Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1926-08-27

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VoKlinc IX — No  35
COLUiMUUS, OHIO, AUOUSl 2% 192O
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A. Ja Congress Issues Detailed Statement On The 1927 Conference
To   Reorganize   Cominittct*   of Jewish Delegations for De¬ fense of .Tewish Rijrhts
CONGRESS LINKS ITSELF WITH JEWS EVERYWHERE
Jewii^h Mothers Alliance Lawn
Fete   to   He  Held  Next
Tuesday nvcnlng
Don'l forgot to come and bring your families and frjcnda to the big lavin fete tn bc given next Tuesday evening. August .11 Ftt, an thc groundF) of thc Agudath Achim Synagogue^ corner Donaldson and Washing¬ ton Avenues, under thc uuspices of the .lcwi»h Mothers* Altmncc
The Icwish Mothers' Alliance, in this city as well as in many other cities throughout the countrv, has done some very splendid work and is deserving of thc suppfirt of all Columbus Jewry.
In case of rain the fete will be postponed until thc following evening
Ncu \ ork — \ criiiiprelicnsivc repnrt deahiig with the cotifert|!icc held on August Sr<i and Jth in London which dcLidcd upon the impbrt-int step of organising a World Jewish Council ha^i just hccn received by the Aincrie in Jewish Congress frr^m its Liiropcan reprcsciitalHC  Mr   Marvm  lowcuthal
PirtiLipciting in the conference were Dr  Stephen S \\ ibc, Louis Lipsky, Mrs A rehibdld Sih crmaii,    Abraham    Gold-1 berg and Marvin  Lowenthal represent¬ ing the American Jewish Congress     DrH ^*^ Location and Its Splendid Facil- Leo  Mot^km  and M   N    Toatskie re-        'ti*^** Are the SubjcctB of Much ,^   ,    ,     , . ,   c ,, lavorable Comment
speetivciv   Chairman   and   Secretary   of| ,   ,
tlie Committee of Jewish Delegatioub riic luu home reccnth purchiscd by Dcputiei,Dr Gruenbaiim Dr Thnn, Dr i the l-xeclsmr Club, on the snuthwcst Rosenblatt and Senators Dr Rmgel and corner of Rich street and Pardons \vc, RabbiRuhmstcin, allof Poland^ Deputy I has dreadj been Ms.ted bv practicdly Dr Nui'ock of Latvia, Rabb, Perot/ two-thirds of thc entire membership, Cha\es nf Austria, and Dr Schmarya ,]i of whom are delighted to Iiear of LcMM of Palestine Dr Wise and Dr , thn, progressuc step in the history of Mot/km presided j,,, organuation
Excelsior Club's New Home Evokes Attention Of Entire Community
The Agudath Achim Congregation Reports A Big Demand For Seats During The Coming Holidays; Cantor Freedman Will Officiate
Cantor's Great Popularity Has Created a Universal Desire to Hear Him—Life Story of Famous Chazan Is Most Interest¬ ing—Has Won Renown In European Cities Through His Successful Concerts
Ihc AgudiUi Ailnm eoiigrci^ation isl' (.h i/omith'  from Uu   Lclcbrited Cm
Outlining the purposes of thc con¬ ference ]')v Motzkin said that the two major   problems    were      to    formulate
It   IS   a   bcauti ful   old   mansion,   con¬ taining ten  ht'gc rooms, .irtistieally fin- litd   and   tastefully   decniatcd      Every
plan^ for a general conference next year Lon\cinence nccesbir\ for a modern so- of all Luropcan and American organisa- cial club it posscssts in fullest measure tions concerned with the defense of The enthusiabin shown h-v tlic members Jewish rights, at which conference thcUho visited the hnnic last week his present Committee of Jewish Delega , been most gratifjing lo thc ofTieers tions is to be reorganized on as wiclc] There is no gaiuba>nig thc fact that and repi(.sentati\e basis as possible, and this important step has ushered m a to discuss the attitude of the European new era in the hie of the ExcChior Jewish minorities toward the forthcom- cj,,], ing European Minorities Congress to be       A   committee  his   been   ippointcd   to
held in Geneva beginning August 2'i
Dr Motskin dwelt at length upon the importance of thc Minorities Congress The presence of the Jews at the last Congress, he said, proved very beneficial For thc firht tinle, he declared, the Jews were treated on a level of equaht\ as 1 factoi m European pohtical lite He showed the possibdity of one minority helping another to the advantage of all To the forthcoming Minorities Congress Dr Motzkin said, Jewish delegations may be expected from Poland, Checho¬ slovakia, Datvia, Lithuania, Esthonia, and Austria
Referring to the proposal for a general conference next" year Dr Wise said that the American Jewish Congress had al¬ ways sought in some way to link itself with the Jews of all lands, and while thc Committee of Jewish Delegations had been created as a temporary bod\, it was a mistake not to realize its perm¬ anent" ^alue American Jews, Dr Wise continued, ^tood m need of a widely representati\e European Jewish body for purposes of consultation and coopera¬ tion with regard to Jewish problems abroad, and to which to turn in its some¬ times misguided attempts at alleviating Jewish conditions in Europe If such a body had existed two jears ago, which could have given authoritative judg¬ ment on the Crimea project, there would not be a cloud of misundcrstandiuR hanging o\er Amenpan Jewish life to¬ day. As things stand now, Dr Wise concluded there is a minimum of readi¬ ness on the part of American Jews to t^ke counsel with Europe, and no duly authorized body with whom counsel ¦could be taken
\t the conclusion of the discussion the conference adopte<l the follow ing proposals inade by Dr Ringel and Dr Gruenljaum
1 A general conference should he called in August 1^7, ivhich shall ha\e as its purpose the reorgamzanon and strengthening of the Committee of Jew¬ ish Delegations The Conference should he called jointlj m the name of the Com mittee of Jewish Delegations and the American Jewish Congress
2 THe Committee should be em¬ powered to take part in the forthcoming Mmonties Congress
tt Tlie Committee should be eiji- powered to continue its TAor)c as hereto fore until tbe general conference of next year
4 The Call to the General Confer¬ ence should be signed by Dr Wise and Carl Shermian for the Anicriean Jewish Congress, and Dr Nahum Sokolow and Dr Motzkin for the Committee of Delegations In addition a general com mittee representative of the various Jewries concerned should be appointed to arrange for the conference and like-: wise sign the Call.
look ifter the proper furnishing of the club liouse This committee is com¬ posed of Arthur Goldberg Dewej \ Robcnheld, Ma"x. Weinberger, Dr Mor¬ ns Goldberg, N C Hirbch and Louis Laken
rifereth Israel Sisterhood Carnival  Has   Enjoyed AGreat   Success
In spite of unfavorable weather con¬ dition;., thc earmval sponsored by the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood durmg the week and lasifiug through this evening at the Driving Park, has been wtU it tended and enjoyed a splendid success
This evening (Saturday) the Star car, tor which tickets have been sold by a committee headed by Mrs Mix Boga tin will he given awa\ It is hoped thiit a'l tliobe who have availed themselves uf tickets will come to see thc machine presented to tlie winner
Credit IS due all clninnen and thc energetic committees who gave freely of their time and effort in order to put the carni\al over in fine st>lc
Come and enjoy the last evening <if the big Tifereth Israel carnival' Bring all your friends' This is your last chance
indeed mo>«t fortuiiite in its clmicc of cantor for tlie tuming Uu^h Hohdavs C tutor Freedm in, whose popul irit\ in tolumhus Is I'readv cit\ wide will offi ei itc together u itb a spcei lUy tnined doulilc choir
The trcmcnrlous deinind for scits has iompclled the ofTicers til tlu congrega¬ tion to mikc the following announce¬ ment to all its members as Avetl is to the entire cf>inmtinit\'^
"Please m ikc >nur reservations at once First come, first served We e\ pect the biggest atteudince in nur svna gug'b history durmg the eomin^ Yomin fovim ' and it behoovta those vvho desire scats to jirocure tlicm at onec The seit committee is in session uvcrv di\ at the Slnilc from 7 to Hi p   111 "
M ^f Levison, I Nutis, Abe Krak¬ off and M Horwit? are in charge of the  sale uf ticket'
It IS interesting to note that Cantor Frccdinau received his early tr lining
toi P Ro=ofskv ni Rigi I'lOJ V)m In the vcirs I'lJO I'liJ he served m Wilna ts Ihc Wiliia Cit\ (hi/nn In l'l2J he eniiKritiil fl the United States where lie cHinpied tin Onuid ' it the Congre gallon H nai 7ion in St Paul Mimic snti 111 I'LM and 111 Cungreg ition Cliev-iih Sliiss   Svrneu'-e  T'^l
He his won an eiiMabV reputition till (High his suLctgsful cnnetrts in ihi foIloiviii.f r urnpt.Lii eides Grntlno \\irsa\v, Riga, Liliiu, Danyig, Kocmgs- b rg 1 ondon Hull South H inipton In \nie lei hi lus won nian> idmirers ihroi (,'h 1 is bphndui concerts m \c\\ \urLrit\ Chieie,o fittshurgli Omaha, Mllu lukcc    iml  manv otiiei' eitics
In th?s bedutifyl eitv of uiirs Colum bus liiiitor r/ccdinan eveikcd much cdiTinnfmlatidt lA bfs wondeiful rendi- linn 0/ '\fatcvW-" and "Kq Lekachtov " a tn^ i.orner ^Siic hvinrf exercises of the /TisI BioatK btrcctf Temple ¦\us;bst l-jtl/ \        f
IHIS T. I. SISTEIUIOOU WILL
GIVE A Bin  DANCE
IN OCTOBER
\t tlic 1 lit meeting of the bi> ird of (Ineclnis of tlie 1 T Sisteihond it was doiided that i danec he givdi under tlie .luspicts of the Tifcrelh T'lr lel Sis kilidod during the month of Oitolter
Wateh foi further announecincnts \Mlh rej;ard tu this alf in I
THE HEBRAIC MORTAR OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Inquiry al Historic Sources Illuminates Influence of
Judaism on the Founders of the Republic.
By DK MORniS M. PEUERLICHT
(Rabbi, Indianapolis Hebiew Cangrreg.ition)
National C. J. W. Opens Its Booth at the Sesqui- Centennial Exposition
C.  J.  W.*s   Service  tit   1u(].iisni   nnd
Humnnity Is Described ill Attrac-
ti\e Exhibit
NEW yORk Crrv — iht N.itmnal Council   of   Jewish   Wnmcii   ailnauiiLcs
Judaism Costs Jews Of America About $130,000,000 Annually
DECLARES DR. MELAMED
Approximate Figures TcH a Re¬ markable Story; the Upkeep ot   Swiss   Confederacy   or Bulgarian Monarchy Is Much Less
JEWS SPEND MORE THAN DOES ANY OTHER PEOPLE
B}  DR  S   M   MELAMED
Xcw York ~ Maintaining Jewish life IS a hca\v ^lask not only spiiltually but also fiiLiiicially, ancl all those wlio be¬ lieve tbat Judaism is an mcxpclisno pro- IJositKMi — niin\ ami SLiintts bcliLVe that one of tln.ni thought that Jews iia\L 1 UrodiiLtd in niothc sni bcLaufii. it is
the coinplctinn   md opening of its booth ' cheaper thm poKthaibm—ire either suf- the   Educational    Building   of   the'^'¦'¦'"K  f''"'ii optie illusion'^   or they do
Mrs. Max Bogatin Makes Special Appeal On Behalf Of Hadassah Rummage Sale
An appeil has been sent out by Mrs M.ix Bogatm, chairman of the Hadas¬ sah Rummage Sale, to all Columbus Jewish women to keep this sale m mmd dunng  fall house-cleaning
Discarded clothing, furniture, shoes, adds and ends of all sorts that are balablt, all will be appreciated Cash contributions will be cheerfully accepted
Those who already have things col¬ lected and wish them called for are asked to telephone Mrs Bogitin Gar held JlG3, or Mrs B W Abramson, Walnut 9019, and a machine will be sent for them immediately
Everyone is asked to bear in mind that the Hadassah merits the support of all Jewry in all activities, ^ild the rum mage sale is one of the Hadissahs most  importmt  undtrtakjiigs
Watch for the exact date and place of the rummage sale
(Dr Morns M Fcuerhcht of Indianapolis Ind, ni a paper he read at the leceiit session of the Centra! Cnnfeiencc uf \mericdn Rabbis give nn exhaus¬ tive and scholarly, but none the less popiihr, piescntatinn of the infliieni e of Judaism on the founders ot the Republic
The following irticlc is thc last of a series of three, all dealing with the various phases of this development, which is of absorbing uitcrcst to dl Amen cans — Ebnou;
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References to any direct relationship of Benjamin rnnklm to Judaism are unfortunately scant Wc are told in E,ira Stiles* diary that he was an occasional contributor of Hebrew books to Vale college, due no doubt more to his per¬ sonal friendship with the New England Hebraist than it waa to any intensive intcre<it of his own m thc subject When Mickve Israel Congregation was in financial difficulties and appealed to the inhabitants of Philadelphia for absist- ancc, m 1788, a number of prominent non-Jews responded, and the first name on thc first was that of Benjamin Franklin with a donation of five pounds That this does not necessarily, however, imply anv piefcrential eommitment in favor of Judaism, is evident from his clear statement about such matters in his "Autobiognphj" Thc statement is worth quoting because he introduces it with a presentation of the religious principles which bc sa\s guided him through life and which unconsciously reveds his closenebs to the fundamentals of Judaism
"I had been religiously educated," he writes, "as a Presb\tcrian, and though some of the dogmas uf that persuasion^ such is the eternal decrees of God, election, reprobation, etc, appeared to be unintelligible, others doubtful, and I early absented mjself from the public assemblies of the sect, Slmdi> being my studying da>, 1 never was without some religious principles I never doubted for instance, thc existence of the Deity, that He made thc world, and governed It by His Proudeiiee, thrit the most acceptable service to Gvid was the doing good to niiii^, that our souls are immortal, and that all crime w ill be punished, and virtue rCivardul, either here or hereafter These I esteemed the essentials of evcr> religiPn, and, being to be found in ill the religions we had in our country, I re^tpeUed them all, though with different degrees of respect, as I {Conliuued on paqe 4)
Stsqdi Centennial Exposition it Phila de phia Thc amngcments for this ex¬ hibit were executed hj i special Coun cil Committee of Philadclphn women uieluding Mrs Miriam K Wnold Hon orarv CbfUrmau, Mrs Mfred Roscn- steiu Chnirmin, Mrs Max L JIar gnhs Mrs Fugene Springer, and Mrs M N We>! With this committee is associated an Executive Committee for welcoming Council visitors to Phila¬ delphia uid to thc booth whose mem hers ire Mrs I-Iair\ Fliegelman, Chair man Mrs Leon f3 Reinheimcr, Secre¬ tary Mrs Henry Gross, Mrs L Levm ih ll   and Mrs   E   Brvlawski
In dibcusbing the Council s exhibit, AIr>,   Rosenstem stated
The celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anmvcrsarj of the birthda> ( f our n ition IS an event hllcd with 1 itriotic nitercbt to all the people of onr laii^ No moic iiipropnate setting for this event could have been selected than thc city m which stands that hal lowed shrine Tiidcpendciicc Hall, hous¬ ing the venerated heU winch though vfnece-iS tndi\ will foi ever thrill hu iranity witli its message of  freedom'
' \nd as fitting as this placing of tbe Sesqui Centennial Exposition is the motif which permeates the exhAits the I)rogrc4s of thc nation No part of the human fimilj has played a larger part in thu progress of the last centur> and 1 half than hive thc women of thc Umted States To them are due, 11 grdat measure, the conception and de velopment of tin's idea 0 f concretely picturing our rapid growtli in art, science and invention"
The exterior of the Council booth is exceedingly attracti\e and makes an effective impression on visitors to the Educational Building of the exposition V reproduction of the Council seal, six feet in diameter, strikes one upon enter¬ ing the booth as it announces the motto of thc Nationai Council of Jewish 'Women "Faith aud Humanity" The twelve snow vvhite piUars arc sur¬ mounted by white electric globes, which heap the nainea of twelve departments and committees into which the Coun- eil's program is div ided II mnmated pictures, portraying every feature of Couneil activity, are showi. throughout the d ly to the miuj visitors who throng this booth
CANTOR ANSEL FRIEDMAN AND HIS HIGHLY TRAINED
DOUBLE CHOIR ARE SUBJECTS OF MUCH FAVORABLE COMMENT
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
$2.00 and $5.00
Call ADanu 2954.
OHIO   JEWISH   CHRONICLE
Ivreeyoh Notes
Children's Picjuc
The Ivreeyoh enteitained more thm two hundred pui'db of the Columbus Hebrew school at a pii;nic last Tues¬ day at Olentangy pai-k. ¦Air kinds of games and a'musementa were (injoycd by the cliildren aiid rc- freslimciUB were seryed them.
Card Party
The Ivreeyoh is planning a big card party for the early part of October.
Watch for further details with re¬ gard to this card party in forthcoming issues of the Chhoniclk.,
not wint to see tlic reality Jnchism is the most expensive i)roposition iinagin- ablc and it (Vinands great sacrifices hoth bpintnallv   md  materiallj
Thc JeUs todai arc a dnspon people, and i> such thev havt no govcniinciit and no sov creign pow er, but btiU the upkeep of their religious, cultural and philanthropic life costs thcni more than It costs many a people to keep up its government 1 daresay that the 17,000,- 000 Jews who live in the Diaspora pay more for tlieir Tudaism than manv a people of the same nutnencal strength pa>s for thc maintenance of its govern- mciitil michincry and its cultural and religious hfe combined The \merican Jews of course, believe thit thev con¬ tribute more towards the mfiintenancc of Judaism than anv otlier Jew s m the world This may bc true of the present moment, and even then it is not absolute¬ ly true, for the Get man the 1 rtnch ths English and other Jew isli groups pay nearly as much m proportion for the mamtenancQ of Jewish life m their lands and in other lands, as do the American Jew s But this IS a matter of secondai^ consideration The juain thing is that the Jews as 1 whole pa> more for the mimtenancc nf Judai'^m than any other civilized people pays for its nitmnal, political and cultural life
There are 1,000,000 Jews in America. Not all of the 4 000,000 Jews m tins countrj belong to the middle class There are hundreds of thousands of Jewish workmgmen who must toil for their daily bread There are also a number of Jcvvish and incapacitated who carinot earn their own living and the> have to be provided for bj the Jewish com- munitj Not more than sixtj per cent of the American Jews are in a position to gne something for philanthropic, religious, cultural or Palestinian pur¬ poses The Jewish workingman who makes a bare living is not m a position to give much or anything Only the lower and upper middle classes can and do give, and they give so much that their gifts would be sufficient to pay the expenses of many European govern¬ ments
Witbni the last twelve months, the American Jews ha\e given in the neigh¬ borhood of $30,000,000 in cash for foreign chanties, for Palestinian pur¬ poses and for building funds in this countrj In Philadelphia the Jews have collected $4,000,000 for a budding fund, in Chicago, $3,000,000, and lesser sums in other communities. The Zionists have collected more than $5,000,000 for Palestinian purposes The Joint Distribu¬ tion Committee is running 3 $25,000,000 campaign and $8,000,000 will be collect¬ ed before this jcar is over But these $,SO,OOO.n0O do not cover tbe philan¬ thropic religious and cultural budget of American Jewry The $30,000,000 repre- hent a part of an extraordinary budget The domestic budget of American Jewyy consists of the money collected by the ^arioub federations, of chanties m each and ev erj ma] or community—m New York $5,000,000, m Chicago $2.^00,000; m Philadelphia $2,000,000, m Pittsburgh $1,000,000, in Baltimore nearlj $1,000,- 000, III Boston $1,000,000, m Cleveland nearly $1,000,000, in Detroit $1,000,000. etc The philanthropic budget alone of Atnenean Jew ry represents an annual amount of $35,000,000
In   addition,  we  have   to   figure  the
millions of dollars spent    on    nationai
charitable honieii, especially the various
homes for consumptives in Denver and
[Concluded on page 5)
NEW YEAR GREETINGS
The annual New Year Greetings of the Hadassah, which coiitaip the names and addresses nf all menibers, will go to press within the week. ¦•
AU members who have not as yet, paid the' IJTatl dues are urged to mail checks to Mrs.. J. Krakowitz, CU3 Lin¬ wood Avenue, so that their names.tnay appear on these greetings. Only memr .hers in good standing will be listed.