Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1938 — Page 2
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THE JEWISH POST
Friday, October 7, 1938
SHULS GROW, SMALL TOWNS DRAW JEWS
Hails Hitler, Jew Fined By Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK. —A Jew who entered a park in the Bronx and announced that he had heard Hitler’s speech and liked it was sentenced in Bronx Magistrates Court to ten days in jail for the disorder that ensued. He is Louis Kamin, a restaurant waiter.
Sen. Burke Praises Nazis On Return By Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK—Praise of Hitler’s regime in Germany was voiced by Senator Edward R. Burke, Nebraska Democrat, returning on the liner Manhattan from a seven-week unoffleial study of labor conditions in Germany and other countries. He justilied the Reich’s acquisition of Sudetenland and declared he saw no signs of discontent in Germany, adding that ‘‘the masses of the people are fully behind Hitler insofar as the things he is doing for Germany in an economic way.”
Yearbook Shows Trends; Move Away From Large Cities By Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK. — The American Jewish Yearbook, which annually paints a word and number picture of Jewish life in America, reports rising Jewish immigration, with Central Europe increasingly replacing Eastern Europe as the place of origin, a continuing spread of Jews to smaller cities and villages, and an expansion of congre-
gations.
The United States, the number of Jewish congregations is growing, according to a special article by Dr. Henry S. Ldnfield, director of the Jewish Statistical Bureau, who was a special agent of the U. S. Census Bureau. While the results of a 193G census of religious bodies were not available, Dr. Linfleld said that they would show ‘‘an increase in the number of congregations in 1936 over 1926 comparable to that of 1926 over 1916.” (The number was 1,901 in 1916 and 3,118 in 1926.) The number of communities having congregations also continued its increase from the 1936 figure, which was 817, compared with 680 in 1916. "The number of communities that reported in 1936 greatly exceeds the number that reported in 1926, showing that in spite of the depression the Jewish religious institutions continued to expand,” Dr. Linfield said. “Very important is the fact that in this census, reports were, actually received from over 4,000 Jewish communities in cities and in villages in every state of the union, nearly twice as many as ten years ago. The complete results, based partly on reports received and statistical estimates, will show that the spread of Jews from larger to smaller cities and villages has continued during the
past ten years.”
In addition to Dr. Linfield’s article, which reviews censuses of Jews and Jewish organizations from 1850, there are special articles on Felix M. Warburg by Dr.
Cyrus Adler and on Rabbi Henry ADMIT PALESTINE FRUIT Pereira Mendes by Rabbi David de By Jewish Telegraphic Agency Sola Pool. The 771-page volume WARSAW. — The Ministry of also includes various directories. Trade granted permits for the imlists and statistics. The Yearbook port of 4,000 tons of Palestine is issued by the Jewish Publication fruits for the three months beginSociety with the co-operation of ning October. The quota represents the American Jewish Committee. 1 four-fold increase over last year.
Arab Raid, Worst In Years, Takes 21 Lives
Plans For Religious Instructions Formed
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ALBANY. N. Y.—The first step in formulating a program of religious education, on released time, for public school children, to be submitted for approval of a committee of the New York State Board of Regents, was taken here when the board of directors of the State Council of Churches authorized Dr. Wilbur T.'Clemens, general secretary, to arrange with representatives of the Catholic Church
for a general conference.
NO MEDICAL STUDENTS By Jewish Telegraphic Agency WARSAW.—A further decline in
the number of Jewish students marked enrollment at the universities of Wilno and Cracow. Not a single Jewish student is included
among the 108 students newly en
rolled at the Cracow University
medical school.
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Surprise Attacks Shocks Palestine By Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM.—An invasion of ancient Tiberias on the shore of the Galilee, in which at least 21 Jews—including an American citizen and his wife—were massacred by an Arab band wielding bomb, rifle and torch, sent a wave of indignation surging through Jewish Palestine this week. While the Government clamped a 22-hour curfew on the town and searches of ruined houses went ahead — an official communique predicting that more victims would probably be found in the debris— troops pursued the Arab band and were reported to have contacted it at Lubia village. A general work stoppage was staged by central Jewish organizations from two to four o’clock during the funeral services for the seven men, three women and eleven children slain in the twohour assault, termed the worst onslaught since the riots of 1929. Those attending the funeral included Moshe Shertok, of the Jewish Agency, representatives of the Jewish National Council, the religious Agudath Israel and other
groups.
“Palestine Jewry is deeply horrified at the Tiberias massacre and sacrilege,” declared Palestine’s chief rabbis, Dr. Isaac Herzog and Dr. Jacob Meir, in a cable to Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald. “In God’s name, we appeal to you to end the terror.” Ghaffirs (supernumerary police) reported hearing the bandsmen speak English during the raid. It was officially announced that while the casualties total among the raiders was not yet known, six bandits were killed by Jewish constables who were rushing to Tiberias from the Mizpah settlement when they met another band also bound for Tiberias. The constables seized four English and one German rifle and a quantity of ammunition. The attack was launched at nine o’clock Sunday night, according to the official account, when an armed gang entered Tiberias
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FUNERAL RITES HELD
By Jewish Telegraphic Agency TIBERIAS, Palestine. — The deathly stillness of curfew-bound Tiberias was pierced by the chanting of El Molei Rachamim, the prayer of the dead, as the funeral procession passed before the burned ruins of the Central Synagogue, which still covered the body of its beadle, Jacob Saltz, and the holy scrolls. The funeral started at three o’clock under the auspices of the local chevrah kadishah (burial society). Only a few outsiders were present, be-
cause of the curfew.
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3 MONTH TOLL 833 By Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM. — The last three months of terrorism have claimed a toll of 833 persons killed and 926 wounded, according to statistics made public here. The dead included 637 Arabs, 160 Jews, 28 British nationals and eight foreigners.
PUSH REFUGEE By Jewish Telegraphic Agency PARIS — Negotiations with the German Government to solve the refugee problem, aggravated by the exodus from Sudetenland, were asked by Senator Hendi Berenger, French vice-chairman of the Intergovernmental Refugee Committee, in a letter to Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet.
in two parties, from the north and from the south. They cut telephone lines, then, at a signal o' shrill whistles from the hills around the town, began to shoot, attacking first the government district offices and police billets. They wrecked the district offices, the Central Synagogue and six homes.
U. S. Eases Plight By Visa Regulation By Jewish Telegraphic Agency PARIS. — News was received here of new regulations issued to United States consulates in Germany, including Austria, which may cause an abatement of the expulsion of Jews across frontiers and may spell relief for many Jews in the Reich. The regulations provide that although the American immigration quota for Germany is filled for the next six months, American consulates are to accept immediately applications for quota visas, irrespective of whether the consulates have received the necessary supporting affidavits. They are to issue letters acknowledging receipt of the applications, these letters to serve as a guarantee to the police that the applicant is planning to emigrate, which proof usually helps Jews in their dealings with the German authorities. The letters are also to designate dates when the applicants will be called to the consulate regarding their visas, each applicant’s name being placed on the quota waiting list according to the date that the consul receives the application, the affidavits to be filed later.
URGE NATIVE TONGUE By Jewish Telegraphic Agency ISTANBUL.—A manifesto urging Turkish Jews to use the Turkish language was read in all synagogues in Turkey on the occasion of Rosh Hashonah. The manifesto was issued by the Association of Turkish Culture, founded by young educated Jews to spread Turkish customs and language among the Jews of this country.
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