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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1921.

HISTORY 200,000 U . I Jews Served in Late War CITY EXPECTED AT JEWISH Proportion of Jews to MEETIC JAW. 30th While Population is But 3%, 5% Fought for Democracy

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This is what the little newsie said. Read this human interest story, containing true narratives of happenings in the midst, of. our own community—happenings which grip the heart. Jewish Organization to .Sponsor' Concert at Auditorium Sunday Afternoon,

of well-intentioned volunteer effort to By JUSTIN M'GRATH ' the point where it tvas to be superWashington, Jan. 27.—Jokes on th* • • March 20th. • . seded by highly-trained, professional Pacifist tendencies pi the Jews will service. It was a change necessitated have no appeal to excite laughter The Omaha Hebrew Club, one of by the rapid growth of our Jewish when the statistics of Jewish partithe oldest Jewish organizations in the All Omaha Jewry is expected population and its consequent social cipation in the great war, now being city, will sponsoi* a concert at the -to turn out for the annual meetproblems. ' compiled'"by the American Jewish municipal auditorium, on Sunday. Juvenile' court cases, the fear that ing of the Jewish Welfare Fedwar records committee are completed. ^ftemoon, _ March 20, when Sopliip our youth were' straying from their • At the present time this committee eration to be held at the'FonBraslau, one of the most popular traditions, the prospect of an immihas 120,00$ records of Jewish soldiers singers in the country, and one of tfaa tenelle Hotel ballroom, Sunday, gration flood soon to be handled, a actually in its files. When .all the lieadin contraltos of the MetropolJanuary 30tfr. growing list of seemingly permanent returns are in, it expects to have the Opera company,, will be, fhe* The meeting will start at 8:00 "pensioners" / and a dozen reasons . records of 200,000 Jews who saw soiojfit. • equally as compelling, clamored for service. p. m. sharp. . This is the" -first time any attention. They led the group of If this expectation is met, and there An excellent program has organization lias ever attempted tft, public-spirited men and women at the is every reason to believe it will, the been arranged. undertake a musical activity ift. helm of local Jewish communal activrecord will show that the Jews supOmaha. • The principal address will be ity to realize the need for really plied about 5 per cent of the military Sophie Braslau is well known here, delivered by Rabbi Samuel professional solution of the problems and naval forces of the United having sung to a large and appreciafacing them, even as skilled medical Deinard of Minneapolis, Minn., States. tive audience at the Brandeis theatre attention . must replace the kindly j What a splendid showing this is nationally known orator- He is a last winter, under the auspices of the efforts of neighborly laymen, in other can be realized when it is underforceful speaker and will have a mesTuesday Morning Musical club. DEINARD than social ills. stood the proportion of Jews in the ' sage of interest. The concert will open a day of fes"Preventive, not social services is United States to the total population tivities at the auditorium at whill Morris Levy, president of the Fedwhat we 'need—to dispense alms is is only about 3 per cent. time the Hebrew club hopes to raise eration, will preside at the meeting. not enough," was their decision, in Casualties May Reach 12,000 —3?itott> b y Heyn money for Jewish. War sufferers. Tlie —flioto I^j- ITej-n The rest of the program follows: line with, the latest recognized ideal The Jewish casualties, so far listed, S. H. SCHAEFER evening will close with a dance. 'MISS JESSIE ROSENSTOCK • HERE IS THE PROGRAM: of constructive social service. "We number 7,200. It is expected the Superintendent The dance of the Omaha Hebrew General Secretary "America," Song by Audience. must have a director and an organizThe work of the Y» M. H. A. wasfinal count will show from 10,000 to club las$ year netted §1,500 for the -. Piano, Solo, Harry Bravirdff. 'Taper, Mister Schaefer, have a ation capable of meeting the situa- in gaining the confidence, friendship, reviewed at the annual meeting of 12,000; . ^ -'war sufferers. Minutes of last year's meeting. tion." - the sustaining members .of the or- Four hundred citations for bravery paper?" admiration and respect of his little 'President Levy's message. The eager- qa&stion; flung on the "Adequate social service today will charges.. • ganization at the club:rooms Tuesday already -have been, listed. " ; Report of Superintendent^Schaefer. Y. M. H. A. SCOUTS night.. • •"• " The largest centers of Jewish wintry dusk a.t'J>ne" of the busiest minimize the Jewish community's "He's our friend. We trust him. Report of Mrs. Reuben Kulakofsky of dwiito\vn;c0m^p, -in/ lieu of the START SPLENDID WORK President William Holzman presided. population, of. course, supplied the social problems of the future," was He.helped us!" chorus the newsie on the Ladies' Relief Society.. The following advisory board- was greatest, number of Jews to the ser-newsie's usual jjaucous call, made another important consideration for the; street, the. little girl, who 'went Lads Organize Safety Patrel Report of the Junior Auxiliary of e l e c t e d : - ; "• ; " : :•••J'"::- [ | ' \ '. vice. New York- sfeite and city sup- pedestrians; turn, in wonder. the long-vis:!oned men who were for- • wrong, the deserted' wife, tie immi- < Kellom School, and Arc the Relief Society. ~ .William Holzman.,' N* I*.-Feil, Dr. plied more than one-third of all of A stockily-buift, youngish man,.one raulating this policy." j grant on'.'North 24tli street, Hhe .lad On the Job. , Vocal Solo. j / • of t h e " hurryiEg ;;throng," stopped those listed up.jta tbe. present time • •saved "frcw E^arney^nSiistfisT school Mr. Schaefer is College Trained ] Election of_X>fBcers- r . . ,; - «Iy\the total for-the state standing now short. Mr. Schaefer, with a college train- I and the Young Judean program .ARE GIVEN POLICE BADGES. J Remarks, by Henry Monsky. "Sure, I will, Izzie—one of each. Isaacson, A. B. Alpirh, E(L Krause, at 26,866, of which 22,210 were from ing in the social sciences,' with settle- j chairman.Addressy by Rabbi Deinard. How's business tonightf?" Dr. Frederick. Cbhn, Leo Kosenthal, New York city. l By PHILIP MANDEL, Discussion. ' Harry Lapidus, Harry. Wolf, Rabbi "Pretty cold—naw, I won't take any ment exgeriesce in connection with j "He knows his work!" say the social Illinois is credited with 3,459, of workers of the city and they elected the Cincinnati Board of Education, j • Scribe Troop 62. Evesy Jewish family in the city is Morris Taxon and Henry Monsky. which 2,670 were from Chicago, and money from you"—drawing back with an army service record with the j hiiri president of the Social worker's invited to attend the meeting. The sustaining membership totaled Massachusetts with 3,777, of which from the proffered coins—"I wanna v Two Scouts, Sam Zagcr and Mas' The Fontenelle Hotel ballroom is to 425 during the past y.ear. One 830 were from Boston. Nine hun- give 'em to you I" came the half- Jewish Welfare Board in Americans club. "He helps solve our problems. He Reikes, of Troop 62, organised ft icamps as well as with the overseas the right of the mezzanine floor. Steps thousand is the goal for 1921. gruff, half-abashed response. f.dred and twelve answered the call to co-operates with us," the juvenile safety patrol for Kellom school., t h e " leading to the ballroom are on both "Give me nothing, Buddy, you're unit in France, came. 0 I the colors from San Francisco. court judge, the desk seageant at the duties of this patrol are to safegtiaril He surveyed the local situation and the right and left sides of the main ! And This Happened in Berlin not in business for your health," Famous "77th" Mostly Jewish police station and the superintendent small children, to stop 'boys from with his background of professional entrance. pressing the coins into a dirty but The famous "77th"- division, -of of Omaha public schools testify. • Berlin.* ( J / C . B. Service.): On the o fighting, to see that no one is hurt unwilling palm, "thanks all the same. training, was shortly instrumental in I which Colonel Whittlesey command"Ef hat ein Yiddishe hartz,' nods while playing on the playgrounds* building up a service agency, which 29th of December, Mr. Zucker, a JewComing up to the rooms tomorrow POPULARITY CONTEST not only dispenses that-valuable com- the "pensioner." and above all, to keep children from, ish merchant, was charged before the ed "a battalion was largely Jewish. night?" CLOSES FEBRUARY 3. Third getting into - trouble. Responsibility Centered in Hiin Criminal Court with having When Colonel Whittlesey was sur- "Bet I will, Mister Schaefer, you modity, but offers opportunity for SO SPEED UP WORK caused grave injuries to a person by rounded by the Germans and called showed us a swell time last week, service to those of the community '•'We center our responsibility, in Last week these two Scouts 'Went upon to surrender, his reply to the with a "social conscience." him," say the men and women whose down to the police station and wer© means of a pistol shot. German courier was "Tell 'em to go My brother wants to come too!" Miss Estelle Lapidus, the choice of The facts of the case as related at to hell." He and his men, many of "Bring him along; 111 see you to- In this work he has been ably as- support makes possible this splendid given Boy Scout police badges. This the X. T; C. Club, took the lead away the trial were as follows: On August sisted by Miss Jessie Rosenstock, who almost human, certainly most human- badge gives them authority over all whom were Jewish, fought on until row," and the man hastened on while this week in the popularity contest 13, 1919, when the anti-Semitic wave they were rescued by other Ameri- the newsie again called his paper but replaced her sister, Miss Fannie izing organization, known as the Jew- boys "who misbehave. Not only thfct, but Troop 62 is going to have a confrom Miss Flora Bienstock, the choice in Berlin was at its height, the ac-can-forces. ' \ with a new lilt of interest, in prospect Rosenstock, in the office of the oldish Welfare Federation. • ..' Associated Jewish Charities. The case records of the Jewish Wel- test for their own benefit. The Scout cused had snatched a placard conof the morrow. of the B'nai Brith auxiliary. » Although the infantry branch of taining the inscription: "Out with the Plus his training and previous rec- fare Federation are a veritable treas- who comes to meetings from now unNew Epoch in Social Service The content closes at mid-night, Jews!" from the • hands • of a news- the American army constituted but drd, the new director brings person- ury. o£ riches—the riches of real ser- til May 16, 1921, will-be invited to A new epoch in the social service next Wednesday, Frebruary 3. vender. He was thereupon attacked 20.66 per cent of the entire army, history,of the Omaha Jewish com ality eminently flitted for the task vice. a party and will be given a priiste. The vote Wednesday night stood: by the anti-Semitic crowd and wasthe Jews attached to the infantry munity opened in the fall of 1919of laving the foundation for the new Here are a few plucked from differLast Saturday Mr. Newman, Scoutconsiderably injured in the face, be- branch constituted 51.07 per cent of when Samuel H. Schaefer of Cincin era of Jewish social service here. ent departments of the Federation master, was not present, but we had Estelle Lapidus 5,050 votes ing beaten with rubber cudgels. When the total number of Jews in the serTo an agreeable presence, a strong- activity—cases widely variant in their a substitute, Mr. Eakon, who was Flora Bienstock .4,000 votes nati was engaged as superintendent vice. he tried to escape, he was pursued Rose Whitebook 1,750 votes .The marine corps is essentially a of theJewish Welfare Federation and ly Jewish consciousness, and under- scope, appeal and relative importance very good to us. He told us Rome by a number of people and was shot standing of youth, her adds gsod judg- but all representing the application stories. Mr. Eakon is from Troop ""• Iva Siegal ...1,000 votes in the leg; He then turned round fighting organization. Every man director of the Y. M. H. A. ment and sense of humer which has of heart, mind, generous and helpful 10. He invited us to visit his troop, It marked the transition of local Each paid subscription, counts and 'fired a shot in return, whereby who enlisted in this corps did sowith (Continued on page 6) •which we will do next Monday. enabled him to take Colossus' strides Jewish welfare work from the period the expectation that he would be sent twenty-five votes. Help your favor- one of his pursuers was dangerously . In the early part of last spring where the fighting was the thickest. ite by obtaining subscriptions for injured. Of the 60,000 marines, 1,700, or 3 per their lives for our common fatherland POLISH MINISTER OF .FINANCE Troop 62 had less than ten members. AMONG Counsel for the defense pointed out cent, proved to be Jewish, according ANTI-SEMITISM Now it is close to the twenty mark. them. t• N HEARS DIFFICULTIES OF GERMAN STUDENTS in the world war; about 10,000 Jews in his speech.that the accused had to the records already listed. and expects to reach the twenties Fifty dollars in gold is the first gone into the war as a volunteer, he JEWISH MERCHANTS were awarded the Iron cross of the pretty soon. We have had about a New York. {J. C. B. Service.—The second, many of them also of the first Of these 1,700 Jewish marines, fully prize and the second is $25. The girls had given proof of his courage and Warsaw. (J. C. B. Service.) At thehalf dozen new Scouts in the last "New York World" prints a copyhave promised to turn over the win- was justified in his indignation 30 per cent enlisted immediately after righted article from the pen of Adolf class. The first man who fell on theinvitation of the Polish Minister of month. Troop 62 is a growing troop. against the extraordinary Jew-bait- June 5,1918, the day after it was pub- Konte in which he discusses the rise German side in the war was a Jew; Finance, a delegation representing ning money to charity. Troop 62 mee1;s every Saturday, ing that was going on in Berlin at the lished to the world that the marines of anti-Semitism among students in the first member^of the Reichstag the local Jewish Merchants Associa- night at the Y. M. H .A. It is thg Were, the "shock troops" at Chateau time. Germany. He relates that the mani- (Imperial diet) who at the outbreak tion called on him and told him of only 100 per cent Jewish Troop ia Thierry. APPOINTS COMMITTEES of hostilities immediately volunteered the difficulties Jewish merchants enThe Public Prosecutor demanded .; The total of all the Jewish casual- festations of ill-will against the Jews for service, and so far as is known countered in trading in Poland. The Omaha. The regular monthly meeting of either 200 marks damages or 20 days attained such alarming proportions ties thus far listed is about 10,000. the Ladies Relief Society will be held imprisonment. was the only member who paid for delegation •"•as headed by Prelutzki, The total.number of deaths is 882, or that the government found it advis- his love of his country with his life who introduced to the Minister Messrs. Tuesday afternoon in the rooms in able to depute Conrad Haenisch, the Y. M. H. A. SCHEDULE The Court, however* assumed ftiat 4^01 per' cent of the total in the <the Lyric Building., M r s . , R. was the Jew Ludwig Frank, from the Shenker, «'aswinski, Levine, Guss and Prussian Minister of Education, to accused fired in self-defense and reAmerican expeditionary forces. OP ACTIVITIES Kulakofsky, -president, announced the Sadowsky. The delegation pointed address university students on theSocial Democratic party." following* committees appointed and leased the prisoner. The cost of the The total wounded is 1,37, or 3.08subject. out to the minister that the financial WEEK ENDING FEB. 8, 1921 .« officers elected: Mrs. R. Kulakofsky, prosecution to be defrayed* by theper cent of the total. condition of the Jews in Poland is ' Konte, who is a noted editor in BerMRS. S. RAVITZ Sunday, Jen. 30th— president; Mrs. M. L. Woolfson, vice state treasury. greatly effected by the general Jew..• Many Commissioned Officers lin, then quotes the Minister's address ELECTED HEAD OF president; ^Mrs. J. J. Greenberg, Young Judea Junior ish problem and that only a proper •• Of the infantry branch the Jews ISRAEL AID SOCIETY and satisfactory solution of that treasurer; "Mrs. L. Ziev and Mrs.JOINTS DISTRIBUTION FEEDS had 1,060 commissioned officers and which he says created a great sensaMaccabees tion. The minister thoroughly analFIVE HUNDRED DAILY Henry Rachman, financial secretaries; Hatikvoh. Girls problem mil improve the economic 1,678 non-commissioned officers. The Daughters of Israel Aid condition of the Jews in Poland. The IN DANZIG Mrs. Samuel Rice, corresponding Young Judea Seniors In the field artillery they had 225yses the causes which have so accentuated anti-Semitism in-Germany and secretary, and Mrs. H. E. Kamen, Progresse Club. Danzig. (J. C. B. Service.)' The commissioned officers and 373 non-finally concluded that it is"the fear Society met January . 18. and -re- delegation pressed a request that elected Mrs. S. Ravitz, president of Jews be peermitted to trade as well reporter. Directors: Mrs. O. A. Joint Distribution Committee has commissioned officers. partly conscious and partly sub-cons the organization. The Israel Aid as to work on Sunday. They also Monday, Jan. 31st—• ' Feder, Mrs. J. B. Robinson, Mrs. H. opened a kitchen where it is feeding . In the infantry they had six scious of dangerous Jewish economic Aleph Y Society has charge of the Old emphasized the necessity of having A. Wolf, Mrs. Millard Langfeld, Mrs. daily five hundred Jewish emigrants. colonels and lieutenant colonels, 31 competition that forms the fertile soil Yiddish Class. someone represent them on the local ( William L. Holzman, Mrs. Nate The J. D.-C. has been,forced to take majors, 174 captains, 228 first lieu- wher-;n anti-Semitism flourishes in People's home. ; Emil Ganz, auditor, made a report tax commission. The minister is un-Tuesday, Feb. 1st— Mantel, Mrs. M. S. Miller, Mrs. S. this step because about ten thousand tenants, 369 second lieutenants and universities and high schools." at the meeting' in' regard to the derstood to have promised to consider H. Schaefer, Mrs. Charles Levinson, Jewish emigrants from Lithuania and 244 lieutenants not designated. Ydetes Club, €h° various points raised by the delMrs. Frederick Cohn and Mrs. I.Ukrainia are held up here indefiniteGirls' Gym Class. In the field artillery they had six The minister then proceeds to point finances of the organization. Mrs. Raviiz said she hoped to pay egation. * Dansky. Mrs. Dave Feder, chair- ly. These people cannot go forward colonels and lieutenant colonels, 6 out how much of her development in Wednesday, Feb. 2nd— . l man oi the membership committee, because the American counsel refuses majors, 29 captains, 59 lieutenants, every particular branch of industrial, off the $5,000 mortgage during the Flowers of Zion. ' . . . 3Irs. B. A. Simon, relief -committee, to recognize any Lithuanian or White 80 second lieutenants and 42 lieute- cultural and professional life, Ger- coining year. . Thursday, .Feb. 3rd— 42many owes to Jews and concludes in The Ydetes Club will meet TuesSirs. Philip Sher, investigating com- Russian" passports and the emigrants nants 80 second lieutenants and Dramatic Class. v these words: ,Mr. and. Mrs.. Herman Orschel day evening, Feb. 1st. Miss Esther mittee, Mrs- Jacob Lang, social com- are forced to wait until special per- lieutenants not designated. The record is one in which Jews mittee, and Mrs. Millard Langfeld, mission is obtained from Washington, "Remember, thousands of German leave Tuesday for ^California, where Johnson, Probation Officer, will talk Saturday, Feb. 6th— . for each individual- emigrant* take justifiable p_ride« —- citizens .of Jewish, race have sacrificed they, will'spend several pa the work of the^Juveidle Couri Scoaty - * . • ..'^ work in schools -and recreation.

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