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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 8, 1929
VOL.
VII.—No. 6
Palestine Administration HARRY H. LAPIDUS IS Jewess From Austria Appropriate Sum MRS. A. GREENBERG Soviet DR. STRONG SEES In World Beauty Contest No Expense to Britain For Jewish Colonization RE-ELECTED HEAD GIVEN HIGH OFFICE RISE OF RUSSIA OFWELFARE GROUP IN DENVER HOSPITAL TO WORLD POWER t
Jewish Women's Welfare Organization Election of Officers Held Tuesday COMMITTEES REPORT ON PAST \ EAR'S ACnVITL At a meeting of the Jewish Women's "Welfare Organization, held on .Tuesday, February 5th at the Jewish Community Center, Mrs.. A. Greenberg- was re-elected president; Mrs. Harry Kachman, vice-president; Mrs.
Moscow (J. T. Af)—The appropriations of the Soviet government to assist impoverished: Jews to settle on the land in 1929 will total 3,100,000 roubles, by - a " decision of the a d ; ministrative territorial commission of the "Wzik, Central Executive Commitee. -; The. million one hundred thousand, roubles of this amount are taken from the Soviet government budget, while 1,000,000 roubles will be provided by the Soviet-agricultural bank. The commission also announced today that the area of 109,000 hectares in Crimea will be turned over for Jewish land settlement on March 1.
RABBI TfllSHffAS JPHOPBET OF THE.NEW RUSSIA Lands Famous Author In Current Topic Lecture AtJ.C.C. 1929
TOLSTOY CENTENARY
Born exactly a .hundred years ago and dead three years before the outbreak of the World War, Tolstoy was the prophet of the new Russia and one of the most powerful forces for the passing of the old, Rabbi Frederick Cohn declared in his current topics talk to the Council of Jewish Women's group, at the Jewish Community Center Tuesday —Photo by Matsuo morning. t Mrs. A. . Greenberg "Tolstoy was not a revolutionist Dolly Elgutter, recording secretary; Mrs, Wm. L. fiolzman and Miss nor a nihilist," Rabbi Cohn said. Blanche Zimman, financial secretar- "He did not believe 'in violence of ies; . Mrs. Chas. Levinson, treasurer, any kind. But his words were-batand Mrs. Nate Mantel, honorary pre- tles and his sentences were hejroic deeds. By ..his writing' alone, he sident,-— -^— •—?•..••Eev. James. F, "Borer, head of.the brought in the new day."' Catholic-Charities,'gave a most inRabbi Cohn uttered an appeal for teresting talk ..on "Some Phases of the prophets',of the present day, "Welrare^Wdrii" "He" spoke "in -glow- anddefining a prophet as one who is ing terms of.the worF of the Jewish a critic of his time, natried Wells and Communj*y Center and the Jewish Shaw as living prophets, Emerson, Welfare "Federation; also giving the he said, was the greatest American women's organization credit for a prophet. good many of the accomplishments Rabbi Cohn also praised highly the Mrs. F. W. Carmichael, head of the life and devotion of "the Countess Social Service Exchange, briefly ex- Tolstoy. plained the.-advantages of the Ex"What did she. not have to put up change in avoiding duplication of with as the wife of an erratic genrelief efforts. ius!" he exclaimed. " S h e was the During the year, the Jewish Wom- mother of 13 children, she looked en's Welfare Organization made the after her husband, attended to his following contributions, in order to business affairs and to the estate, encourage the various institutions: took charge , of his copyrights, and Jewish Community Center $150.00 kept the household together." Omaha Community Chest... 300.00 Rabbi Cohn described the spiritual Camp Morris Levy. 150.00 crisis which Tolstoy went through Mrs. Langfeld's Fund towards at the age of 50. providing • luncheons for "He emerged profoundly religious school children 45.00 and gave a full trial to orthodox The Relief Committee, consisting Christianity. But he came to a later of Mrs. Harry A. Wolf, Mrs. Philip Sher, Miss .Blanche Zimman and Mrs. point where he dropped his orthoReuben Kulakofsky, again gave of doxy, practiced and taught the relitheir time and effort toward reliev- gion of Jesus in its purest form, and ing want and distress, and many a was excommunicated by the Greek family has been made happy through Orthodox' church. Peace, love, unity, brotherhood were his teaching." their efforts. One of the outstanding achievements of the year was the Seventh Annual Father and Son Banquet, held a t the Jewish Community Center on Sunday, November 18th. The Jewish Women's Welfare Organization looked after the details of serving 300 fathers and sons. I t was an affair that will remain for a long time in the memories -of all those present. The Social Committee,, consisting of Mrs. F. J. Alberts and Mrs. J. M. Malashock, together with members of the organization were responsible for the details. Other committee chairmen appointed for the year were: Membership Cimmittee^ "• Mrs. I. Stalmaster. Program Committee, Mrs Herman Jahr. Courtesy Committee, Mrs. Harry H. Lapidus. Sewing Committee, Mrs. Dolly Elgutter. Needle Guild Committee, Mrs. L. Graetz and MTS. D. Green. Dance Committee, Mrs. Philip Sher. It was announced that the annua' bridge tea would be held at the Jewish Community Center Auditorium on Tuesday, March 19th at 2 o'clock, with Mrs. Nate - Mantel in charge of tickets for the affair.- Mrs. , F . J . Alberts and Mrs. J. M. Malashock will be in charge of the tea arrangements: :-•_.' ' : The membership committee, -with Mrs. 1. Stalmaster, chairman, reported the following new members: Mrs. Max Sterhberg, Mrs. S. Wertheimer, Mrs. M. Linzman, Mrs. Lester Meyer, Mrs. H. B. Milder, Mrs. Max Holzman, Mrs. Phil. Schwartz, Mrs. I. D. Weiss, Mrs- Dave Goldman, and Mrs. Sam Beber.
MARY P. WHEELER TO SPEAK ATJ.C.C. FEB. 13 The next lecture on the Social Service series •will be delivered by Miss Mary P . Wheeler, general secretary of the United Charities of St. Paul, on Wednesday, February 13, at 8:15 p. m. a t • the Jewish Community Center. She will speak on the subject of family welfare. • Miss Wheeler has taught sociology at Simmons College, Boston. She has been an outstanding speaker at a number of the sessions of the National Conference of Social Work. A? an authority on family welfare, the subject of her Omaha, adress, she has been asked by the American Association for Organizing Family Social -Work to visit various cities to advise executives in their work. Arrangements for the lecture are being made by Mr. Samuel Gerson, who is chairman of the program committee of the Omaha Council of Social Agencies.;' . •.
3 OMAHANS GET AWARDS Among- those who were awarded tuition scholarships" .t the University of Nebraska this week for the current semester 'were David Fellman in the College of Arts and Sciences, Mortan A. Richards in the College of Business Administration, and Jack L. Kosowsky in the College of Engineering.
Noted Lecturer Describes Upheaval of Chinese' Masses In J. CTalk RABBI ABBA fflLLEL SILVER NEXT SPEAKER
London (J. T. A.)—The,Palestine administration involves no charge on the British exchequer, declared Understate Secretary of the; Colonial Office Ormsby-Gore, in reply to a Three Other Omahans Elected question put by Percy A. Hurd, ConAs Trustees of National : servative. • Jewish Hospital The Iraq administration costs Great Britain £25,000 toward the LAPIDUS PROPOSAL IS maintainance of t h e : High .CommisACCEPTED BY MEETING sioner there. • ''• Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary in the Mr. Harry H. Lapidus of Omaha Air Ministry, replied to Mr. Hurd's was signally honored Tuesday when question t h a t . the British forces in he was elected first vice-president of Iraq consist of five squadrons of air- the National Jewish Hospital in craft and one armored" car regiment. The Palestinian and Trans Jordanian air force is made up of one squadron of aircraft and one armored car regiment.
Dr. Anna Louis Strong, noted author and lecturer, fresh from a tour of China, predicted the rise.of that country to the position of a dominant world power within the next half century in a talk on : t h e . subject,'-"China Aflame," .at the "Jewish Community Center: Tuesday^evening. The lecture was; the second of the series being sponsored by the Center and i h e Council of Jewish; Women. Dr. Strong described - a t " - great length all the struggles through which China has gone, from r -the downfall of the old Manchn- Empire to the rise of the present conservative nationalists to power.. She, com- Leaders of Reform Jewry to pared the Chinese situation with: that Meet in San Francisco found in Europe in the Middle Ages, Feb. 10-15 saying that the conditions', were <• so parallel that the best place to study FEATURE SYMPOSIUMS European -Medieval history was in China. The rise of small territorial Mrs. Charles C. Rosewater will generals with their bandit troops was represent Temple Israel of Omaha at described as similar to the feudal the Thirty-first Council of the Union system of Europe. of American Hebrew Congregations "The greatest thing in this cen- to be held February 10—15 in San tury," said Dr. Strong, "is the send- Francisco. Approximately six hunding of American machinery into red of the leaders of reform Jewry Asia." She attributes the Russian in America are expected to attend and Turkish revolutions to the eco- the biennial affair. The features of the convention will nomic effects caused by the introduction of American methods and be symposiums of "Judaism and the ideas, and she prophesized Chinese Modern World," "Judaism and Soand probably Indian revolutions in ciety," and "Judaism and the Individual Man". The discussions will the future for the same reason. Dr. Strong; stated that American be lead by various prominent rabbis. The convention will be presided capital is the most powerful influence in Chinese life today and will con- over by Mr. Ludwig Vogelstein, of tinue' so for s t least t h e . next ten New York, national chairman of the years. The present government is Union. very favorable to foreign capital, being made up considerably of students who have been educated in foreign countries. The spread of the nationalist movement under the leadership of the late Sun Yat Sen was credited by Dr. Strong for having accomplished four Everything is set for the big benimportant things, namely: The efit dance for the Wise Memorial awakening of the peasant and laborHospital to be given by the Hai Rest ing classes to a knowledge of their collective power, the stirring up of their interest in their own government, the recognition of and the desire fox education of the masses, and the emancipation of the .women. Russian advisors were largely responsible for the infusion of these new ideas. The famous lecturer expressed her opinion that the present conservative government will remain in power for some time inasmuch as it has the capitalistic interests of China and the rest of the world behind it. She pointed out, however, that there are two major problems that remain to be solved by the government. The first is the disposal of the multitudinous petty generals that inJest the land, and the second is the satisfying of the demands of the "masses for more freedom and opportunity. Following the lecture, Mrs. J. H. Kulakof sky, who served as chairman of the evening, announced that Dr. Bernice Ferer Strong would answer any.' questions of members of the audience on either Fraternity in the ballroom of • the China or Russia. Many availed Hotel Fontenelle Thursday night, February 14". themselves of the opportunity. Miss Bernice Ferer, in charge of The next lecture on the course series will be that of Rabbi Abba the girls' ticket committee, is enthuHillel, of Cleveland, Ohio, on Mon- siastic about the number of tickets day, February 25. His subject will which the members of the commitb"Jew and Gentile, Will They tee have sold. The girls will make their final report at a buffet supper Ever Meet?" (Continued on Page 4)
MINNEAPOLIS. SIOUX CITY, AND DES MOINES A. Z. A. TOURNEY VICTORS
W& ROSEWATER TO REPRESENT TEMPLE ISRAEL AT COUNCIL
WISE HOSPITAL BENEFIT DANCE OF HAI RESH TO BE FEBRUARY 14
Girls!—Stop, Look and Listen! The Jewish feminity of the city is invited to enter the "Miss J. C. C." contest to be held in the gym of the Center Saturday evening in connection with the dance following the basketball game. Three judges have been selected but are being concealed as a safety measure. Beauty of face and figure arid personality will be the criteria upon which the award will be made. Louis M. Shanok, assistant executive secretary of the Center, is in charge of arrangements.
MRS. NEWMAN TO HEAD HADASSAH MEMBER DRIVE Mrs. Henry Newman has been appointed chairman of the local committee of the Hadassah for its February membership campaign. During this month, every chapter in the country ir to make strenuous efforts to increase their memberships by at least one third. Assisting Mrs. Newman on the committee will be Mesdames J. J. Friedman, Max FromMn, O. C. Goldner, Abe Greenspan, M. F . Levenson, B. A. Simon, and Julias Stein.
BIKUR CHOLIM SOCIETY
Vienna (J. T. A.) — Miss Lies! Goldarbeiter, nineteen year old daughter of a middle class Jewish family of this city, was chosen "Miss Austria" to represent the country at the international beauty contest to be National Head of Zionist Organization of America to Discuss held in Paris soon. Jewish Agency Miss Goldarbeiter, who is a brunette, was selected from among FAMOUS LEADER MAKING 1,200 entrants. By the process of j TOUR OF UNITED STATES elimination 43 Austrian girls entered the final competition and Miss GoldMr. Louis Lipsky, national presiarbeiter was chosen by a jury of dent of the Zionist Organist of Amefive. The French Minister was rica, will be the principal speaker present when the choice was anat a public meeting: to be held Wednounced. nesday, February IS, at the Jewish Miss Goldarbeiter works in her father's dry goods store. She has never used cosmetics, it was declared.
Local Representatives Fail to Win In Any of Three Competitions BALL ENDS TOURNEY
Harry H. Lapidus Denver at the annual meeting of the Hospital Association held there Tuesday. Mr. Lapidus was previously fifth vice-president. Dr. Wm. S. Friedman, who was first vice-president, was elected to the presidency to succeed Dr. Wm. B. Woolner of Peoria, El. Three other Omahans received recognition of their services by being elected trustees of the institution. They, were Judge Irvin StalmasteT, Jlenry -Monsky.^;ISIKL Leo. EgsenthaL Mr. Lapidus and Judge Stalmaster were the principal speakers at the great public banquet which closed the sessions of the convention Tuesday evening. Mr. Lapidus spoke on the wonderful accomplishments of the hospital in the past and the glorious promise for the future. He spoke with great enthusiasm regarding the research that has been conducted there, especially the development of the potato as a culture medium for tuberculosis bacilli. The sessions were chiefly occupied by reports of the past year's efforts. One of the most important measures adopted was a plan proposed by Mr. Lapidus to divide the country into regions and to form regional organizations in order to carry on the necessary work in these territories in securing the needed support for the institution. Mr. Lapidus was elected chairman of the committee to plan and organize the regional committees and was authorized to form the first region immediately. It will probably include Nebraska and the states in its immediate vicinity.'
Junior Hadassah Supper Is Termed Big" Success Approximately ninety girl attended the Junior Hadassah Chummy supper held last Wednesday evening at the Elks Club. The affair was termed a huge success by the girls, the attendance being the largest ever recorded for similar occasions. The chiefs talks were delivered by Mrs. Max Fromkin, sponsor of the club; Rose Fine, president, and Anne Greenberg, chairman of the committee in charge. The feature of the evening was an elaborate pageant in which various girls presented scenes depicting the work of Hadassah in Palestine. Mary Claire Shames directed the performance. , Recitations by Carolyn Diamond, vocal solos by Sadie Beber, dances by Mollye Grossman and by Ida and Anne Bishoff were all received with great enthusiasm. The committee responsible for the success of the affair was composed of Anne Greenberg, chairman; Rose Eosenstein, Clara Winer, Hilda Gilinsky, Sarah Yaffee, and Bess Spar.
DEBORAH SOCIETY
The next regular meeting of the The Bikur Cholim Society will hold Deborah Society will be held at the a regular meeting Monday, afternoon, Jewish Community Center on TuesFebruary 11, at 2 o'clock at the day, -Feb. 12, at 2:30 P. M. Mr. Louis M. Sbanok "will be the speaker. Synago^je at 25th and Seward.
• Sioux City, Des Moines, and Minneapolis Chapters of the Aleph Zadik Aleph were the winner* of the midwestern A. Z. A. tournament held February 1-3, in Des Moines, la. Burnell Koolish and Milton Emelein from Sioux City were the winning debate combination, Joe Karesh of Minneapolis was supreme among tbr orators, while the Des Moines basketball team had little difficulty IT capturing the athletic laurels. Both Omaha chapters and the Conned Bluffs group fared badly, the Omaha Chapter No. 1 basketball team being the only one to survive any of the first rounds. Frank l i p p and Abe Fellman of Chapter No.' 1 were eliminated from the-deb&te- tournament - by .St. ..Paul, while.. Ephraim Marks and Irving Perimeter of the Century Chapter lost to Winnipeg, Canada- Both debates were close, the decisions being 2 to 1 in each case. Council Bluffs represented by Abe Katelman and Sal Michnick, was defeated by the Sioux City orators. Omaha Chapter No. 1 and the local Century Chapter opposed each other inthe first round of the basketball competition, the match ending in defeat for the latter by the score of 20-14. The winners, however, lost their next game to Des Moines by an overwhelming score. Sam Fregger, Russel Blumenthal, and Abe Saltzman spoke for Omaha Chapter No. 1, the Century Chapter, and the Council Bluffs fraternity respectively in the oratorical contest. The contests were held at the Jewish Commcnity Center in Des Moines under the general supervision of Sam Rubinson, national senior deputy of this A. Z. A. district. An elaborate ball concluded the tournament Sunday evening. Returning local competitors expressed warm gratitude for the hospitality shown them in the Iowa capitol. The national finals in these competitions will be held in Memphis. Tenn., February 22, 23, and 24.
Louis Lipsky
Community Center, at S:lci T. M. under the auspices of the local Zionist District. The Zionist executive is famous for his oratory and is expected to bring out one of the largest gatherings of Omaha Jews in recent years. His topic, one that has been the chief subject of international Jewish interest for pome time, will be "The JS'ew Unvty of Jewish Life,*'' * apeeci* dealing with the latest developments in the pjctenpion of the ,1ewish Agency, Mr. Lipsky has ,iu.«t returned from the Berlin, meeting- of the General Council of the World Zionist Organisation where the fins! plans, for creating the joint body of Zionists and non-Zionists vTre approved. The American leader hns been one of the most prominent supporters of the plan. Lipsky, who is now traveling in the interests of the nation-wide membership campaign of the Zionist Organization, is considered one of ih* outstanding figtires not only in American, but in World Jewish circles. His work in behalf of tlie Zionist movement dates back a quarter of ft century. The merit of his labors lias caused him to be honored with some of the hiphest offices bestowable by his co-workers. At the World Zionist Congress held, in Carlsbad in 1{>2S» Lipsky was elected vice-president end one of the five members of the World Executive committee. At the Basle Congress, the latter honor w*u? again bestowed upon him. After serving the American org-ani^ation in various capacities during the cjuartpr of P century, Lipsky elected it? president at the PaffeJo Comrention in 1926. The quality of his service is tiliown by the fact that DRIVE FOR PALESTINE he has been successively re-elected LABOR GROUP ORGANIZED to this highest American Zionist post At a meeting held Wednesday eve- at the Atlantic City Convention of ning, Feb. 6, at the Jewish Commun- 1827 and ity Center, a permanent organization of 1928. •was formed to conduct a drive for the National Labor Committee of Palestine. The campaign will be SAM WERTHEIMER AGAIN opened by a mass meeting Feb. 20 HEAD OF WISE HOSPITAL at the Center at which Dr. David Rabelsky of New York will be the At the annual meeting1 of tlie Wise principal speaker. Memorial Hospital held last Sutidaj', The officers of the organization Mr. Sam Wertheimer was reeleet^u! are: I. Morgenstem, chairman: Dr. president. Mr. Joe Wolf was elected I. Dansky, treasurer; and J. L. "VTolf- vice-president, Mr. M. Herzberg wAs son, secretary. chosen treasurer, and Rabbi Frederick Cohn was selected as secretary. Mr. Sol Degen was appointed to the TWO JEWISH STUDENTS HEAD "ECHOES" STAFF Board of Director? of the institution.
Joseph Solomonow, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Solomonow o£ Council Bluffs, Iowa, was chosen as editorin-chief of the "Echoes, 5 the weekly newspaper of the Abraham Lincoln High School He is a Senior at the high school. Miss Marian Katelman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Katelman has been chosen as news editor for the "Echoes." She is a junior at the school. Both students have established remarkable scholarship records, having received fife "A's" for their semester grade.
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MINNIE GOLDENBGRG PASSES AWAY TUESDAY
Mrs. Minnie Golde.nberg, 87, a ireRident of Omaha for 57 years, died Tuesday at a local hospital. She was born at Odessa, Russia, coming from there to' Omaha. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Schlaifer, and three sons, Jay, Harry and Morris Goldenberg, all of Omaha. Funeral services were hfld Tuesday from the. Jewish funeral home. Burial was in Pleasant Hill