Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1928-10-26

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and
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Vol. IX-^No. 43
COLUMIJUS, OHIO, OCTOi3h:R 26,  nj2i^
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Will Celebrate Fortieth Anni¬ versary of Rabbi Philip" son's Ministry
Impressive   Ceremonies   W i I \ Mark the Occasion—Leaders of Cincinnati Will Be Pres¬ ent on  November Third
WELL-KNOWN PULPITEER HAS RENDERED VALU¬ ABLE SERVICE
Is   the;   Author   of   Numerous Monographs, Sermons, and Lectures and Holds Im¬ portant Offices
CmCINKATI—On Saturday/ No¬ vember IJ, 1028, the celebration of the fortieth anniversary ot Dr. David Phil- ipson's spidtual leadership of Congrega¬ tional Bene Israel in Cindnnati takes place. , Great preparations have been : made . and impressive ceremonies have been arranged to mark the event.
The celebration will commence with a special religious , service on 'Saturday morning at the Rockdale Avenue Tem¬ ple. The speakers on that occasion will be Mr. Alfred M. Cohen, on behalf of the Board of Governors of .the Hebrew Union College; Rev. Hugo Eiseniohr, representing the local clergy, and Dr. Abram Simon of Washington, ,D., C, the Chairman ofthe Synagogue Council of America.    Dr.i Simon will  deliver   the
Rahbi David PhtHpaon
anniversary sermon. The invocation and ', the benediction will be given by Dr. Ifhilipson's former associates in the pul¬ pit. Dr. Philip David Bookstaber of Har¬ risburg, Pa., and Rabbi Hyman Tola of Steubcnville, Ohio.   ,     '
" Grand Banquet
In the evening a banquet will be ten¬ dered hy the congregation to Dr. Philip- son at the Sinton Hoteh'. Many speakers of, note will participate in the program, among whom, will be Dr. Albert H. Freiberg of ¦ Cincinnatii the toastmaster for the occasion; Hon. Murray Season- good, mayor of the city of Cincinnati, who will deliver the main address. Mrs. Sig./Bott, the President of the Rockdale Avenue Temple Sisterhood, will bring greetings to Dr, Philipson on behalf of the organizations afHIiatcd with the Rock¬ dale Avenue Temple. A testimonial from the congregation, in recognition of his years of faithful and long service, will be presented by Mr. Ralph W. Mack, former president of the congregation and Chairman of the Committee on Arrange¬ ments.
Oh Sunday morning there will be a
special childreh's service and a definite
program presented in which the children
-of the religious school, will participate.
Sisterhood Meeting
On the following Thursday afternoon the Sisterhood of the Congregation will dedicate its meeting in honor of Dr. Philipson.
Dr. Philipson has always been one of . the mpst active men in the ministry as will he noted from the biography which follows:
Rabbi David Philipson was born Au¬ gust 9, 18G2, at Wabash/Ind. He at- tended the public schools of Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio. He entered the Hebrew. Union College on the day of its opening, October 3, 1875, and graduated as rabbi, July 14, 1883, when the first I group of young men educated in a rab¬ binical college in the United States were ordained. He is the only surviving mem¬ ber of that first,class and is therefore the dean of the reform rabbinate of this country.
He graduated from Hughes High School, Cincinnati, in 1879, and was the gold medallist and the valedictorian of this class. He graduated from the Uni¬ versity of Cincinnati in 1883 with the degree of B, A. and was honored by his alma mater when the honorary degree of Lt.D. was conferred on him in 1914, He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society and served as its president in 1907..
In Baltimore
His first charge as rabbi was the Har Sinai congregation of Baltimore, where he officiated from January 1, 1884, to November 1, 1888. While in Baltimore he attended the Johns Hopkins Univer¬ sity as a graduate student. There he married Miss Ella Hollfinder in Septem¬ ber, 1886. In 1880 he received the de¬ gree of D.D, from the Hebrew Union College, the subject of his thesis beinu, (Continued on page 4)
U E C KI V E S    NEWSPAPER , PRIZE FOR MERITORIOUS WORK ON THE COLUM¬ BUS DISPATCH
Harry  Potasky  of  Dayton»
Elected President of State
L 0. B. B. Association
The Ohio State. Journal prize of $100 for the best front page, news story writ¬ ten during tlie year by a member of the Ohio Newspaper Women's Association was won by Anne Schatenstein, "3o'l. Wil¬ son avenue, at the twenty-eighth annual convention pf the organization: in Day¬ ton, last Saturday.
Miss Schatcnstdn, a general news writer on the stall of the Columbus Eve¬ ning Dispatch, was notified of the award at a. luncheon given by Ex-Goy. James M. Cox and E. G. Burkham. Miss Norine Wintrow of the Toledo News- Bee won second place in this competition.
The winning story was an interview with Mrs. Orcn HiU, who .assisted her husband,, a guard at Ohio penit'entlai-y, in aiding the escape last March of John L„ Whitefield, Cleveland murderer. It presented a sympathetic picture, of the privation which led Mrs. Hill and her husband td help Whitefield. , ,
Members qf the college of journalism faculty at .the University of Wisconsin were judges of the contest. They were: Dr. Willard G. Belyer, director of the school of journalism; Grant N. Hyde, professor; Kenneth S. Olsen, Chilton R. B:ush and,Helen M. Patterson, assistant professors, and Ralph O. Mafziger, editor of the University Press Bureau.
Miss Schatenstein ia a graduate of Ohio State University and has taken post-graduate work at.Columbia Univer¬ sity. She is a member of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary women's journalistic fra¬ ternity.
Justin L. SiHman Becomes Sec¬ retary;  Prominent Leaders Attended Gathering At thc Deshler-WaUick Hotel
Harry Postasky, . of Dayton, was elected President of the Ohio State As- .sociatioii of B'nai B'rith lodges' at a meet¬ ing held at the Deshler-Wai lick Hotel, Sunday, October 2Ist.' He succeeds J. y. Fricdland, of Youngstown, whose tid- niiuistratioh was marked by progressive ideas and good work.. Other ofiicers elected are as follows: First vice-presi¬ dent, Sam Goldstchi, I..orain; Second vice-president, Morton J. Heldman, Cin¬ cinnati; Secretary, Justin L'. Sillriian, Co- hiinbus. Thc directors elected for the coining year are: J. J. Fricdland, ¦Youngstown; Albert VVcinstein, Cincin¬ nati; Snnbn Elattner, Lima; H. Adel- stone, Ashland, Ky.;, Arthur W. Fried, Steubcnville. Uepresentatives were pres¬ ent at the convention from Cleveland,. Cincinnati, Toledo, Columbus, Canton, Hamilton, Dayton. Springfield, Zanesville, Youngstown, Loiiiaville, and other: cities. The out-of-town guests were royally en¬ tertained by Zibn Lodge No. 62, I. O. B. B. The sessions were held from, 10 a. m. to/5 p. m. with an hour recess at 12 noon for dinner. :
Among the prominent B'nai B'rJth men who graced.the meeting by their presence were: Michael Sharlitt, superintendent of Cleveland Orphan Home; Sidney G. Kus¬ worm, member of thc executive com¬ mittee of the Order and past president of-District No. 2, I. O. B. B.; Isadore' Feiblemau of Indianapolis, president of District No. 2; I. B, Jashenosky, chair¬ man of social service, committee for the State of Ohio; and Jack Myers. , A number of problems pertaining to the affairs of the constituent lodges were discussed; also other problems pertain¬ ing to the good and welfare pf the Order. Ainong the speakers were. Sidney G. Kusworpi, Dr. Morris Goldberg, Michael, Sharlitt, .Jack Myers, and Isadore Feible¬ mau. The nominating committee which recommended, the above named officers- for.the coming year cortsisted of Lou M. Frank, Toledo; A. B. Weinfeld, Colum¬ bus; Louis L. Weber, Zanesville; Joseph Kohn, and David Rosenbauni.
Before adjourning, the officers thanked Zion Lodge for its hospitality and ex¬ pressed the hope that the next meeting of. the State association wilt also take place in Columbus.
IS   THE   NEW   SECRETARY OF OHIO STATE ASSOCI¬ ATION    OF    B'NAI B'RITH LODGES
Woodmen   Home   Becomes
Regular Meeting Place of
Zion Lodge, No. 62
Stirrinp: Address Was Delivered -By Rabbi Solomon Rivlin Last Monday Evening
The new Woodmen Home at 30 West College Street has been chosen as. the regular meeting place of Zion .Lodge No. 62, I. O. B. B. This was decided upon last Monday evening, October 22nd, at a meeting held at this place. A number o£ important communications from Presi¬ dent Isadore Feiblemanof District Grand Lodge No. 2, were read and discussed at this meeting; fllsp several communica¬ tions from the District Secretary, Leon¬ ard H. Freiberg.
The membership committee announced- that under the chairmanship of A. B. Weinfeld a big membership drive is be¬ ing launclied in this city. It is expected that one hundred new members will be secured and initiated at the Woodmen Honie, Monday evening, November 19th, by Zion Lodge's degree team.
The feature of last Monday night's meeting was the stirring address of Rabbi Solomon Rivlin of the East Broad Street Temple,, on "What Makes One a Jew?" The Rabbi based his remarks upon a recent book entitled "The Island Within," by Ludwig Lewisohn. He de¬ cried the half-hearted Jew who neglects his'duty to his people and his duty to his God. He pointed out that only by a life of consecrated service to Jewish iSeaU and to Jewish institutions can,one jus¬ tify his right to call himself a member of the House of Israel. K*; urged his auditors tp lake pride in their religious heritage, and to remain loyal and de¬ voted to the synagogue, always rcmem-. bering that "we are a kingdom of priests and a holy people."
A real treat was afforded the Lodge when Miss Mina Volk rendered several beautiful vocal ,selectiohSj accompanied on the piano by Miss Lillian Phillipson.
The Agudath Achim Brother¬ hood Will Meet Thursday,
November 1st, 7 P.M. Rabbi Isaac Werne and Rabbi Lee J, Levinger Will Be the Speakers The first general meeting of the Broth- .erhood of Agudath Achim Congregation will be held Thursday, November 1st,'at 7 p. m., in the Banquet Hall bf the syna¬ gogue.   The principal speaker bf ttie eve¬ ning, will be Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, di¬ rector of the Hillel Foundation of the Ohio State University.   His subject will he, "An Age-Old, Question."
. Rabbi Isaac Werne also has a vital .rncssage which he will deliver to the Brotherhood at this meeting. The. mu¬ sical program will be in charge of Cantor Anschel Freedman, who promises some new Jewish Folksongs. The program will be preceded by a kosher dinner to be served at ,7 p. m. All members;of the Brotherhood are urged to reserve Thurs¬ day evening, November Ist, for this af¬ fair.
The date for the annual Ivreeyoh Hall has been set to take place at Memorial Hall, January 16.
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JUSTIN L. SILLMAN
Hallowe'en Ball At Southern Hotel WiU Attract Large Gathering
With  That   Affair   Bit;   Social Season   of   Schonthal   Cen¬ ter Will Commence
Jews of America Decide to Unite For Palestinian   Reconstruction   Work Through Extended Jevkrish Agency
"Pact of Glory" Drowns Differences Which Divided Jewry on Palestine Question; Body of Seven to Proceed with Organization Worli Paving Way for Final Consummation; Empowered to Ad- .just Differences on Zionist Reservations; "We Are No Longer Zionists and Non-Zionists," Marshall Says at Close of Sessions Addressed by Warburg, Melchctt, Franltel Weizmann, Dr. Adler, Brown, Lehman, Judge Horace Stern.
PROMINENT RABBIS,  LEADERS  OF REFORM  JUDAISM,
CONCUR ON ADOPTED PROGRAM; LORD MELCHE'fT
URGES SPEEDY ACTION, DENIES RUMOR HE IS
OPPOSED TO JEWISH AGENCY
All arrangements have been completed for the Hallowe'en Ball of .the Hermine Schoiithar Center to be held in the ball¬ room of the Southern Hotel , next Wednesday, October .31, when the organ¬ ization will start its social season, Mem¬ bers and friends have been invited and the affair,promises to be an outstanding success. ,    ¦
Abe Wohnan, chairman of the efficient committee in charge of the dance, as¬ sisted by the Misses Ruth. Frank and Rose Dinziger announced toddy that everything is in readiness for the affair, and that no detail has been overlooked to. make it a memorable evening. The Schonthal Center lias,always been noted for its outstanding dances, and the af¬ fair next Wednesday evening should "ex¬ ceed all former ones. Indications point to a large attendance,'to properly usher in the night of \vitches and goblins. . Decorations will turn the ballroom into a real Hallowe'en scene and souvenirs will be distributed,, appropriate for the; occasion. Every possible arrangement to make the dance exceed the success, of former affairs has been made, and mem¬ bers and friends of the. Center are pre¬ paring for an enjoyable evening.
Several surprises have been promised, with the committee intimating that some, ijitere^ting and mirth-provoking stunts will be performed during the evening. Besides the bag of surprises which will be opened during the evening, tliere will be entertainment.
¦ Entertainment will be provided to in¬ tersperse thc dancing, and will aid in providuig an enjoyable program.
The word is reverberating around the city—be at the Southern Hotel 'nexv Wednesday night for a night of fun and frolic, and usher in the Hallowe'en ap¬ propriately.     ¦
Big Political Rally At Stone's
Hall, October 30th^ Pub-
lic Cordially Invited
There is to be a big political rally Tuesday, October 30, 8 p. m., at Stone's Hall, corner Livingston and Parsons Avenues..
Leading candidates for the various county offices will be present. Harry, Paul's singing deputies will be there. There will be entertainment and refresh- nieiils will be served. Ladies are ex¬ pected to attend.
Come and hear, some real orators dis¬ cuss the problems of city, state, and ua-- tion. You will be enlightened as well as entertained.   Bring your friends.
Junior Council Meeting Has
Been Postponed To
November llth
The Junior Council nieeting which was originally scheduled for November 4th, has been postponed to Sunday, No¬ vember Uth. This meeting will be in the form of an Armistice Tea for the purpose of welcoming the new members secured in the recent drive. Further de¬ tails will appear in the forthconihig issue of The Chronicle.
Big Annual Masquerade At
Broad Street Temple
Sunday Evening
A Most  Enjoyable Evening Is
Assured AU Who WiH At-
tend This Affair
. Don your masquerade costume and fol¬ low the crowd to the Banquet Hall of the East Broad Street Temple, Sunday, Oc¬ tober 28th. You will have the time of your life in pleasant surroundings among congenial folk. An extraordinarily fine orchestra, The Clevelanders, has been en¬ gaged to furnish the music for the eve¬ ning. Many prizes will be awarded and there will be all sorts of good things to eat, Don't fail to be there. Get your tickets now. The public as well as the members of the Temple are cordially in¬ vited. Mrs. Max S. Bogatin and Mrs. Samuel Fine are chairmen of this dance.
City]
B'nai B'rith Lodge of Kansas Honors Rabbi Samuel Mayerbcrg
KANSAS CITY. —On Monday eve ning, October 22nd, in the Lodge Room of the Y. M.-Y. W. H. A. bnilding, LinWood Blvd. and Wayne Avenue, a big cultural meeting was held in hbnoir of Rabb| Sam¬ uel S. Mayerbcrg of Temple B'nai Je- hudah, past president of District Grand Lodge No. 2, L O. B. B.
The program for the meeting consisted of brief welcoming addresses by Presi dent Elias Berrell of the local lodge and Brother B. M. Achtenberg, immediate past president of the District and a re¬ sponse by Rabbi Mayerbcrg.
Nr:W YORK—(J. T. A.)—Two reso Uitions termed "a pact of glory," adopted unanimously by thc Non-Zionist Confer¬ ence concerning Palestine, held at thc Biltinore Hotel Saturday night and all .(lay Sunday under the chairmanship of Loiiis Marshall, president of the Amer¬ ican Jewish Comniitlee,,drowned the.dif¬ ferences which, divided American Jewry ou the question of rebuilding Palestine as the Jewish National Home, as provided in the Palestine Mandate, and cleared the way ior the extcijsion of the Jewish Agency, an. advisory aild active body in the . rebuilding task, to iiicUidc Jewish representatives of; all shades of .opinion, regardless of whether or not they are affiliated with the Zionist organization.
A body of seven, which is to be ap¬ pointed ' by Mr. Marshall, who presided over the sessions, was empowered to jpro- ceed with the preparations for the: con¬ summation oi' the Jewish Agency plan, which has been under discussion for the past five years, ,in conjunction with the representatives of the. World Zionist or¬ ganization. American non-Zionists are to. receive 40 per cent of the 50 per cent representation accorded to the non-Zion¬ ists on the Council aiid Executive Com¬ mittee of the Jewish Agency. The Coun¬ cil, it is planned, will consist of 150 inembers, while the Executive Committee
to be composed of twenty members. is to be composed of twenty members. The organization conimittee which will have to be consulted on the representation accord-, ed to non-Zionist groups in European countries, .was also given full power to ad¬ just, through negotiation with the duly authorized representatives of the World Zionist , organization, the differences which have arisen or which may arise with regard to the "reservations'.' made by the General Council of the , World Zionist' Organization : at its session in Berlin concerning some of the recom¬ mendations of the Joint Palestine Survey Commission.
The resolutions stipulated that w'hen the enlarged Jewish Agency comes into existence that body is to deal,with the subject in such a manner as will best conduce , to the economic, spiritual and cultural development of Palestine.
Over 400 representative American Jews, non-Zionists, from all parts of- the country and a large number of guests, including many Zionist -leaders, attended the Satifraay night, Siniday morning and Sunday afternoon sessions. The confer¬ ence was opened by its convener, Louis Marshall, who recited the history of the negotiations conducted by hini and Dr. Chaim Weizmann for the past five years, presented the texts of the resolutions adopted by the Non-Partisan Confer.^ ences on Palestine held in 1924 and 1925, and formally presented the report and the recommendations of the Joint Pales¬ tine Survey Commission for the action of the conference.
Felix M. Warburg, Lord Mielchett and Dr. Lee K. Frankel, three of the four commissioners who, prepared the report, followed Mr. Marshall elucidating their stand on the basi§ of the facts, gathered by the commission as proving, the eco¬ nomic soundness of the planned recon¬ struction work.
In summing up, Mr. Marshall declared that the hour has come for American Jewry to undertake the ¦ sacred mission which will restilt in public good and the welfare of Israel. Referring to, the Zion¬ ist reservations, Mr. Marshall intimated that they were largely the result of mis¬ understanding and could be easily ad¬ justed. , Explaining why the present con¬ ference was termed Non-Zionist iti con- tra-distinction to the previous Non-Par¬ tisan Conferences he ^aid that this was due to the fact that the conference was called for action on the part of non-Zion- ista who are to enter the Agency, as dis¬ tinct and apart from the Zionists.
Mr. Warburg" (whose address is given on another page herein) stated that when the Agency is created, the distinctions will disappear.
Dr. Lee K. Frankel, reviewing the work of the Commission, stated that the two questions that he asked himself as a member of the Commission which he tried to approach impartially and with¬ out bias were: "Is the rehabilitation of Palestine feasible, is it possible, is it practicable, and is it worth while?" There is but one answer to these ques¬
tions, namely and cin[iliatic "Yc!," he de¬ clared.
Lord Mclchelt, denying thc rumor that lie, was opposed lo the Jewish Agency, delivered an impassioned address on thc significance to Jewish life bf thp Pales¬ tine work. Speedy action is urgently needed, he stated, as "while wc are dis¬ cussing, others arc doing." In five years the opportunity may be missed, he said.
An atmosphere of complete unanimity and a genuine desire to promote tbe up¬ building of Palestine in so, far as Ihc economic, spiritual and cultural asiwct;. ai-e concerned marked the discussion which preceded the adoption of thc re¬ port and the resolution for the creation of the Organization Committee at the Sunday sessions. Prominent American Jews who have never been affiliated with the Zionist Organization or with Pales¬ tine work,, as well as the leading mem¬ bers of thc Reform Rabbinate in the United States, ascended the platform to express their agreement with the formu¬ lated program for the extension of the Agency and to pledge their personal sup¬ port and the support of the groups which they represent in the various sections of the country, to the Palestine work under the Agency plan.  .       ,
The speakers, included Judge Horace Stern of Philadelphia, Judge Irving Leh¬ man, Col.: Herbert H, Lehtnan, Demo¬ cratic candidate for New York Lieuten¬ ant, Governor; Dr. Cyrus Adler, Presi¬ dent of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America;, Rabbi. Abram Simon of Washington; Dr. David Phillipson of Cincinnati; Rabbi Samuel Schuhnan of New York; Dr. Julian Morganstern, president of the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati; David .A. Brown, Rabbi Louis Wolsey of Philadelphia and James N. Rosenberg".
Throughout the^discussion the recur- renlr note was that whatever the differ¬ ences may .have been, they concerned themselves With the respective terminol¬ ogy of the contending grqup.s and with their respective conceptions of the "ulti¬ mate destiiiy" of Palestine and of their views as to the mission of the Jewish people. For the practical purpose of up¬ building J^alestine, under the terms of the Mandate and to secure the foundations of the Jewish life which is springing up '    •     (Continued on page  (i)	
BEGINNING ANOTHER SE¬ RIES OF HI$TORICAL LEC¬ TURES   AT   THE   BETH JACOB CONG.
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The hundreds of local friends and ad¬ mirers of Rabbi Leopold Greenwald, the scholarly spiritual leader of the Beth Jacob Congregation, will be delighted to know that he is inaugurating a new series of Historical Lectures. The Rabbi in¬ tends to cover every branch of the htti- tory of the Jewish people from the time of the. Babylonian Captivity up to the present day. He will touch upon the ex¬ periences of the Jews in Babylon, in Spain, in France, Holland, England, Ger¬ many, and Russia. The first of these series of lectures will be delivered Ftiday evening, November 2nd, a(-8 p, m. Thc entire community is cordially invited. /''i
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