Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1943-07-02, page 01 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 1 of 8 | Next |
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
itsssa*- jfe: :'»'^;t' ^» ; ^fWy^'^^rving Columbus and Cehtral Ohio Jewish Community \v/Avi fol. 21, ,\'o. 27 COfAMIUS, OHIO, FRID.W.'.Ill.V 2, r!>l:i De.Dt«d to AmArioiB and jewtah Idsal. ' Strictly Confidential Tidbits From Everywliere By Pliinons J. Biron Columbus Jewry Urged To Bespond lu Hour Of Greatest Euiergeney rnOJI THE RIKSI/W PKONT . (81 Professor Rolumon Miohoel.q, meitihcr of the .lewish (lelcRa- tion from the Soviet Union, In hi.s first radio .speech in (his countl-y nirdresscti hi.s .Jewish iimiicnoe :is "lirothcrs .nnd si.s- ters of a peoj)le that Hitler is determined to convert into com¬ mercial soai)" ... He referred to that manifestation of Nazi thriftincKs which lias made Hit¬ ler's boys use the bodies of miir-. dered .lews tis raw material in the mamifactiii-e of soap . . . And don't iet anylxidy tell you that Soviet .lews aren't senti- nienlal . . . One of Ihe first things .Michoels and collcaRiie, Major Feffer, did in this coiuury was to inake a |)ilKriniage to a ilrook- lyn cemetery . . . There Ihe of¬ ficial delegates from Ihe Soviet I'nion de|)osiieil a wreath and ¦ dropitod a few tears on ttjat) jjr.'ive of Sholem .Mrirhem *• . . .lews now niiU<e up-the thini- lai'gest nalional Kroup in the Soviet I'nion . . . Ahead of Ihem are only tlu* (ireat Itiissians, with Illii.lKIO.Odn and aholir ,10.¦ (IDII.OOO I'krainians . . . Their number is ostimaled a.s .O.fllK).()(«) . . . Most poptdar .lewish hero in the .Soviet Union is the late Ma¬ jor Ctjesar Ktnilkov, wiio wa.s a commander of Soviet paratroop- er.s .^Hussian new-sjiaper-s still carry exciting stories con cernlng KunJkov's two hundred T.j~J>araclwtlatg. ,.;..„.;. .Kunikovj fell du'rlng-'the'liattre'behind th'e' Nazi lines ... VOr SHOULD KNOW . . . lai A most disgraceful attack on ICuropoan refugees upiieared in llie iirooklyn Tablet severed weeks ago . . . The article charg¬ ed tlie refugees with conianiinai- ing the American way of life and with bringing to this ctitmlry tlie social ills that were responsible for the disintegration of lOurope. . Liberal Catholic , leaders should disavow this foul sheet. . . . Wc are still waiting for ac¬ lion l),\' the War Dejiartment in connection with Ihe anti-Semitic record of. Nlicliaei CIrasynsky. who was a major in the Polish arm.v .'ind is on the faculty of _lhe School of. Military (lovern- "ment al Charlottesville, Va. . . More power lo Congressman Knianuel Celler in his efforts to pusli an investigation . . Ily wa,y 'if liribing Dutch chililren to beiray the hidiiig-plarcs of .lewish families, the .N'azi aulhori. ties in Holland have Issued siiec- ial candy ration cards directly to youngsters up to fourteen years of age. . I'. S. The plan ha.s¬ n't worked . . . KK.^DEIl'H f;l'll)lS , . . Hij If you want lo gel an idea of what the life of a clia|)lain on active sel'\jce at the front is like, read Rahlil Irving 'i'epper's letters from .\orih .¦Xfrica, pub¬ lished 111 the .lunc i.ssue of llie Conlcinporary .loiish fiecord . In Ihe same Is.-uc you will also find a comiiion-.sen.se view of . anti-Seiiiitisni. by Ralph IO. Sam¬ uel . . . Writes Kaliili (not lo be confused wilh .Maurice Samuell; ''We sliould nol have lo learn more than once llie h's.son Ihat anIi-Semitisni is one of the way stations on the anti-deniocratlc road to reaction" . . . If all .lew¬ ish and non-.lewisli organiza¬ tions working for good will would adopt this slogan, the fight against anti-SeinUisin would lie half won. . . Too lil- I (Continued on Page 8) Rabbi J. S. Kornfeld Passes In Toronto TOKONTO .(.IPS) —Rabbi .lo¬ seph S. Kornfeld, once one of the few ,Iewish ambassadors wdiom llle "United States sent alii-oad, whose declining days were spent in a riny pulpit in Virginia, died here at the age of (i7 at the Holy Hlossoin Temple, where he was serving 9s a sub¬ stitute for Ijlabbl Maurlfe Eisen-_^ drath dilring the latt&r.'sTser'vice' ai? nirector of the Union of American Hebrew. Congrega¬ tions. Horn in .•\ustria-llungary in 1,H7(I, Rabbi Kornfeld received his education at the Universiiy of Cincinnati and his ralil)inical ii(\^ree a' llic lielirew I'nion Col- Icige. Siibsecfliendy he occuiiied a iiulpit in Colunibus, where he aciiiiired llle close friendship of Warren (1. Harding. Wlien Mr. I lar.ling became president, he showed his affection for Rabbi Kornfeld by appointing him iMJnister to i'ersi;i, in uliicli ca¬ pacity Rablii Kornfeld .served from 1II2I 10 llJiii. Upon liis re¬ turn frtim his am.bassadorial post, be re-entered the niinistry. serving in Toledo, O. He left that pulpit in IIKII to engage in lecture activilies. In the years that followed, lie was known lo luive undergone difficulties. • Two years ago he aciepted a pulpit at the Hebrew l''rieiidship Congregation in the small town of Harrisonburg, Va. Ho was called from this oliscur- iiy to .serve once again in a lead¬ ing congregation,but an unhappy fate wnich had dogged him in l-eccnl years cut sllort his life only a few weeks afler be had licgtm bis new and happier ca¬ reer at the Holy Rlossoni Tem¬ ple in Ihat cily. Conference To Save Jews To Be Held July 6tb X K \V VO It Ii (.IPS) — All "Kniergency Conference To Sa\'e Tbe .lews' of Kurope" will he held here from .luly (Ith Ihrough .lui.v lull, wilh Ihe parlicipation of .Max l.erner. ilishop Henri' i'^' Ceorge 'I'ucker. Claire lloolli l.iice, iiiMliert Hoover, l.ouis Itronrfieid, I''rank Porter Gra¬ ham. Prosidenl of (he Univijr- sii\'- of North Carolina, Admiral Yali's Slirling, .Ir.. U. S. Senator Kdwin C. .lohnsoh of CoUirailo. Representative W'ili Rogers. .Ir., <-ind oUicrs. il was . announced here .liv (lahriel A. • Wechsler. Kxecniive .Secrel;iry of the Con¬ ference. AUhotlgil oi-iginally the Coni- millee for a .lewish .-Xrm.v of Stateless .\nd Palestinian .lews had idenlified itself as the spon¬ sor for tile Conference, subse- (jnenf releases (o the press have eliniinated ineiition of that or¬ ganization. The Kmergenc.y meeting will bring together inlo panels out¬ standing mon itind women in the fields of Relief and Transporta¬ tion, Intornationa! I.,aw, Mitldle fEastecn Affairs, I'ublic Opinion aiid Legislation. Following de¬ liberation by the Conference, a' comprehensive program will be di-awn up for the salvation of Kuropcan .lowry, according to the plan outlined by the spon¬ sors. Off to a flying .start on. till fronts on the greatest hufiianitarian effort in local history, the United .lewish Kund Campaign i.s this week entering it.s Ihirtl week with all workers in the .Men's, Women's and .Junior Divisions intensifying their efforts to tittain the lesS than 2(1'; of the l!l-i;> (juola yet to lie rtiised. .Spurred on by the gniphic stor.v of the tragedy which has i)vert,i)<en otir [leople by the leaders of the l'"iind at the .luniiir Division nietaing .Itine 2.'!r(l at the Ijroad St. Temple tinil last Monday before the Women's group rally tit the Hryiien Hd. TLTnplc, the army of workei's immediately began the task of con¬ tacting hunih'eds of .lewish ftimilies in Columbus and neighboring towns in etirnest. That Columbus .lewish conmiuiiily has ai''cepled the challenge thru this onee vetii' I'nited .lewish l''und drive was best indicated by ll.i mosl gralilying resuHs dlreiidy aehie\e(l as reported to (he Chronicle iil press time.. Ac- eording to rjobei't Schiff. Campaign Chairmtm. Columbus is (lelermined to raise Hie increased iiiiola .set foi' this ye;u' lo meet the calaslrophe of u'tir which has dc\;is(aled .lewish life in almosi every section of Vliirope. I'Jvery resource of the .le.wish comiiiiinily is being marshalled lo meet Ihe crucitil needs bi'ou.ght on In' the gr.u'est crisis modern civilization has known, .\Ir. SchU'f said.. 7II() I'I'.kl,I.A.N .JKW.S AD.^irn'KO IN'l'O V.V'l'K'.AN I.O.N'DON I.IPSI- Seven hundred ilallan .lews lia\e been admit- led into Vatican Cily, it is alleg¬ ed hell'. Although there was no confirniadon of this report from reliable .sources, llie ."^azi organ. Streiclier's Stuernier, convened llle slory inlo a jilatform for an aitack on I'ope Pius Xll. 11 is asseried Ihat tell thou.sand .lews had bei'O brought into Vatican City by die Pope in order Ui .sii\e Ihem from deportalion and from ,anli-.lewish iliscriniination. In ;i siaieinenl by I-:. .1 Schan¬ farber. I'niled .Icivish I-'und pre.sjdeiU. on (he outlook of tile presenl campaign, he said: "Tiiere is. yd more tlian l.'i'"; needed lo n-veet ihe minimum ref|uiremellts tif Columbus' con¬ tribution to tile mall.\- worliiy org.-inizadons and institulions suported by local .lewry. It- is imperative tliat the minimum '.goal be reached al the earliest possible time and nionil>ers of .the convnunity are urged to turn In their checks and pledges to the Fund workers if they have not iilready done so. "The Uniled .lewish .\ppeal for Refugee.<Ii ' Overseas Needs and Palestine is die main hen- eiiciary of the rnileil .lewish :d AMERICAN REFORM RABBIS DISAVOW ANTI-ZIONIST "COUNCIL FOR JUDAISM" Annual Central Conference Of American Kabbis Reaffirms "Compatibility" Of Zionism And Reform Judaism; Also Condemns Anti-Negro Riots In Detroit; DR. SOLOMON FREEHOF ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE NKW VOKK I.II'S)—Couded hy tho "growing thrmu" lo R'!- lnwshi|) in tlio Cc'titrnl Ciinl'iM'- unce of AiiKTlc-uti Ualjliis and t'X- l)re.ssing "HhocU" ul tlic rist- of tho C'ouiu-il at this linu', the Conference, (irf^unir.iK'un'i of liv- fill-Ill rahbis, went i)n record, ai it.s Mth annual meeting at . the New Y(»rUer here, a.s demanding the termination uf the anti- Zionists American Council for .Judaism. At ihe same lime, the f'0/1 ference pas.sed a re.s(jtti(ion declaring that thei'e is "no essen- lial incdriipalibiLity Itctweeu Ke- form ,ludaisni and /Jonisni". The' advocates of the Zionist ideal within Ihe Conference ou't num.hered the ollu'i's in Ihe vot¬ ing ]>y :i to I. The pa sage of these iwo I'l-so- lulions was the higldight of ihe five-day sessions, which i-ul- niinated in the elecli(ni of llah- l)i Solo'mon B. Kreeliof of I'ilts- hurgh as'President of the Von- (ml Conference to succee<i Kyhhi .lames C. Heller of Cincinnati. The twin resolutions, one di¬ rected at tho anti-Zionist yt'hism within the Conference and the other hjuntly repudiating an im¬ pression that- Reform Jewish "universalism was in opposi¬ tion to Zionist ¦•piuMicularisin" evoked lln' nvo.si biller debate Ihat the Conference ha.s known in many years. The sulijecl was introduced al L':;i() i'. M.. one af (erdoon and. exce})! for a diniu'i rec(\ss, continued lo be discussed njilil :! o'clock the followliu; uioriiini^, A round ruble on "ConLpatihilUv of Zionism wilh Reform Judaism" had Rabbi.s William l-Mliesluiber of I'hiladel- phia and (lyman Schachtel of New York iire.-^cnting the anli- Zioni.sl side and Rabbi.s 1-Vli.x Levy. Chicago, and iJifvid I'oJis)), Cleveianil. offerinj^' the Ziiniisi jtoiut of view, it had oii>^iiially been announci'd Ihat the papi'i'.s and all (he sub.seu(ie|U di.stus sion would be in ¦'cxecuiiv'i' stv^ sion". Hut Ihis was later modi- fiii'd lo jtrovide for the jHiblica litin of the four papers and the announcement lo tiie press uf the two climax resolutions. Tl3e outcome of tiie debate might huvc constituted a rebuke to Lessing Rosenwald, Philadel¬ phia industrialisi, who. at the very same tlhie was presenting the anti-Zionist viewpoint of the (Continued on Page Four) y u n d ('ami)aii.,'n. Siilisia ;omrdtii[ioM.s ,t.,'o lo \arious r a I e . I i n c Ar\i\ llie-;. () 1{ '!'. Youth Aliyah, llchrew Cniver- sity of Palestine. I HAS and var¬ ious re legions, cultural and aid in.vlitulions abroad. In tlie rnit-. ed Stales the rnited .leWish Campai.t^n contri by Ies lo the Ainericaii - Religious - Civic Pro¬ tective work. Orphanage^;, Home for the Aged, Hospitals and other institutions anti organi¬ zations. Work -with the men in the Armed Forces arrd Colleges is also aided by funtls from the campaign. "One ciiiUrihution to the an- i.ual United Jewish Kund Cani- j)ai^'n IS di\ Ided among the many organizations and iiisii- tulions, and e\cry worthy cause brou,i,dii to lln- allentjon of (he Coininillce is allocalcd funds from [111- dii\u (juoiu. This \'car. as nc\i'r bcfl»rc in the his- ror.N of Israel, have the de¬ mands been .-o great and the iieeil so urgeiil. Thfs is tlie \ear in which ihc fale of Ihe wmUi is bcin.u di'cidcil and lhi.-> Is also Ihe year in whieh the fale ol' many rhou.-^ands of Jndi\ idiiats, j)cr.seculed and iiounded uy ihc relenile--.-- op|n-c---<ion of the Nazi philo.-.ophy, w ill be licidcd. -It is h'l' cat h individna) lo decide how much : ' or slie can ^\\\' lo aid the distress and .suffei-in^ of the tliousamls dc- IiendeiU upon tliem, |t is for each individual to decide how much he or she wants to con¬ tribute so thai Ihe culiurij), vc- liHiou.s and philanihropii' woi'k carried on successfully for many years will continue. It is up [0 eacji individual lo de¬ cide how much he or .vlu- can give .so Ibal others might cjijoy some hope in the dark momeni.s of despair." Have you deciiled wind vou can give'.' Have you given? If you haven't Ki^eii your .share, send in your clieck and pledge lodav lo any wurkci- in Ihe Men's, Women's or Junitu' Hi- \ision or to the 'Cinted ,lewish Fund office. IfjO K. Hroad St. ¦ Columbus, O. (ii:K.MA\V KKKl'SIOH 'fO PKK.MIT l>KI»AU'ri'KK OF JKWS LONDON (JPS—The (;frmun government has vetoed all j)lans to oljtain permits for Jews whether adults or cjiildren, lo leave Axis-dominated countries, according lo reports reaching here.
Object Description
Title | Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1943-07-02 |
Subject | Jews -- Ohio -- Periodicals |
Place |
Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio) |
Creator | The Chronicle Printing and Publishing Co. |
Collection | Ohio Jewish Chronicle |
Submitting Institution | Columbus Jewish Historical Society |
Rights | This item may have copyright restrictions. Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
Type | Text |
File Name | index.cpd |
Image Height | Not Available |
Image Width | Not Available |
Searchable Date | 1943-07-02 |
Format | newspapers |
LCCN | sn78005600 |
Date created | 2016-10-31 |
Description
Title | Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1943-07-02, page 01 |
Subject | Jews -- Ohio -- Periodicals |
Place |
Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio) |
Creator | Ohio Jewish Chronicle |
Collection | Ohio Jewish Chronicle |
Submitting Institution | Columbus Jewish Historical Society |
Rights | This item may have copyright restrictions. Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
Type | Text |
File Name | Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1943-07-02, page 01.tif |
Image Height | 4041 |
Image Width | 2783 |
File Size | 1538.935 KB |
Searchable Date | 1943-07-02 |
Full Text |
itsssa*-
jfe:
:'»'^;t'
^» ;
^fWy^'^^rving Columbus and Cehtral Ohio Jewish Community \v/Avi
fol. 21, ,\'o. 27
COfAMIUS, OHIO, FRID.W.'.Ill.V 2, r!>l:i
De.Dt«d to AmArioiB and jewtah Idsal. '
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywliere By Pliinons J. Biron
Columbus Jewry Urged To Bespond lu Hour Of Greatest Euiergeney
rnOJI THE RIKSI/W PKONT .
(81 Professor Rolumon Miohoel.q, meitihcr of the .lewish (lelcRa- tion from the Soviet Union, In hi.s first radio .speech in (his countl-y nirdresscti hi.s .Jewish iimiicnoe :is "lirothcrs .nnd si.s- ters of a peoj)le that Hitler is determined to convert into com¬ mercial soai)" ... He referred to that manifestation of Nazi thriftincKs which lias made Hit¬ ler's boys use the bodies of miir-. dered .lews tis raw material in the mamifactiii-e of soap . . . And don't iet anylxidy tell you that Soviet .lews aren't senti- nienlal . . . One of Ihe first things .Michoels and collcaRiie, Major Feffer, did in this coiuury was to inake a |)ilKriniage to a ilrook- lyn cemetery . . . There Ihe of¬ ficial delegates from Ihe Soviet I'nion de|)osiieil a wreath and ¦ dropitod a few tears on ttjat) jjr.'ive of Sholem .Mrirhem *• . . .lews now niiU |
Format | newspapers |
Date created | 2008-09-05 |