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Vol. XXXIII—No. SS.
H.S. Grads To Be Honored
OMAHA, NF.MtAHKA. FIUDAY. MAY J7,1053.
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'Baccalaureate services for Jewish graduates of Omaha high •chools will be held Wednesday evening, June 8, at 8 o'clock in Beth £1 Synagogue, under the auspices ot the Federation (or Jewish S e r v i c e , Dr. Philip Sher announced. Dr. Sher, honorary presl dent of the Federation, Is the originator of the union baccalaureate service, 'Eighty graduates will be hon«red at tbe service*, which arc held annually with the cooperation of all synagogues of the com triunity. ' 'A reception honoring the gradu •tcs will be held after the services in the Beth Kl"s social hall.
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Jewish Museum Art on Display Examples of tlie finest specimens of Jewish ceremoiiiul ar{ are on display at Joslyn Art Museum, in connection with the observance of 300 years of Jewish settlement in America. TI19 exhibit may be seen at the mjiseum Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m., and Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 o'clock. The museum Is closed on
Philanthropies Box Score as of May 27 $300,155.00 Initial Gifts Men's Division .... 14,014.00 Women's Division 50,026.80 B. ftp. Unit 2,474.50 Children's Dlv, . . . 1,351.00 High School Dlv. . . 599.25 Miscellaneous 2,475.00
Total to Date . . $371,695.55
Stoler Memorial Scholarship Set Up B'nai B'rith Blood Day June 2
The Marlon Stoler Scholarship, a memorial in commemoration of the late Mrs. Hurry Stolor who Omuha n'nal Il'rllli lodges ontl rluvptcrit will sponsor B'nnl served ns president of National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha n'rlth Day at Hie Itnd Cross Hood Center Thursday, Juno 2. The Seel Ion, from 1053 to 1951, has Mood center "III be open to donors from II u. in. to 0 p. nl. Donors been set up by the Omaha Section. may come In with or iiltlintit inipi'inlrncnls. For further Information ronlnrt the Kid Crosi Illooil Crntrr by railing AT 2723, or Mrs. The scholarship is in the form Slnx NacliH, AT UWVi, ami Mrs. J. Milton Margolin, <>L 4008. Others of n loan for worthy Jewish stu dents to Iw grunted for study fit nthNtlng In H'nal IVrltli I)uy nt tho blood center are: >»•«-« ii ra .-w tlie college level in graduate work. in the Jirt.s. und nurses' training. Applicants must bo residents of the Omaha area for two years, high school Graduates with hii;h scholastic standings affiliation With the Jewish religion and who tlinli lliir the olio HIIIIUII ulxive are in peed of financial assistance. .'Students-may attend any school of their own choice. Anyone in terested in obtaining an applica tion can contact Mrs. Sidney II. Brooks, scholarship award chair man, at WA 9891, or any of the fojlowing c o m m i t t e e members: "Honor Thy Dead" will be the Mmcs. A. V. Venger. Julia Jacobs, theme of Omaha's Jewish War FlttST SETTLEllS .Paul Grossman and Miss Hose Veterans for tho Memorial Day Grodinsky. New York (JTA)—A flagpole ceremonies. commemorating the arrival in New Teams of members will decorate York over 300 years ago of the all Jewish War Veterans' graves Soviet-Jews in Israel first group of 23 Jews was pre- with flags and markers. Memorial Day services will be London (JTA)—Fifteen elderly sented to the city last week-end Jewish men and women from Czer- by the New York Joint Lcglsla- held at 11 a. m., Monday, May 30, at the graveside of the late Her' tivo Committee to commemorate nowltz arrived In Tel Aviv by air and were reunited with sons and tlie tercentenary of American man Goldstein at Golden Hill daughters they had not seen for Jewry. The presentation of the Cemetery. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks, JWV years. It was reported here by the 72:foot flagpole Bet in a sevenfoot high granite base was made Chaplain; Max Kanner, Iowa-NeLondon press. braska Department Commander; : For'years, the report says, they by Gov. Avcrlll Harriman. Abo Miller and Nate Marcus, past had persistently written to MarA bronze plaque on'the base commanders will take part in the shal Stalin, Marshal Voroslillov and later Premier Malcnkov, ask- reads :"Erccled by the State ot ceremonies.. New York to honor the memory ing permission to join their famMarvin Kaplan, Milton Goldberg ilies in Israel. Nothing happened of the 23 men, women and chil- and Dave Dubln will lead the color until police in Czcrnovitz sudden- dren who landed in September bearers and firing squad. l y called them in and collected 1C51, and founded the first Jewish their photographs. "Two days Ja- community in North America." BOND HEAD tor they were called again and The legislative committee, . ap* New York (WNS) — Abraham Jianded their passports, exit JKT- pointed by Gov, Thomas E. Dewoy Fclnborg, civic leader and philknits, transit visas, and Israel des- last year, Is headed by Judge Jo- anthropist, was elected president tination visas, all arranged in Mas. seph M. Proskauer. Present at the of the Development Corporation COW the day before. In three hours ceremony were civic leaders and for Israel, the new Bole underwritthey had Bold their belongings and representatives of the three ma- er of srael bonds, at a meeting of took the train to Vienna from more than 100 key American Jew-, where they flew, the report con- jor faiths. ish business and communal leadcludes. ers here this week-end. Mr. FeinSOLAR FOVVEIl berg is president of the American Jerusalem (JTA)—Harry Zvl Committee for the Weizmann InTabor, 38-year-old physlcst who stitute of Science, chairman of the 'Operation Cowboy' has been in Israel only six years board of trustees of Brnndels UniTel Aviv (JTA) — "Operation announced this week the develop- versity and chairman ot the N. Y. Co\»boy" a project under which ment of twfl devices for the con- section of the Hairy S. Truman Israel cattle destined for meat version of solar energy into elec- Library Committee. consumption would be crazed on trical and mechanical power. Mr. open ranges, has officially begun. Tabor's devices have been highly Several hundred head ol cattle. commended by Prof. Blackelt, of Including steers bred here, In the London's Imperial College and one United States and In Turkey, were of Britain's top scientists, who has Sunday Radio released last week for grazing on stated that the British National Research Corporation Is prepared Rabbi Louis I. Newman of a 20,000-duniim plot of land near lo develop both .systems. Congregation IWdeph Sholm In Klnneret. New York City will discuss Mr. Tabor's devices convert 10 The project Li being financed "Looking Into the Future" over through funds supplied by the percent of tlie energy of the sun'ii KOIL from 9:35 to 10 a. m. United Slates Operations Mission rays into mechanical and electrilierc. The cattle are to maze in cal power. This compares with an This program Is part of the Message of Israel scries. the open for an entire year and average conversion of 25 percent of will be transferred seasonally from the energy ot fuel oil lo power Tlie Eternal Light program one section of the range to anoth- Mr. Tabor who Is director of the will bo broadcast over WOWer. Israelis In charge of tlie cattle National Physics Institute of Radio from 11:30 a. m. to 12 have been trained for their work Israel's Scientific Council, will by Texas cowboys brought here shortly build a pilot plant for us- noon. ing his processes. for the purpose.
Global Report
Memorial Day Services by Vets
Native Omahan Named Editor Of Havana Post A native Omahan, Milton Guss has been named Editor of the Havana Post In Haviina, Cuba. Mr. Guss, a Marino Corps veteran of World War II,- was senior dosk editor of the Evening Star of Washington, D. C, before he accepted his new post. He is tho son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Guss of Omaha. His brother, Charles Guss, U president of the Chemical Products Corporation, while his other brother, Joseph Guss, Is vice-president of the Mlcklin Home Improvement Company. Milton Guss attended the University of Omaha and was graduated from the University of Missouri where he majored In journalism. He is a former high school and Omaha U. baseball player and still plays a little softball.
Halt Sought for Gaza Violence Jerusalem (WNS)—Ambassador Edward B. Lawson of the United States visited Premier Moshe Sharctt last week-end to discuss the still tense situation along the laza border strip which a day before was the scene of a two-hour artillery and machine gun battle between Egyptian and Israeli soldiers. According to informed sources, Mr. Lawson advised Premier Sharctt to adopt a policy of 'moderation" and to cooperate fully with MaJ. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, Canadian chief of the United Nations truce staff. It was also reported here that the American Ambassador to Egypt, Henry A. Byroade, was simultaneously asking Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser for cooperalon In preventing further Incidents along tho Israeli-Egyptian border. The tense situation along the aza strip, where the killing of three Israel officers and the wounding of two others by an Egyptian landmine began a series of clashes, was discussed by the Israel Cabinet on Sunday. Present at tho Cabinet meeting was Abba Eban, Israel Ambassador to Washington and bead of its delegation to the United Nations. VETKBAN3' SII1UNB Washington (WNS)—ThNational Shrine for the Jewish War Dead, located here at 1712, New Hampshire Avc., was dedicated on Sunday by Vice-President Richard M. Nixon. The shrine was erected by tho Jewish War Veterans whoso national commander, Joseph F. Ban- of Washington, spoke at the dedication ceremonies.
Monday. The collection will r main at Joslyn until Sunday, June 19. "I urge every one to our Jewish community to avail themselves ot this unprecedented opportunity to view this important and beautiful collection," said Rabbi Myer 3 . Krlpke. Loan Collection ' The loan collection, Including Items from the Jacob Schfff and Felix Warburg collections of the Museum of Jewish Art in New York, was sent to Omaha for exhibition in connection with tha formal presentation of the Her« man H. Auerbach Memorial, a gift of a permanent collection to tho Joslyn Museum by tho Federation for Jewish Service, Funds for tho purchase of the Aucrbach group of art objects were part of a bequest left to the -Federation by Mr. Auerbach. upon his death In 194& It includes a Torah crown, breastplate and pointer; tnezuzot. Kiddush cup and Chanuklah, the work of Ludwlg Volpert, distinguished silversmith working In the Bczalcl Art Museum In Jerusalem; a calligraphy of the Hebrew alphabet by Ben Shawn, noted LIthuanlan-born American artist; a handsome example of Yemenite gold-thread embroidery, especially c o m m i s sioned for this exhibit, and a filigree silver splcc-box, inherited from Mr. Aucrbach's great-grand-. • mother, and presented by Mrs. Auerbach. Formal Presentation About 150 attended the ceremony last Sunday afternoon In ' Gallery D when William Grodlnsky made the formal presentation for the Federation for Jewish Service. "We hope this is only the ' beginning; that additions will be made Jn the future as our community recognizes the importance of such collections," said Mr. Grodln. sky. Director Eugene Kingman accepted the gift in behalf of ths Joslyn Board of Directors, headed by Casper Y. Offutt, and thanked the members of the committee, Mrs, Meyer Bebor (chairman), Mrs. J. Harry Kulakofsky and Rabbi Krlpke for the care an* thought exercised, in assembling art objects of such merit. IUbbl Krlpke Tell, lUbbl Kripke gave a gallery. alk descriptive of the purposes nd use of tho varied traditional ceremonial objects displayed both In tho loan pxhlbit and in the permanent gift group.' These Include aluable curtains for the Ark, >hylactcry casts, Sholar, alms box, . Passover plate, candlesticks, Cha- . nukah lamps, and other items, ome of them several hundred 'ears old. There also was on display "tho recently published book on Jewish Ceremonial Art, written by Dri "Stephen S. Knyser, curator of th» ilusoum of Jewish Art In New York, who chose tha Items in the local loan cxhlhlt. In. It arc ltv« eluded photographs of some of tlW articles now on display in Omaha. Mrs. Jack Marer, wife of the president oj the Federation :d Jewish Service, and Mrs. Edward '•• 2. Brodkey, president of the Fed. ration of Jewish Women's Ot> ': fanizatlons, presided at the ooSte* hour which followed. \_^