Daily Jewish Courier, May 18, 1919
Atlantic City. The convention of the Brith Avraham (Brotherhood of Abraham) closed after the adoption of the following resolutions: Members of the Order admitted in an incorporated institution or Home may bequeath half their endowment for that specific institution, but no one is per
Sonntagpost, May 18, 1919
"No child and no elderly person among us shall be without a home." This was the motto chosen by St. Paul's German congregation when the members decided to enlarge the field of their benevolence by founding St. Paul's House, which may be looked upon as a sister institution to the Uhlich Orphan
May 18, 1919
Lag B'omer will be celebrated by the Jewish Radical Folk School (Socialist Zionist). The Maccabees and Northwest Side school children will meet at Roby and Division streets; from there they will march to Humboldt Park. This will take place Sunday May 18th at 10:00 A. M. Lag B'omer will be cel
May 18, 1919
The United Garment Workers are joining the Amalgamated. The tailors of Blumenthal and Frost, all of whom belong to the United Garment Workers, have done well in joining the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. The president, W. Milstein, a radical worker, did inside work in bringing in the
Daily Jewish Courier, May 18, 1919
I Not with any wooden weapons To the forest children come! Too many ruffians, combatants Await us there-in formation. II The teacher then will helpless be Us to shield against their guns, Strong and powerful are t
Daily Jewish Courier, May 18, 1919
Jacob De Haas, the clever general-secretary of the American Zionist Organization, who witnessed the great Zionist conference in London and Paris and participated to a great extent in Zionist diplomatic activities in Washington, London, and Paris, arrived this morning here to bring personally
Daily Jewish Courier, May 18, 1919
St. Louis, Mo., May 17. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society Convention opened tonight in the Statler Hotel, with an attendance of 500 delegates from almost every state in America. The convention was opened with an appropriate prayer by Rabbi Abramovitch. The institution
Daily Jewish Courier, May 19, 1919
Yesterday evening, at a well-attended meeting in the Hertzel School, Mr. Jacob DeHaas gave a report of the Zionist accomplishments at the Paris Peace Conference. Mr. Jacob De Haas pointed out that the prospects of Jews acquiring Palestine for a homeland, where in time they can estab
Forward, May 19, 1919
The [Hebrew school] of the [Marks Nathan] Orphan Home has settled its strike with the union, and has granted the union all of its demands--even the demand that the teachers be paid back wages for the period of the strike. [This settlement is expecially significant] in view of the fact that th
May 19, 1919
All Chicago Jewry will protest tomorrow against the Polish and Rumanian pogroms against Jews. All Jews of Chicago are expected to participate in tomorrow's day of mourning. All Jewish workers will stop work at 2 P. M. The store-keepers will close their shops, the business man will cease from
Daily Jewish Courier, May 19, 1919
The great Victor Hugo said, somewhere in his work, that the history of civilization presented no more beautiful, no more inspiring concept than the realization of an ideal. We Jews are now passing through an epoch where we can verify by our own experience the great truth uttered by the great
Forward, May 19, 1919
Upstairs and Downstairs Comedy and Music by Harry Kolomonovich Produced by Barris Tomashevsky Music by Rumshinky.
Daily Jewish Courier, May 19, 1919
The report of Doctor Hyman Davis yesterday noon at the Anshe Knesses Israel Shul (synagogue) concerning the condition of our sisters and brothers in Eastern Europe, where he visited as an agent of the American Red Cross, wrung tears from the large audience of men and women. When Chazen Kalman
Daily Jewish Courier, May 19, 1919
The attitude of American Jews at the time of the great crisis, the World War, in which America joined the forces of those powers that fought for freedom and democracy, was such, that none can refute their share of sacrifices on the altar of true patriotism, which is on par with any other fore
Daily Jewish Courier, May 20, 1919
Among the many important problems before Congress is that of immigration, which should have been passed upon by the last Congress, but because of Senate filibuster and other parliamentary technical difficulties, its business failed to be completed. The government issued a proclamation to stop
Daily Jewish Courier, May 20, 1919
The Lag B'Omer (holiday) celebration,held last Sunday by the Women's Auxiliary of Jewish Incurables in Oak Forest excelled,not only in the delicious supper and fine speeches, but also in the support that was promised for the synagogue and social center to be established there for the unfortun
Daily Jewish Courier, May 20, 1919
The protest movement against Polish wrath vent on Jews has encompassed the farthest corners of American Judaism. In New York, conferences are now being held between the leaders of large Jewish communities and representatives of New York's Judaism. Their purpose is to devise a plan f
Daily Jewish Courier, May 20, 1919
Under this heading writes the worthy Dr. Abraham Jacob Bravor in the Jewish Morning Post: It is hard to find another thing in this world so strongly ingrained on the imagination of the Jewish people as the Beth-Hamikdosh (ancient temple of which the Western Wall only remains), with
Daily Jewish Courier, May 20, 1919
The recently ended strike of the milk drivers, which secured for its workers a few dollars increase in salary per week, and which gave the milk dealers an excuse to raise the price of milk, assumed more the characteristics of a lockout than a strike. The large daily newspapers spare
Daily Jewish Courier, May 20, 1919
Mr. Harry Goldman, formerly of St. Louis, now of Chicago, and in the future of Palestine, left Chicago last Sunday bound for Palestine, taking with him Charlie Chaplin and a group of beautiful and capable actors and actresses. More definitely, these artists are not accompanying him