Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1941-10-10

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Vol. 2(). N(>. 42
COMMIUS,  OHIO.   KItlDAY,   OCTOllKIl   10,   Kill
Strictly Confidential
TlflliMfl From  Kvcrywlipre ny  PFITNKAH .1. BIRON
LOUIS DEMBITZ BRANDEIS DIES IN 85TH YEAR
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If and whon tho "Amcric.-i Fir.'^t" Committee will lie invos- tigntfxl it will be revealed that an American t'X-Am])assador, who nnw bnast.s that he i.s en¬ tirely neutral, haw heen eollect ing huge funds for those act ivi ties that are being foi.sted on America, and that he gels tho major part of the money from financiers whom he convinces that after ihe war they'll be able to do big Iiuslness with Hcrr Hitler . . . Winchell sug- gesLs that if the "America First" Committee should decide to take in.stead the name "American Fafici.st Committee" it wouldn't even have to change it,s initials
. . Recently Corporal Izzy Schwartz, former world's fly¬ weight champion, was arrested for heckling a speaker at a street meeting sponsored by "America Firsters" . . . But we feel that when a boxing cham¬ pion expresses indignation with words instead of using his fists he should be commended for self TLstiaint rather than haul- td off to the jug . . . A'l HOMK AND ARKOAl)
We hear, though we've not Been it that on the sidewalks of New York there's a bootblack "Who shines his customers' shoes with a rag omamented with Hit-
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^ woiMjeringvhow they're going to '   ' certain back on  their
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football team, a youth named Hitler In Canada they're say¬ ing that Hitler, like Napoleon, will be luclcy If he ends up with Elba room as his Lebensraum In Brussels, reports the Lon¬ don Daily Sketch, the famous Mannikin statue recently blos¬ somed out with a poster that de¬ lighted the natives . . . "I'm the only one who doesn't listen to the BBC broadcasts." the poster proclaimed . . . The London Daily Telegraph's caustic staff writer Peterborough has renam¬ ed a certain flier Charles Unter den Llndenbergh . . . And in Hollywood the populace Is re¬ joicing in posters pla.sterefl all over the town and reading "Adolf loves Lindy"—but not as an advertising stunt for a new picture ... It seems that two gentlemen who prefer lo remain anonymous were so di.sgusted with Lindbergh's Des Moines speech that they decided to ex¬ press their feelings by means of outdoor advertising . . . CHRIHTIANS AND JKWS
The Reverend Dr. Everett R Clinchy, director of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Is optimi.stic about the problem of anti-Semitism . . He thinks that scientific know ledge about groups and individ¬ uals will greatly contribute to a .solution of the problem But what aljout the use of anti- Semitism as a political weapon, Doctor? . . . Kenneth Leslie, edi lor of the rroiestunt Digest, who sponsored the protest of 700 Protestant clergymen against Lindbergh's Des Moines pro nouncements, has receivetl let¬ ters threatening his life . . . We don't need to tell you that these letters are part of the Nazi-lov¬ ers' organized effort . . . New York's West Side will soon launch a Zionist district that will put out a most ambitious Zionist publication ... A few months ago a committee of Sov- (Contlnued  on   Page 8}
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the modest, old-fashinne<l apart ment on California Avenue lo which for il tinarter century came [ciiders of American and .lewi.'^Ii thought for counsel and dire(ii(m, Louis Dembitz Bran¬ deis died in the night of October nth, as a graleful nation was preparing lo celebrate his Sr^th birthday  on   November  l.'lth.
Th(* blow to the .lewish peo¬ ple was doubly greal, for only three days previously, in .Jeru¬ salem, another giant in Israel. Menahem U.ssishkin. har! fallen. The great passion of hoth menj was the reestablishment of the ¦Jewish National Home in I'al¬ estine.
Lnuis l"). Brandeis. retired ,lustice nf the United States Su- j>remo (.'nurt. foiTner President of the Provisional Committee for Zionist Affairs, and great Amer¬ ican and .lewish liberal was born in IHr»(i in Louisville, Ky., of a well-to-do family which left Bo¬ hemia when the 18IH Revolu¬ tion collap.sed. After three win¬ ters in Dresden, being taken to TOurope by his parents when he was in, Brandeis ac<|uired some of the Gennan discipline. When the 1873 panic destroyed his father's business, he took to tu toring in order to go through
honors.
Starting his career in St Louis, the lawyer went to Bos¬ ton, where he soon acquired an extensive practise and a wide reputation for legal brilliance, Friends said that his habits of personal frugality and stoic ing were first fixed in 1891 when he married Alice (loldmark, tell¬ ing her that he had sufficient funds to devote his energies to public affairs but that he would have In husband his resources (Continued   on   Page  8)
B'NAI B'RITH MOBILIZES FOR GREATER SERVICE TO NATION
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Hiiilod ns tho hiRK**^' attrrH- lion on till' Jewish cidt'ndnr uf events ffir next week is an ad dress by Dr. A. I,, Sachar, na licin.'il dlreclcir of the li'nai H'rith Hillel Foundations and [jrominent lecturer. He 1?^ com- InR here under the auspices of the Bryden Hotid Temple Hroth¬ erhood as the main spetlker for the orgunl'/^ation's first open ineeting of the season whieh is heing held next Tuesday eve¬ ning, 8:00 o'clock al the Hryden Road Temple.
All  men  and  women  ot  the
interesting pe'rsonallty,'        ¦
In addition to ills prominence on the lecture platform, Dr. Sac¬ har i,s widely known as a his¬ torian and avithor. Hi.s tjpok "S^lfferance is the Badge" has attracted nation-wide attention. l'"or his subject Tuesday night iie has cho.sen ".lewish Fate and l-"uiure"   a   most   timely   discus-
Oliio And Kentucky B'nai B'rilh Group To Meet Here Oct. 19
TIh' L'Otli ;iiHinal convent ion of irn.'ii li'rilli incn^ l')dges and Ilic fifih ;mrui;il meeting of tlie auxili.'iry groups, const ilul mik the Ohio ;ind KcMitucky .mate Assn , will meet in C'llumbus on Siindiiv. Oct. |<ith. at Ihe DeshlcrWiitlick llolr-l This an- nnniiccnu'tii \v;is made Ibis \\Tek l)y \\'illi;mi W'jissersi rom. fii -I \ 11 c iirc^ident nf I he or- t,MMi/,ilion. Tlif latter is to siHrced M.IX "l)\iga of llellaire. O as pi esiilcnt at this conven¬ tion
The se.^sinns will h e g i n prompt I \ al 10 o'cUkU on .Sun- (!.i> mniTiingwiih It.iblii N';ilh.'ui Zelizcf giving the inv'ocjil ion and the inessjim' of welcome hy SanfnnI 1. Lakin. iiresiilcnl ol Zion   Lodge      In   tin-  nfiei-nnon
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Plans For 1941 Donor Dinner Are Well Under Way
I'ians for the IIMI 'llada.ssah Donor Dinner are well under way. It wa.s announced this week by Mrs. DaVId Goldsmith, chajr-
^¦'-X'MiialioMliyWamt^?'^^,.,, has been secured to present th'e addi'ess of the occasion, the name to he announced .shortly.
A preliminary report of pledges, donors and patron.s in¬ dicates that the attendance will he a record one.
,Mrs. David Levison will serve as t'hairman of .lewels, wjth Mrs. Harrv I.. Mellman as viee-chair-
.M')liili7in« for t^reater service In tile n;ition liy preparing itself fni- ,iny defen.se activity that will rc(|iiire increased voluntary ni,in|)nwer, /.inn Lodge of B'nai Hiitli. local unit of the olde.st and l,irgest national .lewish sor- \ ire and fralernal organization. Ihi- week launched a tity\\'idc mctntiership reffruiting cam¬ paign
sion of prolilems affecting world: ^nan. .lewry. The date of the Donor Dinner
Dr  K   D. Edeiman is president  has been set for Sunday evening, of  the Temple   Brotherhood.      | Dec. 7th. at the Neil  iinuso.
Head Bowling Congvess Program Committee
ALLAN TAIIHHISH
ro-(^hnirmati    of    MemherMlllp
Drive iiihI Director of
Publicity
'.slgfiJattbthSSe'-a^nSbiB^oreaB^ ed B'nai B'rith ' manpower' and j resources for ttie building of tho ' strongest possible national de fense, the local drive is being direcled by four co-chairmen, Allan Tarshish, Bernard Feit¬ llnger, Edward Schlezinger and Sidney L. Katz. In announcing the campaign which began last Thursrlay wdth a memher.ship campaign committee rally at the Fort liayes Hotel, Sanford Lak¬ in, pre.siflenl of Zion l.tjdge, said, the (|uota assigned for Columlius is over one hundred new mem¬ bers,
Inderlying the camr«dgp, the nwhtiirmen stated, is B'nai llrith's desire to he ready lo serve the nation in any way it can in these trying times. While individuals are being called up¬ on lo protect the security of the nation hy  serving in  its armed
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Bitlni'y  Ij. Kat/, Isadore   llotli
Ben Tnlpen. president nf tile tiie country. The success of i''ourth Annual National B'n;ii, the bowling meet in Columbus B'rilh Bowling Congress, an- on Feb. llth and l.'lth. l!)l:i de¬ nounced this week that I.ouisl pends to a great extent on the A. Cerlner has been appointedj work of this committee. 'i'he chairman and Isadore Hoth and: cooiieration of all busine.ss firms. .'-Sidney   L.   Katz  as co-chairmen   bowling     enthusiasts    and    all
of tbe [)rogram committee, in charge of advertising solicitation for the printed program to be distributed among the thousand or more bowlers who are com¬ ing here from every section of
members of the U'nai H'rith is to lie solicite<i in this city-witle undertaking.
The first check-up meeting of the advertising committee will be held next Thursday, Oct   16,
liOiiis   .\.   Cei-tner
K:I)H I' .M . ,it tlie Neil House. Mc'iiibcis of Ihe coinniitlee in¬ clude the folldwing:
1) Bertiiiaii. S. Wasserstrom, H Miller. B. Cnldsteln. (i. Bern¬ stein, I (Jurevitz, C. Schonthal I., \\¦a-ser.^'rom, 1. W. (Jarek, M. Mattlin. 1. Harris, Ben Bar- ban. Al Bender, Ben Venkin, H. FenlmiT. I.ee Ya.s.senoff, H. Bloom, T. ,Marcus, S. Welsskerz, S. Kahn, B. Neustadt, M. Ashe, J.  Lleberman and Sam Gordon.
Radio Announcers To Feature Sisterhood Program Tuesday
The first meeting of Ihe Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 14, will be o|ien to the general public, ac¬ cording to Mrs. Allen (Junder- sheimer,   president.
Mrs. Herbert Wise, program i-hairman, will present WBNS' chief announcer, Irwin I.. John- .son, who is also director of .ser¬ vice programs Also a glowing account of the Southern Califor¬ nia and Ohio State football game broadcast, with explanations of the trick sound system, will be given by Bill Corley, sports an¬ nouncer for WBNS" Corley is also known as the "Itoving Re¬ porter."
A social hour will follow the program, with the new members being the honored guesLs. The meeting will be held in the ves try room of the Bryden Road Temple and will begin promptly at 2:00 o'clock.
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