Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1942-03-27

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Vol. 21, No, 1,1
COIiUMBUH,  OHIO,  MARCH   27,   l!M2
Povoted     to     American and    ,Iewlsh    Ideals
Strictly Confidential
TidbltA From Everywhere By  Fhinens .T,  Blron
6 Rabbis Assigned To Oi'erseas Duty For Passover
WAR KCHOES
O Amhassador Lawrence F, Steinhardt, whose appointment to his new Ankara post en- triisls him with a most delicate diplomatic mission, .succeeded in making himself persona very much grata wilh the Turkish government even before leav¬ ing this country to take up his duties ... It was Steinhardt who arranged for the lend- lease shipment of American pursuit planes to Turkey, which had been iinahle to acquire these aircraft in any other way . . . One of the few Jewish gen¬ erals in the British army is Frederick H. Kisch. who as Col, Kisch was the chairman of the .Tewish Agency Executive from 1923 lo in^l . . , Oeneral Ki.sch is with the General Staff, and is considered an authority on desert warfare . . . Reports that the Japanese have captured and killed China's General Ma-Ma, the former Molshe Cohen of Manchester, indicate that our Chinese allies have lost their Jewish military leader . . . But fate has sent Ihem another Jewish aide, this time in the person of slim, pretty young 01- tille Wang, who was a medical student In her native Germany till Hitler's oppression forced her to leave , . . She married a Chinese ,:teJ}ow, student, and for the S)S^^etglyyetft^&:: haEi
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Chlnirie army ', , r A " widow now, her husband having been killed in battle, Ottilie is con¬ tinuing with her work . . . But no riorence Nightingale is she— instead she is considered one of the Chinese army's most skillful surgeons . . . WAR  NEWS
O statistics showing that Ihe first .seventy-five recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross in this war among American forces, six pilots—that is, eight per cent—are Jews, have been unearthed hy Winchell . . . George Jessel is a very dis¬ appointed man, because his ap¬ plication for Navy service was rejecled on physical ground^ . . , . . . But George, after ail, Is no chicken, being well over forty . . . Songstress Dinah Shore will be working for Uncle Sam now . . . She's going on a De¬ fense Bond sales tour . . . Cell¬ ist Emanuel Feuermann, who recently completed some Irlo and quartet Victor recordings wilh such artists as Jascha Helfetz and Artur Rubinstein, was a tremendous hit at Fori Riley, Kan., the other day, when he Interrupted his concert tour to give a free recital before the soldiers of the Cavalry Replace¬ ment Training Center, the only camp in the country where hoth the old-fashioned tiorse and modern mechanized units are in use . . .
8TAt;B AND SCKBEN O Broadway was afraid to touch it. hul Ihe Studio Thea¬ tre of the New S"chool for So¬ cial Research recenlly staged "Nathan the Wise," the famous play on loierance i)y the great Cerman author L^esslng—and was sold oul for every single performance of ils run Iiefore the curtain rose on the open¬ ing night . . , 'i'his play, of course, was one of the main items in Hitler's book-burning spree of some years ago, des- (Contlnued on Page Eight'
Jewish Delegation Meets With Welles
NKW VORK (jrS)—Thous¬ ands of .lewish soldiers and sailors now serving overseas will have the opporliinity to celebrate Passover, Wilh Ihe ap¬ proval of the War and Navy De¬ partments the Jewish Welfare Hoard has assigned six civilian rabbis to conduct the tradition¬ al seder services which will mark the Hehrew Festival of Freeriom in bases ranging from the Carribean to Alaska. Tho rahhls have heen assigned to points where there are no Jew¬ ish chaplains. The JWB has also shipped 3.000 Passover prayer books and 8,000 pounds of Matzoth and olher Iradllion- al Passover foods lo the bases. The rabbis—who will arrive at their posts by April Isl, when Passover begins—are: Isaac Touhin of New York, assigned to Guanlanamo liay, Cuba; Shephard Z. Baum of New York, assigned In Peurto Rico: Henry M. Rosenthal of New York, as¬ signed to Bermuda; Lavy M Becker of Boston, assigned to Trinidad: H. O, II, Levine of Bangor, Me., assigned to New¬ foundland, and Morion Baum- ann of Hollywood, Cal., assign¬ ed to  Alaska.
After the holiday ail the rab¬ bis will return to the United States except for Rabbl Baum- ann, who remain in Alaska to expand  j;WB activities.
Organizations I'rge Chanpes in I*ales1ine I nini ignition Policies WAHHINCiTON (WNSi-Do- claring that the poliry respon¬ sible for the flisasler of the "Struma" which sank in the Black Sea with a lo.ss of 7(>S re¬ fugees who had been denied en- Irance lo Palestine, was incon¬ sistent with the Ideals express¬ ed in the Atlantic Charter, a delegation representing four national .lewish organizations, meeting here wilh Acting Sec¬ retary of State Sumner Welles, urgefl Ihe II. S. Oovernment to "use its good offices" lo se ctire a change in Ihc Palesline Immigration   laws.
The delegation represented lhc American rOmorgenry Com mitiee for Zionist Affairs, the American .Jewish Commillee, the Ameriran .lewish Congress and the B'nai B'rilh, Memhers of the delegation were Mrs. David de Sola Pool. Louis Lip¬ sky, Maurice Wortheim. Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Ilenry Monsky, The official memoran¬ dum which was signed and jire¬ sented to Mr, Welles by Ihe ficlegalion   read:
"The Linrlersigned are official represenlalives of the American Emergency Committee for Zion¬ ist Affairs, the .American Jew¬ ish Committee, the American Jewish Congress and the B'nai B'rlth, with whom are associat¬ ed the overwhelming majority ""'"""" ' ¦' ¦ lUp!
COUGHLIN'S 'SOCIAL JUSTICE' ATTACKS JEWS; CALLS THIS WAR NOT WORTH FIGHTING
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Wul be'lield' throughout' -th6''na¬ tion's armed camps. In Hawaii. where blackouts and camp alerts prevail, the seder will be held in the daytime. More than 3.000 Jewish soldiers are expected to attend.
Other Heder services will be held in the Panama Canal Zone, Antigua, Jamaica and Trini¬ dad, of the Hritish West Indies; the Virgin Island.'^, Iceland, Paramariha, Aruba and Cura¬ cao.
Jewish Service Men To Observe Passover In Local Homes
According to Harry Goldberg, chairman of local Army and Navy Committee, contact has been made with the chaplain at Fort Hayes, for information on all Jewish service men station¬ ed there, so that arrangements can be made for those who will be here during Passover holi¬ days, to he guests in homes of a number of Columbus Jewish residents. This arrangement was made last year and will con¬ tinue for the duration of the war.
The Army and Navy Com¬ mittee is also cooperating with the national Jewish Welfare Board in lieeplng careful records on all Columbus volunteers and selectees in the military forces of the United States. This pro¬ ject is in the hands of the reg¬ istration commitlee, which is now preparing the latest li.st of names, rank and addresses of ail in service to the present time.
More informalion on the ac¬ tivities of Army and Navy Com¬ mittee will be publi.shL'ti week¬ ly In the Chronicle.
—Buy  Defense Bouds—
Show yoar sppreeistlon to tba ChroDlele'i 20 year* of loyal and de¬ voted iervlce to Colomba* Jewlah ComtD unity by pay Inc your •abaorlp- tlon now—S3.00 for the year.
AmeHcanJ Je\visli citizens.'
"In their behalf we respect¬ fully address ourselves to our State Department and draw its allention lo evenls thai have caused us grave concern and distress.
"The circumstances that have led us to direct ourselves to you and that have been climaxed by the sinking of the "Struma" and the tragic loss of 708 lives, are detailed in the attached memorandum. These circum¬ stances make it indubitably clear that the policies pursued by the present Palestine Ad¬ mlnislralion and the Colonial Office of the British Govern¬ ment in regard to the admiss¬ ion of refugees and their intern¬ ment, are creating unparalled tragedy and suffering for Jew¬ ish refugees from the Nazi ter¬ ror. Those policies have already led to disasters that have cost the lives of hundreds of people and threaten, if continued, to bring death and injury to many [ thousands   more.
"We believe those policies to be inconsistent with the ideals of humanity and justice as ex¬ pressed by your Government In the Atlantic Charter and wilh the obligations assumed by Great Britain in the Balfour De¬ claration and in the Mandate for Palesline, which provides as follows:
"ARTICLE fi: The Adminis¬ tration of Palestine, while en¬ suring that the rights and po¬ sition of other sections of the population are not prejudiceii, shall facilitate Jewish immigra¬ tion under suitable conditions,"
"We therefore urge our Gov¬ ernment to use Its good offices to bring about a modification of policies and practices, sug¬ gested In the accompanying memorandum, as will present the recurrence of any further such tragedies and assure ad¬ mission to Palestine of these vic¬ tims  of  Nazi  terror."
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l)ointmcnt of Kablii Milion Steinberg, spiritual loader of the Park Avenue Synagogue. New York, and one of the out¬ standing leaders of;the.Conseryc
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governing body of the 65 hill¬ el Foundations and Coun.'Jelor- shlps. was announced here this week by I lenry Monsky, H'nai irrith [jrosidcnt and chairman nf the Commission, Rabhi Stein¬ berg was niimoii to a vacancy created l)v lhc recent death of Uabbi Kdward 1.. Israel, of Ua)- tinKJre.
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Council Seeks Aid In Thrift Shop Undertaking
The Council of Jewish Women Twig of the Children's Hospi¬ tal tias heen in charge of the Thrift Shop this week and will continue  through   April  ¦!.
Mrs. Robert Levy, chainnan. is again appealing for merchan¬ dise to sell and asks that mem¬ bers keep the Shop In mind when cleaning house. Any type tf clothing, whether worn or not, brie-a-Virac. dishes, \ised playing cards, costume jewelry are bul a few of the Hems which ean be .sold.
Kemember,     the     Children's Hospital   is  an  important  Insti¬ tution In maintaining the health of the cily.  Help support it. —Buy   Defenae   ^onds—
WAK   VKTH OF   ALL   FAITHS HONOK DKAI) OF NEW  WAK
N K W VOKK {J PS I - "Taps" was hugle-hlown al St. Andrew's I'roiesianl I^pi.seopal Church In honor of the dead of World War II as Jewish, Protestant and Cat hoiie veteians of Ihe last war stood at attention in a non- sectarian   service   held   here.
Sponsored by the New Voi'l< members uf the Disaliled Amer¬ ican Veterans of the World War. the service featured the read¬ ing of the Scriptures hy Dr. Nathan lilechman. Jewish chaplain   at   Veterans'   Hospital.
.\KW YOKK fWNS)—"Social .lustice" this week proved that ;i leopard cannot change its st)ots I-'or the first time since Pe.irl Harbor, the anti-Semitic, pro-Nazi organ of Father Cough¬ lin, tore aside its weak-hearted pretense of support of the war effort when it alleged that the Jews and not the Nazis start¬ ed  tho war.
Styled in the manner of Ger¬ many's most notorious Jew- ttaiter Julius Sireicher. the ar¬ ticle baselessly claimed that the present war resullod from "the persecutions suffered hy fiOO,- ono .lews  in Germany."
The article continued: "Soon nine years wiil have elapsed .^ince a worldwide 'sacred war* was lieclaretl nn Germany not by the United States, not by Great Hritain, nol hy France, nol by any nation, but hy the race of .lews. Startling as that statenu'nt is. it is substantiated liy a i)uhlic adflre.ss made over Station WAHC. outlet of the Colunihia Hroadcasling System, hy Mr. Samuel Untermeyer. an American  .lew,
'""Was Mr. Untermeyer speak¬ ing as an individual, as an Am¬ erican citizen, as a crackpot? Ali.solutely, no. We was speaking :is a uKijnher of "our race'. He was speaking as the executive official of the World Jewish li^conomic Federation. ''What;/wa3.:;vUig.vM^P^?i9.WS|^^
'^wn^e^^^'^eilBed*S'^ ,, ternational Jewish Boycott Coh- ference—at which conference he was elected president of the World Jewish Economic Feder¬ ation formed to combat the Hit¬ lerite oppression of Jews—Mr. Samuei Untermeyer spoke most officially, most representatively, most authoritatively. In atmoun- cing the factuality of the "sac¬ red war', he definitely referred to 'race,' not religion. He went so far as to say thai these Jews who did nol loin with him were 'traitors of  their  race.'
"Nine years ago, approximate¬ ly, this high Jewish official— than whom there was no high¬ er at the moment—did nol say that we 'will go' to war against Germany. He said that the 'sac¬ red war' against Germany was, then under way—'actively em¬ barked upon.' Thus, at Amster¬ dam, Holland, al the meeting- above referred lo at which Mr. Samuel Untermeyer was elect¬ ed president of the World Jew¬ ish Economic Federation, a ¦sacred war' was declared against Germany to destroy Ger¬ many's very existence.
"The Jews all over the world were ordered nol to buy from Germany, not to patronize Ger¬ man merchants, not lo deal wtth firms which sold German goods, not to ship on German boats. Mr. Untermeyer, speaking offi¬ cially for all the Jews in the world on 'what we are propos¬ ing and what we have already gone far toward doing,' aald that his orgaoization would 'un¬ dermine the Hiller regime and liring the (Jerman people to tlieir sen.ses by destroying their ex¬ port trade on wiilch their very existence   de|)ends.'
"All this to rescue (iOO.OOO lews resident in the Third German   Ileleh."
Asserting that fhis economic ht)yi-ott was whal leri to the war. Social Justice added: "And
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