Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-06-19

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Vohinic VIII— No. 25
COLUMHUS, OHIO, JUNI'. 19,  1925
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Vital Questions Are Discussed At Meet Of Social Workers
Problems of Jewish Center, Com¬ munity Chest, and Child Wel¬ fare Receive Attention of Jewish Social Service Workers
A NATIONAL COUNCIL
WILL BE CREATED
DKNVER, COI.. (J. T. A.)—That thc ceiitei' of gravity in Jewish .social work is shifting from material relief to personal .service ancl .spiritual values was thc opinion cxprcs^cd at thc Na¬ tional Convention of Jewish - Social Service Workers. Mr. Caplan of Cin¬ cinnati claimed that there is a great decrease in application for material re¬ lief and a'proportionate increas plication  for assistance in other  forms
Another subject of importance ' dis¬ cussed at yesterday's session was that of the Jewish center. Mr. Goldsmith of New York argued that the importance of. thc Jewish center has been stressed.
"The Jewish center," Mr. Goldsmith declared, I'is pnly one of many organi¬ zations engaged in the work of char¬ acter building. The money now being spent on elaborate buildings for Jewish centers could be used to better advan- • tage in educating the public. The suc¬ cess of the center depends entirely on thc ability of thc personnel at the head "of it. We therefore need trained lead- crs' for this kind bf work," Mr. Gold¬ smitli stated, pointing out that such lead¬ ers are produced by the Training .School for Jewish _Social Work,
.\ paper on the Communjty Qiest idea was read before the conference by Wil¬ liam J. Shroder, president of the United Jewisli Spcial Agencies of Cincinnati, who expressed the belief that the com¬ munity chest is beneficial to the Jews even where Jews.contribute more than they withdraw. This idea was opposed by Mr. Cahn of Chicago, who. argued .against Jewish particfpation in general ^community chests because Jewish needs
* are different from those of non-Jews .nnd their philanthropic standards are higher.
1'he question 6f child welfare among Jews was the topic of discussion at a luncheon attended by the delegates, was the concensus of opinion of those who spoke at the luncheon that the best child care is to be found in private homes and that asylums for such pur¬ poses'are  fast losing ground.
The evening session of the convention
• heard addresses on the subject of the present immigration law, which was termed a curse on account of the un- happiness which it has brought to mor< than twelve thousand families, who are separated because of the operation of the quota system. A resolution adopted urging that Cbngress be ap¬ pealed to to modify the quota law in behalf of the unfortiinate refugees who have been stranded in the various ports of the world.
Two hundred delegates visited yester¬ day the  Denver  Sheltering Home  for Children and the Jewish  Consumpti' Relief Society, making a survey of these institutions.
Junior Council Picnic
To Start at Eleven A. M. Sunday (Toniorrow) June 21
-Ml members of the Junior Council are urged to be in front of thc Bryden Rriad 'rcinple promptly at eleven o'clock Monday morning at which time a truck has been arranged for to take them to Spring Lakes where they will enjoy a delightfully planned^ picnic.
The girls are asked to bring their lunches and ten cents for admission to the park. Games of all .sorts have been planned by the committee in charge and thc affair promises to be a most de¬ lightful  one.
A cordial invitation is extended all local girls above the age of fifteen to join the Council members for this picnic.
Jewish Name Is Not a Hindrance to Success
Trying to Pretend you're Not a Jew Doesn't Help You Suc¬ ceed — Examples of Distinguished People Who Kept    • Their Jewish Names and Made Good
DR.  WISE FETED AT BAN¬ QUET BEFORE DEPAR¬ TURE FOR EUROPE
NEW YORK.^(J. T. A.)—A farewell banquet in honor of Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress was given Wednesday night at the Aldone Club before Dr. Wise's departure for Europe today.
- Dr. Wise, who is sailing for Paris where he will study with Mr. Louia.Marshall the question of the'JettllBh refugees. He will visit Switzerland, Germany, Po¬ land and other East European countries.
Judge Julian W Mack acted as toastmaster. Dr. Armsteln, Joseph Barondess, former At¬ torney. Genera! Carl Sherman, Mr. Reuben Brainin, Dr. H. Elsenstadt and Dr. Oscar Kohn addressed the gathering. Dr. Wise stated that during his visit to Europe he would study the question of Jewish coloniza¬ tion work in Russia. The sum of $10,000 waa raised for the work of the American Jewish Congress.
Council Begins Summer
Program on the Farms
Department of Farm and Rural Work
Meets  Special  Problems of
Rural Communities
..NEW YORK CITY: The rural field workers of the National Council of the National Council of Jewish Women are now active in meeting the special summer problems of tlie rural communi¬ ties according to an announcement by Mrs. Leo H. Iler/, National Chairman of the Departinent of Farm and Rural Work. The program of the Council is more complicated during the summer n, because of the great rush of city residents to the farms. A large num¬ ber of Jewish farmers in the East rely upon this influx of summer boarders' for a great portion of their income.
The first problem that is watched by tbe Council's field worker is that of adequate housing facilities.   The farmer
warned against thc over-crowding of
i home with a greater number of guests than should be accommodated for the welfare of his guests and for the well-being of his own family. The question of adequate sanitary arrange- s offers the second projjlein, with this abnormal summer population in a large number of the runil districts.
Though many of the Women's Leagues, thc organizations of Jewish Wonien on the farms that have formed by the Department of Farm aiid Rural Work of the National Council of Jewish Women, are less active during the summer, because of this season' demands on their time, the Council' field workers continue to foster their special activities among the young.-Spe¬ cial educational campaigns are con¬ ducted for increasing interest in gar¬ dens and in canning. The boys and girls as well as their mothers, have shown' great enthusiasm over the struction on these subjects, oflfered by the Council's field worker, as she goes from one rural community to another.
The children enrolled in the religious classes are held together during thc summer by their Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops. Field expeditions for the study of wildi flowers, are but one' of the pastimes these troops enjoy.
Many of the Women's Leagues have arranged a busy program after the summer period. One of their chief projects in some localities is the raising of funds for a community center, which'the activities for a wide area ire to be housed, including the religious school classes and the synagogal activi¬ ties. In some districts, bazaars arc held to secure contributions for thc local hos¬ pital. In these efforts, the Jewish farm women join with their non-Jewish neigh¬ bors, and so lay the foundation for in¬ creased co-operation in all civic niove-
The Council's Department of Farm and Rural Work has achieved a great measure of success in its program California andi Michigan, the most re¬ cent states to be added to its field of activity. Tlie various state chairmen of the Council's Department of Farm and Rural Work have already inaugur¬ ated their summer program in the rural communities of their states.   •
And it came to pass, runs the story, that a person theretofore known as Jake Cohen appeared one Spring day before a Supreme Court judge peti¬ tioning to be permitted to assume tliQc name of Timothy McCarthy. The in¬ dulgent judge very much amused, granted the odd request. A month later the same individual once more stood before the judge in the role of a suppliant. This time he begged to.lbe allowed to exchange Timothy McCarthy for Cornelius O'Flaheity. The cdlirt demanded an explanation.
"You see," explained the petitior\cr, "wjicnever I tell .nnyone that my IS Timothy McCarthy, 1 jam alwtays asked: Wnd what was your name be¬ fore you changed it?"
The ex-Lipschitz who now flauhts the name of Lipton is in the same ph dicamcnt as Mr. Cohen—• McCarthy: his enemies no less than his friends are fully aware of thc mptamorphoics. to be extremely naive to' he fooled by the "fancy" names appro- jiriated by so many second-generation American Jews.
Geraldine Draper (Gertrude Schnei derman that was), is not alone in claim¬ ing that persons bearing unmistakably immigrant names nearly always find, it difficult to land a coveted position in the business .or professional  world.    "It ia
0 hard lo get on in the world with a lame like Finkelstein!" sighs Geraldine. Vnd in every corner of the land the Biegelows" and "Taylors," and Sloans" and "Blackmans" nod assent.
To which one begs leave to make the following retort:
The claim will not hold water.
Even if-the validity of the argument be assumed, it hardly constitutes suf¬ ficient reason for the precipitate and wholesale shedding of what are lonly known as Jewish surnames.
How can anybody seriously maintain,
1 the face of the ovemhetming evi¬ dence to the contrary, that a! distinctly Jewish surname is a decided impedimq^it in tlie strjuggfc - for. ^jxistencc—in '.JHe United States? He who has eyes virith which to see and ears that hear, should know better.
The famous cartoonist Rueben "Rube" Goldberg has somehow climbed the lad¬ der of success despite his" "impossible" name. Harry Hershfield, a native of the Windy City, wasn't asked to change Iiis n-aine to "Hutton" when 'Arthur Bris¬ bane gave him a job on the New York Evening Journal, George S. Kaufman manages to hold down the job of dra- »tic editor of the New York Times, d to collaborate with Marc Connolley writing stage successes, notwithstand¬ ing the Jewishness of hiS surname. Young Joseph Schildkraut, with the ex¬ ception of John Barry morc, is the most popular matinee idol of today, though his name sounds Jewish and foreign. Sam Shipman succeeded in "putting across" numerous melodramas. Simeon Strunsky was for years Editor-in-Chief of the New York Evening Post and is now a valued editorial writer on tlie Times. Thc star of "What Price Glory?" signs the payroll as Louis Wol- heini. Ben Hecht has no mean reputa¬ tion as a novelist, and Newman Levy is
Skop Returns to His
Home in Cleveland
Morris A. Skop, librarian ^nd club leader at the. Schonthal Community House, has returned to his home in Cleveland. While in Columbus he was taking an arts course at Ohio State University.
Through his fine work as a member of the Coinmunity House staff, he acquired many fdends here. Mr. Skop do some special studying in Cleveland preparatory to his entering Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York.
The Chuonicle trusts that Mr. Skop's fine aspirations wilt be realized and pre¬ dicts a brilliant career for him in Jewish public service.
bri(,'ht and witty, in spite of the "pecu-
iiames   they  bear.    Who   will
(|nestioM George J. Nathan's position as
eadiiiii theatrical critic of our time?
A great many persons regard Paul Ros-
one  of  the <iblcst  .-\iiiericaii
II music and literature.    Even
members of the Ku Klux Klan  would
hardly    challenge    James    Oppeiiheim's
isition as poet; Louis Untermeyer does
)t want for appreciation both as poet-
I'l    critic:    Robert , Nathan's    novels
Vutunin" and  "Jonah" have met  with
ucli praise.
Harvard University, is quite proud of the poet and teacher Joseph Auslander; of Felix Frankfurter, Professor of Law, and of Professor Wolfson.
Did Joe Choynski and  Barney "Bat¬ tling"   Levinsky   forfeit  tlie  esteem   of the sport world because of thc Jewish- .'ss and "foreigniiess" of their names? o   you   suggest   that   Benny   Leonard ould  have been  less  successful  under his original name. Lerner?    Sid Terris would have been the same sturdy, gal¬ lant little fighter had he chosen to re¬ tain his ori<>;inal Jewish name.
With the exception of Irvin S. Cobb, the ino.se popular living writer of Negro fiction is named Octavus Roy Cohen. Just fancy a combination of a Latin forename, a French middle name, and an ancient Hebrew name—and writing "coon" stories.,
Jo Davidson and Jules Butensky arc in tlie front rank of American sculp¬ tors; Sophie Breslau and Alma Gluck have admirers by the legion.
Who ever mistook Eddie Cantor fdr a Gentile? Two of the best known New York realtors and builders bear . such Mosaic names as Mark Rafalsky and Maurice Wertheim, Henry Morgenthau is a German-Jewish name. Do you sup¬ pose the name Barney Baruch sounds Turkish?
The President of the Thompson- Starrett Co., builders of the Woolworth building,'-never tried to exchange the natneof Louis Horowitz, for, say, "Les¬ ter-HewittJ'. .And-yett4ie in the business world.
One of the best-known "colyumnists" answers to the name S. Jay Kaufman. The dramatic critic of the New York Telcgram-Mail bears the Jewish sur¬ name Gabriel.,
The most dynamic figure in the his¬ tory of grand opera in the United States could lay claim to no "l)etter" surname than Hammerstein.
Babettc Deutsch, Alter Brody and Arthur Guiterman have established rep¬ utations as gifted poets. One America's most talented painters and a constant prize winner, goes under the name of Auerbach-Levy.
Sigmund Freud's most successful American disciple is called Abraham Brill; Benjamin Abram Bernstein is a Professor of Mathematics at the Uni¬ versity of California; Chas. Bernstein is a leading lieurologist; Maurice Bloonifield is regarded as oi greatest living Orientalists; Solomon Blum is Professor of Economics Berkeley, Cal.; Henry Blumberg holds, the chair of mathematics at the Uni¬ versity of Illinois, and the Professor of (Continued on'page 4)
IVREEYOH ICE-CREAM SOCIAL, WEDNESDAY
The Ivreeyoh will sponsor an ice cream social Wednesday evening, .Tunc 24th, in the court of the Hebrew School, S.'jS E Rich Street.
Fortune-telling, fish ponds, and entertainment of all kinds will mark the evening.
Everyone is urged to c<»me next Wednesday evening and bring along friends. A most en¬ joyable evening is assured all who come.
In case of rain that evening, the social will be postponed until  the following evening.
Adolph Stern Reelected Grand Master of I. 0. B. A.
Fraternity Representing 1.35,000 Jew¬ ish Families Deliberates on Jewish Problems
ATLANTIC CITY, \. J. — Problems affecting Jewi.sh communal life in America, the rebuilding of. Palestine and^ iternal affairs of thc Order 'were discussed at the TOth amiual convention of the Independent Order B'rith Abra¬ ham, the largest Jewish fraternity oper¬ ating on thc basis of mutual insurance, which closed yesterday at .Atlantic City, following three  days of deliberation.
hundred fifteen delegates, rcp- reseiiing 497 lodges, having a member- hip of 13-5,000, assembled at the Steel ?icr, where the convention was in ses- ion.
.-Vdolph Stern, New York lawyer, was re-elected Grand Master for the second Louis B. Siegel was elected as Deputy Grand Master, Samuel L. Webb d Deputy Grand Master and Max L. Hollander as Grand Secretary. The charge of secrecy was challenged the convention. Nothing in the frat¬ ernity is withheld from public knowl¬ edge except the names of the members who in time of needi receive.the frater- assistance, it was stated. A vig¬ orous plea for the assertion of rights was made by Charles B. Hall, president of tlie'Fliiladelphia !City Council, after
Confirmation Exercises, Agudath  Achim  Syna¬ gogue, Sunday Aft- ,June 21
1. Opening prayer. Miss Anna Davis; 2. Violin solo, Mr. Harry Losin; 3. Our Sacred Heritage, Miss Pauline Ruben; 4. Floral Offering, Miss Sally Ringer. 5, Piano and violin selection, Harry Losin ajid Irene Krakofjf. 6 Prophetic Judaism, Miss Florence Edel- .stein. 7. Piano solo, Miss Irene Kra¬ koff. 8. Modesty, Miss Pauline Ruben, !). Violin Solo, Miss Sara Parrish. 10. Mosaic  Tradition,   Miss   Sally  Ringer.
11. Woman in Israel, Miss Anna Davisi.
12. Valedictory, Miss Florence Edel- stein. 13. Address by Rabbi, Dr. I. Werne. 14. Presentation of Bibles by the Superintendent, Att'y Samuel Wol¬ man. 15. Presentation of Diplomas, Mr. A. Goldberg, President.
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THE HERZELIA TO HOLD MEETING SUNDAY. JUNE 21
A general meeting of the Herzelia Club will take place Sunday, June 21st, at 3:30 p. m., at the Community House, 555 E. Rich Street.
The committee in charge has arranged an excellent program and invites alt members to bring along their friends.
Grusd Is Honored
By 0. S. U. Lantern
Last Tuesday, July 10, Edward Grusd, Cincinnati, was appointed business man¬ ager of The Lantern, Ohio State Uni¬ versity daily newspaper. Grusd, who is a junior in the College of Commerce, is well known in local Jewish circles, is a member of the Sigma Alpha fraternity.
N. B. Just as The Chronicle went to press, we were informed that Mr. Grusd had to decline accepting the honor conferred on him because of work he has been engaged to do during the sum¬ mer in Cincinnati.
J.  D. C.  REPRESENTATIVES  TO
INSPECT JEWISH COLONIES IN
THE UKRAINE AND CRIMEA
MOSCOW.-Dr. Joseph Rosen, J. D. C. director of colonization work in Rus¬ sia, Bernard Kahn, European representa¬ tive of the J. D. C, and Isaac Urison, well known Jewisli social worker of Moscow, have left for the Ukraine and Crimea, where they will organize the colonization work. A thorough in gation of the present status of the Jew¬ ish colonies and of the possibilities for further development in Jewish coloniza¬ tion will be made foy the three men, who wilt arrange the preliminaries for a large scale colonizatipn activity to be conducted by the Agro-Joint.
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;riiity was named. President Hall, sipeaking of the Ku Klux Klan, which offered him niembership and which he ifused, termed the Klan a "pillow-case order". "Organize under the colors of the American flag and no one would dare to do to you what this flag does not .stand for," Charles B. Hall urged the assembled delegates.
V   number  of   important   resolutions
re passed; one memoralizing congress
modify the present immigration law
the-end that families may be united,
and   another  urged  action   against   the
proposed  bill on  registration  of  aliens
and   deportation,    which    were
lOHsly accepted. A third resolution was specially <levoted to expressing thanks to President Coolidge for his famous Washington address. This resolution, framed, will be presented by a .sipecial delegation to President Coolidge upon rn from his northwestern trip, feature of the order was the ratification of the social niembership principle, which permits 'the younger generation to join the fraternity not
ance basis. A subject heatedly discussed was that of changing the present   insurance  system  from  a  post
assessment to a s method, which was rejected by jority.
The convention decided to impose the following special taxes on the members: oc ill favor of the American Jewish Congress, 2c in favor of the Keren Haye¬ sod, 2c in favor of the Ort and Ic in favor of thc Hadassah. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., was chosen as the place of the next convention by thc delegates.
Endowment Fund For Hebrew University Is Formed In The U. S.
American    Committee    to    Aid University Development Will Be  Formed Under Chair¬ manship of Felix ,M. Warburg
WARBURG GIVES $500,000
TO THE INSTITUTION
N1£W YORK (J. T. A.)—Endow- niciit funds for thc Hebrew University in Jerusalem amounting to more than *SOll,00(» have been secured and an ap- pro.xiniate income of ^110,000 annually lor tlic University has been promised for a long term of years, according to I Dr. Jndah L. Magnes, dean of the Uni¬ versity, who sailed today on the Majcs- following a several months' stay in thc United States, in an interview with the rcpiosoiitative of the Jewish Tele¬ graphic .-Xgency.
greatly encouraged by the re¬ sponse  which  the  idea  of  thc Hebrew Tsity ill Jerusalem met with in thc d  States.    I  was delighted to see how quickly  this historic enterprise of the   Jewish   people   had   stirred   many hearts  and   minds.    This   was  particu¬ larly true of the Jewish youth who have university training.    I  was also !![ratificd to find such a great understand- g of thc Hebrew University shown by large number of American newspaper en," Dr. Magnes .stated. The  largest  contributors  toward  thc idowment   fund   were   Mr.   and   Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, who donated i|»)00,- iid  Mr.  Sol  Rosenblum  of   Pitts¬ burgh,, who gave t2oO,000. ^  .All American Committee for thc pur- l)ose of aiding the development of thc Hebrew University in Jerusalem is to be formed by Mr. Felix M. Warburg and Dr.  Emanuel  Libman,   with  Mr.  War¬ burg as chairman.   The Committee will include Dr. Cyrus Adler, Mr. Jacob Bil¬ likopf, Dr. .Abraham,Flexner, Dr. David Kaliski, Mr. LouisS Lipsky, Judge Julian • W. Mack, Messrs. Louis Marshall, Wal¬ ter    Meyers,    Eugene   Untermyer   and Frederick Warburg.
^„Mj;,,leagues.,who,,s,3iled. for,London for the purpose of attending a meeting of the Board of Governors of thc Insti¬ tute of Jewish Studies of the Hebrew University, further declared that the additional income of $140,000 includes the pledges of the .American Jewish Physicians' Committee, whose chairman is Dr, Ratnoff, and whose representative on the Board of Governors of the Uni¬ versity is .Dr. Emanuel Libman,. of $.:i0,000 yearly for the support of the Institute of Medical Research of the Medical School of the University.
Among the other contributors of yearly sums are Mrs." Jacob Wertfieim, Mrs. Isabella Freedman, Mr. and Mrs. L. Unterberg, Messrs. Samuel Unter¬ myer, Frederick Brown and I. D. Mor¬ rison, each of whom is giving the an¬ nual income on $l'0O,O0O, some of them for the establishment of professorships, and Messrs. Henry Bernheim/ Alexan- <ler M. Bing, Leo Bing, Henry Dix, .\rthur Lamport, Adolph Lewisohn, Harry Liebovitz, Louis Marshal, R. Sadowsky,. Cyrus L. Sulzberger and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Wertheim.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO EXCELSIOR MEMBERS
The Excelsior Club has en¬ gaged the grounds of Oak Park on Sunbury Pike for the entire day tomorrow (Sunday). You and your friends are cordially asked to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity for a glorious day in the country. Everything for your conveni¬ ence and comfort has been ar¬ ranged. There will be games and prizes of all kinds and de¬ scriptions.
Bring big lunches, for your appetites will be highly en¬ hanced by the fun and frolic. Drinks and refreshments will be available from the concessions. Come out as early as you please and stay as long as you desire. The Committee.
Joins Stafi of Columbus Talmud Torah
The directors of the Columbus Tal¬ mud Torah announced last week the appointment of Mr. Gaiser, formerly of Boston, to the teaching staff of this well-known institution. Mr. Gaiser has already begun his work here with much fervor and enthusiasm. He is plan¬ ning to organize dramatic and debating clubs for the pupils of the school as auxiliary activities. The Chronicle congratulates Mr. Gaiser upon his ap¬ pointment and trusts that his efforts will be fruitful of much lucceas.
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