Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1923-03-16

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAW FOR THE JEWISH HOME
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Voliiiiic V — No. 4.
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EXTENSION OF RELIEF WORK IN PALESTINE TOLD
Dr. I. M. Rubinow Tells of Work ot Hadassah Medical Or¬ ganization
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR SCHOOL HYGIENE NEEDED
NOT INCLUDED IN
OLD BRITISH PLEDGE
NI-:W YORK. —The banks and waters of the Jordan, once supposed to have miraculous healing powers, have been drained .ind freed of their malaria- breeding places through the gift of Louis D. Br.indcis, Supreme Court Justice. Tho Ar.ib sheik, who found the broad plains of Palestine blotted out bcfofc his failing eyes, has regained vision through a pair of Anierican spectacles, prescribed by American opthalniologists. The child whom years of war, poverty and i,u;norance left a victim of tubercu¬ losis and rickets, is being raised to be a sturdy citizen of a new democracy. These clianges have been brought about by American doctors and nurses and the support- of 15,000 American women, members of the Hadassah organization. The story of this work has been told by Dr. I. M. Rubiijpw, director of the Ha¬ dassah Medical Organization, who has just returned to the United States after an absence of several years.
Before he undertook to organize and direct the work of healing the sick, of every 'faith and race in the Holy Land, Dr. Rubinow had become well known in America as an authority on social insur¬ ance" and public health administration. He first went to Palestine in 1919 to join the unit of 4.3 nurses and doctors sent abroad by Hadassah, the American Zionist Organization and the Joint Dis¬ tribution Committee, the previous year. Today the pe,rsonnel of the medical unit numbers 400. Five large hospitals and many field hospitals throughout Pales¬ tine are under the jurisdiction of this body.
Healing Prejudice Healing the wounds bf prejudice is as much a function of the Hadassah Medi¬ cal organization as healing the wounds of the flesh; for Moslem and Christian, as well as Jew, are welcome to the relief offered in eveij Hadassah clitiic_,or hos-' ~ijit5r ¦ m' i'alestinc. "Under'' ur'.' liubi- 'now's jurisdiction, the socialization of medicine has become an actuality in the .   Holy Land.   None of the doctors of the medical unit were permitted to engage in private practice.   There are no private rooms  in  Hadassah  hospitals,  and  the care in the wards is the same for the • person who can pay a little and the one who can pay nothing at all.
Ip a statement to the Hadassah or¬ ganization in America Dr. Rubinow de¬ tailed the steps by whicli this socializa¬ tion of medicine had been attained. He spoke of the anti-malaria campaign, one of the most important undertakings, which was made possible by the gift of $25,000 from Supreme Court Justice Brandeis. "In the Midgal region alone," he said, "there were extensive swamp areas, overgrown streams, bad irrigation systems, an Arab village and a floating tent population. In the Kinneret region there were swamps and breeding places along the Jordan. We systematically examined all of the inhabitants and treated all chronic cases, removed stag¬ nant water near houses, repaired canals and undertook a thorough cleansing. This work is progressing steadily toward the goal that we have set for ourselves —that of ridding the Holy Land of its malarial taint and making every district safe."
Infant Welfare Stations Work of a different kind, but of per¬ haps greater importance is the infant welfare plan of the Hadassah Medical Organization, which is now in the sec¬ ond year of its development. "Two in¬ fant welfare stations have been estab¬ lished under the charge of the pediatrist of the Rothschild .Hospital in Jerusa- 1am," Dr. Rubinow said. "Hadassah's work in Palestine centers in the Roths¬ child Hospital in Jerusalem, where its beginnings werfe laid in 1912. The hos¬ pital has 109 beds in its various depart¬ ments—medical, surgical, children's eye, skin and obstetrical. A Nurses' Train¬ ing School has graduated its first two classes of Palestinian girls, trained for the -nursing profession by and accord¬ ing to Western standards, with the teach¬ ing entirely in Hebrew. In Jerusalem, too, there has been established a depart¬ ment of school hygiene which has saved thousands of children from blindness and other ailments by regular examina¬ tion for and treatment of trachoma and various forms of skin'disease. A physi¬ cian and five midwives conduct the out¬ side obstetrical service, and physicians and nurses have established rural sta- ^ tions and field hospitals all oyer the country. Jaffa, the second district in size and achievements, has a hospital at Tel-Aviv with 75 beds, and among other features of its work conducts a physical examination of all immigrants
LONDON (J. T. A.)—Ix)rd Syden¬ ham tod.iy asked that tlio government make public its correspondence with Siicriff of Mecca now King Hussein in which, he said, England has , pledged itself to create a United Arab State. THc Arabs, Lord Sydenham' slated, would prefer to live under Turkish rule than under a Zionist regime.
Replying, the Duke of Devonshire stated the publicition of these dot'iments at this time vvould be "detrimental to the public interest." His own investigation of these documents has .sliown, more¬ over, that it was never intended to in¬ clude Palestine in any of tlie pledges given  to  the Arabs.
Passover Week Set Aside Thruout Country For Abyssinian Relief
'Falasha Sal|>bath" on April 7th
to Ring Out Appeal for Quota
of $35,000
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A Comedy if Coincidences
By LeII-' J.LEWIS    ¦ '.,
(An authoritative esxpm^ of the shocking anti-Semitic conspiracy, which rivals MTman Hapgood's revelation of "Henry Ford's Jew-Mania'f.
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A former New York detective,' ha'k the Grand Goblin of the Ku Klux ICialii, an American college president, a Gen? eral in the army of the late NichotSf^ Romanoff, the leader of a British- "pSB triotid" society, a New York lawyer, ^J
came rcguhir visitors at the Broad street office. With their advice and assistance elaborate outlines of plans for attack wcre prepared and forwarded for apr- proval to Henry Ford's headquarters at Detroit.   One of these was published in
wealthy automobile m,inufacturcr aiidaii ttie December issue of the News
DELIVERANCE TO 50,000 FALASHAS OF ABYSSINIA
ex-American aviator, constitute thj drainati.1 pcrsonac of the foUowijur comedy of coincidences
The first scene is in an office in Oxir ford   Street.  London,  the  hcadfiuartct';i of "Tlie Brftons".    The motto of lUlj association of patriotecrs — "Britain ff/ Britons" has a familiar ring and its pur ¦ | pose "lo protect tlio birthright of'Brii; tons, and to eradicate alien internationi?',] financial   influences   from   our   polifiCh.- and industries" gives the clue to thc'Ol^- vious camouflage of  similar  orgatika* tions   in   Hungary,   Germany,   AustH^ Poland and the United States.    In ttl
Rabbis throughout the country will set aside Siiturday, April Tth, during the week of Passover, as "Falasha Sab¬ bath." The note that will bo emphasized in their message will be that of bring¬ ing deliverance to tho 50,000 Falashas of Abyssinia, who now live in a partial ignorance of their faith, to which they have clung with unusual devotion for over 2,000 years. The American Pro- Falasha Committee, through the attain¬ ment of its national quota' of if35,000, will establish a series of schools in the Falasha communities, directed by Fa¬ lasha teachers. A training school is now being- opened in Addis Abcba, the capi; tal of Abyssinia, by Doctor Jacques Faitlovitch,' "Field Executive of this committee, who has just arrived in that land.
Interesting Communication At the recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the' American Pro-Fa- la?ha Committee in New York City,, Rabbi" Ephraim Frisch, national chair- mart^, jead.,3 communication 'f rom^ ,pr, Faitlovitch, telling oi. the 'Bar-Mitzvaij of Hczekiah Phineas at Florence, Italy, in the synagogue of that city. Hezekiah is a Falasha youth, who is a very un¬ usual student of Hebrew, having re¬ ceived his training under the most able Rabbis and teachers of Florence, in¬ cluding the late Chief Rabbi Margou- lies. The congregation that had as¬ sembled for this unique event in Jewish history, the Bar-Mitzvah of a Falasha in an Occidental conimunity, e-xprcsscd amazerltcnt at the breadth of learning ex¬ hibited by Hezekiah, who will soon re¬ turn to teach his people in Abyssinia. Dr. Faitlovitch was- in the congregation during the lad's Bar-Mitzvah. A special feast attended by the youths of Florence, was  arranged  in  Hezekiah's  honor.
To date, cash contributions totaling $1^,000, have been received from indi¬ viduals, organizations and communities throughout the United States, in addi¬ tion to an appropriation of $7,500 from the Cultural Activities Committee of tlie Joint Distribution Committee, accord¬ ing to a report made by Rabbi J. Max Weis, Director of the Appeal. Many of the larger cities are now in the process of conducting their campaigns. It is expected that the total quota of $35,000 will be reached with the Pass¬ over appeal. This appeal has bG,en sup¬ ported by the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the United Synagogue of America, the Council of Jewish Women, the National Federation of, Temple, Sisterhoods, and the -Women's League of the United Synagogue.
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was seething with activity.   Application^t
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"Britons — men     and     women     ove!'"
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.ind grandparents were of British bl6oq;';[
Agents bustled in reporting the result',
of their fund solicitation to save Eng'-j
land from Bolshevism and hurried '6%!
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erty owners who had been'excited a,!-,';;
most to the panic point by the Mornl^i
Post's exaggerated accounts of  unwst'
among   the  masses.    Visitors , follov/&f.
one on another -to consult with Dr.'%,
H. Clarke, the man who had conccf^^sf,'
the idea of playing upon and cxploittpt
for his personal gain the fears of'1&
The   preamble   of   another   reads   as follows:
"The   following   brief   has   been prepared   in   consult<ition   in   order thai as  full a view as possible of the Jewish question throughout .the world  may  be at  hand,  and  as  a , basis   for  investigation  and  attack. It has been thought advisable to in¬ clude a resume of the conditions as thcy exist not only in America, but in the world at large, and thereby will  naturally   follow  the methods which must be followed in order to find the facts which are known to exist and also to propagandize these • facts among  tlie  American  people. Those of us who have been work¬ ing intensively on the subject  for the past two months, and also those   ' who have been studying the situa¬ tion for a longer period, believe that the whole ((ueslion is of such fre- . mendous  magnitude,  is  so  fraught ' with  danger  to  our  Anglo   Saxon - civilization, and to the freedom and '  democracy of America, that it zvill ¦¦   be essential to .'summon to the con- .test, which  is now  opening,  every '   source of help, every source of in- \ Jorination, and every  availably in- ,':'' fltiince that it is possible for us to ptdcure.     To accomplish the result be   attained, 'the   most   perfect temwork should be secured and a frt'.' ehn'filUi!  considered '' t>lan  so ' sttb-
EINSTEIN INVITED TO
MAKE SPAIN HIS HOME
MADRID (J. T. A.)—Spain, which bani.shcd the Jews in the J 5th century has changed her mind at leSst as to one Jew, Proftssdr Albert Einstein.
Recently following a meeting of the Academy of Scieuce at which the Min¬ ister of Education presided, Einstein was offered "in the name of the Spanish nation a ndw home should the troubles of your own country impede the, tran¬ quil continuation of your studies."
The meeting came as the climax of a series of three lectures tfelivercd here by Prof. Einstein on his theory of relativity. Ehistein has made a great impression throughout the educational circles of Spain.
Local Men of Prominence Will Welcome Dr. Frankel
Life Insurance Officials of Colum¬ bus Will Honor Metropolitan Executive
JEWISH.COMMITTEE TO
HEAR HIM MARCH 23RD
AN ANTI-SEMITIC SOCIETY STARTS MILITARY BRANCH
Organization Hires Unemployed
Ex-Soldiers   for  Terrorist
Work There -
Dr. Lee K..Frankel, vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance com¬ pany, who is to speak here on Friday,
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RUSSIAN QUOTA
VIRTUALLY EXHAUSTED
WASHINGTON.—The Russian im¬ migrant quota for the current year end¬ ing July is virtually exhausted, the J. C. B. is informed by the Department of Labor. Only 345 more; are eligible to admission from Russia. The Labor De¬ partment figures thus show the entire Russian allowance of 21,613 has been practically exhausted in eight months.
The quota for Lithuania was entirely filled several weeks ago.' Latvia is still entitled to 455 admissibles and Esthonia to 1202.
passing through or arriving in this dis¬ trict, with treatment of those who need medical assistance. Other hospitals are at Tiberias, Safed and Haifa, where a hospital was opened last year."
Dr. Rubinow said that additional funds were imperative for the extension of hospital bed facilities and for school hygiene work through the Holy Land. He said at least $450,000 would be re¬ quired from America during the comint; year.
Alfred Douglas (the "friend" of Osc.^r Wilde), were chiefly dependent for the forgeries and fabrications distributed by "The Britons" to editors, clergymen anrt other leaders of public opinion.
The Birth of a Slogan ¦
One of these visitors, a Russian high in the councils of the Whites, had brought to Dr. Clarke some months be¬ fore a manuscript copy of The Proto-- 1 cols of the Learned Elders of Zion, rwhich "The Britons" had published under the title of "The Jewish Peril" gaining thereby the favorable consider¬ ation of certain reactionary groups all over the western world. But the cost of distributing bulky volumes such as the "Jewish Peril" ate too deeply into the funds which Dr. Clark was collect¬ ing and for which he owed no one an accounting. He, therefore, welcomed the suggestion made by his,distinguished visitor that instead of sending out the large book containing the Protocols, the conclusions be summarized on a single printed sheet and broadcasted not only in the British Isles but throughout all the English speaking countries. After a few moments of concentrated effort the copy was ready. "Jewry Uber Alles I" was the slogan decided upon as a title for this tour dc force. Within a few days thousands of them were in the mail and "The Britons" at small ex¬ pense were making a big showing of activity in the noble cause of "Jew- Baiting." A special edition was pre¬ pared for American consumption and' sent to American Legions Posts by an ex-American aviator named Frazicr Curtis, who, for certain reasons pre¬ ferred residence in London to his native Boston. A facsimile of one of these received by the American Legion post at Butte, Montana, was reproduced at the time in a pamphlet exposing the forged "Protocols" distributed by the Anti-Defamation League.
The  Scene  Shifts
The next scene is at 20 Broad street. New York City, the office of C. C. Dan¬ iels, the man retained to plan and cjircct the investigations of the "Jewish Men¬ ace" in America undertaken by a wealthy automobile manufacturer. The time is the early summer of 1920, For two months Daniels and his confreres had heen studying the plan of operation of the The' Britons, the Awakening Magyars, and the various German Miir- derbunds. The unlimited funds placed at his disposal made it possible to secure the active co-operation of propagand¬ ists from those European countries where the development of anti-Semitistri had been reduced to a science. Many of the same Russians who had been [the active aids of Dr, Clarke now be-
'^ad developed Hebromania, they flocked tp' his standard from London, Berlin anil Paris, far off Manchuria and Con- sti^ntinople.
'  \        The   General   Bobs  Up      ^
Among them came one as the official representative of The Britons, who pre¬ sented the following letter of introduc¬ tion;
"The Britons have heard that the leading Rabbis of America have pronounced the Protocols a forgery, - Major-General Count Tchercp Spir- idovitch, who is visiting America, is authorized by the above Society to. explain to American audiences the' complete genuineness of these documents."
"John H. Clarke, V. P."
He brought with him a complete file of anti-Semitic literature published by "The Britons" including, of course, copies of the "Jewry Uber Allies" cir¬ cular, which was promptly reprinted for American distribution by The Beckwith Company (one of the cover names under which Daniels and his Russian friends conducted their distribution of anti-Semitic literature). But he brought more th'an that. He was able' to give the Americans who were new to this kind of propaganda explicit informa¬ tion on the workings of the various foreign organizatiotis. 'He' was able to prove to them the desirability of .a constituency that coiild be secured by organizing a society bf super patriots "to protect the birthright of Americans and to eradicate alien international financial influences from our .politics "and industries." He was able to ex¬ plain how .under this . camouflage the most diverse groups of reactionaries would find it possible to combine oil a common program of activity.
Daniels    Suggests    Organization   of iOO Percenters
It is not surprising, therefore, to find Mr. Daniels recommending to his em¬ ployer that an organization be founded in America similar in scope ajid purpose to "The Britons." In June, 1920, he writes to E. G. Liebold, Mr. Ford's secretary,   suggesting that  his  chief-
"Incorporate a society which, shall have for its aims aijd pur¬ poses the stimulating of propa-^ ganda, both written and spoken, the basic obligation of which shall be that only American citizens who recognize their unqualified alle¬ giance to this country as superior to thoir allegiance to any other country, society, churcli or race, shall be eligible for membership, and its.particular antagonisni to hyphen- (Concluded on page 8.)
'' Dh. Lei^IC: FuAJfjcl'l   "'-"•
March 23, at a luncheon to be given in his honor, is regarded as perhaps the leading social service expert in the United States, and was called in by for¬ mer Postmaster General Will Hays, in 1,921 to "humanize" the American postal service. He is a former president of the American Public Health Association and a director of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber¬ culosis.
Dr. Frankel spent most of last sum¬ mer in Europe as head of the commis¬ sion sent by the Anierican Jewish Re¬ lief committee to study conditions in the war-stricken countries and ascer¬ tain 'what progress has been made and what still remains to be done in order to aid the millions of sufferers to re¬ habilitate themselves. During the course of his investigations he, visited Poland, Austria, Hungary, Lithuania and Latvia and came into intimate con¬ tact with thousands of refugees, wid¬ ows and orphans. His vivid descrip¬ tions of the conditions he discovered have attracted nation-wide attention.
The local committee in charge of the arrangements consists of Edward J. Goodman, E. J. Sehanfarber,: Simon Lazanis, Joseph Basch and S. M. Levy.
LEADER THREATENS LIFE OF THE JEWS IN AUSTRIA
, VIENNA (J. T. A.)—A new terror¬ ist br.inch of the anti-Semitic Ilackcn- kreuzlers has been organized here under' the name of the "Astra". Its member¬ ship is recruited from unemployed e.x- soldiers who arc paid for joining the organi;!ation. Al! of the members are provided with guns and other military equipment and each member must give oath to obey without ahy questions all of the orders.
Demand that the Austrian government demobilize all of these .private military organizations and confiscate their equip¬ ment i.s contained in a note submitted by the ambassadors from the various powers. The military organizations, thcy declare, arc in violation of • the peace treaty.
Jews   Unsafe      ' ,
Threats are being made by Dr. Wal¬ ter Dicl, leader of the Hackenkreuzlers that if members of the Austrian Social- Democratic party cause any interference with the activities of his society, the Hackenkreuzlers will see to it that the lives of Jews in Austria will cease to be safe.
Even the police, hitherto looked upon as impartial and fairly disposed tb even handed dealing seems to be turning anti- Semilic. According to reports. Dr. Re¬ der, attorney for the Hackenkrcuzler orgiinization has been named to a police commissionership.
Condemnation of the leniency of the police-towards the activities of the anti- Semites is expressed here generally through the liberal press. The "Avend" a radical paper, which censured more , outspokenly the supine attitude of the police toward the anti-Semites has been confiscated.
The Vienna "Morgen Zeitung" 'in a   " strong editorial contrasts the inactivity of the police- against .the anti-Semites for posting placards about town inciting thfe .people tc>, Jew-baiting with its action^ ill-;'iprrpc"tn,'j the A^'pr^-'fcii' tksrhjg t)i''"'' .speak against the Jew baiters.
DAVID A. BROWN LOSES
IN DETROIT PRIMARY
DETROIT.—David A. Brown, De¬ troit business man and particularly well- known for his leadership of recent Je\v- ish relief drive was unsuccessful in, his candidacy for the Mayoralty nomination ¦¦ of Detroit. Brown ran third among the six candidates in the race.
The two winners at the primary who will contest at tho regular election are Frank E. Doremus, former Democratic Representative, and James W. Inches, former Police Commissioner.
TUTANKHAMEN FIGURED JEWS WOULD TURN RED
BERLIN (J. T. A.)—Tutankhamen, the Pharaoh whose tomb is now being explored, was the first "crowned anti- Semite" and was possessed of a re¬ markable vision, according to the^ "Novoye Wreinja," a Russian langruage paper published in Belgrade.
Tutankhamen, this paper says, realized that if the Jews were permitted to stay in 'Egypt, they would turn the heads of the Egyptian proletariat to Bolshevism. Tutankhamen accordingly was about to expel them when they went into exile of their own accord, creating but of the incidertt the fantastic story of the Exodous. The "Novoye Wremj(^" does not s'tate where it obtained this extraor¬ dinary bit of data.
JEWISH WOMEN TO
HELP IMMIGRANTS
NEW YORK (J. C. B.)—Over 200,- 000 Jewish women will be represented at the American-European Conference of' Jewish Women, which is to meet in Vienna on May Cth to 13th. This con¬ ference which has been called by the Council of Jewish Women will devote itself principally to deviso means toward , alleviating the condition of immigrant woinen and children on their way from one country to another. The question of providtlig better hotels for the women and children and employment for those detained for an indefinite period in European cities will be considered.
Arrangements for the conference are being made by Miss Estelle M. Stern¬ berger, Executive Secretary gf the Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women, Mrs.' Alexander Kohut, Chairman of the Council's com¬ mittee on European Reconstruction,'and Mrs. Nathaniel E. Harris, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations,
RUSSIAN JEWS
WITHOUT MATZOTH
NEW YORK (J. C.'B,)—Many Jew¬ ish communities of the Ukraine will be without "Matzoth" for the Passoyer un¬ less American Jews come to their aid. Word to this effect has been received from Dr. Boris D. Bogen, director of the Joint Distribution Committee's ac¬ tivities in Russia.
The variou? Landsmanschaft bureaus, it is announced, will accept remittances for Matzoth to their friends in Russia until March 16th.
ROSENBLUTH'S LOYALTY
WINS STATE $41,512
ALBANY. —The loyalty to the state's interest of Capt. Robert Rosen¬ bluth, recently the object of charges in connection with the death of Major Alexander Cronkhite, resulted today in the recovery by the State of $41,512.00.
Following his graduation from the Yale Forestry School in 1911, Rosen¬ bluth entered the state's forestry serv¬ ice. Visiting on one occasion at Dan- nemora, he found that the Chateaugay Ore and Iron Company wafiNtrespassing on state lands and had cut down timber' belonging to the state. ' '
Rosenbluth instituted act^>n against the company. The ore concern fought the matter, but in view of the Court of Appeals' recent decision upholding Ro- senbluth's contention, the conipany today capitulated and paid the money to the state treasury.
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