Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1926-01-22

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoitd io Jljntfkan ' and Jewish IJgah
Volume IX — No. 4.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JANUARY 22, 1926
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Chicago Raises Million For the Big Cainpaign 2 Days Ahead of Time
First   Campaign   for  $15,000,000 Overseas Chest Is Led to* Vic¬ tory   by   Jacob   M.   Loeb, Prominent Business Man and Communal Worker
ROSENWALD ADDS $50,000
TO GIFT OF $1,275,000
"Napoleon" to be Sub¬ ject of Rabbi Tar¬ shish's Lecture
NEW YORK.—Chicago has the dis¬ tinction of having raised the first million toward the $15,000,000 "overseas chest" which is being asked of the Jewry of this country by the United Jewibh Cam¬ paign.
This announcement was made Friday, January loth, by David A, Biown, chair¬ man of the United Jewish Campaign, who said that the news had been tele¬ phoned by Jacob M. Loeb, chairijian of the "Drive" in Chicago who informed him that the United Drive for $t,000,- 000 ih that city had gone "over the top" by nearly $100,000 forty-eight hours ahead of the time fixed for it to close. Chicago's million dollar quota for the United Jewish Campaign is in addition to a personal contribution last Septem¬ ber by Julius Rosenwald of §1,000,000, which makes the total contribution of that city actually over $2,000,000.
The last week of the campaign, ac¬ cording to Mr. Loeb, was a period of in¬ tensified activity due to the startling reports of catastrophic conditions in Poland where the Jewish population is again plqnged into the abyss of calamity, The knowledge that soup-kitchen<} have been reopened in all parts of Poland to feed tens of thousands of starving men, 'women and cliildren, that orphan asy¬ lums have been closed and thousands of famished, half-naked and shelterless children are roaming the streets of Warsaw, Wilna, Bialystok and Rowno, that trade and religious schools have shut down and the cultural institutions collapsing, while hundreds of the most pious Jews in Poland are committing suicide; that the same horrible condi¬ tions prevail in Bessarabia, while in Russia, ten thousand Jewish families, eager to escape a similar fate and wait¬ ing for American financial backing to begin life over again as farmers, acted as an 'electrifying stimulus to workers ^Continued on'page 4)
Thc life and personality of one oi" the world's most famous characters, Napoleon Bonaparte, will he discussed by Rabbi Jacob Tarshish tomorrow (Sunday) morning nt the Bryden Road Temple.
Come and hear what a care¬ ful student of French 'history has to Bay regarding thc great Corsican who led the French armies in so many victorious battles and later became Em¬ peror of the French. ,
The Story of a Rebuilder of Fifth Avenue and of Palestine
Benjamin Winter, Penniless Immigrant Who Has Become
One of America's Greatest Real Estate Operators,
Becomes a Leader of United Palestine Appeal
By BERNARD A. BERGMAN
Well-Known Young Attorney Opens Offices in the Columbian Building
Mr. Matusoff, of Dayton, who is well-known in Jewish circles here, hav¬ ing been prominently identified with various activities on the Ohio State University Campus, has decided to make Columbus his home and has opened up offices for the general practice of law ,at 229-230 Columbian Bldg. on East Gay Street. From present indications he will make much progress here, not only because of his wide acquaintance, but also because of his fine qualities of heart and mind and his exceptional capacity for hard work.
"Coluhibus has been my home dur¬ ing the past five years," declared Mr. Matusoff, "and so salient' and striking
MAX M. MATUSOFF
has been its impression upon me that I have decided to locate here perma¬ nently. I- am confident that there is a wide field here and I am determined to take advantage of its opportunities."
It is interesting to note that Mr. Matu¬ soff was a prominent member of the Zeta Beta Tau, as well as of the Tau Epsilon Rho fraternities. In basketball and baseball he won honors, follow ing in the footsteps of his illustrious brother, Jake Matusoff.
The Chbohicle congratulates Ur. Matusoff on his decision and trusts that he'will meet with success in all his un¬ dertakings.
Over $1,500,000 Raised For Palestine Upbuilding Rabbi Wise Announces
American ievfry Coming to the
Realization   that   Palestine
Offers thi; One Hope for
Jewish Refugees of
Europe
NEW YORK.—Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Chairman ?f the United Palestine Ap¬ peal, has made public a report from Emanuel Neuinann, National Director of the Appeal, announcing that a total of $1,592,720 has thus far been con¬ tributed in new campaigns toward thc upbuilding of Palestine as the Jewish Homeland.
Of this sum ?l,08<t,000 has been given toward the S5,00O,OO0 to be raised by thc United Palestine Appeal to extend immigration and colonization activities so that 60,000 Jewish immigrant? from Eastern and Central Europe can be settled in Palestine this year and the various Jewish educational and public health enterprises in Palestine 'enlarged to meet the increased immigration.
The balance of the total raised was brought in by constituent funds of the United Palestine Appeal and includes $250,756 from the Palestine Foundation Fund, $99,632 from the Jewish National Fund and $58,330 from Hadassah.
"The ' more than a million dollars raised thus far by the United Palestine Appeal constitutes a record in Pales¬ tine giving," Mr. Neutnann reported, "as the campaign was just organized five weeks ago and campaigns have not yet been held in most of the principal states and dties, including New York City, whose appeal for 11,500,000 has been started.
"Tile tremendous Jewish immigration to Palestine during the past year, which has now reached a figure of 50,000 yearly, with the resulting outstanding progress in the economic development of the country, has served to unify American Jewry in thc realization tliat Palestine offers the one hope for the Jewish refugees of Eastern 'and Central Europe. The result has been that a new standard of giving has been estab-. lished with respect to Palestine. Con¬ tributors are giving as a minimum double their last year's gifts, while many cities have raised three and four times the sums contributed last year."
Totals raised thus far in leading cities for the United Palestine Appeal, in¬ cluding contributions raised in advance of campaigns, include: New York City, $325,000; Cleveland, $80,000; Balti¬ more, $80,000; Boston, $75,000; Buffalo. $.jO,000; San Francisco, $37,000; Roch¬ ester, $35,000; Cincinnati, $30,000; St. Louis, $18,'000; Syracuse, $18,000; Albany, $17,000; Memphis, $15,000; At¬ lantic City, $13,500.
Special trust funds given to the United Palestine Appeal, the income to be de¬ voted to Jewish colonization activities, total !i>250,000.
The principal American Palestine col¬ onization funds have combined this year aa the United Palestine Appeal in order to raise $5,000,000, thc minii^um sum necessary to carry out the extensive im^ migration and colonization program planned to absorb the large mass immi¬ gration of Jews from Eastern and Cen¬ tral Europe to Palestine. It represents the largest sum American Jews have ever been called upon to give in one year for Palestine upbuilding. During the past four years American Jews have contributed over $10,000,'000 for coloni¬ zation activities in Palestine which has been largely responsible for the in¬ crease in the Jewish population from 55,000 at the close of the war to over 150,000 at the present time.
Twenty-five years ago a twentyryear- old boy from Lodz landed at Ellis Island. When his fortune was con- vcitcd into American currency it totaled exactly five cents. Tm^o days later in white overalls and cap tins penniless Polibh immigrant was painting a tene¬ ment house on the East Side astride a scaOold. His first American job was as a painter because in Lodz he had studied art in thc local academy aijd, unable to speak the language of hi<5 new country, wielding a brush, even though not on
BENJAMIN   WINTER
a canvas, offered the quickest and easiest opportuniliy to start iinmediately to work.   ^
"Another Covered Wagon" A few months ago. Cosmopolitan magazine devoted its place of honor, the first page, to an article ^y one of its most gifted w''^tcrs, Frazier Hunt, to this very same immigrant boy. Hunt called the article, "Another Covered Wagon", and he pointed out that the steerage which brought this penniless Jewish boy to America was just as im¬ portant to the history of this country ¦as the Mayflower; that his pioneering activities were just as significant, just as romantic, just as heroic, as those of the settlers who blazed a trail across the continent in 1848. To Frazier Hunt, Benjamin Winter, who became one of the greatest real estate operators in the coimtry in a few short years, typified America, was as symbolic of America as the hardy pioneers of the Mayflower
or of the covered wagons  of the last century.
Spectacular Rise Thc spectacular rise of Mr. Winter from penniless East Side painter to real estate operator whobc deals are heralded from one end of the country to the other, is one of the most romantic stories in modern American business. During the last year his operations totalled over «l 00,000,000 and their spectacular and brilli.mt character amazed the coun- tiy. Devoting thc major part of his o|)crations during the year to Fifth Avenue, two of the most famous houses on ihat thoroughfare, emblematic of New York's most exclusive society life, <;ame into hii control. First he purchased the historic W. K. Vanderbilt house, then a few weeks later, the Vincent Astor home, wlrcre a generation ago the Dnv\a«-er Mrs. William 1 Waldorf Astor had originated the Four Hundred. And his dramatic operations for 1925 were capped with the most important real estate deal of the year, the purchase of Temple Emanu-El, considered the most valuable site on Fifth Avenue, the Temple receiving as part payment, the Astor house where it will erect a new and larger synagogue.
Rut thc most remarkable phase of his career is that his spectacular jump to the topmost rungs of American busi¬ ness success has not changed him the least He -is still quiet, modest, retiring. Per&ons who want to see him, think up all sorts of devious ways to meet him and find to their surprise that he is as accessible as the humblest clerk in his employ. Magazine and newspaper in¬ terviewers ask him his formula for suc¬ cess and ins^tead of the usual pompous answer that emanates from other Ameri¬ can business successes, he will smile and v^y, shyly, that he has no formula for success. That all he knows is that he has worked hard, has been honest in all his dealings, no matter if it meant a heavy financial loss, and has studied and so specialized in his subject—high class realty holdings—that he goes ihto every operation absolutely certain of every phase of the deal.
Docs Not  Hide  Origin
And with all his lightning ascent to the top, Mr. Winter has never once for¬ gotten or tried to hide his lowly begin¬ ning, which, also, is not as typical of many other American successes, A year after his arrival here, he and six other (Continued on page 4)
T.  I.  SISTERHOOD   SUPPER
IN HONOR OF RABBI
KLEIN TAKES PLACE
TOMORROW
Thc supper being arranged by the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood in honor of Rabbi Jacob Klein, will take place tomorrow (Sun¬ day) evening at G:00 P. M. nt the Temple Building, 354 ^ast Broad St.
A fine musical and entertain¬ ment program has been pre¬ pared for the occasion. For reservations call Mrs. Loewen- Btcin, Citizen 9085; Mrs. Morris Brown, Citizen 15420; Mrs. Louis Levin, Citizen 14078,
Zion Lodge to Install New Officers at Next
Conference Will Decide On Scope of Relief And Settlement Work
25   Per  Cent   of  Sum  Will  Be
Used for Medical and Orphan
Relief Work
DESIRE TO SETTLE ON
LAND  IS  INCREASING
MOSCOW—The desire to settle on the land has not slackened among the Jewish masses in Soviet Russia, de¬ clared Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, head of the Agro-Joint, following his return to Mos¬ cow from the United States, in an in¬ terview with the representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here,
"Knowing  that  the   situation of  the
__       . - ^Ij I Jewish  artisans ^n  the   Soviet l?epub-
IVleetingy  January  /^D   lics has  recently improved,  I expected
Large Attendance is Expected at Last Meeting to Be Held By Outgoing AdTi[}in ist ration
Zion Lodge's new ofiicers will be ,ofii- ciaUy installed by Brother Sidney G. Kusworm of Dayton, Past President of the District and member of the Ex¬ ecutive Committee of the Constitutional Grand Lodge, Monday evening, January 25^ at 8:00 P, M. at Rtaltors' Hall, 144 East State Street.
A special musical program has been arranged for the occasion and every member is urged to be present. Impor¬ tant business matters will also be taken^ up at the meeting.
Following arc thc officers 'to be in¬ stalled: Dr, S. D. Edelman, President; Walter Katz, Vice-president; Isadore W. Garek, Secretary; I. B. Jashenosky, Treasurer; Dr. Morris Goldberg, War¬ den; Ben Neustadt, Assistant Monitor; Louis Rosenthal, Outer- Guardian.
The Trustees to be installed are as follows: Simon Lazarus, Jacob Myers, and Charles Steinhauser.
It is hoped that a large number of brothers will turn out for this meeting which is the last one to be held by the outgoing administration.
to find, on my return, a slackening in thc urge for the land. Instead, I find that the number of applications for set¬ tling is greater than before and is in¬ creasing daily," he declared. "I am not surprised at this^ because I knew before that the argument of Mr. Dur- a^ty, the New York Times correspond¬ ent in Moscow, and of others, that the Jews will return to the towns at their first opportunity, was unfounded. Such assertions can be made only by people who get their information at second hand^ The fact is that the artisans have the largest proportion among the ap¬ plicants. Of the 740 applicants recently registered m the city of Homel, 40O were artisans. When asked why they made their applications for settling oh the land since the condition of the arti¬ sans has improved," they declared that they are convinced that there are no prospects for thera in their crafts, that the rapid development of the coopera¬ tives will finally destroy the individual artisans. They therefore prefer to settle on the land,*' Dr. Rosen stated.
A conference of the workers through¬ out Russia of the Agro-Joint will be held shortly in Moscow for the purpose of determining the scope and character of the work in th"e near future, Dr. Roscn.^ added.    The first tasks will be
Due to an error, the name of Alfred  ^^ consolidate those who have already
J. Kobacker was omitted last week from the list of delegates to the Grand Lodge convention.
Herzlia Club Notes
Newly Elected Ofiicers Are Ofiicially Installed By The Excelsior Club
Amid much joviality and fun partici¬ pated in by seventy enthusiastic mem¬ bers, the Excelsior Club officers for the coming year were installed at Druids Hall, 874 South High Street, last Thurs¬ day evening, A fine entertainment was enjoyed by all present. There were "eats, smokes, 'n everything."
Foltowing are the officers which were installed: Dr. Morris Goldberg, Presi¬ dent; Vice President, Arthur Goldberg; Secretary, Dr. Max Horkin; Treasurer, Joseph Shapira. The trustees installed are as follows: Louis Lakin, Samuel Gordon, N. C. Hersch, and D. A. Rosen- field.
Lose Stein
CLEVER MUSICAL COMEDY IS PRESENTED AT THE TEMPLE ISRAEL SUPPER
GAMMA OMEGA PI SORORITY TO SPONSOR BRIDGE TEA
The Gamma Omega Pi Sorority will sponsor a bridge tea on Sunday after¬ noon, January Slst al the Tifereth Israel Temple,  1840 E.  Broad  Street.
Tickets will sell at thirty-five cents and may be obtained from any Sorofity member or by calling Citizen 18557. Make your table reservations now.
Harold Ungerleider, Helen Rose Sfein- harter, Sanford Mandcl, Henrietta Blank, Marquil Zukor, Minna Born¬ heim, Irving Ettinger, Mildred Lepon, Chester Goodman, Martin Kaufman, William Gusman, and Milton Horr. Thc furniture for the settings was fur¬ nished by thc Goodman Furniture Com¬ pany.
The delicious supper was planned and served by Mrs. Dave Levison and her able committee.
IVREEYOH ENTERTAINS
WITH EVENING TEA
"Treasure Isle—And," a very clever two-act musical comedy, written and directed by Leonard S. Labowitz and sponsored by the Phi Sigma Delta Fra ternity, was presented last Sunday even¬ ing at the Bryden Road Temple, the occasion heing the raonfhly supper apon- soied by the Rose E. Lazarus Sister¬ hood,
Miss Jean Brenner and Mr. Adolph Grossman who assumed the leading roles were very charming in their musical renditions. Miss Minna Bornheim de¬ lighted the audience with her inimitable Charleston while Miss Mildred Lepon presented a most enjoyable song and dance number. Mr. Sam Burk played aome real jazz before the play opened, accompanied all the musical numbers, and kept going even during the inter¬ missions. Mra. J. F. Luft was in charge of the entertainment. The cast included the following:
Martin Orenstein, Jean Brenner, Adolph    prossman,    Helen    Lazarus.
The Ivreeyoh Society entertained with a delightful evening tea last Tuesday evening at the Hebrew School, 558 E. Rich Street.
Mr. Aaron Neustadt addressed those present on the Rabbi Stephen S. Wise controversy which is now stirring world¬ wide interest not only in Jewish but non-Jewish circles aa well.
Little Miss Pier rendered a group of Russian dances and Master Cabacoff entertained with several song and dance numbers. Miss Rose Thall who" ha^ been so popular at various social as well as benefit affairs recently played a num ber of jazz selections and rendered a few vocal selections.
The Ivreeyoh wishes to thank all those who so kindly contributed to the success of this tea and sincerely hopes that the coming monthly teas will receive the same support.
An important meeting of tHe HerHia Zion Club was held January 10, at 8 -00 p. M. at the Hebrew School, 558 E. Rich Street. Nomination of officers took place, .After the meeting an interestnig lec¬ ture before a large crowd was delivered by Mr. Paul Gaiser, formerly of Co¬ lumbus and now a student at the Uni¬ versity of Dayton. He was introduced by the chairman ,of ihe evening, Mr. Arthur Lebowitz, student oi Ohio State University.
The speaker's subject 'was "Spino'a, Acosta and the Controversy of Dr. S. S. Wise".
There will be a meeting of thc Herzlia Zion Club this Sunday, Jan. 24 at S:0(- P. M. at the Hebrew School. Election of Officers will take place.
MAURICE BORNSTEIN, President.
settled and to settle those who have registered.
Th^ Joint Distribution Committee also conducts relief work Such as granting credit to artisans, extending medical and orphan aid. Twenty-five per cent of the annual sum allocated to Russia will be spent for Such relief. Dr. Rosen declared.
"The greater the funds available and the sooner they arrive, the more rapidly will the work be accomplished," he stated.
RECEIVES  PROMOTION   ON MEDICAL FACULTY OF OHIO STATE UNI¬ VERSITY
Y. W. H. A. VALENTINE DANCE
Don't forget to buy your tickets for the big annual Valentine dance to be given by the Y. W. H. A. Thursday, February 18th, at the Neil House.
Those who have attended these dances previously know that excellent music is assured them as well as a general good time.
Tickets may be procured from any "Y" member.   ,
MEMBERS   OF   CRUSADERS   OR¬ DER WILL MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO PALESTINE IN MARCH
Dr. Samuel D. Edelman, 3G6 Stoddart Avenue, who has been an assistant in the college of medicine at Ohio State University since 1915, has been named Instructor of Pediatrics. Dr. Edelman graduated from the college of medicine of O. S. U. in 1914 and served 26 months
L  SISTERHOOD  ANNOUNCES . DATE FOB CARD PARTY
The Tifereth Israel Sisterhood has chosen February 23rd as the date for an evening card party to be held at the Temple Building, E. Broad Street,
The committee in charge hopes that all organizations make note of this date so that no other affair will conflict with this party. Full particulars will appear in forthcoming issues of the CHHONicije.. order to the days of the Maccabees.
JERUSALEM.—Scenes of the time, of the early crusades will be re-enacted next- March when members of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, known also as the. Knights of Rhodes ^.nd the Sov¬ ereign Order of the Knights of Malta, will visit the Holy Land.
It was learned here today that several himdred knights and ladies, members of the order, which is 900 years old, will make a pilgrimage to the crusaders' an¬ cient strongholds in Palestine, The steamer which will carry the; crusaders will fly the old standard of the order.
The order had its origin in Jerusalem durin gthe first crusade. Medieval legend set back the beginnings of the
DR. S. D. EDELMAN
among the American troops iMjfore com¬ mencing his practice in Columbus. Locally he has established an enviable reputation as a specialist in children's diseases.
He is at present an active member of the Bryden Road Temple, the Winding Hollow Country Club and the Masonic Order and will be installed as President of Zion Lodge. No. C3, I. O. B. B. Mon¬ day evening, January 25. In this or¬ ganisation the doctor has been one oE the most tireless workers. His ad¬ ministration ia expected to mark one ot the most successful years in the lodg;e*8 history,