Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1943-07-09

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Vol. 'il. No. 2N
}^l\//~~Serv'mg Coltunbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community\\//\\^
(OMSnilH,  OHIO,  KKin.VV,  .11 I,V   !),   ini:!
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Bverynhere By Phinoas J. Bfron
VI.SITOK-H HCHKI)II,I5 . . .
fej Not .nil the iictivltie.s of the .lewish delegation here from the Soviet Tnlon have reached the pre.ss . .. For example, Prof. Solo¬ mon ¦ Mielioels and I.ieutennnt- C'olonel lizik Keffor spent two .'ind „-i half horns al liinchcim with Ihe Chaim Weizmanns n few days l)efore Ihe Zionist lead¬ er and his wife left for London , . . The visitors l)roiight nr. Weizmann reffanis from his liro¬ ther Shmtici. who is a l)ig .shot in Ihe So\'iet Mo\'ernment . . . Anollier InterestinK gel-loL'ether the deiCKtiiion had wa.s at dinner witii George Hacker Oi host , . . .lacoh l.andau of ihe ,IT,\, .loseph H.vman of the .IDC, the .South .Ameriran Journalist and ,loe Ilrainin were Ihe oihei- guests, and the chief topic of discussion was ^t'iie '.Icwisli situation in lOu- rope . . . Prof. Michoels sa.s's ihtit ¦ the figure of 2.n(lo,oiio .lews hav- in.g been e.xtcrmin.-ited liy Hitler is a gross underslaicment. lie de- clare.s Ihat 1,01)0,01111 is much clos¬ er lo the mark . . . Wlien the delegation visited Prof. .Albert Einstein at his I'linceton home, the great .lewish scientist told them ¦¦Hlller may he beaten hy the Allies, but he has already won his war against Ihe ,lews^^ . . ^III.ITAKV l.VTKI.IJOKNfK . . Pa Hollywood's William Wyler won ah Academy Award this year for his "Mrs. Miniver" but,
j,.i,;ii;.,, ^Ince,, then..,he's, vkgn...another
''"¦'¦. y^ awafd' ¦which/ he' -'prizBa •¦ ¦iniiich more highly: "The Air Medal, he- stowed on him for his flightH o\'er enemy targets aw a Major in the V. .S. Air Foi-ce . . . tl'ommen- tator Cal)i-iel Heatter is a proutl nian ihese days ... His son. En¬ sign Ilasil Heatter, hns gone off to sea iliily in charge of his own sliiiJ . . In the Hed Army, you >^liould know, there are a hun¬ dred fiillriinking .lewish gener¬ als . . . Soon to join fieneral Kiseiihower tis an honorary niember of Ihe liritish knight¬ hood, if reports .rom lOngland tu^e correct, is Dtniiei Arnstein, who did such valuable traffic manaKing for Ihe riurina iload. •IKWISII NKWS . . . pi4 Pierre vah i'tiassen's recent speecii al Ihe .iamaicti, L. I., con¬ ference of the fi'A Js tlie lalk of Zionists llie.se da.i's , . . 'I'lle Coyisli cxperl warned the Zinn¬ ist leadership against tinfouhded optimism, iind look the leaders to task for not projecting right sunv an intensice cainpaigji against tlic. tihrogalion of Ihe im¬ migrallon (|Uola for I'alesline . . Arc ihci'e union irouiilcs in the ofl'M es of tiiv Svw \^ork lnited .lewisii .Ajipeal C;nn[)aign^.' . . . WTvi lical'd .suiiie di>lurl)ing rumors . . Ilcibcrl Hoover, i-e- poi^ls Danlon Walker, may be in\iled lo eo lo I'alesline lo !t,lake a tu',-.l-lialid report on Ihe .lewish lefllgee prolilem , . . .\lld I'ld Sullivan iniolc.^ a corrcspimil-
ciil as wi'iiing tr  'riipoli Ihal
¦Ihe Pi'in>ii are ihinKing I'ei'y sei'ioii-.lv of luruing Ti'ipcihlaiUa OVIT lo  liic  .lew , ,   ll   i.^  beau¬
tiful. - . and no .Xrabs" . ¦, SL.AI'.'^ .Vl' I'lll': .\.\IS ... ~ jSj l-:piloniiz<'M l-iliiil l.ilduig: '¦In Amerii'a all is alloucil lli.d is nol c.\pre.ssl.\' \'t'rboien ... In (lermaiiy all is \erlioicu Ihat i.s not expresslv aliowi'd ..." Sclie- dule<l lor |-ali publicallon by Sim¬ on Ihe Schusier i.- .1 collc^ciion of stories enlilled ¦"i^he Tell Com- mandmeius'^ . . i:acb Coinmand ment is treated by :i famous (Continued on Page Sf
1,012 .Wnisters Pledge Removal Of Anti-Semitic Texts
NKW ^'OKK (JPSi—A pledge to'(A all in their power "to oli- tain the removal of di.scrimina- tory pas.sages from textbooks^' that ore anti-Semitic In charac- teV and 'lo undo through our preaching and teaching ^he ill effects of previon.s fal.se teach¬ ing" has been signed by 1,012 I'roteiHtmt ministers, bishops tind presidenl.s of the theological semJnarie.s, it was announced here, by Ihc Textbook Commis¬ sion to Eliminate Anti-Semitic St;iienionls from Texlhooks, a group establl.shed iiy ¦¦The Pro- teslant" niiigazine.
Commenting on the action fif Ihe religious leaders, Kenneth Leslie, ('dilor of Iho mtigazine, det larcd that ¦¦it took Chrislian coLirage to sign this confession, for confession it is, of a 2,000 year old Ciiristian sin, the sin of a spiriltial pride which per¬ mitted religions controversy lo turn into political - murder, the sin of a cold, coniplaceiicy whicli is literally midwife lo Ihe iitis- .sionaie racism of the Nazis^'.
in the course of liic pledge lo ¦'speak plaittl.i' aliout the cou-tird- l.v' propaganda of tinti-Semitism", the signatories stiy: ¦¦In the pres¬ ent world crisis modern ,Jew.ry suffers in .the perstm.s of ils inno¬ cent children tho first and hard¬ est blows of tyranny. The very cro.ss oh which ,lesus died for the people is today liecoming a bludgeon in the hands D£,those \vK6 wSuW 'Cheat the' pstb'plb'pf liis elft .to them ot a Creative share in the world's building."
Danroted to Amerioaii nnd Jewish Idanli
Workers Intensify Efforts To Attain 1943 Fnnd Goal
AVOMKN'S DIVISION (Alil.H
O.N (.\PTA!NST<><;iVK
KINAK   RKI'OKTS
/\fi the ro-rh,'iii'nioii of the AVoiiK'n'M Division of the I'lil- trd Jewi.sh Fund jnc (Ivslryu.s of rlo.sln^ their (liive (luring; Ihe <'(>nilii^ week, all enptiiins are utKcd lo make their final reports at the ineetiny; Tues¬ day, July i;j, «!¦ Thursday. July   l",ih.
The final report nieetiiiKN are lo he held at the Itryden Hoad Teniph' from tU.M) A. .>!. to  I   I'. M.
150th Jewish Chaplain Enters Armed Forces
J. W. B. Lists of 1,000 Jewish Casualties
NKW VOKK (JPS) — From I'earl Iltu'linr tu .lune 1, l!)i;t.' ihu lUiffuii (it' \\'ur Uc'f(n-tls. t.f tht.- It'wi.sh Welfaro lioard "ha.s coiii- liili.'d a chfckoil and aulhcnlifai- I'd li.si of about 1.0(10 .lewish casu- altios and several hundi'od awards for hei-oism", it was re- porU'd here liy Frank I,. Weil, |jr('.sidi.'nt of the ,1. \V. li. He added th;ii ¦'Uicsi' figiiri-s are necessarily ' ineuinplete because rasLialt.y li.sls are generally is- .sued .s(,)nH' flnvc after the eaus- uli'ics m'cur."
Describing the problems-faced by the liureau of Uecords in ob¬ taining a Ll then Lie infornuUion abniit .lews In the armed forces, Mr. Weii obsei-vetl that -no re- l!ani;i-' is placed on .so-called .lew¬ ish I'lani.es, in over lOO instan¬ ces names, such as .-Xhraham. I'.crnstein. Levy, Lipsky, ^los^'s, (inldhcrg. (loldstein and W'ein- ,-icin Ufi'c,-upiiiiclu'cking. f'-amd lu be held by luni-.li'ws. On the niber hand, ;\niuiig the nanies'of honurerl ,l('wUh ber-oes are .Mo dtann, Arnuld, I'SlaUeimire, Dover, \^ )ld, .\rch. Cbnurd, York, llan- .-¦on   and  fU,'\eland".
Savs Dies Tolerance Inquiry As "Worse Than Disease"
\VAKI1I\(;T()\ f.Il'fi) — The invesUgation into -racial antag- iini>ms"    that    has   been   under-
takt-n hy the Dies Cummittoe is "a cure wurse than Ibe di.--ease". n wa.-- a.-':--ei'ti'd hei'i? by t'oiigre.ss- man limamifl Celler of lirooli- lyn. lie ub.servi'd (hat the Com- iiuiiee's  ar^' "¦  J'or   investigation
NKW VOKK (.li'Sl—The ir.Olh .lewish chaplain lo enler the armed fr?tTcs of (he I'nited .S(a- tes is liablii Abraham Xowak, a ehaplain in the lasl war, it is re¬ ported here by the Army and Navy Comm.iU.ee of the Jewish Welfare Hoard. Although lie had applied for a commission the week after the Japs, bombed Pearl Harhofr, Rabbi Nowak, who is ovetr 50, was not accepted until a rfi<ient dispensation by» ihe ehlef'of Chaplain"^' made pos.s'ible the acceptance of a limited num¬ ber of physically fit ministers be¬ tween the ages of 50 and .'i5, Hab¬ bi Nowak is a gratjuate fif the lewish Theological Seminary and has sei'ved in i)uli)its in .New Hoehelle and ('le\eland.
H;d)bi S. Joshua Kohn nf Ltiea. X" v.. IS the firsl Jewish cJiaii- lain In be ap|»oinie<l It) the Mei'- chanl Marine, according lo an annoUlTceineiil in The Jewish Oiaplajn, Jeu i.sli WelJajv \U>uii\ publication.
'Convention Bv Mail' By AZA To Relieve Travel Burden
WASHINCi'l'ON (JPSl ~ Tbe .Alepb /.a.lik Aleph, Ifuai H-rilh youth orgatu'/.alion. has announc¬ ed l\ere Ihai ils l^oih annual t-'un- vention wouhl be a. "convenlinn hy mail", ui oi'der "(o relieve Ihe nali'nn's transpcriaiinn .syslem (tf Ibe hunjen of carrying r)Ol) delegates who normally travel some l.ODO.OOO mile.s round irij)'-'.
The first cunvt'Utiou hy m.dl to be held by an\' national Jew i^.b' orgaiu/.alioii, the A. /. -.V coin eiilion opened on ..Inly Uh and u ill rotiiiiHic until ()cb»b<T l:;ih. the llioth anniversary .if li'nai irri'th. Connnitiee re¬ ports, ".--peeches", material for found table discussions, nomin¬ ating petition.-, and resolu^ioll^^ will ,be .sent through the mad, il was staled.
has diniiiiisheil when il came to 'the man'y l''a.sci.-»ts and Kiscisl Fronts exifiting in our nudst. Imparliality is hardly a domin¬ ant eharaelerislie of the iirticed- lire of the Conunittee. ll is ail.s- ious to MUainpulale any facts Ihat may \iv unearthed as furlber gri^it to its mills. Ii forms it,-> conclu.sion.s firsl and foiH'es evi¬ dence   in  .^upporl  thereof".
Columbus Jewry's great United Jewish Fund campaign of "a/I-out" aid and sacrifice has already advanced on many fronts to meet the unprecedented needs of the most critical hour in world history. The increased goal thi.s year is ab¬ solutely necessary with the world in its present chaotic condition. World Jewry has been torn asunder. Through a quirk of fate one-third of the Jewish population of tho world finds itself living in tho Land of the Free and the other two-thirds arc scattered all over the burning Hell of Europe—men, women and children who would welcome dentil rather than go through the tortures being inflicted upon them.
These unfortunates are part of our local campaign. They iire the ones for whom every man, woman and child is asked to contribute when called upon by any worker of the Men's, Women's and Junior Divisions. These unfortun¬ ate brethren need your help and you dare not let them down.
Those working on ihe cam¬ paign know Iheir respoiisibili- (ies. It is up to yon. llie coiui-ibu- tors. to jneel thesi' workers with a warm clasp of the hand, and in ihe tniilerslandiiig of ihe situa¬ tion meel .your obligations with the   proper pledges,
irij^hliglits of IlICI Kffort Almost four weeks ago ihe l'niled .lewish Fund (.'ainpaign opened wilh a dinner-rally at (he Winding Hollow Counlry Club. Over 200 citizens of our eoinnum- ly attended ihai rahy and heard
SAYS 4,000.000 J»WE!lE«D BY RED ARMY
\KW VOKK (.IP.S) — .More than 1.000,000 J.-ws w-ere rescued from destruction by the I{ed Army, il was a.-.seried hy Il/ik Feffer. Ckralnlan ,le\>.isli ijod, in adulressinj.' several hundred represeniativc .lews gathered al ) reception lo him and his eoni- panlon in the Soviel delegaiion. Solomon   Mikboels.  at. Ihe ,Ku>-
n Consulate (ieni'ral here- Wilh I'rof, Mil<lio(.|>. pre.-ideni .f Ibe .lewish Ami-l-'ascisl Coni- iiiiiiee of Russia, anil director of Ihe .lewish Stale Theatre, l.i Col. l''effer eillplKisized ihal Hus- ... has no ])liice for anli-Seniil ism and thai ibe .U'\v< of the .So\ - iet Cnion have iilayi'd a notable part, togt'iher wiih e\i'i'y other element of the population, in the heroic resi^ianee againsi tbe .Vazi ni\asion.
Dr. Slephen S. Wise, Haul Itaer- wald. Sidney lliliman. .Ma.\ Hein hard I and siniilar per.soiiiilii ies repi-i'seiHed ibe warnuli of b'ei ing w hich the .lews of the I'm letl Slales have foi' ihe ,]e\\i,-.|i conimuiuiy in UUssia.
"i'rof Mikho.-ls. a <niall man marked by a juliing jaw and blaiJ<, .siraggling hai)' fringing a iKild pate, did iioi confine his siateineni, m Hussian. to n.m- iiion|tlace. Ml explaining why ajj> ani ifascjst cojnjnil lee jiad iH-ell si'l   up in  Russia  w lieu "all
.' fi-. cdoni-!o\ lug peo|)li's of Ihe ("niied .\atiou-, ari' opiHwrd o fas(i.-,in", tlie famous, iheairi ¦al dire.tor sa/d:
'It woulil be an error lo as.-eri thai all .lews ha\ e done every ¦nng'ihey can and should (|o in the interests of bumaniiy, li s nol (.'iiougb til call otie.-elf an iiiti-fa.sci.st. To(Ki>-. history ealU ipoii the anil fa.scist to gu t- lii^ sireuglh. hi.s re.sounes and, d necessary, bis lil'e in l^e sirug- (Contlnued on Page 8)
Ihe mosl stirring addresses ever lelivcreil to a .lewMMb audience in (his cily-. Since Uu'U hundreds ff tellers ha\'e gone out from the I-'und offjiv ;,n,| cnjumns of news print have been imblish- eil all with the piu'pose of mak¬ ing local ,lewry more eoh.s<'ious "if the high aims and i)urposes iiuolved in Die Campaign. ,   They   wvn-   ihe   preliminaries
10 ilii' task bofore us now. Hut the prelude is over: we have reached tbe main ihenie. .'\nd Ihe succe.ss or failure of ctur ef- foris depends upon our ahilily lo bring the iheme to a grace¬ ful conclusion.
To-   vvhat   has   alrea(W   been said and written,about !fte grave needs which confront us rib fobt-' nnte  need   be added.    Only  the hopule.ssly indifferent or the un¬ willing — and we pray there is the barest minority amongst u.s --   will   not   respond   lo   the  de- nuuids wbiiJi  iheir hapiiiei- fale make    upon   them.     They   will blind   their  eye   to   the  devasta¬ tion, and seal  their ears against the   cries   of   jiain   which   men ¦whom   thoy   despise   have   been res[)o,iisible   for.        Tlu'y   argue IJiat   -I   come   first.     Let   (hose who   ha\e   more   Ihaii   I   do   Ihe job",
Hnl tliose of ns wiib a .sense of huiuaniiy and gratitude know what a nienaiice thi.s element is. We know. loo. that wilh such selfish shortsighlednes.s, iln-y are writing their own ticket to itu^ very hell from wJiicli they re- fu.se to save these children of darkness who ajipeal to us for help.
Hnl. iliank Heaven, most of us do not have to be told further. We understand, we feel'.and we will speak out in the name of hiimaniiy - - yes, speak mit in a language which ihey o\er then; w'iW ])o able .to appreciate.
For we shall and nuisl ans- W(.'r with our dollars. That is the reply they want to hear and il is llie only kind ihey can coiu- prelieiid in Ihesc' bcwildei'iiig times. Huffeted and beal'en lliough (hey havt' been, there is slill letl enough to save if we respond generously and in .sea¬ son.
There ;ire but a few more weeks   remaniing   in   the   l)ri\e.
11 inn.-t close tin July 'JUh. There will l)e no extensions, no gra(;e periods. Hui il will iJose on schedule if each of you out there is alive lo Ibe dictates of a hu¬ mane impul.se.
Ami what aehievemeiil could give more satisfaction than llie auaimuenl of the goal, an ae- eomiilishnieni which is bound to relleel lioiior and glory not only (o ourselves, Init Ihe entire. civili/ed worli.l as well!