Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1926-02-05

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Voliinie IX —No. 6
COLUMBUS, OHIO, Fl'.BRUARY .s, 1926
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Funeral of Dr. Kohler, Scholar and Educator, Is Held In New York
Prominent  Members  of  Jewish
Community Serve as Honoraiy
Pallbearers at Savant's
Funeral
PROF. H. ENGLANDER OFFICIATES AT CEMETERY
Dr. Juliain Morgensterh 'and Dr.
Loiiis   Wolsey   Eulogize  Dead
Scholar; Was Link Betvireen
Orthodoxy and Reform
Movement
DEATH IS MOURNED
*    THROUGHOUT THE LAND
NEW YORK.—Funeral services for Dr. Kaufmann Kohler, who died on Thursday, were held yesterday at Temple , Betli~El. The funeral "address vras de- .livercd .by Dr. Samuel. Schulman, min- istcf of the Temple, who has returned from Augusta, Georgia, for the purposb. Th^ opening prayer was .delivered by Dr., R; Grossman, , formerly assistant of Dr. Rohlcr's, and the closing prayer by Prof. Julian Morgenstern of Cin- cinnatij Dr, Koliler's successor as pres¬ ident bf thc Hebrew Union College.     '
BIG TURN-OUT IS EX¬ PECTED AT NEXT T. I. BROTHERHOOD MEETING
A big turu-out is expected at thc next inecting of thc Bryden Rd. Temple Brotherhood, Tues¬ day, February 9th, at fi:00 P. M. at the Elks' Club on East Broad Street. An especially flnc dinner will; be ,acrved. Thc speaker of, the evening will bo Judge Aaron B. Cohn of To¬ ledo, who is rapidly >vinnine fanic'throughout thc Middle West as a lawyer, orator, ahd public' worker.
This dinncrrmeeting will be in the nature of a Father and Son alTair, and all, members are urged to bring their sons. Re- member* Tuesday .evening, Feb. 9, at 6:00 P. M.
An American Pilgrimage
By RABBI LEE J. LEVINGER
• .(Specially Written for Onio J,Ewisn CnnoNtcu)      ,,
Three Hundred Attend Banquet at Agudath Achim Cong. Sunday
Rdbbi. Isaac \Vcrne Is Honored ilnd
Pr<?sented With a Beautiful Gold
IVatch By the Membership
'^.
DR. K. KOHLER
,, Prof,,Heriry Englander of the faculty of that College officiated at the,cemetery. The service was ,¦ read' by Dr. Simon Cohen, Assistant Rabbi of Temple Beth- El. The honorary pallbearers were.the Trustees of the ,congregation, Benjamin Altheiiifier,   president; .Ludwig   Vogel-
' stein, former president and chairman of the Executive Board of the Union of Attierican Hebrew Congregations, Roger W. Straus, Otto Dryfoos, Saul Bernstein, Myron Sulzberger, Leopold Stern, Sid¬ ney Herman; Samuel Currick, David M. Bresslcr, Mrs, Wm.KUngenStein, Ben¬ jamin Moss, Carl, Rosenberger, M. H.
: Rothchild, David Dinkelspiel, Jacob L. Frankcl,'Max Kalter, Aaron R, Hanp and Felix,M. Warburg, and Alfred M^ Cohen, presideiit of the Board of Gov¬ ernors of the,College, Maurice,Freiberg
¦ of Cincinnati, Marcus Aaron of Pitts¬ burgh, Louis Marshall, Adolph S. Ochs,
, Mortimer L. Schiff, Judge Samson Lach- man. Judge Irving. Lehman,, Judge Horace Stern of Philadelphia, Simon Hess, Senator Nathan Straus, Jr., I. M. Steltcnheim, Lawrence Rukeyser, Mrs., Leopold Plant and, Mrs, Sailie K. Glauber; Rabbi Isaac Landmahn, editor of thc
.American Hebrew and other Rabbis offi¬ ciating in New York City who were graduates of-the .College under Dr. Kohler's presidency, served as pall¬ bearers, .   Representatives of the Board of Gov-
' ernors of the College, the- Onion of American Hebrew Congregations and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, of which Dr. Kohler was hon- qralry president for over twenty-two years, attended the funeral.
The deatb of Dr.> Kaufmann Kohler was mourned: throughout the Jewish communjties.in the United States. Lead¬ ers in liberal Judaism eulogized the late rabbi, scholar and educator.
Dr. Julian Morgenstem, president of fhe Hebrew College, in, a statement to iiioi Jewish Daily .fitif/i^ftn, declared;. , "Doctor Kaufmann Kohler was a hei'oic figure in the history of Jiidaism in America. Born in Germany in Furth, the" stronghold of Bavarian Ortho¬ doxy, a pupil of Samson Raphael Hirsch and of Abraham Geiger, son-in- law and disciple of David Einhorn and President of the Hebrew Union College for eighteen years, he linked Orthodoxy with Reform. Of the tirst generation of Reformers in Judaism, and possessed of a fine scholarly mind and with a thorough rabbinic training and a modern academic education, he interpreted Ju¬ daism with authority io the present gen¬ eration. He stood in the front ranks of modern Jewish scholarship, particu larly in his chosen field. An ardent and consistent champion of Reform Juda¬ ism he led in the battle at the Pittsburgh conference for a sound definition and bold and uncompromising declaration iContiti.ued on page 4)
Over, three, hiindred members of the Agudath Achim congregation turned out for the elaborate banquet arranged last Sunday, by thtr officers in honor of the rabbi and the incoming adminis/tration. The aflfair proved to be a.veritable love feast, every one present.being filledwith the spirit of brotherly , love and mutual understanding. ..   '¦
Tliei-e'>va5/plenty ,of ,eats and refresh¬ ing drinks, all tast<2fuUy prepared, and scrvetl , by the fair instructors of the RcHgions school under the supervision of Morris M: Levison. The officers are taking this means of thanking ^the young ladies fpr their kindness as,well as their efficiency. , President Krakowitz intro¬ duced.Mr. J, Wi; Zilberman as toast- master for the evening,   \     ^    •
Mr. Zilberman lauded the splendid work beingdcne in. Columbus: by Rabbi Werne and urged, the .menibers and officers iil the incoming administration to cooperate with their spiritual leader in his endeavors to strengthen Judaism in this community. Among the speakers during the evening were,the following Jacob, Mattlin,, Nathan Skuller, Harry Shalet, N.. Finkelstein, M. M. Levison, Satn Moss, I. Nutis, ,A. Krakoff, Jacob Schottenstcin, .Louis Lakin, Abe' Mart¬ lin, I. B. Jashenosky, Saul Ruben, S. Friedman, Hirsch Kobacker, N. E>an- zigcr, B,' Neustadt, Mrs. Ida Shaffer; H, Herman; Dave, Sachs, Rev. S. Silverr man, Morris Hurwich,' Sam- Wolman, Morris Bornstein, Bert Wolman and Rabbi Isaac Werne. It was the coU' sensus of opinion of .all the speakers that'the future ,gf the. congregation dc pends on the maintenance of harmony' within its ranks. Rabbi Werne thanked the, members and the officers fpr their kind. w,6rds about him and for the beautiful watch- with which they pre¬ sented him and expressed the hope that unity and cooperation will; stimulate the advancement of-the synagogue and aid in bringing success to all its projects.
A^trip to Washington should be part of the education of every American boy or girl;
In ancient times the Jews had a cus¬ tom o£ three yearly pilgrimages to .Jerusalem on the great festivals,, It wag a fine rule, for it brought every family into.closest touch,with the cen¬ ter of their'religion, unified the people and the faith, and rnade every person intensely aware of the grandeur of their" great-shrine, at the capital. The pil-r griniagC was not a long one, as wc esti¬ mate mileage now, but it must have becii sufficiently bard when tncn, women,and cliildren had to walk eighty or.a hun¬ dred miles on foot, over rocky paths, only to stay a- few day^ at the holy city and thcii return tlic,same weafy way. But they felt that it^ was worth" this and every sacrifice; it .was their pil- griinage.
¦ I. feel that I have just made the same kincl- of a jourriey, spending, several days in Washington with my children. Not that V/e had fihy sacrifices —it was, a picnic,' with hotels, riailroads, auto- triobiles and guides, to make the way easy at every turn. .   ,
But it was a rich, spiritual, feast for the.aduhs and for the children an in- cothparable  educational  experience.
"What does the government of the Uiiited Stales,.really do?" was the query of my little girl wheri I told, her that, ,we should visit the scat of government. How many might ask the same ques¬ tion, almost' as innocently, whom, the the same trip might answer .in the same way. "Why should wc want to visit the White House?" asked her brother, "Is it different from' any other house P" Arid so we visited the White House, and he brought away an imx>ression of dignity, .of quiet .magnificence, such as a. child's   imagination   cannot   conceive
PRESIDENT   OP  HERZLIA CLUB ACTIVE IN JEW¬ ISH AFFAIRS
unaided. P^^ssing the Congressional Li¬ brary, T remarked that its interior was much finer than the exterior, and I Wotild find time to show it to them. "How can,'it be prettier inside than it is outside?'* was the question, as the little questioner gazed.iip at the spa¬ cious facade. ¦ But we saw the rich interior, with its glittering mosaics and gorgeous detail^' and the question was answered.
But above all, the journey to Wash¬ ington is rifih in the impressions, of great piirsonalities—Lafayette; Roosevelt, Grant, Lee. ¦
No, child can enter. Mt., Vernon, trav-
The Herzlia Club Will Celebrate Bialik Day
Tomorrow Evening
A' regular meeting of the Herzlia Zion. Club will be hqld ^unday, Feb.. 7, at 8 p. m., at the Hebrew School. (558 E. Rich St.)   -"  _.   /
111 concurrence with the coming of the distinguished guest, Chaim Nachurti Bialik, to this country,, the . executive has arranged a very delightful program in his' honor. . ' ;
As it may be noted, with the coining of the eminent-Hebrew poet, a special "Bialik" week has been set aside by a National Committee representing all [jliases of Jcwiah learning in America. In keeping with thc occasion, the Herzlia Zion,Club has arranged-a spscial;, "Bia¬ lik" program, wherein, phases of his works will be presented, including songs and rccita,tiona.
The prominent speaker of the evening
11 be Dr. Lee J. Lcviriger of the Hillel
ject "Modern Jewish Literature."
The  public  is" invited to  attend the meeting. . "  Isadore Thall, Sec'y.
ersc the very, rootns where the- Father |   _^_ ^^^ ^^ 	
of our Country lived, gaze on .the Po-1 Foundation; who will speak on the sub-
tonjac from his owii porch/stand before
his   tomb,   without getting a   little  of
the   spirit   of   Washington.     No  child
can stand at the very spot- where Liti-
cold   died   without   becoming   a   little
niorc: like the  great  Emancipator and
martyr.
And finally Arlington-rthe national cemetery, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. , ¦     . ,
This part of the jouirney, at least, is no picnic. Holiday merrymaking ceases, even for the most light of heart. For some of us it is ,air a pilgrimage,-^ with this as its high spot. But even the most careless or frivolous trod this- spot as the Holy of Holies of American pa¬ triotism. ¦Surely even a liltle child gets here some vision, of the sacrifices and the sorrows which, with all the splendors and glories have gorii into the making of our America.
We should^follow the old Jewish cusr .torn for all Americans, that all oiir people might: become truer: and finer .patriots in the presence of. bur central shrine of Americanis^m.
Large Gathering of Women Enjoy Mrs. Morris'Ad¬ dress at the Neil House
, ,Mrs. Robert Morris of Toledo afforded members of the Goluiiibus Section Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women a rare treat at their - regular meeting held Tuesday aftcrnopn at the Neil House.
Mrs. Morris who is chainhan of Literature of thc Ohio Federation pf Women's Clubs had occasion to travel abroad last summer and it Tvas on her. visit in England that she talked Uhat afternoon. ;It was interesting to note that Mrs. Morris brought back with her impressions which slipped by thousands of other American touriists. She linked all the various spots of note with Eng¬ lish authors, poets, sculptors; etc., who had made them immprtal and pictured, the various characters handed down through the years in those, very places. The annual contribution of the Couiit cil.to the Hadassah was raised to $50.1)0.
, Miss Edna MacPherson, a student of Mr. Frank Murpliy,-rendered two lovely piano selections. ¦ The afternoon's prp- gram was in charge of Mrs. Arthur J. Isaacs, , chairman 'of th^ Edticational Gommittee.
Rabbi Jacob Klein of the Tifereth Israel Congregation .offered the.opening prayer., Mrs. Jerome Kohn presided at the meeting.
Miss Gay Maclzuren to
Appear at Memorial Hall
WAURICE BORNSTEIN
Mr. Bornstein is one of Columbus best kilown Jewish intellectuals. He has been interested in Jewish affairs for a number of years. He possesses a wide knowledge of Jewish history and is well versed in contemporary Jewish problems.
Mr, Bornstein will, preside at the next open meeting of the club, Sunday even¬ ing, February 7, at 8:00 P. M. at the Columbus Talmud Torah. Rabbi Lee J. Levinger will be the chief speaker for the evening.
Lovers of "clever dramatic entertain¬ ment will be'given a real treat when Miss Gay Maclaren will appear at Me¬ morial Hall on Monday eyeningp Feb- ruai-y IStli,,^ under the auspices of the Federation of Women's Clubs. ..
Miss Maclaren is a brilliant little reader and brings to the concert plat¬ form an entirelynew form of art. Her program for the evening will be, "Father and Dad."
SCHACHRIS CLUB HOLDS- MEETING THURSDAY
The Schachria Club held a. regular meeting Thursday evening, February '(th,  at  the   Columbus   Hebrew   School.
Important business was,taken up \vith regard to the year's activities. An elab¬ orate program has been outlined and a season of unparalleled activity is an¬ ticipated.
SPECIAL. NOTICE
A brilliant review o! Ludwig Lewisohn's "Israel" has been sent us by Dr. Israel Goldstein of New Yprk. It will be published in our next week's issue.
Tifereth Israel Sister¬ hood Notes
Meeting
The regular monthly meeting was held Ijjst Monday, evening, February Ist, at eight o'clock at the Temple Building.
Mrs.Ehna E. t-eyinger gave a inost interesting talk on "Women of Yester¬ day and Women' of Today," in which she .stressed the necessity of implanting Judaism in the home,. This talk \Vas thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by all thpse present.,^'
The opening prayer waS made by Rabbi, Klein. Plans were stairted for the Purim Celebration which will take place the .jatter part of the'month; the exact details to appear iil forthcoming issues,of the Chronicle.
V Anhiversary Celebration , The fourteenth birthday, anniversary o£ the Tiferetli .Israel Sisterhood wilV take plaice Sunday, February Uth, at the Temple Building. Watch for further information regarding this affair. ,'
Rose E. Lazarus Sister¬ hood Notes
¦   Supper
Sunday, February: Uth, is the date for the next Temple Supper^ to be spon¬ sored by the Rose E. Lazarus Sister- hooclat'the- Brydeii Road Temple.
Mrs. .\, J. Kobacker is in chairge of the'entertainment for the evening and has promisedV a most delightful pro¬ gram. .Two original sketches will be presented by students of the post-con- firrnation class of the Temple and Ohio State University. .'¦'.''
The sketches, "Two Lunatics," and "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not," will be in charge of Miss Bronette Gold¬ berg.     ;       .
Don't forget to reserve Sunday even¬ ing, February Uth, for this delightful monthly get-together.    .
Children's Services
The Rose E, I^zarus Sisterhood is deeply intercBte<l. in the Children's ;Sat- urday services held at the Bryden Road Teniple, and urges that all pupils of the Religious School report promptly Sat¬ urday inornuig, February I3th, for these services, '
Brown Begins Another Whirlwind Tour of The United States
Starting With Michigan He Will
Cover 14 States in 21 Days to
Complete  Organization  of
American   Jewry   for
$15,000,000 Campaign
ABOUT THIRTY STATES ARE ALREADY ORGANIZED
Joseph Schonthal Is Re-elected President of Bryden Road Temple
Address of Fred M. Butzel xtf Detroit
at Annual Congregationtil Dinner
Evokes Much Commendation
"Dad" Schonthal wa& rc-eleeted presi dcntoE the Bryden Road Temp 1^ for the twenty-fourth consecutive time at the annual meeting held in the vestry r-ooms of.the .congregation kst Tuesday eve^ ning. Otlier officers elected-are as fol¬ lows : . Otto Nusbaum, vice president; Arthur E. ¦ Loeb, secretary; Simon Lazarus, treasurer; L. J. Goodman, warden, The following gentlemen were elected to the board of trustees: Joseph Basch, So)..M. Levy and'Max.H. Rieser.
The. meeting, followed the arinual Coui gregational Dinner of the Temple, which was at'rangcd this year nnderthe direc-. tion of Mrs. Max H; Rieser. ..Me, Max H. Rjeser was chairman 6f the ¦evening, Thc chief speaker-Mr. Fred M. Butzel of Detroit, was_ introduced by Edwin J. Schanfarbcr, as ",thc.,Louis Marshall pf the Middle. West,"- biecause of his long period of service, in many Jewish causes a:ud his extraordinarily high standing in the civic life of the'great city of Detroit.
Mr. Butzel's theme was, "How Shall the Jewish People Find Sclf-Expres- sion ?",' III the course of his address, he traced the histor-y.of Israel from hoary antiquity to the present day, pointing.but the most significant chapters and dwell¬ ing upon the contributions which Israel has niade in various countries at vari¬ ous times towards .progress and civiliza¬ tion. He declared that the Jew lias been unable to assimilate with the peo¬ ples around him, .and,that wherever he has* attempted, this step only evil-has re¬ sulted therefrom.. "The anomalous posi¬ tion-of the Jew everywhere throughout the ages since the dispersion, has been enhanced 'by his peculiarities and by his difference in outlook pu life and! its problems;" ,.',
¦Emphasizirig the pacifistic gttitude. of the Jew and his unbending loyalty tb t'radition, he said that the Jew is de¬ stined to remain a separate and,distinct people. He deplorc<i the desire of many individual Jews to deny their ancestral origin and break away from theiir Jewish affiliations, explaining, that this step can never solve "the Jewish prcbleni." He agreed with Nahum Sokolow, the famous Zionist sage and leader, that-"the Jew still Tics undigested in-the "stomach of the .world.". He concluded by asserting his firrn convictipn that the age-long Jewish problem will be solved OK^y by the re-establishment of the Jewish people,.in^ their ancient homeland, Palestine, where marvelous changes are taking place daily where the Hebrew tongue'has been revived, and where Jewish art and a dis¬ tinct Hebraic culture arc gradually be¬ ing evolved. . "The Jew in Eretz Yis- roel is ^regaining his seU-respect through the exercise of greater freedom in sur¬ roundings saturated with the spirit of {COiUinued on page A^
NEW YORK. — David A, ¦ Brown, chairnian of the $15,000,000 United Jew¬ ish Campaign, left New York on Wed¬ nesday, January 27th, for Detroit, where a conference with Michigan leaders bn Sunday,, the 29th in'st,.marked the begip- iiing of his third whirlwind tour for the purpose of organizirig American Jewry for the "Overseas Chest" to'relieve the desperate , plight oi East European Jewry, which in Poland'and Bessarabia, has assumed catasti^ophic proportions, and also tp finance the gjgantic back-to- the- soil movement,of Russian Jewry..
Mr. Brown^s itinerary covers 14 states, and the time allotted forit is 31 days. In that period, he will visit,Texas, speaking at Dallas ou February '7th;' Oklahoma, at Oklahoma'City, February 9th; Kan¬ sas, at Topeka, Febjriiary Uth'; Nebraska,, at Omaha,: February 12th ; Jowa,.at Des,
"MARRY IN HASTE —RE¬ PENT AT LEISURE" rr
Will Be Subject of Rabbi Tarsh- ish's  Lecture 'Tomorrow
¦"Marry In Haste—Repent at Leisure" will be the subject upon which Rabbi. Jacob Tarsh* ish of the Bryden Koad TenipIe will lecture tomorrow (Sunday) inormng. The general. as well as the Jewjsh public is cordially invited- to attend the Sunday " services, A special musical pro¬ gram has beeh arranged for the .occasion. The serviced last for. one hour only.
Moirtes, February Uth; South Dakota^ ¦ at Sioux Falls, February 16th; Minne¬ sota at St. Paul and Minneapolis, Feb¬ ruary 18th and i9th:. North Dakota at . EargPi, 'February 21st. Rates are in process of adjustment, for conferences in , Missouri, Kentucky .and Eastern Pennsylvania, all of which will be held prior to the state conference.for 'Massa¬ chusetts whicii will be' held in Worces-:^ ter on March 14th.
With the completion of this .schedule the United'Jewish. Campaign will have been organized in 44 of the 48 American states. ' In the rnean.tinie, it.is expected, . Mr. Felix M. Warburg and Mr. Louis. Marshall, authorized to do, so at the Hotel Biltmore,conference on Monday will have named the committee to organ¬ ize, the Greater New ¦ York Campaign which'has a quota.of $4,(W6,000.'
A riotable feature of the organizing, effort of ^ the United Jewish Campaign is the. effective' work done ih Texas, Four campaigns invaded that: State . alriiost simuitahepusly, Mr. J. K, Hex- .¦ ter, of Dallas, chairman, of the brgan- izing committee has/ informed Mr. Brown that Texas is "all set." "Large delegations from all. pa^rts of the State, will be present at the Dallas.conference," says Mr. Hexten' "The State .has been divided into four zones, with Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso a centers, and the United Jewish Cam-- paign is the first to get into action. The Jews of Texas are thoroughly aroused lo the situation, and are only waiting for yoti to Qome inolrder to demonstrate how, completely they are in accord with your efforts."
Gilbert Larig will be chairman for the San Antonio Zone, N. D. Namatt, for Houston, and Adolf Shwartz for El Paso.     ¦¦¦¦¦,
ROSE E. LAZARUS SISTER¬ HOOD TO MEET TUESDAY
Rabbi Greenwald Will Talk on Recent Convention
Rabbi Leopold Greenwald has returned fi'om the convention of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis held in New, York City and announces that he will give a complete report of the proceedings there at the Beth Jacob Synagogue tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 9:00 P. M. All are cordially invited.
The next meeting of the Rose- E. Lazarus Sisterhood will be held Tues¬ day, February 9th, in the yestry rooms of the Bryden Road Temple at 2-.15 p. m.
The committee in charge of the after¬ noon's program has arranged one of unusual interest. A number of chil¬ dren from the Blind Schoorwill present several orchestra selections as well as a short pby.
Eacli member is urged to come and bring with her a can of fruit, jelly or
Ivreeyoh Notes
Meeting
The,regular monthly meeting will b^ held Simday, February 7th, at 2:30 P. M., at the Hebrew School, 558 E. Rich Street.
At this meeting election of directors will ^take place and other .ihiportant business. transacted.
It is urgent that every member at¬ tend. ,    ,
The big party to he sponsored by the Ivreeyoh Society on Thursday after¬ noon, February 25th, promises to be one of the finest affairs of its kind given this year.
The beautiful ballroom of the ij^ew Neil House has been engaged fpr the occasion and the committees in charge are busy arranging 911 details so that everyone who will attend will be a$<
any type of caimed goods" as a Piirim
offering, this in turn to be distributed! sured a lovely afternoon.
among needy Jewish families. ]    Reserve tha^ day for tliji event