Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-04-03

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoted to American
and
Jewish Ideals
Vol. XV—No. 14
COLUMBUS, OHIO, APRIL 3, 1931
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
BytheWay By David Schwartz
The Times dnd the World
.\ most interesting interview with Adolph Ochs appears in the current Editor and Publisher. It will be recalled that when the employees of the World prior to ita sale received the plan of buy- I ing that paper and running it thgnisclves, ' they gave credit for tho idea to Mr. Ochs, of the New York Times.
Now Mr. Ochs i.s back from Honolulu where he has been vacationing, and he expresses great regret that,the employees' plan was not consuminiited. He declares that had he becii in New York, he ivould have provided the financial guarantee necessary^ for the employee ownership of tbe World.
¦ Mr. Ochs, it appears, has a very good opinion of the New York World despite the fact that It was a rival of his own and he would have liked to have seen it tontinue despite the facfthat with its dis¬ appearance, bis own.iKiper h;is gained In circulation.
You remember those lines of Scott, who depicts the victorious foe lamenting the death of his rival;
"Mv fairest Kingdom would I give To bid Clan-Alpine's chieftain live." I haven't quoted It entirely corrcctiy— but It's somewlierc in Scott, and it depicts the spirit of all valiant fighters—d spirit, it scciiis, that the owner of the New York Times shares.
TUNE    IN    ON    KABBI
JACOB   TARSHISH
TOMORROW
The 20th of a series of radio sermons will be broad¬ cast front the Bryden Road Temple tomorrow (Sunday) at 11 a. m.
The theme of the rabbi's address will be "Passover and Easter".
The radio addresses ot Rabbi Tarshish have evoked responses from all over the state; even folk from neigh¬ boring states have sent in letters expressing their ap¬ preciation. The offlcers of the Temple want to make it clearly understood that the Sunday services are inter¬ denominational in character and are open to the general public.
The Center of the World
By Martin Abelson
SEES   HOPE   FOR   JEWISH PHYSICIANS    IN   SOCIALI¬ ZATION OF MEDICINE
Rabbi Lee J. Levinger and
Family WiU Sail for Europe
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EOrrOR'S NOTE: Dr. Judah Mag-\ lies, Chancellor of the Ilebrczv Univer-1 sily in PalcitinCi has come for a visit to the Untied States in behalf of fhe Uni- 7.'ersity. His visit brings to Ihe attention of the American public the fact that the Hebrew University has, in the si.v years of its e.vistcnce, established itself as an in.'!lilution of high .icicnliftc worth. Some¬ thing of the character of that htslihition, und of the man who heads il, is told in this article secured by The Ohio Jc:vish Chromclc.
Where   Circulation   Went
On the Sunday following the cessation of the World, Mr. Ochs states, the cir¬ culation of the Times, for tbat particular issue, was Increased by a quarter of a million! In general, Mr. Ochs expects that the Times will get about niic tliird of the old World subscribers. X-Ie be¬ lieves it could get more, If It adopted the comic strips, and sonic of the other features of the World. ' But the Times circulation already ex¬ ceeds Mr. Ochs' rosiest hopes and besides, to adopt these World features would probably necessitate the elimination , of much of the Times' present features. Something which is . unthinkable. Mr,, Ochs, in this interview, also predicts a circulation of more than half a million for the World-Telegram.-whiclj absorbed the World. This will raise that paper to one of the froiit places of touriialism. Omission of  Berliner
Yet I searched for something about ' Emil Berliner, the famous Jewish in¬ ventor, whose inventions did so much, for the phonograph, telephone; who invented'
¦ the radio "mike"" and a dozen: other things. Next to Thomas Edison, I don't, believe anv other American Inventor, in¬ fluenced such -a wide diversitv of inven¬ tions. And yet there is not a word ahouit him, I
Let me be understood. I am absolutelv sure that the Dictionary's omission is not to be attribute<l to anv anti-Jewish bias. In fact, it is more generous towards Jews generally than 1 had even hoped. Thus, in the first two volumes, we meet with such persons as the late Rabbi Berkowitz of Pittsburg, Judah P. Benjamin and several Jews, of whom, I had not even heard.
Benjamin as Doii Juan
I wa,s particularly pleased with the splendid biography, of Judah P. Benjamin, the Secretary of State in the Southern Confederacy. I was pleased with the iine humanness of it—the inclusion nf those little human interest things which are generally Omitted in these ponderous great works, and yet so flavor and spice a biography. Thus, ive are told that Ben¬ jamin was so fascinating to the girls, as a younir tutor, that one stern parent re¬ fused to intrust his daughter to him, lest she fall in love, and. that he actually mar-
¦ ricd one of the pupils who did fall in Jove with-him.
Brilliant Youth Walter Lipnman, the former editor of the New Republic, and more lately, editor of the New York World, was tendered a dinner this week, which was attended by the leaders of the civic life of the country,
¦ Lipoman was only 23 years olil when he wrote his "Preface to Politics," and it created so much of a stir that Roose¬ velt; as one newspaper put it, "adopted it as his credo." Then he wrote *'Drift and Mastery," helped found the New Re- i
fiublic and is supposed to have been argely the author of the 14 points of , Woodrow Wilson.- ITis last job, that of editmg the World, did not, to my own opinion, add any further glory to his name. As one newspaper critic put.it. his editorials, while tliey would have made splendid things to frame and hang on the wall, somehow did not hit the man on the street, .\fter Pulitzer's almost violent style and Frank Cobb's gusto, they seemed rather pallid and academic sort of stuff.
In a sense, Lippman did his best work in his twenties. Wc generally suppose that if a man starts out brilliantly, his progress will be accompanied hy an in¬ creasing brilliance. In practice, how¬ ever, it generally does not work out that way.
Abe Goldberg's Plan
Abe Goldberg, who has an unusually , keen mind, and I have often wondered, why he does not write more tn English instead of clinging so closclv to the Yid¬ dish field, has just published a little hook called "Pan Semltism vs. Pan-Arabism."
To my mind, this little book sounds a most appealing note. Instead of antago¬ nizing the Arabs. Goldberg proposes to look at the Zionist adventure as part of a general Semitic adventure~-i>art of a magnificent Semitic renaissance. He pro< pbsea instead of trying to reconcile tlic Arabs in the Trans-Jordan region, in Syria, the Moslems in India and , In Egypt to go out and let them aid in the furtherance of the Zionist plans. For Zionism, lie ?cems not only' as a means for helping Jews, but as Jews are com- Cottthuud on page 4
Rabbi l.ee J. Levinger, director of the Hillel Foundation at the Ohio State Uni¬ versity, and his family will leave Mon-! day, April (Ith, to sail on the steamer "Providence" of the Faber Line on April Hth, for a five months' tour, which through a Mediterranean cruise will take them to' Palestine, wbcre they intend to stay for a month, and return by way of Europe, Dr, Levingcr has been given leave of absence for the spring school quarter by t!ie National Commission. He expects to return by September 1st. ._ ¦ During Dr. Levinger's absence, lola K. Zeckhauser, director of student activ¬ ities, will be in charge of the Foundation.
Saturday afternoon, April 4th, Rabbi Levinger will lead a diseussion of the Philosophy section of the meeting of the Association of Ohio Colleges.
B'nai B'rith Will Hold Stag Smoker April 13th
"Keep Monday night, April 13th, open," is the word that is being broadcast by the entertainment committee of Zion Lodge to its entire membership. On that evening the .officers of the B'nai B'rith expect to bring together members and their friends, when it will hold a mam¬ moth smoker and stag.'
An extraordinary program of enter¬ tainment is being planned for the eve¬ ning. Among the entertainers, who will "do their stuff," will be Ben Bloom, Na¬ than Coopersmith, Sam Feinstein, and others, all headliners in former annual Y. M. H, A. reviews.  >
Further details will be published in next week's issue of the Chronicle.
Joseph Jay, Son of the Late LB. Jashenosky, Passes
Joseph Jay, aged 57, formerly of Co¬ lumbus, died in Pittsburgh, Pa., Saturday, March 28th, of poisoning, after a seven weeks' illness. He was a real estate oiierator and the son of the late I. B, Jashenosky, chaplain at Ohio penitentiary, who passed away almost a year ago to¬ day.
His wife, Mrs, Rae Jay; two siisters, Mias Rose Jay of Columbus and Mrs. Ben Bornheim of Marysville, and a brother, M. M. Jay, 148-1 Bryden Road, survive him. Services were held in Pitts¬ burgh, Sunday evenhig, and the body was brought to Columbus, Monday noon, f6r additional services at Greenlawn ceme¬ tery, whicii were In charge of Rabbi Ja¬ cob Tarshish.
Rabbi  Rivlin to  Speak at
Broad St. Temple Friday,
April 10th
The Board of the East Broad Street Temple iis very happy to announce, that Rabbi Solomon Rivlin will be the guest bpcaker at its next Friday evening serv¬ ice, on April 10th. The subject of the rabbi's address will be, "Loyalty."
A cordial invitation is extended to everyone.
Atty. Gen. Bettman to Speak
At East Broad St. Temple
Friday, May 1st
.Attorney General Gilbert Bettman has been engaged to speak at the East Broad Street Temple on Friday evening, May 1st. He will have a very interesting mes¬ sage to convey to the membership and friends of the Gongregation. Be sure and reserve this date.
Hia son David is. at an Eiiglish univer¬ sity studying horticulture, so that he may return to apply his learning to the soil of Palestine, "You see, tny soo is a.j^ase Jn point," says the father, "We have no nlace in Palestine where he may conduct those studies. If the University is able to develop its plans to take over the Jew¬ ish Agency's agricultural experiment sta¬ tion, antl its further plans in the natural sciences there may be a proper training school fpr such boys."
His jsccond son, Jonathan, is on his way to   California  to  study  agricultural  en¬ gineering.    While the father addressed a meeting   of   influential   Jews,   scientists, men high In many professions, at the Sa- voy-Plai^a hotel after a dinner given in his   honor,   the   boy^about  eighteen,  he still says "eighteen and a half—found a place at a table in the very farthest cor¬ ner of the room.    He was more or less hidden by a grand piano.    Beside him sat his comrade, from  the  settlement Gcvali in  Palestine, a young chap with the pe¬ culiarly  clear  skin,  the  gentle  "idealist" face peculiar to a yoiing man from Pales¬ tine's settlements.    The two young men naturally talked in Hebrew through the evening, though Jonathan's earliest breed¬ ing had been hi English, and though his companion    understood   ¦ English.      The companion was, as is frecjuent among the chalutzim, a vegetarian. Jonathan's hands attracted the  fascinated attention of hlsi table-neighbor.    The  hands  of   the uni¬ versity chancellor's son wei"e great broad farmer's hands, for he has been two sea" sons a farming comrade at Gevah. Some¬ one at the table remembered the name of the place, recalled having visited the set¬ tlement.    "That's the one that's so well kept,  isn't it?"  he asked.    Tbe eyes  of the young agriculturist lighted,    "That's the place," he said.   And Indeed Gevah is known among all the settlements .for the bright cleanness of its houses, its yards, the  immaculate order of  its  barns and stables.
, The boy listened brightly to the presi¬ dent of an American university praising I his father for his achievement in devel-I oping a research faculty of so high a standing within six years. The boy's eyes .were cool, observant, detached, and et passionately interested; the eyes of good student. His great farmer's hands were shredding bits of paper matches, as a farmer's hands habitually shred strands of wheat.
With the same detached, observant manner the boy listened to his father tell of the University.
Dr. Judah I.-. Magnes, the chancellor of the Hebrew University, spoke with ar, enthusiasm, a warmth toward his work, that even his own son might rarely have seen. Standing on Mount Scopus, look¬ ing through the sultry, vibrating desert- heated air toward the red walls of the Moab hills that were, beyond the Dead Sea, or tunjing the other way and loolc- ing toward strange jumbled Jerusalem, with its medieval wall, its modern build¬ ings spurted without the bounds of the wall, its gilded Byzantine,towers and its gothic towers and its hooded low-domed old-city roots, one might be thrilled to speak as the man in the gold room of the Savoy-Plaza hotel was siwakhig.
He told of how he had looked down from Mount Scopus and seen Anatoth, still called by that name, the village where Jeremiah lived; to him this was the city of Jeremiah; he thought con¬ stantly of that man, who must have been a wiry, small, stony man, stubborn in his high morality, daily going up and down these hills; that man's time, Dr, Magncs felt, was a turbulent time, a time of a decaying world, of iiocial forms breaking, like our own times.
There, Jeremiah had made his great contribution to human understanding; this Mount Scopus, the hill of Jeremiah aud the hill of Moses, was still the hill of their people, was still their ci-eative center.
Amazing, a continual source for won¬ der, the way all strands seemed to knot together at tills one point.
From the very beginning of Jewish legend, and through legends of other people, this had been called the center of the world. On the next hill, on the sight ,o£ the temple, was still a stone
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Certainly  a conception that could not i be compatible with modern geographical conceptions,   and   yet,   how   far   incom- ixiliblc.
Palestine had always been the britlne nf armies between Asia ami Africa, the landing place for armies between Kuru|ic and the continents of the East., Europe, Asia, Africa, had made this their lilstori- cal meeting place. But, even more curi¬ ous modern scientists wtre to. find a basis in geology for that "center of the world" conception.
Tbere is an imaginary line, the clmii- cellor explained, that goes from Senegal In Africa right through Asia to the Great Desert of Sin. On one side of that line are the desert formations of earth, groups of plants, vegetations, worms, insects, animals, of one general adapl.-ition; on the other side of that line are the "Medi¬ terranean" grtnip.s, the luxurious growtli of plant and animal life.
Sharp aji a knife Hue, that boundary cuts through Palestine, and Mount Sco- jius is on that line.
On the side looking toward Jerusalem are the Mediterranean formations: rich soil suitable to citrus plants, luxuriant farming, exotic flowers, beetles, worms of the eartb, abounding insects; on the other side of the. same University hill, toward the dead sea, are the desert for¬ mations, desert plants, dry farming soils, locusts.
The scientists of the University, Have segregated plots of land on both sides of the hill. They walk out from the Uni¬ versity gates, five minutes toward Jeru¬ salem, and come to their experiment sta¬ tion where the Mediterranean nature is allowed to live freely, where wild plants and insects nature to the region grow. At all hours of the night and day, the scientists of the, University come out to conduct their studies; some with enlarg- Ing-glasses, some with butterfly nets, al two in the niorning, at two of a.hot sumr mer afternoon.
In this simple fact of scientific loca¬ tion, too, there seems something of in¬ tended significance,' Everything flows together into this knot tbat is the center of Jewish life, that seems in so many ways the center of the world.
All people are here, all religions, all forms of society from the practical serf¬ dom of the fcljah to the communal forms of the new settlers; all languages seem to be spoken here, from the Aramaic,of a few stragglers that have come to Je¬ rusalem from Jewish tribes isolated in a far Syrian region, the Aramaic that was spoken at the beginning of this era, to the modern languages, English, French, I German, Russian, Polish, and the rebor 1 Hebrew.
The Hebrew , University is growing, slowly, surely. The man who speaks i tells why he has taken the slow course. True, all over the world, Jews press for results, Jews are kept out of universi¬ ties ; even in the. United States they find it sometimes difiicult to secure place; in France, there are 800 Jewish students at a single university—they have come from everywhere—and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem has.only 200 undergraduate students. Jews press for results—can't there be two thousand stpdents there, can't the giving of degrees be hastened? But this,Hebrew University stands at the center of the world, it is an outpost of science, a link between the old and the new, between the desert and tiie fertile lands, between Africa and Asia and Eu¬ rope, between the Christian and Moslem and Jew; It must have deep foundations, deep, and secure as the walls of Jeru¬ salem, A few years and a tew hundred college .degrees Is as nothing in Jewish history. There must be science first, and truth.
The assembled professors applaud him, the chancellor of an American university expressed amazement at the achievement of "the Hebrew university—the youngest in the world, and already, in some de¬ partments, the foremost. The young man nods in approvalj whis]>ers a word' in Hebrew to his comrade, the other young farmer from Gevah. (Copyright 1U31 j. T.A)
Mrs. Estelle M. Sternherger
Women   Continue   National
Council Membership
Campaign
Miss Gertrude Feibleman Re¬ ports on Plans for April and May
NEW YOKK CITY—Thc Memlier¬ ship Campaign of tlic National Council of Jewish Women for the year liWO-31 h being concluded In many cities through¬ out the United States and Canada, ac¬ cording to a statement made hy the Chair¬ man of its Clepartmcnt of Extension, Miss  Gertrude Feibleman.
"It has been remarkable to observe not only the loyal affiliation of our members In the face of the present economic de¬ pression, hut also to find hundreds of women in many, of our communities be¬ coming new members of the National Council of Jewish Women," stated Miss Feibleman. "We have convincingly pointed out to the Jewisli women-of America that we must not become lax in our sense of obligation to the service wc must render to several groups—especially to the women in'the field of business and industry, to the women and girls on the farms and in the rural districts, and to the foreign born women, problems have ^ developed, that require the aid and co^ operation of the National Council of Jew¬ ish Women as vigorously and as e^ec- tlvely as heretofore."
Supplementing the activities of the lo¬ cal Membership Campaign Committees, the Council Sections have arranged mem¬ bership teas' for their concluding clTorts , in the annual Membership Campaign, on which Miss Feibleman will present a re- [lort at the annual. meeting of the Board ot Managers of the National Council of Jewish Women.
Special cooperation has been extended to Council Sections through the field service of its Department of Extension and Field Service. The,Field Secretary, Miss Sara Landman, has visited Sections in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio,
CINCINNATI, 0.~The "Sncialiw tion of Medicine",, if nnd when it is brought about, will solve the problem of discrimination against Jewisli nicdlca'- students, asserts Mrs. Estelle M, Stern-' bcrgcr in the April is.sue of the H'lial B'rith Magazine, which will appear next week.
Mrs. Stcrnberger, a member of the executive committee of tlie National Conference of Jews and Christians, ex¬ ecutive secretary of the National Council of Jewish Women, and a leader in many other Jewish national bodie-j, sums up the results of the year-old nation-wide con¬ troversy on the admission jiolicles of medical schools as they crmcerii Jewish applicants,  iu her  article, .''Are  \fedical |
Schools  Unfair  to  Jewish  Applicaiits ?"
Much can be said on both sides, she feels,
and she says it,
"A   study   ot   applications  to   medical
schools   supplies   the   unmistakable   evi¬ dence that Jewish applicants constitute a
ratio far in excess of their ratio to the
population   of   the  entire   country,'!   she
concludes.   "These figures mean that the
Jews have an eagerness to enter, the medi¬ cal profession and to give themselves to
the type of service it requires.    It seems
a policy of folly on the part of society to
discourage the ambitions of one of the I    -phe East Broad Street Temple Broth-
groups of its population in the direction ' ^^I^^^ j^ making extensive prejlarations
of  medical  service, when  the  signs of
Prominent Indianapolis Rabbi
To Address Brotherhood
Sunday, Aprill 2th
the times point to the day,when society may go begging for men. to enter the medical profession for the welfare of aM groups, under a new program of provid¬ ing medical service. The (luestloh of dis¬ crimination against Jewish applicants by medical schools is therefore one of wider bearing than that of prejudice against a religious or racial group; Society is, in tact, penalizing young men who have an ambition to serve their fellow-beings."
TO ADDRESS COUNCIL JEW¬ ISH   WOMEN   NEXT TUESDAY
William H. Duffy
Watch the Chronicle for further de- i [>ointe^ to by believers in Islam as the tails. ' stone that was at (he center of the world.
Ivreeyoh Society Will Meet Sunday at 2 P. M.
The Ivreeyoh Society will hold their meeting ou Sunday, April 5, at 2 o'clock at the Hebrew School. A short business meeting will be held,
Mrs. A, W. Robbins has been appointed chairman for the annual card party which wilt be held in early fall. Following this, we will have on the program Miss Sarah E. Coates, executive secretary of the Family Bureau, who will speak ou Prob¬ lems of City Charities. Morris Rosen¬ thal, Ohio State student, will give several vocal selections, ¦ also Sylvia Sidowski will give several violin selections accom panied by her sister Edith,
The April meeting of the Council o( Jewish Women will be held on Tuesday afternoon, April 7tli. at !> o'clock in tht vestry room of the Bryden Road Temple. The children from the Infants' Home of Ohio will pnt on a musical entertain¬ ment.
Mrs. B, G. Yalman, chairman of Civics, announces that Col. William H. Duffy, Director of Public Service for the past twelve years, will speak. His subject, "City Government," should be of interest to all.
Remember the time and place—Bryden Road Temple—Tuesday, April 7th, at 2 P. M,
for their big meeting of April 12th at , which time Rabbi Milton Steinberg of Indianapolis will address the membership and the friends of the Congregation. Rabbi Steinberg comes here from Indi- anaiKilis where he is the spiritual leader of I Congregation Beth El, one of the foremost Conservative congregations in the middlewest. For his subject the rabbi has chosen "Factors of Jewish Survival," a most timely discussion of problems con¬ fronting American. Judaism today.
Members of the East Broad Street Temple Brotherhood and their friends . are requested fb hold the date of April 12th o|jen, as. this occasion promises-to be one of unusual importance to Coltim¬ bus Jewry.
Gamma Omega Pi Sorority Thanks Supporters
E<litor, Ohio Jewish Chronicle, Columbus, Ohio. Dear Editor:
We take this nieans of thanking you for the publicity which you gave our card party for the benefit ot the Colum¬ bus Hebrew School which was held March 2i), at the Neil House.
Wc also want to thank all those who attended for their kind cooiieration in making this event a big success.
We are especially grateful to the fol¬ lowing who gave donations: Block Jew¬ elry Co., Skuller's Luggage Shoppe, Sculler's Jewelry Co., Katz Delicatessen, Parisian Gift Shop, Marshall Printing Co., Morrey's Jewelry Co., Rogers' Jew¬ elry Co., Sike Printing Co.,' and Mr. Frank Glick.
Sincerely yours, Gamma Omega Pi Sorority.
JR. COUNCIL BENEFIT
BRIDGE    APRIL    15TH
The Junior Council will give a benefit bridge party at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel on April 15th at 8 P. M. in the Ionian Room. Don't delay—make your reservations now. Miss Edith Tanne- baum in charge.   Tickets 50c.
Sisterhood Meeting of T. L
Congregation to Take Place
Monday Evening
The next regular meeting of the Ti¬ fereth Israel Sisterhood will be held at the East Broad Street Temple on Mon¬ day evening, April llth. The nominating committee will submit its report at this time and nomination of ofTieera for the coming year will take place.
The entertainment chairmen, Mrs. Sol¬ omon Rivlin and Mrs, Ju-stin Sillman, have. succeeded in securing unusiially fine entertainment. Esther Allen GdW, dean of women at Ohio State University, will address the Sisterhood on a-very tnterest- iiig topic. There will also be musical entertainment by well-known artists.
All members are urged to attend, as this will be one of the most important and interesting meetings of the year.