Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1934-08-24

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVII—No. 34
COLUMBUS. OHIO, August 24. 1934
Per Year $3.00; Fer Copy 10c
Strictly Confidential
Tid-BilH From       Everywhere
Bf  pniNEAS  J.   HIRON
You Should Know
Sevcnty-nlne-year-old Maria C. Lef- kowlcz ol Seattle recently proved In a court of law that she is a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln...Her mother, who was not Jewish was a niece of tbe mother of the great emancipator, and of course a first cou.sin of Honest Abe himself... All of which recalls the statement of Rabbi Isaac M. Wise after Lincoln's death to the effect that Lincoln hlmsell had declared he had Jewish blood in his veins...Bernard G. Richards, for many years secretary of the American "Jewish Congress, who was forced to resign from that post and is now the head of the Jewish Information Bureau, is being flooded these days with imiuiries about the elections for the Congress scheduled for,,, next April...In the public mind, it appears, Richards is still identified with the Congress, as is attested by the nu¬ merous queries he regularly rcceiyes about that body and its doings... Fairy Tale Hero
"His life is like a fairy tale," says Reichsriiinister Dr. Joseph Paul Goeb¬ bels of his Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler...And that in a campaign speech...W. W. please note... And Dolly's right-hand man, Rudolph Hess, reminisces about the days when Hitler, still obscure, used to walk the streets in Munich shaking a club at Communists and such... Big, two- fisted he-man stuff, ch?...As for "Putzi" Hanfstaengl's recent magazine article ex- tofling Addled Adolf, It was ghosted by, a scribe who, wc arc told, was also re¬ sponsible for an anti-Nazi editorial in the   same  issue...How  come  a   Berlin
¦ sport paper had the temerity to invite our own Maxie Baer for a tour of Nazi- land?... Any way, Maxie isn't having any .. .Not unless they agree to let him take Hitler into the ring...
Berlin Notes The centenary of the tleath of the great Prussian statesman Hardenberg re¬ ceived little attention, and that only for purposes of vituperation by the Streicher , papers...For Hardenberg was the spon¬ sor of Jewish' emancipation in Germany ...And, besides, his wife was Jewish..; The Catholic priest of Garshausen, in the Rhineland, is being boycotted because he ordered coal for the . church and the parish office from a Jewish merchant.-.. A recent issue of Der Weltkampf laments that "it wiir never be possible to get rid pf the Jew as long as the Christian creed sticks to the Old Testament-and the Jewish idol Jehova".. .A German rail¬ way official wbo. was transferred from Regensburg to another place used a Jew¬ ish firm for the transport of his luggage ...With the effect that he \'vas denounced
¦ by the Nazi press and has been taken into custody... ¦
On Our Shores In New York these days the swastika , flutters over Fifth avenue, in the' 30's ., .That German tourist agency...And on Broadway we have noted Carl Fer¬ dinand von Hohenzollern, son of the German Crown Prince and himself an ad- iuirer of Hitler.. .Down in .Atlanta the KKK is celebrating the reelection of Dr. Hiram W. Evans as Imperial Wizard ...Which reminds us of that day ten years ago when Samuel Untermyer ad¬ vised Wiiliani G. McAdoo, a candidate for tbe Democratic presidential nomina¬ tion, not to disown the KKK, on account of the numerous night-sliirted legions- down in the Solid South...Dr. Stephen S. Wise censured Mr. Untermyer se¬ verely for this, and the matter eventually came before the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Congress, of which Dr. Wise was then president and Mr. Untermyer a vice president. ..With the result that Mr. Untermyer resigned from his olBce in the Congress.. .Ivy Lee, they fell us, is looking for a good press agent to counteract the Nazi publicity he got during the congressional inquiry at New York.,.If he wants free advice, we'll suggest a sizable donation to the United Jewish Appeal...'
Thi^ and That Bernard M. Baruch, together with his wife and daughter, is enjoying the shoot¬ ing on the estate of Count Louis ICarolyi in Czechoslovakia... Among those who played host to America's first mother, Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt, during her recent stay iri Paris was Baron Maurice de Rothschild, who had been entertained by Mrs. Roosevelt's son in Washington some months before...The coming gu¬ bernatorial campaign in New York, with Tammany in full control again, will be an unpleasant time for Aldermanic Prexy Bernard S. Deutsch, we fear.,,It has already been pointed out publicly that with all his insistence upon economy and wage-stashing Mr Deutsch has not yet managed to cut the salaries received by (Continued on page 3)
Many ''National Gerinan
Jews" Cast Vote
for Hitler
BERLIN, (WNS)—Complying with the manifesto issued by the League of National German Jews on the eve of the plebiscite urging Jews to vote in favor of Hitler's assumption of the office of Reichsfuehrcr, which combines the func¬ tions of Chancellor and President of the Reich, 108 inmates of a Jewish hospital here voted "yes" in last Sunday's plebis¬ cite while only 1^8 voted "no" or re¬ turned invalid ballots. In a Jewish home for the aged, only 7 out of Hi) inmates failed to ratify Hitler's action In the elec¬ tion in which over five millions, out ot a total vote of almo.st 44,000,000, refused to stamp the Nazi leader's action with their approval.
The League of National German Jews, which issued the manifesto because its leaders felt that "rcconttiliation which will include the whole German father land must follow the national awaken ing and unification of the German people", pointed out that their associa¬ tion, founded in 1021, has always, "in war or peace, placed the good of the German people and the German Fatherland" above their own good.
It is understood, however, that of the four and a quarter million "noes" and three-quarters of ,a million invalid ballots a considerable number were cast by Jews, the remainder being credited to Catholics, disillusioned Nazis and Comniunlsts;
Rumors are rife here that now that Hitler has received, the backing of d huge majority of German voters a new list has been prepared for another"hou5e- cleaning" that will bring terror to all op¬ ponents of Der Fuehrer. 800 Jews, Cath¬ olics, and former Social Democrats are said to be on the list.
The Jewish community here is opti¬ mistic, none the less, as it is felt that the increase in actual opposition to Hit¬ ler shows that the German people is be¬ ginning to realize the evils of the Nazi regime. In Hamburg, which is near col¬ lapse because of the unfavorable economic situation caused by world-wide opposition to the Nazi regime, 20 per cent bf the votes'"failed tc 'endorse Hitler's :action. "
Formal  Opening  ol  Jewish Shelter Home Will Take Place Sunday at 2 P.M.
The formal oiiening of tbe Hachnosis Orchim Society's new home located at h^ii E. Livingston avenue, will take place this Suiulay afternoon with elaborate ceremonies. Members and those people who are Interested In the welfare of this Society, are asked to gather at the Beth Jacob Congregation by 2 p. m., at which time tbey will march in body to the home.
The home, a donation by the late Mrs. RIchman for the sole purpose' of ac¬ commodating those unfortunates passing through this city, has just recently been remodeled, making it modern through¬ out. A campaign for funds which has been iii progress for several weeks, and headed by Rabbi Greenwald and Mr. Wm, Cohen, proved very successful.
Rabbis Leopold Greenwald and Motde- cai Hirschsprung \vill be guest speak¬ ers.   Refieshments will be served.
It is hoped that the entire community will join in this celebration Sunday after¬ noon.
Broad St. Temple Sisterhood to Hear Speaker Tuesday Eve.
The Tifereth Israel Sisterhood will hold their first meeting of the season on Tuesday evening, September 3rd, at the East Broad Street Temple. Mr. H. E. Bondurante of the City Division of Re¬ lief will address the members on the subject, "Sex Education in the home and in the Church." Following Mr. Bon- druante's address^ Current Events will be presented by one of the members of the Sisterhood. . Mrs. Herman Katz, President, will preside.
A regular, board meeting will be held Monday afternoon, August 27, at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. K. Bornstein, 80 Brunson avenue. All board members arc urged to be present.
Rabbi Gup^s Holiday Sermon Among 13 to be Published
Thirteen sermons will appear in the ¦Sermon Pamphlets which are published ammally by the Tract Commission of the l^'nion of American Hebrew Congrega- titiiH. Twelve Rabbis have contributed to this year's publication which will also include the reprint of a sermon for Ytmi Kippur morning, "The Sacrifices for Judaism", which was written by Dr. I-saac M. Wise.
The Sermon Pamphlets, which will ?wn be available, are used throughout llic country' in small towns where there are 110 Rabbis, in Institutions, and among University groups of Jewish students. Services arc generally conducted by lay¬ men and the sermon read fronj the Holi¬ day pamphlets. Among the names of the twelve rabbis whose contributions to the coming issue is that of Rabbi Samuel M Giip, spiritual leader of the Bryden Road Temple. The title of his sermon js "Life nnd Death!' for the Neilah service on ^'oni Kippur, NEW YORK SCHOOLS TO OPEN ON ROSH HASHANAH
NEW YORK (WNS)—Although a group of rabbis asked six months ago for. a postponement of the school opening, scheduled to coincide with Rosh Hash¬ anah, and despite the recent rccommenda- lion of the State Senate that the opening Ijc deferred until after the holiday, |thc Board of Education has decided that the city's public schools will open on Sep- ,lember 10th, as originally planned.
Hoffman Memorial Notice
i-'ricnds of the late Ben J. Hoffman who wish to contribute to a memorial in his, niemory will please get in touch with either Mrs. H. E. Goldman, FA. 9735, or Mr. Ben'Grossman, EV. O-IGS. This fund will be brought to a close in the very near future, and all those wishing to con¬ tribute must therefore get in touch with the above parties immediately.        „   .
HEADS    B'NAI    B'RITH
NAT'L MEMBERSHIP
CAMPAIGN
Max Reinhardt to Bring Jew¬ ish Drama to New York
, LONDON (WNS)—Max Reinhardt, exiled German-Jewish theatrical director, Is bringing a great Jewish "morality play" to Broadway for the coming sea¬ son, it has been announced byi Meyer W. Weisgal of New York, director of "The Romance of a People", who signed the. contract with Reinhardt. The author of the play, which is expected tobe the out¬ standing event of the coming theatrical season; is Fraiiz Werfel; famous German- Jewish dramatist,. and the composer of the musical score is Kurt'Weill; bcth Werfel and Weill are also exiled from Nazi Germany. It is planned that ihe cast, which will number 3,000, will be headed by exiled German actors, both Jewish  and non-Jewi.sh,
Rehearsals for the American produc¬ tion are scheduled to begin in December, and a London production is planned for the Spring of 1035. Both the London and New York production will be spon¬ sored by a group of which Lord Mclchctt and other distinguished Englishnien arc members. It is hoped to use part of the profits of the New York production for the establishhient of a permanent Theatre in Exile which will be manned by actors exiled by the Nazi regime and heaoed.by Max Reinhardt, Mr. Weisgal said.
Cantor Jacob Levine to be
Heard at Agudath Achim
During Holidays
Canton Jacob Levine, well-known singer and composer, will conduct serv¬ ices on the coming High Holidays at the Agudath Achim Synagogue.
Cantor Levine studied niusic for a number of years at a German conserva¬ tory until the year 1923, and served as Cantor in one of the largest orthodox congregations in Berlin, which was headed by the late Dr. Rabbiner Hilde¬ sheimer, of blessed memory. . Cantor Levine will arrive here during next week, and will conduct the Slichos service Saturday, September 1st, at mid¬ night During Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the cantor will conduct the Musaph services. ^.
Rabbi Hirschsprung will as usual de¬ liver! his sermons in English and Jewish. Members- and worshippers are requested to get in touch with the Beat committee for proper assignmf' is of their seats.
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN
A Jewish Ediior*8 Terrible Nightmare
By ZH: RtlBlNSra^^
E. J. Schanfarber
Mr. Jose|)h Herbach, Campaign Direc¬ tor of the B'nai B'rith Membership Campaign with headquarters in Cincin¬ nati, O., today announced that Edwin J. Schanfarber, prominent attorney, and Jewish communial leader of this city has accepted the post of Chairinan of the National Campaign Committee in B'nai B'rith's drive for 7o,0U0 members in honor qf the 7-5th anniversary of the Order's President, Hon. Alfred M, Cohen.
As chairman of B'nai B'rith's National Campaign Committee, Mr. Herbach stated that he will cooperate with him in directing the activities of a nation¬ wide network of local B'nai B'rith com-, mittees in the drive to procure 1,000 members for every year in the life of President Cohen, who will be 75 on October 19.
On the National Campaign Committee
Iso; appear the names of Justin Sillman, 1st Vice President of ,.District No. 2 B'nai B'rith and Sidney G. Kusworm on the Advisory Board.
The author of'this humorous article is one of ihc editors of the Jeivish Day. Walter Wincliell's recent satire, "Doiwt With the Jczvs," zvhich appeared in last zveek's issue of the Chronicle and other publications served by Seven Arts Fea¬ ture Syndicate, prompted Mr. Rubinstein fo zvritc ihis hilarious sketch. — The Editor.
I had a bad dream not long ago. One of those nightmares from which you wake bathed in a sweat of terror, yet glad—- becau.'^e it was only a dream. I dreaiiit that the world had become completely Judaized—only Jews everywhere, not a goy anywhere on earth I ' Imagine going to a newsstand and buy¬ ing a New York Times and a Daily Mirror, and finding the papers printed in Yiddish! After recovering from the first shock you begin tp read the paper, and see the following headline spread across all eight columns of the front page of the Times: "Belzer Tzadik and Mun- katcher Rebbe Sign Truce,' Chassidim Celebrate with Night of Drinking and Dancing." That is too much. You turn to the Mirror, and there, all over the front page, is the picture of a noted chazan's wife In a bathing suit with the caption: "En route to Reno."
Both papers under your arm, you now dash off for the subway. But what is your amazement when you come to the turnstiles! Instead of turning from left to right on the insertion of a nickel, they noW turn from right to left, and that only after you put a dime into the slot. The rise in fare, you learn, was an absolute necessity, for the additional five cents go into a fund established -for the introdnc¬ tion of strict kashruth in New York.
Macy's department store is "Moishe's" now, of coarse. And huge advertisements in the daily press inform you that the name has always been "Moishe's," but that the original owner, being a Litvak, had pronounced it "Macy's."
And what is doing down at City Hall? You find that the mayor of New York is now Jonah J. Goldstein, whose cam¬ paign stressed the lact that both his father and mother were Jewish. (It seems that his predecessor in oflice, one Mayor LaGuardia, had only a Jewish inother. If his father had been Jewish too he might have heen reelected to the mayoralty.) Besides, you learn that every other city employe also bears the name Goldstein. Tliis because of a new law requiring that all members of the municipal administration have the same patronymic
\ In Washington the existing situation has a rather complicated background. When the American Jewish Congress took over the legislative, function of the okl Congress it immediately moved into the White House.,, And shortly there¬ after began the fight between Dr, Stephen S. Wise and Mr, Bernard S. Deutsch in the Presidency of the American Jewish Congress, Dr. Wise elaiming the office of President of the United States; the more so since even after Mr. Deutsch became the American Jewish Congress Prexy, he, Dr. Wise, remained the Hon¬ orary President, of that body. Mr. Deutsch, however, maintained that; be¬ cause of his experience in public office he had a greater claim on the presidency, The battle between these two gentlemen was fought behind closed doors; but when it became evident that they would never reach an agreement their conflict¬ ing claims w'ere brought before the voters of the country, who elected Dr, Wise to the presidential office. Mr. Deutsch had tp content himself with the post of Secre¬ tary of State, and before long departed for Mexico. President Wise now makes daily radio speeches, and America is be¬ ing administered as smoothly as was tht American Jewish Congress in the old days. In Washington everything runs on wheels;
And what do you think has happened to the famous cathedral of St, John the Divine? It has become the headquarters of the Shoctim's Union, and clamor fills the,huge dome. My colleague, S. Erd berg, has bccoine the manager of all the shoctim, and things are humming. The dispute you remember from the old days still isn't settled, nor will it ever be set¬ tled, For it is feared ifhat if there ever should be an end to the dispute New York Jewish life would be totally devoid of content, and might lose the charm that derives from violent disputation.
On the first page of the Yiddish- printed New York Times you read that our Ambassador to France, Nathan D, Perlman, has left for the Riviera for his vacation. They say that Perlman had much to do with the famous "Confes¬ sions" published by Hitler. In these "Confessions" Hitler declared publicly that he is a Jew and that it was precisely because of his Jewishness that he was so ruthless a persecutor of Jewry. A most interesting document, his "Confessions.' He revealed that his grandfather had en trusted him with the sacred duty of sav ing the Jewish people from total disap-
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Popular Orchestra Engaged
for A,Z.A. Convention
Dance
Columbus chapter of A. Z. A. this week put the finishing touches on plans for the Kentucky-Ind lana-Ohio conveiiT tion fit is sponsoring here September 2 and 3. Columtfus Jewry will be glad to, know that the best available orchestra in the city has been signed to jilay for the grand convention dance Labor Day eve¬ ning: none other than Frank Ferneau and bis l^-piecc organization. Yates Wil-^ Hams, who made "Stormy Weather" and "Lazj-boncs" familiar to thousands of lo¬ cal dance followers, will vocalize for the Ferneau outfit.
The dance, to be staged In the grand ballroom of the Deshler-Wallick Hotel, will be open to the public. In addition to the excellence of music and ballroom, dance patrons, will find the atmosphere one of congeniality and enthusiasm, as always present at A. Z. A. convention^ everywhere. Tickets for the dance, which have been printed and are now available from every member, alumnus, pledge, and advisor of the chapter, are priced at one dollar per couple. The dance will last from 10 to 1.
Dayton chapter of A. Z. A. reported this week that it would send a delegation of 40 members. Reports from Louisville indicate a probable representation of 30 to 35. Total attendance will be about-150. -Ml visitors will be housed by niembers of the local A. Z. A. chapter, aided by B'nai B'rith.
Principal speaker at the banquet, sched¬ uled for Sunday night, Sept. 2, will be announced in the Chronicle next week, He will be well known to all Columbus Jewry. Plans for the banquet proper have been delegated to the Broad St, Teniple Sisterhood, which helped make the A. Z. A. tournament banquet last February the conspicuous success that it was. The banquet, also, will be open to the public.
World Jewish Conference at Geneva Reaffirms Anti- Nazi Boycott
GENEVA (WNS)—Jewry has had ciieniics more formidable than Hitler and has survived none the less. Dr. Nahum Goldmann, President of the Committee of Jewish Delegations, told the opening session of the World Jewish Conference here in an address that reaffirmed the solidarity ot world Jewry with all liberal forces in the fight against Nazism and other forms of persecution. The Con¬ ference, which is being held under the auspices' of the Committee, of Jewish ¦Delegation.!; and the Executive Commit¬ tee of the World Jewish Congress is be¬ ing attended by delegates of 40 Jewish nrgiuiizutions - representing 24 countrie.*;. Following Dr. Goldmann's address. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, head of the .American delegation, took over the chairmanship and called upon Dr. Isaac Gruenbaum of Poland as the next speaker. Dr. Gruen¬ baum delivered a eulogy on the late Dr. Leon Motzkin, who preceded Dr. Gold¬ mann as head of the Committee of Jew¬ ish Delegations, and suggested that the late leader's memory be honored by. the establishment of a special Motzkin chair in the Hebrew University for the study of Jewish rights in the Diaspora. An¬ other eulogy on Dr. Motzkin was deliv¬ ered by Rabbi Nurok, while. Rabbi Ben- zion Mosscnsohn, representative of the Jerusalem Vaad Leuml, spoke on the late Hebrew poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik.
Andre Spire, French Jewish author and poet, spoke on the increase of anti-^Semi-. tism throughout the world, and urged the calling of a World Jewish Congress for 193D. The Yiddish dramatist and novel¬ ist, Shalom Asch, addressed the confer¬ ence also; he violently attacked what he termed "Jewish indifference" and pro¬ posed that Jewish consciousness be in¬ creased by chalutz work, and an emphasis . on moral discipline not only in Palestine by in the Diaspora as. well. For this pur¬ pose he advocated the establishment of a special organization>for work in the Dias¬ pora on a .basis similar to that done by, the Zionist Organization in Palestine.
In his opening address Dr. Goldmann, - after eulogizing Dr. Motzkin, said, among' other things, that the anti-Nazi boycott "is the spontaiieous reaction of mortified Jewish self-esteem." He added: "We have known more powerful adversaries than the Third Reich and we have but- lasted them. In addition to defending our threatened existence, it is our duty, in conjunction with all minorities and all who respect the principles of spiritual freedom and the equality of mankind, to fight the barbarous notions that are cur¬ rent today.
"It must not be thought that ideas like democracy, liberalism and tolerance have been outlived. They are eternal prin¬ ciples which will retain their values when posterity . looks bapk upon. the Third Reich as a thing of horror."
HADASSAH MEMBERS!
m
The Hadassah Year Book which will be out on September 10th, is going to press next week. Any change of address, or telephone number can still be made by calling Mrs. Sam Goldman, EV. 1371. Also those wishing to remember loved ones on the memorial page of the Year Book, may report same to Mrs. Goldman.
Members who are delinquent in dues, and aVe desirous in having their names included in this book, will please call Mrs. J. K. Bornstein, FA. 8883.
Junior    Hadassah    Honors Three Girls of Columbus
NEW YORK—Dorothy Finkelstein, Minna Olandcr and Ida Neuer, members of the Columbus Chapter of the Junior Hadassah, Young Women's Zionist, Or¬ ganization of America, received one of the highest honors bestowed by the or¬ ganization at the convention at the Hotel New Yorker.'
'. The Columbus women, none of whom were able to be here for the ceremoiiy, were presented with gold fellowship keys for having completed an intensive three- year course of prescribed study in his¬ tory, literature, religion and the Hebrew language. ,   ,
Keys were awarded to IG members of the.organization which has a membership of   more  than   10,000.    Those  winning , keys were required to prepare a thesis and pass an examination.
The three official delegates from Co¬ lumbus who are present at the conven- ' tion are Cecelia Krakoff, Eva Shiffman and Nell Stetelman. Dorothy Finkelstein of Columbus is a national vice president and president of the Tri-State Region.
Nine other Columbus girls were awarded certificates for havi;ng com¬ pleted various courses of study.
They include Sophie Liss, Rose Win¬ ter, Ida Byalos, Clara Volk, Dorothy Kirstein and Rose Schlair Klein, two certificates each for study in Hebrew literature and in intermediate Hebrew. Minna Qlander, Ida Neuer and Lea Thall received certificates in intermedi¬ ate Hebrew.
SHELTER HOUSE MEETING
The regular meeting of the Hachnosis Orchim Society will be held Monday eve¬ ning, Angust 27th, at 8 o'clock, at the Beth Jacob Congregation. All members are urged.to be present at this very im¬ portant meeting.