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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930
VOL.
VIII.—No. 24
Trustees to Select 41st CONFERENCE Committees of Jewish Stirring Sessions Are PLAY SCHOOL Conservative Rabbi OF RABBIS OPENS Predicted at Zionist WILL OPEN ON Philanthropies Named LAST WEDNESDAY Conclave at Cleveland NEXT TUESDAY
" At a meeting of the congregation of the Conservative Synagogue held Wednesday evening at the' Jewish Community Center, the members voted that the board of trustees proceed with the reception and consideration of applications of rabbis for the ConAlthough Many Important Matters Will Be servative pulpit. A large attendance •was present. . Discussed, Brandeis-Mack Proposal Holds "I have already received a number the Limelight of Convention of applications to fill the pulpit of the The pro and con of the Zionist difficulties confronting the movement Conservative Synagogue and I' feel situation is in Omaha, as every- will in all probability be solved ere sure that we will be able to conduct services by the first Friday in Sept.," •where else, a mooted question. M. long. . Sam Beber, president of the SynaF. Levenson, president of the local Besides this question, there are two -Zionists, expresses his views on other major questions which confront gogue stated Thursday. the matter thus: "I would like to the conclave. The first is the attisee • the affairs of the Zionist or- tude to be adopted by the Zionists ganization in the hands of a busi- of America toward the British govness-like group of leaders whose ernment. The other is the. question past careers have gained for them the respect of American Jewry.". of the adoption of a program of Zionist propaganda that will take New York.—The atmosphere sur- into account the new status of the rounding Zionist circles is charged work for Palestine in America. •with electricity as the date of the Jerusalem, (J. T. A.).—The JewAmerican Zionist convention schedish National Council at its last meetuled to begin at Cleveland June 29 ing decided on joint action with the xspidly approaches. Jewish Agency, the Rabbinate, and "Without "question, the momentous the Agudath Israel, -world orthodox question which will even dwarf the organization, in presenting the Jewsignificance of the suspension of labish case before the Wailing Wall or immigration into Palestine and the Commission, issuance of the second White Paper The actual advocacy of the Jewish by the British government will be the debate on the Brandeis-Mack pro- Various Appointments for the case will be left to David Yellinn Ensuing Year Are Mordecai Eliash and S. Blau. posals. Given It is understood that at the behest Since the Brandeis-Mack group, of Dr. Judah L. Magnes, a special divorced from the American Zionist Mrs. Julius Stein, president of the council has been constituted to act activities since the Cleveland convenOmaha Chapter of Hadassah, has as a supervisory body in the presention of 1921, delivered their ultimatum containing the terms upon which announced the committee chairmen tation of the Jewish case to the they will return, to the Zionist fold, and board of directors for; the en- Commission which is to examine feeling has been running high as to suing term, following a special meet- Moslem an3 Jewish claims to the "whether or not their proposal should ing of the newly-elected officers held WalL at the J.C.C. be accepted. The Council consists of Rabbis The new officers, besides Mrs. Kook, Mayer and Sonenfeld, marking The substance of their demands is the reorganization of the entire Stein, are Mrs. B. A. Simon and Mrs. the first; significant action on "which American Zionist ' machinery, "with J. J. Friedman, vice-presidents; Mrs. rabbis in opposing camps have united. compjete ^control vested for a period Dave Stein and Mrs. J. M. Erman, Professor Yehudah has also inof years in a group of men who shall financial secretaries; Mrs. Sam Co- dicated his willingness to assist the he beyond the control of the general hen,, recording secretary; Mrs. Abra- Jewish case. "; ham Romm, treasurer. organization. " The directors appointed are MesLocal" meetings Sn the various sections of the country have been the dames Harry Kulakofsky, Reuben Unemployment in Ukrainia scenes of •many"acrimonious debates', Moscow^—Over* 200,000 physically with the pro and con of the question senberg, E. Weinberg, A. Silverman, able Jews willing to "work have no being ably staied. Most of the loc- Albert Shaeffer. The seniorZ-ao'visor prospects of employment in Ukraiaia. al Zionist—groups are instructing of the Junior" Hadassah is Mrs. Max Most" of them are between, the ages • • of 15 and 50 and are lishentzy j their delegates how to vote on the Fromkin. j Brandeis memorandum and the reCommittee chairman announced (people -without rights) and declassed turns on these instructions show that are: Mrs. L Grossman, finance; Mrs. who have no professions which would a stirring debate will make this the J. J. Friedman, sewing circle; Mrs. enable them to make a living. storm center of the conclave. J. M. Erman, publicity; Mrs. 0. C. All of the local groups recognize Goldner and Mrs. R. Bleicher, milk the value of the keen mind and mag- fund; Mrs. A. Greenspan, program; nificent leadership of Supreme Court Mrs. Meyer Friedel, telephone; Mrs. Justice Louis Brandeis and all_ are F. A. Rubnitz, penny luncheon; Mrs. anxious -for a united front. But the J. B. Robinson and Mrs. A. Theodore, antagonists of the Brandeis proposal courtesy; Mrs. Sam Beber, cultural; argue that the cause is. greater than Mrs. Max Lerner, linen shower; Mrs. any one man and that to accede here B. A. Simon, medical fund. "Our program at the Jewish Comwould mean that the Zionist .cause Honorary members of the Hadasmunity Center in Omaha can take is of less meaning than the leadersah are Mrs. Nate Mantel, president its place with that of any Jewish ship of Brandeis. of the Sisterhood of Temple Israel; Center in the country", was the comThese people want conciliation but Mrs. J. J. Greenberg, president of pliment paid the bee-hive activity of demand modification of the memor- the Conservative Synagogue Auxilia- the local J.C.C. by Samuel Gerson, andum, conceived in the spirit of ry; Mrs. Herbert Arnstein, president executive secretary- of the Jewish mutual concession on the part of all of the Council of Jewish Women; Welfare Federation and J. C. C. upon elements concerned. The proposed his return from Boston where he atplan, they maintain, does not suggest Mrs. K. Tatle, president of the De- tended the national conference of the borah Society; Mrs. A. Greenberg, a lucid or practicable plan for a president of the Women's Welfare Jewish Social Service Workers. He reapprochement. also attended the eleventh conference The proponents of the memoran- Federation; and Mrs. S. Platt, presi- of Center secretaries. dent of the Daughters of Zion. ' dum claim that the greatest boon possible for the Zionist movement in this country would be the acceptance by Judge Brandeis of leadership. They claim that • due to the recent unwarranted antagonism of the British government this convention must effect a coalition with the BrandeisMack forces and that under the dynamic leadership of these men the New York, (J. T.-A.).—The newest integrate themselves into the changtrends in educational thought and en- ing industrial order of Eastern deavor are now being tried out in Europe. war torn Europe, as well as in Pal"The World War practically deestine, according to a statement is- stroyed, in fact virtually obliterated, sued by David M. Bressler, one of all the systems of Jewish cultural the national co-chairman of the Al- and. religious training, and one of lied Jewish Campaign. the most notable achievements of In the areas of Poland, Lithuania, the Joint Distribution Committee was Considerable interest is being arous- Latvia, Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary, the revivification and restoration of ed among many of Omaha's Jewry in Austria, Transylvania, and Palestine elementary, middle and higher systthe World-Herald Fresh Air Camp there have been subsidized by the ems of learning among the Jews. Fund, which is providing money for Joint Distribution Committee no less In Palestine, Mr. Bressler declared, the Nebraska Tuberculosis association than 2,031 schools with 245,835 studthere is one of the most complete to restore health to 30 undernourished ents. This committee is the instruboys and girls during July and Aug- mentality through which funds con- Hebrew educational systems in the ust at the Omaha Lions Club Child- tributed by the Jews of America for world, ranging ail the way from the ren's Health Camp, located at seventy- the reconstructive relief of their co- kindergarten to the Hebrew Univereighth and Center. Jewish youths religionists oversees are administered. sity on Mount Scopus. The Jewish pioneers there regard schools for •will be among these. These schools which dot the various indispensable as bread. Everyone has been invited to open parts of Eastern Europe and Palest- ""^ «uiun?u ^ u ^ x i ^ m e *» UrC*u. a v e house which will be held at the camp ine are of three distinct types, Tal- * £ • ^ , h a v f S ^s few as ten Sunday afternoon from 3 until 6 mud Torah schools, schools for girls children, has a kindergarten, at least. o'clock. Those attending are asked to and trade schools. j A delightful, homelike atmosphere bring donations of canned fruit, veget- Of the three types, the trade j prevails in the Palestinian kindergarables, and jellies. schools present the most intertesting ten, where hot meals are furnished The Lion*s club has spent over 10 experiment, Mr, Bressler said, as inj to the children at a very low charge, thousand dollars to completely renov- these schools 'cultural courses com- i as part of the child welfare program ate and modernize the place, which bined "with instruction in manual of Hadassah, the women's Zionist •was formerly the city detention home. training, to enable the graduates to Organization nf A—•-»"•»
JEWS UNITE FOR WAILING WALL COMMISSIONERS
MRS. J. STEIN ANNOUNCES THE HADASSAH HEADS
Sam Beber, president of the recently formed Jewish Philanthropies of Omaha, has announced the following Those Attending the committees for the coming term: Conclave BUDGET—Wm. Holzman, chairman, Harry Malashock, H. A. Wolf, "We meet in s very depressing period of Jewish lift the world over", '< President David Lefkowitz of Dallas FINANCE—M. Yousem, chairman, greeted the 41st convention of the Central Conference of Ampi-j^n Harry Dworsky, Jack Marer, Mrs. L. J. Riklin, Rabbis at the conclave which opened OLD PEOPLES HOME—Harry in Providence, Rhode Island, Wednesday. -" In his annual message, the president stressed the need of the Jewish Houses of Worship doing all in their power to ward off the attacks of supernaturalism in philosophy and religion. However, he expressed the belief that the united efforts of the rabbinate would meet the situation just as it did forty years ago. Berlin, (J. T, A.).—A meeting of Rabbi Frederick Cohn of Omaha the Administrative Committee of the Temple Israel, is among those attend- Jewish Agency for Palestine has ing the conference. Providence is been called by its chairman, Felix M. Dr. Cohn's birthplace and boyhood Warburg, to meet in Berlin August home. 29. ' Rabbi Cohn will return late in the A number of extremely important summer. political developments that have arisen with regard to Palestine since the Administrative Committee met in London last March are on the agenda. With the fiscal year of the Jewish Agency closing September 30, the adoption of the Agency's new budget will be one of the major matters to be placed before the members of the was elected ident of the Omaha Chapter No. 1 So many developments of the of the A. Z. A. at the semi-annual greatest significance concerning election of officers of the chapter. Palestine have transpired since last Other officers chosen are Milton March that the August session of the Altchuler, vice-president; Irvin We- Administrative Commitee will be zelman, secretary; Harold Barish, faced with urgent problems such as treasurer; Milton Himelstein, senior its attitude to the report of Sir John sergeant-at-arms; Arthur Grossman, Simpson, which may be ready by junior sergeant-at-arms; Sam Finkel, August, the British policy in Palestreporter; Sol Graetz, chaplain. The ine and the Wailing Wall issue. retiring president, Sam Fregger, gave a farewell speech. .. ^ Three members 3B6"*fiie- Milwaukee Reject Nomination of Isaacs A. Z. A. chapter, who are on a good Canberra, Australia.—The British will tour throughout the west, were government has rejected the nominaguests at the meeting. They boosted tion or Sir Isaac Isaacs, chief justice Milwaukee as the site for the 1931 of Australia, for the governor-generalconvention. ship of Australia, it was learned here. The installation of the new officers The nomination of Sir John Monash, will be held at the next regular commander of the Australian forces meeting. in the World War, is also unlikely_
JEWISH AGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE BODY TO MEET
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HEAD OF MOTHER CHAPTER
Weiner, chairman, Mrs. A. Silverman, M. F. Levenson, Sam Klaver. NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS — Harry Lapidus, chairman, Dave Feder, Joe Greenberg, Goodman .Meyerson, Al Wohlner, A. B. Zimman. WISE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — Dr. M. I. Gordon, chairman, A. B. Alpirn, Rabbi Frederick Cohn, A. Herxberg, Morris Milder, Blanche Henry Rosenthal. SOCIAL SERVICE — Dr. Philip Sher, chairman, Irvin Stalmaster, Dr. A. Greenberg. EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE — Dr. Morris Margolin, chairman, Phil, Klutznick, N. S. Yaffe, J. H. Kulakofsky, Abner Kaiman, Abe Goldstein, Mrs. Max Holzman. The appointments were approved at a Board Meeting Wednesday.
MRS. ARNSTEIN NAMES HEADS 0FC01 Important Badness Transacted at Board Meeting of Council
INTEREST IS BEING SHOWN IN SUMMER CHILDREN'S CAMP
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The Kingdom of Play will open its doors at the J.C.C. on Tuesday morning, July 1, at 9 a.m., welcoming all' children between the ages of 5 and 15 to the Jewish Community Center summer Play School. Registrations are being taken at the J.C.C. counter. A number of features have already been arranged for the assemblies. Among those are included the presentation of Ted Mack, master of ceremonies at the World, colored slides, movies, plays, pageants, talks of prominent men, and a grand climaxing picnic. The Play School Departments have already been organized and the staff is comprised of the following: Genei-al director, Louis M. Shanok. Kindergarten—Alice Kathsack, a trained kindergarten teacher, assisted by Adele Wilinsky, LaVerne Feblo•witz, Gertrude Orach, Esther Stein, Rose Brandeis, and Cyril Leon. Dramatics—Mrs. Herman Jahr, assisted by liuth Ziev, Naomi Cohn, Ida Tennenbar.m, Shirley Janoff, Sarah Rae Fish Seckerman, Edith Dolgoff, Ruth Barish, Mrs. Joseph Bonoff, Mrs. Moe Venger, and Mrs. Phineas Wintroub. Dancing vriH be taught by Miss Shirley Janoff, who has just completed a tour of the KKO circuit as a stage attraction. Swimming will be taught by E. M. Sepel, the J.C.C. Physical Education Director. Direction of games will be under the supervision of Leo Fried. Handcraft, consisting of sewing and embroidering, toy making, clay modelling and leather work will be under the direction of Rose RosenEteini assisted by Grace Dansky, Anne Tretiak, Mrs. I. W. Rosenblatt, Mrs. William Schall,, Mrs. J. B. Robinson, Rose Fiedler, Israel Sternhill, Helen Janger, Anne lintzman, Charlotte Heyn, Lucille Goldenberg, Mrs. Fred Larkin, and Eunice Eosenstein. The milk which will be distributed during each assembly will be under the supervision of the members of the Jewish Women's Welfare Organization.
Mrs. Herbert Arnstein, president of the local Council of Jewish Women,' announces the following committee chairmen for the year 1930-31, following the first meeting of the new board held Monday at the J. C. C : Civics, Mrs. Robert Glazer; community co-operation, Mrs. A. Silverman; courtesy, Mrs. Max Holzman; education, Mrs. J. H. Kulakofsky; hospitality, Mrs. I. Stalmaster; service for foreign born, Mrs. William Holzman; education for-foreign born, Mrs. William Levey; legislation, Mrs. Phil Schwartz; membership, Mrs. Mose Yousem; motor corps, Mrs. A. Somberg; peace, Mrs. Samuel Gerson; printing and stationery, Miss Hazel Degan. Program, .Mrs. Louis Sommers; publicity, Mrs. Morris Jacobs; religion and religious education, Mrs. S. E. Gilinsky; social service, Mrs. R. Kulakofsky; school friend, Mrs. Sam Beber; farm and rural work, Mrs. Harry Wolf; telephone, Mrs. Jules Newman; ways and means, Mrs. B. A. Simon; Wise hospital, Mrs. Sam Wertheimer; vocational guidance, Mrs. Isador Zeigler. The Board elected the following Board of Managers: Mesdames Herbert Arnstein, Samuel Gerson, Leo Mr. Gerson found the sessions to Mr. Gerson reports that, based on Rosenthal, William Holzman, J. H. be excellent mental stimulants, sup- statistics of Jewish family welfare Kulakofsky, Harry Wolf, I. D. Weiss. The Board also voted to support the plying ample food for thought. He organizations in comparison with states that at the present we are in non-sectarian organizations in the Community Forum lecture course Herman Goldstein, son of Mr. and a transitional, experimental stage, same field, the Jewish family welfare again, to have Dr. Frederick Cohn con- Mrs. Abe Goldstein, has been appoint"In the Community Center field we organizations do less emergency tinue the current events classes, and ed assistant counsellor of Camp are experimenting", he said, "and j vrork, give a greater proportion of to develop the Scholarship Fund. Indianola at Madison, Wisconsin, in Council has a box at the J. C. C. recognition of the effective and meritare trying to learn. While a good long-time g service,, keepp cases under j deal of progress has already been care longer and use financial relief i n t o w h i c h a11 a r e requested to drop orious ability he has shown during the any tinfoil they may have. three summers he has attended this made, we still have a long way to more freely where it is used at all. well-known private camp for boys. go". At the conference Omaha was This study was made under the Hard earned ideas are the only especially credited for the effective direction of Russell Sage Foundation, Herman will have several local Jewones that would live debating teams put out. j (Continued on Page 7) ish boys as companions during his vaAccording to Mr. Gerson, the con--; cation there. Bernard Chapman will ference on Community Centers j leave with him next Monday night, stressed the progressive character of and they will soon be followed by the Jewish Center and the manner Richard Gordon, Melvin Sommers, and of ministering it. It was pointed Leonard Kulakofsky of this city, and out that the Center ideal is truly JewBob and Donald Rosenfeld from Counish and truly democratic, seeking cil Bluffs, who will make the trip by healthy, integrated Jewish ethical motor. personalities and adjusted Jewish New-York, (J. T. A.).—The first East Side. His mother died when he Eight weeks of ideal summer group life contributing toward a talith (praying shawls), tefilim, was four years old and five years camping is in store for the lads. A higher American civilization. (phylacteries), sidur (prayer book), later his father also died. At the program of physical, mental, and cult-. There are at present 150 Centers and tsitsith (fringes worn by Jews age of 24 he joined the United States nral activities has been arranged to affiliated with the Jewish Welfare on edge of clothes) to be taken to Army where he distinguished him- appeal to everyone. - Outdoor sports, Board, representing an investment of the South Pole was part of the bag- self as a motor mechanic, taking a swimming, athletics, boat-riding, driltwenty-five millions and a member- gage of Master Sergeant Benjamin special interest in aeroplane motors. ling, horsebaclc-riding, overnight hikes ship of more than 275,000 young men Roth, the only Jewish member of the When Admiral Byrd was prepar- and all sports of man building qualByrd Expedition to the South Pole, ing for his South Pole Expedition ities are on the menu. and women, boys and girls. "No ethical standard should be too who together with the other Polar and was picking the personnel that This novel, stimulating vacation has high to hold before the young peop- heroes and explorers was honored by was to accompany him, he asked every convenience the boys could dele", Mr. Gerson stated as a conclus- the City of New York on their re- the United States Army to recom- sire. The camp itself is situated on ion of the conclave, " and a program turn. mend a first-rate aeroplane mechanic the beautiful Lake Mendota, a spot should be planned on the basis of a Sergeant Roth, who was recently Benjamin Roth was recommended where nature is seen in all her charm. sympathetic understanding." Recom- promoted for his excellent work with and received the appointment. The surroundings are wonderful and mendations were made for scientific the expedition to the Antarctic reg- Other members of the expedition, the environment is of the best. Prof. study of junior problems, women's ions, is 38 years old, and was one of speaking of Roth, declared that the F. G. Mueller, professor of psychology work, and Jewish grouping in Amer- Admiral Bryd's chief assistants on latter never sought to hide his Jew- at the University of Wisconsin, -with the expedition, his duties consisting ishness, either in the Army or as a the assistance of a number of counselica. At the Conference for Social chiefly of keeping the aeroplane en- member of the expedition, but, on the j lors who are university boys, supercontrary, he has been very proud | vises the entire camp so that no deWorkers, over 600 social -workers gines in order. Sergeant Roth was known to the of it. The talith, tefilim, sid«r andI trimental influences can creep in. attended the sessions. rest of the members of the expedi- te'tsih that he tool with him to the; The chances of injury are also minAccording to Dr. H. D. Linfield, tion as "Benny" and sometimes as Antarctic were given him by his imized considerably. Besides the care the United States is no longer the taken, trained nurses and doctors are chief center of immigration. During "Jew-fellow" in a good-humored brother. the last five years the countries rank vein, and was popular with them, Roth has already finished serving! always ready, aided by all of the most thus: Palestine, United States, Ar- formerly lived in the Brownsville his Army term for which he had en- j modern hospital facilities. gentine, Canada, Brazil. The rise of section of Brooklyn, where his broth- listed, but desirous of going to the] Consideration is even given to the South Pole, enlisted for another three J backward student or any boy in need Palestine as an immigration center er, Samuel still lives. of tutoring. - » «• Roth -was born on Avenue A on the year period was caused by the war.
Local Community Center Program Compares Favorably With Best"
J. D.C. Using Latest Educational Trends
Excellent Staff Will Be at the Head of Summer School
Talith" and "Tephilim" Invade the South Pole
HERMAN GOLDSTEIN APPOINTED BOYS' AMP COUNSELLOR