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The committee for entertainments of the Karel Jonas Sokol gymnastic union is making preparations for a masquerade and ball....The members of this organization are rehearsing diligently and are painting the scenery for the occasion, which is to represent the Sumava region of Bohemia.....

The Zabavna A Podporujici Klub Ceska Koruna (Social and Benevolent Club Crown of Bohemia) is making huge preparations for a carnival which is to take place tomorrow in the hall of the Sokol Havlicek-Tyrs on Lawndale Avenue. The entertainment committee is rehearsing diligently for this importa

The members of the Sdružení Ceských Katolických Lesníku (Order of Bohemian Catholic Foresters) are urged to work diligently to make their forthcoming social entertainment a financial success, for the larger the attendance at this entertainment, the greater the proceeds from it. One half of th

We invite all honored rabbis, all honored presidents and officers of synagogues, lodges, societies, organizations and Workmen's Circle branches, to come on Sunday, February 19, at 6:30 P. M., to the Auditorium Hotel, Congress Street and Wabash Avenue, to a fish dinner and a mass meeting, at w

[Translator's note: The Jewish newspaper Forward has a daily column entitled "Bintel Brief", a bundle of letters.] The "Bintel" paper, which is run by a few boys, is very anxious to get advertisements because experienced businessmen advertise only in a newspaper which brings good re

At the yearly art exhibit at the Art Institute, we find two Danish-Americans represented, the sculptor Carl Christian Mose, who exhibits a group, "Out of Work," which is exceptionally well done, and the painter Holger W. Jensen, who exhibits two pictures, of which "Between Showers" is the bes

In prisons of the United States there are hundreds of convicts sentenced to 5, 10 or 20 years for no other reason than expression of their opinion. In those prisons are Communists, Socialists, I. W. W.'s, and Anarchists. There are even some who do not belong to any political party, but who be

On February 21, the Chicago Jewish Normal School, at 116 S. Michigan avenue will be opened to the public. The purpose of this school is to train teachers for the congregations. The courses are to be conducted by Rabbis Cohon (History), Schwarts (Religion and Ceremonials), and Fram (

At the yearly art exhibit at the Art Institute, we find two Danish-Americans represented, the sculptor Carl Christian Mose, who exhibits a group, "Out of Work," which is exceptionally well done, and the painter Holger W. Jensen, who exhibits two pictures, of which "Between Showers" is the bes

Breslau, the capital of Upper Silesia, Germany, has a population of four hundred thousand and a Jewish population of twenty thousand. Most of the Jews in Breslau are more or less assimilated Jews; they all speak German, think in German terms, live as Germans, keep up German customs, and they

All efforts of rabbis, judges, representatives of synagogues, and institutions to persuade the Motor Liverymen's Association and the Chaufeurs' Union to permit Jewish funerals on Sunday were in vain. The explanation to the non-Jews that it is against the Jewish law and against sanitation to k

"Jews of Chicago: Can you watch calmly and see Jewish children who were left poor orphans, being converted to Christianity every day because there is nobody to give them a home? Do you know that there are institutions which take in our poor orphans and give them a home-- BUT THERE IS NO JEWIS

All Chicago Jews should greet with great enthusiasm the decision of the committee of one hundred [members] of the Keren Hayesod to begin at once the campaign for two hundred thousand dollars, the goal to be reached by the time Mr. Nahum Sokolow visits Chicago. The Keren Hayesod is t

The twelfth annual meeting of the Ceska Dobrocinna Spolecnost (Bohemian Charitable Association) took place on Friday night in the pavilion of the Pilsen Brewery on 26th Street and Albany Avenue. It was well attended by the members of the association and will leave in their hearts that source

Rabbi Leon Fram, in his speech before a large audience in Temple Judea, sharply criticized the clergymen of America who seek, through various ways, to force their will upon the majority [of the people] of this country. He pointed out that thanks to the narrow mindedness of the men in clerical

The meeting of the Keren Hayesod Committee of one hundred has taken place and has elected a new administrative and a new executive committee to carry on the work. The accomplishments of the meeting itself was a fair example of what Chicago Jewry can do for the Keren Hayesod if it makes up its

But a small proportion, comparatively speaking, of our Jewish men and women of the West Side and the Northwest Side, who are active in the philanthropic and charitable work of their community know about "Resthaven". The Jewish masses know absolutely nothing about "Resthaven" save the few, who

Yesterday, the funeral of Mrs. Beile Eisenstein took place at the cemetery of the Kehilath Jacob Congregation, in Waldheim [Cemetery]. This was the first Jewish funeral on Sunday since the Liverymen's and Chauffeurs' Union refused to permit funerals on Sunday. A large crowd attended the funer

The campaign to raise two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to build a new home for the Daughters of Zion Day Nursery opened last night with a banquet at the Auditorium Hotel. Over three hundred people were present at the banquet. Mr. L. Rieger was chairman. The speakers were Dr. C

The Ceska Dobrocinna Spolecnost of the city of Chicago is meeting today, in its twelfth annual meeting, for the purpose of reporting on its past year's activity. Since its founding in February, 1910, it has paid out a total of $64,429.19. The cash remaining in the treasury of the association