Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-02-06

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Volume VIII —No 6
COLUMBUS, OHIO, I^I'I'.RUARY 6,.
Joseph Schonthal Is Reelected President Of Bryden Rd. Temple
Addreoa of Mra. Geismar at An¬ nual Congregational Dinnef Evokes Much, Commendation
IMPORTANT REPORTS READ BEFORE CONGREGATION
"Dad" Schontlial was reelected presi¬ dent o£ the Bryden Road Temple for thc twenty-third consecutive year at the annual meeting held in the vestry rooms of thc congregation last Sunday niglit. Other officers elected are as follows: Otto Nusbaum, vice president; Arthur E. Loeb, secretary; Simon Lazarus, Treasurer, and L. J. Goodman, Warden. The following gentlemen were elected to tlic board of directors: Henry Gumble,
. itax H. Harmon, Allen Gundersheimer, Sol M. Levy, Max H. Reiser and Joseph Basch.
The meeting followed thc annual Con¬ gregational    Dinner   of   the   Temple. Twenty young women of the Temple were waitresses at the dinnel: and thc hall was beautifully decorated for the occasion.   A good portion of the eve¬ ning was taken up by the reports committees and officers, the portant of  which  were  tho President, Mr. Schonthal, and^^ port of the Temple SisterhoOijrs Presi¬ dent, Mrs. Marcus H. .Burnsl of thc latter are printed elsewjfiere in tliis issue of the Chonicle.
The chief speaker of the evening was Mrs. Siegfried Geismar of ' " who delivered a powerful andlWoquent ,plea for greater interest on the pAMt of laymen in the affairs of the synagf and the .religious school. She deploi the abysmal ignorance of many Jewish women in regard to the teachings of our fathers and the glorious heritage that . has been handed down to us from gen¬ eration to genei'ation. She also urged more respect for Jewish ceremonial cus¬ toms and for an increased attendance , at religious services. 1 Mrs. Gcismar's address was followed by a short.but  forceful'talk  by the
_,lSiM)i,.Dr.-JaQol>, Tarshish, in which.iie /urged the laymen of the Tcuiple to give
¦ him greater cooperation in making the congregation a more potent and effective force in the community.
R^bbi Tarshish To
Address Open Meeting Of Zion Lodge, No. 62
Large Attendance is Expected at
144 E. State St. —Fine Program
Is Arranged for Meeting
All Ben B'riths are urged to be present at thc'next meeting of the Zion Lodge, No. 62, L O. B. B., Monday night, February 9, at Realtors' Hall, 144 East State St.
A splendid program has been arranged for this occasion by the entertainment Marjorie Copperman, ac¬ companied by Arthur Furman, will do some esthetic and novelty dancing. Dur¬ ing her changes. Brother Louis Rosen¬ thal, thc silver-tongued tenor, will ren¬ der several vocal selections.
The feature of the evening will be an addres.-i by Brother Jacob Tarshish spiritual leader of thc Bryden Road Temple. The rabbi has an exception¬ ally interesting message for the Ben B'riths of this city, Tlie Chronicle knows that everyone present will feel a'Mply rewarded.    Let us all turn pul
1 masse.
Remember the time and place — Mon¬ day evening—February 9, at Realtors'
Hall, i4i«Eii«r"SraTrsri"eet-.-..,. -
YOU CRITICS OF ^TOU GENTILES"
By MAURICE SAMUEL Author of "You Gentiles."
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Steigier Trial Takes
Sensational Turn
Bombs Found in Home of Stci¬ ger's    Parents;    Government Appoints   Special   Investi¬ gating Conunission
FRAMEUP IS EVIDENT
LEMBERG.—(J. T. A.)—The Stf^g!
Rose E. Lazarus
Sisterhood Notes
Next Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Rose E. Lazarus Sistci&ood will .,be held next Tuesday afternoon, February 10th, at two o'clock at the Bryden Road Temple.
Reports will be. read by the Presi¬ dent, Mrs. Marcus H. Burnstine, and the Mesdames Nathan Gumble and Simon Lazarus who accompanied Mrs. Burnstine as delegates to the Conven¬ tion of the U. A. H. C, held in St Louis recently. The business meeting will be made as brief as possible so that plenty of time will be allQwed the entertainment which will'follow.
Because the PE0gr£(m.^ in charge of Mrs. Paul Feinknopf. calls for "An Old Fashioned Afte.rpoon," all members are urged to come'dressed in old fashioned clothes.
,   .ftummage Sale
The Ways and Means Committee, headed by Mrs. Basch, is making plans for a rummage sale to be held the first week in April, the exact time and place to be announced later.
Mrs. Morris Mitchell will be in charge and urges everyone to start making collections for this sale. Watch for further annoimcements.
Purim Fete
Another activity being planned by the Ways and Means Committee is it Purim Fete which will take place during the week of March Oth.
Further information with regard tQ this fete will appear iti forthcoming issues of the Chbomkxe.
to turn into another Dreyfus affair, assumed a highly sensational pect today. A report which has not yet firmed states that at the direc¬ tion of Stanislaw Stciger's father, the Lemberg police found two bombs in the attic of the  Steiger home.
LEMBERG, Jan. 30.—The police fiscated the Polish Jewish daily paper, "Chwila" ycstfttday, because it published an article by Deputy Reich in which he protested against the attempt of certain Polish papers to magnify the Steiger case and to turn it into an accusation against the entire Jewish population.
Another version states that three bombs were found in the house of Stan¬ islaw Stciger's parents and that the po¬ lice were notified of the fact by Steiger' father. It is not known who placed the bombs in' the Steiger house, but it is considered to be a part of a con¬ spiracy to "prove" Stciger's guilt. The entire Polish press was prohibited the government from puhlishing the news that the bombs were found. The Lem¬ berg Yiddish daily "Tagblatt," which did not obey the order was confiscated by the police, the report says.
WARSAW.—(J. T. A.)—That a spe¬ cial commission to investigate the entire Steiger case and the recent arrests of number of Jewish communal leaders in connection with this case will be ap¬ pointed by the central authorities, was made known today. A statement issued to this effect declares that Steiger may rest assured that justice will take its course.
Dr. Komfield To
Address Joint Meeting In This City, Feb. 23
Under the joint auspices of the Brotherhood of Bryden Road Temple and the local B'nai B'rhh lodge, Dr. Joseph Kornfeld, of Toledo, Ohio, will address a big public mass meeting in this city on February 23.
Eiveryone is urged to set aside the evening of   Monday,   February 23, order to be present at this notable event. Full details will appear in the forth- coining issue of the Chronicle.
(Copyright 1925 by Seven Arts Feature Syndicate) I do not intend, in this article, to offer a complete review of my rcvicvv- iiswer in detail every one of thc arguments which have been brought against thc contents of "You Gentiles," cither as a whole or piecemeal. I shall attempt to clarify certain general issues as raised in representative criticisms. Thus I shall have nothing to say about thc favorable comment -which has ap¬ peared on thc book—'beyond thc obser¬ vation that, curiously, thc comment in ¦Jewish press has been extraor¬ dinarily favorable, (with one or two notable exceptions), while that bf the Jewish press,—^Yiddish, English, and Hebrew,—has been divided, with the ayes in the minority.
And I certainly do not intend to argue the question of my personal competence; distressing to have Johan Smer- tenko challenge me with the statement that I am a school boy. while Bertha Wallerstein in "The Nation" implies I ain^a fool for rushing in "where scien¬ tists 'fear to tread." These two, and some others, seem to be aghast at the presumption of a layman in taking hold subjcqt which is within the prov- of no# but scientists. I wish to stress the^ord layman. There is a certain auitude of mind abroad today, and .it JB not confined to the rabble,; tmething. esoteric and about SCIENCE and SCIENi-
rsTs.^ '"    ,   '
Now there is nothing cither esoteric or peculiar about science. Science is merely accurate thought, and alt accui rate thinking is scientific. And in this matter of racial or group characteristics there does not as yet exist a body of, axiomatic information which it is folly tO' challenge. "Social Science, Professor Irwin Edman, in an' article' written at me (so the editors state in a circular) in the current issue of The Menorah Journal, is "still largely mdtter'of elaborate language and simpH; imple-minded, guesses." This does not mean, of course, that any fool along and say anything he likes, without fear of contradiction. It means that here the abdication of all elligence in the face of the "scientist" particularly ludicrous,—that we have no accepted standard by which to judge the competence of an individual beyond the merit of his statements.
Professor Edman, being a true scien¬ tist, just talks keen common sense, and says: "The layman has the logic of unsophisticated observation on his side. He is not measuring skulls or studying- statistical averages. He is thinking of the people he has met and known, of the races whose stories and tradition and character he has studied and de¬ tested or loved." This was the plea that I made in "You Gentiles," this was my protest against the tyranny of learned bores whose sole qualification is often the inability to write intelligible English. Challenge whatever you like in "You Gentiles," but do not prostrate yourself before the threat'of'the hypothetical science of racial characteristics.
quite impossible for me to go rebuttal of all the denials of my statements. Such a rebuttal would con¬ sist largely of a repetition of passages in my book. But in connection with these denials there is to ,be found a widely diffused optimism of a particu¬ larly helpless nature.'   "You Gentiles"
Local Jewish Women^s Organi lions Are Co-operatinff WithF
The various Jewish Women's organi- zatipns of the city arc cooperating with the Hadassah in their efforts to make the linen shower to be held Sunday af¬ ternoon, February 15th, at the Schontlial Community House, the biggest success it has ever been in the past
Cash donations will be as cheerfully accepted as towels, shet^s, pillow cases, and other hosphal supplies.
The afternoon will be spent in an en¬ joyable way, a»» excellent program hav¬ ing been arrange4 for the occasion.
RABBI, LOUIS WOLSEY RESIGNS HIS PULPIT AT CLEVELAND, OHIO
Qeveland. — Rabbi Louis Wolsey, ap¬ pointed "Rabbi for life" by the Euclid Avenue Temple trustees last November, was released from this obligation last night to permit him to accept the pas¬ torate of the Rodeph Shalom congrega¬ tion in Philadelphia, the oldest reformed Jewish congregation in America.
Rabbi Wolsey's release becomes ef¬ fective July 1, when he succeeds Rev. Harry Ettelson, who has accepted a call to Tennessee.
(During his, eighteeti years here, the congregation of Anshe Cliesed increased from 180 to 122& members and the Sun¬ day school membership increased from 130 to 1100.
has been widely Criticised in reform and HIiL'ral pulpits for its refusal to rccog- lii/c the forward movement of mankind. Ral)l)i  Philipson,  Rabbi  Schulman, and plead' with their congregations to look  forward to  the happy, day whch will   live   together   like   brothers, A\!icn everybody will be nice to every- tody   else,   and   when   prejudice   and liatrcd will have vanished from thc face f tlic earth.   Such a plea is perfectly In order—but it comes with disconcert- consistcncy frpm people wlio preach the double principle that Jews should have a mission and that, at the same time, they should avoid irritating their neighbors.   Now I submit, ill all reason, futile to give a man a mission and then tell him he must not irritate lighbors.   There is nothing in thc as irritating as the man with a 11.   In fact, "You Gentiles" could be summarized in the statement that thc >Jew is disliked because he is a man with mission, and cannot get rid of it. Side by side with this naivete, (which does honor to their intentions but not their knowledge of human nature), my reform Rabbi critics display a gen- underestimation of the stubborn¬ ness of what is called/'intolerance."   It is a rather unfortunate fact that "intol¬ erance" has come to be regarded as a special sort of disease, unrelated to the fundamental psychic misfortunes of man. But it is not a detached phenomenon. It is the interplay of the majority of human qualities, good and bad.  Intoler¬ ance will cease when humati beings cease to be stupid, selfish, ignorant, boisterous, ambitious, and  fanatical.    And I sub¬ mit that human beings will be all these things just as long as they arc human b.cings.
. This looks like an admission that thc Jew has to be disliked. It is. And be¬ cause it is inevitable I have ceased to protest against it. I am reconciled per¬ sonally to being disliked If I am to re¬ main true to what I want to be, and not to what others, want-ma to be. What t do protest against is giving immoral vent to this dislike. If a man says: "I dislike Maurice Samuel, and tliink he is an ass," I do not object., But if he says, "I dislike Maurice Samuel, and he stole a rasher of bacon from me." Then I denounce the man as a liar and therefore a sinner. If, further, he says, "I dislike Maurice Samuel and there¬ fore shall deprive him of his rights as a citizen," then the man is a blackguard. Mr. Smertenko takes an easy fling at me, and says that I do not care for the welfare of, my people, that, from the safety of America, I commit thousands of my fellow-Jews to outrage and tor¬ ture. Miss Wallerstein also intimates that my statements, besides being unsci¬ entific, will tend to increase anti-Semit¬ ism. My answer is that if, to satisfy the anti-Semites, I deprive myself of the liberty of speech, I shall have done precisely what the anti-Semites would like to do to me. I shall have betrayed the Jew much more fundamentally than if (which is doubtful) I shall have pro¬ voked increased anti-Semitism. If "You Gentiles" provides additional material for anti-Semites, it will only be a super¬ fluity. Besides, the book will find itself in good company—that of the Talmud, the Bible, and everything else of value that the devil can quote to his advan¬ tage. Among those who decry the danger of (Concluded on page 6)
rO ADDRESS MTG. OF 6'NAI B'RITH MONDAY NIGHT
RABBI JACOB TARSHISH
Let's Finish the Job!
The $15,000 campaign inauguratedi about three months ago to take care of Columbus' Jewry's quota for four nationally known and highly endorsed causes, has luifortunipitely been somewhat protracted. The time has come to finish the job and in a hurry; and it is the un« shirkable duty of every local Jew to co>operate towards this end.
Practically every Chronicle reader has rec^ved literature and letters containing fidl details regarding the worthiness of this joint appeal. Moreover, this publication has explained most thoroly ih6 great needs that must be met. Representatives of every local syna¬ gog have given their unqualified approval to the letter sent out a short time ago by Alfred J. Kobacker, the Active Chairman of the jduit appeal, in -which he stressed the compelling necessity of "finish¬ ing the job at once^.
There b now hardly a city in the entire country which has not re¬ sponded with gene;fOaity as well as enthusiasm to the (I) Kere^ Hayesod Dnvo (or Palestine Restoration Fund); (2) the Jewish Theological Seminary Endowment Fund; <3) the Jerwbh C3iau- tauqua Society Drive; (4) the Emergency Relief Fund for Stranded Refugees. Theso aro the foter causes whose a^^^eaia have been amalgamated into one in tbis city. The Oironicle which has madb a careful study of the grounds for thisi cans|>aign feels im¬ pelled to urg«i every Jew appr^udbed to give wholeheartedly asd} liberally. Wo assure them every dolkur will bo very wisely spent in work of a humamtiurian nature.
GIVE AND WITH THANKS TO THE UNIVERSAL FATH^ FOR YOUR ABILITY TO DO SO.
THE PUBLISHERS, OHIO JEWISH CHONICLE.
Chinese Government Aids Chinese Jews
Officiab Contribute $4000 Toward
the Rescue of Ancient Jewish
Colony in Kaifengfu, China
COLONY 1000 YEARS OLD
SHANGHAL—(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service).—Members of the Shanghai Jewish community have been greatly stirred over the prospects of the work being done for the colony at Kaifengfu, and with this object in view the Society for the Rescue of the Chinese Jews has teen revived and a committee formed for the purpose. The Society has sent its delegate to Kaifengfu and progress has been made inasmuch as the Jews there were in¬ formed of the' possibility of their re¬ ligion being revived and the synagogue rebuilt.
The site of the synagogue was mort¬ gaged twenty years ago to the Cana- .dian Missionary Society for the sum of M $1,200 with a proviso that the land would be returned to the Jews upon repayment of the amount advanced. The Society is now negotiating with the latter body to refund the loan and it is hoped that the negotiations will prove successful. The delegate of the Shang¬ hai Society for the Rescue of the Chi¬ nese Jews has been received by the Chinese government at Peking and given every encouragement to raise funds for the rebuilding of the synagogue feftgfu. About, $4,000 has been con¬ tributed by Chinese Government offi¬ cials in China and this is regarded as a nucleus fund for the purpose of reor¬ ganizing the Jewish life in Kaifengfu. is now a matter of common knowl- that remnants of a Jewish colony cistence in ICaifengfu for over a thousand years are in a pitiahle condi- tioit^ not only materially, but also with respect to their knowledge of their own race and religion. Twenty-four years organization was created to bring assistance to these unfortunate people and win them back to a knowledge of Judaism.. Due to difficulties of com¬ munication and travel; also to the Boxer Rebellion which occurred just at that time, nothing was accomplished.
The objects of the Society revived in Shanghai are to study the origin, de¬ velopment and history of the Jewish colonies in China, to preserve such sites and monuments as exist and erect monu¬ ments where advantageous, to bring back to Judaism any Chinese Jews line¬ ally descended froni' Jewish families.
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
I. Matz Establishes $100,000 Foundation. For Hebrew Literature
Income Will Be Used for Relief of Hebrew Writers and Pro¬ motion   of   Hebrew Movement
DR. M. M. KAPLAN ilEApS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NEW YORK.—A trust fund of $100,- 000 has been set aside by Isrdel Matz, prominent communal worker and well known.patron Of Hebrew literature, the mc of which is to be applied for relief of Hebrew writers who may find themselves in economic distress, and for promotion of. Hebrew litera¬ ture in this country and abroad. ..The annual income, it is estimated, will amount to about $6,000.
The establishment of this fund which will be known as the Israel Matz Foun¬ dation for Hebrew Literature, is re¬ garded in all circles interested in the Hebrew renaissance as an event of first importance in the history of modern Hebraism. The Poard of Trustees, headed by Dr. Mordecai M. Kaplan as Chairman, consists of men well known communal and Hebrew literary ac¬ tivities. The treasurer is Dr. Joseph Krimsky and the Secretary is Emanuel     ,
vi^ho is the National Secre¬ tary of the Keren Hayesod. The other trustees are Peter Wernik, Editor of the Jewish Morning Journal; Reverend H. Masliansky, well known orator; Rabbi Herbert I. Lcvinthal of the Brooklyn Jewish Center; Dr. Max Raisin, John L. Bernstein, President of the Hias and Senior Abel, Director of the Jewish National Fund.
In outlining his purpose in establish¬ ing such a foundation Mr. Matz stated that the idea of such a trust fund had come to him when he was still a boy in Europe.   He then realized the great im¬ portance of an assured income which could be used for the  furtherance of Hebrew culture and in particular for the relief of Hebrew writers.   He had, in the course of his life, assisted such writers,, especially those who,' after a life of devotion to Hebrew literature, . had found themselves in need as a re- . suit of old age or other circumstances. He now desired to place such support on a secure basis and had, therefore, de¬ cided to turn over to a Board of Trus¬ tees securities to the value of $100,000 of which the annual income of $6,000 should be used primarily for the sup-   ) port of  Hebrew  writers and  scholars / ' who  may   require   it  and   secondarily/ for the general furtherance of Hebrey culture. /
Mr. Israel Matz was born in Kalvarja, Lithuania, in 1869 and came to this country at the age of 21. He had the usual cheder schooling of the Jewish boy in Russia and later studied also Russian and German. /
"I have had a love for the Hebrew language and literature since boyliood"
cniH  Mr   Mnt*   "nnH   fnltnurpit till* >efrriicr«
said Mr. Matz, "and followed the strug¬ gles of Hebrew writers with great sym¬ pathy. I have always believed , that they are not getting a 'square deal'^ from the Jewish pepole and I have always hoped to be in a position someday to do what I have done now."
(Concluded on page 4)    '
Z. B. T. BOYS TO
ENTERTAIN AT NEXT SUPPER OF TEMPLE
' With the hoys of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity in charge of tho pro¬ gram for the next Temple supper to be held Sunday evening, February-15th, everyone may look forward to an un¬ usually entertaining evetiing.
A musical skit, "Troubles of 1925,' is being prepared for presentation by the boys. Other novel features will mark the evening's  program.
Mrs. J. F. Luft and her committee are
1 charge of the supper while Mra. Sol Goldsmith and Mrs. Joseph C. Goodman are responsible  for the entertainment
Make no other engagements for Sunday evening of February IStli.
Chronicle to Publish      i Honor Roll of Donors To Joint Local Dirive
Every Jew Approached Is Urged To Make Semittance at Once—Quota of $15,000 Is Not Yet E
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Due to unforeseen circumstances the Rabbi Goldman meeting at the Agudath Achim Synagogue has been postponed. The Chkonicu: has been informed that Rahbi Goldman has not yet recovered from the illness which has been aiilictlng liim...
The CaaoNiciE is Ijappy to announce that in its forthcoming issue \we will publish an honor roll of all local'con¬ tributors to the $15,000 drive which \s now being consummated and closed. Readers of this paper who have as yet not remitted their checks to Alfred J. Kobacker, Aotive Chairman, are urg^ , to do so at once in order to have their names included in the Honor RolL
We need not repeat that the money collected in this joint campaign will be used most wisely and practically. Part of it goes to die Palestine Restoration Fund to help in rehahilitating our , ancient Homeland; another part goes to the splendid Jewish Theological Sem¬ inary of New York; another part goes to the promotion 6f the meritorious work being carried on 4>y the Jewish Chau¬ tauqua Society. Last but not least, a goodly portion of the $15,000 will go to the Emergency Relief Fund, which is assisting stranded jrisfugees in various parts of Europe,
Let us all resimnd in the M'ue sphit of benevolence and brotherly love and Gqd wiU,hJess«s for ihis, kindiissi. . .
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