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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoted to American
and
Jewish Ideals
VOl.UME XV—No. 114
COLUMBUS, OHIO, MARCH lo, 1933
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
By the Way
By David Schwartz
Meet a Face
Sisjmund Briiihig was enough of a character to have long stirred mycuri- (isity. I knew for instance that he was a Revisionist in Zionism, that lie was regarded as having unorthodox views on econdinics. Besides that, his Sphinxian hte intrigued me. Perhaps I shouldn't eimracterizc his face as Sphinxian. It looked more like the face say of Chang Tso Lin—or a gentleman who you might espL'ct to be called something like that.
Cliang Tso Lin—unflustered and im¬ pervious to the currents about him—ap¬ praising the world sub specie aeternitas, and wise with the wisdom of the ages. One has to be careful of such faces, God and Economics
IJrining's face, as I have indicated, had a .somewhat similar effect on me. I was attracted and. at the same time repelled by it. But here I was sitting beside Hrining, It was "easier under the cir cuin.stanccs to start a conversation than to sit silent.
"Did you hear, Mir, Brining," I said, "the story thqy tell me about a Jewish .teacher of economics at City College? This professor believed in relating his te-icliings to the pressing problems of the day. At the semester examlnatiotis last December, he put only one question to his economic students; 'What is the cause of the present depression?'
"And one of the pupils wrote: 'God knows, I don't.   Merry Christmas.'
"Some days later, the student got his examination paper back and on it was written over the professor's signature: 'God get sa hundred. You get zero. Happy New Year.'"
What—No Ha-Ha!
As I finished the joke, I said Ha-ha, ami waited for Brining to ha-ha. .But lie refused to ha-ha. 'Instead lie grunted: "The professor was i-ight,   God knows."
"Well," I replied, "I suppose He does, hut it seems He's keeping it to Him¬ self.".       ._
"J^oV'Tie said, "He isn't fteepirig it to himself. He wrote it long ago in the Bihle."
"So?" I said, and sipped another spoon¬ ful of coffee.
Depressions
Brining looked at me. "What do you think is the cause and cure of the. de¬ pression?"
"Well," 1 replied—"Karl. Marx *'
"Don't Karl Marx me,'' interrupted Brining, "^hy do you have to,go to a •^oyV
"Karl Marx a goy?"    I interjected.
"Sure, Karl Marx's thinking was just a mosaic of Hegel and other goyim. You are a Jew—why do; you have to go to Mai X, when you have such an economist as Moses to guide you?"
Moses As Economist
"What is there of the economics of Moses?" I replied, "that is applicable to our present economic dilemma?"
"Did you ever read the Biblical in juiKtion," retorted Brining, "'Thou shalt not remove any neighbor's landmark'?
"Did you ever read the passage in Isai..h: 'Woe unto those who join land to !:md anti field to field'?
''Did you ever read in the Bible, 'The earth is the Lord's and the fullness then of?"
"Lid you ever read the Biblical ordi nances for the rc-distribution of the latii! and the laws of the Jubilee?
".¦jid did you ever realize that thest injunctions have-a distinct .relationship to o'lr own mortgage problems and land ppcculation problems—to the whole in- tticile, machinery of our economic sys- Kin'"
H« InsuUs Me
"Well," I replied, "those land laws weri' very gaod in their day. They were cvai fioodjFin much later days, They wtTc for "instance very important for a fiinl'il system. Given such laws, the deg¬ radations and penury which made up tli€ . fiii.hil system would have been impos- sibk. But today, land has sunk into rtlalive unimportance. _ Today, the issue l].is been shifted to capital and machinerj J-tlie instruments of production."
''That only goes to show what an ass yoi: are," said Brining. "Pardon me for siica'<ing so frankly."
"Oh, that's alt right," I replied. "Don't jiiind me."
"I: wont," said Brining,—'"hut JUsi !<-[ me show yon how absurd yhur state¬ ment is. Yoii say that land is ioi\i\ relatively unimportant a.^ compared with former ages. You are in New York,., You remember, the site of this city was' ]i,iiight from the Indians, for about t^^cnfy-five dollars. Today, the mere ;,iiiiual rental value of the land of New Ynrk is over 000 millions a year. You \vill admit then that city land is much (Continued on page 2)
Production of "R.U.R." Was
Well Received; Will Be
Repeated Tonight
, Intriguing, arresting, and oUt of the ordinary. That describes the production "R. U. R." (Rossom's Universal Robots) which the Hillel Players presented last night at University chapel.- The play was well received by the audience who signed I, O. U.s and presented personal checks in lieu of checks to witness the production. The presentation will be repeated again  Saturday night at 8:15.
Abner Markell as Harry Domin, gen¬ eral manager of R. U.. R. and Esther Levinson as Helena Glory portrayed their parts" in a most pleasing manner. Both arc veteran Hillel actors and showed up to expectation in the roles assigned.
Will Katz, as. Radius the giant robot, leader of tbe revolution, carried pdwer in his voice and acted mechanically as he was required. Martin Rubin and Max Stern, playing the parts of Alquist and Consul Busman respectively, ¦were espe¬ cially good, Rubin sparkled in the epi- Ipguc where the portrayal of the nerv- our,, almost hysterical human called for adroitness. Harry Lowenthal and Elaine Sabad as the two robots who find them¬ selves mutually attracted and insure the future of the human race, brought about their transformation from machines to humans in a very realistic manner, and the audience liked it well.
;Bess Marks as the jabbering pessi¬ mistic maid, Nftha, brought the house down with her so-called "line."
The play which was written by Karel Capek and produced first in the United States by the iNew York theatre guild, is a diiHcult one for an amateur organ¬ ization to produce. _ However, the Hillel group did a fine piece of work in put¬ ting on the show.
The performance was well up to par of former Hillel productions. 'Much praise should he given to Jack Effrat, former Ilillel and Stroller star who di¬ rected the cast.
Rosalie Masiroff, Yetta Geichman, Joe Rabinowitz, Arthur Hersch, Arthur Sha-
pJra„PAvi(I,,(^.«lis.a2i^^jii)jliryijjg.Epffie were Others m the cast.
Louis Greenblatt was business manT ager, Phillip A. Meyers,^ publicity chair¬ man, Jerome Katzman. production man¬ ager, and Willard Rubin, property chair¬ man.
NOTES FROM THE JEWISH Jews of the World to Cele- INFANTS' HOME OP OHIO   J«ws «yne  worw 10 i,eie
brate reast oi rurim On Sunday, March 12th
The following memorials were re¬ ceived during the past week: In mem¬ ory of Isaac A. Rosenthal from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Kraus,: Mrs. Betty C. Budd,. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frosh, Mrs. William Steinem, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zeiger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blashek, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Yuster, Mr. alud Mrs. Sam Meisher, Mrs. Leo Katz.
In memory of Mrs. Otto Jsusbaum from Mrs. Betty C. Budd, Mr. and Mrs. Robert' Weiler, 'Mr. and Mi3, Harry Zeiger, Mrs, Mary Sitrirnons* Mr. and Mrs. Max Harmon, Mr. Edward J. Goodman, Mrs. X. A. Rosenthal, Mrs. Adolph W. Loeb; in memoiy o.f Mrs. Lina Hirsch, Mr. iind" M!rs. Edwin Kraus; in memory of Mrs. Adeline Mid- dicdorf from Mr., and Mrs. Harry Frdsh; Mrs. William Steincih:
in memory of Mrs. I. Grecnstein from Mr. and.Mrs. Harry Frosh, Mrs, Vv'il- liam Steinem, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blashek, Mrs. I. A. Rosenthal.
Junior, Hadassah   Birthday
Parties At Various Homes
of Members
Regular Mig. of Lazarus Sis¬ terhood   Tuesday   After¬ noon, March 14th
,The next regular meeting of the Rose E, Lazarus Sisterhood will be held on Tuesday^ afternoon, March Wth, at 2 o'clock in the vfistry rooms of the Bry¬ den Road Temple, with Mrs. W. A. Hersch presiding. Mr. Russell Joseph will give the opening prayer. Current events will be read by Mrs. Samuel Shinbach. Mrs* Edwin J, Schanfarber, chairman of the Religious! Committee is in charge of the afternoon's program which will be a Purim play entitled, "The Dream of Queen Esther." The play is being presented under the direction of Miss Ruth Frank, with the follow¬ ing children of . the Religious School taking part: Milton Yassenoff, King; Albert- Glick, Mordecai; Billy Glick, Hegai; Betty Stone,. Esther; Aileen Zip.ser, Meesha; Joan Lazarus, Koosh; Ann Lazarus, Kazma; Mardelle Tush¬ bant, Lady Ozoona; Ruth Levison, Ja- "kodliaj Ajiii" " ScHaiTfarber,*^ 'TrTricess Zuecca. The characters in the dream include: Hannah Polster, The Witch ol Endor; Jane Schanfarber, Rebecca; Shirley Lerncr, Miriam.; Fahn- Silber¬ stein, Deborah; Miriam Rosenthal, Ada; Regina. Mae Kobacker, Ruth.
Reading of the Book of Esther Con¬ stitutes  Principal  Feature . in
Synagogue Service
Purim, a minor feast in the Jewish calendar, occurs this year on the 12th day of March. The reading of the Book of Esther from a parchment scroll on that day and on the preceding evening constitutes the principal feature in the synagogue service. The feast recalls the deliverance of the Jews of Persia thru the intervention of Queen Esther and her kinsman, ' Mordecai, from a threatened massacre planned by Haman, the King's vizier. In the words of the Book of Esther it commemorates "the days .where¬ in the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness and from mourning into a good day." It was de¬ creed that the day be observed in a joy¬ ous spirit that finds expression, in send¬ ing portions to one another and gifts to the pdor.
The feast bears the name of "Purim" because it is recorded that Haman, the arch'enemy of the Jews.^ought to fix the day of their destruction by casting "Purim," which, according to a popular etymology given in the Book of Esther, means "lots," The feast is more social than religious,. It does not require ces¬ sation from labor or any special religious ceremony other than the reading .of the Book of Esther and the reciting of a few special prayers inspired by the event com¬ memorated.
In former times the celebration, in some places, partook of the nature of a carnival. At present the story of the Book of Esther is frequently presented in dramatized form. The injunction to remember the poor was and is observed faithfully. During tl\e centuries of per- sefcution, the feast of Piirim was quite popular, .due, perhaps, to the fact that the story of delivierance ^rom the plot- tings of the tyrants, which the day re- .callaV-hcougbt.hope. of-a. similar, deliv¬ erance from the evil designs of existing Hamaus.
Regular   Meeting   of   Zion
Lodge No. 62, B'nai B'rith;
Monday Evening
The next regular meeting of Zion Lodge No. ()2, B'nai B'rith, will tak(. place Monday evening at 8 o'clock 111 the Social Hall of the East Broad St. Temple. President Harry .Schwartz urges every member interested in the progress of the Lodge to attend this meeting. Business of vital impovtance will be transacted.
Junior Hadassali in Columbus is cele¬ brating its seventh anniversary and in conimemoration thereof, members of the executive board are entertaining the gen¬ eral membership with a group of "birth¬ day parties/'
invitations have already been issued for the six parties to be held on Wed¬ nesday evening, March 15, at the homes of various board members.
Miss Jessie Baker, 6fi3 Stanley Ave., and Miss Mary Monett, 759 Wilson Ave., have been in charge of arrangements for the parties.
The local unit is affiliated with the na¬ tional organization ol Junior Hadassah consisting of 250 iinits comprising about 10,000 members. The national organi¬ zation has been in existence over twelve years,
YOUTH   TEMPLE   TO   MEET SUNDAY EVE. AT 6 O'CLOCK
On Sunday evening, March 12, at G :00 p. m., a buffet supper will be served. The topic for discussion Sunday evening will be "The Theme of Haman," a study in prejudice.    Its historical aspects will
be taken up by David Burnstine; its'tion and is of"fascinating uiterest to all. psychological aspects by Alex Freiden- [ ^^^5; Zelizer dedicates thia sermon to berg: economical and social prejudice the sweet memory of the late Lena will he discussed by Lillian'Calhf; nieth- Platzer (Lena Schlesinger). At these ods of solution by Stanley Jay. '       (services, members of the Tifereth Israel
An  open   forum discussion  will  then J sisterhood,  under the chairmanship of
"Behind the Veil of Death" Is Theme of Sermon by Rabbi Zelizer for Friday Evening
Rabbi Nathan Zelizer has chosen as the subject for his sermon: for Friday evening, March 17, 8 p. m., at the East Broad Street Temple. "Behind the Veil of Deatli." Tradition as well as a great many contemporary notables, such as William James, Arthur Balfour, and Henry Bergson are convinced that the day is approaching which will make pos¬ sible the communication between the liv¬ ing and the dead. This idea is now un¬ dergoing a rigorous scientific investiga-
take place. The story of Purim will be related by Jean Feibel; the story of Purim retold will be given by Frances Josepli,
store for all the young men and women who are seniors at high school, students at the university, and very recent grad¬ uates, whose parents are affiliated with the congregation.
Mrs. Leon Nason, will present two beau¬ tiful flower vases to the Temple in mem¬ ory of the late Lena Platzer. Those people in whose heart she enshrine<l her-
As I See It
By A. M. N.
Purim Celebration  At The
East Broad Street Teinple
Sunday Evening
Knowledge, _£nil and fellowship are injsdf are exiietted to attend the services,
tile coming Friday evening, March 17tli.
nn. A. H. KANTER TO SPEAK
Mr. Louis Levine, of the Department of Ecououiics, at Ohio State University, was ihe speaker Friday evening of the Open Forum of the Ahavas Sholem Con¬ gregation. Rabbi Isaac Werne also gave a sliort talk, after which a discussion followed.
Dr. A. H. Kanter will be the next guest speaker at Ihe open forum'bn Fri¬ day evening,  March 17th.
LOCAL   SOCIETIES   AN¬ NOUNCE  PICNIC DATES FOR JULY
The following societies annoiince the dates of their annual picnics: Mizrachi Society picnic at Olentangy Park on Snnday, July 2nd: Ezras Noshiin So¬ ciety picnic at Olentangy Park on Sun¬ day, July ilth; and the Free Loan So¬ ciety picnic at Olentangy Park on Sun¬ day, July Iflth,     '
¦ The Ahavas' Sholem Congregation will hold its annual picnic on July 30th, at Olentangy Park.
The members and friends^ of the East Broad- Street Temple will gather to¬ morrow evening, at 7:30 p. m. for the celebration of the Purim Festival, This affair is free and is open to the public at large. No time.nor energy has been spared to make this Purim Program as beautiful and as entertaining as condi¬ tions wilt permit.
The main part of the program will consist of a Three Act Play—"The Belle of Shushan"^to be presented by the children of the Religious Schools of the Temple, under the direction of Miss Annette Katz. The children to take part in this play are; Hannah Polster, Julius Margulies, Sidney Blatt, Arnold Gross¬ man, Norman Blatt, Lloyd Bornstein, Edwin Blatt, -Irene Rosenberg, Lydia Gruber, Ruth Borowitz, Peggy Cowan, Miriam Winter, Eugene Borowitz, Emanuel Hassel, ¦ Albert Wasserstrom, Norma. May Bornstein, Flora May Haa- spl. jn addition to the regular play which will be, prersented in full cos¬ tumes, elaborately prepared, the follow¬ ing children will render fitting Purim recitations: Miriam Rivlin, ^ Beatrice Nason, Marjorie Welber, Irving Lich¬ tenstein, Annette Warsaski, Arnold Schiff, Walter Abramson, Stanley Ber¬ man, 'Richard Levispn, Robert Levison, Phylis Kaufman, Evelin Levin, Florence Levin, Richard Sand, Herbert Marx and Herbert Grossman.
The program for the evening will also include a surprise number which can be entitled—-"A Second Yosele Rosenblatt" (the famous Jewish cantor). Those present will have the privilege and pleasure to listen to the famous voice of this great personality by ? This ts the surprise. I'his "second Yosele Rosenblatt" gave strict orders not to publish the name.
After the presentation of this elab¬ orate program the sisterhood of the congregation has made arrangements to serve Homentashen aud tea at the Bridge Tables which will be set up for those who will want to play bridge. This affair is free and it deserves the consideration of all people who want to witness and to enjoy a beautiful Purim proifram and a Social Hour. Remember to be at the East Broad Street Temple Sunday evening at 7:30 n. m.
The Reading of the Book of Esther Ctlie Meglllah) will take place at the Temple tonight  (Saturday) at 8 p. m.
The American people arc lining up behind their newly-elected President in a spirit of loyalty, faithfulness an(I a lofty patriotism. They realize that he , is confronted' with the gravest problems which have ever arisen on the horizon of American history. They have been con¬ vinced of Roosevelt's high-mindedness and of his earnest desire and grim de¬ termination to straighten out America's tangled affairs. As he declared in his inaugural.address, "this is preeminently the time to speak the truth, frankly and boldly." He asserted that it was his conviction that his fellow-citizens "de¬ mand action and action now." He has in the past few days already proved that he means every word he uttered in his , beautiful . address. He is' forgetting party lines and cleavages and is pros¬ ecuting his duties as chief executive of tlK United States with a zeal and a self- ¦ abnegation rarely seen in the White House.
I honestly believe that Franklin D. Roosevelt is the man of the hour, the man upon whom Divine Providence has placed the mantle of leadership in this time of storm and stress. He is tackling the critical economic problems' oJ our land in a most heroic as well as states-, manlike fashion. He is demonstrating that he has a remarkably original mind and a tremondous capacity for work.. He is dedicating himself to the task assigned to him without thought of personal ag- . grandizement or party considerations. He wants to be, in spirit ahd in truth, the president of all the people of this great land. The manner in which he has been pursuing his duties from the mo¬ ment of his inauguration up until the present day proves conclusively that we now have a real leader in Washington— a champion and apostle of righteousness, a great gladiator in the cause of justice and democracy. May the Universal Father guide and bless this peerless servant of the American people so that he may continue his self-saprifijdncr.... ^.^ labors for the weal of all our- people.
On Feb. 2Cth at Carnegie llall. New' Yprk City, before a great concourse of people, outstanding representatives of three faiths described the menace of Hit¬ lerism in Germany. Martin Conboy, noted Catholic lay leader, denounced the ideals of Adolf Hitler in no uncertain terms and declared that they violated every Christian virtue.
"Happily," continued Mr. Conboy, "this meeting is not called for the pur¬ pose of denouncing a pogrom. It is, however, intended to call the 'attention 01 the American people to some of the re¬ cent developments affecting the Jews of Germany. There is enough ¦in the dec¬ larations made by the Hitler party to call for emphatic protest. There,is not much to be said for the policy that would spare a man's life while taking from him all that makes living worth¬ while. Make a man an alien in his own land, deprive him of equal civil and re¬ ligious rights with his neighbors, shut him out of all opportunities to employ liis abilities for his own, his family's, or his country's benefit and what special advantage is there in being spared even a violent death?
"There is not a people under heaven that has ever accepted that dispensation, not one that has tolerated its continu¬ ance beyond the hour when it could be ended. Even if one generation submits. tbe next one will go into rebellion and the process will be repeated as long as the evil endures.. The announced inten¬ tion to reduce the Jews of Germ,iny to a servile condition is what constitutes a real menace, as we in America see it. "In any .negotiations with Hitler's party, the limit is reached when the Chancellor proposes to adhere to that plank in his party's program which would give to the government the right to decide whether a religious group shall be accorded leave to exist,"
Mr. Conboy recounted the history of the formation of the Centrist party in Germany which is an outgrowth of the anti-Roman Catholic policy of Bismarck; concluding "the Centrist party in Ger¬ many is today a rock behind which Jews can find shelter."
Bernard S. Deutsch, president of the .'\nierican Jewish Congress, in his re¬ marks denounced what he termed a re¬ vival of niedievalism in twentieth cen¬ tury Germany. He said that Hitler's policies threatene*! to submerge all that is most precious in civilization.
Representing the Protestant Churches nf greater New York, Dr. S. Parlces Cadniaii made an impassioneil plea for justice. He asserted that Hitlerism is IS condemnatory in certain aspects as is Japan's aggressive forage upon China. (Continued on page 2)
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