Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1930-09-12

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Vol. XIII —No. 37
COLUMRU.S, OHIO, .SEPTEMBliK 12, 1930
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Scanning the Horizon
By
DAVID SCHWARTZ
A Difference of Opinion
It's all ill the point o£ view, as a recent dinner of a certain Jc\vi.sh organization demonstrated.
The speaker liad dilated for half an hour. As he concluded, one of those present remarked: "He's all right, but he doesn't put enough fire in his speech,
"You mean," said the second, "that he didn't put enough of liis speech in the fire."
Mr. Shaw Makes a Request It is really a little cruel on Arthin Caesar, for personally I don't think his physiognomy is at all unpleasing, and even if it were, the talents of the author of "Napoleon's Barber" are of such a nature as to more tliiyi compensate for mere superficial handsooieuess.
Anyway, the story goes that following his great success, Caesar decided to visit Bernard Shaw. And lie did. And so what was? as Milt Gross virould say. Well, this was. Si
The great Irish witftook a look at Caesar and «aid: "Would you mind run¬ ning around the garden for a couple of hours, so I can get used to your face?" When New York Had a Jewish Police Chief
We Jews are making progress.    We
even turn out pretty good policemen these
days.   There are no less than 300 blue-
: coats of the Jewish persuasion on the
New York police force.
Eut it is not generally known that New York once actually had a police commis¬ sioner—a Jewish Grover Whalen. Anu from all appearances, he was the real article. It appears that he made it so hot for the criminal element that that wicked group hailed the day when he put off the toga of his office. The Jewish police commissionpr who held office in 18'10 was Jacob Hays, a member of the Jewish family of Revolutionary ¦ days from which the Solis-Coheiis of Phila¬ delphia, Daniel P. Hays and other of the aristocrats of American Jewry are descendants. I am indebted to Dr. Bloch of the New York Public Library for a httle rhyme, current in the days of Chief Hays, which gives some idea of the im¬ pression he made.
Old Hays! Old Hays! Here it is: Old Hays, Old Hays, tHat name o£ fear Rogues tremble at the sound. From north to south, from east to west His fame extends around. Pickpockets, thieves and gamblers all Pursue their wicked ways;    .. Nor God nor Satan do tliey Jear But oh, they do Old Hays.
And, incidentally, a painting of Com¬ missioner Hays hangs in the office^ of- Mayor Walker.
We Congratulate Another Mr. Schwartz I see by the papers that up Wyoming way, Harry W.  Schwartz has received the  Democratic  nomination  for   United States Senator.    Having the last name of   Schwartz,  the candidate must be capital one.    It appears,  however, that this Schwartz is a bigger goy than I am —in fact, he's not a  Jew at all.    I'm sorry..   It's time we had a Jew in the U. S. Senate.
Back in the days prior to the CivJI War, we had Benjamin of Louisiana and . Yulee of Florida in the upper house. And after the war, wc have had a few men like Rayner qf Maryland. But now that our numbers have so vastly increased, wc seem to be unable to get as much as one Jew in the Senate. We number now four million Jews in the United States. By the law of averages, we should have about four Jews in thcSenat^. And yet we have nary a one. Is there something wrong with us?
Of course, I would naturally be dis¬ posed to favor any man by the name of Schwartz, but even if his name were Cohen, or Goldberg, I would still say aye. And Ido this, not because I am clannish and would support a Jew merely because he is a co-religionist, but because it seems to me that ,there must he some¬ thing wrong somewhere, when four mil- Uon.people of aiiy stock, one twenty-fifth of the" population of'the United States, haven't as much as one man in our lead¬ ing legislative body.
It's Like Cash I can't recall the source, but at  any rate the story goes that recently a Bronx merchant was approached by a jobbing salesman.
"I can't buy the-gopds," said the mer¬ chant, "unless you give me four months time to pay the bill."
"Oh; that's all right," replied the job¬ ber's representative, "nowadays, four months* time is like cash."
A Man With An Idea Nevertheless, there are some people even making money in these tryhig times. There is Isaac J. Sherman, for instance. Maybe you've never heard of > him. hut with little money to begin with, he now does business in millions. He just had an idea. And ideas are wonderful thmgs sometimes.
Sherman's idea was very simple. He knows that a great many of the big cor¬ porations will do business with Soviet Russia only on a cash basis. But Sher¬ man believed that there were many peo¬ ple of means who had faith in Soviet T. O, U's.   He put two and two together.
Let us say the U. S. Steel sells Russia five million dollars of its products. The Soviet gives a note for the money. But ^ U. S. Steel won't accept that note. Sherman takes that note to people with money. They accept it. Of course, they as well gs Sherman are weir paid hy the American corporation for assumlncr the responsibility. And vet the resnonsibility in the last analysis is not highly, spectv- lative. For the_ Soviet government, as long as it remains in force, will olivf- ously, in its own interests, stand behind its notes.   And sl^ould the Soviet regime
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Mrs. Levinger Honored
Klma Ehrlich Levinger, wi<lely knowii Jor her plays and stories of Jcwi.sh life, is represented iti "The American Scene," an anthology of one act plays just brought out by Applcton, Such di.'^tin- guishcd playwrights as Eugene O'Neill, Stuart Walker and Edna Ferber appear among the contributors. Mrs. Lcvinger's play, "The Cow with Wings," docs not deal with a Jewish theme but portrays the serio-comic home-life of an under¬ paid professor living in a small Ohio college town.
I. H. Schlezinger Is Reelected
President of the East
Broad St Tenii]t>Ie'
Max S. Ddgatin Becomes Vice- President;   Ii. X.  Siiverberg, Recording Secretary; Harry Masser, Treasurer
At the annual meeting of the East Broad Street Temple held Tuesday eve¬ ning, September Oth, the following of¬ ficers were elected for the coming year: —r. H. SchlcKingcr, 2202 Bryden Road, Bexley, president;  Max S. Bogatin, fill
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I. H. Schlezinger
S. Richardson Avenue, vice-president; Louis L. Siiverberg, G^l Fairwood Ave¬ nue, recording secretary; Sol Roth, 1.084 Franklin Aveiuie, financial secretary; Harry Masser, ^553 Brentwood Road, Bexley, treasurer. The following will comprise the Board of Trustees for the coming year:—Albert Schiff, Harry" Gilbert, Morris Polster, Louis Levin, Al¬ bert J. Hassel, Samuel Berman, and Harry Margolis. This meeting was one of the best attended in many a month. Many matters of vital importance to the congregation were taken up and , dis¬ cussed. Plans for the coming season were outlined. Official announcement was made of the selection of Rabbi Abra¬ ham Simon of the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York City, as the con¬ gregation's spiritual leader during the coming holidays. It was also announced that Mr. Morris Shimony of the.Colum¬ bus Hebrew School will act as cantor and eader.
All inembers, as well as non-members, are urged by the financial secretary, Mr. Sol Roth, to make their seat reserva¬ tions at once. Admission this year Will be hy card only. : The seat committee will be ill session every evening, between six and eight., Kindly get in touch with them at once.
WAS THE ONLY  WOMAN  TO
BE SWORN IN BY JUSTICE
MARSHALL
Some Thoughts on the
Passing of A Jewish
Gentleman
THE beautiful tribute paid to the memory of Hirscli Kobacker last Monday by Rabbi Jacob Tarshish of tho Bryden Road Templei was eminently >we3l de¬ served. I had many occasions to see and talk with this dis¬ tinguished Jewish gentleman. Always I found him amiable and gracious, modest and unassuming. He was of the old school of Jewish patriarchs, well-versed in the history and literature of his race and saturated with the spirit of Israel's sages and prophets. He loved life and lived it nobly and Godfearingly. He had n kind word for everyone with whom he came in contact.
A study of the history of religion had rendered Mr. Kobacker tolerant to all creeds. He learned that all great religions have had behind them some exalted ideals. Through years of painstaking research and observation, he cultivated the attitude and the outlook of a truth-seeker. From the age of 10, he was permeated by a, strong yearn¬ ing to learn all that is good and true from whatever ^urce it may be. Although by birth and rearing he was a Jew, he felt kindly disposed to men of every race and clime. In all its grandeur and significance, Mr. Kobacker realized the great truth that "God ihas made of one bitiod all nations of men." He realized also that creeds and sectarian dif¬ ferences are all man-made, and that the Universal Father has established but one religion—the religion of Love.
One of Mr. Kobacker's hobbies was to attend lectures pn Zionism and current Jewish problems. There was hardly an important public meeting in rthis community in which he failed to participate. At B'nai B'rith gatherings, in par¬ ticular, he was always in evidence, manifesting constantly his sincere devotion to the sublime principles for which this Order stands. He reared his family in the traditional Jewish fashion and infused them with a love for things Jewish. If there ever was a man in Columbus Jewry who had no enemies, it was Hirsch Kobacker; for he was a true friend of all humanity. Eyer looking at the bright side of life and maintaining the attitude of a perpetual optimist, he avoided friction and di.s's^^nsir'^ii. He believed in no one branch of Judaism; his was the grater Judaism, of K'lal YisroeL ¦- "¦¦.¦'"'¦       ''\ ¦¦ ..S'¦'
The winds of time sweep clean the centuries but they will never bear into oblivion the beautiful characteristics exemplified by this Jewish gentleman. They will remain indelibly impressed upon the minds and hearts of all who knew him; they will be engraved lipon the tablets of eternity.—^A. M. N.
Special Notice
Admission    to    Bryden    Road
Temple for Evening Services
on High Holidays to Be
by Card Only
Temple Beatinior arrangements for evening holiday services have 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 have gone forward with in¬ formation as to tho reserva¬ tions.
Any person desiring to pro¬ cure Temple membership can do so by communicating with Max [ Harmon, chairman of the Mem- i bership Committee, Telephone I No. Fairfax 8812, or by calling J the Temple secretary* Telephone i 1   No. Fairfax 783B. ^
Important Announcement Is
Made by Officers of Bryden
Rd. Temple
Admission To Temple "For Eve¬ ning Holiday Services Will Be By Card Only
Columbus Jewry Mourns the
Passing of Mr. Hirsch
Kobacker
Founder Of H. Kobacker & Sons
Was Active In Religious And
Communiil Affairs
HIS   CHARACTER   AND   IIIS
ACHIEVEMENTS   LAUDED
AND    EUl^GIZED    BY
RABBIS
It is with profound wirrow and regret that the Ohio Jewisii Chronicle records the death on Friday, September 5tl), of Hirsch Kobackcr, aged 71. The cau'^e of his demise fs attributed to heart disease. Although Mr. Kobackcr had not been in good health for the past four years, his
Bank  Chairmanship  is Re¬ linquished by David A. Brown
Famous Jewish Leader Resigns
From The Board Of Directors
Of The Broadway National
Bank And Trust Company
WILL CONDUCT AN INVEST¬ MENT SECURITIES BUSINESS
When local successful candidates for the Ohio Bar were sworn in Thursday by Chief Justice Carrington T. Marshall of the Ohio Supreme Court, the only woman in the group was Miss .Celia A. Lichten, 1233 E. Livingston avenue. Miss Lich¬ ten was, incidentally, the only coed in the June graduating class from the Columbus College of Law of the Y, M. C. A. where she took all four years of her law work in the evening classes of that school.
In announcing that she expected to practice law, Misa Lichten called atten¬ tion to the fact that her classmates at the Columbus College of Law made tip more than half of the 50 successful fledgling lawyers.
AGUDATH   ACHIM   SISTER¬ HOOD, TO MEET ON SEP- TEMBER 14TH
The Sisterhood of the Agudath Achim will hold i^ first meeting of this season Sunday, September 1-ltli, at 2:ilO p. m., in the auditorium of the Temple.
Mrs. I. Nutis, chairman of entertain¬ ment, has arranged a musical program. Ill conclusion with the. meeting a social hour will follow with Mrs. I. Werne and Mrs. J. Kaufman as hostesses, in honor of their sons, Saule Werne and Willard Leslie Kaufman.
NEW YORK—-Announcement is made of the resignation of David A. Brown as chairman of the Board of the Broadway National Bank and Trust Company.
For a number of years Mr. Brown has been identified with many philanthropic movements, notably in New York as ac¬ tive head of many social organizations, as chairman of the. American Jewish Re¬ lief Committee, the United Jewish Cam¬ paign, the Palestine Emergency Fund. He is at present chairman of the Board of China Famine Relief campaign, be¬ sides being associated with many hu- mahitariaii organizations having head¬ quarters in New York City. He took up permanent residence in New York City In the latter part of 1028 to 'become chair¬ man of the Board of the Broadway Na¬ tional Bank and Trust Company.
He is a former resident of Detroit where, for 34 years, he headed many large corporations. Since becoming a New Yorker, he has associated himself witli a number of corporations. Among them is the Keystone Transportation Company of New York of which he was recently elected President,
Mr. Brown has opened offices in the United States Rubber Building at Broad¬ way and 5Bth Street where he intends to carry on an investment securities busi¬ ness, and also to act in an advisory ca¬ pacity to a number of business organiza¬ tions.
Mr. Brown's short experience as a banker has greatly impressed him, he says, with the need in the business field for business diagnosticians. The aver¬ age banker, through lack of actual busi¬ ness experience ^and time, cannot go into the detail necessary to solve many prob¬ lems that are presented to him by the average    business    organization    going
through "growing pains" or in financial difficulties.
The questions of capital structure, mmmfacturiug, selling, advertising, and many other ramifications of business, must needs be passed upon by one whose experience and training qualify him to diagnose each business'case as it is pre¬ sented. The elements of time and cost are too great for the banker to render service' of this kind, with the result that he finds it cheaper to say "no".
Mr, Brown's 34 years of business ex¬ perience, during which time he headed many large corporations covering the fields of manufacturing, distribution, ad¬ vertising, selling, financing, warrant his rendering these special services to busi¬ ness organizations and has organized him .self for this purpose.
Reserve This Date
Be sure to reserve Wednesday evening, Sept. 17, for the bridge party and style show de luxe which is being sponsored by the Tifereth Israel Junior Sisterhood at the Fast Broad Street Temple. Com¬ mittees are busy selecting worthwhile prizes and planning delectable refresh¬ ments.
The style .show, which is being pre¬ sented by the Union, promises to be a fashion event of outstanding note. Mem¬ bers of the Sisterhood will model the cor¬ rect thing in lingerie, street clothes, after¬ noon attire, formal and informal eve¬ ning clothes.and coats.
Get your tickets from the meinbers of tbe Sisterhood, or call Gertrude Schlezin¬ ger, Fa. 0132, for reservations. Come win a prize—select your holiday attire.
Hadassah Notes
Attention, of all Chronicle readers called to the following letter that has been -sent to the entire membership of the Bryden Road Temple, It relates to the arrangements that have been made by the Board of Trustees of the Congrega¬ tion for the coming high holy days. Ver¬ batim the letter reads as follows:—
September 8th, 1030. TO' THE MEMBERS OF THE BRY¬ DEN ROAD TEMPLE: In accordance with the action of the Board of Trustees and pf the Congrega¬ tion at its last annual meeting, in order that all members and their families may he properly provided for during the comr ing High Holy Days, admission to the services on New Year's Eve, September 2i^nd, at 8 p. m., and the Eve of the Day of Atonement, October; Ist, at 7:30 p. m,, \vill be
BY CARD ONLY. We   are  herewith   enclosing   an   ad¬ dressed   envelope   and   cdrd,   which   we kindly ask each meinber to fill in, show' ing ins or her requirements.
The following are entitled to seats for the above services:
1. A member, his wife, unmarried daughters, aiid all children of confirma; tion age up to twenty-one years of age (children under confirmation age will have special services arranged for them)
2. Only members in good standing, ex- cept in cases specially excepted by the Board of Trustees. Enclosed also will be found a statement of your account up to December 31, 1930.
3. Members upon request will he en> titled to cards for their household guests who are not members of the congrega¬ tion.
4. Transients who are members of congregations in other cities.
We would, like to impress upon every member the absolute necessity of pre¬ senting the card of admission at the door at the evening services. T,he purpose of this plan is not to work any hardship on members, but to insure members of seats at a time when scats are at a pre¬ mium.
We wish to assure you that every effort will be made to meet every emergency which might arise, and cards will be cheerfully issued to all those entitled to the same, but we earnestly request the fullest cooperation of the entire member¬ ship so as to avoid any unnecessary con¬ fusion in connection with the carrying out of the new program. Admission cards will be mailed promptly.
MAIL YOUR CARDS EARLY AND DO NOT FORGET YOUR TICKETS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE and THE EVE OF THE DAY OF ATONE¬ MENT.
Thank you. (Signed)  E. J. Schanfarber, Chairman of  Committee.
P. S. If this letter does not cover your particular requirement, please get into coniimmication with the Temple Secre¬ tary, FAirfax 7838, any day between 8:30 a. m. and S p- m., and the Commit¬ tee will arrange to take care of your needs.
At the regular Board meeting of Ha¬ dassah held Tuesday, Sept. flth, at the Neil House, many important matters were discussed. It was decided to change the date ol the next meeting to Monday, Sept, 20th» at tlie Neil House. The date was changed from the regular date be* cause of the approaching holidays. At that time delegates for ^h^ National con^ vention to be held at Buffalo, Oct. 25-26- 27, will be elected.
The Levingen Return
Rabbi and Mrs. Lee J. Levmger and family have returned after a four weeks' trip in the west They visited Rabbi Lcvinger's mother in Sioux City, Ig,., and spent a week at Yellowstone National Park. Rabbi Levinger is already at the Hillel Foundation daily, where hb is in¬ terviewing many students, assisting them in their university,problems.
HirBch  Kobacker
death came unexpectedly, and occurred at the Bostou Store, IfiH X. High Street, where he was busily engaged in routine office work.
The news of hi.s p*i.wiiig spread rapidly throughout the city and brought grief to thousands who knew him and respected him for his kindnes<; and amiability, his deep learning and his exemplary char¬ acter.
Was Founder Mr. Kobacker was the founder of the firm known as IL Ko(>acker & Sons which operates stores in Columbns>, To¬ ledo,. Buffalo, N. Y., Gary, Ind. and Portsmouth, Coming to the U. S. from Kovno, Poland, in 180.*), he operated stores .in small towns in Pennsylvania with his headquarters at Mt. Pleasant, Pa,' He came to Columbus twelve years ago and together with his sons, Jerome and Alfred, purchased and reorganized the old Boston Store. From that time on the firm experienced a tremendous success, and spread out through various sections of the United States, In his boyhood and early manhood, Mr. Ko¬ backer received a thorough grounding in the Bible, the Talmud, and the MidrasEi and was considered by competent critics a real scholar. He maintained his in¬ terests in Jewish literature and cognate subjects throughout his lifetime. His Hobby A voracious reader, he was familiar at all times with the condition of Jews and Judaism in all parts of the United States and in foreign countries. His hobby was Jewish education, and for thi<» reason he devoted a great deal of hti time to fur¬ thering the interests of the Colnmbus Hebrew School of which he i» one of the founders, and which he served for many years both as a trustee and as chairman of the Board of E<]ucation.
Among his numerous affiiltations are the Bryden Road Temple, the Agudath .¦Vchim Synagogue, the Beth Jacob Syna¬ gogue, The East Broad Street Temple, The Zionist Organisation of America, and the Jewish Publication Society, Funeral Services The funeral services took place Mon¬ day morning. Sept, Hth, at his late home and at the Agudath Acliim Synagogue with Rabbis Jacob Tarshish and Isaac Werne officiating. TliCbC spiritual lead¬ ers extolled the many virtues of the de¬ ceased, emphasizing his great Jewish heart whicti beat in harmony with Jewish tradition and which responded to every call. They pointed out the heauty of his life and the splendid manner in which he reared his family,
"It is not very often," declared Rabbi Tarshish, "that we come in contact with a type of man like Hirsch Kobacker. He was iu truth one of God's noblemen, a lover and pursuer of peace and a dili¬ gent student of Hebraic lore,"
Continuing the rabbi spoke in part as follows:-™ "In  death,  no  matter   how   sad  and (Continaed on page 4)
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