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Volume IX — No.  13
COLUMBUS, OIIIO, MARCH 26, 19.26
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19th Annual Report Of American-Jewish Committee Made Public
Condition   of  Jew5  Throughout
the World Is Surveyed in An<
nuol Report Made Public
by President Loui»
Marshall
HUNGARY IS DARKEST SPOT IN JEWISH PICTURE
President  Coolidge  Lauded  for
Destroying Pet Notions of Ku
Klux Klan and Nordicism
IS CHAIRMAN FOR
COLUMHUS IN  DRIVE FOR FOREIGN RELIEF
NEW YORK.—The Nineteenth A; nual Report of the American-Jewisli Committee, made public this weelc by- Louis MarsIiaU, its President, surveys the condition of Jewry througUout Ihc world during- thc past year, painting a canvas darlccncd by the situation in East¬ ern and Central Europe, but pointing to a future betterment through the Locarno treaties, the Polish-Jewish agreement and thc $]5,O00,OO0> Joint Distribution Committee campaign.
Operation of thc 1{?24 Immigration Law forms the major part of the re¬ port's survey of conditions in the United States, in whicii the Committee's Presi¬ dent calls attention to several cases in wjjich tbe quota law was misinterpreted by the Department of, Labor, with thc result that severe hardships would have been suffered if the court had not re¬ versed ita decisions.
"Evidence as to thc unscientiHc char¬ acter of the quota basis of restriction is accumulating," the report states. It (juotes thc findings of experts which re¬ veal that o5 per cent of the foreign-born white paupers in almshouses ohi January 1, WIW, came from Ireland, Germany and England, favored by- thc law, while an average of 3.2 per cent came from Poland, Russia and Italy; and that dur¬ ing the past twenty years immigrants from Northern and Western Europe seeking admission to the United States have shown a higjier proportion of men¬ tal diseases, showing that "the problem of fairly selecting our immigration from Europe and restricting thc social groups may rest belter upon individual selection than upon racial or national group selec¬ tion."
CcaselcBB Activitiea The report bring*; to light for thc first time the ceaseless activities of Mr. Mar¬ shall in demanding a fair and non¬ discriminatory administration of thc naturalization law, revealed in the many letters which passed between Mr. Mar¬ shall and various onicials of the Depart¬ ment of Labor. The report also tells of the Committee's activity in opposing registration and drastic deportation bills, regarded by the Committee as unjust and un-American.
President Coolidge is highly lauded for his addresses at the cornerstone lay- ' ing of thc Jewish Center in Washington, D, C, and before the American Legion in Omaha as the leading factor in the collapse of the Ku Klux KJan and thc end ^ of widespread anti'Jf:wish propa¬ ganda in this country.
"Although symptoms are not lacking ' of the existence of religious bigotry and racial discrimination in the United Stales, toward the survival and growth of which the passage of t^e Immigra¬ tion Law of l{}'£i indirectly contributedj there has been no widespread anti-Jewish propaganda during the past year in the United States," the report states. "By this it is not meant to imply that Jews are not victims uf social ostracism and of disabilities in the matter of secur¬ ing employment. Ignorance and bigotry alone can account for this condition. This is a problem, however, which only years of education, leading to thc greater spread of a fair and liberal American  attitude  can  solve,   .   .   .
"It is gratifying to note that thc op¬ ponents of thc new nativistic philosophy have found a courageous and redoubt¬ able opponent in the president of tlie United' Slates, who lias utterly de¬ molished some of the most cherished of the pet notions of Ku Kluxism and Nordicism. Mr. Coolidge has made it known in plain terms that he is entirely out of sympathy with the New Know- {ContiHued oh page A)
HARRY KOHN
David A. Brown Issues S« O. S. Call To Save East European /^ Jews From Starvation    /
IS    CHAIRMAN    FOR    CEN¬ TRAL OIIIO OF RIG $15.- 000,000 DRIVE NOAV ON
Urges 1200 National Committee Members to Raise Cash 10 Per Cent of Total Quota for 1926 — Reports of Misery and Suffering from Overseas Make Immediate Action Compulsory — Colonel Lehman and Com]TU>dore Beaumont Make Large Dona¬ tions to United Jewish Campaign — 300 Labor and Social Organizations Pledge Support
WORK OF RAISING $15,000,000 FUND MUST BE
PROSECUTED WITH ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM
LARGE ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED AT TEMPLE TOMORROW  MORNING
A large attendance is expect¬ ed tomorrow (Sunday) morning at the Bryden Road Temple. This will be the last Sunday looming Lecture Service off the sesson. The rabbi wiU deliver a book review which will appeal to the old aa well as the youngl Come and bring your frtenda.
Feast of Passover to Be Celebrated By
Jews of the World
Holiday Will Be Uehered in on thc
Evening of March 2gth and Will
Be Observed for Eight Days
The Jewish feast of Passover falls on the 4Dth day of Nisan, correspond¬ ing this year with Tues<Iay, Msirch 30th. The celebration begins on the evening of March 2Dth with sundown. The man¬ ner of its observance wa.s determined largely by thc Biblical ordinances con¬ cerning this feast. It is to be observed for a period of seven days. Those who cherish customs that originated after Bible times will keep the feast eight days.
Thc ceremonials are such as are cal¬ culated to bring home thc historical event which thc [cast commemoTatcs, namely, the new born freedom vouch¬ safed to Israel after the long jieriod of oppression endured under Egyptian tyranny. The eatmg of unleavened bread is enjoined a number of times in thc Biblical regulations touching the observance of thc Passover feast. Un¬ leavened bread is characterized as the "bread of nifliction," and is also re¬ ferred to in the Bible as the bread that was unleavened because of the enforced hlisty departure from Egypt. In post- Biblical times the earnest desire to keep thc injunctions most scrupulously led the teachers of Israel to enact laws, such as the use of special dishes that hiid been guarded from contact with leaven and reserved only for the Pass¬ over season.
.\ charming and ciTectivc feature in the celebration of the fcaiil is the spe¬ cial Seder service around the festive family board on the first evening of thc feast, to which the Orthodox add a second evening. At this family serv¬ ice a special ritual known as the "Hag¬ gadah" is read. This ritual contains the story of the redemption from servitude, certain reflections ins])ircd by thc mem¬ ories of old and ccrtaiti pbalms. This is followed by thc festal meal after which Grace is recited. The service concludes with thc reading of additional psalms, the recitation of prayers and the singing of time-honored hymns. To this home service stranger and home¬ less are cordially invited. On the tabic iu front of him who presides over the meal are placed objects reminiscent of thc ancient service nnd servitude, such as bitter lierbb, reminder of the bitter lot of those who toiled in Egypt; a roast bone, calling to mind the ancient pascal lamb; a roasted egg. memorial of the free will olTering that was brought in addition to the pascal lamb; parsley and the bowl of salt water, symbolizing thc hyssop and its use in thc first Pass¬ over observed in Egypt, and a confec¬ tion of nuts and apples to represent the clay which Israel worked into bricks.
The Pjssover, falling at thc beginning | of Spring, had originally a pastoral and agricultural character, which in time was overshadowed by the historical event associated later with the feast. Freedorti and its obligation, is the key¬ note of the celebration. The Reform synagogs hold special services on^v,.^n the first and seventh days, while the Orthodox observe also the second day and an additional eighth day.
(Special to Ohio Jewish ChhoN'ici.i:) An S Q S call to save thc Jews of Eastern Europe was broadcasted today by David A. Broivn, national chairman of thc United Jewish Campaign, to 1,200 members of thc national committee, to chairmen and officers of each of the forty-five state organizations already built up and to every officer of the several hundred committees of local drives in every I Jewish communtty in thc United States and Canada. |
This action was taken at a hastily convened conference of tbe officers of the j Joint Distribution Committee and the United Jewish Campaign to consider alarm- j ing cablegrams from Dr. Kahn, European director of tho Joint Uistributioii Com¬ mittee; Doctor Rosen, in charge of its relief and reconstruction work in Russia, and Irma May, special commissioner to Poland, Galicia and Bessarabia, slating tbat unless help is immediately forthcoming thou.sand'- of men, w<»men and chil¬ dren will die in addition to the many who have already succumbed.
Those at the conference besides Mr. Brown were Fcli.x Warburg, chairman of the Joint Distribution Coinmitlec; Louib Marshall, Herbert Lehman, William I'ox, and David M. Bresslcr.   Erown's telegram follows:
EDWARD J. GOODMAN
Jewish Leaders of Ohio Vote to Increase Quota of This State
Buckeye  State  Will Raise $1,- 100,000 for the Relief of Jew¬ ish  Families Across the Sea
COLUMBUS AREA WILL
APPEAL FOR $126^00
The Telegram
"During my recent organizing trip covering the southwestern, northwestern and central states I made the statement at every conference that if, upon my re¬ turn to New York, the terrible conditions in Europe were not impro\e<l I Vrould send an SOS call lo every stale through its state and city chairmen and other officers immediately to raise a sum of money not less than ten per cent of thc first year's cjuota, to he sent to national headquarters for prompte-.! possible re¬ lief distribution abroad.
"I have just returned to my office from a meeting with the leaders 01 thc Joint i!)istribution Committee, who laid before me all the startling facts of Eu¬ ropean need.s, proving conclusively thai unless a substantial sum of nionuy is forthcoming at once man >thousands will die and more thousands suffer thc acutcst misery, which may prove fatal It lias come down to a case of sendm;> money to keep thousands alive until more substantial aid can reach them.
"1 urge that you call together as quickly as po.ssiblc all your campaigii as¬ sociates and devise ways and means to raise in cash as a minimum ten per cent of the total guota for thc year 1!>2(>. I urge also that every ounce of pressure be placed upon yo,ur organization to get campaigns into action as quickly as pos¬ sible and secure from those subscribing thc largest amount as initial payment.
Convert Pledges Into Cash
"The many millions representee! in tlic quotas accepted by the ioTty-five slates already organize<I and thousands of pledges in campaigns now in progress, vvlnic very cncouraKlnir, cannot buy breafi and milk for starving people. These must be converted into cash to thc larKc-st extent possible if they are to do any good for the tliousands actually fac- in^:^ death, who will die unless relief is sent imtncdiately.
"I am sending this SOS solely bu- caUhC of  the terrible catastrophe which
$125,000 Gifts Announced At the Hebrew Union College on Founders Day
Simon   Lazarus   nf   Columbus.   Wnn Among Contributors to the Mu¬ seum Fund »f thc College
CINCINXATL O.—Contributions of l^T-VHift for the purchase of the Kirsch- stcin-l"raubcrger Museum of Judaica, recentlj brought from Europe hy .Adolph S. Oko, librarian of the college, were announced at thc Founders' Day exer¬ cise held yesterday in thc college chapel.
Rabbi Isaac E. Marcuhon uf Macon, Ga.. of thc class of 18f)t and a member of the Board oi Governors of the col¬ lege, w.is thc principal speaker. Dr. Julian   Morgeiistcrn,   President  of   the
is destroying the Jews 01 Europe, and r college and Rabbi Michael Aaronsohn, a on your immediate actions depends tlieir gra<hiate field representative for thc lives.
¦DAVID .-\. BROWN.'
Campaign In New York
'>Jew York.—A gift of *.jO,O0{> was made to the United Jewish Campaign of New York by Colonel Herbert H. Leh¬ man, according t'o an announcement made by William Fox, chairman of the $0,- 0l)O,Q0f> drivt in New Vork City, as part of the $15,000,(100 overseas chest which the United Jewish Campaign is seeking for aid of their dcslitute brethren in for¬ eign lands. Colonel Lehman's gift ^^as made known in a letter to Mr. Fox in wln'ch he says tbat thc snni is the larg¬ est he has contributed for European re¬ lief, and declares that he has done so {Continued on page 4)
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Progress, Thought, and Life
THOUGHTS FOR PASSOVER By RABBI ISAAC WERNE, Ph. D.
Special Notice.
Due to lack of space the Chronici.e was constrained to postpone publishing an account of the Ohio State convention of the Uuited Synafiogue held in Cleve¬ land on March 21st and 22nd.;
We have reserved space in our next issue f0|r a full report of the proceed¬ ings 'and trust that our readers will peruse this report carefully.
Our religion differs almost in every essential respect from all the other re¬ ligions. Two points of difference, how¬ ever, decisively distinguish it from all the others. These two particularly dis¬ tinguishing features are: ,
First, thc basic principle that this re¬ ligion is intended for Life, for the Liv¬ ing, and
Second, that this religion is not based on blind belief, but on thinking and action.
AU other religions arc of a 'nature of preparation for death, catering especially to thc old people, teaching them how to die (which doctrine has also been adopt¬ ed by our reformed brethren, with whom the "Kaddish" and "Jahrzeit" are the sole object of their creed to the exclusion of almost everything else). Our religion, on the other hand, teaches how to live, how to act right, and how to avoid I wrong. "The laws that a man should do I and live within them."
Furthermore, Ihe other religions \x%\\i their careers with death, with the deaths of their founders, building on this thc whole structure of their belief, which is essentially a craving for death. The founder of the Unity of God,'our patri¬ arch Abraham, in contradiction to this pernicious doctrine is lauded in the Bible because "He will teach his children and his household after him." Judaism is based on life, on perpetual life,' on the coming generation, on the young chil¬ dren.
The Psalmist starts out in his lofty song "Hail to the Man." The sages of the Talmud commenting on this ask; Why only the man? Is the woman not included ? The answer is: "Hail the man as,long he is a man, in his vigor, ^when he starts out In the path of righte¬ ousness, while he is still young." Juda¬ ism wants Ihe young folks. That idea runs through the entire Jewish religious literature.   To quote only a few of the
Union of American Hebrew Congrega¬ tions, delivered addresses.
Thc National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods presented $8."j,()00 to the col¬ lege for scholarships. Miscellaneous gifts totaled nearly $ir>,000. One thou¬ sand dollars was given by Congregation Sliaari Shamayini of Lancaster, Pa., and Congregation R'nai Israel of Charleston, W. Va., in memory of Rabbi Morris H. Youugerman. There were three $300,. gifts, one from Samuel Rosenberg of Cincinnati, hi memory of his brother Theodore, and another in meniory of his mother, Hannah Rosenberg, and, one from the estate of Charles S. Mack of Cincinnati. Thc gifts announced totalled nearly $12D,000.
The contiihutors to tbe museum fund were Ben Selling of Portland, Ore.; Ju¬ lius Ro.senwald of Chicago, Isaac W, Frank, A. J. Sunsteln, Maurice Falk, Bennie Xeiman, Nathan Spear of Pitts¬ burgh, .Adolph S. Ochs, Ludwig Vogel¬ stein, Ben AUhcimrr of New York and Simon Lazarus of Columbus, O.
Jewish leaders of the sl.itc called to¬ gether last Sunday, by Simnu Lazarus to apportion the fl.OOO.OOO fund to be raised in Ohio for thc *|.'i,omf,fiCiO Over- sea.s Campaign, voted to raise |IO0,<KK> more than was asked,' making a total of fl,lfi<»,Of»0. Thc state was divided into three areas with Columbus, Ckv^c- land, and Cincinnati as centers. The Columbus area wa* apportioned $126,- -VJO; Cleveland !t(ili8.."ifirt, and Cincinnati ¦f27.'),0iirt
lidv|jard J. Goodman, regional chair¬ man for the Columbus area, is busily engaged in preparation for the drive whicii begins here on tbe 11th nf April and closes on the 18th. He is in con¬ stant touch with thc chairmcir of every town in Central Ohio and is co-operat¬ ing with them in order to expedite the xvork. From the enthusiasm displayed by tvcryonc connected with the drive in Central Ohio, Mr. Goodman infers that ail ox'crwbelming. success will crown his efforts.
Kvcry Chkomjcltc reader has been fully informed through these columns regarding thc issues of the great drive now in progress throughout thc land. Tliey are convinced of the compelling neccesity for immediate action, in order to save the lives of thousands in the stricken countries of Europe.
Klsewhcrc in this issue of Tnr. Chhoniclh, we are publishing an S. O. S. call telegraphed to us by David A, Brown, national chairman of the United Jewish campaign, in which he describes the terrible sufferings of our brethren across the sea and urges the 1,200 Na¬ tional Committee memhers to raise in cash 10 per cent of the total (juota for
"The many millions in acce])tcd quotas by the T) states already organized," he declares, "cainiot buy bread and milk for starving people. Thcbe pledges must be coiu-erted into cash, to the largest extent possible, if they are to do any good for the thousands who are actually starving and will die, unless relief is sent immediately.
"I iun sending this S. O. S," he as¬ serts, "tiolely because of thc terrible catastrophe that is destroying the Jews of Europe and on your immediate action depend their 'lives."
innumerable injunctions of this nature, I shall mention only those connected with eur Passover which read: "And you shall tell your .son on that day"; "And when your son will ask you in the fu¬ ture"; "That you may narrate to your son and grandson," etc.
The principal part of the ethics of our teachings are invariably connected with the "Remembrance of Egypt" as for in¬ stance "Your servant shall rest on thc Sabbath day like yourself, because you shall remember that yon were a slave in Egypt"; "You shall love the stranger for you were strangers in Egypt"; "You shall not cheat one another, or the stranger for you were strangers in Egypt"; "You shall have a right meas¬ ure ami honest weight, for I am the Lord your God who brought you from Egypt"; "You shall not bend the law against the stranger or the or])han, and you shall not take the garment of the widow in pledge; remember you were a slave iu Egypt," etc. Thus we fttc that Passover is the pivotal point on which thc leading* principles recolve themselves into these two central pillars of onr re¬ ligion:    "Life and  ThoughV'
Thought is developed by propounding questions and answering them' properly, logically. The Bible is teeming with questions provided for the children to ask their fathers, and for the young to be answered by the elders.
"Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders and they will say to you." With all other religions, absolute faith, immutable belief is the first and uncon¬ ditional requirement for admittance into the fold of full-fledged membership of any religious sect. Questioning and reasoning is precluded; there is no room for that within their premises. Our r«T ligion; on the other hand, offers a free, ground for argument, admitting into the arena,of debate'all alil<e, the wise ques- (Continued on page 4)
Cantor Max Feinsinger of New York, at the Agudath Achim Cong<
Every mendwr of the Agudath Achim Congregation is uqged to attend the Passover Services at which Cantor Max Feiiisinger of New York will officiate The cantor is reputed to be one of the finest singers in the East. Pie has of- vciated in Bo.ston, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, everywhere evoking much praise. It is hoped that the entire mem¬ bership will turn out to hear him Mon¬ day c\'cning, March 20, as well as on the following days.
BOARD OF C OF J. W. MEET TUESDAY
TO
The board of directors of the Colum¬ bus Section Council of Jewish Women will hold a meeting Tuesday afternoon, March 30th, at two o'clock at the Schon- than. Community House.
All members of the board are urgently requested to be present.
IVREEYOH TO SPONSOR RUMMAGE SALE
Mrs. M. Bogatin has been ap¬ pointed chairman of tlie Rum¬ mage Sale whieh will be held under the auaplees of the Ivree¬ yoh immediately after the Holi¬ days.
Tbe committee in charge ia making an urgent plea to all Columbua Jewry to make up packages for this sale, proeeedB of which goea to the mainte¬ nance of the Hebrew School.
A truck will be sent out to all those who wish to have pack¬ ages or contributions of any kind collected.
IS  ACTIVE IN  ADVANCING
INTERESTS OF MAIN  ST.
LEON J. GOODMAN
PromotiuJl of Main St. us a sliojjping district ,ind improvement and develop¬ ment of real j:9t<)tL* values in that sec¬ tion are piiriioses of the Main Street Improvement .-V^sociation, formed last Monday at a meeting in thc Market Ex¬ change bank.
General Chaimcey B. Baker, vice presi¬ dent of the bank, was elected chairman of the new or^'anization. Other officers are; Leon J. Goodman, manager; Ctjarles Cahen, secretary; Walter Loewer, treasurer; Louis Fuchs and John Her|iich, executive board mem¬ bers. Gus K, Bowman was appointed active secretary and advertising man¬ ager.
Mr, Bowman is associated with tlie Byer-Bowman publicity and advertising agency now loeated in the new Coiitincn- tal Building, G.iy and High Sts.
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