Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this time the New York Times had editorialized for withdrawal. The New York Herald Tribune's Sports Columnist Richards Vidmer decried Mr. Mahoney's objections, drew a two-column letter of protest from Editor Isaac Landman of the American Hebrew. The New York Post polled 35 members of the Olympic Committee, found 28 for participation, four against, three noncommittal. In Oakland, Calif., Fencer Helene Mayer, in whose behalf Mr. Sherrill had gone to Germany, said she had received no invitation to compete for Germany. In Chicago, Chairman Brundage of the American Olympic Committee made the sweeping statement which...
...Hashana (Sept. 25). Already in place on two walls of the Synagog were ten large murals depicting the Ten Commandments. They were painted in true fresco by A. (for Alexander) Raymond Katz, 40, a Hungarian-born Jew who leads a Jewish art movement in the U. S. with the Hebrew alphabet as its central motif...
First, expressing the unity of God, shows Mt. Sinai and an abstract pattern leading up to the Hebrew letter Echod (unity...
...good Jew is Comedian Eddie Cantor, born Izzy Iskowitch on Manhattan's East Side. He helps Jewish charities raise funds, runs a camp for poor children at Cold Spring-on-Hudson, N. Y., has endowed a fellowship at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Sober and articulate, Eddie Can.tor last week addressed a convention of B'nai B'rith in Los Angeles as follows...
...strong last week, ladies of the National Federation of Music Clubs marched on Philadelphia, gorged for seven full days on musical programs, musical talk. Their endurance seemed unlimited. Speeches ranged from the need of a fine arts minister in the President's Cabinet to a discussion of ancient Hebrew music. Singing went on constantly, thanks to amateur choristers. For special treats there were concerts by Tenor Giovanni Martinelli, Baritone Nelson Eddy, Violinist Albert Spalding, the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by José Iturbi...