Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1937-06-18

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER f'OR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVrr—No. 1K2
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JEWISH   FUND FORGES AH
Strictly Confidential
Br PHINEAS J. BIRON
150 New Members Inducted
By Akron B'nai B'rith
Lodge No. 719
Sn Help Us
I'hia >car's World Zionist CoiiKrcbs I lieing held in Ziiricli only because til po\vci*s that hu in France, Bcl- j_ II 111 and Chechoslovakia turned thumhb down on it.-.Premier Leon Blum "iaid nothinR doiiify on rtiris, and I'remicr Paul van Zccland ditW'd it on Brussels...Premier Eduard Bcnes, who i.s rcRardcd a.q a friend of Zion¬ ism, also put his foot down when Prague was (Considered.. .E\'en thc Canton of Geneva declined to permit the Congress to hn held within Its horders., .Rumors have it that the non-Zionists, taking advantage of thc strained political situation confront¬ ing the Zioni.sts, intend to insist on full parity with thc Zioiilbts in the new executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine...Wc hear that the Zionist contention will be that there is no justincation for prcsbing this matter now when it would deeply-af¬ fect unity on Palestine ... A com- niibsion of important American lead¬ ers, non-Jewish, will i.oon leave for Poland to make a study of the Jew¬ ish situation there.'..
Via Short Wave King George VI has commissioned Jean de Botton, a Jewi.sli painter from Saloniki living in Paris, to make, a painting of the coronation cere¬ monies, . . . Thc owner of tho Orset brand of perfumes, which is giving a headache to n perfume owned by the family of a notoriou.s trench anti-Semite, i.s a gentleman called Fink, whose Paris establishment is clobcd on Saturday and who himself attends thc synagogue thrice daily... German workmen at the German pa¬ vilion of the Paris Exposition are comple'tcry'cut off from the mUsMe world . . . They are pot permitted to talk to foreigners and the letters they send home must he mailed for them by thc foreman , . . Their leader ex¬ plains that they don't understand enough French even to buy a iiostage stamp, but we'll let you guess at the real reason . . . Leslie Hore-Belisha, England's new minister of war, is thc author of a sensational novel which will remain in his desk in manuscript fonn until hc retires from public life . . . Thc dime thriller so dear to young readers is novir being exploited in Germany to engender anti-Semitism in youngsters . . . Thc Hitler Youth book publishing firm has issued flock of hair-raising talcs all doctored to make thc villains Jew.s . . . The late Jan Gamarnik, Marshal of the Soviet army, never gave up hi.s in¬ terest in things' Jewish ... It was he who helped his brother-in-law, Chaim Nachman Bialik, and other Russian Zionists to get to Palestine after the Russian revolution,..
News to You The sponsors of the International Conference Against Racism and Anti- Semitism, which is to be held in Paris in September, got their wires crossed in organizing an American delegation ... At a meeting of interested parties called by Roger Baldwin it was dis¬ covered that the sponsors had invited Samuel Untermyer to get up the American delegation and had then ex¬ tended a similar bid to another organ¬ ization . . . Now the two groups have to get together . . . Trade union lead¬ ers are not a little worried over a move to establish the Association of . Catholic Trade Unionists . . . One of the exhibits at New York's World Fair may be thc model of the first automobile invented by Siegfried Marcus . . . Marcus' grand-nephew, Clarciicc Low, is trying to prcv^il upon the Vienna Technical Museum to land the model for the Fair . . \yonder what prompted German the atrical interests to acquire the Ger- ^ man rights to "Having a iWonderful Time", a play which is all about Jews on vacation . ... A biography of Louis D. Brandeis, a couple of books .by Emil Ludwig and a novel of Southern life by Elma Godschaux, distinguished Southern Jewish novel¬ ist, were among the works confiscated by the New Orleans police as "Com¬ munistic" literatt^re in a raid on a book store . . , You w>n remember that a couple of columns ago we told you about Dr. Carl Brandt, German refugee professor, who, though a. teacher at the University in Exile, which was established to give posi- iCon^nued on page 4)
$5,OOOF0H PALESTINE LAMO BEeEiPTIOEl
Zion Lodge's Degree Team Oflici'-
atcd nt Itig Celebration LnRf
Sunday Evening
AKRON~One hundred and fifty new members were indtictul into the local B'nai B'rith lodge last Sunday evening, June 13th, at Temple Israel. The initiatory rites were presented hy the Degree Team of Zion Lodge, No. G2, B'nai B'rith, of Columbus, Ohio, composed of the following: Aaron M. Neu<;tadt, prciitlent; Kdward Schlc/- ingcr, vice-president; Ben Z. Neustadt, monitor; Dr. Everett G. Blasberg, ward(;n; I. M. Harris, assistant moni¬ tor; and Abe A. Wolman, treasurer.
Thc new members were given a splendid exposition of B'nai B'ritli principles and ideals by tlte Columbus Degree Team. They were impressed with thc important duties and respon- ••ibilities they were assuming in joining thc greatest Jewish fraternal order in tbe world. In words of beauty and divine inspiration they were admon- i.shed to join in B'nai B'rith's war upon ignorance, bigotry, aud supersti¬ tion. Before closing thc initiation ceremonies, Brother A. M. Neustadt called upon Brother I. W. Garck of Columbus, past i>rcsidcnt of the State Association of R'nai tl'rith lodge; and a member of thc general committee of District No. % to say a few words of greeting to thc class pf candidates,
Mr. Garck acquitted himself ad¬ mirably, urging his auditors to dedi¬ cate themselves to a life of service and philanthropy. President Charles Sacks of Akron Lodge thanked thc Columbus Degree Team, for their .sjilendid.^watk*attd^cjgpresaed thejiopc. that they would soon return to preside over another targe initiation. He then introduced Sidney G. Kusworm of Dayton, a member of the Executive Committee of the Constitution Grand Lodge. He gave a detailed account of thc diverse activities of thc Order, especially in thc field of anti-dcfatna- tion work.
'*No organization in all Jewry," he declared, "can compare with our Order's standing as a champion of Jewish rights and as a bulwark of Jewish culture and Jewish idealism. Let us .stand by thc B'nai B'rith and show our appreciation of its achic\'c- ments by assisting it in all its plans and projects." Over four hundred wtre present at the ceremony which was followed by a reception in the social hall of the Temple. Prior to thc meeting the Degree Team of Zion Lodge were guests of thc officers of Akron Lodge No. 71& at an elaborate dinner.
An impressive stene was enacted at the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Independent Order Brith Abraham, the largest Jewish fraternal orj-aniya- tion in thc United States, held last week at Mecca Temple, New York, v/heii its oflTiccrs presented a 'Ki,nOO check to Dr. Lsrael GohUtein, presi¬ dent of tlic Jewish National Fund, on account of  the  if.2"5,O0ft  fund   for  an
I. (). B. A. land tract in Palcsthie.
From left to right Max L. IToU lander, grand secretary, I. O. B. A.; Dr. Israel Goldstein (receiving thc check on hchatf of thc Jewish Na¬ tional Fund) ; Max Silverstcin, for¬ mer grand master, and General Ses¬ sions Judge Nathan D. Pcrlman, chairman of the committee on thc L O, R. A. Palestine Colony.
Judge Collins Urges U. S. Intervention With Poland in Behalf of Jews
An  Appreciation  to  a Real Friend of Israel
The oflliccrs nnd dircctorH of thc United Jewish Fund of Co- Itimfaus take this mcanH of thanking Walter F, Heer. presi¬ dent of thc F. J. Heer Printing Co., for his nplcndid cooperation in mahinj; posaible this year thc Kpccial United Jewisii Fund edi¬ tions of thc Ohio Jewish Chron¬ icle.
Following in thc footsteps of his illustrious father, the late F. J, Heer, he has in se'asun und out of season dedicated his bent cfTorts towards the good of thia community. It is interesting to note thut Mr. Heer numbers among his friends the outstand¬ ing Jews of the Buckeye Cap¬ ital, who know that he can al¬ ways be depended upon to co¬ operate with his Jewish fellow citizens.
NEW YORK (WNS)—Diplomatic intervention by all democratic govern¬ ments, including the United States, to comi>el Poland to safeguard the rights of the Jewish minority in her terri¬
tory was urged by Supreme Court Justice William T. Collins in an ad¬ dress at the banquet session of the '20th annual convention of the Federa¬ tion of Polish Jews in America. Re¬ calling thc eiforts of the late Louis* Marshall to include in the constitution of Poland a clause guaranteeing equal rights for all nationalities within her borders, and emphasi?:ing that Poland 'accepted the sacred provisions of this contract as a condition of her 're¬ creation," Justice Collins declared: It behooves all people who stand for democracy, it behooves all govern¬ ments that claim to be democratic, to exercise e\ery lawful and legitimate measure to compel Poland to recog¬ nize her .obligations to thc minority groups within her horders in accord¬ ance with thu Minorities Treaty slu signed at thc Peace Conference of iOin." After citing precedcntti \\\ which the United States intervened hi behalf of iKrsecuted Jews abroad, thc New York jurist said that "if Poland is honest and smcere and ca¬ pable of self-government she must rec¬ ognize her obligations to all her citi¬ zens. If something is iwt dune, aud dune quickly, Poland wilt go thc way of all fanatics. There is no more excuse lor Poland to go Nazi tlian there is for America to go Nazi." Other speakers at the banquet .session were George Goj'don Battle, Judge Mitchell May, Benjamin Winter,-pres- idcnt  of the  federation,  Beriiard G.
Richards atid Harry ITershfield, who i.vas toastmaster.
The keynote of all thc addresses was the urgency df protesting against Polish anti^Semit&n and bringing re¬ lief to-its. victimf^: Slinuel Untermyer warned Poland that the anti-Nazi boy¬ cott may be applied to that country unless she takes steps to end progroms aud anti-Semitic policies. He also de¬ plored the competition in raising funds for Polish Jewish relief between the federation's AmeriLan Cummittcc Appeal aud the Joint Distribution Conimittec, and offered to serve as an intermediary to combine the two cam¬ paigns, cither in the collection or dis tribution of funds, or both. The con¬ vention adopted a public declaration "against the intolerable series of po¬ groms which have aipicted and made unbearable the lives of 3,500,0(1(^ Jews who constitute the Jewish community in Poland" and appealed lo the gov¬ ernments of thc world who signed the treaty by which Jews in Poland were guaranteed full minority rights to protest thc denial of protection and equal opportunities of Jews in Poland and that they act in concert "to pre- .serve the destiny of a people who have lived and toiled in Poland for more than 1,000 years." All labor, Livic aud religious groups in Jewish life were urged to act in unison I towartl helping the Jews in Poland and to coordinate their efiforts in one major movement seeking alleviation of the distress of Polish Jewry. Other sppakerj* included Jeremiah T. Ma¬ honey, Z. Tygel and Dr. Henry Szoskies of Pobnd, secretary of the Polish Distributing Committee of thc American Committee Appeal.
'American Protestantism Brands Hitler Foe of ^      Christianity
NKW VORK (WNS)—Ilitlcr and tlic Na/i regime were l)raiided foes ot Lhrlstianity by organized Proles- tanti-,ni in tlie United States when the i'ederal Council of Churches of Clirist, representing 'l\\ national Prot¬ estant deiioininations, made public a resolution adopted by its executive council vi'hich charged the Third Reich with definite hostility to tlie Chris¬ tian religion. .\t the same time thc Cnuiicirs secretary emeritus. Dr. Cliailos S. Mad'arlaiul, uhu four years ago opposed thc anti-Nari boy¬ cott and urged that Hitler he given a chance to jirove himself, made pub¬ lic the text of a long letter addrtsbcd to the Fuehrer in which hc accused him of having deliberately brolcen all piuinises made in l!!^!) with regard to the Christian churches and the Jews. The Federal Council's decla¬ ration assertini][ that Christians in Germany live "under thc shadow of persecution and gross misrepresenta¬ tion" and that events in that country leave "uo possible ground for doubt as to thc hostility of the present govern¬ ment to the life, the teaching and the infhicnce of the Christian Church" was prompted by the news from Ber¬ lin that the German government had forbidden the* Evangelical Church delegates to attend the World Con¬ ference on Church, State and Society iu Oxford, England, on July 12, Thc conference is to be held under the, auspices of the Universal Christian Council for Life and Worh, of which thc Federal Council is thc American section.
Dr. MacFarland'.s letter recalled that he had written a book in 1034 urging American Christians to sus¬ pend judgment on Hitler because^ of Der Fuehrer's promises to htm wilh regard to thc Christian churches and thc Jcwsj cited his long correspond¬ ence with thc Nazi chieftain and his consistent friendship for an under¬ standing of Nazi Germany and then accused Hitler of deliberately break¬ ing his promises. He charged Hitler with wrecking Germany's Christian ideals, instilling racial hatred in the hearts of children, permitting the Jews to be harassed and despoiled "without thc slightest appearance of mercy, even reminding one of the infamous edict of Herod in stretching the hand of violence to the littlest child," of "forfeiting the respect of thc civilized world" and "leading your adopted na¬ tion to an abyss, for you cannot build an enduring nation upgn force and hate."
Jewish War Veterans lo Con¬ vene in Cleveland
The Ohio Department of thc Jewish War Veterans of the United States will hold their annual convention in Cleveland Saturday and Sunday, June 19th and 20th. The following dele¬ gates representing Capitol Post - No. 122 of the Jewish War Veterans will attend: Stanley Schwartz,:J. Kresge, Sam Solomon, David PastOr, Abe Yenkin, Moehler Pass, Joii l^tilsky and Sara Goldman.
Shaffer Memorial Fund
The following have contributed to the Abe Shaffer Memorial Fund: S. Topolosky, I. Nutis, M. Mathless, J. Krakowitz, S. Siegel, I, Schwartz, E. Gordon, J. Modes, A. Goldberg, S. Goldman, L' Luper, N, Danziger, P. Berman, Max Rubin, M. A. Kauff¬ man, A. Reed, B. F. Levinson, I. L. Goldberg, a friend, J. Thall,'L. Lakin. J. Schottenstein, N. C, Hirsch, S. Brief, R. Wasserman and J. Zilber-
Free Loan Society Will Hold Picnic Sunday
The Ladies Free Loan Society in¬ vites thc (jolumbus Jewish community to attend its picnic tomorrow (Sun¬ day) at Olentangy Park. The ladies have planned to make this picnic a most enjoyable event for all. They ask yon to bring your family and friends, and to come prepared to re¬ main for the eptiife day. Th^re will be much in store for all those attending in the way of entertainment.  ^ .
$41,000 mis iliEMf i£EI RAiSEO 11 OliiEII ei^PilQI
Workers Are Rallying to the Support of Local Leaders
In Their Effort to Reach Goal by June 25th; Dire
Needs of Important Jewish Institutions Are
Outlined by Chairmen; Past Record of
Columbus Jewry Must Be Upheld
THI^.;RE is no gainsaying tlic fact that Columbiis Jewry has achieved an enviable reputation in bygone years in all move¬ ments dedicated t4i the jjublic weal. It has never failed when called upon to alleviate the wants of the poor and needy or to assuage tlie grief of dist^es^>cd brethren abroad. And so it goes without saying that the current campaign of the United Jewish Fund of Colunibu.s will go over with a bang. As was announced in these colunms last week, tbe Columbus minimum quota is $45,000, with the hope of raising $50,000. Up to date $41,000 has been raised, leaving a bal¬ ance of $4,000 to be secured hy June 25th.
Plan Election of Delegates
To Zionist Congress
All Day Sunday
With the largest enrollment of shekel ixiyers in the history of the American Zionist movement, the elec¬ tion of American Delegates' to the 2(}th, World Zionist Congress to be held in Switzerland this August will be held in this city ibis Sunday, June 20th, at the Hermine Schonthal Com¬ munity Center, 555 E, Rich St. Poll¬ ing booths will be open from 9:00 a. m, to'8:00 p. m. '
Similar elections will also be held in 330 other communities throughout the country. All Zionists should show their solidarity to the movement by voting. Bernard" Feitlinger is chair¬ man of the Columbus Shekel and elec¬ tion committee, and David Rosen is secretary.
Zionist Convention to Be
Mass Demonstration of
Jewish Unity
NEW YORK (WNS)—Thc 40th annual convention of thc Zionist Or¬ ganization of America will vigorously protest against the proposed partition or cantonization of Palestine, which are said to be jncluded in the reconi- mciidatlons of the Uoyal Commission, it was announced by Dr. Stephen S. \v'ise, president. He said that thc New York convention, which ope^s on June 2Gth and will be climaxed by a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening, June 2Hth, "must be more than a routine demonstration uf our faith in the upbuilding of the Jewish National Home. If injustice is to be averted and if we arc to do anything adequate to enable Palestine to meet in large measure the demands for colonization voiced by thc Jews in Europe, we in America must be prepared to present , a united front. Only in this way can we derive full benefit from the deep and sincere concern which the United States govr ernment has expressed on successive occasions iij the fulfillment of that ob¬ jective approved by both Houses of Congress in the Lodge-Fish resolution of 1923, I have every reason to be¬ lieve that our 40th anniversary con¬ vention in New York will be an over¬ whelming demonstration of an un¬ yielding opposition to the impairment of our rights in Pjilestine."
Herculean Labors
Chronicle rcailers know of the her¬ culean labors of the Joint Distribu¬ tion Committee in coping witli the mnltifarious problems of our suffer¬ ing brethren abroad. They realire how thi.s exemplary body has kept un¬ told thousands from starvation and assisted them in all their efforts at self-help. Suffice it lo say that with¬ out thc loyalty and devotion of thc J. D. C, the tragedies in the Jewish communities abroad would be Inde¬ scribable. The men who have been guiding the destinies of the J. D. C. have wrought beautifully; they have performed their tasks in such a man¬ ner as to elicit thc support and co¬ operation of every Jew worthy of the name "Son of Israel." They have given all of us an example worthy of emulation.-- Through-their undovi- atiiiR loyalty to the Jewish precept of "Zedakah" they have lightened thc burdens of our sore-stricken coreli¬ gionists. Let us stand by them and hold up their hands. It is a duty which we dare not shirk.
Rehabilitation of thc Holy Land
The great work of reh^ilitating thc Holy Land must also proceed. As self-respecting descendants of Abra¬ ham, Isaac, and Jacob we must help thc doughty men and women who have risked their all to bring new life into the dry bones of thc ancient land of our fathers. Any Jew who has seen wilh his own eyes the achieve¬ ments of our Chalutzim in Palestine does not need any further urging to dig down and do his part in the present effort of the United Jewish Fund of Cohimbus. After all, Pales¬ tine today is the only place in thc world where the Jew may still enter to rebuild his shattered life.
As was declared last week in New York by a great merchant prince of the metropolis, how can we in this land of plenty and security sleep at night? How can we enjoy any peace until we have extended a helping hand to those who lie beaten and bruised by poverty and injustice? How can wc love our own cln'hlrcn without feeling a flann'ng passion for the little ones left to wade through the muck and mire of their horrible destiny?
JUST A REMINDER
TitI* U the'Cbronick's ISth yeu- of continued lenica t« Cohualnii Jewry, pleue pay your nubiorlpHi tiDU now.
Cry Should Kc Heeded
Thc men at the helm of tho United Jewish Fund of Columlius are firmly convinced that the cry of a suffering Jew should be heeded no matter where he lives or to what group he belongs. Every loLal Jew should act accordingly'. This is no time to di^ vide on questions of Zionism or anti-^ Zioni.sm, Orthodoxy or Reform; for thc welf'arc of thc whole Iiouse of Israel is at stake. I
If Jews and Judaism are to be prcJ- served, 'we must all act in unison and harmony when confronted by oui foes, Our enemies today may be found in every section of the civilizc4 world. They would relish seeing us humiliated and destroyed. For years it has been their aim and purpose tn bring about our dissolution and disintegration. Unless wc stand u|V for our own rights wherever they arc infringed upon and battle for all th4 things' wc hold'"dcar;~thcsc enemies of ours may prove successful. We dare not remain indifferent at this hour which is a turning point in our history.
In addition to the work of the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Palestine Appeal, your contri¬ bution to the United Jcwi.sh Fund of Columbus will assist thc following or¬ ganizations :
B'nai B'rith Wider Scope (Anti- Defamation League), Hillcl Founda¬ tions, Jewish Orphan Home (Cleve¬ land), National Jewish Hospital (Denver), T.^o N. Levi Memorial Hospital (Hot Springs), Jcwii^h Con¬ sumptive Relief Ass'n and Ex-Pa¬ tients Hospital (California), Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee, Educational .League (Cleveland), Hebrew Immi¬ gration Aid Societj, Jewish Welfatd Board, National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, Buh reau of Jewish Social Research, Ort Reconstruction Fund.
Intercollegiate M c n o r a h. Loan Fund (Superannuated Rabbis), Na-* tional Conference of Jews and Chris¬ tians, Jewish Chautauqua Society, Jewish Braille Institute, Ex-Paticnts Home (Denver), Jewish Statistical Bureau, National Ass'n for Jewish Blind, National Home for Jewish Children < Denver), Jewish Tele¬ graphic Agency, Hebrew University, Jewish National F u n d, Palestine Light House.
SOyOOO Clergymen of 3 Faiths Reaffimi U. S. Ideals of Religious Liberty
Ezras Noshim Society
The Ezras Noshim Society will hold a meeting Monday evening, at 7 o'clock, at the Agudath Achim Syna¬ gogue. AH members are urged to attend.
NEW YOUK (WNS)—Over oO,- 000 of the nation's Protestant, Cath¬ olic aud Jewish clergymen have signed a statement reaffirming the American principle of civil and religious free¬ dom which was submitted to them last January by the National Conference of Jews and Christians, it was an¬ nounced here by Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, director of the Conference. Made public simultaneously in several thousand American communities, thc pronouncement is designed to serve. as a. backfire against the spread in the United States of anti-Semitic, anti - Catliolic and anti - Protestant propaganda and to encourage a de¬ termination on the part of chizens everywhere to resist such un-Amer¬ ican and divisive propaganda.
The text of the statement follows: "The United States of America is dedicated to the truth that all men are 'endowed by their Creiitor with cer^in inalienable rights, that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of happines.s'. Civil liberties and reli¬ gious rights that derive from this, truth, are today being assailed. We of; the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish, faiths therefore, believing that these: liberties and rights are based upon the principles of religion ;ind are de-' pendent for their; perpetuation upon: the cultivation of those principles,' affirm oiir loyalty to these fundamen-; tals of all just government, and ex-' press our confidence in the traditions of American life that have chani-< pioned and, applied them. In Amerlcai we have and must maintain a land i wherein people of different religious^ convictions and contrasting cultural! traditions may live together in amity' and mutual respect. The nation c^n) rely upon the mobilized spiritual; forces of Catholics, Protestants and; Jews to support and defend this truly! American ideal."