Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1924-12-19

              Central Ohio's Only,
Jewish Newspaper Reaching Eoery Home
Volume VJI —31
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
D&>oted to Jlmerican
and
Jewish Ideah
Lip#
Gets Rousing Welcome on Return From Palestine Trip
Leader of Zionist Organization
Escorted from Liner in Mayor's
Boat by Welcoming Com-
mittee
SPEAKS OF PAIUESTINE
WITH MUCH EMOTION
(From Our Now York Corresi.oiident.) NEW Y0KK.-1,, the grey dawn of a cold December morning ;i hundred of thc leading Zionists of tlie country as¬ sembled on a pier .nt the foat of Man¬ hattan and boarded a boat whicli, aftc. taking ithcm far out into Xew York ,Bay, came to .1. stop alongside a huge ocean liner. Despite thc cold and thc dusk, the men and wonien on hoard were in holiday spirit for they werq out to welcome, home a leader for whom they all entertained the deepest affec¬ tion and pride.    They were o.iit to wel^
. come Louis Lipsky, the Chairman of the -. -ZJonistOtrganiiatioh- of -America- oh ff. return after a four months' stay in Lon¬ don as member of the World Zionist Executive, and after his first visit to Palestine.
The Committee of Welcome, at whose disposal Mayor John F. Hylan of New 1 York placed one of the municipal boats, was headed by Nathan Straus, but Mr. Straus himself, owing- to his advanced •age, was dissuaded from making the trip in the early dawn. The other mem¬ bers of the Committee included the leading Zionists of the cour^ry and there was a special delegation from Chicago headed by Max Shulman. The Mayor's boat flew the Zionist flag and when it dropped anchor .aloi;gside the Aquitania there were cheers from the passengers who lined the- decks. A small committee left the Mayor's boat and eventually succeeded in bringing Mr. I^ipsky from the liner to tlie small boat. The latter returned to the pier where large numbers, who had waited since the early morning, welcomed Mr. Lipsky as he stepped ashore. '
The Zionist leader looked ever inore wiry and vigorous than usual and he hadn't lost any qf his simplicity and good humor. Undemonstrative by perament he nevertheless spoke of Pales¬ tine with emotion. "Words," he said, "are too poor to describe what Jews have done and are doing to reclaim the land {Concluded' on fatjc i)
TEMPLE   ISRAEL   HOLDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The children's services under tlie au¬ spices of the Religious Committee and tlie Parent-Teacher Committee of thc Sisterhood held last Saturday morning were a joy and inspiration. Hencefortli the second Saturday morning of each month will be known as "Children Sabbath," and services will he held , leinple Israel from eleven to twelve.
Dr. C. W.Eliot Opposes Intermarriage of Jews and Christians
Scorn* Jewish, Academic Youth
for Violating Dietary Laws;
Jews Should Talie Example
from Irish, He Says
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The tendency among American Jews to intermarry with Christians and to forsake t-Iie tradi- of their race for modern American lers and customs is among the evils which are threatening the Jewish race today. Dr. Charles W. Eliot, ninety- year-old presidciilt emeritus of Harvard University, told the American Zionist So¬ ciety here today.
¦'I have noticed with regret," said Dr. Eliot, "the increasing tendency of Jews to marry Christians. I have had a long "observation of such intermarriages be¬ tween peoples who arc not kindred, and I have never known them to turn out well. I hope that you Jews will con- der that."
In substantiating his theories Dr. Eliot ipoke of thc immigration of the Irish to America, declaring that the Irish "have never-been assimilated in America, any¬ where," and that "it is not desirable that they should be." He declared that he believed thalt the Jews should keep their racial individuality just as the Irish hai' done.
"Americans don't expect to assimilate any foreign peoples, even the Jews. It seems that non-assimilation is .better for the future of (the nation.
"During the last few years I have sev¬ eral times had occasion to visit New York. , There'I have noticed .among youiig Jewish people a ¦ distinct fallmg away from the customs of their fathers' and mothers. While attending a It eon at Columbia not long ago, I SIX  young  Jewish   persons,  three
and three women, seize the table ne:	
mine, and order dishes whicii seemed to be selected for the sole, purpose of showing that they were no longer con- formitig to Jewish methods of serving food.
c6lumbu.s, oHio,iDJ':c:i.;iM]ij.:K"ic,, 1924
After the Sabbath Pudding
By BENJAMIN GAftlZUE
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(Concluded on page 4)
This happened long i»go, when Moi-1 slicle was very yoinife         *
Moiiihclc's cradle was yellow and \VOoden and creaked a little wh rocked. Moishele did not like to it at night where he could not see the gas jet in the kitchen making queer de¬ signs with the blue flame and the yel¬ low flame and the long bhick shad- and so his mother had to sing to him the song about the goat. And al¬ though he asked his mother about the" tzigele" each night, he forgot all about it and fell asleep before sh(i had finished. But he always heard her begin,
Under  Moishele's  cradle Lies a little goat. Thc goat is going trading To buy a silken cOat.
The goat will buy almond and raisins And bring him many a dollar
Moishele's going to Cheder To turn into a scholar."
That was what she sang to him long ago and Moishele had liked to hear if; but now he cannot remember when she tells him about it. He does not believe cried like D'vora, who has taken his place in the wooden cradle. But his mother likes to tease,him with it when he does not want to go to Cheder. She sings him another song this time as she gives him his books and copy pad
"To Cheder, to Cheder—
All little boys must go there."
Moishele'does not think he is, so lit¬ tle; but mother reminds   him   of   the goat, "it is not so long since thc goat promised that you were to be a scholar, i.you must go to Cheder." She promises  D'vora a "fine young an",   and    rocks    the   cradle    until 'vora stops squalling and falls asleep. *.       *        *..'..'*       >'     Vti, It isVfar W to-the Chddcr.-for tfif Judengass   no' longer  has  boundaries; and it is already dark when Moishele and his friend Sammy go up the steep hill to the Hebrew  School.    There is only one Rebe and he has a large fam¬ ily and a dry goods store, and it is not until   the   supper   dishes   are.  cleared away, that the Rebetzin can  take her husband's place in the store.    And so when Moishele and Sammy are on their way to the Cheder it is already easy to
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tlie Cheder is i„ ,he newer Syna- gojtte, a building that was once a club¬ house and will some day be remodeled. The =.assroom is in the basement and tW .sftiirs to it are usually dark. In¬ side, .V.1 Is of whitewashed brick inclose a Iprig, low, cold room filled with desks ot various sizes, most of which have broken top.,, (The pupils know how the tops have been broken, for they have given the Rebe much cause to use stotit boards for their punishment) Iii>|ront of the room is a wooden black¬ board upon which the beginners have '.*'"-,',?,?':' °f yesterday's exercise, and uppn^ which some mischief-maker has drawn m vari-colored chalk the figure of-a. strange .inimal. In one corner statft]^ a glowing iron stove, whose radiations never reach further than thc chaw drawn close to it for thc Rebe's coiilfort. The rest of the room is cold, and;the unsteady ^as jets do not help matters much. They merely throw lit¬ tle yellow and black flickers about thc room, that sometimes fall upon the pu¬ pils' desks.
'Moishele and Sammy come in at last and hear a loud hubbub. "Aha, the Rebe hasn't come yet."   That is good,
¦ (.dins* a whole hour or two of good fuiy anyway, because they are in the advanced class and must wait until the begmners' and thc intermediates' classes have recited. That is the only arrange¬ ment that can be made when there is only ohe Rebe and unwilling pupils of dilTercnt ages.
- ..The beadle is old and fat and has a long, black beard and a black skull cap; a good-natured man when he is not bpt^^ercd but apt to forget sometimes tha^,boys-tion<?tcomc to Cheder to do fP-*-S"S''fettt Je.&?.n. .5Che, boys like to hSar -;;.iji,v -on holidays > as )id "auctions. off .^¦ifi Jioly,'privMeKeiii,for-^.stHl-iESe3 the names of English coinl^on these oc^- casions as he chants in a minor key,
"l^'our shillings, for the opening of the Holy Ark. Four shillings for the opening of the Holy Ark." But on Cheder days, the boys think' fun to brave the threats of his heavy leather belt, mainly because he seldom gets near enough to them to administer |
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The Talmud Torah Membership Drive
Highly Endorsed
Next week thc Talmud Torali commences to make special efForts to increase its membership. The Board of Directors of the Talmud Torah is very desirous of enlisting on its roster every loyal Jew in the city. 1 he merits of this institution are conceded by tlie leading Jews of Ohio.
Chronicle readers are therefore urged to receive the committees from the Talmud Torah in a spirit of co-operation and brotherly love. This publication heartily endorses this drive for new members and trusts that it will "go way over the top".
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Formal Dedication of Tifereth Israel Social Center, Sunday
Sisterhood of Congregation WiU
Serve Supper at Housewarm-
ing Celebration Tomorrow
(Sunday) Night
EVERY LOCAL JEW IS
CORDIALLY INVITED
large  attendance  is  expected  to¬ morrow (Sunday) night at 6:00 P. M. the big house-warming and formal dedication of the Tifereth Israel Social Center at 1354 East Broad Street,
Friends as well as members are cor¬ dially invited to participate in the cele¬ bration. A most appetizing supper will be served by the ladies of the Sister¬ hood, all of whom have been looking forward to this auspicious event for a long time. Several well-known speakers will address the audience on subjects of vital interest.
Exceptionally fine music will be dered.     Young    folks   are   especially urged to be present, so as to partici-
ite in the dancing following the sup-
;r.
Thc remodeling of the Social, Center which, bi^wen going, on for some time
adapted for use as a,' meeting place, ballroom, and religious school.'   Services will he conducted in the house Until the erection   of   the   proposed   new   East "roa^l Street Temple.
Anyone desirous of spending a pleas¬ ant evening among congenial folks is invited to come to 1334 East Broid St. (cor. Linwood Ave.) at 0:00 P. M. to¬ morrow (Sunday) night.
"Feast of Lights" To Be Celebrated By Jews of the World
Chanukah Will Be Observed Be¬ ginning Sunday Evening, De- cember 21, and for Eight Days Thereafter
MANY LEGENDS IN
RE THIS HOLIDAY
Chanukah, a minor fesitival of the Synagog, sometimes called the Feast of Lights, will be observed in Jewish circles beginning Sunday evening, De¬ cember 21st and for eight days there¬ with thc Feast of Lights there is 'upled an historical event, the Mac¬ cabean revolt which proved to be of supreme national importance to the people of Israel.
The years 108 to 1C5 B. C. E., were eventful in Palestine, even , epochal. In those stirring years Antiochus Epi¬ phanes, King of Syria, ambitious to unite all provinces of his domain into one nation, resorted Ito the crude method of compelling all his subject peoples to use one language and worship in one established' and certified religious cere¬ monial, namely the polytheistic ritual¬ ism of his model, the Greeks.
The enforcement of this royal decree was mandatory on all peoples including the Jews. The Temple of Jerusalem was defiled by the erection of alltars where idols were worshipped and Greek religious-practices'introduced not only hostile to the sensibilities of thc Jewish people but regarded iby them as abom¬ inations which had been uprooted from their religion many centuries before the Syrian tyrant plotted to restore them.
The enforcement of these idolatrous ceremonials, coupled with intense op¬ pression, germinated hatred in the hearts of die Jewish people of Palestine which burst into a revolt and instantly led to war against the mad despot of Syria.
This insurrection was instigated by Mattathias, a priest of Modin, who ral¬ lied his. countrymen around him and defied the King of SyrU to force them , b bend the knee before an image made by man instead c " ¦      ¦
4.j^.      - . -J "  "i">  «'«»"  mbteaa ot  the one and only
is'.nqy-^A-elj-compfct^^-Che .ftonse .i? d-eator who-made- heaven and earth:'- "
Maccabee. and his fotir heroiV bmriiprs
iccabee. and his fotir heroic' brotJiers, •"ighty  armies  of  Syria  ^vere  de-
campaigns cov-
To Appear in Extraordinary Concert At Chamber of Com- . merce Auditorium Thursday Evening, December 25
Prof. David Neumark Passes Away at
Cincinnati, Ohio
World Renowned  Student of Jewish
Philosophy   Was  on  Faculty  of
Hebrew Union College
CINCIN.\AT1. —Professor Davi Neumark, worid renowned student of Jewish philosophy and history who for 10 years had been profeshor of philos¬ ophy at thc Hebrew Union College, Cin¬ cinnati, died last Monday night fol¬ lowing an operation  for appendicitis.
Dr. Neumark was born 58 years ago at Szczerzec, Galicia, Poland, the son of Solomon and Schifrah. Neumark. He was-educated at various schools in Po¬ land and receiveil' his Ph. D. at the University of Beriin in 1800. The fol¬ lowing year he graduated as rabbi from die Jewish Theological Seminary of Berlin.
Professor Neumark distinguished him¬ self as editor of the Hebrew Encyclo¬ paedia, Berlin, l»W-l()07, as well as by his thought-provoking essays in leading Jewish journals. He was called to the Chair of Philosophy at the Hebrew Union College in 1907 and served that institution faithfully and with distinc¬ tion until his fatal illness.
»!. fTT^r^ ^octot Samuel Bernstein, formerly OberKantor of SiLVrJSJfK^ Congregations of Budapest. Hmigary, has juat announced that he will present a very extraordinary program at the ^SI^v"^ Ai"**Jt ^«^«8in8r this coming Thursday evening, De- cember 25, at the Otamber of Commerce Auditorium.
The cantor wdl be accomtianiefS in his i-<>ncl!tmn» bv « ^nw-ial syj^tony orcl^stra and a bigT^le'chlllr/lf S^p^Vd K1
rb« t^^t^^(' gf "^t^"* »»«» "» Columbus and vicinity. During S Jf W "*»*y/**y »?>^«e» at the Agudath Achim Synagogul of dus city die cantor's smgiag was very highly commendedT
In « number of larger cil^ of AmeXa wSch rSTCSiied in
the last two years, he has won a large following. It is expected tliat most of the numbers for the coming concert at the Chamber of Commerce will prove to be Dr. Bernstein's own compositions. Chronicle readersi will be interested to Imow that De. Bemstem is a graduate of the Budapest Conservatory of Music. Tickets for the concert are now on sale at the office of the Chronicle and aleio at the residence of the cantor, 733 E. Mound Street. Those who do not purchase tickets in advance will procure them at the box office on the eve of the concert.
It is hoped that aU Jewish music lovers wiU turn out for this unusual event. Their times as weU as their money wiU mdeed be weU spent.
the
feate* after
ering a period of four years.
Tlie final victory of the Maccabean armies over all the hosts of Syria hap¬ pened according to the Hebrew calendar on the 25th of Kislev, which corresponds to the month of December, in the year 105 B. C. E. On this eventful day the various images and ritual paraphernalia brought into the Temple at Jerusalem •re removed and the altar rededicated the worship of the God of Israel who is the symbol of truth and justice, love and mercy.
Many legends have been preserved in post-Biblical literature concerning Chan¬ ukah. The martyrdom of Hannah and her seven sons is the most popular. This story relates the heroism of a de¬ voted mother who, rather than submit the defilements of pagan worship on thc part of her sons and herself, is finally pu|t to death together with her sorts.
All stories, however, recount the loyalty of the people of Israel to their religious heritage and awaken in the hearts of" their modern descendants a consciousness of the ultimate triumph of righteousness over the aggression of tyranny and might. Tliat man docs not prevail by the exercise of might but by the spirit of God working for justice- and fair play is the keynote of the feast as celebrated today in Jewish homes and schools and synagogues.
RABBI  SILVERMAN  OF HARTFORD. CONN., TO ADDRESS ZION LODGE
Officers   To   Be   Elected;   Also Delegates To Forthcoming Grand Lodge Convention
All Zion Lodge members are urged to be present next Monday night, December 22 at Realtors' Hall, 144 East State St. This will be one of the most important meetings of the year. Officers for the coming year as well as' dele¬ gates to the forthcoming grand lodge convention, will be elected. A special musical program has been arranged for your pleasure.
Rabbi M. Silverman of Hartford Connecticut, will deliver an extraordinary mes¬ sage to local Jewry.
Remember Monday night, December 22, at Realtors' Hall.