Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1923-10-26

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Volume VI — No. 23
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^TOWER HAS GONE TO LITHUANIA S HEAD,"^YS MATZ
Anrerican Manufacturer Declares
Country ia Persecuting: Jews
Just For Pleasure cf It
ANTI-JEW PROPAGANDA SWALLOWED BY POPULACE
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NEW YORK, (J. T. A.) —Thai steps be taken so that the Lithnniiiaii Miiii.stry in the United Slates apprise its gov¬ ernment that the 'Atncrican work! is aware of its persecution and almost ri(h"cnlon.s discriminations against the Jews is' urged by Israel Mat/, one of America's leading medical manufac¬ turers who has just returned from a visit to .his old homeland.
"Lithuania," said i\lr. Afat/ in an in¬ terview with a representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, "is like the little hoy who pulls the c^t's tail merely for the pleasure of hearing it squeal. It gives the boy a sense of pov/er.
"It. is all well enough for a person who lias not arrived at full mental powers to he guilty of such pmctices, but Lithuania should ,bc above such things," Mr. Matz  declared.
"Tihe taking by Lithuania of Memcl and its obtaining of full indopcndcnce has gone to Lithuania's head and in addition to its extortion of money from Jews on a hundred pretexts, it indulges in other practices merely to embitter the 'life of the Jew, taking pleasure in the misery it is causing."
¦'When Lithuania first obtained its' independence," Mr. Matz continued, "there were none happier than the Lithuanian Jews. The majority of them would not have exchanged Lithu¬ ania for Palestine. All sorts of prom¬ ises of absolute equality and fraternity were made. Not one of them was kept, however."
"Jews constitute about 10 per cent of the population of Lithuania and the whole taxation system is so framed that it virtually all falls on Jews."
"A Lithuanian tax official," said Mr. Matz,  "said  in  a  friendly spirit to  a.
Calls "God of Vengeance" a Foul Spectacle
LONDON, (J. T. A.).—Sholom Ash's play, "The God of Vengeance'' is the subject of a bitter attack in the Sunday Bxprcts which vehemently upbraids the licensiuK authorities for permitting the company of Jewish phiycrs from Viina, Poland, to produce this piece in London.
The li.vpre.ts recalls that the play, lo vvhich if refers as a "foul spectacle," had heen suppressed in New York and de¬ mands an explanation of the authorities for' countenancing its  appearance  here.
The authorities liavc retorted with tlie excuse '.that no one in tlie dcparlment ia able to read Yiddish.
THE PASSING OF A GREAT SOUI
Jastrow's  Books  Form  Nucleus For New School's Library
SAINTLY wCKian injlsrael has passed to the Groat £2eyond and a whole community mournc her pass¬ ing \yilh heavy hearts ond eyes overflowing with tears. She who n:oved among us with the dignity of a queen, the love of a devotfid mother, and the serenity of a chastened soul has been tn-, nsportcd to the Academy on High, and now stands in tvie presence of the Universal Father, wriLing for his benediction.
Abe Lefcourt, Once a Bootblack, Now Worth MilLons
Makes   Greai   Success   As   Real
Estate Dealer and as Cioak
IVianufacturer
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Act   One—A   black-halred   schoolboy sits at his stand in Grand street busily, selling papers to the passing eaatsiderb. The boy's name is Abe Lcfcourt.
Act Tvvo—A young salesman sits all night in the smoking car ot the train lo Pittsburgh. He is launcliing a busi¬ ness of his own, and yet lacks money I enough to Ijuy a sleeper. The salesman's name is Lefcourt.
Act Three—A manufacturer, forty- seven, sits 'in his luxuriously appointed office and decides to retire as chief 'of his $2,0110,000 cloak and suit company to supervise his real estate properties in New York valued at more tiian §10,- 000,001'. The manufacturer's name is Lefcourt.
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You may not have enough money, but then you can sell your furniture and so on and raise the money, bbt really I don't understand how you will pay your taxes the year following.'
"When Jews make protests, they are told to 'make no noise' or it will be worse for them.
"Officials indiscriminately enter Jewish stores and take what they please. If any of the Lithuanian peasants happen to take a dislike to a Jew and report it to the police officials, no amount of evidence will be taken from the "Jew against the wdrd of the peasant."
"The non-Jewish population," Mr. Matz declares, "is almost entirely il¬ literate, and as a result the propaganda <if anti-semitism carried pn by the dema¬ gogic press and the church is swallowed completely by the ignorant populace.
"The native normally is not un¬ friendly to the Jew. If the.Lithuanian government wants to get rid of the Jevvs, its acts certainly do not indicate it. It is extremely difficult for a Jew to get a passport to leave it. Graft must be paid all down the line in order to get out. As a matter of fact, Lithu¬ ania would be in an awful plight with¬ out the Jews, .who are milked right and left for the support of the officials of the government. One out of every four or five in Lithuania is on the gov.ern- ment payroll and the Jews must pay the' expense of supporting the whole regime."
"But it is not only this effort to 'milk' the Jews for money that I am objecting to," said Mr. Matz, "'but the senseless, purposeless practices indulged in for seemingly no other purpose but to enjoy the pleasure of the Jews' discomfort.
"Jews-will go to see an official, and the official sitting with his feet on the desk for hours doing nothing except en¬ joying the thought of the Jew waiting outside for hours _ to see him. After several hours, he decides he will have some more fun with the Jew and ad¬ mits him to his majestic presence."
"Culturally and from a Jewish point of view," Mr. Matz said, "there is much to be thankful for. Hebrew is spoken quite generally among the Jewish young," the manufacturer declared.
Sucli, in epitome, is the spectacular career of A. E. 'Lefcourt, one whose life the year 1870 saw begin in a tenement above the swirling cliaos of Delencey street, and whom 1923 finds a leader iu tha American garfnent industry, a n;{ulti-
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Lefcourt s childhood was not that of
NEVV HAVEN, CONN., (J. T. A.). —Prof. Albert T. Clay of Yale Univer¬ sity has been commissioned to open the new school of arclijcological research in Bagdad this winter. The school will be known as the American School of Oriental Research.
I As a nucleus for the library of the school, there have been received some 2TO books on Assyriolo'j;y of the late Professor Morris Jasfrow, donated to the school by Mrs. Jastrow. Pr\^{essor Clay hopes to gain from tlit' Emir Feisid a grant of land for the school.
READY TO START DIO.
GING IN CITY OF DAVID
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JERUSALEM—(J. T. A.)—All prep¬ arations for the commencement of ex¬ cavation operations in the City of David by the archaeological expedition headed by Professor McAllister haive been vir¬ tually completed. ¦ The digging will begin within the next few days.
the fashionably attired,- governess at¬ tended youth of Park •A.venue. Work for him was necessary if his parents were to live, and the wanderer along Grand street, afternoon and evening, vvould have found the boy there at a buzzing corner, handing out newspapers.
Broadens  Sphere  of Activities
Prospering, he was moved to broacic'i the sphere of his activities by adding to his establishment an innovation on the East Side, a boot-black stand.
Unable to remain in school after the eighth grade, Lefcourt's first position in the • mercantile world was receiving clerk in a department store at a salary of $12 a week.
Retail commerce, however proved dull, and three years later tlie youth was in a cloak and suit factory; th!s month su¬ pervisor among whirring machines, the next, head bookkeeper in the quiet of¬ fice.
Then came the eventful day, he was called over to the President's desk and sent to Missouri as a salesman, on trial. His first conflict with a shrewd local merchJint, netted a $5,000 order.
Opportunity  Materialized
Earning his epaulets by this harrow¬ ing expedition, tiie young man became one of the company's most valued am- i bassadors.    His .salary and commissions often totalled .*iriO a week.   Yet in 1900,' vvhen the head of the factory, about to retire, asked Lefcourt the amount of his ^ savings, the salesman vvas compelled to admit he had accumulated nothing.
"You've worked hard for me," the veteran manufacturer growled cordially. "What can I do to- help you before I close up shop forever?" |
Opportunity materialized. He turned to his chief. "I don't want money." -Ills voice was eager. "But I do want to go on my own. Will you lend me a few cutting machines and a few factory fix¬ tures? That's all I need. And I'll give you a six montjis' note."
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Lord Swaythling's I Daughter to Address I the C. J. W. Convention
Member of Famous Titled Family of England to Deliver Ad¬ dress at St. Lo'i'a
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PLANS ALREADY MADE
TO ENTERTAIN HER
A (laughter of the first Lord' Svvayth- ling, the Hon. Mrs. Ernest L. Franklin of London, England, will address the Tenth Triennial ConvM;ntion of the Council of Jewish Women when' it meets at St. Louis on November llth to ICth, on "The World Today: Woman's Opportunity." Mrs. Franklin is .the Honorary Organizing Secretary of the 'Parents' National Educational Union of Great Britain and is regarded as one of the most influential leaders in Eng¬ lish educational movements. She is expected to arrive in America during the latter part of October. Many elab¬ orate plans have already been made for her entertainment in this country. Di8tine:uished Family
Her family is one of the most dis¬ tinguished in English Jewry. It will be rtcalled that her brother, the Hon. "Ed¬ win Montagu, had served as Secretary for India under Prime Minister Lloyd George. In all Jewish activities of her country, Mrs. Franklin has assumed a very  prominent  position,  especially  in
THOUSANDS MOURN THE PASSING OF
MRS. FRED^LAZARUS
Hundreds   of   Letters   of   Con¬ dolence Pour into Her Ho;ii-^e^ ^ From Everywhere.
RABBI TARSHISH AND
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ranks of Columbus Jewish womanhood, which it will be most diOicuIt for us to fill. To have known her, was to have loved ar.d recpscted her. The sweetness, the beauty, and the charm of her personality vvill never be for¬ gotten by her hosts of iPriends. Her every word and deed, inspired as they were, by a dsep and passionate yearning for pjiblic service, bore rich fruits in bringing happiness to others.
In reflecting upon her life, her multitudes of admirers are elevated lo a higher plane of spirituality. May the contemplation of her exemplary character console her be¬ reaved ones and soothe their anguished hearts. Let our moum'ng be NOT for her, but for her devoted children: SHE has gone to her Eternal Reward; THEY are left in their deep and poignant grief.
The like of Rose Lazarus is not duplicated very often. Great souh are rarer than gems, and frequently' they are vouchsafed to cur keeping for only too short a time. Why the good Lord, in his inscrutable wisdom, has seen fit to take frsm us &o prematurely a p^sonality so sweet and charmi.ig,' a character so dear and affectionate, a heart so saturated with kindness and philanthropy, we dare not ask. With our sag^s, let us declare that the "Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
Of such as she was, there be few on earth; Of such as she is, there are few in heaven; And life is all the sweeeter that she lived, And all she loved more sacred for her sake. And Death is all the brighter that she died. And Heaven is all the happier that she's there.
— A. M. N.
OPEN MEETING OF THE O. S. U. MENORAH SOCIETY
The opening meeting of the year ot the Menorah Society will be held next Sunday, Oc¬ tober 28th, at 2:30 P. M. at the Ohio Union Building.
Something novel in the way of entertainment is in store for 'hose who attend- There will be a good speaker. Refresh¬ ments will be served, Fresh- nlen ave especially invited to come  to  this meeting,
Expressions, of Condolence on
The Demise of Rose E. Lazarus
Editor, Ji:wisn CmioNici-i:, Columbus, Ohio.
Dear Sir: —
To express in mere words the poignant pangs of grief and sorrow which agitate j my heart today is a task which only a great poet who has himself experienced a great tragedy can perform. I try in vain to measure or compute the loss I haye sustained in the passing of a deeply sincere and loyal frjend^—one whose presence alone cpnsoled and en¬ couraged me personally when in bereave¬ ment all the world seemed dreary and
dark and the  future held out nothing but gloom.
Rose Lazarus stood out preeminently as a distinguished mother in Israel. She vvas self-denying, pious and supremely true. Her heart went out to those Xi\ distress with a tenderness and compas¬ sion worthy of a Saint. Never did the needy knock at her door but found in her a staunch friend and supporter. Her nobleness in life, I am certain, cannot be severed from us by death- Her glorious deeds will perpetuate her mem¬ ory with blessings many and manifold, {Concluded on page 4)
The Angel of Death visited Columbus last Saturday and took with him the precious life of Mrs. Fred Lazarus, Sr., a pioneer citizen of the city who had distinguished herself by her splendid philai'itliropic activities as well a.s by her' native ability for leadership. The sad news sliocked the entire city where the deceased iiad resided for forty-two years, devoting most of her lime to labors of love on helmlf of her fellow- men.
Havi.;g been under the impression that she vvas recuperating from her long ill¬ ness and progressing towards health once more, the hosts of friends whom she had acquired during hc'r pilgrimage on earth, vvcre stunned hy the sudden¬ ness of her departure. They were un¬ speakably sore .stricken by the sad an¬ nouncement of her demise and their poignant grief was evident on their faces during the funeral ceremony, which tOok plt.cc at the Lazarus home, 1080 Bryden Road, at 2 P. M. Tuesd.iy.
Universally Loved
Mrs. Lazarus had endeared herself to Columbus Jewry by her untiring efforts for tbe advancement of Judaism and for the amelioration of the sufferings of the poverty-stricken and the distressed. Since their inception she was very active in the following, organizations: The Council of Jewish Women, the Jewish .Welfare FcderVion, the District Nurs¬ ing' Association, Children's - Hospital, Baby Camp, Camp Johnson, and the Temple Israel Sisterhood. She presided over the destinies of the latter for twenty-five years, being to a great ex¬ tent ; responsible for its extraordinary- success.
Many institutions in and outside of Ohio were frequent recipients of contri-
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The address of Mrs. Franklin at the phan Home, St. Anthony's Hospital of Council Convention in St. Louis, will be ' Columbus, and the Jewish Infants' given on Tuesday evening, November Home of Ohio. She also contributed Kith, which has been arranged as "In-' generously to the various relief drives, teniational Evening." The relationship In fact, no worthy institution or move- of the Council of Jewish Women to the ment turned to her for aid in vain; she needs of world Jewish womanhood will was always,ready to listen and to give, be stressed on this occasion. The ad- 1 Survived By Four Sons and A Sister ditional spe.ikers for that evening will'    Mrs. Lazarus is survived by a sister,
include Mrs. Philip North Moore of St. Louis, President of the National Coun¬ cil of Women of the United States, a member of the International Council of Women, organizations that are distinct from the Council of Jevvish Women. Mrs. Moore's address will deal with "Woman's Contribution to World Co¬ operation."
'  Officers to  Speak
The me.isages on behalf of the Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women will be delivered by two of its officers who have directed the work of the Council in Europe and the extension of its purposes to all countries of the world. Mrs. Alexander Kohut of New York City, Chairman of the Committee on Reconstruction, and Mrs. Nathaniel E. Harris of Bradford, Pa., former President of the Council and Chairman of the Committee - on Foreign Relations. Their messages will be devoted to the Conference at Vienna, called by the Council last May and at¬ tended by representatives of Jewish women's organizations throughout the world; to the activities of the Coun¬ cil's Reconstruction Unit, which was sent to Europe in 1921, 1922 and 1923 to assist Jewish communities in their effort to relieve the problems o^ the thousands of refugee women and chil¬ dren concentrated in their cities after the war; and to the organization of Councils of Jewish Women in various European cities. The Vienna Confer¬ ence, which was attended by Mrs. Alex ander Kohut, Mrs. N.ithaniel E. Harris, Estelle M. Sternberger, National Execu¬ tive Secretary of the Council; and Miss Cecilia Razovsky Secretary o,f the Coun¬ cil's Department of Immigrant Afd, has been heralded as one of the most sig¬ nificant -contributions made by organized womanliood toward world cooperation and international peace.
The expansion of the Council of Jew¬ ish Women into a world factor is one of the outstanding achievements of its Tenth Triennial period, from 1920 to 1923, under the administration of Miss Rose Brenner of Brooklyn, N. Y., its president.
HEAR GOV. DONAHEY
at Progress Club Monday Night
Mrs. Nathan Gumble of this city, and the following sons, Fred, Jr., Simon, Robert and Jeffrey L. Lazarus, all of whom have manifested on numerous oc¬ casions that they are imbued with their saintly mother's spirit of service and philanthropy.
The Lazarus Store was closed, imme¬ diately after the decease of Mrs. Lazarus was announced Saturday afternoon.    It remained closed until Wednesday morn-- ing.
Hundreds' of letters of condolence have poured into the Lazarus home from all sections of Oliio and from other states. The Ohio Jewish Chroniclk has also received letters of condolence from representative Jews and Jewish organizations of the city, a number of which are 'published elsewhere in this (Concluded on page 4)
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LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED AT OPEN MEETING OF ZION LODGE
An unprecedented attendance, is anticipated at the next open meeting of the local B'nat-^ B'rith lodge at the Progress Club, Monday evening, October 29. All members are urged to attend together with friends. Governor Donahey will honor" the lodge by his presence.
The meeting which will be presided ovsr by Julius Zeck¬ hauser will be opened by an invocation to be delivered by^. Rabbi Jacob Tarshish of Tem¬ ple Israel, Mr. Zeckhauser will then make a few remarks ta be followed by a short talk by Max H. Rieser in which he will"' introduce the Governor. The remainder of the program will be as follows: a) Address by Governor Vic Donaheyt b) Mu¬ sical numbers by Ohio State Penitentiary Quartet, v.'hich has bec^n given a special per¬ mit to appear before the Lodge; c) A few remarks by E. J. Schanfarbisr; d) Reception to the Governor. A great treat is in store for everyone who -will attend. Make no other en¬ gagements for October 29.
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