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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25,193S
VOL. IX—No. 30
Palestinian KAREN Jewish Congress Appeals Large Surplus Revenue How Reunion Effected AT CENTER \ ABLE Directly to Hindenbvrg Between Sistett Brothers BE FORM POPULAR APPEAL
JERUSALEM (J. T. A.)—A large government surplus from Palestinian NEW YORK —President von Hin-that the heinous torture of some 3,000 revenue during the years of 1932 and The story of how Pesia Bairatsky of hearing, she omitted revealing this enburg of Germany, in an open letter Jews for no reason except the blind 1933 is revealed in the report of the of Lithuania was able to again see herfact for fear of being unable to enter. Five Speakers to Appear Here, :rom the American Jewish Congress, hatred of the National Socialists for Palestine treasurer. brothers in Lincoln and Omaha is the That omission almost cost her the op- Two-Year Report Made to Zions asked to use his prerogatives under the so-called non-Aryan; that the arDecember to ist Congress at The report showed a surplus of story of how official "red tape" was portunity of seeing her relatives. For ;he Weimar Constitution to "rescue rest of thousands of Jews and their 1,230,296 pounds. Local bank deposits conquered. when they found out about the hear* April Prague From certain extermination the 600,-incarceration in prison camps on spur- totaled seven million pounds and an- She is the brother of William By- ing, the officials detained her at Ellis Progress is being made in formu- )00 Jews of Germany who look to you ious charges; that the deprivation of other three million were being held ron, 1523 North Twentieth street, and Island for "observation and suspicion PRAGUE (J. T. A.)—The concepthe citizenship rights of the Jews on abroad to Palestine credit. also has two brothers, Abe and Phil- of mental deficiency." lating the program for the Com- :or succor." tion underlying the work of the Keren The letter, which is signed by Ber-the ground that they are non-Aryans; munity Forum for this coming season The report declared "the unprece- lip Byron, in business in Lincoln. Miss The HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund) nard S. Deutsch, president of the or- that the withdrawal from them of dented favorable economic conditions Bairatsky lived with her brothers in Society) maintains a permanent bu- based upon the collections for nationAs in previous years, this series Lincoln and attend school there from reau there. HIAS informed the Byron al purposes, has fully retained its vi* •will be under the auspices of the ;anization, points out that the Wei-means of livelihood, their ostracism show no signs of abatement." 1908 to 1912. brothers in Lincoln. They frantically tal and pressing appeal despite poliJewish Community Center, -with the mar Constitution has not been for- as a pariah caste; their excIuEJMi The Jewish role in the creation of educational committee in charge. mally abrogated and that the prerog- from the political, social and cultural this huge governmental surplus was In 1912 she grew homesick, and de-"burned the wires" in a vain effort to tical and economic hardships, accordof the country; the espionage ex- not mentioned. termined to return to Lithuania to secure her release. Finally, in desper- ing to the report of the organization It is hoped to again bring to the atives of the President of the Repub- life ercised against them; the expropriavisit her parents. Just when she wasation, they communicated with their which is being presented at the Eighlocal rostrum outstanding personali- lic, which include the right to dismiss tion of their property and the refusal teenth World Zionist Congress. The ready to come back to the United brother in Omaha. ties in the public eye. According to the Chancellor, have not been im- to permit them exit from the States the World War broke out, and The latter came to the Jewish Com- report covers the two-years period present arrangements, there will be paired by the enabling act of last country, constitutefree contravention of she found herself stranded in Europe. munity Center and Welfare Federa- from April 1, 1931 to March 31, 1933. five lectures, one a month beginning March. It expresses the view that in the Constitution ofa the ReHe education stood ner in good stead, tion for aid and told the story to "The past few years have liccn hard in December and ending in April. conferring dictatorship powers oii public and inexorably callsGerman for the inand she was able to make a living by Jacob S. Pearlstien, executive direc- ones for the Keren Hayesod," the reLast season the Forum presented Adolf Hitler, it was not the Presiof the President of the teaching. tor. port points out. "In most countries lectures by Will Durant, Drew Pear- dent's intention to "defy the founda- tercession Reich," states the preamble to the In the interim, her parents passed Pearlstien took the matter up with the receipts have declined considerson, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and tions on which the German republic letter. ; away. Years passed. She was about to Senator W. H. Thompson of Grand ably. Only with the utmost difficulty Phillip La Follette. was built" or "to vanquish every prinbecome wedded and move to Palestine Island, and between the senator, Pearl- could expeditures be adjusted to the Jewish Veterans Not Exempt. Lewis E. Lawes, warden of Sing ciple of humanity in relation to the The Social Service Committee of permanently. But before that she stien, and the HIAS, arrangements changed conditions, and no one can • "Not even the Jewish veterans of Sing, was scheduled as the last Jews." the Jewish Community Center and wanted to visit once again with her were made for a six-month permit to say whether the economic crisis which the war are spared from this inquisispeaker, but due to illness he was Constitute Contravention. Federation is calling a con- brothers, possibly for the last time. Miss Bairatsky. has borne particularly heavily on the forced to cancel his appearance. An "We submit that the killing of some tion. To them as to their co-religion- Welfare ference for Sunday* morning, August ists, in every walk of life, every So she obtained her visa and set She is at present visiting her broth- Jewish people, is a passing phenomeffort is being made to have him ful-three hundred Jews and more for no 27, at 10:30 a. m. at the J. C. C. for enon, or whether we have entered into fill the engagement this season. other reason than that they are Jews; means of substinence is denied. CiV the purpose of discussing ways and forth for these shores. A trifle hard ers in Lincoln. a longish period of capitalistic retroDue to the fact that Warden means of initiating a citizenship camgression with the resultant adverse Lawes was unable to appear, all who paign among the residents of Jewish effect upon money collections, more bought Forum tickets last year will faith who are not yet citizens. particularly those of an interterritorbe given a fifty-cent reduction on Organizations among whose memial kind. Under these circumstances, their purchase price of a Forum bership there are likely to be a large optimistic forecasts are out of place." ticket this year. number of non-citizens have been exNumber of Contributors. The price will again be three tended a special invitation to be repdollars for a season ticket, with The report notes, however, that the resented. Among these are included single lecture admissions one dollar. BUCHAREST (J. T. A.)—The Nazi Basle, Switzerland.—(J. T. A.)— number of contributors has not dethe Omaha Hebrew Club, the Jewish The first annual Vaad picnic, which London, (J.T.A.)—"Alien control The Forum will continue its policy and was to have been held last Sunday, Women's Wc*Jare Organization, Ha- insistence that anti-Semitism in Ron- The authorities here confiscated 761 creased in anything like the ratio of influence in national affairs," of having open discussions following is one of the objects which the was postponed because of bad wea-dassah, the two Workmen Circle mania is growing by leaps and bounds copies of the "Elders of Zion" pro- the amount of contributions. In seveach lecture. instanced by the introduction of a tocols from the headquarters of the eral countries, there was no decline Shirts of Ireland are bound by ther and will be held this coming branches, the Vaad, and the National as numerus clausus in the universities of reactionary, anti-Semitic National at all in the number of contributors. The Center is also making arrange- Blue Sunday afternoon, August 27, at Worker's Alliance. their constitution to oppose, reports Roumania was flatly denied here by ments for a continuance of the Jew- the London Daily Herald in an inter- Fontenelle park, starting at 3 p. m. This organization, it was Reviewing the situation in PalesOthers, like the Council of Jewish Undersecretary of the Ministry of Ed- Front. ish Forum series. discovered, had been engaged in dis- tine, the report notes that the "first view with General O'Duffy, ComThe picnic is for members of the Women, are being invited because of ucation Pandrei. tributing the spurious protocols. phase of Jewish colonizing: effort in mander of the National Guard, the Vaad H'Oehr, the Ladies' Auxiliary immigration work being a- vital part Since according to Swiss law only Palestine is gradually nearing its end. blueshirted organization which Pres- of the Vaad, the Junior Vaad Aux- of their program. Still other organi- In an interview with the press lie ident de Valera is contemplating out- iliary, the Young Men's Vaad and zations, like the B'nai Brith, are rep-stated that there was no intention of the insulted party could bring action, The majority of the settlements eslawing. the children of the Teligious school, resented through the Social Service discriminating' against the Jews. He Julius Dreyfus Brodsky, president tablished by the Keren Hayesod (Jewinsisted that Premier Voida-Voivod, in of the Jewish community, and Dr. ish National. Fund) land will start General O'Duffy was asked to give together with their friends and fami- Committee. view of the shortage of space in the Marcus Cohn brought action against presently to pay interest and part of lies. a definition of the organization's atThe members of the Social Service university laboratories was limiting the National Front in their names. the capital invested . . . The feature ' -will be the drawing Committee titude towards the Jews and reinclude Dr. Philip Sher, the number of students. This, how- They charged this group with dis- "The Yishub is gradually assuming for a round trip ticket, by train, to ferred to the second rule in the orchairman; Max 31. Barish, Eugene ever, would be exclusively governed ganization's constitution which is as Chicago or its equivalent in cash. The Blazer, Rabbi Frederick Cohn, Eabbi by the viewpoint of the student's ca- tributing outrageous falsifications li- some of the tasks hitherto shouldered belling the Jewish people. winning party must be present. There by the Keren Hayesod. The latter's follows: David A. Goldstein,-Rabbi Uri Miller, pabilities, not the religion the student The trial is expected to be held position will thus be eased once it has Classes to Begin at Community "To oppose Communism and alien is no charge for the tickets to the Philip M. Klutznick, Leo Kosenthal, belonged to, he declared. discharged the vast obligations it uncontrol and influence in national af- -drawing nor to the picnic in general. Isadore Abramson, \ and William L. At the same time Undersecretary shortly. Center on SeptemMeanwhile a mass meeting called dertook in order tc expedite rural and Novelties, prize contests and games fairs, and to uphold Christian prinHolzman. ber 11 Pandrei paid a tribute to the Jews, by the National Front proved a dou- urban settlement in previous years* ciples in every sphere of public act- will be included in the afternoon's declaring that the Roumanian people ble-edged sword. Fifteen hundred The past two years mark a definite program of activities. The Senior ivity." who themselves had been oppressed persons attended the meeting, but step forward in this direction." Registration for the School of Mu Only Irish-born Christians are Vaaad and the Young Men's Vaad for centuries, should have known bet-, shortly after their arrival they moved sic at the Jewish Community Centra eligible!, to membership iiu.the. or=- -will engage in ah^ndbor baseball ter than to permit the development of that a resolution be passed ever- The fund-raising efforts have: also •wili open at" the "Center nexk" Fri- "ganizataon which is directed against game. anti-Semitism in their country. He throwing the chairman, and they a strong: propaganda and educational day. At 3:30 the Auxiilary of the Vaad Jews, General O'Duffy admitted, bedeclared that anti-Semitism was the appointed their own chairman in his value. "The history of the Palestine ; This is th§ second year for the cause "the Jews are the instigators will hold a meeting at the picnic greatest danger that Roumania faced place. The latter proclaimed amid movement, and more especially of grounds. • .. Mrs. Lena Deiches passed away at today. Music School, and its sponsors hope, of Communism." ork since the generous applause that the meeting to repeat its success of last yeai. her home, 3S20 California street, last When the occasion arises, he dethat the most effective propaganda would be held with the devotion to Classes for both adults and children clared, the guards will demand arms Sunday afternoon. While returning the principles of democracy upper- consists of gaining regular and adehome with her husband from a party, •will get under way on September for defense. The organization has quate contributions for Palestine purmots in everyone's mind. she was suddenly stricken ill and died 11. been declared illegal by the Northern poses and in this way forging a pershortly thereafter. ,. sonal bond between the individual and Fees for the various classes are Ireland Government. She was a resident of this city for Palestine," it states. nominal. Included in the curriculum "We are an anti-Communist organwill be classes in piano, violin, cello, ization," O'Duffy asserted. 'Hft'e have TORONTO (J. T. A.)—The state- twenty-two years. She is survived by The economic situation in the voice, harmony and music apprecia- adopted the Fascist salute, not be- ment of Mayor Stewart of this city, her husband, Maurice; four sisters, VIENNA (J. T. A.)—A silent antiUnited States during the past two tion. | cause it is Fascist, but because it forbidding display of the swastika Mrs. Maurice Meyer, Mrs. Sam Wells, Jewish boycott by municipal banking years caused the severest blow to the institutions in Austria was revealed Those wishing any additional in- is distinctive and has removed us here as a result of the week's serious Mrs. Carrie Bendheim, and Miss Sarfund, the report reveals. ah Strauss, all of Omaha, and one here when a Jewish invalided war vetformation concerning the courses and; from the British Army salute/' rioting follows: Eeferring to the German-Jewish siteran, proprietor of a newspaper shop, brother, Benjamin Strauss, of Hous-instruction may call Mrs Henry MonINNSBRUCK, Austria (J. T. A.)— uation, the report notes the large• "From recent occurrences in our suddenly noticed that his business was ton, Texas. sky director of the musical activities city it must be apparent that the dis- Funeral services were held Tuesday declining considerably because the Jews in the province of East Prussia scale emigration to Palestine and the of the school. Those wishing inforplay in any form of the 'Swastika' at the Hoffman Mortuary chapel, neighboring municipal office and a have been informed by the local au- relief collections throughout the world, mation regarding the fees or. regisnearby bank had suddenly discontin- thorities that mail addressed to them including Palestine. It notes that alemblem is provocative and tends to with burial in Pleasant HilLtration may call Jacob S. Pearlstein, will no longer be delivered. Nazi post- though these funds are not being- colued all orders. incite riotous conduct and a disturbexecutive director at the Jewish Commen will therefore not have to be hu- lected under the Keren Hayesod flag, ance of the peace which is not at all An organized effort through silence munity Center. they are following the methods develBERLIN (J. T. A.X — The r State in keeping with the good name of our Sisterhood of Temple was thus revealed to induce the pop-miliated by being of service to Jews. oped by the organization. An advisory board consisting of government of Mecklenburg-Schwerin city or for the public good. Instead, Jewish residents will have ulation to boycott Jewish trade. many local prominent musicians will has dissolved the Russian Nazi group "I therefore wish to warn all citi- to Sponsor Keno Night to call at the postoffice personally, The United States, in the past two The Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung deaid in the school's activities. composed of reactionary monarchist zens that such use of this 'Swastika' manded vigorous intervention by the after six o'clock in the evening, -when years gave 1SS,545 pounds as comThe School of Music is part of the elements and former members of the emblem will render the person so usA "Keno Party" will be given by government in order to stop this dis- there is no danger that they will pared to 162,062 pounds for the two expanded educational program adopt- infamous Black Hundreds, ^Russian ing same liable to prosecution to the the Temple Israel Sisterhood at the crimination against Austrian Jewish mingle with Aryans. This arrange- years previous. In the twelve years' ment is already popularly known as existence of the Keren Hayesod, the ed at the Jewish Community Center anti-Semites who led the pogroms full extent of the law. Fontenelle Hotel on Wednesday, Sep- citizens. the "Judenpost." United States has given a total of against the Russian Jews. At the last year. tember 6, at 8:30 o'clock in the Indian same time their proper'jr -was ordered "I also wish to warn all persons Grill Room. Admission is free. Jewish parents throughout East 2,409,392 pounds, approximately half Palestine Settlers Sail These former Russians against taking the law into their own Prussia are being compelled to •with- of the total raised throughout the WARSAW, Aug. 16 —Three hun- draw their children from the public world in that period which was 4,821,Beobachter "Explains" confiscated. have been conducting the strongest hands, or taking, part in an unlawful Mrs. Sam Herzberg is chairman £nd anti-Jewish propaganda, even outdo- assembly. Peace, order and good gov- assures everyone that "this will be a dred Polish Jews, including a group schools because the Christian children 510 pounds. Anti-Semitism Growth ing the German Nazis in their bitter- ernment is my desire, I invite co- fine and peppy party." Lunch will be group of 140 chahitzim (settlers) left are unwilling- to share their benches operation." served from the bar at midnight. here for Palestine. ness against the Jews.' with them and because of the insultBERLIN (J. T. A.)—The growth of ing behavior of the teachers. It has The closing down of their organizaanti-Semitism throughout Europe is tion by the German authorities can be become a popular pastime among- the featured in the Voelkischer Beobach.- traced, however, to the protest lodged Nazi school teachers to confront ter, Hitler organ, which declares this by the Soviet ambassador in Berlin, classes in which there are Jewish chilanti-Semitism is not based on coinci- who claimed that the Russian Nazis dren with such questions as "What is Moses Cohen, SI, of 1811 North 15th dence, "as the Jewish press would like were fomenting plots against the Sothe difference between a human be- Street, retired merchant and resident to explain it," but "on the general de- viet regime. ing and a Jew?" of Omaha for fifty years, died Wedsire to free ourselves spiritually from Rather than have their children nesday morning in 51 local hospital. Jewish monetary domination." constantly insulted and humiliated by He is survived by four sons, Archie "European anti-Semitism," declaims Jewish Council Votes being asked such questions, Jewish and George of Omaha, and Hymie and the Beobachter, "is the reply of proud for Boycott parents in large numbers are with- Robert of Los Angeles; two daughdeavor. nations to the Jewish International, NEW YORK—Approval of the boydrawing their children f r o m the ters, Lena and Bess, of Omaha. The purpose of organizing the fund which believes in inciting nations, one cott movement was voted by the exschools and in many cases, for want Funeral services were held Wednesis "to accept any gift, grant, devise against the other, to make good bus- ecutive committee of the Jewish Counof another school to send them, where day afternoon from the Jewish Funeror bequest in trust for educational, cil of Greater New York. iness in war time." they will receive better treatment, are al Home, with interment at Golden charitable, religious or benevolent i Hill cemeterv. The active committees for the Haruses or purposes of Jewish character." keeping them at home. ry' Lapidus Community Trust Fund The powers are flexible, so that the have been appointed and begun func- Jews Less Than 2 purposes of the trust fund may be tioning, according to announcement Percent in changed to meet changing conditions made by.Harry B. Zimman, president The officers of the Fund are: | Russia of the Fund. Harry B. Zimman, president; Harry The committees: J. Kulakofsky, vice-president; David MOSCOW (J. T. A.)—The Jewish Goldman, treasurer; NEW YORK (J. T. A.)—There is a community recently raised a fund to Committee on Public Relations: Blacker, Henry Monsky, chairman; Philip M. population of Soviet Russia numbers secretary. shortage of Jewish women in the aid German Jews. ALLENTOWN, Pa. (J. T. A.)—power. He returned to Germany shorty f South American republic of Colombia The mixed marriages as a result of Klutznick, Dr. Philip Sher, Harry two and one-half million souls, or 1.7 The affairs of the fund are being Everything that -was written in rep-ly after the persecution of Jews had of the total population, according to administered by a board of trustees begun. and Jewish men, both Ashkenazic and the shortage of Jewish women have Trustin. created a religious problem for the Gifts Committee: William L. Holz- the electrified map of Soviet nations of seventeen, ten life members and utable newspapers in America about "Our stay in Marburg brought us Sephardic, are intermarrying with community conditions in Germany, affecting the up-to-date with German events very which appealed to the man, chairman; Dr. A. Greenberg, J. and nationalities at the exhibit of seven elected for a two-year term. women of other religions, the Hebrew HIAS for a decision. The question is J. treatment of Jews in that country, is quickly. Then it was just a question Peoples of Soviet Russia, arranged in Greenberg. Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) has whether men who have married out- Investment Committee: David Gold- connection with the tenth anniversary The life members are Sam Beber, true, Eev. Donald M. C. Englert, of of keeping' quiet, of writing nothing: been informed by its affiliate, the side the faith may be buried in the man, chairman; Abe Goldstein, J. H. -of the promulgation of the Soviet Abe Goldstein, Dr. A. Greeaberg, WI1- Allentown, a Lutheran minister, who at all in our letters home, since our Iiara L. Holzman, Harry J. KulakofJewish Aid Society, at Medellin, Co- Jewish cemetery. Constitution. Kulakofsky, Irvin Stalmaster. sky, Henry Monsky, Dr. Philip Sher. returned here from a year's stay in letters were being opened, and o£ lombia. The HIAS here submitted this ques- Distribution Committee: Harry A. The statistics are taken from the Irvin Stalmaster, Harry A. Wolf, Har- Germany, declared in an interveiw. waiting: until we were safely out of The Jewish community has a pri- tion to the Union of Orthodox Rabbis Wolf, chairman; Max Barish, Sam Be- last census, but cannot be taken as ry B. Zimman. Rev. Englert, who was in Ger- Germany before discussing what was vate synagogue and a cemetery, but and notified the community that the ber, Harry Malashock. final, since a number of Jews were Those elected for two years Include many on a Princeton Alumni Fcllow- going on in that country. It suffices it has no rabbi nor schochet, and is decision was that these men could be The Trust Fund is part of the per- registered as Russian, White-Russian Max Barish, David ^Blacker, David ship in New Testament scholarship, to say that everything that was writ* somewhat concerned over the difficul- buried in the Jewish cemetery but manent memorial of the community to or Ukrainian. Goldman, J. J. Greenberg, P h i l i p and who was accompanied by his wife, ten. in the reputable newspapers it; ties of preserving its Jewishness in that their graves should be set apart the memory of its departed leader, Actually, the number of Jews in Klatznick, Harry Malashocfci Harry spent a short vacation in Italy during America about conditions in Gerthe face of its small numbers. The from the others. Harry Lapidus, who during his life- Russia approximates three million. the period when Hitler came into many was true," he declared. < Trustin.
Citizenship Drive By Social Service Group Planned
YAAD PICNIC TO BE IRISH NAZIS OPPOSE HELD AT FONTENELE JEWS; CALL SEVES SUNDAY AFTERNOON "THE BLUE SHIRTS"
SWISS CONFISCATE ROUMANIAN OFFICIAL DENIES ANTI-SEMITIC PROTOCOLS OF ZION NUMERUSCLAUSUSPLAN FROM ANTI-SEMITES
REGISTRATION FOR SCHOOL OF MUSIC ON SEPTEMBER 1
Mrs.
Lenalfeiches Died EasSrSiincJav
MAYOR OF TORONTO FORBIDS SWASTIKA
SILENT BOYCOTT IN VIENNA IS REVEALED Delivery of Mail to
Jewish Residents of East Prussia Ends
Russian Nazis i Germany Dissolved
Harry Lapidus Community-Trust Fund Committees Are Appointed Board of T m s t e e s i l ^ — ^ Actively at Work
Jews in-Colombia Seeking Jewish Women as Mates
Moses Cohen, 81, Die'd Wednesday
to Departed Leader
stories True, Southern Minister States