Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1924-06-06

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Volume VIl — No. 3
COLUMBUS, dlllD, JUNE fi. 1924
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Record-Breaking Crowd ^"'^'^'^SSI^Kr''^"' Hears Rabbi Silver at K. H. Meeting in N. Y.
Thousands Turned  Away  From
Carnegie  Hall,  Where New
York's   Greatest   Keren
Hayesod Meeting Is
Held
UNTERMYER PRESIDES
AT LARGE GATHERING
"Silly
Noted    Lawyer    Attacks Nordic    Superstition"    Em¬ bodied into "Brutal Leg¬ islation"' by Congress
PHILADELPHIA, (J. T. A.) —. Triluito was paid to tlio late Rabbi' Joscpb Krau.skopb at thc animal Found- er.s' Day exercises at tlie National Farm School near Doylestowii, yesterday, when a new dormitory was dedicated and tbc cornerstone for .i'ncw library laid.
I    Announcement   vva<   tnade   that   the I property   holdings   of  .the   school   now exceed ^1,000,01)0, and  thai  several  ad¬ ditional  large (jifts  have bten  received. Dr. Jolin  H. 'rboinas,  F'rcsident of the state collcKC, wa-s the principal speaker .It tbc gatherinjr which was attended by I sevenil    thousand    people.      The    new I dormitory was made possible by an en¬ dowment   in  the  will  of   ^^iss   Kosetta I Nf. Ulman of Mew York.
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At True American Standards By fr^i^nt^ B'nai B'rith
Alfred M. C^ohen, in Address Btefore Convention of District Grand Lodge No. 2 at Cincinnati, peclarcs Hooded Society "Would Rend Asunder Where Unioii Should Prevail" — More Than Three Hundred Delegate* from Far and Near Attend Conclave — Mayor Can's! Pays Tribute to Citizen¬ ship of Jews and Th*ir Loyalty to^he Ideals     < of Americanism-^Jniniigration Law is Hit
(From our New York Correspondent)  \ NEW YORK. —Speaking before tbe| greatest   Keren   Hayesod   meeting  cver held in New. York, with Carnegie Hall jammed   to   the   doors   and   thousands' turned away, Rabbi .Abba  Hillel  Silver' of Cleveland, in his first Keren Hayesod j address in New York, declared that he has   now   identified   himself   with   the Keren Hayesod "because of the convic-; tion which has been borne upon nie not alone that the Keren Hayesod is a vital and necessary agency in these formative ] and Creative years in Palestine, ijiut also ' because I believe that the time has now ' come when a union of  forces working for Palestine  is  not onlv desirable but feasible."
Samuel Unterinyer, President of the Keren Hayesod, who presided, reviewed thc progress -the Keren Hayesod has made each succeeding year in this coun¬ try, and laid particular stress upon the fact that thc practical achievements in Palestine have removed all the doubters and skeptics, who have been answered "not by counter-arguments, not by mere words, 'but by deeds and facts." He con¬ demned that "new and ridiculous fancy, the Nordic superstition," which Congress has adopted into a "brutal law" and which leaves Palcsthte as the one place of refuge left for the eternal wanderer. Rabbi Silver, who has lieen one of thc
Latin American Lands Will Now Be Refuge of Jewish Immigrants
Leading Authority on Jewish Im¬ migration. Says "Latin Ameri¬ can Countries Will Have to Replace U. S. as Immi¬ gration   Refuge."
SPIRITS OF WASHINGTON, LINCOLN AND
ROOSEVELT SUMMONED TO CONDEMN KLAN
,    NliW YORIC.  (J. T. A.)-The sig-
, nature   of   President   Coolidge   to   the
I anti-immigration   bill   has   put   an   end
to   the   hopes   of   thousands   of  Jewish
, refugees   of   finding   a   haven   in   the
I United States.     The riuestioii of immi-
] gration,  which   has  been  acute   for  the
last twenty-five years, has now become
the burning issue in Jewish lift.
\ rcp'resentative of the Jewish Tele¬ graphic .Agency has interviewed Dr. Isaac A. Hourwich, the leading au¬ thority on Jewish immigration, and au¬ thor of "Immigration and Labor" on the subject.    He.statetl the following:
"With   the   passage  of   the   immigra¬ tion   restriction   bill,  the   United   States ceaiies   lo   be   a   refuge   for   the   Jews seeking   to   escape   persecution   in   the I countries of the Old World,    Contrary
CIXCl.V.VATL OHIO. —The Ku- Klux-Klaii was criticized by Alfred M. Cohen of Cincinnati, President of Dis)- trict Grand Lodge No. 2, B'nai B'rith, ^t the opening sessions of thc annual con¬ vention yesterday at the Gibson. B'nai B'rith is the largest Jewish order in .America.
Declaring that the hooded order is a blow at -Americanism, Mr. Cohen said that "it would rend assunder whef'e union should prevail" and that "it ^s founded on hate, which has never done any good id the world."     , j
More than three hundred dclegat^^ from far and near are in attendance si|t the convention. At the opening meeting yesterday morning, following the invc^ cation by Rabbi David Philipson, th* delegates were welcomed by Mayor-Catj rel, who paid tribute to the citizen^hij) of the Jews, their loyalty to the idcalii M Americanism and their readiness to dedi¬ cate themselves and their resources ^ the common good, . i*
in bis message President Cohen tSflfl that thc condition of thc Jew.s, not cm-V in America, but all over the. world; Mils imjiroved in the last twelve months; % "1
....      „ .     .     ^      to    expectation,    the   establishrneiit    of
::leadmg personalities m the Palestine De. republican governments in  Eur^^ has
away with race discrimination
garded as one of the greatest he has ever delivered, was enthusiastically re¬ ceived and profoundly moved the great audience.
The meeting marked the end of  the first  phase  of  the  Greater  New  York | ItW Keren .Hayesod campaign, Emanuel 1 Neumann,   National   Secretary   of   the; Keren  Hayesod,  reported  that ?038,C8l has thus far been raised in New York's campaign,   which   is   far   ahead   of   the 1 total at the same ti.me last year.   With considerable more money coining in as a 1 result   of   the   inspiring   mass   meeting. New   York  is   expected   to   sweep   far ahead  of  its  previous Keren   Hayesod total.
In the course of his address. Rabbi Silver declared:
"Palestine was always and still is the; central theme in Jewish life. Some ofj the greatest dramas o,f mankind were; played on the stage of that little country i and it seems destined to continue to play a crucial role in this history of mankind-
"At no time did the Jew need Pales¬ tine more than he does today. The un¬ paralleled-disorganization of Jewish life which resulted from the war has made it imperative for thousands to find a home where they are welcome. The war which may have brought freedom, and opportunities to other nations, brought to the Jevvs, especially those living in . Eastern Europe,- suffering and persecu¬ tion and intensified anti-Semitism. Thousands of our unfortunate brothers are today crowding the highways of travel, knowing net whither to turn. America, in reversal of its traditional policy arid quite in violation of its in- fonnative spirit of liberalism, has sh-ut its dooi^s unceremoniously,
"The creative genius of pur people heeds a congenial environment before it can create those spiritual valiies which blessed mankind in the past, atid may again in the future. Israel is, not a peo¬ ple of the past only. It has riot yet said its last immemorial phrase. It has still niany revelations to vouchsafe to man¬ kind. The spirit of the race, even more than the persecuted members of the race, need a haven of refuge.       .
"Palestine was the home of prophecy, where the exalted ideas of justice, de¬ mocracy and international peace were first formulated. It may again become an experimental station for economic, , pqlitical and social idesjils. It is pur aim to produce in Palestine, farmers, not peasants; workers, not beasts of burden. Palestine, through the idealism of the type of men who are now going there, will make for a finer type of maiihood and womanhood. It i; significant that one of the major tasks of the Keren Hayesod is to establish and maintain adequate educational facilities for every- . (Concluded on page 4)
cdlicedcd. to   the   Jews   in   the   various treaties    by    which    new    governments were set up have remained mere "scr.ips of paper."   .Anti-Semitism today is more rampant and more linital than ever he- fore the World War.    The only country free     from'   official    anti-Semitism    is I Russia, but .there  the legal  restrictions : upon private business enterprise in gen- j eral  have  wrought   ruin  to  the Jewish lieople, two-thirds of which, before the war,   were   tradesmen.      The   need   ot emigration   for the Jew  today  is  more urgent than ever before, but the ques- ition is:    Where shall he go? j    Palestine wovild be  the ideal answer. I But   today   Palestine  can   acconiinodate I only a very small  fraction of the pros- ipective    Jewish    emigration,    measured 'even 'by pre-war statistics.
There remain only the Latin-Ameri¬ can countries which are still awaiting industrial development, and have no class of industrial w.igc-earners numerous enough to succeed in establishing a job- trust by anti-immigration legislation.
The closing of the gates of the United States to immigration must result .in emigration of Americaii capital to other countries. .According to statistics pub¬ lished 'by the Dep.artmeiyt of 'Commerce, there has been stich a movement of capital 'in recent years.
Prior to the war,  if was  estimated
that '$6,000,'006,^)00 of European capital
was invested iii the United States, ' 'It
is understood that since ¦ lOl-t most, if
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Wave-Waiting Effort!        •;,¦)
"In our own United States, the wa-^e of Anti-Semitism that'sets in as.an (af¬ termath of the war is dashing 'iigaiin'dt the rocks of an enlightened and.^lv^ys safe public opinion," he said.'.V^'*ni latest evidence of ilKwill to maui|e$t itself, although directed against ttie^Mn,
is  not aimedi ._againpt him ejseiusiilrf *|M^i^^'.^j^iii>in'c»lijrt,5ali-u '*''™™''*t}fa!(fffiffll!tatoysisness agaHirt^TTotliingTsm :* T am nof a KTnow
ANNUAL J. N. F. FLOWER
DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 15
.All arrangements have been completed for tbc annual sale of flowers to be held on Sunday, June l">th, for the benefit of the Jewish  National Fund.
Committees representing the Y. VV. H: .A., the JewLsh Literary Club, and the Junior Ivreeyoh have volunteered to help make the saile a success. To thc three committees bringing in the largest amount of proceeds will be awarded appropriate prizes.
Any other girls who have not yet volunteered and who can sacrifice a few hours "for this noble 'cause ane re¬ quested to report at the Cohimbus He¬ brew School, .jj8 E. Rich Street, at 9 a. m, on the above date.
;iirays itself against the opinion of those ubo-ic judgment of \yhat constitutes an Aniqrican are entitled to highest respect. "George Washington, addressing thc (.•brew Congregation of Newport, R. I., in 1790, said : 'The citizens of the United Slates of .America have a right to ap- iiiul themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy—a policy worthy of imita¬ tion. ¦ All possess alike liberty of con' science and immunities of citizenship. t is now no more that toleration is spoken-of as if it were,by the indulgence of one class of people that another en¬ joyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights, for happily, the govern- nient of the United States, which gives i to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no issistaiice, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. May the children of the stock of Abra¬ ham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other iiih.ibitants — where everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him .ifraid.'
Qeveland Will Be Next Convention City For District 2,1.0.B.B.
Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg, of
Dayton, Ohio, Is Elected Sec-,
ond   Vice-President   of
District for Coming
Year
ALFRED A. BENESCH
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Philanthropic and Social Service Work   Are  Reviewed  Before the  Delegates at Con¬ vention
Committee of 25 Will Devise Plans For Financing U. A. H. C.
Conunittee Will at Present De- . vote Itself Principally to the Problem of Raising ' $400,000.00   t o   Meet This  Year's  Budget
PERSONNEL OF COMM. JUST ANNOUNCED BY DAVID A. BROWN
Not  Lincoln's  Americanism
• "Ku-Klux Americanism is not the Americanism of the great emancipator Abraham Lincoln, who surely <has the right to be heard on the subject. Iri his day. there was a 'Know Nothing' movc- qigt^tMSRSembling in some respetts, Su-
Cleveland,  Ohio, was selected  as  the next convention city of  District Grapd Lodge No. 2, I. O. B. B.    Alfred A Benesch,   well-known   Cleveland   attor¬ ney   and   public   worker,   was   elected president  for  the  coming year;   Judge A.  B. Frey of  St.  Louis was  elected first   vice-president;   Rabbi   Samuel   S. Mayerberg of D.iyton, Ohio, was elected second vice-president; Leonard H. Frei¬ berg  of   Cincinnati,   Ohio, was   elected secretary; Wm. Ornstein, also of  Cin¬ cinnati, was elected treas,urer.    As these several, individuals arose they received great ovations. . ,  -^       -       ,   .
It VC91S announced that. Constitutional
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T. I. SISTERHOOD HOLDS LAST MEETING OF YEAR
An open meeting marked, the last meeting of the season of the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood which was held Mori- day evening, June 2nd, at the Tcniple. Reports were read by chairmen of the various committees on the activities of the past year,
Mr. Morris Polster in charge of the entertainment arranged ai' most delight¬ ful program which included the fol¬ lowing:—^
Recitation, Helen Polster; Group of Songs, Hannah Polster; Song and Dance Nuriiibers; Sylvia Romanoff and Felice Levinson; Little Bo Peep Dance, Miriam Levinson; Violin Solo, Leon 'Werner; Piano Solo, Mrs. Morris Polster; Ad¬ dress, Rabbi Benj. 'VVerne.
Chairmen were appointed for the vi»- rious booths at the Lawn Fete to be held on the Temple Lawn, July Ist.
Individual cakes -with the Sisterhood initials \vere served along witli other refreshments.    , >
Mrs. L. Nason,. president, expressed the hope that after a delightful vacation all of the members will he back again in the fall for another successful year.
him than others. Ku-Kluxism' i;. a stab at Americanism. It would rend assunder where union should prevail. It is founded on hate, which has never done any good in the world.
"When the Klan proclaims the inct"fi- ciency of administrators of the law it indict-s the judiciary. When it labels its members as the only 100 per cent Ameri¬ cans and denounces all who are not white, n.itive-born Protestants as ineli,ci:i- ble to American citizenship and unworthy of having a part in affairs of stale, it
"ing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the op¬ pression of negroes be in favor of de- '|[rading classes of white people?' Our Vrogress in degeneracy appears to me tretty rapid. As a nation we began by d-'claring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it, 'all men are cieatcd equal except negroes,' When the know Nothings get control, it will read, 'a I men are created equal except ne¬ groes, foreigners" and Catholics.' When (Concluded  on  page 4)
Special services this evening and to¬ morrow morning in all Synagogues will mark the observance of Shabuoth, or the Feast of Weeks. In Reform Tomiilcs the main feature of the festival siO.\ice cdnsists of the Confirmation ceremony which is a comparatively recent innova¬ tion in Jewish life. Boys and girls be¬ tween: the ages of thirteen and sixteen/ who have been instructed in the essen¬ tials of Judaism: arid its traditions, .ip- pear on this day before the congreg.ition and pledge lifelong loyalty to the faith of their fathers. The Confirmation serv¬ ice, which varies in different congrega¬ tions in accordance with the size of the class, is Very beautiful and impressive, and it marks an annual revival of inter¬ est in religion among Jews ovcrywbcrt-.
Shabuoth has been selected as a fitting occasion for the Confirmation ceremony because of the, historic significance ot the festival. For this day coriimunio- rates the anniversary of a momentous event in the history of the ancient Ite- brcws, namely the giving of the basic law, or the Ten Commandments. It was on Shabuoth that, according to tradition, the Israelites at the foot of Sinai pro¬ claimed in one accord: "All that the Lord hath spoken we will dol" And it is on the same.day that the modern Jew¬ ish youth formally- accepts the oblii,'a- tions of Judaism.
The Festival pf Shabuoth is the Fes¬ tival of Revelation—a title which it ac¬ quired in post biblical times.' In the Pentfiteuch, Shabuoth is characterized as a purely agricultural festival which marked the conclusion of the season of the barley harvest and the beginning of the -wheat harvest.    -
On the second eve of Passover a measure (Omer) of barley was brought as an offering to the Temple. From that occasion on the Hebrews counted care¬ fully forty-nine days, or seven weeks, and on the fiftieth day they celebrated
the Festival of Weeks by bringing to the Temple an offering of two loaves of bread made out of the new wheat. The Festival is thus called weeks because it takes place immediately following the seven most important weeks of the har¬ vest season, iits other name, Pentecost, which means fiftieth, is derived from the fact that it is observed on the fiftieth day following the beginning of the har¬ vest season, which is ushered in on the second eve of Passover.
Shabuoth is also known in the Pentar teuch as the festival of first fruits, since it marked the beginning of the season (which lasted the entire summer) dur¬ ing which the farmer in. ancient Judea had to bring, his first fruit as an offering before the Lord. In modern times this festival has naturally lost its agricul¬ tural character for the large, majority of the Jews, h continues, however, to im- press upon them the lesson of gratitude and charitableness. Shabuoth brings home to the. Jew that all wealth comes from God and it is entrusted to him for his prudent distribution. It is on Sha¬ buoth that the Jew is again reminded that the Hebrevv word for charity, Zeda- kah, literally means justice. According to Judaism, charity is not an act of su¬ pererogation, but a just.obligation.
The universalistic phase of Shahuoth is to be, seen especially in the fact that the Book of Ruth is read, in the Syna¬ gogue on this festival. Ruth, the Gen¬ tile, because of her sincerity in accept¬ ing. Judaism, was worthy of becoming the ancestress of King David,    i
Similarly all proselytes, who of their own accord seek admittance into Juda¬ ism, are cordially welcome. Thus on Shabuoth thi; Jew^ who rejoices because of the priceless treasure which was en¬ trusted to him at Sinai, ig forcefully re¬ minded that Judaism is not his exclusive heritage. It was intended to become the share of all humanity.  - \
Twenty-five leading -American Jews will compose a committee to devi.se plans for financing arid enlarging the scope of the work of the Union of .\merican He¬ brew Congregations. The personnel of the committee was announced today by David A. Brown of Detroit, who was^ appointed chairman in charge of this program at a recent special convention of the Union in Chicago.
This committee'.will devote itself prin¬ cipally to the problem of raising $100,000 to meet this year's budget for the work of the Union, and to devise plans for future financing of the organization. An extensive program for (bringing Jewish,' education and opportunities for Jewish worsihip to Jews in isolated vil¬ lages as well as in universities and con¬ gested cities, will be carried out with these funds. The Union also helps to support the Hebrew Union College for , the training of rabbis.
The members of the committee arc: Marcus Aaron, Pittsburgh'; Oscar Ber¬ man, Cincinnati; David M. Bressler, New York; Abel Davis, Chicago; Dr. Lee K. Frankel, New York; Julius W. Freiberg, Cincinnati; Julius Goldman, New Orleans; Moses E. Greenebautn, Chicago; Jos. H. Hagedorn, Philadel¬ phia ; Ben Lowenstein, Cleveland; Henry L. Mayer, San Francisco; Nathan J. Miller, New York; George Mosbacher, Los Angeles; Henry Op'penheimer, Bal¬ timore; Carl E. Pritz, Cincinnati; Jerome J. ,Rothschild, Philadelphia; Meier Steinbrink, Brooklyn; Arthur Hays SulzJierger, New York; Felix Vorenlberg, Boston; A. Leo Weil, Pitts- - burg; Herman Wile, Buffalo;;PdwmB. -
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trict Grand Lodge of the world will hold a big conclave next April at Atlantic City, N. J. Twenty-six delegates' from District No. 2 will be pres,enl, at this conclave  representing the District.
The philanthropic and social service work that has been done by the B'nai B'rith during the past year was the .subject of reports presented.to the con¬ vention at the Hotel Gibson. "These reports were on the Nationar Je.\yish Hospital for Constimptiyes at Denver by David E. Harlem;- on the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital at St. Louis by .-\. B. Frey; Cleveland Orphan Home by Louis M. Frank; the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children by Percy S. Morris; Social Service Activities by Jack Meyers, Columbus; Educational League by Sol. Calisch, 'Toledo; propaganda by -Alfred A. Benesch, Cleveland, and-In¬ tellectual Advancement by A. B. Frey, St. Louis.
There were over 300 delegates-iri at¬ tendance from CO cities in the nine states embraced in this district of the order. It was resolved to organize women's and junior auxiliaries, after the reading of reports on the proposals by Samuel Hassenbiisch, of St. Joseph, Mo., and Milton M.Schayer, of Denver.
.¦\lfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, presi¬ dent of the'Grand Lodge, in his review of the year, said that the condition of the Jewish people in' America and other parts of the world had improved. He said that anti-Semitism, in the United States was "dashing against the.rocks of an enlightened arid always safe piib- lic opinion."' '
The stand of President Coolidge on the Japanese exclusion question was coiririiended by Maurice D. Rosenberg, of Washington, reporting for the Civil Affairs Committee. He denounced the new iinmigration law as "discriminatory and a danger to America itself."
Jewish Communities Transylva¬ nia and Banat Send Deputation to Roumanian King
VIENNA. (J. T, A.)—The Jewish communities of Transylvania and Banat have decided. to send a specit-il deputa¬ tion to- King Ferdinand of Roumania to plead with him to put ah end to the unbearable situation prevaiUng in these two provinces, according to a report in the Roumanian  paper, "Dimineata."
The Jews in these regions have been placed in a situation which is outside of the -law, and in which they are pot ex¬ tended the protection of the authori¬ ties.
' Last Saturday, a, Jewish student, who was vjsiting the Botanical Park in Klausenburg, was attacked and had his skull fractured.
phia, and David A. Brown, Detroit, who is chairman.
According to a resolution passed at the Chicago convention, the committee, in addition to its: fund-raising endeavor,. will"preserit to the next Council of the Union 61 American Hebrew Congrega¬ tions such thanges to the constitution and other lines of action as will tend ' to strengthen the work of the Union, and'increase its field of usefulness." For this ipurpose three sub-committees on the Union, Finance and Constitution, have befcn appointed. ' They are: The committee .oh.Union Activities and Ad¬ ministrative Methods composed of A. Leo \yeil. Chairman, Pittsburgh; Mar¬ cus Aaron; Pittsburgh; Jules W. Frei¬ berg, Cincinnaiti; Julius Goldman, New Orleans; Joseph H. Hagetjorn, Phila¬ delphia-Nathan J. Miller, New York; Henry Oppenheimer, Baltimore; Carl E. Pritz; Cincinnati; Jetome J. Rothschild, Philadelphia; Felix 'Vorenberg, Boston; Herman Wile, Buffalo; Charles Edwin Fox, Philadelphia; and David A. Brown of Detroit, Ex Officio. The Committee on Finance composed of Nathan J. Mil¬ ler, chairman; David M. Bressler, Oscar Berman, .General Abel Davis, Moses E.- Greenebaum, Ben Lowenstein, Henry L. Mayer, George Mosbacher, Edwin B.Meissner, Jacob W. Mack, and David A. Brown, Ex Officio. The Committee on Revision of Constitution composed of Dr. Lee K. Frankel, Chairnlan; David M.' Bressler, Nathan J. Miller, Meier Steinbrink, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Ludwig 'Vogelstein, and David A. Brown, Ex Officio.
Mr. Brown, the chairman, in announc¬ ing his commmittce, stated that more than half the ailiount for financing the Union has already been raised, in re¬ sponse to personal letters and appeals which he sent out.
"The spirit of Jewish renaissance that permeated the Qiicago meeting, has per¬ meated all parts of this country," Mr. Brown declared. "Letters and tele¬ grams that' have poured in from all parts of the country, since I announced this chairmatvship,' tell me that hundreds of men and women are willing to work and to give, so that Reform Judaism (Concluded on page •!)
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