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VOL. XVIII—No.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 7 , 1 9 4 0
Deborah Society to Give Clianuka\'Party
Philosopher- Congressman Replaces Preston
The Deborah society will entertain the children of the His>tory and Religion department of the Talmud Torah at the annual C h a n u k a h party this Sunday morning. The childrgn will again l»e given the traditional Chanukau "Geld" and will be served refreshments. Small, inexpensive gifts Will also be exchanged in the classes. A Chanukah play, "The Dream Book," will be presented. In addition there w/ill be recitations and songs, and an exhibit will be given by the Arts and Crafts group. The first issue of •"Kadimah," the school paper, will be distributed.
T. V. Smith, philosophcr-C/OttgrcNBinitn, will.sjse&k on .the Center Forum, Monday cveniBg, January 6, in piece of l>r. Preston IJrailley, who was forced to can<'el his engagement here because of radio obligations. Well-known to Omaha audiences, T. V. (Smith, Congressmanat-largc from Illinois and profes^ ior of philosophy at the University of 'Chicago, is one of the most popular speakers on the lecture platform. lie lias appeared on the Town Hall Forum, at the University of Omaha, and before the Teachers' Convention. A graduate of the University of Texas, Professor Smith re- Head of Iowa Hillel Group ceived his Doctor of Philosophy To Speak This . degiee from the University of Evening Chicago.in 1922, and since 1927 has held the chair of Philosophy This evening the young p p at that university. He is the author of a number of the Both 131 synagogue will of books and is a frequent con- conduct.the service. Rabbi-Morris' Kertzer, director tributor to leading periodicals. After serving a term as ntato of the Hillel Foundation at the senator from the Fifth district of Illinois, he was elected to the U. S. Congress and -will cerve until the end of the present cession. Admission to Dr. r.mltk's lecture will bo by Forum tick*!.
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Children of tho City Talmud Torah will be guests of the U. O. C Sisterhood at a dinner to bo given Monday, December 30, at 0 p m. This is the annual Chanuliah celebration which the Sisterhood has made traditional in tho Talmud Torah. Special favors have been ordered for the children. The faculty of the Talmud Torah has prepared a special program for the occasion and Rabbi Isaiah Rackovsky will spork on the significance of Cbamikah. Sol Baumer will light the Chanukah candles and Richard Winiroub will tell the story of ChanuIlalibi Slorvls Kcrtacr .ah. Recitations will be Given by riunico Feldman, Elka Byron, and University of Iowa, will occupy the pulpit. . The topic of hlu r.er' 'sther Bair.-icr. nlon will be "Jewish Youth Faces a Troubled World." .' .Participating in the services will be: Corrino Wohlner, Yale Truatln, Richard Newman ;i n d Stuart Frankel. __ , An "Oneg Shabbatl?' will follow in the social hall with refreshments being served by the women of the synagogue. The second children's program •I the year v/iir bo held this afrnoon at 2 o'clock at the Jewish immunity Center, when the me)u picture, "Tho Hoosier School :y," starring Mickey. Roojiey, •11 be shown. In addition a cartoon, "A Boy'a >i" will be presented. ItcfrcohThe Mizrachl Zionist Organiza.-nts will be served.. tion of Ouialta will hold its reguTho Center Junior programs lar, Molaveh Malka at 8 o'clocl; . ,vc been designed to meet the tomorrow' evening, • Dccembor 2S, oils of many parents who find at the'.CongreEation .B'nai Jacob, • rriculty in providing buitsble en- 24th and Nicholas. A Chanukah rtaintnout i'or their children on thcuc la planned. • ool holidays. Mr. S. Ravitz will preside at the \dmlssion will be tcu cents for meeting. Rabbi Isaiah Hackovsky Idroii >, qn'1., ^5Vp;Uy,. ,cen.t3 . for .v/Jll report c-n U;o.rccent:Wi=rachi -•••Us. coai'ercnco vliich he attended i».
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oi;,,!!i?ntionf) in (ho tity compose the Board. - Fifteen members of tho Executive committee are to bo elected at thifi time and chairmen of the constituent agencies of tho Federation will laako their reporla. Constituent afrencles and their chairmen are: Bureau of Jewish Education, William Grodiuaky; Jewish Welfare, Dr. Morris Margolin; Jewish Community Center, Milton Abrahams; Jewish F r e e Loan, J. IT. Kulakofsky; Old People's Home, Harry Sllverman; Jewish Philanthropies, M o r r i s Jacobs; Omaha Refugee Service, Ben Silver, and Social Service, Dr. Philip Shcr. Mro. William Lazere, president of the Women's Division, will report on the activities of her organization.
Members of tho University of Nebranka HUTel I'notint).X;iou -Unit Debate team will -meet the University of Minnesota Hillel team at the next meeting of the Omaha Lodge of B'nai P'ritli on Sunday, "January 5, at 2: SO at the Jcv/ish Community Center. • Subject .of ditcusRiori l will be: /'Resolved'That Opportunities for Free Speech Shotild Be' Denied Tho.-.'j Vvho -Advocate Racial and Religious Dincriminnflon hi tlio TJhitwl State's." So that tliin'flebato can take place, ' the • mcctiug-dato of the Omalia Lodge has been changed from January-G to Jcuuary 5. This de.bate between -.the two teams ia part of a nation-wide elimination contest.
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"Love and Sacrifice" to Ce Gix'cn Saturday, Sunday Asi oututRMdiit;; prt'Bentatioii of tho YidiJif.lt cinrma will bo pretontcd (ontorrow ««ul Munilay eve* ninnr» at the Jcwir,!i Community Center. "Love and Sacrifice," starring the outstanding persouagea of the Yiddish theater, will be given these two performances for t h e benefit of tho Bikur ChoIIm Society Iloupltalization program. The picture tells the fitory of Jewish .family life In .New""York. It portrays the willing sacrifices of a mothor anxious to keep her family together. Proceeds from the nhowlng will bo devoted to the health work done by the Bikur Cholim so: ciety. ' Tickets may bt; purchased from members of tho coclety, at the Center office, or at thp box office.
Over two liundred delegate.i from the thirty-one sictlve and forty-two alumni clubs of the oldr;.t Jewish collegiate fraternity; ait! expected here. Tonight a special horviee, ;it whloli Rabbi Bernard J'hicnrc-irlt, one of tlie founders oi Z< la llota Tail, will be pi-lnclpul ' pi-iil.t'r, will 1)0 dedlcatod to the fraternity, by Temple Israel. The first bUBlness t.ciiinion will tjc'irln tomorrow at "ten o'clock ami ln;it until noon. Tho aitcrnooii v.-JU be given over to ti "Hello Joe" reception at which tho dclcsnies will be lutroduc: il to Omalui girls who aro asUutinf; willi the entertainment. An inlormul party will be given in tin- t>\'< ning at the Paxton hotel. Boys Town Tour After the Kuntla-y h\uA>.i< :-:i fu1".s.sions, deleKatos will b , i'.V'.-ii on a tour of Boys.Town. 1 A iiinn<:» dance will be held H .;;"..];:.,1 f-voning in tho Bombay Jjliu-u Boom of the Hotel Fo:.tc:ic>lle. Bets Tan C0iivcr.1t ion . • • • Program
Saturday — Registration, 9 -10 a. in. Business Session—li f;. m. to noon. i "Hello Joo" Reception—3 p. m. to 7 P. m. 1 Paxton Hotel Party—{) p. m. to 2 a, m. Sunday—Seminars — 10 a. 111.; to noon. Busineaa Session — 1:30 to' 3:30 p. m. Tour of Boys Town—i p. m.to C p. nu '... Dinner-Dance—-8:30 p. m. to 1 a. m. ".•-.•', Bfonday— Regional Luuchoonc —Noon to 1:30 P. '»• Business Sessions — 1: SO, p.m. to 4:40 p, m. Ritual—6 p. m. to 7 p, m. Banquet—7 p. m. to 11:30' p. m. Tuesday—Midnight Ball — 1 3 ' p. m. to 3 a. m. Final Businc&j Scnalon—1 !>.' m. to 5 p. m. New Year'r. Eve Rail. At t h o convention banquet which is to bo held Monday 6ve« 11 ing, Morri.'i K. Jacobs, )iromin» ent comni'inal leader, vriH b<; inf? iiated an an Aasocl:ito ircmbor of Zeta Beta Tau. Spcukci-s at tho banquet will be Henry Mosis&y, president of tho Supreme Lodge oZ B'nai B'rith and an honorary; member of Zeta Beta Tau; Mon> nipnor E. J. Flanagan of, Boy/j Tov/n, and national officer;; o£ tho fraternity. •. , National prizes to be ar/Kr/ictt, at the Convention banquet n?o;j Tho Fraternity cup to the i)C3t,, n-11-.i'round chapter, ;Tr,;ipa (Cor! noil); Julius! K;thu Cnp • to 'tho h o s t individual untlcrM";uhir.te,; Marne" Obornaucr ci' Kcprc (Cos 4 noil); The Van Raallo cuy to, tho best individual r.thlotc, Kd^.vrC Ivrau-e 0' Lvnou? (U'-'tJiM-V.c-> > iff?, Tfifcr'. r.cLIvity ia r.s'.ll t i Ecron (Syr:-.c— ) ; TI.i. ri to iiio- Catj-it-f v7liK t?io I l l tili io !'
The Omrhi district of the Zionist Orj:anir.ation of America will elect ofliccru r l a mooting to be held V/crtncuhiy, Jnnuary 0, at 8 p. in. :it the Jewish Community Center. A cpccifl feature of the .meeting will bo the ultowing of tv/o Palestinian i"il m y—"Sanctuary" and "Hanita." Both 6f then? fiitns wore proiluced by tho ZIonijt Organization vnd by the- Jcn/i' li National Fund an~ are hicgnliieenl presentations of tlio sichicvcmcnts of Palestine. Retiring oiricerc of tlio Omaba Postpone Meeting of Chicago. A report %-iii PJ=Q }>e givdistrict are; Dr. Philip She", honen on tho visit of .Gcd.iliab Bub- ;iv. "of Chicago Cuwlia Hobvcv/ Clob orary president; i^i-hr; \i~\ h. Slavics, prc25d-:nt; Nathan P. T> lKar.:co F.iro. SUvei: lick to tlic' Oinalia'T-IiKrachi. Irs. Boa Silycro lids Rcaoptcfl Thp r c c u l s r meeting of the io, Tieo-piv,.Mcnt; Hurry L, fioi.tInvitation o£ f resident ,RobO n i r h s Hehrer/ Club sehudak-d 103" no::t Burnley h a s Been crui- riichnicl:, . naynr-rd Hutcliias pf.tljo UalLondon {.IT/.} — The T':i,;e!;- tcllc-a. "ity oi" Chler.so. to fcc'srio rcc: ticr.c ; ,' >• r ; Tretiak, t ioness of KcsUing hsr- r.c-;?- U.3< ml adviser for thia Cifctifct. \ny Jii&h celsoql otuilc'ilti o? any e cliairaiatk-hii- o£ t1r: G": ", • ' :l i;i& t o -•lose ctuclcitg-'.rfr.hiRS to tk'&ns- Chiluron's Aid Conr.jlttca ™:-.ic:i n i l uV_; *ir. .:;,-•.* ;.-•'.' '(••- V.f.it •]•.! r , M tunfiitionn ur.<» • should consult with Mrs. Silporvisfs OSE rofl!dcntl!-:l inwseries of cTfi(".ie'•:;.;•' ' --i o: ^Cdlhd' :.u-.i oi • s.
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