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STEADY^; N1NG OF CONatttVATIVE

Endow Chemistry Chair At Hebrew University

OMAHA, NEBRASKA,, FRIDAY JULY 19, 1929

Is An Economic Crisis

VOL.

Bernard Baron to Be Made Peer Is Report

VII.—No* 27

LEHMAN AIDS IN SETTLING STRIKE IN NEW YORK CITY

Jerusalem. — (J. T. A.) — Lord London.—(J. T. A.)—Bernard BarMelchett and his brother Robert Mond on, English Jewish philanthropist, will are planning; to. establish a Chair of be made a Peer for his services to his Chemistry, at the Hebrew,. University Labor party, it is stated in well-inin memoryof their father, Ludwig, it formed circles. Rabbinical Assembly Hears Mod- is learned here. Mr. Baron will be honored both for 19,000 In Ladies Garment Inern Orthodoxy Curbing The Imperial Chemical Industries, dustry Return to Work as bis services to the present governRadical Reforms Lord Melchett's company, has since Pact Is Signed ment party and-for bis large contriblast May maintained* an assistant in By JOSEPH SALMARK utions to charity and the earns he has SECULAR INVASION OF the Laboratory for Applied Chemistry distributed-among his employees in SWEAT SHOPS' DOOM Wherever Jewt 'have participated billion dollar food' combination, An economic problem of overSYNAGOGUE IS FLAYED in the Hebrew University, defraying IS AGREEMENT'S PLAN whelming proportions is facing* a in the economic! ttfe of a country formed by J. P. Morgan, in com- his tobacco factories. the expenses for materials and sermajority of the'Jews of the United Long Branch, N. J.—-(J. T^ A.)— vices. New -York.—(J. T. A.)—The itrike States. Though it is only-gradual- they have, in xonsiderable numbers, bination with Fleischmann's, means That traditional Judaism, otherwise in the ladies garment industry, affectly being appreciated, it. has caused become the middle-men of the pop- not only a monopoly on the sources known as Conservative Judaism, as a situation which has already' ulation, the small merchant of every of food, but ultimately the establishing 80,000 workers, wa* brought to an directly affected hundreds of thous- type of productasr^|rhere are a num- ment of a chain of stores which will expounded by the graduates of the official close Sunday with the formal ands of Jews. In this- resume of ber of reasons for ithis situation, due dot the country.- At the present time Jewish Theological Seminary- of signing of an agreement by reprethe situation Mr.' Salmark', a'keen America, is constantly gaining ground sentatives of the union and the emobserver, points out that the rise largely, howeverr*> the limited eco- such institutions as the - Atlantic and among American congregations and of the gigantic chain . stores and nomic opportunity which was allowed Pacific Tea Co., Butler's and similar ployers^ groups'involved. The cerethe huge food products and other the Jews. When, hey came to this chains are proving .such effective and that under the influence of Conservamonies took place in the Governor's corporations is forcing many Jew- country they nat rally drifted into ruthless competition - that many of Duplicates Feat of Sister in Win- room and were attended by Lieutenant tive rabbis and the acceptance of their ish merchants to the wall." This ning Scholarship in doctrines and practices by a growing Several New Graduate and UnGovernor Herbert H. Lehman, who as study is of importance for -an the type of busjtt ss which they had the Jewish grocers are finding themContest number of congregations, Reform conducted in ottos countries. As a selves pressed to the wall. Governor Roosevelt'B representative, understanding of the economic dergraduate' Courses Planned leaders are abandoning their radical changes which so vitally-, affect result, a substaivl al portion, if not has played a leading part in the For Next Y«ar The same-story can be told of the TO STUDY IN CHICAGO The. Editor. the majority, of American- Jewry is American Jewry. views, were the assertions made by peace negotiations, and Mayor James Jewish tobacco merchants who find Rabbi Elias Margolis of Emanu-El to be found in the small stores. In J. Walker. 18,000 workers returned PLAN $500,000 BUILDING their personal' interest in their .The trend of American business Dorothy Lustgarten, popular young ; Synagogue, Mount Vernon, New York, big city and small town, the Jew to work Tuesday. customers of no avail against the has, for the last three or fouij violinist of this city, was announced -in a-paper read-at the- Rabbinical AsAnnouncement of the amicable setJerusalem.-r-(J..T. A.)—-At.the clos- decades, been toward consolidation is to be seen the owner of price^tting of the United Cigar this week as the winner of the Jacques sembly in session at New "Rowland ing exercises of the summer [ sessions arid combination. So powerful'has grocery .stores/ • delicatessen shops, Stores chain, which is daily becomGordon scholarship at the American tlement of the strike, with agreement Hotel here. ' of the Hebrew University, Dn Judah this, tendency been that no -anti-trust shoe stores, dryS goods establish- ing more powerful. Even the shoe Conservatory of Music, Chicago. She on all points by all factors was made • In the paper rwhich described the in- L. Magnes, Chancellor of the Univer-> law has been able to halt the -prog- ments,' candy stores, tobacco shops field has been invaded by such invon the coveted prize in open com- last Friday evening by Lieutenant fluence of Conservative Judaism on sity, announced the establishment of ress of the mergers. "But within .the and bakeries. \s' stitutions as Regal's, which set up petition with entrants from all parts Governor Lehman, following a conferAmerican Judaism, Rabbi Margolis re- several scholarships. ,; &, scholarship last' few years these rhefg'efg have The Jews have been making a liv- retail' stores in every big and many of the "United States. She receives ence in the office of the Imperial viewed the developments in Jewish re- for public health Studies was provided been so numerous, so all-embracing ing in, their. res| ective shops, .very of the little communities throughout as her reward a free course of violin Chairman, Raymond V. Ingersoll, atligious life in the United States dur- by the children of Mr. arid Mrs. Felix and so far-reaching that the period rarely building u{ large fortunes on the country. instruction under Jacques Gordon, tended by representatives of the Ining the first quarter of the present M. Warburg, for philosophy by the might well be called, that; of ;the the profits front' their small estabThe situation's effect is multiplied famous concert master of the Chicago dustrial 'Council, the Jobbers and the century when Conservative Judaism, Palestine Scholarship Association of Economic Revolution. And> the Eco- lishments.. They| have contractors. • • integrated a thousandfold in Greater New York Symphony orchestra. under "the: guidance of, the "Jewish Boston, for classics by the Sigma Al- nomic Revolution threatens to leave themselves into ti s life of their comAccording to the terms of the agreeand its vicinity, where thousands In winning the scholarship, Miss ment, a.Commission will be formed to Theological Seminary, became a prom- pha Mu fraternity of the United in its wake far more 1 deyastatijig munity or their' neighborhood, and upon thousands of Jews are to be Lustgarten duplicated the feat of her inent factor and created what is some- States, for public speaking.by Abram consequences than resulted! from the! have become an : mportant factor in found 'in the small retail establish- sister, Miss Ida Lustgarten, who a few supervise standards in the industry times referred to as the third party I. Elkus. former United States Am- Industrial Revolution in the nine- the economic life if the country, ments.- Since there is an economic weeks ago won the Rudolph Ganz and to eliminate sub-standard and in Jewish religious life in America. bassador to Turkey, The newly es- teenth century. .-.. ~ . - ; •Today, the sit ation is rapidly depression at the present time scholarship in competition with pian- sweat.shop conditions. Emphasis on Both extreme wings, the Orthodox and tablished Hebrew University press asthis point in the agreement was laid changing; it is becoming so different generally, it is difficult to point out ists from all parts of the country. Thousands of Jews Affected the Reform, are reluctant to admit sociation willnssue a quarterly devotby Lieutenant Governor Lehman who a s to affect_ th%jeconomic life, ultiany particular signs of crisis among Dorothy, who is only sixteen years declared that the Commission would There is* one group / which : the mately, of millions of Jews. - that they have changed their positions' ed to research works. The first exthe Jewish population, but that there of age, has received all of her prevdue to the emergence of the new ele- aminations for degrees will be held Economic. Revolution" affectsZyitaUy is can be seen from the reports of ious musical training in Omaha. have no hestitancy, in making public Chains Threaten Small Owners two years hence, Dr. Magnes stated. and perhaps, to a far greater extent ment. •', its findings on wages, working hours The chain, store and the giant many of the philanthropic enter- When only thirteen years old and a and the integrity of the industry. A marked return to the traditional Sessions ofMthe .Academic Council than any other single section of the prises conducted- by the Jews. freshman at South High school she ritual and to religious observances on and of the Board of Governors of the population. That group is composed corporation threaten their economic While the question of the wage in5 attracted the attention of Eddie crease is to be held in abeyance for existence. This drastic change in the . . Philanthropies Suffer the part of Reform congregations is Hebrew University will be held in of hundreds of thousands - of <- Amerinoticeable in such. American cities and Zurich, Switzerland, beginning Au- can... Jews, whose entire economic, -life manner of conducting American big Such philanthropies as the United Brown,-a noted violinist appearing on one year, and no action was taken on towns where Gon§ervative congrega- gust 18 and continuing to August 23. is being transformed and its- very business naturally. affects all of Jewish^ Campaign and the United the Orpheum circuit. At 14 she won unemployment insurance, despite 9 jThfe establishment ,Nof undergraduate existence threatened by a phenom- America but none so immediately as Palestine Appeal- find their annual first place as violin soloist in the state last minute plea by Benjamin Schlegtions flourish. '-. .-••,,•. :; ;r ."" :•"': ""*\7"'"/ ''\ '.' .., income for their respective purposes high; school musical contests at Lin- singer, President of the International, invasionqf secularismjin the courses in-biology "andla graduate enon ' which : they'.' can hardly ' ap^ the'Jews. <olni and also was awarded a gold the agreement offers recognition of T i e recentarms?ilwe|Beat<jf a.half-; iSIn the United States has school"for- subtropical medicine' will predate, much -lessl i .medal given by the bmcoln Women's important union principles. Th« new created a menace which threatens "to ,be considered afe these meetings. The club, for scoring the. highest individual pact formally recognizes the ri£ht of drive out the Jewish God idea and realization of these plans will require MATRON'S GYM C L A S S J A T total in all events. Her score was 297 the unions to visit the shops of mfcnubring into Jewish religious life a con- an increase in the Hebrew^ University J. C. C/BECOMING POPULAR out of a possible three hundred. I facturers once every six months to budget of 18,000 pounds Sterling. At(Continued on Page 2) While a South High pupil she was j check up union membership and to .present,.the budget of rthe institution The announcement of the revival of c'alls_ for the expenditure of" 51,000 concert, master of the school orchestra. i assure itself that the workers are in the morning gym and swimming class poun4s_ Sterling" annually. ' The •UniShe graduated from high school this good standing. The discharge clause for matrons- has met with- an enthuversity authorities plan to apply the year, appearing twice last winter as a is to be modified to protect the union siastic' response at the Jewish Com5,000 Mark scholarship established by Landau-Interviews Foreign Min- munist Center. Inside of little more Morning to Be Devoted to Show- violin soloist with the Omaha Sym- both from reduction in size or waffcfe ing Schwfs Work to Parister of Balkan - •: '•'•>• than a week the attendance a t this the Jewish community in "memory of phony orchestra. , At these appear- of the; shops. The discharge of shop ents and Friends, State>' Adolph Weissman, J a/e, German Jewances she drew the attention of Sand- chairmen is to be subject to revi** class jumped from two to fourteen. ish music critic-who <jied while on-a or Harmati, symphony director, who where: the union alleges discrimina~ The class is under the-personal suPRESENT MUSICAL COMEDY "WE RESPECT JEWS*' presented herewith a letter of intro- tion due to union activity. Antwerp.—(J. T. A.)—Mordecai visit to Palestine,' has been inaugurpervision of Morris Sogolow, physical At the duction to Jacques Gordon. Shapiro, Jewish student from Pales- ated and will be used for the develdepartment head for the summer, and same time the period of reorganisaBelgrade.—(J. T. A.) — Jugoslavia The ambitious, efforts of the more Miss Lustgarten's musical instruc- tion is to be curtailed from the exist* tine' at the Gombloux Agricultural opment of Palestine music through meets every Tuesday and Thursday than two hundred children in regular tion has been under the direction of College, who stabbed the Russian stu- the university. The seventieth birth- is entirely free from the poison of morning at 10 o'clock. . attendance at the Jewish Community Mrs. Emily Cleve Gregerson. She is ing one month to one week. dent, Michaelsohi ion May 22, in a day of Prof. Otto Warburg will be anti-Semitism, declared Doja" MarinOn the other hand, the Industrial Center Summer Play School will be a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lustquarrel over a Jewish question, was marked by planting a wood in his kovic. Foreign Minister, in an interCouncil has withdrawn its demands view, he granted to Jacob Landau, honor in the'university-garden. ARABS USE HEBREW rewarded at a public exhibit of their garten, 102 South Thirty-eighth for the forty two hour week, with opgiven • a suspended sentence of five Managing Director of the Jewish TeleJerusalem.—(J. T. -A.)—The He- work to be held Sunday morning, July street. weeks' imprisonment by the district A final decision on the architect- graphic Agency who is now. visiting brew language is being, adopted by 28, at 10 o'clock. tional piece v;o'--k, and only sinftl* court of the province of Namur. * ural" plan of the Sol. Rosenblpom" Me- Jugoslovia in his tour o f European Arab merchants for their display .time for work on Saturday. As fftr On this morning, the children will The' court ordered Shapiro to pay, morial - Building to be erected ;at a' countries. as wage increase is concerned, th# v ,.. - . "signs. This. practice has penetrated meet a.% their regular classes in order Michaelson the amount of 1,200 francs cost' of $506,03o and which is to house' question will be permitted to be re"On the contrary," the Miriigtier con- to Nablus, known as an anti-Zionist to give their parents and friends an damages and stated the sentence is to the Institute of Jewish Studies and opened within a year by the impartial tinued . "we respect and love the strorighold, where a number of Arab opportunity to "watch them at work. be imposed if Shapiro is found, guilty the Assembly Hall' of .the\Hebrew Uni- Jews because the historic development chairman. The right is also vested in .merchantshave supplemented, their The feature of the morning's plans is of any offense within the next three versity, is expected to be reached at of the Serbs in many respects ran At the last meeting of the Omaha the impartial chairman to renew the years. Attorney Grafet, who acted as the Zurich session of the Hebrew Uni- parallel to that of the Jews. We suf- signs in Arabic with signs in Hebrew the assembly to be held at 11 o'clock Hebrew club it was decided to hold question of unemployment inBuranee, characters. when the program will be headlined Shapiro's counsel, described the perse- versity Board* of Governors. fered greatly until we" reached freeby a musical comedy, "Swat the Fly," a summer picnic during the latter at such time as he thinks the industry cutions suffered by the Jewish studom. Our power, resistance and flexpresented by a cast picked from the part of August at Lakeview park. able to cope with the problem, and the dents at Gombloux at the hands of the WORKMEN'S LOAN ibility joins us with the Jews'and we school : members. Songs, selections, Sam Klaver, vice president, was chos- right is reserved for the union to «sk Russian and Polish students, banded the manufacturers to contribute to the appreciate their loyalty and adherence SOCIETY.MEETS MONDAY recitations, and various other numbers en general chairman of the affair. •together in an anti-Semitic organizar eoats of the insurance. to their religion., .C According to J. Riklin, president, are being planned for the assembly. tion of which Michaelson was the The Omaha' Workmen's Loan asso-; s "We highly appreciate the patriot^ A resolution: was adopted thftnking some prominent speaker will feature The boys of the school will exhibit leader. Zionism, the party affiliation ciation will: hold their semi-annual A communication ; received Governor Roosevelt and Lieutenant the program at the meeting this Sunism of the Jews who during the war their athletic prowess in a swimming of Shapiro, figured Targely in the ar- meeting Monday evening, July 22, at shared our sorrows and troubles.; The from A. Frankel, 128 Scott St., Governor Lehman for their services. day. competition to be held in the pool . guments. Michaelson was taken to'a the Jewish Corn'munity Center. Ac- Jugoslavian Government treats the San Francisco, Cal., requests The committees appointed to make during the morning. hospital following the stabbing and is cording to- Philip Ginsbrug, president, Jewish community similar to other reOmahans knowing of the wherethe necessary arrangements for the A display of the various items made recovering from the wounds. ' the chief oitjer'of business will be the' ligions. The Chief Rabbi is accorded abouts of the relatives of a "by the boys and girls in the handi- picnic are: starving family in Russia, to The case aroused wide attention in election' of four members of the board the same treatment as the heads of craft classes is also being arranged. TICKET COMMITTEE— ' • forward the information to him the Belgian press and several news- of directors^' the Catholic and Protestant churches. Joe TretiaK. chairman; Albeit Knplnn. at once. papers attempted to describe Shapiro During the past year the organiza-; •He is invited to official functions on Vice-Chalrman : M. Blank, Vice-Chairman The Jewish Children's Home Sodety as a Bolshevik who resented Michael- tfon has made loans s totalling $70,000* the same status as the others. Chief DRIVK AND ICE CREAM COM'•' T According the iacts supplied KAIMAN INSURANCE MOVES SOFT will hold a free picnic at Kxu'fr l»ftrk MITTEE— soon's monarchists views. The Jew- no individual loan exceeding $.400. The Rabbi Alkalay is highly respected by Frankel, "a Jewish family Bereoviei. Chnirmnn: A. Richard, Sunday, July 21, at Z o'clock. TO NEW BARKER BUILDING M. AH Viee-Chnirmnn; S. Knhnnowltch, S. ish student organizations' in Belgium association has been in existence thir- and has received the highest distincwhich is starving in Odessa, Omaha Jewry sre invited'to attendBablor, B. Miroff. denied these charges as Shapiro, who. teen years. It lias about 280 members tions from the King and the country. Russia, is trying to locate one The • Kaiman Insurance company PRIZE COSIMITTKE Ne. 1 A committee will be stationed at the is now a Palestinian, is known to be and is incorporated for $25,000. The Julius Rubinstein or his relahave marked the expansion of their • Harrr T,apidns, fhnirmnn: Sam Pwnrtu, gate to give out free tickets, entitling' "The new laws> establishing the a devout Zionist, a Jewish nationalist purpose'of the" organisation is to proVicp-Chnirman; Snm Beber, Viee-Chair- holders to admission to the Park and tives. Rubinstein and his wife, business by removing their offices to man. and opponent of the Communist doc- vide small loans'at reasonable rates various religious rights of the comDunia, settled in Omahain 1906. larger and better quarters, being now To obtain and award priaes for games. several of the rides in the park. trine. It was related that shortly be- for small merchants or workers who munities, granted the Jews equal facThey had two daughters; Lucy located at 313 New Barker building. FRIZE COMMITTEE "So. S— Many pameis have been planned, fore the occurrence the anti-Semitic would haye',v difficulty in obtaining ilities with the Catholics an<J ProtestBABY CONTEST. and Sarah, the former of .which They were formerly in the Woodmen "The particularly for the children. The student organization, including Rus- loans elsewhere where heavy securi- ants," the Minister declared. Irvin Ktnlmaster, Chairman : Sam Klavpr, is known to have died. Julius of the World building. Vlcf-Chairmnn; Mm Fromkin, Vice- Tslmud Torah students will be EsJewish community numbers 60,000 sian moonarchists, Polish nationalists ties are "demanded. Chairmnn. Rubinstein also had a brother in Founded in 1919 by Abner Kaiman, souls. They are engaged mainly in' pecially entertained. Among the and Roumanian Cuzists, students at Omaha who died in 1907 and is ACTOMOBrLE COMMITTEE— the Kaiman Insurance company has trade and the professions and because priies will be one for the best po^m Gombloux, developed a strong antiIrrin Levin, Chairman: J. Kiklin, Vicesurvived by his widow.. grown rapidly to become one of the BRODKEY CONSTRUCTION of their extraordinary industry they about the Talmud Torah and one fo.v Chairman. • Semitic propaganda, its members on "Julius Rubinstein is about 60 leading general insurance agencies in SANDWICH. COMMITTEE— REBUILDS SOMMER STORE form a valuable element of the popV; the test singer. the campus wearing hatbands -with the or 65 years old; Dunia 53, tall the city. It is connected with some Max Zwpibnc-k, Chairman. Sam Altshiiler, lation. • . . The purpose of the picnic is to Acinscription, "Beat the dirty Jews." Vice-Chairman; M. Teplitsky, W MonThe Louis Soitfmer' grocery store and good looking." This family of the strongest insurance institutions ow1t7., 13. A. Steinhprp, A. S h k i "Many of the Jews here emigrated quaint. Qmaha Jewry with the purWhen Shajfro and Michaelson- met, at 49th and Dodge streets, recently lived in Chicago about six or in the country, and issues policies on DAJfCE HAI.I, AXD MrpiC COMMITTEE poses of the society, which has h%tm several days before the stabbing, Sha- razed in a fire, will* be rebuilt in from Spain and niany families have seven years ago, but Omaha was every known kind of insurance. Fred "White, Chairman; Murk I.orig, organized for several years for the lived in Jugoslavia since the sixteenth piro' asked the antirSemitic leader to more lavish style* than befo're by the Viee-Chatrmati. always their home. It has been century." i':.:.:-: purpose of establishing- a Jewish day discontinue his activities, to which A. H. Brodkey Construction company. GATE COMMITTEE— rumored that the couple are TO LIVE IN PALESTINE? John Feldmnn, Trens.-Chairman; Hnrr.v nursery for the benefit of inotherc Michaelson replied, "Sale Juif" (dirty Announcement of the awarding, of separated." Dworcky, Viee-Chairmnn; A. Monsky, who are forced to work and are in YOUTH PILGRIMAGE Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.) — Well-inJew). Several days -later"the stab- the contract to the Brodkey concern Vice-Chnirman. : Anyone able io supply FrankWarsaw.—(J. T. A.)—Froin Warneed of a suitable place to leave their formed Zionist circles here confirmed I bing occurred." *..'as made thk week by Sam Gilins- saw t o Zurich on foot, in order to wit' el with the information desired the report published in the labor or- I Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.)—The entire children during the day. The organ The Jewish student organizations in ky, owner of the property. is requested to do so at once, as ness the proceedings of the Sixteenth gan, "Davar," that it is quite possible quota of 2400 certificates allotted the isation has already acquired a .build* Belgium morally and financially supThe- new, building., "will be • com-, Zionist Congress there, is'.the .'plan of they will be aiding very needy Dr. Weizmann will settle in Palestine I Zionist Executive for the immigration ing for the purpose, and announces -ported the,defense or.Mordecaf-Sha- pleted about- September" 1 at an a group of 50 Jewish high school boys people. when he is chosen President of thej of Chaluzim has been placed at the that It-will fie opened for certainty piro. estimated cost of $80,000. and sometimethii year Jewish Agency, disposal of the Zionist Executive.

JUDAISM REPORTED

A. Study of a Grave Problem

DOROTHY LUSTGARTEN WINNER OF CHICAGO -MUSICAL COMPETITION

AMERICANS ESTABLISH FOURKHOtAfcinPSAT HEBREWUNIVERSITY

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JUGOSLAVIA IS FREE

JXtPLAYSGHdOL H PLANS PUBLIC EXHIBIT • ON SONDAY; JULY 28

;.' m ANTi-SEMrnSni is

JEW WHO STABBED ANTI-SEMITE GIVP SUSPENDED SENTENCE

CLAM OF OFFIOAl

OMAHA HEBREW CLUB PLANS SUMMER PICNIC

Seek ReUrtivesof Starving FamUy

Jewish Children's Home Society Picnic Sunday