Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1918-11-22

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THE COLUMBUS JEWISH CHRONICLE
A WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF JEWISII PEOPLE OF COLUMBUS AND VICINITY
VOL. 1
Hlatoiflcal Comniissio of Ohio
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1918.      KISLEV 18, ,'>G79.
No. 29
m MAYOR GREETS ZIONISTS
Sends Very Inspiring Letter to Rabbi S. M. Neches
OfUce of the Mayor, Columbus, O. Rabbi S. M. Neches, Editor,
Columbus Jewish Chronicle,
Columbus, Ohio. My dear Rabbi Neches:—
It has l)een my good fortune and appre(jiated experience to know in intimate ways many members ;of the Hebrew faith apd race. In them I have found those attributes of character which command the admiration, respect, confidence and friend¬ ship of men and women who love human loyalty, human sym¬ pathy, human comradeship and human progress.
To me, the Zionist movement in Jewish circles is a most wel¬ come one, not because it is one
JERUSALEM AS A JEWISH" PUBLISHING   CENTER
of particular pride and of pie- culiar interest to Jewish people, but that it is a great, forceful and concerted movenient for the benefit, improvement and pro¬ gress of society, energetically and intelligently directed by men and women devoted to sturdy purpose, directed by good hearts and high principles.
r congratulate these good men and women on the efforts they are putting forth and extend to them the sincere hope that the harvest will be the great good they are seeking to secure to their own and the world's peo¬ ple.
Very respectfully, GEORGE J. KARB, ^ Mayor.
TRACING OUR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES
The Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of Amer¬ ica, has undertaken a work of tremendous consequence to tens of thousands of Jewish families in the United States and Europe. It is proposed to compile a com¬ plete family record of every Jew serving with the American forces having wife! and children or other dependents abroad.
At the last meeting of the Board of Directors of the So¬ ciety,, attention was called to the fact that many of the Jewish draftees have families abroad, but war conditions have broken off all means of communication and the Jewish soldiers here do not know the whereabouts of their relatives over there ¦ and vica versa. Their families may later .never know what became
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" Under such conditions vast numbers of Jewish women may become "agunohs" (as the wives of men of whom all traces have been lost are called in Jewish law, and. who cannot remarry); the wives and children of such soldiers can never receive any support from them and there would be no possibility of estab¬ lishing communications between them. If, however, full records, giving all data, qf such Jewish draftee were kept, it would be possible to continue communica¬ tions between families in case the members know of the where¬ abouts of .one another and also to trace relatives across the seas, who have not been heard from for some, time. In this way families can be protected and supported as far as it is pos¬ sible, the soldiers would be able . to send half of their pay, and in case of death the widow and or¬ phans would be able to get the insurance.
The Society recognized the urgency of taking measures sug¬ gested, notwithstanding the great difficulties connected With them.
Tracing the families of sol¬ diers abroad has been made eas¬ ier by reason of the opening by the Hebrew Sheltering and Im¬ migrant Aid Society of offices in Yokohama, Jajpan, in Vladivos¬ tok and Harbin. Mr. Samuel Mason, the Special Commis¬ sioner of the Society who spent
six months in organizing these Bureaus and aiding thousanc}^ of war refugee's, is soon returning to the Far East to continue his activities. Through these bur¬ eaus and by means of new con¬ nections which will be created with Russia, Mr. Mason will be in a position to trace the families of soldiers and ascertain wheth¬ er sufch families are on their way to this country and other data.
The Hebrew Sheltering and Immigi'ant Aid Society of Amer¬ ica will thus be the connecting link between the Jewish soldiers in America and France and their families in Russia, they will be able to communicate with one another and the necessary ma¬ terial aid will be able to be sent. Further details regarding this new - department"-will—be-i)ub- lished shortly. For the present it is sufficient to indicate that it is to the interest of Jewish sol¬ diers having their families abroad to get into touch with the Hebrew Sheltering and Immi¬ grant Aid Society of America, 229 East Broadway, New York City.
A writer in the London Times Educational Supplement after discussing the probable effects of the Hebrew University at Jerusalem in promoting the Jew¬ ish national renaissance and se¬ curing the moral position of the Jews as a civilizing element, adds the following i"emarks:
"In connection Avith the Uni¬ versity, another project is being eagerly discussed In Palestine and abroad, and will probably materialize soon after the war. It is a scheme of "The City of the Book," adjacent to the site reserved for the university set¬ tlement. The idea is to concen¬ trate there gradually the He¬ brew book printing, industry so as to supply the whole of the Diaspora from Jerusalem with Jewish literature, sacred and profane* Before the war the number of Talmudic, Rabbinic, and prayer-books sold in differ¬ ent countries amounted to mil¬ lions yearly. Warsaw and Vilna were the principal centres of publication, but the war seems to have destroyed them, and Jeru¬ salem could gather' and utilize what remains of the skilled la¬ bor. , Adding the "profane" and especially educational Hebrew literature of which the demand is increasing daily throughout the world, a flourishing industry could be created, giving susten¬ ance to many thousands of fam¬ ilies, and strengthening the posi¬ tion of Jerusalem in the Jewish revival all the world over."
LETTERS FROM BOYS ABROAD
Firist Lieutenant S. Danziger, M. D. C, Writes a Very Infcresting Letter to His Parents.
Archangel District, N. Russia, Sept. 23,1918.
Dear Folks at Home: Won¬ derful news tonight! A messen¬ ger just alrrived from Archangel with news that mail had ar¬ rived. Forty-eight boys! Just think of it. The first since we've left the.States. 1 wait for it.
Tonight is the first opportun¬ ity I have had of taking time for a real letter, for you see I have been frightfully busy. As I told you in my last as soon as we
two hundred. Moat of them refugees, others importers and exporters, who have come there because it is the only open port, since the Germans have taken Riga.
I found the services much the same as at home but quieter; can scarcely vefy much. I stayed at head¬ quarters at night and spent most of the day in Schule. You wtould be surprised how fluently I was able to talk Jewish when the necessity aVose. T found several who had been in America and
RELIEF MONEY FOR-
^WARDED TO GALICIA
PNEUMONIA EPIDEMIC
FEARED IN PALESTINE
landed I was sent to a small town. England and who could talk Eng- and we started an American hos-'; lish. Most bf the business men; pital. There were ^ hundred j having to deal with English dred and one things to do.   Take shops, could speak very well.
care of the sick, requisition sup¬ plies, build a hospital, look after our own company, etc. I did not undress for four days after land¬ ing.
Tonight my two wards are quiet and they are all, I tliiink, on the \vay towards recovery. I am hoping, at least, that it will not be necessary to' waken me during the night as usual.
I have had a room fixed up next to the pharmacy in one of the wards. I have hung a blan¬ ket on the farther wall to cover the logs and pinned up some pic¬ tures. I even have all of the modern improvements, electric lights and a telephone at the head of my bed. Some class, too?    ,
MESSAGE FROM THEKING
OF THE HODJAZ TO
MR SOKOLOW
MR.
LOUIS ROSENBAUM
DIES IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. John, Rosen¬ baum of 447 East Mound Street were informed by telegram from Washington that their beloved son, Private Louis Rosenbaum, died.October 22d from wounds received in action.
AGUDATH ACHIM CONG. ELECTS OFFICERS
The Agudath Achim Congre¬ gation at its annual meeting, which took" place last Sunda^, elected the following officers: President, Mr. A. Goldberg (re¬ elected) ; y ice-President, Mr. Louis Mellman; Treasurer; Mr. N, Danziger (re-elected); Secre¬ tary, Mr, I. D. Levy (re-elected) Trustees, Mr, S. Friedman, Mr. Max Greenstein, Mr. S. Joseph- son (re-elected), Mr. D. Sachs (re-elected), and, Mr. Chas, Stone. Shevrah Kadishah: Mr. A. Goldherg, Mr. S. Kotoskjr and Mr. B. Shapira (all re-elected).
A MEETING OP THE ZION LODGE No. 62
will be held on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25th. 8:00 V. M.
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HEliMINE SCHONTHAL HOME
Mr, Sokolow sent the follow¬ ing message of congratulation to^ the King of the Hedjaz to con¬ gratulate him on the liberation of Palestine and Arabia;
"In the name of the Zionists I respectfully offer your Royal Highness and the Arab nation our heartfelt congratulations on the/ liberation of EsSham the most ancient and precious jewel of the Crown of Arabia. We Zionists are old friends and ad¬ mirers of Arab civilization pene¬ trated by the idea of Semitic solidarity and now united ih a common effort for the revival of old countries, rejoice with your Highness and your nation on the recent triumphant vic¬ tory. We pray God for the con¬ tinued welfare of your Highness and your people.
"Sokolow,"
The King of the Hedjaz re¬ plied as follows:'
"With greatest pleasure have received your message of con¬ gratulations. Above all things I pray God to enable me to fulfill my duty towards you which is a holy duty and one that is more than ever incumbent on me to perform on acpount of noble and good feelings expressed in your message. Beg you to accept for yourself and convey to all friends my heartfelt respects,"
I met one man of whom you may have heard, ,Dr. Lebson, a well known physician here, who came originally from Mittau, and who knows the Danziger's well in that part of the country. He was very glad to see me and I shall see him again when I can.
The most interesting man I met was a Mr. Pinas, a Doctor of Philosophy, who is a graduate of the University of Paris, and whose home is in Riga. He is a keen follower of Zionism and was familiar with the movement ih America. He spoke knowingly of such' men as Rabbi Wise, Strauss, etc. He, himself, speaks four or five languages and has written a brook on Jewish Liter¬ ature in Russia, French and Ger¬ man, t went home with him to break the fast. What a feast we. had. Fresh butter from the country and fresh cheese and even the kind you used to make in Frankfort. You know, the kind you madein little sacks and pressed out. The real Russian tea. made in a huge "Samovar." It was most too good to be true.
At his home. I met his wife, who also speaks English, and his sister, a young lady of about 24, who is a graduate medical doc¬ tor from the University of Petro¬ grad. ' She, however, does not
Once again relief money from the Jews of America arc being forwarded through the Joint Distribution Committee to Gali¬ cia, it is now announced by the Committee. This was made pos¬ sible through the conclusion of the Armistice terms with Aus¬ tria, no money having gone to Galicia from the United States since the declaration of war up¬ on that country.
In addition to this important announcement, which means that immediate succor is being ex¬ pended to thousands of Jews cut off from relief for many months, the Committee announces that besides $100,000 for Galicia the following additional appropria¬ tions have been made. $150,000 for Palestine sent to the Zionist Relief Commission; $25,000 for Poland; $50,000 for General Re lief in Lithuania and $50,000 for relief in Rumania.
The Committee announces its willingness to again accept inr dividual remittances for trans¬ mission to Lithuania.
Population in Galilee and Refu¬ gees Returning to .laiTa and Jerusalem in Need.
An epidemic of pneumonia is threatening the population of Galilee who are facing cold weather in a practically naked condition. The same danger confronts the hundreds of refu¬ gees who are reutrning from Ga¬ lilee to Jerusalem and Jaffa wither they had fled to escape the wi-ath of the Turks. An ' urgent cable for immediate ac¬ tion by the Zionist Organization of America has been received from Mr. E. W. Lewin-Epstein, Manager of the American Zion¬ ist Medical Unit.
In view of the fact that it is almost impossible to purchase! any clothing in Palestine, the Zionist Organization of America appeals for contributions of clothing for men, women and children for immediate ship¬ ment. Such contributions should be sent to the Palestine Supply Department, 74 Fifth Avenue.
The most useful contributions suggested by Mr. Epstein, are:
For men—Long coats, trous-
This County is still below her War Stamp quota—Do your best and we will go over the top— ers, top-shirts, vests, soft hats. Buy Stamps NOW. For    women — Plain,    dark
dresses, long coats, undershirts, scarfs. .        .
For  boys  and  girls—Cheap, plain clothes, coats and ,hats.
For   all—Shoes,   underwear, stockings, raincoats.
by brick for preservation, I had a wonderful day.. Saw a melo¬ drama with a bearded villian and enjoyed it, though 1 couldn't un¬ derstand a word.' Also, I saw the fire depot .rattle down the street with their gilded helmets flashing in the sun. Farther on, a cow grazed in the Froitzky Prospect, the principal street.
Most interesting of all was the Paris Cafe. The meeting of Archangel, where many an in¬ trigue is hatched. Sipping our coffee we watched the most con¬ glomerate assembly I have ever seen; sailors, soldiers, Cossock officers with their gray coats and scarlet mantles, naval officers, civilians in evening dress, here and there a peasant ih cow-hide boots   and   leather   coat   and
LOCAL B'NAI B'lRITH NEWS
, „    1-1- I. J A   i^iijwomen of all kmds—^from the
speak English, so,we had to talk*   . ,   »,,      .     4.  ^  -^u   r   i.-' ^ T    • L      1     4-      1, ^   2*" 01 ^"6 streets to the fashion-
CHANUKAH DANCE FOR BOYS IN UNIFORM
The night of November 30th has been set aside for th? giving of the .dance for the boys in Khaki. " The place will be the Progress Club and the hostesses, every young woman and matron in the Jewish community.
The dance will be given under the auspices of the Jewish Wel¬ fare Board of which Harry Mar¬ golis is in sharge.
The Federation of Galician and Bukowiniah Jews at its an¬ nual convention considered the question of Jewish recortstruc- iion..    ¦, ¦ ¦
First Lieut. S. Danziger
You woiild enjoy our kitchen. A huge Russian kitchen with one of those great brick ovens. There are places for four fires, one for two large caldrons; one for or¬ dinary cooking; one for the bake oven, and one for'heating dish water. Father and mother have probably seen them. Our food is plentiful and excellent. "For our patients I am allowed to draw such extras as cocoa, olives, tap¬ ioca, champaign, etc. Every night at 12 I have the night nurses prepare a lunch on the little stove in the pharmacy.
And we .have a real Russian bath house. They are so weak¬ ening, however, that I am afraid to trust more than one a week.
Although we have received no mail nor papers we hear all the news ,as we get the official dis¬ patches by wireless each day. I am getting to like Russia. It is difficult to understand the psy¬ chology of the Russian .as we see them here, but they are cer¬ tainly a picturesque lot.
You will be happy to know that I spent Yom Kippur in an Orthodox Synagogue.' It was not possible for me to get away for the New Year's, but I gpt leave and went to Archangel for Yom Kippur. There were three of us and we had a wonderful time. .        .
Before the war there were only thirty Jewish families in Arch¬ angel,   Today there are perhaps
German-Jewish and got on har¬ moniously. ,
I was quite interested in his library. A corner of his library in Riga, so he told me. Yfet there were easily two hundred volumes. Everything from Jack London to ponderous volumes op philosophy. He very kindly loaned me a huge book on the History of Russia, which I am attempting to assimilate. We talked till late into the night,ahd I can truthfully say it was one of the most interesting days I have ever spent.
Oh, yes, I almost forgot one thing. A Jewish soldier in the English army eats there. He said, he would fast every year if the Professor could show him where in the Bible it was so commanded. Mr. Pinas'father, who is . a • very learned man, searched all evening and all he could find was, "And on that day ye shall cause yourself to suf¬ fer." Not a word about fasting. And, too, I must not leave out that he has started a class in teaching all of the Jewish chil¬ dren the English language. A good thing, is it not?
Yesterday I had to go to Arch¬ angel again. I forgot to describe the place before. It is beautiful from the river, with its gilded spires and mosques, yet when you draw near the beauty van¬ ishes and you see a dirty, squalid city which shows'^ evidences of better days. Founded by Peter the Great, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia and is typically Russian with its cobblestones and market place, the queer carts and "droshkys." I saw the log hut where Peter the Great was born. ' It is now surrounded
ably-gowned wives of prominent civilians.
Later we visited another cafe where an orchestra played sev¬ eral American popular pieces and then to the Officers' Club. Here I almost forgot the time. (My boat left at 11.) I hailed a passing droshky and was bumped over the rough streets to the dock just in time. ,  '
I am enjoying my usual good health and from what I have written you can see that I am having a niost interesting time.
Half of our company has al¬ ready gone to the front but I have been left here until I get rid of all my patients. I have to join them soon, before the win¬ ter sets in, T^he winters here come suddenly. Then come the long dreary days with only a few hours of daylight. So all good things must come to an end.
My love to you all.  From
Sam.
P. S.—^They just brought in the lunch and. I still have to cen¬ sor all of the boys' letters, which is some job in itself.      Sam.
B'nai B'rith Lodge has moved its meeting place to the new Hermine Schonthal Home on E. Rich Street. Its first meeting in the new location will be on Mon¬ day evening, November 25th.
The Columbus Branch of the B'nai B'rith, which is known as Zion Lodge, was brganized in Co¬ lumbus over fifty years ago.' The national order celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary during the current year,
Zion Lodge met for many years at Castle Hall, Cor. Main and 'Third Streets, and the move to the new Schonthal Home was for the purpose of centralizing somewhat Jewish actlivities in this city.
The officers elected for' the current year for the Columbus Lodge are: H. H. Felsman, Pres¬ ident ; and Jeffrey Lazarus, Vice- President. They being iri mili¬ tary service, their places have been temporarily filled by others.
"the organization has founded and maintains the Denver Hos¬ pital for Consumptives in Colo¬ rado. The Leon N. Levy .Hos¬ pital at Hot Springs, and the Jewish Orphan Asylum at Cleve¬ land, O., and many other similar institutions.
The B'nai B'rith has been af¬ filiated with the Jewish Board of Welfare and has established clubs and assisted in providing for the Jewish boys in the camps and on the fields.
New York Orthodox Rabbis in conference have resolved to send a commission to Palestine in order to look after the orthodox institutions there.
CHANUKAH DANd
For Men in Khaki and Blue SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30th
PROGRESS CLUB
Auspices of Jewish Welfare Board