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Vol, XI —No. 26
COLUM hUS, OHf.O, JUNF, 29, 1928
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Leaders Will Resume the Wider Scope Campaign Early in Fall, Says Report
Ben Althcimer, Honorary Vicc- ehairmari. Will Give A Big Function To Start The Ball Rolling In Dis¬ trict No. 1
THE RESULTS THUS FAR DECLAREfD SATISFACTORY
NEW YORK.—The advent of the suttinicr sci.son li.is forced a tcmpor.iry silsriension . of tlic B'nai . ii'rith Wider Scope- Fund Campaign, hut pl.nns ate al¬ ready under'way for a rcsiiiuption of thc effort in the Fail to interest New York Jewry in the prpgrara of tliat organiza¬ tion,, vvliicli includes the cst.ablisliment and niaintcnancc of Hillcl Fpundations at American universities which are attended, by.goodly nunibers of Jewish stiidents. , Encouraged by the results obtained in last Spring's drive in Greater New .York tinder tlie leadership of Hon: Abram I. EIku.5 and Maurice P. Davidson, and jn vvliich the lodges .of thc metropolitan area p.1rticipatcd, Ben Althcimer, , Honorary National Vitc-Chairman, will give a function early in the Fall which will he the first of a series of. event's that, it'is believed, will-swing the campaigh'past its original goal of ii' half-miilion dollars. ¦ Brooklyn's interest will be- kept alive by Judges. Lazansky and May.
An important' factor in Greater New York's campaign, is the .steps which Avili l)e taken early in the Fall to establish a Hillel,, Foundation at Cornell. These. , steps were ¦ initiated by Judge Myron Sulzberger, chairman of the Hillel F'oun- dation .Cotnmittee. of District No. 1, which was created, at thc recent, convent ti'on of the district in Providence, R. I. :The re-election-of Hon, Maurice Bloch, as president of District No. 1,.places at
AMERICAN JEWRY'S LEADERS MOURN THE PASS¬ ING OF JOSEPH BARONDESS, FOLLOW¬ ING TWO OPERATIONS
Stormy Petrel Ih Labor Movement Wiis A Great Favorite Among Jewish Masses—Was Considered A Construc¬ tive Communal Worker—Was Often Instrumental In Establishing Peace Between Factions
RESEttVE SUNDAY, AU¬ GUST 12TH, FOR THE BIG B'NAI B'RITH PICNIC
Every member of the lo¬ cal B'nai B'rith lodge is hereby asked to reserve Sunday, August 12th, for the big annual picnic at Oak Park.
The committee on ar¬ rangements promises every variety of entertainment, contests of all kinds, etc., etc. A record - breaking crowd is expected. Out-of- town members Of the B'nai B'rith are cordially invited.
the service of the Wider Scope Com- mittee a man who is ardently devoted to ¦ the cause, which is true, of all the other re-elected oflficers.
. District No. 2 has exceeded its quota, with -^1'10,000 already subscribed, accord^ iiig to a. report,by Emil Mayer of St. Louis, Widqr Scope chairman for that district. Indianayolis, through the efforts, of Isidor Fpibelnian and Louis Borinstein has attained.its quota.
Judge Joseph L. Kun, outgoing Presi¬ dent of District Grand Lodge No. fl, reported in detail on the progress cf thc campaign in his district^ at the Pitrsburgfi convention last month.^ Now. that his term of ofTicc Us President is over it is expected that Judge Kun.Will find even more time than hitherto to devote to the Wider Scope Campaign, of which he is District Chairman. ,      i
Special credit for the,progress being made in Baltimore where $30,000 has already been raiscci, is due to Henry A. Alexander, Wider Scope . Canjpaign Cbairnian for District No. 5; SimonE. Sobelolf, Maryland Stale Chairman of the Wider Scope Campaign j Wiltiani, A- Goodheart, Chairman of the campaigii for the city of Baltitnore; and!.Mrs. Simon E. Sobeloff, Chairman of thc Women's Division in - the Baltimore camp;]ign. These leaders, with the . assistance of 'Oscar Leonard of St. Louis, are force¬ fully bringing hoinc the message of the Wider Scope work to the Jews- oE thc Maryland metropolis.
In District No. G thcte has not been much Wider Scope activity during the past, month. Some -new subscriptions ,' have, however conic in from Nebraska and Canada. And it is expected thai the District Grand Lodge convention which meets at Fllkhart Lake, Wisconsin, July 1st, 2nd and -Jrd, will formulate plans for energetically resuming the campaign in the fall.
The convention of District No. -( at Spokane, at the eiid of.this month will, it is expected, stir things up on the Pa¬ cific Coaiit.
District No. 7 enthusiastically endorsed the : camiiaign at the recent District Grand Lodge convention which toolf; place in Houston. And with the brganiiiatton of committees in the fall it is expected that the district will ultimately raise its share for the Wider Scope Fund.
NEW. YORK—(J, T. A.)—Joseph Barondcs.'i, communal leader, Zionist, .la¬ bor champion, orator and active member of niany Jewish organizations in New York City, died yesterday morning at Mount Sinai Hopital, following two op¬ erations,
Mr. Barondess, who was in robust health until, recently, was taken to the hospital about a month agd, suffering from kidiipy trouble. Mr. Barondess would have been iJl on July '^.
A stormy petrel in the Jewish labor movement at the beginning of the Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to the United States, Mr, Barondess became one of thc niost popular figures in thc Jewish community ill New York, zeuloils- ly championing various' causes to pro¬ mote the Welfare of the immigrant popu¬ lation tind participatiiig in manifold ac¬ tivities along 'the litics of social work, etlucatiOn, protection of • Jewish rights abroad and. in the Zionist movement. Recently, he was elected president of the Jewish National Fund iii America.  ;
Mr. Barondess attained a particular position of distinction in many. Jewish movenicnts'through.his activities to bring about peace wherever controversies arose. His deep, resonant voice appealing for the traditional Jewish "Sholom" was a donii- nant.factor in many drarfiatic conclusions qf raging controversies. A memorable occasion when Mr. Barondess appeared in his role of peacemaker was the-Joint Distribution Committee conference held in September .12^ 1925 to organize the $15,000,000 United Jewish Campaign, when the Zionists and non-Zionists were engaged in a bitter controversy oyer the Jewish colonization project,in Russia, He assumed a similar role in the Wise con¬ troversy in December of the same year. Arrived in U. S. in 1888 .Arriving in the United Stales iti 1888 from Kamienec-Podolsk, where he was born July 3, 18(!7, hp was one of the pio^ necrs of the Jewish labor movement in the United States. He was he founder of the Cloak Makers' Union which he headed until 1892. He was the organizer and founder of the Hebrew Actors Un¬ ion, the Hebrew American Typographi¬ cal Union No. 83.    "'
In 1910 he was appointed Commission- t^r of the Board of Education by Mayor Gaynor and' reappointed to this post by Mayor Mitchel in lOU. While in this position he was active in ,the fight ;in bc-^ half of teachers who sought, the right to continue in; their profession after mar¬ riage.
. During the. World War Mi-, Barondess was active in relief campaigns,, speaking throughout thecity , for, the war work drives.
He served on the. Committee of Jewish Pclegations which'effected the incorpora¬ tion of provisions for the Jewish hiinor¬ ity^ rights in the Treaty of Vcrsaines and participated in framing the Zionist pro¬ posals tb the British Government on the Jewish National Homeland in Palestine. As vice-president and acting chairman of the Administrative Committee of the American Jewish Congress, he was active in the campaign against restrictive immi¬ gration, He appeared before Congres¬ sional. Comhiittces on immigration mat¬ ters and obtained special permission for the admittance of hundreds of Jewish, immigrants' to Canada who . had been barred from the United Slates by the quota laws.
HcI4 Many Positions Ainong his many positions in Jewish organizations  he  was  chairman  of  the board of directors of the Deborah Sani
Mrs. Blanche Kahn Weiler Passes Away at Her Home After 3 Months' Illness
Pres. Louis Lipsky Withdraws His Candidacy For Re-election To Presidency of Zionist Organization
Was Active In The Affairs Of
Bryden Road Temple And In
The Local C. J. W.
TOUCHING TRIBUTE IS
PAID BY DR. TARSHISH
larium for Consumptive Relief, honorary president of the Eedcratioii of Ukrain¬ ian Jews in America, vice-president of fhc Ilcrzliah Hebrew Academy, a mem¬ ber of the Board of,Hias,. the'Brooklyn Federation of' Jewish Charities, Mach- zikei Talmud Torah, former Nasi of the Order' Sons of Zion, the L O.. B. B.; I. O. B. A. and the I. O. B. S.      '
Expressions of grief were voiced by leaders of all shades of opinion'within the Jewish community;
Abraham Cahan", editor "Forward": "I knew. Mr. Barondess.since tlie winter of 188!>, when wcwere niaking prepara¬ tions for founding the Arheiter Zeitung. There were times vvlicn our paths di-, verged, but the period during which we were iiot on terms of, close friendship is smalt compared to the many years of most cordial and warm relationship.
'During the last few years I saw him .quite frequently. He would drop in to see me at my office as a rule to ask for Some favor in bchaU of some one of/the many applicants who were always knock¬ ing at his door. Sometimes, we would spend a day or two together, at the, sea¬ shore.
"He certainly was one of the. most charming"and warmhearted members of our community. Ah alTeetionate man, al¬ ways ready, to serve a good cause.' We will all miss him keenly. It is almost impossible to imagine our immigrant population withbut his handsome, face and kindly smile among the conspicuous personalities." '
Other.Tributes
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, President, American" Jewish Congreas:, "I am deep¬ ly' pained to learn Of the passing of Joseph Barondess. , No JeW in oitr,gen¬ eration has devoted himself more eagerly and devotedly to the interests of his peo^ pie than Barondess. , He was a child of. his people who throughout his life re¬ tained a lovable, child-like naivete. He was leonine, in his .courage when the honor of the Jewish name or the,secur¬ ity of Jewish life was involved.. He de¬ served well of li>s people and the Jewish masses knew him for their own."
The Administrative Committee bf the Zionist Organization of America adopted the following resolution on the death of Joseph Barondess:  ,
. "Thc death of Joseph Barondess is a decided blow to many elemctits of Ameri¬ can Jewish life. His untimely death has created a profound sorrow among all Zionists who knew of the important part that Mr. Barondess took in the develop¬ ment of Zionism iti America. First a prominent labor leader, he devoted hhn¬ self to the interests of the Zionist move¬ ment for- many years. , Mr, Barondess was the enibodiiiient of getierosity . and devotion to 'social ideals. His record and his activity were an inspiration to the Zionist youth. .   .¦        .
."The Administrative Comtnittee ex¬ presses its condolences to. the. bereaved family and corlveys to -them its sense of grief at the passing of one of the noble¬ men of-American Jewry."
John L. Bernstein, Hias: "The <ieath of Mr. Joseph Barondess is an irrepa¬ rable loss to the, whole of Jewry. His in¬ terest during his whole life in everything that tended td promote the best interest ot the Jewish people has been a blessing to Jewry at large. Tb his very last day he has given all his energy to Jewish education,, to llie Jewish immigrant and to the upbuilding of Palestiiie. In his death the Jewish people hayc lost a great champion."
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Mr.-i; Blanche Kahn Weilcr, wife of tlic IiUc Adolph K.-Weiler. former iiieiii- bcr uf the iirni of the Union Clothing Gu„ diiid at her home 2421 Kexlpy Park
Declares That He Will Not Be A Candidate For Presidency Or
Other Office—Statement Submitted To Committee of Nine
—Asserts That He Does Not Desire To Become An
Obstacle In The Way Of Peace In The Movement
Road, Monday morning, following three months' illness. Death was attributed,to a cbnipHcalion of diseases.
Mrs. Weilcr, a resident of Columbus for 20 years, moved'here from Hartford City, iiid.. She'was a nati.ye of Indian¬ apolis and was Cl years old* Her hus¬ band preceded her iii death about . 12 years ago. . She was a highly educated woman,;. iiiterested in every civic and philanthropic movement. She gave lib¬ erally of her time and means to important causes!
NEW YOKK.—Loui.s Lipsky, .president of the Zionist Orffani- zation of America, has dechircd that he is withdrawiil^^ his candidaiiy far re-election to the post of President of the Zionist Organization of. America or to any other office>ithin the American organization.
This statement was submitted late Saturday _night to thc coin¬ mittcc of nine, appointed-by the jiiclges committee last week to seek vvays and mcan.s of bringing abont a recdiiciliation witliki the Zionist; movement in America.
It was stated that thc.clsimiiittee of nine has already agreed on a slate for the administrative committee, to be composed of a board of directors of nine and a committee of forty, which will be submitted to the fovthcoming Zionist convention in P-ittsburgh. The personnel ¦ of this committee was not disclosed, .      ,.   ¦. .
In withdrawing; his candidacy, Mr. Lipsky declared that he. ha.s . tf^ken this -decision in view of  the  fact that thc present controversy has assumed the character of a personal issue and he does not desire to liccomc. an'obstacle in the, way, of peace in the Zionist :mQvement. lie (Iocs not desire to be the object of further personal attacks.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agericy is informed that Mr. lipsky.ten¬ dered hi.s resignatiqri last Monday afternoon, but at that time the Ad^ ininistrativc Committee rejected the resignation. At the Saturday aft-, crnoon meeting of the Administrative Committee, held at the Commo¬ dore Plotcl, Mr. Lipsky emphatically declared that notwithstanding any attitude on the part of the Committee, he is determined not to accept .re-clecti6h. Many members of the Admitiistrative Cominittce in.sisted that this, statement be withdrawn. Mrl'Lipsky, however, persisted and his decision, was ,.comiininicated to the peace committee of nine.
YOUNG JUDEA CLUB
ENJOYS PICNIC
Members of thc Young Judea Club of the Hebrew School spent a very enjoy¬ able day Sunday, June 17th, at a picnic at Glen 'Echo park,
The committee in charge wishes' to thank Mr. Max S, Bogatin who fur- iiishwl transportation,. Mrs. L. J. Seff who donated the prizes for the various races and Arthur Seff. who furnished refreshinents. Each member brought lunch for; the entire day. -
Henry Gowan, Dorothy Handler and Nathalie Seff won race prizes; Alex^ andcr Stregevsky,. a runner-up in the city spelling contest, won the spelling con¬ test, while Florence Finkelstein was vic¬ torious in the balloon contest.
Mr. Arthur Seff has been the sponsor for the Yoimg Jutlca Club for the past four, months during which time the club has grown from a membership of six to one of thirty-one members. Dur¬ ing the summer no meetings will be held.
RAINS CAUSE DAMAGE IN LAT¬ VIAN VILLAGES
K1G.\.—The heaviest rains which have fallen hei-e in_ the last fifty years caused great damage throughout the country.
The towns Bausk, Mitun and Resclitt- za, which have a tnajority Jewish popii- lation, suffered, greatly. Great damage was caused to Jewish property.
ROUMANIAN  GOVERNMENT BARS ZIONIST FLAG
Jewish boy scouts will not be per¬ mitted fo carry the Zionist flag in their paradesi according to an ordet*-issued here, by the Rounianiati authorities.
The order states that the Zionist .flag will not be permitted at any public oc¬ casions and then the Jewish boy scouts must carry only the Roumanian flag. The Department of Education is diarged with the task of enforcing the order and imposing lines if U is disregarded.
Road Temple officiated at the funeral services conducted in SchoetHnger's chapel, State,street at Fifth, Wednes¬ day morning. He eulogized her sterling quaHtics and her splendid qualifications' as a mother and as a, civic worker.
An excerpt from Rabbi Tarshish's ciilogy fallows: ..    /
"Through the clouded hour of her passing, thC'SOul of Blanche Weiler shines refuigently like a sun. -She was aniqng the finest \yomeii we had in our coninuinity.' The central passioti of her life was her family, of whom ¦ she thought, and' fbr whom she dreamed day and night. For twenty years peacefully devoted tO her husband; when he ^passed into tlic cternaU she consecrated her in¬ terest-in her children. ,A unique story is the.one of her.devotion to her sister, \vith whoni there was a supreme under¬ standing, and Jove.
¦'The mind of Blanche Wcilcr, was keen and many-sided. Nothing intellec¬ tual was foreign to her. Religion, phi¬ losophy, art, international peace, science, ^politics, all were in the, realm of her fine thinking. She was a lover of the true, the gppdC the beautiful, 'and her hand and heart were ever ready to serve in these causes.
."In a great measure she had discov¬ ered the treasure of religious xalm and triumph. Placing her supreinc trust in God, the Father of Love, she overcame the agony of pain, the dreaa ol evil, and the fear of death- Her life, was filled witl] the thoughts of beauty and service. "She regarded it as her special mis-, sion to bring light and co,infort to the unfortunate. She was a constant visi¬ tor of the aged, the sick, the mourner, and her words- were never empty, but full of help and loveliness.
"She was an unth'ing worker In many causes tot the advance of human¬ ity. To whatever organizations she be¬ longed, she gave of herself unstintingly. Perhaps more than other community things she labored for international peace. Sensing the horror and futility of war, her voice was ever heartl, in be¬ half of the goldeil era 9f brotherhood and peace. .
"Blanche Weiler will long be remem¬ bered for good among us, She is im¬ mortal in the heart of her relatives and friends. And her soul goes marching on in greener pastures, and under a lovelier sky than has yet fallen to thc lot bf the living."
Surviving her are a son, Robert-S. Weiler; two daughters, Mrs. A. H. Har¬ mon and Mrs. Harry Kohn; three grand¬ children and a sister, Mrs. Edifh Stiefel, .\ngola, .Indiana.   ,
Representative Jewish Women Point Out the^ ¦/  . Need for Cooperation
Leaders of Synagogue'Organiza¬ tions* Hadassah, And C. J. W, Participate In Symposium
NEW YORKCITY.—In the June isr
'sue of "The Jewish Woman," represetv
latives- of  the  Hadassah, the Women's
n IU-   T     I   -r     1-1     c \i     T>    1       Leacue,   the   Women's   Branch   of   the Rabbi  Jacob ¦ Tarshish  of   the  Bryden P^^'     ^   ;    .      „     . ,    >-
' Union of   Orthodox  Jewish   Congiega-
tions, and the National Coiincil of Jewish, Women contribute their opinions bn the problems.and opportunities in cooperation that confront the several national Jewish woihen's' organizations in Aihcrica.  ,
Mrs. Sainuel Spiegel of Ne\v. York City, President of the Women's League, of the United Synagogue ¦ of America, refers to the duplication in work among college students:
¦ "Religious work among coyege students originated, .I.believe^ with the late Ma- tilde Schechter, of blessed .memory, about twelve years-ago, when; she organ: ized the Women's League and the Stu¬ dent House on the campus at Colnmbia University. How much more thoroughly could" this ground be covered if aU of us interested in such work, got together and apportioned the work among ourselves, each being ¦ assigned the task he is best fitted for, instead of each one making occasional spasinodic efforts which make the college authorities wonder and which confuse the students." 'Mrs. Ilerhcrt'S. Goldstein of. New York City, president of. the Women's; Branch of the Union, of Orthodox Jew¬ ish Congregations of America!, pleads for national niiiidcdness in matters of Jewish education. ' ;
"American Jews have not been national minded'in regard to Jewish education. There are hundreds of coinmutiities throughout the country m- which there are-.no Talnnid Torahs nor even ordinary religious schools. Comhiunal responsi¬ bility demands that such institutions be established and in this the whole com¬ munity must' actively participate.".
Mrs. Joseph E. Friend of New Or¬ leans, president of the National Council of Jewish Women, maintains,tliat there is no need for conflicts arising among the •several national Jewish women's organ¬ izations:
"No properly constituted modern or¬ ganization but has its program of work, its central reason for being, its purpose with tributary or brancliing lines of ac¬ tivities, and with these well defined, there should be no question difficult of decision as to where one organization*s province stops and the other's begins. We of the National Council'of Jewish Woinen have highly resolved to pu^h to a fine conclu¬ sion the work oi dur organization, to offer the closest cooperation founded on sympathetic understanding of our sister organizations, and in no wise ever, wil¬ lingly to trespass or intrude upon their province." .
Miss Rachel Natelson of New York City, a member of the. Executive Board of The Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization, emphasizes the value of lo¬ cal Federations of Jewish Women's Or¬
ganizations, which have been established in niany cities, and the advantage bf com¬ munity houses:
"The community house idea favors mu¬ tual helpfulness not. only by bringing various groups under one roof, but by avoiding duplication of. maintenance ex¬ penses'. Care must be taken, liowever, ¦ that tlie identity oi each organization'be ¦ respected and; that no one groiip dbminate or absorb' another save for the elimina- ticjnof duplication of effort."        ' :
A SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL OUR HEADERS
Owing to the fact that July 4th falls this year on next Wednesday, all social and news items for our next issue must be in our office by Tuesday evening, July 3rd.
We respectfully call the attention of all our readers to this announcement and trust that they will act ac¬ cordingly.
THE EDITOR. OHIO
JEWISH CHRONICLE
SILVER TEA SET PRESENT¬ ED BY OHIO PENITEN¬ TIARY INMATES TO MR. AND MRS. JA¬ COB MYERS
As a token of their, appreciation for his years of faithful service to thepi, the Jewish inmates of Ohio State I?eniteh- tiary presented'Mr. Jacob Myers a sil¬ ver tea service last.week. Mr. Myers' was niarried to Mrs. Rhea Rice on Sun- . day, Juiie 17th,' at Cleveland,, Ohio, and it was to mark,this occasion' that tHe men of the above-named institution de¬ cided to honor liim.with.a.spccial gift.
FELIX   WARBURG   REPORTS   TO ROTHSCHILD ON AGENCY COMMISSION RESULTS    ,
.PARIS.—Felix M. Warburg, one of, the, American members of the Jewish Agency Commission, arrived, here follow¬ ing thc'^completion of thc Commission's deliberations in London. Mr. Warburg stated he is completely satisfied, with the. results achieved. Perfect harmony ex¬ isted between the Zionist and non-Zion¬ ist members' of the Commission, which dwelt not on political topics,,but only on economic questions. He issui-e that if the expert plan is carried out, it vfill- bring prosperity to the Jewish homeland. Mr. Warburg called on Baron Edmond de Rothschild and discussed with him the economic problems of the Palestine upbuilding work. Baron Edmond) was extremely interested in the report of the Commissioners. Mr. Warburg left for Germany.
BERLIN.—There is only one word to say with regard to the result? of the Commission and that i? "pood," declared Hert^ Oscar Wassermann. He is satis-, fied with the positive results of the de¬ liberations; he said.
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