Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1944-01-28

              Sf\\yy   Serving Colmnbus and Ceniral Ohio Jewish Conununity ^/\\^
Vol. 22, No. 5
Entered as Second-Class Matter, PostoKlce   Columbus,, Ohio.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, .1ANUARY 28. 1044
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!nablts From Ev^irwhere Br Pblnons J, Biron
YOU SHOULB KNOW . . .
ISa Reports are on hand of new antl-Semltlc incidents near Bos¬ ton . . . But they may not be made public, because some Jew¬ ish leaders fear that would dl.s- turb tbe good-will activities that have sprung up since the first publication of news of such dis¬ orders ... In one clash among youngsters in a Boston suburb, incidentally,theJewish boyswere expecting the attack and had or¬ ganized for il, and administered an artistic benting to the young emulators of Hitler . . . .Some of the Jewish boys were arrested, but it was worth it . , . Sergeant Barney Ross ot the Marines is still under treatment for the ma laria he contracted at Guadai canal, but he still has the old Ross punch, as he recently dem onstrated to a couple ot lugs who were cracking wise alwut certain passersby. . ¦ ZIONIST NEWH . . , . )la Rabbl James G. Heller has been nominated for the chair¬ manship of the United Palestine Appeal . . . Rabbl Abba H. Sil¬ ver, the present chairman, Is too busy" with the Zionist Emer¬ gency Council . . . Rabbi Israel Goldstein has his priority, and by the time you read this may al¬ ready be in England to attend Ithe Zionist conference . . . . (Jhalm ..GreenWki the wWter
be ei member of the American delegation to the conference In England ... He packed his bags and prepared to go — and then discovered to his dismay that he couldn't go to Europe . . . For, although he has been In this country for a couple of decades, Chaim had forgotten to take out American citizenship papers . Meyer Welsgal was vacationing at Miami, Florida, when he was called back to New York by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, who had to see him before taking otf In a trans-Atlantic plane for England . . . How Meyer managed to get a Beat on the Miami-New York plane Is a story in itself . . . But he almost missed the plane . . . While Walter Jacobs, of the (Continued on Page 8)
B'NAI B'RITHS POST-WAR PLANS WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JAN.30-31
Voice Recordings A Feature Of Council Program Tuesday
Voice recordings through use ot the 'Voice Mirror' wiil be part of the program ot the next meet¬ ing of the Council of Jewish Wo¬ men which will be held Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 2 p. m., at the Bryden Rd. Temple, with Mrs. William Schift, presiding-
Mrs. Louis M, Harris, newly appointed program chairman, has arranged the afternoon's en- tertainme;it, the theme of which will be "Telephone and the War"- In this connection Mr. Joseph ' C. Rees of the Ohio Bell- Tele¬ phone Co., will speak briefly on the part the communication sys¬ tem plays In wartime.
Mrs. Abe Yenkln will give the opening prayer. Members are reminded to bring penny banks to the meeting as well as any current magazines which might be of Interest to soldiers. These will be collected by Mrs. Jule Mark, USO chairman, and dis¬ tributed at the Lockbourne Air 6ase where a shortage of read¬ ing material has been reported.
LOCAL LEADERS TO ATTEND CJFWF ASSEMBLY
PKtsburRli   Welfnrp   Contcrenoc
To Mirp War nnd PoHtWiir
Programs
President Sets Up U. S. Board To Rescue Nazi Victims
TOP (left to right) Henry Monsky, B'nai B'rith president, who will preside over executive Committee sessions, January 30th and 31st in Washington, D. C, and Sidney G. Kusworm, chairman of the Americanism Commission, who will preside over its sessions on Jan. 27th.
BOTTOM (left to right) Leon
Oberniayer, chairman of the Vo¬ cational Service Committee, who will preside at its session on Sat¬ urday evening, January 29th, and Philip M. Klutznick, president of the Supreme Advisory Council of Aleph Zadlk Aleph. who will preside over its sessions on Jan¬ uary 28th-
More than fiOO leaders nt Jew¬ ish community organizations throughout the United States and Canada will dlscaiss c|Uck tions of Immediate community interest at the General A.ssembly of the Council of Jewish Federa¬ tions ami Welfare Fuiids at Pitts burgh, Feb- 4-7.
The organizing of programs liy Jewish agencies to meet welfare needs during the war and post¬ war periods wili lie a, primary concern of the I9-1-1 General As sembly.
Local leader.s anil officially dc signatod dulegates who will at- ntl the conference include Edwin J. Schanfarber, Robert W. Schiff, I. W. CaTck, Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Hen Yenkln, Mi.ss I.eah Rosen feld, Leonard Sebrans and Mi.ss Rose Sugarman.
The  significance   of   the   1911 General A.s.semhiy for local com¬ munities is greater than at any previous time, for war conditions have imposied new and cnmpell ing demands-    In some    cities, joint fund raising has taken on a new emphasis as a result of community and war chest par¬ ticipation,  wbUe   in   others   its basic structure is being expand- .ed: : These (leverlbpments- Initunj •'t;efi^ot tlie^,t)lSjaaened, character bf the demaiids inet by the wel¬ fare agencies.
The overseas situation too has Imposed profound responslblii-. ties upon American Jewish fed¬ erations and welfare funds. With territory redeemed from Axis oppression, concrete plans must be laid for repairing the damage (Continued on Page 8)
Capacity Crowd To Attend Temple Supper And Show
According to Mrs. Jack Resler, president, a capacity crowd is anticipated for Sunday (Jan. 30) evening's old-fashioned Temple Supper which the Rose E. Laz¬ arus Sisterhood ot the Bryden Road Temple is sponsoring. The affair will feature the fine cook¬ ing of Mrs. Harry Freldenberg, assisted by Mrs. Harry Meiiman and her committee. Mrs. Freld¬ enberg will serve a full turkey dinner to members of the con¬ gregation and their families.
Another feature of the pro¬ gram that evening will be the musical playlette, written and directed by Mrs. Allen Gunder- .shimer, which wiil be pre¬ sented by members of the Tem¬ ple. The cast will Include the following:
Mr. and Mrs. S. Hirscli, Mrs. Samuel Horowitz and Jonathan, Mf- Sam Fine, Mesdames Louis Bromberg, MelvlUe D. F^ank, H. L. Freldenberg, David Gersten¬ feld, Max Jacobs, William Kahn, Sidney Levoff, Charles Lewis, Harry Mellman, I. E. Sealfon, Mary Simmons, A. B. Weinfeld, Herbert Wise; Helen Aisner, Helen Sternberg, Ellen Byer, Marjorie Glassman, Ralda Grace-
man, John Hausman, Marjorie Hausman. Laurie Jacobs, Wck Kohn, Miriam Lleverman, Dick Neustadt, Irving Rosenthal, Ed¬ ward Russell, Slmone Schift, Marylln Tarshish, Leonard Wol¬ stein, Stanley Kessel, Bert Katz, Don Steinberg. The accompan¬ ist will be Mrs. Herbert Hoff¬ man.
Dinner will be served from 6 o'clock on. Those who have not made reservations for the entire evening, may come to the show alone, securing tickets at the door for 50c.
WASHINGTON (JPS) — The formation of a War Refugee Board to undertake concrete ac¬ tion to rescue "the civilian vic¬ tims of enemy savagery" was an¬ nounced by President Roosevelt. Although the executive order which authorized the board did not mention the Jews .specifi¬ cally, the White House state¬ ment announcing the step placed the .lews on the top of the list of those whose rescue the new body is to effect.
The hoard Is lo consist of the Secretaries ot State, the Treas¬ ury and War, and will have the services of a full-time paid exe¬ cutive. In addition, "the Ixiard, within the limits ot funds which may he made available, may em¬ ploy nece-s.sary personnel without regard for civil service laws and regulations". The board will co¬ operate wilh the Inter-govern¬ mental Refugee Committee and with the United Nations Relief and Hehabiiitation Administra¬ tion as well as with interested foreign Kovernments.
"The personnel, supplies, fa¬ eiliiies and services of the State, Treasury and War Departments" are to be utilized by the board, according to the executive order, for the rescue, transportation, maintenance and relief ot civil¬ ian victims of the enemy and for the, est^fell8lMnenti;6t.'Maven8 - of teri&braiyfeftger^lls.UpMOt'J^f; to be dlrectliy-respbrisible to the' President.; Contributions anfi services of (jrivate persons and organizations may be accepted.
In a statement issued immed¬ iately following the President's announcement, the American Jewish Conference expressed Ifs appreciation declaring that "the (Continued on Page 6)
RABBI TARSHISH TO ADDRESS B'NAI B'RITH OPEN MEETING NEXT TUESDAY EVENING
J. W. V. Group Will Install Officers Sunday Evening
Capitol Post No. 122, Jewish VVar Veterans and Ladles Auxil¬ iary will hold their installation banquet at the Seneca Hotel this Sunday, Jan, SOth, at 6:30 P. M. Slg Weisskerz will act as toast- master for the evening and the guest speaker will be Floyd Hartpence, Past Dept. Comman¬ der ot the American Legion. Dr. A. H..Slrok ot Canton, 0., State Commander, Dept. of Ohio, and Mrs. J. A. Ardlt, Chairman of Franklin County Council ot American Legion', Will also be guests. A very enjoyable musl- (ConUnued on Page 8)
Ri '.li Jacob Tarshish, known as the "Lamplighter" on the ra¬ dio to millions of ii.steners throughout the United States, will be the principal speaker at Zion Lodge B'nai B'rith meeting at Broad Street Temple, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 8 p. m.; It was announced loday by Edward Schlezinger, president. Rabbi Tarshish wlii speak on "Will the Jew be Better or Worse Oft Af¬ ter the War?".
Rabhl Tarshish Is a graduate of Hebrew Union Coilege In the class of 1.015 and occupied as his first pulpit from the year IQl.'i lo 1017, Ailentown, Pa.; then he served as the rahbl tor the Yonk- ers. New York congregation un tii 1!)22 when he was caUed lo Columbus, O., lo be.the spiritual leader of Temple Israel until 193.3.
In 1926 Rabbl Tarshlsh began his radio broadcasts, and accord Ing to besl Information has been on the radio longer than any other spiritual leader in the Uni¬ ted Stales. Hundreds of thous¬ ands' of letters and cards have be*n received from radio listen¬ ers asking tor copies ot his lectures and also expressing com¬ ment on the Broadcasts from lime to time- In 1933 he resign¬ ed trom the Bryden Road Tem¬ ple to devote all ot his time in the radio field and has been heard throughout Uhe United States  from  WLW,  Cincinnati,
Rabbi Jacob Torehlsh
and also WOR over the mutual network from New York City.
WhUe in Columbus, Rabbl Tarshish appeared in a series of debates with the late Clarence Dstiiovf, reknbwned Chicago law¬ yer, at Memorial Hall, at which time the hall was tilled to ca¬ pacity. He haa addressed thous¬ ands of luncheon clubs, frater-
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