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By DR. A. GREEN BER(.£ * With the local Jewish Philanthroitg campaign approaching, Omaha JeWp. are undoubtedly deeply interested ^ knowing something concerning the inv stitutions which are the beneficiaries of the annual drive. I am taking advantage of this opportunity accorded me by the Jewish Press-to have an intimate weekly talk with you about the beneficiary institutions and important issues of the Jewish Philanthropies.
GEMS OF BIBLE AND TALMUD
ii. fceeoml-C'iK* Moll Matter ou Juuuary HI, 1021, at Kuu-ivd <ii. :it Omaha. Nebraska, under the Art of Ma ret 3. 1S79
VOL. IX—No. 15
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933
ampaign to Start Monday ContribuNAZI "BONFIRES Inspirational tion of Club of OF HATE" RAGE Eight Girls IN GERMANY
l^aunek Drive for $40,
An inspiration for the entire JewO. O. Dasher, the pseudonym of a ish community in this coming Jewish prominent Omahan who write- "Gems Philanthropies campaign is found in of the Bible and Talmud" for the the action Of a group of girls constiJewish Press, quotes from the Talmud Talk Circulated That Hitler to tuting the Henrietta ,Szold club. Propose "Cultural apropos the drive: • "' Though their membership roster Autonomy" consists of only^eight girls, they conIs it not to deal thy bread to -. the hungry, . ' ' . . .-. " . Berlin.—Over thirty thousand vol- tributed twenty-five dollars as an orAnd that thou bring the poor that are umes by outstanding authors were ganization. And at the same time each cast out to thy houset" ' burned to ashes in Berlin Wednesday of /the girls made an individual conWhen thou seest the naked that'thou'j night, as the Nazi "bonfires of hate" tribution to the Philanthropies, addicover him, throughout Germany sent to flames tionally. And that thou hide not thyself from all books by Jewish, socialist, or pacthine own flesh? ifist authors. Then shall thy light break forth as All books by or about Jews were on the morning, the Hitlerite blacklist. Nazi students And thy healing shall spring forth gathered up all the "verboten" literaA determine^ but enthusiastic army of campaigners will launch the fourth annual Jewish speedily, ture from both private and public liPhilanthropies drive Monday morning, May 15, with an "early bird" breakfast at the Jewish ComAnd thy righteousness shall go be- braries. munity Center, starting at 8 a. m. fore thee. Among the world famous authors Upon the efforts of these men and women depend the amount of assistance that Omaha Jewry whose books were included are Prof. Thus saith the Lord will offer to thirty beneficiary agencies. The campaign goal has been set at $40,000. Albert Einstein, Ema Ludwig, Lion Let not the wise man glory in his Feuchtwanger; J a c o b Wasserman, Weizmann Aids in Tackling PalThis year's drive is crucial, be- wants to enlist in the work. All Prof. Sigmud Freud, Arnold and Stewisdom, cause the need of the institutions is who wish to help in the campaign estine Fund for GerNeither let the mighty man glory in fan Zweig, Franz Werfel, Professor much greater. That the local are invited to be at the breakfast man Jews Adler, Arthur Schnitzler. A total of his might. Jewry realize the vital necessity of Monday morning." Let not the rich man glory in his two hundred authors were listed, making the campaign successful has Women's Tea and Program among them some of America's outLondon, (J.T.A.)—-The postponeriches, been demonstrated by the success of A highly entertaining afternoon ment of the international Zionist But let him that glorieth glory in standing writers. the initial gifts committee, which, congress, which was to have taken this, under the chairmanship of David is promised to the women workers place this summer, is regarded as That he understandeth and knoweth CULTURAL AUTONOMY Goldman and vice-chairmanship of who will hold their pre-campaign tea VIENNA—(J. T. A.)—The solution almost definite by Zionist leaders Al S. Mayer has met with an -un- and program at the Jewish ComMe, , .. usual response. Not only have the munity Center this afternoon at That I am the Lord who exercises of the German-Jewish question _is the here, but a final decision as to the donors increased their pledges de- 2:30. All women interested in aidmercy, justice and righteousness subject of prolonged negotiations be- time and place of the next congress tween Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Dr. may not come for several weeks. spite lowered income but the work- ing in the drive are invited and upon earth. Alfred Hugenberg, leading Nationalist, V Carlsbad ' is now' considered'" uners have displayed the finest spirit urged to attend. ever shown in a local drive, Mr. H. A. Wolf will deliver the prinFor thus has been a stronghold to according to revelations made by Frey- suitable as the seat of the congress, tagh Loringhoven, described" as Hu- and the time is regarded as inopGoldman reports. cipal address, a short, peppy talk the poor, A stronghold to the needy "in"his dis- genberg's political adviser, in the Aus- portune due to the general political Dr. A. Greenberg "We are going to make this Phil- on the Philanthropies. Talent from trian press. The plan under discus- situation in Europe. Some Zionist station KOIL will be a feature tress, General Chairman anthropies campaign a huge suc- radio of the program, including those A refuge from the storm, a shadow sion is to grant Jews cultural auton- leaders prefer the postponement of cess," Dr. A. Greenberg, general omy as a national minority, with state the meeting for- as long as six young "blues harmonizers," the from the heat. chairman, predicted. "This crisis three subsidized and state supervised Jew- months, expecting that the situation Formulate Plans for "Three Shades of Blue." confronted by our brehtren is causish institutions as well as cultural and will meanwhile clarify itself,' and BENEFICIARY AGENCIES Ltitle Philip Sokolof, who has more definite shape. Other Hadassah Convention The fourth annual Jewish Philan- religious schools, Herr Loringhoven assume been a popular entertainer at ralleaders suggest the transfer of the thropies campaign for $40,000 will declares. lies, will sing and dance. Piano seIt is admitted in the discussions congress elsewhere at the end of the get under way Monday morning, May lections will be rendered by John Plans are steadily progressing for summer. 15. Every worker and every con- that the "shortcomings and gaps" in Kowalsfci. Hadassah's eighth annual Southwest tributor should bear in mind that the the Nazi regulations regarding the The delicacy of the --problems in- regional convention to be held in Mrs. William Holzman and Mrs. pleas of the beneficiary agencies; are Jews have "offered grounds for for- volved requiresiM»r^fiA.^^ q ^ ^ p prokmg- Omaha. May 28 and .29. ^ H. A. Wolf will pour. written in words of blcod and pain- eign protest," and therefore the .grant- e'd consideration^ t pirScluding an- early l Mrs. Joseph Rosenberg of this city Report Luncheons decision. The. question of a special is regional president. Mrs. M. F. tmd misery . . .- that we give little ing of some sort of cultural autonomy : Starting with Tuesday, May 16, is; "'considered essential,'' >.-\C." fund for •settlement of German Jews Levenson, president of the local though we give much. .. . . the second day of the campaign, re"It is perhaps also advisable to ad- in Palestine is one of the most com- chapter, is general convention chairRemember well the worthwhileness port luncheons will be held for all of these beneficiary agencies—whom mit Jews to public offices, but only in plicated, and those desiring that the man. David Goldman workers at the Jewish Community you will fail if you do not meet the numbers in proportion to the Jewish' congress adopt a platform advocatOther chairmen include: Mrs. J. Initial Gifts Chairman Center. The charge on these lunchpopulation, and in situations distinct- ing the establishment of such a fund J. Greenberg, reception committee; quota: eons, as well as for the "early bird" ly separated from German life," Lor- are anxious that the meeting beheld Mrs. A. S. Rubnitz, telephone and , OMAHA INSTITUTIONS breakfast, will be nominal. inghoven reports. This solution to.the.' only after absolute clarity has been reservations; Mrs David- A. Gold- FOmaha Talmud Torah. Mrs. Louis Neveleff heads the Jewish question, he asserts, would be attained as to the relation of this stein, programs; Mrs. Dave Stein, Center Sunday School. fund to other-appeals for the aid of banquet; Mrs. A. D. Frank, publiccommittee on luncheons. unassailable, and within the minority Jewish Old People's Home J. J. Greenberg, chairman of the policy of the League of Nations^ It is German Jewry, ity. : Social Service Committee. now being considered by the governThe urgency of the German-JewThe convention banquet will- be INSTITUTIONS CARING FOB DE- ment, he asserts. ". > ish situation' will undoubtedly bring held May 28, and the convention PENDENT CHILDREN a decision on the creation of luncheon May 29. PAUPERIZE LARGE JEWISH about Jewish Orphan Home, Cleveland. relief agencies long before the Zion: • ' • . • . ;•:••; . - • . ; : : l . - : r National Home for Jewish Children, F I R M S ist congress, and the question of a Denver. Beriin—(J. T. A.)-^The^/Nazis are Palestine settlement fund will have INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING MEDI- diabolically ruining the last of the to be dealt with at once. Chaim CAL CARE, TUBERCULAR Jewish business houses, including :the Weizmann has arrived in London, AND OTHER PATIENTS l a r g e s t , b y c r e a t i n g , . " l e g a l " , b a n k - and his presence is undoubtedly asThese institutions have Omaha r u p t c i e s . ; . - ; • • '.• • • • •••' •:: •"••?'.-"- • •' •~'-: - sociated .with the creation of the patients. At an extraordinary fmeeSng'&fHhe Zionist fund, either in conjunction An intensive, all-city campaign to National Jewish Hospital, Denver. Central Association of. German bank- with general German relief funds, substantially increase the enrollment Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital, ers steps were taken to force the or as an independent instrument. of the Talmud Torah vail be inaugHot Springs, Arkansas. Jewish bank directors as have not yet urated this Sunday, Lag B'Omer. It will continue till Shabuoth. Jewish Consumption and Ex-Pat- been dismissed, to resign. . A special children enrollment comMax M. Barish ients Relief Association, Los An- This is in line with the Nazi method of legal sabotage of Jewish firms, mittee has been appointed, consisting General Solicitation Chairman geles, Calif. cutting off their bank credits of Max Fromkin, chairman, Rabbi Jewish Consumptive Relief Society, simply and making it impossible for them to Frederick Cohn, Rabbi Uri Miller, Denver, Colo. meet their obligations on time. As Rabbi David A. Goldstein, Rabbi N. Ex-Patients Tubercular Home, Den- soon as the slightest irregularity oc—Photo by Heyn. Feldman, Dr. Philip Sher, William ver,' Colo. * Al S. Mayer curs, the government declares a JewMilder, and Ben Kazlowpky. ish firm* bankrupt, and invites" the Initial Gifts Vice-Chairman EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Mrs. J. H. Kulakofsky was reelectJewish Theological Society of creditors to appoint a Nazi liquidator. ed president of the Conservative SynHis first act is to oust the Jewish pro- agogue Auxiliary at the election of David Cohn, 65, America, New York. Hebrew Theological School, Chi- prietors and to confiscate their pri- officers held Wednesday. This was the Died on Sunday cago. • . "•-•"•••-• vate bank accounts. Resistance of "any last, meeting of the season for the Graduate! School for Jewish Social sort is countered by arrest for "swin- organization. David Cohen, 65, a resident of dling," .... ....•_. Work, New York. Other officers: Mrs. D. Sherman, Omaha for the past h a l f century, National. Farm School. Included among the important Jew- first vice-president; M s. E. Meyer, passed away Sunday after an illness DaveB. Cohn was re-elected presiYeshivah College, New York. ish firms in Berlin to recently go lay second- vice-president; ' Mrs. Arthur of a month. ORGANIZATIONS PROTECTING this method are those of Alfred Cohn, Cohn, coresponding secretary; Mrs. He is survived by two sons, Ted of dent of the Thorpeian Athletic club CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS BIGHTS Charlotte Hans Sittenberg, Alice Heil- Robert Glazer, recording secretary; Omaha and Sam of Los Angeles; and at the election of officers last week. —Photo liy lleyn. Other.officers chosen are Ben Ellis, Mrs. Dave Cohn, treasurer; Mrs. J. two daughters, Mrs. Anna Singer of OF JEWS. born, and many others. Mrs. Jcsnette Arnstein vice-president; Sam Zweiback, secreBlank, auditor. Those elected directOmaha and Mrs. A. Cohen of Gretna. American Jewish Committee. The seventeen stores controlled by Women's Division Chairman B'nai Brith Wider Scope Commit- the firm of Leonard Tietz of Cologne, ors include the Mesdames I. Dansky Funeral services were held Monday tary; Dave Finkel, treasurer; Dr. AA. Steinberg, reporter; Sam KatzJack Bramson, Phil Rosenblatt, H. S. tee. quota committee, points out that th« which comprises' the largest- chain of Novitsky, Harry Silverman, Ben Glaz- at the Jewish Funeral Home. Burial man, athletic director; Morris FrankJewish Telegraphic Agency. was in Pleasant Hill cemetery. quota has been pared to the minidepartment stores in western Ger- er. lin and Lou Myers, sergeant-at-arms; mum. "There is no duplication, nt ORGANIZATIONS RENDERING many, has been turned over the brown and Abe islyer, Max Rosen and I. EleA feature on the program was "The waste, no over-financing. Evcrj shirt commisars, while the owners of Rhythms SERVICE TO IMMIGRANTS. witz, trustees. of 1933," written by Mrs. Marks Heads Young dollar we do not pledge means th»t the concern are refused to go abroad. Hebrew Immigratnt Aid Society. The Thorpeians started their sumDavid A. Goldstein and being a novel Men's Vaad Group someone must do without the bare Florian Sachs, owner of the largest JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE ORof the year's activities. This mer activities with an outing at Muny Harry Silverman necessities. textile factory in Chemnitz, was mur- review GANIZATIONS. was interpreted by Mrs. Sam Theobeach last Sunday. Baseball, horseGeneral Solicitation Yice-Chairman Ephraim Marks was re-elected pres"Our contributions to the Jewish, dered when he opposed the Nazi order dore, assisted by the chairmen of the ident of the Young Men's Vaad Tues- shoes, tug-of-wars, and other sports Bureau of Jewish Social Research. Philanthropies," stated William L, to relinquish control of his factory, it various committees. National Council of Jewish Federaday. Other officers: Irving J. Weiss, together with a "feast," constituted ing our workers to redouble their Holzman, honorary chairman, "is our was authentically stated, though the efforts and the contributors to gen tions and Welfare Funds. Negro spirituals were sung by the vice-president; David Fishman, sec- the program. insurance for the welfare and wellgovernment report of his death, as in Woodson erously open their parses. Every being National Desertion Bureau. Center trio, and Thelma of our brethren for the futura so many others, was listed as "sui- Gaspar gave several violin selections. retary; Sidney Epstein, treasurer; Ben barometer indicates an overwhelmKazlowsky and F. R. Ackerman, repIt is an investment from which we INTERNATIONAL AGENTS. cide." ing popular response by our people." Special Observance resentatives to the Senior Vaad. The Joint Distribution Committee. The persecutions are more wide"The workers are 'raring to go,! will reap rich spiritual returns." Harry Mendelson is in charge of a People's ORT Federation. spread every day. The recent raids on Westinghouse Agency Deifiils Worked Out and we will canvass the Jewish comof Mother's Day munity Jewish Historj group, the first sesAmerican Palestine Campaign. the large international Jewish organExecutive director Jacob S. Peat'ithoroughly," stated Max M. Mizrachi Palestine Fund. for Allen Furniture sion being held after Tuesday's meet- Under the auspices of Sigma Rho Barish, chairman of the general sol- stien has personally supervised the izations, the Ort, a self-help instituing. The group will meet every other League for Labor Palestine. tion, and the Oze, a health institution, chapter of Pi Tau Pi, Mother's Day icitations division. "The peppy ral- details for the campaign, and whan Tuesday. Hebrew University of Palestine. The Allen Furniture company, 5015 the Joint Distribution Committee, and will be observed at Temple Israel this ly last Wednesday is a good indi- the drive opens every bit of inforJewish National Fund. the German-Jewish relief organiza- South 24th Street, has been appointed cator of how fine a spirit the men mation will be available to the workevening. distributors for the Westinghouse re- World Congress of Jewish have. When they transmit the ur- ers in easily-handled form. Cards,, tion, the Hilfsverein, have brought an GIVE OF YOUR TIME AND extreme effect of helplessness on the frigerators. Leslie Burkenroad, president of the gent message of the Philanthropies routing, master lists, etc., have bsc» M.D.'s OF YOUR RESOURCES Harry Dworsky, proprietor of the Jerusalem.—A world congress of local chapter, will read the national to the Jewish homes, their appeal carefully and thoroughly worked oni* Jewish spirit, although nothing incriminating was found in the raids. firm, states that after a thorough in- Jewish doctors to be held in Pales- president's proclamation. He will also cannot help but be answered. The women's division under Mrs, the solo, "Who Knows?" by BalL Jeanette Arnstein plans to continw* BERLIN — The Nazis have made vestigation of the refrigeration mar- tine is being contemplated here. A sing The Mother's Day address will be deWorkers Welcome the remarkable achievements of the sure that there would be no way of ket he chose the Westinghouse for his committee has been formed in Tel- livered by Warren Ackerman. "While the number of workers is women in past campaigns. "W* agency because he believed that he Aviv to call for an international conestablishing the number of Jewish suicould thus assure for his customers ference ] of physicians preparatory to Roses and carnations will be given most encouraging, we nevertheless the best for their, money* (Continued from Page 3.) the planned Congress. to every lady attending the services. welcome anyone and everyone who (Continued on Page Two.) (
POSTPONEMENT OF ZIONIST CONGRESS ALMOST CERTAIN
Leads Drive Enthusiastic Army of Workers for the Jewish for $40,000 Philanthropies Are Determined to Achieve Their Goal
Head Initial Gifts Group
Head Qeneral Solicitations
Chairman of Women
TALMUD TORAH PLANS ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN
MRS.J.H.KOUKOFSKY RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF LADIES* AUXILIARY
DAVE B. COHN, HEAD OF THORPEIAN CLUB