Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1928-08-24

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HCME
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Vol. XI ~ No.
34
COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 24, 192S
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Appeals to Irltish-Jewish Millionairis to Endow The Heirew University
Urgent Pica h Made By The "Jewish Gurdian," Non- Zionist Enrlish.Weelily
THE NEEDS (FilSING GEN¬ ERATION    AIE    OUTLINED
.' LONDON—"Thel Jewish Guardian," non-Zionist, weekly published here un¬ der the headline,'j"Waiited, Million¬ aires I", urges Britih Jews to provide endowments for thoHebrcw University in Jerusalem. In ai'editorial in its is¬ sue, of Aug. a, the p^cr writes;
"What sccnvs to u, to be wanted for thc Hebrew Universiy is an intelligent millionaire.' There i.! really a splendid opportunity for the tharactcristic ges- ¦ tuiie of such a person;y:e.
"ft seems to us a iit humiliating, if we may say so, thai provincial cities in England, such as'.Bristol, Notting¬ ham and Reading, to! select three re¬ cent examples, can g.'f tip universities in a day out of thejproceeds of-the checks of 'their .oviii; prominent and ¦grateful citizens, whiW the Chancellor of the University of Jerusalem has to conclude his address b^ saying:, "It. is impossible, of course, b carry out the programme authorized. ty the Board of Governors without the iccessary means.
Budget Authbrized ; "A budget for the coning year cover-. ing regular/expenditures ijf £54,000 waS authorized, and in addition to this it will be necessary for tlit' University ito secure the remaining.mbicy required for the completion and furjishing of. the new library building. . As'is known, al-. most all of the iiioney necessary for the support of the.University :tdmes from America. I should really ieel ashamed,; and perhaps it wouid'seem incredible, if I were to mention the unbelievably small sura that comes td thc treasurer ot. tKe University from all the eouiilries of the world except America. Thi University, of course, expects, more and more funds from America, but the University has . been established fpr the sake of ajl Ju- '(iaisra, and both Palestine itself and the, rest of Jewry both East and West shoiild <eel their obligation to this Jewish center of learning.    .. .
WITHOUT SETTLERS' INITIATIVE, BARON ROTHS¬ CHILD WOULD NOT HAVE UNDERTAKEN COLONIZATION
Aged Philanthropist, In Communication With Author, Ex- -   plains His Motives And DifRc^lties
Sympathize With Dr. ;»iagnes
"We tlioroiighly sympathize with Dr. Magnes; we thoroughly share his sense pl shame. Bristol has its. tobacco, Not¬ tingham its,Iace,.Reading its biscuits, and the rich men ei;dow their seats of learn¬ ing. One city, one university, is becoming the rule in England. AH the cities, half a university, would seem to be the prac¬ tice among «s Jews.
"Surely, there are. rich men in all Is¬ rael, who can do for Jerusalem, the Holy City, at least as muclv as a millionaire apiece has dbne for commercial centers in this country, The Hebrew University at Jerusalem has'struck the imagination of the world. Jews .settle in. Palestine by the consent of the. League of Nations, under the terms of the British Mandate, aild found a. national home among, the hills consecrated hy their history, and almost their, first act is to establish the nucleus of a University.. They get the first statesman in Europe, the veteran, ex-preiiiicr of England, to open the Uni¬ versity in person. Yet Jerusalem lags behind Nottingham in the public spirit of the men who should support it. Wc very earnestly hope that some Jew, of public spirit, not necessarily^a 'Zionist* in any political sense—for knowledge has no politics—may now at once be forthcoming to put at least ^500,000 (lbs.) at the disppsal of Dr. Magiies and his, coadjutors.
Secular Education "Secular education at home needs no plea for sujiport. But the help of rich men is wantedfor several allied objects. The University College, London, Cen¬ tenary Appeal, which will include thc rehousing of the Mocatta Library, is still in need of ampler funds. Our Min¬ isters of religioi!, who are also teachers, must be liberally pensioned, and this complement to thc Jewisli War Memo¬ rial is urgently required. We appeal .to miUionaires with imagination ito giyc largely, big sums, at once. It is not a question of a hundred pounds here and there,. It is a question of laying per¬ manent foundations for the educational security of the rising generations of British Jews," the paper declares.
.. NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.) -- Baron Edmoiid dc Rothschild, who invested millions in Jewish settlenieiit work in Palestine resulting in the creation of some of the most prosperous Jewish colonies in Judea, would never have dared to take upon himself the respon¬ sibility of scndiiiff out colonists were Jt not for the initiative taken by the .first settlers coining -froni Russia and Rou¬ mania, prompted by the return to Pal¬ estine movement.
Baron Iiflmond, whose Palestine work for the past fifty years has earned him the affection of Jews througliont the world, who refer to him as the "Nodiv Ha'yadua" (the famous philanthropist), gave an explanation . of the motives which prompted him to undertake the work in a communicatio'n dated July 6, 1028 to David Druck, New York jour¬ nalist and author of the recently pub¬ lished work, "Baron Edmondde Roths¬ child, The Story of a Practical Ideal- The text of the letter was made public by Mr; Druck.
Persisted
In outlining the difficulties of the col¬ onization work during the Turkish re¬ gime, the aged philanthropist says that !he persisted in his wprk although "al¬ most everybody and especially the Jew¬ ish notables looked with misgivings upon the establishment of Jews in Palestine and believed my. endeavors doomed' to failure." »
Baron Edmond writes: "You have cer¬ tainty understood the predominant idea' which has guided my actions. It' was not a simple act of charity, but an un¬ dertaking of quite a different nature from the moral point of view. At that time I felt grave anxiety regarding the fu¬ ture of Judaism. Our unfortunate co¬ religionists .of Eastern Europe^ where they are so numerous were suffering under,the most "crushing, oppressibn and were beginning to give way to the deep¬ est despair.    . .     ¦
"I was constaiitly talking over this distressing question, with that high mind¬ ed and great hearted man, the Chief Rabbi iZadoc Kahn, who has .devoted his wh6le life to the defense of Jewish interests, and I finally cftme to the con¬ clusion :that we must look' towards Pal¬ estine to save Judaism, .by creating over there centers where the Jewish tnoral and intellectual culture could be fully developed.
Would Not Have Dared
"But, in view of the uncertainty I felt with regard to their future I would never have dared to take Upon myself the responsibility of sending out colon- jsts.' The 'return to Palestine feeling,' fnspired by the Hpvcve Zion, prompted a number of Russians and Roumanians: to. establish themselves in the country and to form small Je\yish colonies;which, owing to inexperience and to the many difficulties they had to face, soon fonnd themselves in dire distress. Chief Rabbi- Kahn informed nic of their sad plight, and in agreement with hini, I determined to come to their assistance, which was moreover in accordance with my ovvn ideas.    It was only after this  decision
IS   GRADUALLY   RECU¬ PERATING   AT   ROCKY GLEN SANITARIUM
had been taken that I received the rep¬ resentative bf the Rishon-lc-Zion colon¬ ists . and, according to your narrative, Rabbi Mohilever, bf whose visit as Mr. Franck wrote to tell you, I had no rec¬ ollection, doubtless due lo the fact that this interview in no way influenced the decision I had just taken. It is only at a later date that the occasion of the foundatioii of the colony Mazkercth Bathya brought me in touch with-him on the subject of Palestine. One Exception "Perhaps I ought tb mention that, with the exception of Chief Rabbi Zadoc Kahn arid a .very small number of other per¬ sons,, almost everybody and especially the Jewish notables looked with misgiv¬ ings upon the establishment of Jews in Palestine and believed my endeavors doomed to failure.
"My own opinion, on the contrary, was that if the colonization were to succeed it Would have an enormous • influence on Judaism in general, through the respect which the Jewish centers, established in Palestine would inspire throughout th6 wprld.
"I had to struiggle against tremendous difiiculties, which at times seemed in¬ surmountable : there was the hostility of the Turkish Government which I tiad foreseen from the--beginning aiid which explains my reason for w;ithholding my name as long as it was in my power and also the inferior quality of the soil ig¬ norance and inexperience of the colon¬ ists, in addition to this, I had the great¬ est difficulty in finding competent ad¬ ministrators and persons: fitted for the direction of agriculture, for at that time scientific'methods of agronomy did not exist. All these obstacles which I had to overcome were to me very much mor,e important than the few revolts of ,col'- oiiists at Mazkereth-Bathya and 'Rishoh in particular, which ypii describe at such length. I had so-many. other things to bcciipy my mind: Petach Tikvah, vvhere I,introduced orange growing, with .the result that what used, to be but a small center is now, a colony with a population of. neiarly ten thousand souls, Samaria, w:here owing to my efforts, a swamp of more than two thousand acres, spreading malaria throughout the cpuntry, has been drained and is today one of the most fertile regions: of Palestine; not to men¬ tion High and Low Galilee. These are the serious questions which demanded my attention.. According to your book, the wine question was one of the most vital problems, whereas in actual fact this was only oiie of the questions which called for a profound study.
."Today, to my great joy, .eoloniza- tion has entered into a new phase,since the Jewish National Home has been rec¬ ognized by the great' powers of Europe and America. For so. many . centuries, Eretz Israel has been a dream, always alive in the heart of every Jew; it has maintained in them the wonderful; spirit which has helped them to bear the most awful persecutions. Today Eretz Israel is a reality and I have complete confi¬ dence in the futiire of Judaism," Baron Edmond concludes.
Liberal Judaism Makes Progressin U» S., England And Germany, World Conference Hears
President of Central Conference of American Rabbis Submits Report—German Leader Demands Definition of New Atti¬ tude Toward Zionismt—Intermarriage and Proselytism Are Problems In England
EVERY ASPECT OF REFORM JUDAISM WAS DISCUSSED
BY LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE
MOVEMENT WAS BORN
HENRY H. HERSCH
, The many friends of Mr. Hersch will be delighted to know that he Js gaining in strength and gradually recuperating from the illne.ss which necessitated his departui-e from this city.about eighteen, months ago. Henry has been sadly missed especially by, his co-workers in' Zion Lodge No. G2, I. O. B. B. They have been thinking of him constantly and have prayed to God for his, early recovery, so that they tould have him with them again.
Those desiring to write,.Mr. Hersch will address him in, care of the Rocky Glen Sanitarium, McConnellsvillc, Ohio.
ODESSA    TO    HAVE    CITY T   DEPT. FOK NATIONAL MINORITIES
ODESSA—A city dep.irtment for na¬ tional minorities will be created here, according to a decision of the local So¬ viet. :
Official dccfcej of the'city government will be published in Yiddish, besides Russian, German and Polish as Jiere- tofore.
A Cordial Invitation
To all Chronicle Readers:
You and your families are most cordially invited to attend the annual picnic^ of the Lancaster Council of Jewish Women which will take place on Sunday, Au¬ gust 26th, at Columbia Park on the National Pike between Columbus and Lancaster.
Come and spend a pleas¬ ant day in the (j:reat out- of-doors. You will be made to feel at home.
The Committee.
DISSOLVE   LEMBERG  ZION-
IST MEETING BECAUSE
OF RIOTS
SOVIET   TO   AID   CHERSON DISTRICT SETIXERS
MOSCOW—Jewish as well as non- Jewish settlers in the district of Cherson who suffered a bad crop will be aided with a-^ricultural credits, the Comzet, the Soviet department for Jewish land set tiement, reports today.
Thc agricultural cretllt societies in Cherson will furnish each settler with seed for four desiatin of land. A smaller number of Jewish transmigrants than non-Je>visli are leaving the farms, the Comzet reports. Improvement in the situation is expected following the re¬ cent rains.
LEMBERG—A Zionist meeting called
to consider the forthcoming' Kehillah elections here was dispersed by the po¬ lice because of riots which assumed a threatening character.
The clash, .occurred when supporters of the niiddie, class bloc, opposing the Zionist Kehillah platform, invaded the meeting shouting their protest and in¬ terrupting the speakers.
Elaborate Preparations For
Holidays Being Made At
Agudath Achiin
Those Desiring Best Seats Must
Act Immediately^ Say
Officers
Never In the.history of the Agudath Achim Synagogue have its. members heard, during 'the High Holidays, a choir such as. the one they .will have the pleasure of hearing this year. ". The choir which will sing during the coming High Holidays has been organ¬ ized by Cantor Ansel ¦ Freediiian, It will be direc,ted imder the leadership of Samuel R. Goldman of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr: Goldman is tibw a student at the Ohio State University. Columbus read- et-s of. the Ohio Jewish Chronicle hiave, no doiibt, heard about the Hillel choir which is being directed by Mr, Gold¬ man^ who is now giving his time each evening, rehearsing „with the group pf talented young men, who will constitute the Agudath Achim clioir.
The rausicai selections for Slichos, Kol Nidrc, Yom Kipur and Rosh Hash¬ anah are of the best in Jewish religious music.
The young men constituting the choir are^:j^s ; follows: Bernard Schottenstein, 40r Donaldson St., Alto; Sani Yablok, 058 Fultoii St., Alto; Ervin Schotten¬ stein, 5,5A' S. 18th St„ Alto soloist; Maurice Topolosky, 488 Donaldson St., Sopcaho; Andrew Zilberman,' 133 E. Beck St., Soprano; Louis Rubin,671 Lin¬ wood Ave., Soprano soloist; Harry Lo- siu, 913,Carpenter St., Bass; Joseph M. Diilslo', Bass soloist; S. R- Goldman, Tenor,
Everyone in Colnmbus who' heard Cantor FrCcdman, knows his ability as a Cantor, and those who have heard ttie Hillel choir tuiow the ability of Mr. Goldman as a choir leader. Thos? who vvill come to the Agudath Achim. diiring the 'coming holidays, are siire to enjoy the services more than ever bcforp.
BERLIN.—(J. T. A.)—Liberal Juda¬ ism, more widely known as Reform J"- daism, thc movement within thc. Syna¬ gogue to readjust the teachings and practices of Judaism to; modern con¬ ditions, was subjected to a scrutiny and discii.s.sion, by its own spokesmen and leaders in the country where the move¬ ment was born about eighty years ago. With the American group constituting the largest dclegatibn.-eighty delegates of ¦Liberal, Jewish congregations in Ger¬ many, France, England, India, Sweden, Belgium, Austria and Czecho-Slovakia gathered today" in, what was formerly the Prussian House of Lords, Leipziger Strasse 3, to attend the Ppening session of the international Conference of the World Union . for .Progressive Judaism. Dr. 'Claude G. Montefiore, leader of Liberal Jewry in Great Britain, presided at the opening session tonight. 'In, the morning' Sabbath services were held for the guests and delegates'at the iNeue Synagogue oii Oranienburger Strasse, where Dr. Seligmann of Frankfurt, president of the Federation of Liberal Rabbi.s, of Gei-many,'welcomed the dele¬ gations to Liberal .Judaism's birthplace. At four o'clock this afternoon a recep¬ tion was given the delegates at. the home of Fran Rosa Sachsi
In America A report on the progress of Reform Jiidaism in A.merica was presented by Or, H. G. .Enelow, Rabbi of Temple EriianUrEl, New York City, .and presi¬ dent of the Central Conference bf Amer- iean Rabbis.
"Some affirm that .Reform Judaism in America has gone backwards in recent years," Dr. Enelow. stated. "However, this gloomy .view is incorrect. Reform congregations are multiplying and extend¬ ing their work and membership, although it is true that they arc not as cdnspicu- ous' on the American horizon as twenty years  ago.
"Many new temples are being biiilt and new congregations are springing up. Even: the so-called Conservative grpup is molding its program to Ute Reform, pattern. Orthodox Judaism in'Arnerica is also aiffected by the ideals and the energy of. the Reform. . The religious schobls of Reform congregations have thousands of pupils,, some schools having several hundred each," Dr. Enelow de¬ clared.   .
Eight, thousand members of 37 socie¬ ties cQiVipose the,Association for Liberal Judaism in Germany, Rabbi Herman Vo¬ gelstein of Breslau stated, reporting on the status of Liberal'Judaism in Ger¬
many. There are five Jewish .-Liberal youth associations and the Association of Liberal Rabbis, he stated. '   .
Rabbi Vogelstein gave an historical sui-vey of the development of Liberal. Judaism during tlie periods of rational¬ ism, romanticism and materialism. ^ He emphasized the necessity of providing a ' theological background for the pHnci- , pies of Liberal Judaismin order to avoid the danger in which Liberal 'Judaism would find itself because of lick of clar-
ity:^ ,       .'    -     .      '.:¦,-;'¦¦..' A Demand -
Rabbi Vogelstein demanded that Lib¬ eral Jews define their attitude toward the Zionist movement. "This should not be done by.newspapers and polemics, but : through scientific objectivity, because Zionism, by offering a tangible ideal in our materialistic age, exercises great at¬ traction for the .Jewish youth," he de¬ clared.       ¦'
Rabbi Israel I. Mattuck repbrtcd on Liberal; Judaism in: .England; The nu¬ merical growth of the Liberal movement ¦¦: continues, he stated. "Official opposi¬ tion seemingly having subsidedj there.is no more hostility from those who. sin- cei-ely!believe that Liberal Judaism is dangerous. Opportunities for cpbpera- tion with other sections of the commu¬ nity are increasing," he,stated.
Rabbi Mattuck presented the. problem  . of intermarriage.   "Social relations with rioH-Jews leads to int«marriage, where the non-Jew of the union of ten becoines  ' a Jew, proving himself or herself deeply  . loyal   to  Judaism.    In other  cases,  the result is not so happy.   Therefore, pros¬ elytism is, the rear problem."   :
The. stagnation of the development of Liberal, Judaism in Sweden is caused by the increased number of intermarriages, declared Heririk Wolf, reporting on the status  of Liberal  Judaism  in  Sweden.
According to Swedish laws, unless .a written agreement is made before mar¬ riage to the contrary, children of inter¬ marriages" must be educated in the re¬ ligion of the Swedish state, church. - Be¬ cause many, either through ignorance or delicacy, omitted to conclude such an agreement, many children are reared as Christians, he stated. >     .
A large number of. Jews whp immi-^ grated! to Sweden during and since the war and who entered tht kehiltahs> have been unable, despite various attempts, to,: weaken Liberalism, Mr. Wolf declared, citing a demand formulated recently by , Erik Stave, professor of theology at Upsala, - for a "new, -unfalsified trans¬ lation of the Bible."
DIMANT, CHURCH INVADER, I   INSANE; PLACED IN HOSPITAL
WARSAW—Jacob Dimant, whp in¬ vaded St. Paul's Church on Christmas Day, wrecking tlie attar while he shont- ed, "Revenge for the anti-Jewish po¬ groms HI Roumania," was found insane by a committee of physicians. He was transferred .from the prison where he was held since his arrest to an insane asylum.
The investigation of Dimant*s mental condition was ordered by the State At¬ torney. The physicians declared that there was not a sha<iow of a doubt that he was mentally deranged.
LATVIA APPOINTS JEW AS JERUSALEM CONSUL
R!GA — Mordecai Gapsi, Palestine Jevvish citizen, was appointed Honorary Consul in 'Jerusalem of the Latvian Re¬ public.
PALESTINE THANKS LORD PLUMER FOR COMMU¬ NITIES ORDINANCE
JERUSALEM — The All-Palestine Conference of the- Agudath Israel Party was opened here last night. The Con¬ ference Hall of the Agudath Israel was filled with delegates and guests when the session opened.
Rabbi Horowitz was elected Chairman and Kabbis Sonnenfeld and Kliatzkin, Honorary Presid;fnts. Rabbi Blau, the Director of Agudath Israel in Palestine, read a number of messages of, greeting received hy the Conference, including one from Chief Rabbi Jacob Meir.
The Conference addressed a farewell message to Lord Phimcr, the retiring High. Comintssioner, in which reference is made io the Jewish Communities Or¬ dinance enacted during his period of olTice, and thanks are expressed to Lord Plmhir for the opportunity given by the Ordinance to every jew to leave tbe oilicial Jewisb comhninity.
Bornstein, Famous Polish Jewish Scholar, Dies At the Age of Eighty-Five
WARSAW—Death ended the long and fruitful career, of Qiaim Yechiel Bornstein, internationally known author¬ ity on the history of the Jewish calendar, author of many works of research on the subject, and litterateur, 'yesterday when he passfed away at the age of 85. A native of a small town in Con¬ gress-Poland, Bornstein was one of the pioneers in the Haskalah movement in Polish Jewry, being an early partici¬ pant ip the emerging modern Hebrew literature in Eastern Europe. His fame as a research scholar and par¬ ticularly in the field of history of the Jewish calendar soon reached beyond the boundaries of his native country.
The majority of his works on the subject were written in Hebrew, and translated into many languages, find¬ ing a wide audience. Holding the po¬ sition of executive secretary in War¬ saw's Great Synagogue, on Tlomackle, liis house was, for scores of years the gathering place of Jewish men of let¬ ters from where encouragement to as¬ piring students emanated. '¦ In addition to research work, Bornstein was a frequent contributor to Hebrew belles lettres, having translated Shakespeare's "Hamlet", into pure, Biblical prose. Although he lost his sight about fif- teien years ago, his research work was not abandoned, as his memory of the texts' was phenomenal and for bcca- sioiial verification of details many of the old stttdenls whom he- had be¬ friended were at his command.
East Broad St Temple
Will Accommodate
Over 1300 Wor-
shippers
Members  WiU  Receive
Seats Free; Others Will
Be   tlxpectcd  To  Pay
A Nominal Fee
President Leon Nason, of the Tifereth Israel Congregation, an¬ nounces that over 1300 worship¬ pers wilt be accommodated iat the East Broad Street Temple dur¬ ing the coming holidays. Mr. Sol Roth and his eomraittee have been busy daily during the past week taking care of  seat reservations.
It is interesting to note that all members will receive seats free; others will be expected to pay a nominal fee which will be deduct¬ ed from their membership dues upon their joining the Congrega- tion. Single seats are selling fcr $10.0* each; $15.00 will take care of a family.
"It is our fond hope," said Mr. Nason, "to take care of every un- afliliated Jew in the city. We want to make it distinctly understood that everyone will be most cor¬ dially welcome at our services.
"We have extended a special, invitation to all tlte • University boys and girls, and expect a good< ly portion of theni to be with us." .
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