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VOL.1
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1918.
No. 14
J. E A. PATRIOTIC PAGEANT
July 4th at Hermine Schonthal Community House Grounds
The children of the Jewish Educational Alliance will give a Pati'iotic Pageant on the eve¬ ning, of July 4th, on the grounds of the Hermine Schonthal Com¬ munity House. The program, which has been arranged, will be interesting, and Will be given as follows:
Star Spangled Banner—^Chil- dren — Pantomime — Nettie Schlonsky. ''
Stick Drill—Children.
"Coming through the Rye"— Lena Zeitsman, Anna Goodman, Frieda Levy, Sarah Berliner, Mary Deitch, Dorothy Shiff, Fannie Lehrer, Bessie Goldberg.
Awakening of Spring—Chil¬ dren—Elizabeth Pier-Piper.
Shepherd Dance — Bessie Dwrokin, Tillie Berliner, Anna Goodman, Mary Cohen, Esther Fine, Rebecca Glasssman.
Baby Polka—Elizabeith Pier.
Norwegian Mountain March— Anna Goodman, Lena Zeitsman, Rebecca CabacofF, Mary Deitoh, Dora Sopp, Molly Feinstein, Rebecca   Glassman,   Fannie
Lehrer, Molly Luper, Clara Wei- ner, Bessie Goldberg, Jeanette Papier, Dorothy Shiff, Esther Fine, Lena Weiss.
Caprice—Bessie Dworkin.
Naughty Girls — Elizabeth Pier, Nettie Schlonsky, Esther Rich, Rose Shalit, Sadie Cohen, Minnie Hlmelstein, Grace Mell¬ man.
Indian ' Dance—Molly Fein¬ stein, Anna Goodman, Nina Kohn, Dora Sopp, Clara Weirier, Dorothy Shiff, Fannie Lehrer, Bessie Goldberg.
Keep the Home Fires Burning —Children—Pantomime— Min¬ nie Himmelstein.   ,
Patriotic March—^America — Children—Uncle- Sam, Esther Fine; Soldier, Molly Feinstein; Sailor, Molly Luper; Liberty, Rebecca Cabacoff.
Marseillaise—Children.
. Informal Dance.  .
arranged   by
respects we are Britishers."
The attitude of the League in regard to Palestine has been stated by Lord Swaythling as follows,;
"We hope that a British "pro¬ tectorate will arise over Pales¬ tine—a crown colony—in which anyone of any religion will be al¬ lowed to govern. We shall assist any Jews who wish to go to Pal¬ estine, and I hope that wo shall have eventually a Jewish ma¬ jority there. But we should pro¬ test against any religious test of political or civil rights; we should demand political and civil rights there for people of every religion, as we have de¬ manded their rights for Jews in every country."
The League has about 1,300 members and represents many of those prominent in British Jewry.
TAKES PART IN UNION CHURCH SERVICE
hearts of our heroes of today.
Rabbi Kornfeld compared Prussianism to a poisonous growth, and stated that the bur¬ den of huma)(iiity's sacrifice is being borne by America; and that the American people must realize that their best service to¬ day is the purchase of thrift stamps.
"Service becomes divine," said the rabbi, "only when the person performing that service feels the element of sacrifice in that service. In that way he who captures a trench, and he who sacrifices in his buying of war savings stamps, perform a divine service."
The services drew so great a congregation ;pf Jew and Gen¬ tile, white and negro that a second overflow meeting ,was held on the steps pf Memorial Hall, the assembly being too large to gain entrance.
CONG. TIFERETH ISRAEL PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Miss
Pageant Eae Luper.
Pianist, Miss Lililian Sherry.
THE JEWS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
The Jewish spirit of patriot¬ ism, was well represented on Sunday evening at the Union Church Services held at Me-* morial Hall. Ministers of all denominations joined with their congregation in a mammoth ser-
A meeting of the Jewish His¬ torical Society vC^as held l^st week at the Mocatta Library, University College, London, .to hear a paper by Cyril Picciotto . on 'The Legal Position of the Jews in England as Shown in the Plea Rolls of the Jewish Ex- .chequer." The topic was found to be exceedingly interesting by the audience, -practically all- of . whom were more or less special¬ ists ' in these Jewish historical questions.
The lecturer dealt with the legal position of the Jews in in England, mainly in the thir¬ teenth century and prior to the expulsion, and with the nature and functions of the Jewish ex¬ chequer of that period, citing various enactments in regard to the Jews who were considered the special property of the King. But he contended ^at they were by no means the oppressed Jews they were supposed to have been, as the Plea Rolls revealed an ex¬ traordinary atmosphere of fair¬ ness and impartiality between the Jews dnd Christians. Mr. Picciotto thought it was demon¬ strated that the Jews of the pe¬ riod in question had enforceable rights in property, and that a place had been found for them under the feudal system, and in spite of the fact that it had been stated that, while the Jew had belonged to the King, there were many things in law which the King could do, but which were rarely, if ever, enforced. It was true that the Jew was heavily taxed, but the l.ecturer protested against the theory of rightless- ness. The pleas showed that the Jewish exchequers were presided over by jui^tices of Jews, who seem to have enjoyed equal rights with other justices, and even concerned themselves with such crimes as murder.
Sir Lionel Abrahams, in mov¬ ing a vote of thinks to the lec¬ turer, said that there was a real tendency to talte extreme views on such vague questions as to whether Jews had any rights in the Middle Ages. What Mr. Pic ciotto had set forth in his paper would always be an important stage in the development of the opinion of historians on that subject. , In regard to the ^taxa- tion of the Jew, and imprison' ment in the event of his failing to, pay, that was an illustration of   the   instability   of   Jcjwish
turer as to the status of the Jews of the pre-expulsion period, and said that he had long been under the impression that they had exaggerated' the righteous¬ ness of the Jews of that period. Until the religious difference be¬ tween the Jew and his Christian neighbor became accentuated by passion, there was very little in the situation bf the Jew of which tb complain.
RUSSIA  IN  CHAOS
Best Thing to Do Is to Become ij". S. Citizen
Russia has reached such chaos, that there is only one thing for a Russian to do and that is to be¬ come an American citizen. So Julius Lesser explained in ob¬ taining , his first citizenship papers.
He was born in Vilna, Russia. He came here in 1880. His wife Rosa accompanied him. She is seventy. Lesser has followed a variety of trades. His present occupation, he said recently, is peddling notions.
"My mind is clear and I'll beat anybody at checkers," he boasted proudly. "Maybe if I was a few years younger I'd register and try to get in the draft. The way things are going nowadays in the old country it breaks a man's heart. .Vilna used to be a beau¬ tiful place. Now it's perhaps all bombarded. Now it 19 Mr. Ker¬ ensky. and now it is Mr. Trotzky and now it is Mr. Lenine and now it is -nobody and now it is everybody. It is time I became a citizen of America where there is no such changing."
"But it took twenty years to get him to this office," Mrs. Les¬ ser chimed in. 'For twenty years I have been trying to make him become an American citizen. Now I have made him.'
Filial arrangements have been made for the patriotiq services to be held by the Congregation Tifereth Israel on Sunday, June 30th.'
Mayor George Karb, and Mr. E. J. Schanfarber will be on the elaborate program which will be presented and many other num¬ bers of a patriotic spirit. Chil¬ dren of the congregation will take part in the program, which will include the dedication of a service flag by Rabbi Shohet.
The services will be held Sun¬ day afternoon..at-2:30.
CLAIMS PALECTINE HAS
ROOM FOR SIX MILLION
I. O. B. B.
JEWISH VILLAGE HOLDS PATRIOTIC RECORD
Lucien   Wolf   seconded   the
Rabbi Joseph S. Kornfeld
vice devoted to furthering the sale of thrift stamps and war saving stamps during the war stamp drive.
Rabbi Joseph S. Kornfeld de¬ livered an impressive and ap¬ pealing address, bringing out the thought that in these great crises of the war, the people of the country .had dropped their common battle against Prussian¬ ism. He called attention to the spirit of the Americans of Revo¬ lutionary days and said that the distinctions of petty differences and had united in the service of the nation.
He held that the spirit of sac¬ rifice and service should be the spirit of the day and that we here should remember that we must sacrifice something.in our same spirit holds true in the
The Borough of Woodbine, N. J., built and populated by Jew¬ ish immigrants who came here to escape the persecutions of the Russian and Roumanian govern¬ ments, is giving its full measure of devotion' to the country it adopted and loves.
With only a small population of about 300 families, it has sent to the service of the army and navy of the United States thirty- seven of ^ts young men, who were either born in this country or came when quite young, and were reared and educated in the Woodbine public schools.
The people of Woodbine pur¬ chased $42,000 worth of Liberty Bonds .of .l*;e-third.-issue,, the quota for Woodbine having been $15,000. Every household has bought at least one $50 bond. The Woodbine population con¬ tributed $1,000 to the Red Cross. The sale of War Savings Stamps amounted to $2,576 of which. $,476 was reali;!ed by the public school children.
The most striking feature of the devotion of the Woodbine
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children is the energy with which they apply themselves to increasing the food production. Two hundred and fourteen gar¬ dens are worked by the childreh with quite marked success.
While sharing in the general war activities. Woodbine also donated $4,050 to the Jewish Relief Fund.
The largest and most interest¬ ing meeting of the season was held on Monday evening by the local lodge of the B'nai B'rith at their meeting place, the Cerise room, of the Southern Hotel.
Important discussion took place on that evening, the sub¬ ject being the question of a home of its own for Zion Lodge. The discussion was lively ancj interesting, and was concluded by a committee being appointed to investigate the question.
A large class was initiated on that evening.
The next meeting which will be held on Monday, July 8th, is also scheduled as a meeting of importance, as the question of the home for the local lodge will be further discussed.
KOSHER FOOD FOR
CAMP UPTON
CAMP MIRIAM OPENS JULY 15
PROMINENT BRITONS ANTI- ZIONISTS
The assault of the Zionists of England upon the League of British Jews goes on. The Lea¬ gue owes its existence largely to Lord Swaythling, and among its more prominent members are Major Lionel de Rothschild, Sir Philip Magnus, M. P., Sir Char¬ les Henry, Sir Isidore Spielman, Prof. Israel Gojlancz and Claude G. Montefiore, who with other gentlemen are members ot the league's provisional comihittee. The keynote of, the league's pol¬ icy appearato be ipsistence upon the following statement: "We
vote.   He agreed. With the.lee- are Jews in religion; in other
On July 5th the Miriam t!amp for girls will be opened. Ar¬ rangements are being made to care for 50 girls in groups of twelve, each group staying in camp for one week.'
Miijiam Camp is one of the most beautiful spots in this part of the country. It has a ravine, a farm, and a river where bath- ing.and wadding can be enjoyed.
Camp Upton—Thfe Jewish Welfare Board.is considering a plan to erect an auditorium at this camp to seat 1,000 persons and a hostess house to provide kosher food for Orthodox Jews. This cantonment is now and has been since its establishment, the training center for more Jews than any other in the country, and the Welfare Board has been pressed for social accommoda¬ tions for them. It is believed here that the authority to erect the buildings will be given by the New York board, and that the woi-k will begin shortly.
The recent statement by Vis¬ count James Bryce that Pales¬ tine cannot accomodate more than 3iOO,000 Jewish colonists, is strongly controverted by the fig¬ ures offered by Carl Baled, of the University of Berlin, the leading German economist. In a lecture delivered in Vienna re¬ cently under the auspices of 'I'Pro-Palestine" (The German Committee for the Promotion of the Jewish Palestine Settle¬ ment) Prof. Ballod said:
"It is quite possible foi* Pales¬ tine to find room for five to six millions who may seek to return to agriculture in that country. Taking into consideration only the fertile valleys and lowlands we find an acrea qf 700,000 to 800,000 hectares (1,729,700 to 1,976,800 acres) will suffice to produce the food of six millions of people, reckoned,in meat and corn. This would still leave the highlands aviailable for orchards and similar agricultural de¬ velopment. 44,000 hectares (a hectare is equivalent to 2.471 acres;) are already in Jewish possession, not including hund¬ reds of orchards.
"Of the fertile regions of Palestine, the first and fbremost is the great plain of Jesreel with an acerage of 30,000 hectares 20,000 on the coast of Galilee; 15,000 on the great plain border¬ ing on Hule Lake. The Valley of the Jordan will offer 150,000 hectares after the necessary dams and canals have been con¬ structed. This country will be particularly suitable for rice, sugar, coffee and cocoa cultiva¬ tion, .. . _ ,
"Artificial irrigation will ren¬ der available the coastal plain from Gaza tb Carmel, compris¬ ing 250,006 hectares. The Audja river pouring into the Medditer-
TRENCH   WARFARE
NOT NEW, SAYS
HEBREW   SCHOLAR
It is generally believed that trench warfare originated in the last Russo-Japanese war. Once more King Solomon and'Ben Akiba are vindicated. There is nothing new under the sun, and "Alles schon dagewesen." Mes- huUam.ben Menahem of Volter- ra in Tuscany, who made a pil¬ grimage to Palestine in 1481, gives us the following descrip¬ tion of the perils of the journey by land from Cairo to Gdza:
"On? who does not know the Arabic  language  is  obliged  to
ages with that of the agricul¬ tural regions of Europe, in fact its distribiition is even more favorable. The mountains of Palestine are covered with 'nari- crust' affording a serviceable soil for tree-plantation. Olive trees, vines, almond and fig trees have thriven here without arti¬ ficial irrigation, from time im¬ memorial.
"On the whole, we may esti¬ mate Palestine, employing mini¬ mum figures, as follows: 300,000 hectares of fertile lowlands, which by means of artificial ir¬ rigation can be made to yield a double annual hai-vest; 600,000 hectares of level or slightly flow¬ ing suitable for agriculture; 400,000 hectares in the Hauran, capable of one annual harvest, and at least one million hectares of hill and mountain country covered with nari-crust. There remain, therefore, only 700,000 hectares of non-productive so^, or 25 per cent of the entire area of Palestine.
"The question of acquirement of the land," continued Prof. Ballod, "ought to present no in¬ superable diflSiculties. Most of the land is already owned by great Arab land-owners, waiting for their price) and the Fellahin would willingly leave for North Syria or Babylon if they were offered ' better conditions through the civilizing influences that are reviving these coun¬ tries."
In explana;tion of the motives of "Pro-Palestine" Prof. Ballod said: 'We have organised be¬ cause, we, of whom the major¬ ity .are, nonr Jews, take-a .special. 'interest in Zionist aims. It is a movement which must be judged both by its ideal and its practical aspect. In this connection Zion¬ ism can be compared only to the
anean north of Jaffa, has a flow movement of the Puritans and
of 10 cubic meters per second, sufiicient for the irrigation of 66,000 hectares, at an irrigation elevation of 500 milimeti;es, suf¬ ficient for the dry culture of cot¬ ton and soya-beans. Moreover, the rainfall in Palestine aver-
Quakers who went to America in the 17th century and who have left as their heirloom the whole ethical ground-work of domern America, and who also initiated a great economical develop¬ ment."
dress' like the Turks, for if it be¬ came known that he is a Jew or a Franki (the designation of a European Christian among Arabs and Turks) he 'will not go, free in the jubilee year' and will have to pay a ransom from the feud to the head of the village. Even if you wear the white tur¬ ban of the Turks and Arabs, the danger is still very great, for a member of the caravan may give the secret.away—God forbid— that you are a Jew or a Chris¬ tian. If you haye escaped from all these dangers, there is an ad¬ ditional danger lurking for you
WELFARE BOARD TO ENTERTAIN JEWISH MEN AT CAMP SHERMAN
The Columbus Branch of the Jewish Board 'for Army Welfare has arranged a dance for the Jewish men at Camp Sherman, to be given on Saturday even¬ ing, June 29th, in Talbot's open-air pavilion, opposite the B'nai B'rith Club in Chillicothe.
.    Columbus Jewry is urged to attend this affair, in order to make this a community event.
are two ten
the bow, and therefore afraid , of them, so that Turks will put to flight Arabs."
The passage is found in Me- shulam's Dairy, published by A. M. Luncz in Jerusalem Year Book for the Diffusion of an Ac¬ curate Knowledge of Ancient and Modern Palestine, vol! 1, p. 194-195, Vienna, ,1882.
AGUDAS ACHIM RED CROSS UNIT
Exceptionally   effective   Red
, . , , Cross work is being done by the
from the highwaymen who a.re\^^^ ^ross Unit of the Agudas
buried in the ground up to the neck for two and three days without food or drink, and their head is hidden by a stone on top of the pit, so that they can'see others while they are not seen. When they see a caravan pass¬ ing which is inferior in num¬ bers, they leave' the pit, call their companions and attack the caravan on their horses, which are as' swift as leopards, with long spears which have an iron head that is poisoned. They also carry iron maces and buck¬ lers made of leather and pitch, and their only garment is a shirt. They have neither stockings nor sandals nor spurs ,and alight on a caravan with lightning' rapid¬ ity, taking all that they have, including garments and horses, and sometimes even killing them, although as a rule they merely rob them. Therefore it is good to have a convoy of Turks, for these are expert arch-- ers, while the Bedouins are naked, do not know the use of
Achim Congregation. Although recently prganized, the unit, consisting of twenty-five mem¬ bers is aiding in the general Red Cross work to a great extent. The organization is being led by Mrs. I. L. Goldberg, president and Mrs. H. A. Cohen, Secretary.
Mrs. Goldberg in talking of the work and of the need for • more active Red Cross co-opera¬ tion among the ladies of Congre¬ gation Agudas Achim remarked,
"We want the ladies to come down regularly and work for the Red Crosss. We are trying to make the organization reach a high stage of effectiveness, and to do that, we need the co-opera¬ tion of all 6f our women. Our sewing and knitting sessions are' now being quite well attended, but we wish to urge on everyone the necessity and need for a bet¬ ter and larger Red Cross Unit."
The unit meets every Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Agudas Achim Synagogue.
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