Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1924-04-04

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoted to American
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Jewiah Jdeals
Volume yi — No. 4O
COIAJMBUS, OIUO, AI'kIL 4, 1924
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€olden Jubilee of Pioneer Y. M. H. A. Is Celebrated In N. Y.
Great Banquet at the Hotel Afttor Is Climax of Series of Func¬ tions Covering Ten Days
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MARSHALL PLEADS FOR
JEWISH EDUCATION
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NEW YORK — Close to 1-100 men and women including many who arc leaders in the financial, social, philanthropic, and political life of the city, participated last Sund<-iy evening in a banquet at thc Hotel Astor which was the culmination of a ten day celebration of, thc .Golden Jubilee of the !)2nd Street Y. M. H. A., the pioneer associatiot\ of its kind hi America.
All the other functions were held in thc Y. M.'H. a. building at 02nd Street and Ix;xington Avenue, and began witi: a religious service on Friday evenin March 14th, addressed by Rabibi Nathan Krass of Temple Emanu-,EI. This was followed by a Purim celebration, an athletic carnival, a musicalc. an inter- assocLition deliate. a swimming contest and a general rally of all clubs, ad¬ dressed by Drr Cyrus Adler, acting presi¬ dent of fhe Jewish Theological Semi¬ nary and Mr. Sol M. Stroock. A second religious service was held, on Friday evening,   March   21st,   at Avhich   Rabbi
PRE-EASTER  SALE
TO   BE   HELD   AT
DESHLER HOTEL
The annual prc-Enster sale ^ under the auspices of the Shut- in-Blind Committee of both the City Federation of Women's Clubs and the Council of Jew¬ ish Women, of which Mrs. John Wilson is chairman, will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, April ISth nad IGth, at the Deshler Hotel.
An appeal is made for the wholc-hcartcd support of this sale,   full  details   of  which   will
appsar in thc next issue Chronicle.
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Seeing Palestine Through Neutral Eyes
By DAVID A. BROWN
C. J.W. Hears Addresses of Judge Grossman And Mrs. Greenfield
'Get Into Politics and Be a Part ^of Your Community," Declares Woman Judge of Cleveland
HADASSAH WORK
IS LAUDED BY MRS. CAROLINE GREENFIELD
"Woni.Tii's. place i-, hi thc lioinc, but her- homi- i- tlie United .States of Amer¬ ica," declarer! Judge Mary B. Grossman
Stephen   S.   Wise   01   thc   Central   and'of Cleveland in her ndd^es^ Tucsd<iy af- Free Synagogues ofTiciatcd. ' On Satur¬ day afternoon special religious services for the Juniors of the Y. M. H. A. were! held and a Purini mask ball was given under the auspices of the  Seneca Club on the same evening.   On Sunday after-' noon  the  athletic  department  staged  a, cross-country relay run. !
Judge Irving Lehman, president of the Institution   presided   at   Sunday   night's I banquet and the speakers included James i M. Spcers. President of the International, Y.  M.  C.  A..  Joseph   L.   Ruttcnweiser, President of the Federation  of Jewish, Charities of New York ;¦ U. S. Senator Royal S. Copeland; Judge William Cun- ninj^ham,   rei>restnting   the   Knights   of Cohimbus  for the State of New  York, - Eddie Cantor and Louis Marshall. ' ¦- ;, Judge Lehtnan' in his address gave a «¦'• Tc'v]*jv \of;.tliK-jfi|6*i*af^''pMil»iU^ Men's   Heibrew   Association  going  into detail  of  the  early years  of  the asso- 'ciation, paying tribute to those men who helped make  possible  the establishment of this organization.   He then continued thc history of thc association up to the present   time,   briefly   picturing   man\ 1 activities that are now carried on in the' institution at 02nd Street and Lexington Avenue;
"We should pride ourselves on the love for our country, and on our desire to help our country," Judge Lehman ' said. "Wc have one great obligation; that is to look after the development of character in the young, those who come after us. We alone can help our young men and women. Young men and women of today are clamoring for social opportunities in a sound, Jewish atmos¬ phere.
"It is to the older Jew, to the Jew of standing in the community that the young Jew looks for inspiration. It is to.the older Jew, the Jew of influence in the community that thc young Jew looks to as an example.
"We do not want our young Jews to feel, that they are Jews simply because they are born Jews; we do not want them to feel that they are Jews simply because others tell them that they are Jews. Wc want them to know what it means to ibe a Jew.
"We want our young men and women to know not only the letter of the Jew¬ ish religion, but we want them to know the history of absolute faithfulness which our fathers have always shown to their own ideals.
"We want them to feel the spirit of our faith. We want them to know that the name of Jew is a badge of honor, but a ibadge of honor only if that badge is worthily borne. And we point tonight to thc men who have gone forth from our organization to the men who are there with us now, as men who are try¬ ing to be worthy of thc name of Jew."
Mr. Speers brought cordial grtietings {Concluded on page 8)
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Not   Millions   for  Palestine
.Ml through my tour of Palestine'; I was constantly, conscious of one thought, not millions for Palestine, but llioiisitiids. Not all those who zvattt to. loinr, hut thasc who ought to conte.' \'iit (ifditcntal intmiijralion. but Sflecli'n^ itnniij/ration, -^
In my conversations with all types ov men in that country;, I presented thU- tlKMiirht, and without exception, founrt llicm in complete accord with my views) These men, anxious to sec Palestine with a large population as quickly aii' possible, realize that there is such it thing as moving too fast and the danger thru lurks in accomplishment. Thc pasf few \oars, since thc British occupation, has seen Palestine almost double it!» Jewish population. The Government census of li)22 gave the Jewish popula-, tion 8.'i,791 out of a total population of 7.-)7,l82.
Since this census was taken, about li'.fiO more Jews have come and about :\,'M have left, making a total Jewish popufation of about 00,00.0, Of this !)0,fi()0, more than 70,000 are living in the cities of Palestine, leaving a bare 20,000 on the land. These figures are rou<,'h, taken from reports furnished by the Zionist Office, and arc used to show that only a. small proportion o^ the Jews who tome here, settle on the land.
One need not go much further with fr^nres to show the danger to our peo¬ ple if this ratio of city population, as against farm population were- to con,- tinuc. .\Iready the problem of conttnt^-' (PUS omploymcnl has caused grave co«h cern to those vitally interested. 'Tlic building of roads and other public wock on a large scale by the Government- ha!s almost ceased, and house building anil other private construction is limited ,tp the amount' of .ivailablc money art^l credit of the country. Millions of dol¬ lars from all over the world have'bei poured into Palestine, during thp pa! years, and many millions more >vlU=;bi
prnblciii ill Palestine would strain the I)fissil)ililies of Jewish (inancing, not '>nl> ill .Vnierica, but in all other parts (if tlie world, that up to the present lia\e Hiveii liberally to the upbuilding of Palestine. Palestine  i\  Great' Asset  to  thc  Jew
I'.ile.sliiie e:in become a great asset to tl'e Jlws' of the world, or a great liubililj, ;iiid the responsibility of de- velopiii}. I'alestide. so that it will be a cnuiiiiy ill which Jewish genius, Jewish cuUnre, Jewish religion, will be given a full npportunity—rests upon the leaders (if tlie present day.
A ¦ Palestine over-populated, under- rmaiiced would make impossible tlic dc- velopnient of the finer qualities of thc Jewish people, as .so much energy, effort and nioiicy would have lo be expended in keeping body and soul together, that there would be little time or money left for other purposes. Such a Palestine woiiUI become'a liability with the re- sult.uit rc.iction upon the Jews of the world. A condition of that kind would give to the .Palestine Arab Delegation an aignmcnt stronger than any yet pre¬ sented to the British Government. The British Government which has relied so mucli upon the statements made to them that tlie Jews of the world would stand back ot the rebuilding of a Jewish Pal¬ estine would begin lo question the wis¬ dom of the  Balfour  Declaration.
Any further limitation or withdravtral of that declaration by Gre.-it Britain would be a tragedy, the results of which would be felt in every section of the world where Jews live.
The Jew and the Arab
The .so-called conflict in Palestine between the Arab and the Jew up to the present time has been a "tempest in a tea pot." I have tried to keep in touch with all that has happened in Palestine lictwcen thc Jew and the Arab, and also tlie presentation by the Palestinian Arab Delegation of its case, under the title, ''The Holy Land," th<; Moslem-Chris¬ tian'case  against  Zionist  Aggression
TEA TO BE GIVEN BV JUNIOR AUXILIARY
FOR NON-MEMBERS
On Sunday, April 13th, from three until five o'clock, a tea will be given in the vestry rooms of tho Bryden Road Temple, under the auspices of the Junior Council Auxiliary, for the pleasure of non-mem¬ bers  and  university  students.
An invitation is cordiklly ex¬ tended all local girls above fif¬ teen years of age to cbme and make acquaintance with Auxil¬ iary members and with each other.
For the occasion the Enter¬ tainment Committee has planned an especially delightful program. Come and bring your friends. ^
Great Work Done By Hadassah .Described By Mrs. C. Greenfield
Medical Organization Has Done
Much  to Alleviate Suffering
and Combat Contagious
Diseases
JEWS IN CHINA HAVE
HELPED HADASSAH
needed  to  provide propcrljr,.'for .jjioijfc jl'ifl, ajii.of the "opinion that the status .already- in - the ^vQent3tS^Sliy^'nl'.ailir*5^^ into consideration the thousands of hew
T. I. SISTERHOOD
TO HOLD IMPORTANT MTG. MONDAY, APRIL 7
The regular meeting of tbe Tifereth Israel Sisterhood will lake place next Monday, April 7th, at 7:30 p. m, at the Temple, Broad St. and Linwood Ave.
An unusually good program has been arranged by the com¬ mittee in charge. Many mat- iter* of importance will be di*- cuised. All members are urged to attend. A treat !¦ in itore for all.
GROSSMAN!
ternoon before members of the Council of Jewish Women at Bryden Road Tem¬ ple.
Mrs. Grossman was introduced by Mr.s.' E. S. Jaros, chairman of thc Com¬ mittee on Civics and Legislation."
Since !'0 per cent of the legislation to¬ day refer.s directly or indirc.:tly to the home, are not women, therefore, to be interested in conditions outside the four walls of their houses?" she asked. "We can't all go to the legislature, hold the oflice of judge, nor sit ui the city coun¬ cil, but all of us can vote. You -will, get the kind of government you want.' Your husbands can't vote for you, any more than they can eat your meals for you."
Judge. Grossman called "women on the jury" her hobby, asserting her belief that no intelligent woman should be exempted from service, except those with small children or illness in their homes.
"We don't all like to wash dishes and dust, but we realize these tiresome things must be done," she explained. "Jury duty is oiifi of the pitblic housekeeping duties which must be performed, and no woman should shirk. Moreover, jury duty is one of the greatest experiences anyone can have.".
Speaking of anti-feminist' men who insist women should not take part in public life because they are 'born under a handicap," 'the judge quoted the exam¬ ple of a bank president who refused to allow a ibrilUant and capable woman to become one of the bank's directors be¬ cause, as he said, "There tomes a time iri every woman's life when she might lose her mind,"
Characterizing women as "changeable" Judge Grossman said the fact that fre¬ quently they do not make up their minds until election time and then vote more for the man than for the party, will force party leaders to put their best pos¬ sible "timber" on the tickets.
"Get into politics and be a part of your community," she urged.
Mrs. Caroline Greenfield of New York, representing Hadassah, which is working for the restoration of Palestine, was introduced by Mrs. Jerome Kohn, president of the Council of Jewish Women. She told the women that on her arrival in Palestine she felt for the first time in her life she 'was where she "belonged."
"I was linked with that land and knew
I must make my contribution to its life,"
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immigrants who are expected to arrive during the next few years.
1 am of the opinion that it would le best to so adjust immigration during the next few years that only those wlio would be able to provide for themselves, and to establish themselves, be encour¬ aged to come to Palestine; and in tlie meantim.e, give all thought, energy, and money to placing on a more permaiint basis those already there. If iiTitni};i.i- tion was to continue in an increasing rate as in the past few years, the Jewish
the jew, arid ithat the Arab an'3'the' Jew can and will live side by side in ptace. This does not necessarily mean that from time to time problems will not arise, or that the so-called Arab Delegation will not attempt to plead their cause, but taking into considera¬ tion that Great Britain has the man¬ date for Palestine and the Balfour Dec¬ laration, there is little cau.sc for worry on that score.
Interests  of Great' Britain Great Britain has other interests  in , {Concluded on page 4)
'College Girl Is Ignorant of Jewish Life/' Says Mrs. Wessel
Professor of Women's College in
Connecticut,   Declares   That
Small College Conununity
Lacks Jewish Influence
INTERESTING DISCUSSION APPEARS IN CURRENT ISSUE OF MAGAZINE
NEW YORK CITY. —In an article contributetl to the April number of "The Jewish Woman" the quarterly publica¬ tion of the National Council of Jewisih Women, Mrs. Bessie Bloom Wessel, As¬ sistant Professor of Economics and So¬ ciology, at the Connecticut College for Women, discusses "The Jewish Girl at College." Among other problems. Pro¬ fessor Wessel makes the following ob¬ servations on the matter of Jewish in¬ fluences  in the college community:
"Unless thc college is in a large city, where the student makes her afliliations with a temple or synagogue, or with some Jewish group of her choice, tlie Jewish girl is' apt to be somewhat iso¬ lated. She cannot easily identify herself with the interests of the small Jewish community, however intensive and sat¬ isfactory they may be for that commu¬ nity. 1 have frequently heard JewisJt students say that they experienced a sense of loneliness when their Gentile friends go out on Sunday mornings to teach Sunday School classes, while they hang around their rooms idling away the day. Nor does it necessarily hold that they are not needed in their community. That indeed is the saddest part of the story and the problem.
"There is then no influence which comes from association with the com¬ munity. But more than this, the Jewish girl has no afliliattons with any organiza¬ tion or movement which brings her in touch with the problems, the interests
the Gentile girl who serves the com¬ munity, while Jewish children need her. She joins in war drives and is caught up in the' fervor of Christian movements extending help to needy students here and abroad, but goes on quite unaware of Jewish children starving in the Uk¬ raine and elsewhere; of Jewish students who forego necessary meals and clothes and are reduced to the breadlines in Vienna. She'is caught up and responds to the fine interest which her Gentile classmates have in their sister colleges in thfe Orient, and is quite unaware of Jewish girls striving to rebuild institu¬ tions in a new old-homeland. Her Christian friend has national organiza¬ tions that are interested in her, in her Christian development and in her rela¬ tionship as a Christian to other Chris¬ tians the world wide over. She goes to conventions and summer institutes and comes back enriched and imbued with a spirit of service. Thc Jewish girl either misses this inspiration or, if she chances to join one of these groups through some misunderstanding on her own part, dis¬ covers herself a stranger among them, and comes home to harbor a disappoint¬ ment which she does not understand.
"One thing all Jewish girls have in common, and that is great ignorance of Jewish life, of Jewish customs, of his¬ torical or current Jewish problems. And they arc almost invariably con- scion^ ' of this fact. This is per¬ haps thc most outstanding problem which the Jewish college girl presents. She comes to college conscious of her Judaism, needlessly conscious of the ex¬ istence of a Jewish problem, but lacking the assurance which would come from a closer knowledge of the content of Juda¬ ism or of the jiature of the problem. This problem, the Jewish girl does not create herself. It is created by the lack of Jewish educational influences of the proper sort in the community from which she comes, and by the general in¬ difference of an older generation to the needs of college students! Nor is it the college 'girl alone who is the loser. She is ibeing lost for those very activities which  she needs  for her own enrich'
.•\ stirring plea for greater interest in and cooperation with Hadassah work in Palestine was made by Mrs. Caroline Greenfield of New York City, at thc .^gudath Achim Synagogue Sunday evening,   March  30.
Mrs, Greenfield has visited Palestine four times and .she was therefore in a position to s'peak authoritatively on conditions in that country. Her elo¬ quent words, proceeding as they did from the innermost recesses of her soul, touched the hearts of all her au¬ ditors.
She spoke feelingly of the wondef- tul achievements of Hadassah in its short period of existence. She de¬ scribed how the institutions maintained by this organization were functioning. She. stressed, the progressive and mod- "etir'*imntmi1a'-TCrin»traMK«»«M*M----IAor«hVis" pitals it subsidized and supervised-
"The meritorious work of Hadassah's Nurses' Training School and Infant Welfare Stations," declared Mrs. Greenfield, "have often been com¬ mended by the English government officials and by all visitors to the coun¬ try. I only wish that some of you in this audience could come with me and see for yourselves. A greater treat can not be imagined. In the first place, upon your landing in Eretz Yisrocl you would be struck by the marvelous beauty of the country. Secondly, yo" would he amazed at the phenomenal achievements of the pionters (Chal¬ utzim.) For they have done herculean work in upbuilding the waste lands, in building roads, and establishing col¬ onies. Finally, you 'would be pleasantly surprised at the accomplishments of Hadassah under the inspired leadership of that glorious wpman in Israel, Hen¬ rietta  Szold."
One of the outstanding things done by Hadassah according to Mrs. Green¬ field is the establishment of the famous Hadassah Medical Organization. On his visit to Palestine in the summer of 1922 Dr. Stephen S. Wise said, "As an American Jew, I proudly and joyously claim that the victory over curable dis¬ ease and preventable squalor has been won in part by reason of the heroic service of the Hadassah and its A.mcri- ':an Medical Unit, a pioneering and con¬ structive achievement of the highest order."
Mrs. Leon J. Seflf, president of the local chapter of Hadassah, presided at thc meeting and introduced Mrs. Green¬ field.
K. H. Campaign Pushing Forward to Great Success
More Money Being Raised This Year Than Ever Before in His¬ tory of Movement, According to Latest Report
NORMAN HAPGOOD
LAUDS ZIONISM
Progress in the Holy Land De¬ pends on the Success of the Keren Hayesod Campaign
PROGRESS IN PALESTINE
ENCHANTS WARBURG
and activities of her people.   She envies 1 ment.'
(From Our New York Correspondent) NEW YORK. —The Keren Hayesod Campaign in Greater New York, which has for its goal a quota of l!>l,.5O0,O0O, is meeting with greater success than any similar drive in the history of the move¬ ment, according to statements made at the ofl[iccs of the Keren Hayesod" in this city.
Subscriptions are pouring into the Ke¬ ren Hayesod offices at a rate which sur¬ prises even the optimistic members of the oflicial staffs, who laid their plans so carefully for the biggest amount ye;t sought by the Keren Hayesod in the United States. The New York quota, which in itself is greater than the amount collected all over the country the year before, give promise of being met and even going over the top.
The  sectional   meetings,  which  have been held as opening events in all of the sections of the Greater City, have been unusually  successful.    The  quotas  are- arge,   at   least   in   comparison   to   the amounts raised a year ago and before, but this fact has only served to spur the workers to almost heroic effort in  se¬ curing funds which are so necessary to the upbuilding of the Jewish Homeland. Flatbush Oversubscribes Quota Unusually   successful   meetings   have been   held  in   the  Bronx,   Bensonhurst, Harlem,     Williamsburg,      Brpwnsvillei East Side, Rockaways and Flatbush sec¬ tions  of  the cities.    Dr.  Chaim Weiz¬ mann, President of the World Zionist Xlr£aw.a.tif>iuii3!>jittend«d4>r4acti(»Uj^^ of these meetings 'and his.'preseiice has"" ^"' been the inspiratioji for large, contribu¬ tions.   Sums ranging from 1^10,000 down to the $25 of the man who can afford no more but  gives   his  bit   that   Palestine might be  rebuilt.    Some  sections  have raised almost the full amount of their quotas on thc first solicitation.    Others have  even oversubscribed their quotas. An instance of oversubscription 'was had in  Flatbush   Thursday evening,  March 27, when the quota of $3-5,000 was met and passed with ease.
There has not been a single instance where the mark of last year has not been . bettered. In almost every case the .total amount raised in the individual sections during the year of 1023 has been ex^. cceded at the epening campaign events, when the first formal call for contribu¬ tions  was voiced.
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IS TOURING THE U. S. ON BEHALF OF ORTHO- DOX JEWISH INSTITU¬ TIONS OF PALESTINE
SEWING DAY FOR
INFANTS'   HOME
NEXT FRIDAY
Next Friday, April llth, sew¬ ing will be done in the vestry rooms of the Bryden Road Temple from nine o'clock in the morningr until th'ree in the afternoon.
There is much mending and remodeling on little garments to be done and every woman who can spare either the entire day or just a few hour* is urged to come. There is plenty of work even for those who are not  expert  seamstresses.
Hot coffee will be served for those who would like to bring sandwiches nnd have their lunch at Templo' to as to give as much tim* to the aawing as possible.
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ABRAV4AM I. KOOk'
Dr. Kook, chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, isi on a lecture tour of America, having come here recently for more than a month's stay..
Jewish organizations in every city he has visited have given receptions for him. He has spent much of'his time in America, with prominent residents of New York, many of whom welcomed him upon his arrival in, the United' -States.