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Vol XV—No. 9
COLUMBUS, OHIO. FEBRUARY 27, 1931
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By the Way
By David Schwartz'
Ib  She  Communist or  Altruist?
X is the daughter of a man, now dead, who, in his day, was one of the Titan figures of Amcfican Jewry. As a scholar, combining ancient Jewish lore and modern scientific erudition, he has never had his equal in America. I think I have said enough about him to identify him tothosc who have any knowledge of the inner cir¬ cles of Jewry. Well, Til say more—and this wiir make it a complete give-away— he was for many years the ])residcnt of a great rabbinical seminary in New York. X is his daughter—and some acquaint¬ ance of hers was talking to me about her the other day. "X, you know, is a Com¬ munist." "Yes, so I have heard," "Her father," her friend continued, "left her many valuable antiques, but as a Communist, she has given them away,' "That's not Communism," retorted I, "that's altruism, or at best, that's only fifty_ per cent Communsm. For a Com¬ munist believes not only what is mine is thine, but what is thine is mine. There¬ fore, if X is sincere in her principles, she should not only give away her antiques, but should steal somebody else's.
"I respect X's altruism, but as a Coni- muiiist, she has not proved her sincerity," ;  I concluded.
And there are a lot of people who think they are Communists, when they are only altruists.
But, maybe, I am too much of a Bab¬ bit to understand.
A *'Treifeneh Bein" Hilda Kassell, the sprightly J. T. A. scribe, who is now in London, cheerios me the following anecdote relative to a debate in Parliament at one time, between Sir Isaac Isaacs, the present Governor- General of Australia, and the late Sir George Reid.
It. appears that Reid had made some statement which Isaacs bitterly resented. Sir Isaacs' features in the course of his reply took on such a devouring countc-' nance that Sir George arose, and inter¬ rupted: "The honorable member looks as if he . would eat me."
"Wy religion forbids," replied Sir Isaac.
TUNE    IN    ON    RABBI
JACOB TARSHISH
TOMORROW
The 15th of a series of radio sermons will be broad¬ cast from the Bryden Road Temple tomorrow (Sunday) at 11 a. m.
The theme of the rabbi's address will be "The Pope Talks to the World."
The radio addresses of 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 officers of the Temple want to make it clearly understood that the Sunday services are inter¬ denominational in character and arc open to the general public.
India and Her Problems to Be Discussed by British-Edu¬ cated Hindu
Will Be Guest Speaker at Annual Hadassah Linen Shower
Scbonthal   Center   Debating
Team WiH Meet Cinci Y.
M. H. A. Sunday
That's not so bad, Hilda, and, by the way, will you do me a favor? Years ago, when I was a young man of three or four, I used to play with a lot of other . people of the same age,- and we used to sii'ig a flong which ran, "T,undon bridge- is falling down." Now, I had my doubts then about the song, for I couldn't be¬ lieve .tljat if London bridge were actually falling down, that in the face of such a catastrophe, we would romp about tho fact. So what I want to knjDw is-^is it or is it not true? Let me know about that bridge, will you?.
This and That John. Haynes Holmes is said to be writing- a biography of Nathan Strauss— that "chosen" of Hcrnian Bernstein's daughter is the son of the Roumanian attache to Albania Eve Kolm, for¬ mer. Washington star scribe and Pulitzer graduate ,has been translated from news- papering to domesticity, her spouse being
a Stamford engineer Gilbert Swann,
who columns far and wide for the N. E. A. feature service, is really Gene Co¬ hen Jewish   Tribune '$2,000   novel
prize won by Elma Ehrlich Levinger	
Miss Brody of New York Public Library Jewish Division all smiles the other day .... What's the matter, we quizzed..., ''Frances Oppenheimer, author, just came . in, and writing novel, and asked me to translate for fictional purposes Yiddish expression—'A gesunt in dein pupick a-
rein.' "     Ha-ha-ha—it   is   funny how
would you translate it? we said	
"Hail to the Navy".. ha-ha-ha	
Arthur Goodman  has  ivrittcn  play  on Abraham Lincoln.... ..it's a secret but
Sidney Wallach and Bernard Postal are at work on an opus dealing with a certain delightful  phase of  ncwspapering...,.. Strange how the .Talmud translation by , Rodklnson   sells   at    Macy's,   although scholars generally think translation feh- f eh.,. ...another  prominent  figure who
has been angel for several years at sev¬ eral   leading  Jewish  organizations  now
pressed against the wall won't be
. seen by anyhotly and physical shadow of his   former  self......four months ago,
we talked to him, and he was all opti¬ mistic really too bad,  for he was
on<i of the dccentcst fellows..... .Look
out for George Z. Metlalie, the new U. S\
district attorney of New York he's
, not only an 'Tzzcr," but a coinmer, unless
our dope is all wrong ..
Betty Ross and John Dewey _ When Betty Ross came hack from Rus¬ sia, we suggested as the title of her book, "Rushing About in Russia" or else, "Rq- mace !n the Red Realms." Instead she named it "Bread and Love." And now she is lecturing on Love and Life in Rus¬ sia. Now that was altogether wrong. It should have been "Love and Life in Latvia."
But nevertheless, Miss Ross knows how to get a scoop and when she tells about them, it isn't difficult to keep interested. Thus, when nobody in Moscow could get John Dewey, then on a Russian visit, to talk, Betty scored.
"I can't give you this interview," said Dewey to her in Moscow.   "You know, I realljr have only enough material  for the series of articles I have contracted to do, and it wouldn't be fair to myself to give away any of this scanty material," "I'll make you a siwrting proposition," said Miss Ross. "What is It?" queried Dewey. "If I think of some phase of the suh¬ ject,   on   which   you   have  not   as   yet thought, will you consent to talk on it?" "Yes," replied the philosopher. A  couple of hours later,   Betty  hart Dewey on the phone.   "Have you thought of  the  sociological   sictnificance   of   the ' Jewish return to the soil in Russia?" (Coniinued on page 6)
As part of the Schonthal Center Coun¬ cil's novel open-house day at the center, Sunday, March 1, the Schonthal Center team, representing CohimbuSi and the Cincinnati, Ohio, Y. M. H. A. debating team will meet in the second debate of the Mid-Western States Debating League. "Resolved, That Anti-Semitism Is a Necessary Preserving Force for the Jeyuish People," will be the subject in discussion. .The Columbus team will ar¬ gue the negative side of the question.
Representing the Columbus team will be:—Samuel Luper, 105 Lockbourne Road, who recently passed his state bar examination and was the youngest to take the exam; Louis Rosenthal, 303 E. Liv¬ ingston Avemie, who debated against De¬ troit in the Coliunlm« t^ajru'" first debate, will be Luper's teammate. William J. Goodman will act as alternatjc for the Columbus team. ¦
Myron Beitman, Leoit Elsberg and Benjamin Schwartz compose the Cin¬ cinnati team,
Mr. Joseph C. Goodman is chairman of the debate and the judges will be Mr. Justin L. Sillman, Rabbi Lee If. Levinger, aild Mr. .\aron M. Neustadt.   ,
Following the debate, which will begin promptly at 8 p- m;, a dance will be held at which no admission will be charged.
Central Ohio's leading boxers will take part in the athletic program which will be held in the afternoon. Among those who will- take part will be:—Mike O'Dowd, Lou Bloom, Al Gahn, Charlie Dunlap and many others.
A Purim play and many other attrac¬ tions arc to be presented.
TO ADDRESS, LOCAL B'NAI B'RITH LODGE MARCH 23RD
Mr. Jehan Warliker will Discuss
the Case for India in
Lecture Here
An unusually authoritative statement of the case for India will be made here on Tuesday, March Hth, when Mr. Je¬ han Warliker, high-caste Hindu, appears for a lecture under the auspices of Bry¬ den Road Temple Lecture Course. The lecture will be given in the Bryden Uoad Temple and is titled "A Panorama of India."
Has Had Wide Experience Mr. Warlikcr was first placed in the care of an English nurse, subsequently with a private.tutor in his family, and afterwards educated at the Headmaster's Hotise, Harrow-oii-thc-Hill, Cambridge, I^ondon University, and the Bar Middle Temple Inn, where he graduated in Arts and Law.
At the age of three; his nurse, without the sanction of his father, had him bap¬ tized into the Church of England. Dur¬ ing his twenty years' stay in England, Warliker was brought up in the Christian faith, amidst English associations, among English schoolboys and young . men, adopting their manners, codts and ethics, playing their games and sports, I On his return to India he found that his English training had imbue<l him with English thoughts, English customs, ideals and outlook, and lie felt that he could not assimilate Indian customs and ideals. He refused to cinbracc Hindu¬ ism.
Studies His Native Land His Christian beliefs, his English ac¬ cent and manners alienated the sympathy of his family whom he scarcely knew. He did not understand them aijd was in turn misunderstood. He left theni and for several years traveled around India, studying the philosophic thought and re¬ ligions of his country, studying the tradi¬ tions and customs of his people, gaining an insight into, an understanding of, and a great sympathy for the national ideals and aspirations of his race.
His travels and his investigations in India coupled with his western training convinced him that hi? country with her vast man power and natural resources, it proi>erly developed, could become the greatest nation in the world. Knows About Business and Industry He studied the efifect of the British rule in India, her fiscal and financial policy, her administration of ¦ law and order, system of government, the growth of industries, education, export and im¬ ports,—everything that would be of na¬ tional importance to his country.
For some years he was attached in an executive ca[>acity to one of the largest corporations in India and on leaving there in 1938, he came ,to the United State.-; and has been giving a series of lectures about his native land.
His education and culture, enriched by travel over nearly two-thirds of the globe, his philosophical knowledge, his western training and-practical business experience, have given him a rare background for a unique presentation of his subjects, free from sentiment and prejudice.
This lecture will conclude the series given this season under the auspices ol the Temple Brotherhood and Sisterhood.
Dr. L M. Rubinow
Dr. I. M. Rubinow of Cincinnati will be the guest speaker at the Annual Ha¬ dassah Linen Shower ond Tea, which will be hekl at the Neil House, Sunday Jif- tcrnoon, March 1st, at 2 o'clock. Dr. Rubinow is a nationally known social .worker and econorhist, having been ex¬ ecutive director of the Jewish Wclfart Society of Philadelphia, economist ex [>erl of the. United States Department ol Agriculture, a meniber of the Bureau ui S.tatistics, U. S. Department of Com- incrce and Labor, director qf the Burcai. of Social Statistics of New York De¬ partment of Public Charties, executive director of the United Palestine .Appeal, and a director lor several years .of thL Anierican Zionist Medical Unit, now known as the Hada.ssah Medical Organi¬ zation of Palestine. At the present time. Dr. Rubinow serves as executive secre¬ tary of the B'nai B'rith. and is managing editor of the National Jewish Monthly— the B'nai B'rith magazine.
Jkirs. Jacob Krakowitz, 003 Linwood Avenue, is chairman of arrangements fo: tile annual linen shower aiid tea. She is being assisted by Mrs. Harry Gilbert, 00 S. Cassingham Road. The collection oi nucha uuu ttic CuaU Hji-nci-i; uf money :irf the means used to reiilenish the needs of Hadassah's five modern hospitals in Pales¬ tine.
This year particularly, the need for supplies is very urgent and Hadassah earnestly solicits your co-operation.
Mrs. Sig Wcisskertz and her commit¬ tee will be on hand to welcome you and to serve refreshments.
Mrs. Justin I.. Sillman, entertainment chairman, has engaged Miss Thelma Palestrant, pupil of the Stella Becker School for Dancing, and Miss Isabel Block, to present Palestinian dances in costume. Miss Palestrant will also-do folk dances.
Don't fail to be present at the Hadas¬ sah linen shower and Tea Sunday afterr noon at the Neil House, to hear the in¬ teresting address of Dr. Rubinow.
Fine   Musical   Program
Planned by C. J. W. for
Tuesday's Meeting
The Colunibos Section of the National Council of Jewish Women have planned a delightful niusical for their March meeting next Tuesday at 2 P. M., in the Bryden Road Temple. Mrs. Al Harmon will i)reside at the business session. Fol¬ lowing this, Mrs, J. Malcolm Strelitz of Marion. Ohio, will give a group of songs. She will be accoini>anied on the piano by l-'xhvin Stainbrook. Mrs. Strelitz recently conqdeted a course of study abroad at Fontinebleau under the celebrated Ma¬ dame Litviiie. , Martin Horowitz, son of Mr, and Mrs. H. Horowitz, 6.50 Carpen¬ ter Street, will play violin selections. He has studied six years withQ.S. Krauter, and for the past year he has been a pu¬ pil of Franc Zeigler. Martin, concert master at South High School, will be accompanied ou the piano by Miss Betty Stocklin, also a senior at South High School. Mrs. LeRoy Morris will play several piano selections, and will also ac¬ company Evelyn Thall, premiere dauaeuse of the Jorg Fasting Ballet, who will pre¬ sent several of her well known dances.
Dinner to Einstein March 4th
Will Be Greatest Event in
History of N, Y. Jewry
Nation-Wide Hook-Up Over C. B. S. Will Knable Whole Coun¬ try to Hear Him
Rabbi   Will  Give  Book  Review Monday at Council Luncheon
Jr.  T. I.  Sisterhood Dance
Will Take Place Sunday
Evening
XiOUIS J.  IIOIUK STEIN of Indlumipulls
The officers of the B'nai B'rith are happy to announce that Mr. Louis J. Bornstein of Indianapolis will be the chief speaker March 23rd on the occasion of past president's night of Zion Lodge. Mr. Bornstein is recognized as one of the out¬ standing Jewish leaders in the country, having participated in every constructive Jewish movement on the part of our people in this country and abroad. His interests are riiany and diversified. Not only does he take an active part in all things Jewish, hut contributes liberally, to charities representing all races anrt creeds. He is especially interested in the B'nai B'rith Order, having served the or¬ ganization in many important capacities. Just recently the leading business men of Indianapolis elected him president of the Chamber of Commerce, the first Jew ever
Everyone is looking forward to the dance being sponsored by the Tifereth Israel Junior Sisterhood tomorrow eve¬ ning (Sunday) at the East Broad'Street Temple. Miss Gertrude Schlezinger, chairman of the dance, has engaged Ralph Cohen and his Onions to furnish the mu¬ sic. ' This orchestra has played for the Juniors on .various other occasions, and will therefore need no extended introduc¬ tion. Miss Schlezinger will he assisted by the following committees:—Refresh¬ ments, Rose Solomon, Bertha Goldstein/ Dorothy Rappaport, Selma Brandt, Dor¬ othy Shiff; tickets, Mildred Garek: dec¬ orations, Eva Schaket, Josephine -Ben¬ nigson; publicity. May Rose.
This dance is the sixth of a series of monthly, dances being given by the Juniors this winter. The past afTairs have proven so successful that the Juniors will con¬ tinue to s[>onsor dances each month until June,
No tickets are being sold for the affair Sunday evening, but a small admission charge will be made at the door.
Everyone is cordially invited ti> attend.
Come to the Junior Council Formal Dance This Evening
The Rockefeller's Orchestra will fur¬ nish the dance music for the Junior Coun¬ cil Formal to be given this evening (Sat¬ urday), February 28th, at the Ionian Room of the Deshler Hotel. The com¬ mittee on arrangements has spared no ex¬ pense to make this dance the most worth¬ while of the season. Miss Helen Smith and Miss Katharine Goodman are in .charge of arrangements. The ticket com¬ mittee consists of Miss Jean Dashefsky, Sylvia Cohen, Bessie Yenkin, Alice Luft, Charlotte Karger, Faynne Young, Leah Ritter, Eva Pier aiid Phyllis Snyder, Miss Bertha Swartz is in charge of or¬ chestra. ,      ¦¦
The tickets are $2,00 per couple and members and non-members are welcome.
to be honored by that groiip in the Hoosier capital.
Further details concerning this impor¬ tant meeting of the year will appear in the forthcoming issues of the Chronicle.
Rabbi Jacob Tarshish
On Monday, March 2nd, at 1-2:30 P. M., the last of a scries of luncheon book reviews sponsored by the Eduactional Committee of the Natipnal Council of Jewish Women, will be held in the Crys¬ tal Room of the Deshler Wallick Hotel, ftabbi Jacob Tarshish will review "Cleo¬ patra," by Claude Ferval.
Reservations can stillbc made by call¬ ing the chairman, Mrs. L A. Rosenthal, Evergreen ^i':V27.
Remember the date—Monday, March 2nd, at 12:30 P. M., in the Crystal Room of the Deshler-Wallick Hotel.
Next Agudath Achim Open
Forum Meeting to Be in
Charge of Sisterhood
• The Open Forum Committee has ar¬ ranged to have the Ladies' Sisterhood of the Agudath Achim Congregation take charge of the next Open Forum meeting on Friday evening, March Cth, at 8 P; m.
Mrs. Jacob Krakowitz will be the chairman of the evening. Services will be read and conducted by Mrs. Hyman Thall. The speaker of the evening will be Miss Goldie Kantor. , Cantor Anshel Freedman and his choir will provide the musical entertain¬ ment.
An interesting and instructive evening is promised all who attend. Don't for¬ get the date—Friday, March Cth, at, 8 p. in. at the Congregation Agudath Achim.
HELP ZION LODGE Solve this Great Mystery!
WHO KIDNAPED "LITTLE LEAH"? WHY WAS "LITTLE LEAH" KIDNAPED?
DON'T CONVICT THE WRONG MANI
HELP US TO SOLVE THIS MYSTERY.
MONDAY EVENING
MARCH 9th, 1931
NEW VIRGINIA HOTEL
Watch Next Week's Issue of The Chromcle
NEW YORK—Invitations arc out for a testimonial dinner in honor of Prof. Albert Einstein, at the Hotel Astor, on Wednesday evening, March 4th, under tlie auspices of the American Palestine Campaign, it was announced yesterday by Morris Rothenberg, national chair¬ man. The cover-charge will.be $100 per person. All indications are that it wifl be the greatest event in the history of New York Jewry.
Announcement that Prof. Albert Ein¬ stein had accepted the invitation of Felix M. Warburg, honorary chairman of the campaign, and Mr. Rothenberg, has brought numerous requests to national headquarters of the campaign at 111 Fifth Avenue, from prominent individ¬ uals and organizations outside of New York City for the privilege of partici¬ pating in this event. In response to these requests, Mr. Rothenberg said, the invi- j tation lists have been expanded to include communities within a radius of 100 miles of this city.
Mr. Rothciiberg also announced that this function would mark the beginning of a drive in New York City to raise !|;l,000,000 toward a fund of $2,500,000 which is being sought nationally for the V.mi budget of the Jewish Agency for Palestine in cooperation with the Keren Haycsotl (Palestine Foundation Fund) and Hadassah. In addition to Mr. War¬ burg and Mr. Rothenberg, the national officers of the campaign include Dr. Cj- rus Adler, Lieut. Gov. Lehman, Hon. Julian W. Mack, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Nathan Straus, Jr., Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Dr. Lee K. Frankel and Joseph C. Hyman. This will be the only public function in which the distinguished dis¬ coverer of the theory of relativity will participate during his brief stay in. New York. He and Mrs. Einstein are coming directly from Pasadena and will embark for Germany the. s.B-nm. night.
The address by Prof.'Eihsteiri "^and other distinguished speakers, including Dr. Stephen S. Wise, will be broadcast over the complete nation-wide network of the Columbia Broadcasting Co., including Station WABC. "
Zionists and others interested in the upbuilding of Palestine as the Jewish National Home are looking forward to Prof. Einstein's address at the Hotel As¬ tor witb unusual interest. They credit him with having had a tremendous influ¬ ence in creating favorable opinion for the movement ih intellectual circles. , Mr. Rothenberg said yesterday that it. was the difficulties witnessed by Prof. Einstein confronting Jewish students in German>, making the road to. a safe existence im¬ possible that first turned Prof. Einstein's thoughts in the direction of Zionism.
"Dr. .Mbert Einstein's discovery of Zionism occurred when he took up his residence in Berlin, and he saw, with his own eyes, what was. happening to the Jewish young men from Eastern Europe who came there to study," Mr. Rothen¬ berg said. "In a recent article in the Jewish press, and also in a book which is just off the press, Einstein has stated that despite their small number, the pres¬ ence of these East-European Jewish stu¬ dents became a public question. A mo\e- mcnt, he says, was launched for dispos¬ ing of them quickly or enterning them, and they were made the scape goat of all the ills of prcsciit-day German political life." i     ,
Mr. Rothenberg stated that when the German government contemplated the expulsion of these Jewish students. Dr. Einstein stood up for them and, in an article published in the Berliner Tage¬ blatt, denounced the inhumanity and folly of such a measure. Together with'some of his colleagues, non-Jews as well as Jews, he started university courses for them.
*Tt was those and similar occurrences, Einstein has stated, that awakened in him the Jewish national sentiment, and his public stand for Zionism which is to him something not merely a question of colonization, but a question also of Jew¬ ish self-assertion, has heen of enormous value to the cause," Mr. Rothenberg said. The testimonial book, expressive of .American Jewry's affection for Prof Einstein and their deep appreciation of his devotion to Palestine, which will be presented to him at the dinner, will con¬ tain the names of all individuals and or¬ ganizations participating in this function.
TEA ARRANGED
A tea will be given under the auspices of the Pioneers of Palestine on Sunday evening, March 1st, at fi;30 o'clock, jn the banquet hall of the Agudath Achim Congregation. An entertainment program has been arranged. All membera and their friends are cordially invited.
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