Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-03-01

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Vol. 10. No. 10
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everyivhere By PHINBAS J. BIRON
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1040
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Puzzling news Items Include the one about the Italian gold medal brevet, a high mllltary decoration, being awarded to Lieutenant Bruno JesI, counsel¬ lor of the Union of Jewish Com¬ munities of Italy, and the an¬ nouncement that Hitler has a- warded the Grand Cross of Dls- tlnguished Service of the Ger¬ man Eagle to Explorer Sven Hedin, who Is frankly proud of his 25 per cent of his Jewish blood . . . Rumor hereabout."! has It that General Werner von Blomberg, former Gennan war minister, has shared the fate of the late General von Fritsch, to¬ gether with whom he wa.s de¬ moted a couple of years ago be¬ cause of opposition to some of Hitler's policies . . . Neal O'Hara claims that an inmate of an American jail gets more to eat than a "free" German citizen nowadays . , . Subscribers to Punch are still chuckling over that Low cartoon which shows Hitler and Stalin playing,(^pker, with Hitler saying' "!')? raise you a neutral" So hard up
are the Nazis tor ' evidence', for home front   consumption,   that Ameiica likes them that rccent- -ly they cited the Pittsburgh Trl- , bune ns favoring, thelr_slde ^ i^
DflToted t« AmcrleaD ¦ni Jewish Ueate
New B'nai B'rith Lodge Is Instituted In Northern Ohio
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At FIndlny iMtlne
FINDLAY—Over 200 men anri women turned out for the ban¬ quet held In honor of Post Dis¬ trict Pre.=ildent Justin I,. Slll¬ man In this community, Sun¬ day evening, February 25th, al the Elk's Home. Mr. Slllman. accompanied by the Degree Team of Zlon Lodge, No. (i2, B'nai H'rith. came here at the suggestion of District Secretary Leonard H. Freiberg of Clncln natl. The spirit which animated the gathering was unique. Broth¬ erly love and mutual cooperation were the watchwords of the eve¬ ning. The dinner served at the Elk's Home was delicious, anri wa.s favorably commented upon by the visitors from Toledo, Co¬ lumbus, Fostorla, Tiffin, anri Lima. The entertainment pro¬ gram wa.s also exceptionally fine, evoking tremendous ap¬ plause from all present.
In his address Mr. Sillman congratulated the valiant Jews of Northern Ohio who cooperat¬ ed In launching Flndlay Lodge No 1399 The officers ot the newly established Lodge as of ticially installed by Mr Sillman are,,-as follows—Jack Golde, Presldent;/Wtti. Orubman, 'Vice'
Noted Speakers To Address Huge Rallies Here
Audit Of Books Of United Jewish Fund Completed-Important Data Revealed
On next Tuesday anri Wednes¬ day evenings. March ,') and fi re¬ spectively, Columbus Jewi-y will he host to a gi'oup of outstand¬ ing Rabbis, representing the "Emergency Committee for War Torn Yeshlvoth", and the Union of Orthoriox Rabbis of America On Tuesriay evening, at 8:00 o'clock, these rilstinguisheri .scholars will address a big mass meeting al the Beth .Jacob Con¬ gregation. 412 Donalrison St.. at which time the.v will conriuct a •Hespari" for Ihe .lewish leaders and scholars who riled at the hands of the ruthless Nazi army In Polanri. They will recon¬ struct living picuires of .Jewish patriots who leaperi into the fires where their holy Torah was burning; how .lewish scholars defied hunger, thirst anri even rieath in orrier to pursue their theological sturiics. The speak' crs will rte.=icribe the spirit of a people although crusheri, but whose religion remained pure and untouched. Rabbi Leopold Greenwald will preside at the Tuesday evening session.
On Wednesday evening at 8 00 P M the same Rabbis will ad dress a huge rally at the Agu dath Achim Congregation, cor¬ ner,, Donaldson and Washington They will discuss at that time the gtWilloii ToJJlhosOj refugees
AUDIT OF BOOKS OF United I An audit of the hooks anri rec- orris of the Secretary, Ml.ss Leah Ro.senfeiri, anri Ihe Trea.surer. Mr. Simon Lazarus, of the Uni¬ ted Jewish Fund of Columbus, has just been completeri through the office of Ben A. Zuckerman, Certified Public Accountant, in¬ dicating that the .same are cor¬ rect and in balance.
The report for Ihe year MX) shows Ihat. Inclusive of the .Juniors anri the Ladies, slightly n excess of L'iOO persons sub¬ scribed approximately $111,500, the major portion of which has heen collected and riisburseri to the several agencies for overseas relief; the refugee situation local, state anri In foreign lands: old, established self-defense agencies .so necessary to the life of every Jew in the Uniteri Sta¬ tes; national agencies anri in¬ stitutions for the care of the tuberculous anri the otherwise under-privileged, adult anri chil-
riren. For these purposes a ten¬ tative budget of $105,000 was set up prior to the 10.39 campaign for funds conducted last June, all of which will be paid before the end of the period. May 1, 1040.
The c,OHt of administration and collection to date for the 1930 period is $1,000 with an ad¬ ditional ,$900 for the conduct of the 1039 campaign proper, Mr. Zuckerman has drawn up a very interesting comparisoa of ad¬ ministration costs covering the 1939 experience of the United Jewish Fund of Columbus show¬ ing an expenditure of 2.1% to cover cost of conducting the Fund office, administration and collection anri against this the experience of other communi¬ ties which are much higher.
The audit also shows a loss on collections for a five year period of le.ss than 1%. The audit will he submitted to a membership meeting whjch is scheduled to be held April 2nd
Italy To Enforce Anti-Semitic Program
BifSs^^ Couldn't by any str^tcji of the 'IttiafeinatlDn, be expected to be pro Nazi, being an organ of thbse ultra non Aryans, the Pittsburgh Negro community CO.MMENTARY
The question that interests us is who was supposed to be sup¬ plying the $150,000 which the un-American Col. Emerson promised William Dudley Pelley it he would line up 15,000 pro- Nazis In this country . . . Re¬ cently, by the way, a story reached our ears that what htarted Pelley on his antl-Seml- tic path was his dismissal trom a lucrative writing post In Holly¬ wood quite some years ago . . . It soured him on the Jewish movie moguls, and his big-heart¬ ed way Dudley soon Included all Jews in his hate . . . Win¬ chell declares that the reason why Unity Mitford, long bally hooed as Hitler's Ideal of Nordic womailhood, shot herself Is that she grew despondent when the realization finally dawned on her that the Nazis were trying to use her to win over English public opinion . . . Have you heard the rumor that the can.- ccllatlon ot that recent Cough- i Un broadcast was due not to political reasons or eccle.siastic censorship, but to the cireum- "¦ stance that^ the good Father, who had jiist returned from a rather lively excursion into Can¬ ada, was incapacitated from fac¬ ing the microphone? . . . WEXi^ TEi.li you
iWe did tell you, in a recent cpliimn,     about    that    famous palntlhig,,by  Max  Band  depict¬ ing the Nazi pogroms  of 1938. , . . It may interest you to know that'the   French   Art   Gallery, where he is having a one-man show during   the    first    three weckaof March, has prohibited '  the exhibition of this painting. •. . . ThM solicitude for Nazi sus- ^   ceptlblUttea by a French gallery U b^ond us . . . Leon Bloom, 1 ,  'who Is no relation to the former ''-, Trench prime minister, but one \ „ (Continued on Fage 51
et,< 'Guardlan.j* ,',liie his .address Mr '^Sllttnatl stressed "rilQt only the tine "Work of the Antl de¬ famation League but also the achievements of the various philanthiopic institutions found¬ ed and maintained by the B'nal B'rlth Order.
The ritual ot Induction was presented by Zlon Lodge De¬ gree team, composed of Aaron M. Neustadt, President; Edward Schlezlnger, Vice-president; Mor¬ ris L. Mattlln, Treasurer; Dr. Marvin Rose, Warden; Willard Levin, Monitor; I. M. Harris, Asst. Monitor.
The opening and closing pray¬ ers were made by Rahbl Ber¬ nard Dorfman of Lima, Ohio.
Credit Course In Hebrew Instituted At U. of lUinois
CHAMPAIGN, II/JL.   (WNSl—
A credit course In Hebrew will be given at a midwestern tax- supported university for the first time this semester at the Uni verslty of Illinois, where a new study called an "Introduction to the Oid Testament In the Orig. inal Hebrew" was Introduced at the B'nai B'rith Hlllel Founda tion for three hours of credit.
Tbe new study is in effect a course in the Hebrew language and literature and is being given by Dr. A. L. Sachar, na¬ tional director of the Hlilel Foundations, and Rabbi Judah L. Goldin, associate director of the Hlilel Foundation at Illinois. The purpose of the course Is to give the student a reading know¬ ledge and understanding of He¬ brew for the study ot the Old Testament In Ita original langu¬ age.
In addition toi thes^ courses, the Hillel Foundation at the University of IlUnoIs also offers "The History of Jewish Civiliza¬ tion", "The Philosophy of Relig¬ ion", and "Historfc Outlooks on
llyes ' Of ilhUsual ihterest'Vilt be the message of one of the speakers who, himself a refugee trom Poland, will relate his own experiences in that country
It is the duty ot every Jew in Columbus to hear these two vi¬ tal messages during the coming week. The guest speakers have been chosen by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of America and are considered among the most outstanding Jewish leaders of the day. Rabbi Mordecai Hirsch sprung wlii preside at the Wed¬ nesday meeting.
THOMAS MANN AND BISHOP 8HKLL TO DISCUSS REFUGEE PROBLEM ON AIR
NEW YORK (WNS)—Thomas Mann, famous German author now living in the United States, Bishop Bernard J. Shell of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, and Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver and Jonah B. Wise, national chairmen of the United JewLsh Appeal for Refugees and Over¬ seas Needs, will participate in a nationwide broadcast over the red network of the Nalional Broadcasting Company on Sat¬ urday evening, (March Oth) trom 8:30 to 9:00 P. M. (E. S. T).
This special broadcast will deal with the refugee problem as a challenge to humanity and the efforts of Jews In the Uniteri States to carry on a .systematic program of relief, rehabilitation and resettlement of distressed Jews in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Life", all accredited by the uni¬ versity. Similar Hillel Founda¬ tion classes and kindred sut)- Jects are also fully credited courses at the University of Ala¬ bama and at the Universities of Iowa and Missouri, where there are Hillel extension units.
Nazis To Permit U. S. Relief Supervision
WASHJNGXON (WNS)—Am ^riciln pre^suie was seen In the sudden about face of the Nazi Government in agieeing to pei mlt the American Red Cross to .supervise the distribution of re¬ lief supplies in the Gouvern- ment-General of Poland.
The American Red Cross here received a letter from Hans Thomsen, German Charge d'Af¬ falres, confirming details of the supplementary agreement, per¬ mitting American representa¬ tives into the Gouvernment General of Poland, which was reached In Berlin eariler in the week.
The new Nazi decision came as a surpri.se here becaiise of previous refusals on the part of the German Government to al¬ low Red Cross representatives to enter Polanri. Recently, for¬ mer President Herbert Hoover and Senator Arthur H. Vanden¬ berg of Michigan appealed to President Roosevelt to Intercede with the Nazi Government In be¬ half of the various relief organi¬ zations.
Nazi refusal in the past to permit American .supervision of relief in Polanri had caused In¬ terminable delay in the .ship¬ ment of American supplies lo Poland. Both the Amerian Red Cross and the American Com¬ mission for Polish Relief, Inc., had helri up their .shipments, fearing that Che Nazis would di¬ vert the supplies for their own use.
Noi;man H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross, an¬ nounced here Ihat James T. Nicholson. Red Cross representa¬ tive in Berlin, had received per¬ mission to enter Cracow with as many assistants as was neces¬ saiy to supervise distribution of six carloads of supplies now in the Red Cross warehouse and eight carloads en route to Cra¬ cow from Italy.
Mr. Davis said that the sup-
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Rev. Tippett Will Address Council Meeting Tuesday
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ROME (WNS)—New legisla¬ tion placing restrictions on Jews in the professions was schedul¬ ed to go Into effect on Feb 20, ail appeals to the Italian Govern¬ ment by leaders ot the ^{ewish
cations (1) "regular," In which' Jews are barred entirely, (2) professions in which "privileg¬ ed" lews may practice, (3) "spe¬ cial" piofessions in which un¬ privileged Jews may practice only for Jewish clients.
"Privileged" Jews are exempt from the anti-Semitic legislation because of their war records or other service lo the State. The "unprivileged" Jews are foibld- den to accept non-Jewish clients exdept In emergency cases such as urgent medical services.
Since Italy's Jewish popula tion is only 32,000, many Jewish professionals will have to dis¬ continue their practice. The new measures prohibit non-Jews from seeking the services of "un¬ derprivileged" Jewish profes¬ sional men,but does not prevent Jews from engaging non-Jews.
More than 10,000 Italian Jews have petitioned the Government for "privilege" status but the great majority of them have not yet received replies to their pe¬ titions.
Rev. Donald H. Tippett ot the Bexley M. E. church will ad¬ dress the March meeting of the Council of Jew¬ ish Women next Tuesday at 2 P. M., at the Bryden Hd. Temple.
While at¬ tending the Evian confer¬ ence last sum¬ mer he spoke with n u m e r- ous govern- m e n t heads ... ..,-.. and will base hla talk, wlilch he has titled 'In¬ terviewing The Makers of Mod¬ em Hlstdry'j on this experience.
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