Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1923-01-19

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Volume IV — No. 9
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RBPECTS ASSURED, JEWS m ROUMANIA
Roumanian   Minister   Addresses
3rd Coninrcss of Union of
Jewish Communities
59 OF THE 67 JEWISH COM- MUNITIES TAKE PART
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BUCHAREST (J. C. B.)—The third Congress of the Union of Jewish Com- inunitic's of Old Rumania, which took place at Bucharest on December 10, 11 an<l 12, gathered in a very heavily laden atmosphere. The delegates, among whom were many of the most prominent Jews of the country, repre¬ senting every community, were still dazed by the recent anti-Semitic out- hrcaks and manifestations in various cities.
The president, Eli Berkowitz, opened the congress. Mr. Constantin Banu, the minister of the cults and arts, oilicially represented the tjovernment, being ac- •companied by V. G. Ispir, the general secretary of the Department of Cults, and Dr. P. Popescu, the director gen- -cral of the foreign rcli^ons (as dis¬ tinguished from the Christian Orthodox religion, which is the state religion).
Outrages Mentioned
The president as well as Dr.' Filder- man, the vice president, and the chief ra'bbi, Dr. Nicmerower, alluded, to the recent outrages, and then stated the ob¬ ject of the Congress to be the consid- 'Cration of the law vvhich the Govern¬ ment intends to enact for the organiza¬ tion, functioning and powers of the , Jewish communities. The Government had submitted a draft of the bill to the Union and this draft was to be considered and amended and then re¬ turned as the law which the Jews de- ^-"¦"j^,+9^-have   enacted,    it   being;   the
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MEET TO PROMOTE
PALESTINE CREDIT
LONDON (J. T. A.)—The facilitat¬ ing of credits for Jewish iu'dustrics in Palestine will be considered at the meet¬ ing of directors of the Palestine Credit Cooperative Bank on January 10 here.
Organized through the cflfbrts of the Palestine Development Council, of New York, with a nominal capital of $400,000, a number of Jewish organizations in Europe are now cooperating with the bank. These organizations include the Jewish Colonization Association and the Palestine Economic Board, headed by Sir Alfred Mond. The "Brandeis group" has so far advanced £25,000, the Economic Board £5,000, the rest of the capital being subscribed by the ICA and the JDC. Mr. Leonard Robinson of New York will represent at this meeting the JDC and, by proxy, the Palestine Development .Council.
Weizmann Tenders His Resignation to
Zionist Organization
Was Criticized (or Failure to
Introduce Reforms in
Zionist Finance
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LEADER IN FAVOR OF SIR ALF. MOND AS SUCCESSOR
LONDON (J. T. A.)-Dr. Chaim Weizmann has tendered the Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization his resignation as president, it is learned from Paris where the Zionist leader has stopped on the way from Palestine where he spent several weeks. Dr. Weizmann's resignation is under¬ stood to follow disappointment he ex¬ perienced in Palestine, where the Jew¬ ish community failed to accord him the warm reception he had become accus¬ tomed to receive in the past. He had had "a bad press." He waa criticized ou*sTai'thVare°'co"ncerned, to have th"ehlf"«l'ie ff his alleged failure to intro
¦ organized under a uniform law. The various^faiths have thus been given an
'opportunity to practically draft the law, so -that .tliey iaay's6rve Jheir, own in-
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Golden-Jubihe Convention to
Be Largest and': Most Notable Religious Gathering Ever Held
2,000 Delegates From all PeuTU of the U. S. A. will Review Progress
of Reform Judaism Durmg 50 Years — Notables fb Sound
Call to Jews of This Country to Renew Alle-
gieunce t© Their Faith
A MOST ELABORATE PEOGI^AM FOR RECEPTION
OF DELEGATES ALREADY COMPLETED
NEW YOUK—That the Jewish ptob^', temples, will precede the convention ahd 1cm in America is not that of refttrio-fwill be held during the week of January tion of immigration, or college"- cathit-' {13. "Go to Synagogue" Week will cul- mcnt, or the Ku Klu:i Klan or'the \VitV.e,-minate on Monday evening at 8 o'clock of anti-Semitism, but rather that -of twiTIT public religious meetings in Car- remaining Jewish, will be emphasjie^^negie Hall, New York, and Temple when two thousand delegates meet'iQ'j Beth Elohim, Brooklyn. Prior to this, Hotel Astor, January 22 to 20,-.forTthc members of the executive board of the Golden jubilee Convention of tlK^^thc Union of American Hebrew Con- Union of American Hebrew Congrcga-^Irercgations will hold their meetings at tions which will be the largest and iwo.^f '•2 o'clock and will be guests at a lunch- notible   religious - gathering ever  lieM; eon at noon. '^'¦'
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who lead the religious life of commutli-- '   a* ti„ •            l-       .. /-
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ties from Maine to Oregon will rcvis^v Moii    w t   •      t i.                 -i    . ..                      r     r         T   I «      J.   •-,..-'•"*"'   Hon. Irving Lehman,   president
he progress of reform Judaism durma.f j,,^ . ^^,^^^^   ^J
the fif^ years, smce the Union of Atncr^J^abbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland,
ican Hebrew Congregations was orgarn''
will be the principal speakers.    Others
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and perpetuate it.   These speaker* winLi,„ „_„„„ ° .-n u  r> uu-tr A t?   1 .. ¦• J iti     ..111- it.   T •     ixO^   ^ .^,..;,"'e program will be Rabbi H. G. Endow sound the cAll to the Jews of this court- ';„( 'r.>,^„i„ tt t-i      1 t^   t^    i
..    .     •-¦,..      i,    ...      ¦ ,.    .i .-¦¦i f-°* Temple Emanu-El and Dr. Kaufman try to renew their allegiance to tntel'/v«i,io,.     a  _   •   1 1.     i_
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faith, in order that they may be able't.i,„„„„, ,    rr   .. c i.-  11 .       „t. X • '  t       • -J-    -   ' '>p'^ranged by Kurt Schindler.
to combat ignorance and prejudice, and'f   ,    •     tt        t- serve America more truly throi^gh' un~J   ¦^"t!*?     ^""^ ""^ "^ Brooklyn
derstanding and observance of the idwiS.'^r, ^ ^'^ Harrison of St. I^uis
of the Jewish religion.' ', '  T^'" ^ """ P""<:'Pal  speakers at  the
. {meeting at Temple Beth Elohim, at "Temple Sistorhoods ; ..'f-fSth Avenue and Garfield Place,. Brook- The program for the conventiQB.ilyn, and Reverend Isidor Frank will which will include the meeting: of the'[.,'conduct the religious service. National Federation of Temple Stslcr:j^;> Qiarles Shohl of Cincinnati, presi- hoods, the women's organization .aiSJW-j'dent of the Union of American Hebrew ated with the Union, and the Natioft^^ongregations, will open the sessions Federation of   Temple   Brbthcrfioottsj, tj'rr the convention on Tuesday morning,
Lewis Marshall  will deliver
•AB^of welcome.    Reports will
pf  the  activities   of   the
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was made public today by:. David ,;M, Bressler, chairman of the - New-.Y'ofJt; Convention Committee.      - "'  -'t'^'M\
A religious rally,   wherein .1x11 .J^kSI of New York will be oyged tq' "G§"S<> -Synagogue,^' during w.liich special,'e^^-^
{f-{s«',i«nrt»«a«t' address' oii the draft of' the law. "This question of the communities of the various faiths presented two modes of action," he said among other things. "One, to enact a law dealing with the subject and then enforce it, making all submit to it; an¬ other way was to confer and consult with you because the question interests you vitally, as well as the state. We have chosen the second mode of action and I am happy to say that it has proven successful."
Jewish Question ' Speaking of the Jewish question, he said, "We have solved it in the manner which you have deserved and with due consideration for the services you have rendered the country. We are not in- grates. We will not forget nor for that matter can we forget, that you have bled with us, and even if only one Jew had given his life for the country, he has consecrated our common cause. Whoever will be at the head of the Government will have to consider you our equal in every respect."
Fifty-nine of the sixty-seven existing Jewish communities in 'Rumania took part in the conference, 150 delegates be¬ ing present. Six sessions of the confer¬ ence were held. A draft constitution for the organization of all the Jewish communities was submitted. Other questions discussed were the project for the union of Jewish communities in Qld Rumania, suggestions for the develop¬ ment of the Jewish schools, the publi¬ cation of a textbook of Jewish history and the regulation of relief work.
The conference adopted a resolution that every town in which there is a Jewish community should have Bucha¬ rest as its centre. It agreed further that the religious community should be ¦ responsibile not merely for the religious objects but also for the cultural and social requirements of its members.
LONDON (J. T. A.)—Dr. Chaim Weizmann has not of¬ ficially tendered his resigna- . tion, the JTA learns authorita¬ tively. Rumors of the Zionist President's resignation have been current the last two months. Dr. Weizmann having expressed his intention to re¬ sign, owing to differences of opinion with other members and on account of ill health, be¬ fore his last visit to Palestine. At his request, the circulation of the rumor was then stopped, it having been submitted' that the question wns subject to serious consideration.
The speculation that Sir Al¬ fred Mond or James de Roths¬ child will succeed Dr." Weiz¬ mann in the event he resigns have been proved here as "base¬ less." Similarly unfounded is said to be that Dr. Weizmann's resignation was due to the op¬ position arising out of alleged support of Emir Abdullah's plan for an Arab Confederation in¬ cluding Palestine and Trans¬ jordania.
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TEMPLE SISTERHOOD TO GIVE ANOTHER SUPPER
The Sisterhood will give an¬ other of its enjoyable suppers this Sunday evening, January 21, at Ihe Bryden Road Temple. Mrs. Louis Kahn is chairman of tbe supper committee.
Mrs. Celia Kahn Rosenthal, heading tbe Entertainment Committee, promises a unique emevtainment following the supper. This time the audience will be presented with « novel Musical Review.
the money stringency in the Zionist organization,' a shortage which is seri¬ ously hindering the Jewish program.
Zionisit leadens here declare that Dr. Weizmann's resignation has not been considered and that it will not be ac¬ cepted in the event it is considered at the approaching meeting of the Greater Zionist Executive Committee in Berlin, January 15.
Dr. Weizmann, it is learned, has made his resignation contingent on his obtaining broader powers, placing him beyond the range of annoying criti¬ cism. The Zionist leader himself is un¬ derstood to favor Sir Alfred Mond, minister of health in the Lloyd George cabinet, as his successor. The active Zionists who'would welcome Sir At- fre|l as the financial head of the or¬ ganization, are not in favor of his heading the organization as a whole.
TORONTO JEW ON TWO
CITY COMMITTEES
"All wlio have meditated on the of governing mankind have been con vinced that the fate of empires depend, on the education of jioMt/i."—Aristotlel
Education is the knowledge of how W] use the whole of oneself.   Many mcr, use but one or two faculties out of tl score, with  which  they  are  endowed; A man is educated who knows how to make a tool out of every faculty—ho\i|J to open it,  how to keep it sharp an(a» I how  to  apply  it to  all  practical pur-J poses.    It makes little difference whag t the trade, business or branch of learn-.^ ing,  in mechanical labor or intellcctuag effort,   the   educated   man   is   alway superior to the common laborer.    Oni- who   is   in  the  habit  of  applying hi; powers   in   the   right  way' will  carr.y, system into any occupation and it wil''1 help   him  as  much  to  handle  a  rop   : as to write a poem, and the true ordel r of learning should be,   first,  what i' s necessary; second, what is useful; ant. 1 third, what is ornamental.   To revers this arrangement,  is like beginning ti build at the top of the edifice,
Don't fall into the vulgar idea thalt mind is a warehouse and education bult a process of stuffing it full of goodt|;. The aim of education should be ti convert the mind into a living fountain
PROVIDENCE JEW CHOSEN SPEAKER OF LEGISLATURE
PROVIDENCE, R. I. (J. C. B.).— Mr. Philip C. Joslin, a prominent at¬ torney and conspicuously associated with Jewish activities of Providence, was to¬ day chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island, the highest office ever conferred upon a Jew in this State.
Mr. Joslin, who is a relatively' young man, served for two years on the Com¬ mittee of the Georgetown Law School, whence he was graduated. He was then elected as a representative of the Fourth District to tlW(.Statc Legislature. His ability as a'^pcakcr and leader was recognized by both his own party, the Republican party, as well as by t'^e op¬ posing party and he held important Committee positions. He was very ac¬ tive as a member of the Judiciary Com¬ mittee.
Hundreds Attend the B'nai B'ritli Meeting Honoring Friedman
Local Zion  Lodge  L O.  B.  B.
Extends a Hearty Welcome
to District President
GREATER B'NAI B'RITH ACTIVITY NOW EXPECTED
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That a'^g'reat, reawakening of Jewish 'consciousness in Columbus is evident, was clearly demonstrated on Monday evening, January 15th,'' when over four hundred men and women, representative of every phase of Jewish life in this city, gathered together in the Winter Garden of the Southern Hotel on the occasion of the B'nai B'rith open meet¬ ing, reception and dance given by Zion Lodge 'No. 62 in honor of its visitor, Arthur F, Friedman of Denver, Colo., President of District No. 2, Independ¬ ent Order B'nai B'rith.
No more brilliant assemblage of earnest men and wonicn of Jewish spirit could be found anywhere in the country. Every reference made by the speakers of national fame to the need of more activity in creating a greater and better Jewish solidarity of service
NEGLECT OF JEWISH INSTITUTIOMS IN UKRAINE CHARGED
A. R. A. Replies Saying That
Soviets Hinder the 'Work
in Jewish Districts
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DIRECT TRANSMISSION  OF MONEY MOST ADVISABLE
MOSCOW (J. T. A.)—Returning from Kiev, Zhitomir, Berdichcff, Vcn- itza Kamenetz-Podolsk, Proskurow and Ekaterinoslav, the J. T. A. correspond¬ ent, is in position to state that the sit¬ uation of most of the Jewish institutions in these places is grave. Local' leaders assert it is "intolerable." Despite the $5,000,000 the Jewish Joint Distribu¬ tion Committee has given the ARA, of which $1,250,000 was designated for children's aid, most Jewish institutions receive neither food, blankets nor sheets from the ARA. In tho few in¬ stitutions which do receive aid, the rations are insufficient and the children sickly and underfed.
Feed Non-Jews
The ,ARA does feed non-Jewish in¬ stitutions in districts which are thickly populated by Jews. In the districts of Volhynia and Podolia no ARA kitchens are open, although the Government is ready to bear part of the cost of main¬ tenance. In the district of Ekaterino¬ slav 30,000 Jews require immediate aid, Ekaterinoslav is a dying city. There is no ARA feeding in this district.
The JDC; however,, maintains no feeding stations, and its children's aid work is done through the agency of the "Yidgescom." The latter is the executive organ of the Jewish section of the Russian Communist party. It not only engages in relief work, but must safeguard the supremacy of the Jewish Communist party over Jewish affairs. Because of its close relation to the Government and because no for¬ eign organization can afford to build up its own apparatus, it must be used by foreign Jewish agenc'cs desiring to aid Russian Jews.
Food Parcels
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JACOBSON
TORONTO, (J. C. B.); —Joseph Singer has been elected to the Board of Control and a Factor to the Board of Education in the Municipal elections held yesterday. This is the first time that Toronto Jews will have representa¬ tion on these two important committees.
and not a reservoir. That which i filled' by merely pumping in will b emptied by pumping out.
The   education   of   our   children   i never oht of my mind.   Train them t virtue,    habituate   them   to   industry activity and spirit, make them conside every vice as shameful  and unmanly fire them with  ambition to he usefu Make them disdain to be destitute o any useful knowledge.   For their learn ing to be liberal spare no cost; for b such parsimony all is lost that is saved but let it be useful knowledge, such i is consistent with truth and Godliness not cherishing a vain conversation tir idle mind, ingenuity mixed with indui try is good for hody and the mind toijj. The real object of education is 10 give children resources that will endtuj-e as long as life endures; habits that titifie will ameliorate,  not destroy; occupa¬ tions that will render sickness tolerable, solitude   pleasant,   age   venerj^blp,   life more  dignified  and  useful  and death less terrible, and he that has found a way to keep a child's spirit easy, active and free and yet at the same time "to restrain him from many things he hps
a mind to, and to draw him to things that are uneasy to him, has, in my opinion, got the true secret of educa¬ tion.
The secret of successful teaching is to teach accurately; thoroughly anil earnestly; this will impart interest to in¬ structions and awaken attention to them.
All sciences in their nature or con¬ nections arc replete with interest, if teachers properly illustrate and impress their truths in a pleasing, earnest man¬ ner. The -philosopher,' the saint, the hero, the wise and tlie good or tlie great very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have disinterred and brought to- light, and it depends on education to open the gates which lead to virtue or to vice, to happiness or to misery. For education is not learning; it is the ex¬ ercise and development of the powers of the mind; and the two great methods by which this end may be accomplished are in the halls of learning or in the conflicts of life.'
Too many have imbibed the idea 'that to obtain a sufficient education to en¬ able a man to appear advantageously upon the theatre, especially of public life, his boyhood ahd youth must, be spent within the walls of some classical seminary of learning that he may com¬ mence his career tinder the high floating banner of a collegiate diploma with them, the first rung of the ladder of fame. That a refined, classical educa¬ tion is desirable, and one of the ac¬ complishments of a man, we admit— that it is indispensably hecessary, and always makes a man more useful, we deny. He who has Deen incarcerated, from his childhood up to his majority, within the limited circumference of his school and boarding room, although he may have mastered all the classics, is destitute of that knowledge of men and things indispensably necessairy to pre¬ pare him for action, either in private or public life. It requires extensive ob¬ servation to enable one even partially to appreciate the wonderful extent to which all the faculties are developed by mental cultivation. The nervous sys¬ tem grows more vigorous and active, the touch is more sensitive and there is greater nobility in the hand.
Qassic lore and polite literature are very  different  from  the vast amount of common intelligence,  fit for every (Concluded on page 4.)
bright epoch in the communal life of Columbus and for the Independent Or¬ der of B'nai B'rith in its endeavor to arouse a hitherto dormant public to "an urgent need for a better understanding of the exigencies of the hour in the effort of the entire Jewish people.
Rabbi Jacob Tarshish of Temple B'nai Israel opened- the meeting with a beau¬ tiful and touching prayer. Mr. A. B. Weinfeld, president of the local lodge, greeted the large assembly, and expressed his satisfaction over the splendid turn¬ out. He' then introduced Mr. E. J. Sehanfarber who. was enthusiastically received by all present.
Mr. Sehanfarber eloquently portrayed the lofty ideals of the I. O. B. B. and their great moral influence in continuing the wonderful institutional work of the order. The main theme of Mr. Schan- -farhgr's remarks that ran through his brief talk was that "It is the work of the heart that best bespeaks the efforts of that great fraternal organization—In¬ dependent Order B'nai B'rith."
Mr. Sehanfarber then introduced the (Concluded on page 5.)
to-da^ almost $2,000,000, are not be¬ ing applied for the aid of hungry Jew¬ ish children. A probable solution might lie in the direct transmission of money, from relatives in America' to benefi¬ ciaries in Russia. It is learned on .good authority that the Soviet Government does not object to the transfer of dol¬ lars, and that the cost of transmis¬ sion would be only 2%. The "Yidge¬ scom," the only public body transfer- ing money from America, charges 9%, A large American Jewish organiza¬ tion not seeking profit, could easily un¬ dertake the transfer of money, which is advisable in the face pf the fall of food prices and the depreciated value of food packages.
Col. Haskell's Statement
Col. Wm. N. Haskell, who had beeti executive director of the American Re¬ lief Administration in Russia, and Walter Lyman Brown, formerly the European director of the ARA, made the,following statement to a represent¬ ative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (Concluded from page 6.)
LOWELL PREDICTS POGROMS IN U. S. IN 20 YEARS
New York, Jan. 15, (J. C. B.)—"President Lowell-takes full credit for the plan to limit the number of Jews who are seeking admission into Harvard," declared a Harvard graduate who' refused to divulge his identity, in speaking last night before the Maccabeans, the men's club of- Temple Israel, 210 W, 91st Street, who said he had a three hours' conversation with President Lowell two weeks ago. "It is his view that so long as the Jewish pebple decide to remain apart, as a distinct entity in American life and not merging .in a social way by intermarriage with the Gentiles, just so long will prejudice continue and even grow worse.
"President Lowell predicted that within twenty years we will see in. the United States the same conditions that now exist in Central Europe, where blood is spilled as a result of anti-Semitism,
"The time will come" Dr. Lowell said and he belied it would not, take longer than a generation—when the Jew miiitbe treated in the same way as the Negro in the South and in many of the universities, and his advice was that the Jews drop their faith.
"President Lowell also asserted that a Jew can not be an American, for to be an American, in his opinion, one must be that and nothing else. He said that Harvard is not the only university that is barring , men of the Jewish faith, but that right here in New York, Columbia , and New York University are gradually reducing their Jewish enrolU ment."
Dr. Percy S. Grant, whose topic was "Freedom and Justice," ex- pli^ined that he, too, was a son of Harvard, and he stated that the entire prejudice situation now existing in his Alma Mater is "most in¬ teresting and most, peculiar."
The trouble with Harvard, said Dr. Grant, ijs that it has always been ruled by "State Street," the financial district of Boston, He said that prior to the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Brandeis, a Harvard graduate, some of the influential Bostonians went to Wash-> ington to fight the nomination, "