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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932
[Debate Feature SEVENTY JEWISH ofOpenMeeting of Hebrew Club FAMILIES HAVE TO
LEAVE GUATAMALA
Lapidus Memorial Committee Meeting Sunday
RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION AT
Vol. X—No. 4
Temple Services on Next Friday by Brotherhood
SOVIET BIRA : JEWISH REPUBLIC
The Brotherhood of Temple Israel A Hebate will feature the program An. important meeting of the will have charge of the services at at the open meeting of r the Omaha committee recently formed for a the Temple Friday night, March 4, Hebrew Club this Sunday afternoon, Harry Lapidus Memorial will be February 28, at the J. C. C. Government Prohibits Peddling held at the Jewish Community All Records of Curtailment and according to an announcement by Ben Kalinin Makes Clear That SeO* Jews and Non-Jews Stiefler, president. The Xi Lambda, represented by Issues Deportation . Center next Sunday morning, Tribute to Fm tion to Be More Than Deportation Broken The sermon will be delivered "by Arthur Upp. and Hyman Goodbinder, February 28, at 10:30 o'clock, acOrder President Territorial Unit in 1931 Nathan E. Jacobs, former president will meet A. Z. A. No. 1, represented cording to an announcement made of the Brotherhood. The services by Erwin Wezelman and Harry WeinHavana.—(J. T. A.)—An ..order, by Dr. A. Greenberg, chairman of New York.—(J. T. A.)—A WashMoscow.—(J. T. A.) — President; Washington.— (J. T. A.)—While will be read by a member of the Michael Kalinin, president of the U. ington Forest of eucalyptus and pine berg. The debate, which starts at 4 compelling seventy.. Jewish families, the committee. m. ia open to the general public virtually half of the Jewish poputatrees will be planted in Palestine," on S. S. R., in a statement to the Jewish Over 100 delegates were.recently 33,200 aliens were sent from the Brotherhood. without charge. tipn, to leave Guatemala within sixty appointed to represent Jewish or- ^Jnited States last year," including The Sisterhood will serve dinner Telegraphic Agency, made it clear an appropriate Bite, as an enduring The subject is "Resolved, that the days, has been issued by the Guat- ganizations in Omaha on this com- 21,000 deportees, immigration totaled in the vestry rooms of the Temple that Bira Bidjan will be a Jewish reaind straight growing tribute of the citizenry of the United States to the Jewish Religion Is No Longer a Vital inajan government, according to in- mittee. Invitations have been ad- only 43,233, and thus "last year broke at 6:30 p. m. After dinner the mem- public and not a mere autonomous Force in the lives of the Younger formation divulged-by two Jews, I. dressed to these delegates to at- all records for limiting entries and bers of the Brotherhood will select territorial unit. memory of George Washington. at the same time broke all records its officers for 1932. Following the The decision was-made and the pro- Generation." There will be one critic Brozeck and A. Rosenberg,- who left tend this meeting. "No Jewish majority is required in [ -••-•..-' Guatemala in accordance with,this ject wns launched on the 200t!i anni- judge. Important matters will be pre- for deportation,*' according to a election of officers the congregation order to convert Bira-Bidjan into • statement just made public by the will adjourn for the Friday night Jewish republic," President Kalinin Sunday's debate is part of the reg- decree.. . ' - sented. versary of the birth of George Wash. . Secretary of Labor, Williant ->J. Doak. service. ington, marking the beginning of a ular inter-club tournament being held - Acting upon the request .of the stated. "The settlement of ten or fifServices will start promptly at 8 teen thousand Jews is sufficient for nation-wide celebration period which at the Community Center to deter- Chamber of Commerce,- the govern"To give an insight into the work is scheduled to last up to Thanksgiv- mine the winner of the' Stalmaster ment issued a decree prohibiting which is being done to safeguard our o'clock, and those who are unable to the purpose," he continued. He cited : . -. ing Day, at a conference of com- trophy. Yiddish Stage Stars shores from an influx of foreign attend the dinner are welcome to at- the example of the Crimean Republic pushcart and house to.house; peddling, munal leaders and educators convoked which is a Tartar republic despite thft labor," Doak pointed out: tend the services. and ordering those engaged in' this Appear Here Tonight "In the Secretary by the Jewish ' National Fund of fact that the Tartars comprise but 22 year 1913 there were 1,387,work to leave the country .within & America. per cent of the total population. 318 aliens legally admitted, as contwo month period. The order strikes •Al Harris-and Eugenia Erganow, "There is no reason -why Russians Several thousand persons filled the trasted with 43,233 for the year 1931. directly at the Jews,* who form the Yiddish stars of Ihe stage from New and Ukrainians, and others, should hall where the gathering was held And again, for the month of May, largest proportion of peddlers in York, will appear in a concert and not be able to live comfortably in * and enthusiastic scenes were enacted the country. two one-act plays at the' Knights .-of 1913, there came to our shores legally Jewish republic, just as the JewB live when a resolution to this effect, re137,262 aliens, and for the month of A cabled appeal to organized Jew- Golumbus this evening, starting- at December, 1931, only 2,642, or by goin the Ukraine and White Pvussia," sponding to the spirit of the resoluish groups in America to intervene 8:30 p. m. Kalinin asserted. tion adopted by both Houses of the - The presentation is under the au- ing a little further into this picture, A semi-final debate in the tourna- The president of the Soviet Union jQqngress of the United States on De- The thirtieth anniversary of the was refused transmission. for the calendar year 1930. there were cetaber 2, "1924, was unanimously founding of the Jewish National The families of the Jewish ped- spices of the local Workmen's Circle, i8Q,251 aliens admitted as against ment being sponsored by the Senior dismissed with heat the doubts exCouncil of Clubs at the J. C. C. be- pressed by some as to the necessity Adopted. The initiative was taken by Fond -and also the fiftieth jdbflee dlers affected by the decree are in a branches 173 and: 258. A nominal 43,233 for the year 1931. tween the' A. Z. A. No. 1 and the of establishing any Jewish republic. the Jewish National Fund of America year of the beginning of Jewish donbly precarious- position today. Or- cost of fifty cents for adults and halfDeportations Increase. Xi Lambda win be held next Sun- "Culturally and numerically less imwith the approval and highest com- colonization in Palestine by "Chove- dered to stop their business enter- price for -children fc being charged. mendation of the United States vech Zion will be celebrated locally prises, they are unable to leave the Harris is noted as an impersonator. : T h e actual deportations under the day afternoon, February 26, at the portant peoples, such as the Tcherma s ' a ;folk- immigration laws for 1913 were 4J.84, meeting of the Omaha Hebrew club. essy and Mordvinnr, whose language George Washington Bicentennial by "Jewish National.Fund Night" to country because they have not suf- Miss Erganow is known f and in 1931, they were 18,869. In Ten. organizations entered the tour- and wnose culture was dead, were reCommission of which President be held at the Jewish Community ficient funds to migrate elsewhere. song singer. - - • Center Tuesday evening, March 15.- Their business for the most part was other words, despite the decrease in ney, seeking the Judge Stalmaster vived after the revolution. Hoover is the chairman. The date was originally March 10, on an installment basis, and colleclegal entries of 1,344,083, we had an trophy to be awarded the winner. "There is no reason," he proceeded, A nation-wide committee to sponObserves Washington's augmented number of deportations of The Jewish Community Center will "why a highly cultured people .such sor the work for the planting of the but the change was necessitated by tions are now rendered impossible. 2QQth Anniversary more than 400 per cent. At the entertain the debating team repre- as the Jews should not strive either Washington Forest in Palestine will Zalman Kubashov, main speaker,-beThe action of the Chamber of Comsame time we were deporting more senting the St. Louis Y. M. H. A. in consciously or unconsciously for the be formed-consisting of prominent ing recalled from Chicago for an im- merce, it is stated, was dictated by Jews and non-Jews, and further de- portant conference with Justice Louis the charge that the peddlers are ; Harry Lashkowitz, president of than 18,000 aliens, and we paid the a debate on Sunday evening, March establishment of their own state. Th« tails of the plan will"be announced D. Brandeis and other Zionist lead- strong competitors of long established District Grand Lodge No. 6 of the expense of sending back to the home 13, a t the Center. William Wolfe establishment of a. Jewish republic," ers. B'nai B'rith, was principal speaker countries in the period of nine months and Joseph Solomonow, both experi- Kalinin pointed out, "will be of nashortly. business, firms. on the open meeting of the local in 1931 the number of 2,231 indigent enced debaters on university teams, tional and political importance not Rabbi David A. Goldstein will also only to the fifty or hundred thousand lodge Monday evening-at the J. C. C. aliens who had already become public speak on the program. The Hazomir represent the local Center. Jews who may, in the course of time, celebrating the Washington Bi-cenSinging Society will Tender _several Roumania Pavilion charges, making a total in excess of The subject for the local debating :tenniaL -His subject was "Washing- 21,000 deportations for the calendar tourney as well as for the St. Louis settle in Bira Bidjan, but also to the selections- —and the Jew." The principal speaker of the eve debate is "Eesolved, That the Jew- entire Jewish population of some 80,year of 1931," he declared. for Levant Fair tonResolutions in memory of Harry hing, Mr. Rubashov, is "vice presi ish Religion Is No Longer a Vital 000 in Soviet Russia, and to some exdent of- the World Zionist Actions Tel-Aviv.—(J. T. A.) — Roumania Lapidus were read. Sam Beber gave Porce in the lives of the Younger tent also to the Jews abroad. 11 Jewish Professors "After, an interim of hundreds o£ committee, and is editor of ,fche Daily has erected a pavilion occupying a a short address,- as did Julius Bisno. Generation." years, the Jews will again become a Davar at Tel Aviv, Palestine. He space of 200 square meters here for Musical numbers were rendered by «n Yale Faculty nation with their own state," Presi-. Pulitzer Prize Play by Center has also edited many Hebrew periodi- the Levant Fair scheduled to take a trio composed of Harry- Robinson, New Haven.—Forty-three articles dent Kalinin said. . •• . Quild at Jewish ComAnne Gotsdincr and Leonard Korney. by eleven Jewish-professors of Yale Building: Investments cals and is noted as an author, philo- place in the Spring. For the first time, he stated, the munity Center university have beencontributed in sopher and lecturer. in Tel Aviv Increases Jews will have their e r a representaA special pavilion has also been Chicago.-—Max - 'Epstein, - Jewish the past -year to journals-both here affair is being sponsored by constructed by the "island of Cyprus. Mrs. Herman J&hr, director of the theThe j l ^ been and-.abroad. This number i s con- Tel Aviv.—{J.T!. A.)—The sum of tive in Elk, the central groverntnent Jewish- NaticK^'FtmdCqHiica In connection with the, Eair, the p p ^ ^ "Center-- Hsyers -<3nild, had never and the and other government bodie«if«ot.. United Palestine Council of local industrial representatives have named one of the"twelve sectional sidered very large in view of t i e $1,200,000, an increase -of $400,000 only as Jews hut repulsenting the, -UiBttgyft>f casting herself in the role Omaha. The meeting is open to the small representation of the Jews on over the previous year was the in- general population. arranged a conference to- take place chairmen of the anti-hoarding camof a Chicago gunman. Yale faculties. general public There will be no ad- on April 25th. vestment in building in Tel Aviv in paign. That is, not until she started scout- mission charge, no collections, no ap1931. ing around for needed accoutrements peals of any kind, as the program The last four months of the year, for the Guild's next play, "Sun. Up," corresponding' with the: fluctuation in to be presented at the Community is educational, to acquaint the public sterling, was the boom period, and of Center next Tuesday evening, Mar. 1 with National Fund work. the 65,000 sq .metres of new buildings How to get four revolvers and two Jndah Wolfson, chairman of a comfor the year, half was constructed bemittee for the National Fund Conn shotguns was the puzzle' confronting tween September and the end of Dethe dramatic director. A brillian cil, and the educational comtaittee cember. thought, and Mrs. Jahr-was at polici of the United Palestine Council are The Jewish National Fund was inplanning a dinner in honor of Rubheadquarters—her first trip — and strumental in the building of hundsoon was triumphantly leaving with ashov the evening of March 15, at reds of houses in Tel Aviv, by ad- Doubts if Nazi Deader Will Be 6 p. m. the "bullet-propellers." •jrancing the price of the plots \o the Able to Reach Several "cops," loitering about, noprospective house owners in the workGoal ticed the circumstance of one indi Annual Card Party of ers', teachers' and other quarters. vidual with four revolvers and two Various mortgage banks and associashotguns, and eyed her suspiciously Palm Springs.—(J. T. A.)—Adolph J. W. W.O.on March 9 tions assisted the prospective builders figuring she had heen released and Hitler may have no intention of t>f limited means. her contraband returned. Indeed carrying out his threats against the The annual card party given by Mrs.'Jahr has a sneaking hunch tha the Jewish Women's Welfare organiJews should he assume power, bat a sleuth followed her to make sure zation will be held on Wednesday afhe will be powerless to halt the that she was hot bent'for a shooting. ternoon, March^, at the Jewish-Comforces of evil he has let loose, is the opinion expressed by Professor AlAnyway, she gotv the guns. And munity Center. . bert Einstein in & Btatement to the they will form but a small part of Unusual interest is shown in this correspondent of the Jewish Telethe excitement expected at the pre year's event due to the arrangements graphic Agency. sentation of 'Sun Up," Tuesday. Thi and program, prepared by the Social phants. _ . ' more given t a charitable benefac(By -Robert Stone.) ; play is being sponsored by A. Z. A. Committee of that organization of Professor Einstein expressed some [ "The agonized tactfulness of the tions -than any other group. Using The Jews are Incoming the ''yesNo. 1. which Mrs. F. J. Alberts.is chairman. nation" of l i e world and as a peo- -Jew is not simply the result of policy the figure of $50,000,000 as the Whittling Away of £2,500,000 doubt that Hitler would reach hit The proceeds will be used to start The party originally scheduled for an goal of leading the German governare acquiring all the faults which and calculation. The Jew is intem- amount contributed by American Loan for Agricula fund for bringing- the tenth anni earlier date was, in co-operation with ple ment, even though he conceded that perately grateful for small mercies, Jews for the relief of their stricken the individual "yes-man" is "heir to, ture versary, international A. Z. A. con the Auxiliary of the Conservative Hitler's followers constitute a maand though he errs in thinking that people in Europe after the war, he declares Maurice Samuel, author and vention to Omaha in 1933. jority at the present. He pointed Synagogue, set for March 9. • he "will keep out of trouble in be^ writes: Jewish leader, in his new book "Jews A new set has been obtained fo: No advance sale of tickets is being coming the - classic . yes-nation, he "In the period when they made London.—(J. T. A.)—The financial out that the .political party in opthis play, which is a Pulitzer prize made in accordance with the practice on Approval," _ which discusses the really does not want to pain his-fel- their *unparalleled sacrifice' for over- crisis in Great Britain seems to have position to Hitler has as much influwinner and is considered a-classic o of the organization, but the commit- ills of the Jews with the frankness low citizens. His desire to" be liked seas Jewry, American Jews spent ten disposed of what the Labor govern- ence as the Nazi leader, and added the American theater. I t deals with tee in charge of the affair have al- which marked "You Gentiles," the is so indiscriminate that he does not times the same • amount, that is, ment had proposed for the benefit that there is some question whether mountain life and is stirring in its ready received a large number of res- book which brought Samuel fame care on whom he makes a good im- nearly half a billion dollars, on their of Palestine, the Jerusalem corres- Hitler desires to be the dictator of pondent of the "Manchester Guardi- Germany. portrayal of the love of mother and ervations and it is expected that the eight years ago. pression. It may give him a thrill pleasure cars. son. Though a character play, it i annual event will be as, usual wel' Taking as his main theme the of altiuism to learn that his long _ "If, on the one side, we add up an" declares. If the 2,500,000-pound Kecentlr, Professor Einstein Raid, : full of genuine humor and drama. attended. charge that the Jews are no longer martyrdom of tactfulness has brought the contributions of American Jewry loan for agricultural development has the government has severely circumnot been indefinitely yiostponed, it Its appeal is universal. , A prize will be given at each table, practising their native culture but him no benefits." to European relief, Palestine up- says, it is clearly not as certain scribed the anti-Semitic propaganda The cast includes Martha Himel- and refreshments will be served. are aping the outer world in a deAmong the variety of phenomena building and internal American Jew- of being1 arranged as it was when of the Nazis. Leading, however, h» stein, Sol Tuchman, Jeanette Levinthe fight against anti-Semitism, he The bridge party next Wednesday sire to avoid persecution and discrim- in American Jewish life which Samuel ish activities, and on the other the Lord Passfield dispatched -his letter stated, is the Central Union of Gei> son, Sam Greenberg, Leo Brown is part of the new program of activ- ination, Maurice Samuel asserts that attacks is the "good will movement." amounts spent by American Jewry on Max Weinstein, Abe Saltzman am ities by. the Jewish Women's Welfare this condition is due to a cowardly He derides the effort to promote pleasure cars, cosmetics, candies, to the High Commissioner on June man -Citizens of the Jewish Faith 25. The National government left Ealph Nogg. v, . . Organization, working for a , reduc- Jewish leadership, a time-serving rab- good will between Jew and Chris- movies, fancy dressing (furs and nobody in doubt as to the fact teat I and the Reichsbanner, s non-sectariani financed by public subtion of the mortgage on the Jewish binate and a servile Jewish press. tian as purposeless and pure dis- jewelry), banquets, cigars, holidays the development scheme "would have i oraginzation Analyzing the current excuses for play. Community Ceriter. golf clubs, flashy entertaining, high to be examined afresh in the light scriptions. Asked whether there were any jus^ The Jewish women's organization anti-Semitism, Samuel writes: "At these public fraternizations, living (big apartments, numerous of the position in which the British tification for Bertrand Russell's stated had a successful Washington birthday "According to a prevailing view, where Jews and Gentile foregather servants, etc.), it would appear doubt- Exeehquer novr found itself. ment that Professor Einstein' Zion-. tea in connection with the .Sunday anti-Semitism is the result of a lack to tend the flame of their mutual ful whether American Jewry gave This whittling down of what ism was merely a protest against afternoon dance- at the Jewish Com- of nieeness in the Jew. If the Jews affection and admiration, we may away to all its charities as mticc The Omaha Workmen's Loan asso- munity Center sponsored by the Psi would only temper their voices, their hear from.both sides exposes of such as 10 per cent not of its income amounted to a definite commitment anti-Semitism, the scientist replied! ciation will celebrate its fifteenth an- Mu fraternity. The committee in- table manners and. their ties, if they virtues and such achievement as no but of its luxury money. I exclude appears to have upset neither the "If there were nc political menace niversary with a banquet for mem- cluded Mrs. L. Neveleff, Mrs. F. J. would he discreet and tidy in their people should ever be suffered to from the account the heavy gambling Arabs nor the Jews, he adds. against the Jew anyrhere, then, acLaunched as they new say they Ere cording: te my opinion, the Zionist bers, installaiton of officers, and an Alberts, Mrs. A. Greenberg, Mrs. enthusiasms, unobtrusive in their The one great" misfor- losses, because the money circulates on E policy of non-co-operation, in movement would not exist." appropriate program, at the Jewish Dave Sherman,' Miss Blanche ' Zim- comings and groings, and above all monopolize. tune about these recitals is, however, mostly in Jewish circles. And I ex- emulation of the Congress In India, Community Center on Monday eve- man. reticent about their Jewishness, they that they seldom pass beyond circles clude by definition those accunralated the Arabs disliked the scheme from ning, February 29. The festivitie would get along very well. where they are superfious, and when savings "which afterwards went, for ths beginning. By Arabs in this will start at 6 p. m. the most part, to make the crash case one means of course the leadthey do, they are tacitly useless. "At the same time, Jews should Philip Ginsburg; is the new presi- 4,075 Jews Enter more spectacular. ers, at any rate the vocs.1 ones. What have a mission in order to justify ?There is little ground for the bedent, and Ben Linderibaum is the rethey feel in their hearts about the their almost unsuspected existence. lief that anybody except a Jew is tiring president. An unusual program Palestine in 1931 They should espouse noble causes,not ever impressed by orations and books "It must, of course, be borne in benefits the scheme would bring to Ike Smith, 5f.s of 1918 Charlet has been arranged by the committee mind that such contributions as were th country no one knows; their pub- street, passed »wsy offensively, of course, but in a nice on Jewish contributions to civilizaat & local hosin charge. made came only from a section of lic stEteinents Jerusalem.—(J. T. A.)—The numare certainly negative, pital last Friday, following a lingerLast year the association enjoye. ber of Jews who entered Palestine in way. They should be social-minded, tion. The anti-Semitically inclined xlo Jewry. Many Jews gave little or Also the scheme did mot meet with ing illness, He had lived in Omaha the most successful business in ife 1S31 totaled 4,075.> During the same but never socialistic; they should not care a rap about our achieve- nothing at all, End therefore the stand for peace without being pacif- ments, aptitudes and geniuses, and merit of the givers is increased. Bet saything like enthusiasm on the Jew- for the past, thirty years, history. The group makes loans t< period 666 Jews left the country. its members, and all surplus after ex STsxrmng: are hi? wife, Ida; three The Jewish immigration and emi- ists; they should be intellectual, but the only reward we have reaped in though there have been isdividsa ish side. It is disliked partly "bepenses is pro-rated back to the mem gration was the largest in the coun- not obviously clever. Having thus -Germany for playing a fantastically esses of exceptional sacrifice, there cause of its genesis, partly for its? sons, Philip, Abe, w)d Ram: and three bers. try, with the Christians secondhand achieved a model citizenship through disproportionate role in the science has not appeared la Americas. Jewry, implications. The scheme WES recom- sisters, Mrs, S, Flax and Mrs. I. Formended by Sir John Hope -Simpson raan of Omaha, and Mrs. Ida Bennenthe Moslems third. The number of [ this combination of carefully moder- and. letters of the country is the ad- a 'charity-casualty' class. as the culminating1 point in a series SOJI of Kev~ York City. Washington.—'The Sinai Peninsula Christians who entered totaled 1,245, ated virtues they will not only be ditional charge that we are Judaiziiig "It is hard to tell how xnsnv gave of adverse criticisms sad xaifavorable Funeral services -were held Sunwhere Moses received the Ten Com- while the- number of "those who left hsppy* but also liked by everybody." the Teutonic spirit." T3ntll it hint, "but it appears that' few findings with regard to the admin- day afternoon at the Chesed Shel mandments, may "become the seat oi was 573. One thousand two hundred In succumbing to the desire to be Samuel also challenges the common were hurt by it." istration o£ Palestine ia general and Ernes, with burial in the Golden Hill a solar observatory to be establishe and eleven Moslems entered in 1931 "nice," says Samuel, the majority of assumption, even among Jews themcemetery. hy tka Smithsonian institute while 107 left the countryAmerican_ Jews have- become syco- selves, that the Jews of America are (Continued on Pajjs S.j
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND NIGHT TO BE HELD ON MARCH 1 5
DEBATE TOURNAMENT FOR SENIOR COUNCIL IN SEMI-FINAL ROUND
Excitement in
Given Tuesday
Moiiriee Samuel Jews Are a "
HITLER UNABLE TO STEM EVILS
Jetfvs Regenerating; Compelled to Be f ft piee* to Avoid AntiCRISIS AFFECTS Semitisni"
WORKMEN'S LOAN TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
ENGLAND'S PLAN FOR PALESTINE