Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1922-12-29

              ^
^
Central Ohio's Onl}f ,' Jetoish Neiospaper Reaching Every Home
®Ijp (i^Ipn J
A~-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER l-^OR THE JEWISH HOME
IjrOtttrb
Devoted to Jlmerican . and Jewish Ideals   \
Vohmie IV —No; 6
coi.uMHu.s, OHIO, i:)i-.(i':Mi5ia< 29, uj22
Per Year .$3.00; Per Copy loc
THE SEGREailON OF IMMIGRANTS OPPOSED BY TOD
Commissionor.    of    Immigration Tod Answers Proposal Result¬ ing from British Protest
SAYS ALL GROUPS
WOULD BE INCENSED
NEW YORK.—A pro'posal that im¬ migrants arriving at the ports of the United States he segregated according to races or groups, resulting from a protest -against conditions at Ellis Island, made hy British authorities is not favored by Robert E, Tod, Com¬ missioner of Immigration at Ellis Island,
"If we were to engage in a program , of segregation, , where should we be¬ gin?" he aske(l, "If the Jews were segregated they would be incensed, and the same holds good of other races and , of other people. The race issiie comes up because there are a few dark or colored people coming in, chiefly from the West Indies. Naturally, these peo¬ ple are given a dormitory to themselves wherever it can be arranged, on the ground that they elect to be by them¬ selves.   The Orientals are segregated,
"Any atttempt at segregation into special groups would lead to many evil practices, such as graft and bribery, I don't see how it can be done. It cer tainly cannot be done in a democratic spirit.
"It is diflicijit to please everybody. There are some persons coming first and,second class who'should be in the third class, and others traveling third class who ordinarily would come first class. The excliange situation has af- . fected immigration, too. Some' who conlie first class think they can avoid rigJd inspection, but they are mis¬ taken." , '
Referring  directly  to   the  complaint
of   British   authorities,   -Commissioner
Tod said the immigrant from England
is quite the same as the immigrant from
' any  of  the  northern  European   coun-
;-(- t"V!-.'*'?o4 t?^3ti"t his",opinion there was
¦   Isehalf;    „     "'    ¦     ¦       '- ¦ ¦'   (
"Perliaps tile chief complaints agairtst Ellis Island have been made by Eng- ' lish people," he continued. "I came from Scoltand to America when I was seventeen years old, and am therefore an English immigrant, yet I do not see why there sliould be. discrimination in favor of the English immigrant,"
PLAN  GIFT FOR HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
NEW YORK (J. C. B.)-Rcp- rcientaljivcs of the thir|ty-riv6 liberal Jewish congregations in New York City are completing arrangement* for the golden jubilee convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congre¬ gations and the Hebrew Union College to be held her.e Jan. 22-20.
The New York congregations hope to present $100,000 as a jubilee gift to tho Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, and $50,000 to defray tho gen¬ eral expenses of tho convention.
Membership Drive Is to be Launched by the Cols Hebrew School
Religious School Recently Dedi¬ cated on Rich St. in Great Need of Funds
MASS MEETING TO BE HELD TOMORROW 3 P.
M.
VOTE BY MAJORITY TO KEJECT EINSTEIN THEORY AS JEWISH PROPAGANDA
LEIPZIG (J. T. A,)—"Resolved that the Einstein theory, for which Jews liave made "such widespread propaganda, is hereby rejected, in view of lack of suffi¬ cient proof."
This is a literal translation of a pas¬ sage in the minutes of the Conference of German Students in Leipzig, just published, reporting a resolution adopted ' by an "overwhelming majority".
A Jewish paper, the "C. 'V, Zeitung", commenting on this resolution refers to it as a "German People's Culture Docu¬ ment',' and says "Poor Einstein is now finished. He will have to surrender the Nobel Prize, That the collective intel¬ lect of the world . stands in awe of this scientist; that in Poincare's France -even this German Professor has caused such a profound stir, that the President of, the United States had declared that he was proud to shake hands with the greatest living scientist, all this is noth¬ ing more than 'Jewish prbpaganda' to the Academicians in Leipzig," says this paper.
BRATIANO OPPOSES
MINORITY RIGHTS
]^UCHAREST (J, T. A.)—Equality of all Roumanian citizens is recognized in the draft of the constitution prepared by a Parliamentary Commission, This draft''recognizes none of the qualifica¬ tions which a former draft_ sought to impose on the Jewish citizens.   It guar-
.aiitees the equality of all citizens, re¬ gardless of origin, language or faith. Minority rights as such have no place in. the-new draft, it is learned, because Premier    Bratiano    has    set   himself
. against such rights, despite the previous undertaking by himself and his prede-
. cessors to respect them.
NAME TEL.AVIV STREET
AFTER BEN YEHUDA
In speaking on "The Potency of the Jewish Race" Charles W. Eliot, Presi¬ dent Emeritus of Harvard University, said:
"The Jews have always been distin¬ guished for their respect for learning and thejr zeal for education. In the Ghettos of Europe, under the most dis¬ couraging conditions, their Rabbis kept alive the ancient 'learning and through many centuries gave the elite of the using generation some mental training, when no instruction was to be had by the masses of mankind, A persecuted rate, provided it retains its vitality and elasticity, receives admirable training in loyalty to' its ideals. In the case of th6 Jews, there was a loyalty not only, to race, but to religion; and religionloyalty is the finest and most sustaining of all loyalties."     - -   . .
If we really believe tliat Judaism in
¦A!Pe,!;H"3.Uasa.J«tiJ.';?»,thi;>7j^vyc'„m(-.'st,,rf- enfdrce ourhfilicf fjy establishing - and maintaining tliosn i-nat'itutions whose puqiose 'it is to perpetuate Judaism, Until comparatively recently, houses of worship- and Jewish schools were re¬ garded as the bulwarks of the Jewish community, ind they still are among the most important "institutions. But it is sad to relate that the religious school or the Talmud Torahs are not given the proper support they deserve.
Membership Drive Jan. 1st
In Columbus the spiritual leaders in their respective congregations, are mak¬ ing a strong plea for the promotion of Jewish education in this city. The Co¬ lumbus Talmud Tora'h on Rich St, rep¬ resents in every detail the modern He¬ brew School that is mast needed for American Jewish youth. - But it cannot carry on its splendid work of Jewish education today without the financial support of Columbus Jewry,
The Board of Directors of the Co¬ lumbus Talmud Torah, at their meeting Dec, 25th, have decided to launch a ten-day membership ' drive ' beginning Monday, January 1st, Every organiza¬ tion has been asked to co-opcrate in making this drive a success.
A mass meeting is to be hela at the' Talmud Torah Building. on Rich St Sunday, Dec, 31st, at 3 P M„ on which occasion the Rabbis of the various con¬ gregations of Columbus are scheduled to speak.
If in the standardized Hebrew re¬ ligious schools or Talmud Torahs, built on a broad humanitarian basis, is to be found the security of our -spiritual com-' monwealth, then let every Jew of this city do his bit by enlisting himself as | a member of this worthy institution of Jewish  learning.
ASiSASSINATION OF PRES. NARUTOWICZ END OF OUTBREAKS
Fascisti   in  Poland  Referred  to
Martyred Head of Government
as "Jewish President"
ANTI-SEMITES CAUSE
THE REIGN OF TERROR
WARSAW, (J. T, A.)—Coming after a day of comparative quiet, the assassination of President Gabriel Naruiowicz, on Saturday, caused con¬ sternation among the Jews of War¬ saw, Apprehension was widespread that this triumph of violence oyer orderly governinent would lead to gen¬ eral attacks on Jews, if not actual pogroms, the beginnings of which have been evident ever since the election of the Martyred President, who had been denounced by the Fascisti as the "Jew¬ ish President,".
A later declaration of martial law by the Polish Cabinet produced a^ sense of security,-- The membership list of the "Rozwoj" Party has been seized by the police during a search at,the party's headquarters. The list is said to in¬ clude the majority of the active anti- Semites, who for three years have been advocatnig political and-economic boy¬ cott of tlie Jews and who are now iri the vanguard of the Polish Fascisti,   >,-
The rabbinical office of Warsaw an¬ nounced that special memorial servicca would be held in the synagogs on ttid; day of President Narutowicz's burial.
A motion demanding a tliorough in¬ vestigation into the rioting throughout Poland since, the inauguration ' of' President Narutowicz, resulting in the injuries of scores of Jews', was intro^'
HORRIBLE CONDITION IXISTING IN RUSSIA RELATED^Y BROWN
J. D. C.  Speqt  More In Russia
Tlian All Other Agencies I Combined
AMERICA ONLY LAND TO ,    DO CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
l)l-:TROfT, MICH,—Speaking be¬ fore PisRah Lodge No, ,11, I. O, B, B„ iDec. IH, David A, Brown, who recently Vctiirned from his European tour on the Irelief commission, pictured the ,horri- We conditions existing in Russia and slfscribed the work being done by the ^oiiit Distrilnttion Committee and the ,'Ainerican Relief Administration for the alleviation of the sufferings of the Jews end non-Jews in the Soviet countries. '}. .Mr, Brown's talk, which was perhaps |hc most descriptive of any ever' de¬ livered in this city on the conditions jdbroad, moved many in the audience to .tears, and a number volunteered, at the dose'of the meeting, to contribute to Oie relief fund that work may be con- Jtinucd for the saving of the unfortunate
^n the war countries,
1. -
iJi.Thc speaker led up to the present .conditions by relating the part that was 'playcd'''by Russia in the war. He spoke cif the 'Kcrensky government and-its rivcrthrpw-by the Soviet, Speaking of itllc Bolshevik regime, Mr, Brown said tliat communism in Russia was dead, Uiclt there is now a new policy and in¬ stead of a revolutionary movement for- .jvard .there is a new economic policy |iaclc\vards. The new economic policy te an acknowledged success and trading \i the order of the day,
\% Bands of Je-iv Killers
duced in both Houses of Parliamcnl: by'||;J,R,efer'ring to the destructive work Jewish members some days ago. -l^hiiyJ^Ssti'-.;,' was recently done in Russia asked that the motion be considere,tr«ni-»'>-'^'j:ain'st the entire population,' but mediately, despite the ' fact that'• it, liafK^|igairist-. the Jews in particular, Mr, not been previously placed on".'ihe'i-^jj'iown declared that Denikin, Kolchak agenda. Deputy Daszynski, speakifiMiMd^Wraneel; were Jcwhatcrs, Jew- for the Poli.sh Socialist Party, iirgc'f'jife^* ^t\\ Jew-killers, that they were the adoption of a resolution,,, warnifjf0Wi(|(ers,'bf murderous '.gangs and that the Assembly that ''the .choice iay b^^J^^i^ey.' Were'-'^fiantlit j^roups. and cut- 'PCLn-ith«f--««;hnnr,es.siohr«e<*f^i;#aiSrf^^^-0'!it.i!!^^^ j&\V3 in 'the
¦   ' '(c-o«c/«%rf-o»'^i/t:) ¦^'?v ;;¦ -f-^ ¦^^'w^iti^eitnTifr'rr'""^''
John Wauamaker and the Jews
Dr. Kratfekopf, Founder of the National Farm School, Makes. Public Letters Revealing the Great Merchant's Friend¬ ship for Him and His People
Interesting sidelights on the character of the late John Wanamaker, particu¬ larly his -Jeep friend.ship for the Jewish people, were revealed when Dr. Joseph Krauskopf of Philadelphia, made public on the day following the great mer¬ chant's dea'.h extracts from the volumin¬ ous friendly' correspondence covering the major part' of the life-time of both men. Because of the lack of ostentation in his life and philanthropies, Mr, Wan- amaker's sympathy -with Jewish ideals, activities and aspirations has been little known,   and ' its  publication,  doubtless.
VIENNA UNIVERSITY
REJECTS PERCENT NORM.
Authorities Pronuse to Regulate
Admissions of "Low-Class
Foreigners"
JERUSALEM (J. T. A.)—The Town Council of Tel-Aviv, the Jewish munici¬ pality near Jaffa, has decided to name
. one of the Tel-Aviv streets after Elieser Ben Yehuda, the noted Jewish philolo-
.gist and lexicographer who died in Jeru¬ salem Saturday; -
VIENNA (J. T. A,).—The ultimatum submitted by tho anti-Semitic section of the student body recently demanding the introduction of percent norm limiting the admission of Jewish students, and the limitation of the number of Jewish members of the faculty, as well as .their exclusion from the "Senate", has been rejected at the Directors' meeting of the University of 'Vienna,
At the same time, it is announced, that the authorities will take precau¬ tions to regulate and limit the admission of "low-class foreigners", a classifica¬ tion which may be stretched to include any Jew the authorities may wish to bar.
DR. JOSEPH KRAUSKOPF, -
Founder, National  Farm  School, ,       Doylestown, Pa.
will be of great interest to American Jewry.
The National Farm School at Doytes- town, Pennsylvania, which Dr. Kraus¬ kopf founded twenty-five years ago, was one of the Jewish organizations in which Mr. Wanamaker was glad to assist. After Dr. Krauskopf returned from Russia in 1894, whither he went on a mission to the Czar, he had his mind bent |0n the establishment of an agricul¬ tural school to train young men for farming. He was advised to do' this by the late Cqunt Leo Tolstoi whom he
—«».^,IH|,^M—.M-,^,—¦,—€¦ I     III       I H^i,.—,,—„.Mrtn{l
visited while in, Russia, When Dr, Krauskopf brought this matter to a group of people in this city, one of the very few to come to his assistance was Mr, Wanamaker, who has alw.iys been interested in education. When Dr. Krauskopf came to him at that time, he not only gave him helpful advice and encouragement, but also handed him a check for $100 which twenty-five years "ago, was considered a handsome dona¬ tion,   .
. After the establishment of the school, Dr. Krauskopf was very anxious' to have Mr. Wanamaker visit the institu¬ tion. Two special occasions are held every year af the schol and these take place on Sundays. Every invitation that Dr, Krauskopf extended Mr, Wana¬ maker was declined because Mr, .Wana¬ maker informed him that his Sundays were devoted to. Sunday-school work. Among the letters which Mr. Wana¬ maker wrote Dr, Krauskopf, declining the Sunday invitations, the following is typical: '
"I value your letter of the Sth — the first one read this morning— " not only for its cordial invitation, but for the honoring spirit that per¬ vades it flowing out of your clear brain- and still more rising in your great heart,
"It is easy to write I regret I can¬ not be one of your guests on Sun¬ day 1st. It would be easy'to write it if I did- not want so much to ac¬ cept it, but the fact is, my Sundays are mortgaged beyond recall by a series of joyful duties that begin at ten minutes to nine o'clock and last Sunday closed at quarter before ten o'clock in the evening. Without self-praise, I may say that every Sunday throughout the year <is much the same, unless I am abroad or shut up in the house with illness, .which is very seldom, I am thank- 'ful to say.
"I rejoice with you greatly in the splendid practical work you have in hand, both in city and country, and I pray for you that God may greatly bless you in every way."  -
(ContiHued on page 4.)
TALK OF DAVID BROWN
AS DETROIT MAYOR
NEW YORK (J. C. B.)—Da¬ vid A. Brown, Chairman of the recent Relief Drive, may be the next Mayor of Detroit, suc¬ ceeding James A. Couzens, who has become a U. S. Senator, says a Flint report to the Jew¬ ish  Daily  News  today.
The correspondent adds  that Mr. Brown is  extremely popu¬ lar in Detroit and that talk of his candidacy for the Mayoralty . is arousing widespread interest.
National Brotherhood to Be Formed at Coming U. A. H. C. Convention
Move to Be One of a Number
Looking to Jewish Religious
Revival Next Year
SEPARATE SCHOOL PANEL, HOPE OF MONTREAL JEWS
Protestant Bill Was to Prevent
the Formation of a Jewish
School Panel
PREMIER OF QUEBEC SUP¬ PORTS JEWISH DEMANDS
TO AID THE SYNAGOGUES IN RELIGIOUS REVIVAL
One of the means by whjcli the Union of American Hebrew Congregations will endeavor to create a religious revival in the United States next year will be the Federation of Men's Clubs affili¬ ated with synagogues throughout the country into a great national body. The formation of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, as it will be called, will take place at the convention of the. union at the Hotel'Astor during the week' of Jan, 21, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation by the Kite Rabbi Isaac M, Wise,',
At present there are about seventy- five ine.n's clubs in as many syna- gogueSpcarrying on their religious, edu¬ cational, social and philanthropic activi¬ ties. According to the announcement made yesterday, the formation of these separate clubs into a national body will "supplement the work of the synagogue in stimulating interest in things Jewish among men of that faith," - Delegates other than those sent by the synagogues will represent the "men'« clubs,"-at the convention.   These-rcpre-
new federation, and a 'progr<im will be mapped out which is expected to '"stand¬ ardize their activities and enable them to become a power for the greater spir¬ itual development of the Jewish com¬ munity,"
Fullest Co-operation Is Necessary
'"The National Federation of Temple Brothei hoods is one of the many big things which we-expect this convention to give to Jewry," Daniel P, Hays, lion-, orary chairman of the Convention Com¬ mittee said, "Our goal is to make every Jew more keenly interested in all things that are Jewish, to stimulate his love for his religion, to make it a living thing, ,To this end we must have the fullest co-operation of all men and women of our faith. In the old days men alone were thought to be adequate for the conduct of the affairs of the synagogue, and in those same days the interests of the synagogue did not go beyond the worsb^p of an ancient faith,
"A half century ago Jewish women of this^ountry were brought down from the galleries and seated beside their husbands and fathers, sharing with them the privilege of worship before the altar. Having been given equality in the house of God, our women sought to shoulder the synagogue's burdens. The needs of their faith brought them hito organiza¬ tion. They formed sisterhoods, raised funds to beautify old temples and erect new ones, established religious schools, carried on philanthropic work," spread the -message pf enlightened Judaism from the synagogue td the home, and thus to the hearts of their people,
"The men, who for many years had stood alone with the responsibilities of the synagogue, have recognized the spir¬ itual value of the work of the women, ,and desire to co-operate with them in an organized w.ay. Temple Brotherhoods will concentrate especially on enlisting the interest of the young men."
The National Federation of Temple Sisterhood, which was organized sev¬ eral years ago, will hold its sessions simultaneously with those of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
MONTREAL, (J. C, B,)—The present agreement between Jews and Protestants of -Montreal permitting Jewish children to be taught at Prot¬ estant schools in return for the payment of school taxes to the Protestant Board of School Commissioners has hceii extended for a further period of a year and a h.ilf; This, it is' hoped, will enable the Jews to arrange in time for a separate Jewish panel with Jew¬ ish schools throughout the province of Quebec, This extentipn, regarded by Jews as a notable achievement, was ob¬ tained through the efforts of a Delega¬ tion sent by the Montreal Jewish Com¬ munity Council to Quebec to fight the bill introduced by the Protestant Board to break the contract between Jews and . Protestants and divert the Jewish School' taxes to a neutral panel,, pre¬ sumably the Government, the latter paing .$60 to the Protestant Board for, every JewLsli child taught in their schools,  '   ,
Deputation to Quebec
The Deputation which went to Que¬ bec, consisted of two representatives each of Jewish labor, the Congregations, of the fraternal and other societies. Representatives of the Reform Jews did not join this Deputation, having supported the Protestant proposal, to the despair and. indignation of the rest of Montreal Jewry,
The' Protestanj. bill was ¦ said to have sought lo prevent the formation of a Jewish school panel and, simultaneously, . so weaken the position of the Jews in the' schools that the demand for repre¬ sentation on the Protestant "school board would be abandoned - ThijK would have meant that 14,000 Jewish children <^tte_j;(^B the Protestanf .schools,-'.,,
spii-it with no one in a po'sition to'iittW .-• iljotest. The Catholics, hoping that the enfol-cement of this ruling in the Prot¬ estant schools would throw the Jewish - children  into  their  armis,  also   favored,, this bill
The fight waged by the majority of the Jewish population here against-the Protestant in the Provincial Legisla¬ ture, was thought to' be i vain, as all forces appeared to be arraigned against them. It was due in a large measure to the fact that the Premier of Quebec strongly supported the Jewish demands the Jews were able ' to frustrate the Protestant  scheme.
\A
/'
TEL-AVIV BOND
ISSUE ON SALE
Palestine    Government    Behind - Issue^ Says Rosenblatt
NEW YORK XJ, C, B,)—The first Jewish bond issue in history was an¬ nounced for today by Harvey Fisk & Sons, Inc. It is of the Township of Tel-Aviv, the Jewish township in Pales¬ tine,' and. is for £75,000, offered at $400 per ilOO and interest, at which the yield i to the investor is about Cj/^%.
Bernard Rosenblatt, member of the Zionist Executive Committee who is floating the Tel-Aviv loan in this coun¬ try, announces that the Palestine Gov¬ ernment has giveii permission for the investment of Truet funds in the Tel- - Avic Township loan and pursuant to that, the Order of Sons of Zion, which has a large sum of money for the or¬ ganization of Palestine Insurance Com-; pany, will take up a large block of Tel- Aviv Bonds,
Mr, Rosenblatt also pointed out that Col, Norman Bentwich, Attorney Gen¬ eral of Palestine, is co-operating in the preparation of, the Definitive Bonds, which indicates the importance the Pal¬ estine Government attaches to the bond issue from Palestine.
Sunday School Teachers* Convention
December 25-28
Complete report  to  appear  in
next week's issue of the
CHUONICLE
EX.SOLDIERS DEMAND
PALATINE LAND
JERUSALEM (J. T. A.)—Sir Wynd- ham Deedes, the Civil Secretary, re¬ ceived a deputation of the Demobilized Jewish Soldiers' Association in Pales¬ tine, who submitted that there had been too much delay on part of the Govern¬ ment in granting the soldiers tracts of ' land for colonization purposes. The soldiers who had all served in the Jewish Regiment of the British Army under General AUenby,- maintain negotiations looking to the grant of such lands, have been proceeding now for three years but without result. The land in the district- of Beersheba leased to the ex-soldiers, for. experimentation has proved unsuit¬ able for colonization.