Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1924-10-31

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Volume VII — 24
COLUMRUS, OHIO, OCTOP.ER 31, 1924
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Report on Palestine      | Developnient to the League of Nations
Mandates Commission of League of Nations Receives First Re¬ port    from   the   Jewish Agency on Palestine Progress
IS THE MOST UNIQUE
DOCUMENT IN HISTORY
$27,000,030.00 Invested in Pales¬ tine Since British Occupation >—Brief History of Zionist Movement  Is  Related   ^-'
(Most unique document in Jeyifish and international liistory since conquest oi Palestine by T'tus; Zioiiist^-vOrganiza- tion, acting as Jewisli Agency^' tells story ,of first stages of Palestine"; upbuilding work; $27,000,000 invested hi Palestine ' .since British occupation; variation figures of Jewisli Palestine immigration described; has continued confidence in Mandatory Power and Leagu\ of Na¬ tions.) ^[
STUDENTS' NIGHT AT BRY¬ DEN   ROAD   TEMPLE NEXT FRIDAY
Next Friday evening, Novem¬ ber 7th, Students' Night will be observed at the Bryden Road Temple.
Rabbi Jacob Tarshish will de¬ liver a special sermon which will be of great interest to all University students.
Following thc services 'a so¬ cial will be held in thc vestry rooms. All university students and young folks are invited.
Outlook for the Drive On Behalf of the
Keren Hayesod, the^ Emergency Relief Fund,
and the N. Y. Seminary, Is Very Bright
Representatives of Every Local Congrcgntion Attend Meeting Called by Mr.
A. J. Kobackcr at Chittenden Hotel — Plans Are Laid For Campaign
to Last From Friday, October .11, to Friday, November 7,—
$15,000 is the Quota Decided Upon —$.3,000 is Already
Pledged— Jewish ChautaiiqiWi Society Will Also
Get a Portion of Quota.
Modern Woman Returns to Judaisni, Declares Mrs. A. Irma Cohon
Jewish Authoress Declares T''^^
the Alienation of "The New
Woman"  Is Only Tem-
. porary
GENEVA, (J. T. A.). —Fromxthe time Palestine was first occupied British until today not less tlian . 000,000 were invested in the country by Jews, including the Zionist Organiza- lion, the Ker,cn Hayesod, the Jewisb National Fund and private Jewish in¬ vestments, it was stated in the first re- liort submitted by the Zionist Organiza¬ tion, acting under Article IV of the Mandate as thc Jewish Agency, to Mandates Commission of the League Nations in its Fifth Session here today The report, which represents a unique .document in Jewish as well as inter¬ national history since the conquest of Palestine ty Titus, begins with refer¬ ence to Article IV of the Mandate of the League of Nations given to Great Britain under which the Zionist Or- itanization is recognized as the Jewish Agency. A picture of the Zionist move¬ ment and the position of the Jews in Palestine before the war and before the Balfour Declaration was issued is given jn detail. The changes which have been ?''^'^^fi^"gh?l'boiif 'by-rtfie 'Mandate -and' its effect upon the political situation oi Palestine and how the Mandate works are given.' A brief history of the Zionist movement and an outline of the Zionist Organization precedes a detailed rative of the efforts made by the Zionist . Organization to secure the co-operation of other Jewish bodies for the upbuild¬ ing of Palestine as the Jewish National Homeland and the forming larged Jewish Agenw.
"The second part of the Balfour Declaration stating 'it being clearly ¦understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and ligious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine* is looked upon by the Zionist Organization as not less inviolable than the first part of the same .declaration stating that 'His Majesty' Government view with favor the estab¬ lishment in Palestine of a Nation Home for the Jewish people and will use their .1)est endeavors to facilitate the achieve- inent of this object.'" The Zionist Organization and the Jews of Palestine arc eager to maintain the friendliest re¬ lations with their neighbors in Pales- -tine aftd with the adjacent countries, the report emphasizes.
The Jewish  population  of  Palestine
¦is now over 100,000.    From the begin-
(Concluded on page 4)
It a meeting held at thc Chitt'en-1 much more for the Keren Hayesod than I Hotel last Thursday noon, rep- has Cohunlnis. It is hoped that Ciiron- entativos of every local congrtga-1 k i.i; readers who have perused recent 1 pledged their honor to raise ll.V I issues very carefully will understand Columbus'   quota   for, thc ^ tlie   compelling   reasons   why  this   city
n Hayesod, the Emergency Rc^ef Fund, ttit Jewish Theological Scmin&ry New Yprk and the Jewish Chautau- ta Socictij.
Thc majoV portion of this amount will go  to  the  Keren  Hayesod  which  has
s utmost towards promoting i o^ thc Palestine Founda-
Symposium On
''Jewish University" At Menorah Meeting
At the last meeting of the Ohio State University Menorah Society at the Ohio XJnion on Sunday afternoon, Oct. Aaron M: Neustadt, editor of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, led a discussion on ""A Jewish University in the United States."
Mr. Neustadt presented several aspects .of the question, quoting some of Amer¬ jcan Jewry's leading publicists and edu¬ cators. He pointed out that this ques¬ tion was brought to the front by vari- ..ous manifestations of discrimination at several of America's leading Uni¬ versities. The following gentlemen par¬ ticipated in thc discussion: Roy J Stone, ,Wm. Cohen, Paul Steincr, Mr. Ganzer, 'Mr, Appel and Mr. Muskat.
Everyone present enjoyed the sym¬ posium to the utmost. It was suggestec by several members that such discus¬ sions be held regularly, because they en- .couraged individual initiative among the members,
The next Menorah meeting will be held at the OJmo Union Sunday after¬ noon, November 9. The committee in charge is arranging a very appropriate -program.
NEW YORK CITY. —In a message I   "iii'I°" "J"^*'^"" ^"^ *''*^ Modern-W(
^4,„%^dressed to the Jciyish' womc. _. ^\,.."u.' I Anienca;i.thro«'gll''tiie National Council of Jewisb Women, Mrs. A, Irma Cohon of Cincinnati, author of "An introduc¬ tion to Jewish Music" expressed the conviction that the divorcement of modern women from Jewish interest is in almost every instance, only temporary. It is her belief that the memory of Jewish experiences ini early life to reawaken an interest in Judai; the part of those who had come lieve that modernity and Judaism (mpatible.
Who is thismodcrn American Jewess with,whom our problem lies? She born in most instances, during the last quarter of the past century. If, by chance, her birthplace was across the ocean, she was brought here in early childhood. Her father had either had little Hebrew instruction in the Old World and had forgotten practically all
f it, or had received a bare rudimentary) | schooling in,1this,.landrinstruction that offered neither knowledge nor spirit.: Her mother either could or could not read and' write; There were few gradations of her preparation If reared abroad, the mother had had no schooling and had lived most of her few European years in the preparations for migration. If reared in this land she had passed through some or most of the public grammar grades.
"Both parents virerc uprooted beings, trying to send weak tendrils into this soil If they had had any acquaint¬ ance with the old Jewish life, it'had been brief and superficial, and their eyes had already been turned toward the un¬ known New World. They had no understanding of, no appreciation of, no love for the old associations. They had I'started out empty-handed and empty- hearted. They were thc product of the ruthless struggle for physical self-pres¬ ervation in an unpropitious transplanta- They had, therefore neither the blessings of the past nor the proud pain of the present, neither the spiritually re¬ assuring information of their forebears nor the religiously disconcerting knowl¬ edge of their children. Their daughter was an 'American.' She went to school — cither through High School or also through College. She was away from home much; and in «o far as she anc her parents had spheres of associations their worlds were divorced. Her par¬ ent's crudities disturbed her, and her crudities  disturbed  her  neighbors.
"With her schooling completed, her real inner struggle began. Her chief inheritances were an awkward, apolo¬ getic self-consciousness before the Gen¬ tile world, and an empty, hungry heart She was harassed! with all the questions born of human doubts and of Jewish experience. She had heard some myth of the Jewish home, the religious spirit of which brought peace to the soul She had known no such home, so-callec educated world about her scoffed; anc this scoffing became an attitude of mind To be intelligent, one must doubt everything ever held sacred, doubt every¬ body who professed an ideal."
After discussing the influences that accomplish loyalty, Mrs. Cohon con¬ cluded: "Under this awakened im¬ pulse, she draws understanding strength from her Synagogue; and she breathes nto it a warmth and an exhilaration Steadied after her stormy struggle, she becomes the calm and forward-looking ally of the spiritual leaders in their public work. And then she turns with mature conviction to the greatest of her tasks; the beautifying and consecrating of a Jewish home; for in the end she is the guardian of the future —at the same time providing the men of the morrow and saving for them their noblest treasures."
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tion Fund.
lis  Marshall,  in  a  public address
time ago, declared that every Jew wilh any self-respect is in duty bount to  lend his assistance towards the re-,
Iiabilitation  of  the   Holy   Land.    He j One Hundred and Twenty Jewish pointed   out  that  no  matter  what  the iynagogal affiliation of the man may be ;vcn   if  he  is  uninterested   in  religion
NIGHT  SCHOOL OPENS
MONDAY AT COMMU-
NITY HOUSE
Starting with Monday eve¬ ning,' November 3rd, classes in English will be held at the, Hermine Schonthal Community House, 5,')5 E. Rich Street, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednes¬ day evening from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock.
Women who are desirous of enrolling arc urged to register at once.
Mrs. Printz Elected President of State Organization, C. J. W.
jioungstown    Woman    Succeeds Mrs. Ben Loewenstein of Cin¬ cinnati as Head of State Body    of   Jevnsh Women
JEWISH WOMEN BACK
EFFORT FOR BIG VOTE
State Council at Closing Meeting
Organizing All Over The Nation to Aid Stranded Refugees
altogether, he should look upon Pales- ic upbuilding aS' a humanitarian duty o compelling to be shirked. The drive is headed by Joseph .Schonthal, Hojiibrary Chairman; Al- J. Kobacker, Chairman; Bert Wolman, Vice Chairman; W. A. Hersch jrcr; Aaron M. Neustadt, Secre¬ tary; Edwin J. Schanfarber, Chairman of the Executive Committee, which is composed of the following: Julius C Feibel, H. Kobacker, M. L. Yuster, Bert Wolman, N. Danzigger, Ed. J. Good¬ man, L. J. Goodman, Rabbi Dr. I Wernc, Rabbi Jacob Tarshish, Charles Cahen, Dr. B. W. Abramson, Wm Cohen, B. F. Levinson, N. Finkelstein M. L. Bayer, Jacob Schottcnstcin, J. L. Feiner, A. Goldberg, Joseph Solove, and A. J. Kobacker.
From   present   indications   this   drive will be very successfully consummated.
Communities Thruout U. S.
Will Raise Half MilUon
Dollars
NEW YORK. —Qne hundrccl. and twenty Jewish communities tliruout the United States are in thc process of organizing committees to raise loca quotas for the Half Million Dollar Fund which is being asked by the Jews of America in order to succor ten thou¬ sand immigrants stranded in Eur9pe and five thousand in" Cuba.
Before* any organization had been perfected at all, over $40,000 in i
i received  for
KOBACKER
up to date received very little consider¬ ation in this city. A. J. Kobacker v^as chairman of this meeting.
In a few well chosen words he' out- ^ lined the purpose of the drive.   Every,, ior all sectarian lines have been wiped ohe present was enthused over-the en¬ terprise. • i
It was pointed out that Columbus must vindicate its reputation as a pat^l lie spirited Jewish community at this time;   many   smaller  cities  have>^dojie
Every Jew in the city who a position to give will respond whole heartcdly and generously. For further particulars in re this drive watch the forthcoming issues of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
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Moulders of Jewish Public Opinion
THEIR LIFE, THEIR WORK AND THEIR VIEWS
IV
WilUam Edlin, Editor of "The Day"
By WM. Z. SPIEGELMAN
There is a distinct difference between I the Jewish press and the press of all other nations. The press of normally situated peoples has begun ,its existence as a medium of transmitting information 1 purely secular character, mainly directing its attentions toward political and economic problems. The Jewish press was conceived as an organ of re¬ ligious thought or as a medium of com¬ bat against this religious thought. The] idea of a paper printed with the ancient Assyric letters, the letters used for cen¬ turies for the purpose of transcribing on parchment the ancient tribal tales, folk lore and laws, was a daring step in Jew¬ ish life only a century ago. "The peo¬ ple of the Book", in their earliest wan¬ derings were able to carry along only one treasure which could not be capturec by their various adversaries: the idea ex¬ pressed in words. If the idea was sacred and dear enough to justify com¬ plete self-sacrifice, the letters which cm- bodied this idea also became sanctified.
The first half century of the develop¬ ment in Jewish modern literature and' the press was spent in attack and de¬ fense of all the spiritual wealth ha'nded down through the channels of religion.
It was not earlier than the beginning of the Twentieth Century, after the storm and strife of the Nineteenth Cen¬ tury, which witnessed the resurrection and the formation of many new nation¬ alities in Europe, that the idea of a secular Jewish nationality rooted itself in the minds of Jewish intellectual lead¬ ers. This idea, although oriqinally. modelled after the examples given to Eu¬ rope by the Balkan countries, was fruit¬ ful to such an extent that it gave birth to many new movements in Jewish life- Zionism on one hand, Jewish nationa socialism on the other hand, with many differentials closely related to one or the other.
The Jewish press in America, which accompanied the stream of Jewish immi- "tration into the United States from the Slavic countries, from its very primitive inception, aligned itself with these ten¬ dencies.   On one hand it identified itself
with the advocacy of the Marxian doc¬ trine and, as a counter balance the pro¬ pounding of strict orthodoxy. However the growth of American Jewish life, the] influence of a new environment as wel as the flow of ideas resulting from con¬ tact with the development of JewisI thought in Eastern Europe, have pro¬ duced a new school and a new type o man. The Jewish middle man and more so, the Jewish intellectual, in the average is neither too much of a believer in orthodox Marxism nor too much o orthodox. The idea of a secular Jewish life based on the best of the old tradi¬ tions, combined with a modern view, is a conception which is alluring to the bestj type of mind. Thus was prepared psy chologicat justification for the develop mont of a national Jewish press. It does] not reject religion in wholesale; it does not condemn the advocators of neces sary social reforms, but it does not fol low with closed eyes in the long-trodden
If one would make a survey of the tendencies which are fighting for domi nance in Jewish life in America, inquir¬ ing into their origin, searching for their purposes and ascertaining the measure of appeal they represent, one would fine that the bulk of the Jewish masses through their processes of economic de¬ velopment and adaptation to the Ameri¬ can environment, adhere to this idea. It inspires {he Jewish citizen who has due] respect for the traditions of the race contributes towards the fulfillment of the responsibilities of the community and his •?roup. T'he advocation of this centra tendency is the task undertaken by "The Day", which will celebrate its tenth ; versary in November.
The American immigrant Jew widely awake both to the problems of his adopted country and to the questions which confront his race in this cguntry as well as abroad. The latest book o: fiction or poetry published by one of the able Jewish writers attracts his atten¬ tion just as much as the burning issue (Concluded on page 4)
vidual  contributions \ this purpose at the office of the Emer¬ gency Committee on Jewish Refugees 1 Madison Avenue, New York City.
This Committee which is headed ,by Louis Marshall and Dr. S. S. Wise
a conference held in New York City on June 22nd last, at which eports were presented of the unusua plight in which fifteen thousand Jews find themselves. Ten thousand who had left their homes in various parts of Europe with passports duly vised by American consular representatives were prohibited from sailing because the quotas allotted to their countries by the United States Immigration Law had either been exhausted or reduced. Some of them have^1)een detained for over year. The steamship companies which have been boarding thdm refused take care of them any longer. They prohibited by the local governments from seeking employment, and most oi them are threatened with expuisi fore the end of the year. Meantime their limited resources have given out and they are on the verge of star
The five thousand in Cuba are for the most part women and children who were persuaded to go there by un¬ scrupulous agents of steamship compa¬ nies who represent to them that they could easily qualify for admission to America "only six hours awciy''. The men were assured that they would find means -of livelihood without difficulty Neither of these representations were true. None of these persons ,could in any event qualify for admission to America.      • I
Employment is difficult to obtain and' what little there is — throws the immi-j direct competition with Negro 1 and Chinese labor. To make the situa-' tion worse, thesfc immigrants are forced to live in the red-light district and the and girls are exposed to serious moral peril.-
The fund is being raised to bring im¬ mediate results to these stranded Jews and also to ascertain whether they can go with reasonable certainty of finding both welcome and opportunity.
In a statement issued recently over] the signatures of both Mr. Marshall and Dr. Wise, it was pointed out that the raising of this fund must be in im¬ mediate operation because of the dan¬ ger of expulsion which threatens thei majority of those stranded in Europe Every effort is being made to avoid a protracted campaign.
Here Also Favors Move to Promote Peace
Last   Tuesday   morning   Mrs.   B. ¦ H. Printz of Youngstown wasejpcted presi¬ dent, of   thc   State   Conference  of   the Council  of Jewish  Women  to  succeed Irs. Ben Loewenstein of Cincinnati. The Council of Jewish Women pledged )-opcratioii  in  the  campaign  to  bring lit a record vote at the coming election ; thc closing session of the organiza- on at thc Southern Hotel.    , The  council  also  went on  record  in Ivor  of active  participation  in Amer-    ¦ anization   .work,   efforts   to   promote peace and extension of religious cduca-
Aid was pledged to the small sector ithin the organization, practically the tire session'being devoted to discus- )n of accomplishments in Marion, Springfield, Youngstown, Lancaster, Zanesville and Cambridge. ,
Officials Installed Following a luncheon, given by the Sisterhoods of Columbus, the new official board, elected in the morning, was in¬ stalled. Members include Mrs. B. H. Printz, Youngstown, president; Mrs. Jerome Kohn, Columbus; Mrs. Sidney i''reiberg, Cincinnati; and Mrs. Samuel Cohn, Cleveland, vice presidents; Mrs. Max Frankenbcrg, Charleston, W. Va., recording secretary; Mrs. Aaron Leh- Cleveland, treasurer; Mrs. J. H. Margolis, Dayton, auditor; Mrs. Ben I and Mrs. Simon Lazarus, Columbus; Mrs. Marc Grossman, Cleve¬ land, and Mrs. John Loeb, Akroti.
The next meeting of the organization iviil be held in Cleveland.". ' ^..-...'.. Monday Morning Social welfare work constituted the principal topic of discussion at the Mon- Jay morning session of thc Ohio State conference of the National Council of Jewisli Women at Temple Israel, on Bryden Road.
The .principal speakers were: Mrs. M. Wti|, Akron; Mrs. Max Frankenberger, Charleston, W. Va., and Mrs. David Workum, Cincinnati. Mrs. Workum ;ave a detailed report on the work of the committee on scholarships in as- -sisling young Jewish people their education.
THE IVREEYOH BALL
A SPLENDID success]
Though at this time a complete re port of the proceeds of the Second An¬ nual Ivreeyoh Ball, held last Tuesday evening at Memorial Hall, is not avail¬ able, the committees in charge feel that the affair was a splendid success financially as well as socially.
A record gathering was in attendance the spacious hall being literally packed Breck's Orchestra furnished the excel¬ lent dance music for the evening,
The officers of the ^Ivreeyoh wish to thank the committees and all those wJio have given so untiringly of their time and effort to make this the enjoyabU affair it was proclaimed.
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle also de¬ serves commendation for its splendid announcements and its readiness a times to serve the interests of the Tal¬ mud Torsih.
President W. O. Thompson of  Ohio
State University was the speaker at the
ncheon held at the Deshler, Monday
At the Monday afternoon session ad¬ dresses were given by Mrs! J. H. Mar- »olis of Dayton, on "Sources of Strength"; Miss Reva Silbersttin, Co- uiiibus, "Our Most Valuable Gift to the Immigrant"; Mrs. Marc Grossman, Cleveland, "The Big Sister Movement", and Mrs. Sigmund Herzog, Cleveland, on "Co-operation." Mrs. Ben Lowen- , president of the Ohio Council, presided at all session Monday.
Meetings of the conference continued through Tuesday afternoon and closed with a tea at the home of Mrs..Simon Lazarus, Bexley. A pageant, "The In¬ ter Voice", was presented at the Elks'
lall Monday eveiiing.
Mrs. Herbert E. Ottenheimer, Louis¬ ville, Ky., was the principal speaker at the opening' session in Temple Israel Sunday evening. The greetings of the Columbus Jewish women to the dele- jates were delivered by Mrs. Jerome Kohn, president of the Columbus sec¬ tion. Mrs. Lowenstein, state president, responded.