Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-01-26

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Vol. 10,   No. 5
COI,rMBrS, OHIO,  KRIOAV, ,TANrARV 2fl,  1B40
DeT0t«d to Amerloftn ¦nd /ewlah Menu
Strictly Confidential
Tldbltfi From Evcryirhore By PHINKA8 J. BIRON
Declare United Jewish Appeal To Continue In 1940
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It's not that we're a sucker for Brlllsl! propaganda, hut we're afraid there's more truth thari poetry lo Alfred DuffCoop- er's recent statement that there will soon be no neutrals left in Europe ... It wasn't foreign pol¬ icy alone which dictated the Hore-Beii.sha ouster in I3ritain. ... It aeen)n the energetic .few- ish war minister was getting un¬ der the skin of the old establish ed army clique with his efforts to introduce new—and proletar- ian—blood Into the officers corps . . . WInchell, in his re- .-^earches Into Oerman war propa¬ ganda, has unearthed the follow¬ ing fraud . . . German news¬ papers ran a big picture of a terrific mob, with a caption say¬ ing these were unemployed /imericans "waiting in bread¬ lines" . . . What the photo act¬ ually showed was the New Veer's Eve crowd having a wonderful time being free in Times Square , . . W. L. White, whose letters from Germany to the New York Post came under the heading of brilliantly effec¬ tive reporting, Is delighted with the change of atmosphere now that he Is in Stockholm '"The Swedes," he writes, "have made me again proud that I am .,_ by race, a .Nprcilo, because If you
'Masti:thlrtX'\d^si'BeSBes*oiffligg , h'or?i:ffT>m Germany,'to all the chsap-claptrap about race, you would have b,een ashamSI (as I was) to belong even to the same animal kingdom" .. . Bund- Ists, "Christian" Frontlsts and the like please take notice . . . Js It true, by the way, that Wil¬ liam Dudley Peiiey, the Silver Shirt leader for whom the G-men are looking, is now engaged in disbanding his gang and destroy¬ ing all its records, and then will give himself up? . . . GIGGLE DEPT.
The war gags that come out of censor-gagged Europe include the quip about the Nazi leader who sighs: "If only we could teach our people to eat grass"... Not to mention the new N^zl re¬ cipe for a sandwich aptly nam ed the scrap-of-paper special . . . To make It you place a butter ration card between two bread rgtlon cards . . . Then there is the bne reported in the current Digest about the German fron¬ tier guards who one night dump¬ ed all their rubbish onto Swiss soil . . . The Swiss, Instead of protesting, cleaned up the mess and the next night put out a case of twenty pounds of their best butter on the German side of the frontier . . . Attached to the butter cask was a note; "Every country exports Its best products"  ... On    our   own
¦ shores there's the New Year card that Mark HelUnger sent
- out: "Best wishes for a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Fourth of July, Yom Klppur and Hitler's funeral" . . . THIS AND THAT
DM you know that back in 1925 Karl Marx polled more -votes In the German presiden¬ tial election than Hitler did in 1932? . . . And we don't mean that metaphorically, either Hindenburg's Centrist opponent In 1925 was one Dr. Karl Marx,
¦ -hHio got ]3 751 015 popular votes, as against the 13<I17 4fiU Hitler had seven years later In the last free elections Jjeld in Gep- nianj Salvador de Madarl-
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Plans For A Community Council Are Officially Announced Here
Declaring th.Tl tho United .Jewish Appeal for Itcfugeos and Overseas Nccd.s. which in inM combined tiie funri-rai.^ing ef¬ forts of the .loint Distribution Committee, the Hnit^ri Pales¬ tine Appeal ancl the National ftefugee Service. Inc.. proved to be the most efficient method of meeting the Iremendou.s needs of these agencies. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver and Rabbi .lonah B. Wise Ihi.s week announced that the unprecedented combin¬ ed campaign would be continued for lO-lO for the purpose of rais¬ ing funds for relief and rehabili¬ tation overseas, refugee aid, im¬ migration and .settlement in Pal¬ estine and the adju.stment of re¬ fugees coming lo (he United States.
Hoth Rabbi Silver and Rabbi Wi.se, under whose leadership American Jewry wa.s stimulated to give unprecedented response to the United .lewlsh Appeal, will again serve as national chairmen during the 1940 cam¬ paign. A formal announce¬ ment setting forth the needs of the constituent agencies of the United Jewish Appeal for 1940 and the details of the arrange¬ ments for the 1940 campaign, is scheduled to be l??ued, within
Ti^Se^JoliowJii^ • S ' tli.e' Itext W ttie statement annouhcihie; the continuation of the United Jew¬ ish Appeal for the coming ypar: ¦"The United Jewish Appeal announces that it will continue for 1940 the work of solicitation of funds for the purpose of sup¬ porting programs of the Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal, and National Refugee Service. The united effort in the collection of funds proved to be most acceptable to the donors throughout the whole of the United States, and also proved to be the most effi¬ cient method of meeting the tre¬ mendous needs involved.
"The details of the arrange¬ ment arrived at for the purpose of supporting the three organi¬ zations will be announced, dur¬ ing the coming week by the offi¬ cers of the Campaign.
The National Chairmen of the Campaign are Rabbi Abba Hlliel Sliver of Cleveland, Ohio, and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of New York City".
Local Leaders Will Attend Welfare Meet At Detroit
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More tiian 500 delegates rejire- sentlng .lewish federntion.s, wel¬ fare fund.s and commimity coun¬ cils in 144 cities in the United States anri Canada will consider their policies on fund raising, welfare activity and community organization for the coming year at the seventh annual General A.ssemhiy of the Council of Jew¬ ish Perierations and Welfare Funds opening this Saturday night, Jan. 27, in Detroit.
Those from Columbus who will attend the important De¬ troit Conference are Rabbi Sam¬ uel M. Gup. Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Gordon, Mrs. Wm. Schiff, Mr. Albert Schlff, Mr. Sig Welsskerz, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Schanfarber, Mr. Nate Mayer, Miss Rose Sij^ffflars-a^ajjJa^jaijasMgi
Ish Welfare jP'ederation, Schoh; thai Center, Council of Jewish Women, B'nai B'rith the Bryden Rd. Temple. The Misses Ann, Jane and Betty Schanfar¬ ber will also attend, participat¬ ing In the youth division meet¬ ings.
The effects of the war on over¬ seas needs, Palestinian recon¬ struction and refugee activities will be described at the opening session by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine; Clarence E. Pick ett, executive secretary of the American Friends Service Com¬ mittee; and Dr. Solomon Lowen- stein, vice-chairman of the Am¬ erican Jewish Joint-Distribution
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After ,1 yoar'.s survey of the Community Council idea in leading .lewish rommunities thruout the country, final plans foi- .such an organization to be known a.s the Jewish Community Council of Columbus, have thi.s week been com¬ pleted, according to Dr E. ,). Gordon, chairman of the or¬ ganization committefe. A meeting of the general commit¬ tee, held la.st week at the Fort Hayes Hotel, approved and adopted a provisional constitution and ordered its sub¬ mission to all local organizations for their ratification.
B) To serve as a clearing house for general information con¬ cerning the Jewish popula¬ tion of Columbus.
7) To aid and a.ssist in the strengthening of existing agencies or services dealing with community problems.
8) To further the Interests of the Jewisli community of Co¬ lumbus and to represent them in respect to ail matters of general Jewish Interest.
"The constitution provides for strict democratic organization". Dr. Gordon pointed out Each organization will have repre¬ sentation in proportion to Its membership," he said ''-'i'SS
Under the terms ot the com tutlon,  following   the  lead* similar Councils in other cltlf the local Council will have Executive Committee, eleeted,1
Dr. Louis Wolsey Is Message Of Israel Speaker (n February
the purpose of the new Council is:
1) To achieve a co-ordination of the various elements in Jew¬ ish life.
2) To defend and protect the rights of the Jewish people, wherever such rights are in jeopardy as the same may affect the Jewish community of Columbus.
3) To cooperate, with any non¬ local organizations having similar purpose.
4) To cooperate with the social, educational and charitable agencies in the general inter¬ est of the community.
5) To provide a board of arbi¬ tration in matters of com¬ munal dispute.
Passing Of Mrs. L E. Neustadt Is Mourned By Entire Columbus Jewisli Connnunity
Dr. Louis Wolsey, rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, will be guest speaker during February on the Message of Israel program, be¬ ginning Saturday, Feb. 3.
The devotional- series will be presented each week at 7.-00 p. m., EST. over the NBC^BIue Network. Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, of Central ' Synagogue, York City, will open each pro¬ gram in Radio City, before It switches to Philadelphia for Rabbi Wolsey's talk. The Philadciphian will discuss the following subjects: Feb. 3, "Eye For Eye"; Feb. 10, "Lincoln Be¬ longs To Every Church"; Feb. 17, "Real Ing Children Without God", and Feb 24, "Give Me Friendship Or Give Me Death".
The passing last Tuesday noon of Mrs. I. E. Neustadt,!-age 68, 946 Bryden Rd., after a year's illness, is being mourned T)y the entire Jewish community where she had won her way Into the hearts of thousands in ail walks of life.
Mrs. Neustadt, the widow of the late Rabbi I. E. Neustadt of Indianapolis, was a descendant of a long line of illustrious Jews active in academic and commer¬ cial endeavors and came to Amorlca at the turn of the cen¬ tury to Join her husband who had been chosen spiritual leader of Indianapolis Jewry in 1900. HabbI Neustadt died in 1913.
Ten years after the passing of her husband, she moved to Co¬ lumbus to Join members of her family who had located here and were Instrumental in launching the Ohio Jewish Chronicle. She resided In Columbus for 17 years, ten years at the Bryden Road addiess Thiuout hei life she was active in numeious Jewish causes and kept abieasi;
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.Copies of the. Constitution are ' td be sent lo each organization ill the city within the next few weeks and lifimediately upon its ratification by a majority of the existing groups the Com¬ munity Council will become a reality here.
"Any Jewish organization with a dues-paying or voting membership of ten or more In existence for more than a year, is eligible to Join chaii-man Gordon stated. "We of the com mittee hope that the oiganlza- tions in the city will at once bring this mattei to the atten tion of their membership so that ratifications may proceed at an early date", he said
The proposed constitution pro vides for an .Executive Com¬ mittee of twenty one to include fifteen representative', and six officers. . Three vice presidents are provided foe, and the off! cers of the Council will also be the officers of the Executive Committee.
In addition to the regularly elected representatives the con stitution provides that rabbl^t who hold congregational posts shall be ex-officio delegates "and a further clause provides that the Executive Committee may, with the consent ot the Courtcll, elect three delegates at large, Jto serve for one year
"One      Important     piovlsion which the Committee on Consti¬ tution wrote In"  the chairman ' said, " is that the membership of the Council .shall lepresent ^he Jewish people of ColumbiLs and that   representatives    shall act as representatives of the Com¬ munity, not as representatives of  the  organizations  choosing them.    This provision will tend to bring about the unity of pur-   v/j,ji' pose and action which. In fact, , \ \it^l is the essence of the Counqll,"    ; p^\ Dr. Gordon concluded
Immediate   appioval   ot   th6 -^- pioposejlplans ot the Commun-i J  « Ity Council by all local organlssa-u* J tlons is predicted here •"''i*^
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