January 19, 1940

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Entered as Second Class Mail Matter on January 81, 1931, at PpptoMce, of Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of ilarch 8. 1879

OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 9 , 1 9 4 0

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Lauds Rabbi WEIZMANN TO Hoover Aiding Finnish Drive Force SEEK U.S. AID FOR PALESTINE Zionist Leader Arrives After Delayed Passage GREETED BY THRONG falls

Problems Created by Large Influx of Refugees

New York (JTA—Dr. Chaim Welzmann, who arrived here on the S. S. Bex last week with a message stressing American Jewry's responsibility to provide opportunities for immigration of tens of thousands of refugees into Palestine is planning a program of speeches in major Jewish communities throughout the country. Dr. Welzmann addressed a rally at Mecca Temple on Tuesday Bight and a dinner of the Ameriean Friends of the Hebrew University on Wednesday. He is expected to open a tour of six weeks or more with an address in Detroit on January 27 or 28 at the GeneraF Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Wellare Funds. ' On his arrival in New York, delayed by inability to obtain transAtlantic airplane passage from Lisbon, the Zionist leader was greeted by a delegation including Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr. Israel Goldstein, Judge Morris Itothenberg, Sholem Asch, Dr. Kurt Blumenfeld and Dr. Georg Landauer. Hundreds thronged the pier, and some rushed forward to kiss his hand. In a statement issued on shipboard Dr. Weizmann said: Seeks AM • "The' cruel havoc wrought in the'lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews in Poland constitutes one of the major human tragedies' of the present conflict. Large sections of the European poulation come within the category of war sufferers, but for the Jews of Cen(Continued on page 12)

MODERN /WOODMEN INSTALL OFFICERS Newly-elected officers of the Omaha Hebrew Camp of the Modern Woodman of America were installed Wednesday night, January 10, at a special meeting held at <the Jewish Community Center. The installing speech was made by JT. J. Friedman. ' The following officers were InBtalled: Harry Weiner, Consul; •flam Frisch, Advisor; Sol Rosenberg, secretary; Isldor Bernstein, banker; A. Richards, escort; and A. L. Rosenberg,-W a t c h m a*n. Trustees are: Sam M. dayman, A. J. Shamberg, and Jacob Crounse. Secretary Rosenberg announced that the organization-is now authorized to take in women and children as» beneficial members and a committee was appointed "to organize a membership drive.

ZIONISTS WILL HEA DR, A. G, FLEISCK Dr. A. G. Flelschman. veteran Zionist leader of Des Moines, will be in Omaha on Monday, January. 22, to address a luncheon meeting sponsored by the local Zionist district at the Hotel Hill. Reservation for the luncheon may be made by calling Salewin Michnick, At, 0755. '. \ ' : : Monday evening Dr. Fleisctiman will speak before the C o u n c i l Bluffs Lodge of B'nai B'rlth. Dr. Fleischman; a prominent Des Moines' physician, has: been active in the Zionist cause for the past twenty-flveyearg.i He has also been a leader in Des Molnea civic and communal affairs.

New York (JTA)—Rabbi Frederick A. Dopplet of Temple B'nai Israel, Klmira, N. Y., was cited by former President Herbert Hoover as not only one of the most active workers for the Finnish Relief Fund in upper New York State but as being ready to endure hardship himself in the drive for funds for the aid of Finland. Rabbi Dopplet, is was diclosed at Finnish Relief Fund Headquarters, first made a radio appeal in Elmira which raised $200. He then wrote Hoover that he had "underestimated the innate sympathy and regard" that Americans of all faiths had for Finland, and enclosed a check for 11,0 00 representing further contributions. He was so successful, in fact, that a committee from the neighboring towns of Van Etten and Spencer — which contain numerous Finns — asked the Rabbi to address their mass m e e t i ng to raise further funds. The Rabbi, Mr. Hoover disclosed at h e a dq u a r t e r s here, had to drive through a blinding up-State blizzard to address the meeting.

QUAKER? t l l T POLI Washington/ # L: ! — Relief in Poland is/ Uen mess," Clarence Picketl, tn.octor of the American Friends' Service Committee, declared after a conference with President Roosevelt. Pickett said the Quaker organization, through which the Commission for Polish Relief intended to operate, had been Mocked (Continued on page 12)

CenterGroup to Give "Night of January 16" A play, in which the entire audience takes part, wil be given by the Center Players on Monday and Tuesday, January 22 and 23, when they offer the popular mystery drama, "The Night of January 1C." Not only do members of the audience serve ag witnesses;-but the jury itself is drawn from the spectators and the ending of the play rests on the decision of the jury. A new jury will be chosen each night. Based on the mysterious life of the Swedish industrialist, Ivar Krueger, "The Night 7of January 16" poses the question of whether the man has been murdered or has disappeared. Members of the east for the play nre: Friedell Stillman, Sam Kaplan, Alfred Fiedler, Morrey Lantlnian, diaries Rachman, Dorothy Tatclmnn, Joe Saks, Marlon Klein, Harold Hnbler, Irving Zweiback, Mickey Balatu»n, Rcva Lipsman, Gertrude Oruch, Mllian Chemiss, Rosalie Alberts, Shirley Kahn, and Betty Tarnoff. Mrs. Herman Jahr is directing the production. Members of the Center will be admitted to the performance without charge.

GRANT LEAVE TO RABBjJOLDSTEIN Arthur A. Cohen, president of Hie Beth El'-Synagogue announces that Rabbi David A. Goldstein has been granted a month's leave of absence at the request of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Itabbi Goldstein will leave February 11 on a tour of the Pacific Coast, going as far north as Vancouver and as far south as Los Angeles and El Paso. On the trip he will renew contacts made last year for the seminary by Professor Louis Finkelsteln.

DINNER TO BEGIVEN ON JAN. 28 BY U. 0.C,

WORKERS NAMED FOR ZIONIST -CAMPAIGN Announcement has been made by Ben Kazlowsky, chairman of the local Zionist District membership campaign, of the names of those serving on his committee. Those who were named to this committee are: Harry^ A. Wolf. Max Barish) Boris Korriey, J. Tcetiak, Charles Mann, Mrs. J, Lintzman, Rueben Lackow, Aaron Katz, Dr. A. Greenberg, Harry B. Conn, Harry TruStitf, J.- Hafcry Kulakofsky, - Morris Potash,. M i 1 t o n Frohmr Epliralni .."• Marks, Rabbi David A. Goldstein, Rdbbi David H. Wlcef. David -Blacker, Dr. "I. Dansky, N. Vaffe.'Sam Josephson, Harry Sommers, and 8 a l e w i n Michnick. The^goal of the m e m b ership campaign is-eight hundred members for the local Zionist organization. v Members of the committee were guests at a special meeting last Sunday morning at which Judge Harry Fisher of C h i c a g o was principal speaker. ' When oh Oct. Jt, 1674, the Pope Clement X- remoyiid1 the Portuguese Inquisitor from office and order »him -to-deliver'the keys: of the dungeons to the Nuncio, the Inquisitor refused.

Mr. Morris Burstein, general chairman, announces that the annual dinner of the United Orthodox Congregations will take place at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday,' January 28, at 6:30 p. m. The committee working for the dinner reports a warm response and expects an unusually large attendance. The program will include dinner music by Al Flnkel; Jewish dramatic presentations by Paul Nerenberg and Morris Cohen; and vocal solos by E. Sellz. The toastmaster will be Dr. A. Greenberg. Rabbi Isaiah Rackovsky will be the main speaker of the evening, "his topic being "The Meaning of Orthodoxy." Other talks will be given by Mrs. Sam Katzman and Mr. Max Fromkin. The chairman' in charge include: Morris Burstein, program; Jack.Epstein, arrangements; Mrs. L. Neveleff .amr Mrs. J Bernstein, patrons; Mrs. D. B. Epstein and Mrs.-Sam Katsman, tickets.. Mr. Meyer Katzmaji. is. . treasurer .of this event.

MarkV Completion of Biblical Book The 4B ploss' of the City Talmud Torah, taught by Mr. J. Wolfeon,' has completed Genesis; and the Book of .Joshua* jOn Thursday evening, .January 25, at 7:30," In accordance'with'tradition, a cele-bration wilr be held at the Jewish Community Center. T ,;'.-v.'-'-A:.:.^ :;•:; Members.qf. t.h.e,cjaB3 will have their parents as guests of -honor for - -tjbis" occasion. •'Rabbi Isaiah RackpvsUy will give the principal address. Tea will be served, •• -

XVII—No. 11

ews By BORIS SMOLAK JTA CHIEF CORRESPONDENT" Paris (JTA)—German decrees drafting all able-bodied Jews in Nazi Poland and 80,000 Jews In Berlin were declared by well-informed quarters here this week to be connected with a project for construction of a llerlln-Moscow automobile highway tlirough oland. Plans for the road have been completed, it was said, and the highway will be important in accelerating shipment of Soviet commodities to Germany by truck, sunlementing Russia's inefficient railway system. An o f f i c i a l announcement broadcast by German radio stations said all able-bodied Jews in Nazi Poland would be liable for two years' service in labor battalions to be set up tor carry out special tasks. (The decree authorizing the draft was issued by Dr. Frank, Governor-General of Nazi Poland, from his headquarters in Cracow, according to advices reaching Amsterdam.) A second radio announcement said: "Of the 100,000 Jews still in Berlin, 30,000 will be organized for public works." (Twenty-two thousand Jewa have already been put to work in Berlin at snow removal and street cleaning, according to a British newsbroadcast and other sources. It is understood they are being paid at a small hourly rate.) To ensure the effectiveness .of the draft, Nazi newspapers announced that Jews in the Reich who did not work would not be permitted to receive relief. Relief for Jews is financed by the Berlin Jewish Community. Paris (JTA)—The Nazi authorities have acted to begin expulsion of 90,000 Jews from Bohemia-Moravia on February 1 by sending to Prague a leader of the Gestapo, Herr Klein, who organized the removal of Jews from Ma«risch-Ostrau to the Lublin Jewish "reservation" in ! Poland, accordto advices reaching Paris. News of Klein's designation for the job of expelling the Jews coincided with advices from Prague which said the authorities had officially ordered a census of all incontinued on page 10)

ILL BE BETH EL GUEST Dr. Mortimer Cohen to Be Here Wednesday Evening Rabbi Mortimer J, Cohen of Philadelphia will be guest of the Beth El Synagogue auxiliary at a Chamiso Osor B'Shevat celebration to be held Wednesday evenIng, January 24, at 8 o'clock at the Jewish Community Center. Itabbi Cohen is spiritual leader of the Congregation Beth Sholom of Philadelphia. He is a native of New York and ia a graduate of the College of the City of New York,

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J)r. Mortimer Cohen Dropsie College, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. A frequent contributor to Jewish periodicals, he is the author of the book, "Jacob Emden: A Man of Controversy." A committee headed by Mrs. Leon Graetz will be in charge of the tea and Mrs. E. A. Meyera and Mrs. Sam Raffel will be in charge of decorations. Presiding at each of the four tea tables will be the following mothers and daughters: Mrs. Reuben Bordy and Mrs. Al Fiedler; Community Chest Mrs. Reuben Kulakofsky and Mrs. Names Officers A. H. Brodkey; Mrs. Leon Graetz and Mrs. Sam Theodore; Mrs. M. William L. Holzman was re- Brodkey and Mrs. Sam Rice. Mrs. Herman Cohen, Mrs. B. A. elected first vice-president of the Omaha Community Chest at a Simon, and Mrs. David A. Goldstein will also assist,/ meeting held last week, Henry Monsky was chosen a member of the Board of Governors for a one-year term beginning January 1, 1940. Rabbi David H.. Wice as president of the Council of Social Agencies is automatically a member of the Chest board. Lee Dover," national general sec-' retary of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, spent last week In Omaha Dr. Levine Speaks visiting the local alumni club and the Z, B. T, chapter in Lincoln. tbHondr Society He also checked facilities for the -Dr. Victor E. Levine of t h e national Zeta Beta r Tau convenCrelghton University School of tion, which is to be held in Omaha Medicine spoke Monday_before the starting December 28, 1940, and University of Nebraska chapter of lasting through January 1, 19'41. Over two -hundred delegates, Psl Chi, national Honor society in from thirty-two; chapters and forPsychology. Dr. Levine spoke on ".The Es- ty-five alumni clubs, are expected kimo .— A •Study in Psychological, at the convention. The committee? Biological,., and-Economle Adapta- to arrange the meeting will be. antions to Environment." Dr. Levine nounced next month by -the nawas introduced by Ellis Weltzman tional president. . of Omaha/ who is president of the Nebraska-chapter, of Psl .Chi. ans of the United-States was announced. The ambulance; purchas-. J. W. V.. Buys Ambulance ed out of. contributions receiveed • from JewisJi. war. v . e t e j r a n s ; New York* |jT&) ^ Purchase througfiout: the country, v/ill bo, of an ambulance to be placedat turned ~oyerto_Fjnni5hL authorities j the disposal of the Finnish Gov- here for dispatch to Finland with-, ernment by the Jewish War Vetor- in the next three'weeks- \

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