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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1931
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Rosh Hashcmah Greetings By YOUR PRESIDENT
Rosh Hashonah, the Supplementary Campaign During the '.'.'••' Aims Jewish New Year, afHolydays to Complete Drive .London.—(J. T. A.)-^-A manifesto fords an appropriate has just been issued by the.new.ZionHeld in the Spring ist Executive in which it takes up t h e occasion to recall the tasks and responsibilities entrusted to . "... Omaha Jews are faced with one of the most urgent and important i t by the seventeenth Zionist Congress problems in the history of Jewish Philanthropic work! The splendid reputa- and gives an outline of its aims and tion heretofore enjoyed by Omaha Jewry for its liberality in subscribing the course of its program. The manifesto indicates that the funds for necessary causes is being threatened and menaced! For the first the history of Omaha Jewry it is unable to fulfill its promises to political work of the Jewish Agency time' in — dependent upon these remains of supreme importance and local and national Jewish institutions which are that the mandatory power is preparing to take an active share in the promises for their very life! This serious condition has arisen be- ion that Omaha Jews in all walks of Palestine economic life. The first cause Omaha Jews failed to fully sub- life must unite in this effort to raise duty of the new Executive will be to scribe $42,150.00 in the recent cam- the necessary funds to properly carry watch the rights of the Jewish people paign of the Jewish Philanthropies. OIL the work of the Jewish Philan- and to make sure t h a t the Balfour This drive jresulted in a shortage of thropies during the coming year. • Declaration and the mandate provis"In these times when we hear so ions are safeguarded. The calamities$15,000.00. Omaha Jewish leaders •during the past several days - have much talk of depression those of us and the disappointments of the past given this condition much thought and who are-able to give should give with two years, it declares, have not,deconsideration and have reached the an. open heart for there are so many stroyed confidence in the sacred charconclusion that a supplementary cam- thousands who are not able to give acter of the international obligations paign to raise the $15,000.00 shortage anything," said Harry A. Wolf, co- and the justice and wisdom of the must be carried on in Omaha immed- chairman of the campaign. "Because mandatory power. the "peculiar situation every Jew in iately. Unrestricted Immigration. Omaha must give his proportionate Need Great share, and more if necessary, in order Unrestricted Jewish immigration, Plans for this supplementary .cam- ;o raise the required sum. Depression the manifesto points out, together paign to complete the recent Second brings on a greater need for work of with ready access to the land and an Annual Drive of the Jewish Philan- the: Jewish Philanthropies and, there- unhampered development must form thropies have been completed by the fore, every person must respond to the basis of the Jewish efforts. With campaign committee. . conditions still marred by misunderthis urgent call". According to leaders in the camstanding and prejudice the Executive paign the need is greater now than pledges itself to work untiringly t o ever before in the. history of Jewish sweep away.suspicion and distrust and 'Philanthropic work. . The caU »ow~for to enable the Jews and t h e Arabs to "aid is more urgent- -dae->Ao~ip»e<e economic conditions. common interest.
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the professions* thropy, citizenship and, Washington.—Jewish immigrants to United States in the fiscal year above all, in the evolu- the ended June 30, 1931, fell 49 per cent wiih Jewish immigration tion of the spiritual life asto compared this country during the fiscal year contributions of an anof mankind, the race ended June 30, 1930, according to figmade public here by the bureau • cient peopleto the conhas contributed ele- ures of immigration of the United States temporary world. ments of strength, department of labor. In the fiscal year ended June 30, beauty and tolerance 1931, Jewish deeds and a total of 9,024 Jews were adwhich are the common mitted. Of this number 5,692 were idealism are written inimmigrants and the other 3,332 were heritage of all men. delibly on the scroll of non-immigrant aliens. For the fiscal ended June 30, 1930, 15,225 Jew* time. Down through On the occasion of year were admitted, 11,526 of them as imthe centuries to our the happy festival now migrants and the rest as non-immigrant aliens. In the fiscal year end* time there has flowed a Jbeirig celebrated I wish ed June 30, 1929, 12,479 Jews wen admitted as immigrants. continuing stream of enrichment to extend my heartiest congratulaWhile 9,024 Jews were admitted in of the spiritual and cultural life of tions and most cordial good wishes, the year ended June 30, 1931, 2,158 left the country. Of this number 319 the world. In business, the arts, were emigrants and 1,839 were non-
RABBI CARDON HERE Jew to Stand Trial WARSAW JEWS RIOT FOR HIGH HOLYDAYS WHEN SCHOOLS CLOSE forCircumdzRabbi E; Louis Cardon, son of the noted Rabbi Cardon of Chicago, will conduct services at the B'nai Israel Synagogue,. 18th and Chicago streets, ,ior LtheMighHolydays. _^_ Rabbi Cardon is a ranking member of the senior graduating class of the Hebrew Theological College of Chicago and was an "A" student at the University of Chicago. According to Rabbi J. Greenberg, dean of the Theological College, he is a brilliant and forecful speaker. He will deliver his sermons in English. Cantor A. Schwacskin and his choir of fourteen trained male voices will chant at all services.
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Moscow. (J. T. A.) —Mayer Rappaport, a Jewish artisan and a member of an artisan co-operative in the White Russia, will be placed on public trial for circumcising his new-born son, according to a report appearing in the Octiabr, a Jewish Communist daily in Minsk. The Communist paper demands that all the participants in the ceremony should likewise be held for triaL
emigrant aliens, leaving a net increase in the Jewish population of 6,866 im the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930, 2,210 Jews left the United States, 29» being immigrants. The bureau of immigration's figure* for the number of aliens debarred or deported show that 405 Jews were de« barred in the year ended June 30, 1931, as compared with 275 in \h» year ended June 30, 1930, and 610 in the year ended June 30, 1929. A total of 150 Jews were deported during tit* year ended June 30,1931, as compa—4 with 164 in the year ended June 30, 1930, and 153 in the year ended June 30, 1929.
Warsaw.—(J. T. A.)—Public riots resulting in the demolition of one school, followed the announcement by the Kehillah that the schools would be able to admit oaly relatively, few children this year, owing to the lads of funds. It is estimated that 70,000 children will be left without schooling, as a result of this decision. When word of this action spread in Warsaw, there was a rush of parents to the Kehillah offices, with a demand that the decision be revoked. Budapest.—(J. T. A.)—The new Riots resulted in several parts of the Jewish section and one school was Karolyi government which came into power upon the resignation of Count demolished as a result. Bethlen is making every effort to wia the support of the assimilationist; Jews of Hungary. An outstanding effort in this direetion was an order just issued by the Minister of the Interior, instructing1 Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.)—A policy of his ministry to give every possible faArab non-cooperation with the British cility for the Magyarization of surgovernment similar to that of the In- names. It is expected that this order dian Nationalists is favored by Jamal will be the prelude to a rush of apHusseini, one of the secretaries of the plication from thousands of Jews witife Arab Executive. Jewish, German, or Slavic names; esHusseini admitted that the Arab pecially from those who, because ©2 tactics had failed and said that a new their names, have encountered diffiprogram is necessary even if it in- culties in obtaining employment or ia volves wholesale arrests as in India. advancing their social position.
The manifesto further emphasizes Many people who in previous the importance of the chalutz years Were liberal contributors Statistics Also Reve&l Less Di- anil equal the Jew outside of Palestine who to Jewish Philanthropic causes vorces Among This must provide the financial resources are now recipients of the same Class of People The Executive undertakes to develop fund. middle class colonization based on priWashington.—(J. T. A.)—The im- vate enterprise and supported to some "In times like these all Omaha Jews must-respond more liberally, than migration restrictions were given as extent by the central Zionist institu ever" said Harry H. Lapidus, co-chair- reason for married men outnumber- tions. man of the campaign. "Suffering, and ing women in the United States, by Great Jewish Brotherhood. want among our people both in-this 150,000, according to official statistics The Executive also makes the ancommunity and abroad, are demanding announced by the Bureau of Census. nouncement that it will "endeavor to The statistics reveal that the per- extend the Zionist Organization so more of our time and money. We cannot tarn them away. Omaha Jewry centage of marriages among aliens is that it will not be merely a machinery has never failed to respond in prior much higher than among American for its given purpose but a great Jewyears and, we must respond now 'more bornl They also show t h a t there are ish brotherhood. The enlarged Jewish less divorces among immigrants t h a n liberally." Agency,, it declares, must /be made a among the native born. - •• Warsaw.—(J. T. A.) — Archibald powerful instrument in the construcBeneficiary Agencies "A difference of 156,351, by which tion of the Jewish national home; an Fenner Brockway, chairman of the According to Wm. L. Holzman, married. men outnumbered married instrument which it has hitherto been independent labor party of England, to-chairman of the campaign pledges women in the United States, is due in <prevented from becoming by the un- Jewish Press There Are Issued who is now in Poland, lias told the were made to 31 beneficiary agencies a large measure" to immigration^ the Jewish press, that the left wing labor in Four Different of the Jewish Philanthropies, all total" official announcement of the Bureau favorable circumstances of the past party, of which he is a leader, is totalLanguages ing $42,150.00. These agencies an of Census states. It-is due chiefly to twa years and the tragic death of ly uninterested in Palestine, as far as requesting their quarterly allotei the fact t h a t many married men have sonie of its leaders. its Jewish aspects are concerned. Paris.—(J. T. A.)—Although theTe sums, hut because of the shortage in entered the United States while their "The Balfour Declaration," Mr. are less than a quarter of a million the drive remittances have not been wives and families have remained Brockway declared, "was issued in Jews in all France, the Jewish press made. Mr. Holzman said, "We havi abroad." ' order to win the support of Jewish here is of considerable importance, in given our solemn promise to th The analysis of the population acquantity as well as quality. This too capitalism. That, in itself, is suffithirtyroae agencies of the Jewish Phil cording to the marital status, made by in spite of tli-^ act that. Jewish com- cient reason for our "opposition to it. anthropies that we would raise $42. the Bureau of Census, is based upon munal life in France is not of a very We appreciate that the Jewish coloni150.00 for their work. We .carino the 1930 Census, returns. I t discloses Vienna.—(J. T. A.)—The town of zation in Palestine has contributed to active and vigorous character. k-eep those promises unless we rais< that while the percentage of mar- Frieburg, Moravia, will honor its the improvement of the general popuJewish papers are issued in France Dear Friend: $15,000.00 now. We cannot and must riages among foreign born white male greatest SOD, Dr. Sigmund Freud, who lation. ,But this must not be done at in four different languages—Yiddish, THESE ARE TIMES THAT TEST MEN'S SOULS not fail these needy people for the; population.fifteen years old,and over was borri there 75 years ago, by erectthe expense of the Arabs. are looking to us to supply them with reached 70.8, during the decade 1920- ing a tablet on the house in -which the French, German and Russian—a fact The fair name of Omaha Jewish Communal Life is at stake! For the first time in a quarter of a century Omaha is unable to food, clothing, and the bare necessitie 1930, it was only 57.9 among the na- father of psycho-analysis first saw which testifies to the unique cosmo- "The imperialists have been playing politan character of French Jewry. the Jews against the Arabs. We have make good its promise to. maintain its Local Jewish Institutions, the light of day. The tablet will be of life." tive white population. and its pledges to its National Jewish Institutions. They are deformally dedicated sometime in the The Yiddish press is the youngest of therefore found ourselves opposed to "Under the leadership of Wnu L.i pendent upon these promises for their existence. all; nevertheless it is the most im- the imperialist policy of the labor fall. Holzman; Harry H. Lapidus; Harry A, We kept them from making individual campaigns in Omaha to ministry." portant and influential and includes Many years after the world had save you from being constantly harrassed by collectors. If we fail Wolf; Sam Beber; Mrs. J. H. Kulanow the work of twenty-five years for a united Jewry in Omaha will hailed him as one of the leading the only Jewish daily newspaper in kofsky, Mrs. Herbert Arnstein,' Mrs, France, Der Pariser Haynt, which not be wrecked. minds of his day, his native city, and B. A. Simon, and Mrs. L. Neveleff an long ago celebrated the fifth anniverNow is the time that every loyal Jew must come to the front. his adopted city turn to do him honarmy of workers has .been assembled sary of its existence. Now, when the cry for help is the loudest, when distress is so keen, Washington D. C—(J. T. A.)—Acto start on Tuesday, September -15, cording to a statement given out to- or. When he celebrated his 75th.birtha few dollars may mean the saving of a life, as well as the savin* The Haynt is an offspring of the day last May Vienna made him an to raise the $15,000.00 needed. A gen- day at the Department of Labor, Gerof our communal life. You must show the mettle you are made of! eral worker's buffet dinner will be held mans showed the greatest increase in honorary citizen "and" took - steps to Warsaw newspaper of the same name. Moscow. — (J. T. A.)The Emes You will help! You will come forward! You will stand up and be counted! We are not going to give up now! We are going to Monday evening, September 14, at the immigration movement of last rename the Berg-£asse, where Freud During the first few years of its brings the news that religion is dying fight harder than ever! has baen living for 46 years, to Freud- existence, it gave its Warsaw pro- out in America. According to the ac6:30 P. M. at the Jewish Community with the Jews following next. prietors plenty of trouble and worry. count appearing in the Communist We must raise fifteen thousand dollars to balance the budget g a s s e d • . . • • < - • Center. At this meeting final" infor 1931-1932. This fund is not an increase over last year, but the The figures were 7,987 for the GerToday, however, the Pariser Haynt is Yiddish newspaper thousands of structions and supplies will be given amount we were short in our recent campaign. firmly established on a paying basis churches, synagogues and yeshivas to the workers. Any person desiring mans and 6,866 for the Jews. Out of Some people have not given at all this year; some people have 39 different races and peoples listed and has a growing circulation. The have closed down in the past year, to enroll may attend this dinner meetcut their subscriptions this year; some people have not given enough. by the Bureau of Immigration 19 paper can be "bought at all kiosks and while those that remain open are ing, r A committee will call on you—give them your help and your showed an increase in the United at all railway stations, and also cir- practically empty. cooperation. Speakers Rosh, Hashonah States for the fiscal year of 1931 and culates in neighboring Belgium. ' Think of those who are less fortunate than you are and give Speaker^ will appear in all the syn- 20 decreased their numbers. London. — (J. T. A.) — The Arab It is a lively local organ, which The same story carries the report liberally. that. the Freethinkers' Organization agogues during the Rosh Hashonah case if accompanied by falsehood, dis- mirrors all happenings in the life of "Better still, bring your subscription to the headquarters at the services. The following persons-will tortion and threats of violence ,.is in •Parisian Jewry. It has undoubtedly has been •greatly helped in its atheist Jewish Community Center. campaign by President Hoover's ; speak in the .synagogues indicated: danger of going by default, the Near helped to educate and organize' the Annulment Grounds • • • • " • - . Yours for a United Omaha Jewry, "How <ian Temple Israel, Irvin Stalxnaster. . White Plains, H Y-T- (J. T. A.) — East and India declares in an. editorial East European Jews who have emi-- Thanksgiving message, unemployed Wm. L. Holzman Mrs, Herbert Arnstein eleven million starving Conservative Synagogue,, Harry H. Charging that his wife, Mrs. Clara strongly condemning the policy of the grated to France since the war. Mrs. J. H. Kulakofsky J. H. Kulakofsky Lapidus. • • , Mrs. L. Neveleff Harry H. Lapidua Beatrice High of Paris had led him Arab Executive., iS , . There are other Yiddish papers in thank God," the Emes asks. Sam Beber Henry Monsky B'nai Israel, Harry A. Wol£ to marry her by claiming to be the All of the attempted Arab demon- France, which are not dailies. There Rabbi Frederick Conn David Rosenstock Beth Hamedrbsh Hagodol, Henry widow of a Hungarian Episcopal strations this; year nave been essen- are a number of Yiddish weeklies in German Jewish Copper Firm Rabbi David Goldstein Dr. Philip She* Faces Crisis Monsky. when she was in reality a Jewess, tially anti-government- and not anti- France. Harry A. Wolf Berlin.—Owing to the extensive CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. B!nai Jacob, Sam Beber. John Meeker High Jr., member of a Zionist in character. Near East and j Berlin.—Definite opposition to the withdrawal of short term credits, the B^nai Israel of South Omaha, Philip socially prominent New York family,] India points out. - The above is a copy of a letter of appeal that has been sent to Omaha Klutxnick. was granted an annulment by Su- "This-'is a disastrous policy the calling of a Jewish world congress is Hirsch copper firm, the alrgest is Jews by the Committee in charge of the supplementary campaign f«c Germany and one of the largest in the Adass Yeshurim, Judah. Wolfson, preme Court Justice Frederick P. manifesto and the rejection of the de- expressed in an editorial published In $15,000.00 fot the Jewish Philanthropies. Leaders of the supplementary cam- Close. The annulment order was velopment plan~befeaying"an uncon-' the "Israelite, the centra} organ of the world, has declared itself to be in a It is ait appeal that must be heeded by Omaha Jews! This cause . faU! fitructive policy/* the paper declares. orthodox Agudath. Israel organization, critical condition. campaign are unanimous in the opin- granted on charges of fraud.
JEWISH PRESS OF FRANCE OF GREAT PRESTIGE
Magyarization of Names Now Easier
LABORTTE Arab Leader Speaks LEADER IS OPPOSED TO for "Non-Coperatiori BALFOUR DECLARATION
FREUD'S NATIVE CITY
A Vital Message
Jews Rank Second in Immigration Gain
Ernes Sees Religion Dying Out in U. S.
Arab Demonstrations Anti-Government