Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1926-11-26

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Volume IX — No, 49
COLUMBUS. OHIO. NOVEMBER 26, 1926
C. J. W, Goes On Record Against Military Training
At Its 11th Triennial Conven¬ tion National C.  J.  W,  De¬ clares That Military Train¬ ing Stresses War Psy¬ chology.
INSTITUTIONS  CONDUCTED BY COUNCIL SECTIONS
WASHINGTON. —Compulsory' mili¬ tary training in the schools was declared to bc running counter to the movement to substitute law for war in a resolu¬ tion adopted by the !NationaI Council of Jewish Women in its eleventh triennial convention here. The resolution urged compulsory military training be elimi¬ nated at all land grant colleges, because "it stresses war psychology in the minds of the youth."
That the Council be dedicated to the promotion of arbitration and the judi¬ cial settlement of international disputes as an essential step in the outlawing of war, was approved by the delegates.
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, President of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, with whicli the council is affili¬ ated, addressed delegates on World Peace,
The 1,400 delegates went to Mount Vernon and Arlington Cemetery, where Mrs. William D. Sporbcrg, National President of tlie Council, placed wreaths before the tombs of Washington and the. Unknown  Soldier.
Reports on the various activities of the Council were presented,at yesterday's session.
Mrs. Sydney M. Cone of Ealtimoi'e, chairman of the Committee on Legisla¬ tion, reported on legislative activity in cooperation with the 'Women's Joint Congressional Committee at Washing¬ ton, D. C, of which the National Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women is a member or¬ ganization. Public interest in various legislative proposals was fostered through the local Council Committees on Legislation- Forty institutions are conducted by Council Sections, including community centers, vacation camps, girls' homtis, clinics, girls' profectWe bureaus and family welfare bureaus. An increasing number of sections are cooperating with and participating in Community Chests and Federations of Philanthropy, ac- ' cording- to the report of Mrs. Samuel Tlschuler of Chicago, chairman of the , Committee on Social Welfare.
Mrs. Majc Floomstein of Chicago, National Chairman of the Committee on Work for the Blind and Sight Con¬ servation, stated that the Council Sec¬ tions in many cities have established a complete program of service to the blind. She also reported that scholar¬ ships are being provided for blind musi¬ cians, stenographers, and readers. The program of the Sections extends to pre¬ ventive w6rk among the children in the schools and the men and women in in¬ dustry.
Mrs. Simon K Osserman of New York City, National Chairman of the Committee on Deaf, declared that great gains had been made among the Council Sections in securing their interest in work' for the deaf. Activity in this 'field included religious services, religious education, educational classes and schol¬ arships. Accousticons were installed in synagogues. ,^
Councils of Jewish Women have been established in Australia, Jugo-Slavia and France, Mrs. Nathaniel E.-^ Harris re¬ ported.
The delegates were the guests of the local Hadassah at a luncheon, at the Jewish Community Center.
What Is It?
Its name is Splendor and Magnificence and It is gdlng to take place Sunday, November 28, 2:30 p..m. at the Woodmen's Home, 60 East Main streetr^' what is it?
Sure enough it is,the Ohanu- kah celebration of the pupils of the Hebrew school of Coif lumbus. There will also be a splendid musical program with the participation of famous tal¬ ents as Miss Lulu Gavetto of the Franklin Conservatory of Music (vocal), Mrs. B. W. Abramson (piano) and Mr. Laurence Sobol (violin). Mis? Rose Thall will aceompany all the Hebrew songs and melodies an the piano.
It will start at 2:30 promptly. There is a limited number of seats.   Come early.
Outline Plans for The Participation of U. S.
Jews in World Meet
Max D. Steuer, Noted New York Law¬ yer, Issues Statement on Ques¬ tion of Jewish Minority Rights
Big Attendance Expected At Bryden Road Temple Brotherhood Dinner on Dec. 7thv John J. Lentz Will Be The Chief Speaker
Membership in Brotherhood Is Increasing by Leaps and Bounds—
Last Year's Achievements Will Be Eclipsed This Year ^ All
Board Members Working to Make Lentz Meeting a Red-
Letter Occasion — Fine Entertainment Programs for
Every Dinner
From present indications a record-breaking attendance -will mark the lirst meeting of the Bryden Road Temple Brotherhood, which will he in the form of a Fellowship Dinner and take place at the Elks' Home Tuesday evening, December 7th, with John J.
Alumni Club Organized By Local Z. B. T. Men
Alumni of the Zeta Beta Tau Frater¬ nity, numbering twenty, have organized a Cohimbus Alumni Club which will meet at,luncheon at one of the down¬ town hotels orice each month<   '_, ¦
Fifteen met together last Thursday at the Fort Hayes Hotel for their first meeting and the enthusiasm shown gives promise of a long life to this new orgatvization.
Xocal Zeta. Beta Tau alumni are Joseph Schonthal, £. J. Schanfarber, Harry Kohn, Morrey Greenstein, Leo Yassenoflr, Dr. S. D. Edelman, Myer Hausmani Frank Spira, Max MatusofiF, Albert Howmari, Gus K. Bowman, Ben .Lurie, Dr. Lewis Basch, Robert Weiler, Art Siegel, Lee Hoflfheimer, Gustavus Basch, Dave Neustadt, Byron Gold¬ smith, and A. L. Segal.
They will meet next at the Ohio State University Qapter House, 174 East Woodruff Avenue at a six o'clock dinner Wednesday, December 8th.
NEW YORK.—Announcement was made by Mr. Max D. Steuer, promment New York attorney, who is chairman of a special committee appointed by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, President of the American Jewish Congress, to formulate plans for intensifying the work for the defense of Jewish rights in Eastern Europe, that a delegation of prominent American Jews will go to Europe next summer to participate in a conference with similar delegation representing ,thc Jews of Europe in an effort to arrive at a common understanding with regard to the task of bringing about the obser¬ vance of the minority rights guaranteed to the Jews by the Treaty of Versailles. The conference is to be held August, 1927, in Carlsbad. Among* the European Jewish leaders who will participate arc Chief Raibbi Chayes of "Vienna, Dr. Isaac Grueiibaum, Deputy in Polish Seim, Dr. Leo Motzkin, head of 'the Committtte of Jewish Delegations in Paris, Deputy Dr. Nurock of Lithuanie and others.
Mr. Steuer explained that despite the treaty guarantees which were undertaken in 1919, various European governments, notably the Roumanian, Hungarian and Polish governments, bave failed to dis¬ charge their obligations to their min¬ ority peoples, and the Jews, being a minority everywhere, have naturally suf¬ fered the most.
"The Jews of America", he said, "were chiefly responsible for the inclu¬ sion of the minority rights in the various treaties concluded after the war, and it is their duty to see to it that these rights do not rtmain merely on paper. The Jews of Eastern Europe are entitled as a matter of justice as well as law to equal civil, religious and political rights with the ruling majorities. Despite this,%V the political persecution of the Jew iiy Eastern and Central Europe was no]E [ abated. Jewish students, are excluded from the universities in Hungary and Roumania. Economic oppression is crushing the Jews of Poland. Anti- Semitism jn its most virulent form is rampant in all those countries.
"The American Jewish Congress has been dealing with these problems for many years, but despite the promises and reassurance which the governments affected issue everytime a protest is lodged, conditions have not improved. It is our purpose to bring into .play the most potent weapon available, namely the moral force of an aroused public opinion which shall compel the govern¬ ments ot Eastern Europe to respect their covenants. Our conference next year will focus the attention of ttie world upon the long-standing grievances of the European Jews and bring the offenders to judgment before the bar of public opinion."
There will be special sessions of the American Jewish Congress in the near future, Mr. Steuer said to review the conditions of the Jews in the various countries and to formulate the necessary decisions to guide the American dele¬ gation that will attend the European conference.
Among other members of Mr, Steuer's cornmittee are;, Samuel Untermyer, Justive Gustavo Hartman, Hon. Carl Sherman, Dr. A. J. Rongy, Benjamin Winter, Louis S. Posner, Arthur M. Lamport, Justice Aaron. J. Levy, Louis Lipsky, Bernard S. Deutsch, I. Monte- fiorc Levy, Benjamin W. Titman, Dr, J. Tenenbaum.
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THANKSGIVING   BALL   TO¬ MORROW   AT   THE   HER¬ MINE SCHONTHAL COM¬ MUNITY HOUSE      ,
Young Folks, Attentionl ' If you want to spend a very pleasant evening amidst con¬ genial surroundings and at the same time help a good cause along, don't fail to attend the lliankseiving ball given by the Mothers' Club tomorrow (Sun¬ day) evening, at the Schonthal Community ^ House, 555 East Rich Street.
The proceeds of this dance. will go to the Open Air Camp established l^y Mr, Joseph Schonthal.
A splendid orchestra will furnish the music and special entertainment features are promised. Come and have a good time.
Cordially yours.
The Committee.
Feast of Chanukah
Will Be Celebrated By Jews of the World
The Feast of Dedication Will Com¬ mence on Tuesday Evening, No¬ vember 30th, and Continue for Eight Days
Chanukah, the Feast of Dedication, likewise known as the Feast of Lights, will be ushered in by the Jewb on Tues¬ day evening, November 3Dth. The fes¬ tival lasts for eight days, and is one of great joy and gladness. '
The Syrian King Antiochus IV, or Epiphanes in the year lOS B. C, had decided to unify all the provinces an'l peoples o£ his kingdom. Following the idea of his predecessor Alexander the Great, lie believed tbat this could be accomplished only by compelling all his subjects to adopt a common religion, that of the Greeks. For this reason, he issued a decree to the effect that only the Greek gods were to be worshiped and only the Greek religion was to be practiced. But the polytheism -of the Greeks did not appeal to the Jews who, alone of all the peoples of that time, worshiped the One God. Undaunted by the persecutions heaped upon them by the Syrians, undismayed by the profana¬ tion of their holy Temple and the set¬ ting up of idols therein, the Jews, led at first by the aged priest Mattathias and after his death by his son Judas Maccabeus, successfully resisted the strong armies which the Syrians sent against them, defeated them repeatedly
d finally marched triumphantly into Jerusalem. There they rededicated the Temple to the service of the One God after it had remained defiled for exactly three years. The rededlcation took place on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev, in the year 168 B. C, and it is  in commemoration of this glorious
JOHN J. LpNTZ
Lentz, president of the American Insurance Union, as the speaker of honor.
Tickets to this dinner and to the other dinners which follow it are being distributed to the members of the brotherhood by the board of directors who are also authorized to collect in advance the dues for the year — $5.00.
A STRIKING MESSAGE
There is no question but that President Lentz will have a strik¬ ing and thought-provoking message for those who will attend the
first dinner.    Lentz is always eloquent,'instructive and inspiring.
His words invariably stimulate thought.    He is familiar with all
the perplexing problems of contemporary life, and he possesses the
happy faculty of elucidating these problems.   At the same time he
never fails to entertain.
His years of experience of a public man and his extraordinary
record as a man of achievement entitle him to a unique place among
the big men of Ohio,
The A. I. U. (American Insurance Union) is a monument to his L^enJ that 'ihe "^^^^' ^^ (Thanu'kahror
Ability, his foresight, and his unremitting labors in the insurance Soedication, is celebrated to-day,
(Continued on page 4) j     xhe festival lasts for eight days, in
accordance with an old legend which states that a single cruse of undefiled oil found in the Temple at the time of the rededlcation burned for eight days through the miraculous intervention of God. For this reason the kindling of the lights in the home and in the synV gogue is the most distinguishing feature of the festival. One candle is lit the first day, two on the second, and so on until eight are kindled on the last day of the feast. Special prayers and scrip¬ tural readings are recited in the syna¬ gogue, but the holiday is nevertheless regarded as a minor one because there is no injunction against tabor on that day.
In modern times the festival has as¬ sumed more and more the character of a children's celebration, a period of great joy, marked by the playing of games and the recounting of the great deeds of the Jewish heroes and martyrs of the past.
A Little Boy From Modin
A CHANUKAH STORY By ELMA EHRLICH LEVINGER
(Copyright, IJJM, by Elma Ehrlich Levinger, AU Rights Reaervcd)
KOVNO,—The Lithuanian embassy in Washington wilt be abolished, according to a decision of a Sejm commission which is inquiring into possibilities of cutting the foreign service budget of the Lithuanian government.
"Father, father," pleaded the little boy, "please let me go to see the games." His father looked up from the scroll over which he had been bent since early morning. He frowned a little. "Have I not told you before, my son, that it is not seemly for a Jewish lad to at¬ tend these heathen festivals?"
"But, father, every 'one goes to the Greek games nowadays," the boy urged, "just everybody. All the Jews. The priests, too. Why, young priests even enter the contests, and run and wrestle with the rest."
"Priests—do not shame the name of our priestly line by speaking of these traitors to Israel as priests," cried the man. "Priests from the very Temple at Jerusalem stripping themselves to en¬ ter the arena with the heathen, knowing that a sacrifice to one Of their vile gods will be a part of the festival." He seemed unaware of the little fellow poised on the threshold. "O God of iny fathers, when wilt Thou rise and smite these recreants l"
Through . the streets of Modin swarmed a merry crowd in hoHday gar¬ ments and in holiday mood. 'Even the little boy knew that many of these Jewish citizens, on their way to the Greek games, had changed^ their names, long hoiiored in Israel, to the nomen¬ clatures of the Greeks, just as they had laid aside (he fringed garments of their fathers for the short, graceful tunics of
HOlel Players In 3 One-Act Plays On December 2ild
his
the Greek conquerors. He himself knew that he was of an ancient, honorable house in Israel, of a line of priests and scholars. Yet he wondered why his father hated the Greek ways so bitterly, and now refused him the thing he de¬ sired most of all in the wcirld, to attend the games^ newly established by the Greeks of Modin.
"Where    are    your    brothers?" father spoke harshly.
"Gone to play in the hills."
"Go after them. They have always been good, obedient lads, but warn them that if they should attend this heathen festival. . . . You understand?" ' The Httle boy nodded. A great bit¬ terness welled in his heart.' Why, oh why, couldn't his father be like so maiiy other Jewish fathers,. ^give hi's sons Greek names, allow them to wear Greek garments and attend the newly insti¬ tuted festivals? Playfellows had ! told him of the games, the running, the throwing of discus, the wrestling of the youths, naked and shining with oil. He looked down at his own brown arms and legs, smiting complacently at their sturdiness. When he'grew up and could do as he pleased, he would be a con¬ testant in the Greek 4>ames and win year after year their conqueror's wreath, given before all the cheering multitu4e.
His mother called him and he hur
ried  to her chamber, glad enough to
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Patron Tickets Are Now on Sale
at $5,00 EaclH—Single Tickets
on Sale, at Foundation at
SOc Each
SUCCESSES OF LAST YEAR WILL BE  ECLIPSED
A theater workshop for Jewish stu¬ dents is now doing actual play work at the B'nai B'rith Hillcl Foundation. The group is called the Hillcl Players. Dec. 2 they will produce three one act plays at the university chapel; Eugene CNcill's "He", "Wurzel Flummqry" by Margaret Oliver, and 'The Turtle Dove" by A. A. Milne.
The same Hillel Players gave two scries of plays last year, the second, Leonid Andreyev's "He Who Gets Slapped" gaining them immense pres¬ tige. This year, however, all the work of both easting, and directing and act¬ ing is being carried out by the students.
"He" will probably be the feature play. It is a .sea tragedy, the story of a cap¬ tain's lust for oil, and the effect of the long monotonous whalili^ voyage on his frail New England wife. Geoffrey Levy, a senior in law is coaching this play. With him is one of last year's big stars, Mina Nupuf, who carries the woman lead. Harry Tucker won the male lead frOm a dozen odd candidates. Fred Brown is a new find. Others in the play arc Sam Rubenstein, Jesse Feuer, Hyman Newmark, Harry Isaacs, and Al Spiegel.
Jean Brenner, a sophomore at Ohio State, but better known as a radio singer, and actor on the Cleveland ama¬ teur stages will direct "Wurzel Flum¬ mery." This is a»high comedy on Eng¬ lish parliamentary life, an eccentric old man offering fifty thousand pounds to the political leader who will take the name of Wurzel Flummery as his own. MibS Brenner has been lucky to secure A. Arnold Kippen for one of the po¬ litical leaders.
Mr. Kippen comes from a family of stage professionals, and has been on' the New York stage. He is a freshman. Jean Cohen is ^another newcomer to the ranks of the Hallel Playei's. She comes frpm the Sargeant school of physical education at Maine where she was ac¬ tive in dramatics. Marvin Schanfarber, a freshman, beat out several old players for'the part of Richard Meriton. Eve Shacket, a senior, as Viola will also make her first appearance Dec. 2 with the Players. Manny Lewis plays Denis- Clifton, and Rose Diamond is cast as the maid.
The third one act play "The Turtle Dove" is under the Coaching ' of Bronett Goldberg. This is a Chinese fantasy done in the true oriental fash¬ ion, with a special character known as 1 the "chorus" to interpret all coming events and tip the audience off. Harry J. Elconin, a junior in law has this part. Lillian SchSndelman an instructor in the English department plays tlie God of Fate. Harry Horvitz is the property man who dressed in black is supposedly invisible. Others in the cast are Adolph Grossman, Thelma Parks, Goldye Sil¬ verman, and Jerome Blottncr.
Miss RylisS Alexander has supervi¬ sion over the last two plays.
At an early date the winners of the seventy-five dollars prizes for best stu¬ dent plays will also be staged by the players.
Patron tickets are now on sale all. fiw dollars each, entitling the holder to two seats at every Hillel play. Single tickets for these plays are' fifty cents on sale at the Foundation.
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No Classes At Bryden Road Temple Sunday School Tomorrow
RIGA.—A train wreck on the Mos¬ cow-Riga railway line caused the death of many passengers. Among the victims were many Jewish emigrants from Rus¬ sia to the United States. The wctims ^ave not yet been identified.
Qiildren of Bryden Road Temple Sabbath School, .through their Sun¬ shine Fund,. contributed ten dollars to the Community Fund last Siinday as has been their custom for the past sev' eral years.
Through tiieir contribution, each child feels that he is doing; his share in the fine work that this Fund makes possible in Columbus.
Because all of the teaclters of Bryden Road Temple Sabiiath School will be in Cleveland over the week-end to at¬ tend The Jewish Religious Educational Association Convention, no classes will be held this next Sunday.
THE   ALL-JEWISH   TEAM- WHAT NAMES WILL IT ¦ INCLUDBT
Following our cuBtom we hava arranged for th^ nomination of the All-Jewish All-Amerlcan Football team of tlie season. In contrast witli previous years, we have not entrusted the difflcutt task to one nian but to a com¬ mittee headed by Joe Alexander, tlie playing coach of the pro. feaslo^l Giants, and All-Ai^eri ican man from Syracuse for three Bucccssivc years, Alex¬ ander takes the place of Camp as far as Jewish foottutll ia con¬ cerned, and hia AU-Jewish team will be a revelation. Watelt out for it.