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COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918.
No. 20
SEND MESSAGES TO PRESIDENT FAVORING AND OPPOSING ZIONISM
tion by the other Entente po», IRlyjUOpp PROMOTES      ' ers, has, in the opinion of the  , nni inn   n«ii«niTr(KTCi
Zionist leaders, ushered in the KftLllir XAIWrAUlINIS
time when actual, practical steps -
FARM FOR ORPHAN HOME
Much Difference in Opinion Developed Among American .lews'are necessary to realize national
Over   President   Wilson's   NoSv   Famous   New   Year's Message Favoring the Zionist Movement.
The League of American .lews, With Rabbi Frisch as Leader, Is New Organization Founded to Combat Spread of Zionism     t ' Among .lewry of United States.
restoration. Executive Director of American
The Pittsburg convention took;     Jewish   Relief   Committee the position that with the formal Makes Tour of South,
entry of Palestine into the area; '
I WHAT THE JEWISH WELFARE BOARD ¦J^J:^^zM:1^ and-A/SUMMARY OF .ITS WORK
IS about to i)uy a large building. Officially Recognized by the United States ' Government, It Ad- with a 0-acra ftirm. ministers to Spiritual, Moral and Physical Needs of
.—.'. ¦."¦¦"¦¦ I Jewish Men in Service.
Much difference Of opinion had developed over President Wilson's now famous New Year message to the Jewish people, which stated that he is gratified at the progress of the Zionist movement, in America.
The League of American Jews, now in process of forma¬ tion, sent a telegrajn to Pres¬ ident Wilson asking him to re-l- consider his action. This organ¬ ization is very similar, to the body in existence in England in opposition to the Zionist move¬ ment. The league's message was forwarded to the President by Rabbi Ephraim Frisch, tempor¬ ary Executive Seci'etary of the organization.
The  following   is   President • , .ison's message which was ad¬ dressed   to   Rabbi   Stephen   S. Wise of New York City:
The White House, Washing¬ ton, August 31, 1918.
"My dear Rabbi Wise: I have watched with deep and sincei*e
Detroit, Mich.; Rabbi Samuel j W. Goldenson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Rabbi Louis. Grossman, Cincin¬ nati; Rabbi William' Rosenau, Baltimore; Rabbi Tobias Schan^ farber, Chicago; Rabbi Samuel Schulman, New Yoi-k; Rabbi Abriim Simon, Washington, D; C. A convention of the League i^ to be called, in New York, in October.
Rabbi H. Pereira Mende.s of New York, chairman of the ex-
! of   intei'national    politics,   thei ——
j Zionist movement had become a | Through His Efforts !510,000,000
j movement belonging to the en-!   Was Raised Throughout Na-   !
tire   Jewish   people,   and   that, tion During Past Year.
therefore, the societies, must be ,	
! superseded by a naional organ-
Iization  with  which  every Jew;    Jacob Billikopf, executive di-
icould become directly affiliatad I'ector of the American Jewish
JEWS IN THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES
Has
.At   Least  One   Ilepresentative  in   Every   Camp  or' Naval Training School in Country, Who Acts As Counsellor, Teacher, Big Brother and Fried.
Mrs.   Goldstein   of   Pittsburgh | Has Unique Record, Having Twenty Descendants in Service,    i
on the satne basis as the Y. M.C.
j A. and the K. of C, ministers to
Aus^tralian  Jews are Proud  of [the spliritual, physical and moral
Their   Remarkable   Record,    [needs of the large number  of
The Jewish Welfare Board, a i fare Board does similar work, national organization officially .It has eatablish((cl aonnections recognized by the United States! with the men on boai'd thirty
United States war ships, and supplies them with prayer books Bibles, stationery; rekding mat-
Furnishing Three TimeS Their Quota.
and in which he could have a di-|.Relief Committee for Sufferers rect and active part. Instead of fif^i the War, throujih whose finding a society whose member-; efforts $10,000,000 was raised ship    would    prove    congenial,! throughput the country last year __^
every Jew or Jewess, eighteen'has just completed a tour of the      The number of Jeiv^ serving years of age and over, who ac-'chief cities of the South for the j in the Briti.<h army is known to cepts the Zionist platform can I purpose    of    organizing    cahi-i be disproportiohately high; and ecutive committee of the Union become a member of the Zionist Paigns for, this fall.    It is Mr. iin numerous cases members of
of Orthodox Congregations, has, Organization    of   America   by Billikopf's  object this year  to i the   same    family  are' serving i^,^ ^is sleeve.   He is one of the
sent the' following message  to I signing an enrollment blank and i raise a minimum of $15,000,000, both in the British and Ameri-; t^^Q   hundred   field  representa-
President Wilson: ! paying the dues of $2 a year, I to relieve the abject mi.sery of I can forces.    The record of the tj^gg   ^f   the   Jewish   Welfare
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Pres-' either in one or in semi-annual i the 3,000,000 Jews in the war j descendants of Mrs. Goldstein of ^0^^^.^,    ^ jg j^jg function to apt
ident. White House, Wash- payments. I zone.    Under   his  directorship Pittsburgh,   in   this   respect   is j^g    counsellor,    teacher,    b i g
I men of the JewLsh faith in the army and Navy.     ,
In evfery camp or Naval Train¬ ing Station in the Country, you will find at leiast one Jewish chap in olive drab; whO'-weai's a six pointed i5tar( Star of David)
ington, D. C: The Union of Orthodox Jew¬ ish Congregations of America deeply appreciates your letter of New Year greeting and com¬ mendation of our Zionist aspira¬ tions. Zionism means a home¬ land for Jews only that thereby ail the nations of the earth shall
interest the iieconstructive work! be blessed as so oft declared iri which the Weizmann  Commis-'the   Law    and   the    Prophets.
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One hundred and nine regis- towns all over the country have perhaps a unique one.   This lady brother and friend to whatever tration boards have already been', already raised from ,'50 to 1,000; was    formerly   a   resident   of pi.opor.tion of the 75,000 Jewish established     throughout     the' Per cent more than they did in Stockton on Tees, and claims to goi^jerg y^^d sailors comes with- United States, each representing'191"?.,and altMugh drives are  have  more descendants  in  the .„ j^jg ^^^.^.i^^j.^, v district containing a Jewish still to be held in many import- Y.:^„,than   any-   other   woman, ,    Ministering in general to the
spiritual and' recreational neads army, and eight grandsons and
war   than   any   other population of not less than 50 or ant   cities,   including  Chicago., namely, ten grandsons and one i more than 2,000.    At the-new Sari Francisco, New Orleans and, great grandson, m  the  British offices of the Zionist Organiza-' New York, upwards of $6,000,-
000 has already been raised.
Mr.  Billikopf's   itinerary   in¬ cluded Richmond, Va., Atlanta,
tion of America, 55 Fifth Ave., New York City, tons of mail are being pr'epa'red jfor  tl^is  cam-
sion has done in Palestine at the [ Among its ideals are an ultimate 1 paign;    thousands    of   posters > Ga., Montgomery and 'Birming
which will be put up in every Jewish community in the United States are going forward; leaf¬ lets, dodgers, enrollment blanks, insjtructions to ^the workers are^'^a most-enthusiastic reception.
instance of the British Govern-; Court of Appeal whose person ment, and I welcome an oppor-' nel shall represent ethics, law tunity to express the satisfaction, and science, (Deuteronomy) ; an I have felt in the progress^'of the international Court of Arbltra- Zionist Movement in the United tion, (Isaiah, Micah) ; a Fount States, and in the Allied coun- of Knowledge of the Lord, or tries Since the declaration by righteousness, justice and com- Mr.. Balfour on behalf of the passion that shall fill earth as British   Government,  of Great waters cover the sea, " (Isaiah,
one groat grandson in the United States army and navy.
Australian   'Jews   possess   a
' record of which they may well be
ham, Ala7Nashvilie,"T^nn.rand'p™»f''   The  Jewish   ijopulation
Cincinnati. Ohio.    Ke will also; «*   Australia   is ' a   little over
v^sit Buffalo on his return trip.   \"^^'^^^ °^" one-third ot one per
Everywhere he Has met with
of the men of the Jewish faith in
ter in Yiddish and English, vic¬ trola records, comfort kits, etc.
In the:larger camps the Jevv- ish boys have huts of their own for services, classes arid enter- tainment.s. Fifty hut^ are now. in the process of construction and will be opened by the end of the summer.
In all the communities adr jacont to the camps, and in the many large cities as well, there are local branches of the Jewish Welfare Board which provide for the pleasure and comfort of the men and for the well-being of their dependents. The local branches co-operate -with the National Organization to make its work more effective and far
camps and Naval Training ,Sta-,'•^^'^h^"^ »»^ its results. They tions, the Jewish Welfare I ^'^'^^ ^^i'^' of the men at camps Board's field representatives do; ^^ supplying them with various a valuable work in furnishing a 1 comforts, by social .work among point 6{ contact for the soldier 11^*^ soldiers, and their depend- who understands little English, "^"ts at home, by arranging en- and is strange in his new sur- \ tertainments and dances, by do- cen7of the"totaTpopidatron; the roundings.    The man with the ing everything to make the life
being distributed, and every measure is being taken to secure a maximum enrollment 'every¬ where.   The leaders of the Zion-
Britain's approval of the estab- Jeremiah.) In view of the gi-eat | jgt   movement   are determined lishment in Palestine of a na- war, these ideals alone will ap- tional home for the Jewish peo- peal to you.   Spread over earth, pie,  and his promise that the' as Scripture pictures, the Jews
As a result of his inspiration, Richmond has arranged to con¬ duct a drive this month'for $50,- 000. At Atlanta, Ga., a lunch¬ eon was held in his honor at the
number of Jews who have en- ^ix pointed star helps him to listed in the army is 4000, or one understand his new situation per cent of the total number of and to' adjust himself.    To at-
enlistments; in other words the number of J.ew'ish soldiers as compared with the Jewish popu¬ lation is three times as large as
that every Jew in-the United CJommercial  Club,  attended  by , ^h^t of the general population of States shall have presented to, "lany  prominent  citizens,   who, ^^^^^.^j.^ contribution is
him the opportunity of enroll- pledged the full support of the|^„ ^j^^ more, remarkable in view British Government would  use in all lands will be loyal citizens mfent in the Zionist Organization i city of Atlanta to the cause of' ^^. ^^^ ^^^^ ^j^^^ ^^^^.^ .^ ^^ ^^^ its best endeavors to facilitate of those lands jus tas Catholics ^ and to say, personally, whether' Jewish relief.    At Montgomery j ^^^..^j^^ ^^ Australia   the en- the achievement of that object, I are loyal citizens in all lands, | he is against or for the "restora-'and at Birmingham, Ala., he was! 1.   '
with   the'   understanding   that' though the Vaitcan is their re '    ' 	
nothing would be done to pre- ligious center.
tain this end, classes in English, Amez'ican History, Civ.ics, French, etc., military tactics and campaigns on the western front have been established at prac¬ tically all of the camps by these representatives.
' A feature of the Jewish Wel-| fare Board's program is the're e arrpy of 400,000 men being ligious   function.    The   Jewish
of the man in uniform more pleasant and comfortable.
Colonel Harry Cutler of Pro¬ vidence, R. I., is chairman of the board; Dr. Cyrus Adler of Phil¬ adelphia, vice-chairman; Walter E. Sachs of New York, treasurer and Mr. Chester Jacob Teller of New York, secretaiy and execu¬ tive director. The administrative council includes many of' the most prorhinent American Jews.
It is a triple function the Jew-
judice the civil and religious rights of non-Jewish people in Palestine or the rights and poli¬ tical status ^enjoyed by the Jews in other "countries. . "I think that all Americans will be deeply moved by the re-i port that even in. this time of| 	
stress the Weizmann  Commis-j 2I()|^|SXS  PLAN  LARGE sion has been able to lay the
DR. H. PEREIRA MENDES, Chairman Executive, Com¬ mittee ;
dr: b. drachman.
President; ALBERT LUCAS, Secretary.
tion of Palestine to the Jewish entertained at big dinners   and, ^-^^ ^^ exclusively  of volun-iboy is given an'opportunity tof ^ Welfare Board performs re-
^' .^ '^'ITl '='^"^'^"?r'   u. m' ¦t<^«^-«- ^°^- ^re the achievements' satisfy his religious nature as, ^'?T'' '""^' '''^^^,T '""^ P^*'
people.
DISPATCH   RIDER
visit,    Alabama    will   probably ^^ individual Jews in that army i much as he desires ¦conduct a state-wide campaiga, j,g,  ^^^able.    Jolin  Monash, a services are conducted daily and
IS  DECORATED, with  an   objective   of  $25,000., ^.j^j, gj^gj^gg^. ^^ p^.^^f^ggj^j^^ ^^,,
This is in line with the recent 1
as
a colonel of militia when the war
! The Order of Merit has .been ¦ success achieved in North Caro- ^roke out. He served with dis- bestowed upon Dispatch Rider lina, where a state campaign in j tinct'on in the Gallipoli cam- Ben Maries for conspicuous bvav- accordance with a proclamation j p^ign, and was mentioned three ery in the Italian theatre of war. by Governor Bickett.resulted in;timfes j„ dispatches for his effi-
fou'ndation of the Hebrew Uni¬ versity at Jerusalem with the promise that that bears of spir¬ itual I rebirth.
"Cordially and sincerely yours, (Signed)
"WOODROW WILSON."
The telegram of Rabbi Frisch to President Wilson is as fol- lowi;;
"I respectfully urge- recon¬ sideration of your indorsement of the Zionist movement and the Balfour declaration as reported in the press this morning. Zion¬ ism is a religious as well as a po¬ litical problem for Jews. Thous¬ ands of lis are convinced that all attempts to revive a separate na¬ tionality for nationalistic inter- e.sts among jews are a menace to Judaism sure to lead to ultimate eclipse of our religious interests by political concerns, and that the establishment of a Jewish
ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN!
On June 15, when all communi- a   subscription  of  upwards  of cation wires had been cut,  he $150,000. Last year North Caro . rode through a heavy barrage lina raised $31,000.   At the din I fire to the British barriers.   He ner   which   marked   Mr.   Billl Expected  to Enroll   150,000 of, was publicly  decorated.by the,kopf's reception in Nashville the}gi-gat vjilue.   Then he was trans American   Jews   Who   Are
cient work, and gallant conduct, defense zone, where his. engi- Next he served in the Suez Canal neering   knowledge   provfed   of
in Favor of Zionism.
President  Wilson's ' Message Great Incentive — Great Preparations Being " Made.
' king of  Italy.    Last "year the Qne hundred  people who were j ferred to t ranc, where he com- ¦ French Croix de Guerre, with present    pledged    $60,000    for.manded an Australian division star, was awarded him for gal-, their   community.      Cincinnati \ at Ypers, and Messines. Repeat¬ 's lant and meritorious services on! was the last city included in the 1 gdly he has been mentioned by ; the western front. 1 tour.   At a dinner at which Mr. I sir Douglas Haig in dispatches,
;  '' Maurice Joseph presided a small j he now is Lieutenant General Sir
, M^SS GOLDM ARK TO DIRECT' group of men pledged personal j John Monash, K. C. B., and com- EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN  ; contributions     amounting     t o j mands the Australian forces on
—  ' $175,000. . The objective-for the' the French front.   Other Jewish
Miss    Pauline    Goldmark  of' entire city of Cincinnati is to be i officers in the Australian'force
With    the • official   letter   of President Wilson, declaring ftis
satisfaction with the progress of New York city has been appoint- $250,000, which is 50 per cent; who  have  won  distinction  are the Zionist movement, the ori | ed to direct the railroad admin- ] more than the total raised last [ Captain A. F. Cohen, of the en ganized Zionists are making ac-, istration's program for employ- year. . ^ ^ I gineers, who was recently dec
tive preparations for the mem-ling   women.     Miss Goldmark,!     With such success attending'orated with the military cross,
Friday evenings, on all of the high holidays, and for special oc¬ casions. In the large camps, services are under the direction of a resident rabbi, Whose tasks include every variety of relig¬ ious service, even an occasional burial or marriage.
In addition to attending to the religious and educational needs of the boys in camp, the Jewish Welfare Board representatives in co-operation with other wel¬ fare agencies help to furnish them with wholesome amuse¬ ments, entertainments, lectures and. concerts, . literary discus¬ sions and study groups. The biggest accomplishment of th6 welfare \vorker, however, can¬ not be calculated or stated i,n cold facts or figures. This is the personal service in the hospital, ! barracks or guard house.    The
bership    enrollment    campaign which is to begin September 14,
who is a sister-in-law of Judge Mr. Billikopf's efforts there can Louis   D.   Brandeis,  has  been be no doubt tha tthe $15,000,
and   terminate   on   October   5,' pi-ominent   in    various   moye-.l 000 which is the aim of the com- on the Western front; and is now *° ^"'^i"^'^.®'^*i^®^
pected that the movement will secure an enrolment of not less than 150,000 American Jews who are thoroughly in accord with the Basle program which state would liend to distract our calls for the establishment in coreligionists here from a full, Palestine of a National Jewish and perfect allegiance to Ameri-! Homeland for the Jewish peo- "can citizenship and obligations "iple. This campaign is in keep- The executive committee that j ing with the resolutions adopted is active in the new organiza- ait the . Pittsburg convention tion that is now in process of when :it was determined that the formation consists of Rabbi Da- "society" form of orgaijization
during which  period  it  is ex-1 ments to alleviate, the condition mittee in 1918 will be fully subr
of women in.industry. ; scribed. ,
and Colonel Harold Cohen, who.r'^'^f ^ '^°''!'''' does everything commanded the artillery hrigade for the men.from writing letters
p J. • riotic; with the soldier in canip, 'on the field, anywhere to be of service. By providing recrea¬ tion, religious consolation and wholesome surroundings, the Jewish Welfare Boards attempts to create a'condition as nearly normal as that of the boy's qwn home—foster the better spirit in man that is called corale. No matter what conditions a sold¬ ier is under, if he can have some of those things that he enjoys at home, he is better satisfied, and better satisfied, he will make a better soldier.
It is the big .job of the Jewish j Welfare Board to follow the flag, jspreading good cheer wherever I it goes, bracing up the wavering, ! raising the fallen in spirit, teach- I ing those who do not understand I that they may emerge from this I conflict, better, men, better Am¬ ericans and better Jews.
The Jewish Welfare Board is in the war to help win the .war.
SUSPEND PUBLICATION
with. General Allenby in Pales-'    The home oflice, at 149 Fifth!
tine.
London.—The   Jewish   news-
vid   Phillip.son   of   Cincinnati, chairman. Rabbi Louis Wolsey
of the Euclid Avenue Temple,{campaign is: "Stand Up And Be ¦Cleveland; Rabbi Henry Berko¬ witz,  Philadelphia; Rabbi  Ed-
should give way to individual enrollment.    The slogan of the
Counted,'^ The British declaration favor- ward N. Galisch, Richmond, Va.; ing the establishment in Pales- j Rabbi Hfenry (]ohen, Galveston, tine of a Jewish Homeland, andi Tex.; Rabbi  Leo M. Franklin, the endorsernent of this declara-1
Directors Meeting
of the Couficil of Jemsh Women will he lie Id
Tuesday^ Septemher 24^ at 3 (Pclock
hi the Festry Rooms of the
Jirydc)/ Road lemple
: ,   {Sifjncd)  MliS. JOSEPH BASCHi Correfipdndiuo Secretarn
Ave., N.Y., maintains an infor
mation service bureau, to which, .    „,
relatives   of  the   soldiers,   and|P^^¦^'" Warsaw temporarily
even    the   soldiers  theriiselves, •'"\P^."^"^ P"^!'^'^*^*^" owmg to
bring their perplexities for solu tion.
a strike of their workers in the mechanical   departments.    The
After the boys leave camp, the h*ui''r!u''^-uvf ^'^ Jewish Welfare Board still takes r^^*^^..*^^?"^l'«^«^-« «^'« "«t '"
care of them. Several Jewish chaplains are now with the Am¬ erican Expeditionary Forces, in France. A commission of three prominent Jews and an admin-
a position to give.
BARS OBJECTION AL BOOK
As acting president of the St,
istrative secretary are now Joseph (Mo.) public library overseas to establish the Work board, Rabbi; Louis Bernstein, of the Jewish Welfare Board in i has ordered the exclusioii of France, and they will shortly be j "Miss Million's Maid," calling
followed by one hundred welfare workers and an adidtiohal num¬ ber of chaplains.       .
In this Navy, thfe Jewish Wel-
the attention of the publishers to the fact that it paints, Jewish characters in a particularly vul¬ gar and unfair hght.
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