Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-05-01

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
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Volttmc VIII —No. i8
COLUMBUS, OHIO,  MAY  i,  1925
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
FuU House Greets B'nai B'rith Minstrel Show at K. of C. Hall
A Most Delightful Evening's En¬ tertainment    Was   Given   to Local Ben B'riths and Their Families 9nd Friends Last Tuesday
OFFICERS OF ZION LODGE ARE LAUDED FOR THEIR SPLENDID EFFORTS
"Mothers' Day" to Be Celebrated By Zion  Lodge on Sunday Evening, May 10, at Bry¬ den Road Temple
"A most consummate success" was the consensus of opinion in re thc L B, B. Minstrel Show presented t capacity house last Tuesday evening, April 28, at thc Knights of Columbus Hall, Gth and  State streets.
The enthusiastic approval of every member of the large and representa¬ tive audience was eminently well-de¬ served, for evetiiL^spng, dance, mono¬ logue, dialogue and sketch was "put across big."
The entire cast created the impres¬ sion that it had back of it real genuine talent — young men who would make a "big hit," even as professionals. There is no question but that this show (he .biggest 'and best performance ever "put over" by any • Jewish body Central Ohio.
Music Exceptionally  Good
A   goodly   number   of   auditors   ex-' pressed the opinion that' were such splendid thing given here again it would ill the entire auditorium at regular th< atrical tariffs.    The music .was excel tionally good, the director of the 01 chestra. Dr. Morris Goldberg, evoking especially fine comment.    The opening chorus was .a genuine surprise, taking the chouse by storm.   Following is the complete cast of the show: End  Men Leo Yassenoff,' Interlocutor
Henry H. Hersch, Ben E. DeGroote,
Abe  Berliner,   Dr.  Joseph  H.  Cowan,
Isador W, Garek, Bernie Schulist.
-. V. Chorus
Lewis Basch, Hymie lieberman, D. Arthur Friedman, Ben Neustadt, Adolph Grossman, Alex Rosenthal, Sam Wolman, Robert Anthony, B. H. Miller, Edwin Mandelbaum, Donald Liebenthal, Louis Rosenthal, Irving Ettinger, Dr. Jos. Cowan, Syd. Weiner, Edw. Olan¬ der, Louis Bernstein.
Olio Specialists
Dr. Morris Goldberg, Robert Drob, Dr. Jos. Cowan, Abe Berliner, Charles Rosenberg, Louis Rosenthal, Adolph Grossman, Sam Berk, Julius Zack- hauser, Jimmie Cummins. , Mr. Reilly's Work
Much credit for the successful con¬ summation of the performance is due to the indefatigable efforts and remark¬ able ingenuity of the General Director and Coach, Mr. S. W. Reilly. From the very first night he got every one to¬ gether for rehearsing, he inspired the cast -with confidence and  enthusiasm.
LAST  SHOWING  OF
FILMS AT MA.IESTIC
"Thc Selling of Joseph," "The ImpriHonmcht of .loscph," and "Joseph Before Pharaoh," will mark the last showing of Itiblc films at thc Macstic Theatre, Sunday, May 3rd, at eleven o'clock a. m.
All parents and their children nrc urged to attend this un¬ usually beautiful movie which will prove of great interest to them.
Tho.sc who are desirous of call¬ ing for their children at the Bryden Road Temple should be there promptly at 10:45 a. m. so as to be at thc theatre on time.
Mothers' Day To Be Celebrated By Zion Lodge Sunday, May 10
Every true son and daughter of Israel is urged to be present . Sunday evening, May 10 at 8:00 o'clock sharp at the Annual Mothers' Day Celebration spon¬ sored by Zion Lodge, No. 62, L O. B. B. at the Bryden Road Temple.
A very well-known orator. At¬ torney Ben L. Shifrin of St. Louis, Mo., will honor us with an old-time oration on "What Mothers Mean To Humanity." A special musical program ap¬ propriate to the occasion is be¬ ing arranged for tho evening.
Come and enjoy yourselves while honoring the loving moth¬ ers of the "House of Israel." Every mother in attendance will be presented with a beautiful white carnation. More particu¬ lars will be anounced in the next issue of thc Chronicle.
He left no stone unturned, working faithfully and untiringly until the en¬ tire thing was over Tuesday evening at 11:05 p. m. Of course Mr, Reilly was extremely fortunate to have such wonderful talent to work with as Henry (Concluded on page 4)
Meet me at the Annual Me¬ norah Dance at the Seneca Hotel tonight (Saturday). Let's ar¬ range to be there at 8:00, so as to hear the big ddbate -whidh pre-
Pres. Cohen Replies to Allegations of Two U. S. Academicians
New Head of I. O. B. B. Asks Professor to Consult War De¬ partment Records for True Facts In Re Jew's Loy¬ alty to Ck>untry
CHICAGO. —Alfred M. Cohen, Cin¬ cinnati, newly elected president of the Independent Order of B'nai B'tith, sued the following statement from the international headquarters of the order today:
The attack on the loyalty of American Jews alleged to have been made by Prof. Philip Marshall Brown of, Princeton and Prof. A. B. Hart of Harvard at the meeting of the American Society of In¬ ternational Law is typical of the view! held by a very small section of our citizenry. When these gentlemen charged •that the Jew does not give "whole hearted allegiance" to the land in which he lives and of which he is part, it may be well to inquire in- what "whole hearted allegiance" consists. It yield¬ ing up one's life in defense of his coun¬ try is evidence of "whole hearted alle¬ giance" there is artple testimony that the Jew is not wanting in that quality notwithstanding the charge of tl learned collegians. Let these genflenM consult the war department records, the newspapers of the war period or the statistics gathered by responsible agen¬ cies, which show that in all the wars in which America has taken part, the Jews has been a most important factor both in the trenches and in the council room. Less than 3 percent of Amer¬ ican citizens are of the Jewish faith. Nearly five per cent of the soldiers and sailors of the United States in the World War were Jews.
Let the learned professors refer to General Pershing's statement as to the "whole hearted allegiance" ot the Amer¬ ican Jewish soldier in France. Let them examine the roll of Congressional Medal awards, which shows that only 70 medals have been awarded in the histoty of the United States and ot that number 3 went to soldiers of that faith men whom the Professors Brown and Hart stigmatize as incapable of patriotism and loyalty to, their country. Let tJiem remember Col. Whittlesey's of time repealed eulogies of the Ghetto boys of. New ,York who composed the lost Battalion who showed a courage and grit in the face of death not ex¬ ceeded in world history. Let them read .f Sam Drlbben also a product of the Ghetto Whom General Pershing de¬ scribed as the bravest soldier he ever met and whose story is told in the May issue of the B'nai B'rith Magagine. And what was done by Americans of the Jewish faith in the World War was merely a repetition and continuation of what their coreligionists have done in every conflict in which the Unhed States has been engaged. The learned Professors surely know, but for the moment have forgotten, the> services of Haym Solomon to General Washington Revolutionary days, a portion of which services brought upon him the death penalty at the hands of Sir Henry Clinton. What I have said of the Jew America can be said with equal force and truth of the Jew in every, age in every country, even in those lands whioli he has been hounded 'and har¬ ried even unto death.
If performed by non-Jews the vices of Haym Solomon and ot those who preceded and followed him would have been regarded by the learned pro¬ fessors as "whole hearted allegiance," but with anti-Semites of their ilk there always two standards for every quality or, virtue, one for the Jew another for the non-Jew. Happily each succeeding generation reduces the num¬ ber of such breeders of illwill and fomenters of hatred and misunderstand¬ ing.
0. S. U. Menorah Will Hold Second Annual Dance
Tonight (Saturday) At the Seneca Hotel; Dance
Will Be Preceded By An Extraordinary Debate
The general public is cordially Invited to attend the second annual dance •hich thc Ohio State University Mfenorah Society is arranging this (Satur¬ day) evening. May 2, at thc Seneca Hotel, Grant Ave. and East Broad Street.
The dance will be preceded by one of thc most highly interesting and in¬ structive debates in thc history of Columbus Jewry. A rare opportunity will he allorded all Chronicle readers to get n bird's-eye-view of the perplexing problems confronting World Jewry in general and American Jewry in par¬ ticular; for the debate will involve discussions of such points as, (1) Are the Jews a race, a reli!gion, a nation, or a people with a mission? (2) Will Palestine serve as a reviving force for the Jews of the world? (3) Vfil\ Hebraic culture again radiate from Kion and inspire Israel everywhere? (4) Will Zionism save the Jewish people from dissolution and gradual CX' tinction?    (5) Should Jews assimilate and intermarry with their n6ighbors?
Thc debate will be between tho Mcnorah Society of Northwestern Uni¬ versity and the O. S. U. Menorah. The members of thc Northwestern team are as follows: Benjamin Vollen, Philip B. Heller, and Manford M. Haskell. The O. S. V. Menorah teom consists of Ben Braunstein, Anne M. Goldmniij and Roy J. Stone.
The committee in charge of arrangement for the dance is as U Ruth F. Cohen, Harry Tucker, and John Winer.   The dance will be chpperi by Professor and Mrs. Theodore N. Beckman and Mr. Benjamin Gaihzu^
COME TONIGHT AND ENJOY A WONDERFUL EVENING Alf THE SENECA HOTEL.
Alfred M. Cohen Is Eleded President of The 1.0. B. B. At 12th Quinquennial Convention Held In Atlantic City, N. J.
President Kraus Surprises Convention With Announcement of Re¬ tirement —Convention Passes Resolution Favoring Economic and Cultural Advancement of Palestine — Urges Repeal of Immi¬ gration Law—Favors International Court of Justice — Conunission Recommends Extension of Hillel Founda¬ tion Fund — Progress of Anti-Defamation League ' Is Reported — B'nai B'rith Aids Settlers In Mex¬ ico Without Encouraging Mass Immigration
APPRECIATION OF ADOLPH KRAUS' TWENTY YEARS
SERVICE IS ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION
ATLANTIC CITY. —Alfred M. Cohen was elected president of the Inde¬ pendent Order B'nai B'rith.
Alfred M. Cohen is the president of tiiie Hebrew Union College of Cin¬ cinnati, and for the last twenty-one years has been on the Board of Governors of the college. He is a member of the executive committee ot the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and for the last thirty-one years has been pres¬ ident of his congregation.
It is indicative of his lack ot partizanship and the warm interest he takes in all Jewish causes, that he is the, presj^lent ot the "Hebrejw. -Union College,and at the same time trustee oT'fhe Orthodox Talmud Torah in Cincinnati. THe has gained a nationwide reputation ior unselfish, self-sacrificing devotion to structive Jewish activities and all efforts' to foster Judaism. He is on the board of directors of the Hias and is interested in the rebuilding of Palestine.
Alfred M. Cohen was elected by eighty votes. Henry Monsky of Omaha received forty votes. Mr. Monsky, congratu^ted the order on the election of Alfred M. Cohen and pledged ihis full support to the new president.
On a second vote Alfred M. Cohen was elected unanimously..
Mr. Sidney G. Kusworm, Rabbi Henry Cohen and William Ornstein nated Alfred M. Cohen, while Sidney Livingstone sponsored Mr. Monsky.   Rabbi Jonah B, Wise nominated Lucius L. Solomon who declined.
The climax in the proceedings of the twelfth quinquennial convention of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith was reached in the morning session of ¦ the fourth day, Thursday morning, when the resolutions presented by the various committees were brought before the convention by the resolutions committee tor discussion and action.
The assembly, which included some ot the best legal minds in the coun¬ try, labored in a parliamentary and disciplined battle ot wits.
The session was opened witjh prayers by Rabbi Martin Zielonka and was pre¬ sided over by President Kraus.
The question ot the United States participation in the permanent court oi international justice as advocated ijy President Coolidge was heatddly discussed by the convention. Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg and Mr. Ro^enzweig demanded that the resolution contain a clause urging that the United States govejnment participate.
The resolution as adopted merely expresses | hope and reads as follows
"Be it resolved by the convention assembled   that  the   Constitution   Grand
ge, I. O. B. B., iieartily endorses the ideal of the permanent court of inter¬ national justice in which it is hoped, that the United States will participate, and that President Coolidge shall be advised of the resolution."     '
Expresses  Esteem  of    Retiring President
An unparalleled demonstration ot esteem and deep gratitude to Adolf Kraus, tor twenty years president of the Independent Order B'nai B'ritli. occurred at the noon session ot the convention when the news that the president had de¬ cided not to accept re-election came as a surprise to the Constitution Grand Lodge.
A committee composed ot representatives ot each ot the fourteen districts presented to the convention the following appreciation which the members, stand¬ ing, listened to and adopted:
"An appreciation of tlie Honorable Adolf Kraus, president Independent Or¬ der B'na^ B'rith on his voluntary retirement from office;
"Presented at tlie twelfth quinquennial convention, Atlantic City, N. J., April 23, 1925.   .
"To the undersigned special committee has been accorded the^ rare privilege of voicing the appreciation of eighty thousand members of oUf matchless fra¬ ternal order "Sons ot the Covenant''^ thus today making history.
"For many years our brotlierliood has realized tlie effective work accom¬ plished by our president now laying down his staff in tlie evening ot his lite and seeking a self-imposed rest. It has well been said, 'Blessings brighten as they take their flight'.' The sacrifices Adolf Kraus has made for our order appear then more heroic as the sun, in beauteous splendor, wanes upon the western horizon.
"For two decades Adolf Kraus has guided the great altruistic movement that has brought blessings to hundreds of tliousands of his fellowmen—twenty years of ceaseless and productive life ihiring which the ideal and material standards ot tihe world have changed—twenty years, with their fitfuU ebb and flow. And now it behooves us to realize that in his voluntary retirement he is magnani¬ mously yielding his statesmanlike guidance, Iiis patient assiduity and above all, his devoted and able generalship. Let us tJiank God that we do not lose his interest and his active participation in the affairs of the order, for, God will¬ ing, he will be with us in actuality for many years, and in spirit^ always.
"An immigrant himself, Adolf Kraus has been ever mindful ot the duties and privileges of that foster-mother of nations that opened her all-embracing arms to receive him—to the end that his fellow-citizens of the United States of America should think and act as he; his ideals of Americanism having per- •Tieated all those with whom he has coi/ie in contact by open speech or written word. But the devotion of Adolf Kraiis to his adopted country has not lessened his sympathetic understanding of the ideals and aspirations of all progressive peoples. Thus has.he exemplified the prophetic conception of the brotherhood of man. (Concluded on page 4)
COMPLETE STORY OP DISTRICT LODGE CON¬ VENTION TO APPEAR IN    NEXT    I^SUE . A complete story of thc pro¬ ceedings of thc annual conven¬ tion  of  District  Grand  Lodge, No.   2,   which   takes   place   at Cleveland, May 3-f>, will appear in thc Chronicle next week.
Columbus will be well repre¬ sented at the gathering this year and it is expected, that due to thc stimulus afforded by thc recent International Quinquen¬ nial, some very important mat¬ ters will be taken up.
6nms Begin New 1fove For Upbuilding Of The Holy Land!
Conference   Is   Called Housing
Shortage
ISSUE STATEMENTS
NEW YORK. —Statements issued by Louis Lipsky, chairman of the Zionist Organization ot America and member of the world Zionist executive commit-^ tee, and Judge Bernard A. Rosenblatt, president ot Palestine Securities, Inc., reveal the astounding fact that owing to the great influx of immigration into Palestine rents in the cities and towns of tiie Holy Land are higher than in the large cities ot this country. A room in the city of Tel Aviv, for example, which is without most of the'"improve¬ ments" to which American apartment house dwellers are accustomed brings as high a rental as $20 a montli. To the evils ot homelessness and crowding has been added that of real estate spec¬ ulation.
An attempt to solve this problem wliich, it is pointed out, offers at -the same time an excellent investment op¬ portunity, is now being made by the Zionist-Organization of America. The latter, together with the American Zion commonwealth, has now' assumed con¬ trol of Palestine Securities, Inc., the agency which suacessfully placed on the American market the first Jewish municipal bonds, those of the township of Tel Aviv. Under the auspices of Palestine Securities, Inc., a conference win take place on Sunday, May 3rd, in the city of New York, to cope with the problem.
TIic conference will be attended by a large number of well-known American business men, tinancers, and.real estate operators. It is understood that a plan has been worked out for offering to the investing public amply secured first mortgage bonds bearing interest at (iyi% ill sufficient quantity to make possible the building ot one thousand new houses in the towns and villages,of Palestine. Tlic li.st of'those invited, most ot whom have already indicated their intentions to attend, includes men well-known in tile financial and real estate world, wilio have, at the same- time, indicated their interest in Palestine through their gifts to the Keren Hayosod, Jewish national fund and other Palestine rebuilding or¬ ganizations. The effort will be of na¬ tional scope, some of those who will attend coming from New England, the South and the Middle West, as far as Chicago,
"The step which we have taken calling a conference of Jewish men affairs to meet Palestine economic prob¬ lems on an investment basis," states Mr. Lipsky, "will bring an incalculable amount of'benefit. It will, in the first place, help materially to relieve the pres¬ ent housing shortage in Palestine by providing comparatively cheap credit to Palestinian house builders and home seekers. It will, in the second place, deal a blow to the high rents and specu¬ lation in housing facilities which is now progress and which in the circum¬ stances is inevitable. At the same time, it will offer to the Jewish investing pub- n opportunity to invest in Palestine (Concluded on page 4)
Dean of Orthodox Rabbis Refuses to Listen to Tributes
2,000 Men Vote to Create Relief
Fund for Jewish Institutions
of Hungary in Honor of
Dr. Philip Klein
RABBI HAS COMPLETED
35 YEARS OF SERVICE
NEW YORK, —Tlie Jewry ot New York were treated to a rare spectacle, Sunday afternoon, when 2,000 Jews who came to the synagogue of the First Hungarian Congregation, Ohab Zedek to honor Rev. Dr, Philip Klein on the ' jccasion of his thirty-five years' serv- to that congregation and American :re told by Dr. Klein that he 0 praise ot Jiimself and would listen to any personal tributes.
Thc venerable dean ot the orthodox Rabbis of America virtually told the audience in substance "to say it with money for the relief of Hungarian Jewry",
Representatives of all leading Jewish organizations ot the country were p'res- Hardly had the first speaker launched on his tribute to Dr. Klein, ^hen the white haired veteran of the Jewish pulpit, standing erect, arose and asked to be heard,
'I thank you tor your praise, but I have had enough ot that. If you want to honor me, support the Jewish insti¬ tutions— the Yeshivahs of Hungary, of Czecho-Slovakia, which are now threat¬ ened with extinction from lack ot finan¬ cial means,"
Judge Otto Rosalsky arose and ac¬ cordingly moved that a fund to be known as the Dr. Klein fund be established to support the institutions of Jewish learning and other communal activities in Europe, especially in old Austria Hungary, parts of which are included in Czecho-Slovakia, Rou¬ mania and other countries.
A resolution to that effect, introduced by Wm. Weiss, was unanimously It provided that a fund of $75,- 000 be established for this purpose, and that a minimum of $5,000 be distributed kowards-thfs'end monthly. ' "•    "      ¦ -' '
A Call  for contributions  resulted  in   . an immediate collection of $5,000 with much more in pledges.
decided to make the campaign tor the Hungary   relief   fund   nation-
Ide, David Moskowitz of Philadelphia and Henry Friedman of McKecsport, Pa., were named- chairmen of the drive for Pennsylvania, S. IRodker, Henty Spire and J. H. Goldstein of Cleveland, will have charge of the campaign for Ohio and J. Russnak, .will superintend the campaign in Illinois. Albert Her- skovitz and Moritz Neuman were named, treasurers. The names of the chairmen tor the various other states will be announced in the near future. (Concluded on page 4)
New Home Is Purchased By Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority on 18th Avenue
Announcement lias just been made of the purchase by. ithe local chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority of a beau¬ tiful home at 76 E. 18tli Ave. This home will soon be completely remodeled and refurnished to meet the needs of the sorority and will be ready for occu¬ pancy for the coming fall quarter. Miss Edna Belle Diamond of Dayton, Ohio, is the dean of the local chapter. Tho following are ithe patronesses: Mrs. Frank O. Nusbaum, Mrs. Marcus Burn¬ stine, Mrs! M. L. Yuster and Mrs. W. A. Hersch.
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle con¬ gratulates the sorority on this auspicious occasion and trusts that,in its new home many happy days will be spent.
AN  ELABORATE  PROGRAM
PLANNED   FOR   CLOSING
MEETING   OF   C.   OF   J.
W O M E N,    TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. MAY 5
JUNIOR COUNCIL TO HOLD LAST MEETING
OF YEAR, SUNDAY
The last meeting ot tlie year of the Junior Council will be held Sunday af¬ ternoon, May 3rd, at two-thirty o'clock
the Bryden Road Temple.
All members ai;e urged to come for the purpose of discussing plans for the picnic Ito be held the latter part of May. Reports of oificers and the children of committees will be presented in a novel manner.
Election of officers for the ensuing year will take place st this meeting.
Due to tlie elaborate program planned for the closing meeting of the year of the Council of Jewish Women, all mem¬ bers are urged to be at the Bryden Road Temple, Tuesday, May oth, promptly at one-thirty p, m.
Fifty prizes will be given away and re¬ freshments will be served. Many sur¬ prises are in store for all members who will come.
Election of officers' will take place.
Meet me at the Annual Me¬ norah Dance at the Seneca Hotef tonight (Saturday). Let's ar¬ range to be there at 8:00, so as to hear the big debate vduch pre¬ cedes the dance.