Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1944-01-07

              ^j\\y~Serving Ckjlumbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community'\j/\\^
Vol. 22. No  2      Entered OS Sccond-CloBB Matter, '       • Postofflco   Columbas,. Ohio.
COl,UMBV8, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7,  11M4
DnoMd to Amerieaa uid Jrwiab Idasla
Strictly Confidential
Tidblti^ Fro33i BTeiTTPhen By Phlneas J. Blron
POLI-ncAIi. ..
IRB Scoop! ... Dr. Arleh Tartak. over, member of the Executive of the World Jewish Congress, who left New York for London last week, was offered a port¬ folio In the Polish Govemment- In exile , . . But Dr. Tartakover 'declined the offer ... His posi¬ tion is that he cannot accept a seat in the cabinet unless the Polish government gives more tangible proof of Its opposition to anti-Semitic trends within ils own ranks . . . Tartakover was offered the Ministry of Health , . The American Zionist delegation that Is proceeding to England to confer with Weizmann and rep¬ resentatives from Palestine will consist of five memtiers . . . They are Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Rabbl Wolf Gold, Chaim Green¬ berg, Rabbi Israel Goldstein and Mrs. Rose Halpern . . . We pre¬ dict that David ben Gurlon's resignation, which will be a main topic of discussion, will be ac cepted . . . Harry Hershfleld has decided that the ultimate fate of Hitler and Goering should be to sel've as a pair of bookends for "Meln Kampf". . . . EPISODE ...
t% At the recent hearing before the House Forelgii Affairs Com¬ inittee on the Hesolulion to Res¬ cue European Jews the foll(iwlng
..dlatogise. oecrurted betweenfeej.- resentatlve Karl Mundt and Wil¬ liam B. Ziff . . . The Congress¬ man asked; "What are the Jews — a religion, a race or a nation?" . . . Ziff embarked on an involv¬ ed explanation, which, however, failed to enlighten the Congress¬ man ... So the latter interrupted to ask; "What kind of a Jew would you call Congressman Bloom, for instance?" .. . Where¬ upon an embarrassing pause fell over the hearing . . . And some¬ where in the room a newspaper reporter leaned over and whis¬ pered to his neighbor: "That ans¬ wer wouldn't be fit to print" - . . THIS AND THAT ... Bib Did you know that the high altar In the Chapel of the Inter¬ cession, In New York's faiTied Trinity Parish, is constructed of 300 stones brought from Pales¬ tine? . . Millions of the city's subway riders learned this fact from a display card last month, so we thought we'd let you In on the secret . . . Attention, liberal forums: If you want to give your audience an unusual experience let them hear the Rev. Benjamin Richardson, Negro minister, .speak on problems of discrimin¬ ation - . . His listeners will.nev¬ er forget his direct, stralghtfor.
' ward and effective approach. .. JEWISH NEWS .... 1^ II was pressure from its con¬ stituency that compelled the Antl-Defamatlon League to make public its report on antl Semillc incidents in New York City . . . Some of the A. D. L. leaders had tried to keep this under cover . . The Rev. Richard Evans Is creat¬ ing a sensation . , . His transcon¬ tinental lour on behalf of the Zionist Organization is making thousands of converts' to the cause, Jewish and non-Jewish The Emergency Conference to Save European Jews, very much under fire from national Jewish organizalions, has relayed a most touching letter to us ... It is from an aged Jewish mother whose son is fighting in the South Pacific area . ., The moth- (Continued on Page 8)
ANTI-SEMITISM IN NEW YORK CITY STIRS WAVE OF PROTESTS
NEW YOBK (WNS)—The revel¬ ation last week by the Anti-Def¬ amation League of B'nai B'rith that the Washington Heights area of Manhattan was a nest of Anti-Semitic/ hoodlumi.sm, that Jewish boys In that seclion of the cily had been attacked by roving bands ot juvenile mar¬ auders and that synagogues in that region had been desecrated and smeared with swastikas pro¬ voked a wave of protests here among Jews and non-Jews alike.
Documenting its charge with alfldavits from Jewish children who had been assaulted and from Rabbis and ministers whose synagogues and churches had been desecrated, the Antl-De¬ famatlon League Issued a state¬ menl calling upon public offi¬ cials to take immediate and ade¬ quate action to eliminate the de¬ plorable situatlon-
The statement hy the Antl-De¬ famatlon League said: "The as¬ sault Incidents have a uniform pattern. In each case the hood¬ lum demands to know the re-1 ligion of his intended victim. If the victim admits he is Jewi.sh, or if the hoodlum concludes that this is the fact; an assault en¬ sues. The age range of the anti- Semitic hoodlums is ten to four¬ teen. They travel In;'groups of two to ¦ tea They rbairi the streets looWng for little Jewish hoys to assault and for Jewish property to desecrate. Because of the always present antljewish element in the as¬ sault, the situation, reasonably, catinot tie described as ordinary juvenile dellnquehcy".
In the meantime Commission¬ er of Investigation Wllllam B. Herlands announced .that a com¬ prehensive report of an investi¬ gation conducled by his depart¬ ment Into antl-Amerlcan iand antl-Semltlc vandalism would apon be submitted lo Fioreiio La Guardia. Mayor of the City of New York. He said the report would Include actual case his lories for the purpose of deter¬ mining the motives underlying the acts of the offenders.
In reply to questions submit¬ ted to him on the basis of the .^ntl-Defamatlon League's charg¬ es, Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine declared that "anti- Semitism is always a problem in a large, heterogenous clly such as New York". ¦
Meanwhile, the National Con¬ ference of Christiana and Jews called a meeting here of Protest¬ ant, Jewish and Catholic leaders to formulate plans how best to combat the anti-Semitic scourge. The conference will be held some time this week according to Wil¬ lard Johnson, vice president, who has Just completed studies pf similar outbreaks In Bridge¬ port. Hartford, Boston and Chi¬ cago.
During the week social, relig¬ ious and educallonal leaders in the areas where the vandalism look place held conferences how to stem the outbreaks, which In many instances resulted in ser¬ ious physical injury to Jewish children.
Following the Antl Defamation League's reports of continued vandalism in the Height! and other sections where the Cough- Unite movement was strong be¬ fore Pearl Harbor, the National Committee to Combat Anti- Se- (Continued  on Page  Four)
NOTICE!
Pledges of HMdnssnh Bond Drive, please honor Hame, hy going to Lnz-nnis Virtor\ Corner and mention HndjiH- sah'R name when buying ynur Bonds. If there are »ny questions concerning Olini' palgn, call Mrs. David Gold- sniiih,   chairman,   FA.   liO.'iS
Council Lecture At Home Of Mrs. Robt, Levy Next Wed.
Members of the Council nf Jewi.sh Women and Ihoir friends are Invited lo attend a lecture at the home of Mrs. Robert 1-cvy, 78 S. Drexel Ave., next Wednes¬ day at 2 P. M., when Rabbl Harry Kaplan will speak on ("The Romance Of Zlon Re¬ born"). The lecture Is the sec¬ ond of a series which has heen planned by the Council'.^ Educa¬ tion Committee heailed by Mrs. Roy Stone, and ia being offered without charge.
?'ollowing Rabbi Kaplan'.T dis course, tea will be served. Mrs. Levy wiil be assisted by the foi lowing ho.slesses: Mrs. Robert Leon, Mrs. Ben Yenkin, Mrs. Jo¬ seph Cohen, Miss Pearl Gordon, Mrs- Herbert Wi.se and Mrs. Louis Hoth.
HUNDREDS TO ATTEND EMERGENCY WAR CONFERENCE FOR PALESTINE IN CINCINNATI
HARTFORD, CONN. (JPS) — Sholem Asch, whose two latest best-sellers have been biographi¬ cal novels on Jesus and St. Paul, has been challenged to write "the Great Biblical Novel" using Moses as his subject. Rabbl Leon Spitz, writing In The Jew Ish Ledger of this city, has urg¬ ed this upon the novelist, saying that "Sholem Asch has already wriiten, and with greal success, a greal Christian novel".
Albert  .Schlff
Five hundred fir more .lewish communal leaders from aii parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia and Tennessee are expected al lhe Emergency War Conference for Palestine at the Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati, this Sunday, .Ian. !), on Ihe basis of advance roservntions. The conference, lo be staged under the auspices of the United Pal¬ estine Appeal, wiil bring togeth¬ er a group of distinguished, authoritative .speakers to lead in ai dlsqusslon.centering about ways and means to rescue the persecuted Jews of Europe and to open up Palestine as a haven for the refugees.
Luncheon reservations ($1.50 per plate) may still be sent lo Mr. Oscar Berffian, .IIS Plum St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The delegates will be welcom-
Srlialor A. W. Barkley   .
ed to Cincinnati by Mayor James Garfield Stewart, Herbert B. Blocli, president of the Cincin¬ nati Jewish Conmiunlly Council and Herliert B. Bernstein, Chair¬ man of the. Zionisi Council of Cincinnati.
B'NAI B'RITH INSTALLATION BANQUET WILL DRAW RECORD ATTENDANCE SUNDAY EVE.
All plans have been complet¬ ed for what promises to be the biggest event on the B'nal B'rith calendar for IDIl, the instaila Hon banquet this Sunday eve¬ ning, Jan. nth at fi:30, in the so¬ cial hall of the East Broad Street Temple. Reservations, accord Ing lo Waller Kalz. chairman, are nearlng the 400 mark a.nd only those with reservation ack¬ nowledgments will be given first seating accommodations.
Master of ceremonies for this affair will be Rabbl Harry Kap¬ lan, director of Ohio Slale Uni verslty B'nai B'rilh Hlllel Foun¬ dation. Those who are lo have Important parts on the evening's program are E. J. Schanfarber, who will Inslall the new officers; Justin 1.. Slilijian, pre.senlalion lo lhe outgoing president. Ber nard Feitlinger; Mrs. Melville Frank, piano .selections; Rabbl Jerome D. Folkman, of Jackson, Mich., guesl speaker.
The new president who wlii as.sume office that evening Is Ed Schlezlnger, son of the late I. H. Schlezinger, for many -years an outstanding Jewish" citizen of Columbus. For "I. H,". as he was affectlonalely known to hundreds in this community, this Sunday evening would have been one of the happiest mo¬ ments of his life—to see his son assume the leadership of Zion Lodge. Nevertheless, his spirit will be there, and the plaque which adorns the wails of the audltorluhi    where    the    B'nal
Fid  Schlezinger
B'rith Installation is lo be held. Is ample testimony lo I. H. Schlezinger whose leadership of the Broad Street Temple has made It foremost among conser¬ vative congregations in the mid die west.
Other officers who are to be Installed that evening are: Al¬ lan Tarshlsh, Isl Vlce-Pres.; Sid¬ ney L. Kalz, 2nd VIce-Prea; Har¬ ry S. Goldstein, Asst. Monitor; Samuel Luper, Warden; Joseph Levison, Guardian; J. C. Good¬ man, Treasurer; Sam R- Topol¬ osky, Secretary; Jack Myers, Trustee.
Priim Colnmbns those attend¬ ing the Cincinnati Confer- once this week-end Include Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Abramson,- M. R. Unrka, Morris.ChanlB, Mr. and Mrs.; David Gal!iet.v ^aMiir Samuel Gnpi Mr. and lUfrs. Beit Grossman, Simon Immerman, Ellis G. Krupnick, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Linick, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mellman, Aibort Scliiff, Harry Schwartz, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Schwartz, Gilbert Slegel, A. I. Yenkln and Fred Yenkln.
The principal speakers will be U. S. Senator Alban W. Barkley, of Kentucky, majority leader In lhe U. S. Senate; Dr. James G. Heller, chairman of the National Administrative Council of the Zionist Organization of America; Dr. Joshua Loth Liebman, Rab¬ bi of Temple Israel, Boston; Dr. Baruch Braunstein, New York, historian and aulhority on the Near Easl and Rabbi Leon I. Feuer, director of the Washing¬ ton office of the American Zion¬ ist Emergency Council. Rehabilitation
Achievements in the rehabili¬ tation of Palestine and Pales- line's contribution to the war will be among the principal sub¬ jects "for discussion. Specifical¬ ly, the questions listed on the program for consideration are: "Palestine's Social, Economic and Political Condition", "Signi¬ ficance of Palestine In thj Post- War Solution of Jewish "'Home¬ lessness", "Implementation of the Balfour Declaration, Revoca-
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TIEMPLB SISTERHOOD AND BROTHERHOOD IN JOINT MEETING
Rose E- Lazarus Sisterhood of the Bryden Road Temple will hold their annual joint meeting with the Brotherhood nexl Tues¬ day, Jan. llth, 8 P. M., tn the Temple Vestry. Professor Har¬ old J. Grlnmi, ot the History De¬ partment of Ohio State Univer¬ sity, will speak on the "Prere¬ quisites of Peace". A reception will follow the meeting.
Mrs: Herbert Wise and Slg L. Weisskerz are co-chairmen for this event,      i