is Mooted donym H. Ben Shahar. His work has Department of Jewish Keligiori atj gasM-ngton on January 17ti> to advan:e this ent«rprls». > the appointment of delegates to' this attracted much enthusiastic comment. -the University of Iowa. He received Question conference await formal action of his training, in -European Universi.Tours taithfully. Thousands of tourists annually visAgency, organizations. I believe that the ties at. London, yienna, and Berlin it the historic sites and monuments presidents may take upon themselves and also at Dropsie College in Phil; and glimpse something of the charto represent their organizations "at - Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.) —Six hunadelphia. acteristic customs of the great Eurodred ^Jewish teachers in the Zionists Dr. Moses Jung the conference next Sunday mornProfessor Jung also served with pean peoples. Yet few are aware ing and appoint one other member schools of Palestine went on strike the Hillel Foundation at the Univerthat in almost every corner of Eurlast Thursday pending settlement of to serve with the president. Some sity of Illinois for a period of five ope and around the Mediterrenean's organizations meet only once a month their demands.by the Jewish Agency, years as director of religious educashores, the Jews have likewise left Executive. Twenty-three thousand and to wait for a regular meeting tion, and during the summer of relics of their ancient culture and, Zionist Qsgaoisa>ttaB> of the organization to appoint dele- Jewish school children were affected 1928 he directed the Hillel Foundahere and there, still carry on their by the strike. iiijirtb A gates would naturally delay the calltion School at the University of traditional life. ing of this conference. Each organThe teachers demanded that the Wisconsin. He is the American conLike the cathedrals and castles of ization will,, however, have an op- Jewish Agency issue contracts to tributing editor, to the Jewish Ency- j Christian Europe and the Moslem portunity to hear the report of its teachers for the current year; guar"dopedia, he is a former executive I The above is a photograph of "the port of rehabilitation of Palestine as delegates. antee payment of eleven months sal- message of President Herbert Hoo- a Jewish National Home is incorp- antiquities of Spain and North Afrimember of the America-Oriental soca, the Jewish monuments embody "We, therefore, urge every organ- ary during the year, and sign prom- ver, ' sent through Emanuel Neum orated in the foreign -policy of the and perpetuate one of the moulding ciety, - a member of the American $2,500,000 Is Goal Under l*adr issory notes for the. four months i . ership otJVIorris ization to be represented next Sunday Academy..for Jewish ^Research, and ann, 'American member of the World United States. forces of the western world. They, morning, and notify us immediately arrears from last year. . the author of the Principles of JewRothenberg Neumann in his address pointec too, lie on every hand vithin easy Zionist executive, ot the meeting of Following intercession by the Pal- g Q o u t s t a n d i n g m e m bers of the U. out that $200,000,000 tad been sent as to the persons representing ish Law, a comparative study in soestine Jewish National Council and S. Senate, House of Representatives, into Palestine by -Jews in the last reach. But the average traveler cial legislation. New York—(J. T. A.)—The them." barely knows of their existence or the Jewish Labor Federation, ^the j a n d o t h e r i e a d i n g Washington nota- decade. launching of a $2,500,000 united camRabbi Aronson their meaning. Jewish Agency agreed to contracts Commissioner Mead described the "Conservative Judaism does not paign for Palestine by the three Mr. Lowenthal proposes to tell for the -teachers and to guarantee ie group met in Washington progress of the Jewish colonization •want to discard the past but to re- leading agencies of the Zionist movewhat can be seen and experienced the payment-of eleven months salary. ___ ment, the Palestine Foundation Fund, and agriculture in Palestine as perunder the auspices of a shape and reconstruct the past so .,-KT^I-O J JTX of.this Jewish past—which is a part It insisted, however, owing to lack' spOSoring committee which included (Continued on Page 3.) that it will continue to be vital, ere- i the Jewash National Fund and Haof Europe's past and a heritage of of funds, upon the postponement of! vice President Curtis, Senator BorWashington—(J. T. A.)—The ative and to give warmth to the! dassah, was decided upon Sunday at our common civilisation. the payment of arrears. a conference attended by 500 repre! ah, Senator La Follette, Senator King : Jew,"-Rabbi-David Aronson of Min- sentatives of the Zionist and non- name of Judge Benjamin N. CardoHe has wandered among the JewAs an outgrowth of the situation,! j others, to discuss "The Palesa n ( zo, Chief Justice of the Supreme neapolis stated.- Sunday evening in ish remains of France, England, HolCourt of New Tork, is being promi- there is the possibility that the i tine Situation in its International . ^jscussing Conservative Judaism on Zionist groups. J land, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Morris Rothenberg was drafted as nently mentioned here as successor Agency will carry out its plan of; Aspects," and listened to a presenthe J. C. C. adult educational proI Czechoslovakia, Poland, Morocco, and chairman of the campaign following to the post on the bench of the Su- decentralizing the school system, by j tation of the facts by Prof. Felix gram. transferring the burden . of financial | Frankfurter, Dr. Emanuel NeumPalestine. He has visited their ana prolonged ovation by'the delegates preme Court of the United States "Conservative Judaira agrees with upkeep to the communities, while re-! ann, and Commissioner of Eeclamacient synagogues, haunted their "Orthodoxy^in_jthat Judaism _ is 7 not and high tribute to hislleadership by left' vacant • by - the resignation of taining its central supervision. tion Elwood Mead. crumbling ghettos, descended into the speakers^ Associated" with Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. ,an abstract philosophy but a ~civili3startling subterranean ritual-baths of American Palestine Committee "atJon "of a ; nation and needs "all' the Rothenberg, as co-chairman, <vi3}/be • Senator Royal.;S.Cbpeland of New the twelfth and thirteenth century, The group organized as "The Six Jewish Youth Shot things that go toward" making: a Judge "William. M.. Lewis, Xouis Lip- Yotkf.it is understood, is prominent pilgrimaged to the 'shrines .of ".ifewiSBh • sky, James Marshall; • Abba Hillel American Palestine Committee for among those urging _ the appointdvilieation.--Conservative -Judaism Crossing Roumanian saints from the • Carpathian . to .the, the furtherance of the restoration of , stresses tradition," nationalism,. na- Silver and Nathan Straus Jr., Felix ment of Judge Cardozo upon PresiBorder Atlas mountains, studied numerous Palestine as the Jewish National 4iorial memories, hopes and aspira- M. Warburg, Dr. Gyrus Adler, Judge dent Hoover. Irving Lehman, Rabbi Stephen S. Homeland and the Dissemination of tions. • '., Bucharest.—(J. T. A.)—The village museum collections, and amused himaccurate information as to the pro- of Soroca, Bessarabia, where six Jew- self with the legendry and history, "Conservative Judaism agrees with Wise and Judge Julian, W. Mack gress of the upbuilding work in the ish young men and women were bound up with these treasures-.and •Reform Judaism in being conscious were elected honorary chairmen of Holy Land." of radical changes taking place in the campaign. ; D t Solomon Lowenkilled by Roumanian frontier guards scenes of a vanishing world; • / ' • : our environment We agree, in thei stein was named treasurer, with HarThe dinner was the first function was placed under martial law. I need for interpreting Judaism, re-] ry L. Gluckman and Abraham Liebof its kind for a Jewish cause at- Rabbi Sisser of Soroca was re- ! Dr. Ben Greenberg has been shaping, reconstructing it, but not \ owitz as associate treasurer, and Jo- awarded a two-year scholarship at "The Guardsman," by Fernac Mol-j t e n d e d b y s a c h a r e m a T k a b l y galaxy quested to guarantee peace in the 1 | seph C. Hyman, honorary secretary. the Manhattan eye, ear, nose and nar, will be the Center Players j o f American statesmen, the mostin- community during the progress of j discarding it.: The>- speaker further pointed out j Sunday's meeting witnessed an en- throat hospital in New York City, Guild's second offering of the season :. fiuential members of the government the" funeral of the victims by General j that Conservative Judaism believes! thusiastic demonstration for Pales- as a result of competitive examina- on Wednesday evening, Jan. 27, at; departments and both houses of Marcowitz, the military commandant, j in the old, historic combination of _aj tine upbuilding, and heard non- tions. 8:30 p. m. at the J. C. C. i Congress joining. Rabbi Sisser declined to give this, elected presw-rtten_ and an unwritten Torah. | Zionist leaders pledge the continued The production is being presented | I n preS enting the situation, Pro- pledge, No incidents, occurred, how- i d eMn tr so f Mt h eBDr aa uu gd he t ewr Ba so f Z i o n W c d . For the past several months he Claiming that the Conservative) co-operation of their groups in the has been on the staff of the Belle- under the auspices of the Jewish; fessor Frankfurter stated that sup- ever. nesday afternoon at the J. C. C movement is against "fossilized Jud- upbuilding work, : ; vue hospital in New York. He is Woman's Welfare Federation. Mrs.; General mourning was declared in Other officers chosen were Mrs. aism." Rabbi Aronson maintained Messages were received from the now a member of the staff of the L. Nevelef f is president, and Mrs.! Soroca while the funeral services S. Fellman, vice president; Mrs. A. that it was also against revolutions; Executive of the Jewish Agency in Manhattan hospital. Irvrn Levin is chairman of arrange-' were held. All the shops of the town ; Shsfton, second vice president; Mrs. in Judaism but for evolutions. j London and Governor Franklin D. j Dr, Greenberg spent the past two ments for- the play. were closed, and" 10,000 people fol- J(J, Lindsay, financial secretary; The . cast under the direction of "The conscious evolution of Juda- Roosevelt. weeks in. Omaha visiting his par- Mrs." Herman" Jahr" includes ^Earl: S. Yanofsky, well-known editor lowed the funeral cortege. Mrs. L. Friedman, recording secreism is Conservative Judaism today. Agency Body in U S. ents and friends. He is the son of Sigel as the guardsman, and Mrs.| and lecturer, of New York city, will The indignation at the summary i tary; Mrs. J. Goldware, treasurer, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Greenberg of 519 Judaism has likewise evolved in the ^ 0 ^ a o i z a t i o n o f abodytoreplecture this evening, Jan. 22, at action taken by the frontier guards j Mrs. A. Hirsch and Mrs. A. GreenSouth 26th street. 8:30 p. m. at the Labor Lyceum on continues. I berg1 were made chairmen of the • t(rmc "Can We Now Make Peace With The "Cuventul," Itoumania daily, • raffling of a hand-made table cloth, changing and whose en-j the Soviet Government?" cided upon Saturday night at the states that the youths were the vic- Rabbi Herbert Parzen of Portland, •ifro-nment is constantly changing. The lecture is being given under tims of a trap by one of their com- Ore., was the principal speaker, "Sometimes, in critical periods, first meeting of the American memthe auspices of Branches No. 173 panions, a police agent, who posed while a, recitation on "Chaimisha Judr'sm evolved consciously. But bers of the Council since the meetand 258 of the Workmen's Circle as a smuggler, and who was also! Osor B'Shevat" was given by Hy•usually, this was an unconscious ing in Basle last July. Dr. Cyrus Adler and Robert Szold and the Mid-west District Commit- kil'^"! by the guards, and declares • man Eisenberg. Meyer Brown, president of the process." were empowered to name a commit- Jewish National Alliance and a tee. No admission charge is being that the youths could have easily j As an example of -the gradually tee to study plans,for. such a body made for the lecture. been arrested, inasmuch as the place] ^ evolvemcist of Judaism Rabbi Aron- and to bring back definite recom- member of the World Zionist executive, will be in Omaha on Tuesday where they were halted was not froz-; H I ' J ( | son mentioned the change in the ob- mendations at the next meeting to en, but that the guards chose to j «*'-wVi servance of Yom Kippur, which was be held within two or three, months. and Wednesday, Feb. 2 and S. He-will speak here under the ausoriginally the occasion for public shoot instead. j pices of the United Palestine Coun*b ncintr and merriment. He also A number of government acthori-1 Jersey City—The Jewish Communi- cil, council' of local Zionist organiz7i-entioned the promulgation of the ties have issued protests against the j ty Center of Jersey City will launch ations. The place and time will be dietary laws as an example of an occurrence, among1 them the Bessaraevolvement. "In this evolving, Con- a $50,000 Emergency Campaign in announced in the next issue of the bian Minister Richbanti. Minsk—(J. T. A.)—Samuel SchusPress. servative Judaism stands for spirit- February.. Senator Iov, belonging to the party ter, a student in Minsk university, ual calories." was expelled for permitting the cir- of Prime Minister Jorga, telegraphed Chicago.—(J. T. A.)—The estabDr. M. Margolin was chairman for his potest of the "Adeveul," leading lishment of a memorial to Julins cumsicion of his new bom son. the evening. The traditional Jewish rite was per- Roumanian daily. "I protest most Rosenwald by the peonle of Chicago formed in Schuster's absence, upon emphatically against the six mcrders, is suggested by the "Chicago Amerithe initiative of his wife, who is a re- which are six stains on the face cf can" in a leading- editorial in its I ligious Jewess. Schuster was offered Roamania,".he wired. columns. the. alternative of divorcing his wife, The bodies of the victims disclosed The paper States that it is fitting "The Zionist organization is the environment for Palestine work. or being expelled from the univer- that they had been shot several times that a visible memorial to Julius "Secondly," the interviewee continheart and soul and spirit as well sity. by the guards. One of the victims Rosenwalc! whose work will live oc Abraham Muskin, 71, a resident as the brain of the Jewish Agency," ued, "in order for the Jewish Agenhad three bullet wounds in his body, be established as partial expression •of Omaha for the past forty-five stated Rabbi Herbert Parzen of cy to be able to do the actual nracand the body of one of the girls was "of the reverence and gratitude TO tical work in Palestine it is necesyears, died suddenly at his home, riddled with bullets. feel for this man who thoupht anfl 3101 Lafayette street, last Friday. Portland, Ore., who is spending a sary to have a vital Zionist organizMrs. Phineas Wintroub Deputy Landau arrived in Soroca achieved so much for others." few days in Omaha while on a tour ation, as the Zionist organization He was a retired meat dealer. and appealed to the Jewish populaIn recognition of the late Jewish Surviving besides the widow are of the middle west under the aus- is the heart and soul and spirit as Phineas Wintroub in the leading; tion to remain calm inasmuch as an philanthropist's deep feeling- for tine feminine role as the actress. The four daughters, Mrs. Sam Kaplan, pices of the Zionist Organization of well as the brain of the Jewish supporting cast comprises Mrs. Stan- j Benjamin C. Morgan, 25, of 2804 investigation has already been in- masses, the paper proposes that the Agency." Mrs. J. A. Gross, Mrs. H. Malashock, America. ley Levin, Mrs. Morris Friedel,! Ruggles St., passed away Tuesday augurated. funds shall come, not from a few and Mrs. Max Simon; two sons, He gave as his third reason that Martha Himelstein, Sal Michnick, and, after a prolonged illness. He was a His tour is primarily for the purlarge donors, but from the masses Arthur Muskin and Dr. Nathan Mus- pose of stimulating memberships in in ' order to educate the American Harold Tnchman. i practicing attorney snd had graduin the form of small contributions— Idn, and fifteen grandchildren. the various local Zionist districts. Jewry to the "peculiar position that Creighton university He The following plays will make up! in the dollars and half-dollars-of th* the Palestinian Jewish community Funeral services were held Sun"The reasons making it necessary a member of Pi Lambda Phi remaining presentations by the ( men, women and children of Chiday afternoon, with burial in the to fill the Zionist membership Tanks and Zionism occupy in the intellec- the Guild for this season: "Sun-Up" byi fraternity. cago. In that way it would really Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol synagogue. to1 the fullest possible is threefold," tual and cultural life of the Jewish Lulu Winer, on Feb. 21; "If I Were ! H e 5 s survivea by nis parents, represent the sentiments of the city's people, it is necessary to have an Rabbi'' Parzen maintained. You," translated from the Yiddish! Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morgan; two Mrs. Joseph millions. "First, a large membership is organization that should have at its of Sholom Aleichim : by Maurice! sisters, Esther .and Sarah Morgan, One Million for Museum. necessary: in order to make it pos- disposal publicity facilities and edu- Schwartz, on March 20; "The Silver) a n d a brother, I>r;. Samuel. Morgan. Koines, la., died at Des SSoines Satnrdav afternoon. Chicago.—Fund? from thr sible for the Zionist organization to cational organizations. rn-rrl " by fm Sidney SiHnpv Howard, HnrnrH. on n-n TVfn-p 1, i Services were held \ \ ednesday sfCord," body was shipped to Omaha snd i of Julius Rosenwald will insure the "The Zionist Organization can on•speak in the name of "American j ternoon at the Chesed Shel Emes, funeral services were held Sunday [ completion of the Museum of Science Denver, Colo.—(Special)—-After Jewry. For this, it is essential that ly supply that if it has a sufficientj with burial at Pleasant Hill cemeafternoon at the home of her parand Industry, Leo F. Wormser, atless than one hour's deliberation^ the the Zionist organization mobilize ly large membership that should entery. ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wolf, "416 torney for the estate, announced. jury in the District Court in Den- within its ranks a goodly portion able it to undertaken all their necesNorth Twenty-first street. Burial The estate, it is expected, will be sary projects." ver Wednesday returned a verdict of of the Jewish community." was in the Golden Hill ceiseierv. I called upon to contribute $1,050,000 guilty against Lazarus Beannan for The rabbi pointed out that this Rabbi Parzen states that the Besides her parents, she is sar- •! to complete the interior of the buildThe United Palestine Council, recriminal libel in circulating scur- became particularly important when membership dues to the Zionist or All interested are invited to atrilous pamphlets against the Na- the organization must diplomatically ganization of $6 per year is the posi cently-formed body of local Zionist tend the free Naturalization School -rived by her husband and a daagh- I ing. tional Jewish hospital, Dr. .1. D. meet with Various statesmen to con- tive declaration on the part of the groups, will hold a special meeting held at the Labor Lyceum, 22d and ter, Dorothy, of Des Moines; & sister,! . Mr. Roeenvvald during his lifetime: Bronfin, its medical director, and verse about Palestinian conditions individual Jew that he is in reali next Monday, Jan. 25, at 8 p. m. Clark Sts., every Monday and Fri- Mrs. M. Leoa, and two brothers, j contributed $5,000,080 as an endowSam aad Joe Wolf, cf Omaha. xnent fund for the museum. other officers of the hospital. 'and needs the creation of a favorable ty a nationalist anil s Zionist. at the Jewish Community Center. day evening at 7:3D p. m
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HNED DRIVE FOR PALESTINE UPON
Urge Appointment of Judge Cardozo
S0R0CAREMA1S INDIGNANT OVER BRUTALW
Next Center
Dr. Ben Greenberg Awarded Scholarship
Wednesday
Lecture Tonight
Meyer Brown Is to Be Here Next Month
Circumcision of Son Causes Jew to be Expelled
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Rabbi Parpen Stresses Value of Zionist Organization Work
iSS. JOSEPH SLMI DIE
Bearmait Convicted of Libeling Hospital
United Palestine Council
Naturalization "School