Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1946-05-31

              JIHROINICLE
Si^yy   Serving Coluinbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \JP^
Vol. 24, No. 22
COLUMBUS, OHIO, PRIDAY, MAY .11, l»4fl
Datetad  to  Amarrcan fnd  Jcwiih  Idtill
United Jewish Fund Campaign
Off to Rousing i^tart At Rally
Women's Division Opens U.J. F. Drive At Dinner Meeting Last Monday
Spurred on by the realization that the 1!M6 Women's Division Campaign of the United Jewish Fund of Colum¬ bus has become "a major part of the fight against extinct¬ ion" for their surviving kin in Europe, including some 150,000 children, over 200 women workers were in attend¬ ance at a dinner last Monday evening at the Seneca Hotel at which time the official opening of the campaign was launched.
Mrs. Allen Gundershelmer gave the opening prayer antl paid a glowing tribute lo the- late E. J. Schanfarber, outstand¬ ing local leader who up lo Ihe time of iV\s death, July 1, 1044, was presitient of the United Jewish Fund. Mrs. William . Schlff, Women's Division chair¬ man, welcomed the women pres¬ ent and lauded the splendid ef¬ forts of the Majors arid Work¬ ers In this year's drive.
Mrs. Simon Lazarus, co-chair¬ man of the Women's Division introduced the Hillel Players at Ohio State University who pre¬ sented a radio skit called "Wall of Zion", one of the moat touch¬ ing and Inspiring pieces of real¬ istic tragedies, which put the dinner meeting in a receptive mood.
Mrs. E. J. Gordon, who for many years had rendered yeo¬ man service for the Jewish un¬ fortunate coming to odi'''shores, appealed to the workers for the support of this greatest of all humanitarian endeavours. Jew¬ ish women ot. "Columbus, she said", must realize that every dollar held back In this cam¬ paign means a life snuffed out somewhere in Europe. Some¬ how, we must bring this import¬ ant message to the women ot Columbus: Men, women and children in Europe are waiting for your help. They will Uve only If you will give liberally." Seated at the speakers table were Mrs. J. D. Schecter, Mrs. Sam Schlonsky and Mrs. Mar¬ jorle Wasserstrom Gross, Chair¬ man of the Junior Division.
The presence at the dinner of Simon Lazarus, president of the United Jewish FVind, who came uninvited, added greatly to this memorable occasion.
Mrs. Louis Madison was re¬ sponsible for the beautifully decorated tables that evening.
Chaplain Herschel Schacter.j guest speaker, who was intro- . duced by Mrs. William Wasser- stsom, gave a simple but mov¬ ing eye-witness account of the indescribable and tragic horrors which the Jews Underwent in Buchen-A'ald and other concen¬ tration camps of Europe. He was the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Buchenwald con¬ centration camp after liberation day. The real tragedy ot these miserable and tortured people, Chaplain Herschel pointed out lies In the stark reality that lib¬ eration to them 13 months ago has only proved to be a "cruel and hollow mockery."
Those pitiful and half-crazed Jews who survived the misery and horrors of the. war are still in concentration camps, naked starved, and deep In despair and disappointment because the promises   that came   from
Dr.  .lo.scph   Hyman
Rabbl HcrBChel Schocter
American Jewry with their lib¬ eration has after 13 months .be¬ come only empty Hes.
"If Immediate help for those people is not forthcoming," Chaplain Herschel charged, "it will only mean that we in Amer¬ ica are willing to see the job that Hitler started finished by our  own  hands."
That the women of Columbus had opened their hearts to the plea for help from overseas and In extending a generous hand to give our suffering people In Burope the means to live and regain their self respect was re¬ vealed . by   Increased   contribu-
Meeting Of Jewish Community Council Thursday, 8 P. M.
The next quarterly meeting the Jewish Community Council will take place • next Thursday, June 6, af the Schonthal Center, at 8 p. m. The principal mat¬ ter on tlie agenda will be furth..T discussion of the proposed mer¬ ger plan of the Federation, Cen¬ ter and Council. Several im¬ portant reports will also be made by Committee Chairmen.
All member organizations of the Jewish Community Council are asked to have their election or appointment' of new dele¬ gates for the year 1046-47. The new delegate list must be ready by July 1st, 1940.
The new administration will take effect with a quarterly nieetlng scheduled for Septem¬ ber ot this year.
Last Tuesday evening was truly an auspicious occa¬ sion—a moving and inspiring meeting at the Winding Hollow' Country Club when an unparalleled sum in con¬ tributions was realized from some 275 men -in attendance. It was a historic affair filled with enthusiasm—a solemn enthusiasm of Columbus Jewish community going forth with determination to do its part and '^o helli others do likewise for our people concerned with over 55 causes rep¬ resented by the United Jewish Fund of this city.
I. W. Garek, veteran of many .Fund Campaigns, a majority cf which he served as chairman of the organization committee and now general chairman of the 1940 Drive, revealed to hia audience a clear picture of tho tremendous responsibility facing the Joint Di.stribution Committee and United Palestine Appeal, in feeding and rehabilitating the Eurpoean Jew.s and at the same time to carry on various charitable, welfare, religious and civic protective activities at home. Mr. Garek declared that al no time in the history of the Jewish people has the dramatic situation faced a single group as it does American Jewry. With hundreds of thousands of .lewish brethren surviving the great debacle in Europe, they now look to the remnant in America lo . pull them through in their greiitest hour of travail, he said.
ColumbuS Jewry, Mr. Garek continued, is united once again in this, the most urgent appeal ot all time. Our people here are aware ot the Importance ot this all—out effort for relief and rescue in their fullest measure. I can safely say that we will- reach our goal and It is our hope that we shall exceed It by many thousands of dollars. We will not stop until every person has contributed—that each one miist feel that the whole bijrden rests upon him in saving an entire people {gain >¦»'>). pxt'ntctio" This year's campaign Is to breathe new:'iuin.'xiitu uin piuscrate" form of European Jewry, Mr. Garek coripluded.
Simon Lazarus, president of. the United Jewish Fund of Columbus, presided. He paid a high tribute to the leaders and workers in this year's drive and to the magnificent contribu¬ tions already made by Columbus Jewry.
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The namesof the following workera were inadvertently oniitled In la^ week's issue of the Chronicle: Mesdames Morris Skilken, Herman Co¬ han, Louis (iarfield, Albert Sugarman, McIvIn Ncivniaii, OU.S Keich and Chester SUln- bach.
Noted Educator Is Speaker At Hebrew School Graduation
tlons over last year.
"Here," said Mrs. Schiff, "one fell that those present were not thinking In terms of money but rather that before their eyes they saw the children tor whom their money would mean a chance to live again, a chance lo be brought into the land of Palestine and there once more see sunlight and know what it is to be a free human being not hounded to death by the spectre of' starvation and lack of shelter."
"If the spirit we witnessed Monday night prevails through¬ out the other divisions that are to be solicited, Columbus will not only go over the top but will look back upon this campaign as an incident In their lives from which the entire commun¬ ity benefitte.d," Mrs. Schlff con¬ cluded.
Dr. M. Ziilennky
A class of 10 studenLs will graduate from the Columbus Hebrew School Sunday (tomor¬ row) at 2:15 P. M. As a large at¬ tendance is expected, the grad¬ uation exercises will take plaip at the Columbus Gallei-y of Fine Arts, 480 E. Broad St., Instead df al the Hebrew School build¬ ing on East Rich St.
A splendid program has been (Continued on Page Four)
Hyman Miiin Speaker
Thirty thousand Jews died in German Concentration camps af¬ ter their liberation.
"We might have saved them if we had had the money, the food, the medicine, the clolhirlg and adequate housing. ' It was again a case of 'too little and too late.'"
The  statement was  made  by Joseph   Hyman,   executive   vice president of the Jewish Distri¬ bution  Committee,   in  his  mes- .sage    at    the    opening    dinner Tuesday evening. There   is   still   a   chance   lo •ing rescue, relief and rehablli- tlon to a large portion of the 100,000    Jews    remaining    in urope—the   remnant   of   more liin   0,000,000,   he   said.   Their Dpe   for  salvation   lies   in  the impaign  now being conducted I America.
TcllH of Succor Mr. Hyman reported that tlie DC has sent overseas 3,000,000 Dunds of matzos and a large iiantity of wine, so that the jrvivors of Nazi bestiality may iserve the first Passover seder '    nee 1932.
He lold of a Jewish lad of II, who, being U>nght tho (our tra¬ ditional questions to usk at the Seder service, added a fifth, his own: "Is there iu this world any body who cures (or mc'? And Is there' a place to which I cun go'?"
"That Is the question we must answer tor him, and tens of thousands like him," Mr. Hy¬ man said.
"What has happened to our people in Europe is little known, inadequately understood. The sense ot despair, of homeless¬ ness of hundreds of thousands of jews is Europe is Indescrib¬ able. Nothing like it has been known m history. Nothing has approached it, unless It was the
expulsion   of   the   Jews    from Spain in the ¦l490's.
"Our work In dealing with the displaced persons covers' every continent. The United Palestine Appeal deals with What has be¬ come the heart's yearning of hundreds of thousands of oiu' fellow Jews—to rebuild their lives in, the land of our fathers, Palestine.
Some  to America
"Some few are finding their way to America. The newcom¬ ers must be absorbed and integ¬ rated with community life. That is the problem of the third agency in the UJA—the Refugee Service.
"Today, tor a considerable portion of the Jews in Europe— and particularly for that part that exists, not lives, in the former concentration camps In the American, British and l^ench zones^there is only one solution, only one program they demand and insist upon: The program of leaving the contin¬ ent ot Europe, which is literally drenched In the blood of their relatives, and going out to Pal-. estine, which they regard as going back home. This i? not a political Ideology, but a human¬ itarian factor, based on what it means to be a Jew In Europe— hot like being a Jew in the United States.
f      In Fear "In  Poland  the Jews  live  in tear and trembling today. Here a   weak   government   has' been set up, which is unable to give protection   to   the   80,000   Jews out  ot  the  3,300,000  who  lived there before the advent of Hit¬ ler.   They   do   not  know   when the   knock   may  come  on  the door, when bands of hoollgaxia may break in. "They receive death notices of (Continued on IPage Five)