Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1928-09-28

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Vol. XI —No. 39
COLUMBUS, OHIO, SEPTEMBER'28,  lyaS
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SKosberg Brands Simanovitch Book As A Fabrication
Assertions Made in "Rasputin,
the All Powerful Peasant,"
Are Declared False by
Noted Jewish Leadei-
OTHERS LOOK UPON AU¬ THOR AS A CHARLATAN I AND IMPOSTOR
PARI.S (J..T. A.. Mair Servicc)—Dr.- Heinrich Sliosbcrg branded as a fabrir cation the assertions made by Aaron Sirtianovitcli in a book recently pub¬ lished in German, ."Rasputin, tiicAll- Powcrful Peasant." The writer men¬ tioned Dr. Sliosberg as one o£ ' the Jewish leaders in Russia who pleaded with Rasputin to intervene on behalf of the Jews.
"Upon my return from the United States to Paris, my attention: was called to articles in the press commenting upon a book on Rasputin published recently by a. certain Simahpvitch In Berlin in which my name is mentioned among, others as having had sdmething to do with Russia during the war," Dr. Slios¬ berg, stated to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent here. "I ordered the book, to.read for myself, but.I have to confess that I fouiid it impossible to read it through to the end, for it was simply disgusting.
Expresses Surprise
"I havij had occasion once before, when reference was mad^ ¦ to Simanovitch  ili
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The Hillel Foundation Em¬ ployment Agency has been thor¬ oughly organized this year.to place all university boys and girls desiring positions.
Mr. Everett Blasberg, 16i7 Bryden Road, freshman in the College of Medicine, is Chairman of this Comiiiittee.' All r^der». of the Chronicle who desire the services of students will get in touch with Mr. Blasberg either at his home, FRanklin 6210-W, or at the Hillel Foundation, WAlnut 1628.
There are boys and girls at the University capable of doing ; all manner ot work.    Many of them have had considerabl9 pre¬ vious experience..
connection with the case of .the sugar manufacturer Heyner and others, in 1925, to cxtwcss my opinion.of Mr. Simano- vitch's pretense to having cveti been ap¬ pointed to such an office by the Czar himself, and I must now repeat it. First of all, it-should be tiotcd that it is ex¬ traordinary, indeed, that so uneducated a person as: Simanovitch should ever, be able to act as,a secretary even though his employer, Rasputin, was still less educated, and thai; this uneducated secrc- itary to an uneducated peasant should'be appointed by ail imperial decree!
"Last winter Simanovitch was released from prison in Paris after having been confined there for some time in connec¬ tion with the trial of certain gentlemen from Georgia, Caucausus, who .were en¬ gaged in counterfeiting Soviet money. After his release Simanovitch, whom I met only a few times in all iny life, caine to me with the request that I should obtain for him some assistance from cer¬ tain wealthy Jews, particularly from Mr. Moses Ginsburg (so-called of Port Ar¬ thur).- On this occasion he niade some utterances, which, it now appears, he has utilized in the book just published; needless, to say those allegations made not the slightest impressiot) on me.
Uncomplimentary Testimony . "In view.of the uncomplimentary char¬ acter of the testimony which Simano¬ vitch gives himself in his book, stating plainly that he was the owner of a gam¬ bling club and shared in Rasputin's filthy orgies, it is somewhat surprising to see a publishing firm like Hensel & Com¬ pany in Berlin undertaking to bring into the world such a specimen of 'Schund- litcratur' as this book of Simanovitch," Dr. Sliosberg continued. "To be sure, in recent years it has become qnhe thc vogue to publish this kind of literature,
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Our Greatest Need
A Kol Nidre Sermon in Which a Plea is Mailc For Jewish Education
_        By RABBI SOLOMON RIVLIN
Kol Nidrc evening is our most mo¬ mentous occasion of the year. At this time, we Jews arc at onr hcst, Wc are fully possessed of our Jewish Souls. We become more aware pf our Jewish rc-^ sponsibilities.. Our ears arc nidrc atten¬ tive to a Jewish appeal now than at any other time. For this reason;, thc mo.st urgent appeals are made Kol Nidrc eve¬ ning.
In the last 14 years, we have utilized this opportune time to awaken in our¬ selves the feeliiig of. responsibility to oy.r unfortunate brothers, in Eastern Europe, and more recently to the needs of Palestine and the Keren Hayesod. Very often Kol Nidrc evening is also used to raise large funds for local needs, such as synagogues, community centers, charities, etc; -
I remember last year, a gentleman. ex¬ pressed his iErankncss to me, after beg"^ .ging my pardon. He criticized rae for mentioning money pn Kol Nidrc night. He said'that in his opinion such an eye-, niiig should have beenjused. rather for religious edification. ^ have taken to heart that gentleman's criticism. To¬ night we won't appeal'for funds! To-" night we say to you in the words of the ancient king "Give me the soiils, and the wealth take to thyself." Money we always need-and we will get it What we need,most now. are Jewish souls. My appeal, to you this Kol Nidre night js for our greatest need.
The greatest question that faces Amer¬ ican Israel is hovv to keep the souls of our children from starvation, how to keep our children loyal to us and our'destiny. Tonight. \ye must turn our attention to our own heeds. We must turn our at¬ tention to. Jewish education, the founda¬ tion upon which the future of Judaism in America must be built. .' In recent years a serious effort has .been launched m New York City to, get the tens of thousands bf Jewish chil; dren off the streets, and to put. them into Hebrew schools. \Men who have had a large share in helping' to raise the many millions of dollars for war, relief and Palestinian reconstruction are taking' the lead in this campaign. They now realize that having busied themselves with;prob- lems pertaining to the material need? of the Jews abroad, theyhave neglected the spiritual need of hundreds of thousands .of Jewish children-here in. A.merica.. They have; helped our unfortunate brothe^-s abroad.to keep body and soul together., They how ?cek to reclaim the thousands of neglected Jewish soiils here, the thousands of children who are growing up without any Jewish training whatever, and who are thus, from their very child¬ hood, cut off from us and from the in¬ fluence of Judaism; These children are suffering from a, greater famine, from a spiritual famine.
This movement that began in New York served as an impfctus to. other Jeivish commimities, and in many of the larger, cities  ¦ sintilar    movements    have    been
launched. This concentrated effort to get all Jewish children of school age into Hebrew schools, where, from their early years they will learn our language, bible, history, and religion, and will come in contact with the spirit of Judaism and its history, this effort should find a hearty appeal in Columbus. .
Our comnuinify must enlist in the ranks of these serious minded American JcwSi who arc anxious to preserve and to cre¬ ate Judaism in this country by laying a sti'png foundation—by implanting Juda¬ ism in the hearts of our children!
The more thoughtful among us are very eager to interest our youiig men and women in Judaism and its cause. We urge them to attend the .synagogue, wc encourage them to organize for study and; social purposes. Many of us arc hopeful. We have faitti-in the message of Judaism; and that it will finally be heeded. We also have faith in our young men and women.. Wc are optimistic in spite of, the many reason."; to feel dis¬ couraged; ThoRfe of us who are iesB optimistic , become totally discouraged; they look upon the whole ,;thing as a futility of effort. They see how much energy is spent to interest thc young men and women, how many means ai*e resorted to win. them.over; but the young men and women are not concerned, they: are not interested. Serious effort is also made to. win the devotion of the Jewish college,man for. Judaism and the Jewish community. - This , effort neither is .crowned with mUch success. And we wonder, are our young men and women so disloyal.to the cause of their people and faith.? Is it a wanton disregard that prompts them to stay away from the. synagogue?
, Tlio.'ie of us.wiio know our young men and women know that they are as red' blooded as any young:men and women there ever existed. They are interested in Judaism and in Jewish matters;, they are even ready to serve, biit they seryi in the way they, best know howl Are not our young people active in synagogue and religious school entertainments? We had an example,of it right'here in the mqny shows that the young people put on for the benefit of our congregation. It was a. piece, of work, that required many a sacrifice.; If they were not iu tercsted in the synagogue and in Jewish affairs, they would not' have- done it. The, reason why our young, men and women are not very mindful of Judaism and don't come to the synagogue is not that they have no use for: it,' hut they are npf prepared^for it. Not that it has no appeal to them, but they don't under¬ stand it.
Our young meii and women are estranged from Judaism^ not because: of malice, but because of ignorance. In a large measure, their present disinterest- edness.in the cultural artd religiotis side of the synagogue is due. to the meager Jewish education that they received or to {Continued on page 'i)
NOTED  JEWISH   LEADER
WILL SrEAK IN THIS CITY
WEDNESDAY   EVENINCi
OCTOIlER 24TH
DR. ABRAHAM FLEXNER WARNS
AGAINST DISINTEGRATING ETHNIC AND CURTURAL GROUPS IN THE U.S.
The Advantan^cs bf Mixed Composition of Races Are Not Being Made Use Of," Distinguished Scholar and Educator Declares —Says an Awful Lot of Nonsense Has Been Spoken on This Subject—Addresses Graduating Class of Train¬ ing, School for Jewish Social Work
EIGHTEEN    STUDENTS    RECEIVE    CERTIFICATES — AD¬ DRESSES ALSO MADE BY FELIX M. WARBURG, MAU¬ RICE J. KARPF AND DR. SOLOMON LOWENSTEIN
P,  A.   Rosenfield  Becomes
President of Broad Street
Temple Brotherhood
LORD MELCHETT SAILS FOR AMERICAN VISIT
LONDON—Lord Melchctt saikd re¬ cently, mi the steamer Homeric for the United States.
Lord Melehett is coming to America oa business. He will lecture at Harvard on industrial co-operation.' He will also go to Canada.
Other Oflicers for the Coming Year Wer;e Elected at Meet¬ ing Held Thursday Evening ,   September  Twentieth
At a well-attended meeting of the East Broad Street Temple Brotherhood held Thursday evening", September 20tli, in the banquet hall of the Congregation, Dewey A. RosenfieldtJ36 S. 18th street, was elected president, succeeding Aaron M. Neustadt. Mr. Rosenfield is one of the progressive young men in this com¬ munity who takes part in eyery civic movement. He is , interested vitally in all matters pertaining to the \yeHare and progress of Jews and Judaism; He was elected by acclamation and will be of¬ ficially installed some time next month. . Following are the other officers elect¬ ed lor the coming year: First vice-presi¬ dent, Frank V. Bayer; second vice-presi¬ dent, *Harry"T^as5er*; Secretary, Louis Schlezinger; treasurer, Tobias Polster: The directors chosen are as follows: AK. bert Taffe. Dr. Donald A. Schusterman, Albert Germaine, Aaron Mj. Neustadt^ nSviU l^iisWr,''Hinticl Gurwin. Charles T}}r?irpii1ip^^IISamucl Wa3serslrom7~I^is Brandt, and Samuel fJBrmwi__.*      *^'"
It "was unanrHTously"dccided to raise the annual dues of the Brothernoo<t from $3 to $5. This will enable tjie organiza¬ tion to improve upon j'ts past record of achievement and make il possible fpr the new administration lu broaden the scope pf tlic Brotherhood s work.
Preceding the election'President Neu¬ stadt delivered an addribss on the pur¬ posed and aims of thc l^ast Broad Street
Temple Brotherhood arid made a brief review of its work during the first year of .its existence^ The primary purposes of this body are as follows, he declared: (1) to foster the spirit of good will and harmony among the male mcmbiers 6f the congregation; (2) to disseminate the principles of our time-honored, faith;. (3) to promote every movement dedi'- cated to the public weal; and (4) last but not least, to advance the interests of the East Broad Street Temple.
Mr. Neustadt urged the members to co-operate in every way possible with the newly elected officers, in order; to guarantee a successful year of activity. He emphasized the fact that the best oflicers in the world cannot aQcomplish much without the loyal support of their constituents. Others who spoke are: Dr. B. W. Abramson; B. F. Levinson, B. B. Friedman, F. V. Hfiyer, Leon Nason, and M. C. Waldman.   ¦   .
In accepting the office of President, Mr. Rosenfield expressed his deep appre¬ ciation of the honor accorded him, and promised to do everything within his power to promote the interests of the Brotherhood and the Congregation Tifer¬ eth Israel.
"Let iis alt stand united and work shoulder tp shoulder and we shall achieve remarkable results," he asserte<l.
"We Iiave wonderful opportunities in this organization for self-ejtpression and self-improvement. By attending our meetings regularly, as well aa our spe¬ cial affairs, each'one of iis will derive the maximum of good/* concluded Mr, Rosenfield.
Nathan C Hirsch who recently re¬ turned from an extensive tour of Euro¬ pean countries, gave a short talk on his experiences which was well received. After refreshments were served, the meeting adjourned.
DR. NATHAN KRASS
Mr. Joseph Schonthal, founder of the Hermine Schonthal Comiminity .Center, oSri East Rich Street, annonnces that he has .been successful in prociiring the services of the Rev. Dr. Nathan Krass, Temple Emaintel, New York City, for the opening lecture of the series being planned by theSchoiitiial Center. Rabbi Krass is scheduled to : speak here ¦ on Wednesday evening, October 24th; the exact tiriie'and place will be announced in the fprthcbming issue of the Ohio,. Jewish Chronicle, "What's Wrong With the Teh Commandments" will be the Rabbi's subject. ¦
Any one who is at all familiar, with the progress of Jewish^, affairs in this coimtry kriows that Nathan Kra,ss is' not only one of the outstanding spiritual leaders of the land but alsp a capable publicist, an erudite: scholar, and a most forceful speaker.
He was born in Odessa, Russia, in 1879, the son of P^ul and Rebecca (Lem- part) Krass: !He.was educated at the University of Cincinnati, the University of Chicago, Harvard University and re¬ ceived his rabbinical diploma froni the Hebrew Union College in 1903., He has been actively identffied. with every .cam¬ paign for the Jewish War Sufferers and has been a pillpir of strength to the Joint Distribution Committee which has accom¬ plished so many fine and constructive; things for the stricken Jews of European countries. He is also a member of nu- nierous educatiopal and philanthropic or¬ ganizations in the American n^etropoliS. , The Rabbi Krass meeting will be open free of charge to the general as well as the Jewish public.
NEW YORK—"Far from regarding! thc mixed composition of races iu this cmintry as unfortunate, I regarcl it as fortunate and as an advantage of which nbt enough use has been niadc.'l Dr. Abraham Flexncr, who recently re¬ signed as director of the General Edu- cational Board of Rockefeller Founda¬ tion, told members of the, graduating class of thc Training School for Jewish Social Work at: the graduation.cxerciscji on Monday.
. "F-very one of tlie alien stocks brought to thi.'? country their own native culture. Short-sighted reforinefs think they will Iielp matters if they were to disintegrate thcic racial fJirbups as fast as possible. To destroy, their contribution would be to take away something important, from our too barren civilization.. If.the folk¬ lore and the cultures of these race's were ohlilerated, the country would lose in¬ stead of gaining.,
"Short-sighted people would, think to Americanize these alien races and would hy their premature dissolution destroy their standards of, conduct and pictur- esqiieness. .    - ¦   .
Much Nonsense
"There is no subject on the face of the earth about which, riiore nonsense has been spoken' than the subject of racial characteristics," declared Dr. Flexner. I doubt if there has ever been anywhere, a Nordic race on the face of the earth. It is just asabsurd to applythe terms Chris-, tian, Jewish, Protestant, Catholic or any such single tei:m to this .nation; . Eighteen students received their cer¬ tificates iii the auditorium of the. Fed' eration. Building, 71 West 47th Street. Addresses were made by Felix M. War¬ burg, chairman, of the executive commit¬ tee of thc school who presided, Maurice J. Karpf, director of the school and Dr. Solomon Lowenstcin, executive director of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies.
Professional Recognition
Mr. Warburg addressing the gradu¬ ating class in behalf of Louis E. Kir- steiri, president of the school who was absent,   declared   that  the   members  of
SUCCOTH SERVICES AT THE ;: BETH JACOB CONGRE¬ GATION
tlic hoard of trustees of the school stoo<l for adetiuatc profcssionaV recognition and dignity for the woi'k.        '
"We  shall  strike  for this  recognition and dignity in two directions," said Mr., Warburf?, '.'personal appreciation of pro¬ fessional   capacity,   and   financial   cdiri- pcnsation Avorthy of  professional  prep- . aration and effective work.   The School will  do  all   it  can   to  foster  these  two aims to .the'end that out of this new. profession the Jewish communities of this country may receive trained, effective, in¬ telligent ami loyaL service:    Unless these tilings are, achieved the ,School will be a  - failure,;   Wc  recognize   our   obligation, we have accepted the ctiallenge and we . shall look to you to help us meet them."
Peculiar DifTiculties ;, ..The   social   sciences   present . peculiar difficulties  aild  upon  social 'science  the. schools  of   social  work  must  ultimately' be based,  Dr.  Flexner said in liis ad¬ dress.    "If you arc to make a contri¬ bution towards .this end, you must con¬ tinue   to   be   social   students   of   social , problems,; continue tp be stimulated by every   concrete , experii^nce;    to   study critically this situation with which you are practically called ou to deal.   There are routineers in law and medicine de-, spite the fact that these aVe admitted, to. be prpfessions. .'.
"Thiiy are admitted to be professions because they have an established tech¬ nique and an established literature. To the extent that your work is that of the scientific student or practitioner of law or. medicine, you will have contributed towards making ;,the social science real science'and towards making social work a real profession.  ¦   .
Jewish Work
"This institution is specifically a train¬ ing school for Jewish social work; in other words, .for social work among the Jewish communities thoughout the coun- , try. You are aware of the discordant opinions held . respecting the so-called foreign element widiin the' so-called American people.; As a matter of fact, the American nation is made up of a, great variety of racial, religious, politi-
.        (Continued, on page' 4) .
WILL INSTALL NEWLY ELECT¬ ED OFFICERS OP THE BROAD ST. TEMPLE NEXT THURSDAY . EVENING
. AH members, their families and friends of the East Broad St. Tem¬ ple (Tifereth Israel Congregation) are invited to attend the formal installation of the newly elected officers which will take place next Thursday evening, October 4th, at the Temple building. Ceremonies will commence at 8 oVIock .sharp. Prominent speakers, a fine musical program, and refreshments are being arranged for this big occa- Bion pf the year.
Don*t fail tp attend.   Bring your friends with yuii.
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE FOR DISTRICT   No.   2    IS   AP¬ POINTED BY FEIBELMAN
President Feibelman, of District No. 2, I, O. B. B., has announced the ap¬ pointment of the following.publicity com¬ mittee: Leonard H. Freiberg, of Cin¬ cinnati, chatrnian; Bernard Lustig, of Toledo, vice cliairman; Alfred Segal, Cincinnati; Julian J. Behr, Cincinnati; Samuel Frommer, Indianapolis; Morris Strauss, Indianapolis; Ben Neustadt, Columbus; Jesse, M. Joseph, Cincinnati; Wm. Wcidenthal, Cleveland; 'Sherman Landan, St. Louis;. Louis Anfenger, St. Louis.
This committee has been invited to attend all meetings of the General-Com¬ mittee in order to acquire a better un¬ derstanding , of the nature and purposes'^ of the District Grand Lodge and also tp advise the General Committee of the htiSt method of publicity to employ.
Succoth . Services pt the Beth Jacob Congregation, will be: held. Friday, Sept. 28th, 20th and 30tli, -according to an an¬ nouncement by Rabbi., Leopold Green¬ wald. . On Saturday, Sept. 2.')th at 10 a^ m,, the Rabbi wil Italk on "The Mean¬ ing of Succoth," and Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, the Rabbi's subject will be "The! Significants of the Esrog and the. Lulov." ¦
Saturday morning, October, Cth, at 10 o'clock, Memorial Services will be held,
''Manless Cabaret" To Be Given At Jacques'Place By Junior Hadassah
Junior Hadassah will give a "manless cabaret" on Monday, evening, October iSth, at Jacques* Place, The affair is free for all paid-up members of,the or¬ ganization.
Members are to dress as men, and are privileged to invite young ladies to ac¬ company them. Should two old mem¬ bers desire to come together, one of the couple should be a gifl. .^ny type of men's clothing will be appropriate, wheth¬ er it be tuxedo, business suit,; knickers or overalls. A peppy entertainment has been provided. There will be tap danc¬ ing, singers, and a Junior Hadassah jazz band. Food and drinks will be served, aiul the couples will dance between courses. ,
One of the features of the cabatet will be the singing waiters, who will enter- lain as they serve, and provide Bohemian atmosphere to the affair. There will be confetti, and everything else that goes \trith a real cabaret.
Miss Rose Danziger is chairman of the conimittee in charge, which consists also of Miss Ruth Frank, Miss Claire Neustadt, Miss Frances Rapenport, and Miss Dorothy Finkelstein.
Further information about the cabaret may be obtained from any member of the committee. Any girl wishing to join Junior Hadassah before the affair is asked tonPtify Miss Frank, 1711 Bryden Road, FR. 4653, or Misa Neustadt, 1559 Granville Street, FR. 5080-J, at once.
General Committee For District No: 2 Will Soon Meet  In   Indianapolis
Important     Business     Matters Win Betaken Up At Meet¬ ing In Hoosier Capital
The Broadmoor Country Club, Indi¬ anapolis, is the place of meeting of the General Committee of the I. O; B. B., District No. 2, on Sunday morning, ,0c-: tpber 7th at 10 o'clock.   ,
President Isidore Feibelman has made arrangements to ^transport all of those members ofthe committee who .will noti¬ fy him in advance that they will be at the Columbia Club oh Monument Place at .9:30 that morning.
important business matters pertaining to the good and wellare of the Order witl be taken up at this meeting. Aniong 'those who.arc expected to attend are : King Baer, Toledo, Ohio; Moise Berg¬ man, Pueblo, Colorado; Herman Cron- heim, St. Louis, Mo.; Lewis Dnicker, Cleveland, Ohio; Eph Levin, Indianap¬ olis, Ind.; A. B. Weinfeld, Columbus, Ohio; Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, Ohio; Sidney G. Kusworm, Dayton, OhiP; and Ben M. Achtenberg, Kansas City, Mo. -
C. J. W. MEETING AT BRY¬ DEN ROAD TEMPLE TUES¬ DAY, OCTOBER SECOND
The first meeting of the Columbus Se'ction ^National Council of Jewish Wdmeti will take place Tuesday, Octo¬ ber 2nd, at 2 o'clock in the vestry room of the Bryden Road Temple. Judge H. L- Ferneding of Daylon will speak on "The System of Our Courts."
Judge Ferneding is Judge of thc Franklin County Court of Appeals, aud his subject will be of interest to all. The Civics Committee of the Council, of which Mrs. Arthur Isaac is Chair¬ man, is in charge of the afternoon's mu¬ sical program which will consist of solos by Mrs. John W- Hiss, contralto, accont- panied by Mrs, Mildred Gardner Blan- pied, Mrs. Hiss is a member of the Temple Israel' Quartet. Tea will be served at the close of the meieting.
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