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Book Evenings to . • Open This Monday S e c ' y "'.of -Brotherhoods to Occupy iPtilpii "t . a t -Temple Arthur L. Ileinhart of Cincinnati, executive secretary of the .National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, will tonight occupy the pulpit at Temple Israel in observance of Laymen'"a Sabbath. Members of the Temple Israel Men's club will participate in tlie Sabbath. Born in Portland, Ore., Mr. Reinhart took Ijis B. 8. degree at Northwestern university. After

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For his first book,. llabbi Goldstein has chosen the novel, "How Green Was My" Valley," by Richard Llewellyn. Other books to be reviewed during the coming winter-include: "Native Son," by Richard Wright, aud "The Big Sea," by Langston Hughes; "The Star Gazer," by Ilgolt de Harsanyi, atxd "The Beloved Returns," by Tlximaa Ht>"

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Harry Mendelsou, local Hebrew thf. teacher, writer and periodic conifewish tHoinitivni <• hy t h e tributor to the "Omaha Jewish t Istanbul, Turhey (JTA)—-r14to Jewkli Ui&iuB V Press," recently received w o r d Italian inviisloii of Gi'eere nn Mon» The Omaha ' dub is from the J e w i s h Telegraphic (lay, inai'ldug the opesifug of the sponsoring the pixoyulation of Agency that his article, "Eight Axln milH&vy drive Into the Ifsl* the four-act melodrama which Hundredth Anniversary of Judah knns, brought tl|c War closer to parallels the life of Boila Tom- Halevi, P o e t Laureate of the Palestine and threw into the im« ashefaky, the author. Spanish Golden Period," has been \vft|' (H'fisa a if Members of the'cast include: accepted for publication. u'hivli includes about JOO,« S. Kenyon, Mr. and. Mrs. J. J. It will be printed in- the near O0O Jews. Brown, Louis Wollc, Mra. P. Cran- future. It had been generally eipecfed dall, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Gendleman, that thd-Nazi-Fascist forces vould „.$ \ J Ui; s,-* Vy w Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nerenberg, Mr. make a drive into gquth-cauterit and Mrs. M. Nerenberg.. Europe as a preliminary move in '.Broadcast Ffececlea Play ' an attempted Blitzkrieg 'of tho First Meeting ..to,Be Held P. Craudall and. Mrs. M. NerenNear and Middle East, including Thia berg are stage directors! MarEgypt, Palestine and Iraq. liiitgaret Finkel and Albert. Bayard ish military authorities -wcro reare in charge of the musical porported intensifying defehsse i»rcpain ..response to itumeroug re- tion of the program. : Publicity rations in the Near Bast and tho quests, tiio Center will form a' director ia John Feltasasi. newly formed Arab-Jewish infanWill • Attoud I&ceting of Choral Society for those interest- Immediately preceding the Mon- .' • try forces in the Holy Land wora ' Welfare Ifunda in ', being ed iu e«senifcle feltogjng, on Wed- day night performance, the final prepared for active duty. .: Milwaukee nesday, evening, November C, at broadcast of the presidential canTho Axis push towards tho 8 O'clock," Mr, Al .FJMltel,'orches- didates will bs heard from t h e Mediterranean was Interpreted DLB tra conductor, will lead tho group; stage of the auditorium. The first, • TFovx leaders in Jewish weli&ra (Continued on Page G.) This choral group is open to broadcast will be heard at 8:15, activity in Ouiftha will t a k e a prominent part in tho Corcnth p.' m . " " • • " • ' ' '• all music lovers and, no previous Annual .West Central 8tiJ.j"i Ketraining la required for memberf.Ioiial Coafereaee of the Cornel ship',, according" to Mr. Harry D«o-I Jewish FederaUoas fci"l V/< 1 Ul'Lt" L Boff, chairman, of the Center mufx-.ro Funds, to b® held i« r.Jih./n« sic committee. ki,c, WIs.» tomorrow and ilvivl *y. la addition to the enjoyment Philip Klutznicb, Maurlco Juc\;hich cornea from ensemble. eingbib cl,t and Paul Yeret liavo l)< ou u>I\£ with others •who love to ting, r fijjKcd'prominent roles at t i n ? u\' mbers of the choral group will year's sessions of the conference. Ruling Denounced i» AH luofit from instruction and exWllliaitt Hohman, who is first perience iu sight-singing. A repo- Annual Protestant Churches Nozit FrH- vice-president of the conference, toire of outstanding classical and In' Holland at S'nas is also chairman of tho Time and modern musical selections will bo Placo committee. Mr. 'Klutznlck Israel developed. Hebrew, and Yiddish Genera (WNS) •—.. Prolfistf.nt and. Mr. Jacobs are members of music, foik and Palestinian, will* groups throughout "NRsl-or the Regional ExecutiveCommitA..'A. A. SabtetJi will be ol>bo included. A number of public Holland luivo united in ft 'p appearances of the group a r e served hy' the two Omaha chap. tee, and the former is also a mem- to Dr. Arthur Soyss-Inquart;, ber of the Conference Resolutions tci-s of 'A. 7*. A. Friday evening, planned. man commissioner for tho Niliter* There are openings for all types November 8, at tho B'nai Israel committee. Tho conference will consider lands, against tiio introduc{?on of of voices, soprano, alto, tenor, synagogue, Eighteenth end Chi' vital problems relating to Jewish anti-«Iet¥lsh decrees, it.iyas lenrn* baritone and bass. All persona cago streets. needs hero and abroad. Special d h Alephs from Mother Chapter, interested in joining aro asked to Tho fight against the anll-Scr-i* sessions %?ill bo devoted to t h e contact the Center for further in- No. 1, and Sam Beber Chapter, Hie. measures was led by Protesplace of women's groups in tho No. 100, will chant the services formation and to coine to t h e tant clergymen who denounced meeting on Wednesday evening^ and deliver the sermon. {3am Jewish community, problems of the anti-Jewish laws from their Jewish'education, p u b l i c relaCooper, winner of tho 'national November 6. pulpits and rallied their concrcThe Choral Society Is one of essay contest sponsored by t h o tions, the problems and programs gations to protest to the Nasl (Continued on Page 9.) Auxiliary of the Veterans of Forthe features of the Center Music commissioner. department, under the direction eign Ware, will present hia winTho announcement read In tho -' of Mr. AI. Flnkel. The Center mu- ning essay. Protestant churches stated that A. Z. A. Sabbath will be obsic committee consists of: Mr. the Nazi decree barring Jews from H a r r y DuBoff, chairman, and served on that day not only by government services was not in Mrs. Harry DuBoff, Mr. Harry the Omaha chapters but by over accordance with Christianity. Silverman * and Mr, Harry Mala- 400 A. Z. A. chapters and 12,000 '- .Define Jew A. Z. A. members throughout the ohoclc. Dr. Seyss - Inquart ordered n country. The public will be weloclal registration of all "JewLondon (JTA) — Two Jews comed by the Ai Z. A. and the Dr. Abram L. Saclwir, long a ish enterprises," as the firnt step have been sentejieed to death by synagogue, at the service. favorite with Omaha audloncea, a military court at Koenigsberg, Planning for the Sabbath'la ai will appear aa second speaker on in>a'campaign to "Aryanize" HolEast; Prussia, on charges t h e y committee • under the chairman- the Center Forum series, Tuesday, land's industries. Jewish enterprises, according to'the'Nazi nil* ; killed a German airman In Sep- ship of Norman TurRel of Mother November 12. . (Continued on Pago 12.) tember, 1939, the German wire- Chapter arid Louis Katz of CenDr. Sachar, who is national diless reported. The two Jews were tufy chapter. Rabbi Isaiah Rac- rector of the B'nai B'rlth Hillel named Perlman and Dershoraky, kovsky la co-operating with A. Z. Foundations and for many years the wireless said. A. in.the observance. professor of European history at L\iiJ-J I'J hii the University of Illinois, is t h o a u t h o r of the much-discussed book, "Sufferance Ia the Badge." Ho also wrote "A History of the Jews." -Sam Beber will report on tho Considered one of the country's activities of the anti-Defamation foremost lecturers, Dr. Sachar baa Committee at the next mcetinc appeared in Omaha a number of of B'nai B'rlth, Monday, Novenitimes. Throe years ago he con- ber 4, in the ledfie room of the ing tho pi'psent European mean a continuation of the prca- ducted an.Institute for tho Beth Jewish Community Center. conflict .tiio secosui phase o£ the e n t • instability. T h e speakers El synagogue and later appeared A stag In honor of the. lodge's "Thh-ty !re,-u\3 VJav," three prophesied that o n c e England on the Town Hall Forum of tho new members v/Ill he held MonNebraska S o c i e t y of Colonial members of the University of Cld- aud the.United States vrcxo dinday, November 18, at Uio Center. ano Round Table, in tho opeiskig posed of, the dictators would in Dairies. Milton Frohiu is chairman of lecture of " the Center P o r u m all probability o t a r t firhting the prosrnm committee- in charge Tuesday evening, pointed among themselves, Hitler's'intenof arranucments for the m< clings. Mfi 14 ft" out the need of the United St.-.tes tions bollix to rcir.Oto from t h e Alfred Fiedler is president of the !er,<Iinrj the world back' to stabil- scene Stalin, Mussolini and Japan. Omaha lo:lf;c. ity. "At the present Uiiie," the disThe three men, all -members of cussants asrec-d, "tho U n i t e d tho "department o£ Political Sci- States is not. in danger of. r.n Imenco at the University of Chicago, mediate" "physical Invasion, but Sa Members of the Toinplo Israel w o r e introduced by President tho event of a totalitarian,, tri- High School group v.-ill be cuests Rowland Ilayncs of the Municipal umph Vr-ould face a psychological at tho first ineoiinr; thin year of Lieutenant IL-irold J. Kundia invasion." There are enough fair- tho Beth El Youth gi-oup, Sun- hasj been ordered to active duty University of Omaha. Participating were Professorg weather friends oC Domocracy in day eveuinrr, November ">, at 7 with tho United State;; army and Jerome Kenvin, Walter Lavos, this country, Uicy pointed out, to p. m. at the Beth Kl r»ynaf;of;ne. ll bo stationed at Camp JocepEi agitato again.-,!, our pro:;c;ii! r,yyand QuSncy "Wright. An c-xcelk'nt pro^raic h:\s bocn T. lioblnton, Little Ror!:. Ar::. tem. ."If Britain wins, tho v/orld can arransjed. Womon of tho Both Llcutonsnt Kendis was nr&Gtiigain look-to the building of an Dr. V/vi;jht, one or Hie %/orl(l*3 El auxiliary will .".owe as host- nted ii-oiii CreiKtston iinivi-rsity .ntcrnr.tional order," tho speak- foremost authorities on Intenir.- esses. and the Creifjhton Collfc.'.e of Lrrw. ers poiufctl out, A, German vic- tional La\y, fold that the old Can- Mr. Loral Kaplan is advisor of lie iu a 'inoml'or oi Pi LaiuSdi tory, oa the other "hand, would (Continued on Page 12.) the Beth El group. Phi fraternity. ht

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and a-3 rrxcuiho u . ^ n i ' of Temple Ili^pah, Cl •' •-.•,o, HI., i..'r. IleinUart cai.io In 3Q2G to h i s present post. He 18 now also executive secretary of the Jewish C.Imutauqua so'ciety w h l c h NFTJJ sponsors. Known as the author of "Voice of tho Jewish Laity" aud "Layman's Attitude Tor/ard tho Reform Synagogue Service," Mr. Reinhart edits "The Jewish Layman," monthly publication of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods.

Jit;! iitli::UtiM^ . A panel discussion will bo conducted Thursday evening, November 7,. at 8 p. in, at tho Jewish Community Center by members of tho Round Table of Jewish youth. Dr. Dayton Hcckman of t h e University of Omaha will lead the discussion." Participating in the discussion will bo: RXargarut Ilundell, Justin Prieoman and Harvey Xturatoln. Topic for discussion will bo "What' itolo for Youth in National Defense." Chairman of the evening: will be Etta Eoircf. Tho public is iavited to attend tho discussion.

A specinl meeting of the B'nai Abraham lodgo of South Omaha T/ill be held next Sunday afternoon, November" 3," at 3 p. m. In the auditorium of the B'nai Israel synagogue, Twenty-fifth - and - J Streets. Featured will bo a "treat" for jnerabers only given by the president of the organisation, Goodman Meyerson, in ' honor of the approaching m a r r i a g e of his daughter, Libbye. All members of. the B'nai AbraIiam are urged to bo present."" Jerusalem (JTA)—Chief Rabbi Isaac ..Ileraoj; will leave shortly for the United -States by air to Inaugurate a special drive on ho. Iialf of Jewish theological institutions and refugee rabbis.

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