Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1922-08-11

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Jewish Ideals
Volume II — Number 12
COLUMBUS, omo, AUGUST ti, 1922
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc.
"RITUAL MURDER" CHARGES CONTINUED BY ANTI-SEMITES!
Rabbi Receives Scurrilous Letters
Containing Threats Against
His Person
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JOSEPH ENdEL IS
NOW AT LIBERTY
(Special to Ohio Jewis.ii CiiiioNicLE) WARSAW (J. C. B. hy Mail).— Latest reports from Posen indicate that the charge against Joscpli Engel, the septuagenarian resiUent of VVengorwitz, of having drawn hlobd from his Chris¬ tian servant-girl, ICatya Wenzcl, for . ritual purposes, has heen entirely with¬ drawn.
'  .   Instead,, a new charge is being brought
. against him thathe drew blood from the girl irt order to infuse it into the yeins of his invalid children to resto^-c them to health. The defense points out that the transfusion of blood is an operation which requires the attendance of , a skilled surgeon, and that'Erigel could hot possibly have undertaken such a task.¦ ,'¦,¦,;,,,¦  '^ail'Paid'.
¦ Meanwhile the two, million marks which were demanded as hail have been paid into court, and liiigel is at present ,nt liberty.
Thc local press, however, have by no means dropped thc charge of ritual mur¬ der and arc still claiining in virulent language that the Jews extract blood for use on Passover. They state that] the blood is sent to a central institution where it is dried into" powdered form and distributed to Jewish communities throughout the world for use in baking matzoth.
Dr. Gottschalk's Predicament Dr. Gottschalk, the rabbi of Posen, is constantly in receipt of scurrilous letters containing threats against his person and the whole Jewish community. "You are the rabbi," reads one letter, "and it is you who commands thc Jews to kill converts to Christianity and to, extract blood from -innocent Christians. It is you to whom the blood is delivered, and it is you who bribe our judges that they should acquit those who-are caught ex-
--"^r&cting-'^lie^ blood-of Christians. It is you who supervise the baking of mat¬ zoth. It is you who makes fortunes from thc sale of these matzoth."
EINSTEIN ADVISED
TO REMAIN IN HIDING
BERLIN, (J. T. A.). —Friends of Professor Albert Einstein insist upon his remaining abroad, where he is un- dersfood to be hiding from the "Deutsche Nationale" plotters by whom he has been blacklisted, together with a number of other leading German Jews.
The fear- of Professor Einstein's friends is justified in the opinion of the Berliner Tageblatt, whose editor, Theo¬ dore Wolf, is included in the mon¬ archists' blacklist. "Professor Einstein's continued concealment is advisable," the Tageblatt declares, "because thc assail¬ ants of Maxim Harden and Mathew Erzberger have not been apprehended. Professor Einstein's enforced absence is a blot on the German name and -honor."
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SOKOLOW SAYS MANDATE IS THE "PAPER BRIDGE"
¦ LONDON, (J. C. B.). —The Pales¬ tine mandate is the legendary paper bridge over which" the' Jews will wend their way to Eretz Yisroel, Nahum' Sokolow, tiie Zionist leader, told ^ the audience that packed People's Palace to celebrate; the acceptance of the Man-
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Mr. Sokolow drew a historic parallel between the Jews in England and those of America, asserting that the permis¬ sion -ivhich Menasseh ben Israel secured from,Oliver Cromwell for the resettle¬ ment of. jews in Palestine ultimately resulted in the granting of the Palestine Mandate, while the emigration of Jews to America, has led tip to the develop¬ ment of a powerful Jewish settlement,
.becoming''a tower of sfcength for the mandatory.
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ARABS WOULD BOYCOTT
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
JERUSALEM, (J. T. A.). —What appears to be a concerted elf ort to prejudice' the Arab population against the approaching elections for the.Legis¬ lative Council has been inaugurated in an Arab press campaign. Arab writers advise their constituencies not to take advantage of the franchise as the best means of boycotting the Council. This appears to be the second step in the sabotage advocated by certain recalci¬ trant Arab leaders, the first being the vote cast against the government loan by the Arab members of the Advisory Council. .
Four hundred and fifty revolvers and other firearms were discovered by the police during r^iAi at Ilebron aiid Nablus.
AMERICAN KEREN
HAYESOD A CHAR¬ TERED CORPORATION
(Special to Ohio Jewish Chronicle) NEW YORK —In a state¬ ment issued by the national ad¬ ministration of the Keren Hayesod announcement is made that the fund has been regu¬ larly chartered as a corporation in the Sttite of New Yorlc. ¦
Considerable importance is at- . • tached to this action in view of the fact, that the fund will now have legal recognition and con¬ trol over all its branches and affiliations. Another reitson why the step is considered i'm-' pprtant is because it -will enable the Keren Hayesod to organize itself on a permanent basis, the organization which has - been functioning, hitherto having been temporary ih its' nature. Simultaneously pliins were an¬ nounced for effecting such per¬ manent organizations' at a special conference, to be called in the naar^future at which the contributors as well as the workers will be duly repre¬ sented and a constitution for the Keren Hayesod in America adopted.
The incorporation ^ has been brought about through the ef¬ forts of Morris Rothenberg,. of New York. Mr. Rothenberg is reported to have had the advice and co-operation of Samuel Un¬ termyer. The certificate of in¬ corporation was approved by Justice Robert F. Wagner, of the Suprenie Court of New York, and was filed at the office of the Secretary of State on July 20.
World Jewish Conference On Rebuildirig cif Palestine Is Sought By American Body
Statemefnt Issued by Ainerican Jewish Congress Urges Zionists.to
Take Initiative^—Elaborate Plan is Proposed as Result of
Ratification of Palestine Mandate by the League of
Nations— Statement De^ares That Time Has
Come  for   Upbuilding  to   be   Aided   by
All Jews Throughout the World
POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE INFLUENCE OF A WORLD ORGANIZATION IS OUTLINED BY ADMINISTRATIVE
COMMITTEE OF ARNERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
Anti-Semitism Is Weapon of Counter Revolution, He Says
George  Tchitcherin '.Regards
Zionism as Part of British'
World Policy
REPUDIATES ALLEGED
KUBAN OFFER TO JEWS
) (Special to Omo Jewish Chronicle) ) BERLIN (J. T. A.) — Anti-Semitism is allied with counter-revolution and is a weapon in the hands of the opponents of the Soviet Government, George Tchitcherin, Russian Foreign Minister,' told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in answer to a question as to the justifica¬ tion for the fears of growing anti- Semitism in Russia, i(iid whether in his opinion it may become dangerous. The Soviets in fightingi their opponents are also fighting anti-Semitism, Mr. Tchit¬ cherin asserted.
Asked whether'the .-ittachment of the nationalist elements to the Soviets is not inftuenciiig the government attitude to¬ wards thc Jewish question, thereby strengthening anti-Semitism, Mr. Tchit¬ cherin replied that these fears were un¬ bounded. Thc nationalist elements that are 'attached to the Soviets act as ex¬ perts without iiinnence upon the idealogy or policy of the'Soviet Republic.
Bureaucratic Officers
The bureaucratic officers of thc old regime ciiteriiig the services of the So¬ viets arc confined to technical.activities, in nowise conducting .p.olicies of the present government, Mr. Tchitcherin de¬ clared. , , , . Mr. Tchitcherin said hc was in no position to say what is-,the attitude of the,Soviets to Jewish emigration, espe¬ cially froni districts which had suffered fi-om pogroms, having been in uo posi¬ tion to be informed of the latest ordi- nancei regarding emigratiiin.' Last win¬ ter, he stated,, nunieroiis Jewish families desiring to emigrate to America for va¬ rious reasons, obtained facilities.
"What is the attitude of the Soviet-, to Jewish emigration to.Palestine?" Mr. Tchitcherin' vvas asked.   . .   "I do not know.   .1 have been too long absent from Russia."
Asked ytrliat is the general attitude of the Soviets to Zionism, Mr; Tchitcherin replied, "I cannot say definitely. The attitude changes according to the situa¬ tion. I have had' no opportunity to watch the development of this question and can say nothing relating to the pres¬ ent attitude of the Soviets."
Relation to Palestinei
Asked what is the relation of the So¬ viets, to Palestine, and what general prin¬ ciples underlie the Russian relation to peoples in the Orient,, Mr, Tchitcherin said, "Our Oriental policy is based upon clear principles. We recogiiize the right of all peoples, including the Orientals, (Continued on page.1)
' ..NEW YORK, Aug. 7. —An appeal t\ the coming Zionist Conference at Carls-/ bad to take the initicitive in calling aj World. Jewish Congress iii order that) immediate efforts may be directed, by'^ Jews in every part of the world toward the upbuilding of Palestine, is contained, in a statement issued by the admihistra-j tive committee of the ¦American Jewish] Congress, of wliich .Nathan Straus i| president.' | ;. ...^ ;' ;,;..,,,--'=-\,.,^,!„^„,,.,»-'^';--^
"Tlie statement, which was called fiJrth by the recent riitification of the Pales¬ tine Mandate by tlie League of Nations, is as follows:
"The Administrative Committee of the American Jewish Congress greets with joy and satisfaction the ratification hy thc I..cague of Nations of the Man¬ date over Palestine under which thc British governmeUt has pledged to facili¬ tate the establishment of a Jewish Na¬ tional Homeland.
Happy Consummation
"This ratification of the M.-indate marks thc happy consummation of an object for which-the American Jewish Congress has labored froin the beginning and ill behalf of which it has mustered the whole strength of organized Amer¬ ican Jewry in December, 1!)18, when the original Palestine resolution was adopted for presentation to the Peace Conference to which it was subsequently '-Iwought. This resolution was also incorpo^^ed in.
t'lc Zionist proposals-presciite'd at Vcr- -Saillcs by the World Zionist Orgaiiiza- tion.' ,'¦.'¦ "-,..,¦'¦¦. , ¦¦. . ¦ "From the first, the Amcricah. Jewish (^dngress, with all the affiliated fraternal O^j-ders, national and central organiza- itjoiis and. organized Jewish committees loyally, co-operating, gave, its fu" sup¬ port, to the attainment'of the ideal, cher¬ ished , by the largest number of our people, for Jewish rehabilitation in the
land of our fathers.
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' . Celebrating Occasion
, "Now that the action, of the League of Nations has brought this ideal within the range of realization, the Ainerican Jewish Congress joins the Jews in all dther lands in celebrating the occasion and calls upon Jewish men and women everywhere to do their duty in making tiossible thc speedy rebuilding of Zion.
' "The administrative committee of the American Jewish Congress notes with satisfaction thc decision of the Zionist Organization of Anierica, instructing its delegations to the Jahres Conference at' Carlsbad to vote for an early convening of a Jewish World Congress. The plan for a Jewish World Congress proposed on various previous occasions received th approvdl of the delegates assembled it' the preliminary conference for an American Jewish Congress on March ."), 'IMli, at the first session of thc Ameri¬ can Jewish Congress on Dec. l-'i, lillS, (Continued on page 8.)
ARMY TO GRANT
HOLIDaV FURLOUGHS
TO JEWISH SOLDIERS
(Special to Ohio Jewish Chronicle)
NEW YORK —Officers arid enlisted men of the Jewish faith in the United States Army will be given'furloughs for the Rosh Hashonah'ahd Yom Kippur hoi' idays, it was announced today by the Jewish Welfare Board.
.A letter from Secretary of War Weeks addressed to Dr. Cyrus Adler, Chairman of the Committee on Army and Navy Activities, advises that the fol¬ lowing instructions haye be^n issued to the seirvice:
"The Secretary of War de- siires, in.order to permit soldiers of the Jewish faith to partici¬ pate in the celebration'of high holy days (Rokh Hashonah), be¬ ginning , at sundown, Friday, September.22; 1922, and continu-' ing until sundown, Sunday/ Sep-, tember 24,^ 1922, tind of the Day .of 'Atonement (Yom Kippur), beginning at sundown of Supr' day, October 1, 1922, and con¬ tinuing', until sundown, Mon-. day, October 2, 1922, that mem¬ bers of that faith be granted furloughs for such time as nec¬ essary to pei-mit them to be at their homes, when pracl;icable, or at places where these cele¬ brations are held, from Sep¬ tember 21 to September 26 and from September 28 to October 4, 1922, provided no interfer¬ ence with the public service is occasioned thereby."
A similar order for furloughs for Jewish men in the naVy hiis been issued by the Bureau of Navigation.
lOOlh ANNIVERSARY
OF NY. ORPHAN HOME CELEBRATED
Five Hundred "Alumni" from All
Walks   of   Life   Observe
Centenary Celebration
DISTINGUISHED MEN
, ATTEND EXERCISES
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I By HENRY H. ROSENFELT
. Natipnal Director, American  Jewish  Relief Committee
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THE "GENERAL" AT 68 - AUGUST IS, 1922
Coluinbus is the capital of Ohio. It is more than that. It is the home of Josi'iih Schonthal, and every Jewish man, woinan and child—especially children— in the United States ought to know Un¬ cle Joe. \
Picture to yourself a man , nearing three Score ^nd ten, with distinguished white hair, of robust health, with - that ruddy complexion and erect bearing of one who lives and enjoys every moment of his rich Iif ei
Uncle- Joe Schonthal is more than a philanthropist. He is a humanist, He knows and js able to interest the finer
impulses of men, women and children— especially childi-eii.. It .has been my privilege to meet many prominent phil¬ anthropists hi the United States during my live years of service as national di¬ rector of the largest Jewish fund-raising organization in America. Many of these men and wohieii are the salt of the earth, but "Uncle Joe" Schonthal stands oiit above them all, ,-
His Smiling Face  .
It was my, pleasure on a recent Suut day to stop off at Columbus during my many travels throughout the country and ;       (Conthiued oii page 7)
Christianity Should Cooperate With the Jews, Says Dr. Watson
Race iPrejudice Should
Have No Place in American
Life, Declares Clergyman
PLEADS FOR SYMPATHY
WITH IMMIGRANTS
By REV. ROBERT WATSON
Minister,     Second     Presbyterian
Church,  New  York
' "God hath made of one blood all the nations that dwell upon the face of the earth." The Scotch have a familiar say¬ ing which expresses this a little differ¬ ently : "We arc a' John Thamsoii's bairns." The implication being that therefore we ought "to live together in hapiiy haririony as the children of a' common family. This is not an iinpos- .-.iblc a'spiration. We would be much nearer the attainment of this ideal today than ever before were it not for race prejudice.
Race prejudice is easily developed amongst an unthinkhig people. Wher- evH.'r else it may exist it should have no place in our American life. The negro has suffered more from prejudice in .-\iiicrica than any other race. Capable leaders from the white and bladk races, |i(jwe\ cr, arc succeeding in bringing these two to a better understanding. As a, re¬ sult of this both races are being bene- filed. 1 f as .Abraham Lincoln said: "No nation can exist half slave and half free," no more can it exist .with- race prejudice dividing it into,' opposing camps. ,,,        :...'..'.
Antagonism Agai,nst Jews
Sad to state there has been a serious effort recently made to create aiithgo-l nisn'is against the Jew in America. The result has been that sbme people have been misled and sonic. Jews have become very sensitive and have thought there was intention to slight or injure them when iiothing'bu't kindness was intended,
Those of us who have inquired into this'propaganda and sifted the matter to the bottom can affirm that there is, no foundation for the propaganda save prejudice.
It is of interest to note in this con¬ nection that when the first of the Zion¬ ist documents were published the propa¬ ganda was aimed at al! Jews and Anglo- Saxons because it was claimed the An¬ glo-Saxons were the descendants of the "last ten tribes."
Whoever has studied the history of the Jew, his loyalty under great stress, his faithfulness to whatever he believc(J in the face of terrible persecutions, his obedience to the .truth ?s he under¬ stood it eyen at the cost of his life, must at once respect and honor him. The place of the Jew in America i^ one of glorious achievement. He has built him¬ self ever Bince 1654 into the life of this (Continued on page 7)
(Special to Omo Jewish CiiuoNici.n)
NEW YORK—Tlie, "Alumni," as thcy call thcinsclves, of the Hebrew Or¬ phan Asylum, i38th Street and Amster¬ dam Avenue,, returned to thc home 500 strong last Sunday for one of their re¬ unions, signific'aiit this year because thc asylum is just 100 years old.
Heading the .-ilumni was Harry Bauer, a 71-year-old orphan, of 536 West llOth Street. Several married couples, among them,the present superinteiident of the asylum, Lionel J.'Simmonds, and Mrs. Siminonds, joined in Sunday's reunion, which included a field day and a picnic supper.
Promiment Guests
Men and women, many of whom are proniinent in business and professional circles of New York, were the guests of tlie 1100 children now at the home. Lionel J. Simmonds, .him'Self a graduate of the home and now superintendent of the asylum, was in charge of the pro¬ gramme. There was an inspection of - the building, situated at Amsterdam Avenue and 138th Street; a special en¬ tertainment and games, and a picnic- luncheon served on the large playground.
Thc Hebrew Orphan Asylum, which is maintained by the Federation of Jew¬ ish Philanthropies, claims to be the old¬ est Jewish child-caring institution in America. It is the outgrowth of the He¬ brew Benevolent Society, formed in 1822. Two years before a special fund had been collected 'to care for an indigent veteran of, the Revolutionary War, who, failing in health, had been placed iii a city hospital.
Makes Request
He requested that his last days be spent among people of his own faith, and money was raised to make this pos¬ sible. When the Revolutionary veteran died, -tjvo jyears later, there was left a fund of $306." A group of philarifKropic Jews, using this as a nucleus, formed the Hebrew Benevolent Society.
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DUBNOW NOT TO
RETURN TO KOVNO
Danzig, (J, T. A.). —Prof. Simon Dubnow, noted Jewish historian, who had left Moscow to take the Chair of Jewish Literature at the Lithuanian Na- ' tional University, does not intend to re¬ turn ta Kovno, it is learned. His im¬ mediate plans are to settle temporarily in Berlin. It is understood that Prof. Dubnow has been invited by Dr. Stephen S. Wjse to join the faculty of the new seminary which Dr. Wise and others contemplate opening in the near future . in New York.
MAGNES NOT WORKING
FOR WORLD CONGRESS
WARSAW;- (J. T. A.). —Dr. Judah L. Magnes of New York requests that it be stated that he has not conferred with representatives of the Jewish political parties in Poland regarding the conven¬ ing of a Jewish World Congress, as re¬ ported in a previous dispatch. Dr. Magnes states that he is staying in Po¬ land simply to investigate the educa¬ tional shuation on behalf bf the Joint Distributiori Committee.
KING WILLO. K.        . PALESTINE CONSTITUTION
LONDON, (J. T. A.). —The draft of the Palestine constitution will be laid before the king at-the council to be held next week. The constitution will be contained in an "Order in Council" which is to receive the king's sanction.
PARIS JEWS
ACCLAIM MANDATE
PARIS, (J. C, B.). —Close to 2,000 persons, participated, in a demonstration celebrating the -acceptance' of the Pales¬ tine Mandate.
Deputy Bloom who presided, asserted - that the Socialists approved the mandate. Dr,   Leo   Motzkin   vigorously   scored "Jewish intrigue against the Mandate."
Messages of felicitation were sent by the meeting to Lord Balfour, Senator Lodge, former Premier 'Viviani, Dr. Max Nordau arid Baron Edinond de Roths¬ child.,
JEWS FAST AND PRAY
FOR FAMINE TO END
WARSAW, (J. T. A.). —Special prayers imploring for divine aid to end the Russian famine which had grippied the Jews of that country, were recited in all synagcigues during the ninth of Ab fast yesterday at the instance'of the Warsaw rabbis.