Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1925-11-20

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Volume \'III — No. 47
cor.UMJiUS, oni.o, N'OVICMBICR ;
Trial of Stanislaw Steiger Is Creating World-Wide Interest
Witness   Brought   from   Vienna Testifies Against Steiger; Two Main Witnesses of Accusa¬ tion Contradict Each Other
LKMHI'.RG, (J. T. A.)—Lil)oral pul)- lic opinion in Poland has been greatly alarmed as a result of tlic new turn in the trial of .Stanislaw Stciijcr, tlic Jewisli student accused of having thrown the Ijoml) at the president of the Polish Republic during his visit lo LcnibcrK, September -J, W'il.
After a nmnberof witnesses had testi¬ fied to Steiger's innocence, a serious situation arose with the appearance on the witness stand of Miss Victoria Locdel. a Polish ^\t\ brought from Vienna For the purpose of testifying in the Steiger trial.
Miss' Locdel declared at the begin¬ ning of her testimony that she came air the way -from Vienna to Lemberg in order to f ullill ,hcr duty as a Pole and to "prevent the injustice of Steig( acquittal."
. Miss Loedel stated that she had ni ' fied the Polish Consulate General i" Vienna that she witnessed the attempt to assassinate the Polish president. Miss Locdel declared that .she and Miss Pas¬ ternak grablied Stciger's arm after he threw the bomb.
The testimony of Miss Loedel made a great impression 6n the court and held the attention of the accusation and the counsel for defense during the en¬ tire day. Following a motion by the .counsel for defense, the court decided to proceed to the place' where the boi^b was thrown, in order to cross-examine the witness on the spot of the attempted assassination.
, The entire scene' of the attempt on the life of the Polish president was re- enacted in Marjacki Square. Miss Loedel pointed out the place where she stood and also where Steiger stood. Miss , Loedel's description contradicted the testimony of Miss Pasternak. The tes- .timony of Miss Loedel and Miss Paster¬ nak is the bases upon which the charges ' of the accusation rest.
During the cross examinations of Miss Loedel, the counsel for defense brought out the fact that the witness notify the Polish Consulate General in Vienna of her knowledge regarding the
Steiger   case   until'   .-\pril,   19125, months after the occurrence.   The cross examination . also  brought  out  the  fact
that the witness was a habitual reader of
anti-Semitic   newspapers,   especially   the (Cniifiiiued on parjc l)
Is Re-elected President of the American- Jewish Committee
Gpvernment's Program Envisages Settling Half-Million People on
Prairies — Part of $15,000,000 Fund to Be Raised by David A.
Brown Will Aid 100,000 Jewish Farmers — Interest in
Drive Is Universal
LOUIS   MARSHALL of  New  Vork  City
Drinkwater to Appear
Here Monday Evening
In response to a host ,of invhations from his American admirers, John' Drinkwater, the famous English poet, dramatist, and essayist, will visit of the larger cities of the country where he will lecture on poetfy and drama. , He will appear in Columbus next Monday evening, November 2.3rd, al Memorial,Hall, subject to be, "An Eng¬ lish  Dramatist's view of Lincoln."
From present indications Mr. Drink¬ water will be greeted by a record-break¬ ing audience, having received so many tributes on iiis two former lecture tours in the United States.
This is the second lecture of the series to be sponsored by the Federation'of ',Women's Clubs, the first having been that of Theodore E. Burton.
Tickets' will be on sale Monday, November SSrd, until four o'clock p. m., after which time they may be procured at the box office o,f Memorial Hall.
Russian-Jewish Back-to-the-Soil Move
Eclipses Any Mass-Migration
Known To Civilization
C. J. W. Publishes Fine Book of Daily Readings For Use in the Home
Culls Gems of Jewish Thought in
Publication Describing Service
to Community and Nation
NEW YORK CITY.—To foster the nterest of American Jewish womanhood n the many opportunities that await them to serve their faith, their com¬ munity and their nation, the National Council of Jewish Women has just pub¬ lished a book, "Daily Readings in Human Service," by Estelle M'. Sternbcrgcr, Executive Secretary. 'Each chapter is introduced with a thought gleaned from the Bible and the Talnuid, to indicate how the duties that call for the devotion and action of the Jewish woman, have formed an essential part of Jewish social ideal- and practice throughout the his¬ tory of the Jew.
"Our women," declared the author, in ixplaining the purpose of this book, 'need a wider education in the ideals of fsraei; that can be applied to our daily living and to the problems of the larger world around us. We believe that the program of service, as it is embodied in the activities of tlie Na¬ tional Council of Jewish Women, is one of the most effective agencies wc po.ssess today for introducing our women the essential aspirations of the Jew.
"There are, unfortunately, too many amon.flf our people, who forsake it lowship to serve the world. We are convinced that we can bring society richer gifts if we use the spiritual en¬ dowment of Judaism, and combine its best values with the most treasured values of our modern day. 'Daily Read¬ ings in Human Service' is the story of what the National Coimcil of Jewish Women has done to satisfy those women who are searching for a broad field in which to express their talents and to aid the causes that make for human bet-
Big Hadassah Card
Party at Neil House
Tickets have been selling rapidly for the big card party to be apunsored 'I'uesday even¬ ing, November 24th, by the Hadassah at the new Neil lluusc.
The committees in charge urge that all reservations be made immediately for tables or parties so that arrangements can be made accordingly.
In view of the fact that the beautiful ballroom of the Neil House will be tho scene for this affair, and a delightful program having been planned for pre¬ sentation durinf! the course of the evening, all those who at¬ tend are assured a most delight¬ ful evening.
Don't forget the' date, Tues¬ day evening, November 24th.
The history of the Council is included in this book. Its significant rise from an ¦ organization with a membership of 3,370 in 1896, to its present membership of 52,000 in 220 cities in the United States and Caitada, is succinctly tolc(. The chapter on its achievements dur¬ ing the thirty-two years of its history, serve to reveal how the program of the National Council of Jewish Women has spread to various countries through- it -the world. The National Council of Jewish Women has to its credit many additional publications which it has issued for the benefit of Jewish women, among which "A Course of Study on Jewish Prayer", edited by Celia S. Levy; "An Introduction to Jewish Music", hy A. rma.Cohcn; "The Tower'of David", a ollection of stories by Elma Ehrlich Levinger, "The Council's Every Girl", a pageant by Mrs. Isaac Halperu; "The Harvest Festival" by A. Irma Cohen and A. Z. Idelsohn, and two Synagogue Services for Friday Evening by A. Z. Idelsohn.
X'EW YORK.—Statistics published in tlic New York Times on November 1st il the back-to-the-soil movement of the Jews of Russia as having assumed tlimcnsion far eclipsing in magnitude and social consequence any mass-migra¬ tion  known to civilization.
•Mready, according to these statistics, which are published on the authority of odicial Russian sources, the number of Jewish families, whose bread winners were erstwhile merchants and tradtrs, that have already successfully rooted Ihemselves into the new life exceeds (i.WJO. This means a total of 30,000 men, women and children who hav ready inade their escape, from the feriiig, misery and hopelessness of the big Russian cities. They have found, on the Steppes new life and a promise of a happy future dependent only amount of effort they bring to the task ¦ of conquering the sun-ijaked, fallow prairie, how closely they will emulate imple of the intrepid American pioneers of'a generation ago.
Thg published figures hold out the prospects that, in the next few years ,be followed by 24,000 other families who have already registered Ith the proper authorities their ap¬ plications for land in the sections desig¬ nated by the government for' free set¬ tlement. So far as is feasible acpord- the extent of the financial as¬ sistance that will be given these poten¬ tial Jewish farmers by their American .religionists, all of these 24,000 fami¬ lies, a total of 130,000 souls, will have been settled on farms. Nor is this the full extent of this mammoth hegii According to the statement in the New York Times furnished to it by the Rus¬ sian Information Bureau, located in Washington, D. C, the program of the government envisages the ultimate trans¬ fer of not less than 100,000 families, altogether TiOO.OOO people from the cities to the farms.
The movement of Russian Je the land has already arrested the tion of their brethren all over the world. In this country the United Jewish Cam¬ paign is already under way with David A. Brown as chairman, to raise a fund of ?lo,000,000, a very considerable pro¬ portion of which is to be devoted to the task of helping these new farmers tc establish themselves successfully on the land that has been des-ignated for Jew¬ ish  settlement.
With that part of the $15,000,000 fund that will uhimately be designated for the purpose of aiding these new Rus¬ sian Jewish farmers to success, the work begun by the Joint Distribution Comniittee four .years ago, under the direction of Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, one of America's greatest agricultural ex¬ perts will be ingluded. They will be taught farming-methods, supplied with tractors, seed, draught animals, and cat¬ tle. Loans will be advanced to them for the building of houses and'for main¬ taining themselves and their cultural in¬ stitutions until they can market their harvests. ,It is estimated by Dr. Rosen that in addition to the other European reconstructive work this fund for which intended, it will provide means for aiding 100,000 colonists.
emoval of a half-million Jews from   the   cities   and   their   withdrawal
WILL BE ACTIVE  IN FORTHCOMING J, I). C. DRIVE FOR SlS.OOn.OOO
from the exceedingly limited Russian mercantile field and .the disastrously glutted labor market will, it is pointed out by Dr. Rosen and by Mr.. Brown, as well as by Dr, Bernard Kahni Euro¬ pean Director of the Joint Distribution Committee and by other sociological ex¬ perts both here and abroad will exert a tremendous favoralile influence upon, and possibly effect a complete trans¬ formation of the economic structure of the 2,800,000 Jews in Russia to which iiunil)er they have dwindled from the ¦,•3,000,000 of them who lived within the borders of the Russian Empire 'as constituted before the outbreak the war.
The loss of two-fifths of the Jewish population by Russia, according to Nnv^York Times' .statement is to a variety of causes, including, in the first instance, wholesale pogroms dur¬ ing and arter the war, and also to the breaking ofi. by the Peace Conference of large sections of the old Czaristic Russian empire and setting them up as separate nationalities, like Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia, among others.
Today, the Jews constitute, only 2% of Russia's population. The fact that 00% of them live in the cities, where they are victims of the government's eco¬ nomic policy which aims toward the elimination of the middleman, merchant; and'trader, reveals the motive fore he back-to-the-soil movement whose ;tartling proportions are rapidly writing I new, and a very unusual page, in Jewish history.
Analyzing the .status of Russian Jewry^
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Lord Balfour Sends Special Message to Palestine Conference
Dr. Stephen S.Wise Invites Lead¬ ing  Jewish  Organizations  to Great Gathering at Balti¬ more, November 29th
CONFERENCE WILL LAUNCH UNITED PALESTINE APPEAL
N !£ W Y O R K. — The past week l)r<>MRbt further developments which in- flicatcd that the National Palestine Con¬ ference, lanncliing the $."p.Ono,000 United Palestine Funds Appeal, to I)'e held in Baltimo thy ,
from  1. Con fore
published ii Times,  show   that   they  ; as follows
Number   Pe
of
of
Jews     Total
Ukrainian   Soviet   Rep.. 1,700,000
"l^ovief' Russia proper.... C00,O00   21..I White  Russian  Soviet
Republic    •  430,000   IG.l
Fcdera-
  50,000
Total  .
.... 2,800,000_ 100.0 m pauc 1)
Local Ivreeyoh Society
Appeals for Rummage
Again the  appeal goes  out  for  rum¬ mage so that the sale to be held under tlifc   auspices   of   the   Ivreeyoh   Society the latter part of this month may be most successful one.
Call any Ivreeyoh member when your packages are ready and a committee will gladly call to-collect same.
Council Lecture Luncheon To Be Held Next Tuesday
The first of the series of luncheon lectures to be sponsored by. the Educa¬ tional Committee of the Columbus Sec¬ tion Council of Jewish Women will take {•lace Tuesday, November 24th, at 12:15 o'clock at the Chittenden Hotel.
Rabbi Jacob Tarshish will be speaker of the afternoon, and will view a book which is arousing c mcnt throughout  the country.
Tickets may be procured from the chairman, Mrs, Arthur Isaac, 1704 Franklin Avenue, Citizen 15077.
J. N. F. BOX COLLECTION TO BE RESUMED SUNDAY
The    Jewish National Fund box lection raised  Sunday, November 15th, was  not completed on accouat of favorable weather conditions.
For this reason the collection will be resumed Sunday, November 22nd.
Old and new solicitors are urged to kindly come to the Hebrew School, 556 E. Rich Street, promptly at nine a. m.
Series of Elaborate Dinners Are Planned
By The Bryden Road Temple Brotherhood
The Bryden Road Temple Brotherhood is planning a series of elaborate dinners for the coming season. These dinners virill be followed by specially arranged musical programs and addresses by noted men who possess real messages.
The Committee on Arrangements is doing all within its power to make these affairs of extraordinary interest to every member, at the same time keeping the expense down to a modest sum. Following are the dates upon which the Brotherhood Dinners will be given: (1) Thursday Evening, Dec. 3, Mr. H. E. Cherrington, speaker; (2) Tuesday, Jan. 12, Rabbi Tarshish, Dr. M. H. Lichliter, and Bishop Hartley, speakers; (3) Tuesday, Feb. 9, Judge Aaron B. Cohen of Toledo, speaker.
The exact place for each of these parties will be announced in the Chronicle next week. All members of the Brotherhood are requested to set aside these dates; they will never regret this step as indications point to a grand and glorious time at each separate event. All male members of the Temple who have as yet not enrolled in the Brotherhood are urged to do so at cmce, so that they can enjoy the privilege of the above- mentioned dinners.
Leo Yasenoff is president of the Brotherhood. Following is the board of directors: Dr. S. D. Edelman, A. B, Weinfeld^ Max H. Harmon, Marcus H. Burnstine, H. H. Cohen, Jerome Kohn, Roy Frosh, and Arthur W. Loeb.
JAMES  H. BECKER of Chicago, 111.
Plans Complete for Young People's League Convention In New York, Nov. 25 to 29
Activities Will'Cover Busy Five-Day
Program—Convention Will Open
With Reception by Students
of  Seminary
NEW YORK.—Plans are now con plete for the Fourth Annual Convention of the YoUng People's League of the United Synagogue, to be held in New York City, during the Thanksgiving week-end, from Novenil)er 2oth to 29th, ihclusive.
The convention will open with ception by the students of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Seminary, 531 West 123rd Street, on Wednesday evening, November 25th. On Thursday morning, November 2<3th, special Thanksgiving services are being arranged for the delegates. On Thui day afternoon, a theater party has been planned to see the "Jaz^ Singer" at the Cort Theatre, a play with a Jewish ic based on the Day of Atonement. Thursday evening, November- • 2t!th, tbe Young Folks Auxiliary of the Jacob I-i Schiff Center will serve as host;
il in honor of the delegates. On Friday at noon, there will be •' luncheon served at the Columbia Stu¬ dents House,'o2.'J West 113th'Street al 1:30 in the afternoon. A ,sight-seeing tour will start from the Students House to places of Jewish historic interest in Xew "Y'ork. Dr. Harold Korn of the American Jewi-sh Historical Society will explain the historical background and significance of these places.
On Friday evening special conven¬ tion, services have been arranged at Tempel Ansche Chesed, U4th Street and Seventh Avenue, which are to be fol¬ lowed Jjy an "At Home" reception in its vestry rooms. On Saturday morning there will be special young, people' services throughout the city. Invit! tions have been extended to the dele¬ gates at the convention'to be present at the following services:
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun — 257 West 88th Street, New York City.
Congregation Shaare Zedck —216 W- 03rd Street, New York City.
¦Hebrew Educational Society — Hop- kinson and Sutter Avenues, Brooklyn, N. Y.
On Saturday afternoon, November 28, at 2:00 o'clock the New York Branch of the Women's League of the United Synagogue of America will serve hosts in tendering an "At Home" the delegates at the Columbia Students House. There will at this time take place a round table discussi Trend in the Religious Life of the (Continued on page 4)
,  Xovembcr  2!lth,  will  be c t';tanding gatherings in Jewish is country.    A special message d  Balfour will be read to the
I insure that the conference ¦ will represent L\ery shade of opinion in American Jewry, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Cliairman of the United Palestine Cam¬ paign, has invited every impdrtaiH^ia- tional Jewish organization to send rep¬ resentatives to the gathering. Atnong those invited are the American Jewish ' Committee,    Independent    Order    B'nai
Notice to AH Ben
B'riths of Columbus
You are urgently request¬ ed to attend Zioni Lodge's Annual Fall Festival and Initiation Exercises at the Southern Hotel Roof Gar¬ den, Main and High Sts., Monday eviening, November 23. Nomination of officers for the cominjir year will be part of the business of this
The famous Mansfield De¬ gree team, known through¬ out the Middle West, wrill officiate at the initiation cer¬ emonies. A most splendid program has been arranged for the occasion. Fine mu-, sic. Good eats and smokes. Plenty of fun.
Don't miss this meeting for anything, Monday eve¬ ning, November 23.
Fraternally yours, BERT WOLMAN, Pres.
B'rith, Central Confereijce of .American Rabbis,, Hebrew Sheltering and Immi¬ grant Aid Society, Independent Order 'rith Sholom, Independent Order B'rith Abraham, United Synagogue, Union of Orthodox Congregations of America, the Union of American Hebrew Con¬ gregations and others.
National campaign headquarters this week received a stirring message from Lord Balfour, in which he again gives elociuent indorsement to the Palestine movement and to the part Jews' have played in the progress of Jewish develop¬ ment in Palestine since the war. The (Continued on page 4)
IS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OP THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HILLEL FOUNDATION
Ivreeyoh's Third Annual
Supper Big Success
The large number of Colutnbus Jews who attended the third annual supper the local Ivreejoh Society last Sunday evening enjoyed a most pleasant affair. The food was exceptionally good and the service fine. The entertainment, in charge of Dr, Morris Gojdberg and Mr. Robert Drob, delighted everyone—young and old. Mr, N, Finkelstein, the toast- master, played his part with dignity as well as grace. Dr. Lee J. Levinger of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation was the chief speaker of the evening. He dwelt on the futiir^of Jewish education in America and'^redicted a glowing fu¬ ture for it. Others who spoke were; Rabbi Leopold Greenwald, Jacob Krako¬ witz, Dr. B. W. Abramson, B. Z, l^eu- stadt, Jacob Mattlin, N. Danziger and Rabbi Reichert of Springfield. The [cedar chest displayed at'Memprial Hall,
JOSEPH   C.   GOODMAN
After mature reflection and considera¬ tion Mr, Goodman was chosen to pre¬ side over the local advisory board of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at Ohio State University.
This board will cooperate with the student council of the Foundation. It consists of representative Columbus Jews who are interested in furthering the   religious,  cultural,   and   social  in-
   ,  -  .   .  - .  terests  of  the Jewish  students on  the
^ , November 2, was awarded to C. Barnett. Q, S. U. campus.