Great, men direct the events of their times; wise men take advantage of them; weak men are borne down by them.
Men,are bora with TWO" eyes,* but with O N E tongue; . in •„ order that they should see twice as much as they say.
lecond-elass mail matter on January 27th. 1921, at Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act xtt March 3, 1879.
VOL. n.—No. 50
Statistics Show More Than FifteenMillion Jews in theWorld
.Tusalem, Nov. 14. (J. C. B<) _ .station signed by organizations representing several thousands Orthodox Jews has been handed to Sir Herbert Samuel, "the High Commissioner, requesting the promulgation of an ordinance 'against" public infraction of the observance .of the Jewish.Sabbath. ; Jewish students of the law classes conducted by the Governmental Legal Department, have declared a strike as a protest against the nomination of Dr. Israel Dehan as a lecturer. The objection1 to^ Dr. Dehan, is based on bis anti-Zionist record, particularly on his. having headed the Or• thodox Delegation that complained against Zionism to the late Lord Northcliffe. '
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Over Nine Millions Concentrated in "Jewish" Central Europe MORE THAN 3,3003000 J IN THE UNITED STATES New York, Nov. 21.—(Jewish. •Telegraphic Agency)—*Jews throughout the world number 15,400,000, according to a summary of statistics prepared by Dr., H-_ S. Iinfield, Jewish statistician directing the Department of Information, and Stattistics of the Bureau of Jewish Social Research and published in the American Jewish Year Book, just .off the press. Dr. idnfieldV estimate is conservative, being "based on the latest censuses and available reliable estimates. . , ' . Of this number, 9,250,000 are concentrated in, "what Dr. Linfield calls the "Jewish" Central Europe, a region, comprising the countries of Ukraine, West Bussia, White Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Rou mania, Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia and Austria. The Jews constitute %Vz% of the total poulation of the "Jewish" Central Europe. . . . . ; To the "west and south of this "Jewish" Central TSurope, there live 1,500,000 Jews against a total population of 225,000,000, a little more than one-half of one per cent' of the .to the;north ttotal population; pp of the "Jewish" Central Europe, the Jewish population is even smaller; 145,000 Jews among a population of 80,000,000, constituting less than one-fifth of one per cent. To the south qf Europe, across the Mediterranean Sea, 280,000 Jews live among thf^ Mphammedan, Arabicd Abi speaVing countries of .North. Africa, 1.03 "per cent of the total population. " In ^ 1 ? ^ in Abyssinia; •while in. South Africa, there . are . tLSarly 50,000, mostly Ashkenasic Jews. In Asia, the Jews are most popul-. ous_ in Palestine. At least 85J00& Jews live in Palestine, 12% 9& of the total population. Next come the neighboring Semitic countries of Syria, Mesopotamia, and • Arabia with a Jewish population of 140,000, a little more than one and one-half per cent of the general population. In Asia Minor, Central Asia, and Siberia, 325,000 Jews live among the population' of 50,000,000, constituting a little over one half per cent of the total population, while in Japan, China, India, and beyond, less than 25,000 Jews are scattered among a population of 715,000,000. In the whole continent of Australia there are not more than a little over 17,000 Jews. With regard to the United States, the author adopted the figure arrived at the census taken by the American Jewish Committee in 1918, namely 3,300,000. If that figure was correct, then, the figures must be considerably larger now. In all of Worth America, there are nearly 3,425,000. In all of South America, a little over 108,000.
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Chicago Opens Bitter Warfare On Known Ku Klux Klan Members American Unity League Leads Fight Against Klansmen and Makes Names Public—Bankers and Business Men Known to Be Members Being Boycotted.
. Chicago.—To be a member of the the names of the-men -who have j should, step out, and he did, •whereorganization Ku Klux Klan in Illinois, and par- • taken the oath of allegiance to the upon, "the '•"-- anti-Klan —•-••'"---—-—^ marked a "big cross on its Scoreboard. ticularly. in .Chicago, these days is, to i "Many of them are .using every ef- Nevertheless,it is only fair to .Mr. invite social ostracism and business fort to persecute: their fellow Ameri- Olson to state that he declared he redisaster.;The fact is slowly but sure- cans who happen to be of- the Jewish- signed to. preserve. harmony in the ly being driven into' the minds of race, the negro race, the Catholic community, adding: the 50,000 members of the secret or- faith or foreign j tongue.. Why any "I signed a petition for member100 per cent Aiherican organization ship in the Klan several months ago, ganization in and around this city. The' opposition to the Ku. Klux should wish to fsep its membership but did not know that it was. anyKlan is well organized presistent and secret and • why-itrue patriots ^should thing else than an ordinary fraternal unrelenting. "-In a city - in which' the exert every effort to keep .their af- order." foreign -.-• born•' population - predomi- filiation withl such an organization A short time before this incident nates, in' which the 'negro - popula- secret is a question that can have Judge Joseph B. David, sitting on tion alone is in excess of 11,000, in but one answer." the Superior Court, barred "Klansmen -which the members, of the Roman According to officials of the from serving on juries in his court. Catholic Church number 'approxi- American Unity League, that organ- On September 18, resuming the hearmately 1,200,000 and the Jews 125,- ization is in possession of virtually ing of common law cases on his 000 or more, it is not surprising that all the names of the 50,000 Klans- calendar, Judge David questioned there i sdeeprooted dislike of. the Ku men in Chicago^ and contemplates prospective jurors on their sympathy Klux Klan and the ~ • principles for carrying out its announced program with the secret organization, assertwhich it stands. - The foreign-born, of making them public in due time. ing that members of the Klan were the Catholic, the Jew and the negro As a result of these activities of prejudiced by their oath, and thereRabbi Gary • August. of' St. Joseph, there is deeprooted dislike of the Ku the league it became known that Au- fore ineligible as jurors. Mo. to Speak Here. Klux' Klan and are a unit in opposi- gustus E. Olson, one of the best "I will not-tolerate any man servtion to it. • - . ' . . . , known of the-younger generation of ing as a juror in a case before me LOCAL KEREN HAYESOD TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING As a consequence Chicago is wit- South Side • business* men, virtually who is affiliated with any such ornessing" some curious happenings. had been forced 'xmt of the presidency ganization/' said Judgre David. A public meeting of' contributors One judge refuses to permit mem- of the Washington Park National "Members - of the Ku Klux Klan to the Keren Hayesod will be held bers of the Klan to serve as jurors in Bank. Mr. Olson's_ tenure of the have confirmed opinions, and they Sunday evening, December 3, a t the his court, business men known_to be presidency: was comparatively short. cannot serve in this courtroom." Jewish Community Center. There members of the organization are be- He succeeded the late Garland Stahl Charged With Political Activity. will be no collection of donations or ing boycotted, and one of the-big about a year ago, when the tetter's During the recent political campledges at-this meeting,; according to banks is losing business because some failing health required him to retire paign. the .American Unity League, the committee i n charge. .'._""'.' its official publication, of its directors and' officials are sus- from business activity. On Novem- through "At this meetirig the local commit- pected of affiliation with the'.Klan. ber 1 of this year Mr. Olson sudden- charged that 50,000 members of the tee of the Keren Hayesod will give So powerful is the wave of resent- ly resigned "and, was- succeeded by "Klan in Chicago hal pledged thema complete financial report," said A. ment that within the last few weeks Isaac N. 'Powei, chairman of the selves to Jefeat a l nomember canI. Kulakofsky, temporary chairman: the president of another bank, one of "bank's board of directors. didates for office. at. the November At this meeting permanent officers Chicago's larger financial instituelection, and that there existed a naBaitt President Assailed. will be elected. tion wide. conspiracy of the Klan to tions, was- forced to resign when his At that time denial was made that Following the business meeting, a name was listed as a member of the there had been a run on the bank as drive, every Jew and,Catholic from program will; be'held' with llabbi Kl§n.by a periodical which is the of- aa' result of an announcement that'public " i thatpublic office. - So far-as f a r a s ©Mcag^ Garry J . A u g u s t of St. Joseph, Mo., ficial organ of the: anti-Klan organ- Mr. Olson "was an alleged member of concerned, the Klan apparently made K l ^ . ... t . . ' ^ —_—„,. J i _-r5 — t . .... f .—. *~This"publication; 'bears the "the ... also beings made to attempt io se- flalne of "Tolerance," and is-the of-I Investigation disclosed that several! the candidates for public office were cure Dr. Shemaryl Levitie .and Dr. ficial mouthpiece of the American weeks ago Mr. Olson had been listed either Jew or Catholic, and they had Arthur Ruppin to speak at this Unity Leagua, founded in Chicago as a member of the Ku Klux Klan no alternative but t o . vote .for one meeting. Prof. Mach's, orchestra, last summer to combat the Klan and by the official organ of f he anti- or the other or not vote at. all. will give several musical numbers. With the continued publication of its theories. Klan organization. Thereafter he All the organizations in the city was bitterly assailed at meetings of the list of Klansmen, the Chicago Klan Membership Published. -are asked to appoint committees for In a recent issue "Tolerance" be- the anti-Klan organization and re- ' members of the secret society are hethis meeting. gan the publication of lists of the ports were circulated that those not coming more and more nervous. Boynames of prominent Chicagoans af- in sympathy with Klan activities cotts and other troubles of a business filiated with the Klan, and it an- had begun to withdraw their deposits and social nature are feared and nounces that the names of additional in . the Washington Park National threatened, and the life of a Elansmembers in Chicago, and officials in Bank and redeposit them in other man in Chicago is far from happy. other cities, will be made public in banks. These withdrawals were re-1 Members of the organization alsubsequent issues. This has" caused ported to run into the thousands of ready have suffered, a case in point Bundists and Left Poale Zion Suffer considerable alarm in the ranks of dollars, most of them being made by being the manager of a well known Defeat; Minoritiea'Ticbet Wins. the local Klansmen. persons of Irish descent and by Jews, hotel, who saved himself annoyance, At a meeting of the directors held if nothing more serious, by an emIn explanation of its action TolerWarsaw.—(J. T. A.)—Twenty-one ance says: a week ago last Monday it was de-J phatic denial that he was a member Jewish deputies have been elected to the lower "house (Sejm> of the Polish "The American Unity League be- cided that it was for the best inter- of the Klan.—From the New York Parliament, according; to Incomplete lieves the public is entitled to know ests of all concerned that Mr. Olson I Times.
Drs. Shemarya Leviae And Arthur Ruppm Are Sought To Speak Here
Over 500 People at Public Meeting for Rabbi Taxon Is Presented
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1922
Loving
Over five hundred people attended the farewell meeting in honor of Rabbi Morris N. Taxon on Sunday afternoon at the Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Synagogue. Short talks made by N. S. Yaffe, chairman of the meeting; Rev. E. Fleishman, Harry Lapidus, and Rabbi Taxon. "Omaha Jewry is sorry in having you leave us and take this means in presenting you.with this gift of remembrance for the things that you iave done in this community," said Harry H. Lapidus in presentinc a silver loving cup to Rabbi Taxon. The cup was the gift of the Omaha Lodge of the B'nai B'rith, The Omaha Hebiew Club, The City Talmud torah and the Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol, Adass Yeshurem, B'nai Jacob Syragogues. " "I wish to express my thanks to the Jewish people of Omaha for their friendship and for this valuable "gift which I shall remember as a token from Omaha," said Rabbi Taxon. Rabbi Taxon will leave Omaha the first of next month for Dallas, Tex., "where Jhe will b& Babbi of Shearath Israel Congregation. __ : 1: .
Jews Elect Twenty-ohe To Polish Parliament
returns. The successful candidates are nominees of the .Minority . Notiohr alities' Bloc, consisting largely of Jews and Germans- with a .liberal sprinkling of . Ruthenians. Jewish parties not allied with the minority fusion went down t o "defeat. Thus the Bund, the Poale Zion and the Jewish People's Democratic Bloc candidates, headed by Noah jPriiutzki," were not returned Mr. Prilutiki alone being elected; despite the 23,000 votes cast for it. , • • Warsaw alone returned 7 Jews, Wilna, 2; Lemberg* - 2; Cracow,- l j Plotzk, 1; Bialysbtck, 1. There were notable victories for the candidates of the Galician Zionists as well as for the Zionist" candidates throughout Poland. " ' . Jewish deputies to the Sejm, the returns up t o the present indicate, are Gruenbaum, Kirschbraun, Farbstein, Hartlass, Schapiro, Rosenblatt, Sirkis, Schiper, Wigodzki, Zeldman, WischlizM, Thon, Helmann, Trusker, Weinsieher, Eeich, Rubinstein. There are, besides, two Jewish deputies for Stanislalow, and two for Stryj. In consequence of the defeat of Prilutzki's part*-, popular known as "VoHrists," he proposed an amalgamation with the Minority Bloc for the Senatorial elections. It iB doubtful, however, if the minorities will agree to this fusion. The majority of the seats rave been -won by the Polish Center Party, notorious for its anti-semitic planks in its platform, the Peasant's Party running a close second and Polish Socialist Party coming in third. The minority nationalities' candidates including 16 Germans, Ukrainians and White Russians will, together with the Jewish candidates, be In a position to combine" with other Sejm groups on issues calling: for defeat of reactionary measures.
City Sunday School Seeks Larger Enrollment Letters Have Been Sent to Parents ' in City. All fathers and mothers are asked to send their children to the City Sunday school at eighteenth street and.Chicago Synagogue. All children from the ages of 6 to 13 are eligible. According ' to the committee in charge, a number of teachers shave been secured to teach at the Sunday school. , The! following letter i a s been sent out by the committee to the fathers and mothers in the city: To all Jewish Parents of Omaha: Are you aware of the fact, that from the thousands of Jewish children attending the public schools of our city, only a very small number of them are getting any Jewish education and the great majority remains without any Jewish instructions ? Do you take a personal interest in the Jewish training of your children? Do you realize the importance of •this matter? Did you stop to think that all our future as Jews depends only on the Jewish training of our children? Are you giving your children any instruction in Jewish History or Jewish Religion? If not, we want to appeal to you in the name of Judaism to send your children to the City Sunday School at the Synagogue, 18th - and Chicago Streets, which is conducted under the leadership of MR. E. BLOCH, as principal, with a staff of efficient teachers. All .children from the ages of 6 to 13 years are eligible. Classes start promptly at ten every Sunda morniiiff. All books are furnished free. The Confirmation class is under the personal instruction of. Mr. E. Bloch. t AH children are given instruetionos on Jewish history, Jewish -
religion and Jewish Ethics. After the classes all children are assembled and a sermon is preached to the children by the principal Mr. E. Bloch, on the weekly portion of the Torah. Once a month ah outside speaker is invited to address the children on various Jewish topics. At the conclusion prayers are recited and national Jewish songs are sung. A special effort is made to impress the children with the importance of celebrating our National Jewish Holydays. We will start this Chanuka Celebration, when we will .have a very interesting program, and all the Sunday School children will receive Chanuka presents. Sincerely yours, S. RAVITZ, E. BLOCH, Principal. A. B. ALPEEIN M. BLANK J. KATLEMAN DR. PHHJP SHER—Committee.
First Open louse Meeting si Y. M. i . L dreat Success
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, A YEAR, $2.50. HUNGARY DEPUTY PROSECUTED. Vienna, Nov. 16. (J. T. A.)—The affair o fthe Hungarian Deputy Paul Sandor, -who published, through the Jewish Correspondence Bureau, an article in the American Jewish press regarding the anti-Semitic agitation in Hungary, is assuming serious proportions. The anti-Semitic Deputies have introduced a bUl in the Hungarian Parliament demanding, the surrender of Paul Sandor to be tried for High Treason. The Liberal Deputies are backing Sandor and will make all efforts to prevent his surrender.
Says Louis Marshall Situation of Jews Brighter, Is President's Report to American Jewish Committee. ECONOMIC LIFE OF JEWS IN EUROPE IMPROVING. New York.—Declaring that although in some sections of the United States "certain sinister political groups have made anti-Jewish prejudice a part of their program," Louis Marshall, president of the American Jewish Committee, in his messiig-e delive^d at the sixteenth annual meeting of the committee yesterday stated that there had been no attempt on any large scale to revive the agitation. In addition he pointed out that the Dearborn Independent is continuing to circulate its anti-Semitic articles.in pamphlet form, although no new articles of this description are appearing in the Ford organ. In this connection he expre-sed confidence that •Jfthe-"'irQiiriber-•«£• -persons -who "give credence to these broadsides is comparatively small and that the American people as a whole appreciate the danger of such movements and may be relied on to repudiate them." Discussing anti-Semitism in Europe, Mr. Marshall declared that the collapse of anti-Semitism in the United States has had a salutory effect although the agitation is still prevalent in some countries overseas. "On fiie whole, however, the propaganda has met with general condemnation in Western Europe except in Germany, where anti-Semitism has been adopted as a rallying cry by certain minor political groups and it is there that we see most clearly that anti-Semitism is the handmaiden of what remains of the militaristic party and of those forces which are endeavoring to overthrow the republic," he said. Statistical tables presented in the message indicate that the total Jewish population of the world is -15,393,815. Of that number, 3,330,000 are in the United States; 3,716,000 in Poland, and 2,375,000 in the Ukraine. That economic conditions of the Jews in Europe are now improving was also stated by Mr. Marshall in his message. Officers were elected as follows: Louis Marshall, president; Cyrus Adler and Julius Rosenwald, vice presidents; Isaac M. Ullman, NewHaven, treasurer. Judge Irving Lehman and Louis Marshall, New York, and Isaac M. Ullman, New Haven, were re-elected members of the executive committee, to which Felix Fuld, Newark, was added.
One hundred and fifty new members and as many old members of the YM & YWHA senior group were present at the first open-house meeting of the Association,-Sunday evening at the Jewish Community Center. . A program) presented by members of the Y and associated clubs was given and. most enthusiastically received. Piano selections by Miss Sadie Levey and dramatic readings by Miss Harriet Fleischman, and a series of character songs and dances by the Misses Ida Tennebaum, Betty Steinberg, Anna and Ethel Hurwitz, under the direction of Miss Mary Maize!, were outstanding features of the program. Welcome to the new WOMEN'S AUXILIARY TO members was extended "by S. H. ROUMANIAN CONSTITUTION TO GIVE DANCE THURSDAY, Schaefer, director - of Y activities. PROTECT MINORITY RIGHTS. NOVEMBER 30. Louis Abramson," chairman of the Special reference to Jews. The Women's Auxiliary of the membership committee presided. Bucharest, Nov. 9.—(J. C. B.)—-InB'nai B'riih will hold its annual Social dancing concluded the even- corporation of the minority rights dance, Thanksgiving night, November ing's entertainment. cluases in the constitution was decided 30, at the Fontenelle Hotel. upon by the commission drafting the This win be the first informal dance of the season to be given by FUNERAL OP ISADORE WIN- new Roumnaian constitution. The the Women's Auxiliary. According TROUB HELD WEDNESDAY. guarantees are those required by the to th«». committee in charge plans are The funeral of Isadore Wi&troub, peace treaty and agreed to by Prebeing;made to secure several novel 28, who died early Wednesday morn- mier Brabano. It is learned that the stunts for the merry-seekers. ing, was held Wednesday afternoon draft of the constitution contains special reference to the safeguarding from the family residence. LOCAL WOMEN OPEN IN- He is survived by his widow and of the rights of the Jewish minority FANTS DRESS STORE. one child, Alice, and his parents, Mr. Mrs. B. E. Boasberg and Mrs. H. and Mrs. IJ. Wintronb, two brothers, PRISON FOR ARAB CEKSUS S. Knmen, local Jewish women, have Joseph, and Sam, and three sisters, BOYCOTTERS. opened a Infant's Dress business and Mrs. H. Ackennan, Mrs. D. Soref, Jerusalem, Nov. 9.—{J. C. B.)— are handling a line of hand-made and Anne Wintroub, all of this city. Allian Abdur Arbieh, President of the the Golden Hill Moslem. Christian Society of Hebron, hand-embroidered dresses. "We are Burial was a t doing all this work alone and guar- Cemetery. Rabbi Morris N. Taxon has been imprisoned for advocating officiateed. antee them," said Mrs. Boasberg. the boycott of the Palestine census, "These dresses will make excellent notwithstanding the decision of the They call Ford "Hen" for short but Arab leaders to permit themselves to Chanuka gifts for the little ones," because he.lays aroirad the house. be coianted said Mrs. Kamen. . • -—-
to'Start Suit, Dec' liberal Payment Plan WF Induce Subscriptions from Every Omaha Jew. MEN' AND WOMEN ORGANJ IZED TO SECURE P L E D d FROM EVERY MEMBER OF COMMUNITY. The Jewish Community ter Building Fund campai^ will start officially on Dec, 3 Oa that date and for 12 daj thereafter 150 men and many women will canvass tfe entire 'city ;to secure pledges t the fund-which will result i the ereettoia of one of OmaltE*i most ..needed institutions.
All plans for the campaign ha been completed. Within the next fi days every member of the Co: rnunity -will receive a prospectus the project so that he may be fu; informed as to the needs for building. This prospectus will most complete giving details of work now being carried on in limited qxmrters in the Lyric Buili ing, and other pertinent facts. person who does not receive pamphlet within a •week is reques to call the Jewish Community Cen' office, Jackson 5377, and a copy w: be itmiled. With more than $135,000 subscribed by 97 individuals the is already almost half subscriJ However,' in order that this but ing- may be truly, a Jewish munity Center, it is necessary, every -Jew in Omaha subscribe. very liberal payment plan is offe: subscriptions being payable over period of three years. CerfciS of stock wiU be issued to every scriber, indicating his particip* in the erection of the Center. No more inspiring heritage can left to the future .generations Omaha than these certificates an: the structure which will be «*eetei here. On next Tuesday evening p recently elected Board of Directs £*J; of the organization will meet 1" *P gether with all the present si:; *f scribers to the Fund, for the of organizing the work of the Boa*"i and discussing matters relative » the Building.
iai Public Meeting snd Program to Held in Evening. Council Bluiffi Lodge No. 688 v •% hold its annual' B'nai B'rith ds.,| Sunday, November 26. ! During the afternoon an initis of a class of newly elected meml: will be held.at the Eagle's hail. XI the evening there will be a publif meeting and program at Eagle's Mr. J . A : Blume of Des Moines, I« will be the principal speaker, era] musical numbers will also be oj the program. • • The Council Bluffs'lodge is knovd throughout the District as1 having t h | largerst number of members, in portion to the amount of'Jewish dents. The Bluffs lodge aver&£t>| more than one member for evfei family. SAY KEMAL PROTECTED JEWi Constantinople Jews Join Kci - Celebration. Constantinople, Nov. 9, (J. T. —The rejoicing marking, the celeb? tion here of the Kemalist victorts was shared in by the Jews. Jewish, quarter was decorated, &ni pox-traits of the Turkish heroes displayed from Jewish houses, those of Rsbbi Hyirj Nahum, the retired Chief Babhj curiously enough, finding: their with the galaxy. A special atlc felicit&tiBg the Kemalist forces their victory was presented by Cfctc Rabbi Bejarno. Numerous stories are current wit, reference to the Turks' -treatment the Jewg, One is that instruct?* had been issued from Kemal's quarters to afford special prot to Jewish houses in the beiig area, and that accordingly houses were especially marked ?