Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1927-06-03

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Columbus Chosen For 1928 Convention Of
District Number 2 Of The B'nai B'rith
Over Two Ilundrvfl Delegates From Eiffht Stales Attended Meet in Toledo.—Work of Wider Scope Commitle Wa-s Dis¬ cussed by Outgoing President Mayerberg.—Memorial Day Address Was Delivered by Judj>:c Robert S. Marx.
BENJAMIN ACHTENliER(rWAS"¥:i.ECTED PRESIDENT
OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE COMING YEAR, 1928
Till':   Dinmoiid   Juliilci-   Criii\ention of   District  Gniml  l.rKJfvc  Xo. 2, Inflciiuiulum   Onlcr   (t'liiii   B'rltlt, K*it iindcl way last .Sunday innmiiiR, M;t> 2f)tli,   In   tlu-   Giiiiniodoi'c   I»i:rry   I Intel
tiohi>it,il ill J lut SprJiiK^ Arliimsns; I"::!- dorc Fciblcnirin, cluiirinan of the rommit- Uo on intclltctiKil adinnccnirnt initl ctli- lor of liu' "Mirror," inibli'-he*! in IniUan- [lolis;  U:il)hi (i.iry J. .'\nKnsl, cliaii man
with  -M)  ddcRalus   and  more   than   UJD; of the connniUct; on A. Z. A. of thi: I, ^\onu¦n fium ciVht states in atlciitl.mrc.    | O^ H. II. or junior auxiliaries; Jnluis K.
"The Jewish Student is proml in his rcali/atir.n that Jewish gciiitis <li(l not cxlianst itself in (he iimrliiclion of llie J1il>le, the Talmud and the Midrash," l^ibbi Samuel S Mayerberg, Dayton, IVfsuU'iit of District No. 2, said in lii^ tnessaKc to the annual meeting, "hut that all apes b.nc ^ecn Jewish thinkers di- rcctiiu!; the tUoMit of the world
"'Ibc Wider Scope movement has been f.ir nicire than a waging of .t auiipaign with wIiiQli to gather funds." Rahbi Maj- crberg said. "Jt has above all been a itiniulaling innucnce in tbc awakening of Jewish moialc and in the clarion call to service.
"One of the most iniiiortant pliases of the Wider Scope inovcnieiit in which Dis¬ trict No 2 lias hccn very active," de¬ clared IVcsidciit Mayerberg, "is that of co-operation between onr Anti-Oefania- tion   League   and   non-Jewish   organiza-
JULIUS ZKCKHAUSER IS ELECTKI) TO GENERAL COMMI'ITEE OF DISTRICT NO.  2,  I. O.  B.  B.
The many friends of Jnlius N. Zcckhauser will be glad to hear tbat he was elected to the general committee of District Grand Lodge No. 2, Independent Order of B'nai BVith at tbe closing session of the convention held in Toledo last Tuesday. This honor was confer¬ red upon him in recognition of his invaluable  services   to  tbe   Order.
It is interesting to note that Co¬ lumbus was chosen as the place of the 1»28 convention, which will no dotibt be tbc banner one of the past twenty-five years.
tions. The promotion of good will be¬ tween Jew and non-Jew is the goal songlit through the good will commission of tbc Federal Council of Churches of America.
Prindiilc Is Inculcated "Thps the H'nai B'rilh is helping to spread the obvious principle that God has given to no nation and to no church a monopoly of IIis truth and that all men will find Him if tlicy seek Him eanirsfly and sincerely. Hatred is based upon ignorance and misunderstanding Through the dissemination of authori¬ tative literature about tbc Jew, the Order i-s helping to dispel this ignorance and tbrough onr better understanding mect- ingi, social contacts are formed which create goodfellowslup."
Delegates representing the various lodges in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Mis- •louri, Xew Mexico, Colorado and Wy¬ oming took active part in tbe delibera¬ tions of tbe conclave. The invocation w.ts |>rononnccd by Rabbi Joseph S. Korn feld of Toledo, and an address of welcome on behalf of Toledo Lodge No. IKt wai> delivered by Brother Bernard Liistig, pre.sldent. A rcspoube was nia<le hy Hen M. Achtenberg, first vice presi¬ dent of District Grand Lodge No. 'J, and the successor of President Mayerberg for ' the year lOiiB.
ZcckhHU<;er. chairin.m of  the committee on women's auxiliaries.
State  Depuiics  Report
Reports were given hy Ihe following state deputies: Rahbi Moise lU'rgman, Colorailo, Wyoming and New Mexico;' liph Levin, Indiana; Louis Cohen, Kan¬ sas ; Louih Grossman. Kentucky; Oscar Leonard, Missouri; Josci^i 'Weinberg, northern Ohio, and Lou M, Frank, sonth¬ ern Ohii). Sidney G. Kuswonn reported as a member of tbc executive commit¬ lee of the order,
Sunday evening a dinner-dance was held in the ballroom nf the Commodore Perry hotel.
At tbe tliiiiKT, a dianmnd-studdcd Men¬ urah, the emblem of the order, w.is pre¬ sented to Lou M. Fr,mk, general cbair^ man of tlic convention Ctmunittee. The prcscnlation was made by Joseph H. Kingold, in the name of the Toledo lodge, for services Mr. Frank has ren¬ dered.
Rabbi Michael Lichtcnstein pronounced tbe invocation at the 9:30 A. M. session Monday. Four minute talks on good and welfare were given by Ben L. Sliif- rin, St. Louis; David N. Rosenbaum, St Louis; Manuel E. Treuhaft, Toledo; Abe B. Cowan, Denver, and Louis Grossman, Louisville. The talks were followed hy a round tabic discussion.
A trustee was elected by the delegates for each of the following: Jewish Or¬ phan home, National Jewish hospital for consumptives and Leo N. Levi Memorial hospital.
Judge Robert S. Marx, Chicago, dc- ]iver«l the Memorial day address at 11:30 A. M. His talk was considered one of the outstanding features of the convention.
A luncheon was held at 1 F. M, in the Travertine room of the Coniniwlore Per¬ ry and tbe afternoon ses.sion consisted of convention committee meetings in the r<»oms assigned to them. Monday at 8 P. M. reports of convention committees were  heard.
Monday's entertainment for the women included a luncheon in the Wallick room of the Sccor hotel at 12:30 P. M., a visit to the Museum of Art and an auto¬ mobile trip around the Manmee a'allcy belt. The women also attended the Vita- Temple, theater in the evening.
The convention continued through Tuesday morning with invocation by Rabbi Charles J. Frcund, selection of i!)28 meeting place, nomination, election and histallution of officers and announce- nieiit of standing committees and bene¬ diction by Rahbi David Alexander, Akron. Luncheons for men and women at noon concluded tbe convention. ColiimhuH Chufjun
The delegates at the Convention from Columbus were delighted to hear of the decision to have ihc lf)2H convention in the capitol of the Buckeye state, where Zion Lodge has shed so much luster upon the good name nf the onler.
There is no doubt that the banner convention of the past 25 years will bc the one to bc staged in Columbus next year. Before the close of tbe convention the following officers for the, coming year were  <inTiounced:     President,   Benjamin
Dcgrei^ Conferred-'
Grand  lodge degrees   we^c  conferred
iijion delegates who were attending theiri Achtcnbcrg,   Kansas   City,   Mo.;   First
first grand  lodge meeting by a special R^ice  President,  Isadore  Feibleman,  In-
comniittce consisting of Sidney G.Kmns-y[Jia„apc|„. Second Vice President, Sam-
K
worth, I )ayton; Arthur F. Friedinaii^ Denver; Abe B. Frey, St. I^nis, and Alfred A. Benesch, Cleveland.
A luncheon for past presidents, dele¬ gates and guests was held at 1 P. M. in the Travertine room of the Coniino- dore Perry. Tbe woinen were entertain¬ ed at a 12 o'clock breakfast at Glengarry CoLMitry chih, followed by golf and other country club amusements,
At the afternoon .session, reports were giicn hy Bep M. Achtenberg. chuirnuii of the president's conmiittce; lunil Mayer, chairman of the district Wider. Sco]ie coinmittee; Sainuel I. Sicvers, chairman of the social service committee; Percy S. Morris, chairnian of the com¬ mittee on the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptivcb at Denver; Arthur B. Friedman, chairman of the Denver Na¬ tional Home for Jewish Children. Other KcpurtH
J. J, Friedland, chairnian of the com¬ mittee on the Cleveland Jewish Orphan lloiiie;>^be B. Frcy, chairman of llic committA'On tbe Iao N. l-cv't Memorial
nel J. Sicvers, St. Louis, Mo.; Secretary, Leonard Freiberg. Cincinnati, O.; Trea¬ surer, William Ornstein, Cincinnati.
The general committee chosen is as follows: King Baer, Toledo; J. L, Weinberg, Cleveland; Jnlius Lehman, St. L<mis; J. N. Zcckhauser, Columbus, and David M. Riil, Terre Haute, Ind.
CONFIRMANTS AT THE EAST HROAD STREET
TEMPLE
Sunday, June 12, li>27
at 10:00 a. m.
The Feast of Weeks Will Be Celebrated On the 6th of June
Its  Narne^   (Shavuoth)   Is  De¬ rived From the Fact That It Is Celebrated 7 Weeks After the' 2nd Day of Passover
WAS ORIGINALLY AGRI¬ CULTURAL IN CHARACTER
TIic Jewisli Pentecost or Fe.ist of Weeks C Shahnoth) will he celebrated on tbc fith of Jnnc, lis name is derived from the fact tbat it is celebrated scvpn weeks after the second da> of Passover. All (be biblical injmrctlon.s as to the manner in which the Fcist was to be observed indicate that it was originally agricultural in character
Jl was in reality a season of thanksgiv¬ ing for the harvests that had been reaped, beginning with tbe barley harv'csi during the Pas-iover to tbe wheat harvest at the beginning of the .summer. The ceremonial oliferings prescribed were iu keeping wilb tbe God-given gifts of the soil that had bet*n g;ithi*rcd.
Birth of Judaism
In post-hiblical times this Feast was observed as the anniversary of the birth of Judai.sm with tbc promulgation of thi Divine Law at Sinai. Ou this ''Day of the Giving of the Law," as it was- called by tbc rabbis, the Ten Coiiimaiidincuts constitute pari of the Scripture reatlings in the Synagog. It is tbis historical aspect of tbc Feast that lias been cuiplia' sized in the non-agricultural life, wbich the Jews were compelled to live for ceii turies.
When the Reform Synagog introduced the rite of Confirmation for tbe Jewish youth the Penteco.st, by virtue of its tra¬ ditional association with the ancient reve¬ lation, was the day most naturally selected for charghig the young boys and girls through an impressive public ceremony with the meaning of the Jevtfish faith and with the duty of leading a high and religious and moral life.
Not Lost Sight Of
The agricultural side of the Feast, however, was not Inst sight nf, in that it was customary to decorate home and synagog with plants and flowers in sea- .son. In addition to a portion from the Pentateuch, the charming story of Ruth was prescribed in the Synagog beciiuse the idyllic scene of harvesting which it' contains was in keeping, with the celcbra tion of the Harvest Feast.
Those observing customs that origin¬ ated in post-biblical times add a second d<iy to that enjoined in the Bible.
Father and Son Banquet At East Broad Street Temple By Boy Scouts
Elaborate   Arranj;cnients   For   This
AlFair Arc Beine Made by Boy
Scout Committee Headed
by Will Welber
On Thursday evening, June Ifith, (»:'10 p, m., at the East Broad Street Temple a "Father and Son" banquet will be given by Scout Troop No. 87. FJabo- rate arnin(>ements are being made for this affair by the Bity Scout Committee headed by Mr. Will Welber. A specially prepared dinner will bc served' and musical prograni will bc presented. Other features on the program arc (1) cxhibi tions hy the boys; (2) iipecial exhibits (3) moving picture films of camp activ¬ ities ; (4) addresses hy prominent speak¬ ers; (5) awards to be given to those who have excelled in boy scout work, More details concerning this affair will ap¬ pear in the next issue of the Omo Ji;w isii CmioNicLr.
Among those who are cuopcratingwith Mr. Welber in arranging the "Father and Son Banriuet" are the following mem¬ bers of the Tifereth Israel Congregation Leon Nason. llenjamin F. Levinson, Meyer Ginsburg, Justin L. Sillman, Ar¬ thur Ghick, and J. L. Feiner. On this occasion these gentlemen will he given their emblem pins.
Morris Levinson, Rose Zapolan, Bea¬ trice Roth, Beulah Koen, Stanley Was¬ serstrom, Mildred Feiner, Leah Nason, Mary GatofT, Leonard Wasserstrom, Irvjng Fleischer, Harold Broun, Max¬ well Fishking.
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Members and Friends
of Hadassah, Attention!
Don't miss the closing meeting of the Columbus Chapter of ILidaiisah. A lovely luncheon bas been arraiige<l at the Klks' Club, We<lnesday, Jnne Sth, at 12:iri, with an elaborate program of en¬ tertainment which you c^innot help enjoy,
We want every member to make their reservations early so that the coinnnttee in charge can proceetl with their plans.
Installation of the new Board of Ofiicers vvill lake place and a large turn¬ out ia expectetl. Show your Hadassah spirit and be  with us.
Call Mrs. A. Daiwiger (FR. 0780-R) tor lescrvations, "^Don't forget the dat< I, June Sth, at%tlie Elks' Club,
Well-Known Coluinbus Girl Was Highly
Honored Last Week At Sargent School
Heads Conference On Jewish Activities At American Universities
Dr. David Philipson Was Chosen
Head of Body at Meeting of
Representatives    in
New York
RODY WILL DE ADVISORY IN  SCOPE, SAYS  REPORT
THK Ohio Jewish Chruniclc Likes great pleasure in recording llu fact that Miss Margaret Gnnible, daughter of Mrs. Xathan (lumblc, 787 Bryden Roa<l. has received the double bonor of being chosen the most attractive and talented student at the Sargent School nf Physical Education, at Cambridge, Mass, from wbich she was graduated on Wednesday, May 25th, with high scholastic honors.
Graduating from the Coluinbus Schopl for Girls, in ]!>24, Miss Gumble, in the fall of that year.entercd the well-known Cambridge school. .Siic served there as president   of   the   dramatic   society   and
I was also a member of the juiior honor- I ary society and a member of the Tvvincss s(-ciety, the senior honorary group.
At present Miss Gnnible is engaged [ as an instructress in physical education at the Cambridge in.stitution, but in June plans to return to^ Columbus. She hopes to secure a position as a teacher of physi¬ cal education in some institution near Columbus.
Miss   Gumble's   father,  tbc   late   Mr. Nathan Gumble, was one of the leading niembers of the Cohimbus bar.   lie was associated with his brother, Henry Gum ble, iu the firm of Gumble & Gumble.
A Jewish Child
A Shabuoth Story. By Elma Ehrlich Lcvinger
(Copyright, 1927, by Elma Ehrlich Lcvinger.   All rights reserved.)
George couldn't believe it when he heard that he was actually going to be confirmed hi the big city temple along with his cousin, Ralph. In fact, George wasn't quite sure just what confirmation was all about. Besides his own family there were no other Jews in W'ahneta, ex¬ cept the young man who clerked in George's father's store, and later the young lady whom the same young man married and brought to share his new bungalow three blocks north of Main street. Within a reasonable amount of time the young couple had a very young baby, thus increasing the local Jevvish population by one. Bul George, being an only child, was still without Jewish play¬ mates.
It was shortly after George's twelfth birthday that his Uncle Morris motored to Wahncta over the week-end. He brought with hitn George's cousin, Ralph, a rather fussy boy with thick glasses, whc? called Wahncta a hick town, and didn't care to play base ball. Uncle Morris ap¬ peared quite shocked when he learned tbat there wasn't a chance of George's heing confirmed the following Shabuolh. He said that even if his brother cared to bury himself alive among goyin,i there wasn't the slightest excuse in the world for his nephew to grow up a goy. The next week he wrote George's father a long letter inviting George to spend the winter with them that he might attend a Jewish, Sabbath School and "get con¬ firmed." "I don't owe you anything." wrote -^Unde Morris, who prided himself on his frankness. "Maybe the shoe's on the other foot, 'cause I don't ever expect to see the nioney I lent to set ynu up in business. But I got a good Jewish heart and I want my only nephew to be con¬ firmed like any Jewish child."
For perhaps the first tinie in his life George was very glad he was really a Jewish child. To go to the city with, its movies and parks and a regular zool To have enough adventures to tell the stay- at-home Wahncta boys for the rest of his life! He couldn't believe it all until he saw his,mother come down to the store tu pick out two suits of clothes for him
and a trunk. A regular trunk I George was rather afraid that when he arrived iu tbe city in all his unaccustomed grandeur his cousin Ralph might accuse him of showing off.
Hut the new finery did not seem at all elegant in the city. In Ralph's home with a servant and a laundress and a chauffeur
George's mother sometimes managed to bave help in "by tbe day") bc from the very first hour began to feel small and shabby. At home he had been a star pupil; in the city school he fonnd him¬ self put back a grade and not doing any too well under an unfamiliar educational system. What made in,itters worse, Ralph was a regular book worm, a bril¬ liant student, several grades ahead of his age, George soon felt like a very small and apologetic frog in a very >big and foreign puddle.
Isolated among non-Jews, George's family had never tried to live as Jews. But now George had the inestimable privilege of living in what his Aunt Mollie called a "good Jewish home." At first George was puzzled; then he began to know what she meant. Aunt Mollie was horrified when she sent hiin on a hurry-up errand to the butcher's for tenderloins and he brought back pork in¬ stead of beef; later she told him not to try to be funny, when she served bacon for breakfast, as the doctor had pre- scribeil it esi>ecially for Uncle Morris. She did all her week-end marketing on Saturday morning, but scolded George when she caught him making a dog honse ill the back yard Saturday afternoon. "It looks bad for the neighbors," said Aunt Mollie. And he wai never allowed to go to a movie on Fri(kiy night, even when the Iieighborhood theatre showed a par¬ ticularly attractive' western, because he was expected to accompany Aunt Mollie and Iiis cousin to Temple. Sometimes Uncle Morris went along, but usually he had the chauffeur drive hini right on to his club. Uncle Morris said that after a man woiked hard alt day he was entitled to a game of cards in the evening; besides it always made hiin sleepy to sit loo loiig
11 a hot place.
' (ConthiUfd PU page 4)
AVtc Vm I:: The rslablisbmcnt of a national organi/ation to carry on religious and welfare .irtivity aniuiig Jewish stu¬ dents at rnllcgcs and uiiivei.sitics vvas ronipleled .it a conference of representa- tivcs of thirteen national Jewish organi¬ sations at Temple Enianu-Kl at Wrd Street and Fifth .'\\cimcs. New York City 'llic <irj!;ani.!atinn will be known as the Conference on Jewish Activities at Universities. A constitution was adopted outlining the purpo«:cs and aims of the orL'.-mi/.itioii.s. and ofTircrs of the new body were selected. Dr. David Philipson, of Cincinnati, who was cho-scn President, presided at t'lie conference.
Other ofiiLcrs chosen were • Dr, Jacob Kohn. vice-president; Mrs. Herbert S. Goldstein, irtasurcr: R.ibbi George Zepin, Secretary. Estecutivc Committee: Harry Starr, Mrs. Maurice Stcinfeld, Rabbi Isaac Landman. Dr. Leo Jung and Mrs. S.unuel   SpJLgel.
The main function of the new bod> will l)t- advisory in .sco[)e. A study vvill be made f>f the work that is nnw being done h\ Jewish organizations iit various cjdI- Icge^ and universities, and a ])lan form- nlaicd for tbc carrying on of larger work ainong Jewish studcn1<; and steps also to eliminate duplication of effort along these Hues
.As outlined in the corslhution. tbe aim of tbe organization is*
"The purpose of this conference shall be to studv and discuss whh a view to cooperation among its constituent organi- rations, and If found necessary, to inhiate, by Iheir unanimous ctmsent, Jewish worlc among Jewish students in Americin uni¬ versities.  Its character shall be advisory".
A conimittcc of three was appointed lo make a survey of the Jewish situation at Cornell, with a view of initiating Jewish activities at that university.
The conference was originally called in behalf of the Commission on Jewish Education representing the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Centra] Conference of American Rabbis, which at one of its meetings authorized its sub-committee on Adult and University Education to call together representatives of national Jewish organ- iyatlons conducting welfare work among Jevvish students for the purpose of creat¬ ing a national body that would coordinate the work of the -various agencies in this field. Dr. IL C. Endow of New York is chairman of the Sub-Committee.
The first conference of national or¬ ganizations was held a >c.ir .ago April at Harvard University, at vvhich meeting a comnuttcc was appointed to make a study of the work of the various agencies and prepare a plan of cooperation. The followuig conmiittee was then appointed. Dr. H. G- Endow, chairman, Professor Nathan Isaacs, Mr. Alfred A, Benesch, Mrs. Samuel Spiegel, Mrs, Maurice Steinfdd, Dr. Jacob Kohn, and Rabbi George Zepin.
Among the organizations represented and the delegates present vvere: Dr. David Fliilipson, Cincinnati; Dr. H. G. Enelow, Xew York; National Federatioii of Tcniple Sisterhoods; Mrs. Maurice Stein¬ fdd, St. Louis; Rabbi George Zepin, New York; National Temple of Temple Bro¬ therhoods; Frank Glick, New York; Central Conference of American Rabbis; Rahbi Jacob B, Pollak, N. Y; Kabbi Isaac Landman, N. Y; Rabbinical Assembly; Dr, Jacob Kohn, N. Y; Women's Lea¬ gue of United Synagogue; Mrs. Samuel Spiegel, N. Y.
LIST OP CONFIRMANTS
AT THE TEMPLE ISRAEL
SABBATH SCHOOL FOR
,1927
Martin Julius PoUter, 314 S. Drcxel Avenue.
Joseph Nupuf, 993 Bryden Rd.
Freda Faye SwarU, 906 Carpenter St.
Charlotte Dorothy Sherry, 924 Car¬ penter St.
Helen Niirma  Nupuf, 993 Bryden Rd.   '
Simon Laiarua, Jr., 172 Columbia Avenue, Bexley.
Fred JLazarus, III, 110 ftirk Drive, Bexley. ^
- Jack Janies Mayer, 1204 Franklin Avenue.
Lee   Edward   Klclnmater,  4SS  ^o. State St., Marion, O.
Lillian EvelyA Callif, 579 Gilbert St.
NormanLahin, 675 Oakwocd Ave.
Sclina Schocn, 320. Lafayette St, Marion, Ohio.
Eliile Gerbtenfeld, 13SB Bryden Rd.
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