Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-10-18

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Sf\V/^^~Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Ck)inmuiiity ^A\K
Vol. 10 ^o. 43
COIiUMBtJS, OHIO, PBIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1940
Daroted to AmerlMn Slid Jawlth Ideal*
Stricdy Confidential
Tidbits From Bverynhere , By PHINBAS J. BIRON
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
It is true tliat tJie Rumanian government stopped tlie resi¬ dent correspondents of tlie New Yorlc Times, Associated Press and International. News Ser¬ vice from functioning because they were Jews, and therefore subject to the anti-Semitic laws which today prevent Jews from being newspapermen in Ru¬ mania' . . . Professor Gustave Meyer, who calls himself "Amer¬ ica's Scientific Astrologer," pre¬ dicted in August that there was trouble ahead for Neville Cham¬ berlain and the King of Eng¬ land . . Events proved him quite correct, with the resigna-
_tlon of the former Prime Minis¬ ter and the bombing of Bucking¬ ham Palace .,. . Hitler's idea of the perfect woman must be Gertrude Ederle, because she swam the English Channel, wisecraclcs G. R. . .¦. Another Broadway wag startled his friends the-other day with the positive prediction that Hitler will never Invade Switzerland- "He's got to leave one coun¬ try where he can hold a peace confereriie.j'Tvas; the ,prophet's explansitlori: it. i.iyrhe wortd: prfr diets iVy'afetJi<;W,tt6ii^li;>'& n^*-jljrf^ni'|:.)i9"S:thWAxis^lkH
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Interfaith Leaders Meet For National Unity Drive
NEW YORK (WNS) — One hundred prominent Protestants, Catholics and Jews, leaders in the fields of business, labor, re¬ ligion and education met at the Harvard Club to lay plans for the Mobilization for National Unity membership drive to be conducted in the New Yorlt area by the National Confer¬ ence of Christians and Jews. Basil O'Connor, chairman of the Mobilization, presided.
The Mobilization for National Unity aims to arouse New Yorlt- ers against the activities of in¬ dividuals and groups promoting hatred of racial and religious elements, and to create national unity by encouraging friendship and cooperation among ail racial and religious groups and strengthen their common alleg¬ iance to the spirit of America.
Mr. O'Connor described the drive as being "of vital import¬ ance to the safety of this na¬ tion." "The National-Confer¬ ence of Christians and Jews," he said, "has set out to-do the vital¬ ly-needed Job of uniting our jieople-; spiritually forjiatlgjiai imlty.:: ¦:i^:Ite"p.eS dictator-^
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B'NAI B'RITH HEAD WILL SPEAK HERE ON NOV. 11
Henry  Monsky
November 11th will be a most important date in the history of Columbus Jewry, because of the presence of Henry Monsky, na¬ tional president of B'nai B'rlth, who will honor the observance of the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of tiie_ local Zlon Lodge, No. 62 on that day. Mr. Monsky will be the principal speaker and will be introduced by E. J. Schanfarber who will also be toastmaster for the oc¬ casion. .
All past presidents of Zion Lodge win be honored during this program; Many dlstin- gulshec' guests have been invit- ^ for his affair. A special pageant, depicting the history of Zion Lodge, will he presented under the direction^ of Sid Katz.
3rivrtnT'(y'pl{;^i3''chalrman'bfva^ rangemehti^ ¦•'for this kbifc event aiid tlie foUbwlhg' are iissislihg in thp .many, detalU: Sam Lupef, 1
Werfel, Heinrich Mann Arrive In The U. S. From Lisbon
NEW YORK (WNS)—Franz Werfel, celebrated author of "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh" and Heinrich Mann, writer and brother of Thomas Mann, were among the 15 prominent Ger¬ man writers who arrived in the United States from Lisbon aboard the Greek liner.Nea Hel¬ las.
All of the German men of let¬ ters, Jews and Gentiles, had to be sneaked out of Europe by underground railway methods since they were all wanted by the Nazi Gestapo. In the group was Angelus Gottfried Mann, son of the Nobel prize winner.
Jir. Werfel was reluctant to describe His escape from France, telUng reporters: "I can't speak. The most of us are still In France. My friends are all in concentration camps."
Deprive 60,000 Algerian Jews Of Their Citizenship
VICHY, FRANCE (WNS)— French Jewry was struck a stag¬ gering blow when the semi-Fas¬ cist regime of Marshal- Petain repealed the 1870 Cremieux Law, which gave native Jews in Algeria the same civil and poli¬ tical rights  as Frenchmen.
Abrogation oT the Cremieux Law, one of the first acts of tlie Third Republic, deprived approx- Irfiately 60,000 Alegrian Jews of their citizensliip and relegated them to the position of second class citizens.
Henceforth, Algerian Jews will not be permitted to vote or to hold public office. Their civil rights aiid duties, includ¬ ing marriage and divorce, will Ije governed by French laws
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.Notwithstanding complaints, we still insist that it was the voice of Senator Bridges which asked that siUy question about the Rothschild money at the de¬ bate between the Senator and Secretary Ickes . . . We were not at the broadcast, and it is quite possible that a member of the audience did raise the question . . . But, then, either Senator Bridges repeated it and brought it to the attention of Ickes (wlilch could hardly be considered appropriate), or the audience member had exactly the same voice as the Senator ... If the latter was the case, we are glad to apologize to the Senator. ESCAFB AR'nST
Last week we had a private chat with Lion Feuchtwanger, the reports of whose death, you may remember, we never did believe . . . Feuchtwanger told us about the impossible situ¬ ation he was in even before he landed in a concentration camp In France . . . When he went to a public cafe the author¬ ities told hUn that foreigners should have enough tact not to exhibit themselves . . . when he kept away they sent policemen to tell him that foreigners should have enough tact not to snub French life, and should mix freely with Frenchmen . - . Incidentally, Feuchtw'anger fin¬ ished the third volume of his Josephus tirllogy, tftid managed to send- the manuscript of it from France to thfe United Sta¬ tes, directly to Chief Librarian , MacLelsh of the Library of Con¬ gress''. . . His next bopk-wlU be a novel with Queen Esther as Its heroine . . . The story of his ' thrilling escape <rom Nazi-occu¬ pied France will shortly be syn- (OitiBud oa r*n I)
¦ F';^ner, c'dnrerencer'iTfOTiaerwK- ing'thls CBinpaign for-moraLand aplritual"uh'lty5lh;the rfew York area" preparatory to conducting similar moblllzatlohs -in ¦ princi¬ pal areas thtoughout. the United States. ¦ ' •'
"In the metropolitan area there are seven million people of differing racial, religious and cultural traditions. The" task of the Conference is to conduct a vast educational campaign for national unity among these mil¬ lions of people.
"This task is not one that the government can undertake. Gov¬ ernments cannot legislate good¬ will and unity among people. It can be undertaken only by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the one or¬ ganization which has been labor¬ ing for more than a dozen years to create the Icind of unity we need at the present time."
pier by Dr. Frank Kingdon, chairman of the Emergency Rescue Committee, which help¬ ed effect their escape. Dr. King¬ don said that so many imirort- ant anti-Nazi writers had been able to escape because the Gesta¬ po had not had time to comb 'southern jFran^e-^.thorbughly. ^e-eicpressed the fear that.there.
with the French forces in the World War and during the 1939- 40 campaign and received the Legion of Honor decoration for military cause or the Croix de Guerre.' Exemptions will "be granted also to Algerian^ Jews who have rendered special ser¬ vice, to ^thenatloiu:,';.:^ .'The ¦Cremieux jL^w'c^
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Comjilett Plaiisi For; ¦ Brotherhood Show Arid Dinner Tiliesiday
Plans have been completed for. the annual Temple Israel Brotherhood Ladles Night which will feature a gala "Gay Nineties Show" and Turkey dinner next Tuesday evening, Oct. 22, accord¬ ing to Milton Staub, program chairman. In the-opinion of Willianv Kahn, who is to assume the role of M. C, the show promises to be an event long to be remembered by those who attend. Lester Thai, chairman of the dinner committee, will have Al Harris to supervise the big turkey dinner.
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Others in the group were Friedrlch Stampfer, former edi¬ tor of "Vorwaerts," leading So¬ cial paper in Germany and a member of the Reichstag until Hitler came into power; Alfred Polgar and Walther Victor, nov¬ elists, and Hermann Budzlslaw- skl, former Berlin newspaper editor.
10th YEAR FOR TAB8HISH
Allan Tarshlsh, well known local radio commentator, is now serving for the 10th consecutive year as member of Community Fund Speaker Committee.
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Let's All '^HELP BUILD LIFE
The campaign for $e60filll, the quota for the support of the M private agencies of the Commnnity Fund began with the kick-off dinner last Monday night. Hundreds of men and women are going to give wholeheartedly of their time and money In this worthy cause. They will engage In a personal canvass, endeavoring to reach every citizen In Columbus.
They will probably caU on YOU. And when they do come—give with a lull heart. Give with a smll^, thankful for the chance to share what you have with the weak, the helpless, the unfortunate m^en, women and children of our community.
"Help Build Life". Lend a, hand to the organized program of our citizenship to meet Imperative needs affecting almost a. third Of our people.
Should you not be called upon, send yonr contribn tion In to headquarters at 8 East Long St., Room No 5ia Be liberal . . • open your heart and your purse wide and give toward the fund with which to carry on the work that means so much to yon and us and every Other person awake to the agonies of our fellow man •¦< — under the heavy band of fate.
As Jews and citizens of this fine community, we dare not (.hlrk our "^PO^'Wmy towflrt* the great hnmanlUrlan effort which disregards religion, sect, color or class, and 'nclnaes «" ">»• Jor Sents of a goodly 6ha«* of the Fund's total budget. The Jewish Welfare Federation and the Bchonthal Commnnity Center.
LOVBS ITS CHIUDREN "
(ilti'^s ^sthnatea-Jthat-aneak,, isiOOO'f Algerian . Jew^.-arei now in:.FrBhce.^-¦CAri'. Algerian Jew, wishlnisr ¦ tos ^inaln, [iti France, must apiply-for a permit in the sarnie 'manner .that a'foreigner ^
must  apply for  pertnisaion  to      .,-'^1 stay. '¦%
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Previous anti-Jewish demon¬ strations In Algeria resulted In the " smashing of windows of Jewish-owned shops and in In¬ juries to scores of Jews
Local B'nai B'rith President Appeals For IMembersiiip
'Never in the history of the Jews in America has B'nai B'rith, meant so much to our people as it does today," declared I. M Harris, local attorney and presi¬ dent of Zlon Lodge, No 62 The campaign now In progress will continue to Nov. 11th, when It Is hoped the goal of 1,000 mem¬ bers for Columbus will be reach¬ ed-
"During the last fifteen years the B'nai B'rith has become the foremost  Jewish   fratenlal   on- ganlzatlon in America," said.Mr. Harris,    "No   doubt   everyone   , knows that   through   Its   Antl- Defamation League, It has pro¬ tected   and   defended   the   fair name o( Judaism, and now more   ' than ever is safeguarding our^    , - rights' aa cltlzeiis of this coun¬ try.  Through its Hlllel Founda-   " tlons   Uie   Jewish   students on the  university    campuses  are   , given the,opportunlty of particl-., ^ patlng In Jewish social and edu¬ cational affairs.     Through its I (Continued t>n Face 4>
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