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VOL. I,—NO. 12

Entered as second-class mail" matter on January 27th, 1921, at postofflce at Omaha, -Nebraska,; under the Act of'March' 3, 1S79.

OF BEAUTY Seek to Locate Hew "A -THING AND A GOY FOREVER" B'nai Bnth Itarie for Orphans in This City

OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1921.

OUR' NEW LEADERS

Special to "SHE JEWISH PBESS."

Oitak Jews Ask Wilson to Veto the Immigration Bill; Send Bun Telegrams

Chicago, HI., March 2.—"A Thing of Beauty and a Goy Forever* was the sermon delivered by Rabbi Emil Immigrants Fleeing from WarHirsch to his congregation recently. Stricken Europe Before And it was all because Edna Omaha Lodge Leaders JTake Ferber Bill Becomes Law had a part of bone in her Steps Toward Bringing nose removed to make the nose Omaha Jewry hap entered its protest institution Here. smaller. against the Diliingham Immigration Dr. Hirsch did not .mince words in bill which will prevent many families Oiriaha B'nai Brith is working lo- his sermon. One-of. the .members of from reuniting in the^Uhited States. ward locating the new orphans*-home his temple described him as "furious". I Telegrams of protest have been sent of the Sixth district of the lodge in to President Wilson.by every Jewish this city. lodge and synagogue in Omaha. : Henry Monsky, vice-president of ; The telegram, read: ; the district, and Harry Lapidus, genPresident Woodrbw Wilson, .. eral conimitteeman, took steps to Washingtpn, D...C. ' locate the home here at a recent meetIn behalf of our. starving and pering of the general committee held iri v secuted brethren in Europe we earn-, Minneapolis. , . '.. Non-Jewish Writer Delivers estly begthat yori veto the Diliingham It is the plan of the B'nai Brith of Stirring Address to 5,000 \ : Bill. This bill is "contrary to American District No. .2 and District-No. 6 tb Jews iri Chicago. traditions and practices and would, if do away with the present orphans' passed, prevent the uniting?of families home in Cleveland and instead build ._*Special to "THE JEWISH PEESS."1 of Ajnerican citizens and residents two orphans' homes on the "cottageChicago, March 2.—John Spargo, separated, by the wax. It would re? farm plan"—one in Cleveland, which suit in unsold suffering to the war is in the second district, and one in author andTformerly, of the Industrial victims across, thi seas who look to the sixth district. • . , Relations Commission, spoke before 5,000. Chicago Jews at Sinai Temple this country as their only, salvation. ; WARREN.G. HARDING. CALVIN CCOUDGE. on "The Jews and the American "No Prison-like Home" "IMMIGRANTS HURRYING HERE. "This plan would eliminate th6 Ideal.;'-' In referring to recent attacks .Immigrants, fleeing -from warhuge prison-like orphan home," said on the Jewish race, Mr. Spargo;said: Many Omahans are attending the inauguration ceremonies in stricken Europe, are -crowding all U. "Henry Ford is poverty-stricken inWashington. Special services -will be held in Temple Israel Friday. S. ports. . Mr. Lapidus. . " I t i s the planof the -'.;'.' general committee to have-a group tellectually, inoralljP and spiritually. The arrival during- the ,past two of small cottagest with an. adjoining I regard him with profound and unPOLISH MINISTRY WILL weeks of a half a dozen trans-Atlantic farms to house the unfortunate boys measured pity_No morepitiful figure TAKE U P T H E QUESTION steamships, carrying with, them about and girls. We are- hoping the sixth can be found in our history. With all : 15,000 Jewish-immigrants,, at the port OF POGROM GUILT district general committee, will select his material wealth, he is poorer than of Boston, called for quick action on - — —~ | Warsaw. (J. T. Agency.) We learn Omaha as the location for the new the poorest wretch! to be found in the the part of the Hebrew Sheltering-and bread lines of this city/_ His poverty The Omaha Junior Hadassah Unit that that the next meeting of the home, as Omaha is ideally situated, in of soul is so great that he is incapable was organized a t a social tea given ; Polish Ministry will consider the qnes- Immigrant Aid Society of-America in the district. ^ connection with the receiving, guiding ;The work of building the new or- of partaking of the American spirit!" at the Blackstone Sunday afternoon, J tion of whether the large number of and distributing" of ihese new"arrivals, February 27. A program was ar- ! Balakhowitch aides who were accused the society stated in a letter, to "The phans' home will start under the adSpargo Not a "Jew ranged for the guests by Miss Sophye ' pf responsibilityin t h e large number Jewish-.Press.? J .-: ministration of an Omaha^man/ Mr/ Mr. Spargo hegan his address by Weinstein, the presiding chairman. of- pogroms committed by BalakhoMlonsky, who will automatically be.Jacob R. Fain,- general' manager 1 explaining that.he *v.as not a Jew and Mrs. Ben Handler,.a.charter . n}em-. w^tch forces shquld i>4handed over to j come president of the sixths district of of the .society, together with several had investigated the anti-Semitic camher of the senior Hadassah, outlined : a.court for trial. - I t is the demand of the' B'nai Brith grand Ipdge at. "the members of -his staff wenj tft Boston' general meeting to be held this year paign becausp he'felt it* -was a mon- the work of the trait. The object is \ the Jewish deputies jfchat-such action to confer ••with, Isaac Holler, presstrous thing/wirich should be exposed. to adopt orphans in Palestine and should be-taken. • \ •'.; ' in May in Des.Moinesi '- '.-.'•'. •-. He ''sketched' the history of. Jewish, train young women in the.Hadassah . According to .'a report appearing in ident, and-the directors-and .^officers of immigration into this : country, and University there to becomel trained the local Polish press; the Bolsheviki the Boston- branch- x>f the society. At WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS maintained that theVJews had at no' nurses. Mrs. Handler analyzed the arrested 40 Jewish yejegfates at Rad- the same time t-he met the' .Immigra•; TO HAVE EKfTERTAINMENT time" been' outranked by any other philapthropic purpose of the Unit in ishkevitch, one of witcm escaped and tion .officials" and. ^representatives of The dance 'and entertainment under element of the citizenship in loyalty these • words: "Cfcarrty" is "great, but*' ma& his way, tp: this city. The report the steamship companies and discussed the situation^ with .-them. ; : g j the" joint auspices of the Jewish Wo- to American ideals. philanthropy is .greater.^ Charitycis" states tha&t&js,'* indgjdOSl...rebates :& v -Less than one-per-cent of,-the 1 men's Welfare Organization, Jformerly y He continued: -• •": ' -"~"*'"~' fterefy palliative, but phflan&opy/is Isjid his .39 Jewish companions were immigrants- arriving; at tlie "r -the-Ladies*•Relief: Society, 'and the ; "Yet we are witnessing the shame-. helping people to help themsdVe's." ' • representing the Jewish population Ecston are destined to-that city itself. Junior Welfare Organization -will be Hiss Anna Leaf assisted on the of Shatzk, Uzda, Ehuman, Bobrask, All the others go to cities all over the held Wednesday night, March 9,-at ful~ spectacle of an-organized campaign of hatred and calumny against program by rendering a piano selec- and Slutzk and they were iri posses- country. the'Blackstone hotel. the Jews of America, a campaign tion, as did Mrs. Ben Boasberg with sion. of a petition signed by one faunThere will be music, dancing, cards, having for its object the creation of ae dramatic reading. The closing ad- j dred thousand Jews Tecfuesting the and surprise stunts. This is the first a terrible and dangerous antagonism dress was made by Rabbi Morris N. Polish government to annex those PALESTINE ZIONIST » affair to be given jointly by the two LEADERS COMING I between Americans, an antagonism Taxon. districts. The individual mentioned j organizations. It is believed that the Jerusalem; , (J. T. Agency.) M. founded upon _ racial,. and religious The business meeting then took did not bring the petition with him. 1 enter'-linment will be the biggest Mendel Ussishikin head 'of the Ziondifferences. Such a campaign cannot place and election of officers resulted I social event on the calendar this year. be accurately described as other than ist Commission" in Palestine, will sail as follows: . ~ Mesopotamia has 17,000 British from Alexandria for London and New foul treason to. America and a dangerMiss Sophye Weinstein was elected * Tommies. York on the 24th of this month. He ous desecration of American ideals. It president by acclamation. She organFORI> ASSAILED London. {J. T. Agency.) In'the will be accompanied -by Dr. Mossinis not necessary to stigmatize that ized ,the unit. ] BY HOME PAPER campaign; it is quite sufficient to desMiss Ethel Reuben was elected vice- course of a debate in the House of sohn who has previously spent some Detroit, March 3.—James Schermer- cribe it accurately for what,it is. In president; Miss Libby Minkin, record- Commons the statement was made years in America; ' . ' ' > horn, publisher of the Detroit Times, prosecuting that camp~aign;its leaders ng-and corresponding secretary; Miss that there are at present 17,000 Britsoldiers in ail editorial under the caption, have not hesitated to seize upon the and-,87,000 Indian troops Helen Robinson, financial secretary; ^ soldiers and87000 APPEAL FOR HELP IN BEHALF "Asking a Lot of Henry Ford," sa/s: occasion of the anniversary. of Linin Mesopotamia, Miss Esther Katleman, treasurer; OF UKRAINIAN POGROM VICTIMS "Jt is asking a good deal of-the coln's birthday to .besmirch resplenMiss Martha Weinstein, reporter. Mrs. New York. (J. T. Agency.) A large indefatigable Henry Ford to make dent fame and glorious memory. InFrench Premier Hopes Zionists Will number of Jews'gathered .at Cooper Ben Handler was elected advisor. out i. case of / Semitic' conspiracy stead of seeing in the war of secession "Hadassah — a Contagion Worth Recognize France's Claim Over Holy Union heard once more details of the against the world and to prove t, the: result of a conflict of economic Spreading' was the slogan adopted by Places. terrible sufferings' Ukrainian Jewish too." / • •and political system, these men— the Unit. London. (J. T. Agency.) Prior to pogrom victims are now undergoing "The Jewish organizations that alien to America in soul if >not in his departure for the Allied Confer- in- different parts of Europe. Fifty guests attended the tea. challenge Henry Ford's sensational speech — have spread broadcast ence taking, place in this city, Premier The meeting was called by the newCharter members follow: ; revelations and his: sincerity must through the land the infamous charge Briand is reported to have expressed ly created federation of Ukrainian Fanny AlperinV ' realize that bis literary output, lflce f a t e f u l struggle was delib- Belle Rosenthal the hope that both England and the Jews in America and initiated a camSarah Riseman Laura Givot a l l o t h e r form of production in ; h i s j e brought about b Jewish Zionists will recognize the claim of paign for the creation of a large fund f treat ; * • . intriguing . . _ . • • -for _ ^^ U,T. Martha Weinstein Mary Maizel great nlant, plant, must must be be intrusted to other _agejits •France upon the Holy places, in Pal- with which to assist the great mass the „„„ accomplishAnnette Fanger . Bay Abraitis hands; and it may be expecting too ment of Jewish purposes. Rose Siegel Mary Margolin estine. . . of Ukrainian Jewry which fled for much of an overworked department to " I do not insult my Jewish fellow- Esther Katleman Ann Selico safety and now finds itself stranded produce all these fierce becuddlings citizens by pretending to believe that Dorothy Gilinsky Evelyn LevyRose Faier Esther Brodkey A UNIQUE SERVICE in various parts, chiefly 'Bessarabia, of the Jews every week and accept an this fantastic charge needs refutation. Ethel Reuben Laura Fogel •,.. Galicia and Poland proper. The chief The unique service, the first of its order to pftve that there is anything I refer to it only ^thatl may^ voice Libby Minkin Dina Schall kind to be held in the country, was speaker of the evening was the Vienna in the product but persecution any my indignant protest against the in- Belle Siegel Anna Baskin held at the First Baptist Church, .of Chief Rabbi Dr. Chajes who gave a poppy-cock. Gertrude Gilinsky Ivy Siegel famous charge. . . ' . . ' Emily Radman Ruth Levy Rochester, . N. Y., Sunday evening, horroring description of the, actual "But the challenge of a maligned Bess Felsen Blanche Levywhen the topic "Judaism and Chris- condition of Ukrainian refugees as he people is direct, undodgeable stuff for Ann Greenberg Sadie' Grawoig France Does Not Desire Feisal at tianity — Their Great Agreements," has found them front personal study all that. Henry Ford is not so useful Gertrude Cooper Helen Robinson London Conference* , was discussed by Dr. E. J. Haaley, and experience. The meeting was aland successful in his day and generaSophye Weinstein Nettie Smith Clara Lewis London. (J. T. Agency.) It is Sarah Ruback pastor of First Baptist Church, and so addressed by Dr. Shmarya Levine tion that he can afford to ignore it. Riva Gilinsky • ,.- \ Ray Goodrich Rabbi Horace J. Wolf, of Temple and Rabbi Masliansky. "He should come out into the open stated in well-informed • circles that Bess Stalmaster Sarah Abrams owing to opposition on the part of the B'rith Kodesh, at a fellowship service and justify his .bitter and sweeping Sarah Segelman .Fannie Ruback of the two congregations. . J. D. C. Workers Meet in Conference assaihnent of the rectitude of his French representatives Eiriir Feisal's The Senior Hadassah members sponJewish fellow citizens or close down request to participate in the Allied \ at Paris. Dr. Hanley presented a Christian soring the tea were: Mrs. J..B. Robinforever this department of the activ- London Conference has been refused. view of the Od Testament and Rabbi Paris. (J. T. Agency.) Leading however, is said to son, Mrs. "A. W. Weiss, Mrs. S. Robin- Wolf presented a Jewish view of the workers of the Joint Distribution comities when he resumes maximum pro- The conference have decide1 to allow some other re- son, Mrs. B. Handler, Mrs. A. Diamond, New; Testament. The combined choirs mittee are to meet at a conference to duction in all the rest of his works. "Or the time is liable to come when j presentative to appear in J>ehalf of Mrs. A. Romm, Mrs. M. Tuchman, of the two congregations sang under be held in this city within the next Mrs. J. Rosenberg, Mrs. B. Epstein. he will need something ' less than j King Husien. the direction of Norman Nairn, organ- few days. The conference will be The "Daily Herald, on the other maximum.production to satisfy^ the ist at Berith Kodesh. participated in" among others by Dr. demand for his products. Stranger hand, states that Feisal will be ad, Big Affair^ Planned. ' " This service which promises to be Bogen, Dr. Plotz, Dr. Rosenblatt, M. things have happened in the history mitted at the Allied Conference. The Junior Welfare Organization of unusual interest resulted from a Landesco and M. Gans. ? >of mixing wholesale insultings with will hold a meeting, Sunday afternoon sermon which Dr. Hanley preached JEW EXECUTED FOB MURDER. March <?, at the club rooms in the some time ago on "Jew and Christian," wholesale manufacturing." Churchill will Visit Budget After Visit to Near East. ^ Warsaw. (J. T. Agency.) The Jew Lyric building at three o'clock . Full and a subsequent invitation from London., (J. T. Agency. 1 Speaking Notorious Palestine Outlaw Killed. Parixerberg was recently executed on report of the dance will be given by bi Wolf to preach, in his pulpit* In the committee in charge. , acknowledging the courtesy Dr. Han- ir. the House of Commons, Winston London., (J. T. Aency.) The Pales- a charge of murder. ley suggested as an alternative, that Churchill, the new colonial secretary, It is said that the social and entertic • police rounded up 'the notorious a joint service be held at First Bapoutlaw Abdul Hadikaha, according ,to Jewish University in, Poland Closed. tainment committee has not -been idle tist Cuhrch at which both Dr. Hanley declared that he .would submit before parliament budgets for Mesopotamia Warsaw. (J. T. Agency.), The Jew- and that they have prepared a very Jerusalem advices. He was shot derd and Rabbi Wolf should speak. pnd Palestine on his return from interesting and entertaining program. in the effort. Hadikaha was one of ish Teachers University recently open-'• "The service for Sunday evening was Egypt and Palestine A "number of All girls, fourteen years or older, who ed in Tchenstochov with the permisthe worst / ^ " ^ outlaw^leaders in the Chen arranged, and both congregations country and for many years was the sion of the Minister of Education, has! are interested in social service are joined in an effort to effect a deeper members in the House of -Commons recently voiced their- protest against most cordially invited to attend this terror of many Jewish colonies. He been closed by,the district- superunderstanding of the relation, between the transference of Mesopotamia and meeting and add, their names to this wps overtaken near the colony of intendent because Yiddish has been the Jewish and Christian faith. Palestine to the colonM office, organization ^ . . .„ , employed as a medium-for instruction. Zichron-Jaeob.

Henry Ford and Bis Kind are Traitors to the United States, Says John Spargo

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SUBSCRIPTION PKICE, % TEAR, $1.50. Vienna Seeks to Expel 5<MH)0 Jews. Paris. (J. T. Agency.) It was learned that there are 50,000 Jews in Vienna who are officially registered as aliens and are threatened with expulsion. The expulsion if effected would resemble the historic expulsion of the Jews from Spain. The matter of these expulsions is now before the Minneapolis Rabbi to Make Principal Address in Membermeeting of the Council of the League snip Campaign. of Nations, and Austria's contentions are defended by the local representaThe big gun in the Zionist membertive Eichoff and the Austrian Minister Tarnocsy, the author of the expulsion ship campaign in Omaha will be fired movement who came here for that Tuesday night, March S, with a mass meeting under the auspices of the purpose. local Zionist organization. The principal speaker will be Rabbi S. N. Deinard of Minneapolis, who proved a big hit at the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federation held sometime ago. Rabbi Deinard is an ardent Zionist and is known the country over for his Wisconsin Solons Pass Resolu- speeches on the Zionist question. tions Against Flivver King; The meeting will start at 8 p. m. :NebraskamSrBeiiberate. and will be held in the large hall on the fourth floor of the Lyric building. WhHe the Nebraska legislature is The 'public is invited by the Zionist deliberating on the proposed general organization to attend the meeting libel bill, which, if passed, will put a and hear Rabbi Deinard, stop to the circulation of Henry Ford's The Zionist drive here is being held anti-Jewish propaganda in the state, in connection with the National Wisconsin, Ford's home state, officially condemned Ford's attack on the ROBBERS'ATTACK Jews. : ]STOTED JEWISH SCHOLAR The senate and house of representaNew York. (J-*T. Agency.) Dr. Wiltives of Wisconsin last week passed the following resolution shortly after fred P. Kotkov, professor of philothey received c opies of the "Inter- sophy at the Jewish Theological Semnational Jew" which is being sent to inary in this city was held up by four all legislatures by Ford and his galaxy robbers and so seriously beaten up that he is not expected to live. of Jetf-baiters: Dr. Eotkov was making his wayJOINT RESOLUTION home to Woodhaven, a Brooklyn subRelating to race propaganda. urb, when he was attacked. Dr. KotWhereas, the legislature of the state kov was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin recognizes that propa- of Pennsylvania. He is married and ganda .of race hatred is detrimental to has two children. the peace and welfare of the state, and, Jewish Immigrants Held Up Whereas, the greatness of this «HSS>When Ticket Money Stolen try rests upon tolerance of race and Paris- Two hundred and fifty Jewcreed es voiced by the fathers of this ish immigrants on their way to Amcountry in the Declaration of Inde- erica have been held up at Cherbourg pcndeijce, and, la unusual circumstances. The secrer Whereas, certain ifufeHc men are try- tary of the Paris branch of the Aming to stir-up, rsce sad ericss;: society^ fee*' "the protectj©ffr oli iiamigrants handed to '* clerk sained Whereas, '-the -existence of suck in- Florian, in the employ of a Paris firm tolerance in this country has been of transport agents, 800,000 francs in brought home to the members of this cash to pay for the railway and steamlegislature through the free distribu- ship tickets required for the party. tion of a pamphlet called "The Inter- When the immigrants reached Chernational Jew," now, therefore, be it bourg it. was discovered that ail the Resolved, that the legislature o£ the tickets were forged, and the shipping state of Wisconsin put itself on record company refused to allow" the immias declaring that loyal citizens of Wis- grants to embark. Instructions were •consin find anti-race propaganda in telegraphed to Cherbourg by the minany form distasteful and that snch ister of., the interior directing that propaganda seeks to undermine the members of the party shall be providfoundations of tolerance which gave ed with food and shelter until the cost this country its birth, and -which were the most powerful factors in con- of their passages has been paid. The police are seaching for Florian. tributing to its greatness.

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Ford.is.Condemned by

American Products Show Wei! in ' Palestine Importations London. (J. T. Agency.) Figui'cs available show that Palestine imported goods during last December to the amount of 5o9,000 Egyptian pounds. During the same period, the exports amounted to 67,795 - pounds. 160.000 pounds worth of goods came from Great .Britain, 75,385 pounds worth BUND LEADER HONORED from the United States, 41,000 from New York. (J. C. B. Service.) .Quite India and 85,000 pounds worth of ima crowd turned out to greet Vladimir ports from Egypt. Meden.at the first public meeting he has addressed in this country. B. Cooperative Store Will Aid Striking Vladick, manager of the New York Tailons Forward, presided End the speakers, New York. (J. €. B. Service.) Anincluded Abraham Cahan, editor of noimcement "was. made by the Amalthe Forward, Joseph Sliosberg, Benjamin Schlesinger and Dr. Hoffman, gamated "Clothing Workers of America all of whom- spoke in praiseworthy that 6 one million dollar corporation terms of the great Bundist leader. is being formed for the purpose of In responding Medem explained that relieving the sixty thousand clothing his chief mission in this country was workers in this city who are at presto gather funds for the Bund, he be- ent without employment. It was also ing particularly interested in sus- stated that a cooperative eiore for the taining the Bund publication now especial use of the striking workers had been established appearing in Poland. Pogrom Editor in Poland Freed. Warsaw. (J. T. Agency.) The courts at Tchenstenchov fre-Vthe editor of "Gazetta Tchenstochova" who was being prosecuted at the instance of the Jewish community for instigating the last pogrom which took place in that city.

Private Meeting Hears Reports. . • . London. (J. T. Agency.) Nineteen members of the Greater Actions committee now present in this city met at a private meeting and heard reports from Dr. Heinzman about the general political situation. In the course of his report Mr. Sokolo% stated that negotiations with French representatives regarding definite changes in the Palestine frontiers were still in progress. Emigrants from America Not Allowed to Land in France. Paris. (J. C. B. Service.) The French authorities at Marseilles refused to permit the landing there of a number of Russians and Italians who returned from America on the "Patria," according to a dispatch from that city.

UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN ITALIAN PORTS Paris. <J. C. B. Service.) A report received by the local office of the Jewish Central World Relief Committee shows that large numbers of Ukrainian Jewish refugees are stranded in Naples and other Italian ports. Most of them are there in an effort t& reach Palestine, The Committee It sending out a representative to Italy to organize relief for them and permanent committees to help them iroceed on their journey. Jews to Aid Poland in Silesian Plebiscite., * Danzig. (J. T. Agency.) The Jewish community of Warsaw has issued an a: *>oal for the support of Poland's claims in Upper Siiesia according to a dispatch from that city. ^ ..... ^


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