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LORD ALLENBY IS FETED BY JEWS OF NEW YORK Zionists and Non-Zionists Join in Welcoming Famed ; '.'• General. PRAISES JEWISH SOLDIERS New York (J. T. A.)—A representative audience of Jews, in New York City was present to honor Viscount Field Marshal Allenby a t a reception, tendered to him October 9 at the Ambassador Hotel by the Zionist Organization of America. Zionists and non-Zionists, Reform and, Orthodox, united to pay their
National Secretary of Hadassah Coming . Local officials of the Hadassah have been notified that Mrs. Judith Epstein, national secretary of the organization, will be In Omaha on October 20 and 21. Plans are being made to have the famous woman Zionist .and lawyer deliver an address at the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Epstein is a graduate of Hunter College in Worcester, Mass., and is an instructor at the Julia Richmond High School. She was elected national secretary of the Hadassah at the Atlantic City convention two years ago.
CHARTER GRANTED TO SECOND OMAHA ALEPH Bernstein, Chairman for Political Affairs of the Zionist Organization, ZAD1KADELPH CHAPTER
respects to the Conqueror of Jerusalem. In opening the reception, Herman
expressed to Lord Allenby the greetings of .the Zionist Organization of America and American Jewry and said of him: "To the Jews of the world and especially to the Zionists working for the rebuilding .of the Holy Land, General Allenby has endeared himself for all time. The names of Lord Bali our and Lord Allenby are recorded in golden letters in the history of the Jewish people, the veteran of history, whose dream and hope of centuries were realized through Great Britain's act of historic justice, as expressed through the Balfour Declaration and made possible through the genius and heroism of Field Marshal Allenby." Lord Allenby's services were contrasted with Emperor Titus of Borne by Rev. Z. H. Masliansky, who said: "Two thousand years separate the opening of the gates of Jerusalem by •Titos, the Roman,.and the opening of the Agates by-Lord AHenby,the Britisher. The first one brought devastation and chaos to Jerusalem. "With Allenby's coming, Palestine was : restored and revitalized." Nathan Straus, aged philanthropist, and Louis Marshall, .noted jurist, also greeted Lord Allenby. Mr. Straus, despite the advice of his doctor, attended the reception because he wanted to express his admiration for the liberator of Palestine. Mr. Marshall emphasized the important part that Lord Allenby bad played in modern Jewish history and declared that "the names of Lord Allenby and Lord Balfour will be cherished by every rightminded Jew throughout the world, the one for the freeing of the Holy Land from the Turks, the other for the Balfour Declaration, which declared Palestine a National Homeland for the Jewish people." (Continued on Page 2)
Sam Beber Chapter No. 100 Is Accepted Into Order. CHAPTERS CO-OPERATE Omaha, the birthplace of the International Order of Aleph Zadik Aleph, received its second chapter of the famous Jewish fraternity, when the executive committe of the organization at its meeting Sunday decided to grant a charter to the Sam Beber Chapter No. 100. The new group consists of Frank Aekerman, Morris Blacker, Dave Greenberg, Sam Greenberg, Ralph Gross, Sam Handler, Ephraim Marks, Irving Perimeter, Morton Richards, Jake Schreibman, Elmer Shamberg, and Henry • Sterling. Jack Marer and J. M. Malashock i a v e agreed .to sponsor the new Tentative: plans .for the organization include an intensive intellectual program as well as athletic and social activity of various kinds. The organization of this group is concrete evidence of the success of the Jewish youth movement in Omaha. I t is only five years since the "Mother" Omaha Chapter No. 1 was organized, and its envious record presents a mark for the new chapter to shoot at. Members of both societies prophesy newer and greater successes for the Order to arise out of the friendly co-operation of the two chapters. The new group was given the number 100 as an indication of the significance that its organization bears. The ambitious youths composing the chapter decided to name their club the "Sam Beber" Chapter in honor of the founder of the Order.
The Washington Jewish Mirror
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1928
CALENDAR REFORM PLAN IS OPPOSED BY DR.DRACHMAN Proposed Scheme Endangers Observance of the Sabbath. CHANGES SUGGESTED In a letter to George Eastman of the Eastman Kodak Co., who is sponsoring the movement for the reform of the calendar, which has also been brought to the attention of the League of Nations, Dr. Bernard Draehman, president of the Jewish Sabbath Alliance, strongly opposes such reform as being highly injurious to the observance of the Seventh Day Sabbath, in the name of the thousands of Seventh Day observing Orthodox Jews of the Americas. In that letter, Dr. Draehman, in proposing his plan, states: "Your plan, as has often been stated, is. to institute a year of 13 months, 28 days each, totaling 364 days in the year. The supernumerary day which thus results from the fact that the ordinary year is composed of 365 days, you propose to consider a sort of "dies-non" and to call the first day of the week, under all circumstances, Sunday. Once in four years, when the year consists of 366 days, you propose to consider two days as such dies-nons. This plan would put the observance of the Jewish Sabbath, which the Jewish people have observed now undeviatingly for more than 3,000 years, into utmost confusion. Our Sabbath is the Seventh Day of the week, commonly identified as Saturday. Through this identification, the Sabbath has a fixed place alike in the minds of Jews and Christians and everyone realizes that Saturday is the Seventh Day. and_the Sabbath. Under your plan, as proposed, this would? be all overthrown. The Sabbath would, so to speak, become a sort of wandering day. In one year, it. might be identified as Monday, in another year as Tuesday, and so on. That is a condition to which observers of the Jewish Seventh Day Sabbath could never consent. "If you would be willing to agree to a plan by which these dies-non would not be observed in individual years, but would be permitted to accumulate until they amounted to seven days, when an additional week could be added to the year, that would obviate the difficulty. If you could consent to such an arrangement, we feel confident that you
would not only not meet with any opposition on the part of Jewish religious leaders, but would gain their hearty co-operation."
GUILD PERFORMANCE SCORES BIG SUCCESS
Gymn Class at Center Has 2 Grandmothers Two of the most ardent members of the Jewish Community Center's morning gym class for women are grandmothers and are enrolled with their daughters for this gymnasium work. Mrs. Harry Lapidus, who is, as everyone knows, the proud grandmother of little Lynn Stalmaster, and her daughter, Mrs. Irrin Stalmaster, are members. Mrs. F. B. Stafford, who also boasts a grandchild, has joined the class with her daughter, Mrs. G. E. Thompson. Nineteen members are now enrolled in this class, which is held each Monday and Wednesday morning under the direction of Miss Ursula Fagan, women's gymnasium instructor."
MARSHALL PRAISES HOOVER'S STOPPING ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS Jewish Leader Recalls Hoover Humanitarian Work After War. JEWS SAVED BY ACTION New York (J. T. A.)—Louis Marshall praised the action of Herbert Hoover, as head of the American relief work in Europe in 1919, to prevent the repetition of anti-Jewish violence, in a statement he made public this week. Mr. Marshall related details ot Mr. Hoover's intervention in April, 1919, in connection with the murder of thirty-five Jews in Pinsk. The statement declared: "Those who had occasion to see Mr. Hoover in action while he Was" engaged in carrying out the work of the American Relief Administration will never forget the earnestness, the zeal, the enthusiasm for this stupendous task manifested by him. In April, 1919, while in Paris during the Peace Conference, engaged in the formulation of the Minority Treaties, I had an unusual opportunity to judge of Mr. Hoover's marvelous insight and lightning-like promptitude of action. "The news came to me by telegram that at Pinsk thirty-five Jewish young men, while engaged in a work of mercy, the distribution of money and supplies which had been brought there by the representative of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, an American organization, in aid of the helpless people of that community, were taken out of a public hall where they were so occupied and, without the semblance of a trial or hearing, without even, yes, a drumhead court-martial, were stood up against a wall and slaughtered by the soldiery who were in occupation of that district, at the command of their officer, inspired by religious fanaticism.
"Mamma's Affair," a Harvard By HILLEL, f/re Observer prize play, was given Thursday evening for a second time at the JewWashington points with pride to of the United States during the early ish Community Center by the Cen"I called Mr. Hoover's attention its contribution for the solution of years of the Harding administration. ter Players Guild, for the 600 workto these facts and informed him of ers in. the Omaha Community Chest a vexing problem •" in the Zionist As a bright Jewish lawyer, he speprevious outrages of a similar char: .Organization of America and UPA. cialized in admiralty law matters, campaign. The Center Players Guild acter which had occurred, and exis an activity of the Y. M. and Y. Few realize'that Doctor Isaac M. cases concerned with the Federal pressed the opinion that he was the W. H. A., which receives support Rubinow, whose recent appoint- Reserve System, War-risk insurance, ment as Executive Director of both pensions, the National Bank Act, from the Community Chest through only man in the world who could prevent a repetition of them. In rethese organizations met with such farm loans, and such matters of the Jewish Welfare Federation. Mrs. Herman Jahr is director of sponse to his question as to what approval all over the country, is government finance as would natthe group. Members of the cast are could be done, I said that all that himself a Washingtonian by adop- urally appeal to his Jewish bead. tion.Yes, many great Americans Once Miss Bess Weinstein, Miss Toby he would have to do would be to let Dr. Rubinow spent, a number of lived in Washington and a few are Flax, Miss Faye Klein, Miss Martha it be known that any people guilty j Himmelstein, I r v i n g Perimeter, of such action could not expect asyears in the nation's capital utiliz- still here. George Cohen and Bennie Blatt. The sistance from the American Belief ing his expert sociological. knowledge and scientific experience for President Coolidge may be tired artistic success scored by the group Administration. He asked me wheththe advantage of statistical work of shaking hands with ordinary vis- in their first of the play last week er that meant that I was willing in the Department of Commerce. itors at his daily audiences with was repeated at the Thursday eve- that people should starve. My reply His particular field was the census, tourists anxious to clasp the presi- ning performance. A charming sa- was decidedly in the negative and and he was a familiar figure in the dential grip, but he must have been tirical comedy, it evoked many rip- that all that I meant to convey was bureau. His.friends in the depart- particularly delighted to greet two ples of laughter and was the sub- that if it were understood how he ment who have remained since he colorful Boston girls who appeared ject of much favorable comment by felt with regard to such lawless and left the government service now before him in hiking costume the those who had seen it. inhuman actions as those that had The Jewish Community Center been brought to his attention and point with pride to their former in- other day. timacy with him. They still reThese girls had just completed a was also host to 600 women workers that he would not countenance or member the medal awarded him by 12,000-mile hike that carried them of the campaign Tuesday morning, ignore them, nothing more would be the Russian government while he through 40 states and part of Mex- when the final organization meeting required to be done. At once he recwas still on duty for Uncle Sam iu ico. They were in picturesque cos- for: the women's division was. held ognized the desirability of taking 1907. this course, acted accordingly withtume—leather jackets, stockingless, in the Center auditorium. out a moment's delay, and that was Washington makes, the world knapsack and all—and being on -GIRL-SCOUTS' j the end of these exhibitions of matakes! Be nice to Doctor Rubinow, their way back to the Hub through says Washington to the ZOA. , Washington, they insisted upon pay- . •All girls between, the ages o^JU) levolence which had threatened to ing their .respects"to the^President and 16 that are. interested. in the convert this region into bloody shamAnother Washingtonian who has of the United ; States. Girl Scout movement are. invited bles as the result of an insane and : in the last few days come-into naThey had forgotten the formality to attend a meeting* to be held at malignant prejudice." tional prominence is the new Re- of arranging for their visit: to thU Jewish Community Center, 5Ionpublican candidate for governor of the White Hpnse,, which., must be SayV'OcfoBer 15, at 4 o'clock. Mrs.! -New York (J. T. A.)—-More than New York State, former Attorney- vouched for by some Important per- Neveloff, captain of ther Girl Scouts* 300 carloads of poultry were reGeneral Albert Ottinger. Mr. Ot- sonage in : Washington, but .their will be present to receive applica- quired to supply the demand for the tinger lived in Washington when gracious smiles- and popular story tions for membership In the organ!-,.High Holidays, totalling over 3,750,he was assistant Attorney-General zation. 000 pounds. (Contlnwd on Page 2)
COMMUNITY CHEST CAMPAIGN STARK ON NEXTMONDAY Omaha Asked to Contribute Liberally to Thirty-one Agencies. , 1929 BUDGET LARGER
VOL. VII.—No. 39
Two Jewish Students Honored at Creighton Two Omaha Jewish young men were recipients of high honors at Creighton University during the past week. Frank Ackerman, who last year led the whole university in scholarship, was appointed one of the two assistants to the editor-in-chief of the Bluejay, the university's annual publication. The other young man to be honored at the hilltop institution was Sara Greenberg, who was elected vice president of the sophomore class of the Creighton Commerce College. Both of the students are members of the Pi Delta Sigma, the Jewish social fraternity at the Omaha institution of higher learning.
The Community Chest will launch its sixth annual campaign on October loth, to put a $446,649 feather in Omaha's cap. It expects to place minute replicas of the big feather in the caps of at least 45,000 Omahans to mark them as subscribers. The feather for Omaha is not expensive at its set price. It will mean adequate covering of the social service task in the city for the entire year of 1929. It will mean the bettering of social conditions, and added prosperity to the community in general. For 1929 the Chest is asking $446,649 as compared to $435,000 in 1928, but the reasons for the increase are definite and cogent. Highest State Court Honors One additional agency, the NeYoung Local Jewish braska Children's Home Society, Juror. has been re-admitted to the Chest, thus relieving many contributors of a call during the year from this TESTIMONIAL TO SUCCESS organization. Judge Irvin Stalmaster, the youngThe city is growing and the work est judge ever selected for the disof the agencies increases in propor- trict court bench, has been invited by tion to its growth. School popula- Chief Justice Goss and his associates tion, number of telephone users and to sit on the state supreme bench number of auto licenses, etc., have for a week. The offer, a testimonial all increased in the last five years. to the esteem in which Judge StalThe budgets of the social agencies master is held by his fellow jurists. must increase likewise. was accepted. He will be the youngBusiness conditions resulting in est judge ever to be so honored. considerable unemployment in the Since his selection early this year past few years have left an after- by Governor McMullen to fill a vamath of destitution, broken morale cancy on the district court bench. and ill health among the poorest of Judge Stalmaster has more than our people, which will make the lot made good the most optimistic hopes borne by charitable agencies heav- of his friends. In achieving his sucier for months and years to come. cess he has not only brought much Every dollar requested by the Chest glory to himself, but has reflected this year is even more urgently need- considerable credit to the Jewish ed than money asked for in the community that he represents. The past. success of the youthful juror is testiIn a list of 24 representative cit- fied to by his recent selection for the ies comparable to our own in size post of professor of Constitutional and wealth, Omaha has stood next Law at the Omaha University Night to the last in per capita contribu- Law School, the most difficult positions to the Community Chest. The tion on the legal faculty. increase this year will raise Omaha Besides his professional interests, from 23rd to 20th place. It will Judge Stalmaster is also a promiplace Omaha's per capita figure at nent figure in local and national Jew$2.08. ish affairs. His most recent distincCompare this amount with the fol- tion in these fields is his selection lowing figures of cities: for the sponsorship of the Senior Scranton, $4.01; Dayton, $3.10; Council of the Jewish Community Toledo, $3.85; Grand Rapids, $2.79; Center. St. Paul. $2.67; Denver, $2.51. In Omaha approximately one person in five contributes to' the Chest. In cities where the Chest has been notably successful one person in four is a Chest contributor. Omaha equals other cities in the number and amount of small gifts, but falls below them in gifts of Sammy's father died when Sammy $100 and above. From these figures was eight years old. His mother it would seem that Omaha's crying had an incipient case of tubercuneed is to secure new contributors losis, no money, and four other chilin the $100 and over class. dren. Sammy and his mother and Remember there are 31 participat- J his four brothers and sisters were in ing welfare agencies in the Omaha a bad way,—but they had a friend. Mrs. P. was bed-ridden for years. Chest. "Give not as to one but as to 31" She also had five children, and a should be the slogan of the cam- husband who worked intermittently and took every opportunity to evade paign. the responsibility of his unhappy family. One day, Mr. P. was missing, and it was found that he had taken a train west, thinking onee and for all to forsake the burdens of marriage for a carefree life. Mrs. The local chapter of the Junior P. and her children were destitute.— Hadassah will give their annual but they had a friend. Patron and Patroness dance on SunMr. and Mrs. B. had had a hard day night, October 28, in the main time getting along, what with a ballroom of the Jewish Community large family, a good deal of sickCenter. Randall's Royal Orchestra ness and some unemployment. For will furnish the music. many years,—they also had a friend. The Junior Hadassah is a national This friend was not the kind of organization of about 10,000 girls friend who hears of a needy family, who are aiding financially in main- takes them a basket of groceries, taining the lives of orphans in Pal- orders them a ton of coal and forestine, contributing to the Nurses' gets about them. This friend took Training School, and generally fur- upon herself the burdens of the famthering education in the Jewish ily, relieved their distress and ended homeland. The work is entirely non- by helping them to help themselves. sectarian and is being recognized in- For this friend knew that in the last ternationally. analysis that is the only kind of Miss Mary Claire Shames, who friend worth while being. represented the local chapter at the The Jewish Welfare Federation national convention of the Hadas- was the friend of orphan Sammy, of sah held recently in Pittsburgh, Pa., bed-ridden Mrs. P. and of Mr. and has been appointed chairman of the Mrs. B., -who needed a friend for dance. She will be assisted by a many years. Through the ministracommittee composed of Misses Rose tions of a friendly visitor, whether Fine, TJla Albert, Rose Lazarus, it was the Federation's case worker Sally Morgan, Sarah Kurtman, Ida or the group of men and women who Platt, Toby Steinberg, Grace Rosen- are members of the Federation's restein, and Mollye Grossman. lief committee, these three families
JUDGE STALMASTER IS INVITED TO SIT SUPREME COURT BENCH
RK TO Samuel Gersois Chairman of Program Committee of State Meet. TWO HUNDRED EXPECTED The Nebraska State Conference of Social Work will be held in the Jewish Community Center November 11. 12 and 13. This is the annual conference of all the professional social workers of the state. It is expected that 200 persons from Omaha and other cities in Nebraska will attend. A number of speakers of national prominence have been secured for the sessions of the conference. Abraham Epstein, executive secretary of the American Association for Old Age Security, an organization that seeks adequate protection for aged dependants by state or federal old age pensions, will come from New York to address the conference on "Social Insurance, and Old Ape." Miss Grace D. Chase, field secretary of the National Visiting Teachers' association of New York City, will spenk on the relation of the school and social work. Miss Chase was formerly field worker for the Federal Child Labor bureau and the National Hygiene society. Samuel Gerson is chairman of the program committee for the conference this year. Orville Robertson, executive secretary of the Associated Charities, is chairman of the entertainment committee. Miss Gladys Shamp oi' the Camp Fire Girls is chairman of membership. Officers of the conference a r e : Jndge L. B. Day, president; Judge Lincoln Frost. Lincoln; Dr. H. von W. Schulte. Omaha; Rev. E. M. Johnson. Fremont; Miss Mary Fuller, Beatrice: Miss Lena Ward, Geneva ; Dr. L. T. Sidwell, Kearney, vice presidents; Dr. C. A. Fulmer, Lincoln, treasurer, and Miss M. Evelyn Meyer, Milford, recording secretary. Miss Anna M. Cameron is executive secretary of the conference. Members of the executive committee at large are Mrs. H. W. Benson. Oakland; Judge Howard Kennedy, Omaha; Miss Annie C. Kramph. North Platte; Dr. Samuel Gerson. Omaha: C. E. Prevey. Lincoln ; Dr. Hattie Plum Williams, Lincoln : Prof. A. A. Reed. Lincoln, ex-ofiicio.
The Jewish Welfare Federation
JUNIOR HADASSAH TO GIVE DANCE OCT. 28
and scores of others like them were given a helping hand last year. Sammy and one of his brothers were sent to the Jewish orphanage in Cleveland. The oldest child, in his early teens, was helped in getting an after school job that brought in little enough money but helped its little mite. The next oldest boy got a paper route with the help of the Federation. The mother's small income was supplemented until such time as her boys could earn money to support her. She was enabled to go to Denver for treatment which checked the inroads of tuberculosis. Mrs. P. was removed to B hospital and given expert care. Two of her children were sent to Cleveland. The other three were sent to live with relatives who gave them good care. The errant and erring Mr. P. was found, brought back to Omaha, and made to contribute to the support of his family. Mr. and Mrs. B. were aided by the Federation in a hundred ways. They received everything from advice to coal, and from medical attention to a special Pesach gift for the children's clothes. The Federation got Mr. B. a job and taught him to stick to it rather than to float from one job to another. The B. children grew up and finally were able to go to work. Then the Federation impressed these children with the importance of self-respecting work. They had received charity so long that they were used to it. But the friend who had been at their side for these many years made them understand that it had now become their responsibility to help (Continued ~oin~Pag« 4)