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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940
Pray for BETH EL PLANS RabbisEuropean jews MUSIC SERVICE THIS EVENING Cantor Edgar to Lead Choir in Special Program Immediately following the service at the Beth El Synagogue this evening Cantor Aaron Edgar assisted by the choir will present a musical program on the theme of Pasaorer and Freedom, Included on the program will be: "Psalm CXIV ~ When Israel yVent Forth from Egypt"; "Umtt llay Chatoaynu" from the Pass
New York (WNS) — Orthodox, conservative and reform rabbis of this city gathered at the Jewish Theological Seminary t h i s week to offer special prayers in behalf of the beleaguered Jews in war-torn Europe. A special prayer was composed for the occasion by Rabbi Louis I. Newman. In a plea for support of t h e United J e w i s h Appeal, Dr. Stephen S. Wise declared that "we of the American Jewry, and We alone, can save our brother .Jews." "If reports are correct," he said, "half a pound of bread per head has been the weekly food allowance of our brother Jews in Poland. Nearly all of the 1,500,000 Jews in German-occupied Poland need help, or will need help when their savings are exhausted and their property is expropriated by the conquering and ravaging Nazi horde."
Klutznick to Speak At Housing Meeting Philip M. Klutznick, general housing counsel of the Omaha Housing Authority, will speak on "Subsidy Reductions" at the annual convention of the National Association of Housing Authorities to be held in Pittsburgh, May 15 to 17. He will also act as referee In a discussion on housing problems.
BETTY SOREF TO SPEAK ON PANEL
Workers in the Jewish Philanthropies Campaign have b e e n urged by the general chairman, Morris E. Jacobs, to finish solicitations so that complete results in the drive to raise 9104,500 may be tabulated. On Wednesday, $65,000 h_a d been reported pledged with at least five hundred more prospects yet to be eeen by workers, A general Increase has been noted In all gifts. The final report, it is hoped, will be given within ten days. . "The present situation in the Scandinavian countries has added considerably to the work borne by the Joint Distribution Commlttee,"Mr. Jacobs stated In making his plea that the community cooperate in bringing the campaign to a successful conclusion. "Heretofore Norway, Sweden and Denmark have been able to provide for assistance of a large number of refugees and under the circumstances the J, D. C. will have to assume this additional burden." The campaign' opened on April C and will continue until the campaign goal Is reached. Local, national and international institutions will benefit from the drive.
Miss Betty Soret will represent > the Jewish Community Center as a member of a discussion panel consisting of five young persons at 8 p. m. Sunday, May 5, at the Central High auditorium. At that time Omaha Youth under the sponsorship ot the Junior Chamber' of Commerce will gather to receive certificates of citizenship - recognition. * An outstanding speaker will adr ' dress the audience on "The Duties ' of a Young Citizen Today." ' -The panel discussion will fol' low the short address. Questions will be directed to the panel and Dr. May. Bere will be principal the speaker by the audience. speaker at the May day observance of the J e w i s h National Workers Alliance, Poale Zion, and Basis for Religious Pioneer Women next Wednesday. Dr. Bere has attended many inFellowship Seen by ternational labor conferences and Noted Philosopher is a representative of the Women's Labor Federation of PalesNew York (JTA) —• There are tine. She is at present touring . "foundations of f e 11 owahip and the country under the auspices of •understanding' between believers the Pioneer Women's Organiza;• of different religious families and tion. ,» basis for a constructive coopera- An appropriate musical pro-v tlon between them for the good of gram will be given. Refreshments Civilization," Dr. Jacques M a r l - are to be served. No admission tain, Professor ot Philosophy at will be charged. ;.•;.• the Institute CathoHque in Parig, . declared In ,a public lecture at Jews Visit Tombs f the Jewish Theological Seminary. Of the basis of good fellowship Jerusalem <WNS) — For the among men of different c r e e d s , first,time in four years thousands ' Professor Marltain said, "the con- of Jews visited Rachel's tomb ion viction each one has, rightly or the roadside near Bethlehem. on wrongly, of the limitations, defic- the last day of the Jewish' month iencies, or mistakes-of others does of Adar. The Arabs received their not prevent friendship b e t ween Jewish visitors cordially and ofminds." fered them every co-operation.!
WORKERS ALLIANCE
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GO TO NORWAY 15,000 Called to Service with Polish Legion Paris (JTA) — Passover leaves for the approximately 15,000 Jews In the Polish Legion were cancelled as the Polish Government-inexilfi prepared to s e n d Polish troops from France to Norway as part of the Allied expeditionary force, The Jewish Consistory and the Federation of P o 11 s h Jews in France announced cancellation of (Continued on page 12.)
Jacobs Asks Workers To Complete Drive Cantor Aaron Edgar • .;. : -, over Synagogue Service; "Elijah, the Prophet," a folk .song; "Go Down Moses," a negro spiritual; and "Arise, My People," a recent Yiddish number for s y n agogue and choir. Members of the choir who will participate in the s e r v i c e are: Paula Belmont, Helen Fogel, Dolores Lustgarten, Jeannette Rubin Shirley Sellz, Doris Gillnsky, Rita Marks, Mrs. Arthur Romm, Dorothy Zollotuchen, David Bodin, Jack Dolgoff, and Harry DuBoff.
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Women's Division Planning Program For Mother's Day A committee under the chairmanship of Mrs. Henry Belmont is making plans for the Mother's Day program to be given Sunday, May 5, at the Jewish Community Center under the auspices of the Women's Division. Mrs. William Lazere is Women's Division president.
ORGANIZE GROUP TO YOUNG REFUGEES New York (WNS) —~ Formation of the Non-Sectarian Foundation for Refugee Children, which will place In American h o m e s children from the war areas of Europe who have become separated from their parents because of death, confinement in concentrations camps or war time conditions, was a n n o unced her^ by Clarence E. Pickett, Its president. According to an official statement, the foundation, which has established headquarters in this city, will cooperate with Catholic, P r o t e s t a n t and Jewish childpracing agencies In finding homes for children eligible to enter this country under existing quota conditions. Owen R. Lovejoy, executive director of the foundation, declared that "one of the purposes of this foundation will be to serve the disinherited children of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths. The people of this country must be made to realize that the needs are not confined to any one race, but that children are being left defenseless in Europe "regardless of religious affiliation and racial inheritance." ': .'•
For the first time since the Inception of the Center " A w a r d Night," the outstanding Junior as well as Senior J. O. C. athlete will be honored at the annual banquet to be held Wednesday evening, May 1, at 0:30. This year, as usual, the Irvin C. Levin trophy will be given the leading Center athlete; while the Harry Trustin trophy will be presented the Junior who has excelled in athletics and sportsmanship. Winners of the two awards will be kept secret until the night of the banquet. Approximately o n e hundred others will be honored at the affair. Harry Trustin will be chairman of the evening, and Lee G r o s s man, director of the Center Athletic department, will p r e e ent awards. Guests of honor at the dinner will include: Frederick Ware, sports editor of the Omaha World-Herald; Morris P a 1 r ang, head coach at Crelghton University, and Stuart Bailer of the University of Omaha. Basketball Honors Among those to be honored are: A. Z. A. I Senior B a s k e t ball League Pre-Season c h a m p i ons whose members include Leo Sherman, Mort Soref, Irving Nogg, Morris Ruderman, S a m Ruderman, Dave Welner, Hascall Cohen, and Keve Kirshenbauiu. As a result of the triple tie in the regular season's play in the Senior Basketball L e a g u e , the members of three teams will be honored. They are: Omaha Jobbing Co., Iz Bogandoff, D a v e Greenberg, M i l l ard Slgal, Lou Weiner, Jake Sadofsky, M e y e r Rosenblatt, Isadore Novak, and Norm Korney; B r e s 1 ow Auto Glass, Jake Adler, Norman Gendler, Morris Adler, Max Turner, Herb Melches, and Stan Passer; Wardrobe Clothiers, S o l Yaffe, Harold Pollack, H e n r y Rlekes, James Burroughs, Harold Garber, Floyd Yudelsou, Milton Altsuler. Junior B a s k e t b a l l League Champions, were the Robinson Drug team whose members are, Nathan Meiches, Robert Slutsky. Abe Baum, Marvin Z e r novsky, Phil Weise, Ben Rifkin, and Louis Slutsky. Handball Those to be awarded Handball honors are: Marshall Geller, preseason Singles Champion, C l a s s A; Ben Kutler, pre-season Singles Champion, Class B; Sam Ban and (Continued on page 12.)
TEACHERS1 INSTITUTE TO BE HELD AT J. C. C. An Institute of Religious Education for teachers in the Jewish religious schools ot Omaha and neighboring communities will be held Sunday, May 5, at the Jewish Community Center; ! Leader :df the Seminar will be Dr. Abraham N. Franz Blau, director of Religious Education at Hebrew Union College. Three lectures dealing with classroom management and the aims of teaching Jewish history will be given. Teachers from the f o l i o wing cities will attend: Omaha, Lincoln, Council Bluffs, F rem.ont, Sioux City, and Des Moines.
REPRESENTS GRETNA AT BOYS'.STATE ABRAM DANSKY IN James Qohen, the only Jewish boy in Gretna, Neb.; was selected by the Leonard Conley Post, 21G, Gretna Post of the American Legion, to be its representative at Boys State. Ha is. 15 years of age. James was selected f r o m n large group of Gretna boya.
RECITAL ON SUNDAY Abram Dansky, well-known local pianist, will assist M a r t i n Bush, organist j at a recital Sunday, April 28, at 4 o'clock in the Concert Hall of the Joslyn Memorial. - Tbt> public is Invited.
PLAN SERVICE FOR STUDENTS High School Graduates to Be Honored Next , Friday Continuing a tradition established by the Hocial Service Committee of the Jewish Federation and the li'nai lt'rith, the annual baccalaureate services for Omaha high school graduates will be held Friday evening, May 3, at the li'nai Israel Synagogue, 18th and Chicago streets. Dr. Philip Sher, chairman of the Social Service Committee announces that one h u n dred students will participate in the service. Rabbi Isaiah R a c kovsky ot the United Orthodox Congregations will conduct the service. Dr. Ulau to Speak Principal speaker o fthe evening will be Dr. Abraham N. Franz Blau, noted Jewish educator and director of the department of Religious Education at the Hebrew Union College. Responding for the student body will be Harvey Bursteln and Miriam Dausky. Following the service refreshments will be served by the Sisterhood of the United Orthodox Congregations. *
ORATORY AWARD TO IOWA U. STUDENT Chicago — William R. Rlvkin, a junior pre-law atudent frdm the University of Iowa, bested 13 orators who had survived regional eliminations held among the 31 Hillel Foundations and Hlllel Extension units to win first place in the fourth annual national B'citU Hillel Foundation Oratorical Contest with an oration .on "Melancholy-1940." Rivkln, w h o halls from Davenport, Iowa, is a membed of the Hillel Extension at the Universltyof Iowa, and spoke as the representative of the region embracing the Hillel Foundation at the'University of Wisconsin and the Iowa Extension. : Competing in a national Hillel contest for the first time since their establishment last fall, the Hillel Extension u n i t s made a complete sweep in the oratory tournament when Robert Groban, member of the Hillel Extension at the University of West Virginia, was awarded second place. An active member of the Huntingdon, W. Va. chapter of Aleph Zadik Aleph, Burial B'rith's youth organization, Groban represented the region "embracing the Hillel Foundation at Pennsylvania State College and the Hillel Extensions at the Universities of Maryland and West Virginia. > The Bertha Zlpporah Bernstein Award, a rotating trophy, "waa presented to Rivkln by H e n r y Monsky; president of B'nal B'rittt and chairman of the National Hillel Foundation Commission. Over 1,000 people heard the 14 finalists compete for national Hillel oratorical honors at the Covenant Club, which together with, the Hillel A s s o c i a t i o n of Chicago sponsors the contest. The judges were Judge Hugo Friend, presiding justice of the Appellate Court of Illinois; Samuel Goldsmith; executive secretary of the Jewish Charities of Chicago; and S. D. Schwartz, executive .secretary 'o? the Chicago Sinai Congregation.
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