Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1937-05-28

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Voliuiie XVII—No. 179
COLUMBUS, OHIO, ;MAY 28, 1937
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Strictly Confidential
By  PHINEAS J. BIRON
Greatest   Convention   in Mussolini's Press Warns
News ih tlte Making
Sliolom  Asch IB  slated to get an honorary degree from the Jewish In¬ stitute of Religion, ... He Will be, tht first Yiddish writer to he so honored: . ,   There's a wild scramble on for thf job of national commander-in-chief ol the Jevvisii War Veterans . . . Among the candidates are Maxwell Cohen of Boston, Dave Coyne of Hobokcn and Morris Mendclson and j. David Del- man of New York,' . . , Stephen S. Wise is,a candidate to succeed him¬ self, as president of the Zionist Or¬ ganization of Anierica. . . . Lord Mel- ciictt   had   a   private  audience  with President Rooscyclt.,...   Of all Jewisb. visitors from abroad, Melchett, is per¬ haps the first known to have given, the ¦bum's rush to all reporters and pho¬ tographers seeking interviews and pic¬ tures •.. . But we have, to credit him with bringing to our shores two exr pressions  which   we. recommend  for adoption. . . , Oiic, is the designation of what we are wont to call the shah- shah type of Jews, as tlie Oi T. L, or; to spell it outi the Order of Trembling Israelites. . .. . The other is a phrase eminently suitable for the purposes o\ fund-raisers  approaching  prospective ,  donors: I'Arc you schnorrablc?" ; . , Rabbi Joachim PrinZ, fornjerly Ber¬ lin's :leading, rabbi, will settle perma¬ nently in the,Uilited States. . . , Chi¬ cago  is going  to inaugurate  a new , Jewish center in' the fall as an a,nnex to  Congregation :Anshe Emet, Solo¬ mon Goldman's synagogue. . . . Incir dentally, Dr., Goldman, who is on his way to South Africa, will be the fifth American and the fii-st clergyman to fly from Southamjiton to Capetown . .. AlStrelsin, who recently flew . ^from Palestine to Rome, is due back in  America  soon  with .an economic scheme for Palestine which wtli make official Zionist circles sit up. . ... We're Asking What was'that mysterious meetin; of  Jewish.bigshbts  in, New  York's, swanky  Harmonic  Club  last week? . ... Is it true that a Jewish coiigress- ..-.njan is considering a libel suit, against El certain Anglo-Jcwisli weekly?   Why did Sholom Asch threaten to walk but of a Jewish mass meeting at Worces¬ ter, Mass;, when .he learned that he . was to share; speaking honors with a distinguished Christian who has done much for Palestine, ... .Does Meyer- Levin know that a  Chicago Jewisli lady is thinking of suing him for libel because   she  believes  she  recognizes herself in the tribulations of one of: the characters in his,book, "The Old Bunch"? ... What was talked about at that secret powwow between Lord Melchett and the highest hierarchy of American ,. Zionist    leadership? ... ; What happened to. Max Schmeling's tour? . . . -¦.¦''¦¦'.,
„. It'saii'acl'-, , The two partners of James Murray, couttsei for/Fritz Kubn, fuehrer of the Nazis in Anjerica, are non-Aryans. ... Francesco von Mendelssohn, great-grandson of Felix Mendelssohh- Bartholdy, the composer whose -works are, vcrboten-in Naziland, returned for a short visit to Geripany on the Europa. . . . The Passaic post of the Jewish Wiar Veterans has expelled Joe Weinberger, city counsel, becau.se lie took a cruise on a Germari boat, Senator Borah's blast against Fascism was not just oratory. ..^. '. He's realty serious about it and is quietly making a preliminary investigation. .'. v If the; files of a certain government depart¬ ment in Washingtori .were made public they would reveal some .sensational data, on Nazi and Fascist activities hereabouts. . , . None of the Jews mentioned, as prospective candidates for Judge Van Devanter's place on theSupremc Court will get the job unless Brandcis or Cardozo resigns. . .. Tammany Hail is stiir breaking its neck looking for a mayoralty can¬ didate who can deprive La Guardia of some of his Jeivish support. . . . Some of the Tammany bigwigs think Sam Levy is the man, ...
Via Short Wave Fannie Hurst has been, quietly spending some time in Palestine look¬ ing over the situation. . . . The only reason Premier Leon Blum won't re¬ sign, as he wants to, is Mrs. Blum. . . . She has postponed an urgently needed operation so that she can keep.I an eye on her premier-husband. ... A German "volunteer" serving in Fran¬ co's Spanish army wrote to the Nazi paper, Tagespost, blaming the Jews for Franco's recent defeats. . . . The volunteer "discovered" that a number of German Jews posing as Aryans (Cmtiinued on page Z)
Years Held by District No. I, B'nai B'rith
Charles Koscnbaum Elected Presi-J tlcnl; 1- W. Ghrek on Gen eral Committee
Italian Jews
What was no doiibt the most out¬ standing B'nai B'rith convention in recent years was the one held at Cleve¬ land, O., by District No. 2 this week. A well-balanced program, which in¬ cluded illuminating reports by heads of various committees, president's message/, report of Sidney G. Kus¬ worm on executive committee,of the order, and addresses by two of Amer-. ica's leading orators and noted lead¬ ers, Kabbi .Abba Hillel Silver and Rabbi Stephen S., Wise. Oyer SOO men and yiromen, from eight states at¬ tended the three-day convention in the Statler Hotel.    '        -
Silver's Message "Persecution of Jews in Europe docs not justify the Jews in America driving themselves into a self made spiritual. Ghetto," Rabbi Silver of The Temple said, at the Monday mprning session.
"I believe that Fascism has reached and passed its zenith,", declared Rabbi Silver. "Events in Spain prove that democracies have learned how to bt:- ganize againstuhe ;forces of reaction, which were turned loose by the World war/ ¦ ¦ , ¦;;
'; "Hitlerism is doomed, and there¬ fore it behooves us, jews to. reorient ourselves so as to return to the. niore brderiy way of thinking and feeling. It is the duty of organizations like B'nai B'rith to take the lead in tran¬ quillizing Jewish life..
"There, shoiild. be, less emphasis on anti-Semitism. We shbuld talk about the positive, rich values of Jewish life. .The non-Jewish world becomes tired of us if we contiiiue to rasp, to irritate, and to complain, and it respects us niore if we devote our¬ selves to a richer, fuller, total Ameri^ can life.
"You: undermine the morale of the Jew in America, ydu give him a feel¬ ing of being a'h.oundedindividuai.and you forcCi him into a'seif-made spirit¬ ual Ghetto, jif you talk about the dangers to, the Jews and quit working positively for th6 preservation of basic American-traditions." -
Rabbi Wise Says Status of Jews Is Worse Than Under Czars R^bbi Stephen S^ Wise- of New York, speaking before the 12Q0 present at the formal dinner meeting Monday night, luade ail eloquent plea for Jew ish unity and solidarity in the face of the gravest and most, tragic crisis Jewish history.   .      '
Applause '.greeted- the renowned leader of Judaism in America. as he challenged the B'nai B'rith delegates assembled to .support, the effort to bring mass opinion to bear on increas ing the .peace and security of Jews both here and in foreign countries. ¦ After reviewing the persecutions of.the Jews in czariSt Russia in 1881 and 1893, with their conconimitant suf¬ ferings in eastern Europe,:Rabbi Wise asserted: "The status of the Jew the world over today is even more tragic and critical than it was in the days of Pobyedonostsev and Ignatiev, the great persecutors."
"We must all realize that we can't afford to quarrel with one another, The situation is too drastic to permit us the luxury of petty quarreling and strife over trivial matters," he continued.
*'\i the lowliest Jew h\ Berlin, or in Poland, or in any part of, the world is injtired or oppressed; every JevV here should feel himself wounded "There is not a Jew with a scintilla of self-re.spect who should not be wil ing to join in the boycott of Nazi German goods. Thc boycott is an in¬ strument of non-:violence. Even Gandhi believes in the boycott as a weapon of non-violent resistance."
A picture of the plight of Jews in Germany, Poland and Roumania was drawn by Dr. Wise. He also ex- pres.s.ed grave concern over the out¬ come of the report of the ropal com¬ mission on the status, of Palestine. - "I can't believe that the Britain of Balfour and Lloyd George will dare to submit any theory wbich means partition, with an attendant pulveriza¬ tion; or crystallization, which means petrification of Jewish life in Pales¬ tine," he said.
Part of the evening assembly was devoted to a pageant written by Leo Weidenthal, editor of the Jewish Inde¬ pendent. The play depicted thf growth of Jewish orphans* home founded by B'nai B'rith in ISGS and (Continued on page 3)
ROME ¦(WNS)~Assailiiig Italian Jowry^s support of Zionism and at¬ tacking its protests against Nazi Ger¬ many's racial theories as "irreconcil¬ able with the friendship that binds us (Italy) to Germany and which has objectives far more vast and funda¬ mental than the Jewish question," the Milan Popolp d'ltalia. Premier Mus¬ solini's organ, gave the Jews of Italy the choice Of denouncing "interna¬ tional Hebrewism" or giving up their Italian Citizenship and residence.. In a sensational climax to a long series- of anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist articles ,in the Fascist press, I] Duce's organ, in an article signed by Oreste Gregorib placed before.Italian Jewry the alter¬ native of breaking completely with the Jews of tlie rest of the.world or nieet the fate of German Jewry.
Royal Commission Report
To Be Issued Middle
Of Suae
Jewish Community Asked To Attend Memorial Day Exercises Sunday       !
All arrangements have been com-1 pleted by a joined eommittee of the' American Legion and Capitol Post No; 122 ol the Jewish War Veterans for the Memorial Day exercises, to take place Sunday (tomorrow); May 30th, at 2:00, p. m. at the Jewish Cemetery. Invitations tp attend have been extended to,all war veteran or¬ ganizations, the local rabbisi the dele-; gates of .the Central Conference of American Rabbis in session here this week, as well as the entire Jewish community. One of the largest crowds ever to attend a program of this char¬ acter' is expected. A beautiful bronze plaque with the names of the 14 de¬ ceased , Jewish war veterans of Frank¬ lin County inscribed thereon, will be pfficially unveiled at these cei-emonies tomorrow.
In accordance with the custom wfiich has been established for many years, Joseph Dulsky, past commander of the Jewish War veterans of Columbus and also one. of the leaders in the Ameri can Legion activity, has arranged fpr. all the .graves of the veterans to he derafaEed with a \vreath,and an Amer¬ ican flag./
The principal speaker at these Me¬ morial Day exercises will be Rabbi Michael Aaronson of Cincinnati,, aj World War veteran, who was disabled with total blindness while inaction on the Western Front in France. Rabbi Aaronson is a former National Chap¬ lain of the' disabled Arherican Veterans of the World War and has been in great demand as a speaker before many veteran groups throughout the United States'/; .  —    ; '
The following committee represent¬ ing the American Legion of Franklin County are cooperating in the arrange¬ ments for the Memorial Day exer¬ cises: Joseph Dulskyj Sig. We;sskerz, Harry Goldberg, Maurice Weisskerz and Sam Lichtenstein. The commit¬ tee representing tbe Jewish War Vet¬ erans is as. follows: Stanley Schwartz, Allan Tarshish, Abe Yenkin, Joe Top¬ olosky, David Pastor, Jack- Kreske, Sam Solomon, Samuel^ M.- Mellman and Dr. Lester Seligson! .A special (Contimi^d on page 3)
LONDON. (AyNS-Palcor Agency) —During a consideration of Palestine questions in the House of Commons, Colonial Secretary W. G. A. Grnisby- Gore announced that the Royal Coin- mission investigating recent event.'; in Palestine would iSsue its report in thc middle . of June. , Mr.. Onnsby-Gbrc told the House of Commons that it was not possible to determine the ex¬ act procedure with regard to,the rc^ port until it has;been received from the commission. However, he added that he hoped that it would be possible for the Gpvernment to reach its con¬ clusions withbut delay and publish its decisions simultaneously with the is¬ suance ; of thc Royal ¦ Commission's findings. The House, the Colonial Secretary said, will have the usual oppoftunities to discuss the Commis¬ sion's report and the Gbvcrnnicnt's conclusions.
The Colonial Secretary revealed, in reply to a query by Herbert! Morrison, Laborite, that if, both the Commis¬ sion's report and the Comments of the Government are.'available after .the middle of June, Lord Peel, the chair-, man, and his colleagues oa the body of inquiry, hopedj to,sign tbejr, report in the third week'pf June and present it for consideration by the cabinet.' Both the /report-, and the cabinet's views would then;* be promptly issued together as a White Paper. To the de¬ mand by Mr. G&>fTrey Mander for a definite assurance that the Govern¬ ment would not) frame its decision until the House of . Commons, and British public opjnion had considered the commission's, recommendations, Mr, OrmsbyGofe said that the Gov¬ ernment was eofi^idering the advisa¬ bility of publishing the reportbefore announcing its cohclusions in order to enable the House; as well as the gen¬ eral public to cxi^ress,its stand on the question."  ¦   '   .ij '   i
Return to Traditional Jewish System of Law and Closer Oooperatioo with Other Jewish Religions iroups Urged by 0. G. A. R. President
ROOM FOR 3,000,000 IN
PALESTINE, LORD
MELCHETT SAYS
Hadassah   to  Hold   Regional Meeting in Cleveland
The annual conference of the Cen¬ tral Hadassah Regional will take place at the Hotel Cleveland, Cleveland^ O. Sunday and Monday, June fi and 7, Any Hadassah member who desires to attend this conference' should immedi¬ ately contact Mrs,,J.;Krakowitz,.EV. 4010. A large Columbus delegation is being urged by the local officers.
Mrs. Ralph Davidson, of Detroit, Mich.j is regional president; Mrs. B. W'. Abramson, vice president; Mrs. W. A. Hcrsch, honorary president, and Mrs. II. Lieyernian is a member of the regional hoard.
REFORM Judaism, iiiust seek
Ivreeyoh  Society  to  Hold
Final Meeting of Season
Wednesday
The Ivreeyoh Ladie^ Organization will hold its final meeting of, the sea¬ son in the form of a luncheon, Wed- ne-iday, June 2, at 12 iltO o'clock, at thc Columbus Hebrew School. Mrs. Mor¬ decai Hirschsprung will be the prin¬ cipal speaker for this occasion.
Mrs. Milton Goodman will render the vocals to be uccunipaiiied on thc piano by Mrs. Max Schottenstein. R(.'servations cani he made by calling Mrs.. Joe Block, FA. 8344 or Mrs. M. Mathless, FA. 0720. There will be a nominal charge of 35 cents per person.
Announce Conference of B'nai B'rith mttelFoun
CINCINNATI, O.r-The Dii-ectors of B''naiB'rith!s eleven Hillel Founda¬ tions will hold a national conference at Martinsville, Ind., on June 2 and 3 to discuss all phases of .Jewish stu^ dent problejus. Alfred M; Cohen, President of B'nai B'rith will preside, and invited guests will be Dr. Lee J; Levinger, Director of the Ilillei Re¬ search Bureau, and Edward _E. Grusd, Managing Editor of the. B'nai B'rith Magazine.. ...
All eleveri directors-will be present, from the.following universities: Illi¬ nois, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, California, Cornell, Texas, Northwest¬ ern, Alabama,-Penii State and North Carolina."; Dr. A L. Sachar, Illinois Director, is National Director pf the Hillel Fpundations..
Rabbi Ephraim Fischofif, Penh State Hillel Director, will' discuss "Psyr, chiatric and Personnel Service"; Rabbi [•Morris Kertzer, Alabama,. "Self-gov- emmeiit at a- Foundation"; Rabbi Martin Weitz, Northwestern, "Hillel's Services to the Jewish Community"; Rabbi Max Merritt, California, "The Development of a Social Service Out¬ look'-; Dr. Levinger, "Vpcational Guidance . in a Foundation"; Rabbi Maurice Pekarsky, Cornell, "Barnes Hall Experiment and Its Implica¬ tions" ; Rabbi Max Kadushin^ Wiscon¬ sin, "The Migratory Student and His Assimilation"; Rabbi Abram . Good¬ man, Texas, "SeU-Expression, in a Foundation"; Dr. .Sachar, "Stimulat¬ ing : Interest in Jewish Cultural Values"; Rabbt Harry Kaplan, Ohio State, "Interfaith and Campus Coop¬ eration" ; Rabbi Bernard Heller, Michigan, "The Foundation and Con¬ temporary Social Problems"; Rabbi Bernard geiger," North Carolina, "So¬ cial Snobbishness on a Campus"; and Rabbi Martin Perley, Assistant; Direc¬ tor at. Illinois, "Interesting Jewish Students in the Jewries of the World and Their Problems."
In; addition to these fortnal ad¬ dresses, there will be general discus¬ sion of how the Hillel Foundations may continue best to serve Jewish stu¬ dents.
NEW YORK (WNS)—The world must find, for oppressed Jcvys an "al¬ ternative to suicide," Lord Melchett, chairman bf the Council of thc. Jewish Agency,for Palestine, told lOQQ New. York leaders at a dinner tendered him by thc United Palestine Appeal. Ill his only public address in Amer¬ ica, the British indiistrialist said that Palestine and neighboring Transjor¬ dan,have room for at least five or six inillion more people^ thus offering the ionly solution or hope pf solution of the problem of Jewish honietessness in Europe."- Enunciating.a pplicy of "peace and goodwill with the Arab community," Lord Melchett, said "lip setback, however grave it: may-ap¬ pear, can destroy pur movement.". Ho warned against considering'the plight of millions of European Jews "solely a Palestinian problem or evCn as exclusively a Jewish question." It is a matter, for the whole world to, face; he asserted, adding that with a tiroad- eniiig -of agricultural development Palestine Has a potential capacity of 2,500,000. to 3,(^00,000 people and if Trailsjbrdan be included, there is m reason to suppose that there is not room eyeritually for another 5,000,0()0 or.6,000,000 inhabitants in these terri¬ tories, apdrt altogether from the in- :dustrial opportunities to arise from so; large a.pbpulatiphj The possibilities< therefore, of transplanting ¦ 3',000,00p Jews from Europe to Palestine is by no means aii idle drearn, but a practi¬ cal Jiroposition which can be perfectly well carried out i^ proper Conditions can be created.
: Other Speakers weire Dr. Stephen S. Wise, James .'G. McDonald,. Felix M- Warburfi;,:.Rabbi Israel ^Goldstein, Judge Julian W. Mack, Harold. Jacobi, Maurice Levin, Louis Lipsky, Morris Rothenberg and Samuel Blitz,, The latter, executive director of the New York campaign^ reported that $400,000 has been raised- in New York for the 0. P. A. Governor Lehman sent message announcing his contribution of $4,000.     ¦   ¦,
Greenstein  Heads  Jewish
Social Workers; Expanded
Program Adopted
Dr. Levy saw the main means'of revitalising Reform Jewry in a return to the Halacha—the Lawj and recom¬ mended appointment of a coratnittee to draw up a,code of rules for guid¬ ance in religious practice, a code that would not necessarily be final or oblig¬ atory but which would provide a guide, and which would help the rabbi 1 to win his congregation to wider prac¬ tice pf ceremonial in home and.syna¬ gogue- He urged the |Conference to cohcur in the resolution for Sabbath service presented at the council, of the Union of American Hebrew Congre¬ gations, and called attention to thc fact,that PalestiniS is ripe for a reli¬ gious, revival and would' be receptive to the establishment of a Liberal syna¬ gogue.- ¦ ;;."¦    -,¦,•¦; .
Attention Rabbis!
Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin of New York City, lias distributed a qucstiimnairo «n thc "SncinI and Religieus outlook of the Ameri¬ can llabbinutt;." The Kabbis of the C. C. A. K. are urged to fill them out nnd leave tliem at Box 311 of Hotel Dcelilcr-Wallick, or tfive them personally to the publicity director.
Jr. Hadassah Head Weds
NEW YORK (WNS)—The 15,000 members of Junior Hadassah will havu to call their national president, Mildred Frances Munnck of Philadel¬ phia by her new name, Mrs. Benja¬ min Weinrach, acquired as a result of her marriage here tp Benjamin Wein- rach of Philadtlpbia. Tbe couple will make their home in- Philadelphia.
INDIANAPOLIS (WNS)—Jew ish social workers must keep in mind the problems of the Jlcwish people and miist devote theif efforts tb such mat¬ ters as Jewish culture, unemployment discrimination and anti-Semitism if they are to justify their .cxibtcnce during a period when the government is becoming a major factor in .general .social service, the closing session of the 38th annual meeting of the Na¬ tional Conference of Jewish Social Work was told by Harry Greenstein of Baltimore, its newly elected presi¬ dent. The conference adopted a new program to expand its activities and authorized thc establishment of a field secretariat, the sponsoring of regional institutes and other measures needed for the guidance of Jewish social welfare workers iii the coming year. The new president was formerly ad¬ ministrator of the CWA program in Maryland and from 1033 to 103C was Miaryland stale relief administrator and director of that state's department of public welfare. He is also presi¬ dent of the Baltimore Council of Social Agencies and first vice presi¬ dent of the American Association of Social Workers,
Hstablibhmeiit o f an associated Jew¬ ish economic service in Jewish com¬ munities of 50,000 population and over to direct re-einptuynient and vocational guidance of Jew.5, to offer loans for economic purposes and bubiiiess ad¬ vice and lo co-ordinate with other private and public agencies iu these fields waa proposed to the conference by Samuel A. Goldsmith, director oi the Jewish Charities of Chicago. A paper written by a New York commit¬ tee of the Asaociation of Practitioners in Jewish Social Service Ageiiciea ad¬ vanced the view that rank and file em¬ ployes in social agencies, rather thai the board of directors, are the genuine representatives of the communities be¬ cause they are more free from identi- (Contin»ed on page 3)
united front with the rest of ewry through a return to the traditional Jewish system of law, through an-intense effort to attract'Jewish workers to thc synagogue and tiirotigh closer cooperation with other Jewish re¬ ligious groups, Dr. FcHx A. l,eVy, president df the Central Con¬ ference of American Rab,bisj declared in his message to the open¬ ing session of the 4yth annu.'ri nieeting of the conference, Tuesday evening;
Pleading for Jewish' unity and for "a return to Israel in all conscious¬ ness of a common, history, fate and task;" Dr, Levy asked that world Jewry cease quarreling over the place of Palestine in Jewish Ufc and interest' itself more deeply, in its .fate. He recommended that the conference, draft a memorandum embodying its opposition to a. Palestine legislative council, to the. limiting of Jewish im-' migration to Palestine.and emphasiz¬ ing the belief that Great Britain must assure, to the Jewish peolile the cre¬ ation of a home land.thcmcmorandum to he submitted to President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hull, the British ambassador and the Leagtie of Na¬ tions through a committee consisthig of representatives of the conference the Rabbinical Assembly, the Agudath Harbonini, the IJnian of American Hebrew Congregations and the Union of Orthodox Congregations',
Wa-rriing that Jewish Ii fie caniiot gc on "with the dissensions, and antagon¬ isms of parties arid schools; that \ye find in our ranks" and that "indiiffer- entists arc pferhaps an even greatci threat to Jewish life and Jewish,soli¬ darity than are avowed enemies,". Dr. Levy called attention, to a reed; for "revivification by: contact, with thc niassSs of Jews and'theii-,way,of. life, divergent though. these may be; from our own. What we have lost pf the cliaracteristic flavor of Jewish life, v/i must, recapture," Drawing a parallel between the enlightenmeilt niovement of the last century and the Reform mpycmcnt,, he declared that "the-foir- mer. has V already . stepped aside;- we must ask ourselves whether (he.time has apt arrived for us to do likewise. There must be an end. to atomism among lis. If thc step toward uniting all Jews bfiitoo much for us to take, certainly we cah join with the reli¬ giously minded ainong. us to create some semblance of a united front. .
:The   Conference   president  recom¬ mended  the appointment of a  com¬ mittee to consider means of cooper¬ ation with the'Rabbinical Assembly, the organization; of Conservative rab,- bis,   "with  a view   to , strengthening JeWish hfe with a more positive atti- titde'toward practice:"   Calling atten¬ tion to the fact that many ainong the Jewish masses find: themselves cut off from congregational life because Re-^ form synagogues   are   often looked upon as "l\ouses Of the rich," Dr. Levy said there was some truth in the re^ proacb' that the reform movement "is bourgeoise and that its leaders, clticfly the rabbis, are seryants of the capital¬ istic press."   Urging that some means be devised not. only   to ,attract the hiasses to services but to enable them to become 'participating members on a par with their employers, he recom mended propaganda and organization and urged the useof thc Yiddish press^ publication of Yiddish tracts.and the sending, out  of  Yiddish  or  Ehglish speakers to working class groups with the aim of  founding  working class synagogues. ¦
¦   After wa:rnirig the rabbis that many followers of  Reform Judaism have gone further in the destruction of the Jewish features in our life.than'the movement ever- intended and asserting, (hat "they keep nothing of;'cieremon]ar aud arc undifferentiated: lor the niost part from their non-Jewish neighbors," he  voiced apprehension at the  fact that the task of Jewish education is being  taken  up  by  secular agencies such as wel fare; federations.   Urging:.   . that the attempt of the welfare feder¬ ation to direct the Jewish training of young or old must be met by resist-r ance on the part of all Jewish religious agencies,   he   said,   "the./synagogue alone,. single or in -federation, has the moral and historical right over this phase of Jewisb life, and activity. ... We  have  permitted  philanthropy to escape   from  the   dominance  of  the: synagogue and religion, and now it, in , turn, is usurping the functions of the mother institution.   If religion forces were united such;a contingency could never  have  occurred."    Rabbi  I-eyy was also disturbed by the fact that.the rabbi rather than religion itself is be¬ coming   central in  Jewish  life  and suggested that the Conference cooper- . ate with the Union in attempting to bring about an increase of traditional Jewish observances in Reform Jewish life.   He also proposed that the Con¬ ference go on record" as. holding that a rabbi's services are riot a marketable commodity  and   that  any  individual affiliated members of a community that can afford to support a Congregation and do not do so shall not be entitled to the services of the rabhj. ',..'¦
Entertainment   to   Feature
Hebrew School Election
Meeting
A general nieetiiig of the, Columbus Hebrew Schobl will be held on Tues- 1 day, June 1, at 8 p. m., at the school auditorium at which time election of officers and board of, directors will take place. At the conclusion p£. the ineeting, a splendid program,of enter¬ tainment, arranged by Mr. A. W. Robins, will follow. Ainong the fea¬ tures of the program will be vocal selections by the well known Cantor Emil Rosen, pf Cincinnati, Ohio, and Hebrew recitations by Mr. William Robins. No member or parent can afford to miss this outstanding meeting of the year.
and Mrs, Leopold Greenwald since last Monday, will be llie main speaker at the Agudath Achim Synagogue at 10 a. UL Saturday (today). At 5 o'clock the same day, Rabbi Gordon will speak on the Jewish situation in Poland at thc Beth Jacob Synagogue.
An Appreciation
POLISH RABBI HEKIi!
Uabbi I. M. Gordon, Dean of thc Loniier Theological Seminary of Po¬ land, who has been the guest of Rabbi
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