Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1937-03-05

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVII—No. 167,
COLUMBUS, OHIO, MARCH 5, 1937
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Strictly Confidential
Bjr PHINEAS 1. BIRON
Publisher Sulzberger of
New York Times Ar*
rives in Palestine
The Nasi Front
The Federal Securities and Ex¬ change Commission is battling thc law firm of J. P. .Morgan and Co. over a little matter of interest due American holders of »30,000,000 in German bonds. ... The SEC is fighting for the investors and the law firm is cham¬ pioning the Nads. . . . One of the by¬ products of Maurice Levin's purchase of thc Adams-Flanigan department store in thc Bronx was thc disappear¬ ance of German goods from the shelves of that emporium. ... A couple of Nazi agents who tried to sell Aryan- ism to the Indians on the Navajo reservation barely escaped with their scalps intact. . . . Order number 0, is sued by Fritz Kuhn, fuehrer of tlie Nazis in America, to members ot thc "Ordnungsdienst," the uniformed ush¬ ers who guard Nazi meetings, informs that "badges and epaulettes will be made so that they can be removed easily in order that men who walk alone to and from meetings may look like civilians." . . . Lawrence Simpson, the American sCaman who was held in a Nazi concentration camp for 18 months after being taken from an American ship on a charge of dis¬ tributing anti-Nazi literature, reveals that It was thc United States vice- consul at Hamburg who gave the Ges¬ tapo agents the warrants to search for him on the U. S,. liner Manhattan. . . . Simpson also claims that the captain of the Manhattan cried out to the Nazis who were arresting the seaman, "Take him along and give him SO years." . . .
Ethereal Flashes
Helen Granitsch, president of the Austrian Women's League, is suing Dr. Kurt Sonnenfeld, author of her authorized biography, because he re¬ fuses to delete certain passages indi¬ cating that her mother was a Jewess. ... In Czechoslovakia, where the cir¬ culation of Julius Streicher's "Stuer¬ mer" is forbidden, a carpenter by the name of Gustav Gschwendt was tried and acquitted on a charge of possess¬ ing a number of sheets from the anti- Semitic gaper when hc convinced thc court, by factual evidence, that fhe sheets were' cut in a way to indicate that they were to be put to certain normal functioiLal uses and that he car¬ ried them around for emergency pur¬ poses. . . . The well-informed Roths¬ childs appear to be so certain that the next war will start in Central Europe that lhey have moved millions of dol¬ lars worth of securities from their yienna branch lo London. . . . Behind the recent anti-Semitic press campaign in Italy is said to be Mussolini's anger at seeing his name linked with that of
. Hiticr in thc world Jewish press as an enemy of democracy. . . . The frantic efforts at unification between Zionists and assimilationists in Austria is due to the report that anti-Semitic legisla¬ tion is impending. .. . Newspaper men with the Spanish Fascist rebels report that many of the old Catholic monas¬ teries are veritable treasure houses ot Hebrew incunabula. . . .
Notes on the Military We have just learned that the late President Paul von Hindenburg, the gentleman who, appointed Hiticr chan¬ cellor, was the nephew of a_ Jew. . . . Il appears that the sister of Hinden-
' burg's father was married to Cohen
Van Baren Wiien Frau Van Baren
died, her younger sister married Van Baren. ... It was in this Jewish home that Hindenburg's father and mother met for the first time. . . . Our col league, Pierre Van Paassen, reminds us that General; Leman, governor of the Belgian city of Liege during the Germaii. invasion, was a Jew, and that his heroic defense held up the German offensive long enough to enable the
' French to mobilize. ... The man who gave the German nayal staff the tip 20 years ago that England could be starved out by a subiparine blockade was Dr. Levy, professor of economics
at the Heidelberg University And
while we're on the subject of generals we ought to pass this story on to you. ,, . General Eric Von Ludendorff was at his favorite pastime of blaming the jews for the loss of the war. . . .Thia time he was chatting with a French general. . . . "You're right," said the Frenchman. . . . "If it weren't for thc Jews, and especially the Jewish gener¬ als, Germany would have won. "Bull" protested Ludendorff, "we never had any Jewish.generals." . . , "That's just it," countered ,the French¬ man, "thc Allies did." "
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Hebrew Union College New Chairman of Board
JERUSALEM (WNS-Palcor Agency) — Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, accompanied by Mrs. Sulzberger and Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Straus of New York have arrived in Palestine. Thc noted American publisher and his party werc taken for a visit to Kvutza Kinnereth where American chalutzim arc staying. The Americans showed keen pleasure at thc manner in which their countrymen werc adjusting them¬ selves to the communal form of agri¬ cultural life in Palestine. Accompanied by Leo Herrmann, secretary of the Keren Hayesod, Joseph M. Levy, Near Eastern correspondent of the New York Times, and Joshua Gordon, of the political department of the Jew¬ ish Agency, the party visited Keren Hayesod settlements in the Valley of Jezreel. Particular interest was dis¬ played by the guests in Kiriat Haim and Nahalal. Afterwards the Amcri- caiis went to Jerusalem where they met wilh Dr. Judah L. Magnes, presi¬ dent of the Hebrew University.
Veterans of the Zionist movement recalled here that Mr. Sulzberger's father, Cyrus, had met Theodore Herzl on a number of occasions and had greatly valued the Zionist leader's friendship. The late Oscar Straus, father of Roger W. Straus, frequently said that it was he who arranged for Herzl to meet with Sultan Abdul Hamid. Oscar Straus was at one time American Ambassador lo Turkey. Mrs. Sulzberger is the daughter ^of the late Adolph Ochs, who visited Palestine some years before his death. Mr. Straus is one of the leaders of the American Friends of the Hebrew University.
Urged United Caiholic-Jcwiah
Front in Detcnsc of
Civilization
PARIS (WNS)—A united Citlio- lic-Jcwish front for the dcfenw of tbe intellectual values df thc civili?nl world was advocated by Ow.ir dc Fcrency, prominent Catholic pnblislicr, in a lecture on the artli-Semitic move¬ ment in France in a t*aris syn,ii?tiguc Thc Catholic rcligiotls commumlj, he said, was already cooperating with the Jewish community in a fiRbt against anti - religifiiis youth move¬ ments.
Dnvernois, "Jewish Maupas¬ sant", Dies in France
PARIS (WNS)—Henri Duvernois, one of the best known Jewish authors of France, who was known as the 'successor of Guy de-Maupassant,"-is dead here at the age of 62. Scion of an Alsacian family by the name of Schwabacher, Duvernois won fame for his short stories and novels. In 1933 hc was awarded the Grand Prix de Literature by the French Academy.
U. S. Jew Gives Clothing to Christians and Jews
KOVNO (WNS)—Jews and Chris¬ tians are to share equally in the distri¬ bution of a truck-load of clothing sent to the town of Rakishak by Abraham Shapiro, Boston Jewish philanthropist who is a native of the town. The fact that Shapiro specified that Jews' and non-Jews were to be treated on a par has already had a valuable effect in creating Christian-Jewish amity.
RALPH W. MACK
Ralph W. Mack of Cincinnati has been elected chairman of the Board of Governors of thc Hebrew Union Col¬ lege, according to an announcement from the Cincinnati rabbinical semi¬ nary. Mr. Mack succeeds Alfred M, Cohen, former Ohio State senator and nationally known B'nai B'rith leader, who has retired after more than thirty- five years of .service on the board, twenty years of which were spent in the chairmanship.
Thc outgoing chairman was honored at a testimonial dinner given by the board and the faculty of the college as well as thc executive board of the Union of American Hebrew Congre¬ gations in Cincinnati last week. Mr. Mack, on behalf of the faculty and the board members presented his predeces¬ sor with a gold engraved plaque com¬ memorating the occasion.
The newly-elected chairman has a distinguished record of service in Jew¬ ish and civic causes. Mr. Mack, though still a young man, has been a member of the H. U. C. Hoard of Governors for two decades and has served, in ^executiv^JiQsitians in manjr organizations.
5 Out of 6 Bermuda Hotels Announce Jews Are Barred
NEW YORK (WtJS) —Virtually all hotels in Bermuda, British-owned island resort in the Caribbean Sea, now enforce the Aryan law, it was revealed here when thc Rt;rniuda Hotels, Inc., agents for thc Princes^, Coral Island, BelmOnt M.inar and Inverurie Hotels, announced that Jews
U not be admitted any Iniiscr. Jews are also barred at the Elbuw Beach Hotel. Hotels to which Jevi's arc ad¬ mitted are thc Bermuda Hamilton, thc St. George and the Bermudaiiia, A spokesman for the Bermuda Hotels, Inc., refused to give reabonq for the new anti-Jewish policy biit said it had been developing for sOme tunc and wa now in effect as a cdmplctc ban The New Yorlc agents will be assigned the task of determining whether a pros¬ pective patron is a Jew. "I suppose it is the privilege of any hotel outside the United States to formulate its own policy/' he said and was on the point of discussing similar practices in thc United States when he thought better of it.
Will Celebrate Sth Year of
Zelizer^s Ministry at
Broad St. Temple
Leader of Conservative Judaisrti in CnhimbuB   to   be   Honored
Sunday Evening
PROMINENT MEN  OF  OTHER CITIES WILL PARTICIPATE
Thc entire community is looking forward with keen anticipation to the celebration of the fifth anniversary of thc ministry of Rahbi Nathan Zqli:^cr in this city. This gala event which has been heralded all over Central Ohio for tile past three weeks bids fair to be one of the most extraordinary
Louisville Jewa Deny Need for Outside Relief
LOUISVILLE (WNS) —Reports that the Jews of Louisville suffered so heavily from the recent flood that they are in urgent need of outside help are categorically denied in a joint statement issued by the rabbis and presidents of the three Orthodox synagogues, who are also leaders of the Orthodox "Jewish community. The statement emphasizes that Jewish businessmen were spared the losses in¬ flicted on the rest of the city and that thc few Jewish merchants whose establishments were destroyed are re¬ ceiving help fropi local Jewish agen¬ cies.
Fight Student Exchange Between Ber¬ lin and Cleveland High School Pupils
CLEVELAND, OHIO (WNS)— A student exchange plan between Ger¬ man and Greater Cleveland high school pupils sponsored by the Berlin board of education and pushed by Carl O. Ahrendt, Cleveland manager of the Hamburg-American and North Gernian Lloyd steamship companies appears to have gone on the rocks as the result of a vigorous protest launched by Rabbi Barnett R. Brick¬ ner of the Euclid Avenue Temple. After Rabbi Brickner had denounced the plan in an open letter to news¬ papers and superintendents of Greater Cleveland schools  as a  Nazi propa¬
ganda stunt s.,eeking to "poison the minds of American students," presi¬ dents of boards of education in Greater Cleveland indicated opposition to the move. In a poll of superin¬ tendents most of them indicate no interest in the [^lan or outright oppo¬ sition. Opposition was expressed by Ray C. Miller of the Cleveland school board, Thomas F, McDonald of the Lakewood school board, and B. B, Wickham of the East Cleveland school board. Other school ofHcials declinetl to comment. Ahrendt said 150 Cleveland students had expressed a desire to make the trip.
Social  Security   Board  Says Racial and Religious Ques¬ tions:   Not   Needed
WASHINGTON (WNS)—Ef¬ forts of manufacturers and business men to classify their employes by race and religion on fhe false plea that such information is required by the Social Security Board werc vigorously denounced hy the Board. Reveal¬ ing that some employers have been forcing employes to fill out question¬ naires Containing questions regarding religion, nationality and other per¬ sonal matters by telling them the Social Security Board demanded this information, the Board warned that employes need not answer such ques¬ tions.
Bexley M. E. Church Wo'
men to Be Guests of Temple
Sisterhood Meeting
The Women's Organization of the Bexley M. E. Church will be guests pf.. the Rose E. Lazarus -^Sisterhood when the latter holds its regular meet¬ ing on Tuesday afterjjoon, March 9, at SVcIocfat the Brya3w-Roarf-Temple. At this time the subject, "The General Principles of My Religion," wilt be discussed by the following: Rabbi Samuel M. Gup of the Bryden Road Temple, Judaism; Mr. James Carroll,, Sr., local publisher, Catholicism; Mr. Mirza Ghassar, a Persian student at Ohio State University, Mohammedan¬ ism; and Dr. Donald H. Tippett of the Bexley M. E, Church, Protestant Christianity. ,
Mrs. Robert Shook,'67 S. Parkview, president of the Women's Organiza¬ tion of the Bexley M, E. Church, will bring a word of greeting and Miss Ruth Eleanore Stern wtll offer an organ prelude. j
The Sisterhood will bg hosts at a tea in the vestry rooms following the meeting.
Rabbi Nathan Zelizer
affairs of its kind ever held in Colum¬ bus. It will take place this Sunday evening, March 7, in the Social Hall of the Tifereth Israel Congregation, 1354 East Broad St. Dinner will be served gt 6 P. M. followed by an elaborate entertainment program.
Mr. I. H. Schlczinger, who is chair¬ man of the arrangements committee, in announcing plans Cor the celebration pointed out that it will be open to all fricntir of-Rabbi ZcWzer-tcgardtess-Trf synagogal affiliation. "His splendid work in the Vineyard of the Lord has endeared our spiritual leader to men and women in every congregation. They all realize that he is a man singularly gifted not only in the field of scholarship but also as a forceful spbaker and lecturer who has dedicated his best talents and all his energy to the advancement of all that is good and wholesome in Jewish life. They love and admire him for his genial good nature as well as his alacrity in responding to all good causes. We have been fortunate in his leadership; for he has stimulated the further growth and progress of our Temple. Our membership has doubled under Rabbi Zelizer's guidance and a new spirit of optimism and friendly co¬ operation" pervades every group af¬ filiated with the Tifereth Israel Con¬ gregation", Schlczinger said.
In addition to Chairman Schlcz¬ inger,  the  following took an  active
VATICAN ORGAN FLAYS NAZI RACIAL THEORY
ROME (WNS)—Vigorously deny¬ ing that Hitler's race theory brings anything new or good to mankind, the Osservatore Romano, official organ of the Vatican, in an editorial comment on tbat part of Hitler's last Reichstag speech in which he dealt with "blood and race", denounces the race theory as wrong on religious and philosophic grounds. "The religious error," the paper says, "consists in the fact that he (Hitler) refuses to recognize the basic law of religion—the eternal soul of every human being. The philosophic error ... is that it wants to degrade man to a thing—a drop of blood, a racial product—instead of recognizing the personality of man. The judicial error is that of recognizing a 'racial value' whereby the natural right of every individual is violated." The Vatican organ finds that race means division and that the race theory Jeads to a separation of men and hinders an undetstandingf between peoples. This is best seen, it asserts, in the position Nazism takes toward the Jewish peo¬ ple. '*The race theory imputes to en¬ tire nations faults which only indi¬ vidual men can have, and sees in entire Tiations nothing but faults" and no virtues, and therefore it finally can aw'aken nothing but hostile senti¬ ments," the paper asserts.
Prominent  Speaker to Be
Heard at Next Meeting of
Temple Brotherhood
"What I Expect of America" will i      . . *•       n   ,
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will be delivered by the Hon. Joseph L. Heffernan, at the next meeting of the Bryden Rd. Temple Brotherhood, Tuesday evening, March 0, 8;00 o'clock. In these days when men are called upon to do constructive think¬ ing for the safeguarding of democratic values, this subject should no doubt be of unusual interest and result in a large attendance,
Mr. Heffernan is an eloquent speaker . and is in , great demand throughout the state and nation. He was a former U, S. Attorney, Wash¬ ington, D, C.; previously, he was Mayor of Youngstown. A musical program will precede the address and a social hour will follow.
Important Meeting of Jew¬ ish War Veterans Next Tuesday
Matters of great importance will be discussed at the next meeting of the Capital Post No. 122 of the Jewish War Veterans which is to take place Tuesday,. March 9, at 8 P. M. at Memorial Hall, it was announced to¬ day by Stanley Schwartz, Post Com¬ mander. The program for Memorial Day exercises and services at one of the temples will be outlined.   ¦
A very important measure is under consideration by the Legislative Com¬ mittee to he taken up as a bill to be submitted to the Ohio Legislature that will be of wide significance.
All Jewish War Veterans of Colum bus are urged to be present. At the conclusion of the meeting refreshments will be served.
ments for the big event Sunday eve¬ ning:
Dr. Arthur Zipser, Samuel Wasser¬ strom, B. F. Levinson, Mrs. M, N. Siegel, Aaron M. Neustadt, William Wasserstrom, and Mrs. J. K, Born¬ stein. Among those who will address the gathering in honor of Rabbi Zelizer will be Rabbi Louis Feinberg of Cincinnati, Ohio; Rabbi Herman Hailperin, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Rabbi Henry Zelizer of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. Morris Brown, President of the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood; ahd Miss Mardelle Parish^ President of the Jr. Tifereth Israel Sisterhood. The toast- master will he t. H. Schleiinger, president of the Congregation, The musical program' will be in charge of Mrs. Lillian Levin Yenkin, Evelyn Levin, and Matdelle Thall.
Those who have not as yet made their reservations are requested to call Mrs. Charles Solomon, FA. 3519. The pi'ice is $1.00.per plate.
B'nai B'rith .Auxiliary To Give Purim Tea Tuesday
On Tuesday, March 0, the Ladies Auxiliary of the B'nai B'rith will hold its' next regular meeting in the form of a Purim Tea at the Excelsior Club at 8 P. M. "A Wonian Spake" will be the title of the talk which will-be delivered by Rabbi Nathan Zelizer. A humorous debate is to be given with Mrs. Leona. Rosenthal and Mrs, Anne Garek, taking tthe leads. Vocal selections will be rendered by Mrs, Milton Goodman.
Pres. Roosevelt Says Purim
Story Should Imbue
Jews with Courage
NEW YORK (WNS)—The de¬ liverance of the Jewish people from the destruction with which they were threatened by Ilaman should serve to imbue them with courage to face their present trials, President Roosevelt de¬ clared in a Purim message to thc Jews of America whjch was read over the radio by Congressman Sol Bloom in an international Purim broadcast under the joint auspices of thc cultural committee of the Joint Distribution Committee, the jubilee committee of thc Independent Order Brith Abraham an<l the Union _ of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. Other .speakers were Paul Baerwald, chair¬ man of thc J. D. C,; Arthur Malcom- ¦;on of the Jewish Morning Journal, chairman of the JDC cultural commit¬ tee ; Max Silverstcin, grand master of thc Brith Abraham, and William Weiss, president of the Union of Or¬ thodox Jewish Congregations, The President's message reads as follows:
"This commemoration of the won¬ derful deliverance of the Jewish people from the destruction with which they were threatened by Haman so many centuries ago should quicken thc faith of modern Jews,and arouse^ in them a realisation of the splendid heritage which is theirs. Because the festival is traditionally observed in Jewish homes it makes a strong appeal to the deepest and tenderest emotions of the human heart. I trust that the ob¬ servance this year may be an event of outstanding joy and happiness to all who participate."
TEL AVIV (WNS-Palcor Agency) -The traditional jolly celebration of Purim was not held in this all-Jewish city because of the general tensenesr which prevails in the country. The usual carnival, in which all adults, join and which brings visitors' from all sections of Palestine was ^an- doned. The children, however, were not deprived of their festivities. Weacing the typical costumes fc^l. quired by the occasion, the children went down to the port and paraded through the streets, masquerading as sailors, pirates and ofticers.
Annual Youth Conference
To Be Held at Bryden Rd.
Temple Pri., March 12
The 15th Annual Youth Service and Conference, held under the ''auspices of the Young Folks' Temple League, will be observed next Friday evening, March 12, at the Bryden Rd. Temple. According to the announcement, a pro¬ gram much more ambitious and help¬ ful than any heretofore will be pre¬ sented.
An added feature will be the U-table conference after the service, in the vestry, in which prominent students on the campus and locally will take part. The subject for discussion will be, "Are Fraternities and Sororities Help¬ ful to the Jewish Student?"
Ever since the inauguration of this special youth service five years ago, the event has progressively grown in public esteem and favor. Hundreds of young men and women from out of thc city, as well as the members of our League, have always eagerly at¬ tended and participated in the proceed¬ ings with much enthusiasm.
The newly' elected officers of the League are: Asher Moser, pres.; Marie Katz, vice-pres.; Lois Gunder¬ sheimer, sec'y; Leon Friedman, treas¬ urer. Board members arb Frances Bissinger, Herbert Callif. Jane Frei denberg,'Robert Glick, Edward Good¬ man, Jean Gup, Virginia Hirsch, Hortense Kohn, Robert Lehmann, Clifford Levin, Elinor Levin, Arthur Loeb and Fahn Silberstein.
Large Turnout Expected at
A. Z. A, Minstrel Show
And Dance SundayEve,
Passover Supplies!
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One of the highlights of the coming A. Z. A. Minstrel Showboat and Dance, to be, held at the Women's Club, 53(^ E.Town St., on Sunday (tomorrow) evening, March 7, is the comedy and songs by Benny Bloom and end-men Willard Levin, Julian Barnett, Dave Rosenthal and Harold Levine. Bloom's gagstering has been presented in other musical shows in the past few years. This annual re¬ vue, presented by the members of the A. Z. A. Fraternity of Columbus, Jr. Order of B'nai B'rith, has as its pro¬ ducer-director, Nate Coopersmith.
Another feature of the show is a male *'swing" chorus, whose novel ar¬ rangements have been written by Jack Moss, musical director of the show. Moss is also writing an improvisation of popular "swing" songs. Included in the cast of 30 is a quartet of hill¬ billy singers, four girls whose act was the hit of the recent T. I. Sisterhood show "Sugar and Spice" held at the Broad St. Temple. Norman Sonkin. master of ceremonies, will execute the latest Harlem dance craze from the Cotton Club Parade "The Suzi-Q," Two dancers will follow the tap rou¬ tine of Paul Hirsch.       '
Harry (Goldstein's original song will be presented by the chorus for its finale.
End-man Dave Rosenthal will pre¬ sent a trumpet solo; specialty num¬ bers include: Manny - Weinstein, pop¬ ular songs; Bob Gitlin, cbmicat stooge act; Benny Bloom and his stooges are other featured acts. A* modern showboat deck scene will present the cast in nauti<^l 'wear. Immediately following the show, Larry Stember and his band will play for the dance. Admission is 60c per person. Children tmder 12 will be admitted for 25c. Tickets are obtainable from any A, Z. A. member or at the door on the evening of the show.
Garden Group Being Formed
The Educational Committee of the Council of Jewish Women is forming a Garden Group. -Any Council metu- ber interested in this newly, formed organization, should call Mrs. Mark Feinknopf, FA._ 9342, or Mrs. A. Weinfeld, FA. 6730.