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ish people as. a whole, is equally true of any part of the Jewish people anywhere in.. the world. Nowhere have they the iaass which means force—the kind "of force which can influence political decisions.' The whole thing can be stripped • to its naked tragedy by a symbolical representatlon. . •'.••.'

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Regular season doubles handball champions. receiving awards were: Class A, George Schapiro and Jake Schriebman; Class B, Sam and Aafon Epstein. Regular season's singles champions a Class A, Jake Schriebman, and Class B, Sam Epstein. Midwestern A. A. U. handball championships went to Jake Schriebman, singles champion; Jake Adler, runner-up singles, and Jack Ban and Sol Yaffe, runners-up" doubles. Winners In the J. C. C. -swim meet are: Hymie Epstein, Bucky Greenberg and Norman Polonsky. Midwest A. A. U. champion^ is Bucky Greenberg. • Junior boys physical efficiency test winners are: Irving: Malasbqeft, ; 'ehanrpSGn, and... Eugene. Janoff/David Rice," Marvin' Richards,' Leo-Goldstein, Sam Fidnian, Harold Marer, Bill Stiefler, Larry Potash and Sol Marcus. Members of t h e champion bowling team, the Panthers, are: Leo "Weitz, captain; Sam Meyerson, Ab Kaiman, Jack Fleishman, Morris -Franklin and Hy Levin. Junior Softball league champions who were awarded certificates include: Cart Fredericks, manager; Mike Landman, Lon Slntsky, Mas Ostennan, Ed Gerber, Sam Slntsky, Sam Bachman, Abe Baum, Bobby Slutsky, Harold Sherman, Selwin Roffman, Jerry Cohen, Larry Potash and

Imagine an island, more or less self-contained and self-governing, with a population of 1,000 voters. And supose 35 per cent of the voters belonged to a human category which we shall call A, and 5 per cent of the voters to a; human category which may be called B. (This is more than fair since only in Poland does, the Jewish population esist in so Wgh a ratio.) .Now on that island thera is no direct way : in TfMcIi the B's can influenca decision. Or mate their temperament or view of life or law or custom definitely felt. And to say that, is not necessarily to accuse the A's of being illiberal or tyrannical. The A's by merely being themaelves and voting and acting out of their normal instincts will silence and obliterate the B'B. The B's will find themselves in a position of Buch supinenes3 for which no one can be blamed; they will also find tnemselv»s in a state of such fear lest their particular A's cease to be liberal and tolerant, tha$ they •will, in the Freudian terms, repress or deny their' desperate sit- D o n R i c e . • ' . - • • uation of utter powerlessness even to themselves and will pretend to themseve3 (1) that they li are A's; or (2) that by some psychical gymnastic they can'become A's; or (3) that there is a happy land somewhere on earth where B's have become A's and As their second offering of the that the island on which live the season the Center Players will 950 A's and the 50 Wa had'bet- present "The Good Hope," by ter copy the arrangements of the Herman Heijermans. The author country—however abhorrent in of the play i s i well-known Dutch every way—in which, in. theory, Jew whose efforts were responat least, the A's have absorbed sible" for a reform in the condithe B's. Note, please, that the tions of the Dutch fishing indusB's not only have no political try. • • " • - • power whatever and cannot.have "The Good Hope" is the story any even where the A's are of the women who wait long models of civilization and deweeks, for. the return of their huscency and want them to have bands and sons from the fishing some, but that they cannot, these trips. - . . ' - . wretched B's, have any genuine Appearing for the first time In political opinions of their own. a production of the Center PlayTheir views will always 1 be ers are: Mr. Harold Kendis, Florwarped at the very root by;the ence •'"Wolff'Minn.fe' Wolf, Mrs. concslousness of • powerlessriess, Sam. Josepbson and Mr. George by the utter Impossibility of their Spitzer.. original, instinctive^ and therefore The play will be presented the normal reactions, having a ' n y evenings of Dpcember 5 and 6 a t chance to prevail. They, ivill the Jewish Community Center. never be able to vote simply according to their views of\ the merits of a given, issue. They will speculate upon the effect which the decision of the issue will have not primarily on it' or on the total structure of society, since that total'structure cannot by tho nature of things be jnst So versatile he Interprets to them, but on what will be!the equal skill Jewish and Indian repercussion on the peculiar* pow- -types, Todros Geller, well-known er-relationship which dooms them artist who -will speak here on to both impotence and fear. Now Tuesday evening, November 50, is multiply this island by l,000,.;by nevertheless a...-vigorous exponent 10,000, and you nave a vivid and of a Yiddish art. exact picture of the political situConsidered one of the middle-, ation of the Jewish people in »the wests's outstanding, artists, Gelworld.. And notice .that in ?ithe ler has taken advantage of the symbol as well as. in the world of rich treasure of Hebrew lore and reality, the B's are just as help- legend, and by doing so has less _ and politically powerless;and made a unique contribution to the psychically warped wbere the A's world of art." ~ are;t-jnen and brethren, aii in. Geller was born in the tTkralne America, Finance, • Englandif as •where the A's are'sadists- 'arid and educated ..at the Greek Cath.-have lapsed back into Moloch olic Seminary .in his native village •worship, as in Germilny, Poland, because his father considered it superior to the local -Jewish and, Soumanis. ;• government schools. After the pogroms of 1&05 his family mo~Is there any remedy? There in ed to Montreal. Later they came (Continued on page 8.)."' to Chicago where Geller received

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Dr. Kulczynskt scheme "became known on the eve of a plebiscite at the University of Lemberg in which the students will rote oa Rector Kotarbinski's proposal to divide all class 'and ".lecture- rooara Into thrfee sections,"- oaetor"Jews';" one for anti-Semites -and.one Jor. liberals and Socialists. Jewish and liberal students oppose this, plan, feeling it merely confirms the ghetto system and will boycott the plebiscite.

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- Ittarnar, Ben Avi, • noted Palestinian publisher, will be • principal speaker at the 35th anniversary dinner of. the . Jewish Naticssi Pro-Fund to be given Janfisry 12. - Ben Avi spoke in Omaha last year. He is the son-of Eliezer Ben Tehuda, w.ho-is-resporfsible for ! the > renaissance of - spoken He"Warsaw (WNS) — Institution brew. of what would be tantamount to | a ghetto for anti-Semitic students ' •who have been demanding the classroom segregation of Jewish students is being proposed by Dr. .Kulczyniski, rector of Vilna university, who has suggested that instead of ghettoizing Jews alone all lectures be given twice, once lor , Nationalists. and once~ for Jews and liberal students who have no objections to sitting with ^7orst . OstB?sa^- c f •- Vicj.£2££& J e w s .

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3IASS, FORCE AND POLITICS The terrific decision which, in one lorm or another, is to be made by the Jewish people concerning Palestine and • BO con'cerning its essential fortune for decades if not centuries to coine, illustrates once more, the charac-i Many Eeceiye Honors at Annual J. C. 0 . Award " ter of that sitnation of ours in tho world which first made -wise Bight men and men of first-rate insight The Irvin C Levin trophy given recognize, the moral untenableness of the dispersion in its pres- annually to the "outstanding Jewish Community Center athlete ent form. AH parties to the Palestinian was awarded to Iz Bogdanoff at the award night held Wednesday discussion are serenely sure that evening at the Center. nothing is.to be feared'from the Miniature basketballs -were Jews. The Jews ,\7lll consent. The Jevs -will sign on the dotted given to the Barish-Sanders team, line. Smaller state, larger state, champions of the Senior league. no. state—Ja-sager, Nein-sager-— Members, of the team receiving the Jews will plead, cry out, saTe awards were Sol Taffe, James face, agree. So the entire dis- Burroughs, Isadore Novak, Lou cussion Tvhich concerns the fate Weiner, Harry Altschuler, Charles of Che Jewish, people and neither Korney, Hubert Monsky and Dr. that of the British Empire nor of Harry Rich, coach. Robert Eess the Arab people goes on with ttitf ' Members of the Sharp ShootJews as object, not as co-de- ers, Junior league winners, given termining subject within the dis- medals.were: Max Delrough, Vercussion. Everyone "knows that non Wintroub, Carl Fredericks, the Jews can be sacrified even Sam Novak, Morris .Ruderman. though politely and at the last Bud-i "Wlntroub, Morris Kirshenmoment because the Jews, thougn baum, Harry Goodbiner, Nathiin they exist to the number of over Shukert and Ed Gerber. Midget league winners were ' 1 6 millions in the world, do not Members of represent the kind of compact given certificates. mass which is force—the "kind of the" team are: Robert Silverman, Hoted Poles Contiatis to force which alone is a decisive Marvin Richards, Seaman Peltz, Albert Lagman, Nathan .Meiches, test Against Ghetto. factor in politicsNow, what is trne of the Jew- Bobby Slutzky and Sol Marcus. Order

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:ilt with', tlie-audience.. other's s U s h t l y -^o'znC~f. r r i rr: AU'aciatears, rises, w> Jenv--killed,.lour zzilc-zly i r . ' - r r l a n d - a n n i a b e r of othc-: j'-ic'-tly children, who are members'of the .r.n; irr-i^T: ^ - 1r o rb-JI, - c - ~ ± hurt. T h e ; shootings and bomb- ' Jewish' comauaity-sre eligible.Persons ' desiring to compete C E - ' I *r b~^? ings .that, caused the casualties \ occurred with -such, rapidity and are asked to fill in the blank and Iro~ r.-o^l : jn^so"many different points at;tba forward "it to Mr. Shrier c r Dr. t n d c:. a Z —: Fines ranging from ?1G to S40. same" time that it-took-hours to Leon' F were imposed on 237 Jewish mer- establish the toll of dead. and inchants in the Radomsk district jnred; '.-.•;. ' ' " " ' . - - ' . • for having participated in the naThe curfew hours .tad .barely tion-wide Jewish general strike ended when the terrorism " wss c £ F called to protest against ghetto launched'upon the city. An-Arab benches in the colleges and uni- walking through Rehavia, Jewish versities of Warsaw. residential-quarter, was shot, and Effective December 1, District ~ , ' 4 Meanwhile ghetto benches were kille'd. Another ;"ArabB walking be- Grand Lodge No. 6 cf the B'cai I "J introduced outside of/Warsaw for side ;• him was . slightly wounde'd. B'rith will adopt a new program "•C T " the first time when the University At'tbe sametime a group of Arab and policy on all matters of pub- ~c ^_ of Poznan . adopted the plan of laborers in 'the Beit Israel Quar- lie relations and public informa- 5!.~,~" segregating Jews. ter j was; fired upon, ; resulting in tion.. Eptraim Marks will be \ ±^~ the.instant killing of one and the chairraEE cf the Nebraska dis- t ; F "•. - Paris ("VTNS)—Protests against wounding of another wto died •" r ghettoization of Jewish students shortly thereafter and tlie injury trict. Harry Fiterman of Minae- ' "t "• apolis, c3aairiaa.il of! the ccriniittee "^ * r * in Polish universities were voiced of a third. ca press and publicity EES public \; °_ e here by Mme. Irene Joliot Curie, ' ~ 11 r ic-. I f' Later1-Arabs stoned Jewish la- education, ol the district, -will be daughter of the discoverer of raborer's in the same section, causzr. _E v r: in charge. 7 cr.rc t dium, Professor Paul Langevin,. and other prominent figures, in 'ingiths.serious wounding' of c^ie The a-ew program Trill constistatements made • public by the and slight injuries to tiree oth- tute amass other thicss special ers. The ' one seriously injured Federatiijn of Jewish Societies. weekly releases ca matters of irasuccumbed late this afternoon in -> r - r portaisce to Jewry ia District 6, s. the. Hadassah hospital as a reWarsaw (WNS)—A great stir more unified program of speakers was created in Jewish and anti- sult of a -brain-'concussion. Ke witbia the district, £Ed the prepaSemitic circles here by the dis- was Ovadiah MizracM, SO years ration of special literature sieslclosure that Wanda Pilsudski, old, a.Kurdish Jew. ing with the several- phases of daughter of the late Marshal -1 The heaviest toll of deaths cen- B'nai B'rith activity. Josef Pilsudski, has let it be tered around -an Arab bus ia tbe known that she is opposed to the Romema quarter. _ As the bus ghetto benches for Jews. Hiss passed « through;' Blahaeh Jud&h Pilsudski, .who is a'student .in the .J9uaxter,' LshjD.ts..w.er.e _fire-i ,&t_tv:.Q .1 "Warsaw Agricultural institute, in- "Jewish girls, cne o£ tS'ea IS formed the rector-that she, would years old, -wounding both ol Fnceral services vere helS sit with the Jewish students if them. Subsequently a' fusillade afternoon for Mrs. Etta the ghetto'seating plan is inaugu- j of;shots yas directed at tbe bus. , 61, K D fiie-d early Satcrrated in the institute. At . the j Three Arabs, including two womsame» time the ghetto benches en, were- killed by the gunfire plan was vigorously condemned and foiir other Arabs w e r e 1 Mrs. Siegel, a resident of Ornaby 2,000 Polish lawyers -meeting wounded, one of. there seriously. jba for 43 years, had been active in conference in Lsmberg. Among those wounded was t i e i in tha Jewish "Welfare federation : Arab driver.. A Jewish youta was j and Hadassah. She had bees ill arrested :tonig;ht 'in-- coanection- for. five years. . Mrs. Siegel TO S with the shootings Then two daughter oJ Mrs. Eika Coin, cc-n- • Arabs pointed-liiia cut. A-little tensnas, —"he Sied ca Ausust 1, SttrvivEss £?e IJTC . caiis'sters, while 'later a'"bomb was iuriea. into an Arab 'cafe near.llomeiaa, Ivy, Belle,,'Leah, and Sirs. Jar 1 tbe esplosion iujuring sis Arabs Stoler, Ell cl Oinsha, and Mrs 1 Sam Poska of Crcstoa, la.; twe , slightly. ' 'sons, .Abe of .Lcs Angeles and ' his professional training at the Unrestrained'co"n5emnatioa of Earl' - of Omaha;. & sister. Mrs. Art Institute. Jews participating iri-^attacks c s Barnard ; Grcss c ' Cisaha; s Despite a European background Arabs -:was 'the''*&eynote:-.cj ediGeller has been considered a torials appeariag 'in tsV/Hebrew thoroughly American artist. He press. '-"The blood o'i innocent. cago, aod three gr£iii!ctllfir67i. Burial wss is "t'aa Eeth Ka-inehas never confined his subject Arab -and Jewish victims crjes •out matter. to phases of Jewish life to us from the 's6iJ,":.ssys -the drosa Hlsgodc* cemetery. although, his reputation has been Haarete.' in c"~i~ ^-i ^^ - 1 *""^ largely achieved through the violence. "Tne st*"""1! "_> - r - crichness of his Jewish studies. ful ' Arab3 is r e t cz ^ r ^ He has found the-technique of against them L~t a u. ' . 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