Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1924-09-05

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To Unite 600,000 Jewish Women in One Organization
/ Council     of     Jewish     Women /     Through Committee on Exten¬ sion, Launches Membership Appeal
\ WOULD ENROLL ALL THOSE NOT YET AFFILIATED
224 Sections in the United States and Canada
^.   J^EW YORK CITY. —An appeal has
becn-addrcsficd to the 224 Sections pf the
iNational Council of Jewish Women in
[the United States and Canada by Mrs.
>' V Williani  Loeb   of   Providence,   R,   I„
Chairman of. the Committee on Exteii-
' .   sion of the National Council of Jewish
Women, to launch a membership drive
tb enroll 'within the Council's' ranks
>   many as possible of the 500,000 Jewish
women in Ani6rica who are not afliliated
, with this organization.   The Council
.., day represents the largest organization
, ¦ of Jewish women, not alone in America,
but in the world, having a membership
"in.excess of 50,000 women.    It is thc
,  purpose of the Committee on Extension,
under-the. .direction  of  Mrs. Loeb, to
.     bring the,'message of thc Council in con-
¦ nection ,with the,observance of National
Couticif  Dajr ' {jrograms,   marking   the
opening of Section activities. -
Miss Rose Brenner of Brooklyn, N, Y,, President.of the National Council of Jewish Women, in emphasizing the portance of this educational and ni bership appeal,'stated; "The National Council of Jewish Women is the organ¬ ized conscience of American Jewish womanhood. We must help the unaffili¬ ated women understand what thirtj years of service on our part has done for the Jewess throughout the world, for the Jewess in America, on her way
REGISTRATION ON AT FRANKLIN CONSERVATORY
Pupil.f aro now heing registered at thc I'Vatlklin Conservatory of Music for the fall and winter season.s, sessions to begin Monday, September 8th,
Instruction   will   be   given   in   piano,
)ice   culture,   violin,   violin-cello,   bass
ol, public school music, organ, elocu-
jn, dancing and theory and harmony.
Among the newest classes formed
surrounding  towns  are   those   in   Lj
easier and Bremen,   Those desirous of
registering   in   thc   above   mentioned
es arc urged tb get in touch with
the Conservatory as  soon as possible.
Pupils will be registered at the school
during the entire day and arrangements
will be completed for convenient lesson
hours.
iss Lulu Gavette is president of the Consei'vatory, and Miss Fanny Schwartz, vice president.
New York Jewish Sociflil Worker Visits Columbus in the Interests of the
Palestine IllecOnstruction Movement
Isador Kadis Interviews Lcadlnfi C^nimbus Jews Presenting Prob¬ lems of Jewish Immigration land Colonization ofi the Holy Land — Informs Them That Increased Efforts Are Being Made for Absorbing Largest Possible^, Number of Immigrants in Pales¬ tine— Large Amounts of Money-Are Being Spent on Agricul¬ ture as Well ofs for Urban jDevelopment — Twenty Thousand New Settlers Will Be Brojught Into the Land During the Coming Twelve Months.       |
New Keren Hayesod Colony Established In the Holy Land
Rabbi Meyer Berlin Presides at Ceremonies    Opening    Forty- fourth Keren Hayesod Agri¬ cultural Settlement Near Jerusalem
COOPERATIVE DAIRY IS
TO BE ESTABLISHED
LUNCHEON IS BEING PLAN; :^D TO WHICH A
NUMBER OF LOCAL
,^«ADERS WILL BE INVITED
Mr, Isidor Kadis, National Ajsociate Secretary of the Palestine Foundation, Fund of New York, visited Columbui last Friday cortttrring with m'Sny lead-
he&d of thc Federation of Jewish Char- itic-i. He has been residing in New York for the past two years, having l-nssociated   himself   with   the   National
of Columbus Jewry on behalf of \ .Committee of the Palestine Foundation, Palestine Foundation iiiovemer• Vtljrnfting the work thruout the country and traveling extensively with Dr. Weizmann, who has just sailed for Pal¬ estine upon completing a five months' ¦tour thruout the country in the inter¬ ests^ of thc Palestine Foundation which e its inception about two years ago, raised about $6,000,000.00, " Mr, Kadis stated that in view Of the pressing refugee situation prevailing it Europe now, with the gates of America closed, increased ciforts, are being made i-'yi' absorbing the largest possible ber ot immigrants in Palestine,
the
which is headed iil Amecica by the V^ Samuel Untermyer of New Y*/' A sponsored by the outstanding .^•¦''^ j of American Jewry, such ap'"^, Mar¬ shall, Felix M. Warbur>^ ¦ ..^iph Stiver- man, Nathan S'traiU, David A. Browfi and others of Eminence in American Jewisli philantl/ropies.
The K«ren .Hayesod is the principal instrument for the ^construction work' now being' carried on by the Jewish people^ m upbuilding the Holy Land. The' Falcstine Foundation plan vvas in¬ spired by rDr. Chaim Weizmann, Presi¬ dent of the World Zionist Movement, who visited America last spring, .
NEW YORK,—The forty-fourth colony established by the Keren Hayesod since its organization a little over three years ago, was recently opened seven kil¬ ometres from Jerusalem on land rich in Jewish historical associations, according to a report just received by National Headquarters of the Keren Hayesod here. With brilliant ceremonies, pre¬ sided over by Rabbi Meyer Berlin, Vice  .-      - .,„ ,.
.Chairman of the BoaJ-d of Director .of ttgc the prqvisiOir.of 'x\^IiaMkMS>em'! ^JOjiraspca-jM.JicJLewc.'is in^^the. £Oit ,t]i;JXm7.*r^frtwm!^**^^ mandate with
Much Work Being Carried On.
The Foundation carries on the work of receiving the immigrants, of housing, of employment, oi*. sanitation, of agri¬ cultural colonization, conducts a chain of schools and is indeed interested gen¬ erally in the social, economic, cultural and religious rehabilitation of Palestine. All of this work is beijig carried
gested city and oii the lonclyiafin'iaii'as7 for the Jewess who requires a readjust¬ ment to her new environment, and by nc means least, for the Jewess who is able and ready to contribute largely to enrichment and upbuilding of her vironment and community.   There is a Jewess ia thc world today whose hap¬ piness and welfare is not in some way linked up with the National Council of Jewish Women."
"It is our our aim," states Mrs, Loeb, "to unite the COO,000 Jewish women in America in a single organization, so as to make it possible for the Jewish wo¬ manhood of this land to exert her full influence in every field of activity that concerns womankind in particular as well as humanity in general. We have not yet reached the high point of organ¬ ization as far as our women are con¬ cerned, in American Jewry. Though the National Council of Jewish Women is the largest Jewish women's organization, it includes but 60,000 women in its fold, which represents a comparatively small portion of the total numerical strength of our Jewish women,
"In every copimunity, the women of the Council receive tribute upon tribute for the very cflScient services that they render, not only in furthering the pur¬ poses of local Jewish philanthropies and other Jewish institutions, but also for the willing co-operation that they extend in behalf of every civic enterprise. In many cities they have taken the initiative of meeting some crucial need of the city from the standpoint of public liealth and co-operation with the educational au¬ thorities. If our ideals of Judaism are to be effective, they must be expressed in action. We can act to greatest advan¬ tage if our complete strength is central¬ ized in a body such as the National Council of Jewish Women,"
This membership campaign will rep¬ resent a joint effort undertaken simul¬ taneously upon instructions from the National Chairman, Mrs. Loeb. De¬ tailed instructions and plans, as well as literature are already going forward to the local chairmen. The co-operation of the Jewish press which has been so serv- . iceable in acquainting the public with the achievements and ideals of the Council, will again be enlisted in this drive to educate the half million unaffiliated Jewesses,
READ "THE CHRONICLE MAIL BAG" TODAY Don't fail io read the "Chron¬ icle's Mail Hagr" on another page of this issue. You will find much food for thought in several of the letters published in this department. Because of inadequacy of space only a small portion of the letters are pub¬ lished today.
idcnt of the Mizrachi Zionist Orgai tion, who is in Palestine at the present time, the latest event in the steady for¬ ward march of thc Keren Hayesod in Palestine was commemorated,
Thc colony, named Neveh Yacob, in memory of Rabbi Jacob Reines, founder of the Mizrachi, is the first rural Miz¬ rachi settlement established in Palestine, It is on land of the Jewish National Fund and is entirely settled by Mizrachi Zionists, most of whom are experienced dairymen who plan to establish operative dairy to supply Jerusalem with.
Among the speakers at the ceremonies
ere Sir Gilbert Clayton,- Acting High Commissioner; Major Campbell, Acting Governor of the Jerusalem-Jaffa dis¬ trict; Dr, Arthur Ruppin and Prof, H, Pick of the Palestine Zionist Executive, and Rabbi Fishman, Mizrachi leader in Palestine.
Rabbi Berlin has been royally wel¬ comed in Palestine, and has been widely quoted in the Palestine press in inter¬ views on the activities of the Keren Hayesod in America, in which he is active figure. .His presence in Palestine has also stimulated a number of Miz¬ rachi acUvities, A new Mizrachi settle¬ ment- will shortly be established in the northwestern section of Jerusalem and in the Bopchara Quarter. Prospects of the early construction of a building house the Tachkemoni school at T Aviv are considerably improved, / companied by Rabbi Fishman, Rabbi Berlin made a thorough suryey of the Jewish settlements in Palestine, particu¬ larly the Mizrachi colonies, which in¬ clude the new settlement of Hittin, fi¬ nanced by the Keren Hayesod on Jew¬ ish National Fund land.
the approval of the League 6f Nations   '"R tw^'ve month; and   the   endorsement   of    the    United I    Mr.   Kadis   interviewed   Messrs.   Ed- States government, l,"'>. J- Schanfarber and Joseph Schon- Mr,   Kadis,   who  lived   in  Cincinnati'''^=^'' ''f^ "^ ^^'^°"V'^P^«^f'!>'='''^^7"
until  1915, attended  the  public  schools  'f'''^ t"" J''V'° V.'i    w'a"^      .'" Alfred Kobacher and Mr, W, A. Hersch,
LOCAL SYNAGOGS RE-ELECT RABBI E. PELKOWITZ FOR 3 YRS,
Announcement has been made by the congregations Beth Jacob and Ahav5(s Shalom of the reelection for a period of 3 years of Rabbi E. Pelkowitz of this city. This announcement came after the report from Canton that two leading congregationls th,ere hadi ex¬ tended a unanimous call to the rabbi.
The hosts of friends of Rabbi Pel¬ kowitz in this city are gratified to learn that  he has  finally decided to rei here.   It is interesting to note that the rabbi's  salary  has  been  materially creased and that increasing evidence has 'been  shown  of  the  deep  and abiding confidence local Jews have in him,   Thp Columbus Talmud  Torah is especially happy to know  that one of its  best friends and supporters will continue to serve   it   with   unabated   vigor.     The Chhonicle too takes this means of < tending its sincerest congratulations both the synagogs and to the rabbi.
PLAN TO DIRECT STRAND¬ ED REFUGEES TO PALES¬ TINE; COMMITTEE A P- POINTED.
NEW YORK (Jewish Tele¬ graphic Agency) Plans to di¬ rect thc large number of Jewish refugees stranded in various ports in Europe were considered at a joint meeting of the Zion¬ ist Org. of America and the HIAS. The Zionist Organiza¬ tion was represented by Mr. Ab. Golbbcrg, Chairman; Isaac Meister, Treasurer, and Judge Rosenblatt, vice-Chairman. Thc HIAS was represented by Mr. A. Rosenblatt, Harry P. Fierst, Mr. Osofsky, Jacob M a s c 1. During the discussion it was evident that both organizations are favorably inclined to lend themselves toward the solution of the refugee question. The plan proposed that the HIAS furnish transportation facilities for the refugees to Palestine, while thc Zionist Organization would assume responsibility upon their arrival in the coun¬ try. A committee consisting of Judge Rosenblatt, Isaac Meister and Harry P. Fierst and Jacob Masel was appointed to work out a plan of action to be talccn.
Alfred Mond Wins Seat in Parliament - by-Big Majority
Noted    Liberal    Gains    Victory
With Huge Showing of
12,760 Votes
EXPECTED TO SHARE
Budget of §3,000,000.
-,. I'ollovving thc meeting of the 'Greater Actions Committee of the World Zion¬ ist Organization in London last July, plans were adopted for, the Keren Hayesod l)udget for the coming year amounting to about $3,000,000 for in¬ creased colonization and scttiement in Palestine, Large amounts will be spent bn agriculture as well as for urban de- )|'^.lppmcnt' It. is hoped that with the i^c'^giiid support of the Jews of the
of this city and thc university, special- in social science under the dircc- of Dr, Boris Bogen, formerly.the head of the Jewish philanthropic .work here. He is also ii graduate of the teachers' institute of the 'Hebrew Union College.
Positions In Toeldo and  Milwaukee.
Leaving Cincinnati, he occupied posi¬ tions in Toledo and Milwaukee, in which latter city he was the executive
with the co-operation of other leaders of Columbus Jewry, are making plans for a luncheon of prominent leaders for the further discussion of Keren Hayesod, as it is felt that Co¬ lumbus Jews desire to be informed and enlightened of the great work estine, which is commanding not only the attention of Jewry, but which ceiving the sympathetic consideration of Christendom,
Hans Herzl
By JACOB DE HAAS
Herbert Gladstone was the son, of William E, Gladstone,' the hero of the English liberals for many years, who reaching to' a ripe old age, and winning the esteem and the affection Of the Eng¬ lish people, was known for many years merely as the Grand Old Man, ] bcrt Gladstone had a character of his own an-d his whole life was a struggU to be Herbert Gladstone, and not th( son of the Grand Old Man,
I never gave a thought to this odd struggle between the great and their sons, until ^ne day in March, 1919, in the longest and most intimate conversa¬ tion that I ever had with Chaim Weiz¬ mann, sauntering on the ' Champs d'Elysee, we began talking about the markable fact that Hans Herzl ' had failed to be a participant in the whole group of events which wc mutually agreed were crownhig the efforts of his never-to-be-forgotten father. In the back of my mind was the recollection of the fact that' Joseph Cowen and Jacobus Kami, the surviving trustees of the Hcrzl estate, had undertaken groom thc boy to be the successor his father. There was a peculiarly ir mate and affectionate relation between all those of u^ who had served with Herzl almost from the beginning, and after Herzl's death, Nordau, Mamoreck and myself often discussed the possi¬ bility that this lad, if he had the ability and the emotion should become to us, in his manhood, what his father had been.
And I think that in back of-Weiz¬ mann's mind was the thought, as we discussed it, that as I knew all too well, Weizmann had been sufficiently earnest in his opposition to Herzl both to the man and his policies-rr-th^t my side of the discussion, however vague,
was still a reproach concerning his .fail¬ ure, through partisanship, to recognize the part Hans Herzl should have played. And so Weizmann, told me of the at¬ tempts he had made to win Hans Herzl to.active particijiation in the cause, and of the difficulties that he had experi¬ enced,- He told mc of Hans' nervou» habits, retiring dispositions, aud of a tain abnormality which, while it made it possible for people to serve Hans Herzl, no one could succeed in getting anything like an aroused interest fron him. Subsequently, I talked the mat¬ ter ovor with all those of the group who had been with Herzl and wlio knew something of the son, ¦ From all of those, I got the impres¬ sion tbat there was an unsurmountable difficulty in the character of Hans Herzl wliicli prevented normal £ ciation with hini. I determined to seek him out, but some one had evidently inforancd him that I was anxious to see him and sp I was pleasantly prised when at a Zionist meeting, there stepped out from the back benches very oldish looking young man who said he wanted to talk with his fath- er's first associate. Even at that first glance at a mass meeting, I was pressed at the somewhat vague, oldish face and slightly bent stooped figure, leaning on 'a stick. Something of the Hcrzl face was there, but so vague, weak, that one had to look for the father in the son, I had not seen since he had been a little boy, playing with his two sisters in thc garden of the house when they lived in Wahring, Vienna,
He next called on me at Hyde Park
Hotel, and then later in the year, I think
when  I came back from Palestine, he
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Election   in   Wales   Staged   to
Effect His Entering House
of Commons
LONDON, —Sir Alfred Mond, for¬ mer minister of health in the Lloyd George cabinet, one of the foremost figur(?s in the Liberal party and an active factor in the economic council of the World Zionist Organization, was elected member of the House of Commons in West Carmarthen, Wales, August 15, Sir Alfred received 12,760 votes, as com¬ pared with 8351 cast for Rev. E, T, Owen, labor and government candidate, and 7900 for Sir Alfred Stephens, Con¬ servative.
Thc West Carmarthen seat was made vacant by, the resignation of Sir Ellis Griffiths to give Sir Alfred Mond an op¬ portunity to contest the seat. The ar¬ rangement was effected in order to bring about the return of Sir Alfred to the House of Cornmons, where he is expect¬ ed to share with former Prime Minis¬ ters Lloyd George and Herbert IL As¬ quith the leadership of the Liberal forces. The absence of Mond from the British legislative situation was rega as a source of weakness to the Liberal party, in view of Mond's mastery of eco¬ nomic problems and his gift for lucid discussion of paramount questions.
In addition to playing a determining, part" in   parliamentary    debates    as   a spokesman for the Liberals, Sir Alfred is directing the nation-wide educational campaign launched by the Liberal party. It is believed in political circles that the event of a defeat for the Labor gov¬ ernment  on  a  vital  question,  which is certain to be followed by a call for, election, Sir Alfred will be put forth the champion of  the Liberals  in their effort to regain control of the House of "Conunons and of tlie government..
Judge I. Lehman Considers Center Need Paramount
Changes   in   Jewish   Conditions
Enhance Their Importance,
Jurist Says
WILL STRENGTHEN
TIES TO JUDAISM
Called the Media Through Which
Jewish Culture May Be
Demonstrated
NEW YORK,-^ How will social^serv-
: work of Jewish organizations in the United States be affected by the rcstric tion, of immigration ? '
This question was put to Justice Irv¬ ing Lehman of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York and President
f the Jewish Welfare Board a few hours before he sailed for a vacation to Europe recently,
a question that had received serious consideration from Jewish social workers at their recent conference at Toronto, where there had been an under¬ current of feeling that, with immigration restricted, re-adjustment of the work of Jewisii social agencies would be made necessary.   .
¦'Undoubtedly," said Judge Lehman, "immigration restriction will necessitate functional changes in some 'of our Jew¬ ish social service organizations. There may be a discontinuance of some, activ¬ ities, especially those that affect more di¬ rectly the immigrant as he arrives to Anicrican life. Of course, there will al¬ ways be the need for maintaining and administering hospitals, orphanages, homes for the aged and similar institu¬ tions. The problem of relief, though it may lessen in scope and importance, will always be with us. On the other hand, there will be an intensification of the work, of many of our organizations whereby they may more effectively assist .Uie sons and daughters of immigrants in
numbers of new nnmigrants wer6 arnv-  ' ¦"' ~"''
ing yearly.     .¦Mtogether,   Jewi'-li   social
service in its various  forms now has
greater opportunities for developing the
social, intellectual and spiritual life of
the American born Jew."
Strengthening Spiritual Side.
As president of the Jewish Welfare Board, Judge Lehman was especially in- ' terested in giving expression to the place Jewish centers will occupy in the devel¬ opment of Jewish spirituality and cul¬ ture. "The strengthening of the spiritual side of the Jew," he said, "will be the important phase of the Jewish problem in America. The Jewisii center, supple¬ menting and strengthening the syna¬ gogue, will be one of the media through which the Jew will ,be led to interest himself in his religion, whicii .holds a vast reservoir of learning and principles of morality, and through which his ties of attachment to the Jewish group will be strengthened. ,
"Organizations which draw upon this reservoir will be the means of making the Jew more consciously Jewish; they will maintain and spread a knowledge of Tsrael's past and relate this knowledge to the present-day life of the Jew in America, so that in addition to an in¬ tense Americanism, he will exhibit an in¬ tense Jewishness, making for the highest combination of cultural and spiritual . values, I need hardly add that I con¬ sider the Jewish center a" powerful means of bringing about such a devclop-
.Great Engineering Feat At 1354 East Broad Nearing Completion
Hundreds of spectators have been watching with keen interest the grad¬ ual removal of the temporary home of Tifereth Israel Congregation from the front part of its lot at 1351 East Broad St, to the rear where it will be re¬ modeled suitably for a daily religious school and as a place of worship for thc coming holidays. It is costing the members $10,'000 to consummate this job, but it is certain that in the long run the building will be worth three times this amount to the congregation.
Immediately after the high Holy Days work on tbe new structure will i mence. Subscriptions for this new structure are coming in daily and the committee iu cTiarge feels very much encouraged.
"The Jewish center ; cending importance in the light of changing conditions," Judge Lehman emphasized, • "If there is anything worth while in Jewish life that will help the Jew serve his country better, it will be brought about through the activities of our community centers, for to them young' Israel turns for its spiritual in¬ spiration as well as its recreational and social opportunities. In the Jewish cen- (Conchided on page 4)
NEXT MEETING OF
KNIGHTS OF ISRAEL LODGE, SUNDAY, SEPT. 7
The next meeting of the Knights of Israel Lodge will take place tomorrow (Sunday) evening at 7:30 at the Odd Fel¬ lows Temple, 198 South High St. All members are urged to be present. Mr. N. Skuller, President of the Lodge has an¬ nounced that cash prizes will be awarded to stimulate regu¬ lar attendance at the lodge meetings.
Remember tomorrow evening (Sunday) at 7:30 at the Odd Fellows Temple.