Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-05-30

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^[\\yyServinq Colmnbus and Central Ohio Jewish Cominunity Vv//\\X
Vol. 20, No, 2S
COIiUMIlim, OHIO, FIUDAY, MAY :!0, lilll
DeToted to Amerioan •nd Jewlfih  Ideftia
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Strictly Confidential
Tidbltfl From Everywhere By PHINBAS ,1, BIRON
WAR EOHORS
The seven-day wonder of Ru¬ dolf Hess ha.'i more or less ijcter- ed out as we write this, bill we thought you'd lilto to know that a picture which had just liecn finished when ho made his flight had a new scene added lo it. with reference to IIcss . . . And that only a c-ouplo of weeks lie¬ fore the Hess Incident a num¬ ber of Hollywood studios turn¬ ed down a scenario featuring a similar event, on Ihe grounds that It was too unhcllevahle . . . Erika IVIann. a d.iughter of Tho¬ mas Mann and herself a well- known author, will .soon tie on her way back to England, wc hear . . . She's hoen Invited hy Lord Duff-Cooper to make Ger¬ man broadcasts to the Reich on the significance of the Hess episode . . . The dopcstcrs in slst that Goohhcis and Goering are having their differences ut oglnion with Boss Badolf . . Aiid ono Broadway reporter brings the news that tlie wife of a prominent German gencni is uow a guest at a New York hotel ... A brother of movio producer Herbert Kline Is ions to get to Palestine to make a documentary film of tho de¬ fense of the Jewish homeland . . But he's having a lot of trouble getting the financial backing needed for his project. , ,..j.jpjPe.Jaje,,e)ialutzlmo{.Pal- estlne» areiswaulhg: > with' biourit- ing anidety for arms and equip¬ ment for their self-defense, a conitroversy has developed in the British press on the ques¬ tion whether these war mater ials should be supplied by Eng land or by America . . . Which Impresses us as a procedure as InteUlgent as arguing about who should perform the physical act of locking the stable door while the horse-thieves are swiftly ap¬ proaching ... YOU SHOULD KNOW
We understand that ex-Justic-e Louis D. Brandeis is very much impressed with the efficacy of the B'nai B'rith anti-defamation work, and believes that this wide-scope activity Is playing a vital role in the curtailing of subversive activities . . . An in¬ teresting idea is the Committee of Thirty IMilllon, which aims to Include in ils rosier all Ameri¬ can citizens of foreign birth . . . In recent weeks the fact that Nazism enjoys the position of an official state religion in Ger¬ many, with the Reich its God and Hitler its Messiah, has been brought to the attention of the 'American public—in particular, by the anti-Nazi league's maga¬ zine "Defense of Human Rights", and by Stanley High in The Living Age ... In an effort to disprove this proven fact, Dan. nemora Prison inmate Fritz Kuhn, who had consistently been refusing to attend the jail's chapel, finally decided to join hia fellow convicts at the regu- iar Sunday morning services . .. H18T0RICAI.   NOTES
An interesting Item to remertv ber on this Decoration Day ¦week-end Is that the fact that the Confederac.y came within a hair's breadth of heing formally tecognized hy France and Eng. land as due to the astute states¬ manship ot Judah P. Benjamin, Jefferson Davis' Secretary of State . . . Did you know, by the >yay, that the long friendship between Benjamin and Davis (ConUnued on Page 8)
SAYS JDG RESCUED THOUSANDS IN LITHUANIA
20 Boys And Girls To Be CrfhfiAed At Temple Siimray/Morning
NKW YORK (WNS)—Efforts of the Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee to help Polish .lowish refugees lo emigrate from Lith¬ uania and to care for thom onco thoy rojichod a haven, woro de- scritiod Iiy Moses \V. Bockcl- man, a momhor of tho .f. D. C. European staff, who recently returned to this counti'y aftor two years abroad. lie journey¬ ed around tiio world on J. IX C. duty, returning homo vi.i Si¬ beria and the Pacific. He w.'is a captive of tho Nazis for five days whon a Cionnan auxiliary rruisor intorcoptod tho lioat up¬ on whicli ho \vas traveling in tlie naltk' Sea early last year. As an Amcricun, however, Mr. Itockolnian  was  freed.
Mr. Hockolman's j'oport dealt with thj refugee situation in Lithuania, whore the J. D. C. luvd sent him to supervise re¬ lief and emigration operations, and in .laiian anil China, which ho later x'isitod. In tlu^ latter two countries. principally in Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama, .lowish ' i'lnigro contoi's foimod. Uofiigoes coming to .laiian travolod via the tr; Siberian railroad.
Kofligee  Siluatiun
"Between December 1, 14)10, and the date of my departure from Lithuania on February 21,
lO'H,';,. ..Mr., ..BeckgimsHv-.-syWi "more - than' 2,000''-Jewish "tefli- gees had been assisted to leave the country through the ac'tiv- itios of the J. D. C This Is the first time that emigration on such a scale has iieen possible from Soviet territories, and the movement was still continuing when I loft. Though, at that time, yormission to emigrate was almost exclusively limited to refugees from I'oland. the in¬ dications were that tho (|uestion of granting exit permits to Lith¬ uanian citizens then under con¬ sideration would he decided fav¬ orably, provided that transit op- portunltie^t through Japan or other neighboring countries would be available.
"The policy in favor of per¬ mitting emigration was adopted by the Soviet authorities follow¬ ing decrees promulgated by Mos¬ cow and the Lithuanian Soviet Republic at the end of 1940, mak¬ ing eligible for Soviet citizen¬ ship all persons resident In the territory of any of the former Baltic republics on September 1, 1940. All persons not wishing Soviet citizenship were permit ted to file applications for exit permits. When applications closed on February 10, 1041 there were about 3,000 pending. When, to this figure, is added the number of Lithuanian Jews who might wish to emigrate if this became possible, the prot> able number of pending transit c'ases would roach at least 5,000.
"Simultaneously wilh the pub¬ lication of the decrees offering citizenship to all refugees, th^ Soviet authorities rofiuested tho foreign relief organizations then operating in Lithuania to wind up their affairs. This brought to an end the most recent phase of J. D. C. activity in Lithuania, war relief on behalf of Polish refugees. This had begun on October 11, 1939, and continued uninterruptedly to the end, de¬ spite the difficulties In trans¬ mission of funds during the summer   of   1940.       Emigration
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Tho Anmiiil Confirmat 1(111 Ser¬ vices will ho hold at (he llrydon Road Toniple on Shavuoth morning, this Sunday MnrninK, .Itino I. 10;00 A M. tn 12 M. A class of Iwonty boys and girls will oonstilulo (ho group of cnnfii'ni.'nits who will lie induct¬ ed  into the failh of  Israel
This hcauliful ceromony nf Ciinfirniation is a croalioii of the Uoforni Movomoiii in .hula i>iii With (ho rise of o(|liality among wonioil. progrossivo con grcgalions in Kun |)o. at Iho be¬ ginning of Ihe last coulury. foil thai girls as woll as hoys, should ho rocoivod into tho Congroga- tion of Isi'iiol in some signifi- c'lnt way. Tlid'cforc. thoy in- li'iiiluood Confiniiation for lidtli hoys and girls in place nf the traditional ooroninny nf r..'ii' .Mitzvah wliich is cnnfiiiod only to hoys.
Tradition has doiTi'od that Slv.wuiith shall Ih' Iho acioptod day for CiinrirniiKinn liocau>o it
B'NAI B'RITH CONVENTION VOTES FULL AID TO GREAT BRITAIN AND OTHER DEMOCRACIES RESISTING TOTALITARIAN AGGRESSION
lav UI 'd'tlu' l.a' n    niMi'U'.
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il' failh. (iirorings idoni r Iho
n wliuli all  iM'aol .aw at Sinai,    'i'lio thi.   I'osohitidii ¦iilions to aliido Tho     festive which  have  al- ,1   the  altar  al   ihis oarly  liarvo^l  woro a fitting liarl of tho Tho firsl Confirma¬ lion in America took place near¬ ly     one  hundred  years  ago  in N.ew Xerk. City.    Although the ceremohy is Reform In its In¬ ception,   It  Is  today  widely ob¬ served.
The   program   of   the   Service is as follows:
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is the aocoiili (iccasii nf Iho hv the llnwor \\ avs (oast ( prosoi'N'od coreninny
Cooperation Pledges To .$10,1100,1)1)0 Drive Of United Service
Organizations And Red Cross.      Max W. Soffcr
Elected    President   And    I.   W. Garek,   Ist
Vice-President of District  No. 2
Full anil iintiiuilifieil, aid to (Ircal Hritain :in(l to all iilher clcniociacies rcsistiiif,' liilMlil.arian afjKre.s.sion was voled by Ihc K!)(h annual convcnloii iif Dislrirt firand Lodge No. 2 cif li'nai H'rilh al il.s I'ldsinj,' session here Tue.sday. All ot Ihc T'l l(i<lf,'('s in lho eight-stale area embraced by Ohio, liiilitiwa. Miss<mri. Kansas. Cnloraiki. Kentucky, New Mex- ii'ii .'iiiil Wyimiiiif,' were callivl ii[ion lo continue and to am¬ plify their help In Hritain ancl other democracies and the entire memliei'shi|i ,'incl machinery of the Dislrirt were pl.'ii'ccl at the full ciispcisal cif all government agencies en¬ gaged iu fui'lhering nalicmal defense.
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MarKfiri
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Wechsler
InvdL'iitli
The  Torah. ,,      ,
Intniductlon: Orrlriiclo M. Ilnmhuii; Rem.ival  of Scroll  . Albcl't J.   ryiolcr
Reading Morion    GInslmi'B.
Marvin L. Gnidon
The   Ten    Commandmenus        .^Robert
Oundershelmer,  Barlinru bchl/Imnn
Relurn ol Scioll. Frank M.  I'elU'Son
Floral   Offerlnu:
'rhcse Sweet  Flowers	
 Elaine   Helen   Garek
The   jvIeanlhK  of  Judaism	
 Ixils    A.     Forman
'rhe   icnowIedKe   of   God...
 Doris   June   Monell
Israel's Summons .;".;.,.,   u    c
 Elizabeth   Well   Shinbach
What Is a Jew'.' ..-.Joan Adele Levin Have We Not All One
Kather''       Judith   Dembo
Solo  "When    Children    Pray"
Esther Constance Silverstein RellKlon and Democracy
 Fred
Every   Life   has  Value	
„ Marilyn Ruth Taylor
Our  Ceremony   ol  Initiations...
 .Richard   J^ee   Fleischer
God Bless You.. .Sue S. GuSKenhelm Closlnt!   Prayer Harry   Kohn.   Jr.
The all-Jewish Choir of the Temple, comprising eighteen trained voices, under the leader ship of Mr. Herbert Huffman, will render music appropriate to (he occasion. Members of the Choir are:
SOrnANO: Misses Roslyn Bron. slein. Donna GUlln. Janice Gltlin. Danise tn. Hornc. Sylvia Mllzcn. Esther Silverstein. Charlolte Stein¬ hauser, Belle Wolsiein. Mrs. A. C. Greenberg.
ALTO: Miss Ruth SeldenberK, Mes¬ dames Sanford Llpson und Berlhold Stern.
liASR: Messrs. Sum Fine. Ernest Stern, Bernard Slieaevsky. Sam Stre¬ gevsky.
TKNOll: Messrs. Samuel Goldman, llurlun   I.Iss.
OUOANIST: Mrs, Merherl Huff- mun; CKLLIST; Mrs. Marian Pelfer Hurlley.
lll".;od llii:ii I'ffnrt
ing   a lloiiry
.>IA.\ tV. HOFKKK President
I. \v. <;ahkk
1st Vh'c-I'residciit
One of Ihe hit^i efforts Of the Choir will l;e given to tilt rendi¬ tion of the mtmlo that is to glorify, and enhance the obser- van.ce <>{ this feasH Some of the most beautiful traditional songs of the people of Israel will be sung on Ihis day so signifi¬ cant in the life of the young peo¬ ple ready to become an active force In the liouse of Israel (Continued on Pa«e "3)
and to tlio Ri'il Crns^. and all Indgos '.voro a,-.kod to coiitrihuto ono dollar por caiilta tn replen¬ ish the oinoigoncy relief and war aid funds nf the Supioinc Lodge.
Majoi'   ;\<'lll»IIS
Olhor major aciiniis nf the coiu'ontinn included: 111—A call iipnii all Indgcs in iho Oi.s (ricl In give all pnssililo sup pnii and coopoiatioii hi the Jew¬ i.sh press which was praised for servicos  tn  and  cooperation
ho    Siijironio     I.ndgo   of
H'rith     In    cnntiniio   tho
n nhlain .Icwlsh unitv in
nf dofonM';  i:ii ¦¦l.audod
cm nf Ihc I'cc (¦nt Kiiproino
cnnv'cnlinn   in   csLililish-
Sl00,ll(l(l      U'n.'ii     ll'iilli.
Mnnsky   Cnkmy   in   \'a\.
o-lmi' ics ;i "I'oncM'kalilo gi--'ufo
ci(   cnnfi.lcnc'o   and   nptimisiii   in
Ihc tnuiiiph of I'iglil" ;uicl as "a
ct.iir;ig(.ciii-.  slancl   ag.iinsi   inlali-
t;ii'i;m    npiirossinn":    111     I'l'god
till'  c-\p.iii,iciii   nf   li'nai   Il'i'ith's
vcic'.il icmal    service   iirngrani    iu
1 lisl ricl   2.   .ipprnvc'd   a   petition
for  ;i   charier   for  a   now   loiigo
al \'inconnes. Ind,
Officers Kleded Max W, Soffer, St. Louis attor¬ ney and welfare leader, waa elected president of the DlatrioL.. Named to serve with him were I, W. Garek, Columbus, O.. l.st vice-president; Lewis R. Sutin, Terre Haute, Ind.. 2nd vlco-pros- ident: Leonard Freiberg, Cin¬ cinnati, sccretai'y: and Milton I., Anfonger. Denver, treasurer. Klooted to (ho general co-com- mitloo were Alvin A. Wolff, St. Louis: Albert Woldman. Cleve¬ land; Nathan Solinger, Cincin¬ nati; A. J. Granoff. Kan.sas City, Mo.; Joseph Friedman. Steuben¬ vlUe, O., and Noah Alter, Den¬ ver.
Fred Lazarus. Jr. Columbus, was re-elected a trustee of the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home; Alfred M. Bonesch, Cleveland, was renamed a trustee of the National Jewish Hospital; Jules E, Lehman. St. Louis, was re¬ turned as trustee of the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital; Edwin J, Schanfarber. Columbus, was re-elected tbe District repre- sontatlvo on the National B'nal B'rith Hillel Commission; and Rohert L. Kraus, Colorado Springs, Colo., was elected a trustee of the National Jewish Home for Children at Denver. Auxiliary Elects Mrs. Rebekah Hyman, Cincin¬ nati, was elected president of Women's Grand Lodge No 2. which held its eighth annual convention here. Other offi¬ cers chosen were: Mrs. Cele Segelbaum, Si, Louis, honorai^ president; Mrs Leah Rabin. Kan.sas City, Kan,, 1st vioo- president; Mrs Catherine Rud- ner, Martins Kerry. Ohio. 'Jnd vico.prosideni; Mrs. Gertrude Weisman, St. l.ouis. ;ird vico- prosidenl; Mrs, l.ihliy Phillips, Cloveland, corresponding and recording secretary; Mrs Sahra {slot I Markenson, St, Louis, fi¬ nancial secretary; Mrs. Lena Hossin. Soulh Bend, Ind., Ireas-
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with H'nai H'rilh locally, in thel urer; Mrs. Tillle Rosenthal. Co- District anil nationally; (2)— lumbus, historian; and Mrs. Praised the fund-raising agree- Lydia Woldman, retiring presi- ment of B'nai B'rith Antl-De- dent, counselor and representa- famatlon League and the Amer-   tive   to   ihe   Women's   Supreme
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