Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-08-21

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Volume VIII — No. 34
COLUMBUS, OHIO, AUGUST 21,
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Conference Of The Poale Zion Opposed To Jewish Agency
Socialist-Zionists Fear That Jew¬ ish Labor Interests Will Not Receive Due Consideration by Jewish Agency
SESSIONS ARE BEING
HELD IN VIENNA
VIENNA. —The conference of the Poale Zion World Organization, Social ist-Zionist.s, which is holding its sessions here has expressed itself as opposed to the Jewish Agency on the ground that the interests of the Jewish workers who are participating in the Palestine recon struction through the Poale Zion Organ ization will receive less consideration b> the'Agency than they do now at the hands of the Zionist Congress, owing to thc nature of the constituents of the Jewish Agency as it is being planned.
This    was    one   of    the    resolutions adopted  by ¦ the  conference  to  be  pre¬ sented in the form oi, demands on the part of the Poale Zipn organization the Zionist  Congress'.    Thc other  r olutions adopted are:   That representa¬ tion be given to Jewish, workeifs o|ji all Zionist fniancial and economical instilu tions was declared as the minimum de¬ mand; that control of Jewish workers institutions in. Palestine by. the Zionist Organiz'atioii be' abolished; thati^a^ special budget be assigned for Jewish^'Workei colonization in 'PaJestinc.
SPECIAL NOTICE New Year -Greetings to your friends and relatives at $2 and $5 must be sent or phoned in not later than September 1 in order to as¬ sure insertion in our Big New Year Number. Rosh Hashonah comes on Sep¬ tember 19th this year.
American Delegates Are Organizing Pro-Weizntann Forces for the Congress
Rabbi Wise Proposed For Vice-Prcsi
dency   of   Congress   Presidium;
£400,000 Budget Proposed ,
VIENNA, (J. T. A.)—The delegate:, of the American Zionist Organization are having a decided influence in thc pre¬ liminary discussions by various groups in regard to the policies of the forth¬ coming Zionist Congress. Louis Lipsky chairman of the Zionist Organization o; America, is organizing all the forces who are in favor of Weizmann and his policy.''
/ Amon^- the leading American dele¬ gates who are participating in the merous pre-congress meetings are B. A Rosenblatt, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver Emanuel Newman, Jacob Fishman, Max Shul;iian,' Meyer W. Weisgal and J Weihstein:
The  American  delegation nominated
Fourteenth Zionist Congress Opens In Vienna With Addresses By Dr. Weizmann, Sokolow, and Dr. Chajes
Growth of Movement Is Reflected in Greater Number of Delegates Attending Congress; American Zionists Represented by 42 as Compared With 11 of Pre^nobs Congress; Forming of Jew¬ ish Agency and Attitude Toward Russian Colonization Plan Will Be Main Topics of Discussion; Greater Consideration for Need of Middle Class Immigration to Palestine Is Con¬ tested Issue
The  Hitachduth,  United  Zeire  Zion   at the Actions Committee meeting Rabb
and the Poel Hazair, which is also hold ing its conference here now discussed in today's session the question of the participation of the Jewish youth in Palestine in politics and the education of women workers.
The Mizrachi conference discussed at today's session the report of its activities in the past two years. In the course of the discussion, the report of the ad¬ ministration  was severely criticized by
. the representatives of the Poel Mizrachi,* the workmen's branch of the Mizrachi organization.
, It was announced at the Mizrachi con¬ ference by Kischnir in the name of the Federation   of   Jewish    Craftsmen   in
...Patestine-and^itbe^.:Uflion. iif.
Workers, that those two organizations have decided to join the Mizrachi.
Columbus' Newest Hotel Will Have Auspicious Opening
Preopening Exercises Will Take| Place Monday; Formal Open¬ ing for Public on Tuesday
On Monday, August 24th, will occur the eagerly awaited pre-opening exer cises of the newest hotel in Columbus the Neil House, when the governor anc mayor, on the invitation of the boan of directors, in company with a t ber of especially invited guests,' news¬ paper mcii, etc., will make the first offi cial inspection of the establishment, anc have luncheon in the beautiful dining- room on the main lobby floor.
It is the unanimous opinion of the| numerous   prominent   men   who   have visited the great hostelry that Columbus is to be congratulated upon the ( pletion of this unique structure.
A number of prominent out-of-town and local hotel men will be present as guests of Manager F. W. Bergman, am, a special trainload of good friends o the architect and president and treas urer, G. W. Drach, will.come in to do justice to such an auspicious occasion
The interior atmosphere of the bote is of an attractiveness that adds to its appearance of manifest efficiency plant. Everywhere is the su^jgestion o liominess and comfort as distinguished from the chilly splendor so often chai ¦ acteristic of large hotels.
The interior decorations, dainty and restful in tone, while varied in color scheme' to give individual character the various rooms, are uniform in ar¬ tistic correctness and the President, Mr. 1 Drach, as well as Mr. Bergman, Man¬ aging Director, under whose direct su¬ pervision the work was done, will no doubt be the recipients of many flatter ing comments.
The doors will be opened for the pri¬ vate inspection at 1.1 o'clock and until 12:30, when the luncheon will be served, the guests in group formation, survey¬ ing the building from cellar to roof, so to .-ipeak, although only a typical bed¬ room floor will be opened up to the visitors for inspection to allow the work still necessary for the public inspection and opening to be continued.
Among the many attractive features which will be shown are a gold service .   which is destined to be used on many fCoHcluded on page 4)
Stephen S. Wise and Miss Henrietta Szold as vice-presidents for the presid
m of. the Congress.
Efforts are being made to create a central bloc of the American, German and Polish delegatibns. A meeting for this purpose has been called for tomor-
Robert  Strieker, leader of the Aus trian  Zionists,   and  Levite  of   Poland were also nominated today for the vie presidency of the Congress presidium.
VIENNA, (J. T. A.)-The Zionist budget was discussed today of the Actions Committee, held under tb.&..i:kurjiianship.^of Nahum- Sokolow. Dr. George Halpern of the Jewish Colonial Trust, and Dr. Berthold Feiwtil of the Keren Hayesod supplemented the report of Van Friesland, treasurer of ,the Palestine Zionist Executive, on Zionist budget which called for ;£400,000.
Organizations subsidized from Zionist funds introduced proposals asking the Actions Committee to withdraw its pro¬ posed budget and substitute for it a budget of iSOO.OOO. The Palestine Ex¬ ecutive expressed itself agreeable to a budget of ;£560,000. The discussion on this subject is being continued.
VIENNA, (J. T. A.)—The Russian colonization plan was discussed at to¬ day's meeting of the Keren Hayesod Agricultural experts expressed the opin ion that the project of colonizing Jews in the Ukraine and Crimea would not solve the problem of the Russian Jews. The philanthropic benefits accruing from the colonization plan would be compara¬ tively' small, it was argued.
The introduction of greater economy in the administration of the activities of the Keren Hayesod was urged by mem hers of the Keren Hayesod.
The raising of ;fiiOO,000 during the coming year was discussed at the ference of the Jewish National Fund today. It was stressed that this sum would be necessary in order to make the work of the National Fund successful
"The only way to counteract lane; speculation in Palestine is by enlarging the land holdings of the National Fund, declared Menachcm M. Usischkin, di rector of the Jewish National Fund i Palestine,
VIENNA POLICE DEPARTMENT PROHIBITS ANTI- SEMITIC CONVENTION IN CAPITAL CITY
VIENNA. —The Fourteenth Congress of thc World Zionist Organizatloh opened here today at seven o'clock in thc evening at Concert Hall with three ad dresses which were delivered by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, Nahum Sokolow, chairman of thc Executive, and Dr. Zevi Chajes, chief rabbi of Vienna.   The thtme of Dr. Chajes' acldress was "Zionism
World Problem."
The Congress, which is scheduled to last nine days, ending August 27, will have the greatest attendance of any Zionist Congress held before. Increased 1 bers of delegates from various countries arc arriving, making a total of 100 representatives. The proportionate growth of tbe movement is measured by thc fact that while the American Zionistji were represented at the Thirtecntl Congress by only 11 delegates, they will be represented at the-Fourteenth Congress by 42 delegates. The same growth in numbers is apparent in such countries Poland, Germany and Czecho-Slovakii.
THE MAIN ISSUES
Preparations are being made by all the delegations to meet in deliberation the Congress to decide on the  future of the Zionist movement' and thc policy with regard to the rebuilding of Palestine as the Jewish national homeland.
While the Thirteenth Congress was named, tto appease the fatalists, thc "Bar Mitzwah Congress", thc Fourteenth Congress is named the "Maturity Ccsngrcjss.' The maturity of the movement is reflected in the agenda extending over nine days which, contrary to early traclitions of Zionist Congresses, devotes much less time to general debate and more to the probing of the actual political, financial and economic problems of the rebuilding of thc homeland.
The main questions which the Congress will have to face and decide upon arc the final forming of the Jewish Agency, the attitude of the Zionist Organization toward Jewish colonization work in Russia, the definition of its attitude toward the recent political developments in Palestine, the acceptance of a larger budget to embrace the increasing need^ with the growth of immigration and thc problei emanating; from the recent immigration, commonly known as the "Fourth Alijah", the fourth immigration wave.
THE AGENCY QUESTION
The question of the forming of thc Jewish Agency which gave rise to the oppositional  wing, is  in close connection with  the attitude toward  thc  Jewish {Continued on page 4)
SPECIAL NOTICE New Year Greetings to your friends and relatives at $2 and $5 must be sent or phoned in not later than September 1 in order to as¬ sure insertion in our Big New Year Number. Rosh Hashonah comes on Sep¬ tember 19th this year.
Excelsior Club Basket Picnic and Dance Tuesday, August 25
Excelsior Club members and their families are ur¬ gently requested to attend the big Picnic-Dance Tues¬ day, August 25, at the Green MiU.
Special arrangements have been made for this a£Fair and those attending are as¬ sured a most pleasant time. The folks are reminded that they can come as early as 4:30 P. M. and stay untU 12 P. M.
THE COMMITTEE.
''You Can Save Them Or TeU Them
To Go To Heir David A. Brown
Tells American Jewry
Telling Phrase to Be Slogan in Forthcoming $15,000,000 J. D.
C. Drive; Jews of Middle West Prepare for
Active Participation
CHICAGO. —The Jewish community of Chicago is organizing for active participation in the national conference on the forthcoming J. D. C. $13,000,000 drive which will be held in Philadelphia on September 12 and 13, Jacob M. Loeb prominent Chicago Jew, reports to thc "Jewish Daily Bulletin."
The Jews of Chicago and other cjties'iri the Middle West have been greatly stirred by the dramatic, presentation of the Jewish situation in Russia made by David A. Brown, head of the $15,000,000 drive, during the c.mrse of a recent conference held at the Standard Club in Chicago.
Mr. Brown's address, Mr. Loeb states, was one of the most dramatic delivered before any Jewish gathering in the United States and aroused the Middle West Jews by placing before them the only alternative with regard to the Jews o Russia. "You can save them or tell them to go to Hell," lyas Mr. Brown's challenge to the Jews of America. This telling phrase which is to be the slogan of the forthcoming drive is the subject of an editorial in the Wisconsin "Jewish Oironicle" which writes:
EXPRESSES THE ALTERNATIVE
"Thus did David A. Brown, the dynamic leader of the relief forces o American Jewry, express the alternative of the American Jews to the need of their brother Jews in Russia, in one of the most thrilling addresses we have ever heard on the subject of man's humanity to his fellow man. It was delivered last Sunday at a conference of Jewish newspaper men af the Standard Club in Chi¬ cago. For an hour and a half this unique figure in world Jewry, this multi¬ millionaire man of business, who has consecrated his time, his energies, pounded and pounded away, with an eloquence almost supernatural, the reasons for the colonization program of the Joint Distribution Committee. As Mr. Brown struck home the truths that were all too- evident, we gazed upon this leather-lunged, iron-purposed figure, not as one of America's greatest manufacturers of ice and ice cream and other articles of home consumption, but as America's greatest prac¬ tical prophet in Israel. And the happy thought came to us that in the person of this successful man of business was a complete negation of the charge that the American Jew is losing his human and spiritual character in the sh'me and ' Concluded on page i)
Here Is Peace!
Preparations Are Being Made for Big J. D. C. Conference on Sept. 12t]i
—AT PHILADELPHIA
Hundreds   of   Jewish   Organizations
Thruout the Country Respond to
Call of J. D. C.
NEW YORK.—The call issued by thc Joint Distribution Committee for i on-wide' conference at Philadelphia September 12 on the forthcoming $15,000,000 drive for promoting the col onization of Russian Jews, has been an swered by hundreds of-Jewish organiza tions throughout the country, a report from the offices of the J. D.C. states
From the replies being received a the J. D. C. offices by David A. Brown chairman of the $16,000,000 drive, it is apparent, the report states, that all shades of Jewry—orthodox, reform, conservative, Zionists and non-Zionists —will be represented at the Philadel¬ phia conference. The Union of Ortho¬ dox Rabbis and the organized forces of American Jewish labor will be repre¬ sented by large delegations.
Thc Philadelphia Reception Commit¬ tee, composed of several hundred lead¬ ing Jews of that city and headed' by Albert M. Greenfield, which is m'aking elaborate preparations tp receive the thousand or more conferees who are expected, has preempted the Benjamin Franklin Hotel  for this conference.
Reports by David A. Br,own of his observations in Russia and by Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, of the progress of the colonization and plans for' the future be rendered. Dr. Rosen anticipates that if the necessary funds will be forth¬ coming, 100,000 Jews can be settled in Russia by the end of 1927. MrT'Loufs Marshall, who is abroad at present, will deliver a report on his conferences Mf'''' European Jewish leaders on this subject. Mr. James N. Rosenberg, vice-president
f the J. D. C, who has returned from Europe, will also make a report. Plans for reconstructive work in other foreign lands will also be discussed.
¦Judging by the way in which the re- mses are beginning to pour in, Sep¬ tember 12th and 13th will .be red-letter days in the history of American Jewry," said Mr. Brown in a statement issued yesterday.
not 'surprised at the response It is characteristic of the Jews of thi country. They know only one thing that it is their duty to help, and they have never failed when their duty has been made clear to them.
'The Jews of this country realizethe significance . of this movement. They understand fully that the Jews of Russia must leave the cities and towns—that as traders they are doomed. The Jews of country realize, too, that there is no door open to the Jews of Russia—that they cannot escape by means of im migration. On the other hand, the Jew of this country rejoice to know tha hundreds ,of thousands of acres have been thrown open tO| them in Russia itself; that in the very land where they
doomed as traders, a new life opening up to them as farmers.
All of this is firing the imagination
f the Jews of this country, and stirring them to action. The opportunity to settle 100,000 Jews on Russian soil ii the next eighteen months makes a pow erfiil appeal because it will not only solve the life problem of 100,000 fellow- Jews, but it will improve the economic situation of those who remain behind, and will add to the productive forces of the world."
Scene on the vast acres In nusala I liavci (ound a new freedom as which are cultivated by an ever- tHIcM of the noil. If the Jews of increaslner number of Jowh, fuirlt-1 Amt-Tlca will It, 100,000 of their Ives from the big cities, whence coreliuiontats can iind peace, free- they have tied to escape ucoiiomic dom and future amldat suob scenes destruction. Twenty    thousand'as thlal
50 Years of Progress Of Judaism In U.S. Will Be Reviewed
Rabbis- and Lecturers Through¬ out the Country Will Devote a Series of Sermons and Addresses to "Jews and   Judaism   in the U. S." ,
GOLDEN JUBILEE ON
OCTOBER 23 AND 24
NEW YORK.—Fifty years of prog¬ ress of Jews and Judaism in America will be reviewed from pulpit and lec¬ ture platforms throughout the country as part of thc plan to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Hebrew Union College in October, according to an- " nounccmcnt made by Ludwig Vogelstein, of .New York City, chairman of the Executive Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations which maintains, among other activities, tlie Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Rabbis and lecturers throughout the country are being asked to devote a series of sermons and addresses to "Jews and Judaism in the United States" in commemoration of the birth- , day celebration of the founding of the rabbinical college by the late Isaac M. Wise. "   •
For this purpose a special' syllabus containing exhaustive information on the History and progress of Jews and Judaism ^ in this country has been pre¬ pared by the Union of American He¬ brew Congregations. The author df the syllabus is Dr. Lee J. Levinger, a grad-
te of tlic College:, a former Chaplain
the United States Army, and at pres¬ ent director of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the Ohio State Univer¬ sity, Columbus, Ohio.
The syllabus is divided into four parts: (1) reference material; (2) a itudy course of thirty lessons; (3) a lecture course of twelve lectures; (4) suggested sermon or lecture topics. Every phase of the subject of "Jews and Judaism" is covered by Dr. Levin¬ ger. His suggestions and references are very complete. The author of the syl¬ labus is at present engaged in writing a liistory of .the- Jdws ia America which . is to appear within the year.
The chapter on a study course is- di¬ vided into four parts: (1) Colonial Jewry; (2) The United States; {3) A survey of 20th century Jewry in .\merica; (4) Reform Judaism in the United States.
The study course covers a series of thirty lessons, each lesson a complete course-in a-phase of Jewish history. Valuable information is given with im¬ portant statistics and reference material. The thirty lessons cover every range of Jewish, progress and development — socially, religiously, civicly, and com¬ mercially. The Jews' part in the ad¬ vancement of the arts and sciences, in industry, in philanthropy, in communal life, in religion and education—are given in detail. Names of Jews who have gained prominence in the various walks of life are mentioned.
Following the thirty lessons is a lec¬ ture course of twelve topics, beginning with the Jews and Columbus, and con¬ tinuing through the Colonial settlements, (Concluded on page 4)
Is Managing Director of New Neil House
5 TH ANNUAL PICNIC OP LANCASTER C. J. W, TO BE HELD SUNDAY. AUG. 23 Ail Chronicle readers of Co¬ lumbus and Central Ohio are cordially invited to attend the Council Jewish Women picnic of the Lancaster Section at Fern Cliff, Weidner Farm, Sugar Grove Road. A fine opportunity to enjoy a day's outing in the country is hereby presented to all. The proceeds of the affair will go to a ,most worthy char¬ itable cause.
FBED'E W. BERGSfAN^