Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1924-09-26

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FpR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoted to Jlmerican
' and
Jewish Ideals
Sunday, September 28, At Sunset, Marks the Jewish New Year
The Beginning of the Year 5685 Will Be Celebrated Through¬ out the World By Our Coreligionists
IS PURELY A RE-
LIGIOUS FESTIVAL
Rosh Hashonah Has a Profound
Religious    Meaning    and    Is
Bound Up With a Wealth
of Historic Associations
Sunday, September 2S, 1921, .it sun¬ set, marks the Jewiiih New Year, the lieginniiig of thc year j(i8."i from thc creation of thc world, according to the traditional religious reckoning. The Jewish era is a religions era, and thc Jewish lunar calendar, with every month beginning with thc new moon, is a r,cligious calendar now used only for estimating the feasts and fasts of thc Jewish year, just as is done also wilh thc various movable feasts of the Christian church. For all ordinary pur- l)oses the civil calendar -is used by Jews as well as Christians.
'rhe festival of the Kew Year is thc first of thc month of Tishri, which is the .seventh month of the year. Just as tlic Sabbath, thc holy day, is thc seventh day of the week, so the seventh month is a holy season. It includes the New Year, thc Day of Atonement— the solenni fast of the tenth of the month—and thc harvest festival, the FeaH .of Tabernacles." The New Year was kept originally for a single day, but when the Jewish people were exr iled frt)m Palestine aud could no longer make their observation, of thc new moon from the height of Zion, a sec¬ ond day was added in order that they might be certain of keeping thc time of the new moon in Palestine. Liberal Jewish congregations have re¬ turned to the early custom of a singh
. ' the civil New Year in being purely, a religious festival. It is not the tim dating documents, neither is it a for extravagant gaiety. It is a day of solemn prayer, as well as a day of hap¬ piness and feasting. Religious services will be held Sunday night and Monday niorning in all synagogs the world over, while tlic more conservative ones will hold them on Monday night and Tues¬ day as well.
The Biblical basis of the Xew Year festival is found in the twenty-third chapter of Leviticus and the twenty- ninth chapter of Numbers. Here it is referred to as "The Day of the Blow¬ ing of Trumpets", a custom which is continued to the present time. It was a day of solemn assembly, a day on which special sacrifices .were brought "to the sanctuary.
In the modern synagog, the day is observed by special prayers, including some very beautiful poetic compositions and unusually elaborate musical scttingsi; by the reading of special' portions from the Bible; and by the blowing of the rams horn or Shofar. The Biblical read- ing1> are from the life of Abraham, especially thc story of his sacrifice of Isaac, with its touching lesson of' su¬ preme faith,
The trumpet, blown only on this fes¬ tival, is made of a ram's horn and has no mouthpiece, being one of the most ancient ,and most pjjimitive musical in¬ struments in existence. It was the kind of horn used as a bugle in the early {Concluded on page 4)
DONATION DAY WILL BE OBSERVED SUNDAY, OCT. 5
Fiiends   and   patrons   of   thc   Jewish Infants' Home of Ohio arc kindly re¬ minded of the fact that Sunday, Octo¬ ber -ith. Donation Day will be observed. Mcmlicrs of tlie local board will re¬ ceive out-of-town as well as local guests who  may call  at the Home  from  two until five o'clock in the afternoon. Cliecks, groceries and clothing will be leerfuliy  accepted.    Your  annual  do- stion will go a long way in bringing lore comfort  to the  babies.    Join the many hundreds of people who remcni- l)cr tlie Jewish Infants' Home on Do¬ nation  Day.
Council Leader Declares War Ref' erendum Inadequate
Pleads With Women of America
to Use Their Initiative for the
Cause of Peace
MUST BEGIN THIS
NOVEMBER, SHE SAYS
NEW- YORK   CITY.—In   an   inter- cw  on  tlie  subject of "Woman's In- lence on the World's Peace," Estelle M.  Sternberger,  executive  secretary of tiic National Council of Jewish women, stated that it is insufficient and not thor- ighly con-itructivc for women to insist erely  upon a popular referendum ar, whenever a national  crisis ari "The  ballot,"  she  declared,  "represents greatest opportunity for launch¬ ing  the  initiative   for   peace."    In  ex¬ plaining her proposal, Mrs. Sternbergtr stated-:
".\ referendum in the event of threatened war, is a proposal that is now receiving wide discussion., Peoph asking whether it would not be wiser and safer to entrust the decision for war to the will of the electorate than to endow a limited froug of our elected repre- senatives    with   the  power   to   decide
COLUMBUS, OHif. SlLI'TKAriJER 26, 1924
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Breaking of Ground For New Temple Next Sunday at 2:00 P.M.
Everyone   Is   Cordially   Invited
to Be Present at l.*).?-!
East Broad St.
Elaborate ceremonies for -tlie breaking of ground for thc new home of Tifereth Israel Congre¬ gation at 1354 East Broad St. will take place next Sunday aft¬ ernoon, October 5, at 2:00 p. m. sharp.
Leading public men of this city and state will take part in the exercises. Orators of re¬ nown hiivc promised to honor the occasion by their presence. Splendid music will be fur¬ nished.
A cordial invitation is ex¬ tended to the entire community, regardless of synagogal affilia¬ tion, to be present. A fine treat is in store for everyone.
REMEMBER, NEXT SUN¬ DAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00 I'. M. SHARP, AT 1354 EAST BROAD STREET.
Appeals To Delin¬ quent Subscribers to $14,000,00a Appeal
Louis Marshall Takes Advantage
of Rosh Hashonah to Urge All
Jews   to   Make   Good
Their Pledges
'CLEAR YOUR RECORD
TODAY," HE DECLARES
OBITUARY
MRS. CLARENCE ISAAC
Many friends in the city were grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Clarence Isaac which occurred last Tuesday morning at 10;30 o'clock at her home, 2-l{»5 Bryden Road, after having been confined to bed for the past two weeks.
Mrs. Isaac was born in Columbus, August lOth, 1895, and before her mar¬ riage was Jeanette Rieser. She was in¬ terested ¦ in the Rose E, Lazarus terhood, Council of Jewish Wonien and the Bexley Parent-Teachers' Asso¬ ciation.
Mrs. Isaac leaves to survive her, be¬ sides her husband, a son, Clarence, Jr., a brother, Malcolm Rieser of Columbus, and  her   father,, Albert  H.   Rieser,  of .  New York City, who is now abroad.
Funeral services were held Thurs¬ day morning at 10:30 o'clock at the chapel of the Schoedinger Company, Rabbi Jacob Tarshish officiating, Burial took place at the Greenlawn cemetery with only the immediate friends present.
'"""ir IS "difficiilt ¦ to understand^'why must concentrate our thought on solu¬ tions to be used when a crisis faces us. Thc referendum on war is insufficient in a program for universal peace. We need another instrument: the initiative for peace. We already possess that right, and we require no constitutional amend¬ ment to exercise it. Every woman in America has thc power to turn the tide of public sentiment toward peace. Her power lies in the ballot to be cast in November.
"To aid the cause of world peace, we must act as a nation. It is our govern¬ ment, acting through our heads of state, that can most effectively impress upon the nations of the world our aspirations for peace. It is an unfortunate truth, however, that frequently our officials fail to act until an overwhelming demand for any cause or purpose is dinned into their ears. ,
"If every woman in this land will go to the polls in November and cast her vote for those candidates that promise immediate action on the question of America's entrance into the World Court, she will accomplish an act that will compel the politicians to reflect. When political leaders understand that a certain cause, in this instance the cause of peace, can sway the hundreds of thousands of \vomen, they will pay greater heed to the ideals and hopes of the mothers of America, can stir them to action by warning them that if they fail us, we shall seek amends through the power of the ballot in every succeeding election.
American womanhood must begi November. By exercising her voting privilige in fayor of those who have declared for the immediate entrance of America into the World Court, she will launch the initiative for peace.
Second Annual
Ivreeyoh Ball to Be Held October 28th
' Announcement is made by the Ivree¬ yoh Society of the second annual ball which will take place Tuesday, October 2tith, at Memorial Hall.
Those whose good fortune it wi have attended last year's ball look for¬ ward to the coming event with keen anticipation. Those who are in chargi have already begun working and no effort or time will be spared to make this ball the biggest thing of the year in Columbus.
Tickets   are   in  possession   of   every Ivreeyoh   member.     More  detailed formation with regard to the Ivreeyoh Ball will appear in forthcoming issues of the Chronicle.
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Heart to Heart Talks
By RABBI A. LYONS, PH. D. Editor, The Supplement {Concluded from  last  iveek)
NEW ¥ORK.—-Louis Marshall, chc mail ot  the  American   Jewish ^Relief Committee,    has    taken    advantage    of Rosh Hashanah in making an appeal
Marriage
some of the aspects of his life Oscar Wilde was a dangerous guide. , literary artist and satirist the best IS can profitably sit at his feet. What an excellent and at present timely satire he expressed when in "The liu- portance of Being Earnest" he said: "In married life three is company and is none." What an exponent of much of the marriage he had such abundant opportunity to observe!
Marriage ought to be a co-partner¬ ship  for the realization of ideals held
common, thc higher the better, such case Jiusband and wife make gopd company for each other. The absence failure of such companionship be¬ tokens either low ideals or none at all. a legal adherence and no? a loyal coherence. In sv»ch a relation la' weaker than life and comes to be worsted by it. To such a marriage Wilde's characterization, slightly changed, applies-. Three are company, ^o are a crowd.
Wilde's reflection helps me'to under¬ stand why some married couples nuist always have the company of others order to enjoy thems/;lves. They are like the people who come together and play cards or some Chinese game in order to get away from one another, They have my sympathy, not my envy,
More Important
In view of the common problems which need solution and the foes which need conquering by "J'-'w and Christiiin together, as can be done by them oiilj in combination, they ought to empha¬ size their differences less and stress tlieit agreements more. This would reqtiirt that thc Christan thinks less of Je-,ui in the wrong way and the Jews think more of Him in the right way. World welfare which unites is more important than theological differences which
Excessive Conflict
There is too much   conflict   in   the
world.    Nor does it seem to be lessen
ing.    I claim that it is becoming uiou
inflamed.
Vashti
Scant   justice   is   done   t< Vashti of the Libical story.
Queei And yet
she deserves as much recognition for courage as her successor, Queen Esther. Unfortunately she was supplanted, a victim to her modesty, and so has been relegated to the background. She ought to be restored to queenly impor¬ tance and place in human regard. She was a truly queenly woman. Hers was a courage as beautiful as it is rare among her sex, and even more beau¬ tiful than her distinguished comeliness. How many women today would emulate her refusal to exhibit her charms? She refused, in face of a frightful penalty, to display herself. Multitudes of her sex today voluntarily expose themselves. Vashti evidently believed with the de¬ lineator of the model woman of Pro¬ verbs (XXXXI, 30) that grace is deceit¬ ful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that respccteth God shall be praised. And Vashti was right. The ideals em¬ bodied in God are ultimately a safer guide for human conduct than the ca¬ prices of female fashion or the satis¬ faction of the superficial sefises of men. Esther's courage is a priceless pattern for every Jewess worthy of a place amid true daughters of Israel. Vashti's mod¬ esty is a magnificent model for every woman who thinks more of moral charm than of physical charms.
Weighty Difficulties
The difficulties of some people certainly discouraging. At a recent wedding while I was sitting through the long usual delay before the marriage a niember of the family came to n great haste and excitement and said: "Doctor, we forgot to inquire previously what color of wine should be used for the ceremony. Please tell us." Even with my rather suteriicial knowledge of talmudic lore I told him at once and relieved his burdened little mind. 1 could not but think, however, what dif¬ ficulties some people have. At the same time I failed to discover justification for burdening us ministers with such weighty problems. Our concern is itual, not spirituous.
Not to Be Blamed
Any minister that has members such as I have should not be blamed for falling in love with thcin. I met om such lately who said to me: Didn't yoi know that we had severe illness in oui {Concluded on page -i)
Establish Dep^. of Music at the Hebrew Unioli College
Dr. A. Z. Idelsohn, Intematlimally Renowned Authority jf>n He¬ brew   Music,   Will "Be   in Charge of New De¬ partment
TRACT" ON JEWISH NEW
YEA)R IS PUBLISHED
CINCINNATL —A   department    of /- 'ewish music will be established-at He- '?i ircw Union College thi.s Fall under the    %. lirection of Dr. Abraham Zcir Idelsohn,    t internationally-renowned    authority    on    ^ Hebrew Music.    Dr. Idelsohn is a dis¬ tinguished Jewish scholar, who has be- widely   knowii   in   the   United' States as thc result of a coast to coast tour  last year,  during which  he  spoke on Jewish music in many cities.
Dr.    Idelsohn    was    born    in    Libau (Curland)   in  188J.    He   received   his early  Hebrew  education   in  thc  Yeshi- both of Lithuania.    After a year spent general  education   and    in    musical preparation, he studied under Birnbaum of  Koenigsberg,  whose musical  library he is novv cataloging, and  later at the Stcrnschcs   Conscrv?\oriuin   in   Berlin, and at the Royal Conservatory of M"?';- -' in Leipzig.    He was for a time CaHtor--, in  Leipzig  and  Regensbiirg.    For  six¬ teen years  h^ was  tcarbw   o.f   .^'--sic.     ; Hebrew Language a"iid Midrash'iri" the   ;" I-Iebrew Teachers' College in Jerusalem, ,*•• and hi the Jerusalem School of Music. T'
From 1900 to 1913, he received a sub-'-,' vention from the Royal Academy of \ Science in Vienna, to carry on inves"-" tigations of Oriental and Jewis.h Music' Thc results of these investigations have been published by the Academy in a number of important volumes. In par¬ ticular. Dr. Idelsohn is known as the publisher of thc very important The- of Hebrcw-0r5ci«al Melodies, rolume's have already appeared, and volumes five and six are in print. Of this work, volumes, iwo,. three and
before life, health, the   blessed
000,000 national appeal for J( sufferers to make good their pledges im¬ mediately. All appropriations for relief constructive work in Eastern Eu¬ rope a'nd Palestine were made by the Joint Distribution Committee on the basis of the pledges made during the campaign. It was assumed by the Joint Distribution Committee that these pledges would all be paid, and it is pointed out that if these pledges remain unpaid, much of the constructive work will be left hanging in the air, with per- ips disastrous consequences. In his appeal Mr. Marshall says: "Let us, with the approach of the Holy Days, clear our God, who has given liberty and prosperity country.
'Have you met in full the sacred ob¬ ligation you owe to our suffering fellow Jews—our brothers and sisters in the stricken countries of Europe? Have you kept your promise to help them? Have you made good your word and debt of honor.
"We have relied upon payment of your subscription. The Joint Distribu¬ tion Committee has incurred large debts on the strength of your promise which must be kept. Tens of thousands of our brethren still are in the greatest need. Thc failure to meet your obligation' is infinitely worse than if you had never made any promise at all, because the lives of many persons depend upon the performance of your promise. Failure to pay is also a breach of contract those who have paid up and to the men and women who have unceasingly de¬ voted their energies in dealing with the thousands of problems incident, to thc relief work undertaken at the instances of these subscriber-s.
"The closing of America's gates has compelled thousands to return to their devastated homes, their funds already spent or taken from them. Unpaid pledges cannot help them. We appeal to you to pay the debt you owe in order that we may send them a message of cheer on the coming Rosh-Hashona, On many previous occasions we have reminded you that your pledge American Jewish Relief Committee has not yet been paid in full. We sincerely hope that no further reminders will be necessary and that you will send your check at once to Mr. Paul Baerwald, Treasurer of the Joint Distribution Committee, 64 Water Street, New York City, ior the amount you owe.
"Clear your .record today so that on thc coming New Year we may extend to you, in thc name of those children whom your contribution will have helped, their best wishes for a Happy New Year."
brew,  and  volumes  t English likewfse."
Dr. Idelsohn is the author of quite a number of other books and articles of scientific character.    Two of his works,
History of Jewish  Music, part ene,
¦ittcn in Hebrew, and Diwan of Pie-   . brew Poetry of the" Yemenite Jews, \Vill appear during the course of this year.
The story of Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, has been prepared by the Tract Commission, made up of members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the Union of .American Hebrew Congregations. This story was sent to the secular press of rica for the purpose of informing the readers of the origin and the signi¬ ficance of this Holy Day.
Explanation  is  given  of  the  reason why the holiday is kept two days by group of Jews, and one day by an¬ other.   "The New Year was kept orig¬ inally for, a single day", the tract says.
Continuing the explanation of the Holy Day the tract concluded:  ,
'In order to impress upon the wor¬ shippers this double conception of mem¬ ory and of reward and punishment, the service of the New Year is a spe¬ cially imposing one. There are solemn prayers, many of them Biblical, others connected with martyrs from thc Jew¬ ish past, .The melodies are haunting and beautiful. The Scriptural lesson for the day is from the life of Abraham, with emphasis on his supreme example of sacrifice and faith, his willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac at the command of God. In liberal syngogues the Eng¬ lish sermon is a prominent feature of every service, and, on this day it dwells ' especially ou faith as the foundation of the religious and moral life.
"Finally the ancient trumpet, the first musical instrument of the far-off days of the wilderness, is still used as a re¬ minder of ancient times, and as a re¬ newed summons to memory and repent¬ ance. This an'cicnt instrument is made of a ram's horn, without a mouthpiece j it requires .considerable skill to blow; {Concluded on page A)
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NOTES FROM THE IN- PANTS' HOME
Another sewing for the Infants' Home of Ohio will take place Thurs¬ day, October 2nd, .at the Bryden Road - Temple. Only the morning will be de- ' voted to sewing and for this reason all women who arc planning to come are urged to be there promptly at nine
Every woman, whether handy with the needle or no, can help a great deal. No cause can be a more worthy one.