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The Southern Israelite
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SALAMON OLIVER LEVINSON,
Chicago attorney and author of the
phrase “Outlawry of War,” has been
suggested by the Manchester Guar
dian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize,
the awarding of which the Norwegian
Parliament is soon to take up.
MODIGLIANI, an Italian .Jewish
artist, after having died penniless
nine years ago in a Paris hospital, is
hailed by critics today as the “most
remarkable draughtsman of modern
times, with pronounced individuality
and a true classical style.” His
works are now found in many muse
ums and national galleries.
M. ELEGENHEIMER, well-known
Swiss Jewish architect, was one of the
five architects chosen to design a new
assembly hall for the League of Na
tions.
RIASANOFF, director of the Marx
Institute, and Fersman, a physicist,
were the two Jews elected vice-presi
dents of the Russian Academy of
Science.
MR. BEN ALTHEIMER, banker
and philanthropist, was honored at a
dinner given by the New York com
mittee of the National Jewish Hospi
tal for Consumptives at Denver, on
the occasion of his 30th anniversary
as Treasurer of that Institution. Sev
eral hundreds of telegrams and let
ters were received by Mr. Altheimer
from prominent Jewish leaders in dif
ferent parts of the country.
JOHN ROCKEFELLER, JR., re
cently visited Jerusalem and voiced
the hope that he will be able to make
another visit when the museum which
he has endowed will be completed.
THE INDEPENDENT ORDER
B’NAI B’RITH inaugurated a lodge
recently in Shanghai, China. The
B’nai B’rith lodges are now establish
ed in countries throughout the world.
DR. MAX WEINRICH, physiolo
gist and general secretary of the Yid
dish Scientific Institute at Vilna, ar
rived in New York, and was met by
representatives of the American Insti
tute and by a number of Jewish writ
ers. Dr. Weinrich will lecture at Johns
Hopkins University, where he was in
vited by Prof. Blondheim.
PROF. ALBERT EINSTEIN’S
bust, by the Jewish sculptor Isenstein,
was unveiled March 14th, the fiftieth
anniversary of the birth of Einstein.
This bust was acquired by the Prus
sian Government and will be placed at
the Einstein center in Potsdam.
MR. REUBEN BRAININ, Dean of
Hebrew Letters, sailed for South Af
rica, where he has been invited by the
South African Association for Jewish
Colonization in Russia, to address the
Association’s conference in Johannes
burg on April 12th. Mr. Brainin will
present messages from American Jew
ish leaders in connection with new
plans for relief work in Russia.
LOUIS B. MAYER, motion picture
magnate, with his wife and two
daughters, was the guest of President
and Mrs. Hoover at dinner at the
White House. Mr. Mayer has been
mentioned as President Hoover’s pos
sible selection for the Ambassadorship
to Turkey.
MOUCHEUR, Minister of Public
Works, recently opened a hospital in
Paris, established by the Mathilda and
Henri Rothschild Foundation.
MURRAY GUGGENHEIM, of New
York, made a gift of three million
francs to the University of Paris. The
Guggenheim family came originally
from Alsace.
The late DR. BENEDICT WEIS-
MAN, a retired physician residing in
Brooklyn, New York, left a bequest of
$100,000 in the form of scholarships
for Jewish students to the Hebrew
University.
COLONEL SAMUEL D. LIT died
in Philadelphia in his sixty-third year.
For the past forty years Col. Lit was
active in welfare work in general as
well as in the Jewish communities.
THE INDEPENDENT ORDER
B’NAI B’RITH dedicated the second
Jewish chapel in a penal institution
in the United States at the Ohio State
Penitentiary. The first was established
at Sing Sing.
MR. ALBERT LEVY, treasurer of
the Royal Free Hospital in London,
recently contributed $250,000 to a
fund for rebuilding the Hospital’s ma
ternity department. The new depart
ment is to be named for the Queen by
her consent.
ALBERT LEVY, of London, the
Hon. Daniel Levy, speaker of the
Legislative Assembly of New South
Wales and former editor of the maga
zine “The Australian Hebrew,” and
Menasseh Meyer, leader of the Jew
ish community in the Straits Settle
ment, were the three Jews on the New
Years’ honor list in London upon
whom knighthood was conferred.
FELIX M. WARBURG was tender
ed a dinner on the occasion of his
forthcoming departure to spend the
Passover holidays in Palestine. In his
address, Mr. Warburg sharply ar
raigned those who refuse to partici
pate in the Palestine endeavor, de
claring that they are dooming them
selves and their children to spiritual
poverty.
MR. ROBERT MOND presented the
sum of one million francs to the
Chemistry Institute of Paris. Mr
Mond is the brother of Lord Melchett
the former Sir Alfred Mond.
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