Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-05-22

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Demoted to Jlmerican
and
Jewish Ideals
Voltime VIII — No. 21
COLUMHUS, OHFO, M.W 22. 1925
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee Decides on New Relief Fund Campaign
"Overseas Chest" WiU Be Useil
for   Colinization   in   Russia,
Sanitation   and   Education^
Abroad;   Knowing   the
Facts American Jews
Will Respond
SAYS FELIX M. WARBURG, CHAIRMAN OF THE J. D. C.
NEW YORK, (J. T. A.)—Another nationwide campaign for thc purpose of raising an adequate sum of money for the continuation uf certain relief a itics, including thc agricultural coloniza-
¦ tion by Jews in Russia, the care of Ji ish orphans in that country and thc relief of thc Jewish refugees, will be started early next fall, according to an announcc-
' ment made recently by Felix M. War¬ burg, chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, which raised over $60,000,000
Should the Jewish
Press Report Crime Question now Discussed
Leading    Journals    in    Various
Parts of the Country Argue
Question
ALL B'NAI B'RITH MEMBERS
ARE URGED TO ATTEND
MONDAY'S MEETING
Three big events have been arranged for Monday night's program of Zion Lodge, No. 62, I. O. B. B.
Tirst—Reports by delegates to the convention held at Cleve¬ land, May 2nd-5th. A number of delegates have prepared reports on the high spots of the conven¬ tion that will will be of great in¬ terest to everyone.
Second—A big initiation of candidates will be conducted by thc Zion Lodge Degree Team.
Third—A smoker and refresh¬ ments for all those present.
President Wolman urges all members to be at Rcaltofs Hall, 144 E. State Street, Monday evening. May 25th, promptly at , eight o'clock.
Sam. Untermyer Proposes Dean Inge as
Honorary linperial Wizard of Klan
Flays the "Glooming Dean" at Concluding Banquet of New York Keren Hayesod Campaign.   $733,000 Is Raised
FELIX- M; WARBURG.
during the war period for the Jewish suflferers in Europe and Palestine.
The funds which will be raised during Jhis campaign_win- also -be-used for ur- " gent-problems oi sanitation, and education abroad.
Statement Issued
The following statement has sued to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency from the offices of-the Joint Distribution Committee:
"0" the return to the United States of the Chairman, Mr. Felix M. Warburg, from his European trip, a meeting of thc Executive Committee of tlie Joint' Distri- , bution Committee was held on the eve¬ ning of May 14th, at which numerous de- 'tailed, reports, cablegrams and letters de- ; scribing conditions in Europe were sub- imitted. The Chairman rendered a report of the results of his conferences in Eu- 1 rope with Dr, ffernhard Kahn, European head of the Joint Distribution Committee, with Dr. Joseph.Roseir; the.active head of thc Russian  work' in Moscow, and
¦ with others. Recent reports by cable¬ gram from David A. Brown of Detroit, now engaged.in a personal study of Rus¬ sian conditions were also discussed.
"After fuir consideration the Commit¬ tee unanimously' decided that it is im¬ perative to make an appeal to the Jewish public of the United States for the col¬ lection of an adequate fund which is to be' regarded as an overseas chest,' out of which provision may be made for the continuation of agriculture work and the care of orphans in Russia, for the relief of the Jewish refugees and to deal with some urgent problems of sanitation, edu¬ cation and certain other urgent require- 'm^nts. The campaign will be inaugu¬ rated in the early autumn. Meantime a Biidget Committee is engaged in ascer¬ taining the minimum requirements.
"Through the creation of such a fundi,
¦ it is believed that the necessity of other cafnpaigns for these-or kindred objects will te obviated. It is not planned to re¬ establish the machinery which the Joint Distribution Committee found it neces¬ sary to maintain during the war period. It is contemplated that the funds secured will be disbursed through existing ap¬ proved agencies abroad.
"AH of us had hoped," Mr. Warburg, adfled, "that conditions in the afflicted countries would be ameliorated to such an extent that no further appeals would be needed, Unhappily, this is not the cas? and it is only right that the J< in America should know the facts. I confident that knowing them, they will respond.
SHABUOTH SERVICES AT BRYDEN ROAD TEMPLE
Thursday night,* May 28tli, at eight o'clock, Shabiioth.¦services will bfr held. This will mark the last preaching serv¬ ice of the yeari The Rabbi will »peab on Elias Totenkin's" new book, '"God of Might," a book which has aroused a .gr«at deal of comment and has brought the Jew face to (ace with his real prob¬ lem, • '•
XEW YORK.—Thc question whether the press should carry crime news, a <|uestion now discussed in various parts of the country by leading journali been argued with, particular inten regard to the Jewish press in the Jewish Daily Bulletin.
This,issue was first propounded by Dr. David dc Sola Pool of thc Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York City in a letter to the Jetvish Daily Bul- which he takes the point of view that a complete picture of Jewish life is impossible if favorable news alone is re-
"I believe it to be your duty," argues Dr. David de Sola Pool, "to report not every police court-case, but cases big enough, striking enough, or 'unusual enough in which the Jew figures unfavorable light. I do not meai you should adopt the sensational methods of the gutter press and that you should feed your readers oh stories of crime, but I do mean that it is not fair to report crimes against Jews arid never to report crimes by Jews."
To this statement, the Jewish Daily Bulletin replied that it "not only refrains from reporting crimes committed by Jews against non-Jews, but also avoids recording crimes committed by non-Jews against Jews, except where there is an angle to. thc case arising out of the spe. cific Jewish situation."
The cudsel in behalf of the Jewish Daily Bulletin was taken up by Rabbi Max C. Currick of Eric, Pa., who asked this question: "Why should there not be newspaper that seeks to record the normal? All the other newspapers seek the exceptio;ial; that is what they call news. Your policy is correct. Keep yoUr paper clean." Rabbi Currick points out ' still graver consequence of thc policy recommended by Dr. David de Sola Pool, would be that the reporting of crimes would give a distorted picture
f Jewish life, and attention to such rt- ports would give the world the" impres- that the crimes are insignificant, thus placing the Jew iri an unfavorable light before the world. V
The Christian Science Monitor entered the controversy, and Willis J. Abbot, its editor, commended the stand of the Jetv¬ ish Daily Bulletin and stated that he could not "see any reason whatsoever for giving attention to crime."
'Of course," writes the editor of the Christian Science Monitor, "when a crime is.of a nature that affects history or gov¬ ernment, as in the case of an assassina¬ tion of a ruler, or is an evidence of some special and malign social force such as the pogroms sometimes put in effect against Jews in foreign countries, this matter will be treated not as criminal news, but as news having important social and political bearing."
(From our New York Correspondent)'
NEW YORK: —Having raised the record sum of $73.3,000, the New York Keren Hayesod Campaign concluded last week wjth a gala function at the Astor Hotel attended by over 1,000 of the leading "givers and getters" with Samuel Untermyer, utilized the oppor¬ tunity to make a scatiiing denunciation of Dean Inge for his cynical remarks concerning the Jews of which the ?loomy dean delivered himself just be¬ fore he sailed from this country. Other speakers at the occasion were Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland, Dr. Schmarya Levin, alid Morris A. Zeldin, organizer and director of the most suc¬ cessful Keren Hayesod campaign in New York since the establishment of the fund in 1921.
After describing the n vclopriicnt in Palestine and particularly the dedication of the Hebrew- University, Mr, Untermyer spoke in part as follow:
"Despite the nVarvelous progress .both economic and' cultural, of our work Palestirc, our cause still has its criti some   of   them    displaying    surprising bigotry and malevolence.
"Only a few weeks ago we were faced with the humiliating spectacle of fessor of one of our great of' learning who was reported through¬ out the press of the country as having uttered in public a base calumny against the loyalty of thc Jews of America, a vile slander which drew its inspiration from bigotry and ignorance of the aims' jf our movement. And now, as if the iupply of native bigots and race-libelers ha4 run short, there comes from Eng¬ land a man clad in the sacred habili-
ants of the .Church, who distorts and
bases a mission of Christian love with violent and gratuitous demonstration of hatred against the Jewish people and against the great humanitarian accom¬ plishments for which his own country is proudly responsible.
;:;'To""l:'efute-"thr Jew-baiting ,s\ander» of the Gloomy Dean couphed as they* in cheap cynical, witticisms, would be to lend value to the petulant snarl¬ ing of a Mediaeval, uninformed mind and jaundiced temper. What hope there for the world, racked by post-war
hates and suspicions, torn by racial and national animosities, when preachers of religion, from whom we ha\*e a right to <«pect words of courage, reason and reconciliation, take the lead in catering txtlic prejudices and fanning the flames if the mob?
"How can a  religious apostle, gives himself out to be, hope to
spiritual influence over the minds ot men, when in the name of a religion o( love he preaches hate and as a part¬ ing -shot seeks to sow the seed of bigotry Jit a land that is dedicated to racial and religious freedom? How can a whom people are ready to .listen be so irresponsible as to publicly indulge, ignorance and vindictiveness, his gloomy prcdjudices and 'yellow* crotchets? Whatever else thc Gloomy Dean may ha\c accomplished in this country, he has certainly earned the gratitude of tlie Ku Klux Klan. He has .qualified aj Honorary Imperial Wizard, sficli ofiice is in existence it should be created in his honor.
'."The courage, patriotism and self- sacrifice of the Jews are written sc large on every pa'j;e of our history arc are so greatly out of proportion to their numbers that one often marvels strange combination pf bigotry, ranee and ingratitude that are mani¬ festing themselves from time to time in tlie attacks upon our Americanism.
"But our work will go on. Having acl\ anced thus far, wc will not falter in tlie future. The present occasion is but a brief interval between long ar.d arduous labors. Tonight the l!'-2-') cam-, paign ends—and the preparation of the |!>2li campaign begins. There can be no break, no interruption in our good work; the stakes are too heavy; the need too pressing; the lAoment too precious; the prize too glorious to be lost by premature relaxing of effort, by resting too early upon our laurels.
"We will not rest. Rather we will ^spur ourselves to greater exertions and Stress upon the heels of time, until the .score that has been standing these vears is wiped out and the immemorial wrongs perpetrated against the Jewish people and the Jewish honor are righted."
CARDINAL BOURNE URGES CATHOLIC ACTIVITIES IN THE HOLY LA^
LONDON. — (Jewish Tel^aphii .'\gcney.)—A demand that the/Catholic Church  should  n6t  decrease rts  activi-
n Palestine, was voiced bjiCirdiual Bourne in an address before the\atholi
leii's  League, under thc chai ship of the Lord Mayor of Loudon.
; is important that the Catholic
es in Palestine shall not be lessened. England now holds a position in Pales-
wherc there arc three official lan¬ guages, including English. Thc Eng¬ lish members of the Catholic Church must therefore assume new responsibili ties when they have the opportunity to cPTy on church activities in the Eng¬ lish language in the Holy Land," the Cardinal stated.
CONFIRMATION SERVICES IN COLUMBUS
BRYDEN ROAD TEMPLE
Confirmation exercises at the Bryden' Road Temple will take place Sunday morning. May 24tli, at 9:30 o'clock. The order of service will be as follows:     1
Prayer   Book,   pp.   20(>-319.	
 Rabbi, Choir and Congregation
Processional—"March    of    the    An-
'cients" ; Meyerbeer
Mr. Rowland P. Dowjiing
Opening Prayer Reva Zurovsky
Prayer Book, pp. •?.43-248	
Jeanette Stone,- Choir and Congregation
Prayer Book, pp. 248-249	
 Ralph Kursori and Choir
Presentation of New Torah to Con¬ gregation Samuel  Summer
Acceptance   Rabbi
Reading from Torah in Hebrew.
 Stanley Jay
The Ten Commandments, pp. 258-
 -. .Earl  Robins
Haphtarah Reading, p. 260
 Eva  Greenberg
Hymn No. ,l9d—"Happy Who in Early
Youth" The School and Choir
Meaning of the Ten Commandments-
"I am the Eternal Thy God"	
 Joseph Eichel
"Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods
Before Me" Ruth Exl
"Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of
the Lord in Vain" Jack Ratner
"Remember  the  Sabbath,  to  Keep
It Holy"., Bessie Forman
"Honor    Thy    Father    and    Thy
Mother" Sanford   Lakin
Flower Offering .,.*.Hermine Summer VjoHii SpId and Organ "Ab«pk«<l'
 ;,„    Dethier
Mrs. Norma - Hopkins Putnam Meaning of the Ten Commandments (Continued)
"Thou Shalt Not Kill". .Goldie Weiner "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery"
.., Sarah Eizman
"Thou Shalt Not Steal"..Rena Smith "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Wit¬ ness" Harriet Smith
"Thou Shalt Not Covet". .Rose L«viq ,..,-. No. 201—"Father. See Thy Sup¬ pliant Children" The School and Oiolr
IN MEMORIAM
ROBERT  GOLDBERG
Born 19110—Died 192-5
A  Tribute
By Marvin H. Kobacker
Shabuoth the Feast
of Weeks Comes This Year on Friday, May 29
Local   Congregations   to   Have
Special Services far Uni- .
versal Festival
The Jewish festival of Shabuoth, oi the Feast of Weeks, will come this year on May 2!)th. This is the day oi the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai, of the ancient harvest feast of thc Jewish people, the day known  in the Greek language as Pen-
Shabuoth comes seven weeks after the beginning of Passover; the one is
the beginning of the barley harvest, then through the seven weeks the vari-
s grains ripen and are reaped, finally,
the last is" the wheat harvest which is
liked by this festival. The ancient ofliering for this day, when the J< lived in Palestine as farmers, and w shiped in th6 Temple of Solomon jn Jerusalem, was two loaves of bread, made from the -new wheat, in addition 0 special animal sacrifice and a basket >f the fruits of the season.
Just as Passover and Shabuoth are connected in the series of ingatherings of grain, with the seven weeks of har¬ vest in between, called the Omer; so they are connected in the history of Israel. For they are both reminders of great events in ancient times, Passover of the Exodus from Egypt and Sha¬ buoth of the giving of the Ten Com¬ mandments. On the former, the Jew became a free man, released from the slavery of Egypt; on thc latter he was freed from spiritual bondage by the ii spiration of the moral law.
Thus Shabuoth is both a Jewish atiej
Lohen,^ B'nai B'rith Head, Thanks Coolidge
Voices   Thanks   of   Order   for Eulogy of Jew at Jewish Com¬ munity Center Celebration at Washington
CHICAGO. —Alfred M. Cohen, of Cincinnati, president of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, thanked President Coolidge for his eulogy of thc Jews, in a letter made public by international head¬ quarters of the B'nai B'rith. The letter follows:
"May I be permitted to say that your address at the laying of the corner stone of the new Jewish Coinmunity Center at Washington, sounds a note that will re¬ verberate around the world. It is in striking contrast with utterances of fo- mentcrs  of hatred, and  in  my humble
Anne Goldman Chosen President Menorah Society
' At a meeting held last Sunday of the Menorah Society, Apne Goldman, Ed-a, was elected president of the organization. Miss Goldman was present last year for a time but retired when she dropped out of school in the middle of the year.
Irma M. Wormser, CJ-2, was ekcted vice-president; Sanford Rothman, CJ-2, corresponding secretary; Ruth F. Cohen, A-3, recording secretary; Harry S. Tucker, Phar-2, treasurer; and Myron I. Lustigl CJ-2, reporter.
The subject for.«)iscu<sion -wbjj "The|"5 Jewish Conception of Jesus." Ben Braun¬ stein, retiring president, pr«s{de4 at the The Torah is Returned to the Ark, ,     pp. 3T(W7I.,.Ralph Kurson-and Choir
Violin  Solo—^"Romance"...   Wienawsk{ Mrs. Norma Hopjkins Putnam
"Otir Parents" '.... Reva Goldberg
'Tlte Meaning of Religion"	
...'.. .'\ Morris DeLee Bamberger
The Bible" Kenneth Wasserman
The  Fellowship  of Israel".........
 Milton Zeclchauser
Duet-^",Thc Lord is My Light""..Siicft
Mrs. Compton and Mr. Frank The Covenant- First Part Yetta Levy and Clas^
Second Part Rose Soomsky and Clas^ Third Part Florence Levin apd Class Presentation of Bibles and Certificates
  .Mr. Joseph S'chonthal
.\ Farewell Samuel Summer
Solo—"Thanks Be to God"... Dickson Mr. G. R. Frank
Closing Prayer   Sarah Wiseman
Words of Consecration and Blessing
    Rabbi
Kaddish Rabbi
Hymn No. 205—"War*, the Voice of
Children" The School and Choir
BenediQtion...,    Rabbi
The confirmants are: Morris Bamberger, 1424 Madison -A.ve. Joseph Eichel, 572 Gilbert St. Sarah Eizman, 543 E. Fulton St. Ruth Exl, 1946 SulHvant St. Bessie Forman, 881 E. Fulton St,    - Reva Goldberg, 107 Rose St., Spring¬ field, Ohio., Eva Greenberg, 556 E. Main St. Stanley Jay, 1484 Bryden Road- Marvin  H.  Kobacker, 44 Woodland Ave, Ralph Kurson, 1070 Linwood Ave. Sanford Lakin, 675 Oakwood Ave. Florence Levin, 398 Linwood Ave. Rose Levin, 402 S. Washington Ave. Yetta Levy, 539 Engler St. Jack Ratner, 1800 Bryden Roaf Earl Robins, 391 Morrison Ave,' Rena Smith, 763 Franklin Ave. Harriet Smith, 7081 Franklin Ave. Rose Soomsky, 477 S. Nineteenth St, Jeannette Stone, 751 E. Mourn) St. Hermine Summer, 846 E. Broad St. Samuel Summer, 846 E. Broad ;St. . (Continued on page 4)
a universal festival; it commemorates an event in the history of Israel, and represents a conception of law, of morality and of faith which are world¬ wide. As the old Talmudic legend has the Ten . Commandments were first uttered in the seventy languages of the world, but none of the great nations stopped in their daily affairs to listen and accept. Only the little nation f slaves just released from their bur¬ dens, stood at the foot of Sinai, listened the great words there pronounced, and, promised, "All that the Lord has spoken we will do."
Thus Shabuoth is a birthday, not of the national life of the Jew, but of his becoming a Chosen People. And the thanks which are uttered in every synagogue the world over pn this day for both the fruits of the earth, the material good which the I^ord has be¬ stowed on mankind; and the Ten Com¬ mandments,- the spiritual revelation which came to the world through the Jewish people. Under the leadership of Moses, in the wilderness of Sinai, over three thousand years ago was laid this fpundation-stone for the morality, ligion, and law of all nations in modern times.
For this reason Shabuoth is the time of confirmation in liberal Jewish con¬ gregations, when classes of boys and over the age of thirteen come be¬ fore the ark, bring their offering of flowers to symbolize the ancient offering of the harvest, read the Ten Command¬ ments from the Scroll of the Penta¬ teuch, and promise to observe the teach¬ ing and be faithful to the doctrines of Judaism.
The festival begins at sunset on May 28th and lasts tilt sunset the following day; orthodox Jews keep it for daysi according to ancient practice when all feasts were set by direct observation of the new moon, and there might be uncertainty wiiich of two dfiys wm the actual festival. Liberal Jewa have dropped the second day, which is not Biblical In origin. The sources of the festival may be found by any reader of the Bible-in Exodus 34:18-30 and Leviticus 33:15ra2, as well as minor references in a number of other plac«s. Please secure details concerning seri'- ices in your eity from lotal 4>abbi.- - -
ALFRED M. COHEN
opinion  will  usher in an era  of better understanding.
"Coming from the Chief Magistrate of our great country, welcome, indeed, "are words that tell our fellow citizens qf the contributions of Americans of the Jewish Faith to the Cause- of Atnerica, and • of their forbears to the world. ''
"Having found on these blessed shores, did others, a haven of refuge, the Jew IS merely true to his teachings and tra¬ ditions when he embarked with the pa¬ triots of the revolution on the adven¬ ture of establishit;g a republic that should recognize the equality .of all men, and whose only test of citizenship, would be willingness to subscribe to and abide by ts laws. If the Jew in defense of the -cpublic which he helped to bring into existence, has given freely in life and treasure, he has simply performed his duty-no more and no less. \Wiat he has done up to the present is the best assurance of what he may be relied upon to do in the future.
"In behalf, Mr. President, of the mem¬ bers of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, I tendiir thanks for the message you have given to the world.
"With expressions of deepest regard, believe mc    ^ •   •
"Sincerely yours, Alfred M. Cohen, President, Independent Order B'nai B'rith,"
To the Honorable Calvin Coolidge, Pres¬ ident of the United States, Washing¬ ton, D. C.
Mass Meeting Being Sponsored by the Columbus-Zionist District
Arrangements are under way for a huge mass meeting to be sponsored by the Columbus Zionist District at which Mr. Louis Lipsky, prominent Zioqist worker, will be chief speaker.
Carmel, field secretary of the Zionist Organization pf America, ^'i' it Columbus during the coming week make necessary arrangements for this meeting.   June 10th is the date set for the mass meeting. Mr Lipsky who is executive - chair- an   of   the   Zionist   Organization (of America is recognized as~ dne 'of the finest orators  in  the country.    Evpty Jewish man and woman, whether Zion¬ ist or not,  will be interested  in w)iat Mr. Lipsky has to say about the work being carried on by the world's greatest Jewish organization.
Members pf the local district are urge^ to confer with Dr. B. W. Abramson witji regards to plans whisreby'this meeting ntiglit be a'complete success; also .witjt regards tp a fitting reception for tl^e man wjio has done so much for Zioq-
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