Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1934-09-07

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVII—No. 36
COLUMBUS, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 7, 1934
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Happy New Year! By Phineas J.   Biron
This is no time for gossip and scandal. Nnj Jewish holy day seasoii is too scri- nus and solemn a time for (Uir usual light cli;itler. Besides, wc think that wc are ¦tniitl^cd to a holiday, not having taken any vacation this year.
Onr editor did order us to send In our ;mmi;il feature whct"eiii wc pass in re¬ view the leading figures in contemporary Auicrican Jewish life, and, hi our tradi¬ tional' stralght-from-the-shouldcr manner, wish thcin a happy New Year, But we have grown weary of tins procedure. We Iiavc looked over last year's New Year wishes, and find that this year's list will have to^ Include almost the identical names, so that we would have to repeat ourselves.    And that would never do.
Wc believe—but perhaps we Hatter our.qplf—that many heads will rest easier on their pillows tonight for this an¬ nouncement. Wc have been told that cohininist's New Year wishes aren't al¬ ways the most pleasant things in the world for the recipient, but we should like to assure one arid all that those wi.slies of other years were never prompted by malice. . '
There Is, however, one individual whom wc feel obliged to mention. Our bitter enemy, Adolf Hitler, knowii also as Ad¬ dled Adolf, Daffy Dolly and 'the Her o£ Naziland. To him—and we take the lib' crty of speaking for all of American Jewry—:we wish a niicse meshuna.
At this season of repentance and atoiiemeht, also, we ask the forgiveness ¦ of any and all whom we may have criti¬ cized wrongly ¦ or charged with trans¬ gressions of which they were not guilty. Wc always do our utmost to transmit facts correctly to oiir readers, but neither we nor our reporters can make any claim to infallibility. ,
So, we wish you all a very happy and prosperous 5C95.
Hillel Night at Valley Dale
Sept. 19tli to Benefit
Hillel Foundation
As Its lirst project of the season, the B'liiii B'rith Women's Auxiliary will iiold a Yom Kippur NIglit Dance at Valley Dale on Wednesday, September HHli, from 1} p. m. to 1 a. in. for the bene¬ fit of the Hillel Foundation. Arrange¬ ments for the dance are being completed by the Hillel Fund Committee, of which Mrs. Morris Polstcr js the cliairman.
No tickets are being sold forthis gala affair, but instead, invitations arc being issued, througii the courtesy of the Valley Dale nianagcnieiit. Admission will be the regular price current at the Dale, hut the committee wishes to stress the fact that all those who wish to attend should get these invitations and present them at the box office the night of the daiicc, in order to have the proper credit go to the organization.
Remember, wc get a percentage of the number of tickets presented, so be sure to.get a date and an invitation, and be sure to come to the Dale Yom Kippur Night. In order to cooperate with the Auxiliary, no other Jewish dances are being arranged for this night, which means that the largest crowd of the season should be present.
Invitations will be distributed free of charge at all the Synagogues and Tem¬ ples during the holidays, or may'be ob tained from any member of the Hillel Fund Committee, or the A. Z. A,
An outstanding band has been promised by Mr. Peppe, and a good time is aS' surcd all who. attend. Get your invi¬ tations, and present them at the Dale on Yom Kippur night I
B'nai    B'rith    President
Extends  Greetings to
Ainerican Jewry
GEISER  TO   OFFICIATE   AT AHAVAS SHOLEM CONG,
Dr.   Wise   Denounces   Jews Afraid to Support New Deal
NEW YORK (WNS)~Jcws who urge their fellow Jews to withdraw from active service under the recovery pro- grain of the Roosevelt administration be¬ cause they fear that the possible failure or triumph of the New Deal wiU be laid to the too abundant participation of Jews are vigorously denounced by Dr. Stephen S. Wise in a Rosh Hashanah message. Denouncing this "panicky Jewish reac¬ tion" to the "ominous signs" of American anti-Semitism, Dr. Wise rebuked those who would have Jews "placate and mol¬ lify those who, right or wrong, may be in the ascendant in American alTairs to^ morrow if the recovery program should fail." He also assailed "the . folly and cowardice of a certain type of American Jewish leadership" who urge American Jews to "dissociate themselves from all other liberal, or radical movements, from Socialism, and above all, from Commu¬ nism."
The officers of the Ahavas Sholem Congregation wish to announce tliat they have engaged the services of Mr. Paul Geiser of Dayton, Ohio, for Rosh Has-^ honah and Yom Kippur, Mr. Geiser is principal of the Hebrew School in Day¬ ton, and has for several years officiated during the High Holidays in St. Paul, Minn. *
ATTENTION, PARENTS AND CHILDREN!
We have called on the superintendents of the Bexley and Columbus schools and with their kind cooperation we have ar¬ ranged that ail Jewish children should be excused from attending school on our holidays, so that we may expect a 100 pcj* cent attendance of our children iri the ¦ synagogues. (Signed) ¦
Rabbi Mordecai Hirschsprung,
Rabbi Nathan Zelizer.
United States May Now Have Another Victor Herbert
victor R., known as the Victor Her¬ bert of Germany, and one of the most noted composers of that country, fled togtB^with his wife from the Nazi terror. They made their way to London where they were supported by money sent by their son, Frederick, who is con iiectcd with one of the movie producing concerns for whom he composes music. Victor R. and his wife received their visas to come to the United States, but not having sufficient funds with which to proceed with their journey, the London Comniittee for Refugees gave them a loan.
Upon arrival here they were excluded on the ground of being assisted immi^ grants and in addition thereto for tlie further reason that they might become public charges. Dr. Edwin Franko Gold¬ man, the eminent musician and the leader of the famous Goldman barid, advised Hias of the plight of the old people. An appeal was made to Washington and the Washington office argued the case before the ..Board of Review. The son Hollywood had already been com' municated. with and he wired that he had an ample income and was quite ready repay the money advanced by the 'f-.ondoii  Conmiittee.
As a result of the presentation of the case by the Washington attorney.of Hlas, Victor R. and his wife were admitted and that without any bonds being filed. The United States may nOw have - an¬ other Victor Herbert,
Important Announcement
The Chronicle Is happy to announce that its an¬ nual New Year Edition (in magazine form) will reach all Jewish homes next Monday morning, New Year's Day. "^ This editipn contains outstanding articles of unusual interest on many phases of Jewish life and problems today. In the back section of this rriaga- zine you will also find a complete Jewish calendar for your convenience. Save this edition as you will find it most valuable as a reference book during the year. Subscribers of the Chronicle should notify us at once if they do not receive their copy next Monday.
At this time we deem it proper to say a few words regarding the loyal advertisers who have made the New Year's Edition possible. By their represen¬ tation in the Chronicle they are expressing their friendship and their desire to serve you. Why not show'your appreciation of the Chronicle's work in this community by patronizing these concerns! We hope it isn't asking too much when we desire such coopera¬ tion on your part-
To our readers, supporters and friends we ex- tencjl best wishes for a New Year of unprecedented health,  happiness and  prosperity.
—^The Ohib Jewish Chronicle.
ALFRED   M.  COHEN
Alfred M. Cohen, international presi¬ dent of B'nai B'rith, has sent the follow¬ ing New Year's greetings to Ainerican Jewry:
... "Q\\ the eve of a New Year our minds may well ponder the situation of the Jew throughout the world. For two years the. Jews in Germany have been ill agony and . terror. An unbelievable catastrophe overtook and almost over¬ whelmed them. Their offense was novel. It was not their religion, it was their blood. One may really or fancifully ab¬ jure his religion and live, but he cannot drain his blood to the last drop and con¬ tinue to breathe. - His offense, .therefore, was uncorrectable. What has been the reaction of other nations to Germany's attitude? Wherever there is a modicum of free speech or free thought, it has been in condemnation. Wherever the press is free, It is outspokenly opposed to Germany's course.
"I dare say that at no time in history has the Jew hfjen so well defended as sinct^ermany's onslaught on him. So once more we find a soul of goodness in things evil. ¦¦ Germany (and always I niean the present German government) has gone" mad and that madness has self- destruction in the offing. What will come after Hitler is in the lap of the future? I believe Hitler has cleared the atmo¬ sphere for the Jew. Is the wish father to the thought? I think not entirely. The Jews' bed will not be on^ of roses. When was it? But I believe it will not he as hard as it often has been. Is this optimism? Well, the Jew is an unquench¬ able optimist.   And I am a Jew.
"Meanwhile let all of us give heart and soul and mind to the alleviation of the hardships of our German co-religionists in particular and our persecuted brethren ¦eveo'^vhere.
"L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu."
Rabbi. Greenwald Announces Sermons for High Holidays
Rabbi Leopold Greenwald, spiritual leader of the Beth Jacob Congregation, wislies to announce the subjects of his sermons for the first two days of Rosh Hashanah. Oh Monday, Sept, 10, at 10 a. m., the Rabbi will preach on "The Voice of the Shoiar." On the secpnd day of Rosh Hashanah, Tuesday, Sept. n, the Rabbi's sermon will be, "The Duty of a Jewish Woman at the, Present time."
The congregation will be open at 0 p. ra, Saturday- for those who have not as yet- made seat reservations for the holidays.
Rabbi Will Appreciate It
Rabbi Leopold Greenwald will be very grateful to the local societies and or¬ ganizations if they will keep open the date of Nov. 11, when he will entertain with a reception in honor of the Bar Mitzvah pf his son Ephraim.
PIONEER WOMEN TO MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY EVE.
The next regular meeting of the Pio¬ neer Wonien*s organization will be held Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p. m., in the social hall of the Agudath Achim Congregation, All menibers are urged to be present at thi svery important meet¬ ing.
Board niembers met at the home of Mrs. H. Zonkiri,- 923 S. 22nd street, last Wednesday, at which time a program of activities for the coming year were dis¬ cussed. It was also decided at this ses¬ sion to hold the annual banquet on No¬ vember 18.
LEVIN MEMORIAL
The many friends of the late Mr. Louis Levin who wish to contribute to the memorial fund which was established shortly after his death may do so by calling either Mrs. Morris Polster, FA, 1632, or Mrs. Leon Nason, FA. 1532.
Force Governs Germany
An Outline of the Nazi Terror
By Dorothy Thompson
Rabbi Zelizer Announces His Sermons for Rosh H'shana at East Broad St. Temple
All arrangements have been completed for inspiring conservative services at the East. Broad Street Temple during the coming High Holidays, for adults and for children.
Sunday (tomorrow) evening services will commence at 7:30 p. m. On that evening Rabbi Zelizer will speak on the theme,. "A New Year?" Services on Monday morning will begin at 8 ".SO a. m. Rabbi Zelizer will speak about ten a. m. on the subject entitled, "The Call of the Shofar." Monday evening services will be held at 7 p. m.
The sermon for Tuesday morning to be preached by the rabbi will- be on the subject entitled, "Is a Religious Revival Possible These. Days?" Rabbi Arthur Ginzler of Detroit, Mich., will officiate as Cantor during the High Holidays,
Children's services for the High Holi¬ days, under the supervision of .Rabbi Zelizer, will he conducted ih the Social Hall of the Temple on Monday and Tuesday mornings at about 10:30 a. m. On Friday^ September. 14, 8 p. ni. Rabbi Zelizer will speak on "The Meaning of Repentance."
Parents are reminded to register their children for the Sunday School and the Hebrew School of the Temple on Sun day, September 10, from 10 a. m. to noon,
Annual memorial services will be con¬ ducted at the TiJereth Israel Cemetery on Sunday morning, September 16, at 10 a!, m. The memorial sermon will be preached by the rahbi.
Members and friends of the East Broad Street Temple are urgently re¬ quested to make reservation for the High Holiday Services, inasmuch as admission t(» the Temple will he by card only. Mr. Sol Roth, financial secretary of the con¬ gregation, will be in his oflice at the Temple Sunday (tomorrow) from one a, m. to 5 p. m. and will be glad to see members of the congregation and non members who have not as yet made ar¬ rangements for services at the Temple.
Recently Dordlhy Thompson, outstand¬ ing zuonian journalist • and lite zvif'e of Sinclair J^czviSi America's literary Nobel prise zvinner, zuas ordered by the. Naai^ govarnment lo leave Germany zviihin 24 hours. The reason zviis the courageous stand taken by this non-Jezvish zvoman .against the fyrannical melhods employed by the Hitlerites. The following article, taken from her contribnlion ¦ io Pierre Van. Paassen's and James Waterman IVisc's symposium "Nasism" ( Smith and Haas), e.vpres.KCS theyiezvs zvhich aroused the resenlment of the present rulers of Germany.—The Editor.
Law, in Germany today, like law in ancient Sparta, is improvised. Not a soul living in Gerriiany has real legal security, because law emanates from ukases issued by the leaders. One can¬ not' "switch oneself" as the Nazi expres¬ sion (Glcichschaltung) has it, to a posi¬ tion, once and for all in conformity with the Nazi state, but one must switch one¬ self anew every morning. What was le¬ gal today may be established as illegal tomorrow, and the law is no more stable than a stock market report.,-One can be punished in Germany for crimes and mis¬ demeanors which belonged in neither category at the time they were commit¬ ted. One can be punished for crimes which it is presumed one may commit in the future. One can he punished for crimes which someone else may conceiv^ ably commit against one (this is the only sense of the so-called "protective arrest" by whieh thousands of Germans have heen deprived of their physical freedom). One can be punished for past, present, or future crimes and misdemeanors which may exist wholly In the mind of some¬ one else.
Marlnus van der Lubbe, for instance, was beheaded, in December for the crime of arson, for which there was no death penalty at the time it was committed. Thousands of pacifists are incarcerated for activities which are not, even now, defined in law as illegal. Protestant pastors and Catholic priests are impris¬ oned for expressing religious beliefs al¬ though even the present state is consti¬ tutionally sworn to protect them. - The Weimar constitution has not been legally abrogated and the present Chancellor, in¬ deed, took his oath to it, hut it is vio¬ lated In essence and in detail by the ruling oligarchy and there is no possl bility of testing the legality of their actions. In April, for instance, I per¬ sonally raised the question with the Prus¬ sian Ministry for Justice, as to how Jews could be deprived of civil rights guaran¬ teed to them under the still existing con¬ stitution, and was informed that the measures taken against them, such as the civil servants law, were passed m anlici potion of forthcoming constitutional changes. It must be emphisized that such constitutional changes can otity- inside the framework of the law—be inade by the Reichstag, therefore the de¬
crees in force violate the constitution on the presuriiption . that the government, having an absolute majority, can at any time so change the. constitution as .to make the lawsretroactwely legal.
Law does not, govern Nazi Germany. Force and the arbitrary and unchallenge- ul>ic. decisions of a small oligarchy, made from day to day, govern. Their de¬ crees are the law, and one of them, Rciclisjustiz Minister' Frank,- succinctly defined law (Right) as "whatever is goofi for Germany," One must amend it to read "Whatever is good for Ger¬ many" in the eyes of the ruling oligarchy, for to challenge or protest the validity of olTicial actions is itself a punishable crime.
It is a crime in Germany to observe crime. The official name for the offense is the "spreading of atrocity legends," but it is not imperative upon the prose¬ cutor to prove that what is spread is a legend. Thus, on April 1, 1933, a young Jew in Kiel who attempted to prevent, by force, Nazi Storm Troopers from en¬ tering the ilremises of his father, wounded a Nazi, and was subsequently lynched by the crowd. The incident was officially reported by the Niizi press. But a few weeks later a woman was sent to prison for ^months accused of stating that a young Jew had been lynched, in Kiel. To defend oneself is an oflrense. Nazi Storm Troopers have no legal au¬ thority to make arrests, but resistance to arrest by Nazi Storm Troopers is a misdemeanor.
The theory of equality Is abrogated. The Nazi "world outlook" disdains the whole principle of equality as a heritage of the outlived French Revolution and as false to biological fact which-discerns vast inequalities between men. Thus the theory of liberal democracy is wilfully distorted, because the "equality" of the FVench Revolution, the equality which Lincoln referred to in the. immortal phrase in the Gettysburg address, has nothing tp do with biological equality, but presumes only equality before the lazv. There is no longer equality be fore the law In Germany. In the early days of the Nazi so-called revolution, Wilhelm Goering, as Prussian Minist^ of the Interior issued a judgment which reriialns the basis of action: That given an open encounter between uniformed Nazis and civilians, it is the duty of the police to support the uniformed Nazis, There Is, in other words, definitely one law for Nazis and one law for other Germans,
The entire German people are subjected to es[)ionage such as is only parallelled by the system which one nation uses against another in time of.war, or such as that exercised In Communist Russia by the OGPU, and formerly in Imperial Tsarist Russia hy the Okrana. This es¬ pionage is carried on by Wilhelm Goer- ing's Secret Political Police, which en¬ joys executive powers as well, and can (Conliiiucd on page 2)
Largest   Membership   Cam¬ paign in B'nai B'rith His¬ tory to Honor Pres, Cohen
Over  ino Lodjfca Througout Country
Determined to Reach Goal of
75,000 Members
The beginning of tho Jewish New Year finds B'nai B'rith, from Maine to Cali¬ fornia and from Canada to Mexico, gird¬ ing itself for a supreme national mem¬ bership campaign in honor of the ap¬ proaching 75th birthdaiy of its President, Hon. Alfred M. Cohen. The goal is 7,1,000 iiicmber's—a . thousand for each year in the life of President Cohen. I ¦ Every one of B'nai iVrith's 400 local j lodges tlirough the length and breadth of the land is being organized for local niembership campaign. In addition, each of B'nai B'rith's seven American Dis¬ tricts is throwing Its energies into the effort. Qver the national drive stands ' the National Campaign Committee, headed by E. J. Schanfarber, of this city, Joseph Herbach, Philadelphia, secretary of E'nai B'rith's District No. 3, is cam¬ paign director. Represented on the na¬ tional committee are outstanding Jewish communal leaders of all parts of the country.
.Although the membership drive Is al¬ ready under way, it will he launched offi¬ cially on October 10, President Cohen's birthday. A special issue of the B'nai B'ritli Magazine in his honor will pre¬ cede the event.
With the end of. the. summer season, all agencies of B'nai B'rith will resume active operation. Nine B'nai B'rith Hil¬ lel Foundations will soon open again as Jewish student centers on the campuses of the following univei'sities: Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Cor¬ nell, Texas, Alabama, Northwestern and California. The Foundation at [the Uni¬ versity of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa, is a new one. It will he officially inaugurated shortly after the beginning of the school term. All the lothers have been in oper¬ ation for at least a year, and the Founda¬ tion at Illinois, the mother unit, will be entering its eleventh year of service.
More than 200 chapters of Aleph Zadik Aleph, B'nai B'rith's junior order for Jewish hoys of lO to 21 years of age, will engage-in renewed activities.- These lads are stimulated to greater Jewish con¬ sciousness and aspirations of leadership through Jewish social work, essay and oratorical contests on Jewish . subjects, Hebrew studies, debates, religious serv¬ ices and Jewish communal work, in addi¬ tion to a program of sports and social entertainment.
The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith enjoyed no summer vacation. It has been working incessantly to combat tbe Rood of vicious anti-Semitic .propa¬ ganda that has been rising" in this coun- , try during the last year pr two, largely as the result of professional Nazi propa¬ gandists as well as indigenous fascist , movements. The League handles hun¬ dreds of cases annually of defamation against the Jews on stage and screen, radio and forum, books and newspapers, in addition to its. struggle against larger movements of a national or sectional kind.
E. Broad St. Temple Elects Officers for Coming Year
The election of new officers of the East Broad Street Temple took place at a meeting held at the Temple. Tuesday evening. The following men will guide the destinies of the congregation for the coming year;
Mr. Harry Masser, President; Mr. B Borowitz, Vice President; Sol Roth, Financial Secretary;. Ben Grossriian, Re¬ cording Secretary; J. K, Bornstein, Treasurer, The board of trustees is composed of Rabbi Solomon Rivlin, Ben Finkelstein, Frank -V. Bayer, Louis Gert¬ ner, Morris Hackman and Harry Winter. ¦ Following the election ¦ Mr. Masser gave a short talk in which he vowed sin¬ cerely to spare no effort in making the coming year a most successful one. Mr. Masser was assured the full cooperation of the menibers of the Temple.
Agudath Achim Sisterhood
The first regular meeting of the Agu¬ dath Achim Sisterhood will take place on Wednesday evening, September 12, at 7 ;30 o'clock, in the social hall of the congregation. A fine program has been arranged for this initial meeting and all niembers are urged to come and bring a new member. Matters of great im-- portance will be discussed at this meetiii^ and it is necessary that all Sisterhood members be present.