Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1928-02-03

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Vol. XI —No. 5
C0I.UM13US, (M[TO, FEIiRUARY ,5, igjS
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
Straus Gives $10t),000
for Reconstruction
Work in Palestine
Famous  Benefactor  Celebrates
SOth Birthday ancT Thanks
Friends for Grcetinii^s
HOPES HIS FRIENDS MAY BE INSPIRED BY GIFT
NRW YOUK.~As a means of celc- bratiiij,' liii ciRliticth hirlhday jestcrday, and a<! a token of appreciation for the thousands of hirlhday giet:tiiigs wliich he received from all parts of the world, Nathan Straus has coiUribiiteil ^100,000 for rccnnstriiction work in Palestine, according to an announcement made yes¬ terday by Herman Bernstein, author, dramatist imd intimate friend ot Ihc aged philanthropist, who presented Mr  Straw=i
KABBI   J.   L.   MAYERBERGy FATHER OF RABBI MAY¬ ERBERG, OF DAYTON, OIIIO,   PASSES
GOLDSIKMiO, X (.—r{.ibbi J. L Maicrbcrg ditd on Jamiary iHth and was bnncd at Gokhboro, N. C, Monday, January 2.'ird, liahbi Ucr L Frennd and Dr. Edward N Calisch, of Richmond, Va, officiatiiiit. Rabbi MaycrbcrK was the lirst Rabbi in North Carolina, bei^in- ning his ministry at States ville forty^ SIX years ago. He went to GoldsborA and bcrved there actively for thirty- fi^e years and was Rabbi Emeritus for three years. JJuring his ministry he offi¬ ciated in every town and eity of the state. Ue v\.is an intimate friend of Ciovcrnor \ycock and officiated at his inauguration. People from e\ ery part of North Carolina attended the funeial, among whom were Rahbis Milton Ellis, Howard Feinberg and Frederick Kypins \mong the honorary pallbearers were a Catholic prie'^t, ^n Episcopalian r.cctor and a Presbitcrian mmiste^. Services v\cre held at Ohcb Sholem Temple Sur¬ viving Rabbi Mayerbcrg are his cliildren, Dr. I. W. Mayerbcrg, of Sehna, N. C 1 Dr. Emil R Maverberg, of Wilmington, Del ; Dr. Jacob Mayerberg, of Balti¬ more ; Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg, of Dajton, Ohio', and Miss Florence Mayer¬ bcrg, of Goldsiboro, N  C.
Pros and Cons For j
Changin^f Name Among American Jews Discussed
More Cohens and Lovys in America Than  Were  in   Europe—Press
Comiiicnts on Situation
NEW YOUK—The decision of Jus¬ tice Aaron J .Levy, permitting Everett Levy to change his name to Lero, bui adding tn it a strong rebuke, is widely commented upon in the Jewish press.
"The rebuke which our friend. Justice Aainn J Levi, hab admuiistcred to tbe Jew who applied for pc'rmisaion to change his name, which is, incidentally, the name of the judge, to a more Ameri¬ can name, was indeed ju-Jtiried. as hia action was correct," writes the "Jewish Morning Journal" editorially.
*' rhc I-cv\ who desires to become Lero rcLeived a lesson with which a great niajDr.itv of Jews and Christians who read it will be in agreement However, the right of a man to change his family name  is   bejond  (ptcstion  and  thc  wise
New Amer. Archaeological Expedition Leaves For Palestine This Week
To Seek Traces *)( Pnlcstine'a History
Under Auspices nf Havcr-
ford College
HAVERFORD, PA~(J T. A — Elilni Grant, profcbsor of Bibical litera¬ ture at Ilaverford College and famous authority on Palestine people^;, .mnounccd the formation of an archaeological ex¬ pedition under the auspices of the college,
Jhe e\jicdition will seek to uncover the ruins of the ancient Philistine city of licth Sliamcbh, ftbout twcntv nulcs west of Jerusalem and near the modern vil¬ lage nf Am Sbeni'i It is situated on the railroad hnc between Jerusdkm and Jaffe and is m the valley of thc Sorek River.
\ccorfling to Df Grant, tbe work to be catricd out tlieic should prove of con¬ siderable value in snhing tjie Philistine problem that has loii*^ baffled archaeolo¬ gists and historians.    I..ittle is known of
•UnXJE AARON COHN To
ADDRESS COIINCIL .TE>VlSn WOMEN TlrflSDAY AT TEMPLE
The next meeting nf the Colunibus Section, National Council of Jcwibh Wnineii, will be held Tncs<la> afternoon, February 7th, at '2 o'clock, at the Bry¬ den Koad Temple. Judge Aaron Culin of Toledo will bc thc speaker. His sub¬ ject will be "Sources of fnspiiation '* This meeting is 111 charge of the Edu¬ cational Committee, and they together witli the Board will entcrlain tlie hon- fircd guest at a luncheon, Tuesday, Feb¬ ruary, 7tli, at the Progress Club
Special music will be furnished by melt's choir throngh the courtesy of Mr. Edw J Goodman A pleasant afternoon is promised — Come!
NATUAN   SXitAUS.
with  a  handsome  album  of  greetings from outstanding personalities.
This gift of tlOOjOOO makes the amount which Mr. Straus has given to the cause of Palestine during his lifetime substan¬ tially more than $1,500,^)00, which in¬ cludes a recent gift of $250,000 for a Health Center iii' Jerusalem and $75,000 for a Health Center in the city of Tel Aviv
Interest Began in 1904
Mr. Straus' interest in the rebuilding of Palestine as the Jewish national home¬ land has been the central one of his life, having begun in' 1904, when he and Mrs. Straus made their first Visit to Palestine. So many and so necessary have been the gifts which Mr. Straus has bestowed upon Palestine, that the whole Country, regardless of race or creed, has given him the title of "The Great Giver."
Mr, Straus was the first American Jew to give a large amount for the rebuilding of Palestine, and his gift of yesterday is one of the large ones to that cause of recent years.
The contribution was made in answer to the United Palestine Appeal, which is the American* fund-raising agency for the reconstruction of Palestine, of which Mr Straus is • honorary chairman in New York, which will begin its cam¬ paign for funds in New York on Feb¬ ruary 15th.
Thc text of the letter in which Mr. Straus announced the gift follows in part:
"It is a source of great satisfaction to iConiiuued  on  page  4.)
Harry Lehman of Dayton Elected on the Board of Miami Valley Hospital
' DAYTON, O—A very unusal devel¬ opment in our community has just been announced. The Miami Valley Hospital which was originally completely under a Protestant Board which made a ruling years ago that the hospital should always be under the ruling of the Protestant Church. At a recent meeting this rul¬ ing was changed that one-fourth of the Board should be Protestant and the other (hree-fourths to repreient other churches. l|4r, Harry Lehman, President of the Jewish Federation and active in all Jew¬ ish and non-Jewish aflair!> in our city, has had the honor of being elected the hrst Jewish member on the Board of the Miami Valley Hospital.
KNIGHTS OF ISRAEL LODGE -     SMOKER SUNDAY, FEB. STH
Judge Aaron Cohn to Speak Before the Agudath Achim Brotherhood
Tlie newly-clectcd ofKcers of the Brotherhood of Agudath Achim Congre¬ gation will be m-italled at a dinner to be held in the newly remodeled Banquet Hall of the s>naBogue Tuesday evening, February 7th, at 7 o'clock.
Judge Aaron Cohn of Toledo, Ohiot has been secured as the principal speaker for the occasion. The following are the officers to be installed by Rabbi I. Werne • President, Arthur Goldberg; First Vice President, Morris Skil ken; Second Vice President, Louis Thall; Third Vice President, Attorney Robert L, Mcllman; Recording Secre¬ tary, Attorney B. B. Friedman; Finan¬ cial Secretary, Dr. Dan Sbusterman, and Treasurer, Abe Wolman, The Board of Governors consists of the oflicers t6- fecther with the following; Dr. J. Ziskind. Dr. M, P. Kanter, Dr. Harry S. Siha- mansky. Attorney David A. Peiros, Mar¬ tin A; Rosenthal, Abe Silverman and Sam Schlonsky.
Others on the program for the eve¬ ning are Rabbi Isaac Werne, spiritual leader of the Agudath Achim Congre¬ gation,- Cantor Anschel Friedman; At¬ torney Bert Wolman, President of the Congregation, and Arthur Goldberg, President of the Brotherhood. Attorney David A. Peiros will berve as toast- master. A capacity turnout of the en¬ tire membership is anticipated for the occasion and with the vestry rooms of tlie synagogue completely remodeled; ac- commodation<» will be available for everyone
Prominent Columbusites Will Entertain Mothers' Club Tuesday, Feb. 7
judge  gave  him  pernusbion  to  do  so.   thc origui of culture of thc Philistine Very  few  will  he  inclined  to applaud   people    What is known, says Dr. Grant,
such a change. On the other hand,jliow- ever, the \ery same tiling is being done by so many Jews and aniong them a large proportion of loyal and devoted Jerts. so that thc practice cannot be con¬ demned unconditionally."
9/10 of Names Non-Jewish
Kine-tenths of thc Jewisli family names today are non-Jewish, anyway, although we have grown so accustomed to many of them that tWey have to us a Jewish sound Goldberg, Silberstcin and Roben^qeig are no more Jewish than Smith, BrO\\n and Johnson Pinto and Luzzatti tell the same story, as Nortch- koff and Szeres^ewski. Jews in Ger¬ many have adopted German family names, Jews in Italy, Italian nanies, and in Poland, Polish nameb.
When government orders ivere issued m such countries as Russia, Austria and others, or when the "Gzeirah" was issued that every Jew must bear a family name, a rush was made for all kinds of eu¬ phonious names or for distingui'^hed names wherever it was permitted. Ji; (^Continued  ou   paqe  4)
Arthur Goldberg Elected President of Agudath Achim Brotherhood
The first general meeting oi tbe Brotherhood of the Agudath Achim Congregation was held Thursday eve¬ ning, January 2(ith, l!)i8, at the syna¬ gogue.
Fully loO members attended this meet¬ ing at which the Constitution of the Brotherhood was adopted and the fol¬ lowing officers for the ensuing year wert elected- President, Arthur Goldberg; First Vice President, Morris Skilken; Second Vice President, Loui^ Thall; Third Vice President, Attorney Robert
Special committees have arranged the program for the Mother's Club for Tues¬ day, February 7th, at 7:30 p. m., at the Schoiithal Community House. Miss Rose Sugarman wilt review Martha Os- tenso's book entitled "Wild Geese." Cantor Ansel Freedman will render sev¬ eral vocal selections. He will be ac¬ companied by Prof. Frederick C. Slayer of Capital University. Again this group will have the pleasure of hearing Max Pomerance's orchestra. . This meeting will be one of the outstanding events planned by this club for the year. Every member is requested to be present. Bring yonr friends so they may enjoy this most inspiring program. Come if you are interested even though you may n9t be a member of this active club.
A regular meeting and "Smoker" of the Knights of Israel'Lodge will be held Sunday, February Sth, at the Odd Fel¬ low's Hall. AH members are urged lo bc present at this meeting, as matters of great importance will be brought up at this time. ,
Signed) M. DULSKY.
HGNRY GUMBLE SPEAKS BE¬ FORE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
Mr. Henry Gumble of the law firm of Gumble &' Gumble, East Broad Street, addressed thc Columbus Academy of Medicine of .which organization Dr. Syl¬ vester J. Goodman is acting head, last Monday evening at the Nurse's Home on Tgwn Street. Mr. Gumble gave a very interesting account of Ins automo¬ bile trip through Europe. Mr. Boyd D. Haddox, President of the Bar Associa¬ tion, introduced Mr. Gumble. The Bar Association group were guests at this meeting.
Large Turnout Greets D*-. W. 0. Thompson at Brotherhood Meeting
Dr. Morris M. Feuerlicht of Indianap¬ olis to Address Body Feb. Hth .it Southern Hotel
largely contiiined in the Old Testa¬ ment, and has the disadvantage of hay ing been written by their enemies and eventual conquerors, the ancient Hebrews.
Dr. Grant says Old Testament writers were extremely biased in tbeir vicwb of the Plulistmes, inasmuch as these people were a constant menace to the htability of thc weak and struggling Hebrew state first established in the "land flow¬ ing with tnilk and honcv " Thc Hebrew prophets, horrified at the idol worship of tlic Philistines and in perpetual feat that their own people would forget God, in a worship more pleasing to the senses, also held up these people to scorn as a race dcs|)ised of God
It IS known, however, that the Philis¬ tines were a trading people, possibly re¬ lated to thc Phoenicians, with a league of commercial cities. As Beth Shatnesb was one tif the metropolitan centers of Philistine life, Dr, Grant is of the opin¬ ion i that the Haverford expedition will uncover hitherto unknown facts concern¬ ing their culture and tl)e manners and customs of their daily lives.
Dr. Grant is preparing to sail from New York this week. In Jerusalem he will be joined hy Dr. Clarence S. Fisher, adviser of the American School of Ori¬ ental Research, and by Neale Carlisle, an American student now engaged in archaeological research in Paris. A Pal¬ estinian and four Egyptian archaeologi¬ cal explerts, who will assist in the di¬ rection of the field work, have been se¬ cured, and these, with the native laborers, will complete the party. Digging is ex¬ pected to begin by March I.
ARTHUR GOLDBERG
L. Mellman; Recording Secretary, At¬ torney B. B Friedman; Financial Sec¬ retary, Dr. Don Sbusterman, and Treas¬ urer, Abe Wolman. The Board of Gov¬ ernors consists ol the officers togethet with the following: Dr. J. Ziskind, Dr. M, P, Kanter, Dr. Harry S. Shamansky, Attorney David A. Peiros, Martin A, Rosenthal, Abe Silverman and Sam Schlonsky.
M. Skilken Heads Board
' Morris Skilken, First Vice President, is the Chairman of the Board of Gover¬ nors; Louis TliatI, Second Vice Presi- '¦dent, is the Cliairman of the Entertain¬ ment Committee and Robert L. Mell- hian, Third Vice President, is the Chair¬ man of the Publicity Committee. At¬ torney Harry Schwartz, Secretary of the Congregation, is the other member of the Publicity Committee. The personnel of the Entertainment Committee will be an¬ nounced later.
The members of the Agudath Achim
Congregation  have  long cherished  the
idea   of  an  organization   which  would
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Tarshish Will Speak On "Senator Heflin and Al Smith'' Tomorrow Morning
"Senator Heflin and AI Smith" will be the subject of Rabbi Tarshish's lec¬ ture Sunday (tomorrow) morning at 10:45  at the  Bryden  Road  Temple.
The recent verbal outbursts against Catholicism and Al Smith as a candidate for the Presidency of the United States by Senator Heflin have aroused unusual comment throughciut thc country and caused thc most scathing denunciation on the part of liberal thinkers and op¬ ponents of  religious  intolerance.
Rabbi Tarshish will discuss these various issues concerning the next presi¬ dential election
The musical service for the Sunday morning lecture will be rendered by Miss Geraldine Taylor Woodruff, organist,
Last evening Rabbi Tarshish spoke on A Pillar of Cloud by Day and a Pillar of Fire by Night."
The musical program was under the direction of Mr. Cecil Fanning
YOU ARE INVITED TO COUNCIL CABARET PARTY
You are cordially invited to attend the Valentine Cabaret Party, being presented by the Junior Council, Sunday, 2:30 p. m. at Temple Israel. Stunning Mannequins will furnia/i enter¬ tainment in a Sparkline Fashion Review. Refreshments wil) be served.
Rabbi James G. Heller Speaks
At East Broad St. Temple
Last Monday Evening
Last Monday evening Rabbi Solomon Rivlin opened the first public meeting of thc Zionist Didtnct tmder the new ad¬ ministration, which was attended Jh- o\er two hundred of Cniumbus Jewry After a brief talk on the Zionist situa¬ tion in Columbus, he introduced the speaker of the evening, Rabbt James O. Heller of Cincinnati.
Rabbi Ileller endeavored to present the problem that faces every joung Jew of today.
"Zionism" said the Rabbi, "is dis¬ tinguished from other movements by the needed loyalty that it commands from Its adherents. Why should the Jew feci so great a compassion for a land that he has never had the privilege to see? Lectures, books, and home training are the necessary environments that bring about that lov e for the Hob Land iiV our hearts "
The Jews in their individual homes are taught that they are different from the Various peoples that they associate with "America is not the home to me as Palestine might be."
The Rabbi told of his experiences dur¬ ing the ^var in connection with traveling around the various encampments in search of Jewish soldiers. "The French feasants have little land, are poor but they own the land and have planted their roots in the ground of which every .inch is sacred and hallowed because bc- huid him there lies the memory and tradi¬ tion of his ancestors who have worked and died on the very same soil."
Ventures in colonization of Uganda and Brazil would have been futile be¬ cause there is no tradition lying deep in the soil to act as a storage battery to the hopes and labour of the people.
"The fighting of the Jew for his home¬ land is peculiar: all other nations when fighting for autonomy live on their own land and from it extract the inspiration to fight and die while th? Jew lives only on the hope of the future. This pro¬ found hope reveals a vacancy in the lives of our people that is now being filled by the work of the Zionist Organization. Only with Palestine as a spiritual home can Jewish life again be rebuilt."
"Economic and Political movements can not alone build up a land but senti¬ ment must play the larger part where the majority of the people cannot return in person. The Zionist finds his sustenance in the hope of the future prophets and dreamers that will spring up from the soil as of yore,"
"The appellation of 'Am Horetz' is now to be considered as a compliment instead of a stigma to those people who work and own the land of Palestine," said Rabbi Rivilin in his closing speech.
Mrs. Danziger of the Senior Hadassah, Miss Frank of the Junior Hadassah, Mr. Dworkin Vice President of the Zionist District, Mr. Solove treasurer and Mr. Morris Skop president of the O. S. U. Avukah all expressed their appreciation of Rabbi Heller's presence iu Columbus and added the hope of placing Columbus, Ohio, on the map in Zionistic work.
In the program that pre^eeded the ad¬ dress of Rabbi Heller, Miss L Krakoff played "Fantasy Impromtu" and Miss Gavett rendered sex'eral vocal selections.
More lhan 125 members of the Bry¬ den Road Temple Brotherhood attended the meeting held on Thursday evening, January 2Gtli, at thc Elk's Club, when Dr. W. O. Thompson, president emeri¬ tus of Ohio State Universitv, delivered the principal address.
Mr. Vbe Weinfeld, prciidcnt of thc organization, outlined some of the .activi¬ ties which the Brotherhood intends to undertake dining the 1028 season, and urged united co-operation on thc part of all Brotherhood members. i
Mr Leo Yassenoff, past president of tho Brotherhood, delivered a short'ad¬ dress praising the many accoraphsh- ments and educational achicvctttcnts of Dr. Thompson Mr. Joseph Schonthal. President of the Bryden Road TeiOple, also spoke, and added to the eulogizing rcmaik-? of Mr Yassenoff regarding the principal speaker of the evening.
Rabbi Tarshish spoke in referencp to the innovation which is being planned for the Bryden Road Temple Sunday- morning services. He mentioned (that through the initiative and co-operation of the members of the Brotherhood the services on Sunday mornmg, beginning with the latter part of February, will be the broadcasting through the WAIU Radio  Station.
'^I consider the broadcasting of the Sunday morning lectures to be one of the greatest influences for furthering the spirit of good will, better understand¬ ing, and elimination of religious preju- 'dice between Jew and Gentile, because thousands of people do not have thc opportunity to attend services'and wii! be able to listen in through the radio," said Rabbi Tarshish.
Dr. W. O. Thompson gave a verj inspiring address on the meaning of Brotherhood and kept his listeners spell¬ bound for more than an hour.
A special music program was ren¬ dered by Martin Horwitz, one of tbe youngest and most talented violinists in thc citi of Columbus, and was accom¬ panied on.the piano by Prof. O. S. Krau- ter.
It was announced by President Wein¬ feld that the nfcxt meeting of the Brotherhood will be addressed by Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht of Itidianapolis, Ind, on Tuesday evening, February 14th, at the Southern Hotel. Complete details of this dinner meeting will be published in next week's issue of the Chromde.
JEWISH    MOTHERS'    ALLIANCE INVITE YOU TO THEIR PAR¬ TY SUNDAY EVENING
You are cordially invited  to a Tea Party gjven by the Jewish Mother's Alli ance.
Timfe —February  5th,   from  6  to  9 p. m.
Place — Agudath Achim Synagogue.
Plenty of eats and eutertauiment.   A good time assured to all. (Signed)     Mhs. Philuip Berman, President.
ivreeyoh society will hold Meeting sunday. February
,5TH  at  2:30  P,  M. AT THE HEBREW SCHOOL
The regular meeting of the Ivreeyoh Society will take place at the Hebrew School, tomorrow (Sunday) at 2*30 p- m. A, program of entertainment has been arranged, after which a Tea and Social Hour will follow. The follow¬ ing will be hostesses: Mrs. B. Tush¬ bant Mrs. A. Goldberg, Mrs. S. Brief, Mrs. B. Bender, Mrs. A. Seff, and Mrs. A. }. Mellman.
Jewish Infants' Home
Board Meeting Held
The local Board of Directors of the Jewish Infants Home of Ohio, enter¬ tained the State Board Directors with a dinner at tbe Southern Hotel, Sunday, January 29th, at 1 o'clock
Following the dinner the annual Board Meeting was held at the Infants Home where Mr. Joseph Schonthal presided.
Mrs. Frank O. Nusbaum gave a re¬ port as President of the local Board, and Mrs. Edgar B. Isaac gave a report as financial secretary.
Mrs. Leo Schramm of Dayton, Ohio, was appointed First Vice Presijlent; Mr J. Marx, Second Vice President; Miss Rose Sugarman, Secretary, H^s. J Samuels of Youngstown. Treasurer.' and Mr. Joseph Schonthal, President. •
Dramatic Club of Bryden Road Temple Will Meet Next Tuesday Evening
One of the new activities of the Bry¬ den Road Ttmple has been the formafion of the Temple Dramatic Club. Several meetings have already been held and definite plans for future programs havt been specifically formulated
At the present time the group are studying the French Drama, Each meet¬ ing concerns the reading of a paper *>n certain phases of the French Drama by one of the members, a general discus¬ sion, and reading of excerpts from cer¬ tain plays.
It is the intention of the Temple Dra¬ matic Club to put on a nuinber of pl^vs at some future time.
Mr. Ernest Jaros is president of the group.
The next meeting will take place at the Bryden Road Temple on February 7tli at 8 p. m.
HADASSAH SEWING
The regular monthly sewing of thc Hadassah will take place Wednesday, February Stb. at the Schonthal Commu¬ nity House from 1 to 5.
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T. L SISTERHOOD MEETING TUESDAY, FEa 7TH
The next regular meeting of the Jun¬ ior Tifereth  Israel   SistcrUood  will  hp held Tuesday evening, February 7th, ajE 8 o'clock, at the East Broad Street Ten>-  ; pie.   All members and their friends are/ urged to come. /
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