Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1927-01-14

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gU.S, OHIO, JANUARY 14/ U)2y
Kraus Honored With An Unusual Degree In Presence of 1500
Supreme Degree of Covenant Is Conferred by President Cohen On the Occ.Tsion,I{raus'     ; Golden Wedding.
FIPTYrPIVElfEAUS OF SERVICE ARE RECOGNIZED
CHICAGO, ILL. — In the presence of |150() niembers of local meitiber.s of tlic Order,,Hon. Adolpli Kraus, for tvvciity jears Presideiit of the B'nai B'ritli,' waS lionorcil at a banquet at lhe Drake Hotel here on tile occasFou of liis golden wed¬ ding celebration, -tvitli the supreme de¬ gree of the covenanl, conferred on him by Pi'csident Alfred M. Cohen. This honor, bestowed for the first time in the history of tlie B'nai B'rith was awarded to Judge Kraus in recognition of fifty- five years of loyal and unprecedented ser- vide in connection with thc Order.
Contributions totalling two hundred thousand dollars toward the $2,000,000 fund, a campaign for which was recently launched by the I. O. B. B., were an¬ nounced at thc dinner, thc gifts being made by individual guests in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kraus. Chicago is to raise *800,OOO for this fund. The aiuiouncement of contributions at the Kraus dinner served to launch the drive in this district. Rabbi Louis L. Mann, sf Chicago, in an address outlined the Work and purpose of the Hillel Founda¬ tion movement, toward which $1,OQO,000 of the $2,000,000 fund is to go.' Hillel Foundations which are cultural and re¬ creational centers for Jewish university youth have already been successfully es¬ tablished by the B'nai B'rith at four mid- wcstem universities, and it is planned to extend this to other parts of the country. The Hillel Foundation movement, one of the outstanding achievements of the B'nai B'rith shared interest at thc dinner with the record of service of Judge Kraus, who was head of the the Order for a decade.
President Alfred M. Cohen who be stowed the unusual degree on Judge Kraus was assisted in the ceremonies by all of the Rabbis of Chicago, headed by Dr. Mann of Temple Sinai. Rabbi Jos¬ eph Stolz of Isaiah Temple invoked a blessing on Judge and Mrs. Kraus.
The banquet, during the course of which the degree was conferred, was one of the most brilliant ever given in Chi¬ cago, and was presided over by Dr. Mor¬ ris Fishbein, editor of the American • Medical Journal. Among the guests was Dr. Boris Bogen, executive secretary of the Order, a delegate from Jerusalem Lodge I. O. B. B., and a representative of the Aleph Zadik Aleph, the Junior I. 0. B. B.
Another notable tribute to Judge and ^Mrs. Kraus was the announcement that Kraus Lodge, I. O. B. B., of Chicago, had created a fund in perpetuity for the Cleveland Orphan Asylum, to be known as the "Adolph and Matilda Kraus Fund," and the interest from which is to be awarded annually to the student at the institution ranking highest in scholar- . ship and deportment. Another gift of unusual character was a. bound volume of some 2500 letters and telegrams sent to Mr. and Mrs. Kraus greeting them on their golden anniversary. To Mrs. Kraus was presented a gold shawl. .
In addition to having been for a time the publisher of a daily newspaper, Mr. Kraus has been president of the Board of Education, Corporation Counsel and advisor to Mayor Carter Harrison dur¬ ing the troublous period of the World's Fair. Mr. Kraus has been identified with 'the B'nai B'rith for fifty-five years, dur¬ ing twenty of which he was head of the order. He was the head of the Jewish delegation to the Russo-Japanese Peace Conference at Portsmouth, New Hamp¬ shire, in August, 1905, which included Jacob H. Schiff, Hon. Oscar S Straus, Isaac N. Selignian and Adolph Lewisolin, which placed before Count de Witt a demand for, the . occasion ai pogroms in Russia and the granting to ihe Jews of that country of civil and political rights. He had a leading role in the - agitation'which led to-the abrogation in 1011 of tlie conimercial treaty between the United States and Russia because ot the refusal of the latter to honor pass¬ ports issued to American citizens of the Jewish faith. President Taft presented to Mr. Kraus the pen with which he signed the order of abrogation in De¬ cember of that year. Mr. Kraus was also the founder of the Anti-Defamation League which combats, the misrepresen¬ tation of Jewish character in publications and periodicals and on the stage.
Hadaiiah Sewiog on
Wednesday, January 19
The Columbws Chapter of. Hadassah will hold their next sewing Wednesday, Jan. 10, at the Schonthal Cftmmunity House, 655 E. Rich St., from I to fi p.m.
T. L SISTERHOOD CAftD PARTY AT NEIL HOUSE TUESDAY, JANU/ARY 18
The Nell liouse will'hc the Hcene of a beatitiful card pnrty to bc K'VQn. Tuesday evening, January 18th, at 8 p. m.,-Under the -auspice.s. of the Tifereth Israel, Sisterhood.
As,in the past, the proceeds from this nnd other such af¬ fairs will go to the building fund of the East Brnad Street Temple. Reservations can bc made by calling thc following: Mrs. R. W. Schift, Chairman, Walnut 96(53; Mrs. L. E. Top¬ per, Vico Chairmnn, Fr. TlZ.'iS Mrs. M. Bogatin, Gar. «1G3; Mr. L. Nason, Fr. G925.
It is hoped that this affair will bc given' thc support of all Columbus Jewry, liic cause is a most worthy oiie, and those that' are in charge deserve whole-hearted cooperation.
Are Planning Protest Meeting Vs. Atrocities In Land of Roumania
Group of Representative Jews  Dis.
cuss Sufferings of Coreligionists
at Meeting in Talmud Torah.
Under the auspices of the Columbus Excelsior Club, a meeting was held last Sunday, January 9, at th^ Talmud Torah Building, to discuss the advisability of arranging a protest meeting against the atrocities being perpetrated in Roumania against the Jewish people. Representa¬ tives from many local organizations were present as follows: AGUDATH ACHIM CONGREGATION—Morris M. Levi¬ son, Louis Lakin, N. Finkelstein, J. W. Zilberman, S. Moss, Mr. Sachs, Bert Wolman. BETH JACOB CONGRE¬ GATION—Mr. Mamet, Morris Bcim, EXCELSIOR CLUiB—Max Bogatin, N, C. Hirsch, Arthur Gluck, Jacob Krako. witz. TIFERETH ISRAEL CONGRE¬ GATION—Louis Levin, David Pastor, J. L Feiner. COLUMBUS HEBREW SCHOOL—A Goldberg, A. Metchnick. LOCAL ZIONIST DISTRICT—Joseph Solove and Dr. B. W. Abramson. ZION LODGE NO. 62, 1. O. E. B.—Dr. S. D. Edelman and Frank V. Bayer. HE¬ BREW TAILORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION—H. Fine.
After a motion by Mr. Bert Wolman and seconded by Mt. Louis Lakin, Dr. Samuel D. Edelman was unanimously elected temporary chairman of the tem¬ porary organization. Upon motion by Dr. E. W. Abramson and seconded by Mr. Wolman, Frank V. Bajer was unanimously elected secretary.
After general discussion the meeting was stated to have been called to formu¬ late plans to hold a "Protest Meeting,'- non-sectarian in nature, against recent and present Roumanian atrocities on the Jewish people living in that country, against attacks on Jewish students and various other discriminations; to interest /'cprcs^ntative people and organizations of this community to work with us and to perfect a permanent organization to accomplish thc above purpose.
Mr. Krakowitz nioved that a commit¬ tee of three including the chair be ap¬ pointed to call on representative Jews of this city to discuss the advisability of ^uch a meeting with full power to act, Svhich said motion was amended by Mr. Bogatin to include one member of each organization present to investigate ad- •visability, to interest others and to re¬ port back at later date, which said mo¬ tion and amendment after being duly seconded were passed, the foHowing committee being appointed;
Max Bogatin, Excelsior Club: Morris B'cim, Beth Jacob; Bert Wolman, Agu¬ dath Achim; J. L. Feiner, Tifereth Is¬ rael ; Dr. B. W. Abramson, Zionist Or¬ ganization; Mr.'A, Metchnick, Hebrew School; H. Fine, Hebrew Tailor's Ben. Association; Dr| S. D. Edelman, Zion Lodge, I. O. B. B.
After discussion the suggestion was accepted by the chair that Dr. S. D. Edelman and Bert Wolman visit Max Rieser, E. J. Schanfarber and. Rabbi Tarshish .and .other prominent Jews to obtain their views and report at later meeting to be called.
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Your Last Quarterly InstaU- Fiscai Year 1926 Now/' in J. Schanfarber
"The last quarterly payment for the United Jewish Fund for ,the fiscal year 1926 is due now,", announces Edwin J. Schanfar¬ ber, chairman of the Fund. "In order' to meet our oblij^ation.-i lo the various charitable and educational causes as they mature, it is impei-ative that every subscriber make prompt remittances. During the past year four payments of $4,583.83 each have been made to the Joint Distribution Committee for foreign relief 3vork; four payments of $1,666.66 each have been made to Thc United Palestine Appeal for rehiibilitation and educational work in the Holy Land; and four payments of $833.00 each have been made to The Columbus Hebrew School which is doing such fine work on behalf of the training of our youth in the religious tradi¬ tions of our forefathers.
"At the last meeting of the Board it was unanimously decided to allot $1200.00 to the local Council of Jewish Women for phil¬ anthropic work for the year 1927. It is interesting to note that the national campaigns in behalf of the B'nai B'rith Wider Scope Committee' and the Jewish Orphan Home of Cleveland have al¬ ready been taken care of through the Columbus United Jewish Fund. So it behooves the public-spirited Jews of Columbus who have subscribed to this fund to pay their quarterly installments promptly as they fall due and thus facilitate the successful prose¬ cution of its splendid endeavors.
Local Zionist District Is Out For One Hundred   - New Members—^Help Them
"One Iiundred new memlrers in the Zionist District of Columbus—this is our goalj and we shall get them!"
ThFs was the main topic at the meet¬ ing of the new executive hoard of the local Zionist District, Siinday, January Dth, at the vestry rooms of the Agudath Achim Synagogue. And by looking at the radiant faces, by listening to the enthusiastic remarks and by witnessing the superabundance of faith and devo¬ tion to thc cause manifested by all those pi;cscnt at thc inctiting, one could have no doubt that the goal will he reached
At that meethig it was decided to launch a cunmmn for new members. Committees were apiiijintcd and the work distributed. Thc ciimpaign will continue during thc entire month of January. Mr. Max Dworkin is thc chairman of the campaign.
It was also decided to stage a me¬ morial meeting in honor of thc great Jewish philosopher, Achad Haam, who died January 2d in Tel-Aviv, Palestine The meethig will be held Sunday, Janu¬ ary IGth, 7:30 p. m., at the Agudath Achim Synagogue.
A resolution was also adopted that the local Zionist District should join thc other local organizations in the protest against the Roumanian government for the oppression of the Jews there and the depravation of their minority rights granted £b them by thc Trcity of Ver¬ sailles.
The followmg constitute the executi\e
board of the local Zionist District: Rabbi Dr. I. Werne, P., Wolman, Dr. B. W, Abramson, L, Lakin, I. Brier, B, Wohnan, H. GoMberg, Arthur Goldberg, M. Dworkin, M- Bornstein, D. Zisen¬ wine and A. Metchnick.
JDNIOIl HADASSAH MKETING TO ' HOLD OPKN MliKTING SUNDAY
Junior Il.id.i'i'^.ili invites iiicnil)crs an<l nm nicinln'r'; lo .1 nio^t infcrc^Iing niod- ini^ iic\l Sund.iy, J.\i]u.iry Uilh. Mr"-. Jriimic Knhii will .iddrcis the orgarli/a- tion. Her niP'-.taKe will he of interest to ^•^(ry  uirl    sn <kin't  miss  this  meeting.
Miss lisicllo l;islicr will bc the hostcs<; and thc meeting will lake place at hor home at \KtH Tranldiu Avcnnc. Rc- frcshmcnl-j and n social hour after the meeting proniiaC to make this one of thc most interesting aflernouns for Junior Hadasaah,
The mcctintr will sl.irt promptly at 2*ir—so be on time.
City-Wide Celebration At The iProgress Club, Monday Evening, January 24
Ben Neustadt of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle is in charRc of the arrangc- mcnts for the big city-wide celebration given under the auspices of Zion Lodge No 02, I. O. B. n, Monday evening. January 24th, at thc Progress. Cluh,
On this important occasion, the seventy-eighth birthday anniversary of Pop Jashenosky, veteran IJ'nai B'rith leader and worker, will be mo<it fittingly celebrated. As a tribute to his fifty-five years of faithful and devoted service to B'nai BVith ideals, a large class of candidates, designated "The Pop Jashe¬ nosky Class," will bc initiated that eve¬ ning by Zion Lodge's newly organized degree team.
So many splendid accomplishments have been achieved by Brother I. B. Jashenosky, and so often have tliey been recounted in these colunms, that it is unnecessary to repeat them at this timc. It is sulHcient to say that Cohimbus Jewry will honor itself in honoring him at this big significant celebration.
Every B'nai B'rith k hereby requested to „turn out with hi«i family and his friends. Those who will absent them¬ selves will eternally regret it.
Importan Meeting of Menorah Society Tomorrow Afternoon at Ohio Union
The Menorah Society of 0.. S. U. will hold an important meeting tomor¬ row (Sunday), afternoon, Jan, 16 at the Ohio Union, third floor.
Roy Stone, will on this occasion give hi$ report on the national convention held recently in New York City, which he attended as the Ohio State representa- t,ive. AfTairs vital to the intellectual Hfe of the Jewish college student wiU be discuss^. Morris A. Skop is also on the program and ^yill flelivcr a paper on a. thouglit-provoking questlpn,
Columbus people as well as all stu¬ dents are urged to attend..
Famous Jewish Cantor Will Sing at James Theatre
Entire.Week Commencing January 23
Reserve January 23 I^or Big Brotherhood Affair at Temple Israel
Spedal  I'rogrnm is Being Arranged Fnr 11ii» Unique Occ:i<;i«n Spon¬ sored by Mcira Organization uf ISryden Knad Temple.
In his lengthy annonncement regard¬ ing the Brotherhood evening, which will he celebrated at the Bryden Road Tem¬ ple on Sunday night, January 23, Chair¬ man I. A. Glick, stressed the fact that this will be a red letter occasion—one that will linger long in the memory of eveiy man, woman and child who will attend.
"The committee on arrangements of the Brotherhood is preparing a wonder¬ ful program for the edification, enlight¬ enment and cnlcrtainrncnt of all of us," declared Mr. Glick last Wednesday, ''and I cordially invite every Chronicle reader to be there. T know it wHl be a genuine treat for j'ou and your Mam- ily, as well as your friends, to come here and sec what we have arranged for jour especial benefit. I want you to know that Brotherhood members will be in coiiiplete charge of thc evening. They will be stationed in every nook and' corner of the Temple building— from cellar to attic| and from thc main entrance to the rear entrance; and every¬ where they will be at your service— catering to your every whim'and fancy. Head waiters in formal attire will blandly direct the guests to their respec¬ tive tables. Thc Brotherhood orchestra will furnish the music; especially raised and prepared chickens will be part of thc menu.
"Tiien the chief feature of the eve¬ ning win be presented in the form of an old-fashioned ininstrj^-.sWow, consisting of old-time songs, old-time stories, old- time wit, old-time humor, spiced with medieval, Jewish jocularity.
^'Among the distinguished characters who will appfrar in thc cast are thc fol¬ lowing; Tlie famous world'war general and commander, Joseph (Pop) Schon¬ thal, Maxwell Hilarious Harmon. Frank¬ lin Napoleon Nusbaum, Hyman Julius Ciesar Cohen, and hiany others too nu¬ merous to mention. Watch for inrthcr particulars in the forthcoming issues of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle,"
Columbus Jewry To Honor Memory Of Great Philosopher
nig AchacI II.i-'Am Mass Meet¬ ing Wiil lie Held at Agudath Achim Synagogue Tomor¬ row (Sunday) Evening
PROMINENT MEN Wn.,L ADDRESS BIG AUDIENCE
CANTOR JOSEF  ROSENBLATT
Thc Jewish people oif Cohimbus ana Central Ohio are indeed most happy to Iccirn that Rosenblatt, the incomparable, goldcn-voii'ect tenor, has been engaged by Mr. Wm. Janies to siiig at his theatre on West Broad Street for an entire week commencing January 23rd,
New I. 0. B. B. Ofiicers Are Ofiicially Installed at Mtg. In Realtors HaU
Dr. Lonis Kahn ofiicially installed the following newly elected officers of Zion Lodge Xo. 52, I.O. JB. B., last Monday evening, January lOtli, at Realtors Hall: President, Walter Katz; vice/president, Dr. Morris Goldberg; secretary, Isadore W. Garek; treaburer, I. B. Jashenosky, arid warden, Louis Rosenthal. A large attendance marked thib meeting; among those who siioke briefly were Dr. Louis Knhn, Prebident Walter l<atz. Dr. Mor- rib Goldberg and tlic other incoming ollicer-, who pledged tlicir wholc-iieailcd allegiance to the big work that has been projected by the Independent Order of B'nai BVhh.
They all stressed the fact that although it is necessary to have capable leaders and generals, it is equally essential lo have faithful, loyal soldiers in the ranks. The president ofTicially announced that the big city-wide celebration in honor of "Pop" Jashenosky will lake place on Mon<lay evening, January 21tli, at the Progress Club, and that non-mcmhers as well as members will be cordially welcome to take part in this great cele¬ bration and witness the solemn ccre- nionicb of initiation.
A great mns.s meeting has hern called for Snnday evening, Jannary IG, at the Agudath Aehini Synagogue, to honor the memory of Acli.id Ha'Am, who passed to his eternal reward Sunday morning, Jan- nary 5, mouriifd by Jews in every .sec¬ tion of the world.
Invit.itions have been sent out to rep¬ resentative Jews for all congregation*;, societies an<l clubs in Columhus and cen¬ tral Ohio. For Achad Ha'Am was a leader of IC'lal Yisroal, aud hia follow¬ ers and admirers were legion, not only among Russian and Polish Jewish, but also among Germans, French, English and American Jews. Iiis essays—writ¬ ten in a Hebrew of incomparable beau¬ ty and charm—ha\e been read for years with the greatest avidity by people in every walk of life who sought enlighten¬ ment regarding the practical and theo¬ retical problems of thc Jewish people.
Dr. Chaim Weit^mann, World Presi¬ dent of the Zionist organization, made thc following <:tatement upon hearing of the demise of the great Hebrew philoso¬ pher: "With Achad Ila'Ani there has passed away a Jewisli thinker whose in- flucntc during his generation was prob¬ ably without parallel. Much has already been writtch, and much more will be written on Achad iHa'Am as the pure philosopher. But by far the most im¬ portant aspect of him is the personal, ex¬ pressing itself, it is true, in his philoso¬ phy, but not in philosophy as an academic quantity, but as an iinmcdiafe guiding; influence in thc lives of men,
"I judge his cxtraordhiary influence on others by the simple standard of in¬ fluence upon himself. In the more than a qna'rter of a century that I have known him, personally as well as through his writings, oue impression has prevailed', with increasing force: He was the most honest man, intellectually, that I have ever known. He ivould never permit you fo pass oft a sham for a real thing.. Always he was. too critical, loo clear- sided to alldw any sort of pretentious- nes*:, any sort of unfounded claim toi pass by witliout a challenge."
Thousands of other striking tributes, by noted men have already appeared in: the public press.
The commitlee in charge of the ar¬ rangement ' of the big mass meeting* promises h brilliant array of speakers; Cantor Ansel Freedman ivill' chant the ,El Mole Rachamin^. The Chroniclfj, has been a=ked to extend a most cordial invitation to all to be present tomorrow (Sunda>) evening at 8 o'clock sharp and partake in the impressive memorial services. There is no qucbtioii but that this will be tine of the most significant meetings held in this city for many A year.   Come and bring >our friends.
Incoming President of Zion Lodge^ No. 62, Who Was Installed Monday
THURSDAY, JAN. 20TH,
DATE SBT FOR JUNIOR HADASSAH CARD PARTV
Thuriday evening, January 2(Kli, is thc date of thc big card party sponsored by the Junior Hadassah.
The Neil House, Parlor A, is the place.
Bring your "date" with you. Don't btay away and be sorry. Come and bc Iiappy.
Your co-ox>eratton will be greatly ap¬ preciated.—Sophia Lisb. Chairman of Card Party.
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Mr. Katz hab earned thc reputation of being a loyal, conscientious worker for B'nai BVith idcatb. He has been one of thc niObt regular attendants at all Zion Lodge meetings, taking a nio><t active part in all the proceedings. His acces¬ sion to the Prebidcncy comeb as a fitting tribute to liis yeajs of faithful'service to the Order.
Mr. Katz considers this one of (he liappicbt monientB of his life and only askri that all his brethren ii^ul him their undivided support, bu that he can best accomplibh the desired results.
YOURIVVST QUARTERLY PAYMENT TO THE UNITED JEWISH FUND FtMR FISCAL YEAR 1926 IS DUE NOW
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