Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1923-12-28

              Central Ohio's Onlif Jetoish Newspaper
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and
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Volume Vr —No. 3a
COLUMBUS, OlilO.
STEIN MINIMIZES ANTI-JEWISH EX- ;   CBS IN GERMANY
I^hiIos«{>hcr and Editor Asoerto , R<6p6rta of Disturbances Are "Exaggerations"
FORD ASKED TO BACK
MONARCHIST PLOT
ANTI-SEMITISM IS
SEMI-OFFICIAL
LONDON, (J. T. A.)—The well- known Hungarian politician, cx-I'rime Minister Friedricii, according to infor¬ mation received by the Jewish Tele¬ graphic Agency, negotiated sonic time ago with Henry Ford, regarding the lat¬ ter's Hnancial .support for the monarch; istic propaganda in Hungary, Austria and Bavaria. The negotiations were conducted throu.gli the Turkish Mini.stcr Ismct Pa.sha and the American Admiral Clicstcr. In return Ford is said to have been promised important railway and in¬ dustrial concessions upon tlie realization of I'Vicdrich's plans.
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ITS 4TH BIIITHDA¥;.(
OUSE IMMIG. COM. DECIDES ON A 2% QUOTA
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Promment Jews -and N<m-.feva,    j„    Qnly for the Sake of Form,
*^>iSl?'^f^JV^"VA^^''"*   r       Says Washington Report did Efforts of Jewish Agency '  1_
lijCONG. DICKSTEIN PUT
f.^ UP A BRAVE FIGHT
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Department of Syiagng And School Extension
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William Ornstein Gives General Review of Department's Ac¬ tivities During Past Year
WORK AMONG COLLEGES
IS ON THE INCREASE
iMvW YORK, (J. T. A.)—Fear for tiff "Safely of the Jew in Germany is not shared by Professor Ludwig Stein of Berlin, for twenty years foreign editor of the Vo.<sische Zeitung and one of tlio ino.st influential journalists and scholars in that country, who recently arrived in this country for a lecture tour of about a month's duration. Aiiti-Scmi'tism in 'Prussia docs not cjtist officially, and re¬ ports' of attacks on the Jews have been greatly exaggerated, according to Dr; Stein, in an interview today with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Conditions in Bavaria, he claims, have been greatly overstated by the press reports which have- found their way -to the United States, and any anti-Semitic feeling there is only ''semi-official".
"Conditions in Bavaria before the war .were the best that the Jew enjoyed in any part of Germany," said Dr. Stein . ,"Tha.t state has the most assimilated Jevvs and in Bavaria professors, jurists and other great men are of the Jewisli race. There.is absolutely nothing in the German. constitution which even hints toward discrimination. The constitution of Bavaria \vas framed by a Jew, Na¬ tive Bavarian Jews were not affected by the expulsion orders and have not been disturbed' in their usual pursuits." Dr. Stein" said others, besides Jews, were affected in the orders to expel all aliens who were not indispensable to the state",J the repeated reports that none but.for¬ eign Jews were affected notwithstanding. Outbursts, which were .so marked in Neurnburg were due to the fact that Neurnbcrg is the center of tlie Jewish population, and the more Jews the greater thc' anti-Semitism. The report that lio Jew was safe on thei streets is an exaggeration. The"dynasty appreci¬ ate? tlie" fact that the Jews are numbered among the greatest of,-Bavarian patriots. ' '¦^''^."'"¦^'^•p'li' J>n_d not anfi:Semi_t,<v^<'J.r
responsible for the happenings in Ger-I'''" ."' ^''¦'¦' ""¦"'"i^ «.-.m.j-vv» .0,.^ many today. The Nationalistic party '""""S the year 1.12 ponUs were reaehed alone has an anti-Semitic current within h'""^'- '^"1 rabb.s or laj.nen and ar- the organization, although it has „ot ^ns^^^'ts made for Jew.sh activity n, come out openly against the Jew,   The'the.« communities.   Altogether .M v,s
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CINCINNATI. — Enlarged activities that 'included rcligioiis work in \'.Vi cities, tlie publication of several valuable books Slid pamphlets on Jews and Juda¬ ism and the adoption of a uniform cjir^ riculuin. for religious instruction in schools thruout the country marked the reports that were presented at the an¬ nual meeting of the-board of managers of the department of Synagog and School Extension held in Cincinnati last week. Progress was also indicated in ,the w'o!;k at universities, visits by the chaplain-in Cliicago and "in "the number of tracts issued, by -the Tract Commis¬ sion.  ,
William Ornstein, chairman of the Board of Managers, gave a general re¬ view of the accomplishments for the past twelve months, indicating tliat the activities cover a wide area geograph¬ ically and in variety.
Rabbi Gcojfee- Zepin, executive secre¬ tary, submittefl-facts and details of ..the' different divisions of the departinent of Synagog and iSchooI Extension for 102'J, stfotving the effort made to spread Jiida
NEW YORK, (J. T. A.)—Many pub¬ lishers, editors and contributors to the \ Jewish press of the United St.ites, as' well as the general press, were a-ssem* bled on December 10, at the Hotel Brc  jp voort in order to celebrate the Fourth 1 Anniversary of the J'ewish Telegraphic \ Agency. ' . ¦   ,'^
• Mr. Jacob Landau, Managing ^Tl:reft"j,n •if. the Agency, opened the dinner antl (jl gave a brief sketch of the history of the^jj Agency. The Jewish Telegraphic Jtj Agency was founded four years ago by ^n Mr. Mcer Grossman and Mr. Jacob Lafi-.'eL dau in London, and a few month*; latcf ns
an office was opened in New York, tOng I lA  f .        .    i_      . •
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be fo lowed by offices m Warsaw,, and K;-«,m „ f       n  •      ¦
„   ,. ,,' , ',.'  ', Hflim census for  all  immigrants except
Berlin; recently, two new bureaus were A .„. .•,.^„    i ... u   l    j
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added   to   the   system,   in   Pari?^ af-iiso"
Jerusalem. rfcct venti-
Oswald Garrison Villard, pu.st is carried
The Nation, paid a tribute to the
Telegraphic Agency, expressing his invrte.«
P}l/ASHINGTON,   (J.  T. A.)—As a
lit of the second Executive Commit-
session today, all the main features
the immigration bill tO be reported
the   House  are   practically   decided
ilii.   Though decisions and votes taken
. pially are only supposed to be tentjk^
!<¦., yet judging from the attitude re-
thjcd, it is very unlikely that the Com-
^ertee  will  change  its  mind  when  the
hil vote is taken.   It has been decided
afcmbody the decisions in forms which
ill tentative committee will print  for
ni use of its members when the final
tip is  taken.    These decisions arc as
fi lows
appreciation of the service of the Jew^j, Jg,
wife.   A father or mother over fifty- e years of age and unmarried children der eighteen will be exempt from all ta restrictions.
Congressman Samuel Dickstein, Dcm tat, of New York, a new member of Telegraphic Agency. He said he wf-la L. Committee, made a strong fight very much pleased that. Zangwill Miuhc ,.g\^,^^ jhc 18!)0 census, urging at least expressed the othef day'his regret tha: ,'|; retention of the three per cent quota the United States had entered the Wat , jUe.A on the 1910 census. This plea be- a sentiment which' he had expressed 1 v'„p ^viti,out 3^3;!,,^ proposed the three years ago. "I caiinot help- asking you'^.; rp^j- ce„t quota based on the 1890 census he continued, "whether if we-had wof;> ,„ (,c operated as follows: Preference the war, we could have paid with suci?,,' „p jo one per cent is to be given to the
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SOLOWEITCHIK QUITS
ZIONIST EXECUTIVE
LONDON, (J. ' T. A.)—Dr, ^olo- weitchife, former Minister for Jewi.sh Affairs in Lithuania, has resigned as member of the Zionist Executive, owing to disagreement be'tween him and other members of the Executive on questions relating to the establishment of the Jewish Agency, In particular. Dr. Solo- weitcliik's resignation is intended as a protest against Leonard Stein, the po¬ litical Secretary of the Zionist Organi¬ zation who in Wcismaiin's absence has been conducting negotiations with repre¬ sentatives of English Jewry concerning the Agency.
Rabbi J. Max Weis Calls Yom Kippur An Outworn Institution
Liberal Rabbi Challenges Anyone
to Paint an Inspiring Picture
of Yom Kippur
ADVOCATES ELIMINATION OF "DAY OF DARKNESS"
a victory for some - of the - aftermath^ such as this terrible-w^vt' of anti'^ Semitism, ot nationalistic hatreds sucti as wehavQ never, known before. I can,; not think that any victory ,'wowld hav|, justified that. , I do feel, however,,thai, it behooves us to do everything in oq- power io' combat those racial and net, lionalistic hatreds by printing the trutflji'; (Continued on page V \)
wife, husband and unmarried children under eighteen years of declarants, resi¬ dent in the United States for two years; the remaining two per cent to be allotted to all other aliens.
Conflicting statements were made to
your   correspondent   regarding   which
plan was accepted.   Congressman Dick-
(Concluded on page 5.)
Stresemann party has taken a decidedly neutral stand.    All  other parties have
its were made by l-'il rabbis and laymen. Fifty small cities were operated during the    past    season.      Twenty    religious
From All Ooer the World
(NOTE: Article* and news letters distributed by the Jewish Telegraphic Ageiicy express the views of the writers whose names are signed thereto, and not those of the Agency.)
(By Dr. J. Max Weis.)
Judaism, throughout its history of progress, has been a succession of bat¬ tles against the overwhelming weight of massed traditions. Long before the original leaders of Reform Judaism, Maimonides turned the mind of his fel¬ low-Jew to the quest of . reasons' for each law observed. .He had the courage to assert that the system of sacrifices in ancient Israel was adopted only as a matter of expediency, to facilitate the substitution among the populace, of the worship of the one God for the many gods of their environment. The con¬ tinuance of animal sacrifices represented a compromise in religious evolution.
The liberal Rabbis of today are just as cautious as the priests of Palestine in
FRENSDORF DEFENSE OF FORD ANSWERED BY FRED M. BUTZEL
Prominent Detroit Jewish Com¬ munal Worker Calls Frens- dorf's Attitude Dangerous
FRENSDORF'S ADVICE
EVOKES INDIGNATION
DETROIT. — Fred M. Butzel, prom¬ inent Detroit civic and communal worker, in, a statement to the editor of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, answers the endorsement of Henry Ford made last week by Edward Frensdorf, a Jew, who, in a communication to The Chron¬ icle, defended Ford's attack on the Jews.
Mr. Frensdorf's statement aroused a storm of indignation among Detroit Jews, and the reply of Mr. Butzel repre¬ sents the opinion of many Detroit lead¬ ers expressed verbally to The Chronicle on the question of the Frensdorf com¬ munication and the endorsement by the latter of the Ford candidacy for presi¬ dent of the United States.
Mr. Butzel's statement to The Chron¬ icle  follows:
''Irre'spective of protests of personal integrity, claimed by Mr. Frensdorf in connection with the statement sent to the Jewish Chronicle at your request, and irrespective of his alleged desire not to enter into any controversy, the entire matter is so controversial ,and Mr. Frensdorf's attitude is so insidiously dangerous, not only to the Jews, but more particularly, to 'true America' that I reluctantly rush into print to answer him.
"If there is any one thing that Amer¬ ica needs today,,it is a ,man to reconcile the vai-ious elements in our country, who does not sow the seeds of discord, who is free from prejudice and whose po¬ litical and economic views are basically sound. It is very easy for Mr. Frens¬ dorf to disassociate Mr. Ford from a vicious campaign which has been full of malicious lies and design to stir up race hatred in the one country in the world in which it should have no place. Mr. Ford has not chosen to deny responsi¬ bility and every bit of evidence tends to place the responsibility squarely on his
shown a leaning towards the Jews, .ind! "^    •'""'    """r. ,~"-'    ¦:----
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the Socialists are numbered among their best friends. Although Hugo Stinnes, who I believe is the mightiest personage in the German Empire, has appointed no Jews on his Cabinet, he numbers among his best friends Jews and has shown a kindly feeling towards the race as a whole. The press has shown no si^ns of anti-Semitism and is safe from such expressions because many of the leading journalists are Jews. The Jewish-jour¬ nalists are ever on the lookout to in¬ vestigate reported national feeling against the Jew but to date there is ab¬ solutely none."
Dr. Stein's itinerary is being mapped out by Dr. Stephen P. Duggan. On Monday evening of this week' he lec¬ tured at Columbia University and he will be the guest of honor of the Co¬ lumbia Faculty Club at luncheon Fri¬ day. He will devote the week of De¬ cember 24 to lecture at Harvard, Yale, Boston University, Cornell, University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago. Most of his talks will be of a philosophic nature. Dr. Stein is a professor of philosophy at the Univer¬ sity of Berne, Switzerland, and for thirty-seven years without interruption has edited the Alshie Philosphie. This monthly magazine translated in four languages, German, French, English and Italian, and even during the war main¬ tained a strict neutrality.
Dr. Stein will be one of the outstand¬ ing figures at the Conference of Sociol¬ ogists in Waihington from January 3 to 6 when he will Iccttire on the "History of Philosophy."
While in this country. Dr. Stein will also arrange for the translation of his book, "The Outlines of Sociology," into English and plans another trip to the United States next year after the book has been published and put into circu¬ lation. The demand for his services in the United States on this trip have sur¬ passed by far the fondest hopes of his Committee of Welcome and the date for his intended return on January 15 will probably be extended a few weeks. The Committee of Welcome for Dr. Stein is headed by James W. Gerard, and Ar¬ thur Meyerowitz is secretary. Other im portant personages include Dr, Felix Adler, Prof. Henry Batnes, Prof, Lud¬ wig Bernstein, Dr. Stephen P. Duggan, Loring L. Dresel, Prof. John Dewey, Prof. H. M, Kalien. Adolph Kraus, U. S. Sflrator La FoUette, Longdan Mitch¬ ell, Prof. William R. Shepherd, Malcolm Sumner and John McHugh Stewart.
reorganized after a period of inactivity Forty-one small congregations were aided by visits of rabbis who conducted ¦crvices. taught children and conducted confirmation classes.-a total of 7:i visits being made for this purpose.
Religious . work among universities was on the increase, Rabbi Zepin stated. Contact is now had with 23 colleges and iiniversitiesi several of whom have stu¬ dent congregations. During the year forty rabbis and nine laymen delivered (Concluded on page 4)
AMERICA PROUD OF JEW¬ ISH CITIZENS, JAMES W. GERARD ASSERTS
Weizmann    and    Edison    Send Greetings to J. T. A. Dinner
NEW YORK, (J. T. A.)—Ex- pressing his inability to attend the Fourth Anniversary Dinner of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, James W. Gerard wrote:
'"The Jew< of Anierica have proved that given equal oppor- tu|tity and equal protection they can become the best of citizens and true Americans. ' "I congratulate the Agency because of its splendid and pa¬ triotic work. Keep it up. The influence of America must be exercised to obtain just treat¬ ment for the'Jews of ail coun¬ tries. Idealism and justice pay as practical propositions and all of us Americans are piroud of the achievements of our fellow- Americans of Jewish race and religion."
Thomas A. Edison in his note asked, "Please extend my greet¬ ings to the Jewish brethren of the Key -..."
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, ex¬ pressing regret at his inability to attend, wrote: "Please al¬ low me to take this oppor¬ tunity of expressing to you, and through you to your institution, my best wishes for the contin¬ ued success of your important undertaking which has ren¬ dered so much valuable service . to the Jewish community and to the cause of Palestine."
JEW TO FINANCE
VIENNA UNIVERSITY;
COST $2,500,000
VIENNA, (J. T. A.)—Siegmun Bo- sel, a Viennese Jewish financier, has un¬ dertaken to cover the running cost of the Vienna University, following an ap¬ peal by Chancellor Seipel. Dr. Doeller, President of the University, ordered all faculties to prepare budgets to be sub¬ mitted to Mr. Bosel.
Mr. Bo.sel, a young man of thirty, has amassed a huge fortune during the last few years, and Ls' today considered the richest man of Austria. He is some¬ times called the Austrian Stinnes.
The Viennese papers declare, it peculiar that a Jew should support a University where German students try to expel their Jewish colleagues. A semi-official statement declared that there is no dan¬ ger of any further anti-Semitic excesses.
It is estimated that the cost to Mr. Bosel of maintaining the University will be in the neighborhood of $2,500,000,
relatives in the United States. Where arriving immigrants have relatives in America our local representative is ca¬ bling them to provide the necessary financial help."
adjusting  the   modern  Jew's   religious
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without any naif-way meftsures; the fast^„^^j^ questions, such as money issues,
labor organization, government attitude toward business seems to many people just as ridiculous as his viewpoint on
CATHOLICS AS WELL AS JEWS THE BUTT
OF NATIONALISTS
RUMOR ABDULLAH MAY
RULE PALESTINE
LONDON, (J. T. A,)—Influential circles intend to solve the Palestine problem by the creation of an independ¬ ent native Palestinian government un¬ der Emir Abdullah, the present ruler of Transjordania, the Morning Post here intimates. According to the .paper theJ Government will function with British aid, a condition precedent to any such arrangenicnt being Abdullah's recogni¬ tion of the Zionist policy.
BERLIN, (J. T.. A.). —Chancellor Marx is convinced that the Jews are not alone the victims of the Nationalists' fury. According to a letter written in September by the Chancellor, the then leader of the Centrum, to the Central Association of German Citizens of tlie Jewish Faith, Herr Marx is of the opinion that the anti-Semitic movement is identical with the anti-Catholic move¬ ment. Catholics, he declared in the letter w'hich has Just been published by the Parliamentary Committee of the Centrum Deputies, are fundamentally opposed to anti-Semitism. The" assas¬ sination of Rathenau was the result of the Nationalists' preachings with which the Catholics were in no way associated, Herr Marx then declared. The Center Parties, on the other hand, liavc ever defended the Jews of the Fatherland against anti-Jewish instigation.
ton the Ninth Day of Ab. We made no attempt to sutistitute for it some thought such as the building of the spiritual Zion on earth. I stress this suggestion, because I am conscious of the fact that Rabbis will challenge my proposal for abolishing Yom Kippur with the pro¬ posal that wc interpret this holiday anew and so preserve its potentiality ,for the spiritual welfare of the Jew. I ask: "^Vhy did not the Rabbis reinterpret the Ninth Day of Ab, instead of casting it wholly out of Jewish life?"
I maintain that there is something more serious in giving up the Ninth Day of Ab than in abolishing Yom Kip pur. The Ninth Day of Ab, with its thought of Jerusalem, with its endless memories of that glorious city's role in the development of Judaism's inspiring literature and its host of courageous prophets and teachers, has in it the po- (Concluded on page 4.)
ZIONISTS WERE TOLD OF THE ARAB AGENCY, COLO¬ NIAL SECRETARY SAYS
GERMANY MAY PAY
POGROM DAMAGES
Special Jewish Commission In¬ vestigating Damages Caused by Disasters
KUNZE, NOTORIOUS
AGITATOR, ARRESTED
JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AFFECTED BY MEXI-
CAN REVOLUTION
CHICAGO, (J. T. A.)—Immigrants arriving at the port of Vera Cruz arc experiencing great hardship because the port has been cut off from Mexico City through  the  revolution  in  Mexico.
The fifteen Jewish ffimilies in Vera Cruz are unable to cope with the situ¬ ation and require funds to aid the Ar¬ riving immigrants, says a statement by Leon L. Lewis,. Secretary of the B'nai B'rith here:
"We have today sent forward suffi¬ cient funds to relieve the situation for the present and are awaiting further re¬ ports," Mr. Lewis declared. "Future necessities will be effected, of course, by the extent and duration of the present trouble in Mexico. The funds are to ^ used for those.immigrants who haye no
LONDON, (J. T. A.), —The Zionist Organization was advised of the steps contemplated by the British Govern¬ ment in offering to the Arabs of Pales¬ tine an Agency similar to the Jewisji body, a letter written by the Colonial Secretary, the Duke of Devonshire, to Sir Herbert Samuel discloses. This letter is included in the White Paper just published by the Government con¬ taining all the correspondence and dis¬ patches regarding the Agency which the Arab leaders rejected.
"Regarding the Zionists, whose con¬ currence is also to be sought the most convenient course it seems, would be that I place myself in communication with the headquarters of the. Zionist Organization," the Duke of Devonshire wrote. "I propose to proceed accord¬ ingly. The new arrangements will be put into immediate operation if and when the assent of the two parties is obtained.
"Concerning immigration, if the Jew¬ ish National Home is to be established, there must be reasonable facilities for the admission of Jewish settlers."
BERLIN. (J. T. A.)—The prompt and apparently effective suppression of the Hitler-Lud- endovff putch has strengthened the Stresemann Government and there is every hope that complete order will be restored in the Reich.
Berlin is quiet, experiencing the calm following a storm. The (government has promised to take measures to prevent further anli-Jewish disturb¬ ances.
Reparaiion to the victims of the looting is being considered by the authorities and a special Jewish Commission has been authorized to investigate the disorders and submit an esti¬ mate of the losses.
Persons suspected of leader¬ ship and direct participation in the anti-Jewish riots will be arrested, it is announced. The arrest here of Richard Kunze, notorious anti-Semitic leader, and inventor of a special cudgel known as "Knuppel- kunze," a weapon popular with the rioters, is regarded as a step in the direction promised by the Government.
constitutional principles, education, art, racial relationships and on many other things on which he has passed snap judgment of not even amateur quality.
"The fact that Mr. Ford has made a wonderful car by quantity methods so that it can be- had at a cheap' price will forever place humanity in, his debt, and although many factors in the. production of the car and in the history of the Ford Company may not bear the test of close scrutiny, from an ethical point of view, there is no doubt that political privilege plays no role in the accumulation of the Ford fortune.
"The Ford factory has a long way to • go before the Ford workmen will have that chance of self-expression and self- determination   that  many  workers   as¬ sume exists in that factory.
"America is hardly yet ready  for' a dictator, no  matter how excellent the despot may be.     Mr. Ford has at no,   ' stage of his career shown the capacity to co-operate with other people.    Men of outstanding genius, who have had no small part in the Ford success have been- compelled   to "separate   from   him  and sycophancy is an absolute requisite for successful co-operation with Mr. Ford. We hardly wish yet in America for a government of this character.   I am in¬ clined  to   suspect  that  Mr.  Frensdorf may be more interested 'in the Demo¬ cratic party and a snappy Democratic campaign than he is in the welfare of the United States Of America.   The ap¬ peal to Jewish toleration and patriotism is the most insidious one that could be made.   The time, however, has not ar¬ rived    when    patriotism    requires    the American people to put into a position of  control,  a  man  of  colossal  wealth whi) does not believe in history, who dis¬ approves of schooling, who is uninter¬ ested in art, who condemns labor organ¬ ization, supports fiat money, believes in the protocols of the Elders of Zion and in   Jewish   conspiracy   to   debauch   the morals of the world, enslave mankind and keep up a state of universal war for the private profit of the few. •"It is a matter of extreme humiliation for a Jew of Mr. Frensdorf's promi¬ nence to lend himself to a movement in this direction, no matter how sincere he is in his belief, nor how disinclined he is to controversy."
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