Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1936-01-17

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Volume XVII—No, 107
. COLUMBUS, OHIO, JANUARY 17, 1936
Per Year $3.00; Ptr Copy loc.
Strictly Confidential
TID-BITS FROM EVERYWHERE
Dt FUmKAS J. DIBON
Cantor Freedman to Sing in Columbus Jan, 24, 2S, 26
Inside Stuff
Thcy aren't saying an} thing for public coiisnuiption but it's a ia.ci that thc non- Zionists have not abaiuloned their fight for parity in Jewish Agency Executive ... It is tmdcratood that tliey arc threat¬ ening nan-cooperation in all Agency ac¬ tivities nnlcss their demands arc satisfied ... Wc hear thnt thc revolt against thc present Z. O. A. administration, which has fourid cxpressron in thc organization of the New York Zionist Club, has spread to Brooklyn. ..When Sir Herbert Samuel arrives in this country to lay be¬ fore Ameritan Jewish leaders that plan for a mass exodus of German Jews he will stay at the home of Felix M. War¬ burg. . .Incidentally, that Jewish news agency's report that Sir Herbert has con¬ tributed $500,000 toward the proposed fund to finance thc exodus is plain cock¬ eyed... Sir Herbert hasn't got 500,000 pennies...An observer at the recent an¬ nual meeting of the American Jewish Committee remarked that the Commit¬ tee's meetings are like annual shindigs of the exclusive Gridiron Club in Wash¬ ington. ..Reporters are never present as reporters hut only as gentlemen. ..Press representatives at the meeting were there as the invited guests of the Committee ...The report of Morris D. Waldman, secretary of the Committee, created quite a stir.. .The Bureau of Jewish Social Research will bc ofiicially abolished at the forthcoming meeting of the National Council of Jewish Federations and Wel¬ fare Funds and its work merged with that of the Council...Is there any truth in the report that the Canadian^ Jewish Congress may be liquidated?... ' Reich Face You can expect to read a hot interview ¦with Hitler on the Jewish question any day now ..A leading American writei is now getting his notes on that inter¬ view into final sliape.. .Bcipite the boy- colt Germany was still the chief source of American imports from Continental Europe during 1935... The Dei>artment of Commerce reports an increase of 5% in Nazi imports.. .Peter Yust, who was Hitler's..sergeant major in the-Austrian army during tbe World War, now runs a tailor shop in Mndison, Wisconsin...- German aircraft salesmen in this coun¬ try are offering South American pros¬ pects free passage to Germany if they will give Nazi planes the'once over be¬ fore examining American goods...New York's Nazis are going in for politics in a big way at the November elections. A complete ticket, including candidates for governor, memhers of Congress and municipal offices, _will bc nominated by the American National Socalist Party, an offshoot of the Friends of tbe New Germany...Denmark has banned an anti- Nazi play because it fears that any af¬ front to Hitler will cost it a big order for butter and pork...
Big Business! Thanks to the U. S. Treasury we can tell you from which Jews you can get money these days, or at least virhich ones have money... Among the Jews named aa getting hefty salaries during 1934 are: J. A. Rubenstein, selling agent of Se¬ curity Mills, Yonkers, N. Y., $n8,23'J! Max Annenberg, circulation manager of the N. Y. Daily News, $120,716; H. Perlstein, president of Premier-Pabst Corp., Chicago, $100,000; Samuel Roth¬ schild, president G. Lever & Co., Glovers- ville, N. Y., $G5,038; Max Epstein, chair¬ man General American Tank Car Corp,, Chicago, $60,000; Walter Winchell, $52,- 000; Henry Ittelson, chairman Commer¬ cial Investment Trust, N. Y., $120,000; Sydney J. Herzberg, manager Prudential Insurance Co., Shorewood, Wis., $157,- 000; Sylvia Sidney, Hollywood, $110,583 ...If you haven't swooned after reading these figures let's tell you about a brave little woman, Mrs. Celia Denis {yes, she'h a good Litvak, despite tlie French-sound¬ ing name), who, when her husband tost his business, went to work to restore prosperity to her family.. .Celia is a good cook, strictly kosher, and her chicken boup with mandeln is something to dream about..-. But did she start a restaurant?.. ..Not she...For in the course of' her cuHnary experiments the discovered a si>ecial clabbered milk, which, when made the main feature of a scientifically concocted diet, enables the overweight tq lose as much as five pounds a week...So now the Deni^ family is running a strictly kosher "milk farnV at Naiiuet, N. Y., and we're telling you about it so that you can advise your hefty maiden aunt to spend a couple of weeks there...
Political Correspondence iA group of wealthy Jews recently called on Prof, Felix Frankfurter and pleaded with him to remove himself from contact with the New Deal in order not to jeopardize Jewish interests in Amer- (Continued on page 2)
The many Ii iriids tti Rev. Aii!,hel Frecdman, who after seven years of can- lorial service in Cohimbus, left with liii family ^for Palestine for ijcrnianent residence there, will no doubt bc glad to hear thJit thc cantor is hack in the United States for a shoit slay. Hc will visit Colunibus and conduct services at thc Agudatli Achim Synagogue on Friday, Jan. 24th; Saturday morning, Jan Soth, atid a special concert ou Sund.iy eve¬ ning, Jan. 2fith. In adduiim to thc regu¬ lar canlorial repertoire on Sunday eve¬ ning's prograin he will sing thc Intcst Palestinian songs which are most pop¬ ular in the holy land
Cantor Frte<lman is known not only as a splendid Singer but aUo as an ex¬ cellent "story teller." During the con¬ cert hc will give a short talk, and his ob-iervations about Palestine should prove as entertaining as his inusical renditions, thus making it a double treat.
Here is a chance for the Freedman entliusiasts to honor the man who was so popular here a few years back.
B'NAI B'RITH OFFICERS
WERE INSTALLED
LAST MONDAY
Feuchtwanger's ^ New Book Will Be Reviewed at Ha¬ dassah Oneg Shabbot
Elma Ehrlich Levinger
Mrs. Ehna Elirlich I:o*vi.igar will ro-- view Lion Feuchtwanger's latest book, ."A Jew from Rome," at the Oneg Shab¬ bot tea to bc held at the home of Mrs. W. A. Hersch, 1810 Oak Street, Satur¬ day, Jan. 25th.
Mrs. Herman Lieverman will read cur¬ rent events, Mrs. Robert Mellman will lead in the singing and the special cere¬ monial will be sung by Mrs. J. Schwartz. All Hadasbah inenibcrj, and their friends are invited to this Oneg Shabbot.
SAMUEL GUREVITZ
Close to S-'iO people assembled at banquet in tlic auditorium of the Broad St. Temple last Monday evening to wit¬ ness tbe joint installation of the newly elected officers of Zion I..^dge No. and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the B'nai B'ritb. Sidney G. Kusworm, member of the executive committee of ihe Supreme Order B'nai B'rith, was the installing ofiicer and delivered the main address for tbe occasion.
Justin L. Sillman, President of Dis¬ trict Grand Lodge No. 2, introduced'the sKakcr and lauded Mr. Kusworm's serv¬ ices to the cause of Jewry, nationally and internationally. "Brother Kusworm has for many >cars been an inspiration 'to B'nai B'rith; a faithful leader, superb organizer, tirHess in his efforts for phil- antliropic and social work and, sym¬ pathetically alive to all forward move¬ ments and aims of the Order," Sillman concluded.
Sam Gurevitz, newly elected president of thc lodge, extolletl in glowing terms thc achievements of the outgoing head, Bro. I W. Carck, during the past year. "It will be the aim of the newly elected officers to exert our greatest efforts to maintain the high standard of member-
Anti - Nazi League Opposes Reich Exodus Plan Involv¬ ing Increased Nazi Exports
' NEW YORK fWNbj —Unaltcnibltj Opptisitioii tt> ,tnj and cvi-ry plan for the cmiiiration of Gcnnaii Jews from the lliird Kci(-h wliich involves an increase in Hi I num exports was \uiccd by thc executive committee of the Non-Sec- tanan Anti-Nazi Lciiguc in a slatcmcijt dcfipiiig iiq pnbitiuii on the proposed plan for tiansfcrring a large number of Ger¬ man Jews to nlhir countries and for liquidating their property. Admitting that "so far there seems to be no definite inforniation available regarding thc ex¬ act plan under which the proposed trans¬ fer of the Geinian Jews to other and more civiH/erl lands is to bc conducted," the comniittee's statement brands the plan as suggested "oiitragcons" and dcclarci that "it would be a financial triumph for Tlitlcr."
Emphasizing tliat it oppobcs thc i>lau 'not tjccause of any lack of sympathy for the German Jews "but hecause thc ques¬ tion is a far larger one than tbat of the Jews in Germany alone," the commit¬ tee declared that "until their full human, religious and political rights arc restored to the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups in Germany, to German labor, to the fraternal orders and to the great mass of German womanliood, the League will continue to fight for a complete boycott of German goods and services by every right-thinking humanitarian."
Roosevelt   and   Wise   Made
Peace in Wh^e House Talk
On Palestine Conference
WASIIINGTUN, D. C. (WNS)—A political brc.icli between President Roose¬ velt and Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president (it ttie American Jewish Congress and provisional chairman' of the National Conference on Palestine, dating from the (lays when Mr f^oosexelt was governor of New York, was healed when Dr. Wise was rcrci\cd hj the X'rcsident at the White House fnr thc first time since Ilis election. Dr. Wise called on tbe Presi¬ dent to invite bim to address the Pales¬ tine conference, which is to be hekl here February 1 and 2. Although neither the White House nor Dr. Wise would dis¬ close the subject of thc conversation. Dr. Wise said that he discussed with the President the tragic plight of Jews "in certain countries of Europe" as well as the plans for the conference. To accom¬ modate Sir Htrbert Samuel, Siinon Marks and Lord Bearsted, the three English Jews who are coming here to discuss a plan for mass exodus of German Jews, the conference date was advanced one week from Its original date of February Sth and 9th.
Samuel Rothalel, Known td
Millions  as  "Roxy,"
Dies Suddenly
Clyde Moore, Noted Columnist,
to Address Junior Hadassah
. Meeting Sunday
Mr. Clyde Moore, noted columnist as¬ sociated with the Ohio State Journal, has been procured as the guest speaker for the next Junior Hadassah meeting, to be held Sunday afternoon, January 19, at 3 p. m. at the Neil HouSe. The subject Mr. Moore has chosen promises to be of great interest to the girls.
Musical entertainment will be provided hy Miss Elaine Ginsburg at the piano, and a paper on Current Events will be read by one of the Hadassah members. The attendance prize will be awarded by Miss Rosyln Rosen.
Senior Hadassah Chapter To
Hold Membership Tea
Next Tuesday
The Columbus Chapter of Hadassah will have its annual Membership Tea at the Bryden Road Temple at 2 o'clock nn Tuesday, Jan. 21st. Mrs. A. Dan- zi}>er, Chairman of Meml>ership, and Mrs. Justin Sillman, co-Cbairman, are in charge of the meeting at which Mrs. Sillman, Vice-Chairman of the Chap¬ ter, will preside.
Atrs. Herman Lieverman will give the opening prayer. Rabbi Harry Kaplan of thc Hillel Foundation will address the meeting  on the  subject,  "Memories  of
Rumors of Nazi Modification of Anti'Semitism Gain
Bialik, Life and Death," and there will ship and-activity* which Zion Lcdge-l)£fl'^fc*"a fine-^rausical program by Mary Cole
Rabbi Lazaron  to  Address Religious Council
Riibbi Morris S. Lazaron of Baltimore Hebrew congregation, and S. Ralpli Har¬ low, chairman of Ihe department of reli¬ gion and social ethics at Smith College aud formerly of the international college, Smyrna, Turkey, will be prominent lead-' era on the two-day program to be pre¬ sented at the Ohio conference on the "Minorities in an Age of Crisis," to be IicUl Under the auspices of the University Religipus council of the Ohio State Uni¬ versity in University Hall on this Friday evening, Jan. 17 and Saturday (to-day) Jan. 18ih.
Among the other prominent persons to be presented for the hincheonsi round- table discussions and lectures that are being planned are Sherwood Eddy, Chas. H Houston, special counsel for the Na¬ tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Mrs. Elizabeth Har¬ rington, national secretary for the inter¬ racial work, National Council, Y. W. C A.; Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Baldwin, mis¬ sionaries to Burma; Laurence Sears, pro¬ fessor of philosophy, Ohio Wesleyan University; George Campbell, nationally known song leader J R, Bruce Tom, Ohio State University recreation expert, and Walter J. Sheperd, dean of the college of art).'•and sciciKcs at Ohio State Uni- I versity.
enjoyed in the past," Gurevitz said. In a.few well chosen remarks, Bro. Garek assured tbe lodge that he would con¬ tinue his activity without any lessening of effort.
The following olBcers Were installed: Samuel Gurevitz, President; Abe Wol¬ man, 1st Vice Presic^ent; William Was¬ serstrom, 2nd Vice President; Frank V. Bayer, Assistant Monitor; Joseph C. Goodman, Treasurer; R. A. Jaffee, Sec¬ retary; Isadore Harris, Warden and San¬ ford Lakin, Guardian.
The B'nai B'rith Auxiliary officers in¬ stalled were: Mrs. I. W. Garek, Presi¬ dent; Mrs. John Katz, 1st Vice Presi¬ dent; Mrs. Yetta Wolstein, 2nd Vice' President; Miss Sadie Cohen, Treasurer; Mrs. Nan Harris, Financial Secretary; Mrs. Leona Rosenthal, Recording .Secre¬ tary ; Miss Dorothy Davis, Auditor, Mrs, Min Goodman, Guardian, and Mrs Ann Schilling, Sentinel.
The standing committees of Zion Lodge for the year 1936 will be an¬ nounced by President Gurevitz in a forthcoming issue of the ChronicIe.
Rabbi Kaplan To Start Lec¬ ture Course at Hillel
Rabbi Harry Kaplan of the Hillel Foundation will' start his course of lec¬ tures with "Eight Great-Jews of His¬ tory" on Sunday raornijig, Jan. 10th. at 11 o'clock.
This course will include Moses, Jere¬ miah, Hillel, Jesus, Maimonides, Spinoza, Mendelssohn and Einstein^ these having been chosen not only because they in¬ fluenced their own people but because of their contributions tq the culture and civilisation of the non-Jewish world as well. No charge will be made for these lecturer to which all are cordially in¬ vited The lectures will continue every Sunday.
J. W. Sewing Group to Meet Friday, January 24
The Columbus Section, National Coun¬ cil of Jewisji Women Sewing Group, will meet Friday, Jan. 21th, at 11 a. m., the Bryden Road Temple to sew for thc Cinldren's Ho5pital, Coffee and kuchen will be served at noon and sewing will continue through the afternoon. It hoped that all who can will attend.
Haehnosis Orchim to Elect
The Haehnosis Orchim Society will hold its next regular meeting at the Beth Jacob Synagogue Monday evening, Jan, 20lh, at 8 o'clock. At this time nomina¬ tion and election of officers for the en¬ suing year will take place. Everyone is urged to be present.
(M^rs.    Donald    B.),    accompanied    by Gretchen Fisher (Mrs. C. R.).
Assisting Mrs. Danziger and Mrs. Sillman arp others of the Membership Committee, the Mesdamcs Sigmund Weisskerz, Hyman Lieverman, Louis Gertner, J. A. Ziskind, J. K. Bornstein, David Pastor, and the Hospitality Com¬ mittee.
Jews Must Quit Saar by March 1
SAARBRUECKEN (WNS) — Cele¬ bration of the first anniversary of the re¬ turn of the Saar region to Germany served to warn the Jews of this terri¬ tory that they have less than two months to leave before all the anti-Jewish laws in effect in Germany proper are applied here. Under the terms o f the Rome agreement Germany agreed to spare the Jews and other foes of the Nazi regime in the Saar until March 1, 1936. After that time they must either get out or bc subject to the anti-Jewish legislation. It is expected that before March 1 virtually all Jews will have quit the Saar.
Big Show and Dance to Be Given Sunday Evening by Schon¬ thal Center Arts Dept.
The Schonthal Center Arts Depart¬ ment, under the able guidance of Mr. Arthur Miliar, will sponsor an elaborate program followed by a dance tomorrow (Sunday) evening at the Center.
Charles Kulp and His Hillbillj Orchestra, Kimball and Woers, comedy acrobats, Helen R. Miller, singer and accordionist, Howard Ingalls, radio singer, and Lillian Miller, pianist, are just a few of the acts of this big show, after which there-will be dancing to the music of Seven Lads of Rhythm.
It is hoped tliat this fine evening's entertainment will be enjoyed by a goodly crowd as no admission will be charge<l.
Henrietta   Szold   Newsreel   to Appear at Bexley Theatre
The Hearst Metrotone Newsreel on an interview with Henrietta Szold, who just arrived in this country several weeks ago from Palestine, will be shown next Wed¬ nesday and Thursday, Jan. 22iid and 23rd, at the Bexley Theater. The theater is located at 2-18-1 E. Main St.
BERLIN (WNS)—The recurrent rumors of a temporary modification in Nazi anti-Semitism and a crisis in high government circles because of the in- .sistcncc of right wing elements, led by Minister of Economics Schacht, that pro¬ posed additional curbs against the Jews be abandoned are again in circulation here. According to one report. Hitler himself has issued strict but confidential orders to party leaders to moderate the anti-Semitic campaign to the extent of removing all anti-Jewish signs, posters and the newb stands displaying Julius Streicher's Jew-baiting sheet, Der Stuer¬ mer, no later than February. Altliough subordinate Nazi officials have a way of Ignoring such orders when they apply to Jews, it is pointed out that the Hitler government is anxious not to offend foreigners coming to Germany for the Olympic Games.
, The sources^ re_spj>nsible for the report of a renewed clash between Schacht and thc Nazi extremists, who are demanding the complete liquidation of German Jewry, assert tbat the scathing indict¬ ment of Nazi anti-Semitism by James G. McDonald in his letter of resignation as League of Nations Commissioner for German Refugees and the report of thc League's committee on assistance to refugees, have alarmed the Schacht forces. The latter are said to fear that the renewed attacks on (Jermany will in¬ crease her economic difficulties and there¬ fore they are opposed to any further measures against Jews which would mean their complete elimination from German economic life.
NEW YORK (WNS) -Samuel Lionel Rothafel, known to millions as "Roxy", thcatiical nnprcSs.ii lo e'Ktraorilinary who p<ipuUrized stage shows in lavish film liouscs, died suddenly here in his sleep at the age of -VI Ohe of the best known figures in the entertaunnent world, he had recently suffered a number of re- 'verscs. Born in Stillwater, Michigan, he came to New York as a boy of 12 to work as a cash buy in a department store. When hc was 18 hc joined the Marines, seeing service in China during thc Boxer Rebellion and connng home with his famous nickname of "Roxy."
In l!)07 hc set up a crude movie house at Forest City, Pa, by renting an empty store and fitting it up with chairs bor¬ rowed from an undertaker. Encouraged by his success there, he Came to New York in 191!) as manager of a small theater. It was here that be tried out thc ideas that later brought him fame. He enlarged the orchestra, added stage presentations and made music a more im¬ portant part of the program Sopn peo¬ ple were coming up from Broadway to- see Roxy's shows in Harlem. As a re¬ sult of his unique ideas he was given: the management of the new Strand ¦ Theater, then thc largest movie house' in the world. As head of the Strand he introduced the uniformed ushers, the glittering interior decorations now so familiar in movie palaces and other novel features.
When the Capitol Theater was opened he was engaged as its managing director. About that time radio was coming to the fore and Roxy was the first theatrical manager to sense its possibilities. He organized the first radio program from a theater stage aud' soon became na¬ tionally known. Roxy and his gang were nationai figures! aqd the value of the name "Roxj" waS incomparable . Al¬ ready wealthy, hc undertook a new ven¬ ture m 1925 in the huge Roxy Theater which has become known as the "cathedral of the motion picture." Its glitter and opulence were something to talk about. Thib \cnture was a great success but in 19^1 he abandoned it to direct the huge theatrical enterprises jof the Rockefellers in the neiv Rockefeller Center. The two theaters he built in Rockefeller Center were thc acme of per¬ fection and completeness and these achievements were the climax of his career. Two years later he resigned, broken in health. He came to the theater two years ago as director of the Roxy- Mastbaum in Philadelphia but that ven¬ ture ended in failure. Since then he had heen in virtual retirement
Ivreeyoh Society to Entertain Parents and Board Members
The Ivreeyoh Society will entertain tbd^ Board of Directors of the Hebrew School and the parents of the children who at¬ tend the school, at a tea Wednesday, Jan. 23nd. at H p. m., at the school.
Mrs. B W. Abramson and Mrs. M. Matliless, with the cooperation of Mr. Metchnick, Mr. H. Schwartz and the Hebrew School teachers, have arranged to hold demonstration classes at that time lor the benefit of the parents, so tliey may ai)preciate the progress of the chiklren.   The public is cordially invited.
"Land |of   Promise"   Sched¬ uled For Coluinbus In February
*'The Land of Promise," hailed by tbe press and public as one of the finest movies of recent years, will be shown in Cohimbus sometime during the latter part of February.
.'Vt a nieeting of representatives from the local Zionist District, Hadat>sali aud Hebrew School held last Tuesday eve¬ mng at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Mellman plans were made for the show¬ ing of this Palestine movie. Watch the Chronicle for further announcements.
Rabbi Hirschsprung's Sermon
"Great Men in Ibrael" is tbe topic for the sermon to be delivered next Friday at 8 p. m, Jan, 24th, by Rabbi Mordecai Hirschsprung at the Agudath Achim Synagogue. Cantor Grodner will chant the hymns.
On Saturday morning Rabbi Hirsch¬ sprung will speak on "Leadership."
Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood Cul¬ tural Group to Meet •
When the cultural group of the Rose E Lazarus Sisterhood meets Monday afternoon, Jan. 2ftth, at 2 o'clock at the Temple, Sholom Asch's "Motkc, the Thief," will be the subject for Rabbi Gup's review.    .'VII are welcome.
Ezras Noshim to Give Luncheon
The Ezras Noshini Society will give a luncheon next Wednesday, Jan. 22nd, at one p. m. at the Agudath Achim Synagogue. As an unusually interesthig program has been planned for the after¬ noon, a large attendance is anticipated by the officers. ,
Zionists To Take Action On Legislative Council
Representatives of all Zionist parties and groups iri the United States met Monday afternoon, January 13th, at the call of Morrih Rothenberg, President of the Z. O. A., to take action in connection with the establishment of the Legislative Council in Palestine, recently announced.
It was unanimously decided to con¬ vene a special meeting of representatives from all Jewish national and central organizations to register the opposition of American Jewry to the proposed Legislative Council, This Conference will take place on Sunday evening, Jan¬ uary 2fith, at the Hotel .\stor.
The Conference is expected to mobilize American JeWish opinion in support of the position taken by the Executive of the World Zionist Organization declin¬ ing Jewish participation in the Legisla- tve Council and charging that it is a violation of the .Palestine Mandate, pro¬ viding for the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine.
LOCAL MAN  HEADS  B'NAI B'RITH CULTURAL BUREAU
Rabbi Paul Richman, Hebrew Union College graduate and former spiritual leader of a congregation at Steubenville, Ohio, has been named director of the new cultural bureau of the B'nai B'rith, The bureau will direct the cultural activ¬ ities of the 400 B'nai B'rith lodges in the United States and Canada. '
Rabbi Richman bails from Columbus and received his public school education here. His many friends will no doubt welcome the good news of his new ap¬ pointment by B'nai B'rith.
Rabbi Zelizer's Sermon
"The Meaning of Faith" is the topic for the sermon to be delivered next Friday evening, Jan, 24th, at the Broad St. Temple services at 8 o'clock. Cantor Grodner will officiate.
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