Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1927-07-15

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.- Vol. X—No. 2y
COLUMBUS, OHIO. jUI.V   15,  1927
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy lot
A. M. Cohen Makes Prof ound Impression On English Jewry
Visit of I. O. B. B. President
Described as Making a New
Era for Anglo-JeWry
RABBI MANN ALSO A FA¬ VORITE WITH JEWS THERE
CINCINNATI. —A prrtfound imprcs- ; sion was made by, Alfred M. Cohen, ill' tcrnationar president o(- llic I, O. B. B., at ttie rceeilt llaiir|Hct of the Fir.it Lodge of England, I. O. B. B., at which he was the guest, of honor. The banquet was held at Hyde Park Hotel on .Sun¬ day evening, Jnne l!)th, and was des- crihcd as a iiieinorable event.
In addition to Mr. Cohou,. the foreign guests included delegates, from America and Germany, and among the English ¦ Jewish cclel)rilie.s present were the Ha- ham Dr. Caster, prs.. J. Snowman, 5. Daiches, M: Epstein, and I. Jochelnian. Professor Sabernheim of Berlin was one of. the guests, iiiid also Rev, Dr; Louis Mann, of Ciriai temple, Chicago.
In  introducing  President: Cohen;  Mr. S; Gilbert,-President of the First Lodge of England said that the visit ,to Eng¬ land:'of the international  pi'esident had opened a new chapter in the history ot the   B'nai   B'rith.     The   toast   to   Mr. ; Coheii, ill' which he was described as a .splendid Jew,   a   brilliant   lawyer   and ¦ /statesman, and a journalist, was seconded -by- Mrs. Alex J. Cohen, president of the Ladies Lodge.     ' Ih his address Mr. Cohen stated that
WILL   BE   ACriVE  IN  THE FORTHCOMING .SI,000,009 ORPHAN HOME DRIVli
Mr. Borinstein, wIki is one of the leading business men in Indianapolis, is -also an <iut.stan<ling leader ih B'nai B'rith circles. . He is past president of District Grand Lodge, No. 2 in wliich he has doiie some exceptionally Ihlc work.    . -
At the present lime he is the presidcpt of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation,
Louis Marshall Accepts Henry Ford's Apology For Anti-Jewish Attacks; Replies to Statement
"Am Deeply Mortified." Ford Declares in Stat>'ment Withd'-awini; Libels Published in Dearborn Independent; "Henceforth lews May Look to Me for Friendship and Good-Will," He Says; Denies Chartr"'? in "Internatintial ,Jew": "Forgiveness is Jewish Trait," Marsh.-lll Sa.vs in Reply, Voic¬ ing .Icwish Attitude; Details of Develop¬ ments   Preceding   the   Apology;
.JEWISH LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE U. S.
COMMENT ON FORD'S RETRACTION: HIS rON- ,     DEMNATION OF PREJUDICE IS HAILED BY
MANY GREAT DAILY PAPERS OF AMERICA
TOOK  AN ACTIVE I'ART IN
RECENT CONVENI'lON OP
CONSERVATIVE RABBIS
Uabbi Drob is .t member of the class of I'lllJ of the Jewish I liLological Sinii- niiy of America At the recent coHvcn- tlnn of tilt (.fiiiscivativc Rabhis ot AiiiLrici It Asbur\ Park, N J , he took .in iictne pirt in the proeeediiigs Ont of the iniportant matters taken up ac trie CDlivcntirHi was the advisability of cliaiig-
OAK PARK WILL BE THE SCENE OF THE ANNUAL ¦   EXCELSIOR CLUB PICNIC
-All Members of the Excelsior Club, are' hereby requested to reserve Sunday, July 3Ist, for the nnniial picnic and outing in tlie great out of doors wliich Will take place at Oalt Park on Sunbury Pike.
The entertainment committee is doing all within its power t« irraiige a real joydus festival for the families and friends of the Excelsiorites.
There will ' be contests and games of all kiritls; also dancing. Prizes for the best dancers aa well as the wiiiners of the va¬ rious contests have already been secured.
The Committee.
lOraS'J. BOmNSTEIN ot Indianapolis,
in,;,leading reform temple.in the state of Indiana, and is actively identified with all: civic and philanthropic movetnents in the Hoosier metropolis. - At the.annual meeting,at the Cleveland Jewish. Orphan Home last week, ari- houncement was made that he'will serve on the campaign executive committee to¬ gether with Fred Lazarus, Jr., Edwin J. Schanfarber, Rabbi Samuel Mayerbefg and Philip Schier.
I Msu'shall Warns Against Exaggeration in Henry Ford's Recantation
the Order, which was organized 83 years ago, and; had up to very recently con- flried itself, .mainly to palliative relief work .such as tlie organization of hos¬ pitals, libraries, homes for the agejf, or¬ phan asylums, -has now entered oil con¬ structive work, of; which, the most im- , portant was the founding of the Hillel Fotiiidations.       , '
Rabbi Mann made aii impassioned plea for :,Jewish, unity. He said, there ought to be no distinction between orthodox, liberal and Reform Jews. All Jews are Jews—that Is the most significant thing -^and labels are, of  no consequence.
Duriiig the meeting of the Grand Lodge for Great Britain and Ireland, oflicially known as District N^. lo, which was held in the afternoon, it was an¬ nounced that $i5,0pi) had been raised as the ijuclCBS of, a foundation fund fpr the establishment in London of a Jewish Communal Hall.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: S. Rovvson,. Grand President; Joseph A. Hahiwee and M. Gordon Liyerriian, J. P., Grand Vice- Presidents; Dr. Saniuel Daiches, Graiid Treasurer; S. Abouhab,-Salis. Daiches; S. Gilbert, S. Greeman, H. Morris, H M. Simans and Mrs, M. Epstein, Ex¬ ecutive Committee; J. H. Taylor, Grand Secretary. Mrs. Epstein was elected to tiie Executive Committee as representing the Ladies Lodge of London of which she was the first president.
What Alfred M. Cohen Says About Henry Ford's Recantation
CINCINNATI. —Alfred   M.   Cohen, Presideiit of the Iiulcpcndent Order of B'Hai   B'ritli   who   is   iio>v   visiting   the European lodges of the Order, has sent the    following   cabled   comment    from jPrpgue,   Czecho - Slavakia,   on   Henry Ford's recantation o<the attacks on JeWs published in the Dearborn Iiiilependent: ^'PRAGUE,    CKECHO-SLOVA- KIA, July 10th. ^ Henry Ford will .'prove true his contrition if he fol¬ lows his rcpuest for forgiveness by dedicating himself and some bf his . enormous  means  to the  service of ^  removing prejudice against Jews and other peoples based pn ignorance such as he now confesses."
NEW A'ORK, July ri.-^Criticisni of ce.rtain Jewish individuals who rushed into priiit in the metropolitan press,; com- nientiiig on the Ford apology and prais¬ ing himj was expressed by Louis Mar¬ shall,, president'of. the American Jewish Committee, acci>rdin|f to -interviews, with hirn.- publislied in tlie JcxvisliMorhinfi Journal aiid in the Jcii-'ish Daily I-'oi-Ti.'ar'd.
'I cannot understand why some of 'our, ' rthren .go from one'extreme.'to the other. Only last wepk Henry I'ord was regarded by them as;a Hanien and they are almost willing; now to declare him a Mordecai,"  Mr.   Marshall, is: cjiioted' a's
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Asked for his'opinion as to the at^- tempts: at interpreting the : motives of Henry Ford in making his- public apol¬ ogy, Mr. Marshall refused .to subscribe to any of the speculations p'ut forward. "I am not a-bit interested in what.Mr. Ford's motives, were. I "view the facts only and. the results .as we have them before us. , Whatever Mr. Ford's motives were or coui.d have been, business, pol¬ itics sincere recantation or whatnot,, he publicly recanted and that's all. Ford has. done much damage to Jewry, par¬ ticularly to the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. His'recantation will iii a measure right the wron]g'and we can be satisfied with that."
The president of the American Jew¬ ish Committee^ the interviewers. report,; warned against exaggerated expressions of, felicity.
A similar view, is taken by editorial writers in,the Yiddish, press, The Day, in an editorial entitled, "Wanted —r A Little Tact", takes to task certain Jewish leaders for. Far Rockaway who invited 'Henry Ford; to attend a baiujuet to be given iu honor of Charles A. Levine, and the/East Side Chamber of Commerce, whidi announced it intends to arrange a "harmony meeting" at which. Loiiis Mar¬ shall, Nathan Straus and Henry. Ford are to be invited to speak. "There is'i limit to every manifestation of joy and simple tact demands that the feelings over Ford's recantation should not assume the form of an hysteric outbreak," the paper writes. _ '     ,
The Jexvish Daily Nnvs, Orthodox or¬ gan, treats the subject similarly. The paper terms the invitations referred ^to as tactless and states: "Whatever thtSr intention was, jt is clear that they should not have done this. Ford said whatever he had to Bay and it is not proper that anyone should commit follies in connec¬ tion with Ford's last step. Not every¬ body is obligated to deal with this sub¬ ject; The entire matter ought to be let alone. There is no more Ford (juestion, so far as public opinion is concerned. The Ford case is ended," the paper writes.
NEW YORK.—TIic Jewish spirit of .fni-i;ivcnt";s, trial throughout the agts under all climes and conditions, was manifest in the attitude of: the American Jewish community, toward the, apology of Iltinry Ford fnr the anti-Jewish Crini paign carried on in his "Dearborn Indcpcmlcnt" since l!t"20. .,This apology is : complete rGiiiinciation of the janti-Jcwirih Jibfls IJasud on the forged protpcols of the Elders of Zion which caused much harm to'Jews in the United States and Europe. The acceptance of tlie apology was niadc ill a letter addressed by Louis Marshall, president of the American Jewish Committee, In Henry Ford. The rep¬ resentative of tlie ''Jewish Daily Bulletin'' obtained the text of Mr. Marshall's reply to Mi-, Ford, which was dated Jtdy 5.   The letter read as follow.s:
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"I am in: receipt of your letter to Mr. Earl J. Davis accompanied by your state¬ ment regarding the long scries' of vituperative articles which, since May, .if>20, has appeared in the Beat born .¦ht.dct'emlciif and- which contains the most violent attacks upon the Jews., You now declare that after aii examination of those ai"ticlcs you feci shocked and mortified because of the harrii which they have done; and yciu ask for our forgiveness.
"For twenty, ccnturids'wc Jcw.s have .been accustomed ,to forgive insults ahd injuries, persecution aiul intolerance, hoping that we might behold the day when brotherhood and goodwill would be univer.'ial. We had fondly hoped that in this blessedrepub'lic, with its glorious constitution and its just laws,.it \youId be impos¬ sible to encounter, the hatred and rancor to whiph our brethren' liaye been and still arc subjected in other lands. We could not. at "first credit the information that,the Dcarbov.n /H(/*?;^fHrf('ii/ has perniittcd itself to be made the vehicle for disseminating exploded falsehoods and the vilest conchctioiis of vicious minds, invented by adventurers who had barely found asylum here when they attempted to, introduce the exotic [growths of anti-Semitism..
"Happily such excrescences could not flourish ori American soil. Happily the, enlightened press of this country, treated them With cOntempt and as unworthy of notice. But, we Jews none the less suffered the ianguish of tortured memories, ¦the nightmares, of a. horrible past, .iand the sorrow that, in spite of the progress of civilization, there were those who "^tood ready, to misunderstand; us. Wh^t seemed most mysterious was the fact that you whom we -have never vvronged and vyhorii we looked upon as a kindly man, should have lent yourself to siich a campaign of vilification apparently carried on with your sanction^ '
"The statement which you have sent-me gives us assui'ance of your retraction (>f the offensive charges, of your proposed change of policies, in, fhe conduct, of the Ocarborn Independent, oi your future, friendship' and goodwill, of your desire to make amends,, and what is to be expected from any rhan of honor, you couple these assurances \vith a; request for pardon:: So far as my influence can, further that end, it will,be'exerted, simply, because there flows in my veins the blood, of fjncestors vfho were inured to suflEering and nevertheless remained steadfast in tl:eir trust ,in God. Referring to-the teachings of the Sermon on .the Mount; Israel Zangwill once said that we Jews areafter all the only Christians. He might have added that it is because essentially the spirit Of-forgiveness is a Jewish ;irait.   ¦¦-';¦¦ ':.¦'¦¦¦'-.¦.:'¦¦.'¦¦.''' '¦.¦¦'¦'
¦ ;"It is my sincere hope that never again shall such a recrudescenc& of ancient superstition manifest itself upon oiir horizon.". ., '   .
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Reveal Progress During Past Two Years of The Palestine Appeal
Federated Effort Results in an
Increase of S2,10O,0OO
in Two Years
Over 100 Persons Were Killed in Pabstane
Eartbquakiey Tentative  Survey  Shows
Hebrew University' and Jerusalem Public Buildings Dainas:ed in
Earthquake; IFel Aviv, Haifa and Tiberias Unalfected;
Christian Holy Site Suffers Shock; Situation Not
Alarming:, Zionist Executive States
JERUSALEM.— Over 1(10 persons were killed in Palestine cities and viU lages during the earthquake Monday afternoon, tentative figures published! hierc indicate.
' According, to the list cotiipiled 00 per¬ sons were killed in Nablus, 12 in Ramleh, 30 in Liidd (railway junction) and two iii Jerusalem.
. , The Mosque of Omar, the Moslem shrine erected by the followers of Mo¬ hammed fin the site of Solonion's Temple on Mount Moriah, was badly damaged by the shock, as was , the government house oh the Mount of jOlives. .In addition to "the dead in the cities; there were a number of casualties in the villages, ko definite information as to the number Jias , been ascertained.
JERUSALEM.—The Institute of Jew¬ ish Studies,, establisheicl through the, gen¬ erosity of American Jews, and the De¬ partment of Chemistry, suffered most when the Hebrew University buildings and the Government Hotise on the Moimt of Olives were shaken during the earth¬ quake.    , ,   ¦
The buildings of the two institutes of the Hebrew Uiiiyersity were badly cracked and experimental machinery in the Chemistry department was destroyed. The damage'to the Hebrew University was estimated at several thousand! pounds.
Research work at> the Hebrew Uni¬ versity had to bi; discontinued due to the serious damage to the buildings and equipment. Dr. Judah L. Magnes, for¬ merly of New York, who is dean Of the University, announced today that the lec¬ tures will have to be continued until the ^nd of the term in a halt in the city.
Semi-ufilcial figures made known place the deaths in Jerusalem and vicinity at twenty-five, ' Reports received today from 'Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Tiberias con¬ firm the previous messages that the cities were not affecte<l by the shqck.
The Jewish population does not seem to have suffered casualties. ¦
(The Institute of Jewish Studies is conducted on the income of a *500,000
fund established by Felix M. Warburg and adrninistered by the New York Coin- .Ti'unity. Trust. A fund of *2.'5O,«0O was created by the. late Sol, Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh; Upon his death Mrs. Rosen¬ bloom donated the amount of-$500,000 (o erect a building to house the Institute)
-RABBI MAX DROB.
ing and modifying various Jewish cere¬ monial and domestic laws.
As a tribute to his splendid leadership Rabbi. Drob was re-elected President of the Rabbinical Assembly ot America. Other members of the new administration are: ; Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, Vice- President ; Rabbi Elias Margolis, -Treasr lirerj Rabbi IsraeL Goldstein, Recording Secretary; and Rabbi Alter F. Landes- man, Corresponding Secrjitary.
Rabbi Drob has announced that he will appoint a committee of ten Rabbis, the duty of which will be to advise their, cplleagges on questions of Jewish law as they come up; in their- congregational activity..   .¦/''.
PROGRESS IS ASCRIBED TO LOYALTY OF IT. S. JEWS
NFW "SORE—A cuniparison of the sums rci.ci\i.d b> the Unitt-d Palestine Apptal in cash during the first nine months of the present fi'^cal >car, ending SeptLinher tOth next, with the ca'ih re¬ ceipts di|riiig the first nine muiiths of the previoub fi'-cil vcirs, reveals the fact th.it this ye.ir'<i income, up to July 2st, which amounts to i^-J,8-ll,i510, is in excess of that for the same period of the pre- vifjus year hy ¦%'\'i\,lT-\, according ,to a statement issued by Judge William'M.' Lewis, National Chairman o'f the United- Palestine Appeal and Emanuel Neuman, the Chairman of the. Executive Com¬ mittee. , It is further. stated that Con¬ servative estimates'made of.the incbnie ; expected during the remaining three months of liie present .^riscal .year wilt make the total income of the .year ex-' ceed that of the previous year by ap-: proximately ij^LKKOOO. At the end of the .fiscal year, it is pointed o.u\,, there will remain outstanding a large- amount of pledges,. the income on which will be received during the early months of the comiiig fiscal year.
The statement goes on to say that the : result should be regarded as satisfactory in view .of the special difficulties which the activities for Palestine haye encoiinr tered in the course of the present year.
¦JERUSALIiM.—.A scientific record of the earthquake which shook ,Palestine, made by a seismegraphic apparatus in Tel Aviy, shows that the quake mOvied from north to south. ¦•This morning the Old City lobked as if after military siege. The streets were- crowded, the people hesitating to enter the'houses in fear of a recurrence of.tjhe' quake and possible collapse caused by a .weakening of , the foundations of the houses. As;the hours pass :a calm atmosphere is returning .to the' "City of Peace."
A tentative survey made^ by govern¬ ment ollicials discloses the Approximate extent' ^ of the damage. The Allenby bridge was damaged at both ends. The Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Sepulchre was declared unsafe because of the cracks in the walls. The roof of the Chemical Laboratory of the He¬ brew University, on the Mount of Olives collapsed. .     .
The Government House located on the sanie Mount was' badly damaged. The private Vooms of the High Commissioner, Lord Plumer; aud Lady Plumer, who are now on vacation in England, were wrecked. This building was also de- 'clared unsafe by the authorities.
The three women from India who were killed ip the Palace Hotel at Jericho were identified today. They are the wife of Sir Said Abtlul Raouf, h' CQinrahion and the wife of Mohamed Massaan.
C. J. W^ President Issues Special Summer Message To the 52,000 Members
: NEW YORK CITY. —Mrs. Joseph E. .Frieiid', President of the Natipnal Council of Jewish Women,'has,addressed a special summer message ¦ to the .Tli.00(> members of her organization, pointing to the new activities credited to the Council during thefew months,since the convention last November and to the ambitious ,plans, for the coming season, .
"The meetings,aild conference which I have attended,", states .Mrs. Friend, "have-brought nie a new consciousness of the scope of our. organization and con¬ firms niie in the belief that the Natiohal Council of Jewish Women has played an important role in the religious, edu' cational,'civic and philanthropic history of the Jewish Woiiien of America. I have been strengthened in my purpose of laboring earnestly during, my term of office to the end ,that our National, Or¬ ganization may expand its fields of ac¬ tivity and fulfill its.destiny of leading the'Jewish women of this country to higher and higher levels of usefulness.
"In May the, Executive Committee and the Policy Committee convened to com¬ plete plans and programs of work for the opening of the autumn season and it is the hope of the admihistratibn that each Section in formulating its work for lfl27-U>iiS will give due" considerations and will very soon^be ready to issue to the Section Chairman programs which vvill be helpful in making plans for the coming season. And, may I here say a word for our newest department—that of Vocational Guidance and Occiipational Opportunities for Jewish Girls and Wo¬ men. Her.e is a field which offers great possibilities for direct, constructive re¬ sults and is in line with the progressive thought ahd purpose of modern, social standards.
"The two Field Secretaries have'been in service for several- weeks and have already clearly demonstrated the wisdom of this new policy of the National or¬ ganization and the enthusiasm which they have aroused in those Sections they have vished is ample justification for the ad¬ ditional financial.obligation;-for these xa- sults are far beyond momentary value."
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J ERUSALEM. — The earth tremor here yesterday afternoon lasted seven seconds. The building where the Zion¬ ist Executive is housed was one of the maiiy in the Old City damaged. Many iContimied on page 4)
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AVILli SPONSOR PICNIC AT FERN CLIFF JULY i7th
The committee in charge of arrangements for the annual picnic of the Lancaster Council of Jewish Women promises a most wonderfuL time to all who will attend. -The Affair will take place at Fern Cliff on Logan Pike tomorrow (Sunday) Ju!y. 17th. .;.,,
Come aiid spend a pleasant and enjoyable day in the^ copi- pany of your friends and ncigh- -ho'rs/,.., .   '' ..
A special invitation is ex¬ tended to Cqlumbus, Newark and SSanesville folk.
Don-t forget the time ann p.!ace.
difliciil'iies that have arisen principally from the economic, crisis in Palestine; rThe: fact that in spite of these difficulties: the United; Palestine Appeal has been; able to achieve a better record than diir- ing the previous year, when optimism ,was at its peak, it ascribed first, to the loyalty ' of American Jewry to; the cause of Jewish Homeland, and .second, to the improVemeUt in organization, publicity, and general administrative technique a- chieved by the National Headquarters and regional units ,of the orgaization. During the year aditional territories were brought into the sphere of the Or-, ganization and new bureaus were, estab¬ lished in the southern and yiestern states. One of the most important items in the expansion of the educational .work is the (Continued on page 4)
JEW SHOT WITHOUT TRIAL
BY OGPU  IN WHITE RUSSIA
RIGA.-^The Ogpu in the town of Lu- kamne in the province of Mohilev arrest¬ ed a prominent Jewish resident named Feigin, states a report receiy^ here, and had him shot without trial. Feigin was one of the most respected citiienB of the town. No reason ia known for the ac- [ tipn of the Ogpu.
T. I. Carnival and Dance At "Memorial Hall On Monday Evening, Oct, 31
A Halloween Carnival and Dance will be giveii under the auspices of the,Ti¬ fereth. Israel Sisterhood on Mondaiy even-; ing, October 01st, 1937 at Memorial Hall.
Tickets are now on sale at 25c, aud can be scoured through any of the Sisterhood members. Besides admission into the carnival the tickets are also chances on a brand new Chevrolet Cabriolet which will be given away on ,that night. Thie proceeds will go to the building fund of the New East Broad Street Temple, h^irther jKirticularb will be found in the forthcoming issues of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
Elaborate Preparations are Being Made For Zion Lodge's Picnicy July 24
Elaborate preparations are being made by the entertainment ronmiittee of Zion Lodge, No. «2, I. O. B, H, for the an¬ nual picnic at Oak Park, Sunday, July 24.
Every member of the I.xjdge is being notified concerning this event and it is ex¬ pected that a tremendous turn-out wilt mark the alTair.
If you are a member of the B'uai B'rith, don't fail to set this date aside for this gala event—at Oak Park, July 24th.
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