Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-03-20

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Central Ohio'.   Only
Jewish Newspaper
Reaching Etxry Home
Vol. XV—No. 12
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoted  to American
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Jewish Ideals
COLUMBUS, OHIO, MARCH 20, 1931
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BytheWay
By David Schwartz
Daughter of Loihbroso
Gina Lombroso Fcrrcrro is with us Those whose memories are sufliciently clastic to stretch back to the scene of fifteen years ago, recall who Gina is. She is the daughter of the late Professor Caesar Lombroso of Italy, a Jew and an Olympian of his day.
Professor Lombroso's name was very much ncwspapcrcd about in those days Particularly did discussion rage about bis theory that the criminal was a def¬ inite biologic type. Another one of his . theses was that which was also espoused by Max Nordau, the kinship of genius and degeneracy.
Lombroso's theories today, I believe, have crashed in the slock exchange of scientific values. Fifteen years ago, you , couldn t have bought them at 90; today they go begging at about 2 or 3, if you get I what I mean.
Vet in his day, ho no doubt helped to forward the scientific spiS-it. Deplores Emancipation of Women
His daughter Gina married the famous Italian historian, Professor Gugliclmo Ferrero. And now the two arc here vis¬ iting and lecturing. And in an interview Mrs. Ferrero laments the "emancipation:' of wonien.   Here is what she says:
"The women of the world arc in a tragic position to<lay. Machinery has forced them to leave the homes where they are hai)py and to emerge into a world where tbcy are unable to fulfill their deepest needs. The position of modcrh woman is one of the tragedies of prog¬ ress.
The only rainbow descernible in the sky, strangely enough, for women is the fact that there is so much unemployment to¬ day. That may be doing a good thing to woman, she declares, by forcing women but of industry and back into the home. THe Old Domcaticity
Personally, I am afraid that Gina's lament is a vain one. The old domes¬ ticity whose passing she laments, is, I , fear me, dead, beyond resuscitation. Not that, perhaps, woman might not have been happier under the old dispensation. But I can not see how you can bring back the old domesticity unless yoU bring back the old conditions—until you put back the laundry into the home—ban canned foods and put back the wife in the kitchen as in the days of yore. And as far as women being forced out of industry by uneijiployment, I rather think, it is more likely that the forcing will be heaviest on the men, for the effort will be to re¬ trench on expense, and woman works for less.
Marriage and Monarchy ¦ , The statement has been made that mar¬ riage provides.something like a private little monarchy in every home. The hus¬ band IS king of the. home, the wife his royal spouse, and the. children his sub¬ jects; And since every man wants to be king, marriage enabled hira to satisfy this want in . quite a social way. But the trouble, it seems to me,' is that the monarchial system is going out of fashion. The world today belongs to the republic, and maybe that's why so many husbands and wives want a new slate after four years.
Mother and Child
David Sarnoff,-the head of the radio
corporation comes of pious old-fashioned
Jewish stock, and thereby hangs a tale,
, for which I am indebted to Louis Pop-
km, publicity purveyor.
Every Passover, Sarnoff makes it a rule to have a Seder with the old folks uf Brownsville.
This last Passover,' however, Sarnoff was absent from, the maternal roof on the Seder night.
_ A week later, he showed up at the home. His mother said:' "David, why didn't.you.come for Seder?"
"Mother", said the radio chieftain "I was busy—I had to have a conference with Mr. Rockefeller".
"David", said his mother, "why do you go to goyim, when you can come here?" Sandler and Genius
Well, they are planning   a   memorial
I?™" ^'>'' J^'^"'' Sandler, author of Eli,
!       Eh.   They would have done better, had
they gathered a  little  money   for  him
during his life.
Sandler of course, committed the error - of not knowing after he had written his famous song, that he had done anylhing worth while. I rather think this is a fairly general condition among first rate genius. I doubt very much whether Shakespeare had any very exalted idea of the plays he was turning out at so rapid a rate. Certainly, he had not the least hint that posterity would esteem them so high.
And it is perfectly natural, for one who does things with ease, as Shakespeare did, to have no e;(aggerated opinion of the work. Wc esteem only those things, which come to us hard.
Another Illnairation
And' the genius, I believe, works with comparative ease. That is why he is a genius.
Let us take another illustration. Lin¬ coln's Gettysburg address. In that ad¬ dress, Lincoln said; "The worid will little note or long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here". A number of the New York papers the following day agreed with him. They said the address was . not much,.
Both Lincoln and the paiKrs were wrong. The average man hardly knows what happened at Gettysburg, but lie knows what was said there. There is generally a simplicity about greatness that is deceiving. You may fall in love at first sight, but greatness requires time to fall III love with.
No Sandwich—No Editorial I
Today, the Jewish Dally Forward is a very successful paper, but "if was not al¬ ways thus, as a little story told me by Bernard   G.   Richards   the   other   day, (Continued on page 3)
TUNE    IN    ON    HABBI
JACOB   TARSHISH
TOMORROW
The ISlh of a aeries of radio sermons will be broad- cjist from the Bryden Road Temple tomorrow (Sunday) at 11 a. m.
The theme of the rabbi's address will be "Mahatma Gandhi—The Man Who De¬ fied an Empire."
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 are open to the general public.
5th Annual Birthday Party of
Sr. and Jr. Hadassah Next
Wednesday Evening
The fifth annual birthday party of the local units of Senior and Junior Hadas¬ sah, and the I-Iadassah Biids, will be held on Wediiesd.ly evening, March 2.5, at the East Broad Sl. Temple. .
The occasion marks the nineteenth an¬ niversary of the local Senior' I-Iadassah and the fifth birthday of Junior Hadas¬ sah.
A Hillel prize-play, "Lilith," v^-ritten by Miss .fxiis. Ellman, will be presented under the" direction of Maurice Rosen- .thai. T.wo Columbus students arc in the cast: Miss Martha Gurevitz and Miss Ilelcii Nupuf. Others are: Mr. I-ouis Levine, Miss Libby Levin, Mr. Charles Kerschner, Mr.. Harry . Loewenthal, Mr. Nathan Gin.^berg, Miss Sara Bomberg, Miss Jean Littwitz, and Joseph f^evinger.
Mias Cecelia KrakofF and Miss Eva Shiffman will preseiit a humorous debate, defending the haniantash and the dough¬ nut against . each .other. Miss f rcne Krakoff will be time-keeper for this.
Miss Ruth Frank an<l Miss Estelle Fisher will present musical selections. Mrs. W. A. Herskh, president of Senior .Hadassah, and Miss Jessie Baker, presi' dent of- Junior Hadassah, will preside jointly.
Members of Junior Hadassah held an additional celebration : of its fifth aiini- versary, at a series of parties held Wed¬ nesday evening. Each member' attended, the party given to honor those girls whose birthdays come in that month. The fol¬ lowing members of the board were host¬ esses : Miss Sophie . Liss, Mrs. Louis Nachman, Miss Katherine Baker, Miss Frieda Levy, Miss Sarah. Carroll, Miss Hilda Mendel, Miss Reva Zuravsky, Miss Jessie Baker, Miss Rose Finkelstein, Miss Dorothy Finkelstein, Miss Annette Zcits¬ man, Miss Tessie Grossman, Mrs. Joseph Rosenfeld, and Miss Helen Schwartz.
PALESTINE  LAND  EXPERT ARRIVES    IN    NEW    YORK
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Dr. A. J. EtUnscr
NEW YORK—Dr. Akibah J. Ettinger, well-Uiiowii Jewish agricultural expert, lias arrived here last week from Pales¬ tine, to aid in the nation-wide effort of the Jewish National Fund for carrying out of the Ussishkin Plan.
'Having directed Jewish colonization activities under the auspices of the Ica in jire-war Russia/in Argentine and Bra¬ zil, Dr. Ettinger has to his credit also a great rec«rd of accomijUshmeiit in Pales¬ tine where he worked since iyi8 as agri¬ cultural counsel and agricultural director of the. Zionist Executive. Since JO^l he has been director o{ the Land Depart¬ ment of the Jewish National Fund. Dur¬ ing his stay in the United States he will visit many of the leading Jewish com¬ munities.
Junior Council Mothers and
Daughters Musical Tea
March 22nd
On Sunday afternoon, March iiSnd, at 2:^0 o'clock, in the vestry rooms of the Erydcn Road Temple, the Council of Jewish Juniors will sponsor a Mothers' and Dauprhters' Musicalc Tea, Mrs. William Gumble, Senior Advisor, and Mrs. Joseph Basch will have a message for the girls and their mothers.
Miss Thehna Rciiiberg, program chairman, has been successful in securing three unusually talented musicians for the afternoon's program, which includes Miss Helen Gottleib, pianist, who is well known in music circles | Miss Lillian T c- viri, violinist; and Miss Miriam Ber;naii, vocalist.
Miss Leah Ritter, hospitality chairman, and her assisting committee composed of Miss Jean pashcfsky, Leah Cohen, Syl¬ via Cohen, Gertrude Furman, Bella Cabakoff, Rhoda and Sara Horwitz, ;Fannie Young and Pauline Ruben, will ^bc hostesses.
Credit Agency Denies
Jewish Discrimination
CINCINNATI, OHIO—As a result ;of negotiations with the B'nai B'rith An¬ ti-Defamation League, one of the largest credit agencies in the country has defi¬ nitely stat(;,d that its policy does not permit "race or creed to adect. the status of our report on any individual or firm, or affect the rating assigned to it."    .
The complaint had been made that in some confidential reports issued by this company on the financial and business standing of individual men, the statement was given that the person concerned wa^ a Jew, It was charged.that.the religion of no other group was ever included in these confidential reports.
"This procedure is considered objec¬ tionable to our informants and to our¬ selves," Dr. I. M. Rubinow, secretary of the Anti-Defamation League, wrote to the officials of the credit agency. "We take it tliat the inquiry addressed to your organization deals with business matters and does not deal with religious matters, that therefore any statement in referenct to a person's religion is uncalled for, and that the Hniitation of this procedure to only one religious group is particularly objectionable,"
, In his letter assuring the Anti-Dcfa- rration League that his company will draw no line when it comes to Jew oi Gentile, the vice president of the credit agency pointed out that, his company docs business with Jews all over the country, ;;nd that many important positions in the agency itself are occupied by Jews.
Regional Conference of Coun¬ cil Juniors  in  Dayton March 22nd
On Marcll 22, 1931, a regional confer¬ ence of the Council of Jewish Juniors will be held at Dayton, Ohio, at the Bilt¬ more Hotel. Dayton will be host to guests from the Columbus, Cincinnati, and Springfield, Ohio, chapter^. A very interesting meeting with a luncheon and tea have been planned for that day to which all Columbus members are cor¬ dially invited. Reservations can be made by phoning Miss Emily Goldstein, 43-1 Morrison Avenue.
Annual Prograni Dance of
T. I. Sisterhood Sunday
Evening
The annual program dance of the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood will be held on Sunday evening,. April IDtli, at the Fort Hayes Hotel,
.\rrangemehts for this affair are being made by Mrs. Morris N. Siegel and her committee. Every effort is being made to make this event a success. There will be music for dancing, and for those who wish to play cards, an adjoining room has been reserved for same. Prizes will be given.
A cordial invitation is extended to all Chronicle readers. Keep this date in mind—April If>tli.
SON OF RABBI PRAISED FOR COLUMBUS HISTORY
Samuel H, Levinger, 13-year-oId son of Rabbi and Mrs, Lee J. Levinger, 2257 Indianola Avenue, has been awarded honorable mention for his history of Co¬ lumbus, submitted in the tr^il and legend contest of "The Horn Book."
The boy has traced the history of the city from the ice age to its present plan of civic development, commenting upon the mound builders, the first settlement, activities of Lucas Sullivant, I-^atherlips, John Brickton, the first settler, the cap itol, the Ohio penitentiary and the indus¬ trial outlook for the future.
RABBI   WISE   FIFTY-SEVEN LAST TUESDAY
A luncheon in honor of Rahbi Stephen S. Wise, President and Founder of the Je>vish Institute of Religion, was given by the Institute students at the Hotel Cambridge.to celebrate the fifty-seventh anniversary of his birth on March, 17th, the day designated at the'Institute as Founder's Day. This luncheon is an an¬ nual event in the calendar of the Institutt and is attended hy the trustees, faculty, students and alumni, who come from all parts of the country to participate in the celebration.
Rudolph Rosenthal, ';J3, Cleveland, Ohio, President of the Student Body, presided at the luncheon. Messages of felicitation were delivered by Hon. Ju¬ lian W. Mack, Chairman, of the Board of Trustees; Professor Nisson Touroff, Dean of the Facility; Rabbi Harry Kap \'o.^, '27, Pittsfield, Mass., President of the /lumni Association; and representatives of each class—David Greenberg, Stock¬ ton, Calif., for 1031; Abraham Hasel- korn, Mew York, for 1932; David Gru ber, Roxbury, Mass., for lUS-'l; and Ua¬ vid Pearlman, New York, for Ii)34. Dr, Wise ma<Ie a shor.t, address.
BETH    JACOB    CONGREGA¬ TION ENGAGES Hm FOR PASSOVER HOLIDAYS
Cantor Solomon Grodner
Announcement is being made today to the effect that Cantor Solomon Grodner has been engaged to chant the prayers during the Passover' holidays at the Betii Jacob Congregation on Donaldson Street.
Cantor Grodner is well known in Co¬ lumbus, having been cantor of the East Broad Street Temple for three years.
LAST OP SERIFS OF ROSE E. LAZARUS SISTERHOOD CARD PARTIES MARCH 25TH
The last of' a series of card parties sponsored by the Rose E, Lazarus Sis¬ terhood will, be held on Wednesday, March 2oth, at 2 P. M., at the Winding Hollow City Club at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel. Prizes will he awarde<l to the winners, and refreshments will he served. Come and bring your friends.
Reservations can be made by calling either Mrs. Joseph Basch, Adams 2I2R, or Mrs. Harry Zeiger, Fairfax 7020.
JR. T, L SISTERHOOD
DANCE MARCH 29TH
Another Junior Tifereth Israel Sister¬ hood dance is scheduledl for Sunday eve ning, March 2ihh, at the East Broad Street Temple.
Miss Gertrude Schlezinger. finance chairman, ha, appointed Mildrerl Garek and Helen Seidcnberig as co-chairmen of arrangements for the dance. A real treat ill the waj of a snappy orchestra will be there to firnish the dance music.
Be sure to reserve Sunday evening. March *,[lth, for this event. Watch the Chroniq.e for further particulars.
BETTMAN TO SPEAK
Att:.»rney General Gilbert Bettman will be the speaker at the East Broad Street Temple Sabbath services in the very iiear future. Watch the Qironicle for further I details on this important event. '
Entire Community Is Cordially Invited to
Hear the Address Monday Evening
Of Louis J. Borinstein
Great Civic and Industrial Leader of Hoosier Capital Will Be Guest Here of Zion Lodge; "The Responsibilities of Member¬ ship" Will Be His Theme; Will Be Introduced by Brother Edwin J. Schanfarber, a Life Long Friend and His Coworker in Many Causes; All Past Presidents Will Receive a Special Invitation
MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE NEW VIRGINIA
HOTEL; WILL TAKE PLACE AT 8:15 P. M. SHARP
From all indications a great coiicoursp uf people will turn out for the mass meeting to ibe held Monday evening, March 23rd, at the New Virginia Hotel in' honor of Louis J. Borinstcin of In¬ dianapolis, Past President of District No. 2, and oiie of the outstanding civic and industrial leaders of the Hoosier capital.
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liOUIS J. BORINSTEIN
of Indianapolis
As all Ohio Jewish readers well know, Mr. Borinstcin has been a loyal and de¬ voted soil of Israel  for nigh a genera¬
tion. Having been brought up in the traditional Jewish fashion he still retains his loyalty to the past of his people, ami is deeply interested in the problems of his people. Besides being president of the leading Reform Congregation of In¬ diana, he is also identified with numerous other groups including the Kiwanis Club, the Lions Club, the Masonic Order, the Elks, etc., etc. The theme of Mr. Borin- stcin's address will be "The Responsibil¬ ities of Membership."
In this address he will deal not only- with the past accompli bhrnents and achievements of the Order B'nai B'rith, but will also outhne some of its'future plans and projects, in all of which he is constantly active.
It is interesting to note that Mr. Bo¬ rinstein is at the present time the presi¬ dent of the IndianaiwHs Chamber of Commerce, one of the most dynamic and forward-looking groups of the entire country.
The officers of Zion Lodge take this means of extending a most cordial invi¬ to'tion not only to the rank and file of ita members and its past presidents, but to the community at large; for the things to be discussed at this meeting are of es¬ pecial interest to all.
The musical program for the evening wiU be furnished by Miss Estelle Fisher, vocal soloist, aiid Mrs.' Melville D. Frank, pianist. Remember the time and place- Monday evening, March 23rd, at the New Virginia Hotel, Third and Gay Streets*
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith Will
Address National Conference of Joint
Distribution Committee
500 Delegates front All Parts of the Country Will Be Present; National Council of Joint Distribution Committee Composed of 250 Members Will Be Formed; Will Consider the Prob¬ lem of Constructive Aid To Struggling Jewry in Eastern and Central Europe
MANY PROMINENT JEWS OF THE BUCKEfYE STATE WILL ATTEND GREAT CONCLAVE IN NEW YORK CITY
NEW 'YORK — Former Governor Alfred E. Smith will be the principal speaker at the National Conference of leading Jews who will assemble from all. parts of the country in this city on Sat¬ urday evening, March 21st, and Sunday. March 22nd, at the Hotel Pennsylvania, to consider the problem of constructive aid to struggling Jewry in Eastern and Central  Europe.
The Conference, which will be attended by five hundred Jews who are promi¬ nently identified with Jewish philan¬ thropies and Jewish social service in va¬ rious, communities in the United States, is being called by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the largest vvorld-wide Jewish welfare : organization engaged in ..reconstructive activities in beh?l£ of Jewjry 'overseas, of which Mr. Felix M. Warburg is Chairman, arid by Rabbi Jnnah B. Wise, National Chairman of the 1031 Fund Camjiaign oi the Joint Distribution Committee.
Will Open on Saturday
The conference will open ou Saturday evening and continue throughput the fol¬ lowing day. Former Governor Alfred E, Smith will be the principal si>eakcr at the opening session and others who will participate in the program are Lieut. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Felix M. War¬ burg, Hon. Albert Ottinger, former At¬ torney General of the State of New York; Hon. George Z. Medalie, United States Attorney; Hon. Gilbert Bettman, Attorney General for the State of Ohio; Paul Baerwald,'James N. Rosenberg, Dr. Nathan Krass, James Marshall, Dr. Lee K. Frankel. Dr. Cyrus Arler, David M. Bressler, Joseph C. Hyman, HaroM Riegelman, and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise,
A review of the activities carried on by the Joint Distribution Committee over a period of fifteen years during which approximately 180,000,000 have been ex¬ pended on relief and reconstruction among the Jews of European lands, will be presented by the officers of the or¬ ganization. For the current year a budget of $2,500,000 will be required to meet the minimum financial needs bf the 1031 program. Plans for the securing of this sum of money will be submitted to the conference and steps will be taken fol¬ lowing the conference to launch a na¬ tional drive throughout the country in which Jews will be asked to contribute towards thig fund.
Plan of Organization
In addition to considering a program of reconstruction work among" the Jews in Eastern and Central Europe, the con¬ ference will also decide upon a plan of crganization.of the activities of the Joint Distribution Committee in the United States. A national council of 250 men and women will be formed, which will constitute the membership of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Joint Distribution Commit¬ tee. A Board of Directors of 48 will be chosen from the council:
.'\ccording to an announcement made by ' Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, the funds secured for , the ^Iflijl budget will be used ex¬ clusively' for the aid of Jews in Eastern and Central Europe who are still suffer¬ ing and struggling. There are 8,000,000 Jews, representing approximately one- half of the world's Jewish population, in this area. The monies used will be de¬ voted, he said, to the development of a program looking toward the economic reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Jews in those lands. He announced that 80% of the funds raised will be expended^ on a program of economic and social reconstruction, e<lucatipnal, cultural and religious endeavors.
Reconstruction Work
Economic reconstruction work, Dr.. Wise added, is to be carried on in Po¬ land, Roumania, Bessarabia, Bukovina, Transylvania, Old Roumania, Czecho¬ slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Austria and Hungary, In those countries loan.asso¬ ciations will be extended, credit coop¬ eratives strengthened and developed, and assistance given to Jews in acquiring trades, etc.
In Russia, money will be expended only for non-agricultural activities. Rabbi Wise emphasized, in that con¬ structive aid will be given to declassed Jews by providing for them training workshops, homes fot* apprentices, grants to mutual aid societies, develppment of trade schools, etc. Hospitals, orphanages and child care institutions will also be aided by the fund. Rabbi Wise adtled. Organized in 1914
The Joint Distribution Committee was organized in 1014, and since that time has expendetl over f80,p00,000 raised from American Jewry for relief and recon¬ struction w^k among their co-religion¬ ists in iorkimi countries. It began orig- (Continued on page 6)
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