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t_he southern is r a e l I t e 13 NATIONAL AND FOREIGN NOTES v York City.—The seventh class f \ Training School for Jewish So- ri l , r k, comes from all parts of the l n , States. More than thirty uni- ver> , ?s and a like number of differ- ies will be represented in the f f- graduate students comprising t ht■ ' wo classes of first and second indents. The Training School of the three largest graduate of social work in the country. \Va hington, D. C.—Among the chain n of the committees which have been appointed by President Honvci to prepare for the national conference on home building and home ownership to be held early in Decem ber, ire Alfred K. Stern, of Chicago, who heads the Committee on Large- Scab- Operations, and Bernard J. Newman, of Philadelphia, who is to prepare the data on Legislation and Administration. Plainfield, N. J.—Emerging the vic tor from among 99 starters, Mrs. Norman S. Goldberger, of Norwood, N. J., won this year's women’s state golf championship of New Jersey. New York City.—Professor Alex ander Marx, Librarian of the Jewish Theological Seminary, has announced the acquisition of five volumes which were in the private collection of the late Czar Nicholas II. The books deal with Jewish life in Russia. New York City.—S : nce the last Federal census in 1920, the Jewish population of New York City has in creased 232,012, according to statis tics compiled by Dr. Walter Laidlaw, executive secretary of the Cities Cen sus Committee. The Jews in Greater New York now number 1,875,521. Chicago, Ill.—A new version of the Hihle is to be published by the Uni- vorsity of Chicago soon. All the an- c:< nt Greek and Hebrew manuscripts avo been consulted anew in order mblish the Old and New Testa- in “modern style’’. But the ars who were engaged in the h»t:on of the Hebrew are Chris- including Prof. J. M. Powis . of Chicago; F*rof. Alexander of McGill, and Prof. Theo- leek, of Toronto. The new will read like any other book; be printed straight across the and not in double columns; it nave modern phrasing, both in and poetry. l ' m Springs, Ga.—If Governor hlin D. Roosevelt of New York ecovered from his attack of in- f paralysis and is able to pur ls normal duties as a public fig- is due in large measure to Joseph, a New York Jewish eer , the Governor admitted dur- is brief rest here. Joseph came ln 1924 and discovered the heal- alities of the springs as a cure s own paralysis. Ultimately ' b heard about the spot, came and began to develop it to its * s * z £ as a real therapeutic ition. Paris.—The establishment of a fund to aid destitute Jewish artists who are stranded in Paris was announced in the Haint, Yiddish news paper, which also carried an appeal by Sholom Asch, famous Yiddish nov elist, urging the Jewish community to support the fund. Asch points out that although the Jews of France have been but slightly affected by the eco nomic depression, in contrast with the Jews everywhere else in the world, they have contributed little to the maintenance of their less fortunate brethren. Referring to America as an example, Asch declared that despite the crisis there, the Jews have con tinued to give generously to philan thropies. Ludwig Lewisohn was the first to make a large gift to the fund for artists. Paris.—Moses Gurewitch, Russian financial expert, has been appointed Soviet Trade Commissar to Paris. Before the Revolution, Gurewitch was a physician. MEIER STEINBRINK, former Re publican chairman of Brooklyn, and noted Jewish leader, was nominated for a place on the Supreme Court bench by the judicial conventions of the Republicans and Democrats under a bi-partisan plan for distributing twelve new posts. Nomination is tan tamount to election. Edward Laz- ansky, presiding justice of the Appel late Division, whose term is now end ing, was renominated for another 14 year period. GENERAL SIR JOHN MONASH, one of the outstanding figures in the World War, and the first Jew to reach high position in the British army, died recently in Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 66. Born in Melbourne in 1865, he took his degree in engin eering, and became widely known for his work in many engineering pro jects. His fame in this field earned him the presidency of the Victoria In stitute of Engineers. When the Wo Id War starter he was named Austra’ian Chief Censor. He rapidly advanced to Brigade Commander in the Aus tralian Imperial Force, then to Ma jor General, and finally General. He was decorated numerous times for valor displayed in the war. DR. ALFRED N. GOLDSMITH, a vice-president of the Radio Corpora tion of America, was elected president of the Society of Motion Picture En gineers at its annual convention. DR. LUBA ROBIN GOLDSMITH, of Pittsburgh, national chairman of the United States Public Health Serv ice Advisory Committee, and author of various books on social economics, died recently at the Mayo hospital. JO DAVIDSON, famous American- Jewish sculptor, is now engaged in making a bust of Mahatma Gandhi, which was commissioned by the In dian leader’s British friends. Vienna.—Arthur Schnitzler’s in junction to his executors that his funeral be conducted along lines of utmost simplicity was strictly ad hered to, as he was buried in the Jewish cemetery here. The only cere monial touch was the chanting by the cantor of the El Mole Rachamim, tra ditional Hebrew prayer for the dead, and the recitation of the Kaddish. Some of the outstanding figures in the world of art, literature and sci ence accompanied the funeral cortege. Government officials were also rep resented; and the flag on the state- owned Burgtheater was at half-mast on the day of the funeral. Prague, Czechoslovakia.—In the presence of the leading figures in psychoanalysis and notable in civic life, the house in Pribor, Moravia, where Sigmund Freud was born, was marked with a tablet describing the achievements of the founder of psy choanalysis. Freud, himself, was too ill to appear and was represented by his son and daughter. ADOLPH LEWISOHN, patron of the arts and philanthropist, celebrated his eighty-second birthday the other day. On the eighteenth floor of No. 61 Broadway, where his elaborate offices are located, he cheerfully received the reporters and commented optimisti cally on the economic future of this country. When asked what had brought him the greatest pleasure in his long life with its broad range of business, art and philanthropy, he re plied: “To do service and exercise kindness to other people.” Mr. Lewi sohn looks the picture of health and comes to his of * ice three days each week to transact his still voluminous business. RUTH LIGHT, the young Ameri- can-Jewish artist, sailed for a year’s stay in Pa.estine where she has been invited by a number of workers set tlements to study the life of the Jew ish pioneers there. Ruth Light intends to paint her impressions of the Jew ish Homeland as well as a senes of po. trait studies of the leading spirits among the pioneers. Miss Ruth Light had a most aus picious debut in the New York art world recently on the occasion of an exhibition by the Montross Gallery of a series of her paintings entitled “East Side Studies.” The critical reviews were unani mous in their praise of these works. Miss Light is a member of the “Eretz” Art Circle. WALTER LIPPMAN, former edi tor of the defunct New York World, was awarded the annual prize offered by the Yale Review for the best ar ticle on a public question, according to an announcement by Governor Wil bur Cross, editor of the Review, in which Mr. Lippmann’s prize-winning article appeared. The award carries a value of $2,000.00. AMONG the five directors who pro duced the outstanding pictures of the 1930-31 season are Lewis Milestone, with “The Front Page”; Joseph von Sternberg, with “Morocco”, and Nor man Taurog, with “Skippy”, accord ing to the announcement of annual awards for finest achievement in mo tion pictures by the Academy of Mo tion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pnris.—Albert Einstein, militant pacifist, who last year urged the for mation of anti-war societies, has now appealed to all scientists to join in the movement against war. In a mes sage to the International Conference of the Opponents of War, Einstein wrote: “I appeal to my fellow scien tists not to engage in researches in tended for war purposes, because we must face a militarism more powerful and destructive thsn the militarism which caused the World War. Jerusalem.—At a reception tendered to him at Jaffa, on the eve of his de parture from the country, High Commissioner Sir John Chancellor declared to his Arab audiences that the proposal for a legislative Coun cil would shortly be put into effect, and urged the Arabs to accept it. Berlin.—The statue to Lazarus Zamenhoff, the Jewish founder of Esperanto, recently erected by Ger man adherents of Esperanto at Bad Reinerz was badly mutilated by anti- Semitic vandals, who covered the me morial with anti-Jewish legends. London.—Declaring that the Man dates over Palestine and Iraq cost Great Britain more than $15,000,000 since the World War, the Daily Mail calls upon the new National Cab'net to give up the Mandate for these countries, Warsaw.—Because of a consider able decline in circulat on and adver tising revenue due to the economic depression, two local Yiddish dailies are planning to establish Paris edi tions in order to supplement their income. Warsaw. — Seven soup kitchens have been opened by the Warsaw Municipal Kitchen to provide for ap proximately 100,000 Jews, who have indicated that they are without em ployment and without means of sup port. New York, N. Y.—Hereafter Jewish religious services will become part of the sustaining program of the Colum bia Broadcasting System, together with services of the Protestants and Catholics, according to an announce ment by William S. Paley, president of the System. “The Church of the Air” began its services recently with an address by Rabbi Jonah B. Wise. It is expected that a majority of the Jewish programs will be held at 2:30 on Sunday afternoons for a half-hour period. “The Church of the Air” is designed to abolish the commercial character of religious broadcasting. IN THE LIMELIGHT