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October 31, 1941 THE JEWISH PRESS Page 5 YIDDISH ART THEATER CLOSING ANNOUNCED New York. (JPS) Maurice. Schwartz, who 22 years ago revolutionized the Yiddish stage in America by introducing his Yiddish Art Theater, has confessed the bankruptcy of Yiddish theatrical "art" and announced the imminent dissolution of an organization which presented some of the most famous plays in the history of the theater. In his. plaintive public disclosure that he had come to the end of the trail, Schwartz debited two factors for the collapse one, the shifting of interest to the Broadway English theater among New York Jews, and two, the lack of incentive among Yiddish organizations to stage "benefit shows," previously the backbone of East Side theatrical business, because of the inability of these societies to transmit the proceeds to their "home towns" abroad.

The closing down of the theater, which gave a platform to such stars as Paul Muni (Muni Weisenfreund), Jacob ben Ami and others, will mean that more than a score of actors and actresses will be put out of work. Refugees Returned Stockholm, (JTA)- -Jewish refugees from Poland who fled to Vilna during the Polish-German war are now being registered by the Nazis, it was learned here. It is believed that they will be expelled to Nazi-occupied Poland, Deaths Abe Rabinowitz Abe Rabinowitz, former Omaha druggist, died October 16 in Oakland, where he made his home for the past 20 years with his sister, Mrs. Alfred Reck. Mrs.

Molly Rosenblatt is another sister. His drug store, the former Iler Grand pharmacy, was located where the Hill hotel now stands. He was also in business in Millard, and before that, with the Beaton Drug company. Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Jennie Stein and a brother Nate of San Francisco, all members of a pioneer Jewish family in Omaha.

He was an uncle of. Ann Ronell, noted composer, and Sol Rosenblatt, prominent lawyer. Sam Friedman Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, October 22, at the Jewish Funeral home for Sam Friedman, 55, who died that morning at his home following a heart attack. Mr. Friedman had been a resident of Omaha for thirty years.

Surviving him are: his wife, Fannie; a son, Albert; a daughter, Gloria; two sisters, Mrs. Louis Wolk of Omaha and Mrs. B. Cohn of Toronto, Canada; two brothers, Jake of Los Angeles and Harry of Russia. Burial was at the Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery.

Louis Berger Word has been received from Los Angeles of the death of Louis Berger on Tuesday, October 28. Mr. Berger had lived on the west coast for the past three years following his retirement from the Union Pacific. Previously he had resided in Omaha for thirty years. Surviving him are: Two daughters, Mrs.

Murray Klein of Fresno and Mrs. Lee Friedman of Los 'Angeles; two sons, Morris Berger of St. Joseph and Charles Berger of Helena, and two grandchildren, Jacqueline Friedman of Los Angeles and Bobby Berger of St. Joseph. Mrs.

Sarah Singer Mrs. Sarah Singer, 89, mother of William A. Singer, manager of the Brandeis theatre, died last Monday in Chicago. Mr. Singer had been in Chicago with his mother since October 23.

She had been 111 for some time. A second son, Mort was called from a New York business trip. He is a former vice president of the Radio-Keith-Orpheum circuit and is now operator of the Brandeis theatre with offices in Chicago. A third son, Harry; a daughter, Mrs. Estelle Stern, Chicago; and a sister-in-law, Mrs.

Libbie A. Gross of Omaha are other survivors. Patronize Our Advertisers MARKED WITH A YELLOW STAR Urgent pleas for help have been received by the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine from large numbers of Jews in Germany, who are now being subjected to mass deportation and an intensified program of severe restrictions and humiliation. Photo shows Jewish couple walking along a street in Berlin with a six-pointed yellow star, inscribed with the word sewn on the left side of their clothes. By a special decree adopted last month, all Jews in German territory must wear a yellow star or armband as a mark of identification.

The desperate situation confronting Jews in Nazi -occupied territories during the third winter of the war is taxing the resources of the Joint Distribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal and the National Refugee Service, which look to American Jewry to provide the means for relief and rehabilitation overseas, upbuilding and defense of Palestine and refugee adjustment in the United States, through the single fundraising instrument of the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine. CLASS IN SOCIAL DANCING AT J. C. C. The ability to follow a Conga line or do the rhumba can be acquired easily, according to Mrs.

Jack Epstein, who will for the third year conduct the Center's social dancing class for high school students, beginning this Wednesday afternoon. The class in social dancing will be held at 3:15 every Wednesday and will be open to all high school boys and girls for the nominal fee of $1 if they are Center members. Non-members must pay an additional Center junior fee of $6. "Here is just the opportunity you've been waiting for," said Mrs. Epstein.

"Come on and join your friends in learning the latest dance steps to the latest 'Hit Parade' tunes." A tea dance for class membera and their friends will be held in the near future, about four weeks from the opening date of class. RITES MONDAY FOR SO. OMAHA LEADER Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Jewish Funeral Home for Aaron Jacobson, 72, prominent South Omaha communal leader, who died early in the morning at a local hospital. Up until the time of his recent Illness Mr. Jacobson had been president of the Congregation of Israel, of which he was a charter member.

A resident of Omaha for forty years, he had been a member of the B'nai B'rith and B'nai Abraham. Surviving him are his wife, Celia; three sons, Paul' of Dallas, Texas, Walter of Los Angeles, and Jack of Omaha; and four daughters, Mrs. Nate Kraft of Kansas City, and Mrs. Fred Elikan, Mrs. Louis Sokoloff, and Miss Sophe Jacobson, all of Omaha.

Rabbi Sol Oster officiated at the funeral. Burial was at the Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol cemetery. Alexandrian Jews were forbidden to live only in one quarter, the Brucheum, which was restricted to the residences of Roman officials. Rabbi Goldstein Speaks to Iowa, Nebr. Audiences Rabbi David A.

Goldstein has been called upon to give a number of addresses before groups in Nebraska and Iowa. Recently he spoke at a public meeting sponsored by the Altrusa Club. He also addressed a convention of school teachers meeting in Atlantic, Iowa, and last week-end led the discussions of the Convention of the Midwest Region of Business and Professional Clubs of the Y. W. C.

A. Rabbi Goldstein was guest a short time ago of the Shaare Zion Women's League in Sioux City. JEWS ARE HELD AS HOSTAGES Many Die in Nazi Wave of Reprisal Killings Geneva. (JPS) Hunderds of Jewish homes are in mourning this week throughout Nazi-occupied Europe as the assassination of hated Nazi officials in various countries brought swift and brutal reprisals among "hostages," with Jews bearing a disproportionate share of the terrible toll. With France the focus of worldwide attention as young patriots defied the enemy-master, the German authorities there were no longer able to place the guilt on Jews for the rising revolt.

But of the scores taken out of prison camps to be shot in revenge, many were known to be Jews. The Stockholm Tidningen reported this week that of 76,000 persons arrested in occupied France since the German invasion of Russia, 5,000 were known to be Jews. New Cards The special disabilities from which Jews suffer will be intensified as a result of the new plan to require Frenchmen to carry identity cards with them everywhere. Each card will have a special indication of Jewish ownership. Ration cards, agricultural equipment, employment and all services are expected to be determined by these identity cards.

In the Serbian capital of Zagreb, from which most Jews had already been removed by deportation to labor camps and terranean islands, the Novo me announced that 200. "Jews and Communists" had been executed in retaliation for the recent attack in Belgrade on two German soldiers. The voice of Berlin was also echoed in Bucharest, where the Rumanian Government announced that the death penalty would be imposed on Jews in Kishineff and Czernovitz charged with any form of anti-State and pro-Allied activity, Christmas Seals to Go on Sale Nov. 24 National defense makes this year's Christmas Seal campaign of the Nebraska Tuberculosis Association more important. than ever, for defense requires that we fight the dread disease of tuberculosis harder than ever.

The sale. opens November 24 and continues through Christmas. This year's Christmas Seal has a most appropriate design, a lighthouse shedding its bright beam into the darkness. The Nebraska Tuberculosis Association has been a beacon light for the state, pointing the way to the conquest of tuberculosis. Ninety-five per cent of the money realized from the sale of these Seals stays in the state where it is raised.

The other five percent goes to help finance the work on a nationwide scale. J. C. C. CLASSES FOR CHILDREN Program of Activities Is To Begin This Sunday The program of activities for school-age boys and girls will be held at the Jewish Community Center every Sunday afternoon beginning November 2, from 2 to 5 o'clock.

The activities will include modern dancing, dramatics, and arts and crafts. According to Miss Ruth Diamond, program consultant, the emphasis in these groups will be on creative and natural expression. "Child specialists and educators today," stated Miss Diamond, "believe that emphasis should be on self-expression. Children should have the opportunity to express their experiences and ideas and to develop their imagi- nation." Special Work The dancing teacher will be Miss Constance Sheets, who has studied under Miss Diamond and has had wide experience with children. Dancing will include rhythms and folk dancing.

Miss Harriet Rosen, of the Untversity of Iowa, will direct the Children's Theater, where boys boys and girls will dramatize ballads and stories and plan original productions. In the craftshop, to be directed by Miss Ruth Rosenstein, children will develop hobbies that will yield dividends of fun and leisure time interests. Among the crafts will be cork and woodwork, painting and puppetry. Mrs. Sam Beber, chairman of the junior activities, urges parents to bring their children to the Center at 2.p.

m. this Sunday for registration. Center members will be charged a nominal fee of $1 and non-members will be charged an additional Center Junior fee of $6. JEWS OF UKRAINE DRIVEN INTO EXILE PLAIN TALK (Continued from Page 4) Reform Judaism: An ardent Zionist though he had come out of the Hebrew Union College (Reform) which had brought up a whole generation of rabbis to be anti-Zionist or non-Zionist. Today a majority of Reform rabbis are Zionists.

He was an economic liberal chosen to lead an organization whose directing laymen during years before had been economic conservatives even while they were religious liberals. The old reformers would have frowned at the idea of being led by a social mind that was 50 far ahead of them as Rabbi Israel was. (Rabbi Israel was chairman of Social Justice Commission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and in this he was a prophetic spirit. In this he magnificently expressed the Reform concept of Judaism's place in the wide world.) He was himself of Orthodox origin. His late father, Charles Israel, was learned in the Talmud and a saintly man besides.

(Copyright, 1941, by Seven Arts Feature Syndicate) Red Cross Drive to Open Armistice Day Ideas on how to secure a complete representation in membership from Special Groups and Divisions in the forthcoming 1942 Red Cross Roll Call, were considered yesterday when Majors of the Special Groups committee held luncheon meeting at the Fontenelle. Lewis C. McVea, Special Groups General Chairman, outlined methods of covering the five special groups for membership. Ted W. Metcalfe, 1942 Roll Call Chairman, offered suggestions for the working procedure of the 126 Red Cross workers of the Special Groups, who will be on duty throughout the drive, which begins on Armistice Day, November 11.

L. B. Pixley, City Group Chairman, told of his plans to contact Municipal employees and administrative officials. How the county employees will be reached was discussed by Al A. Fiedler, County Group Chairman.

London. (JPS) The Russian Ukraine also is in the process of becoming "Judenrein." The Germans have ordered the expulsion of Jews from the major cities including Kiev, capital of the Ukwhich once boasted of Jews. The Nazi paper in Cracow, Krakowski carries an official announcement by the Nazi Commissar of the Ukraine ordering all Jews out of Kiev. Those who will be driven out are the aged and infirm, since most of the Jews had departed with the Red Army. The German paper describes the destruction of Jewish life in other Russian cities like Zhitomir, which once had 50,000 and now has only 6,000 old and ailing Jews.

The town of Berditcher, famous in the cultural history of the Jews of Russia, is also being "cleaned out" as far as Jews are concerned, the paper reports. The revenues of Heliopolis In ancient Greece went to the upkeep of the great Jewish Temple at Leontopolis. Paxton-Mitchell Co. Foundries Brass, Bronze, Aluminum Soft Grey Iron and SemiSteel Castings, Wood and Metal Patterns and Sash Weights carried in stock. Bronze and Cast Iron Grilles a Specialty.

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