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OMAHA, NEBBASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1928
Modern Orthodox HENRI BERGSON Plan Synagogue Organization MRS. G. GOLDSMITH TO SPEAK HERE AWARDED NOBEL MONDAY EVENING LITERATURE PRIZE French Jewish Philosopher Is Recipient of 1927 : Award. ^ v RECEIVES §42,000 Stockholm (J. T. A.)—Henri Bergson, .; noted French-Jewish philosopher was awarded the 1927 Nobel prize .for literature, held over from last year. This year's literature award went toMme. Sigrid Undset. The value of each award this year is about $42,000, an increase over that of previous years because of remission of Swedish taxes and improved business conditions, making the fund yield more. Henri Louis Bergson was born in Paris^ October 18,1859. He was educated at the Lycee Condorcet; and the Ecole Normal, from which he graduated at the age of 22. He was Professor of Philosophy at the Ly cee d'Angers from 1881-18S3, and at the College Rollin from 1888-9. From 1900 to 1921 he was professor at the College of France. He was elected a member of the French Academy in 1914. From 1921 to 1925 he was president of the Committee on Inter national Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations. Henri Berg-son is of Polish Jewish parentage, a scion of the famous Polish-Jewish family, Bergson, of Warsaw. He has for years been considered one of the foremost living philosophers. His books have been translated into all principal languages, while the expression "Bergsonism" and "Bergsonian philosophy" liave been current among scholars. He is an opponent of the mechanical con. ception of life, and in. his work, " 1 / : Evolution Creative,7' he broke completely with philosophic systems of the past. After serving in various posts as professor, he devoted his life to philosophical research. He visited the United States in 1913, lecturing at Columbia University.
Center Library Books Placed in Circulation The library of the Jewish Community Center announces it has the following new books available for circulation. A charge of three cents a day is being made on circulating books in order to build up a fund with which more books can be purchased. • They are: I, the Jew, and You Gentiles by Maurice Samuel; Sweepings and The Great Bear by Lester Cohen; Disraeli by Andre Maurois; The Golem by Gustav Meyrink; Black Majesty by John VT. Vandercock; Lummox by Fannie Hurst; Octavia by Margaret Asquith; Son of Mother India and Mother India Answers by Dhan Gopal Mulceryi; Strange Interlude by Eugene '•O'Neill; Stranger Than Fiction by Lewis Browne; Silbermann by Jaeque de Lacrettle; Y' Understand by Montague Glass; Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska; God of Might by E. Tobenkin; City Without Jews by Hugo Betlauer; Hiawatta by Milt Gross; Constant Xymph by Margaret Kennedy, and Kasriel the .Watchman by Rufus Learsi.
At a meeting of members of the proposed Modern Orthodox Congregation held Sunday morning at the Jewish Community Center, plans were made for preliminary arrangements to provide a permanent organization for the movement.. It was decided to hold a general meeting of all members and would-be members of the congregation on some date in the middle of December. At this meeting officers will be elected and the organization work will be rapidly, consummated. To date it is reported that one hundred members have been secured, A membership campaign is being carried on at present. Negotiations for the services of Rabbi David Goldstein of New York as head of the congregation are D&ing conducted.
OMAHA CHAPTER OF HADASSAH PLANNING FUTURE ACTIVITIES Louis Shanok to Speak at Next Meeting on Nov. 28. LINEN SHOWER JAN. 9 At a board meeting of the Omaha Chapter of Hadassah held at the home of the newly appointed secretary, Mrs. Abe Greenspan, on Monday, Nov. 19, a number of future activities were outlined. - Mrs. Abraham Romm, past president of the organization, was appointed chairman of the Annual Linen Shower which will take place on Jan. 9, 1929, in the auditorium of the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Romm is planning a fitting program for this occasion which is annually attended by over 300 women who .bring- supplies-forr the Hadassah Hospitals. The Jewish children of Omaha will be called upon this Channka to give their pennies to the Hadassah Penny Luncheon Fund. With $15,000 collected from American Jewish children, Hadassah furnishes warm, cooked meals to thousands of. school children in the poorer sections of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The Omaha qnota is $100.00, $2.60 of which has already been donated by the Henrietta Szold Girls. Mrs. Julius Stein, chairman of the Infant Welfare Fund, is planning- to raise her 1928-29 quota of $250.00 before the end of this year. Parties, the proceeds of which go to make up this sum, have already been given J>y Mrs. A. Theodore and Mrs. Louis Epstein. Mrs. H. Reubin and Mrs. Frank Tuokman are planning affairs for the latter part of this month. Mrs. Henry Newman, the newly appointed membership chairman, announces that the Omaha Chapter will participate this year in the Hadassah Annual Membership Campaign which takes place during the month of January all over the country. This year Hadassah is striving to double its membership, mostly through the efforts of the younger Jewish women who have become interested in the cause. A regular meeting of the Omaha Chapter will take place Wednesday, Nov. 28, at which time Mr. Louis Shanok, the new: assistant of the Jewish Community Center, will be the speaker. '
The Washington Jewish Mirror By HILLEL.rte Observer If the much-heralded trip to South .America which the next president is now making will deviate from its original plan, it will be because of a certain Jew in South America who "put his two cents into it." Bolivia was very anxious to be in the line of march when Envoy Extra ordinary Herbert Hoover traverses various countries in the south of us, but the original itinerary which-was announced did not include that little country. They- wired a special invitation thru their legation at Washington, but it seemed to help not at alL Then they turned to our'American -Minister for assistance in the matter ,and it looks today as if David S. Eauffman turned the .trick for the lofty nation of Bolivia. The Jewish diplomat burned up the •wires between his present home,
To Address Open Meeting of Omaha Council of Jewish Women. OUTSTANDING EVENT Mrs. George Goldsmith of Los Angeies will be the honored guest and speaker 'at the open meeting of the Omaha Council of Jewish Women to be held at 8:30 p. m. Monday in the Jewish Community Center. . The coming of Mrs. Goldsmith is regarded as the outstanding event of the Council year. She is at present president of the Los Angeles Council and a member of the national board of the Council, besides being interstate president of the entire Northwest Council district. During her four years as president of the Los Angeles Council, that section built and furnished its Council house and Council Jodge, a camp in the Hollywood hills for under-privileged children. Mrs. Goldsmith's club activities have not been limited to her extensive work for the Jewish Council. She is honorary commissioner of the Girl Scouts of Southern California and was the founder of the first Girl Scout troop in Los Angeles. She is president emeritus of the Philanthropy and Civics club of Los Angeles and had charge of the purchase and furnishing of their club house. She served as chairman of the community service for the California State Federation of Women's Clubs and had charge of the drive for the Los Angeles district of the California Federation. Mrs. Goldsmith has also had a successful career on the stage and is well known throughout the country as an actress. As a public speaker she has been widely praised both for ability and charm. The public is invited to attend the evening meeting. Those who wish to meet Mrs. Goldsmith informally before the meeting are invited to attend a dinner which will be given for her at the Omaha Athletic Club at 6:30 p. m. Reservations must be made before Monday noon, with Mrs. Harry Rachman, Webster 0724.
A. Z. A. NO. 1 STAGING THANKSGIVING DANCE Omaha Chapter No. 1 of the A. Z. A. has completed final arrangements for their Thanksgiving Day dance to be given in the J. C. C. ballroom Thursday evening, Nov. 29. Promised elaborate preparations are indicative that the turkey day event will be one of the outstanding BishofE, chairman of the committee in charge, has announced the decoration, programs, and other features will be among the most unique ever planned here. Randall's Royal Fontenelle orchestra will furnish music for the dancers. " The committee in charge consists of Dave Bishoff, chairman; Oscar Mayerowicb, Abe Fellman and Morris Givot
HIGHLAND CLUB PLANS NEW YEAR FESTIVITY Plans are already being laid by the Highland Country Club for their annual "social sensation, the New Year affair. The "Welcome 1929" event will take place at the Blackstone Hotel, the whole eighth floor having already been rented for the occasion. Dean Nordin's 10-piece orchestra will furnish the music. According to: members of the committee in charge, this affair should be by far the outstanding social event of-the season.
12,000 feet above sea level, and California. Result? The latest announcements seem to include Bolivia in Hoover's list of countries to be visited. The little nation is already very fond of Kauffman but if his influence brings Hoover into their midst they will be even more grate' ful for his presence in the capital of their country. No wonder Senator David Reed said six months ago: "Kauffman gets things done." HENRIETTA SZOLD GIRLS There is one Jewish congressman who never lets grass grow under his feet. He's always up and going and he's one to keep you stepping fast if you want to keep up with his activities. Sol Bloom hardly had time to get home from his long stay-in (Continued on Page 2)
The Henrietta Szold girls held a meeting Sunday, November 18, at the Jewish Community Center. Miss Martha Lippett acted as chairman. After the business meeting, Miss Ida Bercovici read a chapter from "The Immortal Adventure" by Irma Lindhelm.
Former Omahans to Boost Cornhuskers A communication from the Omaha Club of New York tells that at least ten members will be in the stadium to root for their former home state's gridders in their week-end- tussle with the West Point Cadets' football stars. The Omahans write that they are especially anxious to see some of the Omaha members.of the Nebraska University squad in action. Tickets to the game are being arranged for the group by Cadet Meyer A. Braude, Omaha student at the Army institution. The club is presenting its second Annual Masque Ball at the Welcome House in New York, on Thanksgiving eve, November 28. Plans for this affair include the presentation of a number of high grade professional entertainers.
FATHERS AND SONS BANQUET A T U C C. IS AJHG:SUCCESS One-Act Play, Paul Spor, and Herbert Fisher Furnish Entertainment. 350 ATTEND Three hundred and fifty men and boys attended the largest and most elaborate Fathers and Sons banquet ever held at the Jewish Community Center, at the Center Sunday evening. The Fathers and. Sons banquet is always one of the largest affairs of the Center's season, and this year surpassed all previous ..records. Tables decorated with j)ink chrysanthemums, and made bright with the paper caps which v*eire favors of the evening, were stretched in every corner of the auditorium. Fred White, toastmaster, opened the program while the serving was yet in progress, and kept it going until after 9 o'clock. An appeal to fathers to be more liberal in showing their affection for their sons was made by Judge Irvin Stalmaster, who gave the address for the fathers. David Saxe gave the talk for the sons, in a well written and well delivered paper. Rabbi Frederick Conn gave the invocation which opened the formal program. The evening's entertainment included tricks and magic by Herbert • Fisher, a period of entertainment by Paul Spor and a number of dancers from the Riviera theater, and a oneact play presented by the Center Players Guild. Paul Spor was greeted by an outburst of enthusiasm which was repeated at the close of his entertainment. Earl Siegal, Fay Klein. Bess Weinstein. Mary Claire Shames and George Cohen played an amusing play, "Two Crooks and a Lady." in which one helpless invalided but very determined lady outwitted two crooks and saved her diamond necklace. Mrs. Herman Jahr directed the production. Arrangements for the banquet and the serving were wholly in charge of a committee of the Jewish Welfare organization, of which Mrs. F. J. Alberts and Mrs. J. M. Malashock were chairmen. Women who worked were: Mrs. W. L. Holzman, Mrs. H. A. Wolf, Mrs. Harry Lapidus, Mrs. Philip Sher, Mrs. Harry Malashock, Mrs. Harry Rachman, Miss Blanche Zimman, Mrs. B. A. Simon, Mrs. L. Stalmaster, Mrs. A. Silverman, Mrs. Sophye Monsky, Mrs. A. Somberg, Mrs. Samuel Gerson, Mrs. Harry Gross, Mrs. M. Kogan of Minneapolis, Mrs. Irvin Stalmaster, Mrs. William Alberts, Mrs. Dave Sherman, Mrs. Sam Beber, Mrs. Harry Braviroff, Mrs. Max Holzman, Mrs. Sam Cohen, Mrs. Charles Levinson, Mrs. Abner Kaiman, Mrs. S. G. Saltzman, Mrs. David Greenberg, Mrs. S. Frohm, Mrs. Ernest Meyer, Miss Bess Stalmaster, Miss Bess Haykin, Miss Esther Potash, Miss Helen Sherman, Miss Dorothy Muskin, Miss Freda Bolker, Miss Bernice Sherman and Miss Minette Sterling. Community singing, led by Samuel Gerson and accompanied by Miss Anne Ruback, ,began and ended the affair, which was sponsored by the social service committee of the B'nai B'rith and the Jewish Welfare Federation, Dr. Philip Sher, chairman.
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to Speak ANTI-EVOLUTION Sam Beber at Service Tonight IENDES ADVISES LAWS DENOUNCED BY RABBICOHN SAKHEORIN Deplores Acts Encroaching on Free Speech and Personal Liberty Rights. TELLS OF SMITH ARREST Free speech and personal liberty are getting one setback after another in this country, and are creating a very serious situation, according to Rabbi Frederick Cohn. who made this topic the subject of his first current topics talk for the series sponsored by the Council of Jewish Women. The lecture was given to an audience of 50 women at the Jewish Community Center Tuesday morning. Rabbi Cohn told of the arrest and imprisonment of Charles Smith, head of the Society for Atheism. when he sought to oppose the enactment of anti-evolution law in Arkansas last election day. "I do not sympathize with Smith because he is an atheist," the Rabbi said; "I think he is mistaken and foolish. But I do hold it an outrage that is hardly conceivable in America in 1928, that a man who expresses his views peaceably and tries to influence others in a peaceable manner, should be convicted of blasphemy and punished. I believe that in days to come he will be a hero and a martyr, not because of his atheism but in spite of it. He will be a martyr to the cause of free speech." Rabbi Cohn declared that antievolution laws are a menace to the country, and a nullification of the right of intellectual liberty. The passing of such a law puts a premium on ignorance, he said, and prevents the teaching of half a dozen important sciences which are= based on the law of evolution. "It is absurd to imagine that state senators and representatives are able to pass upon the ruth of a scientific doctrine," he said. Rabbi Cohn declared that the country could have prevented the present wave of bigotry, by standing out against it years ago. He expressed the opinion that the last election showed the results of religious intolerance, and was largely determined by dislike for the Catholic. "We whose country started out on the theory of separation of church and state are in danger of being given an established church," he said.
DAUGHTERS OF ZION TO GIVE BAIL JAN. 13 The Daughters of Zion will hold a ball at the City Auditorium Jan. 13. in an effort to raise $1,000 necessary to complete the purchase of a tract of land in Palestine that the local organization plans to donate to the Hebrew Teachers* College. To date, the Omaha Daughters of Ziou have transmitted $2,000 to the Jewish National Fund for the purpose of buying this land. The total purchase price of the plot is $3,000. The College will build a boarding house for its students on the ground. The building will bear the name of the local society. Randall's Royal 15-piece orchestra will play at the ball.
DONORS TO ORPHAN SOCIETY ASKED TO MEET The Ladies' Jewish Orphan Society will hold a mass meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 2 o'clock at the B'nai Jacob Synagogue at 24th and Nicholas. All those who have at any time contributed to the organization are asked to be present to help decide upon the disposal of the Orphan Home at 25th and California which the organization has maintained for about eight years. It has been urged by some that there is no longer a need for the Home, and for this reason, the meeting is called to decide on the future status of the building.
TEMPLE ISRAEL Rabbi Frederick Conn's subject for Friday evening, November 23, at Temple Israelwill be "America." The sermon will be a Thanksgiving message. On Saturday, November 24, his topic will be "Dreamers of the Ghetto.""
The second Friday Evening Service corfdueted by the Senior Council of the Jewish Community Center proved as highly successful as the first one, the cold rainy weather failing to deter the members of the congregation. Henry Monsky was the speaker of the evening. In a talk that was received with great enthusiasm, the prominent attorney related many personal experiences, illustrating tbe value of Jewish education. The speaker at this week's service will be Sam Beber. He will speak on "The Jewish Agency." The Senior Council invites everyone, young and old, to come and participate in these Friday Evening Services.
FAMOUS JEWISH ACTOR WILL PLAY Boris Thomashefeky Opens Here Thanksgiving Night. TO PLAY AT STRAND Boris Thomashefsky in "Back to His People," and in the great Jewish operetta. "Der Chazen mit der Chazente," will be presented to Omaha audiences on November 29 and 30 at the Strand Theater. Thomashefsky, greatest of Jewish actors, last year played at the Broadway Theater in New York with Rudolph Schildkraut, and later toured the Argentine for nine months. He is making his initial
Boris Thoma.shefsky tour of the Rocky Mountain states and is bringing with him a supporting company of ten people, all well known on the Yiddish stage. David Belasco in writing his impressions of Thomashefsky's work in "Back to His People." says : "It gives me the utmost pleasure to see you in your splendid performance of "Back to His People; It was a truly great bit of characterization, so true to life, so Ininisn. so full of pathos and humor, and the thousand and one little touches you gave, makes the play stand out a living performance. Your entire company did great work. As a Jew I was proud to be there and to see this clever acting. With warmest congratulations and the most sincere good wishes for a continuation of your success." Those assisting Mr. Thomashefsky in his two plays are: Regina Zukerberg. Harry Thomashefsky. Bernice Silbert, Elizabeth Silbert, lsidor Viernik, Harry Sherman and Al Silbert. Mr. Harry Zarewsky is presenting- the productions.
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Points Out Need for Jewish International Supreme Court. SPEAKS OVER RADIO New York (J. T. X.)—A suggestion for the revival of the »Sanhedrin, the Jewish religious supreme court, in Jerusalem for deciding new qxiestions which are arising in modern times due to the economic nnd social changes, was made by Dr. H. Pereira Mendes. aged Orthodox Rabbi and first president of the Union of Orthodox Congregations in the United States and Canada, in an address he delivered Tuesday evening over the radio from station WJZ. The occasion was '•« radio dinner" arranged by the Union of Orthodox Congregations as a tribute to Rev. Mendes" fifty years of sen-ice. Dr. Elmer E. Brown, chancellor of New York University; Dr. David de Sola Pool. Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue: Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, were the speakers at the •'invisible dinner." "The time has come when we are able to re-convene our Supreme Court called Sanhedrin. We need to decide upon the many religious points that are brought up by modern civilization, by modern scientific discoveries, by the present needs, duties and calls of modern life. I say to you we have no choice in the matter if we are Orthodox Jews. For it is a mighty principle of Orthodox Judaism that we are to be guided by the Bible. You will read in Deuteronomy that when any question arises which we cannot decide at home, we are to go to tbe central authority in Jerusalem, a Supreme Court, a Sanhedrin," Dr. Mendes declared. "The Sanhedrin would lie composed of religious, judicial and lay representatives of the .Jewish population in various countries.'"
Burton Pelersess. Next Ad Class Lecturer Burton B. Petersen will be the lecturer of the Jewish Community Center Advertising: Class Monday evening. He will give n chalk talk and practical demonstrations of layout work. He will talk on merchandising copy. Mr. Petersen has been in the advertising business in Omaha for many rears r?nfl is novr with the Worlcl-Hernlrt. The lecture will begin promptly at S :15 P. II. Monday evening and, according to Nathan E. Green, director of the course, tins- will be the first of a series of practical work to be demonstrated to the class. "We have dealt with the principles of artvertissng in the first two lectures." said Mr. Green, "and the lectures will now be on layouts and merchandising." Morris E, Jacobs of Bozell & Jacobs v;ns the speaker at the last meeting Monday evening. All those who wish to attend the course should register now at the .Jewish Community Center.
French Aviator Discovers Jewish Colony in Heart of Africa New York (J. T. A.)—A flourishing and tranquil Jewish community, numbering several thousand souls, in the heart of the African desert, surrounded on all sides by garage and semi-civilized Moor and Berber tribes, is the discovery of M. Rene Leblond. French consul at Akka in Southern Morocco, declares Pierre Van Paassen, staff correspondent of the New York Evening World, in Paris correspondence to that paper. M. Leblond -descended on the outskirts of the Jewish settlement when his plane, forming part of a mapmaking expedition in the Sahara desert, strayed from its companions, developed engine trouble and was forced to come to earth. The Jews informed him that their settlement bore the name of Alouna and that he was at that point 'a ten-day journey by caravan from the proverbially unattainable Timbuctoo.
Recalling the experiences of several other French avintors who were forced to land in hostile desert territory recently and who were taken prisoner by the Bedouin tribes, to i>e released only upon payment of heavy ransom money. M. Leblond states in his report that he was extremely apprehensive lest a similar fate, or worse, befall him at the hands of the crowds, of white-gowned people that he observed below. He goes on to say in his report, registered with the Geographical Society of France, that his surprise was more than agreeable when, upon reaching terra flrma, the folks surrounded his crippled airplane and l>y all manner of signs ami token indicated that he was a welcome visitor nnd an honored guest. M. Leblond was taken to the home of the oldest inhabitant, a venerable (Continued on Page 2)