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NAT'L CONFERENCE OF JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICEMAY 13-16
Important    Conference    Repre¬ senting Jewish  Philanthropy Throughout the Country
WILL BE HELD IN THE
CITY OF WASHINGTON
8,000 REFUGEE JEWS EXPELLED FROM POLAND
The Twenty-fourth annual nieeting of the National Confcreuce of Jewish Social Service will be held in Washing¬ ton from the 13th through the ICth of May. Many problems that have con¬ fronted executives and Boards of Directors of Jewish philanthropy during the past year throughout the United States will be discussed at this meet¬ ing.
The keynote of the ineeting will be sounded -by Miss Frances Taussig, the President of the Conference, in her ad¬ dress on "The Changing Ideals in Jewish Social Work", showing the trend toward a more scientific ap¬ preciation of the problems and the growth of scientific methods in deal¬ ing with the problems. Along this line will be the reports rendered by Mr. Samuel A. Goldsmith, the Secretary of the Conference and the Director of the Btireau of'Jewish Social Research both the report on the Budgeting of National Organizations such as the HIAS, The Denver Sanatoria and others, and the report on the scientific study made of the problems of Jewish Giild care in New York City.
Jewish   Social   Worker*
•Dr. Julius Drachsler, Assistant Pro¬ fessor of Sociology at the College of the City of New 'York and a member of' the staff of the Bureau of Jewish Social Researcli, will render a report of' the Committee on Training of JeVvish Social Workers. ' Dr. Drachsler will,indicate the need for training and the nfethod for traiijing looking toward the establishment', of training courses' that if/iJI riotVe si duplicatiort of course^ *^d^eir(^^jniJ&5stinK,inst»(;'«|t»oi!AJmt^^ ""Iteu'd to better fit men and vvomen for the professioti bf Jewish Social Work.
The tendencies in the organization of Jewish communities for philanthropic and other purposes will be discussed in a paper presented by a committee of which Mr. H. Levin, the Director of the Baltimore Federation of Jewish Charities, ,is Chairman. Mr. Levin's paper will, analyze the growth of the federation movement in Jewish philan¬ thropy and 'the community-wide move¬ ment of the Jewish Centre, District Social Service, and Jewish Education.
One of the most fascinating sessions of the conference will undoubtedly be that over which Dr. Jacob Hollander, Professor of Economics at the Johns Hopkins University will preside. ¦ This session will deal with "The Attitude of Organized Jewish Labor to Organized Jewish Charity." It wilt-analyze the ex¬ periences of various communities in the country with regard to this question and will endeavor to give a program to - communities that are confronted with this problem.
In addition to the sessions to be held in Washington there will be general sessions principally concerned with the problems of child care, held in Baltimore on Wednesday, May 16th.
In addition to the general sessions indicated above there will be section meetings on Community Organization, on Family and Child Care, on Jewish Education, and on the Problems of the Small Community.
A special feature of this year's con¬ ference will be the fact that it is ex¬ pected that many members of Boards of Directors of institutions throughout the country will come to this Conference to attend not only the Jewish Conference, but also, the Fiftieth Jubilee Conference of the National Conference of Social Work.
The complete prograin of the Jewish Conference follows:
PROGRAM
For    the   .Waahingten    Conference
Meetinar, May 13-16^ 1923
QUNBHAI. SUSSIONS
Souday Afternoon — UoalncM UeetlUB
Reports of Commtttee of Nine and Committee on Budgeting National Organizations.
Sunday EveoluK—. Opculn«r Se^ialoB
1. Introductory Remarks —¦ Mrs. Charles aoldsmltli, 'WashlnKton, Clialrmiin.
2. Openlner frayer — Ral>bl Abram Blmon
S. Address of Welcome'—Cuno Ru¬ dolph, Chairman of tho Board of Commissioners, D. C
i. Presllentlnl A'l'Iress — Frances I'auaslK, New York, "ChuneluK Ideals In Jewish Sdclal 'Work."
Monday Mornin». OiSft A. M. Report of Committee on Training for Jewish    Social   Service — Dr.   Julius Drachsler, Now York.
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Honday Klveuluii;, SilB I>. M. Community  Ortsanlzutlon — An  Ana¬ lysis   and   a   ProKraiu— I<oula   H. Levlr), RaUlinore, Md.
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WARSAW—(J. T. A.)—Hundreds of Jews arc being arrested daily, in ac¬ cordance with an order of the Polish government expelling all Russian Jew¬ ish refugees from Poland.
More than 8,000 of these refugees arc estimated to have been deported to date. In view of the immisratiou restrictions in the U. S., the majority are planning to go to Argentine. The Argentine consulfir office here is, accordingly, being besieged by crowds of these ref¬ ugees  seeking visas.
Premier Sikorski has modified the expulsion order insofar as it affects n-ibbisand ministerial students, permit¬ ting them to remain.
Zanesvitte B'nai B'rith Lodge Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary
Most Auspicious Gathering That
Zanesville    Jewry    Has
Ever Witnessed
LOCAL BEN B'RITHS ATTEND THE CELEBRATION
Jewish Welfare Feiemtion of Columbus is Askirn^ Additional Funds to Cany m Great Work
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Mr. Jos. Schonthal, Who Has for Maiiy Years Past Acted Presi¬ dent of the Federation Asks for GrB^ter and Better Coopera¬ tion from the Various Elements of the Community in the Maintenance of the Various Activities
BIG DINNER ARRANGED AT PROdUESS
CLUB ON TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24TH
Thursday evening April 12, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Gihon Lodge, Independent Order B'nai B'rith of Zanesville, Ohio. The celebration was probably the most au¬ spicious gathering that Zanesville Jewry has ever witnessed. Cambridge, New¬ ark and Coshocton members of the lodge were present in large numbers.
A beautiful dinner was served at the Masonic Temple which was fittingly decorated for the occasion. The most impressive ceremony of the evening was the presentation of a beautiful gift by Brother Lipsky, president of the lodge, to Brother Weinberg, the only surviving charter member. Brother Weinberg responded through his .son, who has taken ^up his father's iVorfc in • the. lodge. ; , . , . ,   "
•"•JSrother^- 'iVcbbcrf-'oniir tyf- - -Zainesvrlle's leading citizens, presided in a most fit¬ ting manner. Sidney G. Kusworm of Dayton, Ohio, member of the executive committee, was the. principal speaker of the evening and in<a most fitting manner reviewed the achievements of Gihon Lodge'and of the order with un¬ usual eloquence. Lou M. Frank of Toledo and member of the general com¬ mittee of the district, responded by re¬ viewing the history and, tremendous growth of the order, pointing out the fact that since the founding of Zanes¬ ville Lodge the order had grown from 10,000 to 75,000, and from 195 lodges to 995 lodges.
Brother Pollock, past president of Zanesville Lodge, likewise presented a very interesting sketch of the achieve¬ ments and the aims of Gihon Lodge. A young- man from Cambridge, whose name is not available at this time, in responding for -out of town guests, carried the audience'off its feet with the most eloquent five minutes' address ever delivered before Gihon Lodge, and from the breadth of his understanding as shown by his remarks, every person in the hall felt that the speaker had tre¬ mendous possibilities for advances in the work of the order.
E. J. Sehanfarber; Columbus, Ohio, extended the greetings of the Grand Lodge and, congratulated Gihon Lodge upon its splendid achievements in a few brief remarks. Mr. and Mrs. Law¬ rence Loewenstein, Mr. Alfred Gug¬ genheim, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Resler, of Columbus, were among the out-of- town guests. After the dinner and con¬ clusion of the program a very joyous evening was spent in dancing.
The finance committee of the Jewish Welfare Federation (formerly the Fed- crated Jewish Charities), of which Mr. Joseph Basch is chairman, has been working assidiously to meet the deficits created during the past year in the oper¬ ation of the Federation and has con¬ cluded after careful consideration that approjciinately $10,000 is needed in addi¬ tional annual subscriptions to meet the present needs of the federation.
The maintenance of the Schonthal Community House wilh its multiplicity of activities costs considerable money, but the committee felt that the money was well expended in the development of. the boys and girls of this city, and approved a substantial appropriation for the current year. Likewise many local widows and abandoned mothers and children are ' being cared for -.from the funds of the federation.
Contributions were made to national institutions such as the Jewish Orphans' Home of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio; The 'National Jewish Hospital for Consump¬ tives,at Denver, Colo.; the Sir Monte¬ fiore Home for Aged, Cleveland, Ohio; the Ohio Infants' Home, Columbus, Ohio; the Leo N. Levi Memorial "Hos¬ pital, Hot Springs, Ark., and several other of the leading institutions are be¬ ing contemplated by the committee.
Mr. Joseph Schonthal,- who - has for many years past acted as president oi the federation. ¦ wil) .eontinu^^ as} t!T<f':;.«'jH- Vectlng"genius of'the organization, giv¬ ing all his time to its activities, but feels that there should be a little finer co-operation between the various ele¬ ments of the community in the mainte-
nance,bf the activities and has arranged to givfe a big dinner at the Progress Club dn Tuesday evening, April 21, for many ,bf the contributors for the pur¬ pose Sf discussius the situation with them a'tul arranging for funds to carry on thQ'',work.
The ^committee has succeeded in per¬ suading Edward J. Goodman to act as chairnjan of the fund raising program and fcfcls assured that from past experi¬ ence tBat Mr. Goodman, who acted so successfully as chairman in the War Relief?prive, will bring the matter to a happy,|oiK-lusion. Much interest is being displajftid in the' entire program.
ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPORT EINSTEIN THEORY
TORONTO (J. C. B.)—Professor C. A. Chant of the chair of astronomy of the University of Toronto who con¬ ducted observations of the eclipse of the sun on September 21 on the coast of Australia declares in a report just pub¬ lished that the photographs provide evi¬ dence favorable to the Einstein theory.
The measurements bear out the pre¬ diction of Einstein, Prof. Chant said that if his theory was correct the stars when photographed with the sun ap¬ parently in their midst, would show a displacement outward from the sun as compared with the positions of the same stars when the sun was absent from their portion of the heavens.
Temple Sisterhood . Meeting is Marked By Unusual Program
Report of Stalte Convention of
Sisterhoods Read by Mrs.
A. E. Loeb
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT T6>B'NA1 B'RITH MEMBERS
Zion Lodge, No. 62, I. O. B. B.,'\wishe*a to announce the ap-. -pp^tment of Morris Supran, 276LK. Main Street, to serve in the. capacity of collector of de¬ linquent dues. It is hoped that tbrtfugh his - splendid efforts M(V Supran will succeed in n^bSntaining a 1D8 per cent priia up memfaorship organiza- ti©s|. -.   -    ,
- A^ Mr; Supran receives no vonjunoration for his services, .ii 3;<.Jt\mi,_. anlicipatSo.n of. the '-' Di'^t^fs- -of-'ftie '.^id'tt'' Lodge' titat oU those being called upon will give him due courtesy and consideration.
PAPER ON "SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENTS" READ
RABBI KRASS IS CALLED TO NEW YORK TEMPLE
Invitation   of   Emanu>El   Ssma-
gogue Accepted by War
Worker
SPLENDID TRIBUTE PAID HIM BY HEB. COLLEGE
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THE RESURRECTION
By Dr. Stephen S. Wise
BAVARIAN ANTISEMITES
DEFY GERMAN COURT
NEW YORK—(J. C. B.)—The re¬ sponsible editor of Hittler's anti-Semitic organ, Voelkischer Loebachter of Munich, and the editor of thei anti-Sem¬ itic Mierbacher Anzciger have been summoned to appear before Germany's political supreme court at Leipsic under the law for safeguarding the republic, says a copyright Berlin dispatch to the New York Times today. Both have re¬ fused to appear or acknowledge the au¬ thority of this tribunal, asserting that only Bavarian courts can try Bavarians.
Hittler himself expects a summons to appear before the Leipsic supreme court, and he has told his followers that he \yill not go and appealed to them to "stand hard as steel by our movement. We won't talk."
The whole Munich press, however, sides against the recalcitrants, declaring that they ought not to defy the law at this time, as in view of the Ruhr struggle this is no time to provoke an internal German conflict.
How many Jews know that the Pass¬ over day is in a sense another New Year's Day. For the Jew, the year begins with this calendar month, Nis¬ san. There are really two New Year celebrations, the vernal and the autum¬ nal, the vernal being bound up with one of the foundation ideals of Israel, human freedom, and the autumnal with the second great ideal of Israel, moral regeneration or rebirth. The Passover — that is to say the Jewisli — ideals include the freedom' of the individual, such freedom to grow out of a sense of the dignity and sacredness of li.fc which cannot suffer man physically or spiritually to become enslaved; the idea of law growing out of the Sinaitic completion ' of the processes'' which began with the Exodus, the ideal of law binding men together in the bond of brothcrliness; and last the ideal of hope growing out of faith in a future for the human individual and collective humanity alike.
One of the saddest consequences of the recent world disaster has been a real or threatened curtailment of free¬ dom in many lands. It is well to re¬ member that one cannot have the gains of freedom without its corresponding hurts or handicaps. I would not, if 1 could, stop- the inouthings of a Ford or a Belloc. The spirit of man must be free, however unwisely and hurt- fully that spirit sometimes utter itself; and the greatest peril of our time is that we be moved to assail or infringe upon freedom.
-There are too many who have lost their faith in this freedom, not a few who would annul it and even go so far as to repeal democracy, forgetting that freedom has not so much failed as been sought top cheaply and too unardently. There can be no rebirth of humanity unless there be faith in a future for the individual and for the collectivity—that is to say for one and for all. Moses had such faith when he toiled for immediate liberation but looked to the binding of the law of service upon the heart of the Jew for all the future.
There can be no more tragic conse¬ quence i of war than the circum¬ stance that mankind has lost or seems to be losing its faith in the possibili¬ ties of peace, its faith in and hope for a future for mankind. For such faith¬ lessness or hopelessness is an inevitable {precursor of disintegration and rebar-
barization. Hope itself must be' re¬ born, but hope itself must and can only spring from certain faiths central and unassailable, Israel had such faith in a future and therefore lives. At the Seder table ever was it cried Leshanah Haba. Berushalayim. The conscious¬ ness of the coming year made Israel imperishable and the Elijah cup was syinbolic of the open door and its illim¬ itable hope for a future.
Nor may it justly be urged that the rebuilding of Palestine is a confession of Jewish hopelessness, for self and the world. Rather does it represent the will to make hope real, to trans¬ late the faith of the past into the life of the future. On a Friday afternoon last summer, I went from Jerusalem to oue of the colonies and there found young' men toiling and sweating over the stony land. Later we hastened back to the old city to stand and pray by the old Wailing Wall as the Sabbath came. The elders prayed and cried — .And may our eyes behold Thy merciful return to Zion — while the younger men and women were rebuilding the land arid making it'fit for the recomin^ of tlte King of Kings—.two aspects of one and the same thing—faith sub¬ limated, hope activated. The glory of Israel, and -a cause, too, of Israel's survival, lay in this ~ namely, that Isriiel never abandoned its hope either for the world or for itself. To be hopeful about a future for itself was in itself a most daring achievement, but to be hopeful about a hopelessly cruel and unjust world, this in Israel was nothing less  than  sublime.
You have read the story of the Jew in Petrograd greeted some years ago on Easter day with the familiar phrase —The Christ is risen. "Not for me," he answered, mindful of the hell of his people's life throughout the Mus covy. Christ is not risen until every man has risen. He might have said: "As long as Christendom cries, Down with the Jew, Christ is not risen. As long as there is oppression and wron'^ and injustice to men or peoples, Christ is not risen."
The need of earth and heaven is that there shall be heard the cry:, Man is risen — not a God descended from heaven to earth and again risen, but man earthborn rising heavenward. Man hath put; oif the garments of mor¬ tality: he is risen and become what God gav4 it to hint to be, immortal.
The nieeting of the Sisterhood at the Bryden Road Temple on Tuesday was marked by a splendid musical program in charge of Miss Mary Loewenstein. Due to the absence of Mrs. A. W. Loeb, acting president, Mrs. Marcus Burnstine presided.
Mrs. S. Loeb read the opening prayer. Plans were discussed whereby the out- of-town guests who will come to attend the district meeting to be held in this city in May will be entertained.
Miss Alma Borneman, violinist, and winner of the Ohio State Music prize, rendered a group of selections which were thoroughly enjoyed by the assem¬ bly. Mr. Marion ' Cheney's beautiful tenor v6ice waS' a delightful treat, as wcre also several selections virhich were given by Miss Alice Speaks, contralto. The 'above were'dccbmpariiecl' liy 'charm¬ ing Mrs. Margaret Heer Oman, who is an excellent pianist. Mrs. -Oman an¬ nounced the numbers rendered and gave the introductions.
The following report of the delegates to the' State Convention of Sisterhoods held in Cleveland several weeks ago was read by Mrs. A. E. Loeb:
Conventions of women's organiza¬ tions are practically a new thing and it is a privilege to attend an assembly of earnest women, representing many dif¬ ferent cities and towns, each a commun¬ ity with a different problem to solve, but all uniting in their effort for the advancement of Judaism. We hope to bring to you an echo of the splendid achievements the state federation has accomplished, much of which was new to us. Just as in an opera, the differ¬ ent motifs run through the entire score, so the motif of Uniongrams and .the motif of field work ran through the en¬ tire program, emphasized again and again.
We wonder if we really do realize how important the work of the H. U. C. is, what a wonderful work they are doing in educating and sending out spiritual advisers to us, and how we can .help in a material way by simply using a Uniongram whenever the op¬ portunity to send a message of cheer or of condolence is at hand. We all send telegrams, and by using a little forethought, that same amount of money can send a message and also help toward the maintenance of a rabbi. There is a rebate of 20c on each Uniongram. sold, so that the amount thus collected is quite an item.
Frankly speaking, we -had expected to tell the ladies of other cities what good work Columbus has accomplished but when we heard that Toledo raised $5,000 for their Sisterhood; how twenty ladies of East Liverpool raised $40,000 to build a temple; how the Piqua Sis¬ terhood made possible the building of a temple there, and when we. saw a hun¬ dred or more ladies at each temple sewing for the poor and for their Sis¬ terhoods, we realized that we in Colum¬ bus are not so ready to give our own personal' time and efforts. However, it was a source of great pride to us when the president in her report men¬ tioned especially the hospitality and at¬ tentions shown the students at the Ohio State University by the Cohimbus la¬ dies and commented upon the personal interest taken in them. She also stated that the work done for the students was the most imperative Columbus could do and made a suggestion that we try to have on this committee ladies who have sons and daughters of their own away at college.
Mrs.  Walter  Freiberg, <t}ie national president of Templi^ Sisterhoodii, made a plea for. State Scholarships, and the (^Concluded ott pagt 7.)
NEW- YORK.—A resolution ex¬ tending a call to the Rev. Dr. Nathan Krass of the Central Synogogue, 652 . Lexington avenue, to become one of the rabbis of Temple Emanu-EI, Fifth ^ avenue, and Forty-third street, was adopted by a practically unanimous vote of the congregation at a meeting in the vestry rooms of Temple Emanu- EI. Dr. Krass is known throughout the country as a' lecturer and for his activities in connection with Jewish war relief funds and Liberty Loan campaigns.
Dr. ,Krass will accept the call to ' Temple Emanu-EI, and end five years service with the Central Synagogue. He will have equal rank with the Rev. Dr. H. G. Enelow, who has been a rab¬ bi of Temple Emanu-EI sincfe 1912. Rabbi Krass will fill a vacancy that occurred when the Rev. Joseph Sil¬ verman was made Rabbi Emeritus.
Louis Marshall, president of the Congregation of Temple Emanu-EI, presided at the special meeting to con¬ sider a communication from the board of trustees recommending that the call be extended to Dr. Krass. The com¬ munication ainong other things said:
"We regard,it as a privilege to rec¬ ommend that a call be extended by this congregation to the Rev. Dr. Nathan Krass of New York to fill the vacancy now existing in our pulpit. We regard him as in every way qualified to assume the responsibility of serving as such rabbi in conjunction with the Rev. Dr. Enelow on a footing of exact equality.
Pay Tribute) to Character
(,  "We are satisfied that he possesses the' requisite' "qiiaIifiMti1)ns'""'"of''c'haractef,''' loyalty of our faith, scholarship, homo- , letic   ability,   personality,   and   general - fitness for this high post of duty.   He - is  a  graduate  of   the  Hebrew   Union College, is now in the very prime of life, has   for  nearly   twenty  years  been   a preacher and teacher of Judaism,  has served with  honor and  satisfaction in ~ the various congregations with vrhich he has been connected, is 'possessed of the gift of rare eloquence, which has made him   distinguished   among   the   Rabbis of this country, and has evinced to an unusual degree a spirit of helpfulness in connection  with  various  great  philan¬ thropic movements to which he has de- , voted   himself   unsparingly    and    un¬ selfishly, not only in every part of this country, but also amid the horrors of the   calamity   which   has   rested   upon Eastern   Europe   during   the   past   six years.
"He has shown himself to be con¬ servative and constructive, and at the same time responsive to the spirit of our times and appreciative of the public needs. He h^s recognized the im¬ portance of arousing the interest of our young men and women and of the children of the community in the tenets of our faith, in our history and tradi¬ tions and in the maintenance of a proper balance between their obligations to Judaism and their duties as American citizens. He has untiringly preached not only the ethetical content of our religion, but also the spirit of America. He has ' gained the respect, friendship and good¬ will of all who have come in contact with him and has kept himself free from unpleasant controversy' and un¬ fortunate differences. We are con¬ fident that he will add new strength, fervor, influence and usefulness to our congregation and afford to those who i^ttend our services, spiritual and in¬ tellectual enlargement."
Dr. Krass' election to the pulpit of Temple Emanu-EI will re-unite the two former roommates of Hebrew Union College. While preparing for the rab¬ binate at the college. Dr. Krass and Dr. Enelow became warm friends and shared the sante quarters. Botli Dr. Krass and Dr. Enelow began their ministry at Kentucky, Dr. Enelow at Paducah and Dr. Krass at Owensboro.
Durhig Dr. Krass' incumbency at the Central Synagogue, the membership had totalled. The Synagogue now has a waiting list because all pews are filled. As a result of his efforts, the congre¬ gation has greatly broadened as to its activities. A mortgage of sixty thou¬ sand dollars has been paid off and in addition, the congregation has 'estab¬ lished a seventy thousand sinking fund' toward the building of a coinniunity center.
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