The Jewish Postman Rings Not
On Rogi, Hashanah, Yom Kippur

THE JEWISH NEWS-8

Friday, September 19, 1952

reared in a traditional Jewish
home, young Louis was de-
By BEN GINGOLD
of the first mailmen in Man- termined not to work on the
New York City's thousands of hattan was an Orthodox Jew.
High Holy Days.
Jewish postal workers get time
In 1897 Louis Blumberg be-
There were few Jews among
off with pay to attend High came a maihiian. Born on Man-
fellow-workers in those days
Holy Day services because one hattan's lower West Side and his
and little precedent for a re-
quest for time off for the Jewish
Holy Days. Blumberg decided
that only if Jewish postal work-
ers joined forces would anything
be achieved. In 1925 he per-
suaded nine other Jewish mail
carriers to form the Jewish
Postal Workers Welfare League
of New York.
From -that beginning, the
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League has grown until it now
has nearly 6,000 members, more
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than 80 per cent of all Jewish
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postal workers in New York. The
League has won permanent time
off arrangements ,for all Jewish
postal workers for the High Holy
Days and Passover.
Blumberg retired from the
postal service in 1934, but has
continued as unpaid president of
the League. The League ' has
branched out into a wide variety
of activities. These include a
Mortuary fund, financial grants
for cases of personal distress
among member's, cooperative
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buying discount services and
other benefits.
The League is an affiliate of
the American Jewish Congress
and conducts an annual cam-
, The Season's Best Wishes
paign for the United Jewish Ap
4eal which produced $100,000
last year.
Organization of leagues in
Carpets and Rugs
other cities was •undertaken by
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Blumberg within a few years
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after the New York League was
established. There are now Jew-
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ish postal workers organizations
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in Brooklyn, Chicago, Newark,
Los Angeles, Philadelphia, De-
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roit and Cleveland. The various
leagues are represented nation-
ally by the National Welfare Or-
ganization of Jewish Civil Em-
Best Wishes on the Dawn, of a New Year -
ployees.

New Year Greetings to
Our. Friends and Customers

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Holiday Greetings

1VIACKENZIE AWNING CO.

New Year Greetings

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Rosh Hashanah Greetings

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The electrical geniUs, Charles
P. Steinmetz, who vas a hunch-
back, was once the guest of Otto
Kahn, the banker. The latter
showed him about his spacious
Westchester estate, inviting his
special attention to a little- Epis-
copalian chapel on the grounds.
As they wound up the inspec-
tion, Kahn said to Steinmetz,
"Don't you think it a little funny
I should have built an Epischpa-
Han chapel?"
"What's funny about it?"
asked Steinmetz.
"Well, you see;" replied Kahn,
"I used to be a Jew." ,
"Yei," said Steinmetz, "I used
to be a hunchback."

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UJA Helps Newcomers
Settle in the Negev

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Greetings on the New Year

DETROIT ELEVATOR COMPANY

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, New Year Greetings .,

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Halfway Betwn. Puritan & Fenkell

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Happy New'Year

Greetings from a Friend

Little Sharon greets the com-
ing of Rosh Hashanah by water-

ing a young tree outside her
parents' • new dwelling place
near an agricultural settlement
in the Negev, Israel's desert
area. Through the life-saving
programs- of the United Jewish
Appeal, Sharon and her family
were able to leave Europe and
settle in this permanent
-home.
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TY. 6-9210

. Greetings on The New Year

L. W. CONNELLY CO.

Excavating- Steel Erection
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