Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-01-30

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Vol. XV — No. 5
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JANUARY 30, 1931
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BytheWay
By David Schwartz
TUNE    IN    ON    RABBI
JACOB TARSHISH
TOMORROW
Int«rniarriage
If one may believe a report tliat comes to Illy ears, the recent wccUling of Mi¬ nerva Aaroiisoii, the New Haven Jewish girl, to the son of John I^askob, did not take place without some strenuous object¬ ing.
, And strangely, enough of the objec¬ tions, t hear, canie from the lK)or Jewish family. Their objections were of course based on the religious difTercnccs. The Aaronsoiis, 1 understand, are orthodox Jews, and felt that the union of orthodox Judaism,and Catholicism boded no good.
In at least two conspicuous instances Ihc objections to snch Unions arc more pronounced on the Catholic side. The case of Irving Berlin is a notable instance of this. The Mackays, all reports to the contrary notivithslanding, have never for¬ given Ellin for wedding the song writer.
A similar unyielding attitude was t.nkcn by the parents of the Catholic wife of the late Houdini. It was not until twelve years after their marriage that the par¬ ents of Houdini's wife permitted him the hospitality of their home. Houilini's mother, although the wife ot a rabbi, cheerfully welcomed her Catholic daugh- ter-in-law. ,
Don't Talk—Telegraph
Talking about Houdini, reminds me of a ^tory that is told of the great wizard. As IS well, known, the domestic life of the Houdinis was unusually happy—one . long, protracted romance.
But on one occasion, the two were at some iKirty, and Mrs. Houdini became unduly loquacious.. Houdini smilinglv winked to his wife to keep still. Eut a woman isa woman, Finallv Houdini ex¬ cused himself from the home, returning some tei) minutes later. In another ten V",'""'?^' " "'lesram arrived addressed to Mrs. Houdini. She opeiicd it, and read: You are talking too darn much." Signed, Your loving Harry.
A Pleasant Little Racket
_ The news just amiouni:cd that visas to America would not in the future be granted to Polish citizens marrying Americans will put an end, in my opinion, unfortunately, to what had become in a mild form, a racket. Undoubtedly many Polish Jews married Americans merely for the opportunity it provided of leav¬ ing Poland for America-. A considerable number of American Jewish girls made capitaPof the opportunity, it has been charged, of getting a husband in that fashion.
, I don't know how much truth there is ill the^-ehargerfor the fact is that the girl m America stands a far better mat¬ rimonial chance here than in Poland or .•iny other part of Europe. America is tlic only land where there is actually an excess of men over women.
Go West, Young Woinan
I know that my statement will be chal¬ lenged when I say there are more men in America^ than women, but if vou do feel 111 the challenging mood, just consult the World Almanac. In the East and pos¬ sibly in the larger cities of the West, you will find there is a slight excess of wo¬ men over men, but this is more than off¬ set by the sparser populated sections of the west, where there is a preponderance of the male-of the species.
TKe_ woman who doesn't like her mat- nmoiiia chinces should take Horace Gfeeleys adiice and "go west," accord¬ ing to statistics.
Actually, whether it would be good strategy to take the western trip, I do not know, for while the proportion is in ner favor in the west, the possibilities of meeting people may very likely be greater m the heavier populated zones. Fur and Philosophy
Alfred Lief, theversatile young scribe who recently gathered together in two thick volumes the dissenting opinions of Justice Holmes antl Justice Brandeis is now at work On another collection. He proi»scs to collect the Zionist utteraiiccii qt Einstein, and the great savant has given Lief access to his papers for that
. ,^,';''« Li>' t'ms busies himself in these intellifientzia opuses, for his bread and' Butter, he holds down a prosaic editorial job—that of ethlor of a trade journal- Fur Asje."
Hecht on Zionism
While thiis we are soon to have an !;r5M" .r'*"?^ .pleading for Zionism, several other Jewish writers have joined the forces of the Arabs-at least, to the extent of attacking the philosophy and . practice of Zionism. Amdng others, I l-efer to Ben Hecht, who in his book just out, Jew in Love," makes his central character take a few hard slams at the Zionist ideology m which "damn" and a few even more high powered expletives arc vented on the Palestine idea
I don t know whether these utterances oi. Hecht s central character echo th» opinions of Hecht himself. Perhaps they do, Hecht seems to be constitutionally opposed to anything involving an ism, ihils the same central character of Hecht s delivers a few wallops at a num¬ ber of the other "idealisms."
Hate and Achievement
n,''?,';* is just now a play on Broadway "1- , '1 "°^* Forth, is its name, in which the flocks of the young who come to New York to achieve fame in the va¬ rious artistic fields are a<lviscd to save their train fare and stay home. Writing and jiamting and the arts generally, the play more than hints, are gifts which few have, and most of those who come, in¬ tending to storm the citadels of art, are doomed to disaster.
Therp is a goal measure of truth in this, of course, I cannot help but think, however, of a recent utterance of F. P. A., the Jewish columnist of Ihe New York World, who attributed much of artistic production to hate rather than to natural genius or talent.
In other words,  many achieve great
things in the literary and artistic world
merely because they are resentful of the
skepticisms of others about them.   The
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The eleventh nf a series of ra¬ dio sermons will be broadcast from the Bryden Rond Temple tomorrow (Sunday) at 11 a. m.
The theme of the rabbi's ad¬ dress will be "Amos 'n' Andy— Why Do Many People Listen to Them?" This is the last of a se¬ ries of three lectures on various types of human bcinj^s and will disclose that class of individuals who never quite make the grade.
The radio addresses ot Rabbi Tarshish have evoked responses from all over the state; even folk from neighboring states have sent in letters. expressing; their appreciation. The oflicers of the Temple Want to make it clearly understood that the Sun¬ day services arc inter-denomi¬ national in character and arc open to the general public.
Introducing the Newly-Elected Officers
Of the Ohio State Regional District
Of the Hadassah Organization
Story ol Growth and Develop-^
ment of B'nai B'rith Told
By Dr. Levinger
Rabbi's Address Stirs Cro^d at
B'nai B'rith Meeting Held in
New Virginia Hotel
Many Reservations Are Being Made for
Banquet in Honor of Rabbi Louis L.
Mann, of Chicago
Meeting at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel Will Be Held Under Hillel
Auspices; Dr. B. J. Gordon WiH Be the Toastmaster; Edwin
J. Schanfarber and Rabbi Levinger Are Also on the
Program
Rabhi Lniiis L, Mann lA Sinai Ttiilplc, Cliicagd, one of the oiit-stJiiKliiig siiiritiinl leaders of .\nicric;iii Jewry and successor to the'laic ami iicver-to-bc-forKottcn Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, will be the guest siwakcr at a ban(|uct of the Hillel ahnniii of Ohio Slate Univcrsitj to bt gixcn it the Dtsh ler-Wallick   Hotel   on   Wethitsclij   c\c-
Iii his address last Monday evening, at the New Virginia 'Hotel, Rabbi Lee J. Levinger traced the history of the B'nai B'rith Order from its earliest beginnings until the present day. He described the early experiences of the sponsors of the I. O. B. B., stressing the sublime prin¬ ciples which animated them in all their plans and projects He explained that today there are seven district grand lodges in the United States, all tiilder the general jurisdiction of the constitution Grand Lodge which has its headtiuarters in Cincinnati, .Ohio, and is presided over .by Alfrtd M, Cohen. He also told of the various grand lodges in European lands operating vinder the supervision of the Constitution'Grand Lodge.'
Dr, Levinger spent a great i>art of the evening in telling of the wonderful work that has been done by the B'nai B'rith in'America during the past fifty years. He eulogized the splendid men who have headed the Order;—^Julius Bien of New York; Simon Wolf of Washington, D. C.; Leo N. Levi of Galveston; Adolf Kraus of Chicago; and Alfred.M. Cohen of Cincinnati.
"1 know of no other fraternal order in the world that is more democratic in its principles and in its; methods," declared Rabbi Levinger. "It is governed by the will of its members, each of whom pos¬ sesses equal rights in the selection of those representatives wlio direct its policies.. Each lodge enjoys autonomy in the transaction of its local affairs and is limited in its power only by the Constitu¬ tion Grand Lodge and the District Grand Lodge, in both of which it has adequate representation. Everyone here has heard many times about,the various institutions .operated by the B'nai B'rith, such as the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home, the Home for the Aged and Infirm at Yon¬ kers, M[. Y., the National Jewish Hos¬ pital for Consumptives at Denver, the B'nai B'rith Orphanage at Erie, Pa., the Hebrew Orphans' Home at Atlanta, Ga., the Touro Infirmary at New Orleans, the Leo N. Levi Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., and the Jewish Widows' and Ot- phaps' Home, New Orleans, La.
The rabbi then touched upon the ac¬ tivities of the anti-defamation league, the emergency fund, thtj war orphan fund, the B'nai B'rith Bureau in Mexico, the Palestine Housebuilding Fund, the B'nai B'rith Wider-Scope Committee and the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation throughout the country.
Rabbi Levinger was introduced by President Ben Z. Neustadt. Following the rabbi's a<Idrcss, Brother Allan Tar¬ shish gave a ten minute review of cur¬ rent events. For the niusical program of the evening Miss Minah Volk sang a few Jewish folk selections, accompanied by Miss Sylvia Phillipson, Elsewhere in this issue of the Chronicle will be found the names of all members of Zion Lodge who have been appointed to serve on committel's for the coming year.
These are the ncwly-elccted officers of the Ohio State regional district of the Hadassah, women's Zionist organization. Seated, left to right arc Mrs. W. A. Hersch, 1188 East. Broad street, presi¬ dent; Mrs. Victor Zeve, Cleveland, re¬ cording secretary, and Mrs. Samuel Mar¬ cus, Dayton, first vice president.
Standing, left to right are; Mrs. Ben G. Yalman, 075 Sheridan avenue, corre¬ sponding secretary; Mrs. M. J. Lewis, Cleveland, honorary president,, and Mrs.
J,   Spitalny,   Clevehind,
president.
Other officers chosen at the closing meeting of the annual conference in the Neil House, Mondiiy, are Mrs, Sam Kasle, Toledo, second vice president; Mrs.. Isaac Befon, Cleveland, auditor, and Miss Lena Ozersky, Youngstown, treas¬ urer.
The convention of the Hadassah will be'held in  Youngstown, next .year.
Committees of Zion Lodge No. 62, B'nai
B'rith, As Appointed by President Ben
Z. Neustadt Last Monday Evening
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ning, February 4th, at fi ::10 o'clock. Res- er\ations can be made b> calling the Hil¬ lel Foundation, Wahiut 1(>28,
will be "The Jewish Problem; Is it Jew¬ ish or Christian?"' and will deal with ya¬ rious aspects of the great Jcwisb prob¬ lem of World'Jewry today.
The toastmasler ior the dinner will be Dr, E, J. Gordon, mi K. Town Street, president of the Advisory Board of the Hillel Foundation of Ohio State Univer¬ sity.
According to Dr. Samuel D. Edclman, ¦l(hV\ Fair Aveiuic, Bcxicy, chairman of the arrangements committee for the ban- (|uet, a great many reservations have al¬ ready been made for this lunque affair. Besides Dr. Gordon and Dr. Mann, two local speakers \v'll be on the program; namely, Edwin J. Schanfarhcr, \miy Oak Street; and Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, di¬ rector of the Hillel Foundation at O. S. U. The following members of the ad- \isory board of the Hillel Foimdation will he hosts and hostesses at the reception to be given in honor of Dr. Mann, fol¬ lowing the dinner:—Dr.: B.W. Abram¬ son, Professor Theodcire N. Beckman, Dr. S. D. Edelman, Miss Dorothy Fin¬ kelstein, Mr. Arthur Gluck, Mr. J. C. Goodman, Mr. Leon J. Goodman, Dr. E. J. Gordon, Mrs.Al Harmon, Mrs. J. Krakov^iitz. Mrs. Lawrence Loewenstein, Mr. Aaron M. Neustadt, Mr. Ben Z. Neustadt, Mrs, Morris Polster, Mr. Robert Mellman, Rabbi. S. Rivlin, Mrs. I. A. Rosenthal, Mrs. Loliis Roth, Mr. E. J. Schanfarber, Mr, Roy J. Stone, Rabbi Jacob Tarshish, Dr M- Goldberg, Mrs. Dave Levinson and Mr. Harry Schwartz. Don't forget to reserve Wednesday cve- ig, February 4th, for this grand event,
The committees of Zion Lodge Np. 62, B'nai B'rith, as appointed by Presi¬ dent Ben Z, Neustadt last Monday eve¬ ning at the New Virginia Hotel are:— Pr o p a g-a n d a Cammittee, Harry Schwartz, chairiiian; RobertN. Suiti;' Mitchell N. Nachinan, Isadore L. |vlar-. golis,, Jacic Goodman, Sidney Basch, Dr. Lewis R: Basch, Ben Hofifman, Louis Brickner, David EU Neustadt, Louis Schlezinger, Joseph Solove, Fred M. Rosenfeld, Charles H; Furman, Harry Beckman, A. B. Weinfeld, Jacob Kra¬ kowitz, Louis Rosenthal, Walter Katz, Dr. Morris Goldberg, Tobias C. Pol¬ ster, Meyer Warsaski, Max S. Bogatin, Ben Ratner, Lotiis J. Nachman; Enter¬ tainment Committee, Robert L. Mell¬ man, chairman; Allan Tarshish, Roy J. Stone, Aaron M, Neustadt, Justin L, Sillman, Abe Weinf&ld, Dri Morris Goldberg, Dr. Samuel D. Edclman; Educational League Committee, Walter Katz, chairman; Dr. S. ,D, Edelman, Louis Rosenthal, Max Herzberg, Dave Levison; Committee on Law, Justin L. Sillman, chairman, with his comniittee to be appointed by himself; Degree Team Committee, Jacob B. Wolstein, chairman; Aaron M. Neustadt, Allan Tarshish; Auditing Committee, Paul Karger, chairman; Samuel N, Hyne¬ man, Jacob B. Wolstein; Hou^e Com< mittee, Jacob B. Wolstein, chairman Robert L. Mellman; Publicity Commit¬ tee, Aaron M. Neustadt, chairman ; Al¬ lan   Tarshish,   Dewey   A.   RosenfichI,
Hiarry Gilbert; Sick Committee, Louis Rosenthal, chairman; Walter Katz, Max Herzberg, Morris M- Levison'; WiHiam Cohen, Loui.s Lakin, Louis Brickner;. - Retolutions Committee, Hsrrj'. Schwartz, chairman; Roy J. Stonej A- Z. A. Committee, Dr. Donald A. Schusterman, chairman; Max Dwor¬ kin, Abe A, Wolman, Samiiel Wein¬ feld, Aaron M. Neustadt, Oscar A. Brown, Dr. R, A. Jaffee, Jack Good¬ man ; Anti Defamation Committee, Jus¬ tin L. Sillman, chairman; Edwin J. Schanfarber, Aaron M. Neustadt, Os¬ car A. Broivn^ Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, Rabbi Jacob Tarshish, Rabbi 'Isaac Werne, Rabbi Solomon Rivlin, Rabbi Leopold . Greenwald; Open Forum, Aaron M. Neustadt, chairman; Roy J, Stone, Allan Tarshish, Mitchell N. Nachman, Justin L, Sillman, Harry Schwartz, Robert L. Mellman, Martin Ornstein, Rabbi Rivlin, Frank V. Bayer, Dave Peiros, Robert N. Suid, Dr. B, W, Abramson, B. B, Friedman, J, Slavin; Refreshments Committee, Waher Katz, chairman; Abe A. Wol¬ man, N. Spiegel; HoateiB Committee, Mrs. Martin .Rosenthal, chairinan; Mrs, Conrad Lerner, Mrs, Ben Yal¬ man, Mrs. Ben Z. Neustadt; Social Service Committee, Jack Myer, chair¬ man; David A. Peiros, Abe Wolman, Frank V. Bayer, Allan Tarshish, Mor¬ ris Supran, Rabbi Jacob Tarshish, Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, M. A. Segal, Chillicothe,.
The theme of Rabbi Mann's address   to be held at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Rabbi Levinger to Speak to
Jr. Hadassah Group on
Feb. 3rd
'*What the Jews Have Done in
America" WiU Be Theme of
HiUel Foundation Director
C. J. W, Book Review
The third of a series of luncheon book reviews sponsored by the Educational Committee of the Council of Jewish Wo¬ men will be held on Monday afternoon, February fitli, whh Dr. C. E. Andres, professor of English at Ohio State Uni¬ versity, as the guest speaker. The theme of his subject will be "Recent French Dramas." Further particulars will be announced in the forthcoming issue of the Chronicle.
Katherine M. Baker, chairman of the Cultural Group of the Junior Hacjassah, announces that on Tuesday evening, Feb¬ ruary 3rd, at, the Neil House, Rabbi Lee J. Levinger of the O, S. U. Hillel Foun¬ dation will address this group oh "What the Jews Have Done ui .America." Rabbi Levinger is one of a series of speakers who have been addressing Junior Hadas¬ sah during the past two months. Among other si>eakers that are being scheduled for th^ coming months are Rabbi Sol¬ omon Rivlin, Rabbi Isaac Werne, Rabbi Jacob Tarshish, Dr, M. H. Lichliter, Dr. Albert Avey, and others well known to Chronicle readers.
It is needless to say that Rabbi Levin¬ ger is an outstanding authority on the history of the Jews in America. His re¬ cently published hook on this subject has elicited favorable comment in educational and religious circles throughout the laml. The meeting on February Hrd at the Neil House will be open to all Chronicle read¬ ers. No fees are being charged, accord¬ ing to Mr. Aaron M. Neustadt, director of the Junior Hadassah Lecture Series,
Dr. R. E. Golliday to Address
Members of Broad Street
Temple Friday
Spiritual Leader of Grace Lu¬ theran Church WUl Be Intro¬ duced by A. M. Neustadt
President I, H, Schlezinger of tht Tifereth Israel Congregation," 1354 East Broad Street, announces that on Friday evening," February Oth, Dr, R. E. Golli¬ day of Grace Lutheran Church will oc¬ cupy the pulpit of the East Broad Street Temple. His theme will be "What tht Hebrew Prophets Stood For," In this address Dr. Golliday, one of the outstand¬ ing Bible scholars of the middlewest, will elucidate the teachings of some of the greatest ethical and moral guides ever known to mankind. An open forum disT cussion will follow the address of -Dr. Golliday.
¦ Among those who will participate are Roy J, .Stone, Allan Tarshish, Aaron M. Neustadt, and Mitchell N. Xachman, \ reception in honor of the speaker of the evening will be held in the social hall of the Congregation following the services.
Annual Cabaret Dance' at the
East Broad St Temple
Sunday Evening
Large   Turnout   Is   Expected;
Mesdames A. G. Hassel and
Leo L. Silverberg Are the
Chairmen
PAUL JONES' ORCHESTRA TO  FURNISH THE MUSIC
The annual Cabaret Dance sponsored by the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood will, take place on Sunday evening, February 1st, at the East Broad Street Temple,., A tremendous turnout is expected not only because bf the splendid orchestra engaged but also because of the many novelty features on the program.
The chairmen, Mrs. A. G. .Hassel and Mrs, Leo L. Silverberg, have left no stone unturned in order to insure a won¬ derful evening for all, old as well as young.
Several acts of fine enertainment have been obtained. Miss Betty Stocklin who .conducts a dance studio at 74& Jaeger Street, will dance, All those who were present at the cooiwrative meeting re¬ cently held, will pleasantly remember the fine performance of Miss Stocklin.
Miss Dorothy HaA^einan and ^^'ss Gladys Merriman, accomplished pupils of the Oscar Conrad School of Dancing, will sing and dance. Another feature of interest will be the Pony Express Chorus which consists of nine girls who are also pupils of Oscar Conrad. They arc Misses Gladys Merriman, Dorothy Haveman, Bobby Nichols, Geraldine Ginsberg, Mary Tatman, Helen Nupuf, Elaine Wilson, Sylvia Dworkin, and Mildred Nupuf.
Many other acts are on the program enabling those who do not care to dance to come for an evening of entertainment.
A talented master of ceremonies whose name is annuunced elsewhere in this issue of the Chronicle, will tonduct and a good orchestra has been secured.
The committee which will assist tbe chairmen include the following members of the Sisterhood:—Mesdamcs Frank V. Bayer, Samuel Berman, Louis Brickner, Mrs. Ralph Saile, Mrs. B. W. Abramson, Leon Cohen, \forris Feuerlicht, Ben Fin¬ kelstein, E. Fleischer, John Katz, Abe Kohn, Frank Kline, Herman Katz, E. S. Lowenstein, Milton Palestrant, Saul Marx, Solomon Rivlin, II. Robins, Harry Roth, Morris N, Siegel, Louis Schlesin¬ ger, and William Schwartz.
Temple Supper
The next Temple supper under the auspices of the Rose E. Lazarus Sister¬ hood will take place Sunday afternoon, February Bth, at a:30. Watch the forth¬ coming issue of the Chronicle for further particulars.
Local C. J. W. to Meet Tues¬ day at Art Gallery
A rare treat is iii store for all mem¬ bers of the Council of Jewisli. Women when the next regular ineeting will l)e held Tuesday afternoon, Fetiruary 3rd, l<romlttly at 2 o'clock, at the new Colum¬ bus Gallery ot Fine Arts on East Broad Street. There will be a short business meeting which will be followed by a tour of the gallery with an explanation of the paintings hy Director Karl S. Bolahder. The afternoon's prograni is in charge o! the educational committee of which Mrs. ]. A. Rosenthal is chairman. She will be assisted by Mrs. E. J. Gordon.
Ivreeyoh Meeting at Deshler- Wallick Hotel, February 4lh,at2P.M.
The next niecting. of the Ivreeyoh will take place on Wednesday afternoon, Feb- , fiary 4th, at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel at 2 P. M. The committee on arrange¬ ments for the dance to be held at the Neil House ou Febi-uary 18th, will announce ts plans for this annual afTair, which has been looked forward to by the entire ommunity. Mrs. B. E. Tushbant will ireside add present Mrs. Maybelle Eeibel )f the Domestic Relations Court, who ivill speak on the Problems of Children. Miss MiWre<l Topper will render several mca\ selections accompanied on the i)iano )y Miss Charlotte Sherry.
A Board meeting of the Ivreeyoh was held Tuesday afternoon at the Deshler- Wallick Hotel. A committee was ap- ointed to, visit the various classes in scs- ioil at the Talmud Torah. Mrs. Harry Roth is chairnian of this committee.
The ne.\t Board meeting will be in the form of a luncheon and "will take place at the Seneca Hotel, on February fflrd.
LETTKH OF THANKS
I.
W.  Garek to Speak Agudath Achim
at
Mr. Isadore \V. Garek, prominent lo¬ cal attorney, w'!! be the next speaker at the Open Forum meeting of the Congre¬ gation Afjudath Achim, «nFri<lay eve¬ ning, February fith, 1031, at 8 p, ni.
His topic will be "The B'nai R'rith Movement." An interesting evening is promis.td all who will attend.
The following letter from Mrs. Flor¬ ence P. Lieverman speaks for itself :— Ohio Jewish Chronicle, :!05 Schultz Bkig., City. Gentlemen:—
I desire to thank the editors of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle for their splendid part in making the Tri-State Regional convention of the Hadassah the tremen¬ dous success if was. We sincerely ap¬ preciate your loyal and unstinted coojiera- lion.
It is only with your readiness to work with us and your great interest in Hadas¬ sah that we have been enabled to make the wonderful strides we have made in this city.
With kind regards,
Sincerely yours, (Signed) Florence P. Lieverman,
General Chairman. '
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