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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HO^
Devoted to American
and
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Vol.
XIII —No. 36
COLUMBUS,  OHIO,  SEPTEMBER 5,  1^,30
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Scanning the Horizon By
DAVID SCHWAR<ra
He Wanted to Be Napoleon
So another would-be Napoleon has passed. And for a while, it seemed that Henry Siegel would be that in the world of commerce. Those whose memories run back fifteen years will recall what Sicgcl-Coopcr meant in the department store world. Henry Siegel had built up mammoth stores in all of the principal cities of the comitry.
If there was one thing noticeable about Sicgcl, his friends observed, it was his cocky air. He walked about with tliat ^Monte Cristo feeling "the world is mine."   And for a time, it seemed so.
He wanted to be a Napoleon. He for¬ got, as so many other would-be Napo¬ leons forget the sad story of Waterloo. Siegel had his Waterloo when he turned io the depo.sits of his customers to bol¬ ster up his mercantile business. They Forget Waterloo
It would be interesting if it could be ascertained how many people the career of Napoleon has influenced. I dare say, It would be found that the effect of Napoleon has been as great in the lives he has influenced as in the actual changes he wrought in the map of Europe. Re- ccntly^ there died the Jewisli theatrical magnate, Abraham Erianger. He too modelled his life after Napoleon and sought to be the Bonaparte of (he the¬ atre. It is said that Woolwortli always had the picture of Napoleon before him. James J. Hill, the railroad builder, like¬ wise was markedly influenced by Napo¬ leon.
There was something intoxicating about his career. ^ Alas that most who ape the littlc^Corsican come soon enough to VVaterloo, but seldom attain the Napo¬ leonic heights. Siegel ended his days in a modest haberdashery store, after a term in prison.-
Give Yourself a Hand
A. C. Blumentlial. millimiaire realtor, who, it is reported, made ten million in five years, has just been giving some ad¬ vice.
Part of it as follows reads: "Applaud yourself every day. If applause urges the actor to do better worl^ it will in¬ spire you to improve you.'* j suppose tliere is a good deal of value in Air. BIu- mentlml's advice. It is Coueism, Qiris- tian Science; Jewish Science. I £hink even the propliet Isaial^ once observed that "if you do not believe, you shall iiot be established." I am quoting from memory. The actual words may be dif- ferrnt -
A Kick alBO Works Sometiin;es
But I wonder, if similar results cannot also be obtained by just' the reverse method.
For while there are people, who do better work, when you tell them they can, there are also people who are spurred io do a thing, when you tell them they can't
I dare say that a great deal of the sig¬ nificant accomplishments of the world are due to people who have little faith in themselves, and who for that reason strive to gain peace by the accomplish¬ ment of what seems beyond their readi. What is really harmful, it appears, is to believe that you are neither very good nor very bad.   Then you are lost.
The Messiah will come, said the old Jewish legends, when the people are dther very good or very bad. The Mes¬ siah in personal life seems to come about tlie same way.
Cartoonist Tarns Author
Who has the most elaborately fitted up offices in America? J. P. Morgan, Char¬ ley Schvrab, Otto Kahn? No., you're tvrong. It's a fellow that draws comical pictures for the newspapers. None other tlian Harry Hcrshfield, creator of Abie Kabibble.
The equipment of the Hcrshfield of¬ fices in Uie Qianiii Building is estimated at close to three hundred thousand dol¬ lars. • Tliat is a little food for thought for you.
And now Hcrshfield is to add to his cartoonist work that of being an author. He is writing a book to be called the Super-City and if you talk to him, he ^ill tell you that it will sell one million copies.
Most boots being published nowadays don't return enough to the author to en¬ able him io take a boat ride to Florida, but Hcrshfield expects to reap a fortune on his work. And very likely he will. He knows the secret of reaching the mass mind. Few authors can do tliat. Most of them write with their :eye on (he critic of the New York Times or (he American Mercury. Tliey disdain io think qf the iniltions of tiie masses and the latter retaliate by disdaining (o buy their books.
Why Cows Give It Away
George Jessel tells it. He was out re¬ cently with a friend who is a habitual imbiber of the non-Volstead bottle, jes- sd coaxed him to drink some milk in¬ stead.
Finally, he drank some.    "Phew," he
said, "what are you (rying to do, poison
me?   No wonder the cows give it away."
Why? Queries Frombere
Harry Fromberg, Republican nominee for judge in Brooklyn, put (his one io me tlie other day:
"Why is it that Jews seem io fare bet¬ ter politically in sections that are not Jewish?
"Cincinnati lias had a Jewish mayor. New York City never lias.
"Georgb, home of the Ktx Klux, has liad a Jewish governor. New York never has.
"Florida, Oregon, Colorado, Mary¬ land and other states have sent Jews ia tlie \5mied Slates Senate, New York never has."
And We Tif to Answer
Our  answer  io  tlie  above  question would be that Uie Jew is better liked h (Continued on pa^re 4)
Szold Calls Report of the
Mandates   Commission   a
''Sweeping  Vindication''
Adds That The Zionists Of The
World Have Not Lost Faith
In The British Empire
NEW YORK—The report of the Per¬ manent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations on (he Palestine situ¬ ation is a sweeping vindication of the Jewish position with regard to the dis¬ turbances in Palestine last August, is Uie manner in which Mr. Robert Szold, chairman of the Administration of the Zionist Organization of America, com¬ mented on the report that was issued yesterday at Geneva.
Declaring that the Mandates Commis¬ sion has laid it down as a definite policy that the Palestine Mandate carries with it [Kisitivc obligations for the establish¬ ment of Uic Jewish National Home, Mr. Szold, spcakhig on behalf of the Zionist Organization of America, finds it "re¬ grettable that the British Government should take offense at the frank and courageous statement of the Mandates Commission." Reviewing the maladmin- istraUon of Great Britain in Palestine during the past year, the. Zionist state¬ ment asserts, however, that "wc have not lost faith in the British people,"
The statement issued by Mr. SzoM reads as follows:
"The report of the Permanent Man¬ dates Commission of the League of Na¬ tions is a sweeping vindication of the Jewish posiUon with, regard io the diS' turbanccs of last year. It is heartening to find the point of view of the Shaw Commission and the proposed course of action leading to tiie virtual nullification of the Jewish National Home in Pales¬ tine sharply challenged by the Mandates Comniission of the League of Nations.
"Piercing tiie veil of ambiguities and evasions enveloping the Shaw report, the Mandates Commission goes to the heart of the matter and reveals the truth. It sustains our contention that the riots were not a spontaneous outbreak but the result of prolonged agitation, incitement and organization on the part of misguided ArflH leader':. It st;stains our criticism of the inexcusable laxity of the British Administration. It reminds Britain tartly that the obligations she has assumed un¬ der the Mandate are of an intci^ational character laid down and prescribed by the League of Nations.
"ifost important of all, it lays down the principle that the establishment of the Jewish National Home is a primary object of the ^fandatc which Britain not only may not impede but, on the con¬ trary, has the positive obligation of ac-, tively promoting. It refuses lo accept! the mere n^ative policy of restricting the influx of Jews into their Homeland in accordance with the economic capacity of tiic country to absorb them, but as¬ serts that it is the duly of the Mandatory Power to' adopt 'a more active policy which Would develop the country's ca¬ pacity to receive and absorb immigrants in larger numbers without ill results,
"It is regrettable that the British Gov¬ ernment sliould take oflfeiisc at the frank and courageous statement of tiie Man¬ dates Commission. We have not lost faith in the British people. Whatever the present attitude may be, we believe British public opinion will come to re¬ alize the errors which have been commit¬ ted by the Government witii respect to its Palestinian policy, whicli have evoked such sliarp rebuke.
-"The Government must resolutely, honestly and actively co-operate in the re-e&tablishment of the Jewish Natimial Home as provided in the Mandate. When tliat is done, she will find the Jews of the world reverting to the attitude of trust and confidence which characterized our relations io the -Mandatory Power at the time of the issuance of the Balfour Declaration and for years tliereafter."
Committee of One Thousand to Stimulate
The Religiou^ Activity of Jews
Throughout the U.S.
Plan t» Have larger Communities Act as Big BrotheiB to the
Neighboring Unorganized Smaller Towns; Mr, A. B. Cohen J Of Scranton To Head Movement Sponsored By The
United Synagogue Of America
LEADER SAYS WORK WILL STRENGTHEN JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA AND BRING NEW HOPE TO STRUGGLING COMMUNITIES
NEW YORK -.Mr. A^ B. Cohen. ^ sight seems baffling, bnt the experiments
president of the Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the United Synagogue of America, and an outstanding personality in religious and communal work in this I country, wil! head a "National Commit-' tee of One Thousand" citizens—men and women—recruited from Jewish commu¬ nities throughout the land for the pur¬ pose of enlisting the active participation of the leaders of the larger communities in the religious welfare of the smaller unorganized towns, according to an an¬ nouncement made yesterday by Nathan T- Levy, national president of the United Synagogue of America.
The immediate task of this "National Committee of One Thousand" will be to study the needs of these smaller com¬ munities, most of whom have no or¬ ganized activity, with the view to bring¬ ing them in doscr contact and under the influence of the neighboring larger com¬ munities. These latter will be called upon to serve in the capacity of big brothers and to take a paternal interest in tiie religious welfare of the core¬ ligionists in these smaller towns.
A Constructive Undertaking
In accepting the chairmanship of this "National Committee of One Thousand," Mn Cohen characterized its objective as a most constructive undertaking which is bound to be productive of beneficial results. As president of the Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the United Syn¬ agogue of America, Mr. Cohen had ample opiiortunity to experiment with tiiis idea and has been able to accomplish a great deal in this direction.
In recent years,  Mr.  Cohen has de-
that have hitherto been conducted by the United Synagogue have convinced us tl|;it, with the hearty cooperation of leading Jews throughout the country, which we expect to obtain through "The United Synagogue Committee of One Thousand'' a great deal can be accom¬ plished towards a solution.
^ An Interesting Account
Mr. Levy's statement continues witii an account of the work conducted by his organization among the small communi¬ ties in Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Eastern Pennsylvania, Mr. Levy continues: "When the services of ifr. A. B. Cohen of Scranton and Phila¬ delphia came to our notice, Mr. Cohen became the leader in this work, and in¬ spired with his own enthusiasm all those with whom he came in contact. We felt that in. him we had the right man to stand at the head of the Committee of One Thousand; and I am deeply gratified that he has accepted our invitation to as¬ sume this important post."
Mr. Levy explained tiiat a place of equal importance in the national wide ef¬ fort will be given to the Women's league of the' United Synagogue, tiie general plan involving also an organization ef¬ fort among the women of the small Jew¬ ish communities. Mrs. Samuel Spiegel, national president of the Women's league of the United Synagogue, has been in¬ vited to act as associate chairman. Came Here at 18
.Mr. Colien, who received his Jewish education in a Yeshiva in Lithuania, is well  known  in  Jewish  communal   and general civic activities in Scranton and voted a great deal of his time to a stud' ^i Philadelphia.    He came  to this countr>- '   the   religious  needs   of   the   staaXK^^c Uic age of cightccji, and settled in the
Special Notice
Admission    to    Bryden    Road
Temple for Evening Services
on High Holidays to Be
by Card Only
Temple seating arrangement for evening holiday services has been provided so that all of the members of the Congregation and their families can be ac¬ commodated, and tickets will be issued to members for them¬ selves and their families. Let¬ ters are going forward in a few days with information as to the reservations.
Any person desiring to pro¬ cure Temple membership can do so by communicating with Max Harmon, chairman of the Mem- bership Committee, Telephone No. Fairfax 8812, or by calling the Temple secretary. Telephone No. Fairfax 7838.
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Objectional References in Ro- get's Thesaurus Are Of¬ ficially Removed
Efforts Of B'nai  B'rith  Anti- Defamation League Crowned With Success
Beth Jacob Congregation Is
Getting Ready for High
Holidays
The ofiicers of tiie Betii Jacob Con¬ gregation are getting ready for the High Holidays which commence Monday eve¬ ning, September 22nd. Word lias al¬ ready been received from Rabbi Green¬ wald that he will return home during tiie coming week and will immediately com¬ mence the preparation qjf his sermons. Cantor M, Bell of Philadeli>hia has been engaged to ofiiciat' togetiier with a splendid choir. '' je seat committee of the congregation is in session daily, and urges inembers and non-members to make their reservations at otxce. The Beth Jacob Congregation is looking forward to a year, of unprecedented prosperity and takes this means of inviting member¬ ship applications from Chronicle readers not yet affiliated whh this synagogue
Jewish communities where there is no leadership and where they are altogether lacking in spiritual and religious guid¬ ance. To these, Mr, Cohen intends ito give the benefit of his experience as con¬ tained in the program of the United Synagogue of America.
Expresses Gratification
In a statement given out yesterday, Mr. Livy expressed gratification at Mr. Cohen's acceptance of the chairmanship and paid tribute to his energy/ zeal and, devotion in the past in all matters per¬ taining to the religious life of American Jewry.
"The present effort," Mr. Levy ex¬ plained in his statement, "is not the re¬ sult merely of a pious wish or an ab¬ stract theory. On the contrary, it is the result of a number of years of successful experimentation, by the United Syna¬ gogue. The plan is the natural expan¬ sion to a national scale of,work witii small communities that has been con-1 ducted in more restricted areas. It is a j well-known fact, the sad significance of I which has not been sufficiently empha¬ sized, that whatever efforts have been made towards the organization of Jewish .life in America, have been directed al¬ most entirely to the large cities. Hosts of smaller Jewish settlements and in¬ dividuals have been left to the mercy of the disintegrating forces to which (hey are exposed. The older generation lias been allowed to suffer from spiritual deprivation and hunger, the younger gen¬ eration h^s been allowed to drift away from all Jewish knowledge and sense of Jewish  kinship.    The  problem at  first
city of Scranton, Pa. As a young man he was engaged in the manufacture of Jewelry, and continued in that business until 1!>U, when he interested himself iu the life insurance business. He is now the representative of the North¬ western National Life Insurance Co. for Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. Mr. Cohen has an enviable record of Jewish and civic interests. In addition to active participation in all tiie philan¬ thropies of his home town, he was chair¬ man of the Board of City. Assessors unr der two administrations. Whenever a drive was launched for money in Scran¬ ton, Mr, Cohen was invariably its guid¬ ing spirit: During the World War he gained distinction- for the service ren¬ dered by him in connection with the wel¬ fare work, and also as chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board in charge of Camp Tobyhanna.
Owes Much to His Energy The magnificent Scranton Y. M. H. A. owes much to his energy, and coopera¬ tion. The drive to erect the $-300,000.0(1 Temple Israel in Scranton was not only headed by him, but was also brought to a successful termination, thanks to his untiring efforts. Mr. Cohen is president of the Central Talmud Torah of Scran¬ ton. He is president of Ihe Eastern JPennsylvania Branch of the United Syna¬ gogue of America, chairman of the Board of Directors for the Jewish Home for the Friendless in Scranton, vice-president of the American Jews of Lithuanian De¬ scent, and the vice president of the United Synagogue of America. He was (Continned on page 4)
CINCINNATI, OHIO—As a result of objections voiced by the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League to synonyms given for the word, "Jew," in Roget's International Thesaurus, the new edition which tiic publishers, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, of New York, have on' the press will not contain the objectionable references.
The Thesaurus, used extensively by authors and writers and recognized as aii authority on words and their mean¬ ings, in its previous editions gave the word, "Jew,", the following synonyms: "cunning, rich, usurer, extortioner, her¬ etic." -
This was first brought; to tiic attention of the Anti-Defamation League by Si¬ mon J. Heller, of Denver, first vice i president of B'nai B'rith District No. 2, in March of' this year. It. was imme¬ diately taken up with the publishers who then wrote as follows:
"The references were put there by Mr. Roget, not by us. You may be sure that wc would have been glad to receive sug¬ gestions for changes, and now that we have had the matter brought to our at¬ tention, \\c shall be happy to make use of the idea."
Following a further exchange of cor¬ respondence, the .A.nti-Defamation League is in receipt of this expression from the publishers:
"Supplementing our correspondence re¬ garding. Roget's International Thesaurus, we enclose proofs of eight pages which have heen corrected in the new edition now on (he press."
As shown by these proofs all objec: tionable references to the Jews have been entirely eliminated.
The work of the .-^nti-Defamation League is handled by the Anti-Defama¬ tion. Commission made up of the follow¬ ing B'nai B'rith members: Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati; Dr. I. M. Rubinow, Cincinnati; Dr. David Philipson, Cin¬ cinnati; Leonard H. Freiberg, Cincin¬ nati; A. K. Cohen, Boston; Samuel I Sievers, St. Louis; Abraham Bcrkowitz, Philadelphia; I. M. Golden, San Fran¬ cisco; Dr. Abrani Simon, Washington; Leon Schwarz, Mobile; and Sigmund Livingston, Chicago.
Make Your Reservations for the High
Holidays at Once, Urges President of
the Agudath Achim Congregation
Mr. Louis Lakin, president of the Agudath Achira Congregation, wishes to announ« that seats for the high hoHdays are now on sale at the office of the Synagogue, corner Washington Avenue and Donaldson Street.
Seats for members and their wives have already been reserved and statements for the year are now complete and on file. These may be ob¬ tained by calling at the office. Members are urged to do so as soon as possible to avoid any last minute rush and disappointment in the matter of choice of seats. The committee will be in the office of the Synagogue during the week of September ist to the Sth, every evening from 7 to 9 p. m. From that time until the holidays the committee will wait upon members and seat purchasers upstaiijs in the Synagogue from 7 to 10 p. rii. of each evening.
Non-members who expect to attend the High Holiday services at the Congregation Agudath Achim this year, are urged by the Seat Committee to make their reservations as early as possible, since a large attendance is anticipated and extra seats are limited in number. Make your reserva fions early and avoid disappointment.
Rabbi Abraham Simon Will
Officiate at the Broad
Street Temple
Communal   Workers   Praise
Work of Local Family
Bureau
Humanitarian  and  Economical Methods Arc Adhered To By Agency Of Community Fund
INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING
CAKED FOR IN THEIR
OWN HOMES
Keeping old men and women whom society can no longer use, from becom¬ ing complete dependants as wards in the county poorhouse, is one of the achieve¬ ments of the Family Bureau, agency of the Community Fund.
More than 51 cases, comprising 88 in¬ dividuals, old couples and aged sisters and brothers, are given the chance to live the remainder of their lives in homes of tiicir own, without interference with their privacy, through this agency which pro¬ vides money grants,. rents and grocery slips.
Although many fine institutions pro¬ vide good homes for thousands of neg¬ lected old folk, an effort is everywhere being made to keep old couples togetiier in thcir own environment where they can live as they are accustomed with a little help and kindly interest from a social agency, that gives, besides financial aid, medical care and appropriate employment for those able to help themselves.
Two sisters, both past 80, anda brotiier more than 76 years old, cook their own meals and take care of each other in their modest little house, for which the Family Bureau pays the rent of %1 monthly. This family, afraid that their life earnings were not safe in a bank, withdre'w it, and upon the advice of a "friend," invested it all in a non-exist- aiit oil well in Texas.
Penniless, and dreading the thought of separation from each other, they ap- I>ealed to the Family Bureau,. which is now assisting them.
One old lady who will soon be 75 years old, was an experienced tailoress and worked for many of the wealthiest families in Columbus during tiie past 40 years. Siie is alone in the worlcl. Al¬ though her eyes are not as bright as (hey once were, she makes her own dresses and is eager to work. She will reline coats or mend. With help from the Family Bureau and her rent paid by the Female Benevolent Society she is happy' in.her two rooms, which she keeps tidy, and feels that she is not a burden to anyone.
Such assistance is both humanitarian and economicah The cost to the county is 90 cents per day per patient to keep them in the infirmary. The cost per couple to care for them in their own homes averages less than 40 cents per day.
These individuals are being cared for ii; their own homes by the Family Bu¬ reau, at a total expenditure of $113 weekly. ¦
RECEIVES      ENGINEERING
DEGREE AT THE AGE
OF 19
President I. H. Schlezinger of the East Broad Street Temple announces that Rabbi Abraliam Simon of the Jew¬ ish Theological Seminary of America will act as spiritual leader of this con- grcgatjon during tiic coming holidays- Mr. Morris Shimony of the Columbus Hebrew Scliool will act as cantor and reader. All members are urged to make tiieir seat reservations at once. On the first night of Rosh Hashonah, Rabbi Simon will speak on "New Year Reflec¬ tions." On Tuesday inorning, September 23rd at 10:15, he will speak on "Does Religion Pay?" Further announcements Cimceriiing the holiday services as well as the annual electicHi, willappcar in the next issue of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
Ivreeyoh Meeting
The first meeting of the season of the Ivreeyoh Society will be held Smiday afternoon, September Vth, at 2 o'clock, at the Columbus Hebrew School. The meeting will be followed by a tea, with the following acting as hostesses:—Mrs. H. Friedtand, Mrs. R. Wolman. Mrs. J. Yfiikin, and Mrs. J. Weiuer. ¦
JUUUS s-raKie   -&o
M. the annual sunuuer convocation at Ohio State University, held on Friday, August 2ihh. Julius D. Stone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stone, 628 Oafcwood Avenue, received his degree in Clieniical Engineering at tiie age of 10. His work at Ihe univCTsity elicited tiie approval not only of members of the faculty but of many fellow stud<^nts. Stoife, wha, graduated from South High Scliool at the age of 15, lias been offered i fellow- ship in a West Virginia college.
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