Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1924-11-14

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Volume vn --26
COLUMIiUS,
To Inquire Into the Citizenship Rights of Jews in Roumania
Commission Is Appointed by the
League of Nations to Make
Inquiry   in   Re   This
Question.
ANTI-SEMITISM HAS    . LONG BEEN SECRET OF ROUMANIAN POLITICS
PARIS (J. T. A.)—A Committee of thc League of Nations was appointed to inquire into thc situation of many tliou¬ sands of Jews in the newly acquired provinces of Roumania with regard to Iheir citizenship rights, which is threat¬ ened by-the attitude of the Roumanian Government, it was stated today in a report of thc Alliance Israelite Univer¬ selle" submitted' at its annuaj meeting which was held here today.
Representatives of thc Alliance Is¬ raelite  Universelle  have  taken  up  this
' liiatter with  thc representatives  of the
- lioumanian Government in Geneva, but
they have disputed thc figures siAmitted
'  ' iJy  the  Alliance,  claiming  that  only  a
¦im&\\ number of Jews are affected by
' tlic clause in the' new . Roumanian nationality law which places thc burden of proof upon every applicant for Rou- maniaii citizenship, that he resided in the newly acquired territory before 1918. It was only after the representatives ql thc Alliance threatened to raise the question publicly that the establishment of the Commission wa's consented to.
The report of the Alliance, further deals with the situation of the Jews in Roumania and states that "while the Roumanian ministers denounce anti- Semitic violence in their public speeches, they  do  nothing  to  prevent  it.    It is
j dpcult to bpficve that anti-Jewish ex-
! - j fes'scs woulrf be 'possible did the Gov-
' i" ernment   not, .maintain, an  attitude  of
passivity^-../-..X^"'\{-^:J' 4 -
' "Tlie inov^ffl^'"atojjHst the dominant
party  iii RoumasiS^Tvas., speedily' sup-
: pressed,   but ' thfrvje^yernrajSnt' permit? " • anti-Jewish distui^{i|iceg,/'Tliis petuliar
,< attitude towards the JevvisKi population lias long bedn the secret of Roumanian
^"sitnply continues 'tion," the report states.
If the Commission appointed to ex¬ amine and inquire into thc situation of I those Jews who are refused citizenship will not solve the problem, nothing will be left except to bring the question be¬ fore the Forum of the League of Na-
Thc report of the Alliance also deals with the situation of the Jews in Poland and it deplores the situation, which is aggravated by internal dissensions be¬ tween thc various factions and,parties, thc Folkists, Zionists, Agudists, and thc Assimilationists who, instead of pre¬ senting & united front, fight each other and paralyze their activities. This dis¬ sension removes the possibility of secur¬ ing resiiect for the. righ.ts,. aQporded Jhe Jews through the International" Minori¬ ties Treaty," the report concludes.
LONDON (J. T. A.)—A high official attached to thc Roumanian Lcgati London, vvho has given close study to the Jewish question, made a today to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency with regard to the report published by the "Paix et Droit," the organ of tlit Alliance'' Israelite Universelle, question of citizenship rights for the Jews of Roumania.
He did not think, he said, that the report gave, a' correct idea of the posi¬ tion in relation to the naturalization of Jevvs. The Government did not wish to insist on the letter df the law, but was compelled to ask Jews claiming citizen rights to produce documentary <;vidence showing where they had lived. There had been a great, increase of , population in Roumania; thus Galatz, before the war, contained from C-5,000 to 7r),{)00 inhabitants. It now has twice as many and this increase is partly due to the influx of foreigners.
\ {Concluded on page 1)
NOTES OF THE O, S. U. MENORAH SOCIETY
MAJOR ORMSBY GORE   % APPOINTED COLONIAL
UNDER SECRtlTARY
LONUDON  (J. T. A.)TrMajor Orms- hv Gore, has been-appointed Under Sec¬ tary in thc irriti'3h"'dbloni:il Ofricc. Major Onn'sby t>bro i."! a well known friend of Zionism and was Great Drit- rc-prcsentativc    in    the    League's. Miindalcs   Commission   at   its   previous
Leading Jewesses of America Labor for Peace Movement
Armistice Day Plea Addressed to the Jewish Women of Amer¬ ica, Reveals Prominent Role of Womanhood.
The Menorah Society of the Ohio State University held its second meet¬ ing of the year at the Ohio Union, on Sunday afternoon, November Oth.
.The topic for discussion was "World Reconstruction" which was led by Mr. Schultz, a member of the Business Men's Fraternity. Miss Edith Brillaub, Harry Tucker, and Myron Lustig took part in thc discusbion, the main ques¬ tion being "What Does tbe World Need Most?"
After the discussion those present ex¬ changed autographs and there was a "get-together"  for about   fifteen   min-
NEW YORK CITY.—In a plea addressed to thc Jewii>h jvomcn of America, on Armistice Day, Mrs. Ar¬ thur Brin of Minneapolis, National Chairman of thc Committee on Peace and Arbitration of the National Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women, revealed inspiring
:amplcs  of activity  for peace on be¬ half  of som,c of  the   foremost  Jewish men of the world.
Israel's ideal of peace has finally made a definite impression, not alone on lid, but especially upon the souls own Jewish women," declared Mrs. ' Brin. "Whatever be the com¬ munity iiifo' which we may go, ,we shall sure to find women of our faith king assiduously in every organiza¬ tion tliaf is pledged'to educate the public :qnscience on the problems of peace anB^' the methods for gaining international amity. Their spirit is but a part of that attitude, that sceilis to stir the daughters of Israel everywhere. When one,seeks for courageous "examples of women who aVc giving all' their energy and thought to the progress of World peace,
e' ilftifieaiatcly rcpalljsi,,, tliat splendid groujJ of wQ"m"cn-wh«y'recently visited the' shores.of America" for the sessions Of thei; Women's International League for Peace and Freeeibm'. 'Among, thetn were the   follovying  champions,.^f- Jl*
"'mP&^'''AUiinJ^o^^fMa. Oustata Hymen and Rosika Schwimmcr.
In America, Jewish womanhood is not lacking in staunch advocates of this cause. At the present moment, :he National Council of Jewish Women is engaged, in cooperation with the various women's organizations of the United States, in launching a gre^t of¬ fensive for peace, namely the Confer¬ ence on the Cause and Cure of War, which is to meet in Washington, D. C, in 1925, at the call of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. We are working with women of all faiths to make this Con¬ ference one of the most effective publiq discussions on the problems that lead to-
ir, and on thc plans of settling them
ithout recourse to slaughter.
'!Miss Rose Brenner, the President of
ir National Council of Jewish Women, has given her hearty endorsement to the aims- of this Conference, and has ap¬ pointed Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger, Executive Secretary oi the Council, to represent the Council on the Confer¬ ence's Progjram Committee, and Mrs. Arthur Brin on thc Finance Committee. In answer to an appeal of the Council, for financial-contributions to make Conference possible, very generous gifts have been made by Mrs. Emanuel Man- .'.el of Highland Park, 111., and Mrs Mary Fels of New York City, who has throughout her life, especially voted,; Ticooperation with her husband, Joseph Fels, given wholehearted assist¬ ance to spreading the message bf peace.'
"Such a period of history ; quires unprecedented leadership, and the responsibility for leadership falls in no sniall measure upon wonien, newly emancipated as they are. The recently gaircd rights of women in the e'duca- tional, .industrial, professional and po¬ litical ' world have prepared them for the n?w role which they must assume. There is no field in which \ be of greater assistance than in the de¬ velopment of the new international <Jr- der. We must help replace fear and distrust with international understand¬ ing." ¦
riFERETH ISRAEL
RUMMAGE SALE
The exact date of the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood rummage sale will be an¬ nounced in the forthcoming issuo of the CifKONicu;.
In the meantime all those having things to donate should call Mrs. Mil¬ dred Bender, chairman, or any of the officers and they will see that the clothes are called for promptly.
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$15,000 for Foiar Good Causes;
An Earnest 'Appeal to
Local'ilewry
A few words regardmg th6 Cbri|pelling duty of local Jewry to j raise $15,000.00 for the Keren Haysod, thc Seminary Endowment Fund, the Emergency Relief Fund^ ^d the Jewish Chautauqua So¬ ciety. Every one of, these causes jis a most worthy and commendable one. •'.-j
The Keren Hayesod is perforttijuig splendid work in the Holy Land. It is doing much towards iigfiproving living conditions there; it is also helping^ inmiigrants to establish themselves. Most im¬ portant of all, however, it is restbril^g fertility and beauty to a land which has been laid waste by cenfiuriles of neglect.
Whether one be a Reform or'Orthodox Jew, whether he be a Zionist or a non-Zionist, he shouldiicbnsider it a privilege to contrib¬ ute towards Palestinian upbuilding'^ru the Keren Hayesod (Pales¬ tine Foundation Fund). - -f
The Seminary Endowment Fi^d was established tb assist the work of the New York Jewish Tniological Seminary which was presided over for a number of year^ by the late Professor Solomon Schechter. Altho it is an institution/dedicated to the promulgation and perpetuation of Conservatism, l^ is endorsed highly by such men as Louis Marshall, Felix M. W^lbtirg, Samuel Untermyer, and Adolph Lev\risohn. In fact Mr. Mairi^all and Mr. Warburg are very active members of its Board of. DiFpctors. The Seminary is train¬ ing a generation of American rabbi^^who will be qualified to serve their coreligionists efficiently and-.-ittithe spirit of our time-honored faith. ''0,   "
The Emergency Relief Fund'i3!'|ooking after stranded Jewish refugees at various ports ini Europ^' These destitute folks are in a sad pUght as' a result of the dos^g of America's doors. Their crying appeal to us should be anawer|d heartily and sympathetically.
The Jewish Chautauqua Societ^was founded by the late Dr. Henry'Berkowitz, one of the most gloved and respected rabbis of this country Thus far, it has fulJ61l|d most admirably its mission of propagating, Jewish culture andPi^als. Every Jew familiar with its splendid achievements vnll be ifiicknstrained to co-operate with it.
To sum up, we -vnsh'Vto si^s&tt that the above-mentioned $15,000.00 will be very 'j^^ii^dusly/ilivided among the four organi- zat^bhs. Every dollar given piwa/Hk OtiEt raising of this quota'will'be wisely spent in work's^ am'
./.,- -V'''''^vr'l«iXttseph Scljsplhal, Honorary ChaiTmc^n,
LAST GROUP OF REFUGEES ADMITTED TO CANADA
TORONTO (J. T. A.)—l<ir, Jewish refugees, helm,' the last group of Jewish eiiiiyninls str.iiKled in Roiimniiia ad¬ mitted to Canada uiidcr tlie ;if,'reepient with the Ica, will arrive in Ilalifa.K on November  IH on flic S. S. "Pres. Wil-
Dr. Kornfeld Pleads for ''The Spiritual Heritage of America"
Ex-n|inister to Persia Is Thrilled and   Impressed   by   Zionist Achievements in Palestine.
NEW YORK.—"The" war which de¬ stroyed so much of human life has also ;d much of the finer ciualities of the human soul. Nor has our own country been immune to these dcstruc- influcnces. Justice, tolerance and ':;ood will among men; these are the ;liree things of which the world never itood in greater need than it does to¬ day. These three principles are the peculiar spiritual heritage of America which it must preserve, and to this preservation it is my hope and ambition to be able to contribute."
In these Words, Dr, Joseph Kornfeld, who has just returned from his post as United States Minister to Persia, a post which he held during a period of grave international crisis and of special men- to the Jews of that couiftVy, de- Ibed the aim which he has .Set before himself in his new field of labor in this country. Dr. Kornfeld who, befoi'e his departure for Persia, was one of the leading reform rabbis of the country, ;ptt;d the pulpit of Colling¬ wood Avenue Temple df Toledo. There intcnseness and fervor in Dr. Kornfeld's manner Which carries con- iction. He is aware of the difficulties, annoyances and dangers of apostleship, but he carries with it a sense of the practical which keeps him from being I t|uixotic and makes 'him convincing and I efficient. ' ' ¦ -
Wfiile, .Dr. Kornfeld is deeply, con¬ cerned over what he calla "the spiritual I 'regeneration- of - America," he- has-alSo a^mesiage^^of-'timely an^' vital interest j
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc ¦
Workers AH Ready to Start in Search of Community Fund
Campaign   Solicitors   "Rarin   To
Go." They Tell Chairman J. H.
Frantz at a meeting at
Deshler...
2400 MEN TO PAR¬ TICIPATE IN BIG JOB
Division    cliaii-"nien   of   thc   comniu- nJ,ty fund campaign, reported to Chair- J.   II.  Fraiit/.  last  Monday  night that  they had  lined  up  2100  solicitors were re.idy and "rarin' " to go, at lecting of chairmen  and  team cap¬ tains at the Deshler.
Rev. E. F. Chauncey, chairman of the drive last year, then told them the work of organization being completed, it was up to them, individually, to put their every effort into the Campaign lo make it a success.
Says It's Up to Them
"It will succeed or fail as you do your work or fall," he reminded them.
After the Sabbath Pudding
By  BENJAMIN GAMZUE
(Specially Written .For Ohio Jewisii Chronicle)
I.   THE WANDER-MUSE
seems to me I have lived a great many years, though I should be the first
deny that I am old, and from delving
0 strange and out-of-the-way places and ideas, I have gained a little senst; (they told me in my Cheder days that I had none). My wisdom consists mainly in recognizing to a large degree my folly, though secretly I believe it would be hard to give up a folly that has afforded me so much pleasure.
Ill short, like Noah's doves in their first trip from the Ark, I have never been able to find a branch to rest on; I am a wanderer. Yet, where is the Jew who knows how to rest? I have dis¬ tinct memories of my grandfather who had sceii a good deal of life in his a venerable Jew with a long grey beard and a truly patriarchal mien. His eyes would become strangely prophetic times and seem to look at once into the past and into the future. I always thought that they were the same to him, thnt only the present was differ¬ ent, anil that his eyes, when they be¬ came most like those of Isaiah, saw visions, of temples and olive groves, and  sacrificial  lambs  on  golden altars.
For me, until I became ten years old, .he land he saw was made vivid by mystical means. It was all contained, in exact color and form, on the labels of the CanneP wine b>ttles, where I could see two men, in b.-illiant Oripntal !;arb, carrying between them a long rod which rested^ on their shoulders. From this rod was suspended the most allur¬ ing thing, a fabulous bunch of grapes. .  .  ..I   havi  alw&ya   had  a   taste   for
- On Saturday afternoons, grandfather wa> invariLb.y to be fouid Synagogue. Here he would r fast dwindling group of patriarchs who sti 1 found points for dispute "Geniora". When he returned in the evening he would sometimes sigh and say a little sadly,
"Every Jew-i-s a wanderer. Every Jew has his burden to bear."
At that time I didn't fully understand ;he meaning of his words, but I would ihink of the grey weelc-days and of th many  bearded  peddlers   who   trudged
back to our  street every evening and wearily threw down their packs.
'Every Jew bears his burden," I re-
The long winter evenings with grand¬ father gave me many more things to r, in my mind, and to repeat and to dream about when it had be¬ come very dark out of doors, and I had learned my daily passage in Genesis id my exercise for the next day had en painfully scrawled and approved, I would sit at the window with him and. listen to his talk. The grandeur f those many-starred, moonless eve¬ nings I have never forgotten.
"Tonight, a great many stars will fall,'* he would say, sometimes, "If you stay awake you will bt able to see them-—it is a night of falling stars."
What vast learning he had, I thought, to,know even the movements of the stars. Half-fearfully, in awe and der, I watched .the heavens. Again and again I tried to count the stars, and 'luite as often I would lose myself in the intricacies of large numbers. Sud¬ denly I would see a string ,of light ma .e a path across the darkness and disappear.
"There I see there, graiidf-nther—and there's .another," I would cry out in the joy of discovery.
Thc old man would nod and begin to tell,me stories-stories of Biblical 'ays and days of (¦.';ile. When he saw my attempts to count the stars, he would Jir.me what God lud said lo Abra¬ liani—that his children would be as "numerous as the sand grains by the 3ea and the stars in the heavens. Per- 'lapi. I tliought. when a st.ir falls, it means that a Jew had died. . . .
I listened wide-eyed to his tales of the Ghetto, to his stories of the mid- lie ages and the wanderings of the Jews throughout lunope; of the Jew¬ ish doctors who had performed such in.irvelous cures, of the Jewish sages learned in the Cabala, whose magic se¬ crets are known to a few wise men even to this day; of the curse that had fallen upon Spain when she had driven out the Jews; and of what Hillel had said when the infidel asked to be taught {Concluded on page 4)
way back' from Pcrsia','"Dr.'"K'ornferd' paid a visjt to Palestine and he there came into' personal contact with a great force in Jewish life which challenged his deepest admiration and sympathy. He saw a work of practical and spir¬ itual reconstruction which, he felt, should receive his encouragement and assistance.
have not been nor am I now a Zionis^," Dr. Kornfeld said. The French "o understand everything is to forgivji everything.' Well, 'To under¬ stand/everything is" to love everything.' How/could I fail to be impressed by what \ I saw and understood in Pales- How could I fail "to be thrilled when \ saw a piece of land that had formerlV been nothing- but a barren rock no\vH^ans"formed into a blooming and glowing\flrchard? How could I fail to be moved by the fervent idealism
The Community Chest Drive Must Go Over Big
The Jews of Columbus need no special urging in re their duty in the forthcoming cam¬ paign for the Community Chest. Thc campaign will open Mon¬ day, November 17, and will last four days. Forty-two highly endorsed organizations repre¬ senting every denomination in the city are asking approxi¬ mately $600,000.00.
It is encouraging to know that our city's leading business and professional men are head¬ ing this drive. Among the ac¬ tive porkers are our own Rab¬ bi Tarsiiish, Fred Lazarus, Jr., Max- Stearn, Allen Gunder¬ sheimer, and Jos. C. Goodman. From present indications the campaign will, b&.consu
mt BUcceasfully.
will give heartily. and in pro¬ portion to his means."The cause is one that needs no extended explanation or, eulogy in these column^. Suflice it to say that the forty-two organizations which will participate are all performing splendid work of a humanitarian nature.
and indomitabU will of the Zionists who converting a desert into an Eden, and how coulc I fail to make the re¬ solve that I wiuld help them insofar as t lies within n e in order to make their sufferings less and 'their achievements ;ven greater?"
It was clear, as Dr. Kornfeld spoke jf the many things that lay on'his heart and mind, chief among them his sturdy militant love for America and her ideals, that the rebirth of Jewish life in Palestine occupied a large place i^ his (Concluded on page 4)
DR. CHAJES, CHIEF RABBI
OF VIENNA COMES TO
AMERICA.
Will' Lecture  at  Jewish   Insti¬ tute of Religion And Co¬ lumbia University.
VIENNA (J. T. A.). —Dr. Kevi Chuiea..jChicf Rabbi of Vienpa, is leaving for the Unit¬ ed States thc end of Novem¬ ber. He will lecture at the Jewish Institute of Religion, of which Dr. Stephen S. Wise is acting president. Dr. Chajes will also lecture at Columbia University.
' It was during one of his High Holiday sermons that Dr. ' Chajes declared that he had de¬ cided to leave his Rabbinical position in Vienna and settle in l.>alestinc. Dr. Chajes stated that when he entered the pul¬ pit, he promised himself that after* a period of 12 years he would devote himself to re¬ search and study in JMdaica.
"It's an honor, a dignity, for you to be chosen for this work, but upon your shoulders rests the responsibility. "Put your whole self into it and all will be well. If any man slumps, there'll be a failure all along the line. Let all of you say, 'We're ready. Give us the orders and we'll do the job.'"
Pointing out that funds obtained in the campaign were, in the last analysis, not to be used just for the 51 agencies, but for the "betterment of the city," KeV. Mr. Chauncey told the workers that they were going out to fight the problems of health, insufficiency and iducation which aris6 in every city.    .
"This community fund is like wine," he said., "It gr6ws better with age. We're beginning to learn how to work together and in  our "union, fight evils
id difficulties which are common to us all."
Division chairmen reporting last Monday night were: General Edward Orton, Jr., professional and residence; Dr. Andrew Timberman, the county; Ernest W. Pavey, offices and office building; Allen Gundersheimer, retail- automobiles, theaters, hotels and restaurants; Austin McElroy, whole¬ salers, public utilities, foreign corpora¬ tions, building material, coal and ice :lealers and contractors; Fritz Li'chten- berg, manufacturers; J. J. Stevenson, financial institutions, and Jauies L. Ilaniil, reporting for F. R. Huntington, ipecial prospects.   '
Some Men In on Work
', E. P. Tice and Albert M. Miller, vice chaiunen, called on the division chair¬ men for their reports. '
So far as possible the same niien who were solicitors in last year's drive will be retained this year. Only those who failed to come up to expectations will be dropped. This policy is expected to be made permanent.
The drive this year will probably be the shortest of any similar cam¬ paign ever inaugurated. It will begin Monday morning, Nov. 17, and e'nd Thursday night, Nov. 20, and by that time a goal of $()5G,099 will be reached, workers hope.