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Camp&n Machinery
Is GeS>d for Local Philanthropies Drive Divisional Heads at Work Co-ordinating the Various "Cogs" for SmoothRunning Campaign The campaign machinery lor the 1934 Jewish Philanthropies drive is being * rapidly perfected; with the - divisional heads selected and already at work, according to Harry Silvefman,; general chairman of the campaign.' The chairmen who will -head the drive: " '
Harry Silverman, g e n e r a l chairman. Morris E. Jacobs, initial gifts. Milton R. Abrahams, David Greenberg and, William Milder; co-chairman of general solicitations. . . . Mrs. Max Li Holzman, women's division. Harry A. Wolf] budget. Dr. A. Greenberg, quota. Round Table of Jewish Youth —W i 11 i a m Wolfe, president, youth's division. Frank Ackerman, publicity. Iwin G. Levin, speakers. Ben Kazlowsky, organizations. "Every one of the heads," declared General SUverman, "is a seasoned Philanthropies campaigns.
divisional Chairman veteran in Each has
SYMPOSHIfON JUDAISM NEXT JEWISH NUMBER
manifested a deep, vital interest in the needs of our unfortunate brethren, and with the spirit of enthusiasm and determination shown in the preliminary work we are looking forward to a highly successful campaign." The drive.will get under way early in May. The general policies for the campaign and the exact date and manner- of the official opening will be- decided upon at an early meeting of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Community Center and Welfare Federation, to be held when William L. Hblsman, president, returns to the city. The Philanthropies is a part of the Federation. At the conclusion of the 1932 campaign a new policy was started of selecting the general'chairman of the next campaign months in advance so that organizational details could be worked out carefully without any last-minute rush in plans. This plan worked so well last year that it is being repeated for t i e forthcoming campaign. Last Year's Drive. Last year a little short of $30,000 was pledged for the benefit of some thirty local, national and international Jewish beneficiaries. A total of 2,265 pledges were obtained under the direction of Dr. A. Greenberg as general chairman. In last year's campaign the youth's division was the first to "go over the top" in securing its quota. According to present plans, the "selective process' of canvassing which worked so successfully last year will be employed to an even : greater degree this year. •
Reform, Conservative aM OrthSub-Committees;:'^••s^rr•:•'.' odox Judaism to Be Dis- r The chairman and their aides have ^ d on March 28 been meeting regularly in mapping A symposium on _ Orthodox, Conservative and. Reform Judaism will be the next number on the Jewish lecture series at the Jewish Community Center under the auspices of the Junior Vaad, on Wednesday evening, March 28, at 8 p. m. Rabbi David. A. Goldstein of the Conservative Synagogue will serve as chairman of the symposium. Rabbi David H. Wice of Temple Israel will present the Reform point of view; Rabbi David Graubart of Des Moines, la., will speak for Conservative Judaism; while Rabbi Uri Miller of the Vaad Ha'Dir will speak for Orthodoxy. Much interest in the symposium as a cultural event is being evinced. In commenting on the purpose served by the symposium, Rabbi Graubart writes , from Des Moines: "The American Jew is not given to deliberations on theology and religious philosophy. It is not theologie convictions that send us to the Orthodox, Conservative or Reform synagogue. But we do feel that our people should be enlightened on the three outstanding varities of religious Judaism in America today. A symposium of this kind will serve to clarify many matters." Two other : lectures remain ort the series of .five, an address by Dr. Jung of the University of Iowa and an address by Dr. Siegal of the University of Chicago. Tickets for the remaining lectures, including the symposium, are one dollar. Admission for the symposium alone is fifty cents. Tickets may be secured at the Jewish Community Center, through the Junior Vaad ^members, or at the office of the Vaad at the B'nai Israel synagogue. :
MRS. MIRIAM ZLOTKY PASSED AWAY SUNDAY Mrs. Miriam P. Zlotky, 75, died Sunday morning at a local hospital after a short illness. She had been a resident of Omaha for thirty-five years. She was the widow of Harry Zlotky. She is survived by three sons: Abraham of Chicago, Morris of Santa Monica, Cal., and Samuel of Cleveland; and one daughter, Jennie of Omaha, Funeral services were held Monday afternoon. . -
Automatic Citizenship
Barcelona—Sephardic Jews returning to Spain are not to be regarded as aliens but as Spanish citizens returning to their own land, the:municipal council of Barcelona has'ruled.
out the stategy to be used in the approaching drive. "No stone will be left unturned in our effort to have thorough efficiency without waste of time or energy when the drive swings into action," SUverman declared. The speakers bureau under Irvin C. Levin will start its campaign during the Passover holidays. Levin plans to have every Jewish group in the city learn of the work and value of the Jewish Philanthropies and its beneficiary agencies. The 1934 campaign will be the fifth since the inauguration of the Philanthropies.
ABRAHAM WINER DIED LAST FRIDAY Abraham Winer, 59, of 4928 South 26th street, died at a local hospital last Friday,night following a week's illness. He had been a resident here for a quarter of a century. Surviving, are his widow and five children: Mrs. Mike Cohen, Mrs. Harold Siegal, and Harry, Hyman and Dorothy Winer. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon.
Palestine Benefit Concert by Hazomir A concert will be given on Sunday evening, April 15, at S o'clock at the B'nai Israel synagogue,. 18th and Chicago strets, by the local Hazomir Singing Society. The concert is being given under the auspices of the Mizarchi organization of Omaha. The proceeds will all go to the Mizrachi Fund for Palestine. The, Hazomir is under the_ leadership of Cantor A. Schwaczkin, who is chairman of the program committee for this concert. Mr. N. Levinson is ticket chairman.
Hebrew Club Open Meeting on Sunday The March open meeting of the Omaha Hebrew Clnb will be held on Sunday, March 18, at 3:30 p. m. at the lodge room of the J. C. C. J. J. Friedman will be chairman. The feature will be a debate on "Resolved, that Jury Trials in Civil and Criminal Cases Should Be Abolished." Iz (Cappy) Liebermanwill uphold the affirmative and Hy Shrier the negative. Yiddish folk songs will be sung by Larry Finkel, accompanied at the piano by Miss Margaret Hurwitz. The public is .invited. An open forum will follow the debate,.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FEEDAY, MARCH 16, 1934
Columbus University Probes Nazi Incidents New York (WNS)—In an uproar because of a sensational series of Nazi incidents on the campus of Columbia university, officials have launched a thoroughgoing investigation to discover the perpetrators. The first outbreak of Hitlerite rowdyism occurred during the annual Purim dance of the Jewish students of Columbia and Barnard colleges. At the height of the dance, a number of electric bulbs were tossed from the balcony on to the dance floor. The ensuing explosion, caused a near panic. A few minutes later rotten eggs were thrown from the same place. This was followed by a large sign inscribed with a huge swastika and the legend "Hen (sic) Hitler!" The following day a black swastika on cardboard was tacked on the front of Hamilton Hall. Two similar placards were found on the bulletin board of Hamilton Hall where most of Columbia's classes are held., Swastika signs were also placed upon the desk of Arnold Beichman, editor of the Columbia Spectator. These signs said "Heil Hitler, Savior of Germany; Heil Spectator, Organ of Idiocy." .
Warns of Civil War
London — Stanley Baldwin, Lord President of the Council. and leader of the Conservative parly, denounced dictatorships and pointed to the British parliament as one of the last bulwarks of freedom .in a radio address. He warned England that the growth of either Fascism or Communism can only mean civil war.
NAZI AND AMERICAN «OURTS|AR APART ONDiVORCElAWS Berlin (WNSJ —fBy granting an "Aryan's" petition..•!£or an annulment of his /marriage toj a Jewess on the ground of "ignorance concerning the nature and importance of race purity," the high coart of Karlsruhe set a precedent which is expected to lead to a flood of such kctions. Other German high courts had previously refused to admit the validity of such pleas and; declined to dissolve; mixed marriages. New York ( WNS )—Baron. Ralph von Heitzensteia Steinach, reputedly one of the leading? Nazi propagandists in the United States, discovered to his discomfiture, that America is not Nasi Germany and that Hitlerite laws are not operative here when Chief Justice Boyle of the Domestic Relations Court committed hjm to Jail pending a farther investigation of charges made by Baroness von Heittenstein Steinach that her husband had deserted'Sier and refused to support her because she is a Jewess. The baton freely admitted that he had deserted bis wife, to whom he was' married in this country. ten years ago, because as a jjood Hitlerite he was obliged to get rid of his nonAryan spouse. The baroness contended that; the baron has a fortune of a rojN on d*^.?"1? Wt r^r"«-es to sunport her. The Judge made it clear to the baron- that in this, tona^yHitler's Aryan laws don't, apply and that if he doesn't abide by our laws he will go to jail.
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Bumper Orange Crop Murder Charge in Arlosorof f Killing Has Its Troubles, Jaffa (WNS) — Aba Achimeier, Too Abraham Stavsky and Zvi RosenTel Aviv, (J.T.A.)—Owing to the extreme shortage of labor and the danger of the orange crop rotting -before it is picked, an appeal was issued to German Jewish and other professionals to help pick the orange crop and thus acquire rats} experience. School children have volunteered their services to aid in gathering the fruit and workers were appealed to for help.
Congress Planning Propaganda Probe Washington (WNS)— Passage of the Dickstein resolution authorizing a thoroughgoing investigation of Nazi propaganda in the United States was virtually assured when the rules committee of the House of Representatives, after nearly three weeks of discussion, approved the resolution and voted to submit it to the House. The resolution already has the approval of the immigration committee and the democratic steering committee. .
Statue of Sir Monash
blatt, the three Revisionists charged with having murdered Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff, chairman of the political department of the Jewish Agency, on June 16, 1933, in Tel Aviv, have been committed ot trial for premeditated murder in the criminal assizes court by Magistrate Ralph B. Bodilly, following the conclusion of the protracted preliminary hearing. No date has yet been set for the trial. The hearing, marked by sensational testimony, conflicting evidence and an alleged confession by a convicted Arab serving a sentence for murder, took nearly eight months because of numerous postponements. In a last minute effort to clear the three Revisionists, Horace Samuel, their counsel, offered a long statement in which he analyzed all the evidence and testimony which had been presented in the course of the hearing. Magistrate Bodilly, however, ruled that the accused men must stand trial.
BERLIN ORT HEAD TO SPEAK HERE THIS WEEK-END To Speak in English Tonight and in Yiddish Sunday Evening Dr. Boris Aisurowitch of Berlin, known internationally for his work on behalf of the Ort, will speak twice while in Omaha this week-end. This evening, March 16, he will speak in English at Temple Israel. Sunday evening, March 18, Dr. Aisurowitch will speafc in Yiddish at a community-wide mass meeting at
LAST CALLFOR JEWISH BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Melbourne — A one-half life-size equestrian statue of the late Sir John Monash, commander of the Australian troops in the war, is to be in- Deadline Shortly for Organizations to Name Representacluded in the Victoria War Memorial planned by the Australian governtives to Federation Board ment . Most of the mem'oers of the Board Dr. Boris Ai of Governors of the Jewish Community Center and Welfare Federa- the Jewish Community Center. I. tion have been chosen, but a number Morgenstern will be chairman. of organizations have thus far failed A representative of the World Verto select their representatives. band Ort, Dr. Aisurowitch is now According to the constitution of touring the country in the interests the Federation, every organization of the Peoples Ort. The Ort is one is entitled to one representative and of the beneficiary agencies of the to an additional representative "for Omaha Jewish Philanthropies, so no every one hundred members or ma- campaign for funds will be conducted jor fraction thereof in excess of one during Dr. Aisurowitch's visit. He By ALFRED E. SMITH hundred." will, however, familiarize the local organizations who have failed Jewry with the work of the Ort This characteristically outspoken fle or molded in an iron ibrm that, cording to ; the Nazi tenets, to rec- to The their representatives must in reconstructing Jewish life. analysis of what Nazism means to permits of no deviation. . j ognise "the ditrine qualities of love, of do name so immediately, or the constituthe world by the man who was The fight for political and reli-i understanding, of faith, of charity, of tional preogative will be exercised The Ort is half a century/^old. 1$ four tinea governor of New York gious freedom and for racial toler-i sympathy and of tolerance. What has and representatives appointed • for has done much to reconstruct "Iha jind the Democratic/candidate for ance has been tlie.bjgg^ part "of the>j coin^«^the_Gern>an_people who at them. economic lives.of the Jews in EastPresident of the "tinted SUtesTIh development ol oar. American democ- one tinie held these attributes toUje "A" meeting of the* Board of Gov- ern snd Central Europe] It conducts 1928, is presented by special ar- racy. The fight has been, perhaps, necessary to right living in this ernors is to be called as soon as trade schools and supplies tools to. rangement with Harrison-Smith & the most distinguishing characteristic world and preparation for the next? William L. Holzman, president of Jews in Poland, Russia, Lithuania Robert Haas, publishers of "Nazi- that marks the difference between How can these people who are proud- the Federation, returns to the city. and Roumania in its program to ism; An Assault on Civilization,'' the American democracy and the so- er of being Nazis than they are of make them self supporting. edited by Pierre Van Paassen and cial and political structures of other being Germans, expect justice from Already Selected. The special Federation committee •countries. We have not yet won that James Waterman Wise. . arranging for Dr. Aisurowitch's visit The members already chosen for others when they do not give it to battle, as too frequently • there are THE EDITOR. includes: I. Morgenstern, chairman, the Board of Governors and the ortheir own? revivals of religious and racial prejMrs. Jeannette Amstein, Milton they represent: udices arising in America—survivals There was slowly growing up in ganizations Joseph Kirshenbaum, Adass Yes- Abrahams, S. Lipp, I. Shafer, M. There is no better way of measur- of conditions more actively existing this country, prior to the Hitler re- huren; Ben Shrier, A. Z. A. I.; Minkin, I. Goldstein, Mrs. J. Felding the benefits of constitutional, elsewhere and heritages from lands gime fl. widespread belief that prob- Harry Rimmerman, Beth Hamedrosh man, and J. Radinowski. democratic government as exempli- "where such prejudices are fanned, as ably some of the terms of the Ver- Hagodol; Harry Dworsky, South Dr. Aisurowitch is also a wellsailles treaty put too much of a burfied in our experience, than by an- is the case in Germany today. Omaha B'nai Brith; Leo Abramson, known author and has degrees from alyzing recent events in the late Ger- Whatever may be the shortcomings den on the German children yet to Frank Ackerman, Dr. M. M. Green- the Universities of Berlin, Belgium man Republic The German Constitu- of the American scene, it is undeni- be born, and when this sentiment berg, Ben Kadowsky, Simon Pizer, and Petrograd. tion showed numerous evidences of a ably true that we have never by law found expression the French people B'nai Brith; M. Ratzman, Congregastudy of our own fundamental law. recognized these private hates. It is said: "You do not know Germany." tion of Israel; Harry Steinberg, It was assumed that what had," on equally true that in every communi- Maybe the French people are right. B'nai Jacob; Harry Braviroff, E. H. the whole, worked so well here could ty the underlying and leading opin- Maybe we do not know Germany if Brown, Philip Greenberg, Conservabe transplanted and made to flourish ion has frowned upon — although the rank and file of her people per- tive Synagogue; Mrs. J. J. Greenin Berlin, Imt the people of Germany sometimes without complete success sist in sustaining a regime such as berg. Mrs. M. Margolin, Conservawere unable to live up to, or under —all manifestations of persecution now seems to be in full control of tive Auxiliary; Mrs. I. Kulakofsky, that great country. Mrs. A. Shafton, Daughters of Zion; it. They began by suspending impor- and forced inferiorities. tant provisions, and ended recently Speaking before the German Reich- Hitler, in his autobiography, de- Mrs. Max Fromkin, Mrs. K. Tatle, by scrapping the entire document. stag, Bismarck once said: "The Ger- clares it is a fundamental that men Deborah; Ida Fine, Jr. Hadassah; The spirit and letter of every provi- man people fear God and nobody are not equal before the law. To Mrs. A. D. Frank, Mrs. M. F. Levension of our bill of rights has been else." He undoubtedly meant by that make good the principle that they son, Mrs. Dave Sherman, Mrs. Julius Hitler was excoriated as a menace violated by the Hitler government. they feared to offend Him because were equal before the law he de- Stein, Sr. Hadassah; Morris E. to civilization and world peace by OsFreedom of Teligion, of speech and of His supreme love for all of His clared in the Declaration of Indepen- Jacobs, Louis Sommer, Highland wald Garrison Villard, noted liberal of the press have been destroyed children. In the day of Bismarck the dence this country went through four Country Club; Morris Minkin, Jew- and writer, in his address on "War overnight. The right of people to be young people of Germany were years of strife and bloodshed and we ish National Workers; Mrs. L. Adler, Clouds in Europe" before the Comsecure in their persons, houses, pa- taught to love their neighbor as they cannot subscribe to the Hitler theory Mrs. S. Barson, Mrs. Zernowsky, munity Forum at the J. C. C. Wednespers and effects against unreasonable loved themselves in order that they that it is not an individual's sense of Ladies Free Loan; Rabbi Uri Mil- day evening. search and seizure, has been wanton- might inherit the Kingdom of the justice and his orderly behavior that ler, Mi'srachi; Sam dayman, Gail "The actual unvarnished truth is ly violated. Civil rights and impar- world to come. Today, the young determines his value to the commu- Margolin, O. H. C. of Modern Wood- that war clouds are hovering everyof Germany are being taught nity nor can we agree to his precept men; Irvin Levin, Hyman Shrier, Dr. where," Villard stated. "Unless contial judicial processes have been ab- folks to hate of their neighbors be- that there is one sort of justice for A. Steinberg, N. S. Yaffe, Omaha olished. The home rule powers of the cause of some action is taken, Spangler's their race and religious be- one set of men and no justice at all Hebrew Club; Mrs. J. Richlin, Pion- certed theory may prove true—that the presseveral independent and ancient liefs. eer Women; Mrs. Joe Goldware, ent civilization for the others. has shot its bolt and states which united to make op the For thousands of years the rela- Pleasant Hill cemetery Auxiliary; we must lapse into the dark ages German Republic, and of their peo- Hates, fears, prejudices and all the Mrs. J. Feldraan, Poale Zion; Sam ple, have been ruthlessly sacrificed other emotions set free by Hitler and tions of the white races of the world Epstein, Psi Mu; M. L. Cohn, Dave again." to an arbitrary central authority. his followers in the Nazi campaign have been governed by fundamental Goldman, Fred Rosenstock, Temple To avert war, Villard made the folGovernment, business, the profes- cannot continue unless the rank and laws and customs which the Nazis Israel; Homer Binswanger, Brother- lowing suggestions: development ot sions, the arts, the sciences and even file of the German people approve it. denounce and sneer at. The basic hood; Mrs. M. L. Cohn, Mrs. M. Holz- peace machinery; boycott, both moral religion itself must goose-step under It is considered weak and childish ac- Roman laws on which the present man, Temple Israel Sisterhood; I. and economic; League of Nations take European and American civilization charge of Austria. He also praised the orders of the brown shirts. Demrests are over with and done, they Goldstein, Max Kirshenbaum, Harry the three-point program suggested ocratic government, in the sense that Marcus, Sam Ravitz, Vaad; Dora say. Liberalism is an empty word, we know,it, has died with the GerJr. Vaad Auxiliary; last December by President Roosethey declare, and from now on the Freshman, man Constitution. Ephraim Marks, Vaad Young Men; velt. mission of the Aryan Nazi is to Morris Burstein, Vaad's Men's Club; "Hitler," Villard said, "is inconIf the present order is the kind of make the world over according to his S. Lipp, I. Shafer, Workmen's ceivable to a sane mind. But some government the German people deformula. Of course, this can never be 173; Al Frank, Zionists; Dr. Circle thing was bound to come as a result J. A. sire, well and good. Thomas Jeffer- The services for-the late Rev. Esau done. No system can live that de- Weinberg, Medical Advisory Board; of the Versailles treaty." He deFkishman who died in Los Angeles son said that every people gets the pends for its maintenance on violence Tretiak, Louis Epstein, Con- nounced the treaty as causing present government it deserves; he might last week were held Friday morning and falsehood; no system can live Joseph unrest. gregation B'nai Israel. well have added "and desires." It at 10 a- m. at the Jewish Funeral that extinguishes liberty of thought, The speaker attacked the statement home. The casket was escorted from certainly- is nobody else's business because of the danger that thought If other organizations eligible by Hitler that "The only true death what sort of government a nation the depot to the funeral home by the is to pretence. wish to choose their own representa- of a German is on the battle field" and seeks to set up within its own terri- officers and the old-time members of A great many years of my life tives, they must do so immediately. that "the only function o£ woman is tory provided, however, it does not the Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol syna- have been given over to fighting a mere breeder" (to breed men ss gogue. menace. the peace and actual existfodder for cannons), and that "the against the very things Hitler exalts. ence of other peoples and provided Rabbi N. Feldmaa, Rabbi Uri Mil- If his! teachings prevail, then I and History Class By sword has always decided in the end." that such a government does not ler, and Rabbi David Goldstein offi- tile millions, who, like me, have told or the wary game the Nazis seek, by propaganda, to bring all ciated. ' Abraham Richards chanted Century Chapter areHeplaying to gain time to arm and other countries into conformity with the services, interment was at the fought for spiritual and political freedom, have fought in vain. The their determination more its own ideas. synagogue. cemetery at Fischer'3 things I have tried to stand for, I A class in history, to meet once a land on the continent,toasacquire the Ukraine. Farm. Those of us who believe in democstand for now, more than ever, in month, will be sponsored by A. Z. A. Mayor Towl introduced the speaker. racy and "who love liberty find it difthe face of this desperate challenge, 100, starting next Monday evening William Grodinsky was chairman. ficult to remain silent for not only Special Aide •which is not merely a Jewish ques- at the J. C. C. For the first of the are the Jews proscribed; not only are Washington—Dr. Jacob Viner, pro- tion, a Catholic question, a Protes- series Rabbi Uri Miller will speak on the Catholics attacked, but all men fessor of economics at the University tant question, a political question, or "Jews During the Middle Ages." Conservative Meeting and women, including Protestants of Chicago and a widely known au- a labor question, but which goes to The general public is in%-ited to at- A meeting of the Conservative who seek to think for themselves, thority on ' monetary theory, trade the very foundation on which we tend the history sessions. Synagogue Board of Trustees and exwho seek to find happiness by living and finance, is now a special assis- have erected America and xm which The committee in charge includes ecutive committee will be held Sunday their own lives in a quiet and order- tant- to Secretary of the Treasury we have stood all during our politi- Iz Middleman, Herb Foibes, and Irv morning, March 18, at 10 a. m. at ly manner, are either forced into ex- Morgenthau. Kaiman. cal life to preserve civilization. the J. CL C.
THE CHALLENGE OF LIBERALISM
BRANDS HITLER MENACE
FLEISHMAN FUNERAL SERVICES FRIDAY