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COLUMBUS, om Permit No. 68
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume I -r- Number lo.
COLUMIJUS. Oino, APRIL 28, 1922.
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BIG DEMONSTRATION OPENS N. Y. KEREN HAYESOD CAMPAIGN
5,000 Volunteers Begin Cahvass of New York Jcsws fojr Foun¬ dation Fund
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.NEW YORK.—Carnegie Hall was ¦jammed to overflowing la.5t Siuulay cvc- :ning with 3,500 inert hiul women who came to pai'ticipatc in the meeting that formally opened a $3,000,000 campaign for the Keren Hayesod in New York 'City.. Mo.st of those present were part •of the hrmy of 5,000 volunteers who beRfiH on Sunday to canvass among the Jews of New York City for the .Pales¬ tine Foundation Fund.
Tho sixteen campaign sections of the greater city were all represented, and their volunteers carried banners stating the number of Keren Hayesod volun¬ teers' they   represented.
Enthusiasm Prevails
The 'enthusiasm that prevailed throughout the meeting, and which was given expression by the frequent ap¬ plause that interrupted the speakers, was indicative of the intense devotion to Palestine which animated the several thousand volunteers present in the hall.
Samuel Untermyer, honorary chair¬ man of the campaign, presided over the meeting. He was introduced by Mr. Herman Conheim, treasurer of the Keren Hayesod.
Mr. Untermyer received a great ova¬ tion as he stepped upon the platform. Speaking of the Keren Hayesod Cam¬ paign, Mr. Untermyer said in his open¬ ing speech:
"Dare Not Fail"
"It is an adventure in which we can¬ not, must not, will not and' dare not fail.    I .have no misgiving about the great victory we shall achieve for the people of our ricf by wljat wc are to do :':3^\if(e'^ie4mp.i'ga-thatjii..i«^):,.arar(!i(A;b' ' open.  T say we 'dare not fail because the honor of the Jews of the world is pledged to the success of this movement. "I want to say just a word to you about the Keren Hayosod, the Palestine Foundation Fund the basis upon which , this great undertaking is to be carried to   its   sbccessful  consummation.    The Keren   Hayesod   is   a   platform   upon which all Jews can unite, regardless of any other views that they may have on the general question of Zionism.
' Zionist and Non-Zionist
"It is one upon which the Zionist and non-Zionist can meet. It is a platform for a homeland for the downtrodden of our race in the land where they will be surrounded by all the traditions of their race. , The idea is inspiring, and I have never been able to understand how any- ¦ body could withstand the appeal of the Keren Hayesod or of this movement. ,It brings a flush of pride to the face of every decent and self-respecting Jew, no matter what he may think on any other subject. The idea and the imagi¬ nation of the persecuted men and women of our race from Eastern and South¬ eastern Europe and from all over the country, having this beacon light of peace and liberty and usefulness held out to them, is one that must stir the imagi¬ nation of the most callous of them, and I can well understand why this great army of volunteers has rushed gladly to the stand that is set for them by such an inspiring movement.
(Continued on page 8.)
DENY RUMORS OF
SAMUEL'S  RESIGNATION
LONDON, (J. T. A.). The rumors current in iLondon yesterday regarding the early retirement of Sir IIer1)ert Samuel as High Commissioner for Pal¬ estine aro characterized a.s "gossip" in Colonial Office circles to which the Jew¬ ish Telegraphic Agency applied for con¬ firmation.
The reports originated in the PM Mall Gazette and Globe, where it was said that "Sir Herbert Samuel's stay in the Near East is unlikely to be pro¬ longed," and in the conflict known to be existing between the High Commis¬ sioner and Winston Spencer Churchill, Secretary for the Colonies, over the dis¬ patch of 700 cx-Royal Irish Constabu¬ lary men as the Palestine Gendarmerie, Sir Herbert Samuel is believed to ob¬ ject to' the gendarmerie on the ground of its costliness.
Zionism aihd Reform
ARE THEY RECONCILABLE?
By JuDr.icIIicNitY^ j. Dannkniiaum.
The Chinese police- at Harbin recently banned the meeting scheduled to be held by the Jewish Women's Glub of this city — an organization which has existed fdr the last 15 years, concern¬ ing itself'with charity work exclusively. A meeting of the "Zeire Zion" was re¬ cently given similar treatment, and it appears that the Chinese police are pur¬ suing a systematic policy of hampering the work of Jewish organizations and institutions.
COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 2
A very important meeting of the Local,Section of the Council of Jew¬ ish Women iviH take place at the Temple next Tuesday, May 2, at 2:00 p.,'-m.  ¦¦¦'¦¦¦
All members are urged to be pres¬ ent. Matters of pressing signiiicance will be taken,up and discussed at this meeting, which will be the last one of the season.
REiMEMBER —COUNCIL MEET¬ ING, MAY 2ND, AT 2ilS P. M.
Big British Labor Leader Finds the Holy Land Reviving
Describes   -Wonderful   Achieve.
mepts Accomplished by
Jewish Colonists
By  J.  Ramsay  Macdonald
(Specially Written for the Ohio Jewish Chronicle) Nowhere can one study the eternal conflict between age and youth, the new wine and the old bottles, better than in these regions.
In Egypt, it is seen in the old familiar form of the tutored demanding free¬ dom from the tutor; in Palestine it arises from a conflict between two civili¬ zations brought into contact by immi¬ gration.
Effect  of Zionism
Zionism has blown over the dry bones of Judaism and once again the faces and the feet of many Jews are turned to Zion. ¦
I have talked to them here in the im¬ migrant encampment on the sandy shore of Jaffa just off the sea; in Jeru¬ salem, waiting for something to do, or on one or another of the many com¬ mittees of settlement; in tents on the slopes of Gilboa, reclaiming the waste spaces, by the Sea of Galilee, where they are making roads and bridging the Jordan.
Jewish Camps
One afternoon as I was crossing the Plain of psdraelon, close to the spot where Saul fought his last fight and fell before the Philistines, I was met by a country cart and jolted over some mile or two of unmade road to one of these new Jewish camps at Nuris, on the northern slopes of Mount Gilboa. Just beyond the spring where it is said Gideon selected his army of the three hundred men who "lapped of the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth," I found their tents. Most of them were in the fields, but the anvil in the smithy was clanging, saws and planes were go¬ ing in the carpenter's shop, through an open door I saw a dentist at work, and in the kitchen pots and pans were rat¬ tling.
Consisted of ISO Persons
The community consisted of 150 per¬ sons, selected from those who, as mem¬ bers of the tabor Cgrps, had, worked on road-making for twelve months. They had settled upon a large piece of land between the railway and the top of the hill, part of which is a swamp and all of it practically out of culti¬ vation.
There they . are planting 14,000 eucalyptus trees of sixty varieties, 4,000 pines, 500 cypresses^ 10,000 olives together with .apple orcl^ards, vine¬ yards, tobacco plantations, and orange groves; they are starting nurseries for the supply of plants; especially trees; they are. digging and preparing the (Continued on page i.) I
The house of worship in whichjl feci most at home is a reform Templ6.^ This may be due to early cnvironmentj|' But it is not without support in rriy jiidg.' ment. At any rate, it is the place ("rom which I now Write.
I am also a Zionist. I was not;.'itw.iyi; one.' Nor was I merely a Noii'Zionist in tho early days of that movement in America. I was an Anti-Zionist and at every opportunity, from tlic platform and in the press, fought it aggres.<ively; This change of front is my warrant fot' -1 word to tho^e with whom I,was in recent accord. And I claim the hear¬ ing more readily because of the con¬ viction that the Zionist program is not only consistent with Messianic -Judaism but conducive to its fulfillment.
Various Concopttolts ~
There are various conceptions o£ Judaism, ranging from nationality to faith. In some minds, all of the con-' ccptions make a greater whole.j Others contend that their individual conception is exclusive of the others. But all must admit that the Jewish People is the ve¬ hicle in which the conception,lives and through which it must be expressed.
It logically follows that the physical welfare of the Jewish people is'a con¬ cern of every J^w who wants fo per¬ petuate hfs.ow'n conception of Judaism. In these days o£ knti-Scmitism and of restrictions upon immigratiop,' it is un¬ necessary to dilate upon the potcnti£|l value of a publicly recognized/legally secured home for Jews in Palestine.
Much  Decried,,
A Jewish State in Palestine has fce'eti much decried. There are * fears of' a union of church and statp,.'with'''c6Jise- quent intolerance and per&eeutlorti,' "A' sufficient answ?r is that the terriiB o^ the British Mandate- secure rcljgiou5^< 'iberty to all the inhabit^ft^vfif'thWlahdi'!
Jcwiali Status EUowhoro
An associate fear is that the existence of a Jewish State in Palestine may affect tlic political status of Jews in other lands. There is no doubt that the Jews of Palestine would be nationals of that country. The saine would happen if a majority of the people in Argentina were Jews, and they controlled the, political and social institutions of that! cduntry. .Btit it does not 'follow .that Jews in~ the United ,Stntc3 would become na¬ tionals of Argentina. International law even recognizes thp right of expatri¬ ation, to changd allegiance,  ,.
We are familiar with'the case of the immigrant wh6 is granted the full rights of giti?enshjp when he takes 'the oath prescribed.' But the"'former English¬ man, German or Frenchman is not re¬ quired or expected to forswear devotion to the culture of his nativity. True, in the second or third generation that de¬ votion is lost. But what is the differ¬ ence in political principles or state policy between a cultut'al devotion which lasts sixty years and one which is trans¬ mitted six hundred years'?
It is possible,' ais ate' rriOVf ujiaj^marjf td*K.iroN\y<\, ti-i?Vl4jri'4^
public affairs of Palestine, spiritual fac¬ tors may exercise an excessive influ¬ ence.
That they will exercise some influence may be expected from the People of the Book. And no student of modern his¬ tory can. fail to realize that the ethics of religion ^re becoming a strong ele¬ ment of government policy in enlight¬ ened countries. It would not be a mean role for the Jewish people to express through the institutions of a Jewish state those legal principles and social conceptions which are characteristically Jewish.
The Complete Answer
Fortunately, the complete answer is that' there is no longer any antagonism between the cultures of the' earth. Na¬ tions are borrowing of each other. The thought, ethical, scientific and general, of. one land is translated ' into the language of the others. There is even an exchange of professor^, of students. Not only the Jews of America, but all ciiltured Americans \vould drink of the Jewish culture" which flows, from the" rocks or is drawn from the wells of Palestine. "Nothing would' prevent lAJiicncan Jevifs from bringing-original oKCrings of,'th«!''same character to the attar^'of their poli^fical,allegiance.-¦' ' '.¦'.¦]!Pj)e_ charge that'' a^y,--American, Jew ift^afd' be, less* "4,evbte'd 'to its .institutions,
service if a Jertvish stateexist'ed in Pal¬ estine, has no basis' in his psychology or his history. The only righteous test, the only test compatible with self-re¬ spect, is not whether a charge Would be made but whether it would be justified. So long as the American Jew does his duty as man and citizen, he may con¬ fidently expect to have the good will of his fair-minded neighbors. The good will of the others he has not, has never had and will not acquire, though a Jew¬ ish State in Palestine revert to an irides¬ cent dream.
JUNIOR SECTION, C. J. W. TO MEET NEXT SUNDAY AT TEMPLE AT 2:30 P. M.
The next meeting of tltc local Junior Section of tho Council of Jewish Women will take place at tho Temple, Sunday afternoon, April .10, at 2:30 P. M. This meeting will be a very im¬ portant one and it is hoped that all members will be auro to at¬ tend.
Tho Nominating Committee consisting of Rosina Weiler, Marcus Wolf, Saul Friedman, Saih Deutsch and Melville Frank will present their list of ''' nominees for the executive of- 'fices and the board of directors for the coming year,
Tho delegates to the National i Conventio'n of the Junior .Sec¬ tions of the country (Marcus Wolf and Dorothy Mitchell) which was held last week at Chicagro, will rej^gpt on the pro- coedings which took place^'at this important gathering. Elec¬ tion of ofiicori' will also take place. Tho present officers o| the local Junior Section, C. J. W. aro an follows: President, Joe E Topper; 'Vico''_Presidont, Bon Ratner; Treasurer, Marcus Wolf; Secretary, Dorothy Mitchell. The organization will be one year old next Sunday.
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Charges Lloyd ,George Initiated Genoa Conference: to Please ,' Jewish Friends
(Special'to Ohio Jewish Chf-onicle) LONDON,  (j: C. B.)—The "Morn¬ ing. Post,"' in its last Friday's issue, gives pride of place';fo a lengthy leading ar-
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. "The Prime Minister is going to Genoa," it asserts, "not because his presence is necessary to our foreign policy, 'but because he desires io con¬ ciliate certain political forces and to injure others. He desires, in fact, to make a demonstration towards the Left. He believes it will please the British Labor Party and his own Radical and Jewish friends if he demonstrates his good will at once towards Soviet Rus¬ sia and Germany.
STATE OFFICERS OF THE L 0. B. B.
HOLD_MEETING
Heads  of  Lodges of  Ohio and
Kentucky Discuss Current
Problems,
RABBI S. S. MAYfeRBERG
ELECTED PRESIDENT
(Continued on page S)
Jewish Head of Great London Daily Visiting In U. S.
Ralph   Blumenfeld   Purchases $220,000 Worth of Machin¬ ery in America
NEW YORK-—A man of American birth and training who has become the head of a great London newspaper oc¬ cupies a unique position in the social system, one in fact, heretofore non- existant.
Sdch a distinction belongs to Mr. Ralph Blumenfeld, editor of the London Daily Express, who is now en route for London after a flying visit to this coun¬ try with the object of purchasing $220,- OOO machinery for his publication.
Features of Trip
One of the features of Mr. Blumen- feld's American trip was a visit to those Wisconsin forests from which he fled when he was a boy filled with a longing for the life and opportunities' of great cities.
He has a liking for journalism of a definite sort and from his Wisconsin forests, which had become too confining for so vaulting a spirit, he made his way through Milwaukee and Chicago newspaper oflices to New York,
Knew Two Things
"I knew Iwo things wlien 1 jirrived in New York with $1.75 left after trav¬ eling expenses," said Mr. Blumenfeld. "These two things wers the Astor House and the New York "Herald. I went straight to the Astor HouiC and then I aiiplied for a job oil thcllorald."
He didn't get it--npt then. But that didn't turn him from his objective. He did become a member of the staff of the Evening Telegram later on and then its edlitor. Later lHv. James'Gordon Ben¬ nett sent him to London as resident cor¬ respondent.
(CoHtinued on page 4.)
Professor Challenges Jewish Title to Land of Palestine
Says Lodge Resolution Violates
Principle of Self-Determin-
ation
WASHINGTON, (J. T. A,)—At the hearing yesterday before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House on the Zionist Resolution, introduced by Repre¬ sentative Hamilton ftsh of New York, Professor Reed, introducing himself as a member of the faculty of Yale uni¬ versity since 1897, spoke in opposition to the passage of the Resolution now pending before both Houses. Mr. Reed is assistant Professor of English Liter¬ ature, but laid particular stress on the fact that he was speaking in an individ¬ ual capacity, and not on behalf of the university. ,
'Visited Palestine
Professor Reed said that he had vis¬ ited Palestine soon after the Armistice, after having served as a Red Cross Commissioner in Europe, In his opinion the inhabitants of Palestine had no say in the matter of the Mandate and are un¬ reservedly opposed to Zionism and the Balfour Declaration. He urged the Committee to Reject the Resolution, as it was an attempt on the part of the Zionists to involve America in a dan¬ gerous scheme, and also because it sought to violate the principles of self- determination.
Not Anti-Jewish
Professor Reed disclaimed any mo¬ tives of anti-Jewish prejudice basing his argument, he said, oh "Zionist Docu¬ ment's," He read extracts from various Zipnists publications giving various ver-. sions of the history of the drafting of the Balfour Declaration. One of these versions stated that America was largely responsible for the Declaration, he said, (Continued on page Q.)     '
A .splendid conclave of the officers of B'nai B'rith lodges in Ohio and Ken-" lucky took place in this city la-st Sunday, April gn, at the Southern Hotel.
The meeting was opened with a prayer by Rabbi S. S. Maycrbcrg of Dayton, Ohio. Next came a most interesting and forceful address by Alfred M. Co¬ hen of Cincinnati, the outRoing presi¬ dent of the State Qrg^nizatlon.
Forty-twct. rppresentattv'cs 'from ten lodges nttemlet! the gathering, and in the course of the mooiinsr manifested their h«°'l,.i'\t.C^f t in IVnai B'rith ideas and
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• • The purpose of tiie mcelmg which \vas ihb conducting of a forum on practical problems of the Order was carried out admirably and in an energetic and en¬ thusiastic spirit.
' The subject of Americanization re¬ ceived special attention, during the mofn- mg session. Rabbi Mayerberg's address on this great question evoked a great deal of discussion among a number of . the local as well as out-of-town dele-''" gates.
'Other practical problems were pre¬ sented and discussed by the Ben B'riths present- during the ' afternoon session which began at 1:30.
¦    Meyers Leads  Discussion
'Jacob Meyers led a discussion on So¬ cial Service Work being done by 1. O. B. B, lodges in this' state and in Ken¬ tucky. ¦ .        ,     ' • '
Other subjects discussed were;   (a). Social activities,  (b) Propaganda,   (c) Finances-dues, (d) Publicity to get prop- ' er lodge attendance, (e) "dther discus:
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thc-m«re-impo/tant'or''the' t-wa'^ihiKiir^' held by the State Oflicers. Su.idav an unusually large number of delegates took part in the business of the after¬ noon session. Evidently the practical problems of the B'nai B'rith is very near to the heariss of all those who were here last Sunday, for they all. took- great interest in all the proceed¬ ings of the conference.
Election  of  Officers
The election of State oflicers for the coming year also took ulace in the after¬ noon and resulted as follows: President or  State Chairman,  Rabbi Samuel  S. (Continued on page 6.)
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"So far from being a genuine Labor movement," continues the 'Morning Post,' it (Bolshevism) is run by a gang of anarchists, chiefly Jewish, who know nothing of Labor, and care less."      ^^^m—-—i—1. —.--.
The   conclusion   of   the   article   >^**^2iK,if A ^t couched in the form of a solemn warn-L«!CW^l^%^^
"As to the Jewish part in this busi-CATESSEN   SHOPPE ness, the Jews have always protested (''¦si» quniity catnitioi for picnics, their innocense of any share in this rev—\v spkci.vi, aitention   - olutionary movement,  and   we  believe rue breakfast table and two chairs that many Jews are entirely sincere in their protestations of innocence.   But it nevertheless is true that there is a very strong  suspicion of Jewish affiliations with Kussian Revolution.
"It may be prejudice, but it is at least supported by a very, great deal of evi¬ dence and a very large number of witnesses. Now, it may be coincidence that the Prime Minister is said to lean rather heavily upon Jewish advice in these international conferences and Rus¬ sian advances. We warn our Jewish friends that if this recognition is pushed through, it will heigihten this prejudice or suspicion still further.''
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CHURCHILL REAFFIRMS INTENTION TO ADHERE TO BALFOUR DECLARATION
LONDON, (J. 'T. A.)—Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies rc-affirmed the Government's intention to establish the National Home for the Jewish people in Palestine, when he answered aflirmatively to a question by . Mr. Curzon. Secretary Churchill added that the policy laid down by Sir Arthur J. Balfour in his letter dated November 2nd, 1917, to Lord Roths¬ child, was being pursued and that he was "unprepared to reconsider that policy.  '
The Speaker refused to allow the question by Mr, Curzon as to whether it was true that 69 per cent of tlie Zionists going to Palestine came from Riissia and Poland, and why the Brit¬ ish taxpayers shbuld be made to bear the expensd of the Palestine administra¬ tion.
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