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"A wonderful success," these are the words expressed by all who witnessed the first .Y..M. and Y. W. H. A. operetta, staged Tuesday evening at the Moose Hall. Playing before a small audience, the boys and girls taking part'thrilled the. listeners with their performance. Each individual of the Scast, from the leads to the chorus,'carried their parts with wonderful " skill. The: operetta is causing much favorable-comment and many requests have been received at the office of the superintendent of the Welfare Federation to stage another performance, and from all indications another performance will be held in the near future.The operetta "Windmills of Holland," was. especially chosen for the Y members, • and was directed by Mrs. Ricklie Boasberg who is entitled to credit for much, of the success of the .performance. ' ' 1 was very much pleased with the performance and of the work of the boys and girls who took part in this operetta," said Mrs. Boasberg. "It was a new undertaking for the Y and they have made a success of it. I hope to have it staged again so that the entire public can see the wpnderful work that the boys and girlsare capable of doing." The participants in the operettas were dressed in beautiful -Dutch ^"^oilomeff5 wEicti: made a* very pleas.ing. picture before, the fine.scenery. Tlie boys.and girls who took part in the operetta are: Leads—Ivy Seigel, Jack Freiden, Mrs. Klea Orschel •Chudakon*, Bess Greenberg, Lillian Chudakoff, Irvin Stalmaster, Sam Minkin, William Giventer; the chorus —Jeanette Sherman, Helen Levinson, Bess Haykin, Martye Weiristein, Eethel Greenberg, Rose Kaplan, Janet Lissey, Ida Greenhouse, and Isabel Graetz.
second-class mall matter on January 27th, 1921, at >, Omaba. Nebraska, under the Act or March 3. 1879. JEWISH COUPLE SHOT AT POLLS BY SECRETARY OF ANTI-SEMITIC LEADER Berlin. (J. T. A.) Six^shots were fired at Mr. and Mrs. Wachtel, when they came to the polls on Potsdamerstrasse to vote. ; The one who fired the shots was later identified as Laube, formerly secretary to the anti-Semitic agitator, Count Pueckler. He stated he wanted to take revenge on the Wachtels because of a disagreement he ;had had with them over the rental of rooms. Laube was arrested. . • •-
Conservative Jews Meet in Convention One Hundred Eighty-four Congregations Represented by Four .' '.". Hundred Delegates.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925
B'nai B'rith Bead Scores Attack On Loyalty Of Jews lohen Points to Men Who Died For This Country in War
RECALLS SERVICES OF > SOLOMON TO COLONISTS Chicago—Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, newly elected president of .the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, issued the following statement from the International Headquarters-of the Order today. . .;•'...• "The attack on the loyalty of American- Jews'.alleged to have'been made by Professor Philip "Marshall Brown and Professor A. B. Hart of Harvard at the meeting of the American Society of -Internationtl Law is; typical of the views held by a very small;section - of our citizenry. When these gentlemen charged that the Jew does not give whole hearted allegiance to the land in which he lives and of which h»is a part it may be well to inquire in what "whole hearted allegiance consists. . • . V_ • •• •
Officers of Community Center Building to Take Drastic Action in Collecting Subscription Pledges Immedikte action for the collection of pledges that are past due toy the Jewish Community Center Building will be taken, according to the decision reached by the members of the Board of Trustees and Directors at a special meeting held Sunday morning. Following the action of the meeting, a letter will.be mailed to every person who hasx not paid up to Forty per cent on his subscription. According to the letter mailed, immediate drastic action will be taken unless this money is received within the next fifteen days. If the Forty per cent payments' are not. made by that time, the pledges will be turned over to attorneys for collection. - .' .. . The community has obligated itself: on these pledges for the erection of the building, and the work.must proceed to a speedy and successful completion. Work-on the building is progressing1 very rapidly and is -meeting with the approval of the entire public, and therefore these pledges, now past due, must be paid immediately./ .}' y The officers of the Jewish Community Center are hopeful that the appeal will bring the desired results and that the drastic action contemplated will be avoided, rThe necessities of the situation have made this action essential. It is not t»nly the legal obligation of every subscriber to make his payments as provided and called, but it • is, moreover, the sacred moral duty and obligation of every Jew in Omaha to respond to this appeal when his response will be most beneficial to this all important communal undertaking.
Atlantic City, N. J. (Ji T. A.)—A review of the forces of Conservative Judaism in America, the enlistment of American Jewish womanhood in a deeper interest in the affairs of the synagogue, the attempt to ring Jewish youth closer to the Jewish religion and plans to conduct these activities on a greater scale and on a better organized'- basis, were considered on the first day of the thirteenth convention of the United Synagogue "If yielding up one's life in defense of America which opened Sunday on of his country is evidence i of whole the roof of the Breakers Hotel, At- hearted allegiance' there is ample teslantic City. timony that the Jew "is ,not wanting About four hundred delegates and in that quality notwithstanding the a great number of their guests, rep- charge of the learned collegian. Let resenting one hundred and eighty-four these gentlemen consult the War DeConservative congregations affiliated partment records, the- newspapers of Miss Kate .Goldstein, freshman at with the United Synagogue, bowed in the war period or the statistics gathreverence when Rabbi Joseph M. Mar- ered by responsible agencies, which the University of Nebraska, was golis, of Chicago, offered the invoca- show that' in all the wars in which recently elected" to Xi Delta, the tion, and Rabbi Harry Davidowitz America has taken part, the Jew-has sophomore .Women's Honorary Orwelcomed the convention on behalf of been a most important factor both in ganization. Miss Goldstein was one the Jewish community of Atlantic the trenches and in the council room. of four Omaita girls that were adLess than 3 per cent of American mitted to this organization, whose City. "••...• ; members are chosen from each Dr. Cyrus A'dler, president of Drop- citizens are' of the Jewish faith. Near- sorority or from the school at large. ly 5 per cent, of the soldiers and-sailsie ; College and the Jewish Theological 'Jlxiss riGoiu*3%dn-***/fc3'?^Cxi0Ssi~ x ^ o n x vTiffi Seminary, in greeting the convenHon ors of' t"he~Uniteof Slates in tie"World school at large. . • • •' on behalf of the Seminary, recalled War were Jews. Since entering the-University, Miss K that the first conventions of the Let the learned professors refer Goldstein has been appointed to memUnited Synagogue, which were held to General Pershing's statement as. to during the lifetime of Dr. Solomon the "whole hearted allegiance" of the bership in several organizations, Schechter, its founder, were so small American Jewish soldier in "France. namely, the Epsilon Phi Sorority, and in attendance that they could be com- Let them examine the roll of Con- the Advertising Club, of which she is fortably housed in the Seminary hall. gressional Medal awards, which 'shows treasurer. She is also on the staff of The Daily Nebraskan," the college Dr. Adler then urged the congrega- that only 70 medals have.been awarpaper, where she has originated and tion leaders united in the United ded in the history of the United States copyrighted "Hints from Paris, by Synagogue, not to look 'upon the and that number three" went "to solKay", a special column where advice movement as a party in Jerusalem, diers of that faith—men whom the is given to shoppers. but to remember the spirit which was Professors Brown and Hart stigmatize Miss Goldstein is the daughter of given expression by the leaders and as incapable of patriotism ahdloyalty Mr. and Mrs. I. Goldstein, 422 North graduates of the Jewish Theological to their country. Let them remember Seminary, which is the parent institu- Col. Whittlesey's ' of time repeated 21st St. tion of the United Synagogue. eulogies of the Ghetto «• boys of New Rabbi Elias L. Solomon, for many York who composed the Lost Battalion Y BASEBALL TEAM TO PLAY ATELMWOOD PARK years president of the United Syna- who showed a courage and grit in the M. Gross, President, Presented with gogue, in delivering his message to face of death not exceeded in world The Y. M. H. A. baseball team will Silver Loving Cup the convention, caused some surprise history. Let them read of Sam Drib- play the Gibson Rambler team Sunby the announcement that he felt im- bea also a product of the Ghetto whom day afternoon at 1:30 at Elmwood Before the presence of more than pelled to resign from his position durGeneral Pershing described as the Park. These teams are in a tie for fiv* hundred members, the burning ing the convention, which is the thirbravest soldier he ever met and whose first place. The Y team has signed of the two mortgages on the Beth teenth of the organization, when it story is told in the May issue of the several new players who will play Hamedrosh Hagodol Synagogue took B'nai B'rith Magazine. their first game Sunday. • the stage of "bar has reached pl»ce Monday evening. . mitzvah." "And what was done by Americans The first mortgage on the synaof their faith in the World War was Omahan Receives Gifts from gogue building was burned by Mrs. Kansas City Organization merely a repetition of continuation of lii Coren, 2112 Webster street, and Word has been received from Kanwhat their coreligionists have done in the second on the lot adjoining the sas City, Mo., informing of the wonevery conflict in which the United building, was burned by Mrs. A. G. States has been engaged. The derful work accomplished by Morris Weinstein. Sioux City, Iowa.— Word comes learned Professors surely know, but Sogolow, Omaha boy, with the athHarry H. Lapidus presented a silfrom Washington, D. C, that Max for the moment have "forgotten, the letic department of the Kansas City ver loving cup to Mr. M. Gross,'who Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. Sogolow, a was for-many years president of the Kroloff, seventeen year old son o services of Haym Solomen to Gener- graduate of Illinois, has been head of congregation and through whose ef- Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kroloff, 1923 W al Washington in Revolutionary days, the Kansas City Y since the erection forts the burning of the mortgages Tird street, was awarded third place a portion of which services brought of the new building. was made possible. E. Fleishman, in the National Oratorial. Contes upon him the death penalty at the He *has been presented with gifts Rabbi J. M. Charlop, and L. Harris held-last week in Washington, D. C hands of Sir Henry Clinton. What I from the Kansas City A. Z. A. For this he war awarded the prize have said of the Jew in America can also spoke. of §500 in cash. • '•"•": be said with equal force and truth of champion basketball team, the Busiheld at the synaA dinner was ness Men's gym class, the Varsity Young Kroloff had .been sent to the Jew in every age and in every gogue. ' basketball team and from-the Junior enter the national contest because he country, even-in those lands in' which basketball team. he has been hounded and hairred'even had won first place in the Iowa state DEAD SEA RICHES unto death. WILL BE EXPLOITED Oratorial Contest held recently. While in Washington, young Kro "If performed by nonrJews the ser- ELECTION SYSTEM DEVISED Jeruseleum, (J. T. A.) The Dead loff and other members who entered vices of Haym Solomon and of those FOR PRO-PALESTINE INFERSea, covering the sites of the ancient ENCE OF POLISH JEWRY cities Sodom and Gemorrah; destroyed the National Contests were guests of who preceded and followed him would according to • Biblical tra ditions, for President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge have been regarded by the learned Warsaw, (J. T. A.) The election to professors," but with' anti-Semites" of the Pro-Palestine Conference hich is their wickedness, will shortly be avaitheir ilk there are always two stand- to ,be held here in the near future tolable for industrial exploration of its BROWN SATISFIED ards for every quality or virtue, one day decided upon the system whereby rich mineral resources. WITH COLONIZATION for the Jew and another for th*e non- delegates are to be chosen for this According ao the official announceWORK IN IJKRAINIA Jew. Happily each succeeding genconference. ment made today -by the Palestine Kherson, (J. .T. • A.) David A. eration reduces the number of such According to the plan adopted, PoGovernment, the Crown Agents, oil Brown of Dtroit, who visitd the Jew- breeders illwill and forenters of ha- land ill be divided into twenty election behalf of the government,.are.prejarish colonis and the new settlement in tred and misunderstanding. .. districts. Warsa, Lemberg, Crascow, ed to receive applications for concesUkrainia, in a conversation with th Lorz, and Vilna ill constitute seperate sions to exploit the minerals of the corespondent of- the Jewish ;Tele districts. The total number of deleDead Sea. . graphic Agncy, stated that he was Jewish Culture League gates who will be chosen is four hunpleasantly surprised at the great EINSTEIN RECEIVED BY to Give Concert May 24dred and fifty. • . . PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL number of Jews settled on the land by The Jewish Culture League "concert Rio ed Janeiro, (J. T. A.) Professor the aid'of the Joint Distribution Com- and two Jewish one-act playlets which BARON ROTHSCHILD . - -• - EXPECTED IN PALESTINE Albert Einstein who arrived in'this mittee. He found people coming to have been presented ;last Sunday, 1 country recently to deliver a number from towns and villages where the' have, been postponed and—will—be ,,. Jeruselum, May 7, (J. T. A.) Baof lectures at the Universityuof Brazil lived in misery, are now happy in their presented Sunday evening, May 24, at ron Edmund -de Rothschild of Paris, as received today by the president of 'new work and are beginning life anew. the Labor Lyceum. This concert will internationally famous banker and The spirit of cheer and hope is evidem close the season's v^ork of the club. Palestine coloizer who supported Palof the Republic, Bernandes. A very cordial conversation took among the new settlers is of a kin The Culture League regular meet estine Jewish colonization from ' its place between the president and the rarley met among the Jewish popular ing : will., be' held this .Sunday after- inception thirty years ago, is expected tion of Russian town, ti declared. to arrive here next Friday. " noon, May 17, at the Labor Lyceum. fan) mis Jeish scientist.
Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. Menikrs Omaha Girl Elected to 'Plan Activities For Summer University Honorary Organization
Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Synagogue Burns Mortgages
Jewish Boy Wins Honors In National Oratorical Contest
An impromptu. program was given by members of the Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. at its regular meeting held Monday evening, at the Jewish Community .Center.. The following members appeared .on the program: Ruth Wintroub, Max Givot, Lillian Chudakoff, William Giventer, and Helen Levinson. . • .. i-JSans^are"no^being.inade for the annual Y. M. and Y. W. H. Af picnic to be held this'summer. . • „ . Members of the~Y will hold their first,, hike of the' • season Sunday morning. All members are requested to meet at the end- of the Florence car line at 8:30 -A." M. Special stunts are being arranged for this hike. The committee in charge: Pearl Sherman Jack Fleishman, William Giventer, Abe Cohen. . :"
THORPEIAN CLUB INSTALLS OFFICERS The Thorpeian Athletic Club held its installation of officers Wednesday evening, May, 13, at .the Jewish Community Center,, followed by a banquet given in honor of: the newly elected officers, Mr. Sam-Green, president; Mr. Leon Mandelson, vice president; Mr. Harry Chudacoff, secretary; Mr I. Sokolof, treasurer, and Mr. Harry Haykin, reporter; Marcus Krasne, athletic director; Nate Adelson, Benjamin Drevich and I. Levin, trustees Sergeant-at Arms, J. Sachs and J Frieden, and Shoal Fried, delegate of the club to the Jewish Welfare Federation. Herman' Segelman, custodian. .•:-.-. Mr. William Alberts was chairman of the committee in charge of the installation. . Mr, Morris Hershorn entertained the members with several stunts. ; . The Thorpeian Athletic Club is planning a membership drive to be put on before closing the summer season. !._•.' Marcus Krasne, newly elected Athletic Director, has organized the Long Ball Team.-This team is a member of the Y. M. H; A. League. TWO JEWS KILLED, FIFTY WOUNDED IN ANTI-SEMITIC RIOT IN ALGERA Paris, (J. T. A'.)* Anti-Jewish riots broke out 'at Oraif, Algeria yesterday hen the local". anti-Semites came out victorious; in the municipal elections. Two Jes were killed and fifty injured hen mobs, "consisting1 of Spaniards and Arabs, incensed, by the anti-Semiti agitators, attacked the Jewish quar ter. '.''-. Order as restored by troups who in tervened after much damage had been done by Jeish property. JEWISH TVIEMBER OF EGYPTIAN CABINET RESIGNS Cairo, (J. T. A.) Cattoui Pasha, Minister of Finance, has tendered his resignation as "member of the Egypt ian cabinett, \ " Cattoui Pasha was the only Je in the present cabinett. The reason for "is resignation has not been made public * *• '.•'"-'
SUBSRIPTION PRICE, A YEAR, $2.50 BALFOUR APPOINTMENT VIEWED AS ZIONIST GESTURE BY LONDON PRESS London. (J. T. A.) The appointment of the Earl of Balfour as President of the Privy Council indicates the approval by the British government of Balfour's visit to Palestine, according to comments in the London press. The Star goes on to say that "Lord Balfour's appointment as president of the Privy Council is a snub to the anti-Semitic movement and is a definite Zionist gesture of the Baldwin cabinet.
Want Jewish Studies in U. S. Universities Conference Plans Adding Jewish History and Literature to College Curriculums Cambridge, Mass.—That it will be necessary to create foundations for the purpose of establishing chairs in American universities for the academic presentation of Jewish literature and Jewish history was the consensus of opinion expressed at the conference of Jewish religious and educational workers in American universities held here recently tinder the chairmanship of Dr. David Phillipson. The bodies represented at the conference were the Rabbinical Assembly, the Women's League of the United Synagogue, the Young People's League of the United Synagogue, the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, the Intercollegiate Menorah, the Union of Orthodox Congregati6ns of America the Jewish Welfare Board and the Union- of American Hebrew Congregations. It was decided that the findings of the conference and whatever action taken were subject to the various bodies represented; no action of the conference is binding unless passed by the executive bodies of the various organizations represented. Dr. H. G. Enelow spoke of the necessity of unifying Jewish work in universities and that it was necessary "to work for Judaism as well as for the Jewish students.!' A report was heard from every organization concerning the type of work done.
Ten Year Old Violin Prodigy To Give Concert Saturday afternoon, May 23, little Harriet Abraham, ten year old violinist, will appear in a concert sponsored by her instructor, Harry Kononovitz. The concert will be given at the City Auditorium and will be open to the entire public with no charge for admission. This public program will probably be the little prodigy's farewell concert before she will leave to tour the eastern cities, where she will appear in special concerts and where she will further her musical studies. Miss Abraham will be assisted by Margaret' Kolberg, eleven year old pianist. The following is a copy of the program to be given: i. a. Gavotte _ _ Severn b. Saetcnjentens Sondau Ole Bull c. Menuet G — Beethoven II. s. Polichinelle Rachmaninoff i>. I.a Eejrato Venczinna Wszt Margaret Kolberj?. III. Swiss Airs and Gentle Zitella _ Farmer IV. Stanb a. Scniis Bois RubeiiBteln b. Valse Caprice ilargaret Kolberc V. a. Zal Mazurka Trinkaus b. Wlegenlied Hauser. Op. 31 c. Kondino Kreisler d. Berceuse Slave Neruda Miss Nola B. Held at the piano. Stein-nay Piano used by courtesy of th< Schmoller & Mueller 1'lano Company.
RABBIS CANNOT BE SUED FOR LIBEL, ENGLISH COURT DECIDES London, (J. T. A.) Rabbis xercis ing their duties with regard to reli gious supervision which to the odvantage of persons concerned, are to be considered as privileged character and cannot be sued for libel, according to a decision of Judge Thomas of th Liverpool Courd. Rabbi Isser Untermann, presiden of the Liverpool board supervisin the sale of kosher meat, ordered th withdrawal of licence from a butche because of alleged misconduct with a married woman. The butcher sue the Rabbi for libel. > • • •
Vetoes the S! Say Measure is Contrary to American Principles of Liberty VETOES BILL AFTER RELIGIOUS FIGHTS COLUMBUS, (J. T. A.)—TheBurch aanan Bible Bill, passed by the recent session of the Ohio General Assembly, to make daily reading of the Bible in all public schools of Ohio compulsary, was voted today by Governor Vic Donahey because "it is opposed to ths principles of civil and religious lifcberty which made our government the model of the world. Contrary to expectations, the Governor did not make any comment on .he action of various factions in thf Legislature -which supported or opposed the bill. The bill was activfily supported by Ku Klux Klan member.', of both branches of the Assembly. In considering the bill the veto message said: "Let us remember that i: was the hope and desire for religion* freedom that inspired the settling and founding of the United State* of America," The Governor then cited a bill passed by the Legislature two yeu?* ago over his veto, accepting as Stnfr.fi property the John Bryan farm on terms prohibiting forever any form of religious public worship thereon. "In the one instance the Genera! Assembly forbade religiaus worship jn a portion of our State, in the othnr State to teach religion to all theschool children of Ohio -without re~ gard to the teachings received *-t their mother's knee. It is my that religious.teachings in our Sunday schools and churches, by ths good mothers, fathers and ministers of Ohio, is far preferable to compulsary teachings of religion by thr State." The Governor's disapproval of th? bill marks the end of one of the bitterest religious fight waged in thp Ohio Legislature in recent years. Ths measure, introduced by Representative Ross P. Buchanan, Carrol Countr farmer, sought to compel all public school teachers of the State to feftd ten verses from the Bible to the pupiles every school day. It also woviW have compelled every pupil beyond th?: fourth grade to memorize the TPH Commandments. Religious factions and other organizations took sides n the questin of' the passage of the measure, ami throughout its stormy route through committees and oi the floors of tbr House and Senatet he galleries wftrfpacked -with spectators interested "~the outcome.
Two Jewish Students On Ckmp High School Debate tsss. David Fellman and Sam Minkin »?« two Jewish students who are member.*, of the Central High School Debating Team that won the State debating Championship at the state meet hold the last week-end at Lincoln, Nebr. Miss Leona Pollack is alternate member of the team. Individual awards given at th** State Scholarship meet held in conjunction ' with the Debating Contest was given to Frank Ackerman, smother Jewish, student. PALESTINE WILL BE REPRESENTED. AT. INTERNATIONA-, HEALTH CONGRESS Jerusalem, (J. T. A.) Import»i>:: political developments of thfe Arabian peninsula are expected in wcll-ir. formed Arab cincles as a result of s new move by Ibn Saud, Sultan of Nejd. The Sultan of Nejd has taken to gain a new ally in his fight the Hashamite family. Emid Imun Yachia, the ruler of Yemen, is prodding" on a pilgrimage to Mecca whsrs he is scheduled to confer with This Saud for the purpose of creating &n alliance.
IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE INCREASING Jeruselum, (J. T. A.) During the month of April, 2,500 immigrant*.feittered Palestine, according to official stetistics issued here. * ...... iV- ; . ...