Foreign Language Press Service

All preparations were made last Sunday for a massmeeting to take place Sunday, March 5, 2 P.M., at the Educational Alliance, 1243 N. Wood Street. We hope that all children, without exception, will participate in this meeting, where plans for our tag day, to be held on Purim Sunday, March 19,

In the cloakmakers' trade at the present time, there is so much work that the cloakmakers found no time to attend the last regular union meeting. Bakers Want Peace, but Prepared for War At the last meeting of the Bakers Union a compromise committee of twelve was elected. T

"Today my children weep and wail." This Tisha B'ab (fast day commemorating destruction of Jerusalem) we Jews shall weep for the one thousand eight hundred and forty-sixth time. If all do not weep, it is because some deviate from the regular procedure. In accordance with the "covenant", everyb

With the passing of the fifteenth day of AB [the eleventh month in the Hebrew calendar corresponding to parts of July, and August; it has thirty days], we observe the disappearance of beautiful summer. The High Holidays draw near at this time. To the Jew the coming of the High Holidays herald

Millions of Jews in belligerent countries will observe their third Rosh Hashanah (New Year) with the roar of cannon and the flourishing of swords. In America we shall observe one second Rosh Hashoneh by offering prayers for peace and for support of the war-suffering Jews. It is most

The first registration day this year falls on Yom Kippur and all efforts of Election Commissioner Bernard Horwich to have this date changed were in vain because this is a matter which has to do with state law. Mr. Horwich will try to influence County Judge Scully to excuse all Jewish [electio

Upon the suggestion of Election Commissioner B. Horwich, County Judge Thomas F. Scully yesterday called together a few rabbis. He conferred with them regarding the Jewish election judges and clerks who will have to work on Yom Kippur, which happens to be the first registration day.

Monday, August 28, was a day of great festivity and rejoicing among the Greeks of Chicago. Over 1,500 people filled the romantic Gardner's Park on the South Side. Music was played, the wine flowed, and the spirits rose; as the tables were set underneath the trees. Everyone mingled harmoniousl

Are you unemployed ? Is it slow in your shop? Is your business failing? Have you given up your business and do you wish to seek another way of earning a livelihood ? If so, it doesn't make any difference what you are--an operator, a presser, a cobler, a common laborer, a push-cart peddler, or

There is a holiday spirit permeating the air. Every sensitive Jew is aware of it and is preparing himself for those great, awe-inspiring days when he must take into account all of his deeds, and must total up what he has done during the entire year. It is not the accounts of his books that he

This is a prosaic world. Everything is so new, everything is in such good order in the American Beth ha-Midrash [house of study, sometimes synagogue], everything is so very pompous. The parvenu made a clean sweep of the poverty that had accumulated among his parents and grandparents, and put

A group of arrogant young men, who call themselves I. W. W.'s are beginning to practice their old tricks of aggravating the Jewish people and poking fun at God. These young men have arranged a ball for Yom Kipur night in the Workers' Institute. They have deluged the Jewish district

A merry gift-laden Santa Claus will make his way over the house tops of America tomorrow night. In his pack he will bring peace and joy to all hearts. The hearts of little children are especially gladdened at this time of the year. They rejoice at the anniversary of the birth of the baby Jesu

Klubben(Club) Kalmar-Union, will give a beautiful Christmas party for the children in Verdandia Hall, 5015 North Clark Street, Saturday January 13, 8:00 P.M. Everyone from Kalmar in Chicago are cordially invited. Coffee and cake will be served. Also other treats are in store. Ticket

On February 15 the Koraes School of the South Side Church, Saint Constantine, gave an entertainment in honor of the Day of the Three Ierarchons (three saintly men whose Saint days are celebrated at one time). This holiday has always been one that is celebrated by the schools. The school hall

In connection with tomorrow's celebration of Palm Sunday, our women are arranging an annual Violet Day, that is, a tag day for the benefit of the school, the nursery, and the home for working girls conducted by the Sisters of Resurrection. This tag day will be sponsored by the Society for the

The enrollment in the classes of Chicago Sinai Temple Religious School for the year 1916-1917 was just over 800 with an average attendance during the months of October, November, and December of nearly 750. Quite a record when one realizes some of our pupils come from great distances as far n

Following the routine business, members of the Lawndale Taxpayers' Club heard a very interesting lecture at their recent regular meeting. Alderman Otto Kerner spoke on the activities of the Chicago City Council. He compared the way the city council's agenda was handled not so long a

Recently the American intelligentsia has begun to admit that if the nation is to stand in harmony behind the Administration, it is absolutely necessary that every American fully grasp the gigantic problems constituting the background of the war. We must be aware of the facts in order to put P

"For the only thought, sacred to all....." These flaming words from the Czech poet Svatopluk--Czech famous "Songs of the slave"--provided the inspiration for one of the most beautiful national festivals that Czech Chicago has ever seen, and which may justly be compared with "Czech Day" on Aug