Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1926-08-13

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Volume IX ~ No, 33.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, AUGUST 13, 1926.
Per Year $3.00; Fer Copy loc
I. Zangwill Recently Attacked Aims and Ideals of the K, K* K.
Brilliant  Anglo-Jewish  Author
Wrote a Thought-Provoking
Keply  to B'nai  B'rith
Magazine's Interview
• With Imperial Wiz-
¦ ¦: . ard Evans    -
SEVERELY CRITICIZED
THE NORDIC THEORY
¦ CINCINNATI. —The fire ancrforcc of Israel ZaiigwiU's brilliant pen were turned   recently   against   the   American
, Ku Klux Klan,, it was learned today, when Alfred M; Cohen, national head of the I, O. B. B., made public an inter¬ view  in which  Zangwill  had discussed
; the claims and viewpoint of the Klaii, through the medium of the B'nai B'rith i Magazine. This publication printed iti | parallel cohimnsan interview, the first
..authorized statement ever given by hini,
¦ with Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial _ wizard of the Klan, This statement had .been presented to Zangwill for reply, for
publication in the B'rtai B'rith Maga¬ zine.    ',      ,..
Dr. Evans' Statement Zapgwiirs attack centered largely :.on
¦ Dr. Evans^. statement regarding the Jews, " in which the imperial wizard said:
¦; "Of the, good qualities of the Jewish , character I am as well aware as is any man. ^ Wandering ever since his "ejec¬ tion froiti Judea,. nearly, everywhere persecuted, tlie Jew, I am happy to say, has had a better home in America than in; almost any other land' in which he has lived. One-fifth of his'race is here. By deliberate election he is unassimilablE. He fojects inter-marriage. His religious and social rites and customs are in¬ flexibly segregative. Law abiding, healthy^ moral, mentally alert; energetic; loyal and reverent in his home life, the Jew is yet by primal instinct .a jew, indelibly marked by persecutioii, with uo deep national attachment, a stranger.to
¦ the emotion of patriotism asthc Anglo- Saxon feels it., Klahsmeirhave no quar-
¦ rcl with. him,, no -hatred : to him, no tliought of persecuting.Tiim, As Protes¬ tants are unavailable |or membership in all Jewish societies, so Jews are ¦ un¬ available .for meriibersli.ip in an all-Prpt- estant society like, the klati.    Moreover^
¦their jealously guarded, separatism uiifits them for co-operation in ,a. movement dedicated to the thorough unification of the dominant strains in American life."'
ZangWiirs Reply
, , To these aild to the other claims of Dr.. Evans that the Ku Klux Klan de^
"sired to pre-serve the integrity of the Christian faith, the Nordic race and; the American. Government,   Mr.. Zangwill
¦ ansvvered:   .     ¦ '
¦ "Dr. Evans envisages a Nordic God- not a.Universal God, but a Nordic God.
..Now all, this'Nordic idea is rubbish. Dr. Evaiis' wpuld nationaliz(j God, 01^ natural¬ ize Him—not, indeed, as an American' God, but as a Nordic .God omnipotent iif America. As to this notion of nat- uraliziiig God as an American, I- know of no adequate propf that He has lived in this country for the last five years, America was not discovered utitil 1402, and. God had a home somewhere before that. . .    ' I   .;
¦ "Dr. Evans' Christian civilizaitioii and his ignorant Nordicisra reially will not dp for America: Christianity alvyays has been a mhiority religion. It (s a re¬ ligious rebellion. When the/rebellioh succeeded and ¦. Coiistantinc /stablished Christianity as a state religi^i, it turned iiitp paganism, plus cer||jn dogmas. Neither with his reli^ious&pr with his racial.Idea has Dr. Evai^started soon enough. He might be ab% to carry out his program in Alaska^ he cannot carry it out in" America, JfEvents in America have anticipated "hfm. He .is also too late  in  the  Kti Elux Klan movement.
; Romantic   holjijflins   who   started    thc
niovement inay^ove uncontrotlnble, and
¦ iContvitted 071. paffe 4}
All Local Organizations Please Take Notice
All local organizations desir¬ ing publicity ih our big special New Year number, which will be issued early in September, are hereby requested to mail in reports of their activities at once.
It is the policy of thc Ohio Jewish Chronicle to include in its Ilosh-Hashonah Number re- .8uine*B of the work accpnt- plished during the past year by . every temple, synagogue, and society in Coiumbua and central Ohio. We want to give as much space as possible to these af¬ fairs.
If convenient, all material should be mailed in by August 15th. Please give this notice your immediate attenttoh and thereby faciliUite the work of our editorial department.
Editor, Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
THE HEBRAIC MORTAR OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Inquiry at Historic Sources Illuminates Influence of Judaism on the Founders of the Republic. By DR. MORRIS M. FEUERUCHT    '
''¦_; (Rabbi, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation)
Rabbi Hailperin To Be On SpeakersV Program Tomorrow Afternoon
Many Other Well-Known Public Men Will Speak at Corner-Stone Lay- ¦    ing Exercises — Entire Com- .  munity ,Is Cordially Invited
Rabbi Herman.Hailperin, of the Tree bf Life Congregation^ Pittshurghj PJi,, has graciously consented to be on the speakers' program for the corner-stone laying exercises of the new East Broad Street Temple, tomorrow ¦ (Sunday), afternoon at 2:C0 P. M. sharp,     ;
He has jiist returned from art exten¬ sive tour of. England, Germany,.France, Italy, Egypt,-and Palestine. In the last named country he spent five full weeks studying the possibilities and potentiali¬ ties of a Jewish homeland.
He is now completing the fifth year of his successful ministry hi the Tree of Life Congregation. He is a gradu^ at(! of the Jewish Theological-Seminary of'America and holds degrees from New York and Columbia Univ.ersities. .^ , Besides-! Ralibi, Hailperin, the' follow-r ini; speakers will also, be on the pro¬ gram ; Dr, Jacob Tarshish, Rabb.i br.' Isaac Werne, Goyernpr A. Vic Donahey, Judge Daniel H, Sowers, 'Rabbi; Jacob Klein, Harry Kohn,' Edwin J. Schan: furber,' Mayor James J. Thomas, Joseph (Dad.) Schoiithal, Alfred J. Kobacker- and H. Kqbacker, Ben F.,Levinson will prcside.-
Music will be furnished by a popular' Colunibus . orchestra. , Several local ar¬ tists, win ¦ sing and .play. ¦ Every niern-. ber of the East Broad Street Temple is looking forwardto the corner-stone lay¬ ing exercises with keen ^anticipation..
-The exercises will be held this Sunday, August .15th, rain or shine.   Do your duty and be there.
Dr. Morris M.' Feuerlicht of Indianapolis, Jnd., in a., paper ite read at the recent sesjnoti. of the Central Conference of American Jiabhis, gave ah e,%'hai{stive and scholarly, but none the less popttfar, presentation of thc influence af. Judaism on the foimders of tfw .Republic,
The foUoimng article is the first of a series of .three all dealing with thc various phases of this development, wktch is of absorbing interest to all Ameri¬ cans.—EmtoTi. . , ¦
The Sesqui-Centennial. 6f American Independence this year provides a fittiiig though somewhat belated opportunity for studying the relationship, if-any, be¬ tween that important event in world histpry and Judaism. Did Judaism, as an historical religion, as a tlieoiogical and iCthical systism professing to be world-wide in its scope, and application, exert any influence upon- the founding and thc founders 6r the American Republic; and if so, to what extent?
If there was Indeed any such infllUence, the facts were obviously significant in the philosophy of general as well as in that bf Jewish history, arid should long since have afforded our American Jewish scholafship a particularly inviting field for early investigation; With a full consciousness of his own. only too patent limitations, the writer cannot pretend that this paper will prove to have miet the invitation even superficially. It can only claim, at best, to'point out the need pf a more intensive and extensive stiidy than, unfortunately, has thus far been given it, of a; highly important and fascinating pliase of Jewish and secular history.
Only Sparsely Utilized
Up to this timd, the available material and. soutces have been phly sparsely utilized. ,Graetz, world histprian of modern Jewry and expositor of the various currents of Judaism as they have flowed into the diverse lives and philosophies of modern civilized peoples,'has only a few rather dubious words to say about the progress of the Jew in America, and.hone at all about tlie role of Judaism in the dramatic unfolding of the new Republic.
The American: Jewish Historical Society, organized in 18!)2, has published Fbuie.thirty volumes of admirable and inyaluable source materials generally, but dealing in,large if not in major part vvith a. wide variety of fragmentary items of A more or less personal nature concerning, individuals and : incidents, of e:irly Jewish residence in America.". Peter Wiernifc's "History of the Jews in, America", published in' lifi2, presents a creditable though popular and journalistic com-, pendiuin of many of these items up to ;the time of itg own publication, ¦ Witliin the last year, li)25, Dr, Louis I. Nevvman, has published a voluminous work, 'Jewish .influence on Christian. Reform Movements", whose concluding'chapter, ."Hebraic Aspects of .American Pui-itanism'',. presents ah apprPpriate and interest- , the only momentary peep into the regidnof Judaism's actual or potential re¬ lationship to the beginnings pf American demccracy. :'   '
Straus' Bodk .
The inost pertinent and extensive, tlibugh.far froni exhaustive, work on this subject is that of the late Dscar S. Straus on "Thc Origin of Republican' Form of Government'in the. United States of America", first published .in. 1885, .followed, by two later edijioiis, the last in -I9Dl;rand all unfortunately now, out of print.
The case of JnUaisnt's .irifluehce, through its Bible at least, on the founding of the .American Rep'uWic, and as made.out by Mr.' Straus, is :sticcessfully e.stalv lished, according to the late M. Emile de LtLveleye.'erhinent Belgian publicist and, roEessorat the University of; Liege. General historiahs also, like Ixcky, Fiske Slid others, have been eqiially frank in. conceding^ such influence. The now fre- c[ueiitly quoted passage,of Lecky's, "Tlic Hebraic mortar cemented: the fpunda- t:ons of American .democracy",!is a typical expression of'the cotrimoiily accepted verdict. '' '"'¦.. ¦'''.'..''¦¦¦¦.¦'..¦.
Ezras Noshim To Give Lawn   Fete   Monday Evening August 16th
Tiie Ezras Noshim will sponsor a lawn fete on Monday evening, August iOth, on the ground's of the Agudath Achim Synagogue, corner Washington Avenue and Donaldson Slreet.-
Thbse who are fariiiliar with the spleu'^ did work of the Ezras Noshim will re- .serve that evening to help make a big success of this undertaking..
Novelty booths of all.kinds ,and re- freshriients wilT be features of tht even¬ ing. Come and liring ypur friends I Re¬ member, Monday evening,, August :10th.
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Allen^. Tarshish Joins JSiafi of the Zionist /Organization of America
The Ohio Jewish CuiiONicLK 1i:ls just received word of the appointment of ^llen j; Tarshish, of Cleveland, to an j/inportant executive  post  In  the Zionist
/Organization of America. Mr. Tarshi.sh who has.been connected during tlii' past .. twp years with the Jewish^ Big IJrotheV .'Xssociation in Cleveland, has l)i:i;ii a diligent studciit of the Zionist Move¬ ment for .a number of ye^ra. .^t one tinie. he rendered some splendid Zionist service in. his hoine-tow'n, Baltinmre, Md. He is a lawyer by profession and is the brother of the spiritual leadti' of the Uryden Road Temple, ColLimliLi-s. More details regarding his new fn-ld of endeavor will be published in the iif-'st issue of the Ciikunicle,
Nominating Committee Is Appointed at Meeting of Hebrew School Board
At the last nieeting of the board of trustees of. the Hebrew school held Thursday, August ID, it was passed that the general meeting of the contributors to this institution and the election of the hoard for the coming, year phbulcl take place SelJteiinbcr X'i, VMi.
A nominating coiiimittee was appptnted to select candidates for members of the board. The meihbers of.the nominating cmiimittee are;
Mr. Jos. Solove, Mr, C, H. Eunnaii, Mr, Jos. Zilberman^ Mr, L. Lakin, Mr. M., Bogatin, Mr. L. Mendel, and Mr. Geo.  Shustick. -
U. S. AMBASSADOR IN WARSAW THANKS POLISH ZIONISTS
WARSAW—CJ.T: A.)—The thanks of the United States government for the message of congratulation^ oh the occasion of the Sesquicentennial celebra¬ tion of American Independence, was cpn- tained in a communication addressed hy United States Ambassador Stetson to the Zionist Organization of'^Poland.
"Please convey the thanksr of ¦ the United States government to the Zionists of Poland for their greethigs," the coni- inunicatibli stated.
In order'to learn the spirit and cori^- tent of Judaisln's influence pn .the found¬ ing and^ founders of the American-.Re¬ public,; it is necessary.to revert to that- brief period pf English history \Yhcn Puritanism re.ached the height of its power, during the Protectorate, 10.J3- 1C5!): This was a full generation after the Puritan and Pilgrim Colonies of New England. But it was during this period that the same religious influences operating contemporaneously' in ¦ New England foundtheir chief and, in a po- lifrical' and military sense at least, Su¬ preme expression  in the mother couiir-
A Bibliolatro.us People
Officially,. England h^d seen nt) Jews within its borders since their .banish-, ment by Edward I. in 12fJ0,    It seemed
to know none, other than the type pre- seiital in . Shakespeare's ".Merchant of Venice" and Tylarlowe's 'Jew of Malta". Puritanism, -the erstwhile and especial victim of persecution by Crown and Establislied Church, - \vas now in. the ascendant under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell. The , Puritans were a Bibli- olatrous people; they loved, and read their Bibles not only as the basis 6f their rciigious philospphy, but also as t!ie final arbiter and guide of their: politi¬ cal action, Not, inan, but God alone, could be a King,
A theocracy wtls their ideal of gov¬ ernment.,. In the executioh'of their, po¬ litical program, as well as in defense pf their general, position in the premises, they I'lisistently appealed to ,'tlie Old {Con'timted on page 4)   ,
A Cordial Inyitation
To The Jewish People of Colambas and Central Ohio
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
The ofiicers and members of the Tifereth Israel congregation, 1354 East Broad Street, request the pleasure of your presence at the comer-stone laying exercises of our new Temple tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2:00 o'clock sharps
Some of the most widely ^nou)n men in Central Ohio will participate in the elaborate ceremonies. Men of eloquence and power will talk on the vital problems of Ufe.   Popular artists will sing and play.
We u)ant every Jew and Jewess in this section of the state to witness this most aaspicious event. Come and get informed regarding our future plans.
We are building a "House of Prayer" for KolYis" roel, dedicated to the service of the Eternal Father and the brotherhood of man.
Fraternally yours,
(Signed) Leon Nason,
President.
N.B. Due t0 the inclement weather the exercises wer^ postponed from Sunday, August 1st to Sanday, August 15th (tomorrow) at 2:00 o'clock sharp. ¦
His Article in Thia Issue of the Chronicle Deserves the Care¬ ful Perusal of All Our Readers
RABBI M. M. FEUERLICHT, Indianapolis, Ind.
Dr. Feuerlicht is oiic of the outstand¬ ing public men in tile civic, life of .the Hoosier metropolis. He numbers liis friends among non-Jews.as well as Jews by. tbe thousands. His article in this issue of the Chronicle is i:»ased on .a paper he read before the recent Con¬ ference of Reiform Rabbis at Aslieyille. North Carolina.
Big T. I. Carnival
Win Be Held Next Tuesday Evening, Aug. 17
Big Crowd la Expected at the Driving Park at the End of this East   . '¦,.      Livingstori Ave. Car.Liiie    : .
' Over one thousand people are expected to attend the big Tifereth Israel Sister¬ hood Carnival next Tuesday evening. ..\ugust 17th, at the Driving Park, lo¬ cated at the end of the JEast Livingston Aveiiue.car line. ¦ > :
: The committee on arrangements is busily   engaged   making  elaborate  prep-
Weizmann Predicts Larger Plans lor Holy Land's Reconstruction
Lauds Harmony Between Zion¬ ist Factions; Outlines Pro¬ gram For His Forthcom¬ ing Visit to the Ui S.
IS NOW AIMING AT
A $10,000,000 FUND
CAHNIVAL WILL LAST FROM
TUESDAY EVENING TILL
THURSDAY   EVENING
INCLUSIVE
The Tifereth Israel Sister¬ hood Carnival, at the' Driving Park, has been definitely sched¬ uled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday eVeiiinga of the coming week.
The weatherman has promised- most pjeasaiit evenings and all indications point to a record- breaking attendance at the Car¬ nival.
The general public, aa well as airiocal Jewish folks, are cor¬ dially invited. Come together with all the family.. Bring your , neighbors also. Yoii will never regret it.
arations, for they expect to raise a large amount of .money for the now Temple Buikling Fund through this affair. Those who: desire to attend arc hereby notified that, the affair will be held open to the public, non-Jews as well as jews, Every cue will be welcome. There will be no admission charge.   .
Heaton's Donation
A beautiful victrola donated for the purpose by .Heaton's Miisic Store onE. Long; Street, will be raffled off during the evening. AH kinds of amusements and games will . be featured for the amusement of the guests.
Chronicle readers who will attend are requested to clip the coupon found elsewhere' in this issue. This coupon will'entitle the. holder to a fine chance on the victrola. , ,¦
Arrangements Committee
Mrs.vLeon Nason is. Chairman.of the Arrangements. Committee; Mrs. Meyer Ginsburg is Vice-Chairman; and the fol- lowiiig women will be in charge of the various booths: Mrs. D. Sherry, Ice Cream; Mrs. D. Schreiber, and Mr.s^ P. Palestrant, Hot Dogs; The Phi Sigma Tau Sorority Girls, Candy; Mrs. Max Bogatin, Pop and Beer; Mrs. D. Pastor, Fish Pond; Mrs. B. F. Levinson, in pharge of-the Raffle; Mrs. E. Keleman, Novelties; Mrs. S. Goldstonc^atid Mrsi. Wm, Roth, Cakes, , Don't forget the date and the place. .\ great time is promisei.1 to all. .Come and enjoy yonrself.
LONDON, (J, T, A.)—The harmony;, between the factions of the Zionist move¬ ment which was achieved at thc last session of the Actions Committee^ the Zionist legislative body between -Con¬ gresses, was laudedby Dr. Chaim Weiz- maniij President of the World Zionist Organization^ in a statement he issued yesterday to the Jewisli Telegraphic Agency, before his departure from Lon- don.
Dr. Weizmann, whp confirmed his in- tcntipn of cpming to the United States in Octobei* for. the purpose of inaugu¬ rating the United Palestine Appeal, placed particular' emphasis on the Pal¬ estine budget, of $10,000,00(J, which was ,' determined upon by the Zionist Actions . Committee; '    ' .
Excellent Result , "The lastsession of the Actions Com- ' mittee had this excellent result,, that, it gave expression' to the unity .of. all Zion¬ ist  foi*ces.    This', single-minded' coiicen---. tration upon the cpmmon'goal which was achieved at this session,,inspires me With confidence.     The   Zionist   Organization' may,now proceed with its larger plans for Palestine; which'is. an integral fac¬ tor in, any program, aipiing to ameliorate the condition of the Jewish population in East' European countries," Dr. Weizr , marin declared,
. "Our work for. the coming year has' been outlined, and it is; for. the purpose of, carrying ori- this work that I shall ask ' the support of the: Jews 'of the world,, particularly that' of: Americaii Jewry. It will, involve* iiot less than £2,000,000, which- is-to be^ spent^ for (1) the purchase , of .land, ¦ (2) agrictiUurai colonization; (B) extension of industrial and  urbain. credits,  and.  (4^)   for  health, ,
d'cduciation.   '.-¦
"The .$10,00.0,000 budget also, hicludes . the expected income of the Jewish Na-' tional   Fund  and; a  iTiinimum  working budget    of    the    Palestine    Foundation. Fund,  which  will   begin   its  operations ; on.the basi^ of i700,000.   .This also in^ / eludes the capital .which ^ is, ¦expected, to'. be raised for mortgage credits, of which , $500,000 was pledged  to be. sold ill the  ¦ United States through the Palestine Se¬ curities, inc.   . .   '   ¦
;     30,000 Per Year'      •
/•With. $1,0,000,000 at our disposal, we will be able to-cohtinue Jewish imi^i- gration to Palestine at the rate of 30,000 per year and to consolidate, bur present, position in the country. Owing to, the ; depression ¦ prevailing, in, Gentral and East European countries mpr.e than two- thirds of the budgetary requiremeiits ;. will. have to be supplied by American J'ewry. The.'halahce is, expected to be raised largely in' South- Africa, South. America, Australia, Canada' and G;reat Britain.
"We;are looking forward to an ener¬ getic activity and r hope that when I arrive in the United States in October j I shair be able to contribute my serv¬ ices to the cause of a better under- sfandiiig bf^thc practical importance of bur, work in Palestine and effect a', united support of Palestine by all classes and elements'of, the Jewish population," he declared.
SCHWART2BAUD'WITNESS. JEW, is MURDflRED IN
PARIS  BY  UKRAINIANS
CLIP   THIS   COUPON' Your  Name	
Your. Address ,.,,.
This ticket entitles you to a free chance on a beautiful Victrola at the T. I. Carnival, next Tuesday evening,   at   the. Driving   Park.
_ PARIS, -^ (J. T. A.) -^ Another poli¬ tical'yssasination in connection: with the Ukrainian/ anti-Jewish pogroms and Ukrainian pogrom period which would be Valuable in the trial.
Peretz Steiii, forty.-oiie years aid, a Jewish immigrant from the Ukraine, was mortally wounded by the' shpts of two Ukrainians, The shooting occurred in front of the Jewish Shelter House. The assassins escaped,
Steiri, who arrived here recently frpm the Ukraine and was at the Jewish Shel¬ ter since May 11, was scheduled to ap¬ pear as a witness in the trial of Sholom Schwartzbard, the Ukrainian Jew who killed Seniion 'Petlura,' leader of the pogrom bands in the Ukraine. Stein's eight-year-pid son,- who was with him when the murder was committed, de¬ clared that the two murderers exclaimed: "Dirty Jew, this is for Schwartzbard." Several days ago Stein informed M, Henri Torres, Sch'wartbzard's counsel, that he possessed evidence of the' rainiaii pogrom period which would be' valuable.In the trial.   .
Stein's wife was killed in a, pogrom in Rostov Don, where Stein was.'WOU»»<ied.
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Do Your Duty—Attend the Corner-Stone Laying Exercises of the New East Broad Street Temple Tomorrow (Sunday) at 2 P. M. Sharp.   It Will Be Held, Rain or Shine