Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1929-11-08

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Vol. XII— No. 44
COLUMBUS, OHIO, NOVEMHER 8, ujztj
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Noted B'nai B'rith Leaders of the U. S. Participated in For¬ mal Dedication Exercises of New Jewish Orphan Home on Sunday, November 3, at Cleveland, Ohio
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CLEVltr^.AND.—"The Incicpcmlcnl,Or¬ der of B'lui Bnth IS pi ond ol Us hrhl- .born. The name and fame oi the child has shed liistre ami conferred distinction upon thi pdrtnt"
This w.i<: said uf the Cleveland Jew¬ ish Orphan Home hy President Alfred M. Cohen, Smiday at the dedication, of ndlctaiiL, Uatutiful ncv. cottage f^^oup estahlisbtd liy the tlonii- iii the suburb of ihL Lity Jt a cost oi tl,50t),«0i>, ot the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home with Its' historj extending back to the daiys o! the Civil \V.ir, of the Cle\e- laiid Jewish Orphan. Home now equipped with a model yillage with trim, cozy cot tagcs for the lioj-s and K»rls, a recrea¬ tion building, gift of former bOys. and girl*;, a chaixl at its \cry heart, an .id- ministration bitilding. .i broad green campus and a stretch of woods.
Alumni Ilall was crowded to capacit> at the dedication exercises Simday. Rabbi Ahba Hillel Silver of the Temple, President Cohen of the Independent Or¬ der ol U'nai B'rith, and William R. Hopkins, City Manager of Clt^veland, were the . speakers. Fred Lazarus, Jr , of Columbus, President of the Home, was chairman
Visitors, many of them former boys aiid girls of the Home from distant parts of the country/ inspected the buildings, marveled at their beauty and their arxice-Kumg .ippomtmLiits, the landscaping jiid the picturtstjuencss of the thirty-acre stretch of ground in Uni¬ versity Heights that had been selected ds the site for the new Home after its (il years of existence at the Woodland Avenue site in Cleveland
The formal dedication of Bcllcfaire Sunday was prtn-ded by thu dedication of the chapel on Saturday afternoon with services at which Rabbi Brickner delivered the dedication sermon. Chil¬ dren of the Home took a prominent part 111 the ritual Saturday evening Alumni Hall, with its auditorium, gym- iiaMimi and snimtmng pool, was dcdi- catLd at a diniicr given by the Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association. Fred Lazarus, Jr., Sam'l Oross, cliairman of the local board, and. Harry Simons of St. Louis were among the speakers George L Wirptl, prcivlent of the asbo ciation, was toastinastcr, .Alumni Hull is the gift of the alumtii to the Home
Patriotic cxciLisLs took place at'sun down Saturday with the dedication ¦ of the (lag on the campus. "America" and the "Star Spangled Banner" were sung. Superintendent Michael Sharlitt, who presided at the patriotic dedication, pointed out that the new structures were dedicated to Home, to Country and to God. William J. Van Aken, mayor of Shaker Heights, and Robert Roehm, representing Mayor J. J. Howard of University Heights', were speakers,
A welcome to visitors and guests was extended by President Lazarus at the opening of the general dedicatory pro¬ gram in Alumni ^Hall/Sunday ufternoon. The first address was delivered by City Manager Hopkins. "As I have seen theiv new buildings and have seen . the sunshine streaming through the win¬ dows here, I believe we^could say with¬ out irreverence that this is a scene where God may  smile, and does smile," said
General   Mcietmg   Of   Zion Lodge, No. 62, L 0. B* B.> At Progress Club Mon¬ day Evening
November 25th Has Been De¬ cided Upon as The Date For The Initiation of The Al¬ fred  M.   Cohen   Class
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Mr Hopkins "This ly the best answer to many discouraging things Wc know that after all in the hearts of all the people there.is something fine and splen¬ did. Human beings', when they are tine are •>o line We have a right to hope for the da\ when they will all be really fine. Today, the crown of (il^ years' la bor, i-s the promise of finer times ,to conic.
"An iWiitution like this is outstand¬ ing testimony to what we believe about life. Theoretically it ought not, to be necessary to have institutions of this kind. There are those who feel that the care of orplmiis is a public diity. No public in'stitution could do for the chil¬ dren what this institution has done. None could,"
Introducing President Cohen of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, Chairman Lazarus reviewed the work of the Order and described it-V achieve¬ ments in philanthropy and social ^er^iee*
President Cohen traced the history of the Home and its ineeption in a inove- niciit inaugurated withui the membership uf District No, 2 of the Order more than (il years ago. He pointed out that It was the purpose of the founderb that the ctiildreii be. cared for as if thc> were of their own llesh and blood. Plans for the Home were promoted in Civil War times'. President Cohen pointed out that at the opening of the institu¬ tion the "thirty-eight boys and girls cired for within its walls were iiear]> all from the Southland "
Ihe Jewish Orphan Home, President Luheii further stated, eanie into hcmg when the B'nai liVith was 2'i years old It was the first-born of the organization. It has conferred di-stinctipi), and has i^ied lustre upon the parent, tf it had only aided hi causing the little onps cared for within its walls to grow to average manhood and womanhood it would. have been sufficient, hut it has done* more. Many- of its former in¬ mates have become leaders in their re¬ spective communities. Eleven members of the board are former children of the Home; the architect of Bellefaire is a graduate of the institution; Alumni Hall is a free-will offering of those who have been cared for by the Home in other years*.
Both competence and l»ve have gone into tlie construction and; furnishing of Bellefaire, Rabbi Silver said in his ad¬ dress.
In   dedicating   these   buildings,   just
what are you dedicating? In the first place you are dedicating a group of buildings, simply and artistically con¬ structed, in spacious s.'ar round ings, per¬ fectly etjuipped and tastefully decorated, Both competence.,'and'love have gone into the planning. There is evidence at every turn of skillful craftsmanship, provident management and ^ solicitude on the part
'1 Ik- iicxt, general meeting of Zion' Lodjic. \-o..(;2, I. O. n. B., will be held at llic IVogrcss Cluh,M2 Parsons Ave¬ nue, Monday evening, Nov. 11th, at 8 o'clock.
I't;iiig lli;it' some very vital business ri^atlors will be taken up on this occa¬ sion, the (tnicers urge all loyal members to turn out cn masse at this time
Mr. Aiic Weinfeld, past president of Zion Lodge, and a, member of the'Gen¬ eral Committee of this District of the L O. H. B., will give a birds-eye ¦'view of the l.ist district convention held in Ohif) III Maj. Other bpe.ikcrs will talk on the great national drive for new members in the B'tiai B'rith Order, Which is going on at the present time.
.^t a meeting of the officers of Zion ,Lodge at the . Elks ¦ Cluh \ycdneHday noon, it was definitely decided to hold the grand initiation exercises of tlic Al¬ fred iT. Colicn'class on Monday eve¬ ning, Nuvcinbcr 25th. t'foniincnt men of Coluinbus as vvell as. other cities, will participate -jn- the exercises. The degree team of Zion Lodge is now rehearsing ficir this iuispicious aiid memorable event staged in honor of that noble and conse¬ crated Cincinilati Israelite, the Hon. Al¬ fred M. Coheiv international president of B'nai B'rith and president of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College, the world's .greatest Re¬ form Theological School.
' It IS interesting to note that at the great coiiinninal dinner held/in Cincin¬ nati recently in. honor of Mr. Cohen, this venerable gentleman received trib¬ utes from such men as William Howard Taft, chief justice of the' United States Supreme Court; Nicholas Longworth, speaker of the Hoiise of Representatives, and James J. Davis, secretary of labor
r   VIr. Hoover's cabinet.
''Mr. Cohen has been the head of the I. O. B. B. since 1925. His services ha|vc been recognized by all Jewish leaders everywhere. It is therefore fitting and proper that Zion Lodge in common with all B'nai B'rith Lodges throughout the world induct « class, in his honor.
Don't forget Monday night's meeting, at the Progress CluU, 142 Parsons Ave¬ nue, at 8 o'clock.
Whole Jewish Community Is Looking Forward To
The Maurice Samuel Meeting, On Thursday,
Nov. 14th at Broad St. Temple
Orator Has Gained His Outstanding Position As a Result of His
Wide Cultural Back^rround and His Intimate Contacts wHii All
Types of People—Was in Palestine During the Recent Arab
Attacks Upon the Jews of the Holy Land—His Eiitire
Life Has Been Replete with Jewish Activity
BIG
TURNOUT  IS   EXPECTEH   AT  MASS   MEETING  AR¬ RANGED BY THE COLUMBUS ZIONIST DISTRICT
Maurice Samuel, one of the'foremost. .-Xincrican liovciists and cf>yayi.sts, and one of the outstanding leaders of Ameri¬ can Jewry, will be the chief speaker at the big mass meeting arranged by the Columbus Zionist District to be held at'| the Broad Street Temple, Thursday eve¬ ning, Novemher l-lth. The entire com¬ munity is most cordially invited to at¬ tend this meeting and to participate in the tribute which will be paid to the popular Zit>ni.st puhliciyt and lecturer.
^fr. Samuel has gained his outstanding position as a result of his wide ,cultural background, his oratorical powei-s and his ¦ intimate contacts With all types of people.
Born in Roumania, and educated in Manchester and Paris, Maurice Samuel early travelled thru every part of Eu¬ rope and later thru America, and ob¬ tained a tirs't hand acquaintance with the complex, international situation, espe¬ cially as it relates to, Jews and Jewish
COLUMBUS DID
ITS SHARE FOR
ORPHAN home:
Columbus contribiitcd $60,000 to the'erection of the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home from its Jewish Welfare Fund, of which E. J. Schanfarber is president and Sinion  Lazarus,  treasurer.
Fred Lazarus, Jr.. of this city is president of the Jewish Or- iWian Home, and JosepIi Schon¬ thal and E. J. Schanfarber arc niemberfi uf the Board of Di¬ rectors.
of those who believe that things which are good should also be beautiful
"Oiie'tinds here not only provision for the tare, comfort and well being of the childreii who will live hero, but of charm, grace and atmos'pherc m which the children may unfold>beautiful souls, In dedicating these buildings you are placing the seal of aceomphshment on a great task .^iid ill dedicating these huildmgi, >(iu are adding something of (lutstandiiig Bignificaiice to the life of our coHfmunity
"A great city, my friends, is great not
only  because of Itff size, wealth,  pros-
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RABBI TARSHISH TO SPEAK
ON "IS FIGHTING WORTH
WHILE?"
I^eace Program Was Pre¬ sented Tuesday By the Council Of Jewish Women
A Peace Program, a play, "Tlie Dawn of Peace," was given Tuesday, when, the Coimcil of Jewish Women met at the Bryden Road Temple. Mrs. LA. Ro¬ senthal had charge of the program. The prologue, "A Child Demands Peace,'' was written by Elma Khrlich Levinger —and .vas given by Claire - Martha Burnstine. The central figure, that of "Civiliza¬ tion," . was portrayed by Mrs. Albert Luchs. France, by Mrs. B. W. Abram¬ son; Germany by Mrs. Lewis Is:tac; Italy by Mrs. Louis Mark; Spain by Mrs. Ralph/Rosenthal; Japan by Mrs Stanley Schwartz; England by Mrs. Meyer Hausman; United States by.Mrs. Max Matusoff; War by Mrs. Justin L Sillman; Israel by Mrs. Leo Kessell Mrs. Harry Mendelsolm was at the piano. Miss Mina Nupuf of the Mortcj School of Expression coached the play
Mrs. Al II. Harmon presided at the business session. Mrs. Wm,, Hersch gave the opening prayer. Mrs. Louis Mark reported twelve new members. Mrs. Loiiis Harris reported, for the Jew¬ ish Juniors. Mrs, Wm. Steinem reported for "visits to the sick"; Mrs. B, S. (Continued on page 4)
In libiior of Armistice Day which takey place o» November 11th, Rabbi Tarshish has selected as his topic for Sunday evening, November lOtli, at 8 o'clock, the question "Is Fighting Worthwhile?" His address as well as the musical program will be broadcast from the Temple Au¬ ditorium over Station WAIU. These services on Sunday evening arc absolutely non-sectarian, and'iion-Jews as well as Jews are most cordially welcome, l^st Sunday " evening, November 3rd, the Rabbi spoke to a large audience on the subject "I I Were A Christian."
IVREEYOH     ANNIVER¬ SARY SUPPER TO BE HELD    SUNDAY EVENING
The anniversary supper of the Ivreeyoh Society will take place Sunday evening, November 3rd, at 6:30 P. M., ai the Columbus Hebrew School, 558 EaBt Rich Street.
Following the supper the graduation ceremonies for (he following pupils from the He¬ brew School will be held:— Jerome Brief, Leah Metchnick. NatoUc Seff, Ruth,Wolman. and Hymau Briar.
An elaborate program of en¬ tertainment has been arranged by Mrs. B. E. Tushbant. past president of tho Ivreeyoh.
A cordial invitation is ex¬ tended to Columbus Jewry to be present Sunday evening, Novem¬ ber 3rd, for the Ivreeyoh Sup¬ per to be held at the Hebrew. School, 558 East Rich street.
MUSICAL PROGRAM AT
MAURICE SAMUEL
MEETING
The entire musical program for the Maurice Samuel meet¬ ing to be hehl at the East Broad Street Temple, Thursday eve¬ ning, November 14th at 8 o'chtch will be in charge »f Cantor Solomon Grodner and his .able choir. They wilLsing prior to Mr. Saniuers address as well as at. the close of the meeting.
erary work. It wa.s, however, in August, 1!)2!), when the tragic events of the Arab attacks on the Jew.^ overwhelmed Pales¬ tine and .sliocked the workl, that Mr. Samuel, hving in Tcl Aviv, at once joiiicd tlie Jewish Self-Defcnse Corps and took part in resisting the Arab at¬ tacks. Mr. Samuel has* recently returned to this country. His vivid description of the events that, traiisp.ired in Pales¬ tine, and his documented evidence on the situation as regards responsibility for the outbreaks have arouwd widespread inter- es-t both among Jews and the general world.
Mr. Samuel's experiences in Palestine have culminated in a book called "What Happened in Palesfrinq," which promises greatly to enhance the literary prestige he gained with his earlier volumes, "Yon
conditions. Few men living today have his mental e<|U.ipmeiit, or his opportunity for knowing Jewish life tbruout the world. As a member, of the United States Pogrom Investigating Commis¬ sion to Poland and then as* a member of the International Reparations Commis¬ sion in Paris, Berlin and Vienna, Mau¬ rice Samuel, came into close i>ersoiial contact with the leading. dif>Iohiats of Europe and .'Xmcrica.
In the movement for the rebuilding of Palestine, Mr. SainueL occupies a com¬ manding position. In l!l:ii, Mr. Samuel went to Palestine at the invitation of Dr. Cliaini Weizmann, Prewdent of the World Zionist Organization. Since that time, he lias made numerous-visit*: which have supplemented with actual experi¬ ence the intimate knowledge that he has of the historical traditions behind the Jewish effort to rebuild Palestine.
In June, l!Hif>, Mr. Samuel returned to [Palestine, where he decided to spend a number of months each year for bis' lit-
Geiitiles," "I, the Jew," "The Jewisli An¬ thology," and other vohimeV. Knowing that. Mr. Samuel was one. of the few Aincricaii Jewish leaders in Palestine during the time of the massacres in the Holy Land, keen interest has been aroused in his account as an eyewitness of the cvc'nttf that -transpired there.
There arc very few cities in the U. S. where Mr. Samuel has not spoken on behalf of the Zionist Movement. He pos-icsses hosts of followers in every section of this land a? well as in foreign countries.
Among those who are assisting in ar¬ ranging for Thursday evening's meeting are litibert L. Mellman, Allen Tarshish, Roy J. Stone, Rabbi Rivlin. A. Seff, Ben B. Friedman, Cantor Ansel Freed¬ man, Cantor Solomon Grodner, Joseph Solove, and Aaron M, Neustadt. Repre¬ sentatives of the Hadassah groups and the O. S. U. Avukah. are also assisting.
The Frank For Council Organization Thanks Al! Who Cooperated To Put Melville D. Frank Over
HOUSANDS. of Chronicle readers are rejoicing at the glad news of kelville D; Frank's election to a council- manic post.   They feel that this fine, up¬
standing young man with a clean, ex¬ emplary record wilt reflect credit not only upon the! fair name of this, "no mean city," but also upon all Colimibus Jewry. The following statement by Messrs. Ben Neustadt and Attorney Harry Schwartz, co-chairhian of the Frank For Council Organization, i^ apropos at this time: -^ Nothing succeeds like success I The Frank For Council Organization wishes to thank everyone who made ppb- sible the tremendously gratifying success in the Municipal Election Of last Tues¬ day. Our candidate, "Sonny" Frank, running for the first time for public of¬ fice and still in his twenties, was a close second aiid within two hundred votes of being first in the entire iicld of councilmanic candidates. This unprece¬ dented, victory , surpassed the fondest hopes and expectations of all of Frank'i supporters.'
To all the workers, the voters, and (o those wlio contributed to bring about this wonderful victory, I wish to ex¬ press my sincerest thanks and apprecia¬ tion.
,     (Signed), BEN Z. NEUSTADT. j     HARRY SCHWARTZ, Co-Chair men. The Frank For Coimcil Orgaiii-tatioii.