By PHILIP M. ELtJTZNICK General Chairman (She O m a h a Jewish Philanthropies drive for $40,050 will officially open Slay 7. Each Friday we will pfesent here a weekly column by the various divisional heads, to acquaint Omaha Jewry with the i s s u e s , personalities, beneficiaries and organizational work connected with this vital fund-raising effort.) "TO KEEP FAITH—$40,650." That is the slogan ot the coming Philanthropies Campaign. T h e Idea .that it.tends to convey is merely that ' institutions, which have been depending upon Omaha contributions, for the past lew years, have • suffered because we have failed to reach our goal. There is another thought in that slogan and' that Is, that during the years that we were failing nj P3TJ0TJ3J susv uojspap to attain our goal, the demands made on beneficiaries, s u c h as t h e . hospitals, orphans' asylums, emmigratipn work, German relief a n d anti-defamation work have been steadily increasing. "We have come to the crossroads. Omaha Jews must determine to stretch their giving or e l s e determine -that we are failing in our obligations.
Entered* as Second Class Mall Hatter on January 21, 1921. af Ponofflcr of Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1878
OMAHA, NEBRASI^
"Kosher" Clothes Sold in New York Delegates from Sis States to Attend Sessions Tnis Week-end
To Be Speaker At Conference
The Mizrachi-Zionist western regional conference will be held in Omaha this week-end, with delegates from at least six states participating in the conclave ac-: tivities. .•-•.-. Festivities will begin Friday evening where a • special service will be held at the B'nal Israel It ..is very human to become synagogue.. The speaker will be calloused to trouble. This trait Kabbi M. Laderman of Denver, is probably the reason why the Colo. After the services a recepr mass of Jews are not as much tion will be held in the social concerned with the" Hitler menace hall of the synagogue. Saturday today as they were a year ago. morning Rabbi Laderman will The Jewish problem in Germany address the B'nai Israel synahas not been solved! The Jew- gogue and the Junior Vaad Conish Telegraphic Agency on March gregation. Mr. Leon Gellman of St. Louis, 20, 1935, in a Berlin dispatch revice-president of the national orported the following: "A new move of Jewisli emi- ganization and editor of the Jewgration from Germany Btarted to ish Record, will speak from the day when it became clear that pulpit of the Beth Hamedrosh the Nazi Government will posi Hagodol synagogue, 19th and tively bar Jews from the Army, Burt streets. Rabbi tTri Miller I/eon Gettman-ot St. I/oois. thu3 isolating them completely will epeak on Mizrachi at the Adasa Yeshuren synagogue. as undesirable citizens." Confidential reports that Rabb: Saturday evening at 8 o'clock Jonah B. Wise, Co-Chairman o M'Eavah Malka feast will - be the United Jewish Appeal, has held at the B'nal Israel synamade a hurried trip to Europe be- gogue under the chairmanship of cause of the new "crisis, have been Mr. S. Ravitz, president of the Mr. and Mr. P a u l Goldblatt received. Someone has correctly local Mizrachi. Cantors Schwaczstated that the Jewish problem in kin and Sellz will furnish the were officially introduced to the Germany wiil continue as long as musical program and the main community at an informal, pubr the Nazi philosophy of govern- address will be delivered by Sir.lie reception tendered them • Tuesment prevails and there is - a L. Gellman. ,-;' . day evening at the J. C. C , under single Jew left in Germany, Sunday Morning. the auspices" of the executive The conference: proper begins committee .of -the Jewish- Com"With a new wave of emigra- Sunday morning at 10:30 at the tion from Germany,- OUT attention Jewish Community Center lodge munity Center and Welfare Fedis automatically/.drawn tp'JPales- rooms.<i i • The new executlvS" Sirector.and •""tihe*.~ For manjryears, -the fifSinbrflrence program: of the National Homeland was a Chairman, Rabbi Judah Braver, his wife were introduced to the beautiful thought, finding expres- Kansas City, Mo.; greetings, more than two hundred who atsion in the slow but certain re^ reading of messages, organization tended. building of a devastated land. Sud- of conference. Message, Rabbi The auditorium was " prettily denly, Palestine looms large o Wolf Gold, president,' Mizrachi arranged in the manner of a the horizon, not only as to iti organization of America. Ad- lounge, with palms and other,-deprospect fate, but principals^ dress, "The Principles and corative f e a t u r e s making the cause it presents the first hope o Achievements of Mizrachi," Mr. rom very attractive. Leon Gellman, St. Louis, vicerefuge. The Women's Division - of the The needs for funds to expand president, Mizrachi Organization Federation was in charge of servthe facilities" of Palestine, there- of America. "Mizrachi Today," ing. The committee included Mrs. fore, becomes a pressing problem. .Rabbi A. Zeichik, Des Moines, la. J. J. Greenberg, chairman;. Mrs. Address, "The Task of This Con- Frederick Cphn, ^Mrs. H. LapiIt is not, foreign causes alon< ference," Rabbi TJrl Miller. Ap- dus, Mrs. Irvin Stalmaster,' and which move our hearts; It is axio- pointment of committees. Mrs. William-Milder. - •••" Sunday Afternoon. matic that millions have been The committee In charge of ar2:30, J. C. C , chairman, Mr. rangements included J a-c"k *.W. subjected to the torture and "pain and eventual death that has fol- ,eon Gellman. Address, "Shall Marer, chairman; _ Milton • Abralowed in the wake of the White Jewish Tradition Prevail: in hams, Mrs. Jeannette Arnstein, •Plague. Tuberculosis is the lead- 'alestine?" by Rabbi Fishel Ep- Mrs. J.. J. Greenberg, R o b e r t ing modern scourge.: '•'•.. (Continued on Page 7) Kooper. and Wiiliam Milder.'.-.*
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Those of you who have read re r ports of the Colorado experiments where several convicts, for the sake of discovering a > cure of tuberculosis, submitted to injections made under the supervision of Dr. Corper,\will thrill in the knowledge .that this .forward step in discovering the cure has been taken by one of the beneficiaries of the money that y.bu give to the Philanthropies Campaign. Dr. Corper is head of the Research Department. of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver. It is not mere talk to say that this department h a a probably done as much in recent years toward discovering a cure as any . single Agency. . -
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No matter, what our leanings may be as far as Jewish religion te concerned, Jews, are pretty, generally agreed that-the teaching of Hebrew is one of the most fundamental requirements of Jewish survival. '..-•• i '••• : We in Omaha should be proud : bi. the forward steps taken by our : local Talmud Torah in the past few years. The school has been completely modernized and the ' .curriculum has b e e n patterned after the most- successful schools -In the country. The staff is alert and capable. "Only one thing is holding back further'progress and that is the inability of the Philanthropies to contribute more money to this benefieiary because the nv o n e y has not been available. Jewish education and the revival of Hebrew is a burning pro^ blem. and we must reach our goal this year so as not to stand in the light of our own progress One of the most common questions that Is asked in a Philanthropies campaign is, "How much should I properly give?" Someone has worked out the following suggested scale of m i n i m u m gifts; it strikes me as being just (Continued on Page Two)
An unjustified emphasis, in recent radio addresses, on Jewisli bankers as the evil of international finance has so focussed attention on this myth that we are herewith presenting the facts from the records, records which conclusively explode the legend of the preeminence of Jewish banking houses in international loans and banking. The annual compilation, "American Underwriting Houses and Their Issues," reveals that the proportion of Jewish houses. (any corporation over fifty per cent of whose, directors were Jews was counted as Jewish) to all of those engaged in public financing during the years 1930-1933 was never more than eight per cent In 1932 this proportion was as low "as one-half of one per cent of the total number of underwriting houses. • • As for international loans and banking" this .statistical survey by the American Hebrew tells all too clearly just who are the international bankers and what part sorcalled Jewish bankers play in international finance. Institution heading Syndicate
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Amt. Foreign Loans Outstanding _ $1,514,000,000 892,000,000
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J. P. Morgan & Co. National City Co. . Dillon, Read & Co. — — — _ Chase, Harris, Forbes — — . Guaranty Co. .—. .—~Bancamerica-Blair .. ._ Lee, Higginsoh £z Co. -——— Kuhn, Loeb & Co. _._.. Speyer & Co. ....—....... Hallgarten & Co. .._....,.. Brown Bros, Harriman J. & W. Seligman & Co.White Weld & Co. Bankers Trust Co. . „ . First of Boston Corp. Halsey Stuart & Co. _ Miscellaneous "
872,100,000 643,900,000 509,100,000 471,500,000 322,100,000 ' 220,700,000 . 207,200,000 194,400,000 190,100,000 118,900,000 88,300,000 78,500,000 55,400,000 30,000,000
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• $7,621,100,000 100. The Jewish institutions mentioned herein amount to less than seven percent .of the total involved, .while J. P. Morgan & Co., National City Company, Dillon, Read & Co., Chase Harris Forbes Co., Guaranty Co.,-Bancamerica-Blair, and Lee, Higginson & Co., account for over 'two-thirds-of the entire business. These facts and figures require no • comment. • They speak eloquently enough |or themselves.
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Martha Neumark in a weekly copyrighted column, "Sidelights Nine Jewisli Yonag llea to Vieof New York," tells of "kosher" clothes being sold in New York. for Trophy Given by She writes: B'nai B'xftb "I was rather stumped when The Round Table of Jewish my amazement found no response in an Orthodox friend, who said Youth will hold Its first oratorithat she had known about it all | al contest on Monday evening, along. I refer to the existence .pril 1, at the Jewish Community and sale of 'kosher* clothes. I The selection of the divisional Center. The contest will be held | had known that the Bible conchairmen, who will direct the iefore a combined meeting of the j tained a clause prohibiting the R o u n d Table, and the B'naS j mixture of two different types of activities in the forthcoming sisth B'rith, who are awarding a silver: textiles but I didn't know that in annual J e w i s h Philanthropies trophy to the winning orator. this age there were still people ] campaign in Omaha to raise $40,"To Keep Faith - $4#,€>S©" general economic OOIHIHSOTI, ilu Ben Kazlowsky. chairman of who were as pious as all that— 650 for thirty local, national and be the kejiseie of the I9S5 leaders? of the drive feel that •''*" the cultural committee of the j and that there were c l o t h i n g Jewish agencies, has been comB'nai B'rith, In making the award stores which were devoted exclu- pleted. Jewish. Philanthropies campaign will '"'go over vlie i n n ' to the Round Table states, "It is sively to such clothes which saet The list: i, which mil be ©Ifiwith g r e a t pleasure that the the Mosaic code. FMEp . EL Klctzoicfc, general According- to present PIRTJ.S, .lif B'nai B'rith presents this award. "Right in the heart of Fifth £sy "', and wiS coa-drive will be started vr i t ft. « The Round Table Is to be con- .Avenue there is an institution early-bird breakfast at the Jev.it;>. S for cue week. J. H. Kolakcfsky, dsairrass gratulated on its f i n e program j known as the Comb ice Clothing The cste aafi projrr&ns ol the Community Center on Tue.f«>v and splendid achievements for the j Exchange, which sells "non-Scst- ©f initial gifts; Miltos E. Abradrive -was set sit a meeting morning, May 7. This will hf year. As an organization vit&Uy ness" (which m e a n s camised) hams, Ysee-cissinHsa. interested in Jewish Youth, the "Kosher" clothes. Harry Trasiss, c£sinaaa cf of the campaign committee held preceded by R g i g a E t i c JIIRKJ B'nal B'rith Is happy to join with "Its advertisements are direct- general. solidtafioas; William at the Jewish Community Center meeting the J. C, C, MOP^K' evening. May 6, svnd an pt*tsfRi>«the Round Table at this time, in ed to the Orthodox Jew, Inferring M i l d e r sad Bea Esslows&jr, Sunday niorniEg. ing out-ol-tewn speaker •vreit-p.'"-helping them promote this^ fine that Jews wearing garments mix- vics-duurmesu According to Fhilip M. Elutz- cu&inte& with the situation or rh.educational project." ed of wool and linen fall to Eict, geserEl dialrxnati. the enMrs. Irvia S»sIsnssi©F, dhsirPhil&cthropieE beneficiaries? 'a The subjects to be chosen for schieve their prayers to Heavea." thusiasm Ehcvm thns far augurs beiEg obtained to address ;.>!*_• m&n of the tronass's division. the speeches wUl deal •with some veil for a KTiccesstiil d r i v e in Alfred A. FlsdHer, cb&ino&n vkici. the Quota set is surpassed. rally. On the Friday evening h?phase of the general theme "Jewfore the campaign, Mar ?>, ii '* of Hie youth's divislos. ish youth Today". This has beea The organisational details are heZrvin C. Levia, distrsasa ©f iEg smoothed oct, so th&t there planned to hsve s, "TMlanthrnpthe theme of the entire program ies Night" at. the Tsuiou?; Jev.-inT, for the year. Those who wiil vill be no "lost xnotion" occe the HOB^PS of Worship <n speak Monday evening are MorE. Opp, dhsirssss of drive gets under vray. The various clivjRirmr ton Adler, Macy Baum, Joe GoldThe Omaha Jewish coiarsimity speaker's tssress. K.' A. Wolf, chairman of the reported Sunday on the ware, I s a d o r e Lieberman, Sal will observe the SOOth anniverZadisiis, dssfnsss cf budget comjuittee, reported that being' - made in organizing Mlchnick, Ernest Nogg, Max Res- sary of the great Jewisli scholar, the EHE..of S40,6EC v^as.the rery campaign. meetings. nick,- Joe Solomonow, and Jack scientist, physician and philosominimum which must be raised Temin. • , F"rsaiJi E. Aekensss, ehslrpher of medieval days, with an if - the 'Omaha Jewish comir-ucity Henry Monsky,. Philip Klutz- elaborate program on S n n d a y issn ©f publicity. Is to keep' faith viih the Trortfey . «T. K. IvulalcofKlty, nick and Irving Stalmaster i?ill evening, April 7, 8 p. in., at the . The. advisory committee has "beneficiaries . who S e c t to the the 3x!.;tinl. frit's, reportPd that act as judges for, the contest, •with Jewish Community Ceater. not been fully completed,' but is PhilEEthropies for & jest contriBen Kazlowsky as chairman. . The observance is- under t i e expected to be ready for pcblics- bution. This .includeE the on.tauspices of the College of Jewish tion fey'next week'. ~A I EtEudtcs C'T^l'lscEfioES .to. tbe a~e:Glu&si "year close to Jour jStr;dies, in..eo-operattoa with the_cies-aisiiJlh®.needs for. tp,©..x,Ei:ate>.!? "arious 'Jewish..,.crg^nisations In ' -red ,^aear.-iEEd'i3nrtjaea' voissieeres pear. 'L.i;Bt year' llvis 'Qxh&hs. coia» rj! 't>T their services Is t&e efmTEsSiBg minity pledged a rot&l oJ 1-S",.he city. . jCOTPrisoTs ot toe <7«••»-. . .' A" radio address on MaisoJiiSes of t i e prospects.' 5£5.85, not reaching the goal set, \ iriuriitr C e r. t e r E.nfl WeJfs-T: ;• All those who vdsi to help ia but this ye£ir because ol tlie, Federation vill be held at tfrr.- :. be delivered over radio stathe solicitj:±iD2 of pledges during Dr, Moses Jung, professor at ion KOIL on Friday afternoon, the drive, -srhich will be held for greater . need ana the improved j Center nest Wednesday erec- .;• April' 5, at 4 p. m. ins, April £, at £ p. ni., •• the University of Iowa, spoke The committee in charge of the one -week starting .May 7, are urgAt t h i s t i m e t h f campalg» Ji concerning the unpopularity of ed to comrsuEicate •with any of C03iiniitt.ee of t h e J e w i s h P h i l - i religion at the present time and Maimonides celebration' includes the divisional chairmen or else the fact that it was being at- Dr. Philip Sher, chairman; "Wil- call the Jewish Community ~ Cenapproval or the bonrd the sell- -' acked throughout the world, at iam Wolfe and Sal Michaick. ter office. Titles: on the drive to date atm ; he Jewish lecture series address Mrs. J. Eichlin vras elected ; ast Sunday evening at the B'nai president of the recently formed !| the future plans for the cam'ALL-STAR' BEADUKE srael synagogue. . ; council of the Pioneer Women | | paigts. _ -. All manuscripts for t h e and -its ' affiliated organizations. j • He outlined the necessary steps Round Table of Jewish hat must be taken in order to Mrs. Charles Hermansoa -was | division is already veil-organ!?,*>•;. Youth "All-Star Night" must chosea secretary; Miss Pearl I and vill have- their prospect. CRrt'iK revitalize religion and make it ! solicited and signed before <>i' dynamic. Irving Fisher, world famous j be in the office cf Ruth Allen, | Richiaan, - assistEE.t secretary; First in his suggestions was the economist and one of the five ex- j educational director of the J. I and Miss Alice Goldberg, . treae- | general ffolicitalipn starts. TIi'»idivision obtains "the pledges f>~ necessity of religion concerning perts on world monetary policies, j C. C , by Wednesday, March S. I urer. fifty dollars and above. No manuscripts vnll • be actself with present-day living will close the Frum series of the j This council will meet • every 1 Sixty m e n Ere In the inJMs-t cepted after that date. problems. Religion, Dr. Jung Jewish Community C e n t e r on second Thursday of the moiith &t i gifts battfiHos. ol vorkers, claimed, must take a definite Wednesday evening, April 10. the J. C. C. j Beti KRsioT.-p'ky, Tice-chairnis*r. stand on the economic and politiDr. Fisher Is credited with au1 ol the general solicitations, recal problems that .are of such vi- thorship of the monetary policies porting 1B the absence oi ChHls*tal importance today.. It must en- of the government under the New ! man Harry Trustir, vho is out or ter'the arena of life and make Deal and is in accord with the ] the city, declared that at h itself SL power for good. principles set forth by the present New wave of Jewish • eraigratioa out of Germany occurs | twenty, majors flanliocl by -In the Jewish field, Dr. Jung administration; Dr. Fisher" has as a result of the obvious decision'of the Nad government to ! fv.lly-recniH.ed c.p.ptcinfi wjl! indicated the flexibility of Jewish been called upon by several fori the field Jr. their dirision. V,*i:pursue its anti-Sessitic policy despite the blaadishraents of tradition in squaring with scien- eign governments to assist them |liam (Doc) Wilder, s. co-vj.-^' Minister of Economics Schacht snd Dr. Lippert. tific discoveries. He emphasized in their recovery program, and it i chair.insii •with Ksslcvsky,.has *•!the necessity of a logical under- has been predicted that within a completed the orgaXiizA-Uir,. standing of Jewish culture and few months the entire "Western A new autonomous Jewish region has bees established j| ready ol the men vlio v."Ill work isruinr the- aesthetic values -inherent in H e m i s p h e r e will be on the by the Soviet government i s Crimes. This is the fifth such Judaism; "Fisher Dollar". region. • Jewish colonisation for this area is being conducted
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His subject here will be "What by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Cosnsnittee is Stable Money?" ia which he will explain the present status of In his latest radio braodcast, Father Charles E. Coug:t\» the dollar, the effects of inflation and d e f l a t i o n , and how our lin, who .was vehemently assailed in • Jewisli 'Circles for bis purported anti-Semitic address, denied by inference that lie Washington (JTA)—The Unit- money may be stabilized^ ed States War and Navy Departentertained any anti-Jewish sympathies 'in his criticisms of ments issued an official order this international bankers.
SOLDIERS, TARS GET PASSOVER FURLOUGHS
week granting furloughs to Jewish soldiers and sailors enabling them to observe the Passover holidays at their homes. At the same time, the Jewish Welfare Board, announced that it will supply Jewish service . men with matzoh and will arrange for religious observances for t h o s e residing at a distance from their homes. The board "will also arrange . Passover observances at outlying points, including China, Manilla, Hawaii, P a n a m a and Haiti.
•PALESTINE TO BOYCOTT '•,-1936 BERLIN'OLYMPICS Tel A v i v (WKS)—Palestine will'not be represented in t h e 193S Olympic Games at Berlin. The Palestine Maccabee Association, the principal athletic organization in Palestine, has informed the .Intfernatloaal Olympic Committee that It would not send a team to Berlin b e c a u s e "the rights of Jews &re violated." London;—The sew Iraq cabinet has' completely overturned the anti-Semitic --policy of" its predecessor, .according to word received here from-Bagdad.
" 'The Front Page'" as it will be presented by'thetJenter Players on Tuesday evening, April 9, promises to outdo the previous performances of "the Guild this season, both of which were stellar productions" says • Bernard Ssold of the Community Playhouse after viewing a rehearsal of the play. * This fast-.TSoving, tense, a n d highly dramatic, play concerns itself with.-the experiences of a group of newspaper reporters in the. Criminal ;Coarts Building is Chicago on the, eve. of-a In this rapid-fire production tae atssliesce witnesses • a jail break, sees an .escaped, coarlct concealed in a newspaper office, &n& HTSS with asd l a s g l s ' s t t i e adventures and recklessness of a Criminal Courts, reporter. A naiaber of members sew to the Guild are asoE.g the cast ••who will. make., their appearance liat night. • Sylvan Pranksl plays, the lead as Hfldy. lotoses, the part raade • famous' oa the. stage and screen by I»efi; Tracy. He is ported; hj s^k iable- cast, "with Miss Merrltf as .'director, of the grocp.
A law has b-sen passed in New York state making it illegal for any educational institution supported in whole cr in part with State funds to discriminate against s n y one because cf religion, race or color, or to inquire into the religious affiliations cr antecedents of persons seeking employment.
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DM. you know tiers were' "Honorary Aryans" in Nszi. . Germany? Yes.will get sosaething new oat of the article on iMs subject by-!FSrejderich Wolf, appearing on page three of tlalss -.is$'us of tte-J^ei?ras^. Press,
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