Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-01-23

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Vol. XV — No. 4
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JANUARY 23, 1931
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BytheWay By David Schwartz
Two Kinds of Milk
Shakespeare, it was so sweet of him, poured forth a stream o( saccharine coiinsc) to the Jew on the "milk of hu¬ man kindness."
I have a feeling, however, that in the eternal scales, the "milk of human kind¬ ness," which Nathan Straus, who has I just passed away, distributed, will bulk just a trifle heavier. He brought the ac¬ tual pasteurized milk free of charge to thousands of the poor children of New York.
Bcrndrd Shaw once observed that "those who can, do, and those who can't, teach."
Emerson observed: "Your acts speak so loud, I can't hear your words."
And the ancient rabbis boiled it down to: "Lo hamidrash haikar cIch hama seh." "Not the word is important, but the deed." -
Shakespeare preached, but Straus pre¬ dicted.
Weeping and Working Says a New Testament passage: "Je¬ sus wept." Along about one hundred years ago, came a cynic and added in apposition: Voltaire smiled. Came El¬ bert Hubbard some fifteen years ago and added a third link: William Morris jworked.
And Hubbard left the inference that in his opinion the working was more im¬ portant than cither the tears or the grins. I neither affirm nor reject Hubbard^ de¬ cision, but as between Straus' practicing and Shakespeare's preaching, I'll take the former. ^
; Sportsman Turned Philanthropist
The turn of Nathan Straus to philan- thrppy presents one of those strange met¬ amorphoses that remind us that the transition of the cocoon into the butterfly has its analogue in the world of Human Life.
Straus was a business man, and in his leisure hours, he was out at the race track. One. finds it difficult to think of Straus as a sort of Harry Payne Whit¬ ney, standing at the race-track with hat aloft in hand, cheering ior "Aggravating Papa." And yet he was that. Hewas regarded as one of the leading turf men o£ the metropolis, with a stable, the par of any in the country.
But the sportsman was destined to be lost in the philanthropist, and to that role, he added subsequently the other of Jewish idealist.
These Sudden Changes . These sudde.n changes, in which there seems tp be not so much of a change, as a complete breaking off of the past, oc¬ cur more frequently than is imagined. In "The Moon and Sixpence." Maugham has recounted the actual story (although iti fictionized form) of a stock broker, who of a sudden dropped career arid fam¬ ily to paint in the South Sea islands. Sherwood Anderson is said to have as suddenly given up his business and left for other scenes that he might write. And was not Amos but a plain herdsman before the word of the Lord came to him?
Slamming the Doctors They are telling this one about the wife of a prominent Jewish undertaker in Ntevir York. Recently, she was at. the home of some prominent cloak and. suit manufacturer.
The wives got to talking together. "Times are terrible," began the wife oi the cloak and suit manufacturer. ."Yes," wailed the undertaker's wife, ''it's terrible—there is little business now."
"But how can you complain?" inter- ruptedl the manufacturer's wife; "your business must be as good as ever. People die whether times are hard or not."
"Yes," returned the undertaker's wife, "but you know in hard times people don't have hiany operations."
But Suppose He Had! . And anent the recent closing of one of the big banks of New York, Eddie Can¬ tor tells one. Visiting some old friends on the East Side^^ Eddie saw Jake nerv¬ ously pacing the floor, with his hands on his face in a panicky mood.
"O my God—O my God," wailed the man.
'*What is it?" asked Eddie anxiously. "What is it?   O' my God.   The bank has failed with such a loss."
"Did you have any fnoney in the bank?" queried Eddie.
"No, but suppose I had—O my God— O my God,"
. AI and Lillian Now, that Walter Winchell, once a singer In the choir of an orthodox syna¬ gogue, rakes in something like 160,000 shekels a ;^ear from columning, and a former resident of Washington, Calvin Coolidge, without any previous newspa¬ per experience, duplicates that sum with a Httle column of not more than about three hundred words daily, the craving to became a columnist has become epi¬ demic.
The last to enter the lists is Al Smith. The column will net Al more than he could have earned had he been elected President of the United States.
1 dop't want to discourage any would- be columnists, but the truth is, that all columnists do not earn as much as $100,- 0(K).00 a year. A few do not even earn half of that sum. Besides, the number of openings for columnists is compar¬ atively limited.
So what is there to do? Welt, here is m^ adyice. Do what a little Jewish girl, Lillian' Taussig, has done. Lillian has -gotten the job of research secretary for Al Smith. That means that Lillian must get up much of the material, from which Al prepares Hs column.
The advantage of doing that is that in order to get that kind of. a job. you don't have to be nominated for President, Miss Taussig, by the way, was former women's page editor of the Sunday World. Another Jewish Rtrl holds a simitar job for another prominent polit- (Coutinued on page i)
TUNE    IN    ON    RABBI
JACOB TARSHISH
TOMORROW
The tenth of a scries of ra¬ dio sermons will be broadcast from the Bryden Road Temple ^ tomorrow (Sunday) at 11 a. m. '
The theme of the rabbi's ad¬ dress will be "The Man Who Pails." This is the last of a sc¬ ries of three lectures on various types of human beings nnd will disclose that class of individuals who never quite make the grade.
The radio addresses of Rabbi Tarshish have evoked responses from all over the state; even folk from neighboring states have sent in letters expresBing their appreciation. The officers of the Temple want to moke it clearly understood that the Sun¬ day services are inter-dcnomi- nfltional in character and are open to ihc general publie.
Be Sure to Hear Rabbi Louis
1. Mann on February 4th
at Deshler
Meeting: at the Deshler-Wallick
Hotel WiU Be Held Under
Hillel Auspices
Rabbi Louis L. Mann of Sinai Temple, Chicago, one of the outstanding spiritual leaders of American Jewry and successor to the late and never-to-be-forgotten Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, will be the guest speaker at a banquet of the Hillel alumni of Ohio State University to be given at, the Desh¬ ler-WalHck Hotel on Wednesday eve¬ ning, February 4th, at 6 :30 o'clock. Res¬ ervations can'be made by calling the Hil¬ lel Foundation, Walnut 1628. , The theme of Rabbi Mann's address will be "The Jewish Problem; Is It Jew¬ ish or Christian?" and will deal with various aspects of the great Jewish prob¬ lem of World Jewry today.
The toastmaster for the dinner will be Dr. E. J. Gordon, 662 E. Town Street, president of the Advisory Board of the HiII«rFoundfitir-ti cf Ohio State Uni-^tr- sity.
According to Dr. Samuel D- Edclman, 2630 Fair Avenue, Bexley, chairman ot the arrangements committee for the ban- quet, a great many reservations have al¬ ready heen made for this unique ailEair. Besides Dr. Gordon and Dr. Mann, two local speakers will be on the program;, namely, Edwin J. Schanfarber, 1835 Oak Street, and Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, di¬ rector of the Hillel Foundation at O. S. U. The following members of the ad¬ visory board of the Hillel Foundation will be hosts and hostesses at the reception- to be given in honor of Dr, Mann, fol¬ lowing the dinner:—Dr. B. W. Abram¬ son, Professor Theodore N. Beckman, Dr. S. D. Edelman, Ivtiss Dorothy Fin¬ kelstein, Mr. Arthur Gluck, Mr. J. C. Goodman, Mr. Leon J. Goodman, Dr. E, J. (jordon, Mrs. Al Harmon, Mrs. J. Krakowitz, 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,., Louis Roth, Mr. E. J. Schanfarber^ Mr. Roy J. Stone, Rahbi Jacob Tarshish, Dr. M. Goldberg, Mrs. Dave Levinson and Mr. Harry Schwartz. Don't forget to reserve Wednesday eve¬ ning, February 4th, for this grand event, to be held at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel.
Big Attendance Is Expected
at B'nai B'rith Meeting
Monday
Rabbi Lee J. Levinger WiU Be
the Chief Speaker at New
Virginia Hotel
President Ben Z. Neustadt, of Zion Lodge No. G2, B'nai B'rith, announces that Rabbi Lcc J. Levingcr of the Hillel Foundation of Ohio State University will be the chief speaker at the next meeting of Zion Lodge, Monday evening, January 26lh, at the New Virginia Hotel, Third and Gay Streets, The rabbi's sub¬ ject will be "The Jews in Amcrici," and will consist of a discussion based on his recently published book, "The History of the Jews in the United States." An open forum will be conducted from the floor following the rabbi's  lecture.
Several entertainment features will be presented including vocal selections by local artists. The newly elected president will announce his committees for the com¬ ing year. The cliairman of the open forum committee, Brother Aaron M. Neustadt, will make several important announcements. Refreshments will be served; the meeting will be open to all. Remember the time and place. .
WILL  DE  CHIEF   SPEAKER AT   REGIONAL  CONFER¬ ENCE OF HADASSAH
WILL   SPEAK   AT   BRYDEN HD. TEMPLE ON JANU¬ ARY 27TH
David A. Brown Calls Upon the Jews of
America to Give Militant and Generous
Support to the Reform Union
"Our Fathers Paid More Than We Are CaUed Upon to Pay, Not]
Only in Money But in Blood and Tears," Lay-Leader TeUs the
Delegates; Stresses United Action in Order to Advance
the Interests of Our Faith in This Land
Mrs. Robert Szold, former national president of Hadassali, tlie Women's Zionist Organization of America, wilt be the chief speaker and guest of honor at the aiinuul Tri-State Regional confer¬ ence of Hadassah at the Neil House, Sunday evening, January 20th, at 6:30 P.M. '\    ¦
This born leader of Jewish woman¬ hood is widely known throughout the length and breadth of this country.
More than a decade ago Mrs. Szold be¬ came interested in Hadassah when Miss Alice Seligsberg, one of Hadassah's charter menibers who was then organiz¬ ing Junior Hadassah, asked her to assist
PHILADELPHlA~"Our fathers paid more than we are called utwu to pay, not 0nly in money but in blood and tears," David A. Brown of New York City told the Union of American Hebrew Congregations assembled in its 32nd Biennial Council Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 20th, at the Hotel Benjamin Franklin in Phila¬ delpliia.
Mr. Brown, eminent leader in humanitarian and religious activitie.<5, was speak¬ ing in the Union's Symposium on "The Synagogue, Its Relation to Modern Thought and Life." "
Chairman of the Union's Board of Finance, Mr. Brown voiced a stirring pica for generous financial supiwrt of the organization's varied activities and revealed his conception of the many endeavors which should be undertaken by the Union if Reform Judaism Js to enjoy continued strength and progress in America. Stresses Organized ElTort Organization—united action—is the secret of success in religion .is well as in other fields today and the organization holding success for Reform Judaism is the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, he declared.
"In religion," he said, "it is fashionable to save money. Are wc organized to save money ? Wc could save more if we disorganized. We could' also lose much more."    -
Pointing out that the program outlined by him may cost $1,000,000 yearly, he said: "I consider it a moderate price for accomplishing what we want* Our fathers paid more than we are called upon, not only in money but in blood and tears. This is an investment in life and its dividends are paid in character, in spirituality, in happiness."
Optimists of History "We are here today because our fathers did not hesitate to sacrifice for re¬ ligion.   We are the optimists of history who despite the slings and arrows of some¬ times loutrageous fortune have maintained the even tenor of our way, a people of contented yesterdays and hopeful tomorrows.
"There may be some within the hearing of my voice who will be iiiclined tb say the price is high, at least higher in America than elsewhere. True. . So is the privilege of living in America higher than living elsewhere.
"To some of us there is something sacred about the word America. Sacred because here was founded an experiment in life which gave the lie to 1500 years of previous history. Here, by the grace of God, was established a nation dedi¬ cated to the principle of religious free¬ dom. From all ends of the earth, men have streamed to these shores.    Was it
sponsoring the junior organization. In purely and simply because our hills con- 1921 Mrs. Szold attended the ,Ha<lassah   tained gold and iron^ because our forests
Chana Chizik to Speak Here On January 28th
Chana Chizik, one of the first pioneer women to have come to Palestine to aid in the upbuilding of the Jewish National Homeland, will speak at the Agudath Aehim Synagogue, Wednesday evening; January 28th, at 7:30 P. M. Everyone' is urged to hear this brilliant representa¬ tive of the Council of Women Workers of Palestine.
Chana Chizik has spent the last twenty- five years in Palestine doing pioneering work. She is now leader and instructor of a girls* cooperative colony and farm- school in Tel-Aviv, Palestine. Her visit here purposes to help raise the fund of $60,000.00 for the women's institutions and farm-schools in Palestine, the cam¬ paign for which is conducted by the Pio¬ neer Women's organization.
The name Chizik is well known to all Jewry. Chana is a meniber of one of the first families to have settled on land in Palestine, The name Chizik symbolizes heroism and continued struggle for the rights of upbuilding the Jewish National Home, Sara, a daughter, fell in defense of Chulda only last August, 1020. Chana .and the rest of the family still serve the ideal of constructive work on the st^l for the creation of the Jewish Homeland in Palestine.
Among others on the program will be Robert L. Mellman and Aaron M. Neus¬ tadt.   Miss Goldie Kanter will preside.
^UUlOi: G. HINDUS
Maurice Hindus, noted author of "Broken Earth" and "Humanity Up¬ rooted," also well-known lecturer, will speak on Tuesday, January 27th, at 8:30 at the Bryden Road Temple under the auspices of the Temple Brotherhood and Sisterhood Lecture Course. This is the third of the five course series. Mr. Hin¬ dus will describe in detail his latest im¬ pressions of Russia.
No lecturer on the platform today is considered as authoritative a speaker on Russia as Maurice Hiiidus. In addition, tb an analysis of Russia in his latest book, "Humanity Uprooted," he is at present writing a new book called "Red Bread."
Mr. Hindus was born in a Russian vil¬ lage. At the age of 14 he migrated to this country. For several years he worked as a ilaborer on farms. Then he went to Colgate University from which he graduated with high honors. He con¬ tinued his studies at the Graduate School of Harvard. Since leaving school he has attained high distinction as a speaker and writer. His articles have appeared in the foremost American journals,
Allan Tarshish, chairman of the lecture course, will preside and introduce the speaker.
/ Miss Ruth Eleanor Stern will render an appropriate musical program of Rus¬ sian compositions at the organ from 8 to 8:30 p. m.
PULL  LENGTH  OFFER¬ ING  BY HILLEL PLAYERS
The Hillel Players of O. S. U. will present their next fuU length offering, "Out¬ ward Bound" by Sutton Vane, at the University Chapel on January 29th and 31st. The play, an amusing, light treatment of the prob¬ lem of life after death, U being coached by Ray Lee Jackson. Local members of the cast are Miss Martha Gurevitz, of 578 Eaat Liv¬ ingston, and Miss Helen Norma Nupuf, of 293 East 18th.
Tickets can be reserved by calling the HUlel Foun¬ dation, Wa. 1628.
convention, in Pittsburgh and was ap pointed chairman of the convention. She conducted the assembly so ably that though almost unknown to Hadassah con¬ stituency she was elected national secre¬ tary and remained in that office until 1927 when she was elected national vice-presi¬ dent. When Mrs. Irma L. Lindheim re¬ signed the presidency in 1028 because of ill health, Mrs. Srold became acting president,
Born in Savannah, Ga., Mrs, Siold, who before her marriage was Zip Sol¬ omons Falk, is the daughter bf the late David Beauregard Falk and Cissie Sol¬ omons Falk. She lived in the South dur¬ ing her girlhood in cities where the Jew¬ ish population and Jewish. affairs were negligible. Both her grandfathers had fought in the Civil War and an ancestor on her father's side had been a Revolu¬ tionary soldier. From the Meminger Normal School in Charleston, S. C, Mrs. Szold went to Bryn Mawr College. Af¬ ter her graduation she. undertook social work of a non-sectarian nature in Bloom¬ field, N. J., for the League for Friendly Service, Under her direction and super¬ vision sthool nursing, social centers and settlement classes were established. When the social welfare work developed to its fullest capacity, Mrs. Szold went to ¦ Washington, D. C, as exectitive sec¬ retary to the District of Columbia Con¬ sumers' League. As legislative agent for the National Consumers' League, the youthful welfare worker exerted her in¬ fluence by facts and personality in obtain¬ ing an appropriation to make a cost of living survey which was later invaluable as a basis for minimum wage legislation. While in Washington, Mrs, Szold .became interested in "sweat shop" condi¬ tions, which were under investigation, Mrs. Szo^^ created a sensation by her testimony during the inquiry when she produced an apron which she herself made for a manufacturer, receiving three and a half cents for her work of as many hours. She had purchased the very apron she made for the purpose of evi¬ dence.
Rabbi Werne to Speak on the
Life of Felix M. Warburg:
Next Friday
tional   Federation  of   Temple   Brother¬ hoods.
Discusses College Although he knows of "no academy in America which is better preirarcd-to train men for the task they, have to perform" than the Hebrew Union College, this historic school deserves increased support because it should achieve greater things, Mr, Brown said. By way of illustration, he suggested a larger faculty so that pedagogy and research could be provided for; organization of the proposed College Museum, a treasury of priceless Judaica, so that it may be made readily available to students of the past; enlarged cur- ticulunt at the Hebrew,,Uwrtn ColWye Summer School and Teachers' Institute; and publication of books.
Mr. Brown then turned to the Union's Department of Synagogue and School Extension, which labors to "restore the ancient, unity between Jews and Jewish knowledge, fitst, by organizing Jews into units for pursuing Jewish education, and second, by creating the organization of men, methods, and literature to impart Jewish education."
Past and Future "There is something more tragic than a child without a past and that is a child without a future," he warned, in calling the Union's attention to the great body of Jewish youth untrained in their tradition of literature and idealism.
"This is the supremely important task of the Union," he continued. "From the point of view of effort lo be expended, men. to be employed, money to be spent, this may welt kindle the imagination and try the strength and attract the best thought of this large organization."
Mr. Brown pointed out that the Syna¬ gogue Department needs 10 instead of its present two regional rabbis "to awaken the slumbering consciousness of the Jew" through regional organization, university work, teacher training and religious school supervision.
Commends Rabbis He paid a tribute to the busy rabbis with many congregational duties who have, without thought of remuneration, conducted in the neighborhood of 2000 services for groups outside of their con¬ gregation.
But they need help through addition of regional rabbis, he obseried.
Besides that task of organizing Jews into units for Jewish education, the Syna-
were waiting to be felled, our rivers de¬ manding , to be bridged ?
The Glorious Promise "Was there not something finer that lured to these shores the oppressed and the downtrodden, the persecuted and the despised of man? ' Was it not to rear in this land a community that would for¬ get the baneful experiences of countless centuries, the incrusted hates, the sense¬ less prejudices of wasted liv(fs and lost generations? Is not this the glorious promise and heritage of America?
"Are we going to put the- blight of misrepresentation on this, the noblest ex¬ periment that was ever undertaken on the face of the globe ?
"And we Jews who have come to this land of promise, are we goitig to inter¬ pret that promise to  be a reward  of shekels? "Ntol    .
To Join Hands "We are going to join hands with our
fellow-citizens to bring nearer to realiza¬ tion that golden age which our prophets taught the children of man to lisp in prayers to God. Wc are going to make our contribution to the glorious experi¬ ment   that   has   been   inaugurated   in
America. "As individuals we will labor for this,
as synagogues and sisterhoods and broth¬ erhoods we will dedicate our efforts to
this task, but above all as a Union of
Congregations, as the collective voice and
arm of liberal Judaism, we are going to
utter and build a program whereby men
will achieve a fuller life, a more glorious
promise and a better world,"
In appealing to the delegates to re- dedicate themselves  to  militant service
in  behalf   of   the   Union,   Mr.   Brown
warned against leaving the heritage of
Judaism to chance and unguided individ- I ROgue Department also seeks to organize
The Open Forum committee of the Congregation of Agudath Achim an¬ nounces that on Friday evening, Jan. 30th, at 8 P. M. Rabbi Werne will speak on fhe life and achievements of Felix M. Warburg. This address has been pre¬ pared on the occasion of Mr. Warburg's 00th birthday anmversary. Cantor Freed¬ man will furnish the musical program and wiU also lead the congregation in song. An open! forum discussion will follow Rabbi Werne's address.
ual effort.
Contributions to Come
"This Union," he continued, "has made its contribution to the preservation of Judaism and has many more contri¬ butions to make of supreme value. It is this particular relationship between Juda¬ ism and modern thought and life that is worthy of more detailed consideration. This ought to he of major importance to us, who are assembled here as the living embodiment of this Union of Congrega¬ tions,
"We are the Union. From this aspect of modern thought and life, what are we doing and what can we do for the pres¬ ervation of Judaism? What is the func¬ tion of united and coordinated effort in the preservation of a great ideal such as religion?"
Mr. Brown then proceeded to outline a far-reaching program for the Union and its afiiliated bodies—the Hebrew Union College, rabbinical school at Cin¬ cinnati ; the Department of Synagog and School Extension; the National Federa¬ tion of Temple Sisterhoods; and the Na-
men, methods and literature to impart Jewish education, he pointed out.
Here the Department needs generous assistance so that it may improve the creative side of Jewish education, regain for the synagogue the youtli, "now dead the moment they are confirmed," stimu¬ late adult education, and improve teacher training. These things require an aug¬ mented staflf, literature, travelling ex¬ penses, meetings and a competent teach¬ er's magazine, he said.
As Little or As Much "We have praise for the great effi- ¦ ciency of the Synagogue Departinent/' Mr. Brown said. "But in view of ita tremendous possibilities arc we satisfied to do as little as we must or shall we do as much as we can T*
In the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods and in the National Federa¬ tion of Temple Brotherhoods equal pos-* sibilities reside, he said.
"Will thia take money?" Mr. Brown asked, "Of course it will. VVill we pay for it? Yes, if we sincerely ww\t this I thing called Judaism to live in America."
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