Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1943-01-29

              ^JW^yServinq Colvunbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \v/A\K
Vol. 22, No. 5
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, .JANUARY 21),  1043
Devoted to Amorican and Jewish  Idsals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Kvorywfioro By Pliinons .1. Biron
YOU 8H0UI.,D KNOW . . .
^ The other day we picked up the  Concise  Oxford  Dictionary and found the following defini¬ tion tor the verb "jew": cheat, overreach . . . And don't think that the standard American dic¬ tionaries do any Ijetter . . . Now you  understand why  the   text¬ book Commissioiv^t up by Ken¬ neth   Leslie   ij^^eded   in  this country . . . Wo should also like to point out that tho jokesters of the radio program "Can You Top It", are overdoing the Jew¬ i.sh dialect jokes . v r It's getting so that their stories .nre positive¬ ly  in bad taste .  .  .  The Anti- Semltic'  rowdyism   we've   been reporting to you as marring the ])eac'e of tho Bronx and Brooklyn has now reached the night ciub sector , . . But the Hltlcr-i8vcrs have lieen getting the reception they    deserve, and (|iiickly flee liie wrath of the assemliied pat¬ rons . '. . Wiiat we want to know, however,   is   why   said   patrons don't grab hoid of tho lioodiums ami call the police . . . PllOBI.KMS . . . Us Some timo during the monlh of i'-eliruary Wendell Willkle is expected to make a most signifi¬ cant announcement on the Jew¬ l.sh situation In Europe . . . Dr. '' Chaim   Weizmann  and   Dr.   Na¬ hum Goldmann are in Washing¬ ton, holding conversations with Important political personages on .  Jewlah post-war problems ... Remember how the last ¦vfsrc was followed by sever* Immigration- restrictions In this country? . . . Weii,  Washington expects  that by thfe time the next peace treaty ¦is signed there will be new laws Ijrohibiting    any     Immigration whatsoever as long as the Amfer- Ican unemployment figure does not fall iieiow the million mark. . . . William Ziff, author of "The Coming    Battle    of    Germany" (Which by tho way, has just been republished   in   a   Pocket   Book .edition),    is slaving    away    in Washington at a new book that wiil deal with peace problems. . . MILITARY NOTKS . . . (^ Congratulations     to    Judge Jacol)   Schwolsky,   president   of the Hartford, Conn. Zionist Dis- ¦ti'ict,  on  the   promotion of his son,  Hobert,   from   the   rank  of First Lieutenant to that of Cap¬ tain of Infantry .  .  . Hobert Is s'erving  overseas.   In   the   same regiment as his uncle, Lieuten¬ ant-Colonel Harry Schwolsky . . . Congratulations,     too,  to   Paul Muni, Jehudi Menuiiin and Mis¬ cha Kiman for having accepted the   joint  chairmanship  of  the dinner triiiute to Jewish iieroes s|)onsored by the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief for Feb¬ ruary ;;8tli .  . . One of the he¬ roes   1(1   lie   honored   in   person will he.airman .Meyer Levin, if he iiappens to he iiack from the front . . . When Barney Uoss was holding   that  advanced   iiusition at   Guadalcanal   he   was   jiretty iiusy with the .laps — iiut not tqo liusy to remember his pais back iionie ... At least, comedian l.ou Costello   lioasts   that  he   is   the jiidud   recipient   of   a   pack   of Japanese cigarettes that Barney sent him . .  . Nazi newspapers, the  obituary  notice columns of which   used   to   give   a   general idea of the numiier of casualties suffered by the Wehrmacht, ho longer supply that item of mili¬ tary    information — not since Hitlei-, sielng how things were going on the Russian front, niade the newspapers raise the cost of tCuntinued  on  Page  Eighti
LOCAL CHURCH CONTRIBUTES TO UNITED JEWISH FUND
Rnlihl Samuel M. Gup, of Bry¬ den Road Temple recently re¬ ceived the following letter from a local Christian minister, en¬ closing a check for 1525.00 which has licen turned over to the Uni¬ ted Jewish Fund of Columbus, to aid in the relief of the suffer: ing of the .lewish. people:—
"l)rar I{jibbi Onp:—
It is our custom at Christr miiM time to divide our offer¬ ing from tho Christur)Mi..-«er- vicp.H Iietween various ciiusrH tliat aid ill tlir relief and suf¬ fering tiii'oughout tlie world. We do it tiirouglL many agen- <'l('.s of various dcnioiilnations.
Hncli l.s the suffering of tho .lewisii iieoiilc at tho present thne tliat we feel that we. must cxiircKs a sense of soIidarlTy with tiiem in their hour of need, i-enirmbering tliat it was the .Irwlsh race wliieh gave us .lesus, whose birthday we ccle- Iirate. Our offering bas been dli'ided .'(ittong many causes, solium of wbieli may lieli» .Tew¬ isii jieoiiie, lint we wisli to iiialte sure tbat s<)metliing goes directly to tliein and enclose, aeeordingly, a small amount as a token of our sympathy and fellowshlii."
Anson rbolps Stokes, .Tr., Rector  Trinity   Churcli, Columbus, O.
This letter brings to the fore one of the bright spots in tlilB whole tragedy which has over¬ taken the Jewish people — the knowledge of the tender fellow- feeling of tho Christian people in our country and abroad. In¬ deed, much more than sympathy has been expressed in acts of valor and high courage; the clersry of all denominations have contSiued to carry forward the torchlof God and humanity even at tth risk of their own lives. Many have met death In sup¬ port of their conscience and in loyalty to the highest ideals of faith ami religious tradition. This is an indescribably great source of comfort and hope which has come to the Jewish people in this terrible hour. In its own way, tiie gift of the Trin¬ ity Church expresses these same senthnents.
Coiumbus Jewry is deeply grateful to Rev. Stokes and Trin¬ ity Church for this act of sym- jiathy  and  fellowship.
Says All Christians Sympathize With Jewish Plight
ROCHKSTBR, N. Y. (JPS) — "The .sympathy of all Christians must go out to the persecuted .Jews", r.ord Halifax, British Am¬ bassador to the- United States, told a uni'fiuc audience of 12,'i Christian clergymen who had gathered at Temple B'rith Ko- desh here for their annual In¬ stitute for Christian Clergy.
"Everyone of us must seek tn lend every measure to help Ihat is in our power to (lie potipic which has suffered and is suf¬ fering sucli grievous wrong. This is a direct chaiiengt? to free men, to tliose who seart.'h for and sock tn live by trutli".
The In'stitiUo ffir Christian Clergy" an annual enterprise of (lie Temple, heard Prof. Salo Baron, Cnluinliia Ifnivcrsity .few¬ ish historian, andltalihl Philip S. Bernstein, on iB^ave of ab¬ sence \\ith the Jewisli Welfare Board. l.orti IT.iiif.'ix, who had ciiiiK' to Rochester to deliver the lirincipal address at the annu;d (liiiiiei- of the R(H-hester Chtim- bcr of Coinmercc, at which ller- in;in M. Colin w;is installed :tS i'resldent, expressed a desire (o tneeK\\'ith (he Chrislian clergy while he was In the cily. He wa.s-lold lh;il \irtiially all ihc ministers in Rochesler were then a( the Temple.
When  introducing Lord Hali¬ fax to tho institute, Ralibi Bern¬ stein  sal<l  that he  trusted that (Continued on Page Klvei
National Assembly To Fix Jewish Attitude On Wai And Peace
Parley To Be Held In Five Months For Adoption Of Repre¬ sentative Democratic Procedure In Relation To Postwar Problems
EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE   OF FIFTY   TO  PLAN UNIQUE ASSEMPLY
Duluth Rabbi Will Speak Here Tuesday
llahlii Burton E. Levinson, of Temple Emanuel Congregation of Duluth. .Minn., will be in Co¬ lumlius next Tuesday, Feb. 2, to tiddress West High School in the morning and the Mercator Cluh at noon, it was announced today li.v Allan Tar.shish.
Rablii Levinson is making a tour In 4iie intevest of National Bnitlierhood Week, and will liase his theme in the matter of iiet¬ ter understanding among all groups. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and was ordained Rabhl at the Hebrew Union College in lOMi. At the present time he is serving as Rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Duluth. He has devoted inueh of his energy and ability lo civic and communal causes. He is the co-chairman of ¦ the Duluth (Continued on Page 8)
J. W. B. Lounge Will Have Co-operation Of Local Groups
A meeting of the heads of ali Jewish organizations was held lasl 'i'uesday evening at tho Schonthal Cenler when jilans for manning tho .lewisii Welfare Board U. S. O. Lounge w-ere dls- tai.ssed. With Mrs. A. B. Wein¬ feld, Lounge Chairman, and Mrs. William Schiff, chairman of host¬ esses for the Lounge, a definite program was set ui) which re¬ ceived tho unanimous apprcival of all presidents in attendance Each organization is to he in charge nf the Lounge on certain days, the dates to he cleared through the Schonthal Cenler sn that 119 misunderstandings nor duplication of effort wili arise among 'the groups interested in serving this worthy communily effort, it was also agreed that many women are to take official U. s' O. training.
Tiie following presidents of or¬ ganizations are to cooperale in the proper managcinent of the Lounge:
Mrs. Oscar Berman, Agudath Achim Sisterhood; Mrs. Jo.seph .S<iiecter, Beth .lacoli Sisterhood; Mrs. M. .1. l^eeman, B'nai B'rilh Women.'s Auxiliary; Mrs. Meyer Hoffman, Council of .lewish Women; Mrs. A. (Ioldberg, Ezras Nosiiim Society; Mrs .lack Wol¬ man, Hadas.sali; i\lrs. Sam Melz¬ lish, Ivreeyoll; Mrs. I.esler Selig¬ son, Ladies Jewish War V'eier- all.s; Mr.s. .Jack Hesler, Ruse E. Lazarus Sisierixiod; Mrs. Wil¬ liam Wa.sserstrom, 'I'ifereth Is¬ rael Sislerhood; Mrs. William Tandy, Hadassah Business and Professional Group; Eve Kotii, Business and I'rofesslonal (Iroup of B'nai B'rith; Mrs. Al Bender, Wives of Excelsior Club; Mrs. H^n-y Frledland, Women I'ipn- neers No. I; Mrs. Irving Salen, Wonien Pioneers No. 2; Mrs. M. Finkelstein, Women's Mizrachi.
I'lTTHHURGH (J PS) — An American Jewish Assembly, the first such nation-wide and re¬ presentative gathering since tho last war, to consist of fiOO dole- gates chosen hy (lemocratic prn- cedui-es, will lie called within five nifinlhs to delermin(; auth- ()i-i(a(ively tiie \iews of Ameri¬ can .lewiy on (he grim proli¬ lems of war and tlu? ¦" e(|ually (¦oiii])le\- pt-olilems of iicace. it was decided liefe al a prelimin- ;iry conference called by the B'nai B'ritii ,'ind attended by some eighty .lewish letiders, rep¬ resenting orgtinizations wilh o\cr a million memiiers. An l-!.\eculi\'e Commitlce of ."lO was eiilrusted wiih (he preparation of liie ,\ssemlily, with llenry .Monsk.v, Iiresident of B'nai B'rith, as temporary chairinan of a cohimlUce of three, includ¬ ing llr. Stephen S. Wise tiiid Roberl I'. Colilman, to sel up [irclimiiiar.v artisitii's.
Held in an atmosphere of sin¬ gular Iiarmony and unii}^, the lireiiminary session at the Wil¬ liam Penn Hotel here -was re¬ markable for tha agreement pre¬ vailing among the representa¬ tives of 32 'organizations as lo
(he need of democratic action to dctei-mine what American .lews actujill.V' want for the protection of Ihcir own rights and the .safe¬ guarding of the i-igbts of .lews elsewhere.
A call for tiie American .lewish  ¦ Assemlily  t-ontains :i   statement of prtigt-am as follows:
(,-i) lo consider and recom¬ mend action on prolilems relat¬ ing to tlie rights ,'infi status of' .lews in (he iioslwar wtirld, j
(ll) to consider and' recom¬ mend action upon all ma((crs lunking (n the imiilenientalion of the rights of (he Jewish iieo¬ ple wi(|i respect tn Calestine.
ICl (o elect a delegtition to cany oul thi: progiam of the .\nici-ic:iii .lew-ish ASscmlily in (¦(i-(iperatioii with the duly ac- ci-cdilcd rcpresK'nialivcs of .lews throughout (he world.
'riie si'ssions were formally opened on Salurday nighi, .lan¬ uary .':iid. Willi an address liy Mr. .MoIl^ky, fi.iliiwed liy discu.s¬ sion (hat lasted until 11;:«) that night. .Mr. .Monsky's general presentation of the problems in¬ volved for .lews in this critical Iieriod was the basis of state- (Continued dn Page Foun     -
BROAD ST. TEMPLE JUBILEE BANQUET WILL MARK BURNING OF MORTGAGE SUNDAY EVE.
All arrangements have been completed for the Jubilee B-in i|uei which is (o be held in the social hail at the Easl Broad S( Temple (his Sunclay, Jan. :!i at (i 11. m. The committee in charge of (he affair has spared neiihcr time or effort to make (his the most nle^norallle occasion e\ ei siionsored liy tiie congregation .Some IOO memhers and friends of the Temple wili he there to celebrate the cancellation of (he morlgage of this house of wni shiji.
William Wasserslroin. picsi dent of the congregation, will act as totistmastcr for tile c\{. ning and the program will in elude remarks hy Rabhi .Vathan Zelizer, spiritual leader ,of Tif¬ ereth Israel; Louis P. Schlez¬ inger, chairinan of tho board; Hai'ry Cilberl and Sam Melton, io-ch;iirmeii of (he successful dri\e which made (his affair pos¬ sible; Hennan M. Kiitz, ihair- iiiaii of the Coiigregatlonal Com- mi((ee of the Jewish Tlieologicai Semin;n-y of America and treas¬ urer of (lie drive; .Mrs. William Wasserstroni. presideni of liie 'rifei-elh Israel Sistcrhiiod; and .\Kiii l.ewin, president of the Tifei'eth Israel Men's Cluli. Can¬ ior Leo llalpern and Masier .\aron Cohen are (o lie beard in several vocal and piano selec¬ tions
The guest speaker for (he eve¬ ning wdll he Dr. .Morton (ioid- lierg,- Hablii of Cong, ..'gatjon B'nai Israel, Toledo, O. Habbi Coldberg holds a B. S. de¬ gree from New York Uni¬ versity and M. A. and I'll. D. degrees from Brown Uni- v(;rsity. He was graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary
Ih'. .'Morton (ioldberg
of America in lOffi, when he was called to serve as Rabbl with the con.servative congregation in- i'all River, Ma.ss., a pulpit he oc¬ cupied until 1U37. Since 1937 he has lieen the spiritual leader of the conservative B'nai Israel in Toledo, O. Rabtii Ooidberg is one of (he outstanding men in. tlie con.servative raiibinate and should have a worlh while mes¬ sage appropriate to the occasion. The guest speaker will be intro¬ duced   liy   Rabbi   Zelizer. «,.
A twelve-page booklet, con¬ taining a history of the congre¬ gation, a list of donors towai'S the cancellation of the mortgage as well as other valuable Infor¬ mation, has been printed in celebration of this event. A copy of the pro-am will be pre¬ sented to every one attending the banquet.