Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-09-04

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VoliiiiK- Vlll —No. 36
fOLUAIMUS. OHIO. SICI'TI'.M KICK 4. 1925
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Resident Director of Hillel Foundation Will Arrive on Sept. 10
Reverend   Dr.   Lee  J.   Levinger
Plans to Do Some Effective
Worl{  on  tlie  Campus  of
Ohio State University
R;il)l)i Loc J. LcviiiKLT, who li.'is lici named l)y District CJraiul LoiiRc No. to Mipervlsc tlie woric of llic Hillel roiiiulatioii at Ohio State University will arrive in Cohinihns on Septcmbet 10th toi-onfer with local Jewish leaders regarding ways and means whereby tht intcre•^ts of Judaism can he served best on the local campus.
From   present  indications   some  very effective   work   will   be   begun   during
Poland Obtains $10,000,000 Loan
from New York Federal
Reserve Bank
M-:\V   YORK. —A   credit   of   *10,- (m),im. to the  Hank Pol.ski, the central hank of i^sue of i'oland, has been ex- tenfled jiy thc  Federal  Reserve Bank of ew  York  according  to  an  announce¬ ent of the  Tederal Reserve  Bank.   . Thc credit will run  for one year and irries an  interest  rate of  four  and a half per cent.    The qredit was decided on as thc most convenient w.iy for Po¬ land to obtain dollar funds.
The Polish credit was arransrcd by Dr. Felix .MIynarski, Vice Chairman of thc Bank Polski, and Hipolit Gliwic Polish Charge d'Affaires in Washing¬ ton. Thc Jewish Telegraphic Agcncj learns that Mr Gliwic, while not ol Jewish faith, i.s of Jewish origin
Mahasseh iBen Israel
REV. DR. IGNATIUS MUELLER, Louisville, Ky.
COMMUNIST   AUTHORITIES   AN¬ NUL KOSHER LAW
$7,000,000 Given For Holy Land's Upbuilding and Relief by the J. D. C.
Figures Show Thait in the Past Ten ; ^^ Years J. D. C. Has  Done Real     i^ Philanthropic Work For Palestine.
RABBI' !lEE' 3. iEVFNGElS.
the   coming   quarter.    Dr.   Levinger filled with enthusiasm for his new field of activity.    He hopes to keep staiit   touch   with   every   boy   and   gii-1 hailing from a Jewish home.    Thru the instrumentality of courses and lectures he intends to stimulate interest in the problems' of  Israel  and  in  the  literary and religious heritage bequeathed by our forefathers.    He will lay special '   emphasis  on  religious  work  and  make an  attempt  to  coordinate the  work of the'Menorah  with the program of the Hillel Foundation.
It is interesting to note that Dr. Lev¬ inger was a chaplain during the World War and merited high praise from the government for his fine services to the boys. He is a graduate of the Hebrew Union College (1.914) and possesses the degree of "doctor of philosophy" from the University of Pennsylvania. .Among thc numerous publications' emanating from4iis pen is the much-heralded book ".\   Jewish   Chaplain   in   France."
Chronicle readers will be glad to know that Elma Ehrlich Levinger, pop¬ ular Jewish writer, is the wife and co¬ worker of Rabbi Levinger. They will live on Woodruff Ave. The work the Foundation will be carried on ii house on Eighteenth Ave. leased for that purpose by the local
First Contribution Received by Brown for $15,000,000 Fund Comes from M. Weiss of I
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NEW YORK. — To Mr. M. Weiss, of Columbus, OJn'o, falls the honor of being the first contributor tn the $lo,000i,- 000' fund projected by the Joint Distribu¬ tion Committee. Finding that he will be unable to attend the nation-wide con¬ ference in Philadelphia on September 12th and 13th called by David A. Brown, Felix M. Warburg, Louis Marshall and two hundred leading American Jews discuss the plan to raise !Mr),OiOO,000 for Jewish colonization in Russia and constructive work in other lands, Mr. Weiss has sent Mr. Brown a check for tlOO "as part of my contribution", says, "to this great cause".
"Even if I cannot come," he writes Mr. Brown under date of August 13th, "I owe at least an expression of grati¬ tude to such men as you who are the foundation of happiness to fens of tliousands", Mr, Weiss continues. "That you will succeed in this great eftort, I am sure. Your call will be eagerly re¬ sponded to by the thousands of your loyal friends who will rally to your sup¬ port in this nob(e cause in which you have taken the leadership. Time will record you as one of the great leader* of the Jews of Anterica".
NE\V YORK. — Figures showing the e.x^pcnditurc by the Joint Distribution Committee of nearly $7,000,000 in Pales¬ tine during the jiast ten years, for va¬ rious philanthropic purposes, including the support of schools and hospitals and reconstructive work, were made public by its chairman, Felix M. Warburg, This organization is one of four under whose auspices a nation-wide confer- lil be held in Philadelphia on Sep¬ tember il2th and 13th, to consider plans for raising $15,000,000 primarily for Jewish colonization in Russia.
Palestine lias been one of the coun¬ tries   coming   within  the   scope   of  the Joint   Distribution   Committee's   philan¬ thropic efforts since the creation of that body in October, 1!)1-1, to act as tlie dis¬ tribution agency of the various Jewish committees organized that year funds for the relief of their war-stricken brethren abroad, and it is anticipated that a considerable part of the contemplated *lo,000,t>00 fund wiir be devoted constructive and welfare work i country.
Up to the beginning of 1922, be'fore thc work of the Joint Distribution Com- bittee was departmentalized, a total of $5,440,015 • was sent by it to Palestine and credited on its books to "pallativc relief". But, while a large part of this sum was spent for the relief of thc indi¬ gent population of Jerusalem, the bulk of the money was utilized, for recon¬ struction work, the subsidizing of schools and hospitals, anti-malarial campaigns, and thc reclamation of swamp-land for colonization purposes, and has greatly aided the Zionist effort to re-establish Palestine as 'a homeland  for Jews.
Since the installation of the depart¬ mental system by the Joint Distribution Committee on January 1, .1922, and un¬ til the end of 1924, that organisation has appropriated for Palestine $665,454 for > reconstruction work, including $200, 000 for the Ruttenberg project; ,$229,231 the Central Bank of Cooperative In¬ stitutions for loans to artisans, merch¬ ants and farmers: $133,151 to the Kupat-Milveh, another credit-loan in¬ stitution; $898,777 for orphan care $206,200 to the Hadassah Medical Or¬ ganization. Other appropriations, main¬ ly for the Hebrew Teachers' College in Jerusalem and several other schools, have brought the total of the J. D. C.'s Appropriations for various Palestinian projects since 1921 up to over a million half dollars, or a total during the past- ten years of $7,341),3-j3.T0, all but $3ftl,612.oO has actually been spent. The unexpended balance is sub¬ ject to call, according to Mr. Warburg's statement.
A,). —.Steps   to
monopoly of
u;il   slaughter"
study the history of the live.') .inil doctriiifs of tlio.se men who have nt in th.it field of thought which is described generally by the term of philosophy, we find that, with some exceptions, they dissented, more or less, from the teachings of the religion, in wliicli they had been bom and brought up. The reason for this fact is not difficult tp ascertain. Their aim in life is to be authors of original thoughts, and therefore, to constitute their greatness, they consider the novelty pi things, and would rather create than learn. For lustrous as many of tlioin have been iu wisdom and virtue, most of them were lacking in true and genuine modesty. They tell us though, that they know nothing;-but in the same breath, they insist that nobody knows anything. That obviously means'that they know mere than all thc ijrcat minds of preceding ages. Those knew not, and knew  not lh.it they knew  not;—they,  however, know  that'they
Spinoza was no exception to the "rule. He was an Israelite, but he lived in an age when science was adding victory after victory to its achievements, 90 he, too, rapjdly threw aside the old ways which he learned by his pious parents and religious teachers. He closely adhered to the motto: ".Sapere aude!" Dare be wise! adhere to thc dictates of thy own opinion, and let no advice induce you from the path of thy wisdom. He wrote down his thoughts, and impressed 01 people that they try to know the knowablc things, aiid let the unknowable one alone, a.s if they would have no existence at all. And though his system of phi losophy and theology it not all true and provetl, yet this success is notable, and he itand.s in the pantheon of philosophy, as some'think, amon gthe greatest specu- thinkers of all times. In my ne.xt article I shall present, not. Spiiioza's system, but his life which is very interesting .-ind instructive. In thi.s brief paper, however, I wish to write upon the life of one of his teachers, who evidently lived not for himself, but for public good, who looked forth towards his brethren with wise and considerate benignity, with a firmness, tempered with modesty, gentleness, and brotherly love, an Israelite to whom belonged, through Divine grace, an almost inexhaustible fund of pious activity, and who became a center of union among the serious and piritual scholars of his time, a center of friendly intercourse and interchange of ideas which led to-mutual respect between Jews and non-Jews.
Among the Jewish authors of the seventeenth.century, I think, there is nc e deserving of onr notice than Manasseh Ben Israel, the favorite teacher Baruch Spinoza, whose word, work and life has made Judaism more respected than his disciple, the famous philosopher who plunged into the depth of pantheism. Distinguished alike for the splendor of his intellectual faculties, and the eleva¬ tion of his tastes and feelings, he has left behind him in his works and thoughts a noble bequest of his great qualities, and the reputation which he thus enjoys, .m\ has merited, excites our attention the more, on considering the circumstances under which it was acquired.
Under Philip III, a.fresh outbreak of activity, on the part of thc inquisition Spain, culminated in an auto-da-fe held in Lisbon in the year IGO-J. One hun¬ dred and fifty Jews and Jewesses verified the words of the Psalmist, "they walked through the valley of the shadow of death, and feared no evil." Convinced of their inimortality, and conscious of eternal life, they looked through the burn- ink stake into heaven. It was then that afraid of meeting a similar fate, families resolved to leave the country, and deprived of their property, their health ruined from the troubles and tortures tbey had undergone, they emigrated to Hol¬ land, the land which had opened its hospitable gates to the unfortunate refugees. .\t Amsterdam, the rich capital of the land, they were received by old friends who were no longer professing Christians, but as they always loved,' now pub¬ licly lived Judaism. Among the new emigrants, reduced to the most abject pov¬ erty,, there was a family with a year old babe. The boy of tender age was Manasseh Ben Israel, as .he was commonly called by his family name.
Of his childhood and his youth we know only what he himself tells us. By the aid of Isaac Uziel. the rabbi of one of the three congregations at Amster¬ dam, Manasseh's mind and character had greatly developed. He studied Bible and Talmud, and mastered several languages. He was loved and admired by all. In the year 1622 Rabbi Uziel died, and Manasseh, though barely eighteen years old, was elected to the high position of his gre.-it master, the "Chacliam"or Rabbi of the "Neve Salom" congregation. But he, by no means, was a boy- who amused his hearers by his witty sayings and shallow talks. No in¬ deed:. From his earliest youth he had a special predilection for rhetoric, so young as he was, he was exact in his preaching, and was acting according to his teaching. Preaching well, and acting right, he impressed all with his piety and learning. The intelligent members of his congregation understood.and esteemed his scholarly sermons, while the masses too paid attention to his instructive words, and appreciated the high value of what he taught, and they learned.
Also many Christians, especially learned ones, very often visited the synagog which he preached, and it is said that a Christian scholar who attended also the discourses of Isaac -Aboab, another rabbi in Amsterdam who likewise lowncd on account-of his eloquence, was once asked by his friends which of he two Jewish preachers pleased him thc most—he thus replied]: "Manasseh ays what he knows, and Aboab know.s what he says." Maiiasseh was the author if quite a number of books, and he published also the writings of others, his "Conciliador," written in Spanish, he reconciles the apparent contradictions in Holy Scriptures, and explains such passages as seem to be conflicting.. This pious undertaking was highly valued by Jewish and Christian men of letters
must,  however, 'become a  little  better acquainted  with  the exceptional po.sition which the Jews held in  Holland, at that time, before we proceed speak of his work.    The  freedom which  Holland granted to  the Jews  was great consequence, and  had the  finest  results.    For the Jews  readily  gave
clannishness, associated freely and heartily with their "neighbors without distinction of religion, studied all branches of science and knowledge, and took a lively interest in the welfare of their newly adoptee} country. There was noth¬ ing in whicli the children of Israel remained behind the children of the land. The people of the Protestant Holland, like the American people, are God-fear- (Concluded on page 4)
.MOSCOW, (J. inul what is termed e rights of Jewish ere taken by the C .•e committee in fiie District of Win- ;a in a circular issued to thc district executive committees, directed against ordained si-hoschtim, ritual butch- aiifl kosher meat dealers, "he monopoly on kosher meat slaughter is a revival iu a disguised of the Korobka, thc taxation .sys- tjii the kosher meat maintained dur¬ ing the czarist regime and i.s intended support a parasitic clergy," the ordet of the Communist executive states lal slauc;liter can he performed by <!ver>l)0(ly- as long as sanitary regula¬ tions are observed and licenses are taken the order continues.
Council of Jewish Women To Make Appeal For World Court on Congress
Declares That America's Help is Re¬ quired to Promote World Peace Through the Medium of Law.
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
FAMOUS     BRITISH     PHYSICIAN DEFENDS ABRAM'S ELEC¬ TRONIC THEORY
Was One of Two Geniuses in Medicine in Last Fifty Years, He Says
LONDON, (J. T. A.)—The electronic theory of the late Dr. Albert Abrams of San Francisco is again defended by Sir James, Barr, famous physician and vice-president of the British Medical Association.
The defense is-made in a foreword written ,by Sir James to a new book which appeared today, hy defense ,of the j(M)rams electronic treatment. Sir James Barr writes:
"The last fifty years in medicine have producted but two geniuses, Albert Abrams, and Almrotli Wright. These two geniuses have saved and will con¬ tinue to save thousands and tens ol tliousands of lives, yet Abrams was hounded to death hy his professional hrethreli.
THE  UNION   OF  ORTHODOX  JEWISH  CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA' '
ORGANIZED i8tII YEAH JUNE 8tH,  I898
INCORPORATED BY CHAPTER 250 N. Y. LAWS OF I9IS
131 West 86th Street
NEW YORK CITY
II Ellul, 5685 , August 31, 1925    . Editor, Ohio Jewish Chronicle,
Columbus, Ohio "Dear Editor:
WiU yon please be good enough to grant tne the benefit of yom) columns so that I may urge the Jewish commtinity to send their New Year cards much before the Neiv Year, as I have been informed that there is a heavy Rosh Hashonah nuxH which is caused by the setiding of Nczv Year cards, thus preventing many Jewish postal employes from observing Rosh Hoshonah. May I venture to suggest also that we substitute, for the sending of Neiv Year cards, greetings throtigh your paper.
•Sincerely yours,
HERBERT S. GOLDSTEIN,
President."
NEW YORK CITY, — An appeal, ad¬ dressed to the 22.') sections of the Na¬ tional Council of Jewish Women, has just been is.sued by Mrs. Arthur Brin of Minneapolis, national chairman of this organization's committee on peace and arbitration, calling on them to make all preparations for the nation-wide drive the immediate and favorable action of Congress on the proposal that the United States become a member of the World Court. The signal for this )ncerted movement is the announce¬ ent that the Senate will consider the World Court question at its session of December il7th.
. "For two years," declared Mrs. Brin, "the National Council of Jewish Wo¬ men has been vigorously at work, seeking to mould public opinion in favor of the World Court. Our-representatives have appeared before the Senate committee and our resolutions, adopted by the ac¬ credited, delegates of our 52,000 women, have been sent to President Coolidge, Senator William E. Borah, chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Com¬ mittee and to the Senators.
"Since states, other than members of the.League of Nations, have been made eligible   to   membership   in   the   World Court, the National Council of Jewish Women has expressed its belief that the world's welfare demands the participa¬ tion of the United States in the Court. ;s of our women will be raised, from one end of this land to the other, stir America's conscience.   Our peo¬ ple's latent love of peace, and its long- I have amity prevail among the na- of the earth, must be permitted tc express  themselves  through   a   definite world   medium,   such   as   the   World Court offers"..
Since Armistice Day occurs in Novem¬ ber, that month has been designated as t appropriate month for the consideration of the World Court idea by the Council's Sections. A large number of speakers will be enrolled to carry the World Court message into every com¬ munity. Resolutions adopted by the Sec¬ tions will be immediately forwarded to the Senators representing their State, and to Senator Borah, as, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The State and Interstate Conferences of Council Sections,'at their annual as¬ semblages, will take similar action.
'The Council's local Committees or Peace have been very active during the past year, among the School boys and girls, as well as among the adults, many cities, it has conducted prize essay contests among the children i public schools on subjects, sue "Heroes and Heroines of Peace" many related subjects. Prizes have also been offered for the best plays and page- on the peace question. A plan i» being developed for the discussion of peace among the Junior Auxiliaries if the Council, for its introduction the curriculum of the Council Religious Schools, and for its presentation in ths classes for the women in the rural com¬ munities through the Council's Depart¬ ment of Farm and Rural Work.
Dr. Weizmann and N. Sokolow Reelected By Zionist Congress
Deadlocic in Zionist Congress Is
Solved   hy   the   Adoption   of
Statement of Confidence
WEIZMANN LEAVES
VIENNA SUDDENLY
VIENN'A. —Dr. .Chaim will be re-elected president of the World Zionist Organization and Nahum Soko¬ low will be re-elected chairman of the executive at an early morning session today. This became evident today fol¬ lowing developments which ended the deadlock in the Fourteenth Zionist Coii- 1 which resulted from the'vote on •esolution of confidence last Thurs-
Surprisc was iclt when, after Dr. ' Veizniann had confered with the various groups regarding the composition of the executive, it was announced that George Halpern will remain with thc executive in London, together with Dr. Weiz¬ mann, Sokolow, Louis Lipsky and either Kurt Blumenfeld or Berthold Fei¬ wel.
The deadlock created Wednesday night at the Fourteenth Zionist Congress as a result of the vote on the resolution of confidence in the Zionist executive was solved at the Saturday night late session by the acceptance of a statement of con¬ fidence prepared by the Permanenz Aus- schuss, the committee on committees and nomination committee, following two days of deliberation and negotiations with various groups.
Statement of Confidence Accepted
It was felt that an introduction of ' another resolution of confidence would be contrary to parliamentary rules. A found in the substitute measure of presenting to the Cbngress on behalf ¦ of the Permanenz Ausschuss a state¬ ment of confidence which met with the approval of Dr. Weizmann, Nahum So¬ kolow, the other members of the execu¬ tive and the leaders of the groups who refrained from voting before.
The first jiart of the meeting before ¦ a final agreemeijt was reached was de¬ voted to a . further discussion of the needs and condition of the Hebrew edu¬ cational system in Palestine. The meet¬ ing was then interrupted in order to give thc committee an opportunity to complete the negotiations. When the meeting was reopened at 11 P. M. by Dr. Leo Motzkin, Mr. Abraham Gold¬ berg, chairman of the Permanenz Aus¬ schuss, submitted to the congress the following statemenjt:
"In view of the statement made by the president of the World Zionist Organ¬ ization on behalf of the Zionist execu¬ tive, the standing committee, after hear¬ ing the opinions of the representatives of the various groups at the Fourteenth Zionist Congress decided by an over¬ whelming majority that the declarations and the vote of confidence of August 26 have afforded no ground for the res¬ ignation of the executive.
Ovation For Weizmann
The; Permanenz Ausschuss moreover decided by an overwhelming majority that the political dirtiction of the World Zionist Organization by Dr. Weizmann' and Nahum Sokolow is unconditionally required in the interests of the Zionist The Pernii^nenz Ausschuss (Concluded on  page ii
Cantor J. E. Zantzkv Is Elected by Agudath Achim For Coming Holidays
The Agudath Achim congregation, Washington Ave. and Donaldson St., has just announced that it has elected Cantor J. E, Zantzky of Cleveland, Ohio, to officiate during the coming holi-
AN EXPLANATION
The   editorials   by   Dr,   Isaac   Land- I man, which we have used recently, were reprinted  through  the  courtesy  of the American Hebrew of which he i editor-in-chief.   We desire to take this 1 c opportunity for thanking the publishers '
of that publication  for, their kindness '      ,.  ^
, ... sonahty, coupled with his rich inelod-
m permitting us the use of their es-  .^„^ ^^.^^^ ,,;^^ been instrumentaj  in teemed editor's "Week In Review".      | winning for him hdsts' of friends jand
days. The Chazan committee has been congratulated upon its wise and happy choice, for the Cleveland cantor has an enviable reputation.    His pleasing per-
Editors, Ohio Jewish Chronicle   | admirers.