Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1925-07-31

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Volume VIII — No.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JULY 31, 1925
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L 0.0. B. B. Outing at Oak Park Sunday, July 29, a Great Success
Many   Prizes   Are  Awarded  to
Those Successful in^the Various
Contests Staged by Zion
Lodge
WORKERS LAUDED FOR SPLENDID ARRANGEMENTS
Well, the I. O. B. B. picnic at Oak I'ark is over. Everyone who attended It liiul a most wonderful time, judging from thc smiles and laugliter noticeablfc <»ii all sides at the grounds.
Tile thousand and one attractions prcseiited were all received with keen gratification. It was very evident that all thc arrangements for the affair were very carefully nnd efficiently looked after.
The crowd was a large and represen¬ tative one. The finest spirit of jovial¬ ity pervaded the entire place. The younger folks enjoyed the dance music exceedingly. Thc different kinds races staged attracted much attention and afforded quite a bit of amusement to all thc folks, young and old.
The nnil-driving, lior.scshoe pitching, \vaternivl<>ti-cating and other contests all proved a splendid source of amusement. The weatherman deserves thc thanks of Zion Ln<lgc. He certainly gave us most ideal weather last Sunday, just as he hail promi.sed and fooled lots of people wlio expected rain.
Thanks are also due to the following . gentlemen for the fine co-operation they gave in making the outing a success: I'Jr. S. D. Edelman, Dr. M. Goldherg, Joe.Kresge and I. W. Garek.- These men were active on the grounds from early in the morning to 0 P. M., when the affair was over.
The oflicers of the lodge are very grateful to the Ohio Jewish Chuonicle ¦ for the generous publicity it gave to the picnic and for tfie constant interest this periodical shows in every activity of the organization.
Thc following were the prize winners in the various contests:
Horseshoe pitching-—Joseph Kresge, A, Berliner.
Yomig  men's  race—-A.  Berliner, :Miller.
Boys' sack race — Kaplan, Feiner.
Girls' shoe race — Miss Berman, Miss
MINISTER   OF   INTERIOR GIVES
ASSURANCE   OF    JEWISH
SAFETY IN BULGARIA
.SOI'lA, (J. T. A.)—A delegation rep¬ resenting thc Jewish communities in Bul¬ garia, headed by the Jewish community ofia, was received by the Bulgarian Minister of thc Interior. The   delegation 'handed   the   Mini-ster memorandum in which thc rcciuest was made that the government take the nec- e.s.sary .steps to stippress the aiiti-Scmitic propaganda which lias in recent months assumed thc character of pogrom propa¬ ganda.   The Minister of the Interior as¬ sured   the   delegation  that   there   is   no reason to fear anti-Jewish riots in Bul¬ garia.
Ladies
- Mrs.
nail    driving   contest Mr^;.  Topolowsky. Young    men's    three-legged    race — Berliner,  Miller.
Boys'      three-legged      race — Polster, Feiner. Watermelon contest — Topolowsky. Prize   waltz —Mr.   and   Mrs.   Wm. Calliff.
K. H. Aids Middle Class
Immigrants to Colonize
Zionist  Congress  To   Be  Asked  To
Apply 50% of Palestine Budget
For Colonization Work.
NEW YORK. —A report from Pal- estine,made public by thc headquarters of the American Keren Hayesod, describes steps undertaken by the Palestine Zion¬ ist executive for the purpose of facili¬ tating the colonization of middle class immigrants who have formed a large part o.f the recent immigratk most of whom have for the time being settled in Tel Aviv. Thc agricultural colonization department of the execiitivi has established an information bureau that city designed to meet the spe¬ cific needs of the middle class iinmi- and lo make it unncces.sary for them to travel for information to thc office   in  Jerusalem.
ipccial committee of representa¬ tives of the Jewish Faripers' Associa¬ tion and of a representative of the agri¬ cultural department has been set up tc supervise the, information service of thc bureau. Frequent meetings are held to ft the material. The bureau has col¬ lected information with regard possibilities of settlement in th( ing colonies, the capacity for absorption of the various agricultural occupations, the different colonization program, etc. The steady expansion of the eoloniza- 3n work of the Keren Hayesod brought into relief by the fact that at forthcoming Zionist Congress in Vienna, a ' proposal will be considered devote 30% of the Keren Hayesod funds to this activity. Tn the four years from April, 1921, to March, 1!)25, the .um of $2,.570,785 was expended • on lolonization, that sum being nearly 30% of the total of $8,610,750 expended by the Keren Haye.sod on its various ac-- n Palestine during the same pe-
Singcr,
First   prize    fox   trot Miss IJckel.
Second prize  fox  trot — Mr.  A.  M. Neustach,  Miss Celia Benjamin.
NEW YORK JEWISH PHIL¬ ANTHROPIST SEEKS AD¬ VICE ON HOW TO DISTRl- BUTE HIS MILLIONS.
Moses Maimonides
REV. DR. IGNATIUS MUELLER, Louisville. Ky.
Important Meeting
of T. I. Congregation
le    DfVicers   and    members   of    thc retli   Israel congregation,  WA East (I   St.,   are   urgently   requested   to attend an important meeting of the con¬ gregation  Thursday evening,  .-\iigust fi, »:m   V.   M.   sharp.     Please   come promptly at 8:00 so that all business can
Sni. RoTli, Secretary.
(By Courtesy of kcform Advocate)   ' thc center of gravity  in the lore of Judaism passed  from  Asia to Europe, Spain became the scat of Jewish learning, aud Cordova its headquar- crs.   Cordova was a beautiful city, and was renowned for its manufactures and ts schools.    It -was the home of EurolJcan- culture and the birthplace of many
Moses Maimonides was one of theni, We, Israelites, usually call him RaMBaM"; from the initial letters of the name of which he is best known jn the literary world, Kabbi^ Moses Ben Maimoii. Parents of modern times often adopt some middle name for their children; and if they neglect to do so, thc chil¬ dren themselves select some initial and squeeze it between their • personal and family names. Now, wc shall learn that the fashion to have many names is, by no means, a new one. Fof in the Arabic history of literature the full i Moses Maimonides is: "Abu Imram Musa Ben Maimunt Obaid Allah." his long residence in Egypt he has thc' cognomen "Moses the Egyptian." And on account of his great learning he is often called "Thc Eagle of the Rabbis, —and also: "The Light of the West.''
He lived at a time when science and learning were in their highest bloom in Spain. With free access to all thc fountains of knowledge, he becanie a para- ton of learning. He was thc most learned of tlie Jews in the Middle Ages, and one of thc highest representatives in Israel of all times. He was not only profoundly conversant with Hebrew, Atabic, and the kindred Aramaic iliali but was familiar as well with the Greek and Turkish languages.
He is so dear to the Jewish heart, that the very hour of his birth is treasured i;( up in the memory of posterity.   He was horn at 1 o'clock
thirtieth day of March, on Passover Eve, in the year Eleven Hundred and Thirty five.   And though he need not borrgw merit from his forefathers, yet it is, by all I si
means, a blessing and honor to come ofii distinguished ancestry, to be descended j vice president of the Consumers" League, from a family of real nobleness and trule quality of mind and soul. Maimonides 1 director of the Prisoner's Aid Society, ran trace his lineage to those who derived their nobility from virtue and natural | member of the Inter-Racial Committee superiority. From the genealogical records we possess, he was descended from'of the Wilmington Council of Churches Jehudah lianasi, the redactor of the Mislinah, and through him from the rovalaiid many other niovemeiils. During house of David.   *   *   * '       1(1^. ,viiiter he gave a series of lectures
' EARLV LIFE Ion thc Background of thc Jewish immi-
Maimonides never experienced the love and tender care of a mother. She grant before the Americanization teach- died in giving him birth. But he received thc watchful attention of his father, 1 ers of the public schools. Prior to coni- who was a "Dayan",'or official judge, and whose knowledge of jurisprudence, ] ing to Wilmington Rabbi Levinger' wa; and the ability and integrity with -which he executed the difficult and important with the Y. M. H. A., of New York duties of the magistracy, secured him the respect of all. It is, perhaps, owing | City. Me is a 101-1 graduate of the He- to the loss of his mother that we know but little of his boyhood, or little has'brew .Union College, and was just been given to us. And as it is always the case that where history is silent about | awarded the Ph. D. degree at the Uiii- a great man, legend appears to be most busy with him, so the story goes that;versit> of Pcnnsyivania. He is the in his childhood he had been a dull and idle lad, and did by no means give much;author of "A Jewish Chaplain in promise.of the eminence he afterwards attained. France", a syllabus on "Jews and Juda-
We are in doubt as to who were his teachers. It has been stated tliat in ' 'sm in the United States", which is now the Talmud he was the pupil of the eminent scholar Jo.seph Ibn Migash. Some!'"^'"K printed by the Union of American of his biographers, however, tell us that he was only'a child when Rabbi Joseph j ^^''^ew Congregati '      "
died.   It is almost sure that the most famous of the Arabian philosophers, Aver- roes, properly Ibn Roshd, who also was a native of, Cordova, had taught liim philosophy and medicine.   B'ut he certainly
Will Carry On Work of Hillel Foundation at Ohio State University
Kahbi Lee J. Levinger Leaves Wilm¬ ington, Del., for University At Coluinbus.
Rabbi  Lee J. Levinger, at present of
fcinple  Beth  Emeth, Wilmington, Del.,
las  received  and  accepted  an  offer  of
;he   B'nai   B'rith   Hillel   Foundation   to
take charge of its development work at
. the Ohio  State  University.    The   foun-
5  establishing  two new   centers
Rabhi   Levinger   has   been   in
n the afternoonj)f the {vVilniington for three years and has been
isually: active in community work
tc chaplain of the American Legi
Shachris Club to Give
An Auction Box Party
Something new in the way of social and benefit affairs will be given Wednes¬ day evening, August oth, at seven o'clock when the Shachris Club sponsor an auction box party at the He¬ brew School.
The girls will bring boxes containing luncheons   for  two  which  will  in
: sold to the boys for a sniall su
Another feature of the evening be the surprise program which will be presented during the course of the ning.
The girls are urged  tp ^remember to bring their boxes.    An evening full enjoyment is in store for all who co
NOTICE TO MEMORIAL
FUND CONTRIBUTORS
'hose wishing to contribute to fund in memory of the late Mendel Wider, on the occasion of the first an¬ niversary of his death, or in memory of Mrs. Rachel Neibloom, or Mr. William ^oth, are asked to send contributions Mrs. J. Spira, 1G03 Bryden Road.
LEOPOLD SCMtrOP
Mr. Schepp, 85, New York philan¬ thropist, has just asked the public-for suggestions as to the best way in which to distribute his millions, the idea be¬ ing to furnish quick and permanent re¬ lief to those who need and merit help. He emphasizes that he is not seeking opinions from those "who have axes to grind."
gation That Psychologrical Con¬ ditions Favor Mutual Co¬ operation.
ANTI-SEMITES   CALL   OFF VIENNA CONVENTION COIN¬ CIDING WITH ZIONIST CONGRESS
VIENNA,   (J. T. A.)-,-The Fedcra-
)n of Voelkische Asociations which planned to hold its convention in Vienna August 18th, has decided to post¬ pone its convention in order to avoid conflicts during the proceedings of the Fourteenth Zionist Congress here, ac¬ cording to an announcement by the Swastika press bureau today.
This decision was communicated offi¬ cially to the Austrian Government by the Federation.
The convention of the National So¬ cialist Party which was called for Au¬ gust . 15th and IfJth will take place in view of the fact that its proceedings will be concluded before the beginning of the Zionist Congress,
".-\iiti-Semitism   in   tbe  United   States", , I which' will   be  published  by  the  Bloch t have had superior teachers, and' Pi>''''sl""B Company in the fall.
he himself must have made the most of his time and opportunities.    It is, there-  -.	
fore, justly assumed that in many branches his father was his instructor.   This j _   i* »    «      • •     « '
expected of every Israelite, being. <;i;;.Mt)ed by his Torah to teach.his children rPollSh-JeWIsh  Agreement diligently.    The  wise and pious  parent does  not  only  sedulously  care   for  his I |g Oulv the First StCD
body, but also, and even morc so, for his soul.    So   did   the   father   ofi 	
Maimonides  feel  himself bound  by solemn and sacred obligations  towards  his j
son, whom he considered the gift oi God, receiving him from his mother, -ivho.se! ^"unt  Skr^ynski^ Tells^ ^^^[^^ ^*''*"
love aud self-devotion was her last breath on earth, and her soul took its flight for heaven. Mindful of his mother, who entered'the valley of the shadow f.death to win her son's life, he placed himself toward her child, as much as he ould, also in the place of mother, aiid cared for the development of his dormant faculties by an education that made their Moses a man whose name is clothed with imperishable honor. He thus grew up under the tutorage of a learned and :onscicntious father, who trained his mind and soul, and applying himself to itudy with untiring zeal and diligence, he made such rapid progress in all branches of science and knowledge that thc dull, slothful boy. soon became a fa- schojar. His father's precet ancl example planted in his young heart a pure and strong veneration for Jewish virtues, and the holy Law of Israel was his delight.
NATURES QUITE DIFFERENT But though his mind had been profoundly influenced by his father, their natures were Cjuite different. The father was full of enthusiasm, full, of faith, and highly gifted with poetical thoughts. The son, however, was not .so emo- ^ philosopher quite through, and a thinker, first of all. In his parental home the stream of life ran broad and deep, and Maimon's son was trained in thc arts and science then included in a liberal education, as well as in philosophy towards which he had shown^ a powerful inclination. Thus, what was Jewish and what was human, all that -ivas noble, found a resting place in the capacious soul of Moses Maimonides. He was a Talmudist, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and a physician. He saw the limitations of science, but he wished to master its literature. Faith and reason, simple piety and fear¬ less inquiry were blended, during thc formative period of his character, into an inseparable unity. He learned to be perfect with God, to be faithful to Judaism, IS well as to the divine reason present in the human soul.' The tradition which binds the ages together he kept holy with a penetrative gaze, with open-eyed obedience and service. As of Hillel it can be,said of him, that his gentleness, his event temper, his modesty, were as conspicuous as his high intellect, his great knowledge, ^nd his- firm determination to make the truth prevail.
When the Almohades, a Moslem dynasty, of Africa, extended their career of conquest to Spain, Cordova fell into their hands. Their religion was pure. Thc fundamental principles arc contained in the two articles of thc Islam: "There is no God but God,>—and Mohammed is God's prophet.". Their con¬ duct, however, was very fanatical, and their overheated mind made them in¬ tolerant of the religious opinions of others. Owing to thc wars between the Mohammedans and Christians, and l)Ctween the different Mohammedan sects, and the persecution of the Jews by the rulers at Cordova and other parts of Spain, synagogs and churches were <lestroyed, or changed into mosques. Jew? and Christians were forced to choose conversion to Islam, exile, or death. Manj people left their homes, while others agreed to pronounce the formula of the Moslem creed, and secretly continued the observance of their own religion.' Maimon fled with his family, and after an interval of troubled wanderings and painful privations they settled at Fetz, in Africa. But there, too, they found the Almohades equally powerful, equally intolerant and vindictive. For a short lime Maimon and his son were compelled to assume thc outvrard garb of Mo¬ hammedanism. From Fetz the 'family migrated to Palestine, and afterwards Moses Maimonides settled in Egypt, and lived in Fostat, or old Cairo. Here lived also his brother David, who traded in precious stones, and supported his learned brother. Soon, however, he experienced the misfortune that his brother was drowned in the Indian' Ocean, and with him was lost not only his own for- tune but large sums that had been entrusted to him by other traders. Maimonides now earned a living as a physician. After a few years of practice he had been regarded as the greatest authority in the medical science, and he soon obtained the post of court-physician to the Sultan, who bestowed upon him many dis¬ tinctions.
DECLINED THE HONOR, It may be interesting to mention that Richard I, King of England, sur- named Coeur De Lion, was anxious to appoint Maimonides as his physician, but Maimonides declined the honor, and remained in Egypt as body, physician to Sul¬ tan Saladin. It was a lucrative and honorable position, but, as he himself de- <cribes it, his duties to the Sultan were heavy and onerous. Thus he writes fConcludtd on page 4>
NEW YORK. —That the Polish- Jewish agreement recently concluded in Warsaw between representatives of the Poli.sb government and the Chib of Jew¬ ish Deputies is merely the first step to¬ wards a complete understanding, was the essence of the reply of Count Alex¬ ander Skrzynski, Polish minister of for¬ eign affairs, to the delegation of the American Jewish congress and" its af¬ filiated organizations which presented it¬ self before the count on Wednesday al the Plotel Ambassador, New York City.
Following the reading of the memo¬ randum of the American, Jewish con¬ gress by Mr. Joseph Barondess, vice president of the congress, Count Skrzyn-
:i, in his brief reply, stated:
"Mr. Presuient: I thank you for the kind words you have addressed to and I fully agree with j'ou as to hopes you have expressed regarding the harmonious cooperation of the Polish and Jewish people in Poland. The agree- recently entered into in Warsaw, opens a new chapter in the history of the Polish-Jewish relations. I do not intend to speak about thc former chap- I am firmly convinced that thc agreement will bring valuable results the first step to a complete un¬ derstanding. On both sides, there arc indications that the psychological con¬ ditions favor the initiation of a mutual cooperation of the Polish and Jewish people.     The   government   cannot   dol
Spaniards/Jews, and Moroccans Will Honor Memory of Maimonides
The First Jew to Attempt Recon¬ ciliation Between Religion ahd Science Will Be Honored 721  Years After His Death
CAMPAIGN NOW ON
FOR 100,000 PESETAS
MADRID.- (J. T. A.)—Maimonides, tbe great Jewish philosopher, astron¬ omer, physician and Talmudist of the '.^th century, (he first to attempt a re- concilation between religion and science, be honored by Jews, Spaniards and Moroccans 7-21 years after his death, l)y the erection of a monument.
A campaign for 100,000 pesetas for the purpose of erecting the monument Maimonides' grave, which is situated the .shore of thc Lake of Tiberias in Palestine, was launched here as a re¬ visit to the grave of Ignacio B'aucr, Spanish-Jewish banker and pres¬ ident of the Jewish community in Spain. Thc grave is a place of pilgrimage, held nee In jcw.s and Arabs and lias been almost destroyed by tbe fre¬ quent visitors.
The campaign was initiated with the subscription of Tifi[)h pesetas by Ignacio Bauer, and an equal amount'subscribed by "Don Manuel L. Ortega, distinguished Christian Spaniard. Tbe "Casa Uni- , vcrsal dc los Sefardies" of Spain and the "Associationes Hispano Sefardies'' of Morocco have undertaken to raise the necessary sum. The campaign met with an enthusiastic response in Chris¬ tian Spain where Maimonides is lauded as "the Great Cordovan, the glory of Spain and Israel".
Maimonides,' known by his Hebrew name as Moses Ben Maimon (Rambam) and in Arabic literature as Abu Imran Musa Ben Maimun Ibn Abd Allah, was born in Cordova, Spain, March 30, 1 V,V\ and died at Cairo on December 1-3, When in IIGO Cordova was cap¬ tured by the fanatical Almohades, Mai¬ monides' family fled because of religious persecution to Fez from where they impelled, in llC-"), because of further religious jlersccution, to settle in Cairo. . ¦ •
Serving as private physician to thc izier of Salada, he was invited, ac¬ cording to Arabid records, to serve as private physician to King Richard I, of England, which invitation Maimonides refused. Besides a great number of works writ- n mainly in Arabic and partly in He¬ brew on medicine, theology, astronomy and philosophy, Maimonides' popularity resulted from his work "Mishnah Torah", a codification of biblical and Talmudic law, called by hi.s admirers 'The Strong Hand", and "A Guide for , he Perplexed", in whicii he attempted o reconcile the Bible and Jewish the- olo,!»y with science and .Aristotle's phi¬ losophy. The "Guide" which was orig¬ inally written in Arabic and translated into Hebrew, was a matter of religious strife in the 12th, 13th and Uth centur¬ ies in Egypt, Palestine, Spain and Ger¬ many and France. It was recently ¦ translated into English by the late Pro¬ fessor  Israel   Friedlander.
Miss Elizabeth Rice Announces Opening The Park School, Sept. 14
New Day School For Boys And Girls
Below High School Will Open
at 537 East Broad Street.
Chronicle readers, will   be   glad   to
hear'of the opening on Sept. 14 by Miss
Elizabeth   Rice   of  the   Park   Private
School' at 537 East Broad Street.   The
course of study of the Park school will
include  the  essentials   of   the   public
school curriculum with the addition of
^erything, but  it has given  the lead.!those studies designed to meet the taste
I express the hope, and I shall say more Lnd talent of the individual.    It is in-
than the hope, that the lead which has teresting to note that Miss Rice, who
been  given  by the  Polish government has spent twenty-five years in the teach-
ill bring about the achievement of full understanding."
The delegation consisted of the fol¬ lowing: Jacob Fishman, Reubin Brainin and Gedalia Bublick representing the Zionist Organization of America; Adolph Stern and Max Eckmann representing the Independent Order B'rith Abraham; Joseph Karondess, Bernard G. Rich¬ ards, George Fox, Carl Sherman, Solo¬ mon }. Llebesking and Dr. A. J. Rongy representing the American Jewish Con¬ gress; Sol Friedlander representing the Order Sons of Zion; Charles Green, Z. Tygel and A. Rosenfeld of the Federa¬ tion of Polish Jews in America; Leo Wolfson of the . Federation of Rou¬ manian Jews in America, and Philip Wattenberg and Z. H. Rubinstein of the Federation of Galicianjews in America,
I
ing profession and has been commended by such men as Judge Lindsey of Dpn- and Mr. George Eustis, will be in personal charge of the school. Her constant emphasis on the importance of a high standard of scholarship and high ideals will tend to make her work in Co¬ lumbus most salutary. In announcing the opening of her school. Miss Rice pointed out that lessons in courtesy will be made part of the curriculum. For references in regard to her experience and qualifications Chbonicle readers may write to Reverend Dr. William Roseman, Baltimore, Md., />r Dr. David Philipson of Cincinnati.
N. B. Those desiring tct get in tourlf with Miss Rice for further particular^ can write her in care of P, O. Box 05 or at 537 East Hroad St.