Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1927-08-05

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Vol. X~Nq. 31
COLUiMlJUS, OHIO, AUdUST 5, 1927
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H. I. A. S. President Stresses the Need of Immigrant Aid Work
iVbraham Herman Is Entertained in New York Before His De¬ parture on  European Tour
MUCH NEW WORK IS BEING DONE FOR IMMIGRANTS
NK\y YORK.^Last night, the Board (if Directors .aiul Ihc XatiaiiaJ Advisor.v .Cuiiiicir of tlic HcNrcw Sheltering nml Iinigram , Aid.' yocicty uf' America (HIAS) tendered a IJori Voyage, Diii- iKT to Mr. Ahrnhanrl-Icniian. the Pres- idciit of: the nrKaiiizatinn. iit the licad- qiiartcrs. -i'irj Lafayette Street, prior to his deiiartnrc for Eur<i|)c. Mr. Herniaii, who will be accompaiiicd by.his wife. Mrs. , Hennaii and'.daughter, Reiice, is J going to rLurnjic in connectinii with the new'work iindcrtaken by Hias with the Jewish' Coloniza;tibn Asspciatioh and the Eniigdirccl wliich Ijas for its purpo.se thy settling of Jewish Wanderers in South ;i\mcriciin;Republics and other countries.
ACCOMPANIED BY MU. BKRNSTBIN
'. Mr. .Hernian will confer with the lead¬ ers of the ica. the Emigdircct and of Riiropeati Jewry generallv and will par¬ ticularly, inspect the Hias European of¬ fices in Poland,. Latavia, Lithuania and elsewhere. Mr. Herman will first go to Berlin wherb the Hias European head¬ quarters are located, and then proceed to Paris from which center he-will btigih his tour of inspection on which he will be accompaiiicd by Dr. Jaines Bcrnsteiii, the director of the Hias European work.
Mr. John L. Bernstein, Chairnian of the Conmiittee on Work , in" Foreign Countries, and fonner President bf Hias, who was. toastniaster culpgized Mr. Har- inan for his service. ; Responding to the toast in his honor, Mr. Hcntiaii s^id: "i am going to Europe because the time has arrived that wc who are interested in the fate, of the Jewish wanderers should exactly know .what the situation is and iti what manner the new work which is being done in conjunction
"with the Jewish! Colonization Association and Emigdirect is being carried on.-' We have been in Europe how since 1920 arid although it had been hoped that the Jew-
' ish -conditions in Europe would so shape themselves that Hias- would he able to withdraw and leave Europe Jewry, with special, reference to the Jewish refugees'
' and Jewish wanderers, work but its own salvation, this hope has not been realized. It has-been found necessary'not only not to curtail our activities but to, enlarge thetn. The demand came not only from the relatives of Jewish wanderers every¬ where but from the Jewish leaders in Europe themselves. And so, an agree7 ment was entered into between Hias. and the. Emigdircct, which organizaHon owes it existence to Hias, and the Jewish Col ionization Association whereby assistance will be afforded to Jews who desire to go to South American. Republics iand to other countries where they caii settle and to which they can he admitted.
-AUTHORITATIVE DATA
"The new work consists in gathering information as regards to the^e new im¬ migration countries and providiiig intend¬ ing emigrants with complete and author¬ itative data as to conditions hi. these countries and what they can do there; af¬ fording emigrantsi. all possible protection; opening in various European centers lan- . ^uage coui'scs, trade courses and instruc¬ tion in agricultural pursuits; organizing in the new. countries local immigrant aid societies and stibsidizing and establishing immigrant homes at the various ports of arrival where these immigrants can be received and slicltered until they, are set¬ tled. Furthermore,' employment bureaiis are to be established, loan banl(s created to provide these immigrants with means' with which to engage at their trades, etc,
"This .new! work has now been fuiic-^ tioning for a little iinore than two months and it is very encouraging to note that in various parts of Poland, Bessarabia, Latavia and. France agricultural courses arc given to intending emigrants. Some are working on farms, others in \'ne yards, so that they will be able to ti d work immediately when coming to the new country. Schools for the teaching of the language of the countries to which these emigrants are going have been opened in Poland, Lithuania, Latavia and Roumania. In Lithuania, too, cei-tain trade courses 3re already being given.
"So much for the countries of Emigra¬ tion, Now as to the countries of immi¬ gration. ' I ,
*'In Uruguay an immigrant home has already been opened at Moi'teyideo, where also a loan and savings bank is being subsidized. Furthermore, an em¬ ployment bureau has been estat^lishcd (here. " )\
SPLENDID WORK        I    *
"In Buenos Aires, Argentine, anlsm- (Continued ttn page i)       \
PROMINENT INCIVIC AND PHILANTHROPIC CIRCLES OF PHILADELPHIA, PA
RABBI    WM.    FINKSIIRIBKK    OF ..t^lfLAlM'.I.PlHA,   PA.       ¦
Rahbi FineslirilKr. i.s the succes-sor'of Ihc Male laniented Dr. Joseph Krauskopf, of Tcmpifc Kiicselh Israel, Philadelphia, F'a. , He was chosen lb pccuijy this pulpit froni. a lisl of. iOD candidates, be¬ cause of his . exci'-plionally fine ability as an organizer. put)Iic speaker, and fruit¬ ful Work in the American Rabbinate. ¦ Fie i.-; proniiiientl)- identified with civic and philanthropic activities ;iii the Quaker Cily. Dr. T-'incshrihcr i< a graduate of tiie Hebrew Union College in the class of I!IOO,.atid stands ,hij,di in the councils of hi$ colleagues.
C. J. W- Conducts Sanitation Cahipaign Among Jevirish Farmers of the U. S.
Special Appeal Is Issued to Meet
the Problem of Summer
Boarders
, XEW YORK CITY. —A special sum¬ mer campaign has been, conducted amung the Jewish farmei-s by the' Department of Farm and Rural Work of the Nation¬ al Council of Jewish Women, to counter¬ act the problem that arises from the great rush of men, w'omen and childrento the farms of the eastern states! Many homes that entertain a small family during the winter, suddenly find themselves quartier- ing a large number of people. These summer boarders, aside from being a source of a revenue to the Jewish farmer, constitutes a serious menace unless, proper safeguards are put into effect. ' Tl? save the Jewish farmer and his family frorh a great part of the evi|s that are iiivblved .in gummer boarding, tht Council's Department of Farm and Rural Wofk .has distributed -posters, in Yiddish and in English, cmpliasizing several important rules of sanitation, with reference to the kitchen, screen doors, reftise, the care of the grounds immediate to the farm house, the airing of bedding and the drying of clothes. .
Heath., lectures, are being given ih various rural communities by the De¬ partment's supervisors. At Toms River, New Jer.';ey, a Child Health Day was recently observed with a program given in the local community house. The pro¬ gram included a discussion of a health subject by Dr. Herman Robbinsv Direc¬ tor of the Nutrition Clinic, Brooklynj N. Y., arid a playlet, "A Tour to Giood Health," by the farmers' children. This playlet was written by Janet Hilt<m, Nutrition Supervisor of the Department of Farm and Rural Work of the National Council of Jewish Women.
AUSTRIAN B'NAI B'RITH STRIVES FOR JEWISH UNITY
The defeat of Austrian Jewry at.the last elections for parliament because' pf party conflicts and tinseemly strife of the various elements of.the Jewish papulation over every question of JcMfish import, impelled Dr.. Edriiund Kah'ri, president of the Austrian B'jiai B'rith Distirict to make an effort to seek a modus through which the Jewish community should act cooperatively, in all matters of immed¬ iate concern to the Jewish population of Austria^
At a conference of the Presiduims of. the Jewish Nationalist Party arid tht "Union of German-Austrian Jews" Pr. Kahn and Chief-Rabbi Chaies developed a program for such cooperative effort. Dr. Chaies proposed the organization of a "Jewish Party" with two main purposes: To elect'a larger nt,imber of Jews to all representative bodies and to endeavor to establish a Jewish school-system. Dr. Kahn proposed that there be created the organization of a lodge of "Friends'of Palestine Reconstruction"., to ; include members of both parties.
Details of the plan proposed, in prin¬ ciple, 1 , Dr. Chaies will be submitted to anoth"' conference which Dr. Kahn will call 'early in the Fall.
HEALTH RECORD Ot CHILDREN LIVING
AT CLEVELAND  JEWISH  ORPHAN
HOME IS EXCEPTIONALLY FINE
This Is Acountcd For By The Splendid Physical And Recre¬ ational Program Encouraged And Carried Out For Both Boys And-Girls At Famous Institution,
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IS A f;REAT WORKER ON BEHALF OF B'NAI B'RITH IDEALS AND INSTITUTIONS
GLKVELAND, OHIQ.—Not a singlej death has occurred anjong children ¦ of llie Jewish Orphan Hoihe at Cleveland in the past six years,[according I0 the fiiinual report of Michael Sharlitt, super- inteiident. of llic llonie. Which, has-just been puhlishcd.
DuriiiK this period Ihere has liwii iin kvcrage population cacli,day at the Home of JJ7,j children,
Siii>crinteiulcnt Sharlitt's report is ex- trcnicly timely and hitcresting, officers of tht: Home eel, because of the, campaign now' under way in District No. 3,, L' O.B. B. to raise $1,000,000 toward the construction of ¦ a new Home.
The Home is sponsored by Districts N0./2, and G, I. O. B. B„ although its doors are open to all childreii from shat¬ tered homes, where the welfare of the child makes care at the Orphan Home essential. ' .'   .
Fred Lazarus, Jr.. iircstdcnt of the Honie, conmieritiiig upon the health phase of Sharlitt's report, sai<l: .
"The splendid' health record of. the Jewish Orphan !Honie at Cleveland is even more ¦ remarkable when one ponderS' the neighborhood where the'Home is at pres¬ ent situated.
! "'ill one o Cleveland's most congested precincts, known in police and newspaper circles as the 'notorious roaring Third,' ()ur ' children must compete for health during tlicir tender aiid formative years with childi-en from most favored homes.
"Dirty street, factory smoke and gener¬ al unsanitary conditions, such as would characterize any similar neighborhood, constitute the least, of the tnenace to the health of our Home children. At the very back fence of the Home is a municipial dumping ground, vwhere gar¬ bage and ;foul-ismelling refuse is iridis- critninately .placed. Bad as this is,' it is not as prejudiciaL to health as the giilly along side the Home, in which stag- iiaht water sends forth its stench,and disease germs.
"Ill a neighborhood of this character, it is. natural to assume that bur children are more, exposed to disease, through school contacts than children would be
in a more desirable  neighborhood, from a health and child-care Slandpoint.
"'I'lie .iieighhorhond is ¦ predominately colored, and, much pnvcrty exists among this group, as well as among the while Mihahitants.
"pur cliildren atleiid the puhlie schools, and nf forty children in a nejghhorhoad kiiiderjjarten. thirty-four were colored, ;andof-the six. whites, five were Jewish Oriihaii Home childreii.
"Our iMiildhigs themselves iirc so an¬ tiquated aa lo be prejudicial to the best health.. Many are moi-e than fifty years old. Sonic arc rat infested and, try as we will, we have been unable to exter- niinale the rodents entirely. The shock to the inetilal health of the children is apt to he. as serious as that' of their pln'sical health.   ; " ¦
"Of course,, the cliildren entrusted io our care arc not iinnniiic to diseases com-! tnnii tn Childhood. They are imninnized against' ipi-cventable diseases, and when overtaken with other nialadies, they are given the; best, medical and nursing care. ,A competent physician hiakes daily visits aiid two nurses arc at all times, on duty.
"'riiey , receive frequent medical and dental examinations and their physical condition iii .ca'rcfully .charted from the time they Cnlei' until they leave the Hoine: Children .below the 'accepted physical standard receive especial care so they may be built up and held.to nor¬ mal." 1
Dwelling on the health conditions pre¬ vailing at the Home, Supierinteiident Shar¬ litt, in his report, .also noted that the height' and ivelght. of all the children during the past five years showed a mark¬ ed increase over any!group of children for a similar pei-idd of time, during the history of the Home.
This is accounted for by the exceptional program encouraged and carried out for both boys and¦ girls at the Home. The Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home teams and groups excel in; athletic congests where they compete agailist other in¬ dividuals and grqups, records of the Home indicate;
Vqlyhner Society Will Present Torah. to the Beth Jacob Congregation
Big   Celebration   in   Honor   of   This
Event  Wiil  Take  Place on
Sunday,   August   14th
All members of the'Beth Jacob Con¬ gregation are hereby asked to reserve Sunday, August 14th, for the big celebra¬ tion in honor of the presentation by the Volyhner Society of the Sefer- Torah tp the Synagogue. '
The oflicers are arranging a fine pro¬ gram to mark the occasion. Prominent speakers have been engaged>to address the gathering and to participate in the banquet to be held, in the evening of that day.
Further details will be. published in liext  week's  issue  of  the  Chronicle.
Death qi Jacob Metchnick Is a Grievous Blow to the Entire Jewish Community
Son of Talmud Torah Principal Sue-
eumbed After an Eight Month's
IlInesB of Tumor of the Brain
Close to one thousand people attended the funeral services of Jacob Metchnick, aged 10, which took place at the family home last Monday afternoon. Rabbi Isaac Werne of the Agudath Achim Congregation officiated at the funeral services and extolled the virtues of the young man ahd the splendid mental qualities he had exhibited.
Young Metchnick' died on Sunday, July 31st, after'an eight months' illness of tumor of the bratiL The young man was hurt in an automobile accident two yea!rs ago and relatives believe that the head injury at that time may have had some¬ thing to do with the causing his death. He was born in Poland and came to America five years ago with his mother, Mrs. Ida Metchnick, to join his father who had already been here for eight years. A brother, Joseph, aged 17, and a sister Leali aged 13, also survive hini. The d(!ceascd was a graduate of the Columbus Hebrew iScllobl and would have graduated last June from East High school had he not been prevented from attending becatise of his illness.
Interment was niade in llie Agudath Achini, Cemetery .under the direction of the O'Shaughnessy Co.
In common ivith,the entire,conimunity/ the Ohio Jewish Chronicle takes this means . of- extending its heartfelt .con¬ dolence to the bereaved family. . We pray that the Father of Men will have compassion upon the surviving relatives and grant them a surcease of sorrow and trouble. .May the memory of this: de¬ parted son be for a blessing.
T. I. Sisterhood Will Sponsor Barn Dance At Friddle Barn, August 16
Elaborate preparations are being made Iiy the, officers of the Tifereth Israel SjsterhoDd for the big amiual Barn Dance, which will take place at the Friddle Barn, on the Sunbury Pike, Tuesday evening, August lOth. A splen¬ did orchestra has been engaged for the occasion arid tickets arc selling fast.
The Sisterhood .extends a. most cor¬ dial invitation to all Chronicle readers to attend this aflfaifv Clothe yourselves in gingham dresses arid overalls and drive out tb the Friddle Barn where a great time is in store for yoii.
Those that were at our dance last year need not be coaxed. Reiricmber the time and place — the Friddle Barn, Tuesday evening, August  Ifith.        .
A Special Notice to All
A. Z. A. Boys of
Columbus
pear Brothers;
You are cordially> invited tp attend the dance given' by the Junior Sisterhood Sunday, August 7th, at the Broad Street Temple, A good time is in store' for all and plenty of girls and refreshments will be on hand. If the girl friend cares to come along, don't be bashful.,
The next meeting of the A. Z. A. will be held Thursday, August Hth. at the Broad Street Temple.- Important business will be transacted and every member is urged to be present. Don't forget the date!
Fraternally, Mouse   Rosenblum Aleph Maskir,
Mr. Monsky hails from Omaha, Ne¬ braska, where he is btloved by Jews and Christians becatise oif his sterling charac- ter'and his goodly works on. behalf of civic progress. ,     ¦
At the pfesenf time be is heading the natiniial Wider Scope Drive for $2,000,- 000.00 coiulucted by,the Independent Or¬ der, of B'riai B'rith. He is an avowed Zionist and ah ardent advocat'e of the cause of'Jewish Education. By training and education he is an attorney; his friends, however, consider hini adept as a writer and organizer.'
Among the men who are co-operating with Mr. Monsky in the Wider Scope Cairipaign are Edwin J. Schanfarber, Rabbi Louis L. Mann,' Dr. Boris D, Bogeii, Rabbi Samuel S.' Mayerberg, Louis J. ; Borinsteiuj. Sidney. Kusworm, Louis Pisitz, Leon B. Stein, and S. J. Stern.
Pres. Alfred M. Cohen Is Extended a Warm
Welcome in.Berlin
Laud Purposes of     j The National G<ood; WiU Conference
Prominent Jews And Chrintians
Join.in Common Effort to "
Promote Understanding
MORK THAN 100 MEETINGS HELD IN FIFTY CITIES
Anti-Semites Rage and See In¬ ternational   Conspiracy   in Visit of B'nai B'rith Chief
BERLIN.™The Berlin Lodge of the I. O. B. B. gave President Alfred, !M. Cohen an enthusiastic .reception - during his visit to the capital of the German Republic during the week of July 20th: The largest and most inspiring meeting ever held by the Berlin Lodge greeted Mr. Cohen, who during.his stay-in the city visited all the-institutions maintained nr subsidized by the German B'nai B'rith. These included a home for the aged, ^ home forniothers and infants maintained by!the women's auxiliary of Berlin Lodge. He visited also the orphanage at Pankow, the High School of thg Science of Jlida- ism, and the. leading synagogues. . The audience granted to President Cohen by Chancellor ijarx, already re¬ ported by cable,, was, according to the "Judische Ruiidschan"."no perfunctory af¬ fair. The Chancellor of the Republic held a long confidential conference with the President of the I. O. B. B,, whp was accompanieif.by the President of the B'nai B'rith District' of Germany, Ucv. Dr. Haeck.
Anti-Semites Active
But, while President Cohen was wel¬ comed by the Government as well as the Jewry of Germany, his visit caused the professioiial anti-semttes to see red. Especially rabid in his attack on Mr. Cohen was the notorious Dr.. Bobel, who since his expulsion from Vienna, has allied himself With the "Haclcen Krenz ler" (Swastika Group) headed by Adolph Hutler, of "Putsch" fame.
Gobel, who is editing an anti-semitic organ called "Angriff" (Attack) pub lished by the "Hacken Krenzler" ace$ in Mr. Cohen's vjstt to Gcrihany a develop mcnt of the "international conspiracy"-^ the same con.spii"acy-which for so long ia time, and until .he realized was only ^1 scare-crow, Henry ¦ Ford so- valiantly combatted.
"The visits to Germany of Alfred M. Cohen, Dr. Weizman, head of the Zioq ist organization, and Jacob, Fishman, ed itor of the Jewish Morning Journal, coming so close together were not. mere accidents," declares Gobel. "These so called pleasure-tours have very definite purposes.^* [But wbat these purposes are Gobel fails to reveal.
Absurd as Gobel's statements obviously are, they have been reprinted in various reactionary organs.
NEW    YORK. — TIiG    most    recent tcsiTinntiy, to advancin^sf Jcwish-CIirisliaii   ¦ .frii'iidsjhip, is the'fact tliat leaders, in the various branches of American Israel have, decided tr) join with an cqtial lUiinber from  \ the varions ("hristian groupsin a standing ' "National Cnnfi.-reiice," declares the Rev. John  W.   Herring,   Executive  Secretary of the Cnmniiitee on Good Will between Je\\.s; and    Christians    of,   the    Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, in a survey of his work.
The sigtiificancc of this National,Coti- fcrctiec is suggested by naming at. random a few, of tlie members of the Advisory CouiiciJ. They .jnchidc,. on . the Jewish side: Dr. Cyrus Adler, Judge Benjaniin N. Ciirdoza, Edwaril A. Filelie, Henry Morgenthau, Mrs.' Rcbekali Kohut, Louis Marshall, Julian W! Mack, Nathaniel Straus, Rabbi Stephen 3- Wise and Rabbi T.onis Wol.sey.
NOTED MEN
From the Christian -side; some such figures .<is: ¦ K. F. Alhec, Nt^wton I). Baker. Rights Rcy.' Chal^es 'Brent, Dr. S. Parkcs Gadnian, Dr. John II. .Finley, Dr. I-Iarry Emerson ,Fosdick, Honorable Charles Evans Hughes, Bishop. Francis J! McConnell, Dr. Robert E. Speer and William Allen White.   .
Leaders of  the nine branch organiza¬ tions of Judaisnj have joined f6rccs with Christian leaders in the .Federal Council ; of the Churches and its. constituent de- noniiiiatioiis in the advocacy of good WiU ,, and   the.   promotion   of    social   justice through  the church,  the  synagogue! and ;i their    theological     seminaries.      These forces   are   working   together ,,to   crown . tolerance with understanding,., .They are alert.-to causes of friction and stand ready- to champion the rights of minoritiesand to live happily, and abundantly in fellow¬ ship with their neighbors. ,
On the campus and oflr .3,000 young people have been enlisted, in forums, conventions and discussion groups. They. arc doing yoenian service for goodwill and social education.    - i
0;F FIRST MAGNITUDE      . ¦   In   five   major: cities,   self-supporting Community, councils   of   goodwill   and social !educa'tion  have . been   developed;"
ith a iull-timc personnel of 14 de- .voted people. What the United Charities have done in philanthropy, these non^ sectarian councils seek to do in education for co-operative-living. As American civic experiments, .their itiiportance¦ is of first magnhudc. In one city, more than 100 civic, religious.and racial groups worked but a joint educational program. .
More than a hundred meetings .have been held, in 50, citiet, in which, wher¬ ever-possible,   Catholics  and  Jews  and Protestants   have  met   together   in   tf"- " angular good fellowship..
Hundreds Enjoyed Big Outing inthe (ireat Oiit- of-Doors Last Sunday
Excelsior Club Mcmebrs, Their Pam- ilies and -Their Friends Spent a Most Pleasant Day at Oak Park
(Dvcr (ift .Excelsior Club fainilies and their friends spent a most pleasant day at Oak Park last Sunday and participated in the various games and contests ar¬ ranged for their especial benefit. '!Eyery- one who attended this.annual picnic tif the Club,,had a most wonderful time, judgiilg from the smites and laughter no¬ ticeable on all sides at,the grounds. , President Dewey A. Roscnfield takes, this means of extending the thanks oi the Club as well as of himself to the fol¬ lowing men who assisted him in putting the affair over so; successfully Loins Rosenthal, Mitchel G. Koen and Arthur Goklbcrg.
The crowd was A representative one and the finest spirit of Camaraderie per¬ vaded the entire park. Dancing was en¬ joyed in the !Paviltion by y<iung and old. In the evening the a^air was closed by an informal party at the Club House, Rich Streci and Parsons Avenue.
HEBREW PLAYS IN PAL¬ ESTINE NO LONGER RE¬ QUIRE TRANSLATION
JERUSALEM. (J. T. A.) The article in the Censorship Ordinance which re¬ quires the submission of an Knglish translation of HebreW plays will be de¬ leted, the Attorney General, Mr. Nor¬ man Beiitwich, told a delegation of the "Protectors of the Hebrew I..anguage" who called upon him this week and asked him to remove this article from the Or¬ dinance.
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