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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
VOLUME XVII—-No. 23
COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 8, 1934
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Strictly Confidential
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Oh You Nazi Manl Jimmy Lee, son of Ivy Lcc, the publj ¦^^ity genius, charged with handling the iJublicity for the Nazi government in this fair country of ours, is in Berlin and, according to W. W., is being "tutored by Hitler himself—so that he'll be prop¬ erly armed to exploit Adolf here next year"... Plans are afoot, we arc advised Irtim an unimpeachable source, to offer a cessation of DAWA activities if there be a corresponding cessation of anti-Nazi self-defense bn the part of American Jews ¦ . . "Such an arrangement would be the liascst form of treason," was the comment of Dr, Stephen S. Wise when he dis¬ cussed the mattcrin his austere sanctum at the Free Synagogue . . . The German steamship lines threatened the New York Times that they would withdraw all their advertisements unless some sort of re¬ traction were made in connection with Bircliall's splendidly written dispatch about Nazi mistreatment of tourists... Ocha, the publisher of the Times, told ihcsc gents to take their ads and evapo¬ rate, but the Nazis have decided other¬ wise... One of the best laugh-provokers was the caiition in tbe New York Eve¬ ning Post over the picture of that Nazi meeting at the Garden, which read: '"With a Hcy-Nazi-Nazi and A Hot Ja Ja". .."Apropos of that," says Lenme Hayton, "1 see by the papers that Hitler just ccletirated his birthday. Oh well you know the old saying-^-every dog has his day".. .Broadway will .'5ee a musical comctly this fair'under. the title "Oh you Nazi man".. .Another pungent comment on Naziland: "Einstein to Frankenstein in one degeneration"...
Behind the Make-up
At the recent dinner by the Soviets in honor of the explorer Schmidt, wc ran across the following celebrities: Alice Hughes, the columnist, looking like a fashion plate in Vanity Fair; Maurice Hindus, the author, reminding one of Houdini; Fannie Hurst, elegant, tired and showing the effects of her continued dieting...At that same dinner we could hiifdly take, our eyes ofif the beautiful, pale face of the wife of Sir Hubert Wil- kins. ..Wonder why she is not being draftetl by,some movie producer.. .Which reminds us that Sir Hubert likes to eat cold borsht in strictly Kosher restaurant; .. .Theda Bara, her saucer eyes still vampishly kohled, denies till rumors that she plans a come-back in the movies j she is happily married to an Englishman who admires her "Southern accent".. .Paul Muni will play Nijinsky in a dramatiza¬ tion of Romola's biography of her mad husband next season on Broadway... Sam H. Harris will proditce it.. .And Gustav Blum, who a few years ago promised to bccoine one of the enterprising impres- sarios and then disappeared from the scene, will try his luck next season.'.. Iirimanuel Kant Neumark, only son of the late Hebrew Union College philoso¬ phy professor and recently turned twenty, now has acquired his master's degree in education at Columbia Teachers College, his specialty being the German language, of all things, ..Immanuel, who has been delving quite deeply into linguistics, tells us, by the way, that the Yiddish' words Shicksah and Shagita are derived from the Hebrew Shikktts, which means "abom¬ ination." and that consequently it is not surprising that the current nieaning of the colloquial German term shicksel is "Jew¬ ish girl"...
Inside Stuff « Barney Ross was so confident of win¬ ning the welterweight championship that he insisted on his fiancee, Joan Abott, seeing the fight from a ringside seat.., And not only did Barney take members of his family from Chicago to New York but he also financed the trip for Harry the Barber, who keeps Ross' black hair sleek and trim... Thus Harry saw the fight from a ringside seat...From the last issue ot Young Israel, your heir or heire5.s can glean the interesting informa¬ tion—which we had forgotten, if we ever knew it—that one of the founders of the American Red Cross was. one AdolphuB Solomon, A Jew...And did you know that James J. McDonald, the Refugee Commissioner, will launch a million dol¬ lar corporation for the purpose of financ¬ ing emigration activities of German refu gees and that the Rockefellers are likely to "invest" a substantial sunt...Fifty Gerinan Jewish refugees arrived under the German quota in this country thanks to the Joint Distribution Committee— but no publicity is wanted..,Union City, New Jersey, the hotbed of Nazi propa- gaiuta. is considering an official ban on all Nazi meetings,..
Literary Disappoint ments Overrated literature:  "The Autobiog¬ raphy of Alice B. Toklas," written by (Continued on page s)
Annual Picnic of East Broad |
St. Temple to be Held
Sunday at Oak Park
Miles from the city heat amid the cool, green splendor of Oak Park along pretty Alum Creek, the annual picnic of the East Broad St. Temple will be held to¬ morrow (Sunday) afternoon and evening. This is the annual outing for all Sunday School children, members of the Temple and their friends. As a special treat for the children, it is to be noted that ice cream will be distributed without cost and that numerous interesting games and contests will be had and run under com¬ petent supervision.
Many interesting and amusing contests for both young and old will be staged. A splendid group of prizes have been ob¬ tained for the victors in these various games and contests so as to make it well worth while for all those participating. To insure the attendance of every Sun¬ day School child at this picnic, arrange¬ ments have been made for free transpor¬ tation for alt families without machines, who are requested to meet at the Temple at 1 o'clock sharp. All members and friends who wilt be able to assist in the transportation of those children without machine facilities arc reqiicitcd to as¬ semble at the Temple at that time promptly.
Oak Park has been much improved during the past year. The dance hall has been greatly enlarged. A very good orctiestra has been procured to furnish good dance music for the-evening. In addition the Park now has improved fa¬ cilities for eating and card playing both outside and under cover.
A baseball game has been arranged be¬ tween tlie boys of the Sunday School and the Hebrew School of the Temple. Following tliis a ganie between two se¬ lected teams composed of athletic celeb¬ rities will be held on the baseball dia¬ mond.
Do not fait to avail yourself of a day in the country with your children and all of your friends. Mcsdanics A. G, Hassel and Ben Grossman are chairmen of this affair and will be asj^isted by their splendid committee.
SO THIS IS MANN
A Few Notes from a Reporter's Pad An Interview wilh the Nobel Prize Winner
By JOSEPH BRAININ
EAST  BROAD  ST.   TEMPLE RE-ELECTS RABBI ZELIZER
Rabbi Zelizer has again been elected to serve as spiritual leader for the Broad St. Temple. This is the fourth year that he has been associated with this Con.scrvative Congregation, and under his inspired leadership this progressive con¬ gregation has more deeply cEtabli.shed it¬ self in the religious and social life of this community.
TiiF. Chronicle congratulates Rabbi Zelizer upon his achievement to date as spiritual leader of Tifereth Israel Con¬ gregation and wishes him a still greater measure of success and achievement in the future.
Samuel Goldhamer To Ad¬ dress Welfare Federation Meeting June ISth
Nazis Force Jews to Watch
Public Burning of Torab
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MR. AND MRS, THOMAS MANN
Hirschsprung   to   Represent
Rabbinical Association at
Convention in July
Ralibi M. Hirschsprung, secretary of the Histadruth Horabbonim, known as the Ratjbinical Association of the Ye¬ shiva College, has been appointed recently to represent the prganization in the, Mid- Western Region at its fourth annua:! con¬ vention at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, on July 17,. 18 and 19, Many problems of vital interest to the Ameri¬ canized Orthodox Jew will be discussed at this conference.
Rabbi Hirschsprung is the only one of the young Orthodox Rabbis in the mid¬ dle-west, who is a member of recognized standing in the Agudath Horabbonim, and tie is also an executive member of the Union of Orthodox Congregations of America, whose activities among the English-speaking orthodox Jewry is widely known throughout the country. The Rabbinical Association of the Ye¬ shiva, when first organized, was greeted by the Liubavitcher Rebbe and was sanc¬ tioned by Rabbi Eliezer Silver, who was at. that time president of the Agudath Horabbonim.
In a three-column article published in the Jewish Morning Journal in 1&31, when the organization was founded. Rabbi Hirschsprung declared its aim and purpose to be that of a cooperative body with the Agudath Horabbonim, whose executive scat is now in New York, and at the same time—through the eighty Yeshiva Rahbis throughout the country- act as a reconciling agency between the strictly old-timer and the English-speak¬ ing Ameficanized Jew, in all religious matters of the Orthodox faith. It was also made obligatory on every menibcr of the Rabbinical association of the Yeshiva College to work, in their respective com¬ munities, for Jewish education, to super¬ vise Kashruth, etc., and above all to work wliole-heartedly for Talmud Torahs and local Hebrew Schools.
The forthcoming convention in New York is expected to be of great interest and will be attended by many Rabbis representing all parts of United States and Canada.
EZRAS NOSHIM PICNIC JUNE 24
The Ezras Noshim Society wish to re¬ mind all Ciihonicle readers that their annual picnic, for which big plans are being made, will be an event of June 21, and will he held at Olentangy Park. At this outing, the date for the rafHc of the lady's broach, for which tickets are now being sold, \vill he announced. Don't forget to reserve the date of June 24.
Thomas Mann, outstanding German wan of letters, has fust arrived on a Holland-American liner, Mr. Ambassador Lulher, in this country for a week's stay. Mr. Brainin gives ns a fciv impressions of the great author who lives outside of Gerihany—an exile—nilliough not an out¬ cast—front  Naziland.—The  Editor.
It was curiosity rather than a sense of duty that made me get up at five a. m. and board an official coast guard cutter to meet the Volendam.of the Holland- American line carrying Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mann on their first visit to the United States.
I had always wanted to meet Thomas Mann. Mpre than a quarter of a cen¬ tury ago I had read "Euddcnbrooks". with the same intensity and eagerness as I had approached Dickens or Zola. About a decade ago I had been completely con¬ quered by "The Magic Mountain," one of the great intellectual experiences in store for those who have hot yet climbed it. In between, I had been fascinated by "Death in Venice" and a number of novel¬ ettes that had made an indelible impres¬ sion on me. To me, Thomas Mann was one of the few pre-war literary giants who had not lost stature after the eco¬ nomic, sociar aild cultural earthquake of the last fifteen years.
As a matter of fact, the whole Mann family had intrigued ine-for a long time, had been a great admirer of Heinrich Mann, the older brother of Thomas, for many years. I had watched with grow¬ ing, interest the transformation of Klaus Mann, (soii of Tlioinas) from a literary play-boy to a publicist of conviction whose monthly magazine "Die Samm- lung" (published in Amsterdam) is the only literary rallying-point for the Feuchtwangers, the Heinrich Manns and all those who dare to raise their voice against the destroyers of culture in Nazi land.. I had been amused by the per¬ sonality of Erika Mann (daughter of Tliomas) who in company with Klaus visited the United States some years ago and wliose versatility as a dancer, discusc, poetess and general wit is astounding. I had thought much about Mrs. Thomas Mann who, so I had heard, was partly Jewish and the companion par excellence of Thomas Mann.
1 hope that Lhave established a sufii- cient case to confess that when I climbed the stairs to the upper deck of the S. S. Volendam in the company of a sleepy group of reporters and Alfred Knopf, the American publisher of Mann, I was keyed up, fidgety, eager and afraid to compare that man Mann with the author of "The Magic Mountain" and the out¬ standing member of so picturesque a fam¬ ily. The foregoing- may have that high- school tone which I am so ready to dis¬ qualify in manuscripts submitted for pub¬ lication, but it would not be truthful if I ignored that rather youthful reverential feeling which gripped me before con¬ fronting Thomas Mann.
There he stood. Average height. Busi¬ ness appearance except for his sad, al¬ most sentimental eyes: At the thresliotd of sixty, he looks younger than his age. Wiry, slender, a well-trained and well- kept human engine. I doubt if he does anything  to  excess.    A  picture of  the
normal-living German. His wife, small, grey, lively, with a youthful voice, dressed in a sports suit, hcr face in no way Semitic, Undoubtedly the practical pilot of the menage.
Difficult to reconcile Thomas Mann in the flesh with the.legend that has been .spun around him. For instance: Tlie mother of Thomas Mann was a Creole of Portuguese Indian blood. There is noth¬ ing uf that strain in the countenance of the Nobel Prize winner of 1929. Thomas Mann was a poet in youth; his "Eudden- Ijrooks" was written when he- was hardly ':!.l years qf age. ' There is nothing of the prodigy, in him. During one period of his life Mann was an insurance agent. He had retainet) from this experience.his easy sniile and his somewhat soothing yet penetrating voice with a tinge of salesmanship intonation.
Mr. Mann is not.eager to talk. He is geiiuiiiely impressed with the New York skyline and mutters to himself: "Grossar- tig, originell," and so forth; then turning to the newspapermen, ho explains in a rather hesitant English; "In architecture, the Americans have created something new—no imitation—really new and gi¬ gantic."
But of course, I am interested to know what Mann thinks of Hitler and his ef¬ fect on civilization. It occurs to me that Mann resigned from the contributors' list of bis^ son's periodical because the publi¬ cation had become, with the second issue, an anti-Hitler fighting organ. I also re¬ membered that Mann is the only one of that group of liberal men of letters who is still being published in Germany.
Jntenneivcr:   How about Hitler, Mr. Mann? Mann:    I don't agree with hira. Interviewer:    Have you been expelled from Naziland?
Mann: I happened to live outside of Germany when the change occurred and since then, I do confess, I have had no desire to go back.
Intennezvcr: How is it that your books are still being published in Ger¬ many?
Mann: S. Fisher, my publisher, is still functioning, if oiily in an agonizing state; I am sticking to him.
Inlerviezver: Do your hooks sell in Germany?
Mann: Surprising as it is, they do sell. Thus far my last book, "Joseph and His Brethren," has reached the 25,000 mark. Intervlezver: Doesn't the government interfere with the booksellers who handle your books?
Mann: No, apparently not. I have seen photos of show windows of book stores that feature my books in window displays,
Jnterviewer:   Why ttie special leniency toward you when writers like Feucht¬ wanger and others are absolutely taboo? Mann:   Welt—it's hard to say.   I sup¬ pose  they   (the  Hitlerites)   consider me more German—mehr echt-Deutsch—than the others.    This is not my opinion,    I am  speaking objectively,  trying to ex¬ plain their point of view.   Tn those other writers they find something fremidarttges (alien). Interviewer:    But you identify your- (Conlinued on page 2)
Mr. E. J. Schanfarber, President of the Jewish Welfare Federation, an¬ nounces that Mr. Samuel Goldhamer, Director of the Cleveland Jewish Wel¬ fare Federation, has been secured as the principal speaker al the Annual Meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Columbus, to be held oh Monday even¬ ing, June 18th, at the Hermine Schon¬ thal Center at 8 P. M.
Mr. Goldliamer will discuss in detail problems confronting American Jewry today and present trends of federation work; 1
The meeting \^] be sponsored by the following Board of Directors of the Jewish Welfare Federation: Mr. E. J, Schanfarber^ Pres., Mr. Allen Gunder¬ sheimcr, Vice-Pres., Mr. Joseph Basch, Treasurer, and Miss Rose Sugarmanj Secy,; Mrs. A. Goldberg, Mr. E. J. Goodman, Mr, L; J. Goodman, Mrs. H. Bloch, Mr. Justin Sillman, Mrs. H. Licverman, Mrs; Joseph Basch, Mrs. L. Loewcnste'in, Mr. A. J. Kobacker, Rabbi S, M. Gup, Mr. William Gumble, Mr. Harry Gilbert, Mrs..A. H. Harmon, Mr. Joseph Solove, Dr. Louis Mark, Mn Robert Schiff, Mr. Fred Lazarus,: Jr.^ Mrs. M. H. Rieser, Mr. Harry Zeiger, Mr. Millard Kominz, Mr.! Arthur Isaac, Mr. J. W. Steinhauser.
The following is the list of the Board of Directors of the Hermine Schonthal Center of which Dr. E. J. Gordon is Pres.; Mr. Max Harmon, Vice-Pres.;* Mr. Joseph Basch, Treasurer, and Miss Rose Sugarman, Secy.; Mr. J. C. Good¬ man; Mrs. Sam Meisner,, Mr.";. E. J. Gor¬ don, Mr. Samuel Weinfeld, Mrs. Edwin Kraus, Mr. E. J. Schanfarber, Mrs. W. A. Hersch, Mrs. C. K. Stiefel; Mr. .Sam¬ uel Luchs, Dr. R. A. Jaffee, Mrs. M. Hirschprijng^, Mr. Max H. Rieser, Mrs. Isaac Wolf, Mr. J. W. Steinhauser, Mr. Harry Ratner, Mr. Mark ,b. Feinknopf. The Council of Jewish Women, The Bnai Brith, the Ezros Noshim Society, the Jewish Shelter Home Society^ Ha¬ dassah and the United Jewish Fund are assisting, in making this meeting one that will be representative of ., Columbus Jewry.
Reiwrts of activities and financial re¬ ports will be submitted and directors will be elected.
Mrs, Samuel Meisner, Chairman of the Hospitality Committee, and her thrte capable assistants, Mrs. Lawrence Ixiew- enstein,-Mrs. A. H. Harmon aiid Mrs. Ejlwin. Kraus, announce that great prog-r rcss is-being made in the arrangement of the evening's program.
It is the duty of every civic minded person in Columbus to become acquaint¬ ed with the work of the Federation and to further widen his scope of vision by receiving first hand information from Mr. Samuel Goldhamer'; who is well- versed in the problems confronting .\merican Jewry today. It is our duty to safeguard the welfare and happiness of every individual in our community from infancy to pld age and this we can do only by knowing what we need and planning to meet our needs.
Mr. E. J. Schanfarber and Dr. E. J. Gordon, who have given so liberally of their time and effort, are leaving no stones unturned to make this meeting one of the civic and Jewish events of the year.
ANTWERP (WNS) — Blasphemy again.st the Jewish religion such as has not been seen in Germany since the Mid¬ dle Ages was cortunittcd by,the Nazis in the little town of Tellich, near Munich, according to reports iii the Belgian press. On Friday, May 2i), when the Jewish community of Tellich was preparing for the Sabbath, a band of armed Nazi storm troopers marched into the synagogue. Over tlic protests and pleas of the rabbi and the .synagogue elders the storm . troopers tore tlie Torah Scroll from its place in the Ark, ripped out the furnish¬ ings and carried them to the town's mar¬ ketplace.
There they placed the Torah Scroll on the ground and set fire to it. While the flames roared the storm troopers danced around the auto da fe singing the no¬ torious Horst Wcssel song. Leaders of the Jewi.sh community were forced to stand by and watch the outrage. Later they were pledged not to reveal what had happened and were threatened with death if they broke their promise. News of the outrage reached Belgium not from Jewish sources but tlirough a number of Christian residents of Tellich.who were nccnscd at this gratuitous offense to the Jewish religion. Letters from Tellich reaching here came into the hands of the local papers and they made the story public, ¦
To Rid Streets of Jews BERLIN (WNS)—A campaign to rid the streets of Germany of all JeWs has been launched by Der Angriff. Propa¬ ganda Mini.stcr Goebbels' personal organ. "Jews must learii to break with their past behavior imd leave public places to the Germans," Der Angriff declared, "Gernian Jews have recently become bolder because they niistake non^occupa- tion with them for indifference. The legal [losition pf Jews in Germany has been clearly laid down, but they have not yet learned the corresponding new style of living. German susceptibilities are of¬ fended by the presence of Jews." ' Herr Kuba, the Nazi governor of Brandenburg, is urging the sterilization bf all Jews married to Arya.n women. The Voelkischc, Kampfblatt, a Nazi weekly, recommends a sound thrashing and a brand on the forehead for any Ger^ man girl who associated with a Jew.
Two famous university student organi¬ zations, Vandalia at Heidelberg, and Suebia at Tuebingen have been dissolved on orders of Education Minister Rust because they refused to expel all mem-: bers who were Jewish or partly Jewish or who had married Jewish women.
Incensed at reports from the United States that Woolworth's stores in that country had posted placards in their win¬ dows saying that German goods are not ¦ sold, the West German Observer, offi¬ cial Nazi organ in the Rhineland, calls on the German people to refrain from buying in the German Woolworth stbres. The report? on -which the Nazi paper, bases its' plea refer to the recent declara¬ tion by the American Woolworth organi¬ zation that it has halted purchases of German goods.
Because a number of Jewish actors formerly popular in Berlin appear in "Voices of Spring," an Austrian moving picture, the Nazi censor has barred the film in Berlin. It had already boen shown in the German provincial cities. The German version of the American picture, "The Trial of Mary Dugan,'* was also banned because it is regarded as a plea against capital punishment, which is con¬ trary to Nazi ethics.
B'nai B'rith will Hold  Last . Meeting of Season Monday
Zion Lodge No. (i2, B'nai B'rith, will hotd its final meeting of the summer sea¬ son next Monday evening at the Winding Hollow City Club on Parsons avenue, near Town. Matters of utmost impor¬ tance to the membership will be brought up for discussion. The meeting will start promptly at 8 p. m. Every Ben B'rith is urged to attend. .._„_^
Beth Jacob Picnic will Take Place Sunday at Olentangy
Alt arrangements have been completed for the Beth Jacob Sisterhood's annual picnic which .will be held this Sunday at Olentangy Park. There will be various games for the children to participate in, and the adults will enjoy Bingo. Beau¬ tiful prizes will be awardc<].
All members of the Bcth Jacob Con¬ gregation, their families and friends are cordially invited to this outing. Pack your picnic baskets and plan to come out to the park early.
B. B. AUXILIARY TO MEET
The Ladies Auxiliary of B'nai B'rith will hold their final meeting of the sea¬ son Monday night, June 11, at 8 o'clock, at the Winding Hollow City Club. AU members are re<iuested to be in attend¬ ance.
TOMBSTOJ^E DEDICATION
Mrs. Max White, 254 S. Monroe ave¬ nue, will dedicate a tombstone in memory of her husband at the Tifereth Israel Cemetery Sunday, June 10, at 10:30 a. m. Kabbi Natlian Zelizer will ofTici- ate.   Friends and relatives are invited.
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