A story of how the demand of anti-Setuites to introduce a numerus clausns against Jewish theatregoers had disastrous results for the theatre, is circulated throughout the Hungarian press.
When the anti-Semitic Hungarian Race Purifiers of Keeskement formulated a demand that the Jewish population of that town be permitted to purchase tickets to the extent of only five per cent of the seating capacity of the theatre, the Jewish population voluntarily agreed to this. At the subsequent performances, the Jewish population restricted their attendance to five per cent of the theatre’s seats.This led to the closing of the theatre due to lack of patronage and funds.
Now, the Theatre Commission of the City Council is seeking to attract the full patronage of the Jewish population and has asked the leaders of the Jewish community to give up the voluntary “numerus clausus.”
The Near Tormid Society, composed of the Jewish members of the New York Five Department, held memorial services Friday night at the Riverside Synagogue for two of its former members-Firemen Julius Spanier, who was killed in the service, and Louis Willstein.
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