Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1923-07-20

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Volume V[
Central Ohio's Onl^
Jevoish Newspaper Reachins Bv^rg Hom0
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R^LIGIOM IMSTITUTE IS PLAMNING IkM" BUILDINGPROGRAM
Plots and Equipment to Repre¬ sent, an Outlay of One Million Dollars
DR. WISE'S SCHOOL OPENS FIRST SUMMER SESSION
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NEW YORK. —Commenting on the lack of men trained and willing to as¬ sume spiritual and social leadership in more than 100 Jewish communities where such leadership is needed, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, founder and acting president of the Jewish Institute of Re¬ ligion of New York City, at a luncheon tendered to the students'' of the first summer school of that institution last Friday at the Hotel Hargrave, empha¬ sized the duty devolving upon Liberal Judaism to take a more active and di¬ recting part in the moulding of Jewish life in America. He spoke of the estab¬ lishment and aims of the institute as an effort to fulfill that duty, reported the •progress made during the first year of its existence and announced some of the plans atid new developments and meas¬ ures adopted to insure its future.
Among tbe latter is the expected completion within a short time of the new $'150,000 synagogue house; the establishment of a fund donated by Mrs. ]^'Iax Guggenheimer, the interest of which will be used to enable some worthy graduate of the. institute to re¬ side in Palestine for a period of one year for purposes of study; the con¬ templated construction of a students' house; the conversion of the building at 40 West Sixty-eighth street, imme¬ diately adjoining the new synagogue house, into a student dormitory which will serve as such until the new students' house shall have been erected, and the projected building of a faculty house.
To Cost $1,009,000
These  buildings,  including the plots
and equipment, when completed will rep-
' .resent  an  outlay' of  $1,000,000,  which
. sum is to be raised within the next 10
ycairs.   The giveii total doe,3 not tiicludc
NlilW YORK (J. T. A.).--Jcws prominent in thd theatrical life of Amer¬ ica arc to lend their backing as a group to the movement sponsored by the Jew¬ ish Education Association of placing "10,000 children in religious schools this fall."
Every branch of the industry includ- itig managciWtint, actofs, the motion pic¬ tures and mttsic publishers, will be rep¬ resented by their leading men on com¬ mittees now being org.inizcd.
Joseph Leblang is in charge of the organization of the theatres. Among those who have promised their aid arc Sam H, Harris, Archie Selwyn, L. Law¬ rence Weber, A. H. Woods, Al Jolson, Louis Mann, Barney Klawans, William Fox, Louis BcrnsKin.
"We don't care what particular form of the "Jewisli religion is benefited, whether orthodox, semi-orthodox or re¬ form," says a statement issued by Mr. Leblang. "We arc simply interested that our childrep receive some Jewish education.'!.
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and
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Per Year $3.00; Per Copy i<
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^"^ ^f f'Life in America
US ADLER II
After   anatyciiif/   the  divergenc iweeih the various Jeimh organi.
in America, 'Dr. Cyrus Adler i»|«A;|L third and filial in.itallment of Jti-i'^ Solomon T. II. Huni/ita. kctnnjl proaches the problem of Jcivish ij^ lion in this tounlry. His chief ap'^ ance is- that the mimher of youth 7.]!^ is reached by the synagogues and sci^^ is deplorably small. In this t»^^^^ he announces thai a number »^'^,^^
League of Malions
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No   Jewish   Question   Touched
Upon at Conference, as No
Jewish Body Represented
COMMITTEE OF JEWISH DELEGATIONS IN TOUCH
the cost of  maintaining .the",'institute irAvli'
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VIENNA (J. T. A.).,—The confer ence of the Federation of the League of Nations Societies was concluded here on Wednesday, June 27.,
The J. T. A. representative- learns that the Sacrctariat has received a mem¬ orandum' from the'Committee of Jewish Delegations in Paris protesting against the numcrus clausus project in Po¬ land The question -was not raised, however, publicly ,at the conference but has been Submitted to the General Coun-
goguc or should be independent; whether it should be a free school or paid by the children's parents; whether it should meet once- or twice, or three, iivc or six times a week; debates as to the methods of instruction, as lo the language of instruction; whether it should be Hebrew and English, or Hc- . - J-.W . m- ~ '"'°'*^ ''"*' Hebrew, or whether it .should m educatwnat work Ul different M)^..^ Yiddish and Hebrew, or whether it the country and of different Jf/»£*3'i should be Yiddish exclusively. thought are nOV) engaged in OH cUi ,,r , , , , , , . ' „ ,. /. raise the standard of teachers Ij'^ ='J tex books in all directions, pupils and to limit duplication of c^.^'/'^' ""^ ""'''"'.'"! =""' *'"= ''°f'f Findin,j the same divergence and rf,/," f f''' '"^''^''''f: '" «^"'"Br text books cation in the Jexmsh philanthropic 'i^! '^'^ °"^ ''°'"f '' '"dcpcndently of fort. Dr. Adler makes a plea for grV.   '«^ °* '^,^-   ^as not the time arrived .or
an  intclligenl inventory of our cduca- 'tinnal assets and liabilities on a nation¬ wide scale? Some statistician recently informed us . '^ that   there   were   about   1.1,000  Jewish
„,      .. '    '-'ouHg men and young women who were
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„,     ..      . , ., ^„^ .-i.tttending universities and CO eges n the
Education is one of the most talk'^, ..   ,   ~,.^.        „, •,      °
I.    .       1 r *i       '    4. .»„!».,» .•'""*^"   States.    The  number  is  prob-
about and  one of the tnost neglecta,,    , . ,       ^ ^, . •;,
, . . , T • I •._ r-"'y higher at the present t me. Other subjects in the Jewish communiraifT, •,, t • i . , nn^ vjuicr .1 • 1 -. uul iii i'lf *"'"Ss being equal, these M.OOO young think it may be soberly .stated tA „ „.     .,          . •'"" °
the most favored communities, notl "'";"/» ^^«'"<=" 7" ."' "«"¦ f ^ «"' than thirty-three and one-third pel-^' ! ! ^ ' °K ""^ ,'" '"¦ -''^ f"-' of the. Jewish  children  of schoolWJ™'""^^^^ leaders    m   their
,-,    c        1        I- .^.,'Vy^"*>us communities.   A very large nro- receive any kind of regular religiou.')X.„ .v      c .1 , T        ,
..     .• J n   i ¦    lu      ..... te*^'"^'! 0* *•><=«! arc removed from the
struction and that m the average cditl.s,.„„       c .t   •    , ,   ,
,...              ..        •          1 - ,.- luence of their homes and the syn- munity   this  percentage - is   aa low 3,-.,, .    ,     ,         '
..    .   c. .    %i-'t    c ;. .„,'?Kies and schools in w uch they were
twenty-five per cent.   Think of it, so«fe-'„„,. ..„ ^^ , , ^, '       ,
1        u^. ¦.     ¦        I ,...,' *i.'..rJ^^'^"'^ "P ^"" <na"y of them go to col-
where bttween sixty-six and two-thifcls.     „,,     .       .^.''     .,       e."'" <-"i A ..   r ..     f  ,T   -".1 .'•' and'universities without a Jewish
and   seventy-five   per   cent   of  Jewish:     •-^        1     -,     ,       "¦-a juwjom
t,-ij ¦ -4.1   .1.  .t-'iii'nity and without anyjewish ini
children  are growing up  without ai^y- •' •'
DR. MARMOREK, ZIONIST AND SCIENTIST IS DEAD
PARIS (J. T. A.).-Dr. Alexander Marmorek, noted physician and dis¬ tinguished Zionist, died at his home early Friday morning. .According with his last wishes no eulogies wcre de¬ livered at the funeral which was held Sunday. The only services to mark the obsequies was the recital of the Kaddish by his brothers. .
The Pasteur Institute of - Paris was represented at the funeral by the Pro¬ vost Mcsnil. The World Zionist Or¬ ganization    was    represented   by    Leo
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Self-Confessed Rcnc^nde Sues .    Editor Dr. Silbcr for Libel
IS SEEKING POST
AS RABBI IN BRAZIL
NEW ORLEANS (J. T. A.).—Judah Elfenbeing-Tillinger, former rabbi of- Jacob  Schiff Center, The Bronx,  who
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ANNOUNCING
concentration in that field. This Ice 1 is made available tlirough the Jn Telegraphic Agency hy arrange), with the Jewish Forum. — EniTon
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additJoifal- ftin'd.i* -tdir whlclrtiave beeiV
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iSwgcSf-i^iSdiv'rauali .^nid orgainzarirSjiS' who believe in the necessity and-useful- .ness oi, the new school for higher Jew¬ ish learning. The recently federated -Central and Free synagogues have an- nouhced their intention of cbntributing $25,000 annually for the upkeep of the institute. Financial support is coming also from Jewish-spirited men and wom¬ en all over the country.'
The first summer school conducted ,by the Jevyish Institute of learning opened its doors last Thursday to an initial membership of 25 registrant;., who. hail from matly states of the Union. Additional applications for admission will increase the attendance considerably within the next few days. Classes are held in the morning from 9 to 12 and will be continued for, four weeks. The afternoons are given over to • visiting institutions and holding conferences with executives of Jewish social agen¬ cies in' New York. The teaching staff of the _ summer school includes: Dr. Stephen S. Wise; Professor Julian J. Obermann of Hamburg University,; Dr. Sidney E. Goldstein, associate rabbi of the Free SynagoguCj New York; Rabbi Joel Blau of Temple Peni El, New York; Dr. Nisson Touroff, dean of the Hebrew Teachers College of Boston. Professor Obermann is a well-known Jewish scholar and authority on Mo¬ hammedanism, on which he has written extensively. Dr. Touroff is one of the noted Jewish educators in America.
Rev. Herford to Lecture
The above faculty is to be augmented by the addition of the Rev. R. Travers Herford of London, who is to lecture {Concluded on page 4.)
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