Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1943-04-23

              ^IW^^'^erving Colmnbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community yJ/\\^
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Vol. 22,  No.   17
COI.UMHVs, OHIO, FKIDAY, APUIh 2;i,  11M;I
Devoted to Amerlcmn And  Jewiih   IileulB
Strictly G)nf idential
Tidbits From Everywhere By Pliineas ,?. Biran
Duranty Urges Independent Jewish State In Palestine
HKARYB...
^ What is the F. H. 1. doing ahout the daily incrca.sing vnl- ume or anti-Semitic propiiganda being di.strilniled in defense j)lanls id! over the country . . . ? 'rhe )atcftt piece to conio to our altomion is a ¦'poem" of which the lasl stanza roads: "So when peace ha.s como to u.s again . . . And wc? lick thai Hiller louso . . . You win find the .lew i.s ruling ynu ... In Washington's old U'hite Hfiuse" . . . The Textbook Commission to eliniina'e anti- Semitic statements from Ameri¬ can Textbooks, of which Ken¬ neth l.eshe is chairman, sent an important lolcgviun to President Hoosevoli recently . . The wire directed the President's atlen- tio'n lo a newly issueii llomau Catliolic versi(in of the Xew Te.st;inient which i.s beiuK 'lis- tributed among ihe AnieiMcan arnied fufces . ; . '("lie poi'ktM cili- tion <if lhe.se liilile rea-Hngs I'on- laiii'^*' an anti-Senutic I'tioinote wliicli is enlii-ely ai variance, with tlie text to whicli It refers . . . As, a tnatlor of fact, the foot¬ note is one Ihal comes from the anti-Semitic tiiciionary of Char¬ les h2. Coughhn . . . DoiVt put any stock in Ihoso reiioris ilyal the Hungarian and Roumanian peo¬ ple are giving ovklence of sym¬ pathy for the mistreated Jes\M.sh population of their countries not- witlistantiing. the anti-Semitic pbUcy^of their governments . . . These reports ^teitt from, goyem- meht ^sources and are aimed to gain clemency froh:\ the United Nations when Hitler's inevitable defeat finally .comes to pas.s . . . YOlTHHOl LI) KNOW... PSi Tho advertising recoi'd (jf the New York Times was l)oosted liy two .Jewish organizatictns last week . . . On the same day the New Zionist Organizatiiin and the Commitlee for a .Jewish Anny ran fnll-|iage ads in this paper , . . And Ijoth advertise¬ ments coniainod ringing attack.^ against (he (f rii ish government's negative iiolicy towards opening tile gales of I'alostine to .lewish refugees . . , ll's con)foriing lo know thai Ceorge Packer is a participant in the Hennuda refu¬ gee conference . . , Packer is fidly familiar with the presenl coiidilions of Miu'opean .lewry. ... On May 2n(l, whieh the I-'ed- eral Cotnirj] of ibe Churciie.s of Christ in America has designat¬ ed as a Oay of Couipassiou for the .Jewish victims of Nazi atroci- tii:s. Pierre van l'aas.-,en will de¬ liver a sermon al Carnegie I hill. iii;itKi;\v i>KPT. .
^il Congratulations to the Hei7.- lia Academy on .^ihe aciiuisition ' of a new set of officers who con- sliliiU' a guai'aliiee of new vital¬ ity . . . W'ith Israel Mat/, as bun- orary [(resident. William .Saltz¬ man presideni, l.ouis Itimsky treasurer and the indefatigable Isaac Carmel as secretary, 1 lerz- Ha will go far . . , The first move will probably be a ph\sica) one, as efforts are now being made lo fintl a suitable building in mid- Manhultan for litis Hebrew liigh school which has graced the lower Bust Side h;'" -^i* many years . . , Did you know that Hr. William K Albright, head (tf the Semitics DeiKirtment at Johns Hopkins University, was engag¬ ed in archeological work in Pal¬ e.stlne for seventeen years, and ia so proficient in Hebrew iJiat he  once delivered   a   lecture   in
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Noted Commentators Cover IJJA Rescue Fronts
\Y.\HHI\GTO\, I), <'. (.IPS) —
Palestine nuisl emerge aflei- the war,as a free, .lewi<;h state, "in¬ dependent of any foreign <'on- iro! or nnindate", it is declared by Waiter Ouraivty, noted author and foreign correspondent, in an article appearing in the current issue of The New Palestine or¬ gan of the Zionist Organization of   Ainerica.
Mr. Duraniy suggests that in a treaty of alljmffli'Jjtltween the Prilish *^^^^*"'HjSf|Sj^^^ I'^f" ¦'t'^^- ish Slate ''itn^wV'l!?**'''^'''' '**-' lyade fn,- \))l^^^t^\m^nmcnl of the .\i-ab nnnorTlT', He asserts that "Ziiinisni in twenty-five years ha-^ done mttre lo restore Ilie appellation of a 'land of milk and honey' ihan aH Ihe. eenliu'- ics  of   Arab  occ-upatlou".
"I   repeat  u-liat   I  said before", be  writes, ¦¦that   Palestine  nuisl enu'|-t^e   froni   the   I'eace  Tri-aly us a     fully     indi'itendent     state. Thi^ would nol  mean, of course, tlial foreign .b-ws, long --cMled in friendly    lountrles.    huist    ip.so faein become I'alesijnian citizen; bul   wliat    il    might   mean,   and ' should mean,is ihal the hnmelessl .lews. t)-ansplanlcd liy  Nazi bru¬ tality fi-om the lands wliere ltu\v wei-i'   living,  could   go   to   Pales-. tine and settle there ami find it a true homeland, of which lliey wotdd l)e full citizens"..
Recalling a conversation he had on the subject of Zioni.sm with the late Adolph Ochs, then puljIiaJleiv of thq New York Times; w>io'"d|ifi>beed''"Ziot^ because "he considered tha:t It coniributed to the maintenance oJ" the klea of .ihu .lews as a race apart", Mr. Duranty contends: "1 cannot understand why the .le\Y- isli people should not possess its ancient homeland in full inde¬ pendence if it desires to do so. At the lime when Mr, Ochs was talking lo me the tiuestion was more or less a<'adeniic: bul to¬ il.ly. when lumdreds of thous¬ ands of .lews have been depriv¬ ed of their homes in Mitldle tnid Kastern Kiu-oi)e. it becomes ;icute and innnedi.ale. We lalk loudly aboui the rights of sina;^ nations, bul heri' is a mighty nation, thotigh weak in physical power." which has conlribuled pi-rliaps more than any other to all that we mean by CivilizaliDU today.
"I am not a Jew, 1 am not a '/itinisl: l)Ut 1 am not td'raid to repeal tbe words of President Wilson aliout the rigiits of small nations to self-delerminalion. I think thai hoi only every .U>w but every fair-thinking man and woman should support the de¬ mand for a free, independent Jewish slate in Palestine.
Three of radio's mosl disting¬ uished .radio {¦onunt.'nlators -.1, (I, McDonalil, Hayniond (h'am Swing and Lowell Thomas ifrom lefl lo right)—win repoi') on tin- rese\ie frolits maintained thniugh tile agencies of (lie Cnited Jew- i-h Apjical for Uefugees. Over¬ seas Needs and Palesllne in a nalionw ide broadcast enlilled. ¦¦This. 'I'oo., Is War", which will 111'   heard   ovei'   a   coasl-to-co,i>i
hookup of the Pine Network on Satunlay evening. May l.--t. dm-- ing the half-honr from lOdT) lo HI; I.". P. M. I I-;. W. T.)
'I'he leporls or ibe noted coni- iiient.ilors on llie work o[' ihe .loinl l)|.-.lriliulioii ('oinniittee. lb Cnited P.deslme Ajipeal ami 1 (¦ National llefut;ee Service '   .11   be  su]i))leinented  by  a dra-
Lal ie re enact ment of unfori^et- ,(ble ino(nenis in the program.'' ol Je'wi-h -urvival
Broad Street Temple Acts On Zionist Affiliation
Stirred to action by (he chal¬ lenge sounded in the Proclama¬ tion of .ludge Louis K. Levin- ilial, caJling upon the Zionists of America to •¦double and treble .h'wish votes for Jewi.sh life and Jewish Freedom", Z. O. A. Uis- tri.cls and ilegions throughout Ihe country have enthusiasti¬ cally flung ihemsolves into the task of mobilizing maximum /ionisi manpower to help safe¬ guard Palestine's post-vvar Htatu.s as the .lewish Commonwealth, (Continued on Page 8)
American Jewish Conference Gels Commiitee
Passover Celebrated By Servicemen All Over World
M-:\V YOUK (.lPSi--The na¬ tional assembly of democraUcally i-tecled representatives of .lewish conn mini ties and organizations, l)rojeeted stwerai months ago at Pittsburgh by :\2 national Jewish organizations led )V Lhe li'nni U'rith, will he culled American 'p\yiph ..Conference instead of American, -JeWislx. A^semDiy," apd It win have thepartioipatioii'of the American Jewish Committee to compensate for the change of name, it was revealed after a meeting here of the Executive Commiitee of the Conference.
The Connnille(? had originally demanded thai the name of the Assembly l,ie cha.nged and that ii lie iicrniitled to reserve Ihe righl to withdraw if, al anytiine. it disagreed wilh a policy laid down iiy the majority. While. lii.scussion of these demands was slill under way in the Kxecu- ti\'e Ciunmitlee of the ".Assem¬ bly". Mr. .lose|ih Proskauer, President of (he .¦Vinertcan Jew¬ ish Commiitee, wrote a letter condeimung the whole idea of llie nalional gathering as the crealion of a ¦'political enclave" of .lew.s in America, Afler .sev¬ eral weeks of negoUalion, the Commitlee applied for memhcr- slnp In Ibe organization follow¬ ing virtual acceptance of ils iwo original conditions. The "poli- tieal enclave" letter was with¬ drawn by .Mr. I'roskauer.
Noted Minister Will Address B'nai B'rith Tuesday Evening
Uev, Hartild Lancaster, of ibe King .\\cnue Methodist Churi-h, will address /ion Lodge. H'nai P'riil] next Tuesday, April 27. at H P. M,, at (he Hroad St, Temple, it was ammunced this week by Hernard Keill Inger. presiilenl. His subjeci will be -Hitler's Crealest Sin".
Uev. Lancaster, formerly of Chicago, i.s minister of one of the largest congregalions in Colum¬ bus, He is recogmized as an out¬ standing pulpit speaker, a keen thitdier and is well vm-yed on many  timely   subjects.
The meeling Tue.s<lay evening is open lo the entire Jewisli com¬ munity.
NKW VOKK (,IPSi Tliou.-~- .¦nids of po!iud< of ni.'Uzotl). hun¬ dreds of gallons of wine and ibousands of Ha^gadahs were sent lo all |iaris of the world lo enaliie .lewish men in Ihe Aineri- i-an armed forces to celel)raie Pas.sover, it W'as reported here hy  the  .Jewi-sh   Welfare  Board.
Ariii^ and Navy, DepEirtments made aiTMngements for Jewish soldiers and sailors to observe the holiday and, wherever pos¬ sible, individual families invited servicemen to'join tliclr Seders, Non-Jewish cliaplains o\er,seas co-iiperaled in making arrange- nients for Setters for men in their units wliere there were no .lew¬ ish chaplains to ctmduct the ser- \Jces.
The Nalional WtJinen's League of (he Ciilted Syiiapj()gue i-eports that numerous sets^'xof plv gr;i[ib recoi'ds of ihe ¦tVaUlLi SeiU'i' si'iA'ii'es \\ert' sent to ser vicenu.'u by tbe League, in co- o[)eraiion with the ,lcui>h Wel¬ fare Uoani,
Roosevelt Gets Protest On Catholic Bible In U. S. Army
MOW VOKK (.IPS) - A protest has been sent to Pl¦e^ident floosc- veil aMainst ihe di.Ntribution a- inong Ibe armed birees here and overseas of a Catholic vers;ion of the Hihie that is allegerlly anti- Seniiiic, according to an an- nonncemeiu of Kenneth I .cj^lie, chairman ol" ihe Pi-oicstani Text¬ book (,'tinimission.
Ml- f.e.slje charg<'d that the footiK.tes in the l.lible iu^e "bound to make serious trouble and cause disunity". His diii-ct appeal to the Presiik'ni was bas¬ ed on the fact, ihal ilie Hib)e has been reprinted by the Cnited States Kovernmeni prinUng of¬ fice under (be dii-eclion of Ihe chief of chaplain,-. Prigadier (b'li- eral Wdliam U. Arnolii,
tjuoting fi-oin a page in the .\|Kical\|),--e of St. .lohn, refer- rim: lo a leiler lo ibi- (.lmr<Ji al Siii> laia. Mr l.i'-^lie pointed Iri a  lo,>lllo|e rNi.l.iumm onc' of Ihe
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iin- [he -> n,iL:oi.;ne of .s.jian 'J'lu- I llic -> na'_^Mi^nc .V llir Clinsiian Cbni. h '. ¦ .Mr Le-he declares iliai illi- I- a peiA cl -ion of (he text. I le w rote Io the I're-ldelU iba) *)Iie exiire,---)oii i- a typical amiSeinilU' sialenieni fn-tin the f,i--i :-( ,'nd ant iSenritit dietion- ai\   ol' Charle-'  I-',   Cougblin".
The I in-reni Im-ort' about this Catholic \er>ion of llu,' Uilile was nu>iatetl by Pr\ce Oliver, radio coiuinenlana-a-socialed wilh ihe l''riends of Hemocracy. He charged that "at last a way has been fnund to make the church- going folks of America tliink ahout the Jeivs as "Hltlef wants them to think", Hrs reference was to a revi.sjon of the Chal- Uuier-Uheinis Version of the New Testament, as edited by Ca(hoh<' Scholars under the patronage of ihe Liiiscopal Committee of the Confraternity of Chrislian Doc¬ trine and WUh Hi^holl Kdwin V. O'Hara nl' Kan.-a.^ Cily as the iJiairman of tlu' cciinmittee,
'Ciu' critics of tliis-ri'vised ver¬ sion fall  to call aitcniljon to the faci    that    the   vobuno   has   not ,ju>t   liei'O  publi.-hed  but"\vas \s- ."lifd in  llUl.
Temple To Hold TOth Annual Graduation Exercises April 30th
Hays Thinks Ban On Jew-Hatred Wrong
NKW    VOKK     (,1PS)-   Arihur Carfield    Hays,   a   ,lew.   believes thai "the v\)J,U\   lo a  prejudice  is I'he Tenth Animal (b-aduation ' a civil  libertv"    of    which    the K\ei-cisi-s of the Higli School He-1 ,\tMeric.iM people mii-i no! lie de¬ partment   of   ihe^niyden   Iload ; pi-i\ rd,   he   declare.!   ai   u   ^sn^- Teinple  will  be  held  in  eonuec-u,n-nini     aiiMii^cd   Iutc   i>v   the
tion Willi the Sabbalh Service-^ next l-'ridaV nighl. .\pril :U). he ginning at s o'clock.
Tlu' cla^:-- comprises six young men and \cotnen wlio lia\'e coni¬ pieled the two year's work pre- scriU'd in the High School ih-- partineiU since their Confirma¬ tion,
The progj-am follows: -¦¦The Hilile in l-'uture Years", .ludith Membo; ¦¦The Higher Law". Harry Kohn, .Ir.; ".ludalsin's \{- titude Toward War", Lois A. Kornum: -.lews .\fter Ihe War", Margaret Frances Slui-^or. Head¬ ers. I^<»|jert Richman and Uoljert (lundersheinier,
L- .1, Cloodman, Presideni of the Congregation, will award the certificates of graduation. He wil) be assisted by Mr. Albert Schiff, Vice-President,
.A, rece()tiitn will he tendered the graduates, their parents and (Continued on Page 8)
.Vnierican .b'W i.-li Coii!;;re>,s
-Mr ll:i>-^. coun-el lo thi' Amer- iciii Cu ll Libeiiie- Cnion. lold tiK' group, which ba>> been ac¬ tive in (he e('ononu<' di^ciiinnia- tioii field, that il w a^ wrong to atlempl lo i-nact legislation bar¬ ring di.siTimination in private employnienl alilunigb he f-avored legi.¦^l,Idan fill (;o\'ernmeni cou- tr;icls. lie pei'sonallv regarded discriminalion as uuAmerU'an, bui echoing a .senlimcnt voiced recently in the Hou.se of Uepre- .semalivcs by Martin Dies, Mr. Hays declaretl that "we can'l have a free soc'iety unless peo¬ ple hav^' a right to their pre¬ judices".
TO ADDKEHS CANTON LOlWiK
Allan Tar.shish, first vice-pres- iilent of Ohio-Kentucky Associa¬ tion H'nai Ti'rith Lodges, will address Canton Ohio ii'nai H'rith Lodge tin Thursday, April 2i)th.
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