Yiddish Prohibited at Public Meetings in Bessarabia

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Yiddish may be used only in intimate, informal Jewish gatherings which have a cultural or a religious character, in Bessarabia, according to the ruling of General Mirschevscu, Roumanian military commander of Bessarabia.

The General had at first prohibited the use of Yiddish at all public meetings. Following an intervention by Deputy Rabbi Zirelsohn, the General permitted the use of Yiddish at informal gatherings. The prohibition remains for public meetings.

The Zionist Organization in Bessarabia decided to intervene concerning this matter with the Central Roumanian authorities in Bucharest.

A new synagogue with an adjoining educational and recreational center is being built by Congregation Adath Israel, Avondale Synagogue, of Cincinnati, Ohio, The main building will consist of the synagogue proper which will seat over 1,200 on the ground floor, and a spacious Beth Midrash in the basement. The Center will contain a large auditorium with a stage, and a kitchen adjoining; a smaller auditorium; class rooms, club rooms, and a library. The buildings, which will be in the classic style, were designed by Oscar Schwartz. The cost of the building, it is estimated, will be approximately $400,000. Rabbi Louis Feinberg, of the Jewish Theological Seminary, has been Rabbi of the congregation for eight years. Mr. Samuel A. Rosenberg is president; and Mr. Samuel Glass, chairman of the building committee.

JEWISH COMMUNAL ACTIVITIES

Jews and Christians conducted a joint good-will meeting in the Central Presbyterian Church in Rochester, N. Y., on Sunday. Nearly 1,000 persons attended the service, which was sponsored by fifty prominent Jews and Christians. The speakers were the Rev. Samuel Tyler, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church; the Rev. Justin W. Nixon, minister of the Brick Presbyterian Church; Rabbi Jacob S. Minkin of Temple Beth-El, and Rabbi Horace J. Wolfe of Temple Berith Kodesh.

Points which people of both religions have in common, both in religious and historical background, and in service and duty toward America, were emphasized by all the speakers. All declared the time was close at hand when differences would be forgotten, and Jew and Christian would work together as brothers.

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Hebrew Loan and Shelter Association was celebrated at a dinner attended by 150 persons.

Installation of a Tampa, Fla., chapter of the Independent Order of B’nai B’rith was held at the Y. M. H. A. building, Tampa. Dr. Emil Lermy, executive director of District Grand Lodge No. 5, presided.

CORRECTION

In the story “Rothschilds Refused Czarist Government Loan Because of Anti-Jewish Pogroms,” which appeared in the Contemporary Documents Supplement of the “Bulletin” of March 12, the following sentence which appeared in italics on Page 1, Column 2: “Telegram of Shipoo, Minister of France, to Kokovtzev, in Paris, dated Jan. 7, 1926” should have read: “Telegram of Shipov, Minister of Finance, etc.”