Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1922-06-16

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ProsMcat of American Locomo¬ tive Worltd -Denounces Present -Laws.
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"PilESENT LAWS STIFLE, .PROGRESS," HE ASSERTS
I'HILADELPHIA,' June 9.—"1 am' absolutely opposed to thc present immi¬ gration laws," asserted Samuel M. Vau- claiii, president of the Baldwin Loco¬ motive Wofks, at a dinner held in honor of .the twenty-fifth annivers.iry ¦of the founding of the National .Farm School by Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf.
"The law. as it is today stifles prog¬ ress. Those who would prevent the; admission of foreigilers to this coun¬ try- lose sight of the fact that immi- .grants to America arc the lion-hearted type," said .Mr.  Vauclain. .
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Pfipal  Protest Published by "Post."
LONDON. (J. C. B.)-Thc papal protest directed to the League of Na¬ tions against thc "privileged position" of the Jews in Palestine is published by thc "Morning Post." Thc Vatican is primarily opposed to Articles I, (I and l-t of the draft Mandate for Palestine, providing respectively-for tile facilitat¬ ing of Jewish immigration .by thc Ad¬ ministration of Palestine, for the rccog- pilion of the Zionist organization as the yewish agency, and the establishment t>f a special commission for the regu¬ lation of claims relating to tliflfercnt re¬ ligions and thc holy places.
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COLUMBUS. Olltd/pNl-: If), 1922
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esiricimn$ mgrnnst Jews
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Maasachusetts Officials Take ^ifjTM^ljS Action — President A. Law¬ rence  Loiwcll  Is  Bitterly  As^ft^i^ — Bostonian Jewa Blame Present University Head iforl&'mJcal Policies — Board of
Overseers' Holds Special ^Session and Announces
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PROFESSOR LYONS OF MAR¥>|lD TAKES STAND IN DE¬ FENSE OF JEWISH! RIGJIT$V400 JEWS NOW EN¬ ROLLED :at , im titution.
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"We arc 'not getting the riff-raff of Europe byi immigration.. The -weak stay at home and only the lion-hearted
conie   to   our   shores.     Palestine,  even ,      ,.'-.- r¦(-,-•:--;•.  •    ,~-¦
.With  the   work  of   colonization  beiiig"-^S^P'^':'ai'^«, Ohio Jewislj Chrdnitle)'
Failure of Trustees to Support^
'    His Policies Is Rdason for   rV
Resignation. '      -j
l^lSlJepaLto Ohio Xc;,YJ.5li;a»ro«|de|¦;; C.\MBRIDGE,    mass;,    June, O',
(.r««hiiiaii  dormitories—to  take  care of -an}/ further large increase.    This prob-
WAS PROMINENT |IN   -      ' * LOCAL ACTIVITIES
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'done  there,' will  not  hold  the ,Jcwi|h
people   of   the   world.     The   Christi'^n
religion gives us confidence in the fotfr
fathers of the present-day Jews. 'WhJ^
should we have less confidence in'theiy
•descendants f" ';
Abouth' -^wo   hundred   representativcf
' men, Jewislj and non-Jewish, leaders ia
prdfessionaj,   commercial   and   instituW
tional'w.alk^ (if.life, assemblgd as'feuestg
bf'rthe -H6n." J., Willis   Martin,   Mr.
,-, Samuel  p. ¦ Lit, Mr. Samuel M. Vau-
."c'lafm, Mr. Daniel Gimbel, Mr. Samuel
Y^d^jid Mr. H.ni:;j-3. Hirsh, to honor
, j Dr. KraOsltopf.
I , 1'- ' Early Struggles
,'; . ¦ In, a voice frequently stirred by emo¬ tion, Dr. krauskopf told of the early- -struggles ot the Farm School and the difficulties with which he had been com~ 3»eHcd to.'contend before the plan of - "woEkiitg-'for the relief .of the congested .t-'disftictsj.of ,the.J)ig cities by a njove-
started.' ¦"1 had $3,500 in the bank," said Dr.
Krauskopf.    "I   drew   them  out  and made   theth   the   cornerstone   of   the
school.   I started pn a lecture tour and
traveled tq, the' coast and returned with '$6,500 more. Then I bought the first 1 farm. It is worth more than 130^,000 ! today.
j "I started on a second lecturer tour tto raise money for a building, and I > didn't stop until I had enough for that. ^All of my funeral and marriage fees 'have gone to the fund since that day.
Wc built the building for $10,000. To- jday it could not be duplicated for $50,-
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Third Lecture Tour
"I went on a third lecture tour, and my friends began to give mc a little ^support, and twenty-five years ago this ijfune I was able to open the school. An undertaker gave me a horse, and it was quite fit for an undertaker. Someone else gave me a harness con- ~ sisting pf some leather and a lot of rope. From another source I got a -•vago.n.
"Gradually wc grew and grew, and to¬ day we have run for twenty-five years, paid every bill, and we do not owe one penny. We have 130 students now tak¬ ing three and four-year courses, with their board and tuition and clothing free. We have an estate worth $600,- 000 that belongs not to the Jew or the Gentile, but to the American people. J "We need a girls' annex. We need a power house and a central heating plant. We need a school building and we need a dairy. We have an inade- (Continued on page 0)
CLEVELAND.--R a bib i Solomon Goldthan, for three ytars spiritual' leader of B'nai Jeshurun' Temple, las( week tendered his resignation to Henrjff. Spira, president of the ;, congregatioii. Lack of support on the part of the board as regards the rabbi's .program, 'csf^^, cially that relating tor the'new building project is the reason.^given., '," ' ^\ :• -Rabbi Goldman came to B'nai JTesh- urun upon the call of.that congrega¬ tion in April of the year.iplD, from B'nai Israel Congregation, in Brooklyn', N. Y., which congregation was organ¬ ized and its' building erected under the guidance of Rabbi Goldman. 'Im¬ mediately upon, his arrival iii Cleve¬ land, Rabbi Goldman ,declared .that.: if his program of'-activities'were to be carried out, B'nai JeshUrutl would have to -be. housed in 'a ' bwilding )iituated closer to the,homes of,'th6i'majoritiy of its membe'rs^-proiierly'«j|alpped.      -, ,>'
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.(kiS^g^M^m^S  NUMBERED AMONG }';3:C't^I|i HARVARD'S BENEFACTORS
CAMBRIDGE. Maaa.. June 9.
^i^ •torm iof criticiam direct-
\  <!4 Si^ainit Harvard Univvraity
f ,h6s»v^»e   of   its   announcement
Y_ «9»l^inins   a   reference   to   the
j^ismiler of Jews in attendancot
attention to the fact that
have    been    amongr    the
^eneroua  benefactors   of
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lUa  late Jacob Schilf  estab-
i^d  the Semitic  Museum at
7-Harvard at  a cost  of 9500,000,
and  Felix Warburg  and  Jesse
Selisman have also been liberal
contributors.    Harvard College
was  founded in the year 1037.
It   was   named   in   bouor   of'
Rer. John  Harvard, a Puritan
clefgyntan  wbo  came  to  New
England in th»t year.
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protest from every part.'6f,.thc' 'c'oxintti' have resulted from art '<if&ial state- nient issued by Frederick, ,Allen,,sec retary and publicity director- 'of.-''ffafr yard University relative to the. liitiita^ tion of enrollment necessit.'ited ,f hy crowded conditions, which cojitains" 'fi direct reference to the .proportion ot Jews attending Harvard. 'This- state-- mcnt has-been construed as ati nUliJia'' tion that Harvard is considering, the plan  of limiting the number'.pi""Jews
^iti^it more facts than we now have, j|3afore a general policy can be for- SMJlated on this great question it must |]i^age the attention of the governing ^ln^rd and the faculties, and it is likely' Jo'fbc discussed by alumni and tinder- 'gradiiatcs, ^ij^^ Proportion of Jews
'Av'.^' is natural that with a widtspicad ¦jUleussion of this sort going on there jslwuld be talk about the proportion of •¦^fws at the college,
attending the university—a method'''ott-'/^fc,.,"At present the -whole problem of ployed in hot beds of'Snti-Seinitism'ii>.Invitation of enrollment is in the stage royalist strongholds of Europe. .' 7*4 ^P general discussion, and it may re -,_,. ..-r.Tif'^''"'':'"''¦'^'¦-¦'^;-^ri-,rft-**''^.['.T^-«X W|i in that stage for a considerable "¦".'       'Allen's Statement'^•¦;';;¦ ¦''T:,)*'fee."
Allen's statement fbllows':-,,';,' ,V','l''V''"'The stir that followed this reference •'!The great increase which'Tias-j're;-'jesultcd' in the statement from Dean cently  taken  place  in   the, mimbb.r  oi !^icster  Noyes "Grcenough  that   "Har-
rd -will he the same tomorrow as it
today," -and   that  though   Harvard
-_..._.-  ^^   .^^. s   not   wish   to   bar   anyone   "the
rollmeiU. - -.j ^^;. -'*-';C';ifrj jftpblem of  too great numbers  is be-
"We   have  not  at   prdSj^^J^ufficIejiif^^re us-and .must be dealt with." classreoms   or   dormitofJBfe:^|jjeciai!fi^ (Continued on page 4)
students at Harvard CoHeg|j,''a's 'ai''tt!^:> other' college's, has brotigh-^'i,|ip 'forcftl^^ the "problem of  the limitaftSn'-Qf-eiirijffijes
Seek Reconciliation in Construc¬ tive Relief
WARSAW. (J. C. B.)—A concerted effort will be made by'the European di¬ rectors of the Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee here to iron out the differences that have arisen with local commun<il workers over thc agreement entered in between the "Joint" and the "Ica." Dr. Rosenblatt, who recently arrived from the United States, and Mr. Robinson, two of thc directors of the "Joint's" activities in Europe, are understood to have received broad powers to reconcile thc  differences.
Cong. Tifereth Israel Re- Elects Dr. Schussheim
For Three-Year Period
Congregation Declares  Itself  in Favor of a, Conservative Pol¬ icy in Judaism.
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SYNAGOGUE PLANNED
Implicit confidence in his work and a pledge of absolute support in all his en¬ deavors was expressed by Congregation Tifereth Israel at its meeting Monday evening, June 12th, when it unanimously re-elected .Rabbi Morris Schussheim, spiritual leader during the past year, for a new term of three years.
The Congregation has now definitely declared itself for a conservative policy in Judaism as formulated by the Jewish Theological Seminary of,America.
DR. ELIOT OPPOSES AID TO RUSSIA AT THIS TIME
Educator  Yearns   for  the  Time
When   Bolshevism   Will   Be
Dead and  Buried.
"POLITICS AND ECONOMICS INSEPARABLE THERE"
which Rabbi Goldman accepted the call. With this hope in mind, and in spite of innumerable handicaps, the program was put into operation with the result that in every department of its congrega¬ tional activity there was an awakening of spirit and interest.
In addition to a school, administered to by, a capable faculty and a daily He brew school, the following groups were organi;;ed: High School Department in which over two hundred young men and women were enrolled in two courses each; a school for adults, where two courses each year were presented by the rabbi himself; the Ain Jacob group, con¬ sisting of the older men, who met each Sabbath afternoon and studied under the rabbi's direction; the Shabbos teas, held fortnightly by the women of the Sisterhood and which attra'cted groups of from 500 to 700-; the Young Wom¬ en's Literary Unit, which also met fort¬ nightly and which was led by Mrs. Sol¬ omon Goldman; the .Alumni Associa¬ tion and its allied groups; the women's Bible groups; Junior Clubs, of which there vvere six, each under a competent leader. The activities were co-ordinated through The B'nai Jeshurtm Review.
Widespread  Influence
Rabbi Goldman's influence in the community, has' been widespread. "The Saturday Nighters," a group consisting mainly of university meu.and women, which was organized in his home three years ago, has just closed an educa¬ tionally successful season. In Zionist circles, Rabbi Goldman has been a leader since his coming here. He has been called upon to, deliver lectures be¬ fore the Cleveland School of Education and Western Reserve University.
He has been identified with many of the social, educational and philanthrop¬ ic movements, and has, in addition to this, almost completed a Biblical his¬ tory, drafts of which have been used in the B'nai Jeshurun school as its textbooks.
Dr. Goldman asserts that when,' through conferences and meetings, he learned that the building project was remote from the minds of the trus¬ tees, he realized that the program to which he was dedicated could not be adequately - carried out, and he there- '-^ire resigned.
Jev/ish WoK&iugnten in hodz Unite
LODZ. (J. T. A.)—A central com¬ mittee, comprised of representatives of all Jewish trade unions, has been formed her& - The'  entire    industrial    Jewish
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An Adaptation
The program of the Congregation will not be a break with the past of our peo¬ ple, but, rather, an adaptation of the highest ideals oi our faith, interpreted in the light of the best teachings of the present day. Learning, piety and friend¬ ship are to be the goal toward which the Congregation will strive.
For the more succcessful attainnient of this end among the community at large, as well as' among its own mem¬ bers, young and old, the Congregation plans the erection of a synagogue, school ,aiid3cial<;cntpr.,o«j:|^t,^Prqad. Street. The conimittee t6 whom' ihia^vvoi^-'hBs been entrusted consists of. W. - A Hirsch, chairman; Sigmund Ornsteiti, Jesse Spira, Morris Weiss, Louis Duga, Morris Polster, J. K. Bornstein and Leon Nason.
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Rabbi Schussheim will be further supported in his work by the following new officers of, the Congregation: Wil¬ liam Wilber, president; Max Bayer, vice-president; Sol Roth, secretary; S. Weiss, treasurer; M. Weiss, N. Wider, Jesse Spira, trustees.
With a program that will attract the loyal elements of local Jewry to its sup¬ port, the Congregation looks forward with confidence to years of great achievements for the cause of Judaism in'this community.
Our National Administration is ap¬ parently acting on the belief that the Ainerican people wish to avoid enter¬ ing into European politics, though willing to join in economic measures for thc restoration of Eurppcan indus¬ tries and European national budgets and. crcxiits. I submit that this sepa¬ ration'of politics and economics is not expedient, or even possible, in thc case of' Russia.
Fundamental Proposition
The fundamental proposition on which the Bolshevist Government was based is, to be sure, an economic one, namely, no private property, no family property and no transmission of prop- erty in a family; but on that founda¬ tion a political Government was sud¬ denly created by savage violence on the part of a small minority of tlie population,. and that Government pro¬ ceeded to rob and kill a considerable jproportion df the property holders of the country, large and small, and finally to rob and enslave the labor employed m the manufacturing industries of the country. This same Government un¬ dertook to win the support of the agri¬ cultural peasantry by giving them de¬ lusive deeds of the lands they had bten accustomed to cultivate as tenants; but the great agricultural class, while they accepted these deeds, refused to accept or support the .Bolshevist Government. That Government has also crushed com¬ pletely, both physically and ihorally, the educated middle class in Russia, which has not only been deprived of its prop¬ erty, but of all intercourse with think¬ ing people in neighboring nations dnd in America also.
DR. JACOB TARSHISH, of Yonkers. N. Y.
The officers and members of Temple B'nai Israel, Bryden Road, take great pleasure in announcing that they have 'elected Rabbi Jacob Tarshish of Yonk¬ ers, N. Y., to fill the position made vacant by the appointment of Rabbi Joseph S. Kornfeld as United States minister to  Persia.
President Harding's appointment of Rabbi Kornfeld left the pulpit of Tem¬ ple B'nai Israel vacant for the first time in fifteen years, and a committee of the Board of Trustees was appointed to find a worthy successor to. Rabbi Korn¬ feld, who was, unusually well known throughout the Middle West aad grom- Kroktariat h ^aid to be represented in ineiitly identified with all CoUmib^s ac- the new JJxccuMve Conunittee, which in- tivities of a public BstUre. ,This;coW-
months in  the search, and traveled to many cities.   ' ,.,.     .
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mittee,   headed   by   Jow^h   SchoHtital, presiileat   of   tjsa   ecEg^gation,   'ggsjt
Mr. Schonthal's Efforts
Fifteen years ago Mr. Schonthal served as chairman of a similar com mittee, that presented Dr. Kornfeld as a new rabbi in Columbus. The many "activities of the temple show Mr. Schon¬ thal's efforts, for it has made its great- Y'bt strides forward during his presi- 'dency. Not only has the membership grown to more than three hundred, but ;ils influence is represented in all pro¬ gressive civic and social movements.
¦Rabbi Tarshish was finally rccom- m^ud'Jd by the trustees to the members Ift!,! a man with the scholarship, the 'sja^jlities of a spiritual leader, and strong
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NINTH ANNUAL FLOWER
DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 18
Sunday, June 18, has been announced as the date of the Ninth Annual .Flower Day for the benefit of the Jewish Nst- tional Fund.
The aim of the Jewish I^ational Fund is to acquire in Palestine all the land within the reach of its means as the in¬ alienable property of the Jewish people; to render thc land thus acquired suitable for immediate cultivation and to offer it in hereditary leasehold to every Jew vvho may be willing to till it.
Because of the great importance of this task, the Jewish National Fund stands in the center of the great Restoration work in Palestine. It is to become the cornerstone of the Jewish National Homeland.
Thc greatness of the cause requires unstinted support. Upon the donations of Columbus Jewry, as well as ort all other donations, will depend how well the Jewish National Fund is to fulfill its gigantic task.
The committee in charge of the Co¬ lumbus collection consists of Mr. Sam Silverman, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Abe Seff, Mr, Harry Schwartz, Mr. David Dulsky, Miss Goldie Kanton and Miss Ida Kabakoff. Others have pledged their services, but more are needed.
All volunteers should report either at McKeller's Flower store, James Theater Building, or at'Agudath Achim Syna¬ gogue, at 8:30 Sundiiy morning, June 18th.
In Dire Stviaits
This Bolshevist (jo.yertitnent now, ¦0'as;'!£seiF itrilii'a ?tesi4^iKith«ast,credi^v" and without power to rceonstruct Rus¬ sian factories or Russian transportation; and yet it still iiisist» at Genoa dnd elsewhere on all its monstrous social. and economic fallacies, and proposes that other Governments or peoples shall lehd it biltiofts of dollars without any security whatever for the repayment of the loans.
I submit that the United States should neither forget nor forgive the mon¬ strous crimes, cruelties ^nd follies of this Bolshevist Government, and should wait to give aid to Russia, except food for the starving, until that Government is dead and buried. In this sense, and in regard to this nation, it seems,to itle impossible to separate, in American na¬ tional action, European politics from European economics. The American democracy should not only take to heart the lessons of the Bolshevist hor¬ rors for the present generation, but should do its full part in making and recording the history of the Bolshevist crime to the end of the chapter.
In that course of conduct the present Administration can rely on the well- nigh unanimous support of the Amer¬ ican people, who heartily dOtest the political as well as the economic theo¬ ries of Bolshevism.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
HEBREW SCHOOL MEETS
The Board of Education of the'local Hebrew School of Columbus met Tues-j day night at the home of Mr. J. Genkln, 915 S. 22nd Street.
Mr. N. Savage, principal, gave a re¬ port of the work of the school for the past few months. Plans were adopted for the schooi's work during the sum¬ mer. It vvas also decided to hold a series of picnics for the children.
Those present at the meeting were: Messrs. H. Kobacker, L. J. Seff, A. Goldberg, J, Solove, J. Yenkin, N, Sav¬ age and Rabbi E. Pelkowitz.
The Rcbeccah Home Lodge of Colum¬ bus will hold a lawn fete August Sth, on the Agudath Achint Grounds. The pro¬ ceeds will be turned over to the Hebrew School of Columbus.
Yiddish   Communist  Daily   Dia- continuied
RIGA, (J. T. A.)—The Communist liote Pfthne, the Kiev Yiddish daily, has been discontinued because) "the publish¬ ers say, of the shortage iu and their inability to secure paper.
LITHUANIAN SOLDIERS
BEAT JEWS ON RAILWAYS
KOVNO. (J. C. B.)—The locaV^ew- ish papers carry the information \\\it.l it frequently happens that while paiserj- gers of railway trains, especially on the' trains running betvveen YatiQWc and Wilkomir, Jews are beaten hy soldiers and peasants and are even thrown off the cars. Things have get to such a pass that travel is becotnin,* daiigerofi^ to Jews. .
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