January 21, 1926 by Jewish Press

Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude even than by mental capacities. — Walter Dill S£Ott.

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VOL. V—No. 7

TThecvnic is one wiio ^knpws, the price of •every t h i n g and the v-a !u e of nothing. t Oscar Wilde.

Entered c& postofflce a

mail natter on January 27th 1021, at 9.ZP lass Nebraska, under the Act of March S. 1S79.

Jewish Welfare Fe< ijtion toAid Community Chest; To Solicit Jews Who Have Not Joined Chest This Year Federation Organized Committee to Canvass City for Pledges - : • y HARRY MALASHOCK TQ HEAD COMMITTEE F O R T H I S CAMPAIGN v , The subscription accounts of the Omaha Community; Chest were recently gone over by the officers of the. Jewish Welfare Federation, and they found a number of Jews who though for many years have been subscribers to the. Jewish Welfare^Eederation have this year, failed to subscribe to the Community Chest. A number of Jewish people were not reached by the CommumtyJChest workers during the Chest campaign last November, other/signed their cards, but failed to hand them in and still others' (though'a very small group) have not seen the necessity of contributing to the Community Chest. . .**•.-* The Omaha Cornimrnity Chest has accepted' the -entire budget of the Jewish Welfare Federation. A; contribution to the Community Chest is equivalent to a contribution to the Jewish, Welfare Federation, If the Chest fails, those depending upon the Jewish Welfare Federation will suffer. ...:...-.., . 'I_ _ •. •. Realizing the importance and the gravity of the situation, the Executive Committee of the Jewish Welfare Federation untertook to assist the Omaha Community Chest in enrolling as subscribers all those who have heretofore helped maintain . the Jewish Welfare Federatidni It was unanimously decided that-an active and vigorous campaign be conducted by Jews for Jewish subscriptions to the Chest. Accordingly, the Welfare Federation organized a campaign and placed at its head Mr. Harry Malashock, formerchairman of •'• the Finance Committee. Dr. A. Greenberg has been appointed Vice-Chairman. The other members of the Committee are the members of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Welfare Federation.' Ai preliminary meeting of the Jewish "••: Welfare ~ Federation.* Commonty

Cnairman of Campaign

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, A YEAR, $2.50

OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 'THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,-1926

Local Zionists To Hold / . V \ ' ' ^iiiiiMiiifiififniFiffiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiffiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifittiiiiiitiififiiifiiifiitiiiitiiif Meeting Tuesday Evening The local Zionist Organization will hold an open meeting at.' the' .Jewish Community. Center on Tuesday, /Jan. 26. A committee report win-be; given on Maurice Samuel" and " Wm. JR. Blumenthal will give his impressions of Mr. Samuel. Plans for the Zionist Ball to be given' soon' will Jbg ' discussed and refreshments will be" served. The public is invited to attend the" meeting.

Denounce Alien Registration And Deportation Bills Proposals Termed TfnBbimd and UnAmerican by Prominent men -

WHO WILL BE

WHO IS OMAHA'S MOST POPULAR ; ; | | | \ •

GIRL?—This question will-be answered in three weeks. A t this time, the girl who qualifies and wins the |Tewish Press popularity contest Will be awarded fhe first prize of a trip* to Europe. All contestants are organizing to help them in their race for the prizes offered. On Sunday morning the Y. M. and Y. W . EL A. will hold a mass .sleeting- at the Community Center in behalf of their candidates Miss Leone X<?vitskv. te^Auflebung and the Poali-Zioir organization will hold special meetings for their respective candidates, Miss Mildred Harris and Miss Sylvia Feldman. -.';•-.•.,• X<>t io be outdistanced by Qmahans, Miss Fannie Katelman, the Iowa contestant, has already organized a number of workers who-.are soliciting their friends for subscriptions to the Jewish Press. ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO T H E J E W I S H P R E S S F O R T H E Y E A R 1926 ARE D U E NOW. Every subscription obtained - by the contestants' counts as 250 votes. Renewals will count the same as new subscriptions,. The Jewish Press contest is the largest ever launched injthis city and is offering-three prizes to the first three girls who are adjudged the winners, i '. -...-...-' : Thg contest will close on February 15, 1926.

Former Omahan Spoke At United Synagogue Meet

New York,—A movement to" oppose the enactment of the- bills for the registration of aliens and the extension = of the grounds for the deportation of; E resident aliens'was started at :a luncheon meeting held Saturday -at' the Astor Hotel, called to discuss-a-bill introduced by Congressman ;Aswell of E Louisiana (H. ~R. 5583)', for the re-; jE gistration of aliens and • bills; H. R. | = 344 and H. R. 4489 introduced;by;Con-, gressman Johnson of Washington: The meeting was called by a-joint committee consisting of representatives, of the Conference on Immigration Policy, the Department of City,; Immigration and Industrial - Work, Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, "in -the'United States, the Department of Immigration and Foreign Communities/National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations,; the Hebrew _ Sheltering and Imraigfant.Aid'Sode^- J5 ty of America, the League for American Citizenship, the •American^ Civil Liberties Union, the Department of «iii£iiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiifini]iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii¥nttiiiiiiiniifiiuiiitnsintin'F Immigrant Aid of the National1 CounL cil of Jewish Womeru Sherwood Ed-. dy,1 chairman of, the Fellowship for : Christian Social! Order, presided. '"•

Word has been received that Mrs. B. M. Ochtenberg, of Kansas City, was a speaker at the convention of the United Synagogues of America held at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago, January 17-19. Mrs. Ochtenberg is the daughter ef Mr. and Mrs. S. Robinson of this city.

Hear -MauriceSamuels • Sunday al Branded. Noted Author Is Touring t h e . Country In The interest Of Zionist Organization

= = Spoke On The Various Ac= JJ).C. o Borrow $1,000,000 complishments in Palestine | For European Relief "Palestine today has the entire s world focused upon her,'" This state5 Open Sonj* Kitchen to Feed Starving ment was made by Maurice SamoeL Jews in Russia noted author, and lecturer, to more 1 than five hundred men and women 1 .New York,—(J. T. A.)—One mil- who gathered at the Brandeis Grill E lion dollars is to be borrowed im- Eoom Sunday evening to listen to this S mediately from New York banks by nationally known author. American Jewish Joint DistribuMr. Samuel, who has been a mem= the tion Committee., according to STI an- ber of vnricuE investigation commit= noimcement made by that organiza- tees in Europe- hns aiso made a S tion .yesterday, so that relief of the thorough study and visit oi Palestine. starving Jews of Polana and Bessara- He is now touring the country in be5 ' bia may begin at once. half of the Zionist Organization of = Half of this loan will be used for America. 5 the settling of approximately, 10,000 "Palestine, during the pa^t seven 5 Jewish 1 families in Russia, without years, has seen an increase of 150,000 waiting until subscriptions made in Jewish people, most of then, boys and 1 the $15,000,000 United Jewish Cam- girls, university graduates, who have 5 paign shall become due. left their homes to pioneer the land | This unprecedented step was de- in Palestine. During these seven years, tided upon at a conference called by the Chaluzim, as these immigrants S Mr. Felix M. Warburg, chairman of are called, have amazed the entire 5 the Joint Distribution Committee and world by the work they have done in E David A, Brown to consider s> cabled rebuilding the land. Wherever you go report from Dr. Joseph A. Rosen in in Palestine today, you find the best S Moscow, head of the Agro-Joint, roadways, improved by inaflern S through which the Joint Distribution methods," said Mr. Samuel. carries on its work of set"The Hebrew University of Palest= Committee tling Jews as farmers and reports ine is one of the greatest accomplish= from Dr. Bernard K.ahn, European ments in the history of the J«ws, Here Director of the Joint Distribution all subjects are taught ana'conversa= Committe, located in Berlin, detailing

Re?. F. Atkins Mooreio

tions carried on i?i Hebrew, the national language of 'the Jews." In Tel-Aviv one can find one of the most modem cities 5 the world, built In announcing the intention of the by the ChahiEiro. The city is run by Joint Distribution- Committee'' to borthe Jews, with B J<*w-i.«!i mayor an« TOW a million dollars,' Mr.; Warburg, 4H#&.4J^pgftn$Tu\ The streets *{ tfefe city sre. all paved, electric lifchts in J«wish Campaign made the every home, and the homes are following '"statement: modeled after American homes, con"The campaign is progressing in tinued Mr. Samuel. • very satisf£«tory manner, and we are "The Jews of Palestine need help— confident that the Jews of the United so do many thousands upon thousandt States and Canada will respond to who are clamoring' to enter Palestine. our appeal as generously this time as The gates of Palestine are the only they have done in the various waropen gates in the world to the Jews, relief campaigns during the past ten It is up to the Jcvws of America to years. Our work in Poland, Russia, assist their brothers and s-JBters hi Besarabia and other foreign lands rebuilding the homeland." must, however, not be interrupted. Mr. John FeSdmsm, chairman of the The situation is so critical and the demands so urgent in view of the fact local Zionist District, opened ihfi that conditions on the other side of meeting' Sunday evening by introdue-* the ocean are continuously getting- ing the chairman of t)ir evening, Mv. worse and we must, make available Max Fromkin, who presided during a million dollars as the funds in our the evening. Before the addl'CS£ of Mr, .treasury are absolutely exhausted and Samuel; Frof, Hurey Eimouoviich g&vii it will be some time until' the first several violin selections, nceompamed payment on pledges made in this cam- j i>y Albert Finkel on the i

the desperate situation of Polish and Bessarabian. Jewry and urging prompt action.

York %OELD was the first speaker. Kin the Arthur Building. A HAEEY 2IALASHOCK He rwas followed by Louis Marshall Dr. Walter G. Barr And Judge A. L. Revi Moore. Is .HJtilSng -A ISirc'itt nUrribers of volunteers have.responded Sutton Principal Speakers To Jewish. Non^sutiscribers"" to the aria Rev. Charles K. Gilbert, ExecuTOUT Of All B'riai Brith to insure fhe success of the campaign. At Meeting Monday Community .Chesti;-Friends:_ , .. . Lodges 1 tive Secretary of the Social Service "inhere will be no let-up; in this "The purpose of this letter is vital Commission of the Episcopal Diocese campaign, until we have convinced the The Omaha Lodge of tha B'nai The Y. M. and Y. M. H. A. held a to your good name and to that of each of New York, Senator Royal S. CopeJews of our city that it is their busiBrith has "just received word that and every Jew-in out Community. The land, who was scheduled to spealc was meeting on Monday night, January ness: to subscribe to the Community records show you-have not-yet sub- prevented from attending, due to an 18. The speakers of the evening Rev. Fred Atkins Moore, who is Chest at least an amount equal to scribed to the Community Chest. Your automobile accident. In a message to were Dr, Walter G. Barr, organizer making a circuit tour of some of the that we'have subscribed to the Jewsubscription to -the "Chest" is the same the meeting the Senator stated he was of the American League for Good B'nai Brith lodges in this district, ish Welfare Federation," said Mr. j Will, and Judge A. L. Sutton, of the will be in Omaha Wednesday, Febas a subscriptioirto the Federation. If opposed to these hills. • " •; Harry Malashock, Chairman of the ruary 4, to speak here under the you do not sunscribe to the Chest, the The proposed bills were'termed un- District Court of Nebraska. Dr. Barr auspices of the local lodge. campaign. gave" a talk on American patriotism Federation - suffers^ Any allotment "We must take care of our own," from the Chest must depend lupon our American and opposed to the principle and specifically about the platform of Rev. Moore, is Executive Director said Dr. A. Greenberg-, Vice-Chair- contributions to it. otherwise, we shall of justice in messages read,from Al- the Leauge for Good Will, which of the Chicago" Forum, and is in man of the campaign. "We will let no be guilty of the unpardonable sin of fred E. Smith, Governor of New York, stands for loyalty to the Republic, charge of the. western headquarters gTass grow under our --feet.- We can- permitting Jewish charities to be sup- Oscar S. Straus, former United States, and good will to all citizens of the of the Committee on Better Undernot afford it being said that we have ported by. funds derived from non- Ambassador to Turkey, - William standing of the Federal Council of Green, president of the American republic regardless of creed, color, or Churches .of_ Christ in America. He failed in our duty by our own people Jewish sources:- ''•"•previous nationality. Judge A. L. I Federation of Labor, and others; and by our community-1 am confident was one of the- principal speakers at "Our traditional jiride in the matter A resolution which "was 'unanimous- Sutton is president of the League. It the last annual" convention of the that if the matter is fully explained was a consensus of opinion among the ; of charity, our sense of honor arid ly adopted, read: to our people, that they will do their Y members that the organization ac-1 B'nai "Brith. Rev. Moore relinquished paign become doe." justice, our_; reputation in the com"Whereas,; the Alien—Registration duty." the pulpit of one of the largest eastmunity forbids any course except giv- Bill and the Alien Deportation Bitis tively subscribe to and support the In this cable which arrived on Mon- J ern congregatipns in order to devote Both at the office of the Community - | ing the Community Chest the same (H. R. 5583-344-4488) : now before principles of the League. day, Dr. Rosen said that unless a half- i Chest and at the-office of the FederaAmong those who led in the dis- his life to the promulgation of the support that we have been giving the Congress are contrary to. the spirit of million dollars are made immediately j idea of a better understanding bettion, an-accurate check, is ireiag kept Federation." ' * '?• • -• our constitution and constitute a "dis- cussion were Fred White, Mrs. Ida available to him for the Russian Agriof the Jewish subscribers to the ComJathan Bernstein. Harry 'Sincerely,, . Funeral services for Morris I tinct departure from the uniform cultural work it .will be impossible munity Chest. To those who have not presided over the- business | (signed Harry. Malashock, £bairinan. policy of our government and "its man, 14,'who tlied at 4:20 a. m. Wedfor him to take care of the thousands as yet ;given their subscriptions for and Win R. Blmnenthal pre- i (signed) Dr. A! Greenberg, Vice-Cb. liberal traditions, andârt a direct ennesday from injuries suffered in a who have registered at the Agro-Joint 1926 to the Community Chest,-a letter sided, over the program. The program fall at 10:80 Tuesday night, when 'b*. croachment upon the liberties guarJEWISH WEL'FXftEFEDERATlbNoffice in Moscow their intention to has been addressed, signed by alL the was arranged,by Miss Jeanette Leviri- will appear in thejnext issue, of the plunged-to .'the sidwalk on the Howanteed by the Constitution to all perCOMMUNrnr CHEST CAMPAIGN. take up farmingin the Spring. members of the Executive Committee son and Dr. Philip Romonek. The "Jewish Press". ard Street tide -of the Auditorium sons residing in the United States. D "Our plans must be presented to the of • the • Jewish Welfare Federation.1 .r..Ph3ip Sher_;,Jam- J. Leon \ n» i "Now, therefore, wer citizens-of the Y. M. H. A. is planning a series of Russian Department of the Interior whiLe attempting; to climb to a secom! A. B. Alpirn: . - -^Mrs..liate Mantel The letter is as follows: lectures for the next three months" L0C21 wtl United States present'at a meeting' for approval", his cable states. 'The story window to see a boxing Harry Friedman 'Henry, Monsky. called by Congress on Immigration covering, the field of Jewish history,"| work of the Agro-Joint is more nec- were held from the -home of his A. Herzberg: ".' ; Si'-Bayitz--, Policy, Department of City, Immi- ethics, and literature. • cessary now th&Ti ever before and Tnts, Mr, a-nci M.TS. I. Osterman, Win. L. Holzman J, J . Slosberg Annette Riklin, Omaha girl, daughgrant and Industrial Work, Board of conditions for colonization most fav- Clark Street, at 2 o'clock Wednesday Attend CfleSt MeetlUg: C. C. Katleman j; Harry A. Wolf ter of Mr. * and Mrs. A. Riklin, is at National Missions of the-Presbyterian orable. While opportunities esist for afternoon. <Internment took place s.fc Mrs..E. KulakofskyMrs. • H. A; Wolf the Orpheum Theater this week takChurch in the. U. S. A., Department artisans after short training, on the the •Golden Hill Cemetary. Rabbi ?f. Members of Board of Directors of Harry Lapidus ~ JoV L. Wolf . ing half of the" dances of Eva Masof Immigrant and Foreign Communiother hand, the fate of private trades- Grodinsky officiated. the Jewish Welf sa-e Federation Those who desire-'to'save; the socagno, -premier- danseuse of the Masties, National Board of the Young Young- . Osterman attended Iht men is on an ever downward curve.' were invited "to -attend a meet- licitors the-trouble of making (personal cagno ballet, who was operated on Bertha Greenhouse, daughter of '"We have already opened soup- seventh grade at Lake School. He it ing of the Omaha Community calls can obtain subscription blanks to "Women's Christian Associations;. He^ r for appendicitis. kitchens to feed the starving. We survived by his* parents arid foulChest at S Vclock, Sunday, January the Community Cnest by calling the brew Sheltering and Immigrant; Aid Mr. and Mrs. S. Greenhouse, will- be The company" opened here Sunday, had to do this because a bread-riot brothers?. Harry. Sam. Meyer ar><t 24, at the Y. W. C. A. The purpose Jewish Welfare Federation, U Jackson Society of America, League'f or Amer- presented in a recital Sunday evening, and Miss-Riklih was the hit of her ican Citizenship, American Civil LibJanuary 24, at 7:30, at the German has already occured in Lodz, in which ' Max. of this meeting is to discuss ways 5377. All pledges to the Community act, although scarce a dozen in the many were injured, and in Warsaw a and means of strengthening the work Chest should be addressed td" the Jew- erties Union, Department of Immi- Home. The recital is given under the audience knew it was an Omaha girl, famished mo~b stormed the offices of cf the Community Chest and to dis- ish Welfare Feêratipn, 210^So. 18th grant Aid, National Council of Jewish supervision of Mme. Moeller-Herms, London, (Jewish Telegraphic Agenand not Mascagno, who was perform- the Jewish Community Organization Women; do protest against ^the. enwith whom Miss Greenhouse has been cuss the advisability of a supplemen- Street.: ., ?:/..'• ~ cy.)—The Royal Astronomical Sociotj' ing. ' '•'•"," . ' . actment of these bills into laws', and studying for the past' two years. • clamoring for food, "Dr. Rosen retary campaign to raise additional awarded this year's gold medal Ui Although .she -lias "been, vith the ported. "We do further resolve that a copy The program, will consist of oper"funds for the Community Chest. Omaha Boy Elected to Professor Albert Emstein ior his ttiLof this resolution be sent to the Com- atic numbers. German folks songs, Orpheum Circuit 'but two• months. atiîty theory of Office of Nebraska Frat mittes on Immigration and Naturali- and English melodies. Miss Riklin gives her perfomances in IBIS SAUD PROCLAIMED Junior Hadassah Elected Henry Roaenstein, son oi Mr. aud zation of the United States Senate Miss Greenhouse is a talented vocal- professional form; KING OF HEDJAS ! Officers Thursday Evening Mrs. Max Rosenstein, was elected and of the House of Representatives." ist having appeared over the radio and j ". " SUSCRIBERS TO ! J Rev. Charles K. Gilbert- declared Xrcmdoix. (Jewish Telegraphic Ag-enon public programs on several oc-' ThOrpeians~f lrst -Matiltee Miss Anne Greenberg was elected- vice-president pf iiitf Pi* Sigma Alpha, JEM-ISH eoMMUjirn; CEKTEK that he speaks as a minister of the cy).—Ibn Saud-, the victorious leader Dance Sunday at Kelpine's •HOLDING FUND, , casionE. She sang on the B'nai Brith president of the Junior Hadassah at an art fratefnity-at the^ University of of the Wahabis, was proclaimed King Nebraska. Mr. Eosenstein is a senior Christian Church in declaring- that program Tuesday. e%'eiung over a Tegular meeting held last Thursday IDA ABLER The .Thorpeian Athletic Club is of Hedjas and protector of the Moslem at the university and a member of these bills would be a violation of the WOAW. She win take one-<rf the leadH. ALBERT evening, lit the Jewish Community principle of common humanity. the Kimmet fraternity. SAM ALTSri-EB ing numbers in an opera "Don Giavan- sponsoring- Sunday matinee dances. holy cities, Mecca and Medina, acCenter. Other officers elected are: JOE BERNSTEIN "These proposed bills are. a shameful The first .-oiL-these dances will be given ! cording to a despatch from Mecca j ni" by Mozartj to be given in FebruHose La'fcarus, vice-president, Tina TAKE FAXK and tragic mockery upon a]] OUT talk this Sunday .'afternoon, January 24, by Sir John PMlby, former BritTo Give Ppur-Act Play for ary. It is the first grand opera ever . _ n V Altshuler, secretary, Esther Weinberg, have their origin and sanction in the s -Danc- ish advisor to the Transjordanian gov1 Benefit of =Nat'l Folk Shul Golden presented by local artist. i f r o m S t o O : S 0 'a t t h e MICHAEL GOLDSMITH treasurer, Grace Rosenstein, reporter. Eule." . - • i n g Academ ernment and now on a special mission M. HORN "Miss Greenhouse possesses an un5 ' " and Bess Greenberg and Celia Raise, A four-act rpla,y, JThe Country The REUBEN XACKOW in Arabia. usually .beautiful h e a ^ f e l ™W ™J «„= J committee in charge o f voice, and has a Executive members. Boy," will be given.on Sunday evenCHARLES LEVTNSON a f f a i r s 3s Sokolif, chairman, The despatch of Sir John Philby to Miss Hortense Breckler of New ing, January 24, at 8: o'clock at the ,Sure He that made us with sucli large bright future," said Mme. Moeller' • R. assisted bv Joe Xrestul and Joe Ra- tire London "Daily Telesrraph" <JeclarHerms, York' who is on a speaking-tour, gave Swedish ' Auditorium." The play is discourse. . ' duidner. Thcv liave secure! U«n's etf" that-the proclamation vf Ibn Saud -J : A, MrEI^W a talk on' the worlr being one by the" given for the benefit of the Jewish LookiDg before and alter, £u\c us irot as "king toot pJacc at :r jmbric ascollegiate orchestrr, to funxish. the . HARKY That capability and jrod-lilcc reason National Folk Sbnlr.Hadassah. To fust iu us ujiiiied —ShakespearemuskfcmbFy in fflcccv

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Artist Pu£l To Appear In Recital Sunday Evening