Henry Ford fires back at his Jewish critics in a front-page story that dominates this Yiddish daily. The automobile magnate responds to philanthropist Nathan Strauss's challenge to select a jury to examine Ford's anti-Semitic campaigns, dismissing the proposal by claiming such a jury might not even know if a 'Jewish question' exists. Ford's response, previewing a longer piece to appear December 28th, doubles down on conspiracy theories about international Jewish control of finance, media, and revolutionary movements worldwide. Meanwhile, the murder trial of Sholom Schwarzbard continues in Paris, with testimony concluding in the case against the man who assassinated Ukrainian leader Symon Petliura. Two witnesses testified about Petliura's role in pogroms where 800 Jewish families were killed in Proskurov, though they couldn't definitively prove his guilt. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union escalates its battle against the cloakmakers' union leadership, with the general board demanding explanations from strike committee leaders about their handling of a 25-week strike involving 20,000 workers.

This December 1926 front page captures America's Jewish immigrant community grappling with rising antisemitism during the height of the Roaring Twenties. Ford's Dearborn Independent had been publishing anti-Semitic articles since 1920, including reprints of the fabricated Protocols of the Elders of Zion. His refusal to engage seriously with Jewish leaders reflects the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories that would have tragic consequences decades later. The labor disputes show how Jewish immigrants were fighting for economic dignity in America's garment industry, while the Schwarzbard trial represents the community's struggle for justice after the devastating Ukrainian pogroms that killed over 100,000 Jews between 1918-1921.

• Rebecca Bradley, a young college-educated woman in Houston, robbed the Farmers National Bank of Buda for $910, with her bail set by a mayor and a University of Texas history professor
• A street procession of 2,000 people in Warsaw's Jewish quarter celebrated the Keren Kayemet jubilee, with pioneers dressed in white and blue carrying flags while singing Hatikvah openly in the streets
• The paper notes that Columbia University needs $60 million for its fund capital or it won't be able to properly continue its work, with President Nicholas Murray Butler reporting a deficit of $888,011.28
• An orphanage from Kovno (Kaunas) is being transferred to Palestine, with the Keren Kayemet providing 1,000 dunams of land in Beit Shemesh for the building
• Samuel Hoch was hospitalized after three bandits attacked him during a holdup at his grocery store on South New Hampshire Avenue in Atlantic City

• Henry Ford's anti-Semitic campaign through the Dearborn Independent would eventually cost him dearly - he was forced to publicly apologize and pay substantial settlements in 1927, though his ideas had already spread globally and influenced Nazi ideology
• The Schwarzbard trial mentioned here would end with his acquittal in 1927, as French jurors accepted his argument that he was avenging pogrom victims - making him a folk hero to many Jews worldwide
• That $60 million Columbia University desperately needed would be worth over $900 million today, showing how even elite institutions struggled with funding in the 1920s
• The Yiddish press in 1926 New York was massive - this paper was one of several daily Yiddish newspapers serving over 2 million Yiddish speakers in America, making New York the largest Yiddish-speaking city in the world
• The mention of 'three cents daily' for this newspaper means it cost about 50 cents in today's money - when newspapers were the primary source of both local gossip and international news for immigrant communities