Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1926-12-03

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume IX — No. 50
COLUMBUS, OHIO, DECEMBER 3, 1926
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Philadelphia Stdrts Off Important Series Of United Drives
Auspicious Beginning Is Made
In Quaker City When $750,-
000.00 Is Pledged At Open-
ing Dinner.
OTHER DRIVES SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER AND JAN.
David A. Brown*s Exposition of
J. D. C. Activities In Elurope
Takes Audience By Storm.
NEW YORK. — With: ¦ Philadeiphia auspicioHsIy st ar t ing its $1,600,000 "drive" for the United Jewish Campaign, oil Sunday evening, November 21st, a aeries of drives arc in progress through¬ out the country,, or about to be held which will bring the total of that .effort appreciably nearer its. $25,000,000 goal.
The Philadelphia "drive" fcega'n with ia dinner.— meeting addressed by Na¬ tional Chairman Brown at which $750,- 000, or nearly half of the city's quota Was pledged.
In his address Mr. Brown said, among other things: *
'This great task of rielief for the Jews overseas is not only a question of bread and of rebuilding'their economic lives, but one of education/ hospitalization, maintenance bf religious life. With gi^eat suffering comes the need for the sustaining power of-religion.
Millions of Persons Involved
: .; "An enormous, amount^$25,000,000? Yes.—-but millions of persons are in¬ volved. The best we can hope for is a minimum of relief, as contrasteii with , .bur conception in this country of wliat relief means* In America we try nbt .tti^rdy to provide enough calories to keep body and soul tog^thei'.bijt.to. as¬ sure three meals a'day, for every mem¬ ber of the family, a home to live, in;- .fueI,clothing, shoes,^ a physician's care wheii needed, a hospital if required. We study the family .and try to put it on il s^lf-sustaining, self-respecting basis as rapidlyyss possible. - "Pbn't mak6 the great mistakev of thinking in terms of pur kind of relief! sThe great tragedy is that no one .has been able yet to_ paint the picture of misery and suffering as those of iis who have been covering the coiintries; since' the  war  and  during  tHe'war  uriderr
;¦ stand ¦'it: ¦•;¦ . ;"Words cannot describe great tragedy. Long suffering, the cry of a starving child, its,emaciated body with scarce the strength Jto cry out,.the effect on parents ¦who lovie that child just as: you love your ;own!
.: "If   I   could  parade  before you  the -^Continued on page  4)..
COUNCIL  OF  JEWISH
W O M E N   TO   iMEET   ON
TUESDAY, ,DEC. 7TH, AT
BRYDEN RO.iD
TEMPLE
The Columbus Section Na¬ tional Council of Jewish Women will meet on Tuesday, Decem¬ ber 7th, nt 2 p. m:, at the Bry¬ dcn Road Temple.   ,
Cantor Anacl Friedman of the Agudath Acliim congregation, who has delighted so many of' us. oil various occasions, will sing a group of Chanukah se¬ lections. "The Woman's Mcno¬ rah," , a Chanukah play espe¬ cially written for the Council by Mrs. Eliha Ehrlich Lcvinger, will be presented by' the Reli- ' gious Committee with Mrs. B.. W. Abramson as chairman. . A sale of articles made by the blind will take place during the course bf the meeting.
17th Annual Convention Of S. A. M. Fraternity Will Meet Here Dec. 26
Many Elaborate Affairs Being Planned
for the Entertainment of Delegates
and TKcir Wives and Swcetjiearta
National Conference On Palestine Launches Gigantic Effort To Raise $7,500,000.00 Through Big Nation-Wide Drive In U. S.
Dr. AVcizmann Delivers Masterful Address, Reviewing Political Situation and Declaring Peace Near in a United Jewish Front for Rebuilding of Jewish Homeland — $810,000 Advanced Toward Year's Quota at Sunday Aft¬ ernoon Session of Boston Conference.
$50,000 CONTRIBUTION FROM FELIX M. WARBURG
TOPPED THE BIG LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
First Temple Supper of Season December 5th
The first Temple^ Supper of the Rose E.Lazariis-Sisterhood will be held Sun- : day; December oth, at 5:30 p. m., at the Bryden Road Temple.      ;:.
Mrs. Simon Lazarus, in charge of the evening's program, is bringing us Mrs. Theodore Worfcum of. Cincinnati, who will give musical readings from "Die Schonstc Leiigewitch's" version of Faust, accompanied ou the piano by Miss Mar¬ tha Frank, and violin obligato by Miss Gertrude Zettler. Miss Zettler .will also , give several Violin solos,
The chairmen of the supper commif- teci ;Mrs. Joseph Basch and Mrs. Hiram Cohen,'promise a feast of good things.
So, whatever else you miss, do not migs the first Temple Supper of the season.
Tlie Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood will
] hold its regular weekly sewings on Fri-
, day,    December   3d   and    10th.—Flora
Daisy  Loeb, Chairman  Publicity, Rose
E. LazarUs Sisterhood.
2 Chanukah Plays at Schon¬ thal Home Tomorrow Afternoon
The Schonthal, Home Sunday School pupils will give two Chanukah plays at 2 o'clock at the Schonthal Home, De¬ cember S, 1926. These plays will also be given at the Ohio State Penitentiary for,the benefit of (be prisoners on Sun¬ day morning, December 5, 1920.
The public is cordially invited, to at¬ tend the plays given at the Schontbal Home.
For three days, December 20th, 27th and 28th, Columbus will be host to the seventeenth national convention of Sigma Alpha Mu iFraternity to be held undeir the auspices of the Ohio. State Uni¬ versity chapter of the organization. This is the. first time in the history of the city tbat a national conclave of a Jewish college fraternity has been -held herei
More than 200 delegates are expected 'from the various undergraduate chap¬ ters and alumni clubs throughout the United States and.Canfl.<la; Large dele¬ gations from 'Ann' Arbor, Cinchih'atf,. Pittsburgh, Qcveland, Chicago and New York ¦ are making special arrangements to: attend^ The more distant chapters will be represented,, including students and:, alumni from, as far'west .as the University-of Washington, as far south as the University of Texas, and from McGill University at Montreal, Canada;
Numerous Social Affairs
, Interspersed with the business sessions to be held all dayMdnday and Tuesday,; the 27l;h and- ^th, numerous social, af^ fairs have been arranged for the dele¬ gates, their, wives and guests. Begin¬ ning: with,the informal public reception at the Neil.House at 3 o'clock Sunday aJtiembon, to which all Columbus people are invited, the first day's.festivities will ]be completed with a forma! banquet for the delegates, followed by an inter- chapter frolic at wbich various skits will be given by various chapters and alumni clubs., .'¦-. ¦
For the entertainment . of, the ladles during;; Monday's business session a bridge tea will be.held at the Maraihor at 2 o'clock. This will be followed in the evening with an informal'dance at; the Hoter X»eshler. :
Election to Be Held
At Tuesday's business meeting elec¬ tion of.members of the Octagon, the fraternity's: ruling body, will, take place, and the Founders* Cup will be awarded to the. outstanding chapter of the year. Afternoon entertainment for the ladies wilt consist of a-theater party at.the new Keith-Al.bee house. The final event bf the convention, the. convention of progr.ess dinner dance, will be held at the Neil House Tuesday night   :
Headquarters have been established at the Neil House, where the visiting dele¬ gates, will stay, and. where the.business sessions will be held.
Samuiel Shinbach, who graduated from Ohio State in 1923 and who is:advertip- ing and sales manager of the United Wqolen Company, is general chairman of the convention, while Lbtiis Shulmab, junior in law school, is undergraduate chairman..
BOSTON.—Atnerican Jewry's most gigantic effort for Palestine was launched'here on Saturday evening and Sunday at an unusual gathering of rep¬ resentative Jews from every part of the land, with Dr. Chaim Weizmann, presi¬ dent of the World Zionist Organization, as the central figure in the proceedings.
Dr; Weizmann, whose address to the Jews bf: America, through the national conference on Palestine, was awaited with unusuai interest by every Jewish community in the land, spoke of the political situation which he described as being marked by increasing co-operation with Great Britain as Mandatory Power. Arab co-operation on a basis bf mutual good will was declared by the world leader to be among the chief accomplish¬ ments and aims of the. movement. .
With his announcement of the suc¬ cess he was meeting in his -negotiations with non-Zionist individuals and groups in the matter of the Jewish. Agency, Dr. Weizmann thrilled his representative audienctf, whose constituencies were waiting with anxiety fbi; ithe past two years for word which would assure them that a united Israel was joining hands in the- rebuilding of the homeland. Df; Weizmann presented to the conference a commiihicatioh from Justice Irving Leh¬ man, of the Court of Appeals of New
York Sfcite, in whiplv tiic Zipmct'-Wiwler was :offered. the jurist's cooperation as one of the most distitrguished members of the group of tion-Zionists who were preparing themselves to join in the his¬ toric effort foi- the reconstruction, of the Holy Land.
Dr. Weizmann - also said: that'i efforts were being made. ,by. the Zionists to secure air available state.lands for col¬ onization by Jews. He informed the Zionists of America of the general prog¬ ress made for Palestine, and declared that the work in agriculture and indus¬ try, on the basis of peace and coopera¬ tion with, the Arabs,'is no longer an ex¬ periment but,a demonstrated success.
Other speakers at the Sunday session of the confecencq included Nathan, Straus, ¦noted philanthropist and,;Zionist leader of New Vork/'who charged Henry Ford with using wealth for vicious ends, .fomenting strife and race hatred. .'Emanuel Neumann, chairman of the Executive Committee of the United Pal¬ estine Appeal, 'after reporting that over $5,000,000 was raised last year for .and through tlie United Palestine Appeal; pledged to Dr. Weizmann the united support of the Zionists of America,, in his efforts for the Jewish Agency, re¬ gardless of differences of opinion^ that may exist among them. The policy, he declared, had.been endorsed by the Zion¬ ist Congress'and it was the duty of all Zionists to abide by the decision. Judge Julian W. Mack of Chicago, appealed to American Jews to vindicate their race
pride and their historical idealism by re¬ building the homeland.
; The conference, on Sunday was also addressed; by Lieut. Gov. Frank G. Allen, acting gbveriior of Massachusetts, who welcomed the conference in the name of that commonwealth, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, honorary chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, to .Whom a resolution of thanks, was passed by the conference on liis successful, cnairmanship of the past :year's appeal^ when more than $5,- 000,000 was raised; while commending the measures taken by Dr. Weizmann to secure unity for Palestine, expressed :he hope that this unity would not mean, the least surrender of any ,of their basic !)riiiciplcs .on. the part of the Zionists. Addresses were also delivered by Judge William M. Lewis of Philadelphia, chairman of. the United Palestine Appeal, who presided at. the Sunday morning session; Louis Lipsky, president of the Zionist Organization of, Ajnerica, who presided at the Sunday afternoon ses sion; Mrs. Irrha Lindheim, National president of Hadassah; and Rabbi Mor¬ ris Masrnes, Secretary-^ of Mizrachi of America. '   ¦
In Ihe name .ot the Boston community the conference was- greeted by Jacob Rabinowitz, chairman. of Boston's United Palestine Appeal; Hon. Elihu D. ^topf!, as.sis.tant United States District Attorney ahd president of the New Eng¬ land : Zionist' Organization; and: Judge David A. Lourie, honorary chairman of the New,England.Zionists. V,'.   ' .
The Saturday evening* session- was addressed by Morris Rothenberg, who iil-rjriided^ and by: Herman; Cbnehim, treasurer of the United Palestine Ap¬ peal, who presented his i-epfcrt for the year, showing that the constituent bodies of; the United Palestine Appeal had, owing to the success of t^ie Appeal last year, been enabled to remit to Palestine $1,000,000 more than they had rcinitted the year before. Bernatrd Stone, execu- :tive seceretary of the Appeal, outlined .plans of ..campaign and presented figuires showing progress in the work during the pSst year. Mr. Stone also reviewed the budget for the coming year.   :      ,' ¦
'Featuring the Saturday evening ses¬ sion were two interesting, addresses by Dr. George Halpern, financial expert of the Zionist movement, aitdDr; Chaim Arlosoroff, economic, expert of Pales¬ tine. Dr. Halpern reviewed the finan¬ cial situation and emphasized the needs, for greater industrial expansion. Dr. Arlosoroff*, in a review of the labor situ¬ ation in Palestine, declared that agricul¬ ture must remain tlie-dominating activity in Palestine.,
The Conference expressed its approval of Dr. Weizmann's unity measures in the following resolufiion: I ,¦
This Conference, conscious of the urgent need  of   unified  action  by  all
Bazaar at Agudath Achim On Sunday,
December 12
The sale of tickets for the Bazaar given by the Post-Graduate Class ^ of the Agudath Achim Religious School on Sunday, December 12th at their syn¬ agogue, is progressing rapidly according to Irving Gertiier, president of the class.
The tickets 'are for refreshments only [ the admission is free.
Tlic Post-Graduate class announces the acquisition of Art Furman's Orchesr tra, whose.snappy music has won them many friends and admirers. Their ser¬ vices are donated for. the entire evening.
Come out and spend a few pleasant hours with us. .We will .entertain you and your family in a royal v/ay.—Tlte Committee. ¦ .'     ¦    ¦
$18,000,000 Raised to Date In The Big Relief Drive Mr. Marshall Announces
Philadelphia Oversubscribes Its Quota
of $1,500,000 in United Jewish
Campaign
Washington, D. C, Nov. 29.—Over $18,000,000 of the $25,000,000 United Jewish Campaign has been raised, Louis Marshall announced in his address at the banquet .held here last night inaugur rating this city's drive for $150,00f}. ,
Sixty-two million dollars has been spent by the Joint Distribution 'Com¬ mittee for relief abroad since its incep¬ tion twelve years ago, Mr. Marshall said. "Without our help European Jewry would have been a mere handful; Eight million Jews,in Eastern Europe are now dependent ¦ on the- Joint: Distribution Comrnittee," he declared.
The situation of the Jews in Poland has, .iiot changed, Irma May declared. Even if there .bashtcn; a .alight-change for the better in Poland, the; Jews haVe not benefitted by it at all,, she said. "Ecoiioniic tonditions :have , shattered Jewish life in,Poland. Those-Jews,who were the life blood of the country, the large merchants and industrialists in Easterii Europe, have becoine bankrupt aiid are helpless."
¦ Forty-eight thousand dollars toward Washington's: quota was reported raised following the banquet. Kahn Sons & Company head the list with $5,000. Ru¬ dolph Behrend, chairman of the cam¬ paign, J. .Kaufanann and- Morris Caf- ritz each contributed $3,000. -
(;ContittVcd  on page 4)
H£:RZLIA zion club TO HOLD MEETING SUNDAY
- A regular meeting of the HerzHa Zion Club wilt take place Sunday, December 5th, ,at; 7:30 p. ni., at the' Columbus Hebrew School, 558 E. Rich Street. An interesting program ,has been ar- : ranged.   The public is invit«:d.
Chanukah Supper At East Broad St. Temple Tomorrow
The Tifereth Israel Sisterhood has ar- rarged a most enjoyable evening for Sunday, December 5th.
A. real Chanukah supper will be servc<l at a noniinal charge of fifty cents per plate, after which a beautiful Chanukah play will be presented by pu¬ pils of the Religious School.
Mr. Ben Levinson, who la in charge of the program, aniiounces that a num¬ ber of (}rominent speakers will be heard.
A cotdial invitation is extended to the public to attend and spend a pleasant even.ing.
The Tifereth Israel Sisterhood will hold a, regular meeting Monday, Decem¬ ber (ith at 7:30 p. rii. at the Broad Street Temple.
A]\ members are urged to attend.
" Yoiu Cannot Afford to Miss This
Meeting/' Says President Yassiliioff
in his announceinen't regarding the Fellowship Dinner of the Rrptherhood of the Brydcn Road Temple, Tuesday evening, December 7th, at the Elks* Hoitic, President A'assepoff stressed the fact that this will be a red-letter occasion—one that will linger long in the memory of every member,    . .   .,   '
"John J. Lentz, president of the: Anierican Insurance Union^ has prepared an extraordinary. message for the edification, enlightenment, and entertainment of all of'us," declared Mr. Yassenoff last Monday, "and .1 urgently request every member to be there, so that a big turn¬ out will greet our honored ^uest. I know'that it will be a gentiine treat to meet him and hear him discuss sjome of the vital problems of cOn temporary life."'
A specially arranged musical program will precede the Lentz dinner a.*; well as the two other dinners which will take place January iith, and February 15th respectively. The comniittee on arrangements is doing all within its power to tliake these dinners of extraordinary interest to overy tnember, at the same time keeping the expense down to a modest sum.
The exact time and place for each dinner has been printed on the tickets which tlie committee is destributing, and the members are ttrged to set these dates aside. They will never regret this step, for indica¬ tions point to a grand and glorious time at each event.
'Hie speakers are all of the highest standing, men of wide repute; the entertainers are also marshalled from among the best. ^W male mem¬ bers of the Bryden Road Temple, who have as yet not' enrolled in our Big Brotherhood, are urged to do so at once by getting in-touch with any of the following gentlemen: Ben Neustadt, Arthur Loeb, Uussell Joseph, Marcus Burnstine, Hiram H. Cohen, Max Harmon. Ralph Rosenthal, Dr. Morris Goldberg, I. A.'GUck and Leo Yassenoff.
"Road to Jewish Republic In Russia Is Open/' Preso Kalinin
Pledges Support of Soviet Gov¬ ernment For Idea; the Rest Depends on the jews, He Says.
Philadelphia, Pa.—The sum of $1,539,- 385 for the United Jewish Campaign, was raised in: Philadelphia in the seven- day campai^i here.
The Jewish community oversubscribed .its goal of $1,500,000 W $39,000. : The total figures: were announced Sunday evening at a dinner attended by the 1,500 workers in the campaign.
The campaign was conducted under the most adverse circumstances. Wednesr day afternoon, the third day of the dnvcj it seemed as if Philadelphia,-for the first time in its history,:would, fail. At that time, less than one-half of the quota had been .raised. Following an S. p. S- call issued by :the leaders, the workers intensified their'efforts and sur¬ passed their goal.    .
Albert H. Licberman, chairman of the Eastern Pennsylvania United Jewish Campaign; Morris Wolf, chairman of the campaign; judge Horace Stern, and Mr. Lieberman addressed the gathering.
The sum' bf $1,630,385¦ represents 10,000 contributors, a very large pro¬ portion of whom were secured through the efforts of .t.he 1,000 women under the leadership of Mrs. Jerome H. Loun- cheim.
Judge Horace Stern, president of the Federation of Jewish Charities, an¬ nounced,'that Albert H. Lieberman has been offered the' chairmanship in the Federation of Jewish Qiarities drive which will be held in January.  .
Big Celebration At The
Beth Jacob Congregation ' Tomorrow Afternoon
COMMENTS ON RELATION OF SOVIET TO J, D. C.
MOSCOW.^, The woi-k of settling Jews on the land, in^ Soviet Russia, may- lead to the creation there of a Jewish republic. The Union?of Socialist Soviet Republics would favor and actively as- s,ist in the creation of such a unit withini' the Union.
This was the buVden of the address delivered by Michael Kalinin, president  ; of  tlie Union of   Socialist Soviet; Re¬ publics  at the  Jewish  land, settlement conference called by the Ozet, the So¬ ciety for settling Jews on the land, which is in session herewith an attendance "bf   j 15 delegates from foreign, countries, in¬ cluding the United, States, and .200 dele¬ gates' from all parts of Russia. ¦Michael . Kalinin,  who  was  rendered a  tremendous  ovation,   declared   in  his address that.the Jewish land settlement conference  characterizes  the policy  of the Soviet government toward the varir ous nationalities Jiving withiii the,.Union of Socialist Sc-viet Republics.   Formerly the Jews in Russia retained their nation¬ ality  due  to  the  policy, of  oppression  ., which .was conducted against therti. Now they, are retaining their . nationality, not through" oppression,  but "thrbugh   free- , doin.   In Soviet .Russia, which is a statb , of classes; there is no reason nor a de¬ sire  for the assimilation  by.-the  Rus- sipn   people   of   any   iiatibnality. „'The contrary is  true.    The  Soviet gpve.rn- ment, aims  at. giving a  maximum :of ecoiiomic, ¦ political   and  national  inde¬ pendence   to   all  the;,hationalities, vvhb- live within^ the Union of Socialist Soviet. RepuWitt¥iv * .If it would:¦ IbOKbtberwise,! the Union of SbciaVW; Soviet RepubljqS , would not deserve the-nameoi a ynion,!   , he declared. ...'-      ;V :
,    Since the Oj:tgberreVplution, even th^ smallest  and almost   forgotten, nation¬ alities of former, Russia have obtained' ,, their independence.   There is no wonder,   ,; thci-cfore,   that   the   higher   developed Jewish'nationality  yearns .to  gain   its nationaUty.    By,settling bn the land in; compact masses, the Jews subconsciously aim  a:t  gaining  their  own  nationality.   ' The first territorial Jewish units have already been built in the form of Jewish, districts.   The .rest depends on the Jew^; atone..  They can fully rely on the sup-   ¦ respect.   The Jewish peasants feel .thejfn-. port of the Soviet government in .this selves, masters o.f the.land because the - land has not been granted to them, but they have fought fpr it alongside .of the workers and the peasantry, he declared^
"T see, no reason for Jews of Soviet Russia, to go to Palestine, which holds for theni; only the promise of exploita-" tion and  poverty,: while: they  have all the   opportunities   and-  possibilities   to. . build  their   fatherland  in  Russia. ¦ .Of: ; course, it is understood that the Soviet' government, having settled peasants of other nationalities on the Jand cari assign ¦ for the purpose of Jewish colonization only   limited   means.     We,   therefore, count on, the support of foreign organ¬ izations to aid the Jewish colonizatioh," he said. |   ¦
Amid uproarious laughter, the presi¬ dent of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics proceeded to comment on this phase of the relations between the Soviet governirient arid foreign Jewish organ¬ izations aiding in the colonization work. "The foreign Jewish capitalist feiels himself guilty before His eastern breth¬ ren. By helping them, he hopes to reach heaven. We will support his efforts by accepting the nnoney. However, if he grudges, the government will, jiot leave the Jews in Russia to their fate," Kalinin declared.' '
Kalinin furtlier expressed his confir dence in the fact that the process of turning the Jewish masses in Russia from petty traders into a class of pro¬ ductive people wilt kill anti-Semitism which is not, he stated; deeply rooted among: the toilers.
The bfiicers of the Beth Jacob, congrc- jgation cordially invite all Chronicle fcaders to their big celebration tomor¬ row (Sunday) afternoon and evening. The afternoon celebration will be in honor of the ''Pregentaition of a Torah'* to the "Schule" by the Wohliner Society. The evening celebration at 6 o'clock will be in the form of a "Siyuni Hatorah," commemorating the completion of "Me*- sichta Sabbath."
A  sumptuous  dinner wlU be served. A  fine  muHical  program  will  be ren¬ dered, and a. number of, good speakers will be heard. Don't   fail   to   attend   these   affairs; I members as  well as non-members are j cordially invited.
JR. HADASSAH TO ENTER¬ TAIN   SUNDAY,   DEC.   5
V
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The Junior Hadassah is entertaining with a card party..   All paid-up mem-, bers are invited.   The Fort Hayes is the place and 2 o'clock, Sunday, December - 5th, is the time.
There is no charge for playing, but , there will, be prizes and refreshments, A good time is promised to all. If ybu have not paid your dues, send them in or pay at the door. One dollar and ten ceiits is all that you will need. Come and spend an enjoyable afternoon, - Phone reservations to Ruth Frapk^ Franklin 4053, br Rose Danzlnger^ Franklin 1508.