Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1932-02-19

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
VOL, XV —No. 60
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FtiBRUARY ly, 1932
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By the Way
By David Schwartz
Hillel Players to Present "Hotel Universe" Wednes¬ day, Thursday, Feb. 24-25
A Sapient Rcmnrk
Tbe late Prolessor Ncumark once re- niarked ancnt the writing of bcKiks—"U is not enough to write a book, b'or after you've written it you've got to get u publisher and it's -not enough to get a publislicr, for after you've publi.sbcd it, you've got to read it. Don't rely on others to read  it."
Professor Ncumark, 1 am convinced, was cliaractcristically sapient in tbis ob¬ servation. Judging from what 1 hear on Publishers kow, the only ones reading the current books arc the authors. The Great Ainerican Novel And if literature lias come to that, I don't propose to practice it. So here are a few notes, whicli have accumulated in my scrap books, stored there for the writing of the Great American Novel. Now, I don't want to write the Great American Novel. You write it, won't you? Oh, It wont take so long. Look as- Ben Hecht. He writes a. book in a (lay,
I can vouch for the absolute truthful¬ ness of the-facts set down in these notes. Of course, they arc only nude and skele tony. You'll have to fatten them up and dress them for the market.
Rabbinical Students Since a couple of paragraphs back, 1 have referred to a great teacher of rab¬ binical -students, perhaps let me begin by putting down some notes first o£ rab¬ binical students 1 have known... For home heinous offense, committed in a previous incarnation, 1 was for a sliort time incarcerated in a rabbinical college, and so i came to know many of the as¬ piring young rabbis. Let me make: it clear however, that the studehts charac¬ terized, are not supposed to represent the rabbinical student -bodies as a whole. They arc frankly deviations from the norm. As some recent wit has inverted Dana's famous newspApcr aphorism—"If Harry Thaw bites a dog, tbat is not news, but if a (log bites Harry Thaw that is news."   . .
The Conservative A I riiet A the year before America's en¬ trance into.the war. A.was conceded to be one of . the must: promising students of tbe college. Atlilclic, good appearing, keen mind—one could just see him rising to a. commanding and affluent position in the rabbinate. ¦¦ One could see the ladies troopiiig up to bim after the sermon and saying—"Doctor, that sermon helped me so much." One could see tbem leav¬ ing the temple with "Aui't lie Grand?" on tbeir lips.
A of course represented all of the conservative proprieties. Conservatives generally have tbe edge in appearance, biit on the battlefield of argumeuti it is the radicals who excel. But A was dif¬ ferent. He was a synthesis of both ad¬ vantages.
It was the day.s, when part of the country were singing"! didn't raise my boy,to be a soldier" and the other with General :Wdc<1 was shouting for pre¬ paredness. I took my stand with those who didn't, raise their boys to be, sol¬ diers. ; A on the contrary was staunchly, for preparedness—one hundred per cent red, white and blue.
We_ argued about it. Thiiiking back over it now, it seems to me, that neither of lis said, anything worth while, but A, you may be sure, said what he didn't say, far rhore effectively than I did. He was a fine basketball player and his chest ex-pahsipn was far in excess of mine, so what be said was more loudly said, more boldly said, and therefore appeared more convincing.
The Worm Turns Despite  our  dibereiices  of  oiiinioil,   1 adm'ired A.  ,
lu another month, I was to exchange the career of preaching virtue lor tbat of reporting vice in the police court, in ottier words, 1'became a' newsiiaper reporter—and lost all contact witli A.
riien came April and war. Then No¬ vember and tbe armistice, and one day, the former pacitism exponent was en¬ route home, demobilized from the army, lill route, wc had to stop off at the town which was A's home town. In between trains wc walked the streets. "Wonder," we mused, "what has become of A ?" Probably went as chaplain or something, or maylie, so hot was his patriotism, tbat he enlisted in a fighting corps. , And as you might suspect—wc had scarcely dismissed the thought from our mind—when we bumped right into A. His suit always so meticulously pressed looked like Hey wood Broun had. been sitthig on it. He' had a rough working shirt on.
I scratched my chin. What's this? "Where've you been and whither bound?" I queried.
"I'm running away from the police,'' said A. He was bound for New York; He had turned completely red, identified himself intimately with Bill Haywood's I. W. W. aggregation and when the police an<l secret service began rounding up the disciples of Big Bill, A was flee¬ ing from the pursuing wrath. B*H Rapid Progress B, when I met him had only been in this country—well, not more- than five or six years. He had coniie from Russia —had been a "Yesliiba bachur" there, and so had a simple time with the He¬ braic studies. His <leficiencies were in English, but be made those up very rap¬ idly. _ He told me, by the way, of au amusing prank that someone practiced on him, wfien he first came to this country. He asked some fellow Jew, how to say "good morning" in  English.
The fellow wanting to have some amusement told him the expression was "go to the devil."
So   B  went  around   for   a   little  time greeting   his   friends   with  "go to  the devil" and feeling proud of the accom¬ plishment of his first efforts at English. But when I knew B he could already (Continued on page 3)
The Hillel -Players of the IVnai B'rith Hillel Foundation are presenting Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe", Wednesday and Thursday, February 2i, 2-'), at Uni¬ versity Chapel. This most dramatic and absorbing play is being directed by .Sam¬ uel K. Goldman, veteran of maiiy dra¬ matic and musical productions. Mr. Goldman's work haa been called by critics as being of the highest professional cal¬ iber and be maintains And even excells his pa.st achievements in "Hotel Uni¬ verse". We were fortunate in watching one of the rehearsals and were amazed at the intensity of the play. ,'
Philip Rarry, who is rccoguiyed as be- intf one of the leader.';- of Ibe American playsmiths has made the movies, bis' latest, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" hav¬ ing just played Columbus. His current play on Broadway, "Animal Kingdom" is the currcnlly most popular .show in New York' and has already been pur¬ chased for .screen r^oiluctiou. "Hotel Universe", called the most dramatic of Barry's plays, takes place in southern France and concerns itself with a group of Americans who are visiting Europe. Technically as well as dramatically, this promises to be of unusual merit. An un¬ usual setting, effective lighting and care¬ fully chosen properties all combine to give an excellent play.
The cast is an all star one.aud every role i.s being portrayed by splendid actors who have already proved tbeir worth, Tbey include:, Jack I. Effrat, Abner Markell, Lois Ellnian, Evelyn Publicker, Muriel Hahn, Edward Rubinow, Goldie Dworkin, Saul R. Kaplan and Maxwell Stern. The production ¦ is beaded by Julius A. Berliner and from present in¬ dications promises to be one that will be long remembered. A special switchboard, unusual effects and Belasco-realism are planned.
Come aud see this play: Tickets are only ijOc and may be purchased at the door or at the Hillcl Foundation, Keep the date open—Feb. 24th and 2'*)th—at University Chapel.
Many to Attend Jr.. Council Spring   Formal,   March   Sth
Over fifty couples are expected to be present at the annual spring formal to be given by the Council of Jewish Juniors on March Gth, at the pcshler-WalUck Ilotcl, at Parlors H. I., and J. Bob Jen¬ nings' collegiate orchestra has been se¬ cured to  furnish the music.
This affair is open to all Junior Coun¬ cil menibers as well as non-members, and tickets may be obtained from any of the following girls: Dorothy Wolff, general chairnian; Evelyn Friedenberg, co:-chair- nian; Thelma Reinberg, publicity chair¬ man; Charlotte Karger in charge of tick¬ ets with the following committee: Eva Wolman, Helen Smith, Nan Schlansky, Gertrude Furman, Frances Schreiber, Phyllis Snyder, Edith Rosen and Faye Young.
Jewish   Infants'   Home   Ex¬ presses Appreciation to Donors
RABBI TO SPEAK ON WASH¬ INGTON THIS SUNpAY MORNING
Sunday morning, February 21* at 11:00 o'clock, Kabbi Tarshish will speak on "George Washing¬ ton—Patriot and  Builder".
This Sunday morning, the Buckeye Post 1598 of the Vet¬ erans of Foreign Wars will be our guests. As this is the bi- ccntentiial anniversary of George Washington's birth nnd a nation¬ wide celebration of the occasion, a special request is issued each member to come and greet thesD war veterans.
The ushers will be Sydney L. Basch and.Mervin Rich.
Services every Sunday morn¬ ing broadcast over WAIU, 468.5 meters or 640 kilocycles.
Benjamin N. Cardozo Appointed Supreme Court
Justice; is Second Jew On Bench of This
Highest U. S. Tribunal
President Hoover Sweeps Aside All Geographical Considerations in View of Judge Cardozo's Pre-eminent Qualifications; Con¬ firmation by Senate Assured; Is Third New Yorker Named to Supreme Court; New Justice Is Mem¬ ber of Distinguished Sephardic Family; Has Had Notajile Career
CHAIRMAN     TIFERETH
ISRAEL MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE
The Board of Directors and the chil¬ dren of the Jewish Infants' Home of Ohio wish to acknowledge with deepest gratitude the following donations:
Mrs. Sol Loeb, 23 bean bags which were greatly appreciated by the kiddies: Mr, and Mrs. Irwin Rosenthal in mem¬ ory of Abe Levinstein; Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Basch in memory of Mrs. Aaron Sabel; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nusbaum in mem¬ ory of Mrs. Aaron Sabel; the Ladies of Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Elsa Klecinan, chairman, a lovely check; Mrs. S. Good¬ man of Canton, Ohio, in memory of Frank Goodman; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nusbaum in memory of Mrs. L, Rice; Ezras Noshim Society, Mra. A. Gold¬ berg, chairman, their usual lovely annual donation.
Mrs. C. Goodnian of Cantqtij Ohio, a large box of. baby clothes; Rens Club of Springfield, Ohio, an outfit of clothes fbr infaiUs in the home; Mrs. S. Loeb in honor of her birthday presented the Home with a Victrola and two books of records; Mrs. Frank Nusbaum treated the children to a party of jce cream and cake in celebration of her birthday; Mrs, Harry Goldberg entertained the kiddies with a party iii honor of Maxine Top¬ per's eighth birthday; Mrs. Max Eiznian, fi-in E. Fulton St., children's clothing.
A Valentine party was given for the kiddies by the girls of the Sigma Delta Tau Sorority at hs Chapter House. Each child was presented with a toy and a treat of ice cream, cake and candy.
Do come and visit tbe Home and see our lovely little family. You are wel¬ come any afternoon from three until five.
Jewish Community Invited to
fi'nai B'rith Celebration
Monday Evening
Splendid   Program   Is   Arranged   for
Washington  Bicentennial  at
East Broad St. Temple
B'nai B'rith organizations through¬ out the United States will celebrate the Washington Bicentennial with appro¬ priate programs. In Coluhibus Zion Lodge No. 02 has arranged a discussion which fits in with tbe spirit of Washington's Birthday, in .as much as the next meet¬ ing is scheduled for Monday evening, ¦Feb. 22iid, ;it the Broad Street. Temple.
Last nionth for the Rabbi Steinberg prograin, a large representative gather¬ ing attended the meeting. It is.hoped by Robert L. Mellman, president of. the local B'nai B'rith lodge, that the appropriate prograni scheduled for this coming Mon- .day evening at, 8 o'clock, will interest an evcii greater attendance than last time.
Rabbi Lee J. Levinger will discuss "The Jews who stood by George Wash¬ ington." Profcssoi- Homer' C. Hockett of the Departnient of American History at O: S. U. will speak on "The Real George Washington." Mrs. Grace Gill Knierim, who is noted in Columbus for her beautiful, soprano voice, will render Several vocal selections appropfiate for the occasion. She will be accompanied by Miss Rose Jay, at tbe piano.
WASIUNGTON: Sweeping aside all geographical considerations which have figured prominently in the last month, President Hoover last Monday nominated Benjamin N. Cardoso, Chief Justice of the New York State Court of Appeals, to the Supreme Court of the United States to fill the vacancy left liy the resignation of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Judge Cardozo's name was immediately referred to the Senate for confirmation and his appointment is as.^urcd.
Judge 'Cardoi^o's appointment places two Jews on tbe bench of the highest court ill the land and gives three places to New Yorkers. A co-religionist of Justice Lonis p. Brandeis,- who was appointed by President Wilson in J!)I(J and- who is the leading liberal on the bench. Judge Cardozo will represent New York State as do Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Justice Harlan Fiskc Stone. .
The number of recommeiuiations for Judge Cardozo's appointment sent to the White House were .said to be unparal¬ leled. Outstanding personalities .of the Icg^l profession. Bar Associations, Uni¬ versity Professors and Government offi¬ cials urged the name of Judge Cardozo in view of his precmineuce in the legal field and as a fitting successor to the liberal  traditions  of Justice  Holmes.
The appointment of Judge Cardozo is generally accredited to th6 influence ex¬ erted by Senator, Robert F. Wagner of New York, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,' Su¬ preme Court Justice Stone and Senator Borah of Idaho.
Judge Cardozo, who is sixty-two years old, is a native of New York and was born May 24, 1870, son of Albert and Rebecca (Nathan) Cardozo. A gradu¬ ate of Colunibia Unii'ersity, in the class of 188ft, he was admitted to the bar 1801, and has had a distinguished career ill private practice and on the bench of the  New York   State  Court.    He  was
Frank V. Bayer
I'Vank V,. Bayer, well known young at¬ torney, has assumed the responsibility of being chairman of the Tifereth Israel Drive which is now in its second week of intensive campaigning throughout Co¬ lmnbus. Because of his sincerity and en¬ thusiasm, be has inspired the members of each team to such activity that dozens of Jewish families in the city have already expressed their desire to join as members of Tifereth Israel, thereby helping this Conservative Temple to become a more potent factor in the Jewish life of this community.
Letters of congratulations and appre¬ ciation have come to Mr. Bayer from leading conservative institutions including the United Synagogue of America and the* Jewish Theological Seminary of America for his sincere effort In helping to strengthen traditional Judaism in Co¬ lumbus.
As usual the Chronicle always endorses any movement or drive for the good of Columbus Jewry, and therefore extends its best wishes to the team members and captains in their campaign for a more active conservative center at the East Broad St. institution.
Rivlin on Open Forum Program
Rabbi Solomon Rivlin will speak at the last open forum meeting, Friday evening, February 26th, at 8 p. m., at the Agudath Achim Congregation.
Cantor Ansel Frcethuan and his choir will sing.
Annual Linen Shower of Cols.
Hadassah   to   Be   held
Sunday at Neil House
The annual linen shower and tea spon¬ sored by the Columbus Chapter of Ha¬ dassah will be held .on Sunday, February 31st, al 2 p. m. at the Neil House, with Mrs. J. Krakowitz, (ififl Linwood Ave¬ nue, as chairman. Mrs. J. Ehrlich of Detroit, past president of the Detroit Chapter, and, an active member of the National Board of Hadassah, will be the guest speaker.
The musical program which has been arranged by Mi's. Krakowitz and her committee will include a solo dance by Rose Pier, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Fannie Schwartz Valin,, and vocal solos by Mr. Sam Fine and Miss Fanny Schiff. Mr. Fine and Miss Schiff will be iccompaiiicd on the piano by Miss Olive Jones of Ohio State University.
Mrs, Anion Thall, chairman of Hos¬ pitality, and her committee will serve re¬ freshments.
Contributions of linens or cash will be acceptable.'
Junior    Hadassah    Meeting
Will Be Held Sunday at
Deshler Hotel
A regular meeting of the Junior Ha¬ dassah will be held Sunday- afternoon, February 28th, at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel at 3 p. m. This meeting was scheduled for February 2lst but it is be ing postponed, due to the Linen Shower which is being sponsored by the local unit of Senior Hadassah on that date.
Miss Nell Stetelman, program chair¬ man, announces that a very interesting program will be given at this meeting, Dr. Abramson will review "Grapes of Canaan," the prize winning book of Mrs. Elma Ehrlich Levinger. There will also be several musical numbers.
Miss Sophie Liss wiir give a report on the Central Tri-State Regional Con¬ ference which was held in Youngstown January 17th. Miss Esther Schecter will give some of the highlights in curr'^nt events.
There will be a discussion of the Bazaar which ia to be hel4 Tuesday, March 16th, at Memorial Hall.
Cash Prize Offered To B'nai B'rith Members
A novel experiment is to be undertaken by Zion Lodge be¬ ginning with the meeting next Monday evening, February 22d, at the East Broad St. Temple. In order to stimulate attendance at all B'nai B'rith meetings, the oflicers are offering a cash prize to the member whose name will be called ofF, and if he is pres¬ ent, he will get a $2.00 cash award. If not, the prize money will be held over until the next meeting when $4.00 will be of¬ fered.
Ben B'riths—Don't forget to turn out for the meeting Mon¬ day evening and bring the num¬ bered notice card of the secre¬ tary with you. You may have the lucky number.
a Judge of the State Supreme Court from UHrj to 1!)17. until elected Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1!)27. He is the author of several books on a judicial aspect of the law.
Judge Cardozo is a member of a dis¬ tinguished Sephardic family. For live generations the family has worshipped at the Portuguese Synagogue in New York, of which the newly-named' Jus¬ tice, is also a member. An uncle of Jud^^e Cardozo, the Rev Mr. Lyons, was Chazan o( the Portuguese Synagogue sixty years ago. One of bis early aii- destors, Gershon Mendes Seixas, was a trustee of Columbia University in tfie days of the Revolution, His grandfather was Beiijamiti Nathan and his father was a prominent lawyer.
One of Judge Cardozo's few public addresses was delivered recently at a dinner arranged by the Leagne of Met¬ ropolitan Jewish Communities to honor Judge Irving I^hmaii. Last May he delivered a notable address at the gradu¬ ation exercises of the Jeivish Institute of Religion.
Rabbi   Stephen   S.   Wise,   when   in- , formeij   of   the   appointment,   stated   to tbe Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
"The appointment of Judge Cardozo lies in its inevitableness. Of all the men in the country, no one is so qualified, no one is so fitted to succeed Oliver. Wendel Holmes as is Judge Cardozo.. '
"What .1 humbling distinction to us American Jews that two of the great¬ est Justices in American history are Jews —Brandeis and Cardozo. Par Mobile Fratrnm! What noble brothers, these two Jews in the service of their country !- "President Hoover, T have, reason to know, was told by one of the foremost American . leaders that his appointment of Judge Cardozo to the Supreme Court is as great a service to America as was that of John Marshall by President Adams. Judge Cardozo will eminently fulfill  that .prophecy."
The membership will decide at this meeting the advisability of continuing the Broad Street Temple as the meeting place or whether it will be better to have a more centralized location for most of the members.
The entire Jewish comniunity is invited to join Zion Lodge in this Washington Bicentennial program.
Agudath   Achim   Sisterhood Board to Meet Monday
The Board of Directors of the Agu¬ dath Achim Sisterhood will meet at the home of Mrs. I. Nutis, 660 Carpenter Street, Monday afternoon, February 22nd, at 2 o'clock. All members arc urged to be present at this time as mat¬ ters concerning the dinner scheduled for March 6th, will be discussed.
Rev,   Lichliter   to   Address
Council of Jewish Women,
Marcli 1st
The Educational . Committee of the Council of Jewish Women announces that Rev. M, H. Lichliter of the First Con¬ gregational Church will address the mem¬ bers of the Council of Jewish Women and their friends Tuesday afternoon, March 1st, afli-iri P. M., at the licw First Congregational Church, on "A Man's View of a Woman's World.''
Mrs. Margaret Heer Andrews, one of our foremost pianists and orie of the prominent members of the Women's Mu¬ sic Cluh of Columbus, has arranged the musical program for the afternoon. J. Arthur Edmunds, baritone, who has just completed a three year course of stud> with the famous Isaac Van Grove of Chicago, will sing two groups of songs. Mrs. Norma Hopkins Putnam, our own gifted violinist, will render several fa¬ mous selections. Mrs. Margaret Heer Andreivs wilt accompany these artists as well as favor us with several numbers—: ber favorites.
Miss Rose Sugarman, one of the active members of the Educational Committee, has secured the beautiful auditorium of the new First Congregational Church for this meeting. As chairman of tlpe Edu¬ cational Committee of the Council of Jewish Women, she will introduce Rev. Lichliter at this meeting.
Mrs. Al H. Harmon, president of this active organization, bas added many community enterprises during ber ad¬ ministration, which has been niade pos¬ sible by the untiring service aiid co-op¬ eration of the chairmen of cominittces and their niembers.
aspect of your experience, at Temple Tifereth Israel, next Friday evening; Feb¬ ruary, ytith, at 8:00 o'clock.
Outstanding Orato^ To Ad¬ dress Local Zionists, March 2nd
ANNOUNCE PICNIC DATES
Picnic dates are being aniiouric(;d by the following organizations: Ezras Noshim Society, June 26th, at Olentangy Park; the Hachnosis Orchim Society, August -Tth, Olentangy Park; and the Sisterhood of the Agudath Achim Con¬ gregation, August Hth, Olentangy Park.
Mysticism   and   Judaism,   Is
Subject   of   Rabbi   Zelizer
Next Friday, Feb. 26th
Who and what is a Mystic? 'The com¬ pelling force that causes man to serve the world is Mysticism. Man's contribu¬ tion to make the world grow more per feet depends upon his mystical experience which we normally all have. How much, if any, of that mysticism is there in Ju¬ daism?
Rabbi Abba Hillcl Silver
Arrangements arc being completed for the joint public mass meeting being spon¬ sored by the Zionist District of Colum¬ bns and the Columbus Chapter of Ha¬ dassah, and which will be addressed by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland, vice president of the Zionist Organization of America. He will speak on a,subject relative to the Cultural Aspects of Zion¬ ism.
This meeting will take place on Wed¬ nesday evening, March 3nd, at 8 o'clock in the ballroom of the Neil House. Rabbi Solomon Rivlin, local head of the Jewish National Fund Council, has been chosen as chairman for this meeting.
Au invitation is extended to the entire Jewish community to come and hear the inspiring message of Rabbi Silver who it today considered as one of the out¬ standing orators in this country. The en¬ tire membership of the Zionist District of Columhus, the Hadassah, Jr. Hadas¬ sah and Avukah organizations are urged to turn out in large numbers, and to re-
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Come and hear Rabbi Nat'.an Zelizer, who has already gained a icputation as I ceive that inspiration so essential in (he a thought provoking orator, discuss this | success of all Zionistic endeavors.