June 10, 1926

Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude even' than by mental capacities. ' — ^Q Scott.

VOL. V—No. 27

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The cynic is one wEo knows the • price of every t h i n ' g and the - v a l u e of nothing.— Oscar Wilde.

->d a t aecond-dass maJJmatter on January 27tt>, 1921, ai Office at Omaha. Nebrtsfca, under the Act of March 8.0879.

More Than 5(Lv People Visit New Jewish Community Center Building During Dedication Week Exercises Crowd Filled N e w ' A u d i t o r i u m to Hear Opening Exercises BANQUET - ,

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MOSLEM CONGRESS OPENS IN MECCA Jerusalem.—The Moslem World Congress, called by Sultan Ibn Saud, victorious leader of the Wahabis, was opened in Mecca yesterday, dispatches received here state. ~ The purpose of the Congress is to restore Moslem religious unity and to abolish the differences between the various Moslem communities. regarding certain rites and beliefs which have caused friction among the Moslems for many centuries, it was declared.

Jewish Hospital American Zionists Will Series in fldy Convene in Buffalo Land is Planned June Twenty-Eighth

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Fruma London Bequests To Social Welfare The Jewish Welfare Federation has recently received $300 from H .Sussman, Administrator of the Estate of the late Fruma London for bequests to philanthropic and charitable institutions. The fund was divided as follows: $100 to the Omaha City Talmud Torah $100 to the Omaha Free Loan Society; $50 to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society in Denver and $50 to the National Jewish Hospital in Denver,

Hadassah, American Physicians' Twenty-Ninth Annual Convention Will Note Entry of First Committee Combine to 100,000 Jewish Settlers Into Raise" $1,000,000 . Palestine Since the War. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IN FOUR OMAHANS WILL ATUNIVERSITY FIRST TEND CONVENTION

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staged in the auiliur •.. < ;' .he i;c v Three Omaha men -will attend the New York City. — A joint hospital Jewish Community •'..•:!:• r : t; be committee composed of. representa- twenty-ninth annual vonvention of the given Sunday evening ,''<" ' •'<•'>, when tives of Hadassah, the Women's Zion- Zionist Organization of America that the "Windmills of Hoin <, ' will be More than five thousand people success, as it is bound t o . be, then will this year "be held in Buffalo, N. ist Organization of America, and the presented under the ausp;ccs of the jave visited the new Jewish Com- every Jew in Omaha will have been American Physicians' Committee has Y., for three days beginning Monday, Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. It will be one munity Center Building, during the successful," he saidv ;_ been organized for. the purpose of June 28. Those "who will represent of the feature entertainments of the first four days of the Dedication Week In expressing the felicitation and initiating a movement to' raise ?1,- the local Zionist district are Dr. M. Dedication week program. excercises; All who have viewed the congratulations, Dr. • D. E. Jenkins, First Tournament Ever Staged by 000,000 in America for the erection of G. Wohl, John" Feldman, and J. J. Isadore Oberman receives A-ward from Mrs. Ricklie Boasberg is directing building_ expressed complimentary president of Omaha university, speakJewish Women. a series of hospital buildings in Pales- Friedman. Mrs. M. G. Wohl will reCreighton and Lillian Margolin the operetta. She has secured some of statements for the building and for ing to the Jews of the. city, who attine, according to an announcement present the ' local Hadassah chapter from Nebraska Uni. the best voices in the city, who have those -who. were, instrumental in com- tended the ceremony, said, "You have Women's activities at the Highland made by Dr. Nathan Ratnoff, chair- at this convention.' They will leave practiced daily in'order to make th© pleting the building," . real- Country Club will begin with a man of the committee. • - . Saturday evening, "June 26, for Bufgreat reasons to be happy One Jewish student at the Univer'play a success. "A wonderful structure to carry on ization of your dream. The forces of Woman's Golf Tournament on Tuesfalo. The plan includes the establishment sity of Nebraska and one at Creighton As an added attraction, dancing the good work that is being -done in such an institution-.should be mighty day morning, June 15. The players Preparations for the. convention of Omaha", this is the statement that is in contributing to the social, cultural; will begin their matches at 10 o'cloek of a medical department ii. connection the Zionist Organization of America University vrere graduated with •will follow the performance. All participants in the operetta will made by all who have visited the moral, and intellectual uplift of the followed by a luncheon at the Club with the Hebrew University on Mount are now fully under way. The Buf- honors this June. Scopus. This project will serve as the Lillian Margolin, daughter of Mr. be dressed in old Dutch costumes, building. " city. • • -" . ••- • — house at 12:15. In the afternoon, falo Zionist District, in cooperation The dedication exercises began "You have: been- idealistic in the cards, man jongg, tennis, golf, and cornerstone of the hospital' program .with other Zionist bodies, is prepar- and Mrs. J. I. Margolin; was graduat- which make the very quaint picture Sunday evening when more than one construction, of, such, a center," he other recreational sport -will include of the Joint Hospital Committee. ing a rousing welcome to the dele- ed from the College of Law at1 the of the presentation. The boys and girls Originally the project was the aim of thousand people filled the new audi- stated, "but idealism has marked the in the entertainment, . . gates, more than 800 of whom are ex- University of Nebraska receiving her will be dressed in the old wooden the American Physicians' Committee torium to listen to the speakers who Hebrew race since very earliest days. Reservations for this affair should pected to participate • in the sessions LL. B. cum laude, the highest honor shoes. which was organized in 1921 "with the were on the opening program. No other nation has adhered to the be made by Saturday .June 12, with The cast of characters are as fol* representing-Zionist districts, Hadas- awarded to law students. This entitles aid of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president William L. .Holzman was. chairman clean-cut, lofty monotheism. of., the members of the committee in charge. sah Chapters and Camps of the Order her also to membership in the Order of lows: •)f the evening. Jews, and a stu^y of history reveals Mrs. Michael Katleman. is chair- of the World Zionist i3rga.znza.tion. Sons of Zion. Additional interest at- the Coif, national honorary law frater- Munherr. Hertogenosch (a rich HolBabbi Frederick, Gohn. of Temple that it -was in terms of idealism, man, and other members of her com- Through its aid two institutions, the taches -to the present convention in nity. Miss Margolin, when she received land Farmer) .....Jack Friedman Ivy Siegel Israel, pronounced the, invocation, rather than : militarism, that they mittee are Miss Hazel Degen and bio-chemical and the micro-biological view of the fact that for the first her A. B.. degree in 1924, was elected Vratrw followed by the singing of America, thought." '. ;: T \ the Mesdames Herbert Heavenrich, laboratories at the Hebrew Univer- time since 1821, active participation to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary Wilhelmina, daughter, Bess Greenberg Hilda Helen Levinson and the presentation of the key On speaking- of the "red letter day' Sidney Manley, M. E. Handler,* Mor- sity are now being developed. in the deliberations will be taken by scholastic society. She is a member of Bob Yankee (American Kappa Beta Pi, national legal sorority of the building to Harry Lapidus marking the dedicatory exercises, ris Ferer, N. Mantel, Milton LivingIt has also provided the university former leaders of the movement inSalesman) Sam Minkin president of the Jewish Center. Rabbi Cohn stressed.the real signi- ston, Harry Rosenf eld, Harry A.'Wolf. with a medical library which consists cluding Judge Julian W. Mack, and and is ex-president and one of the or- Hans, (A Student of Music in love : ganizers of the-Nebraska chapter of •with Wilhelmina) Harry Green In accepting the key Mr. Lapidus ficance of w h a t the building "will This is the first tournament ever of 10,000 volumes, and it is now co- Dr. Stephen -S: Wise. Sigma Delta Tan sorority. For the Sranz, (A rich Farmer's son in love declared that it was on the behalf mean. Herpointed out primarily that staged by Jewish women and prom- operating with Hadassah to build the The Convention this year follows with Hilda) Sam Zacharia of the Jewry of Omaha that he did it offers an opportunity for the ma- ises' to nave a large turn-out.* It' is university X-ray laboratpry. The uni- close upon the heels of an announce- last two years she has won law Katrina . »..Xilyan Chudacoff so. "If the .Community Center is a turity of Jewish social work, and sec- the first year of golf for.. some of versity medical building, when com- ment contained -in -a -special message scholarships, amounting to remission Chorus Jeanette Levinson, Jeanetof fees. I te Sherman, Leone Novitsky, Cle ondly that ifcr gives to the .Jews of the -women, still the tournament will pleted will serve as the Snedical center from Wr. Weitzmann to Dr. Wise, as Braude, Fay Klein, Bess Haykin, Miss Margolin is the only Jewish Omaha the chance to fulfill the.func- not lack interest for .'a number^ o{ the for Palestine and the Near East.. Chairman of'the United Palestine Apand Lillian Slutzky. woman to be admitted to the Nebrastions and mission of Jfudiasm. Hadassah is already supporting a peal, reporting that statistics just women play a good game. Rev. W. J.' Grace,'- president of the "We will provide entertainment for medical program in the Holy Land. compiled -reveal the fact that the first ka bar. She plans to practice in . .__ oniiniversyyi hundred -.thousand new Jeiwsh settler? Omaha, maintains ^the* xcnrrm-n ^tpfttimg -fofa sffairr -It Catholics of : the: dty, expressed.: the •will; be one of the gayest, social Unit and is practically the only agency have entered Palestine since the conIsad«ee_E«. Oberman, son of Mr. and ,' •. More than four ,hundred people at- sentiment"thatJ. those" "whom,he Tepr events ever given at the club," said for the health development of the clusion of .the War. That event is Mrs. H. Oberman, a member of the tended therfirst"K6sher banquet given sents rejoiced—with- Omaha- Jewry Jewish communities in the Holy Land expected to play a prominent part in June graduating class at Creighton in the Jeiwsh'Community Center Mon- in the satisfaction.-and', gratification Mrs., Katleman. "The. women are ar- Beginning with an obstetrical service, creating the. atmosphere of the Con- University, is one of two pupils to get ranging for a number of. social activCentral Exercises Saturday and Tech day evening. : The entire program in the 'culmination of their dream. it has now grown into an organiza- vention, . since . it illustrates vividly his degree cum laude. Oberman inities during-the summer months." Commencement Tuesday was arranged -with Jewish music and "Knowing the~Jevs. oft Omaha to; tion which is carrying on activity the manner .in, which, the dreams of tends to practice law in Omaha. Folk songs. The Jewish Community be steady and reliable; we knew when Herzl are being realized... In order to qualify for the honor, throughout the entire land. Forty Jewish students are member* Center orchestra played during th it was first announced,; that the: proIt is understood^ also that the de- students at Creighton must earn of the June graduating class at evening. . - -. . ject would be carriedtnrough to comliberations are likely to bring to the grades of 90 or above in all their Central High School, and twentyThe banquet was a complete success plete realization." He - spoke of the surface a number of political issues studies during the six semesters they eig-ht Jewish students will receive according to all present and was ex interest that is shown in the older involving Jewish claims under the are in the College of Law. At the "Uni- tLeir diplomas from the Omaha Techceptionally favored by many of the generation, for. those, of the younger Palestine Mandate, vis-a-vis the versity of Nebraska, the honor is nical High School. Central will hold orthodox faith because it -was Oma- generation, commenting on the sacri- Game Will Be Played At Omaha Mandatory Power. The raising of awarded by faculty election to not its commencement exercises Saturday; Western League Park • Abe L. Katelman, 17, who graduha's first Kosher banquet. fices of Jewish parents: to" give their these issues is all ..the more probable, more than one-tenth of the graduating evening, June 12, at the Technical ated Friday evening from Abraham Harry A. Wolf toastmaster of the children advantages and of what the in view of the fact that the Conven- class. The • Jewish Community- Center Lincoln High School'of Council Bluffs, High School Audjioiium, ami the evening announced the many speakers Community Center will-mean to that tion occurs almost simultaneously baseball team won its eigth' straight Tech commencement will be held Iowa, was awarded a Medal at the of the evening. Cantor Shaiah Kan- younger generation., " game of the season when it defeated Commencement Exercises for writing with a session of the Permanent ManTuesday, June 15, in the school audionowitch accompanied by Ella Cohen David Sher, University of Nebraska dates Commission of the League of torium. sang several Hebrew Songs and El student, expressed the appreciation of the St. Francis Club team by a score the best Essay in the entire school Nations in Geneva,' -where a special of 32 to, 5. The Community. Center recently on a Patriotic 'subject. The Those graduating from Central are Mol Eachmim for the late Morris the youthful members of sach an orboys were hitting the ball all over the winning essay, "Reverence for the delegation of the Vaad Leumi of Palas follow?: Frank Ackerman, Frank Levy. Abner Kaiman led the -com- ganization, while Henry Monsky. in estine has proceeded for th purpose lot. • : Law", was based upon his Oratorical Blotcky, Marian Blumenthal, Euward munity singing. the closing address of the evening of laying similar" claims before the Jewish Deputies and Senators Voted Sunday afternoon, June 13 the Jewspeech on the Constitution of the I. Brodkey, Harry Fish, David ForDuring the course of the banquet eulogized the late Morris Levy, whose Moscicki Commission. Both the position of ish Community Center baseball ,tossUnited States which be represented man, Betty Furth, Donald Alloy, Sam at the instigation of the toastmaster first contribution made possible the ers will play the Kinney Shoe Co. at his school in the National Oratorical the Vaad Leumi and the World ZionWarsaw.—The votes of the Jewish Bender, David B. Bleicher, Edward toast was offered to Harry H. present building. ist Organization, it is' expected, will Western League Park. This game Lapidus, president of the Jewish ComRabbi H._ Grodzinsky closed the will be called at 1:30 p. m. and is the Contest which was held recently at be strengthened by action that may deputies and senators in the Polish Green, Dave Greenberg, Bess Haspel, Sioux City, Iowa. National Assembly were cast for Dt Jacob J. Kaimen, Helen Kohn, Morris munity Center who was called out of dedicatory services j with . a Hebrew be taken-by the Zionists of America, feature amaetuer : game of "the day, Young Katelman's average for the Ignace Moscicki in the second pre- Lazerowitz, Mitchell Lewis, Joe Lins* the city. Denediction followed by the audience The Kinney Shoe team is in second Louis Lipsky, Chairman of the Orentire four years at High School was sidential election -which resulted in man, Anna Lintzman, Leon Z. Mandel"Omaha can justly feel proud of singing a Jewish hymn, "Hatikva." ganization, has just returned from place in the league standing. 94.56%, the second highest average the election of Moscicki, with a ma- son, Rita L. Mantel, Ruth Kaplan, this building", said William R.Blum"The Jewish Community Center received. He was awarded a certi- London where,-it is understood, he jority of 280 to 200. Euth Kendis, Julius Margolin, Maurico enthal. It is a wonderful structure, team is one of the best on the city ficate of Scholarship for this. He conferred with Dr. Weizmann and The 280 votes cast for Moscicki in- Miller, Albert Reuben, Mac Riekes, but this building needs the body and lots today", said Nathan E. Green, "has taken active parts in all the other leaders of the- movement, with cluded those of the left and center Max Rosenthal, Harry H. Rubenstein, soul of the community and it needs manager. Every loyal follower of the school activities, and was a prominent respect to the .-proposed loan for Pal- parties, the Jewish Club and the Ger- Ellis N. Shafton, Gerakline Silverman, the support of all in the city". estine arid other uatters of great mo1 The Jeiwsh Community Center team should be at next Sundays' member of the Debate Squad. He man deputies. The 200 votes for Joe Silverman, Hershel A. Soskin, "This building is a monumental ment. It is expected that Mr. Lipsky game. was recently initiated into "the Quill Count Bninsld were cast by the righ Tobie Steinberg, Joseph M. Turner, "work to the many who have dreamed restaurant will .be. open. Monday noon The following men are members of and Scroll", a National Honorary Fra- will report to the Convention on these parties. Sixty three votes were blank, Rose Wilfson, Florence Wolf, Hyman of this building", said Joe L. Wolf. to serve complete kosher lunches and matters. • :. .* . including those of the Slavic national Riklin, Stanley Shapire. It was through the gift of the late dinners. The kitchen of the new the Jewish Community Center team ternity for exceptional Journalism Louis Somberg, Captain, Dave .Bleichstudents. During the past year, young Morris Levy that the building first building is; one of the finest in the minorities. The Technical High Graduates are started and through the untiring ef- country antl is in charge of the well er,Lest er Giventer, Sidney Coren- Katelman "eras a member of the It is believed that President Mos- listed below: Sophie Spar, Ethel Simfort of the energetic Harry Lapidus known cateress, Mrs. S. Nathan. The man, Leo Konecky, Leo .Weitz, Aaron Echoes Staff, the High School weekly cicki is a man of liberal policy and is on, Esther Cohen, Sadie Beber, Helen that carried on.the work. He was first Kosher banfluet".held" Monday Weitz,.Isadore Shreibman, Joe Tur- paper. friendly to the Jews. He is reported to Janger, Sam Warshaw, Etta Frischt Max Fromkin'-was -elected president have been a strong opponent of the Jennie Friedman, Sam Cutler, George constantly thinking of the Jewish evening met with approval of all who ner, Johnny Rosenblatt, Al Handler and Sammy Kaufman. Community Center and through his were present. of the Omaha Hebrew Club at its numerous clauses aerainst Jewish Stu- Cohan, Rose Kaplan, Rose Katzman, SPECIAL SERVICES leadership completed the best finansemi-annual election of officers held dents at the University of Lemberg Etta Cohan, Celia Wolk, Abe Weiner, "I am now ready to serve any numcial drives ever undertaken in the ber of people for any occasion", said Sunday afternoon, -June 6. Other of- when he was professor there. Lem- Ann Kuback, Dorothy Abrams, Mary, Cantor Shaiah Kohanowitch, will ficers elected are A. V. Frank, vicecity." : Mrs. Nathan. Special luncheons will Ka-De-Mo Dance berg- leader of the Zionist movement Claire Shames, Rose Shamberg, Harry special hymns for the Shabbos president^ Sol- Rosenberg, secretary This Sunday Evening chant and of the Jewish students, urged the Saferstein, Isadore Perimeter, Lucille Mrs. Morris Levy, widow of the be prepared every day". Rosh Hodesh Services on Friday evelate Morris Levy was presented with A feature entertainment at- the ning and Saturday morning at the John Feldman,* treasurer; and A. Kap- Jewish deputies to vote for him. Greenfield, Harry Grossman, Adelaide a life membership card engraved in JAMES N. ROSENBERG AND DR.; Ka-Dee-Mo Club dance to be given Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Synagogue. lan, B. G. ShVpiro',' A. Richards, trustThe president will be sworn into Greenberg, Bess Goldware, Dorothy ees. ': " L . •. j •_ • gold.! office on Friday. KAHN ARRIVE IN BERLIN Sunday evening, June 13, at Keep's Cohen, Leo Moskovitz, Lillian FreeMoe than 200 members attended the Professor Moscicki studied for five man, Speakers for the evening were Sam Dancing'Academy, "will be an exhibiBerlin.—James-N» Rosenberg and tion of the latest dances by Don Mc- 25,000 ATTEND VASZONLI'S election.. The • installation of officers years in England. During his stay -Beber, Fred White, Dr. Philip Sher, Irvin Stalmaster, Nathan Bernstein, Dr. Bernard Kahn arrived here from Farland, who- is instructor of a dancFUNERAL IN BUDAPEST vail be held at the' next meeting- to there he was the editor of the "Ro; be held Sunday, afternoon, June 20, in botimik", the organ of the Polish So- Jewish Girls Elected OfH."Mageduas, director of the Kansas Moscow. They -received representa- ing school in the east. ' City Y. M. H. A., Harry Malashock, tives of the German .press on their cialist Party which was at that time A suction fan has been installed in Budapest.—Twenty five thousand the Jewish Community Center. . ficers of Tech Debate Club , : -'."'• '-..A. B. Alpirn.J. Malashock, I. Stern- arrival. prohibited in Russian Poland. the dance hall during the summer in persons attended the funeral of WilMr. Rosenberg a n d ..Dr. Kahn left order that the hall will be cool for liam Vaszonyi, Hungarian Jewish South Side".Synagogue hill, Max Fromkin, S. Ravitz, and All officers elected by the Cogide, for Paris. / V: : to Give Picnic July 4 FINISHES SCHOOL Mrs. N. Mantel. dancing. Girl's Debating Club at Tech High statesman, who died on Saturday. Messages of congratulations were HAIFA TECHIiTICtHUb The procession marched through The South- Side Congregation of WITH HIGH GRADES School, are Jewish girls. Anne Kotftenreceived from L. Kirshbraun, Sol the streets of Budapest,^ here all the Israel are- making plans for a picnic For the fourth consecutive year berg was elected president; Bessie TO BE COLLEGE 986 JEWS LEFT POLAND Brodkey, David" Feder, J. Katelman FOR PALESTINE stores were closed. Mourning ban- on Sunday, • July 4, at the German Elberta Cohen, daughter of Mr. and Spar, vice-president; Ida Babior, secA. Cohn and Ralph M. Holzman. Jerusalem.-—J; T; A.) The: Hebrew ners were displayed. The procession Home. * • . : Mrs. Robert Cohen, of Nebraska City, retary; Sophie Handler, treasurer; Miss Dorothy Lustgarten gave sevr Technicum of : Haifa be transWarsaw.—Nine hundred and eighty halted at the City Hall and the Great Proceeds of- the affair will go to- -has finished the school term with an Lillian Iipsey, reporter; Naomi Cohn, era! violin selections accompanied by formed into a tefcihnical college, ac- six Jewish emigrrtnts left for Pales- Synagogue in Tabak Street. Rabbis wards the rebuilding of the Syna- average of 100 per cent in each of parliamentarian; and Jeanette Levin» Ida Lustgarden. Miss Ivy Seigal sang cording" to a decision of the last tine during Ihe month of April, ac- Hevesi Ripka and Barczy Ripka eulo- gogue. '• ' ' her five studies. Elberta passed into son and Pansy Brown, sergant-atseveral Jewish Folk songs accom- meeting of the Board of Directors of cording to figures made known here. gized the late the late statesman. A committte has been appointed to the eigth A grade at Fourteenth arms. panied by Mrs. Henry Monsky on the the Technicnm. J The majority of the emigrants are All members of the Opposition party make arrangements for the picnic. Street school and will enter the High The club has a membership of thirty piano. Mr. Nathan Yaffe sane sevThe change will become-effective(artisans, agriculturists and skilled were present, including Vasz, Andras- A. Lipsman is chairman of the com- school at the Mid-year next winter. girls, and is one of the first g eral .son* numbers. •laborers next yeai sv and Pallavichini mittee. - 'Miss Elizabeth Boese was her teacher. debating clubs organized at Te«*-

Women's Golf Tournament at Highland Tuesday Morning

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Two Jewish Law Students Receive Cum Laude Honors

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Four Hundred Attend first Kosher

S i x t y - d g i t Jewish Higis- • ••=•

School Students lo Graduate

J. C. C. Baseball Team to Play Kinney Shoes Sunday Council Bluffs Boy

Graduates With Honors

New Polish President Has Liberal Attitude To Jews

Jewish Community Center Dining Room Open Monday

Omaha Hebrew - Elect Semi-Annntl Officers