The Habima players presented on Monday night as the third play of their repertory “Jacob’s Dream” by Richard Beer-Hoffman, Austrian Jewish dramatist. The play scored success at the Deutsches Theatre, Berlin, as a Reinhardt production.
A review of the performance will appear in tomorrow’s issue.
The first classes of the College of Jewish Studies since its affiliation with the University of Chicago, will meet at Swift Hall on the University campus this week. A faculty of four Jewish professors under the chairmanship of Dr. A. M. Dushkin, will conduct six classes in Hebrew language and literature, Jewish history, folkways, and educational methods. The courses will carry full college credit and will be accepted by the University of Chicago toward the fulfillment of the requirements for a degree.
The College of Jewish Studies is the first institution of its kind to become affiliated with a great American university. The courses offered by the College are primarily for the six hundred Jewish students at the University of Chicago. The work of the College of Jewish Studies will supplement that of the Rabbinical Section of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago in the education of men preparing for the rabbinate.
The will of Samuel B. Hamburger, lawyer and philanthropist, tiled in the Surrogates’ Court, contained the following public bequests: Educational Alliance, $3,000; Mount Sinai Hospital, $3,000; Hebrew Orphan Asylum, $2,000; Montefiore Home, $2,000; United Hebrew Charities, $2,000 and the Central Synagogue, of which Mr. Hamburger was present for seventeen years, $2,000. Relatives received the rest of the estate.
The Holy Blossom Congregation of Toronto, Canada, celebrated last week the seventieth anniversary of the founding of their congregation, the oldest Jewish congregation in Toronto and the third oldest in the dominion.
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of the Central Synagogue, New York, delivered the anniversary address. Rabbi B. R. Brickner of Cleveland, and Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman, the rabbi of the congregation, spoke.
JEWISH COMMUNAL ACTIVITIES
The campaign to raise $100,000, the East Side’s quota of the United Palestine Appeal, was launched Monday night at a meeting at Cooper Union, New York. Advance contributions announced at the meeting totaled $15,000. Morris Eisenman headed the list of contributors with a donation of $2,500.
A tribute was paid to the memory of Achad Ha’am. Dr. Selig Brodetsky, Professor of Mathematics at Leeds University, Engiand; Philip Lauria, Chairman of the East Side campaign, and Rabbi Mileikowsky, addressed the gathering. Dr. S. Margoshes, editor of “The Day”, presided.
Benjamin L. Rubinsohn of Philadelphia, Pa., was elected Chairman of Region 4 of the United Palestine Appeal, comprising Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware, at the regional conference held in Atlantic City, N. J. A quota of $750,000 was accepted as the amount to be sought in that section during the present year toward the national quota of $7,500,000.
The conference was attended by six hundred delegates. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization and Judge Win. M. Lewis, National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, addressed the conference.
The officers elected for the coming year are: William M. Lewis, Honorary Chairman; Benjamin I. Rubinsohn, Philadelphia, Chairman; A. B. Cohen, Scranton. Pa., Joseph B. Perskie, Atlantic City. N. J., Charles Topkis, Wilmington, Del., Joseph Varbalow, Camden, N. J., Vice-Chairmen: Executive Committee: L. M. Smit. Atlantic City, N. J., Henry Haltzel, Allentown, Pa., J. G. Beilin. Bethlehem, Pa., Samuel Shane. Camden, N. J., A. W. Wolson. Chester, Pa., Louis Ralph, Easton, Pa., Samuel Finkelstein, Harrishurg, Pa., Max Friedlander, Hazeiton. Pa., James J. Miller, Lancaster. Pa., Arthur I. Beilin, Reading, Pa., Max J. Skaist, Reading. Pa., I. L. Brozman, Williamsport, Pa. and Charles Weissman, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Efforts to complete the tri-city quota of $30,000 assigned to Rock Island and Moline in Illinois and Davenport in lowa as the three cities’ share toward the $500,000 fund being raised in Illinois outside of Chicago for the United Jewish campaign, will be begun shortly. A total of $10,000 was raised for the United Jewish Campaign last summer and $20,000 still remains to be raised. E. P. Adler, publisher of the “Davenport Times”, is regional chairman of the tri-city campaign and Attorney Ben Stewart of Rock Island is vice chairman. Sol Hirsch represents Moline.
BREVITIES
Judge Alexander H. Geismar was installed yesterday to the bench of the new City Court of Brooklyn, a branch of the City Court of the City of New York. Judge Geismar has long been active in communal and religious affairs. He was formerly a magistrate and for many years a prosecutor in the District Attorney’s office.
Among the speakers at the installation ceremony were the Borough President of Brooklyn, Judge Nova of the County Court, Rabbi Nathan Krass and Meyer Steinbrink.
Herman Ziffrin of Moline. Ill., was appointed to West Point by John Allen, Congressman from the Fourteenth Congressional district. Mr. Ziffrin attended Augustana College in Rock Island for a year.
A five-day working week in the fur tra## in Chicago was put into effect on Monday as the result of an agreement between the Chicago Fur Manufacturers’ Association, Inc., and the Chicago Fur Workers’ Union.
The agreement is to apply from 1927 to 192? Workers will put in forty hours a week, with a forty-four hour week during the rush period from Aug. 15 to Dec. 31. The agreement bans overtime during slack periods if workers are out of jobs. It also provides a minimum wage.
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