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IX.—No. 28
Jewish Program Is to NUMBER OF JEWS Palestine Given Bay Lands RABBI GOLDSTEIN RUSSIAN ATHEISTS B'NAI BR1TH LODGE ! Haifa Property Open "Church of Air" 20 New Airplanes of Jews OUTLINES PLANS DELINQUENT SINKS ISSUE THEIR "TEN IS MAKING PLANS TO VERY LOW EBB FOR SYNAGOGUE COMMANDMENTS" FOR ACTIVE YEAR
Jerusalem.—(J. T. A-)—Preparing A departure in radio whereby a Haifa, Palestine.—(J. T. A.)—The for any eventualities in connection new religious feature the "Church of Palestine land court, after deliberatwith the Arab agitation over the sealthe Air," will be substituted for reing for 16 days ruled.that the Haifa ed armories in the Jewish colonies, ligious broadcasting on a commercial Bay lands, the ownership of which had been in dispute between Jews and Conservative Membership Cam- basis, is announced by the Colum- In New York, Jews in Prisons, the Palestine government transferred Renew Their War on the Comtwenty airplanes and six regiments of bia Broadcasting Company. The news Dr. A. Greenberg, President, Arabs, is the property of Jewish bodReformatories Now Neing Jewish Holypaign Now In Full soldiers from Transjordania to Palfeature is to be broadcast over a naies, being part of the land sold to Announces New Commitgligible Quantity days Swing estine. In the meantime a strict tion-wide network with the co-operathem by the Srirsuk family. T h e tee Heads watch is being maintained on the Paltion of Protesant, Catholic and Jewish present Arab holders were ordered to At an enthusiastic meeting of the New York.—(J. T. A.)—A startling estine-Syrian border but thus far Moscow.—(J. T. A.)—With the high leaders. drop in Jewish criminality and de- everything is quiet and there are no Jewish holidays less than a month ' T h e stage is almost set for one of leave and to pay the costs of the Conservative Synagogue held at the The services will be launched on linquency in New York is described the most active B'nai Brith terms in suit. away, the League of Militant Atheists J. C. C. Tuesday evening and attended Sunday, September 13, at 5 p. m. with in an article appearing in the current fears of trouble. recent years. Under the leadership issued its own "ten commandments" by a large group of workers, the of Dr. A. Greenberg, the newly-electfor fighting the Jewish holidays. The plans for the coming year as well as an address by Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of Outlook magazine from the pen of ed president, meetings have been held first "commandments" in the anti-rethe membership campaign were Central Synagogue, New York, who is Ernest K. Canter, general manager of the chairman of the 1931 joint Distri- the New York Society for the Predaring the past six weeks outlining ligious decalogue calls for lectures in thoroughly formulated. bution Committee campaign. A Jewvention of Cruelty to Children. Acan intensive program which will cater every factory, factory co-operation, Rabbi David A. Goldstein, spiritual almost entirely to the membership of artel, collective farm, school and dub head of the synagogue, in outlining ish musical program Is being arrang- cording to Mr. Conter's article in the lodge. This new program will be on the subject of the Five Year Plan his plans for the coming year, in- ed which will include the services of which he quotes comparative statisan outstanding cantor. tics on prison populations, the numinaugurated with the initial lodge and religion, anti-Semitism and reliformed the membership that there will As outlined at present the Jewish ber of Jews in prisons and reformameeting of the current term Septemgion, collectivization and religion and be considerably more activity than ber 10, when the new officers will be Conference Decides to Give heretofore, full details of wisich will feature will ordinarily go on the air tories is sinking to practically a nethe class character of the Jewish holigligible quantity. installed and a program of entertainMonetary Help to PennIs Spoken of as Logical Man to days or modern Judaism and national be given to the entire membership about 2:30. ment will be presented by the Intelhatred. sylvania Strikers Lead Liberal Party in in the very near future. "Regardless of the fact that 27.4 lectual Advancement Committee headEngland per cent of the population of New The other nine "commandments" J. J. Greenberg, chairman of memed by Rabbi David A. Goldstein. Seven Jewish organizations in Oma- bership, stated that he was very enYork City is Jewish the facts today are as follows: are that less than 8 per cent of the London.—(J. T. A.)—Sir Herbert 1. To organize special excursions Hereafter regular meetings of the ha have banded together "The Miners thusiastic at the response of so many population of the five great prisons Samuel, first High Commissioner of during the Rosh Hashonah and Yom lodge will be held twice a month on Belief Committee of Omaha" to aid workers in the congregation and was the striking miners in Pennsylvania. of the state, where convicted felons Palestine and one of the outstanding Kippur holidays and to stage anti-rethe second and fourth Thursday. The certain the membership drive would Liberal statesmen of England has be- ligious movies and plays on those of New York are sent, are Jews." first meeting of each month will be W. Bishoff is chairman of the Com- be successful. come the center of newspaper discus- days. mittee, M. Minkin is secretary and B. devoted to a program of unusual mer"While the Jewish boys in the Following is a partial list of the A. H. Brodkey reigns as champion sion as the possible next leader of the 2. To proclaim Rosh Hashonah and it. Invitations have been sent to some Bailin, treasurer. workers in the membership campaign: of the Highland Country Club mashie House of Refuge, a state institution of the most prominent Jewish leaders The organizations which are par- J. H. Kulakofsky, J. J. Greenberg, wielders as a result of his victory over for delinquents and misdemeanants of Liberal Party in view of the illness of Yom Kippur as national labor days in America *to deliver addresses at tidpant members are Branch No. 173 Nate Karpin, Ben Glazer, Dave Green- Richard Hiller in the title finals of New York City between the ages of Lloyd George. While Lloyd George is on which everyone is asked to work s w1 58 out of danger the press here is for his country. Branch NNo. these meetings. These programs are wWorkmen's - w " " " v rCircle, ' ° w™™* «- 2258 berg, Dave Cohen, Dr. H. Hirshman, the club's annual golf tourney. Brod- 12 and 18, were 58 per cent of the now whole number seventeen years ago the of the opinion that even if he can re- 3. To organize special aati-religious being arranged for the members of Workman's Circle, Jewish Socialist Mose Yousem, B. Korney, A. D. Frank, number of Jewish boys in that institu- turn to active political work Sir Her- exhibitions. the local>lodge -and visiting brothers. Verband, Poale Zion, National Arbi- M. F. Levenson, William Alberts, ter Verband, Ladies' Labor Lyceum tion on last June 1 was less than 5 bert may be the only man who can 4. To utilize the radio for anti-reliPresent plans indicate that admission Paul Bernstein, William Racusih, Sam per cent. The exact present figure is maintain unity in the Liberal Party. gious propaganda. to these meetings will be by member- Club and the Woman's Pioneer Club. Green, Robert Kooper, Jack Marer, The relief of these miners is non- Dr. M. Margolin, Max Kaplan, Dr. A. 3.5 per cent. Of the prisoners at El- Terming Sir Herbert "a man of 5. To organize special conventions ship card only. The second meeting sectarian. At a recent conference of mira 6.7 per cent are Jewish. At Sing great ability" but admitting that he of youth and women during the Jewin each month will be a business Greenberg, Abner Kaiman, Bob Sing 10.6 per cent are Jews. At the may lack the flare for party leader- ish holidays. meeting at which the affairs of the these seven organizations, each repre- Glazer, Iz Abramson, Julius Altman, state institution for delinquent girls ship, the papers point out that he is 6. To obtain additional members local lodge will be administered and sented by five delegates, it was ar- Louis Moskowitz, L F. Goodman, P. ranged to hold a house to bouse colonly seven out of the 511 girls are at the same time the only man who for the League of Militant Atheists. the international policies of the B'nai M. Klutznick, David Blacker, Sam can hold the Liberal Party together, 7. To organize a fund for a warship lection on Sunday, August 16. Jewish. Brith discussed and clarified. Beber, I. W. Rosenblatt, B. A. Simon, prevent it from splitting and yet conBishoff, chairman of the Relief A. B. Alpirn, David Feder, Harry LapSir. Conter further points out. that tinue co-operation with the present to be called the "Militant Atheist" It is expected that by the time of Committee, said of their campaign: 8. To publish more anti-religious the number of Jewish children ar- government. The illness of Lloyd idus, Irvin Levin, Jack Hyman, M. Mthe first meeting, the entire; term's raigned before the Children's Court George has created even stronger dif- literature in Yiddish and to circulate program will be definitely arranged "This is an urgent appeal to save Barish, John Beber, Simon Bordy, was reduced from 33 per cent to 12.1 ferences of opinion than existed be- it in the colonies and factories. for and the membership will be ad- courageous human beings from star- Morris Brandeis, H. W. Brandt, Samper cent. 9. To urge every urban Jew who is vanced accordingly. To keep mem- vation. Twenty thousand or more uel Cohn, E. Meyer, N. L. Nogg, Al fore among the liberals, some of The author of the article attributes whom, it is felt, are likely to join the a member of the League of Militant bers acquainted with plans and prep- coal miners are out on strike in wes- Wohlner, N. S. Yaffe, Samuel Josephthe amazing decrease to the efforts of Conservatives if good leadership, such Atheists to go into the villages durarations publication of the B'nai •tern Pennsylvania. Every day the son. the Jewish communal leaders, who, -as-that which Sir Herbert could fur- ing the holidays and help prepare the Brith Bulletin will be resumed tinder Strike is spreading. At its inception, led by the late JuKus M.-Mayer» loflge nish is not maintained, the papers as- peasants for submitting their crops Uie 'editorship of PhiKp^ KJutzBisk. it seems to have bjeen almost a^ sgontaneous rebellion of the coal diggers to the government. of the Children's Court, and the late sert. against their miserable existence. It Jacob H. Schiff set about to do the Letters have been sent to every is generally admitted that, before the necessary preventive work. Next to Lloyd George and perhaps member by President Greenberg out- strike, the miners were subsisting on Sir John Simon, Herbert Samuel is lining the new policy and urging all starvation wages even while they A. H. Brodkey. the outstanding figure in the Liberal to co-operate.. A great deal of sec- went into the dark pits two or three Party with which he has been assokey won out on the fortieth hole, four recy is attached to certain other plans days a week, always with their lives ciated since his university days. He more than the scheduled route. of the executive committee concern- at stake." was returned to the House of Coming the introduction of a novel and Change Is to Be for the Im- The final match was S thriller. mons as a Liberal in 1902 and has After the first nine holes had been much needed activity. An announceprovements of Present long been regarded as the leading excompleted, Brodkey found himself six ment with respect to this activity is Situation ponent of Liberalism. In 1905 he New Palestine Law Allows Many down to Hiller, but he rallied strongexpected soon. was chancellor of the Duchy of Lanto Be Admitted as Istanbul.—<J. T. A.)—The legal ly. Under par golf on the inside nine The President recently announced Cracow, Poland.—(J. T. A.)—The caster with a seat in the cabinet. He Immigrants of the morning round not only made status of the Jews of Turkey as a nathe appointment of t h e - following one thousand delegates from forty was Post Master General in 1910 and up the deficit but put Brodkey one tional minority will be definitely regcommittees for the ensuing term: ^ countries who attended the interna- Home Secretary in 1916. Jerusalem.—A law permitting any ulated and defined for the first time up. Hffler tied the match up by win- tional Esperantists Congress here to Intellectual' Advancement:~ Rabbi person in Palestine to register as an ning the thirty-sixth, but lost when in a bill now being drafted by the David A. Goldstein, chairman; Philip honor the memory of the founder of immigrant under the so-called capitKlutznick, vice-chairman;.:; ,^'J.l.. J. Proposal Meets With Opposition ministry of the interior. The new Brodkey shot a par four for the fourth the universal language, Esperanto, alist category although he does not extra hole. law is expected to change the status Greenberg, Harry Cpien, :Seum;Bebef Dr. Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof, a Popossess the required $5000 needed for •From All Parts of ; of Turkish Jewry for the better since In the president's flight, Manny lish Jew. At the same time the Warand F. J. Alberts. ;i : ~ admission as an immigrant in this World at present Jewish religious interests Iseman won the title by defeating saw municipality finally agreed to Membership: Abner "KgiiT^nn, chairclassification has been published in man; Dave Greenberg^ vice-chairman; Geneva.—(J. T. A.) — Extensive are regulated by an ordinance dating Harry Kulakofsky, 1 up, 19 holes. change the name of Dzika Street to the Official Gazette. This amnesty is from 1864 issued to Sultan Abdul MeCarl C'Katelman won the vice-presi- Zamenhof street. A. B. Alpirin, Max Barish,; Julius'Alt- hostility in some countries to the proapplicable to all persons in Palestine aaani DrlO. S. Belzer, Simon Bordy, jected reform of the ; calendar by -the djid. This law is not at all applic- dent's flight finals by beating I. F. Dr. Zamenhof, who was a physician at the time of the publication of the Goodman, 2 and 1. In the directors' conceived the idea of an international Harry Cohen, Ben Glazer and; Joseph insertion of blank days and- complete able to the present situation. law which holds good only until DeExactly five years ago the so-called flight, Abe Goldstein won from Harry anguage because of the polyglot charindifference to it in others is revealed Tretiak. New York.—(J. T. A.)—In a report cember 31, 1931. acter of his native town, Bialystok, just made to Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, This amnesty will legalize the enBudget: Jaqk Marer, "chairman; in the replies from the national com- Jewish National Assembly of Turkey Rosenfield, 2 and 1. Irvin Levin and .Harry Friedman. ;' mittees: se^-up in various countries to created a sensation in world Jewry by where four different languages were chairman of the Committee on Good try of about 10,000 Jews and a conPublicity: Philip Klutznick, chair- ascertain whether arid in: what f orm announcing that the Jews of Turkey Dave Chesnau to Be spoken. To this he attributed the Will Between Jews and Christians of siderable number of Arabs who enman; Frank Ackerman, Allen Kohan, public opinion holds calender reform renounced their claim to the national constant dissensions and misunder- the Federal Council of Churches of tered the country in an irregular manat Center for 2 Weeks standings which disturbed the city. Christ in America, Dr. Benson Y. ner since the last census was taken. Abner Kaiman and Jack Marer. to be desirable or possible to the minority rights guaranteed them toSocial Service: Dr. Philip Sher, IJeague; of Nations preparatory com- gether with other minorities in TurFor three years he worked at Yid- Landis, who has just returned from The law will greatly facilitate the key by the Treaty of Lausanne. At Dave Chesnau, former assistant dish and compiled a grammar, hoping Mexico where he was requested to forthcoming census of population. In chairman; Rabbi Frederick Cohen, mittee on calendar reform. Rabbi David A. Goldstein, Leo Rosen- These replies are to be compiled in- the same time this Jewish Assembly director of the physical department of that since Judaeo-German was a mo- look into the relationship between the Jewish circles this measure is considthai, Dr. Meyer Beber, Harry Silver- to a comprehensive report for sub- requested the Turkish government to the J. C. C.» will direct the activities dem tongue in use among millions of Jews and Christians, tells of several ered the most liberal and most helpof that department for the next two Jews, it might be universalized. Disman and Dr. Sam Z. Stern. jmission to the fourth general confer- issue such, ordinances as would regu- weeks during the vacation of Physical carding this idea in its turn, lie final- Mexican newspapers that have been ful so far as the Jews are concerned late the administration of the affairs Resolutions: Sam Klaver," chairr ence of the League of Nations on Director E. M. Segal. Chesnau will ly reached the conclusion that no carrying on anti-Semitic propaganda during the entire period of High Comman; Yale Kroloff,. Eddie Shafton and communications and transit which will of the Jewish community. in their columns. missioner Chancellor's administration. Herman Corenmen. meet l e r e in October to deal with the In its statement the Assembly ask- give special attention to swimming. language could ever become a univer- •fWbile I -was in Mexico," the report The majority of persons whose resiVigilance: William Holzmant chairr question'of calendar reform. A num- ed that these ordinances, should prosal medium of communication if. it reads, "I studied the anti-Semitic dence this law legalizes came into the man; Harry Zimman, Henry. Monsky er of countries have not yet sent in vide for the maintenance of the Jewidentified itself with any individual demonstrations which ' took place country on tourist visas and remained ish community's charitable and educaandH. A. Wolf. ' nationality or country. 1 It must be there last spring. I was able to be beyond the three-month period. Of their replies. Initiation: L F. Goodman, chair- The reports in" no case represent tional institutions. The Assembly neutral, he reasoned. of assistance to Rabbi Zeiger of Flint, these many have already taken steps man; Sam J. Leon, Jacob 'Malashock, the views of the governments con- also permitted to the government the In 1878 he succeeded in bunding up Michigan, who pursued the matter to qualify as immigrants. In recent Harry Trustin, Louis E. Lipp and cerned, but only of the national com- draft of a bill to establish the legal such a language, on the basis of the systematically for several weeks. We years this element formed a subCantor A. Schwaczkin/ • Romance and Teutonic roots of mod- learned that several of the smaller stantial part of the Jewish immimittees and they in no way lead the status of the Jewish community and Cleveland Orphan Home: Irvin.Stal- governments by the views expressed to maintain the government's contri- Warsaw.—(J. T. A.)—Great indig- ern European tongues, but it was not newspapers were •carrying on anti- grants into the country, the monthly bution to Jewish institutions. master, chairman; Harry Malashock, in them. nation prevailed in all circles of Pol- until 1887 that after several unsuc- Semitic propaganda and that an edi- immigration figures showing' a conSam J. Leon and David Freeman. Jewish concern in the proposed This Jewish Assembly, which con- ish Jewry as a result of the govern- cessful attempts to find a publisher, torial writer of one of the larger dail- siderable number of Jews who have •••' . National Jewish Hospital: Harry H. calendar reform is confined to one sisted of a committee of Jewish nota- ment's interference with budgets of he gave to the world his first broch- ies was responsible for an anti-Semi- received permission to remain perLapidus, chairman; Fred White, Dr. point,~namely the preservation of the bles, was recently replaced by the the Jewish communities by crossing ure, published anonymously under the tic slant in some of the news of the manently. A. S. Rubnitz, B. A. Simon and J. H. seven-day week and of its unbroken council of Turkish Jewish communi- out the budgets of all subsidies for pen-name of "Doktoro Esperanto'" paper. Rabbi Zeiger secured an inDuring 1930, 1,306 persons who enKulakofsky. continuity. Jews are unalternably op- ties which met for the first time in Jewish cultural institutions on the (Dr. Hopeful). The success of his terview with him and seemed to feel tered Palestine irregularly eventually Central Council: Max- Fromkin, posed to any change in the reckoning eight years in May. The council had pretext that the communities are pamphlet was immediate, and from that something had been accomplish- were permitted to remain as immiPhineas Wintroub, Sam of time that would convert the last not met since 1923 because of the ab- merely religious and philanthropic or- that time to the present Esperanto ed as a result. grants. In the same year a total of i, Leo Abramson and L Dansky. day of the ordinary year, and two sence of government sanction. ganizations and as such have no right has steadily increased in popularity. 191 immigrants possessing a capital House: David Freeman, chairman; days in leap years into blank days. The Jewish communities in Turkey to subsidize Jewish schools and other In compiling his universal language "The JeNrish group is in a decidedly of $5,000 were admitted as immiNathan Fine, Max Riekes and Sam The true days' of the week would thus are in the peculiar situation of having cultural enterprises. Zamenhof appears to have regarded unfavorable position in Mexico. Being grants. Of this number 178 were Stern. be put back in every year, and the no official recognition although the Reports reaching here from KieL primarily the needs of his Yiddish- mainly engaged in street trades, there Jews. • By-Laws: J. Ji. Friedman, chair- Jewish Sabbath would no longer fall government negotiates with • them in state that a number of importan speaking co-religionists, whom he de- is some natural competition with merchants which seems to have been at man; William Grodinsky and William (except at infrequent intervals) on matters affecting the Jewish popu- schools for training Jewish artisans scribed as "speechless." least partly the basis of the parade More Aliens Leave iace. Alberts. Saturday. as well as schools where hundreds of which took place in Mexico City some Than Arriving Here Leo N. Levi Hospital: Dr. M. Mar- Throughout the world the Jews poor Jewish children are being edu- Booklet on Child Hygiene time ago." A booklet of "Social Hygiene in the golin, chairman; Dr. J. Erman, Sam have organized to fight this calendar Rudman Appointed Medical cated will be obliged to close because Green, Dr. M. I. Gordon and Mas reform. In the United States the Director the ministry of education has defin- Hebrew Schools of Palestine" has just Rev. Everett R. Clinchy of the Com- Washington.—(J. T. A.)—An exmittee on Good Will informed the cess of 10,237 aliens leaving the UnitHolzman. League for Safeguarding the Fixity Boston. — Announcement has been itely forbidden the community to sap- been published in Hebrew and i a I Jewish Telegraphic Agency that his ed States over those entering: the Ksh under the direction of the Hadasof the Sabbath, the American Jewish made of the appointment by Governor port these institutions even though organization is keenly interested in country for the fiscal year endhn Warsaw.—The local society for aid Committee and the American Jewish Joseph T. Ely of Dr. Benjamin W. the community finds it extremely im- sah organization. A consignment of the English edi the conditions of the Jews in Europe June 30, which marks a turning point , ing the Hebrew; University in Jeru- Congress are opposing the blank day Rudman of Brookline as medical ex- portant to set aside a subsidy fo: ' salem has just gathered 2,300 volumes project. An International Rabbinical aminer of Norfolk county. This is them notwithstanding the economi tion is now- ready for distraction as*well as those in Mexico -with a view in American immigration history it. -sf every description from Poland for Committee has also been formed to the first time that a Jewish physician crisis as a result of which the com- from the New York Office. Tht T»ok to helping out wherever the vpportun- reported by the Bureau of Immign* tion of the Department of Labor. ^ < munity's budget is extremely limited. is the work of Dr. M. Beradriahn. the library of the university. -, fight the proposal. .„, --— -J ... has been named to the post, ity presents itself.
SEVEN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS TO AID MINERS
HERBERT SAMUEL MAY SUCCEED LLOYD GEORGE
Brodkey Wins Golf "Tourney
TffiWIAWlSTO REGULATE STATUS OF TURKISH JEWS
ENTRY OF TEN THOUSAND JEWS BEING LEGALIZED
HONOR PAID TO JEWISH FOUNDER OF ESPERANTO
GREATHOSTBJTY TO BLANK DAY
MEXICAN JEWS IN UNFAVORABLE . CIRCUMSTANCES
POLISH JEWS PROTEST GOVERNMENT BAR ON KEHTLLAH SUBSIDIES