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o— —-—~-——————o A - ragged w^if, now , in. Jerusalem, may soon become the heir Special to "THE JEWISH PKESS." to the Fels millions. Des Sioines, la., May 18.—The B'nai Mrs. Joseph Fels,. widow-of the Brithlodge of Des Moines is making soap king and philanthropist, is now The big Jewish Welfare Fedin Palestine. When she returns home extensive preparations to entertain eration drive for $50,000 is on! she expects to bring back with her the Grand Lodge Convention, which " More than half. of the quota one of the Palestinian war orphans will be held in Des Moines May 29 to was raised -within three days— as her legally adopted foster child. June 1 inclusive. The committee in Monday, Tuesday and WednesMrs. Fels ,head of &e_ single tax charge of |he finances for the convenday. The drive will be conmovement, is also an ardent' Zionist, tion expenses are L. Davidson, -chairtinued the rest of the week in and has been one of' the most man; J. S. Slate, vice-chairman; and order to give the various comprominent figures working - to fulfill Rabbi Mannheimer. A sufficient sum mittees an opportunity to call the dream which has endured through of money has been raised by theTJes on every Jewish family in Moines B^nai Brith members to assure centuries—Zion restored. Omaha. "If I.should adopt one of the Pales- the visiting delegates, members, and Every worker is urged to tine orphans," Mrs. Fels ; explained, their families, 3 royal reception with "stick to the job" and call on J "it 'would be like taking into my eleborate entertainment for every day Harry-Lapidust: : every person assigned to them. heart and home the cause " of Zion- during the convention. The convenWorkers are requested to report Harry Lapidus, . chairman of the ism itself." tion headquarters will be at the Fort to the Jewish Welfare Federa- finance committee.^ of the Jewish Des Moines Hotel, where there is tion office every evening during Welfare Federation,ris in charge of ample 500m to accomodate all visitors. : the drive being held here. the'drive. The program for the convention is as follows: "The drive will be a grand
success if all the 'lieutenants' Rabbi Frederick Cohn and Sol Bergand 'captains' work until the end man Will Represent B'nai Israel of the week," said Harry Lapi-j at the Conventioa. dus, "general" of the drive. I "It's the small contributions) that count in making the big "B'nai Brith Day" was well ob- Special to ! "THE JEWISH PBESS."
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On Sunday evening, MaV 2&, if there will be. enough delegates ii the city at that time, there will be served a buffet lonch at the hotel and the Welcome Committee will be there to do the hand-shaking and see that a sociable evening will be spent.
Morris E. Jacobs, manager of The Jewish Press, will personally "cover" the B'nai Brith convention for The Preps. At this convention there, will be many happenings of especial interest to OasiiEns. .. -WIJOII be the nest president of the district? Where will the new Orphan's home ' be located. Where will the next convention be heJd? These are but a few of the questions of interest. The Jewish Press will csny a complete report of the convention in its first issue following the meeting.-
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On Monday morning, the time will be devoted to the registration Many'Osnahans are Planning i© of the delegates, A Irascheon will Attend" Annual Gathering be served at noon and immediate• of No. 6 to be Held in ly after lunch the Des Moines • ' Des Moines May ; * B'nai Brith ladies will take the 29,30 and 31 • visiting ladies for an automobile ride through the city and then to Plans are being- made here t o the Hyperioa Golf and Country obtain the 1022 convention of Club for refreshments. Mrs. J. District No. 6 of the B'nai Brith J. Davidson and Mrs. Ecgene for Omaha, The fight for the Mannheimer will be in charge of location of the next convention entertaining the - visiting ladies. will take place during the B'nai Monday night will be Intellec- . Brith convention in Des Moines, tual night, when a large class of May 29, 80 and SI. candidates will be initiated. The An attempt will also be made famous Chicago degree team will at the convention to bring" the have charge of- this work. . new orphans' hcitie to Omaha, . Tuesday afternoon, there will be a theater party^or the visitiiig j "It's a wonderful feeling one. has l i t is the plan of the general ladies and Tuesday evening the j after performing some good public committee of the sixth district convention mil close with a ban- j sen-ice," Harry B. Zlmman, city com- to have an orphans' home 61* quet and dance full of "pep," imissioner, told the Brotherhood of; their own instead of only one ] as the order now has at Clevefeatured by csbaret singers and > Temple Israel Wednesday night.
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Des Moines is famous as a convention be of some service, -whether it be in "I believe -we can get the orphans city and it is certain that those who civic life, the church or charity," said home here if we work hard will' attend 'this convention will carry Mr. Ziminan. "Charities here afford j s a i d Harry Lapidus, a member of served in Omaha JSunday. In the aft- Buffalo, N. Y., May 18.—One t o t a l s . " . • • - . • • • home -with them most pdeasant mem- you a good opportunity of perform-1 tIse general committee. "Several dell . During the past three days ernoon thirty new members were in- thousand men and women, rabbis, as ories. ..•-... i ing service. Take part* in drives for elates promised me they would favor well as leading representatives ' of itiated. . Delegations from Des Moines, the finance committee of which 1 relief of those in war-stricken Europe Omaha." every profession will demonstrate Mr. Lapidus is chairman,. Samuel Sioux City, Lincoln, arid Council Bluffs that ''and for the,Jewish Welfare Federa-!- e."I* there is & chance o£ Omaha reform Judaism is a living force EINSTEIN HONORED'AT SAYS JEWS HELPED TO Schaefer, superintendent of thej attended the meeting!. The .initiation in American life, by their presence ttin tne jtiaa. Then yon, too, vnll sense thst | £ £ home here, we vriH bring was in charge of Sam Leon, chairman • PRINCETON. DISCOVER AMERICA. federation, and captains have, '\ronderful feeling that follows serv-jit h e r e / ' saM Henry Monsky. first; at the . biennial convention of the o f t h e ' d e g r e e t e a m . .'•:•.••.-'; , •".• New , York. {J. C B. Service.) New York. (J. C. B.'Service.) Jewworked until midnight tabulat1 j vcei-preaident of the district. "There of American Hebrew Congre- ish, financiers and Jewish scientists Princeton University conferred upon ices performed. * ing the pledges received. ; , I • In the evening an open meeting was Union s r e Effim gations at Buffalo, N. Y., on May 24 >. Mr.'Ziroman, after speaking for a n ideal'sites here fw such held in the, ball rporn ,of the • EoriteMrs. S. Ravitz, president .of; nelle. hotei..^Jtiwas,one of the largest" to 26. The delegates, who come from made possible the discovery of Amer- Prof. Albert Einstein, recently the hour, Tras requested to contin-ue his<a home.« The home -will bp in the the- Old People's home an-, gatherings of JeuTy. ever held in theover two httridred large ; and; _ small ica by Columbus, and a Jew was the honorary degree of Doctor.of Science natlire a aTld 7 address. He spots for another,iiom-J -°^ "^Z™ *• .series of in. the. presence, of a score of-reprenounced during^the'••-pastjweek;• histo'ry of the city,." ; -~ scoinmnhTtTes frorri coasi io~~coast, 're-first-Jedtnsii'j^vcopeaa. to set foot os '^S'T^^^rfo^; He also made a .plea for aid-in the]small, cottages instead sentatives and colleges. American soil, according to the Kev. that the Old People's Hbine wilf The.principal"-spealcers were Gusta- present temple congregations and prisoslike structure." of one" ' present Jewish Welfare Drive. The ceremony was preceded by an Dr. William H. Morgan, pastor of the soon be .under the wing of-the vus Loevinge?, prominent attorney-of sisterhoods. Delegates Favor Home Federation. She said that reso- \ Minneapolis and vice president of the The delegates -will include many First Methodist Episcopal Church. academic procession of the faculty and j JEWS ASK REFUGE FOR Sam Leon, who is acting ah one of visitingscientists. President Hibben lutions already have been passed ] B'nai Brith^ district"_No. 6; Madame noted men. and women representing "The jjews convinced Vasco De the trustees of the Cleveland OrHOMELESS to this effect by the Home. -. ! S. Pisko, secretary of the Jewish Con- every congregation: and sisterhood Gama of the possibility of sailing delivered first an ;address of welcome •! "The membership will still sumptive hospital in Denver, and Hen- affiliated with the Union of-; Amer? around the • Cape of Good Hope, and in English and then spoke" in German. j London. <J. T. Agency.) A dele- j phans' home,. and the rest of the • gstion representing the Jewish Col- \ Omaha delegates will join in trying maintain its society and meet( ry Monsky. Harry Lapidus presided. ican Hebrew Congregations and. the thus helped to revolutionize com- Dean West of the Princeton Gradu- ordzation Association and the Joint j to locate the new orphan?' home ate College praised Professor Einstein every month," said Mrs. Ravitz, "Contrary merce," Dr. Morgan said. "Jewish National Federation of Temple Sis.to recent reports, the "but the Home will be under the B'nai ,Brith is scientists predicted the success of the for his great "scientific achievements "Foreign Committee of org-ar.ized An-there.not ,a secrel order," terhoods. . glo-Je\Try and consisting of Sir Stuart i The foHowing delegates front direction of the Federation." j said Mr. Loevinger. • "The B'nai Rabbi Cohn and Sol- Bergman will first voyage of Colunibus. It wasand for the fact that he was one of Omaha vril attenld the cor^-entiojat "So far I am quite pleased' brith teaches patriotism. , The represent Temple Israel of Omaha. mainly through the knowledge of la- the few men In Germany-who had dis- Samuel, Claude G. Montefiore and! 1 Lucien Wolf, recently called on Under -. Henrjr Monsky, Harrj- Lapidus, & approved, of'the'German invasion of bor and generosity of a. few Spanish with the drive," said Morris! cardinal principles of the o^der aim Eevy, president of the Federa-j to make better citizens of'its memJews that America was discovered. Belgium. Professor TEinstein. spoke - Secretary Wood of the Colonial Office J. Leon, Harry Malashock, Arthur CHANGES HIS NAME tion, "but in order to make the( bers. We stand for law and order, be- Rome. (J.. C. B. Service.) The offi- • "Among the men who accompanied briefly. Later in McCase Hall he de-and through him petitioned the Brit-« Rosenblum, Dr.. A, Grepube^x, K<l* jish government to open the British j ard Simon, J. J. Greenberg, M, Mandrive a success everyone must nevolence, harmony and peace. One cial Gazette of the Kingdom of Italy Columbus were six Jews, including an livered the first of five lectures. ! colonies' for the settlement of thejheit and H. Friedman. Among those present were the preswork hard until every person; of the chief purposes - of the B'nai has issued the folowing notice: interpreter, a doctor and a surgeon. of the Omaha delegation listed is seen and induced to) Brith is the giving of help to the "By a. decree published the.-2nd of Luis De Torres, the interpreter, was idents of Smith; Cornell, Brown, and ' large number-of "Ukrainian Jews made •willSeveral seek district offices at the through, pogroms. Undersigii a pledge card." j needy and aid and comfort to the poor April, the Ministry of Justice and the first European to tread American professors of Columbia, University pf homeless Wood expressed himself as vention^ in Des Moines. The The committee is hoping that and the sick. The B'nai Brith is a Fine Arts has authorized. Dr. -Mario soiL The whole expedition was made Pennsylvanit, Lafayette, Dartmouth I Secretary entirely sympathetic towards the sugheadquarters of the Ornalsa the quota is raised by Satur- public forum'where'quesiions of inter- Levi Buonaiuti, born in Venice; on possible by the generosity o ftwo court and Bryn Mawr. . jgestion and assured the delegation 1 delegation vnll be at the Fort De* est to the Jews are. discussed.". July 28, 1887, resident in Rome, to Jews, Luis De Santangel and Gabriel day night. Moines hotel. Many other Omah&ns Madame Pisko lectured and showed relinquish the name of "Levi" which Sanchez, who advanced a sum equal RELIEP PREVENTS CLOS- that their request would be taken up who are planning to attend the-, conthe colonies without delay. betrays his origin, and only to make to $160,000. So it was not the jewels Prussian Minister Opposes moving pictures,- bringing out the use vention on Memorial day have of that of Buonaiuti, the said of Isabella, but the Jews of Spain, ING OF JEWISH SCHOOLS work done by the hospital'in the savmade reservations at the hotel. Jew-Baiting. Danzig. {J. T . Agency.) A War' CHURCHILL ANNOUNCES ing of the lives of persons afflicted doctor being desirous of conversion who opened up the new world." Berlin. (J. C. B. Service.) During' with tuberculosis. "No one "is turned to the Christian faith. saw dispatch states that- the twenty INQUIRY ON JAFFA RIOTS • .. . the debate in the Prussian diet onj away from our door. The care and .'. "Take notice, therefore, that any million marks recently received from London. (J. T. Agency.) In the JEWISH LEADER INJURED the' question of the Communist ris-; help of our wonderful ^hospital build- person desiring to raise opposition to Three Jews were killed and onethe Jewish People's Relief Committee ^ J A F F A ' RIOT ing, Herr Severing, 'Secretary of=i ings are given to both Jew and non- the above must do so within four wounded during an attack on Petach- in America has made possible the con- course of an address before the House i of Commons in which Mr. Churchill! London. <J. T. Agency.) AccordState, strongly denounced the Eight Jew. When one needs our help we months from the publication of this Tikvah. There were likewise several tinuance of work in the Jewish schools t o latest spoke at length on his trip to Egypt j ^ S information received her* : parteis, "who maintained that the. don't care whether .they are Jew ornotice." Arab casualties. of Poland. ' and Palestine, the Minister stated that f r o m Jerusalem, Boris Goldberg, one Eastern Jews were responsible for, non-Jew. The B'nai Brith is patron an official court -of inquiry had heen'<* the most noted -and most wealth. the rising. He further.^asserted that society of the hospital and organized set up to investigate ib. erecent riots! k r t of Russian Jemy vho recently the mine owners, aiid large estate the first branch of the hospital unit." settled in Palestine, is among those owners should be held responsible in Jaffa, Mr. Monsky discussed in detail the were' injured in the Jaffa riots. for the presence of. Eastern Jews in drive of the Jewish Welfare federa-PALESTINEDOORS CLOSE Germany, -where they had been emLondon. (1. T. Agency.) • It be- 45<KKBRITISH TOMMIES IN ployed as cheap labor. He admitted, tion here. "We'.liaye always said, 'We take care of our own.' Now is a good came known'today', that-, the British there may be some undesirable ele• . PAtESTINE.' Administration of Palestine first London. (J. T. Agency.) Official ments among them," but that -was no time- for you to shi>w it," he said. "This drive cannot fail, for the federasked' and received Winston Church- figures available show that there are excuse for Jew-baiting. ation work in Omaha must continue. ill's consent to stop immigration i , still at "present in Palestine'4,500 BritOur work is important. No branch «f Palestine before it issued the order Colonial natiTC toldien. NEW HOME OF THE HEBREW the work can be curtailed advantageto that effect. The stoppage is tem- The array estimates for 1921-E inSHELTERING AND IMMIGRANT ously, but if the-drive does not proporary AID SOCIETY OF AMERICA TO duce §5Qt,000j some of the work will clude the amount of 19,781'^OP pounds BE DEDICATED SUNDAY, JUNE 5. have to be curtailed." coveringg the maintenance of British SIE PHILIP MAGNUS TO QUESVocal solos wfere* given by Leslie military, forces in Mesopotamia, I*el« TION LLOYD GEORGE. Sunday, June 5, will be the opening Burkenroad and Miss Cecilia Feiler. London. (J. I . Agency.) Sir Philip I estine and Aden. day of the ceremonies, in connection noanced that at the next session of with the dedication of the new Home APPEAL FOR PEACE the House of Commons he will ques- APPEAL FOR REFUGEES of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immition the Prime Minister on the prob-| Vienna. - (J. T, Agency.) As a regrant Aid Society o£ America at 425- London. (J. T. Agency;) In the course of a dispatch to Jhe Colonial able date of ratification of the Treaty sult of the effort* of Dr. Kramer, a 437 Lafayette Street, New York city.. Office, Sir Herbert* Samuel,' the Palof Sevres. Sir Philip 'will ask whether representative of the Jewisli Central Representatives of the Federal, the option of becoming Palestmean World Belief Committee, loual Jews State and City governments and lead- estine High Commissioner reports that .citizens, granted fey the treaty to have organized specifically for tite ers of American Jewry will particip- on May.6.10,000 Arabs who were asBritish Jews, is granted to • British purpose of' sitting; Ukrainian refugees ate in.the ceremonies that will last sembled at Ramlah for the celebration .non-Jews as well. If It does not, lieand pogrom victims, A number of throughout the week,- beginning of an Arab festival, were addressed Israel Goodman •will demand that the government use most leading Jews in this city h Fred Sara Beber by Genera! Deeds,' the Civil Secretary, June 5th. its best offices eo inclnds such- & condi- been interestisd ia tliis and other high officials. An interesting program' for each Special to "THE JEWISH JPKESS." The Sioux City debaters, upholding advance, the sims of-Zionism. . day of the week June has been ar- A number.of leading Moslems also ; Sioux City, Iowa, May 18. — Thethe affirmative side of "Hie question, The Omaha team, represented by I. tion i s the treaty. ranged and each evening will be de-addressed the'great/-mass of Arabs, Omaha Y. M. H. A. debating team argued that the economic rad social F. Goodman, Fred White and Sam v Sir Herbert Samuel'-has appointed FAVOR MINORITIES voted to showing the various activ- making a strong appe.al .for peace. At defeated the Sioux City Young Jude- conditions in Palestine made restric- Beber, three 'former ; Central high NATIONAL AUTONOMY, ities of the society. ' the satne time small grptips of Arabs ans-by a decision of two to one before tion of immigration in that country school debaters, • excelled the Sioux. a commission to inTestigate the orip'n attacked the Jewish'colonies'of Reho- a crowd whicli filled the Hebrew In- an urgent necessity. On the other City Judeans--in delivery.- Fred White of the riots in Jaffa last week. The TsHsu (J. T. A.penc>.) Tii€ 500 LEAVE WARSAW FOR JAFFA bath and Chedera. r In both -instances stitute Sunday night. Thev question hand the Omaha, debaters maintained was. the- pillar, of strength for theJewish interests are represented fcj* FiCtutiPiml Commission of th& National Assembly has decided tw Danzig. ( J . T . Agency.) A special the police repelled* the/attacking par- for debate was, "Resolved,/That Im- that unless the Jews obtained a ma- Omaha team. The Sioux City teamMr. Harry Sacher, editor of the_ Paltroduce a measure grantiiig estine Weekly, and Captain Horace ties, killing a number of Arabs...Other was represented by Max Kopstein, migration Into Palestine be Restrictjority in Palestine as soon as possible train carrying 500 Chalutzim en route ties full national autonomy, Samuel, member of the legal departto Palestine left Warsaw recently, ac- parts of the country,, according" to the ed." The judges "were Sam Pickus, the Jews living in that country will Caessler Golder, and Herman Sacks, to a dispatch received here fr&ia ment q£ the Palestine administration. High Commiesioner's report, i A. L. Fribourg and J. B. Courshon, Jr. not be safe, nor will they be able to Edward Baron presided. cording to advices from that city.