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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1930
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Launcliect May 19 ANNOUNCE NEW Konecky Is Recipient DIRECTORS FOR of Natioti'Wide Praise LOCAL J.C.C. The
Resident Uplzman Appoints Heads of Various • Committees The directors of the Jewish Community Center elected and appointed for the ensuing terms were announced at the last meeting of the trustees and directors of the Center. The directors elected for a threeyear .term by a -vote through the mails are Rabbi Abraham Bengis, Rabbi Frederick Cohn, David Greenberg, Abner Kaiman, Milton Abrahams, Louis Sommer, and Dave
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Jewish, journalists has been the guiding factor in the phenomenal prog-, ress made , during the past four months by the "Sovereign Visitor", fraternal publication of the Woodmen of the World. These two are Eugene Konecky, renowned -writer and scholar, who is editing the magazine, and his assistant, Horace L. Rosenblum. When Konecky with the able assistance of Rosenblum, assumed the editoship of the magazine, it was in a condition approaching stagnation. But since then it has undergone a
loader, in, its field. The "Sovereign Visitor" has been transformed'"•into a .bright," interesting, • up-to-the-minute ' publication, ."with .progress- its keynote. A- new make-up,,, a -new cover,, and attractive type : plus a'galaxy of interesting articles have injected new. fife into the magazine. The "Sovereign Visitor" is circulated to every nook in the country, its subscription "list approximating the million mark. ;By_ means of clever writing and articles boosting the city of Omaha, the publication is now. one of Omaha's most ardent boosters and 'advertisers. • ' ' ;•? ;• •
DR. CLAYTON TO ADDRESS BANQUET OF BROTHERHOOD
No better proof of the commendable improvement made by the magazine both in composition and in type can be had than fhe myriad of complimentary and congratulatory letters which have been overwhelming Mr. Konecky.- These, .which set the sky as the limit of their praise, are not restricted to one locality but have come from every state in the country. Mr. Konecky has made a name for himself in the* community in various fields of endeavor.' He has published a book of poems, "The Trail of Spring", and at present is laying Jjlans for the publishing of five books -he has written during the past seven •years. These include, -a religious novel, a collection of .poems, essays, plays e t c ' He also displays his histrionic talerr as "a" skHirre, having freCommunity quently appeared in Playhouse productions. ,is-«-al *n accomplished musician. A £ew years ago h<* wrote a Pageant on America, the ; only one of its kind—a history of th-: United States in dramatic episodes with poetic preludes and music. -(Continued on Page 6.)
Feder. • . • " Directora appointed by William Holzman, president of the Center, for one year are Ben Glazer, Max Barish, Shrolly Goodman, Dr. M. I. ; Gordon, Louis Kulakofsky, E. Meyer, Sam Ravitz, Leo Rosenthal, and Har•iy Weinberg. The following were appointed as Good TVill Banquet Will Be chairman of the various committees: Held Next Wednesday, Jake Isaacson, athletic committee; April 30 ' Herman Auerbach, forum commitThe Good-Will banquet of the ;tee; Robert Kooper, house commit' tee; Dr. Philip Sher, education; Dave Brotherhood pf Temple Israel will'be Feder, membership committee; Mrs. one of the outstanding events of the year in the cementing of relationship 'Philip Schwartz, girls' work.
NEW LAW EXEMPTS ~ RABBIS IN ITALY Rome.—The ...rights of, •worship -of : members of non-Catholic religions in ; Italy, are fully confirmed and non! Catholic clergy are authorized to ' assist in public hospitals and. in prisons by the regulations of the •' law for non-Catholic religions in Italy made public here. The regulations also provide that non-Catholic clergymen are to be exempt from military service and , that they may provide religious aid '•to non-Catholic soldiers. Students in non-Catholic seminaries or rabbinical schools may postpone their military service until after graduation and parents of non-Catholic students in the elementary schools are entitled to claim exemption for • their children from religious instruction. A law regarding the organization of the Jewish communities along the lines proposed by a special ministry of worship, is expected soon. Both -'Of^these laws are made necessary as Dr. F. W. Clayton a result of the Lateran* Treaties between the , Italian State and the between Jew and Gentile, according to A. Q. Schimmel, chairman of the arHoly See. rangements committee. The banquet is to be held Wednesday evening a t the Blackstone iotel. The members of the Brotherhood are asked to invite at. least one guest'of another religious faith. '•IThe banquet is also open to those who do not belong to Temple Israel, according to Mr. Schimmel. ReservaYork. (J.T.A.)—Plans for the tions, however, must be made at least projection of an American Maccabee one day before the dinner. • Organization along the same lines ,as Dr. Frederick W. Clayton, rector of the movement in Europe and Palestine were discussed by leaders of the All Saints Epicopal church, who is to national youth movements and the make the principal address, will local athletic organizations at a con- speak an "Permanent Values in Life.". ference held at the offices of the Jew- He is one of the most popular pastors in the city and his speech wil be most ish Education Association. interesting. The objects of the proposed MacHenry Rosenthal, president of cabee movement were discussed and Temple Israel, will speak on a, subwere declared tentatively to be: The organization on a national scope of ject associated with the relationship independent athletic clubs and move- between Jew and Gentile.
Earl Siegal Elected Head of Sr.Council Earl Siegal was elected president of the Senior Council a t the; meeting of the organization Monday evening at the J. C. C. Other officers chosen are. Max Miller, secretary, and Ida Weinzveg, treasurer. The Council will sponsor a dance for all of its member clubs on Tuesday evening, May 13.
Jewish Baseballers . Lose First Game Undismayed by a defeat in the first game of the season, the Shames Radiator diamondeers, who last year promenaded under the name • of the Jewish Athletic club, will tackle the South Side Progressives at Thirtysecond and Dewey Sunday afternoon at 1:30. The Jewish lads lost a hard-fought battle to the C. B. and Q. hist Sunday in the season's opener, 5 to 6. Sammy Yousem started the game on the mound,, but was replaced by> Max.Altshuler, who twirled fine ball. He : and Iz Shreibman starred. Sam Zweibach is managing the team.
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meeting of •' i/i&e local B'nai B'rith lodge will be held Thurs^ day evening, May 8, instead of on May 1, in order to afford the delegates of the Quinquennial Convention ; atr.Cincinnati the opportunity of-presenting their reports. ' 'According to Milton Abrahams, president: of the lodge, the meeting May 8 will ' be open to the public and will be featured by addresses by promfaieBt local speakers.
PALESTINE JEWS
NATIONAL, OMAHA DRIVES COMBINED Campaign Will C l o s e on First of June EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FORMULATING PLANS
Sam Beber, prominent communal worker, has been selected as general chairman of the first campaign of the Jewish I Philanthropies to be held in ; Omaha May 19 to June 1. i The newly formed Jewish Philanthropies, organized within the last few days for the purpose of acting as a financial agency for twenty philanthropic and religious institutions, is ithe outgrowth of several years I of intensive study and effort I on the part of local Jewish i leaders. The plan was also approved by the recent Jewish ] Communal Survey which was i conducted In Omaha. j "The Jewish Philanthropies j will again co-ordinate Jews in ! every walk of life in Omaha," " j' said."Mr. B e f e "H^-Tll^tmite all Jews for a common cause— that of raising sufficient money to take care of our local and national organizations, as well as the Allied Jewish Campaign."
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Compensation to Jews for Riots Are Exceedingly•Small"' Jerusalem. . t.J. "fi. P-t— Great disappointment has been" "-aroused here and in Safed as a Jesuit of the first compensation payments to Jews for property and personal losses! suffered as a result of last summer's i riots. " Most o f t h e payments thus | far made total eight per cent of the damages suffered, butr<iin' some "cases the payment is even:*
The . family of rHassoun, w-hose house in -.Heoron -:4ia6-troyed and looted" Siith^ property -damli Si^OOTj^fc received id age totaling gpensatidn. •fifty-seven dollars in The Jewish community of Hebron, which claimed - $10,000 for the destruction of a synagogue, asylum and Sam Beber other communal institutions,-has been paid $270. Asher Karlinsky, who ^suffered' damages of Solo when his house in Hebron was looted, received three dollars and fifty cents.. -. • "'K — - — — • • ' • i •Resolutions protesting against, "the shameful attitude of the government I The Jewish Women's Welfare Fed-j towards the riot sufferers" w.ere eration ".•will hold their annual Moth-j adopted last night at a meeting of ers' and Daughters' iJay on May 6j Jews in Safed. It was pointed out at three o'clock a t the Jewish Com-! that the .government had estimated muriity Center auditorium. A verj interesting program has[*«>niinatuig Committee Is to the damages at a low figure to start been arranged, to be followed by the | Report on Its with but neverthelessi i t ; was now Ticket r paying but one third of. its own. servihg of tea." Mrs. Nate Mantel is chairman of the program and Mrs.! — — — estimates. H. Newman is chairman of the tea. i The April meeting of the Council All of the women of the Jewish j o f Jewish Women will be held Mon«rganizations have been cordially in- j day, April 28, at the Jewish Comvited to attend. munity Center at 2:30 P- *n. Mrs. •j Phil Schwartz as chairman of the j legislation and civics committee of ! the Council is in charge of the proI gram. | In accordance with plans made the first of the year the meeting witl be over to a discussion of the election issues. Mrs. Schwartz and ' h e r -committee have been studying
Planmng a Mother and Daughter Day
APRIL MEETING OFCOUNCILmL BE HELD MONDAY
MLonsky, LapidusrReber Delegates to Conclave HADASSAH WILL
SELECT DELEGATES NEXT
DISCUSSES PLANS FOR MACCABEE GROUP
ments for athletics and Jewish culture for the purpose of concentrating the interest of the American Jewish youth in the athletic development by the Jewish, youth in Palestine. Dr. Salomon Flink, a member of the Praesidium of the World Maccabee Organization with headquarters in Berlin, who is in America to broaden the activities of the international Jewish movement, was the principal speaker. He declared that recent events..: in Palestine have shown the need for- building a sturdy race of Jewish youth and that this could be best occomplished through an intensive Maccabee movement there. . It rested with the Jewish youth of America, he added, to see that the athletic movement in Palestine IS ttrenghtened.
i§amPeber Will Lead ! Local United Campaign
Meeting of B'iiai B'ritK Postponed
Regional Convention to Be Held j the'various situations throughout the
at Kansas Citr* Missouri
Henry Monsky District Number six of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith will be represented by three Omahans— Sam Beber, Harry H. Lapidus, and Henry Monsky—at the 13th Quinquennial Convention of the Order, to open at Cincinnati, Sunday, April 27. Cincinnati, the home city of the national headquarters, -will be host to approximately 500 persons, including 112 delegates, their families and visitors, who are expected" to be present. An elaborate program has been arranged for the occasion. In America there are 400 local lodges : with a membership which now exceeds 60,000. In addition to
i year and at this meeting will preeI ent three of Omaha's best speakers. •— . • Mr. William F. Baxter will speak Selection of delegates for the fifth! o n " ^ Municipal University". Mr. annual conference of.. the Southwest j Baxter is one of Omaha's mostpromEegion of the Hadassah will'•feature i n e nt citizens, being president of the,April meeting of .the; local" Ha- Thomas Kilpatrick and Company, dassah chapter,.. to r be -held-at the j chairman of the Greater Omaha AsJewish Communiti-• Center Wednes-j Sociation, and vitally interested in day afternoon,' April-' 30;- at; 2:30 p.; the Communitv Chest, Art Institute m. The regional convention will be and Tuesday Musical Club. held at Kansas City, Mo., on MonEev. Fred F. Clayton will speak day and Tuesday, May 19 and 20. on "The Library Bonds". Rev. Mr. At Wednesday's meeting a report Clayton who has been in Omaha for will be given on the last 'Member- the past three years, is rector pi ship and Birthday luncheon held last All Saints Episcopal Church. month, by Mrs. B. A. Simon, chairHarry H. Lapidus Mr. Joseph G. Masters, principal man. of Central High school, will speak the delegates who will be present Mrs. Frank Tuchman entertained from the United States, Canada and at a bridge tea at her home April on the needs of that school. At this meeting the nominating South America, several delegates 16 for the Hadassah Milk Fund, of from European B'nai B'rith districts which Mrs. Julius Stein is chairman. committee headed by Mrs. R. Kula_. -i ,. . ••_ i * i , , - . kofsky will bring in its ticket for are expected, and those who, because The ladies by „._ * «n i in • May. •»« /On -> ^u, _ hat , bag, donated ., -Li offices to v be filled this of the distance, cannot come in perT Mrs. Joseph Eosenberg, president of son will be present by proxy.. committee with Mrs. Kulakofsky arc the Omaha chapter, will be raffled off Mrs. Samuel Gerson, Mrs. I. D. at this meeting. Weiss, Mrs. M. I. Gordon, Mrs. Irvin A meeting of the board of direc- " , ' 7 „ ' v ,, 'i T « •ii L i. 11 ^ .n. y. ^ J Stalmaster, Mrs. N. Mantel and Mrs. tors will be held at the Center at U , . ..,, 3 .. __ Ferdinand Adler. The next regular meeting of the X'ov. The offices to be ^filled ai-e as folOmaha Hebrew club will be held lows: President, vice-president, treasSunday, April 27, at the Jewish MRS. UDENSKY DIES Community Center. Sam Klaver, "Word ..has been received here that urer, recording secretary, correspondpresident, urges all members to at- Mrs. Charles Udensky, sister of Mrs. ing secretary, auditor and two ditend, as very important business will Ben Levensky and Mrs. J. Adler, rectors for a term of two years each. The board meeting at 1:30 p. m. %vill be transacted. p a s s e d - a w a y in'Brooklyn, N. Y, precede the regular meeting.
Omalw Hebrew Club Meeting on Sunday
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According to present plans, as outlined by the Executive Committee, the drive for funds will start on Monday, May 19, and will continue until June 1. The exact amount of the budget has not as yet been 6«t, according to Harry A. Wolf, chairman of tht Budget committee. The following agencies will be the beneficiaries of the fund of th» Jewish Philanthropies: Local Agmcies Talmud Torah and Sunday School. Wise Memorial Hospital. Old People's Homo. South Side Talmud Torah. National Agencies National Jewish Hospital of Denver, Colorado. Jewish Consumptive Relief Society of Denver, Colorado. Ex-Patients Tubercular Home «f Denver, Colorado. Leo >". Levi Memorial Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Jewish Orphan Home, Cleveland, Ohio. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, New York, N. Y. National Desertion Bureau, New York, N. Y. Bureau for Jewish Social Research, New York, N. Y. National Conference of Jewish Scoria! Work. Training School for Jewish Social Work, National Farm School, Doylctown, Pa. American Jewish Committee. N a t i o n a l Appeals Information ServiceDenver National Jewish Home for Children. Allied Jewish Campaign consisting of: Joint Distribution Committee. Jewish Agency for Palestine. The plan of the Jewish Philanthropies has betm submitted to every Jewish society, club, order and organization in Omaha, and has bw»ii approved by each one, according to Mr. Beber. He also said that each of these various organizations hfts pledged itself to assist, in the CRtivpaign and to take an active part in its work. The Executive Committee in charge of the present plans, is composed of (Continued on P*ge 3.)
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