Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1924-06-27

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoted to Jlmerican
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Jewish Ideals
Volume VII- No. 6   '
GOLUMBUS, OHIO, JUNE 27, 1924
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
The American Jewish Reconstruction Fund Committee Organized
The American Campaign for the Raising  of  $750,000  Towards the    $1,000,000    Reconstruc¬ tion  Fund Will   Begin  in September
LEADING JEWS OF N. Y., PHILADELPHIA AND CHICAGO COOPERATE
New Lithuanian Cabinet Desires
Jewish Minister but Without
Portfolio
Kovno,.(J.  T.  A.).r—Mr.  Tiimcna.s,
formerly tlio Miiii.stur of Justice in tlic
Calvanaiiska.^  Governitieiit, lias   formed
a  new iiiiiiisfry,  which  consists  iiiaiiily
of Christian Denu)cralic Parly members
'     The new   I'rime  Minister c>lTerefl, ac-
\ cording to  information  obtained  by thc
I Jewish    Telegraphic   Ai^ency,    to    the
I former    Minister    for   Jewish     \lfairs,
. Dr.   Samson   Roseiibaiuii,   tiic   post   of
I Minister,  without portfolio,  for Jewish
Affairs.     Dr.   Rosenbaum  declined  the offer, poinliny  out that this  would  in-
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4^ Jewish Org's Create / Emergency Comm. On Jewish Fefugees
PROMINENT JEWS HEAD     ' EMERGENCY COMMITTEE
directly sanction thc li<|uidatiou  of  thc —•—- Jewish  Ministrj.
.\'1^V\' YORK. — The American cam-j' .After negotiations with thc govern- paign for the raising of $7.")0,OI10 to- ment concerning its policy, the Jewish wards thc $l,i)Ol),t)()0 Jewish Rcconstruc-| deputies in the Lithuanian Sejm de- tion  I'und,  which has just been  regis-[clined to support the new gpvcrjjmcutv^^-.^,
tcrcd in  London, will begin in  Scpteni- | . . 	
ber, according to resolutions adopted at thc Organi/'ation conference of the Jewish Reconstruction Fund, held re¬ cently at the Temple Emanu-Kl under the chairmanship of Dr. Henry Mosko-^ wit/!. The fund being accumulated uii-| der thc auspices of thc ORT.
Previous to the.organization niceting,V d .scries of private conference- with- Jewish leaders throughout the country \i;as held under the chairmanship of Dr. Julius Goldman, .\ecording to a report by Dr. L. Bramson, ILuropean repre¬ sentative of the ORT, thc co-operation ] of prominent Jews in 'Chicago and' Philadelphia has already been prom¬ ised.
The resolution regarding the cam¬ paign which vvas adopted at the 'con¬ ference states that:
1) An .\merican committee of thc Jewish Reconstruction Fund is to be formed, wlio'c aims and purposes shall be the raisiu'^ of *7")0,0(ll> toward thc $l,00i>,(lflO and generally to furtiier tnc aims and purposes of that fund.
2) Preparations for organizing a systematic campaign are to begin im¬ mediately, and that the campaign is to be inaugurated about the middle of September. The Executive committee is directed to place itself in communica¬ tion with all organizations and ifidi- viduals  whose cooperation  may be  <Ie-
The Molders e* Jewish Public Opinion in the U.S.
THEIR BIOGRAPHY, THElk WORK AND THEIR VIEWS OF THE FUTURE
By WILLIAM Z. SPIEGELMAN
It is the general opinion that with'-tlie passage of thc new immigration bill,- American Jewry is entering a new .epoch in its history. With immigration severely restricted. American Jewry Will from now on have to depend for its spiritual development on its own resources. Thc Jewish Telegraphic Agency considers this moment opportune to portray to the Jewish public those figures in .American Jewish life who areatUhe licid of Jewish public affairs, and are responsible for thc molding of Je<»tJsh public opinion, through the medium of thc Jewish press of this country.    ,'
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Hermanlfiernstein
intend Raising $1,000,000 to Make Survey of Latin-American Countries for IngniTj^ra- r.JtipQ/'Pliirposes
iirscovercd secret treaties and uncartlieai, first  to establish  a  Hebrew  newspaper he most intimate letters of Emperors?!' in this country, under thc name "Hazo
What Is Journalism? Is it merely td? write of jbings that happen through th^ will of Other people; or is it rathet writing tliat influences other people anq creates ,^*ii them the will to do ? WhaJ is the dinner force of a man who hai encircled the globe, come in contact witli   Icings, ' presidents   and   diplomatSy
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sired or expected, and auxiliary commit- - .''j^^^t*** ^to'''siipc**ife"tlocah'eam
be formed a< soon as possible.
3) .All money collected here is to be sent to thc Central Bpaird of the ORT, with instructions that it is to be used exclusively for the purposes of the Re¬ construction Fund.
41 All contributors to the fund may. if they so desire, receive shares of thc Jewish Reconstruction Fund for the amount of their contribution. Other¬ wise the j.hares will be issued to the ORT association.
The .American Comniittee will consist of an Executive and an ordinary' coni- mittee. The ¦ E.xccutive committee, elected at the Organization conference, consi.sts of the following: Cyrus Sulz¬ berger, 1 Judge Julian Mack, James • Becker (Chicago). Morris Wolf (Phila¬ delphia), Mrs. Alexander Kohut, Dr. Henry Moskowitz, Herman P.ernstein, Judge Otto Rosalsky, Judge Jacob Pan- ken, Dr. Nathan Kraus, Bernard Scmel, Morris Rothenberg, 'Dr. M. El'-berg, Adqlph Held, Louis B. Budin, Morris Herman, John L. Bernstein, .A. E. Roth- stcin, B. Vladeck, Jacob Billikopf (Phil¬ adelphia) and Dr. Frank P. Rosenblatt.
JR.   COUNCIL   LAWN   FETE NEXIT   TUESDAY   EVENING
Many novel features are be¬ ing planned for the- Junior Council Auxiliary Lawn Fete, which is to be held next Tues¬ day evening, July 1, on the lawn of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Basch, 1655 Franklin Avenue.
Miss Jennie Mack Fox, who is chairman of the comniittee on arrangements for the eve¬ ning, is being assisted by' the Misses Minna David, Leah Ky¬ ser, Helen Smith, Zelda Boga¬ tin and Frieda Jacobs, all of whom are sparing no time or effort to make this event an overwhelming success.
F'ish ponds, fortune telling, paddle chances, everything has been planned to entertain the old as well as the young. Sev¬ eral children whose dance and song numbers have delighted Columbus people on many past occasions will appear in a clevefr program.
Come with your families and spend an enjoyable evening. Arrange to entertain your friends at the Auxiliary lawn fete,"
All members of the organiza¬ tion are requested 'to. meet at the Basch residence at StSO o'clock. ¦      \
N'KW YORK <J. T. A.)—Over 1-20 delegates, representing l.') American Jewish organizations, among which were the .American Jewish Committee i the .American Jewish Congress, the Cen¬ tral Conference of .American Rabbis, the Council of Jewish Women, the Hiai, thc Jewish National Workers' .Alliance, the Independent Order B'nai B'rith, the Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, the Zionist Organization of America, the Haddas- sah, Women's organization, thc Intci- national l<"urriers' Union and the Amal¬ gamated Clothing Workers of .America, participated in a conference held yester¬ day, June 22, at the Hotel Astor, for the purpose of considering wJiys and means of relieving the situation of approxi¬ mately S.OtIO Jewisli emigrants, )vho arc 'n6w~straWaed in variou's'ci'tros^and'ports of Europe, Cuba and Mexico.
Committees   Appointed
The conference, which lasted thc en¬ tire day. under the chairmanship of Louis Marshall and Dr. Stephen S. Wise, resulted in a decision to form an "Emergency Committee on Jewish Refugees," which should deal with the immediate needs of the emigrants, and inquire into thc possibilities of other places of refu'.c. Two committees were appointccf under thc chairmanship of Mr. Max D. Stcucr aiid Mr Joseph Barondess. The committee on "Plan and Scope," which consisted of Messrs. Max D. Steucr, Nathan Krass, Joshua Kantowitz, .\1, 1). Rosenberg, John Bernstein, Max Pine, William Liber- man and M. Levi, worked out a resolu¬ tion, wliich i.s to serve as thc constitu¬ tion of the emergency committee, which reads in part as followis:
"Our primary purpose, naturally, is to aid in thc repatriation of the largest possible number of thesp refugees. In the case of some, it behooves this Con ference to make it possible that thc stranded shall find a permanen't 'place in the lands of their present sojourn, and finally, for the remainder, facilities should be provided to the end that they be enabled to lake up their permanent abode in hospitable lands of freedom and security,
To  Study   Immigration
"\ further and not less important task of this Conference on Jewish Im¬ migration is to make a careful, thor¬ ough and scientific study of immigra¬ tion and settlement possibilities in Central and South .American lands and elsewhere, a task which must be per¬ formed with thoroughness and com¬ petence, in order that this conference may be enabled to supply dependable data to Jews in European lands, who may wish or be compelled to emigrate from the lands in which they live. This task of investigation and survey inu?t be undertaken with seriousness and per¬ formed with scientific accuracy.
"In all this work the Conference knows that it may depend upon the wise and helpful cb-pperatioiv of Jews in the lands of Euroi)e and elsewhere who are able and willing to give time and strength to the consideration and .solution of the problem of Jewish emi- graitipn. "This Conference will, wher¬ ever possible, depend upon local initia¬ tive. thrpug:hout the lands and countries of Europe ia which Jews dwell.
"In order that these ends may be achieved, this Conference of Jewish Immigration herewith resplves:
"That there shall be constituted and
designated. an Emergency Committee on
Jewish Refugees to be made up pf pne
(two) members pf the varipus prganiza-
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Is it ;iicrcly the journalistic scared for "good newspaper stuff," or is tlier(^ in back of it a central idea that employ.s-1| these 'methods in order that .some higher*, ideal may be achieved
of a transplantation into a new and en¬ tirely '•trange environment, It was Ins Jiic'ie, Hirsch Bernstein, the family's first "dftcoverer of .America,'! who hav¬ ing found in the '80''s a refuge in New Vork, proceeded immediately to prepare ^he ground for a large settlement of his iace in the New World.    He was the
Freud Invited by Hearst to Psy¬ cho-Analyze Leopold and Loeb
VFE.VXA (J, T. A.)—I^r. Sigmund I'reud, tlic famou.s psycho-analyst, was ofTcrcd a great sum of money by the l-fearst newspaper syndicate to conic to .\iiierica fftr the purpose of psycho¬ analyzing Nathan I^^copold, Jr. and Richard Loob, the Chicago youths who confes-ed to the murder of Robert Franks.
Prof. Freud refused, however, to ai.- ccpt this offer on account of his ill- health. He is reported to be suffering frrjin cancer of thc mouth.
American Jewess Sur¬ veys Shanghai Com¬ munity for C. J. W.
interesting  Facts Are  Revealed ,  In Report to National Council of Jewish Women
"THE SPIRIT OF OUR PEOPLE PRESERVED
IN CHINESE CITY"
With these questions in mind I went^ ' to sec Mr. Herman F5ernstcin. I harfi met Mm several years before. It was'. in the city of Warsaw during the Verrt saillcs Peace Conference. The prestige"; of President Wilson and America was; at its height. Rumor^ were afloat th central and eastern Europe that Presi¬ dent Wilson was determined to seetb it that his fourteen points, including the point, introduced for the first time in thc history of the world, of self^dc-v termination for small nations, should be'l carried  out.    Reports  had  been  circu-'
phd) B'erctz Ha' Khadacha" (The Ob¬ server in a New Land). Soon the en¬ tire ' family came over and the young ;^crniaii had to assitme part of thc (fainily'is responsibilities'.
¦. Changing   jobs   and   professions   as ;inany   times' as   is   imaginable   in   the ^course of  five years,  he  finally landed pn   Division   Street,   New   York,   in   a othing  store,   where   the   position   of 'bookkeeper seemed to offer him a live¬ lihood with, the  possibility of continu¬ ing his education and his literary work. iHaving mastered the English language, his old literary ambition found cxprck- jiion in continuous attempts at Russiaii poetry,   translations   into   the   English fro-,-v the Russian and numberless short I Stories in English.'   While .some of his
"anonymous power,"' (meaning Jewish representatives at the Paris CPrifeir'' ence*), had- set all fprces in mptipn to. influence    the' contracting    parties    to
lated    in   the   Polish   press   that   the|j,,,gjry and translations were published
in weekly Jewish magazines, his short ^tpry pfferings were always returned to Mm; until pne day, a quarter of a cen- 'f^ agp, the young Bernstein found to '*b^^^n^surpHst^¦tltat a- story of Kis'pen- had been publi<ihed in the literary sec- tioh of the then widely read New York "Evening Post."
The name of the story was "Sarah Rivkc's Vigil." It waj. a sad_story of a Jewish mother watching over her son, who, in her brooding, seemed to be in danger of being led astray. Het-maii Bernstein has. been ever since ¦ vigilant of the important problems in the life of America and in the life of his peo¬ ple all over the world. Although an immigrant of not more than five years' residence, Bernstein's, stories, which had been sent back tP him time and again, were now ir( great demand by American editors and publishers. Although un- rccommended and unsponsored, He» man Bernstein's journalistic work won success on its own merits and placed him in a short period of time in the rank pf those who form American opinion on international affairs, and one of the molders of tlie Jewish pub¬ lic opinion in this country and many others.    -
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It is hard fo choose from the multi¬ tude  of  problems  which  attracted  thc attention   of   Herman   Bernstein's   pen, those which arc of greater significance. In   fact,  they  vvere  all   significant  and all  important  in  their  day.    It  is  thc tragedy   of  the   journalistic   profession that   the  greatest   amount   of   intellect and skill,  invested in  "burning issues'" is of  no longer duration than Jonah's gourd.    With  the difference,  however, that while the leaves of the journalistic Jonah   disappear   as   soon   as   the   sun rises and a new day is marked on the calendar,   the   work   pf   the   Jonah   in journalism,   the   one,   who   in  his   sea crossings is driven by an inner search of  truth and  has at the  point of liis pen a message  of  real  value, endures. Because of l\is literary activities, par¬ ticularly  in  the  translations   from  the Russian   into   English,   Mr.   Bernstein found one day a short story iii the Rus¬ sian  magazine,  "Viestnik. Europy" un¬ der the name of S". Witte.   Being anxi- oius to' translate the story into English, he wrote tp  S.  Witte in  care of the Jpurnal, asking fpr' permission to do so. In   reiturn,   Mr.   Bernstein   received   a letter from Mile. Sofia Witte, ericlosing an entire vplume of her stpries which she thpitght wpuld prpve to be as In¬ teresting as her first story.    However, some  of  the  stories  were   ink-spotted, in .a  manner that  indicated censoring. The censored spots proved to be un¬ pleasant references to the Jews.   With¬ out   being   personally   known   to   each other, author and translator engaged in heated   correspondence   cpncerning  the Jewish questipn in Russia.   Tlie some¬ what bitter cpntroversy ended, hpwever, in a sincere  friendship which was to
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• N'EW YORK CITY: —A very inter¬ esting survey of the Jewish community of Shanghai, China, has been made for the National Council of Jewish Women, by Mrs. Marcella Crohn Rubel of Shanghai, who was a recent resident of New York City. In her statement, Mrs. Rubel makes the following obser¬ vations :
"In this city of the Ear East, scat¬ tered among the thousands of Chinese and a mixed population of approxi¬ mately 20,000 'Foreigners' of which number 10,000 are Japanese, can be found a community of Jews,, small in numbers, but not in prominence. Aboui. 2,000 souls constitute the Jewish com¬ munity of Shanghai. ,0n account of the heterpgeneity of their natipnality they d6 no represent what one would call a solid or united front, as we know it in America. It is interesting to recall that Shanghai's earliest Jewish settlers, who were in fact among its earliest for
To Expand Work of Dept. of Synagogue And School Extension
A Budget Calling for an Expend¬ iture   of   $102/139   Was   Pre¬ sented at Meeting of Board of    Managers    of    the U. A. H. C.
ZEPIN  REPORTS THAT MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE RECENTLY
Calls Department's Attention to
the Need of Jewish Welfare
Work at Rochester, Minn.
-guarantee, in a - special • ihternatioiutpi^' treaty, the rights pf small natipns whose fate it was to live on-territories ruled by other nations.' It was merely rumored, but not believed; and here is Mr. Herman Bernstein, who on a short- ci.t from Paris to Mpsco'w, stopped over in Warsaw and brought with him thc.actual text of the treaty, before it cver was intended to be published.
He came armed with a letter of in¬ troduction from the then powerful Prime Minister Paderewski to. Ministei of tho Interior Wpjciechowski, now the President of the Polish. Republic, Surely a document brought by him is authentic. However, when the docu¬ ment was published, the Polish press poured out its wrath on tlie "anony mous power" and most of all on the wandering Jew,  Herman   Bernstein,
Rut the wandering Jew did not stay long enough in the capital of the resur¬ rected Poland to see these attacks upon him. In pursuit of his mission, he pro¬ ceeded; north, or west, east or south? Who could tell?.
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• When I sat down in his apartment In .Vew York for the purpose of inter¬ viewing Mr. Herman Bernstein, I thought I had a very hard task before me. To interview a President or a Minister is not a hard thing. If you concentrate on your subject you will "catch him." But to interview <in in¬ terviewer, .one who knows the ins anfl outs of the interviewing game seemed to be mther a difficult task. However, Herman Bernstein, the great inter¬ viewer, proved to be not so terrible after all. On the contrary, he seemed to have decided in advance to make \\\> for all the suspense which he must have caused in others, by repaying with kind¬ ness those who wpuld come to inter¬ view him. As I looked at the amiable, smiling countenance and listened to his fluent conversation,^ a most interesting tale of a life started in Russia, devel¬ oped : in New Yprk and exercised in Tokio, Petrograd, Paris aiid Vladivos¬ tok, unfolded itseTf.
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Born in 1870 in Neu.stadt-Sliervint, raised in Mogilow in a well-to:do, en¬ lightened Jewish family, he received a thorough religious training combined with a sound secular education. As early as at eleven years of age, his in¬ terest in the affairs pf his people mani¬ fested itself in his attempts to become the correspondent of the then influen¬ tial and widejy read Hebrew , daily paper "Ha* Meilitz" in Petrograd. While learning by heart Talmiidic vol¬ umes, he endeavored to write Russian ppetry, his heart having been captured by the ppetry of Pushkin and Lermon- tov. However, the life pf the promis¬ ing; lad was destined towndergp an im- pprtant transfprinalipn and all the pain
eign settlers, are the Arabian" Jews, who
emigta^d.-£4«m,..£ijada4..i{«^j[gd^.ao.^I^^
all parts of the Orient.   Tiie. names pt annpunced^'.that ,ai the time 'of ¦the^pl^ep¦
Kadoorie, Ezra, Toeg and others arc as well- known in China as significant ot Jewish prestige and wealth, as those pf Straus, Marshall and Warburg in {Concluded oti page 4)
CINCINNATI: —Steps were taken to expand thc work of thc Department of Synagog and School Extension of the Union of .American, Hebrew Con¬ gregations at a recent meeting of the Board of' Managers held at Cincinnati. .A budget calling for an expenditure of $102,'irw.«0 was presented which in¬ cludes arrangement for a wbrker for University Welfare Work, a worker for the development of youth education, and for two Regional Directors whose tasks it would be to travel and organize for the Department.
Rabbi 'George Zepin, Executive Di¬ rector of the Department of Synagog and School Extension, 'reported on the activities of the Department, declaring that considerable progress has been made since the last meeting of the Board which was held in September. A special campaign was conducted, he said, in three hundred and thirty cities for the development and organization of religious activities. Being without field workers the Department secured the voluntary services of rabbis throughout the country, who visited neighboring cities, arranging meetings and establishing congregations and re¬ ligious schools. Similar campaigns were carried on among universities and hospitals, and penal  institutions.
Rabbi Zepin also reported prpgres^ in the Department pf Tract Publicatipns, in that old tracts were republished in
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aration of his''report, orders for 10,000 cppies pf Tract Np. 1 have already been received.
Several   important   books   are   being (Concluded on  page 4)
Well-Known   Business   Men   Are
Honored By Local Chamber of Commerce
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ALFRED J. KOBACKER      I
HE announcement of the election last Friday of Alfred J. Ko¬ backer of the Boston Store tp the board of directors of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce has met with much approbation in business circles. Mr. Kobacker has merited this token of esteem not only because of his whole-hearted and untiring ciforts tc promote the interests of the Retail Merchants' .Association but also because of his readiness at all times to copperate with every progressive civic movement. The Chronicle itself extends Mr. Kobacker its sincere 'congratulations. We are well familiar with his sterling qualities of heart and mind. His ex¬ emplary record as a contributor to re¬ ligious and philanthropic causes has of¬ ten been referred to 'in these columns. We knpw pf np Jewish business man in this city who has made as many friends in such a shprt space pf time.
We are cpnfident that Mr. Kpbacker will prpve a dynamic asset tP the Chamber pf Cpmmerce Directorate. That he will give the same intelligent and constructive attentipn0p his new duties as he has.been giving to his own successful business enterprise is with¬ out, qnestipn. His serviqes,'we pre¬ dict, will be second tp none!,, iri' their calibre and value. . "  ¦
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J. E. KINNEY
HE election of J. E. Kinney to the presidency of thc Columbus Chamber of Commerce was practically   a   foregone   conclu-
Mr. Kinney is known throughout the country because , of his position as president of the Buckeye Building & Loan Co. — the largest institution of its kind in the world.
In Columbus proper Mr. Kinney is respected because of his prominence-in every worthy cause of a public pr elee¬ mosynary nature. • Every Chamber of Commerce member is certain thatund.er his presidency the Clhamber will cpntiijue with unabated vigpr its splendid projects and activities.
The great impetus which the Buckeye Building & Loan Co. has given to hpme- owncrship and money-saving >ias been described in the columns of every local publication. Tp a certain extent it was the enviable success of the Buck¬ eye which led to Mr. Kinney's .election last ye^r to the presidency of the Na¬ tional Asspciatipn pf Building & Loan Cpmpanies. .'¦¦'.''
The Chkpnicle extends .its warm cpngratulatipns tp Mr. Kinney and trusts that success will crpwn air his efforts on behalf pf the Chamber and the city of Columbus.