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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
VOLUMl-: KVI—No. 25
COLUMUUS, OJUO, JULY 14, iy33
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
By the Way
By David Schwartz
riierL- arc only L'00,0(m Aralw in the I r;iiis-Jnrdaii portoii of ralcstiiie which /^inuists are now aiining at. In the por- licii nf I'alcstiiie in whieli the Jews are i!"\v .illtnved, there arc over HOO.UtMt Arabs. An<l 'rran.<i-Jordan is about tvviccj the size a[> well as more .scantily peopled. !1u' laiifi  also  is  better  for  agriculture.
I'rofcssnr Waller H. Pitkin, who wrote "l.ilc lie{:;ins ;it Eorty," made one very siKiiilieant oini.ssion. He should have iiR'iitioned the great Jewish sage, Rabbi .\kiljii. who waji an ignorant shepherd iiiitil forty and then Iiegan studying audi iiiially had "Jl^OOO students pursuing the study of 'rahiuid under tnin.
l-'Hiis Lipsky .started out as a dramatic. critic and short story writer.
So did Theodore Herzl.
Tiie Talmud has higher regard for a (xntile Who studies the Torah than for a Jew. A Gentile who studies the Torah is likened by it to a High Priest.   .
According to Walter Winchell, the poet laureate of the Nazis,'is a "Hceb." 1 f sti. sol! ci" chwehmcn .a you know what. '     ; ,.     ¦ '
(invernor Eebmah of New Yo'"'^ '^-^ dog fancier, and bas won numerous rib- bfin.s.f    ' ¦'  ,       ¦
Rothenberg    Is    Re-EIected President o( Zionist Organ¬ ization
.98,000,000 I'rogram for Settlement of
2r.0,0(t0 Jews in the Land of
Palestine is Adopted.
CHICAGO, ILL.—Morris R<itbcnberg, New Yurie attorney and coiiinuinal leader, who led the Zionist Organization of America through one of the most dif¬ ficult years in its history, and reported at the end of that period an increase in membership and a lialanced Ijudget, was unaniniouKly rc-eleeted President of the Organization at tlie. closing session of the thirty-sixth annual convention at the Palmer Mouse here. Mr. riothetilierg's re-election was also the occasion for the adoiition of a resolution expressing high praise for his aflministration of oflicc and for the policies he had carried into effect.
The other ofiicers. include Morris Mar¬ gulies,     Secretary;     Harry_    P.    Eici*.st,
Nazis Start New Paper in New York
NTCW YORK—A Nazi news¬ paper. Die r.vMccke (Tlie Bridge), to promote the cause tif IMtlcrisni in tlic United States has been started .lierc. The liundtniartcrs of the pnhlislier is given as vlDS " Last Eighty-sixth Street. The purpose of the paper is to conihal the IxiycoU movement directed against Germany and "the propa¬ ganda nf faischoittls whicli has not yet ceased", 'riic conimittce in charge ui pnblicity announced that the iiewsiiaper would endeavor "to furnish Germans in America with a peaceful but i>owcrftil weafion for  their recognition."
What prominent New York Temple h.'is votetl to retire one of its rabliis?
Anil what  Clevelaml Temple,   learful nf   losing- its   silver-tongued   rabbi, , ci'iitl)' voted him an iiicrcasc in salary?
The inventor of the laiik (for military ]iiiT-|in,ses) was a Jew.
.»A brother of Morris Rotbenberg, president or the-Ziniii.'^t Organizatiouris a jicrve specialist aud is regarded as an aiitliority 611 hypnotism.
Kaiilii Sei.'ias, a distant relative of Justice Cardozo" of the Supreme Court, tanL;lit Joseph Smith, Mormon prophet HcIjVcw.
])olls on Sunday, Jiily Hitb, a series of resolutions was adopted for the instruc¬ tion of American delegates lo the inter-
Treasurer; Louis P. Rocker, Chairman' national Zionist meeting. Tlie Congres;. of iMnaiice Committee; and Nathan | is to urge the adoption of the various Straus, Jr., Rabbi Solomon fjoldman, i steps in the prograni outlined by Mr. Eliliu p. Stone- aud Robert-Szold, Vice Murris Rotbenberg in hi.s presidential ad¬ dress.    The .'\mcricah  list  is  headed  by
President:
In his report eoveriug-tlie activities of the . Zionist  ..Organization   of' America
the   name  (if   Morris   Rotbenberg.     The other delegates are  Louis  Lipsky, Rabbi
during the past y.ear-i'arid reviewing the! Solomon Goldman. Jacob Fishman, Klilni progress of. the Jewish settlement in j D. Stone, Meyer W, Weisgal, Abraham Palestine,; Mr., Rotheriherg emphasized I Goldberg, Morris Margulies: that internally the Zionist movement had i A, resolution was also adopted "morally been ¦strengthened and that externally, its | binding" tbe American delegates to vole activities   were . Teceiviiij;^  H'l^'. incrcasiiig| for the inclu.sion of Dr. Chaim Wcizmann
Rahbi Jonah Wise of the Joint Dis- triliiuiun Committee and Adolpli S. Ochs, piiblislier of the New York Times, ave lirotliers-in-law.
.Vnrma Shearer, who married Irving .TliriHicrg, iiiovie director, is said to be keenly  Jcwisli-:-morc  so  than  her  hus-
hauil.
Sidney Skolsky, New 'i'ork News tohiinnist, visited the Chicago exposition ami comments tliat he has seei) Coney /slaiid before, liut others give more fa¬ vorable criticisms. ,     .
support of.; the Jewish . public. Mr. j RollTcnberg ¦outlined'a.vigbFDUs pro.i^ram ;>yith' regardto,colonization'and ecoiinmic upbuilding in Palesliiie and stressed the ¦need for greater co-nperatiuii by the British Government iu the allotment of immigration certificates for jews, in the atlmi.ssion of Jews into public works, and in the granting of a more cimitabic share of the public revenues to Jewish enter¬ prises, such as health and education.
The highlight of the convention's ac¬ tion wa.s the adoption ' of a resolution pledging the Jews of America to raise :i=8,0(J{),IK)0 over a period of four years toward the .plan of settling 250.0110 Jews in Palestine within that time. These prospective settlers are to be recruited from among the Jewish refugees from Germany and from ainong other groups of- Jews in luirope fur wliojn a haven of rcft'gc is imuiediately necessary.
Prior to the election of the candidates of the Zioiiis't Organization of .America on the slafei; of delegates to tbe Work Zionist   Congress   lo   be   named   at   the
RABBI JONAH B. WISE GIVES DETAILED REPORT ON NEED OF JEWS IN GERMANY AT SPECIAL MEET¬ ING HELD JUESDAY EVENING
Campaign To Rjiise $2,000,000 Now Bcinff Intensified All Over
Country.   Columbus Jewry Subscribes $6,000 at Dinner
Sponsored by Simon Lazarus and E. J. Schanfarber.
'I'ho rabbis of the Talnuui knew all ahout "it." One of tlieni said: "All niar- riagrs that are consummated on the basis iti ^ex appeal alone will not endure." (Roughly translated.)
ll i.s my own theory that the expres- sinn-:7''can yon take it?"—comes from llic ilulirew "hiolam likach."   No?
Senator Ucveridg'e, historian, in his nianu.script on the Oeclaralion of liide- pciiflciicc' says that the Declaration was wi-itlen in a iiunsc kept by a man named Gralz (father of l^ebccca Gratz, whc was .siippo.sed to lie model for RoweiK, in Ivauhoc). But the Jewish Historical Society says Gratz c;iiue into iiossessior. of the liunse after the Declaration'was written.    Who is right, Mr, Kohler?
Aji assistant of James l''arlcy, post¬ master general of these United States jiiid one time Madison Square Garden magnate, is now promoting boxing among tbe Hebrew boys of Palestine. ,
Robert Straus, assistant to General Jiibiison of the Recovery Administration is,a son of Anibassador Jcs,se I, Straus,
When Jerusalem was destroyed, Rabbi Jochaiiaii ben Zakkai managed to escape the soldiers by being carrietl out in a cofTin.
Jiiuies P. Warburg (with the Londoii lu-oiiomic Conference) al.so writes lyrics toj-ctlier with his wife.
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in  the' leadership., of   the  World  Zionisi Organization.
.Another imporlant action of the coi- vention was thc' adoption uf a resolu¬ tion providing for tlie formulation of a new a"^rccmciit between the Ziohist Or¬ ganization and the Hadassah, Wam?n'5i Zionist Orgai)iza1ii:n.. Tlic iireseiit agreement, which' has been in force since 1021, will Cease ¦ to, be operative as of, Xuvemher 1, yX\'\. Before the action was taken, Mr. . Uotlieiiberg reviewed the' relations between the two groups and emphasized the need for ah agree¬ ment tliat would leave both bodies iii- (lei)cndcnl: and ycl provide the opportu¬ nity far co-ordinated action when occa¬ sion arose,   ••
Dr. Chaim Wcizmann, former Presi¬ dent of the World Zionist Organization, was a guest at several sessions of the convention, having come lo Chicago.as Huest of honor.,at Jewish Day nn July .Ird of the Century of Progress Kxposi- (Continued on page 9)
B'NAI B'RITH PICNIC
Be Sure You Are There Sunday At Oak Park
AU arrangiements have been completed for the big annual B'nai B'rith picnic which takes place tomorrow (Sunday) at Oak Park. Close to 1000 people are ex¬ pected to attend this outstanding afFair of tbe season.
Among the events scheduled is a baseball game be¬ tween the Toledo and Columbus Lodges at 2:30 p. m. At 4 p. in. games and contests of all descriptions for boys and girls. Prizes will be awarded to all winners. An orchestra has been engaged to. furnish the music for danc¬ ing which will start at 3 p. m. Refreshments will also be served to all those who attend;
It IS the desire of the officers of Zion Lodge to have every member of the Order, his family and fnends to at¬ tend this picnic Sunday. Those, who are without trans¬ portation will be taken care of by a committee on ar¬ rangements if they will only communicate immediately with the secretary of the Lodge, Dr. Ralph A. Jaffee, Fairfax 1518-
Remember the time and place, Oak Parjk on Sun¬ bury Pike, (Sunday), July 16th. Come and spend a pleasant day with your relatives and friends of Zion Lodge. The officers expect you there. Don't disappoint them.
AU that tlie Jews of the world have done for tlicii' needy brotlicrs in every land (luring the last two decades, will have to be repeated fur the German Jews alone within the next three to five yean:. Ralibi Jonah 1.5. Wise, ciiairniau of the Germrm Relief Campaign of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee, declared in a statement Tuesday evening at the Winding Hulkiw C<nmtry Club, before a representative group of Cuhiuibus Jewry. "Lnnngh time, has passed," Kal)hi Wise said, "for the ,world tu rccnver from tlie first shock of the publicity and formally announced aiiti- Scinilic pru'irain in Germany. ;ind n((w we are able iu some degree lo find out exactly what has happened to the Ger¬ man Jews and to plan witli them the rc-building of their lives."
Thousands of dcstitvite Jews, Rabbi vV i.se declared, are besieging the'offices of the Committee in Berlin, and other cities, asking for food and shelter and the necessities of life; other thousands •^x^l ple;idiiig for liclp to leave Germany and migrate to other lands. ;ind the pres¬ ent flight (if Jews from the Reich is just the beginning of a great exodus which will continue for some time: tlic re¬ mainder of Gcrinaii Jewry arc facing the necessity of re-establishing tlicni.selves in new fields, and training their children fur u new way of life.   .
These, statements arc part of the first detailed report by Rabbi Wise on what lias actually happened to tlic Jcw-< of Germany since its present rulers launched their intensive anti-Semitic campaign. His report is based on, information re¬ ceived by him from trained social work¬ ers in that country whither be hastened as soon as word, was received in this country of the perils with-which German Jewry was being faced. The i?2,Ono.flOit goal of tbe Gcriiian Relief Campaign, of which the Jews of Cohinibui; have al¬ ready raised $<l.000 under tlic leader¬ ship of Sinion Lazarus and E. J. Schan¬ farber, was determined upon after Rabbi W^ise had conferred with world re¬ nowned leaders of German Jewry—the very men who have undertaken-to or¬ ganize aud direct the relief work withiii the Reich. Drives for this fund are nhw being held in at least one hundred cum- munities tbrotigli'out the country. Public Position^ Contiiniing his statement. Rabbi Wist said the jircscnl conditions of German Jewry are specifically these:
"The existing civil law excludes the Jews from all olficial positions, from the highest doWn to the post of night watch¬ man. Only one percent of all the Jews in Germany are pcrinittcd to retain such ofiVcial positions as they were boldiiii; when the present laws went into efTect. Hut, since tile law envisages one as a Jew wbo ha.s merely bad a Jewish grand parent, the number of 'complete* Jews who may benefit from this law is greatly les.scned. .-\ccepting the formula of what constitutes a Jew as outlined in the pres¬ ent civil law. they constitute from 10 to \'i% of tlie German population; yet, only one percent arc to lie permitted to Iiold oHicial |)osiliijiis. The only mitigation, of the decree is the permission to rciiiain in public positions that has been extended to those who had those positions prior to ¦mil, and also those who served in the trendies during the war, as well iis the sons and fathers of Jewish soldiers who were killed in the war,"
"There are 3,0lH Jewish civil servants in Prussia," Rabbi Wise continued, "and approximately 0,000 in all of Germany Tbcy constitute only one half of one jicrceiit of the entire civil service. Here, therefore, the 'Aryan clause' applies. .\ssuuuiig the mo.st compassionate inter- liretatiou of the law, Jews as civil serv auts will not exceed 1,000, Five thousand
will lo.sc their jobs, and, to make things worse, will  be denied pensions. Legal Profession "A  Humerus  clausus  has  been  set  up for lawyers—the same one percent.    The (|ue.';tion arises: arc those who have ac- cciilcd baptism to be included in the of¬ ficial  calculations   as  Jews?     There  arc almut   10,0i,;o   lawyers   in   Germany,   of Wlioni about ',^,800 are Jcw.s.   Al tlie best, only  one-third (}f  them  can  continue in practice,    bifteen luindrcd will lose their means   of   livelihood..    Nor   is' this   all; most if not all, of the elder lawyers are also  notaries public, and in  Germany, a notary  public  is  a   civil   servant.     Here the   'Aryan  test'   will   get   in   its  deadly work.    Tiie Jewish lawyers who will be ¦pcrmitlcd   to   contiiiue   in   practice   will cease to be notaries, and as notarial work i.s the main business of lawyers in Ger- inuiiy, even those Jews who are still per¬ mitted to serve as lawyers will find them- i-clvcj without sufficient practice and with nsufricieiit means of livelihood." Medical Profession Taking up next the medical profession n Germany, Rabbi Wise pointed out that of!the ."i0,00O physicians in that country; ,(100 arc Jews.    The existing civil   law regarding the profession is analogous tb the law relating to civib servants, he said. '¦Under, its   provisions."  he   pointed   out, "Jewish lihysicians can not engage in in- iince practice, subject only to the same exceptions  as  in-the case of  other civil icrvants.    Since in Germany, from eighty to eighty-five percent of all medical prac¬ tice is insurance jiractice,' the  few  Jews who will be permitted to serve the public as physicians, will have no revenue.    In¬ deed, the situation there is such that even lliose Jews who arc iiermilted to engage in   tbciT   practice,   have   that   permission only in tlieury^    The patient who desires treatment mu.st obtain a certificate  from his Sick Fund Society, and these arc nd\V issued with the inscription 'Docs not hold good for Jewi.'^h doctors.'
"Thus, anywlicre between four and hve thousand of the seven thousand Jewish physicians in <,;cfinaiiy are losing their livelihoods. To that number we must add Jewish muiiicipal ollicials, male and female, public welfare workers, and so on, say another thousand who have lost or are losing tbcir ineans of livelihood; and to these must be added, also, some 7M) pharmaceutical chemists and .phar¬ macists, and about pi,00') dentists driven ont of practice. 1 f we atid another cate¬ gory, that is Jl'ws on the operatic and dramatic stages, in the films, mu.sicians, journalists, authors and so on. ,we have anotlicr ;!,OnO wild have lo.st their jobs and ;[re without incomes. Thus we pile up a total of 1:1,000 to 15,000 'intellectu¬ als'—after havin:^ deducted the infinitesi-
Although Columbus Jewish com¬ munal leaders have not ^ct a delinitc quota for local Jewry, a campaign ia in progress to solicit every loyal son of Israel to subscribe to this greatest emergency in the history of the Jew¬ ish people. Columbus Jews have never failed to support worthy causes in the past, and judging from the splendid response Tuesday evening, the htcnl drive is bound to meet with suc¬ cess. Every Jew, who has not as yet subscribed to this German emergency, is therefore requested tu send in his dicck to E. J. Schanfarber and pay¬ able to Simon Lazarust Treasurer.
mal minority wlm for reasons like those already described arc .still permitted to work for a living."
Coinmerce and  Industry    ,     ,,
Taking up the fields of coinmerce ajnd
industry,   Kabbi   Wise   said   that   there
were about 70,00(1 Jews engaged in com-
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