Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-01-31

              ^f\Q^ Serving Colmnbtts and Cenir^ Ohio Jewish Conuminity %]P^
Vol. 20, No. 0
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1941
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Everywhere By PBINEAS J. BIBON
Thousands  Mourn Passing Of Isaac H. Schlezingei
NEWS TO YOU
" Our San Francisco readers will be interested to know that Carlo Bossl, the new Consui-Generai Mussolini has sent to their city not only comes of a good Nazi family on his mother's side and Is a good friend of Captain Fritz Wiedemann, Nazi Consui- Generai, but has an taipressive Fascist record In his ovra right . - . He was Consui-Generai at Barcelona when the Spanish civil war broke out, and later became the first special envoy of Italy to General Franco Insiders insist that General Werner von Blomberg, who had n't been seeing eye to eye virith Hitler on the European cam-' paign, is in the Argentine in-i cognito . . . The Overseas Ser- ¦vice and Trading Corporation of 198 Broadway, New Tork, is campaigning for business . . . It sends food packages to ail parts of Germany from its head¬ quarters in Jugoslavia . . . We wonder whether the corpora¬ tion's assurance that pacicages actually reach the non-Aryan addresses means anything? Some organization should look into tJje matter . . .
•mm NEW JEW
"The New Jew" is the name Ben Hecht gives to the Nazifled Qermn In his column in FM, V^Xptit'a ¦ a^embon tabloid ^-«,.JHfechtwntends thajt ^r set- 'UDJg themselves apart a^ a IchoEt en people the Nazis are prepar¬ ing for themselves a future In which the Cerman "will slink about in ghettos, furtlve^yed ttrivard the world, cringing be¬ fore the stares of his fellows and sustaining himself with a mys¬ tic tribal exaltation behind the locked doors of his holy Bund meetings" . . . Personally, how¬ ever, we don't quite care for the parallel ... It seems to us that what really happened is that Hitler and his advisers put such a bad scare into themselves with the mythical "Protocols of the! Elders of Zion" that they are now acting in accordance with some not so mythical "'Proto¬ cols ot the Elders ot Munich" worked out along the same lines . . . Reverting lo PM; Did you know that Amos Landman, whose byline appears in that paper from time to time, is the son of Brooklyn's Rabbi Isaac Landman? . . . ¦THE OLD JEW
It you're Interested in how Jews were educated in anti¬ quity, be sure to get Dr. Nathan Drazin's new volume, "History of Jewish Education: from 515 B. C. E. to 220 C. E," published by the Johns Hopkins Press . . Dr. Drazln is the rabbi of Balti. more's Congregation Shaarei Tfiloh . . . The thirty Jews a mong Ihe troops that have gone to the O. S. base In Newfound¬ land are well Uken care ot spir¬ itually as well as otherwise, thanks to the ihiry Siddurin the Jewish Welfare Board pro¬ vided for them ... The Jewish (Mjmmunily of Branlford, Ont, is mourning three of Its young, men, three chums who joined up with the Canadian fighting forces but died while still in training . . . They were Private Murray Cohen, who died In a Toronto hospital in November, Henry Levy, who died in a Roy¬ al Canadian Air Force crash in December, and David Dr. Axler, who was killed in an RCAF crash this month.
(CootUiued on Pago 8)
Fresldent   of   East    Broad    St
Temple    Was    Eulogized    By
Ed  Schanfarber, Wm. Was-
serstrmn and Rabbi Zelizer
DECEASED   HAD   LIVED   IN COIiVMBITS  OVER 3T  YEARSj
The death on Sunday, Jaa 26, of Isaac H. Schlezinger, 2202 Bryden Road, is being mourned by countless thousands In every
Devoted to AmericaB •nd Jewish IdeaU
Hadassah Membership Invited To Attend The Educational Course
The entire membership of the Columbus Chapter of Hadassah has been Invited lo the remain¬ ing four lectures of the organi¬ zation's Educational Course, it was announced this week by Mrs. Phillips, Chairman.
These lectures, by Edna Ehr¬ lich Levinger have been so in¬ teresting and comprehensive that 11 was decided lo open them to the full membership, each member having the pri-vllege of bringing a friend.
The next lecture will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 5. al 1:30 P. M., al the Bryden Road Temple. Mrs. Levinger's sub¬ ject will be "The Jew As A Statesman."
The remaining lectures In the series, all to take place on Wed¬ nesday's at 1:30 P. M. are:—
Feb. 19—"Builders and States¬ men for Zion."
Mar. 5—"Contributions ot Modem Palestine to World Culture".
Mar. 19—Book Review—"Em¬ bezzled Heaven" by Franz Wer¬ fel.
PALESTINE CONFERENCE URGES CREATION OF JEWISH COMMONWEALTH
Norman Davis Voted 97th Anniversary B'nai B'rith Award
WASHINGTON (WNS)—Nor¬ man H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross, has been voted the 97th Anniversary Award of B'nai B'rith, symbol¬ izing "honor, duty and achieve¬ ment", and will receive the award at a Covenant breakfast at the Waldorf Astoria Hotei on Sunday, Feb. 16lh, it was an¬ nounced al national headquar¬ ters of B'nal B'rilh. Mr. Davis accepted the award after it had been tendered lo him at Red Cross headquarters here by Col A. Ralph Steinberg, a member of the award committee, and' Maurice Blsgyer, secretary ot B'nai  B'rith.
In a letter lo Harry B. Ep¬ stein, chairman of the award commiitee,     Mr.     Davis     said:
Isaac H. Schlezlnger
section of this community. Mr. Schlezinger had won a unique plaiie In the contmunal life ofj Columbus. Through his gener-' oalty, «nd publto .spjyltednesa hb rsecitnk onr of the-respected leaderd In Jewish Mfe. As one of the founders and president of the Tifereth Israel Congrega. tlon he played an honorable part in stimulating constructive Jewish work and advancing the cause of Conservative Judaism. Funeral services for Mr. Schlezlnger took place Monday afternoon, Jan. 27th, in the large auditorium of the Broad St. Temple with Rabbi Nathan Zeli¬ zer and Cantor Leo Halpem of-' flciatlng. Eulogies were made| by Ed Schanfarber, Wm. Was¬ serstrom and the Rabbi. Attend¬ ing the services were representa¬ tives ot every Jewish congre gallon and Society in the city.
Many Interesting events In the deceased leader's career were recounted. Stress was laid on his Integrity, his keen Intelligence, his statesmanlike vision and this thoroughgo¬ ing loyalty to Jewish tradition. All the speakers lauded his beau, tlfui simplicity and his constant readiness to fight for the best Interests ot his ancestral talth.l He spared nothing In his battle for Judaism.
Rabbi Zeilzer declared that Mr Schlezlnger's exemplary home life has been an inspira¬ tion lo all who came within the circle of his domestic affairs and asserted that many nation¬ al organizations will miss his presence and be handicapped by the loss ot his faithful and devoted services.
Mr. Schanfarber poinled oul the staiwartneas of Mr. Schlez¬ lnger's characler, his fine sense ot public duly, and his genuine love of his fellowman as demon¬ strated in his public as well as private actions.
Mr. Wasserstrom paid tribute to Mr. Schlezlnger's lifetime of service to the Tifereth Israel Congregation, as organizer, builder, and president. "Oniy we who have been working with him in season and out of sea¬ son," asserted Mr. Wasserstrom, "realize in ail its magnitude the
(Continued on Page 4)
Services Held In Jewish Chapel At 0. S. P. In Honor Of Morris Supran
WASHINGTON (WNS)—Reso¬ lutions urging the establishment ot Palestine as a Jewish Com¬ monwealth within the British Empire and endorsing Presi¬ dent Roosevelt's program of maximum aid lo Great Britain were unanimously adopted by more than 1.600 delegates at the closing session of the National Conference for Palestine.
Other resolutions passed at the two-day conference appeal¬ ed lo Great Britain to repeal restrictions on Immigration to Palestine, which were condemn¬ ed as "an Injustice to the Jew¬ ish people, and to abregate the White Paper restrictions on land sales "so that Jewish coloniza¬ tion may proceed unimpeded as contemplated In the mandate tor Palestine."
The resolution expressed "pro¬ found regret that notwithstand¬ ing the change in Government and policy in the United King¬ dom with the advent of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister, the White Paper policy, with its fe-
Services were held Sunday, Jan. 18, In the JewlBli'(3hapel at the Ohio State Penlfentliuy In
^wiis,a fittingf cI|D)ax'to,&B Jhon> oi acrarded him at the recent Installation Meeling of the B'nal B'rith where a scroll was pre¬ sented to him from B'nai B'rith and a cane from the Jewish Congregation here.
Rabbi Levinger conducted the services and the choir sang the accompanying hymns. The Ral>- bi then spoke of just a few of the many fine qualities possess ed by our honored Morris Sup¬ ran, of his social work behind these walls, a work which be¬ gan back in 1896, of the years ot unremitted labor so that "his Ijoys" might have just a liltle more.
Dr. Levinger then called upon
B'nal B'rilh has chosen to of-'
fer me an award that not only strictlon on Jewish immigra  on
honors the work I have tried to and  land  puriihase,  still  is   . le-
do but that aiso gives emphasis ing adhered lo by the Palestine
to elemenls In human relation- Administration."
ships that cannot be encourag- The conference also expressed
ed loo often.     The great need the hope that an Allied -victory
for human service regardless ot race, creed or color, the spirit of brotherhood, of tolerance, un¬ derstanding and good will were never ao important as i today.
Mr. Da-vlB was voted the An nlVBwpiy Award .of-B'naUB'rith In recogni^lplataf <iiis bnnumltar- Ian ^.ervtces a« head of the Am¬ erican Hed Cross and his Insis¬ tence that Red Cross relief sup-
over the Axis wlli result in "equal individual and group rights for Jews in ali countries where they reside, and the eradi¬ cation of all racial, religious and national dtWTunlnatlon In any
form."';-- .¦' ;v„.«>.,..«,--..,Ac-
The  keynote of'tiitffiidngP' ence was sounded by Dr,'Abba HUIel Silver, national chalnnan of the United Palestine Appeal,
piles  in  the  German-controlled -when he called upon the, 5,000,-
areas of war-torn Europe be dis¬ tributed on a completely non- sectarian basis.
Gordon to speak a few words which he did, he In turn asking Foss, another longtime member of the congregation, to tell a little so that some ot the new¬ comers could understand and honor the fine character of Mor¬ ris Supran. The scroll will re¬ main In the Jewish Chapel as a lasting tribute lo a good man.
Colmnbus To Have Only One Campaign
The National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds is holding its General As¬ sembly this week-end in Atlanta, Ga. One of the principal issues to claim attention at the assembly will be the decision of the United Jewish Appeal not to conduct a unified National campaign for the year 1941 in behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal and the National Refugee Service, Inc. All of tho above agencies will have representatives at the Confer¬ ence and it is hoped that the discussions with lay leaders who will attend from all over the United States will result in an arrangement acceptable to all concerned.
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle will carry a state¬ ment in next week's issue setting forth the result of the discussions upon this subject. Please let me emphasize again that the decision at which the Agencies arrive will in no wise affect the usual campaign of the United Jewish Fund of Columbus.
President ot the United Jewisb Pond of Columbus
000 Jews in the United States to place themselves In a "war footing, as have other people, who wish to survive as free men," lo preserve and rebuild the Jewish National Home in Palestine as a haven for Jews made homeless by persecution. Messages of greeting and en¬ couragement were sent to the conference by President Roose¬ velt, SecreUry ot State Cordeli Hull, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Housing Administrator Nathan Strauss, Dr. Chalm Weizmann. who disclosed he would be in the United Stales within a few weeks; British Minister Neville H. Butler, Secretary for India Leopold S. Amery, Lord Robert Cecil, Viscount Samuel, Col. Jos¬ iah Wedgood and Lord Sneli.
Paul V. McNutt, Federal Se¬ curity Adminlslralor, told the delegates that "Palestine, found¬ ed on solid democratic princi¬ ples, offers more than a haven and a refuge for the oppressed. From the ashes ot a far distant past, the Holy Land arises as an asylum for Idealistic aspiration and material living, awakening appreciation ot human dignity and freedom. In Palestine there is promise and increasing realization of rich returns in cultural, spiritual and human values which are Indispensable to a free people.
"Palestine is five thousand miles away from us. But 11 is near to our hearts because It stands tor human liberty. It is a cause which knows no geo¬ graphical boundaries, no racial nor religious distinctions. It is a cause ail can support, not as Zionists, not as Jews, not even as Americans, but as free¬ dom-loving men and women.
"There are many who under¬ stand and recognize that the as- (Contlnued on    Page 5)