Interesting and Entertaining
'\ In the •*''Interests of Jewish CoJiununity
Kntercd as •econu*ela«s mail matter-on January *27, UK3. i t poatofflco at Omaha, Kebraskn. under the Act of Match 3,1KI9.
OMAHA,.NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1930
Anxious About MANY MAKING FrenchAgitation by Mufti RESERVATIONS FOR NEXT PLAY "The Truth" to Be Presented Wednesday by Guild SPONSORED BY COUNCIL Hany large parties are being planned for "The: Truth", which will be presented by the Center Player? Guild at the Jewish Community Center aud'itorium Wednesday night at §:15. "The Truth" is being sponsored by the Council of Jewish Women for the benefit of the Scholarship Fund. Miss Bess Weinstein who has the role of Becky in "The Truth" is the recipient of the first scholarship. Miss Weinstein leaves in September for New York City where she will take a dramatic course. "The Truth" is considered Clyde Fitch's best play. It is ageless. Among famous actresses who have taken the part of Becky in this play are Marie Tempest, Clara Bloodgood and Grace George. • Through courtesy of Herzberg's, the latest spring frocks will be worn by Miss Weinstein and other members of the cast of "The Truth". Among those who have reservations are: Dr. Muskin, Fred Meyer, Dr. Kully, Mrs. Morris Levey, Mrs. E. Meyer, Mrs. Ferdinand Adler, Mrs. Morris Turner, Mrs. J. Franklin, Elmer Gross, J. Gross, • A. Brodkey, ?ake Blank, Dr. Rubnitz, Dave Blacker, Sam Wolfheimer, M. F. Levenson, .Wm. Holzman, Max Holzman, Herbert Arnstein, I. D. Weiss, Samuel Gerson, J. Slosburg, I. Rosenthal, Phil.Schwartz; Sol Levey, Morris Jacobs, Nathan Jacobs, Dr. Harold Eg'jgers, Dr. Frank Meisius, Peter Springman, ..Misses.. Eea?L.^^k«feUer,:Eo tAbboud, Rosalyn Kotin, Flora Wirth, i'Lena Mittleman, :Mrs. Harry Perlick, JB. A. Simon, J. H. Kulakofsky, Louis iKulakofsky, Ruben Kulakofsky, Dave Feder. Mrs. Herman Jahr is director of the Center Players Guild of the Jewish Community Center, which is presenting "The Truth".
Paris. (J.T.A.)—Upon an inquiry into the disquieting Paris press reports from Syria the French government is growing anxious regarding the situation but is determined to curb the agitation of the emmissaries of the Syria-Palestine committee from Egypt. The possibility was not excluded, it was said in the French Foreign office of making an outright political demand that the activity of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who is known to be involved in the appeals to the Lebanese and Syrians to revolt against the French, be checked. It is now learned that the French prevented the Mufti from accentuating last August's troubles in Palestine by. refusing him a. visa for Syria.
PLANS FOR CARD PARTY, LUNCHEON ARE PROGRESSING Women's Auxiliary to Sponsor Affair Wednesday, April 23 Plans are progressing encouragingly for the luncheon and card party to be given by the Women's Auxiliary of the Conservative synagogue at the Jewish Community Center on Wednesday, April 23. Mrs. B. A. Simon, who is chairman of the affair, will be assisted by a committee consisting of Mesdames J. M. Malashock, Henry Newman, Sam Cohen, M. Yousem, Irvin Stalmaster, Julius Stein, Abner Kaiman, Max Fromkin, William Alberts. About fifty reservations have been received to date, Those in charge estimate that at least 200 will be present. The men of the Conservative synagogue are also enthusiastically . responsive, because a men's luncheon will be served between 12 and;1 o'clock in a special men's dining room reserved for that day for them. The members of the Auxiliary, are doing all of the cooking themselveB, and everything served /will be strictly kosher. Mrs. John A. Beber, Council Bluffs 4790 L. J., is reservation chairman for Council Bluffs, while Mrs. Irvin Stalmaster, WAlnut 5109, is reservation chairman for Omaha.
MacDONALD SAYS MANDATE IS TO BE CARRIED OUT Buy
VOL. VIII.—No. 13
Ends Excessive Tax on Russian Artisans
. Prosaic miles of streets stietch all round/' Astir with restless, hurried life and spanned . By arches that with thund'rous trains resound, And throbbing wires that galvanize the land; Gin-palaces in tawdry splendor stand; • The newsboys shriek of mangled bodies found;' . • The last burlesque is playing in the . . ' Stand— •-. In modern prose all poetry seems drowned.. " Yet in ten thousand homes this April ' night An ancient People elebrates its birth To Freedom, with a reverential mirth, With customs quaint and many a hoary rite, Waiting .until, its tarnished glories bright, Its God shall be the God of all the earth. —ISRAEL ZANGWILL.
Executive Meeting of Ort This Wednesday
HADASSAH WILL 7 An executive meeting of the Ort HOLD CONCLAVE has been called for Wednesday evening, April 16, at 8:15 p. m.-at the AT KANSAS CITY Labor Lyceum, Twenty-second and
Clark, by John Feldman, chairman of The fifth annual conference of the the local Ort activities. "The execu- Southwest Region of Hadassah will tive committteeand representatives of take place May 16-17 at Kansas City, Trees to Honor organizations interested in the work Mo. According to information reof the Ort are earnestly requested ceived- here, elaborate preparations Daughter s Birthday to attend this meeting," Mr. Feldman have been made to entertain the Premier Speaks Favorably Be- Elaine In honor of the sixth birthday of stated. "It is very- important that all large out-of-town delegations exSilverman her parents, Mr._ fore House of pected. Among the Omaha women and Mrs.-A. Silverman, have bought*be "present/* • •' , Commons trees in Palestine. Her name will The drive will begin the first day who are planning to attend are Mesdames J. J. Friedman, O. C. Goldbe inscribed on the trees. 'after Pesach. • \ ner, J. B. Robinson, Sam Robinson, London. (J.T.A.) — His Majesty's Abraham Romm, Joseph Rosenberg, government will continue to adminJulius Stein, and B. A. Simon. istrate Palestine in accordance with • The Hadassah Gift Fund,. through the terms of the Mandate as approved j Mrs. O. C. Goldner, acknowledges a by the Council of the League of Naberg in honor of her mother, Mrs. tions, declared Prime Minister Ramgift donated by Mrs. J. J. Greensay MacDonald in the House of ComLea Hyman. mons in reply to the question by exThe Wolffsohn Memorial Library,' which consists of a basement, ground Premier Stanley Baldwin as to wheth- the largest in the Near East, will floor and two upper stories. The An incident worthy of recording is er the government would now make a be dedicated April 15 in the Open-1, Library contains its own bookbindery, that of the receipt by Mrs. Julius statement regarding the policy in Air Theatre on Mt. Scopus, Jerusa-^ as well as an exhibition room with Stein, chairman of the Infant WelPalestine. lem, according to announcement made j show-cases for rhaunscripts and rare fare Fund, of 53.15, the savings of by Felix M. Warburg, chairman of j works, and iron safes for the safe- little 8-year Miss Ida Ruth Weisman "The Mandate is an international of Hastings, Nebr., who reading in obligation from which there can be ihe American Advisory Committee j keeping of rare works, no question of receding," continued of the Hebrew University in Palest-j Nearly a quarter of a million vol- the Press of the good work done Premier MacDonald. "Under the ine. Sir John Robert Chancellor, \ umes are on the shelves of the Libr with the money, saved her pennies terms of the Mandate His Majesty?s High commissioner of Palestine,' will rary, which has the most modern so that the babies of Palestine might government is responsible for pro- make the chief address at the de- equipment of any .library in_ the be benefited. moting the establishment in Palestine dication ceremonies, at which Dr. Near East.'. Provision., has .been of a national home for the Jewish Judah L. Magnes, Chancellor of the'. made for adding another wing to Hebrew Course Plannpeople, it being clearly understood University, will preside. •• \ the buKding, which will house another ed for Public that nothing shall be done which may Musical selections will be given! quarter of a million volumes. Over prejudice the civil or religious rights by the University Choral Society, two thousand scientific and general Schools of the existing non-Jewish commun- supplemented by mass choirs from; periodicals and newspapers are ities in Palestine and the political four communities in Palestine, total- available in the Reading Room, New York. (JT.A.) — Superinstatus enjoyed by Jews in any other ling over 200 voices, A tablet with is open to the general public The; tendent William J. O'Shea will country. the inscription "Beth David Wolff-'building contaLs smaller reading' again present to the Board of Su"A double undertaking is involved, sohn" will be unveiled by the High rooms for special libraries of the' perintendents a plan to introduce to the Jewish people on one hand Commissioner in honor of the donor'various Institutes of the University, Hebrew in the public schools. The and to the non-Jewish population of of the Library Building. t social and lecture hal"->, periodical" matter was presented to the board several weeks ago but was not acPalestine on the other, and it is the The Library, which is the principal' r o m s and stack rooms. firm resolve of His Majesty's govern- building erected by the University ' A special room is furnished' with ceptable and Dr. O'Shea, in again ment, to give effect in equal measure since its opening in 1925, was named objects used by the late David bringing the matter to their atto both parties of the Balfour Declar- in honor of David Wolffsohn, Dutch Wolffsohn, and rugs and tapestries tention, is confident that they will ation and to do full justice to all sec- financier and Second President of typical of the industries of Pales- see the "fairness" of it since the tions of the population in Palestine. the World Zionist Organization. The tine. Tapestries designed by the course will be offered as an elective "This is a duty from which they building is of native stone, and oc- artist Lillian form part of the furn- subject and will be treated only will not shrink and to the discharge cupies a commanding position on Mt. ishings. The portrait of David in the light of an experiment. of which they will apply all the re- Scopus, overlooking the city of -Jeru- Wolffsohn by Isaac Israels, Dutch The superintendent is of the f sovlrces at their command. salem, the Dead Sea and the Jordan painter and son of the artist Joseph opinion that it is " a matter of "I wish fit to be understood that Valley. Begun nearly three years Israels, presented by the trustees of justice" to offer an experimental this statement includes immediate ago, it was erected under the super- the Wolffsohn estate, also hangs in course in Hebrew if there is suf• ficient demand for it, and as a conprovision of the police forces required vision of Mr. Julius Lasker, Con- this room. sequence, Dr. O'Shea has requested The University Library also conto secure civil peace with the exist- struction Engineer of Boston. Durtains the Jewish National Library, a member of the faculty of the ii.g this period it provided z living ing circumstances." founded thirty years ago by Dr. Yeshiva College to map out a tenfor over 300 families. Chrcrti greeted the conclusion of JosepTi Chassanovitch, a physician of tative plan for study. Both Jews and Arabs were emr the Prime Minister's statement. ' (Continued on Page 2,), ployed in building the Library,
Near East's Biggest Library Will Be Dedicated Tuesday
Dr. Sternhill Selected Bluffs City Physician Dr. Isaac Sternhill of . Council Bluffs was appointed City Physician of Council Bluffs. Dr. Sternhill is prominent and active in numerous organisations. He is.. president of the Council Bluffs Chapter No. 688 of the Independent Order of the B'nai B'rith. . He was also recently chosen as one of the physicians, in charge of the newly organised ~ Baby Clinic at the Mercy hospital, which is sponsored by the Service League.
. Moscow. (J. T.A.)—An order to discontinue the excessive tax on artisans and also put an end to the confiscation of their property, tools and machinery when they are unable to meet the taxes was issued by the Soviet cabinet. The order established that even now many local Soviet officials are confiscating artisans' machinery, not only for unpaid taxes but for taxes that have not yet come due. This practice the Soviet cabinet has proclaimed to be illegal. The ruling gives instructions to tax .those traders who have become artisans for previous years but to maintain a milder tax policy for those artisans who work for government organizations. .
BANQUET APRIL 30 Men of Other Faiths Will Be Invited to the Dinner The Brotherhood of Temple Israel will hold a Good Fellowship Banquet at the Hotel Blackstone April 30, according to an announcement today by Nathan E. Jacobs, president. The affair will be the first stag dinner to be given by the Brotherhood this year. Members of the Brotherhood will invite men of other faiths to the dinner. Dr. Frederick W. Clayton, rector of the All Saints Episcopal church, will deliver the principal address of the .evening. Henry Rosenthal, president of Temple Israel, will also speak; .Afbe Schimmel has been appointed chairman of arrangements. Mr. Schhimrel annotmces: that special entertainment is to be provided and that the dinner will he one of the outstanding of the year. Reservations may be made by calling Mr. Schimmel at HArney 0945. The dinner will be $1.50 per plate. "We are planning to make this affair one of the leading Jewish events of the year", said Mr. Jacobs. "It is being patterned after several of the Good Fellowship dinners being held by Jewish and Gentile organizations throughout the country."
Remodelled Synagogue Will Open Saturday The Synagogue B'nai Jacob Anshe Sholem, at Twenty-fifth and Nicholas, will be opened Saturday, April 12, for services. Everybody is invited to attend.
Daughters of Zion Consider Project to Aid Palestinians A definite decision in regard to the proposed undertaking by the Daughters of Zion to collect sufficient funds in a five-year period for the National Fund to install a water supply in a new settlement in Palestine will be reached at an important meeting of the organization Wednesday afternoon at the J. C. C Rabbi Abraham Bengis of the Conservative Synagogue will be the principal speaker Wednesday. Plans for a rummage sale to be held soon after Pesach will also be made definite at the meeting. Because of its importance, all members are especially urged to attend. The letter which the Keren KLayemeth sent from the Holy Land to its New York office and which the latter in turn forwarded to the local group is as follows: \J*We are in a position now to give you full particulars of the project which we propose be undertaken by the Omaha Daughters of Zion with the amount of $5,000 to be collected in five years, which they are contributing to the Fund. The project that we propose is the installation of a water supply in a new settlement near Rehovoth. The colony has not yet been given a name, but the settlers are a group known as the "Old Settlers Group". There are fifty families in this 'group, most of them with cildren. The ages of the settlers range from 35-45 years. "The area which we have allotted to the 'settlement is 600 dunams. In •view of the quality of the soil the
settlers will cultivate orange plantations which, of course, is the most successful culture in Palestine. Each family is receiving 12 dunams of land, 8 dunams of which will be for orange plantation and 4 dunams for house, vegetable, poultry, etc. "The system of cultivation will be intensive. That is to say that small areas of land 'will be utilized and irrigated. It is clear, therefore, that a sufficient supply of water is a vital necessity for the success of this colony. "The water installation hen; which we propose be the Daughters of Zion's gift is to consist of a well, machine house, motor, pump, pipes and a cistern. The whole installation will cost about L1600. This amount is greater than that being donated by the Daughters of Zion, but we and the settlers are pi-eparecl to meet the difference. The installation, of course, will be known as the gift of the Daughters of Zion of Omaha, and on its completion a plate will be erected on a suitable spot to record the gift. "We should be grateful if you would convey this proposal to the Daughters of Zion and intimate to us their agreement/'
Jews Being Reinstated Moscow.—The reinstatement of Jews to their election Tights has begun on a large scale, it is reported from White Russia, as a result of the recent government order.
FORM WOMEN'S COMMITTEE OF LOCAL ZIONISTS April Meeting of Organization Turned Into Balfour Memorial A Women's committee of the local Zionist district, with Mrs. Abe Silverman as chairman, was formed at the last meeting- of the Zionist organization Monday evening. A meeting of all committees will be held next Wednesday, at which time Mrs. Silverman will announce the heads of the various committees. Monday's meeting: was turned into a Balfour Memorial. Mr. I. Morgenstern spoke in Yiddish and Rabbi A. Bengis delivered an address in English, both speakers eloquently lauding the father of the Jewish Magna Carta and his efforts in behalf of the Jewish people. Cantor E. Sellz chanted the traditional memorial prayer. J. J. Friedman presided. A permanent meeting date for the Zionist organization has been set as the second Tuesday of every month. "These evenings Mill beknown as 'Zionist Cultural Night'," M. F. Levenson, president of the local Zionist district, stated, "and just as in the past these meetings will be devoted to cultural programs only, with absolutely no money being collected." The cultural committee in charge of the meeting consisted of Rabbi Bengis, chairman, J. J. Friedman, Philip Klutznick, Dr. O. C. Belzer, Mrs. Abe Weinstein, and Miss Rose Fine. These cultural meetings of the organization are open to the public.
Successful Season Expected by J- A7- F. The Council of the Jewish National Fund will meet next Tuesday evening at the J. C. C. All of the organizations have sent delegates, and due to the enthusiasm shown the group is looking forward to a most successful season.
COMMISSION FROM VATICAN FAVORING ALTERING PASSAGE Vienna. (J.T.A.')—The Bible Commission of the Vatican is ready to alter the passage in the Vulgate which speaks of a God of revenge, if the Jews of the world would officially apply for such a correction. Thi* was the tenient made by Cardinal Casquet to the Budapest Jewish Bible scholar, Donath. after the Catholic Bible Commission realized that Donath's interpretation of the passage was the correct one. However, Donath's efforts during1 the past half-year to induce Jewish religious leaders to take such an attitude have been without avail, due to obstacles which cannot be overcome, says a report in the "Neue Freie Pressc", as a result of which Donath began negotiations in leading Catholic and Protestant circles. Both Christian sects were ready tn help make the corrections in the Vulgate, for they felt that the rejection of the idea of a God of revenge would also relieve Christianity of criticism which has been directed against it, as-well as against JuAaism for containing this notion. As a condition for such revision they demand, however, that Donath should become baptized into Christianity which would have been R tragedy for science as well as for Donath personally, according to the "Neue Freie Presse''.
Talmud Torah Will Give Pesach Program A Passover program will be presented by the children of the Talmud Torah on Wednesday evening, Aprs! 16, 7:oO p. m., at the school. 21st and Burt.. Rabbi Abraham Benjris will speak. Those taking part in the program include: David Bernstein, Daniel Miller, Joe Soshnik, Sol Wezelman. Bernfe Wfiite, Isadore Mittlemsn. Moishele Kh'schenbaum, Ethel Resnik, Ahuvah Gershater, Morton Sorief, Rachel Finer, Irwin YafTe, Sol DurLison, Reuben LinnPtt. and Mary Wdjfci-