Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1941-12-12

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Vol.  20,   No.  .Il
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, DKCEMBER  12,  1041
Devoted to AjneHcan and Jewish Ideal!
MONUMENT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
War With Japan Affects Far Eastern Jews
LONDON (.IPS)—The out break of hostilities between the United States and Japan has al¬ ready tragically affected Jews In the Far East. Immediately af¬ ter the occupation of the Inter¬ national Zone In Shanghai, Jap¬ anese authorities arrested many Jewish refugees there, charging them with "sabotage" and es- pionage against Japan for the United States and Great Brit¬ ain, according to German radio stations. There are between 15,- 000 and 20,000 Jewish refugees In Shanghai.
The Swedish press reported that the German Government had demanded tiiat Nippon turn over to the Gestapo a number of G e r m a n-Jewish refugees in Shanghai who played an import¬ ant role in the German anti-Nazi movement and escaped from the Reich t)efore the Gestapo could reach them.
Most of the Jewish refugees In Shanghai are from Germany and [ many of them came to this port city from Poland after the Nazi invasion. All these refu¬ gees are now in great jeopardy.
5,000 TO ATTEND B'NAI B'RITH'S MASS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RALLY SUNDAY
McNutt   and   Monsky   to  be   Chief  Speakers   at   Program
Featuring Re-dedication  of   Statue   to   Religious
Liberty and Chanukah  Eve Service
Council Sponsors Civilian Defense Institute Jan. 21st
A Civilian Defense Institute of .Jewish women, under the sponsorship of the Council of Jewish Women, will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1942, with the following organizations par¬ ticipating: Agudath Achim Sis. terhood, Beth Jacob Sisterhood, B'nal B'rith Auxiliary, Ezras Noshim Society, Free Loan So¬ ciety, Hadassah, Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary, Ivreeyoh, Ladies Mizrachi, Pioneers, Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhoofl and the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood.
In the present crisis it is im¬ perative that .lewish women educate themselves for civilian defense and for the protection of our country. Every Jewish woman is urged to keep the above date in mind because at (Contintjed  on  Page 8)
WILL DEDICATE SOCIAL HALL IN MEMORY OF L H.MLEZiGp|AlBROAD ST. TEMPLE
The Statue to Religious Liber¬ ty, only monument to one ot the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, which was a gift of B'nai B'rith to the people of the United States In 1876, will be re- dedlcaied at a national religious freedom rally and Hanulckah eve service to be held at the Phila¬ delphia Academy of Music on Sunday evening, December 14th, under the auspices of the nation¬ al Americanism Commission of B'nal B'rith.
Principal speakers will be Gov. Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Administrator, and Henry Monsky, president of B'nai B'rith. Sidney G. Kus- worm, chairman of the B'nal B'rith Americanism Commission, will preside. The program will be broadcast over WIP and the coast-to-coast network of the Mu¬ tual Broadcasting System from 10:15 to 10:30 P. M., Eastern fitandard Time.
Hadassah To Observe Chanukah And 81st Birthday of Szold
The 81st Birthday of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, and the Festival ot Chanukah will be I celebrated at the I December meet- I ing of the Co- I lumbus Chapter I of Hadassah on Jnext Tuesday, Pec. 16, at 2 P. I V.., at the Bry¬ den Road Tem- 1 I'le.
Guest speaker I w-Ul be Mr. Dav¬ id    Penn, anno- ifltor of the Co¬ lumbus Phllhar 1 m 0 n i c Orches- D. Poiiii     tra, who will dis¬ cuss  Cesar  Franck's Symphony In D. Minora
The   opemng   prayer  will   be given by Mrs. J. Nathan Polster-
Yenkin, Mrs. N. C. Cohen, Mrs. William Callif, Mrs. E. D. Gure¬ vitz, Mrs. J. Krakowitz, Mrs. H Jacobs, Mrs. Robert L. Mellman, Mrs. I. Nulls and Mrs. Walter Zeidner.
Columbus Jewry Invited To Ezras Noshim Dinner
Temple Tifereth tsrael, 1354 E> Broad St will conduct a special Memorial Service in memory of the late I. H. Schlezlnger, one of the founders and guiding spirits of this conservative synagogue in the Columbus Jewish com¬ munity, this Sunday (tomor¬ row) Dec. 14th, at 2:30 p. m.
In the forty years of the Con¬ gregation's existence, there has been no other Individual who had contributed either financial¬ ly or spirtuaily toward the wel¬ fare and the growth of Temple Tifereth Israel as did the .late I. H. Schlezlnger. The deceas¬ ed leader was active in the af¬ fairs of the congregation from Dec. 4, 1901 when the synagogue was first chartered, to the last day of his life, Sunday, January 26, 1941.
Considering the Invaluable service which I. H. Schlezlnger had rendered during his lifetime, the Congregation, b\ unanimous approval voted to dedicate the Social Hall to his memory.
The chairman of the Dedica¬ tion Committee Is Herman M Katz who has devoted much of
Arrangements have been com¬ pleted for the Annual Dinner of the Ezras Noshim Society which will be held in the social hall of the Agudath Achlm synagogue this Sunday evening, Dec. 14, at 6 o'clock
Mr. Allan Tarshish will be the Master of Ceremonies for the oc¬ casion and Is to be assisted by Mr. Arthur Goldberg and Mr. J. Krakowitz. The rabbis of all the local synagogues and Can¬ tor P. Gellman are to be heard on the evening's program.
Mrs. Abraham Goldberg, who for many years has been the guiding spirit of this charitable
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Memorial Service program this Sunday when a bronze placque will be placed in the Social Hall in honor of Mr. Schlezlnger.
Not only members of Temple Tifereth Israel, which now com¬ prise 300 families, but the entire Jewish Community is extended an, invitation to attend these ser¬ vices and to pay tribute to one who had done so much for the preservation of Judaism  in our
PHILADKLI'inA:—A mass re¬ ligious freedom rally in obser¬ vance of the eightKlay Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which cnmmemoratps a triumph of the forces of religious liberty over the might of the ancient totali¬ tarian pagan tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes more than 2,000 years ago, and the rededication of the Statue of Religious Liberty, the only monument in the United .States to one of the freedoms guaranteed hy the Bill of Rights, will he held at the Philadelphia Acadamy of Music on Sunday evening. Dee. 14, under the aus¬ pices of the national American¬ ism Commission of B'nal B'rith.
Five thousand people, includ¬ ing il'nal H'rith delegations from cities all along the entire Eastern seaboard who are plan¬ ning pilgrimages to Philadel¬ phia to participate in the exer¬ cises, are expected to attend the rally, which is being held in con nection with the observance of the 1.50th anniversary of the rati¬ fication of the Bill of Rights.
Governor Paul V. McNutt Federal Security Admlnlstratoi and coordinator of all health and welfare activities affectlJ^S the national defense, will makef the principal address, which will be*' broa<icapt pver Stfitllgji, WIP, and. 5*gfiCoasti-t -'-'-'' "->;'—--¦¦-••=- !•—
froin 10:15 to" 10:30-EaStel?i Stan¬ dard Time. Henry Monsky, pres¬ ident of B'nal B'rith, will make the principal address and intro¬ duce Governor McNutt to the radio audience.
Sidney  G.  Kusworm,  Dayton, Ohio,   chairman  of     the     B'nai B'rith     Americanism     Commls slon, will preside-    Other speak ers   will be Judge Joseph Kun Philadelphia, member of the na llonal    li'nai    B'rith    executive committee,  and   Abram    Orlow, also  of   Philadelphia. District  3 member     of    the    O'nal  B'rith Americanism Commission. Rabbi Max   D.   Klien.  of Congregation Adath    .leshurun, will give the invocation,     and     Rabbi  Louis
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his time and energy toward this I community. PROGRAMME
Dcrllcatory Prayer Radbi  NAriiAN  Zki.izkk
"Moh AJam" TAN-roH a,m> Ciioik
Herman M. Kalz Chairman. Droh'ation Committee
William Wassei-slrom Phesiuent, Tempi.k Tifereth Isuael
Dr. \i. i. Gordon PKESiutiNT.  r'tii.i'Mivus Jewish
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Reuben Abramson President, Tii-eketh Ishaei. Men's Cei-b
Mrs.  William  Wasserslrom  .Presiuent.  TuERETll   LsRAEl. SlSTERHoou
"Shlvlsl" - Cantor   and   Choir
Ratbl Nalhan 7.eli-/er L5eui<:ation Address
"Mole Rachamlm" C'antdr  Leo  I Ialrern
ClosioB   Benediction Rabbi    Zelizer
America        Assembly
Local Celebration
Mis  Gilbert Slegel will present   organization,   Invites   all   mem- a paper—"Henrietta Szold at 81 . .....
'Light in the Darkness" (light¬ ing the Chanukah Candles), written  by  Elma  Ehrllch   Lev-
bers of the Jewrish community to attend this affair, thereby as¬ suring its success as a money raising effort for the needy Jew-
inger, will be presented by the' Ish families during the winter following    members:   Mrs.  Abe months.
Honorary ushers for the occas¬ ion will be Messrs. M. L. Bayer, H. J. Gutter, H. MarguUes, Sol Roth, Morris Polster, Nathan Wasserstrom and Albert Schlff. Ushers will be Messrs. T. C. Pols¬ ter, Sam Melton, Sam Wasser¬ strom, Abe Mendlowltz, Simon Handler, J. K. Bornstein, Dr. B.
W. Abiam.son. The choir will consist of Mrs. Emll Wasser¬ strom, Mrs. Murray Jacobs, Mrs. Julius Wasserstrom, Mra. Leo A. Polster, Mrs. Chas. Moskovltz, Mrs. B. W. Abramson, Miss Dan- ise Horn, Gerald Gruber, Dr. I Cabakoff, Harvey Sidney Golden.
According to Frank V. Bajer, attorney and active legionnaire, the Columbus Bill of Rights cele bratlon will be held next Mon day, Dec. 15. at the Elks' Lodge, 256 E. Broad St., at 8:00 P. M Harrison M. Say re. President of the American Educational Press, will act as Chairman of this Rally.
The following will be heard on various phases of The Bill of Rights: Paul Herbert, Lt. Cover nor of Ohio; Howard L. Bevis, Pres. Ohio State University, Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt, Supreme Court of Ohio; Kenneth D. Tooill. Editor Ohio State .Journal; Floyd Hartpence, Com' mander, American Legion, Dep'l of Ohio.
The local Boy Scout Units will luive charge of flag ceremony and sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps of Southway ' Post No. Ii4, American Legion, will give a patriotic exhibition Rabbi Nathan Zelizer of Broad St- Temple will deliver the In¬ vocation.
It Is hoped that a large eeo- tion  of   the Columbus  Jewish' Roland and | Community    will    attend    thlS most  impoitant celebration
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