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Vol. XIII —No. 39
cor-UMBUS, ohio,.septemhi-:r 26,1930
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Scanning the Horizon
By
DAVI0 SCHWARTZ
Rosh  Hashonah  Wa$  Cele¬ brated by Other Faiths This Year
U Happened In a Year
The new eighty floor structure which is to replace the old Waldorf-Astoria is nearing completion. But I am thinking of the old Waldorf itself. New tilings have hcauty and freshness, but for rich¬ ness of interest, one must go to old things.
What stories the old Waldorf could tell, if somehow those old bricks could become articulate! Why doesn't some¬ one write its story? It would he a thriller.
One of the most interesting incidents that comes to my mind in connection with the old Waldorf occurred some half dozen yeSrsagb, and has to do with Anzie Yazicraka, authoress of "Salome of the Tenements."
Seven or eight years ago, Miss Yazier- ska visited the Waldorf-Astoria. But .she didn't go around the front entrance. ' She went into a side entrance marked "Employment.''
"1  was wondering whether you have an opening for a dish washer."    Ttii Yazierska was not,seeking experience or local color for fiction.   Slic was looking for a mere job.
. "Sorry, we have nothing today," she was told.
The year   following,   a  banquet   was
given to Miss Yazierska to felicitate her
on the success df her book.
It was held at the Waldorf Astoria.
And,yet there are people who believe
that fiction is stranger than truth.
The Yiddish Theatre Nears Itei End . And now" George Jessell is planning to sponsor V'ddish productions on Broad¬ way. Jessell of late has been earning fabulous sums in movies and vaudeville and losing it in his efforts to produce. And our prediction is that he is destined to lose some more in his latest Yiddish efifort.
For the truth is the Yiddish theatre is in. its last gasps, and the fact might, as well be recognized. Maurice Schwartz . will not even attempt the New York field this year. Max Gable too is not plan¬ ning to open. He has "been quoted as saying that he doesn't intend to lose every cent, he has made. And Molly Picon, rage as she is, is far from find¬ ing things as rosy as they have been depicted.
Even the "benefit" tickets, which have done so much to keep the Jewish stage going in the past, is almost defunct. -
Time was when the old" "landsman- shaften" would i'aise money by buying wholesale quantities of these benefit tickets. But now the landsmanshaften are in a comatose state, approaching ex¬ tinction, and those few that have some vitality buy "benefits" tickets from the English theatres.
Less Beards, But Less Life Down at the bottom, of it all is the fact that times have changed. The old type of Jew is becoming as extinct as one of those fossils of which the geol¬ ogist is so glib. And to nie, there is not a little pathos in the transformation.
Take a walk down the East Side of today. If you chanced to see it in the days prior to the war, you will know what I mean. It is drab, colorless to¬ day. Once upon a time it thrived with life, hope, dirt, long beards. Today there are less long beards^ less dirt, but it is equally as devoid .of its former good qualities.
He is passing—the old picturesque type of Jew, and there is no better sign of it than the fact, which my private detectives bring me this week, that Joseph Margu¬ lies, who has established something of a , repute in etching old Jewish types, is soon to bend his efforts to make a col¬ lection of old East Side types, in ex¬ pectation that soon the type will be no more. Felix Warburg, I understand, is interested in the project. A Great Man Should Not Eat in
Public The story is related of Shalom Alei¬ chem, the Jewish Mark Twain. Once he visited the city of Pittsburgh. Thou¬ sands of Jews went down to the railroad station to welcome him to the city.
As the Jewish humorist came off the train, he felt the pangs of hunger. He asked tltc chairman of the receptioi\ com¬ mittee to lead him to a restaurant.
Inside the cafCj the chairman led him to a seat, and soon the humorist was par¬ taking of some borsht and blintzes, while .outside, through the window, the throng of Jews iwered.
"Oy er esst auch," chorused many of the Jews. "Ph^hl" and they left. Handkerchiefs and Milk Bottles Aaron Kopmati, a New Yprk Jew, is back from Russia after a rather inter¬ esting experience. Kopnian said some¬ thing which jirovoked the "wrath of the Soviet authorities aud he was sentenced to, prison.    For two years, he lingered
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Addresses Were  Delivered  By
Representatives   Of ' Various
Uenomlnations In New
York City
NEW YORK—For the first time, the Jewish New Year was celebrated by rep¬ resentatives of other faiths, us a mark of appreciation of otir Jewish neighbors. This unique event was held under the auspices of the .Fellowship of Faiths on Tuesday evening, September 23rd, at the Grace Episcopal Church, Broadway and lOtli Street, in the presence of. a large gathering of Jews and non-Jews.
Addresses were delivered by Rev. Kus- sell J. Glinchy and Rev. Leon Rosser Land, representing the Christian F'aith, kedar Nath Das Gupta, representing llie Hindu Faith, Syml Hossain, repre¬ senting the >Ioslcm Faith, and Dr. Bha- gat Singh Thind, representing the Sikh Faith. The response in behalf of the Jews was delivered by Rabbi Israel Goldstein bf Congregation B'nai Jeshu¬ run.
He, said in part:—"Rosh Hashonah in the Jewish consciousness has had more than national significance. It has been endowed with universal themes and broadly human connotations. It impels the Jew to give-thought to the problems of mankind, and to the large canvass of the hunian drama.
''This meeting is indeed a signal event in the direction of comity and goodwill. Mutual appreciation is the culminating virtue of civilized society. The ideal humanity will never be a melting pot but an harmonious orchestration.
"What has been said and done here to¬ night under the aegis of spiritual fellow¬ ship is still an exceptional gesture and an unusual demonstration. But as surely as the day follows night, the time will come when mutual appreciation will be¬ come a world-wide -theme among the peoples of the earth. . That day >vill mark the New Year, the new era of a fellowship of nations.
"Tonight's meeting, therefore, nJay prove to be a precedent and a prophecy."
The Fellowship,, of¦ Faiths has-cele-^ brated important events among other re¬ ligions including Christmas, Hindu, and Moslem festivals, Buddha's and Confu¬ cius' birthdays. The Fellowship of Faiths is a part of the Threefold Move¬ ment, including the Union of East &nd West, and the League of Neighbors, with headquarters in London and New York.
IS     ELECTED     NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE B'NAI B'RITH WIDER SCOPE COMMISSION
Nationally-Known Celebrities
to Appear Here Under
Temple Auspices
President A]lan| Tarshish Urges
Chronicle Readers To Make
Their Reservations'
At Once
Reservations arc now being taken through the Bryden 'Road Temple office for season tickets to the lecture course sponsored by the Brotherhood and Sis¬ terhood. According to information re¬ ceived from the committee, the price, for the series will he three dollars and for single tickets, seventy-five cents.
The first lecturer will be Ruth Bryan Owen on Sumlay, Novemher 2ilrd. Her subject will be "This Business of Being a Congressman." , Mrs. Owen is the daughter of the late Wm. Jennings Bryan,
Tom Skeyhill, noted author and trav¬ eler, will be here on Monday, December Sth. His subject will be "Mussolini aUd the Black Shirts." '
The third speaker in the series will be Maurice Hindus, who has made a thor¬ ough study of conditions in Russia. He will appear ou Tuesday, January 27th, and his subject will be :~"A World That Never Was."
Sam Grathwell, world traveler and sociological student, will attend on Thurs¬ day, February I2th. His subject will be "China, a Vision or a Nightmare,"
Jehan Warliker, who is known as a Prince Seesodia of India, will be here on Tuesday, March 17th, and his subject will be "The Problems of India."
It is suggested that reservations for sea.son tickets be made at once because of the limited capacity of the temple and the unusual demand' for tickets coming from numerous community groups.
LOUIS J. BOniNSTEIN of Indianapolis
CINCINNATI —Louis J. Bdrinstein, Indianapolis, was elected national chair¬ man of the B'nai B'rith Wider Scope Commission at its organization meetiiig in Cincinnati last Vseek. Dr.-1. M. Rii- binow, Cincinnati, was named national director and secretary. ¦
The. Wider Scope Commission was created by action of the Thirteenth Quin¬ quennial, convention of B'nai B'rith in Cincinnati last, April. The Wider Scojpe Comniission ' fosters and maintains the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations, 'Aleph Zadik Aleph, Palestine Housebuilding Fund, B'nai B'rith'Work in.Mexico, and, the Anti-Defamation League.
The Commission went on record as favoring the inclusion of B'nai B'rith Wider, Scope campaigns in. the genefal Welfare Fund campaigns for nori-ibcal Jewish needs in such communities as operate, such : funds and voted to-urge B'nai B'rith leaders in-all comrjuniii:-T which have iwstich Welfare Funfls'Vn operation to use their infliiePce in tlie creation of sucli joint efforts wherever feasible, !   "
Other inembers of the Wider Scoi>c Commission are:—Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, president of B'nai B'rith; Richard E. Giitstadt, San Francisco; Henry A. 'Alexander, Atlanta; Joseph Morse, Nashville; Nathaii E. Goldstein, Springfield, Mass.; and Judge Joseph L. Kuii, Philadelphia.
Editor Expresses Faith and
Confidence in the Future
of Judaism in the U. S.
Lauds Men  And  Women  Who Work To Advance The In¬ terests   Of    Columbusi . Hebrew School
111 liis address Sunday evening, Scp- teinluT lillst, before the members of the ICiiijilits of Israel Lodge, at the Colum¬ hus Ilohrcw School, Aaron M. Ncustadt, editor of the Ohio Jewish Chronicic, rc- afiiriiK'd his faith and confideucc in the future of Judaism in America'.
"Our religion," he declared, "is expe¬ riencing a new birth of freedom in Amer¬ ica, ;i real, Virile renaissance, which will usher In an era of unprecedented growth and development." The editor then testified to his strong conviction that there obtains in this land today a niii.st extraordinary interest in every as¬ pect of Jewish life and achievement.
"-¦\ great revival is taking place in Atucrican Jewry," continued Mr. Neus' tadt. "Never before in the history of Israel iu America has there been more activity in synagogs and temples, B'nai B'rith lo<iges and Y. M. H. A.'s. Every¬ where one travels he sees a tremend¬ ous awakening. Jewish centers and Hebrew schools of all types are being established; and these institutions—-in¬ culcating as they do the spirit and knowl- edt,fe of Judaism into the minds and' hearts .o;f our youth—are enjoying the support of both Orthodox and Reform Jews to a remarkable degree.
".And so there is no cause for alarm as some mistaken zealots proclaim. In fact, our ancestral faith is more alive in this land to;day than at any previous time in its entire history. This is not only true of Liberal Judaism, but of Conservative Judaism as well. And the significant thing about the whole situa¬ tion is the fact.that laymen are doing more work in the vineyard of the.Lord than in bygone days."
Before concluding his address, Mr. Nen.'itadl lauded the noble men and wo¬ men who were striving so hard to ad¬ vance the interests, of the Columbus Tal- |,nK! Torah, He was, introduced by Mr. l!:/Hi'.s'R. Polster/president of the Knights of Israel Lodge. .
Introducing the Members of the B'nai BVith Anti-Defamation Commission
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P R O G R A JM   l^R   COMING
YEAR TO BE ANNOUNCED
AT JR. HADASSAH TEA
Members of the Board Will Serve as
Hostesses at Affair in Kast
Broad Street Temple
Complete schedule of programs for meetings, social, events, and study circles for the coming year will be aimouneed at the Junior Hadassah tea Sunday af¬ ternoon at East Broad Street Temple. 'J'he event marks the opening of activ¬ ities for the year.
''Happy Maids," a Hadassah oi>eretta, will be presented by the following mem¬ bers :—Miss Evelyn Freidenberg, Miss Martha Gurevitz, Miss Nell Stetelman, Miss Nan Schlansky, Miss Sally Haas, and Mrs. J. Leeman. Miss Reva Zurav¬ sky' is directing the operetta, with dra¬ matic W'ork in charge of Mrs, Louis Nachman. Miss Rose Stetelman is ac compaiiist.
, Members of the board will serve as hostesses at the tea.
DR  LEVINGER  AT  INTER¬ ALLIED VEl'ERANS CONVENTION
Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, director of the
0. S. U. Hillel Foundation, w^s guest of the Interallied Veterans' Convention, where he gave the invocation at t|ie F.
1. D, A. C. breakfast, at the Deshler- Wallick Hotel last Monday.
NOTICE   TO   MEMBERS   OF
JR.   SISTERHOOD,   EAST
BROAD STREET TEMPLE
All tnehihers of the Junior SisterhotuI of the East Broad Street Temple are urged to attend the Yom Kippur Dance and act as hostesses. Members may get their badges from Annette Renningson, Membership Chairman.
First Regular Meeting of Ha¬ dassah at the Neil House, Sept. 29th
Delegates To The Forthcoming National Convention In Buf¬ falo WiU Be Elected At Gathering
CINCINNATI—The B'nai B'rith An¬ ti-Defamation Commission, created by the thirteenth quinquennial convention of that order last April, held its organiza¬ tion meeting in Cincinnati last week. Members of the Commissiijn, left to right, are:—
Top row: Dr. I. M. Rubinow, Cincin¬ nati, secretary of B'nai B'rith; Alfred M. Cohen, Cinciimati, president of B'nai B'rith; Sigmuiid Livingston, Chicago.
Middle, row: A. K. Cohen, Boston; Leonard Frieberg, Cincinnati; Dr. David Philipson, Cincinnati; Abraharn Berko- witz, Philadelphia.
Bottom row: Leon Schwarz, Mobile; Samuel I. Sievers, St. Louis; Dr. Abrani
Siinon,   Washington;   and   Judge   I.   M. Golden. San Francisco.
Mr, Livingston was elected chairman of the Commission; Jiidge Golden, vice- chairman; and Dr. I. M. Rubinow, sec¬ retary. An executive committee, com¬ posed of the chairman and the. four Cin¬ cinnati members, was created to meet once a month to act for the Commission between its regular meetings.
It was voted to engage a director for the S]>eakers' Bureau which the Anti- Defamatigii League maintains to provide Jewish speakers for luncheon clubs in ; order to create a better understanding between Jews and non-Jews, particularly in smaller communities.
The first, regular meeting of Hadassah will be held Monday afternoon, Septem¬ ber 2!»th, at 2 o'clock, at the Neil HoUse. Mrs. Justin L. Sillman wilL give'a re¬ view of current events; Miss Reva Zu¬ ravsky will render several vocal selec¬ tions; and the .singing of Hatikvah will be led by Mrs. Wm. Cailif, with Mrs. Max Schottenstein at the piano. The meeting will be opened with prayer by Mrs. Solomon' Rivlin, chairman of re¬ ligion.
At this meeting delegates to the'Na¬ tional Convention in Buffalo will be elected, and an amendment to the Con¬ stitution to provide for an auditor, will be discussed. Reports on the Donor luncheon will also be given.
Following is the program for the year:—Sept. 2!Hl), Current Events, Mrs. Justin L. Sillman; -Vocal Selections, Miss Reva Zuravsky; Oct. iJ.'ird, Report of National Convention, Mrs. Wm, A. Hersch; Violin'"^'Selections, Mr. Martin Horwitz; November 18th,- Peace Ad¬ dress, Mrs. Jerome Kohn; Musical En¬ tertainment, Cello. Piano and Violin, the Frosh Sisters. Dec. Kith, Interpreting the Channukah Menorah, by Morris G. Cameron; Channukah Songs by Hadas¬ sah Members. Jan. ^Oth, Election Day.in Palestine; Violin Solo, Miss Lillian Le¬ vin. Jan. 14, lo, Ifi, Tri-State Regional Conference; Entertainment and Music. Feb, 17th, Talk on B'nai B'rith, Mr. Jus¬ tin L. Sillman; Solos, Hillel Choral Club. March 17th, Birthday Meeting; Junior Hadassah will furnish the enter¬ tainment, April 21, Book Review, Musi- , cal Entertainment. May, Play, and Luncheon Meeting.
A NEW OHIO ELECTION LAW IS NOW IN EFFECT
When you register this year, you will not be re¬ quired to ever register again unless you move.
Every voter must register, on one of the following days, to vote on Election Day, Nov. 4th.
Registration Days, 1930
OCTOBER 2nd - lOlh " llth
Between 1:00 nnd 9:00 p. M.
A Series  of  Better Under¬ standing Seminars Are Scheduled
Movement Is Constantly Gaining A Greater Impetus Through¬ out The Land
XEW VORK—A series of seminars for Better Understanding among Prot¬ estants, Catholics, and Jews in America is scheduled to be jield in a number of colleges and Civic Forums in five cities. The first of the College Seminars is to take place at Dickinson on November •2nd and ^^rd under the auspices of the Religious Education Association of the United States and Canada and the Na¬ tional Conference of Jews and Chris¬ tians, according to an announcement pub- li.'ihed in the special New Year Issue of The .'\meriean Hebrew out today (Fri¬ day,  September  19th).
This is to be followed by a second seminar at Bucknell University on No¬ vember i^Otli and 21st. At l>oth of these gatherings of leading educators and clergymen the problem to he discussed is "The Question of Discrimhiation in Prot¬ estant, Catholic and Jewish Relations and What Can We Do About It?"
Various Representatives
At the Dickinson Seminar, Dr. D. A. Robertson, President of Goucher College, will represent the Protestants; Dr, George S. Bull, S. J., of Woodstock Col- lege, the Catholics; Rabbi Louis Wolsey of Philadelphia, the Jews. At the Buck itell Seminar Dr. Emory Wi Himt, Presi¬ dent of Bucknell, will welcome the Semi¬ narians for the Protestants; Father Ful¬ ton Sheen, of the Catholic University in Washington, the Catholics; Rabbi Abram Simon, of Washington, the Jews.
Civic Seminars in cities, according to Rabbi Isaac Landman, the editor of Tbe ^vicrican Hebrew, are to be held in Cleveland in Novehiber, New Orleans in January, Denver and San Jose, Califor¬ nia, in February, and in Atlanta in March.
"The spread of the movement for Bet¬ ter Understanding between Christians and Jews in America among the thinking ami opinion-making Protestant, Catholic and Jewisli leaders in the country," de dared Rabbi Landman yesterday, "is in dicatcd by the fact that the Director of the National Conference of Jews and Christians, E\;f-*», R, Clinchy, an or gaiitzatiop rVhich supplies the technique of the serr^inars, and I. as Secretary of the Permanent Commission on Better Understanding between Christian and Jew in America, are besieged by requests
for   information   and   guidance   on   the manner and methods in which Better Un¬ derstanding seminars are conducted," Win  Also Organize
Among the colleges and. universities which have in contemplation the organi¬ zation of seminars within their own in¬ stitutions are: Antioch College, Boston University, Bowdoin College, Brown University, Carnegie Institute of Tech- nicology, Dartmouth College, Massachu¬ setts Agricultural College, New York University^ Syracuse University, Uni¬ versity of Alabama, University of Chi¬ cago, University of Illinois, University of Iowa.
"It should be noted that these seminar^ are not speech-making assemblies," said Dr. Landman, "The seminarians dig deep to unearth vital questions touching religious, economic and social relations between Christians and Jews, long hid¬ den under the cloak of fear. They bring them into the open for a clear view and fearless consideration. Misrepresentations of religious beliefs and practices as these touch Protestants, Catholics and Jews, are faced frankly and without" evasion."
Membership Drive of Jr. T. I. Sisterhood  Is  Now Full Swing
m
The membership drive of Tifereth Is¬ rael Junior Sisterhood is now well- un¬ der way with Miss Amietta Benningson,, membership chairman, in charge. She has api>ointed Miss Helen Schwartz and Miss Sara Foreman as the.two captains; Miss Schwartz's committee consists of Mildred Garek, Miriam Berman, and Dorothy Tuckerman. Miss Foreman's assistants are:—Selma Brandt, Sally Ringer, Jean Stone, and Lillian Freireich. All girls from the age of 17 are eligible for membership in the organization. Miss Benningson is making plans for a Masque Ball to be held the latter part of October' for all olil and new paid up members. An orchestra has been interviewed and will he engaged for the Ball which promises to be a novel affair.
The next meeting of the T, I, Juniors will be held on October Sth, at the Tem¬ ple, All girls who are interested are urged to attend the meeting and sign up as full-rtedged members. Dues are two dollars a year, iiayable in advance.
NOTICE
AU childr«i who desire to regjiter in the Religious School of Agudath Achim Congregation must report Sunday morn¬ ing, September 28th, at 9:45 a. m.
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