Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1927-09-30

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Vol. X —No. 39
COLUMBUS, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 30, i(j27
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Naumberg Disavows Charges  of  Steuer In Warsaw Article
To New York Lawyer's Ques¬ tioning, Voelkist Leaders Re¬ plied They Know Nothing    . of Alleged Misuse of Funds'
DISAKOWAiriLSO ON BEHALF OF TCHER- NICHOW AND SZABAI)
¦ WARSAW.-(J. T. A.)-A complete dis,ivow.-il nf his association with the chargbs made by Max D. Steuer, New Vork attorney, against, tlie Joint Distri¬ bution Conimittcc, alleging that 40% of the relief moneys sent to Polaml prior to liiaf) did not reach the people for '^vhom they, were intended diie to losses in the changing, rate of exchange, was made by H. D. Naumberg, Polish Jewish publicist and leader of the Voelkist party who was'quoled by Mr. Steucr in his slatcmcnts criticizing the Joint Distribn^ tiou Committee.,
Mr. Stener mentionc<l Mr, Naiiriibcrg as-one of the foiir men .with whom be conversed in Zuricl( while .attending tli&
.conference oil Jewish Rights and on tlic basis of whose inforniation he fornni- lated.his allegations.
Is Not Correct ': -:, ¦   In an article which appeared today in the Warsaw Yiddish d.iily, D^.,-il/,i„',c„/; Mr. Naumberg declares:
."As far as I aiiV concerned, the.state¬ ment, of Mr., Steuer is not correct!, ,1 can add also that it is not true with re¬ gard ; to   ,Br.   Szabad   and   Mr.   Joseph
; Tchcrnichow. : The three bf us had a convci-sation with Mr. Steuer, but none of us said this or anything similar to this. On the contrary, to Mr. Stcuer's repeated
¦questions as to whether it was true that
.   the. moneys   of   the   Joint;¦ Distribution
Committee   were   expended   in   Poiaiid'
.without benefit, we. pointed to the pbsi-
.  live, aspects   of  the  Joint  Distribution
, Coitlmittee's . work.    When' Mr.   Steuer
. further questioned,why he yias informed
of  alleged  misuse,  we  replied, that  ivc
know nbthing of these allegations:    Qii
., the basis of what wc know, wC dan toy that this iiiforniatioii is untrue", Mr. Naumberg declares in his article. ¦
"Mr. Steuer made contiiiued eflorts tp get such statenrehts from us, repeating llie. questions cbntinually, but. we replied that the work o,f the joint Distribution Committee ill Poland was good, altlloiigh
,   weregard it as iilsufncient   ; More Radical Jletiiads "Our   convcrsatibii   \yitb   Mr.' "Steuer, then turned on the question of obtaining
.support /for the Tor, the: society for, settling Jews bii the land in Poland. .Wc arc of the opinion that .(lie Joint dis¬ tribution Committee has entered iusuffi- .Cieiltly into the position of Polish'Jewry and. believe that more radical-methods .are necessary to help Polish Jewry. But this does not mean that the J. D, G. should
¦ not I do the work it is doing at; present. ^Siich a demand would be conscienceless. It is unfortunate'',that Certaitt people seek to discredit the Joint Distribution Ggni- inittee, using energy which might better be applied for other purposes. Recently a/journalist, Mr. Fisher, did sotnetliitlg similar and if he did not have bad UI7 . tcntion of seeking t<^ show tliat only in tention of .seeking to shpy that only in Russia real work is being done iu he¬ lialf of the Jews", Mr. Nanmberg de¬ clared.
BRILLIANT  FINANCIER HAS
BEI5N HONORED HERE
AND ABROAD
Mr. .Baruch is one of the most bril¬ liant .financiers in the United States. During the World War 1ie rendered invaluable service, to his..country for which he wtis honored by President Wilson as well as Congress. Despite the many accusations levelled against him by Henry Ford's "Dearborn In¬ dependent," Baruch is considered one of the,country's finest men.
When South Carolina was fighting the boll .weevil, he loaned this state $1,500,000. Among his many. *^hcfac¬ tions arc (1). $260,000 to rnc Walter nines Page School of Internatipiial Relations for Research of means "to take profit put of -war;" (2) $50,000 to Mt, Sinai Hospital, New York City; (:i):.$25,000 to the College of the City of New York; (•!) $50,000 to' The United  Jewish  Campaign   for .foreign
Be It Resolved
By  A. METCHNICK (Principal, Columbus Talmud Torah)
Bernard Baruch of New York City
relief, as well as many otiiers too! nu¬ merous to mention.
Mr. .Baruch is a member of, the. New York Stock Exchange, where' .he has figured in many large transactions. In 1916 he >vas appointed by President Wilson to meiribership Pn. the Advisory Commission of the Coiincil of Natioiia| Defense. He also served during, the World War (1) as chairman of the Committee on Raw Materials, Minerals and Metals, (2) as Xommissioner in charge of raw itiaterials for the War Industries Boards. On the Cbmmit- tec in:..charge of all ;purchase9 for the Allies, he did especially fine work. On Mirch 5th, 1918, he was appointed cliairman of the War Industries Board, and. later served as a. member .of the Drafting Commission of the Econoinic Section of the American Commission to negotiate Peace, as :welt as numerous other CommiSEipns and Boards.    "
He was born in 1871, the son of Dr. Simon and Isabella (Wolfe) Faruch of Camden, S. G. He now lives at 10.3.1 Fifth A.vc., New York Gty,
Ohio Drive Oh Behalf Of J. an. Will Be CQmpleted Before Oct 15
Eiforts Oii Orphan Home Proj¬ ect Meeting With Success Everywhere
Cleveland, Ohio, (.S>i?riii/)—The en¬ tire state of Ohio will have completed its effort before October l.'uli in behalf of the. million, dollar building fund for the new orphan home with the exception of oiie or two communities, according to an announcement made by Fred Lazarus, jr., president of the Jewish Orphan Home at (Cleveland. He states that formal or¬ ganization during the past fortnight has made for campaigns in Kylria, Lorain, Warren, Sandusky, Ashtabula ' and Mimsfield.      '     >
The .campaign is being conducted throughout District. No. 2, Independent Order B'liai B'rith, and with Ohio sub¬ stantially organized, the campai jri execu¬ tive committee will devote its concen¬ trated attention to the reinaihing states of the district including Indiana, Ken¬ tucky, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. The quota assigned to Ohio is $700,000, it is stated by E. J. Schanfarber, of Columbus, and treasurer of the campaign. The members of the campaign executive committee express the fullest confidence that the., million dollar. camiiaign in District No. 2 will (CottlimifJ 01) page i)
Don't Forget the A. Z. A. Dance at the Fort Hayes Hotel On October 13th
George  Crumley  and his  f^^nioiis or¬ chestra will  furnish  the music  for the Uie dance given by the FrankHh Chap- ter of the A. Z, A. jit the Fort Hayi Hotel, October 13th:
The committee in charge loqks for¬ ward to this event with the keenest an¬ ticipation. They expect this to be one of the gala affairs of the season.    ,
Tickets can be secured from any mem¬ ber of the organization or at the Hotel on the evening of the datice.
Rabbi Rivlin Will Speak Tomorrow Evening at Knigbts of Israel Hall
,'"—He has not behold iniquity in Jaccib* nor seen pervcrscncss ih Israel." , Verily, a statement befitting a people which has presented the world with a code of such wonderful sociar morals and rcIiRious ethics.
Truly a statement suitable for the day in whiqii. we gather to sum up our' actions and needs of the past year, and nn the. basis of this summary, ask the Lord to grant us jiealth, happiness, and prosperity for the year to ccimc.
A dcclaratifjn of this kind, if made with a clear conscience and based upon reality, miist,in itself be the source of all the happiness and bliss, and the people that make it have every riylit to be proud and contented.- '
.But— .
And there is a "but" which throws a deep shadow upon the substantiality, of this statement.       .     '
SimuHaiicoualy Iwith oiir making of this declaration in our synagogue and temples, \vb hear, the,vehement cries and wild shniitS' of , fhe. multitudes of our children whoare scattered on the streets and other undesirable places (very niiicl undesirable, indeed) who know nothing and umlerstand nothing of what in that moment is tricing place in bur hearts and spuls and, what iiJ worse,.have no feeling | or desire to know iand understand it or have anything in common with it. Even those that do "come in for a while to our synaj^ogs, iif they are decent enough not to sneer or' amuse themselves over, the "funny" ¦ words and "ridiculous" siniiuls,. feel 'themselves uncomfortable and utterly out of place.,
And the <iuestioi) suggests itsfelf: Have we, in the face of tliese facts, the tnpr-' al right; to .come, in on these holy days into the, House'of God and declare that, there is ho "ihiquity in Jacob, nor perr verseiicss in Israel"?
How many o£ us, while making this declaration, can s^y with a clear con¬ science; We have done our duty to our God and to our people. We'have given our children a real'Jewish educa¬ tion and brought them up in the triie Jewish spiirit so that they will be able to take oiir place and continue the weav¬ ing of the golden thread which is called Judaism? ,
How many of lis can even reduce the siateinent to the minimum of saying: We have ENDEAVORED or HAVE DONE OUR BEST to bring up our children as good Jews?    :
. The multitudes of childreii that are growing up without .a Jewish education are a striking evidence to the fact which decries.this statement; ¦
And'the fact is still more deplorable when we get to think that po material sacrifices are reqiiired.for doing so. All that is necessary is a little more under¬ standing anda trifle more rcbnscientious- jicss on our side and the problem is solved. Wc must only-rfo our best to fjtart training qur children at the' right age and send them EVERYDAY to the Hebrew school which is; ready to serve 'them and give them THE BEST there is iii the ways arid methods of conveying to children the Jewish learning. 'But, .as said, tliey MUSX COME EVERY DAVi No, negligence should! be allowed. They must not get used to the thought that they can neglisct their Jewish: education: whenever: they feel like doing it. Tliey must be Convinced that it is an inevitable duty, more so—a life-necessity for them to iattend Hebrew school every day. The fact that they will get used from their childliood to devote every day a little time for Jewisli purposes wilt have a great influence upon their future life. It will develop iu them a higli sense of duty and will bring them up good de¬
voted Jews, even if they Will not grow up to be great Hebrew scholars,,as,some w<nild expect their children to come out of a Hebrew school. And—who knoWs? —maybe they will Iiave the pleasure of seeing their children ocupy a pmniinent place among the Jewish scholars. Biit they can never, expect it if thpy will not give their children any Jewish schooling at all., .    ¦    ¦   .
If there arc any good resolutions, to be adopted at these, solemn hours in these days of Jtidgnicnt one of them, add nr) doiibt the most important, is to make the above statenient true and real. Aiid.thci-e is only one way to make it true and real aiid that is—to give our children a real Jewish education. ¦ ,, Lot' us resolve to do it. And when we assemble agaiir ilext year: to take stock of our spintual and moral achieve¬ ments wc should be able to dcclarcWith a clear conscience: :
"^^He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob; nor seen pe^verscness Jn Israel."
HAS   SPENT   A   LIFE   TIME WORKING FOR THE AD¬ VANCEMENT OF HE¬ BRAIC CULTURE'
Few men in, America are inore.re-., spccted and beloved than Reuben Brainin, fanious Zionist leader, Hebraic .scholar, add publicist. He has spent a.Iife-time: in. the service of His co¬ religionists, doing particularly remark-, able work for the revival of Hebraic culture arid the advancement of the Zionist Movement here and abroad.
Brainin was boni on March loth, 18.G2, the son of Mordecai arid Miriam, (Amsterdam) Brainin. He was edu¬ cated at the Isaac Hirsch Beth Hamid- rish of Vienna and at the University of Berjin, Germany. For . years he was editor of the "Hamtlitz," Hebrew daily of, St' Petersburg, Russia; later he-was editor' of "East arid XVesti" Hcbrew.qunrterly of Vienna and Bei"- lin and-of numerous other .publications.
"G. V. ZEltUNG," WELCOMES ORGAN OF GERMAN JEWRY. :   HENRY FORD'S APOLOGY
.President N. Skuller, of the Knights of Israel Lodge, announces that an im¬ portant meeting will take place tomor¬ row (Sunday) evening, October 2nd, at 7::m P. M. at the Odd Fellows Tem¬ ple, 108 S. High .St.
The chief speaker for. the evening will be Rabbi Solomon Rivlin of the East Broad Street Temple. He will discuss "The  Future of  Judaism in America."
Cantor Ansel Freedman of the Agu¬ dath Acliim Congregation will sing sev¬ eral appropriate selections.
This will. be an open meeting and. every uieinber is urged to bring along his friends.
Special Notice
Your October 1st payment to the United Jewish Fund of Co¬ lumbus is. due now. Please make a prompt remittance.
Sees Ford's Recantation as Blow
.to Interiiatipnal Ahti-
Seihitisih
¦HEKLlN.~the'':C. 'V; Zeitung." the organ of'ths 'Central .Vereiii Deutschen Buerger'des Juedischen Glaubens, coni- mentson Henry Ford's recantation of his anti-Semitic policy in the following way: "The soul burden of- Fofd.;must indeed hai-e bceii tremendousi The Hammer publishing firm has senthis "International Jew" to Roumania and the, Ukraine in wagonlbads and we know how bloody the'fruit of.this seed has been/ . "The importance of; Fordy declaration for the entire position of international Jew-hatred cannot be questioned. The ..elithiriation of the. 'International Jew' from anti-Scniitic literature; means a tre¬ mendous weakening of that phalanx of hatred. One can only, hope that Ford, will take to heart the reply of Louis Marshall, who "said: 'Words alone can¬ not heal' the vvourids and that he will use hisenergy to withdraw his book in all couhtries^of the world^anci render it in¬ effective by; other measures," the paper writes.'''
roumanian communities ordinance cbiticised ¦ ¦ 'bvjews ¦¦¦
BUCHAREST—(J. T. A:)—A bill regulating the relations between the state and the various churches in the kiiigdom of Roumania will be intro¬ duced at the next session of the Rou¬ manian pariiamelit, accbrdiiig to the. announcement of the- Minister of Re- :ligion,i Lapdatu.
According to the provisions of the bill the clergy of the various denomi¬ nations in Rountania must be Rouma- niao citizens. Another clause provkles that clergymen cannot be punished for political ofTenses.
. The .hew ordinance regulating the affairs-of the Jewish communities in Roumama was made public by the government. The ordinance which .provides; that only one Kehillah ¦ may exit in each city called fprth dissatis¬ faction among the Jewish population, particularly in the new provinces where twoKehiiiahs, Orthodox and Reform, are in cx'sterice and ai;e unwilling to amalgamate.
Cohen Reports That The B'Nai B'Rith Is Strong in Europe
Declares That Order Is Firnily
Established in All Western
Countries Except
France
TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCES AT BIG HOME WELCOME
Reuben Brainin,. of New York City
He has many brilliant essays to ¦ his credit; ' also biographies, novels and short-stories. :   ¦ ',
U is interesting to note that he was an intimate friend, .of, the' late Dr. Theodore Herzi arid .has attended all Zionist. Cong^refeses. At present he is a vice-president of the American Jew¬ ish Congress and Hononiry Vice- President of .the Zionist organization of Anierica. He Jives iii New York City. ¦".
CINCINNATI. —Firni citablishriient . of the B'nai B'rith in all West-Kuropeaii countries except Fraiice was reported by Hon. Alfred M. Cohen at a "welcome home" diniiei-, tendered him last week, by leading Jews..o£, Cincinnati under; the chairmanship of Oscar Berman,
Mr. Cohen's address dealt largely .With' his observations while on a three months', tour of. Europe/from which he returrietl on September Cth. During his tour he visited England,' Germany, Czccho-Slo- vakiu, Holland and France.
He spiik'e in terms of cnthusia.sni con-. cerning the status-:of the. English. Jew. He said that it was satisfactory. If is a inatter of general knowledge that no offi¬ cial, position is. denied a Jew because of his religion, .Socially, too, he is regarded with reference to his riierits.. He heard cniTiphurits from many c6-religionisls in lingland that the English Jew did not , ciUTtrihiile to Jewish causes with the de¬ gree .01 liberality tliat might reasonably, be e.xpected; -
A Warranted Accusation   .
He said that his visit to Jews' Col¬ lege where rabbis are educated and the ibsencc nf a Jewish center in the great city of London seemingly'warranted Ihc accusation. He conipared : the home andphysical equipment of" Jews' College with" institutions of a. similar charac¬ ter in the United States,, to the disad¬ vantage  of .'the 'former.    Mr.   Cohen's
SOVIET     GPVERNMENT    COM¬ MISSION INVESTIGATES AZOV SEA REGION FOR JEWISH COLONIZATION
A Message Froin Rabbi Solomon. Rivlin of the tifereth Israel Congregatibn of Colunibus
llilitor, Ohio Jeiifisk Chronicle, CqUimlnis, Oim. Dear Sir:
Matty thanks for your kind ifiz'itation to send a ivord of greeting to my coreligionists in Columbus and Central Ohio.
¦My most fervent prayer at this hour is that the Universal Father will send peace to this troubled w<)r!d.of ours and that He mil inspire us with the spirit bf true Relig'on and ivibtie us with lotfe for our neighbors.
Let its cherish the glorious heritage bequeathed to us by our il- htstrious ancestors aiid stand firmly and itnflinchiugly against temptation and corrupt example, ¦
Rejoicing in our heaven-directed history, wc should all strive to bring practival contributions to the uplifting of the zi'orld in which zve
live. ¦¦'¦¦¦¦¦' L
(Sigtted)    Rabbi Solomon Rivlin,
Tifereth Israel Congregation.
MOSCOW---(J. T. A.)—An inquiry into the suitability of the state-, lands in: the region of the Azov. Sea for Jewish ' colonization has been.- started by the Cdrazct, the governmental: de- partnieht for. settling Jews on the land' arid the Soviet Commissariat of Agri¬ culture it was learned today.
The Comzet and the commissariat' have: sent a joint committee to, the Azov Sea, .region to investigate the land. The agricultural, expert Golde is chairman pf the commission;: :. ¦ The .other riicmbers are Professor liushirisiki, soil analysis expert; Pro¬ fessor Ilyan of the University of Mos¬ cow, expert on .hydraulic work; Pro¬ fessor Tchapligin, amelioration expert, and Professor Bogdanov, agriculturist. The commission has been at work for, several months. ¦
Eiihteen months ago a number of Jewish orphahs who had been wanderr ing about the streets of Moscow were placed in the Jewish agricultural school- Some bf the boys have made, great progress. Experts who visited the school have c'epided to transform it into an ajcrricnlturaltrain'ng school for orphans.
Latest figures on the number of Jewi'ih Soviets in Russia have just been published. According to the fig¬ ures, there are ,51) Jewish, village So: viets, 69 Jewish town Soviets, one Jew¬ ish, region. There are 32 Yiddish law courts which .have dealt with 20,920 cases, ^ince their establishment. ' ¦¦ —o— -   .   -
MOSCOW—(J. T. A.)—The prog¬ ress of the Jevvish colon!zation'^ork in the Union of Socialist Soviet Re¬ publics, will be on vicivv hi 'various points qf Russia during the. celebration of ths tenth anniversary, p^ the Bolr. shevifc revolution in October. ¦
An All-Soviet exhibition of Jewish land settlement _ activities will be ar/anged here and will provide a com¬ prehensive survey of Jewish agricul¬ tural achievements ain.ce the start .of the colonization work.
The Jewish , colonization work in .White Russia will be shown at a special exhibition which.will be held in Minsk iri November. The White Russian dairy exhibition which will be h«ldL-^n' Witebsk in November will have a Jew¬ ish section.
AN   Ol>EN   INITIATION  AT THE   NEXT    MEETING OF ZION LODGtiB, OC¬ TOBER    lOTH.
The public is cordially in yited to witnctss the open ini¬ tiation exercises at the next meeting of Zion Lodge* No* 62, L O. B. B. at Realtdirs HalV 144 E. State St., Monday eve¬ ning, October lOth-
M ember b cBpccially are ureed to be present at this nieeting. Matters of Vital con¬ cern to the.Order will be taken up and discussed. frbiii all an¬ gles; Watch for the next is¬ sue of the Ohio,Jewish Chron¬ icle for more details.
visit to Westniinster Abbey showed him; iie said..that no comfbririing Jew was there memorialized. Of course, lie had not overlooked in Statesmen's Row, ¦¦ Disraeli, but Disraeli was not a conform¬ ing Jew^ However, he had-dbseryed with great. interest that there were iri the chapel in which kings, and queens for nine hundred years have been coronated life; sized figures of Moses, the statesr man, bearing the scrolls of the Law, and of David, the musician, with fingers on a harp. So,; while no individual Jew was memorialized,, the whole Jewish people were represented iii these glorious figures. :
Mr. Cohen, as President of the B'nai B'rith, installed District Grand Lodge No. 15, the youngest district in the brotherhood. It coinririses lodges in Eng¬ land, Scotland,. Wales and Ireland. The installation, he said, was under. most favorable auspices and was a, gala event- Mr. Cohen found that large numbers of his Dutch co-religionists are apathetic in their Jewishness. Tlie iwsitiop of the Jews in Holland could, scarcely be im-; proved. No discrimination whatever ex¬ ists against them. Notwithstanding this Jiappy state of affaii's ;iii general life, mixed marriageis are of -very frequent oc¬ currence, In the Hagtie, he had been iufonncd, twenty-five percent of the total marriages among Jews, were of that sort. Much Improved Mr. Cohen's observations and iiifor- matiun led! him to believe that since Geniiany has become a republic, the po¬ sition of the Jew ill that country lias been very niuch improved. Anti-sepii- . tism has decreased and in sjine places there was a total absence of it.' A 'sec¬ tion bf the press is prejudiced, but it is becoming less formidable. An imme<liaic result of these bettered conditiojUi is, a closer attacliment of the Jew; to hi$ own, people. Iiiducementa to assimilation 1^- ing removed, there was tittle if any dis¬ position to leave the fold. Natnrally, the Germans are divided in their views as to whether the former regime or tlie present admiiiistralion is best for them^ No one, however, would welcome back (Continued on page 4)
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