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QMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1929

-VOL. VII.—No. 34

Mover Over Pales Riots Endanger. His Job GIGANTIC MEMORIAL MEETING HELD SAFED DELIVERED TO FIRE AND England Will Redeem Her AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY ATTACKS CONTMI DESPITE ASSURANCES Pledge***Balfour TO COMMEMORATE PALESTINE DEAD THAT SITUATION IS "FIRMLY IN HAND" Lord Balfour, author of the famous "Baffour Declaration'' embodying England's solemn pledge to aid in the rebuilding of Palestine as the Jewish national homeland, on hearing the expression.of fears in various quarters that England might renounce this policy as a result of iJie present Palestinian uprising, wrote to'Dr. .Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, as follows:

Ge- erosity of Mourners Brings Total Relief Fund Collections to Nearly f 5,000 RESTRAINT MARKS RESOLUTION A mammoth crowd of •grieving, sorrowing; Jewsfilled the Community Center to overflowing Wednesday night to commemorate their brethren: butchered in Palestine.' A Keayiness of heart .pervaded the atmosphere throughout the Memorial meeting, and a quiet, sad pall overhung the people, many of whom had to stand up because of the size of the crowd.' ,.~•--«;.: The Omaha demonstration differed from most; of those throughout the world in that no protest of indignation was voiced and no condemnation expressed. Even the resolution adopted, instead of being a bitter, vehement denunciation, was one of reassurance, hope. Judge Irvin Stalmaster, its drafter, urged the audience to exercise restraint in this time of stress and they heeded his words with a unanimous vote. Everyone present symbolized his-1 • sorrow by •wearing a strip of black Martyrdom has been the age-old link crepe. All shades of Jewish opinion, in his existence. This is but another o'rthodox, modern, and reform, all instance of the struggle between the ages, young and. old, were present to sword and the book. And I have pay tribute to the dead. Many "were no doubt as to the outcome." older people who had fasted during In pleading for financial aid, Rabbi the day. The air of depression and Bengis stated, "By their death they sorrow -was so weighing that no have taught us how to live. We applause -was heard during the .entire must guard our honor and the future of Israel by helping those evening. -who survived and are facing additional dangers." The local campaign is in charge of the following committee: William L. Holzman,chairman; Harry A. Resolution drafted by Judge Wolf, vice-chairman; Dr. Philip Irvin Stalmaster and adopted at Wednesday's Memorial meeting: treasurer; J. J. . Friedman, ._ Members:of the-executive __BESQLYEP; ;..„ : committee"; are Mrs. J*; • Rosenberg,, It 16 H * sense of this Memorial * meeting that A. GoldBteinj,, H» while deploring the tragic eventB in Palestine we reaffirm onr faith and confidence in the justice and humanity of both the gov- • ernment of Great Britain and the United States, and their wilt and ability to restore order and afford According to Dr. A. Greenberg, protection of life and propchairman of the first services of the erty in Palestine. Conservative Synagogue to be held Friday evening, September 13, all Fourteen hundred additional dol- arrangements- have-been completed. lars, were poured into the Palestinian Over 500 are expected to attend. fund. ^Many... present. had already Rabbi Abraham Bengis has chosen donated, but before the meeting was for his inaugural' sermon the subject, over- everyone in the room had con- "The Future of American Judaism." tributed. The sum collected WednesInvitations were sent to all rabbis day night brought the total raised in residing here ..and -in - neighboring Omaha to almost five thousand with communities to be' the special-guests over half of the Jews in the town of the synagogue on this ; occasion. yet to be canvassed.': The services will be open to the William Holzman, president of the public and'.will be followed by a Jewish Community Center and chair- reception in honor of Rabbi and Mrs. man of the present campaign in Bengis. Omaha, presided over the Memorial • Arrangements-: have - been made to meeting. The speakers were Rabbi provide an office for Rabbi Bengis Frederic Cohn, prominent leader of in the Jewish Community Center the reform Temple,' and Rabbi Abr which he will "begin occupying next raham Bengis, head of the newly- week.' His office hours will be from organized modern orthodox syna- 9 to 12 in the morning and 2 to & gogue. , . , in the afternoon.,, , Rabbi Cohn, his voice broken with Rabbi and Mrs. Bengis' will make tears, stirred his audience with his- fheir home at' 12?;;No.-; 33rd, apartbeautiful words. He called the ment number three. ~ Jewish people "a martyr people shedding blood everywhere in order I. O. B.B, OPENS SEASON that the world may progress" and AT SEPTEMBER 12 MEETING labeled the Palestinian atrocities "a second Tish a B'av following right The Omaha *B'har B'rith will inafter the first." '• • ' augurate its fall activities with an "But," comforted JDr. Cohn, "they open, meeting at the Jewish Comhave not given their liyes in vain. munity Center.Thursday evening, They were furthering :jthe Jewish S e p t . 1 2 . ..-••;: -.- , cause and helping to bring about .the Rabbi Abraham Bengis and Harry day, though at suci a terrible cost, Mendelspn will be the principal when the words of the prophets will speakers. A lyvejv discussion of the again be realized. Palestine situation^ is expected. "Our consolation is this: From the Refreshments will be served folblood-soaked soil of Palestine, saturlowing the meeting. ated by the blood of our fellow Jews, shall spring the red roses of the higher righteousness and the white1 OVER 3,500'ATTEND lilies of compassion. HEBREW CLUB PICNIC "A real Redeemer shall rise from Over 3,500 attended the annual Zion. Israel shall be the savior of Omaha Hebrew club picnic held last the human race." Rabbi 'Bengis was eloquent in his Sunday at Lakev^ew .park. -. A total of 75 prizes were awarded appeiiir^D.. his listeners. Justice was in the various contests. Miss "Ethel the * keynote of his. address. "We found we had put too much Bloom was the winner .of the beauty trust in others. We must strengthen contest. our own efforts and intensify our A regular meeting of the organizaown work. Through these agonizing tion will be • held Sunday. ages we have lived on the charity of others. Now we must ask for more' The entire crop of the Jewish col—Justice, the justice which the civil- onies Melehahia. and "Paria was deized world has promised us. stroyed "by fire* set" by the Arabs. The "The Jew has lived in his own coloiftes on the road between Haifa blood. He gained strength and hope and Kinereth were under threat of atant purpose because of bis suffering. tack.

RESOLVED!

FIRST CONSERVATIVE

Sir John Chancellor Sir John Chancellor, High Commissioner of Palestine, subject of "severe i verbal criticism for not employing vigorous measures in order to prevent the Palestinian'jribts, has returned to j Palestine. He was approached by a' delegation of leading Palestinian Jews ' who -were assured by him that the j British military authorities had the; situation "firmly in hand." Rumors from London suggest that j Sir John will soon be displaced by Sir Herbert Samuel, famous Jewjsh nobleman -who was the'first High Commissioner of Palestine following the awarding of the;Palestine mandate, to England by the .League of Natrons.

IMPORTANT A. Z. A. TOUR

My Dear Weixmann: Aupust 30, 1929. Events in Palestine hare moved me to Indignation and disgust, but they: do nothing to shake my confidence in the general-wisdom of the policy which ypn and your colleagues have been pereuiBg BO successfully in Palestine under the Mandated system with all its inherent difficulties. The British Empire and all powers with whom it has • been closely associated have solemnly declared their intention of again Tendering Palestine the National Home of the Jewish people. That policy is in harmony with the best opinion of . . . western civilization in all parts of the world. To its fulfillment ia. pledged the support of the 'British Empire. That Pledge has been given. Depend upon it. It is not going to be dishonored. Befiere me, Yours most sincerely, BALFOUR.

; On November 2, 1917, Lord Balfour, who was Foreign Secretary of the British Government in the famous war-time coalition cabinet, issued England's promise to the Zionists in the following historic "words: "His Majesty's Government view with favor the establishment irr Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and wSl use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it Jbeing clearly understood that Tiothing_shall be done which rnay prejudice the civil and religions ri^Titslc^ existing non-Jewish cbmrn unities in Palestine, or Ihe rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."

World-Wide Protest Meetings 9 Express Jews Grief Over Riots

Philip RL Klutznick., . Philip M. Klutznick, Executive; Secretary of the Order of Aleph Zadik Aleph, lea-res Monday for Chicago, HI., where he-will.meet withTtfie members and Advisors of the Chicago A. Z. A. Council consisting of ten ^chapters on the evening of September 10 at the B'nai B'xith Headquarte^ of District Grand Lodge No. 6, where he will outline plans for activity'to, be carried on throughout the Test 'of the season in that city. ; .; ;. En route, Mr. Klutznick is stopping at Des Moines, Iowa, where he will be principal speaker of the evening at a banquet given by the Des Moines A. Z. A. Chapter No. 4. Mr. Klutznick, will receive bids for the publication of "The Shofer," the official monthly magazine of the Junior B'nai B'rith while in Chicago.* He is also going in conference with the C. E. Ward Co., for the: designing of a permanent set of ritual rule.s for the Judas Maccabeus Degree of the Order. Before returning to Omaha,'Mr. Klutznick, intends -visiting the Indianapolis Chapter No. 61 at Indianapolis, Ind. Here . he will meet : Mr. Leo Kaminsky, newly appointed representative on the Supreme Advisory' Council from District No. 6, of B'nai B'rith. Mr. Kaminsky is filling, .the vacancy, occasioned by the recent-resignation of Milton Schayer, Denver, Colo. A third group of Jews who died from wounds received was taken from the Hadassah hospital and buried in a common -^grave on the Monht of Olives Cemetery near the grave of Eliezar Ben Tehudah.

•New York.—(J. T. A.)—New York •Jewry's attitude toward the Palestine events was given expression to last Thursday at the monster mass meeting held at Madison Square Garden under -the auspices of a special committee composed of many Jewish organizations in the City of New York. The Garden, which has a seating capacity of 25,000, was overcrowded and many moving scenes were enacted at the second demonstration of New York Jews since the massacres started "in Palestine a week ago today. Samael Untermyer presided and Senator William E. Borah, Lt. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, David A. Brown, chairman of .the Palestine Emergency Fund; former Congressman Nathan D. Perlman, president of the I. O. B. A., Rabbi M. S. Margolies and others were the speakers. The demands of American Jewry to the British government as the result of the Palestine events were formulated in a detailed resolution which was unanimously adopted. A- long telegram from President Hoover said in part: " I am confident out -of these tragic events will-come greater security and greater safeguards for the future, under which the steady rehabilitation of Palestine as a true Homeland will be even more assured. An immediate and pressing question is the .relief to those who are suffering. The fine sympathy of the American people is well evidencing itself in this purpose and it should receive the most generous support." 35,000 NEW YORKERS PARADE A gigantic crowd of over ,35,000 New York Jews of all classes and shades of opinion, bowed in grief, demonstrated their protestations of the Palestinian outrages last Monday afternoon along the streets of lower Manhattan to the door of the British Cpnsulate.' Mayor James Walker added an official tinge to the demonstration by welcoming them in front of the city hall and expressing sympathy for the cause they championed. . Every phase of New York Jewry took part in the procession: youths, war scarred Jewish veterans, two of whom tapped their way over the pavement with the aid of crutches, be-

British Government Still Silent on Situation; Jews Protest Disarming: of Jewish Self-Defense; Americans Send $5G,QG0 Daily for Relief CHANCELLOR P L E D G E S JUSTICE As Palestine entered its third week of muderous attacks by fanatical Arabs upon the Jews, a heavy pall of uncertainty «tshrouded the entire situation. Heavy reinforcements of British troops and airplanes rendered the major part of Palestine safe from the Moslem fury but outlying colonies, especially in Galilee, were still in great danger. Sir John Chancellor. High Commissioner, returned to Jerusalem and issued a statement that the British troops had the situation "firmly in hand" and pledged his best efforts to restoring order and punishing those guilty for the atrocities. The chief objectives of the Arabic attacks during the past week were Haifa, Safed, and the Galilee colonies, At Safed, seat of Jewish learning for centuries, occurred one of the bloodiest encounters of the entire uprising. 22 Jews were killed and scores wounded, while the remaining of the S,000 Jewish inhabitants suffered from lack of food and shelter. All of the Jewish homes were looted and half of them burned. British troops arrived too late to prevent the onslaught. One of the chief causes of irritation to the already outraged Jewish population of Palestine was the official order to disarm all citizenry. In effect, the order means little hindrance to the Arabs but takes from the valiant Jewish self-defense organizations their means of protecting their people. In most cases to date, it has been the courageous action of these heroic youths that has staved off wholesale massacre from the terror-stricken bands of Jews in the various little colonies and villages. Where British troops have come to the aid of the Jews, they were often so tardy that the Arabs had already performed their bloody work, Protest meetings throughout the world continued to register in most bitter terms censure of the ineffective British policy that made I k e present situation possible. Particular resentment was expressed over the failure of the British government to take a definite stand on the civil war since its outbreak. Zionist officials -have repeatedly asked assurance that steps will be take« to provide proper protection for the future, that the Jews will be completely indemnified for their losses, and that a general firm policy of positive Zionist sympathies be stated. However, no statement of any kind has been forthcoming. Ramsay MacDonald, premier, is now at the League of Nations Council meeting in Geneva where he is expected to break his official silence on the subject. The deep-felt anguish of world Jewry over the Palestinian horrors has been instantaneously translated into material assistance through lightning-like raising of relief funds. In the United States, David A, Brown stepped into his favorite role of moneyraiser, and organized all of American and Canadian Jewry for quick action. At the end of last week about $300,000 had already been raised. Remittances are being made to Palestine at the rate of $50,000 daily.

cause they, had lost a leg fighting under General Allenby in Palestine, middle aged shop-keepers who closed their little shops so that they too, could protest, talmodic scholars in their quaint costumes, rabbis, women of all ages, many of them in tears, the Yomenites with their dark features and lively eyes, all marched under a broiling sun through the heated streets of New York to voice their j j Reports by Jewish Telegraphic Agency horror at what had happened. . iI Peaceful us the marches were, the I: banners they, carried expressed what j London.—The World Zionist Ex- were being disarmed, the Palestine they thought—"We send our people ecutive here received an -urgent authorities enrolled fifty Felaheen to Palestine but your henchmen send cablegram from the Zionist Ex- who were formerly members of the them to their" graves," said one. "We ecutive in Jerusalem, requesting Transjordani&n Frontier Force, many demand the dismissal of guilty offi- the Zionist leaders to exert every pos- of whom are residents of the village cials" was another of the anti-British sible influence with the British Imper- Lifts near Jerusalem, the hotbed of posters that were sprinkled through ial government to move the Palestine the Moslem anti-Jewish agitation. the procession. It was a singularly officials towards according effective silent procession. As the line went Jerusalem—A bloody massacre- oti and greater protection for the Jewish down Broadway the only audible j the Jewish population of Safed, one population. sounds were the Ehufifling of weary The Jerusalem Executive pointed of the sacred cities of Palestine, the feet and the broken sobs of the women seat of the Caballa, was perpetrated some of whom carried babies in their out that since the beginning of the last Thursday by Moslem Arab bands, riots they were assurred by the Jeruarms. The marchers were escorted notwithstanding the presence in the salem authorities that "Safed is adeby the police whose" bright uniforms city of British police and troops. quately protected" but the troops arwere in contrast with the drab garb rived many hours after the slaughter The Jewish population of Safed» of most of the marchers. started. Hordes of Arabs descended numbering S,000 is without bread or upon the Jewish population of Safed. water. Aid is being rushed from TiCHRISTIANS EXTEND SYMPATHY pillaging and murdering in the open. berias and Haifa. The Jewish colonNew York.—(J. T. A.)—Protestant Even today the marauders are carry- ies, Pvosh Pinah and Machnaim are in America, through its official repre- ing in open daylight the spoil they danger. sentative body, the Federal Council looted with no one to interfere or to of Churches of Christ Sn America, ex- arrest them. Jerusalem. — Although Friday, the pressed its deep concern and sincere Moslem Sabbath, passed quietly in the sympathy with the Jews over the PalJerusalem.—An order to disarm the Holy City, Friday night saw *. reestine Moslem Jlrabs* massacre in a statement issued by that body to the Jewish self-defense body in Palestine newal of Arab attacks on the euburb, Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The re- centers was issued by the British offi- Talpioth, where many Americans have ligious demonstrations affiliated with cials and is being carried out over the their homes. British troops opened the Federal Council were urged to protests of Jewish leaders here. The fire on the Arab attackers. The number of Jewish dead In the contribute generously and immediately special Jewish constables enrolled to the Palestine Jewish emergency when the riots were well-advanced Arab massacre at Safed, Galilee, were now ordered to disband and dis- Thursday night is mounting hourly as fund. arm. the wounded die. Reports received here this morning The carrying out of this instruction WARSAW JEWS DEMONSTRATE from Galilee stated that the colonies by the British troops is leading to Warsaw.—(J. T. A.)—"If I forget in Upper and Lower Galilee continue thee, O, Jerusalem, may my right many deplorable incidents. A young to be in danger. The troop* ftvifj Jew was shot dead early Wednesday hand be forgotten," was the message when repelling the attacks ate ctifcitt.. morning in front of the headquarters carried by 50,000 Jews marching in unconcerned with the preservBtion <Jf the streets .'of; the Polish capital of the Jewish communal board of Jer- the Jewish positions, it is charged. usalem when the British police orin a deroonEtrstios of protest The colonies Mishmar Ha'yarden ami and grjef to the British Embassy here. dered him to give up his arms. Be- Yessed Ha'maslah are surrounded 3&y At first the Polish authorities refused cause the instruction was given in Moslem bands. to permit the folding of the protest English, which he did not understand, Th« situation of the 3,000 Jewish redemonstration, but at the last moment he did not comply immediately and fugees in the police courtyard «t permission was granted it is under- was Ehot. (Continued on Page 2) _., It is charged that while the Jews (Continued on Pace 2)

Flashes On Palestine Riots

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