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A WEEIXY I«W^APER FOR THE JEWISH JhK^C
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and
Jewiah Ideals
Yd. XI— No. 37
COLUMBUS, OHIO, SEPTEMBER, 14,  1928
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c
New Officers Elected At
Broad Street Temple
At Recent Meeting
1. H. Schlezing-er Becomes Presi¬ dent of Local Conservative Congrcgjition—^Max Bogatin Becomes Vice-Presiilcnt
I. H. Schlczinger, 2202 Bryilcii Road, ncxlcy, a charter mcmhcr of the Tifereth Israel Congregation and one of its most active workers and supimrlers over a long period of years, was elected President al a nrccting held oh Thursday evening, September Cth. Mr. Schlezinger pledged himself to the miiinished work of the Congregjition and promised to do all within his power to increase its member¬ ship and to strengthen its influence in the community. His election was by ac¬ clamation.
Thc other ofliccrs chosen are as fol¬ lows: Vice-President, Max S. Bogatin, 43 Innis Avenue 1 Treasurer, Will Wcl¬ ber, 2-111 Fair Avenue, Bexley; Record¬ ing Secretary, Lewis M Levinson, 8G0 Vernon Road, Bexley; Fnnncial Secre- tarj, Sol Roth, 1081 Fr.inklin Avenue.
What Price Jewish Interment?
It is by no Means a Dcasant (Question Uut the New York Attorney General Has to Deal Witli Thia Delicate Problem—In vest! gatioii Started in New Yorli ie of IntercBt to Many Other CnmmunitieB^— $200,000,000 ifl Realty Value Placed on Jewish Cemeteries in Ne^ York City.
By ULLIE SlIULTZ
I. H. SCHLEZINGER
The following were elected as trustees for the coming year: Leon Nason, 3S75 Bcxlcy Park Road; J L. Feiner, 1857 Brjdcn Road; Dr, B. W. Abramson, 615 Seymour Avcuuc; B, B. Friedman, 1022 Lockbourne Avenue; Samuel Ber¬ man, Id!) Dana Avenue.
Tifereth Israel Congregation is closing a record year aud is anticipating the New Year to be even greater. The Rabbi, the Cantor, aii,d the Temple Choir have spared no effort to make thc coming high Holy Day Services beautiful, inspiring, and instructive. On Rosh Hashonah morning, Saturday, September 15th, services will commence at 8 A. M. The sermon is scheduled for 10:30 A. M., and will he entitled "Borrowed Capital." Mincha services will be held at 5 P. M., evening services will commence at 8 P. M. at which time a sermon entitled "Cosmic Patience—A Lesson for Human Progress" will be delivered. It is in¬ teresting to note that a children's service will be held at '1 p. m. on Sunday, Sep-
Wliat price Jewish interment? The answer to this (juery may provide a very pertinent clue to the secret of longevity, Thc modern paradox is "people are too poor to die." Death has become the Iuxur> of Hfe. A lusty yell in a free hospital ward i<; enough of an admission price for a ringside scat in thc world wc live in Since fashions for corpses be¬ came the mode, however, the prices in thc halls of eternity have gone up by leaps and hound";. To die a la mode, in a style no less fashionable than his neigh¬ bor, a man must ha\e at least $100 for a burial plot or else consign himself to the ignominy of perpetual silence under the sod in Potter's Field,
This is the edict of tlie cemetery barons. Acce]iting literally the Shake- sijcarian formula; "al! the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players," they have constituted them¬ selves; the entrepreneurs hetween this world and the next and have determined to make "Thc Passing Show," an event to be remembered on both sides of the horizon.
Thc first sine qua non toward such a goal, as any public relations cpunstl will adiise, is to raise the price of admission. Thc cost of mounting the most mediocre mystery show* as every Broadway pro¬ ducer complains, runs into thousands of dollars. It follows as night the day that "putting on" the supreme mystery page¬ ant—death— -should be correspondingly higher.
But approach any of these guardian angels of the Death Emporia with con¬ gratulations on raising the standards of 'The Passing Show" and you will meet with an instant disclaimer. With their customary geniality, they will mumble something abput squaring the death rate with the birth rate and disappear behind thc curtain.
However, it requires no niafheraalical genius to decipher their meaning. Re¬ duced to its simplest terms, the answer is: People are not dyin? as often as for¬ merly. The birth rate far exceeds the death rate. The average span of Hfe has, in the past fifty years, been increased twenty years, thanks to medical science.
If people don't die, undertakers and cemetery dispensers can't eat, and what is more calamitous, maintain their im¬ personal gloom. Because of the law of averages, the prices of interment are simply forced to mount. The rates of Jewish burial rose along with the rest. ^^11 this is merely in the way of a sugar coated pill to introduce the reader to a question which is, if not so pleasant, at least of great interest, so much so that the office of the Attorney General of the State of New York has now given it a good deal of attention and the develop¬ ments are most likely to arouse nation¬ wide intercbt among Jews as well as non- Jews.
Under thc laws of the state of New Yot*k, cemeteries are public institutions, conducted by reHgious bodies. They dare not be used for private gain.
MAX S. BOGATIN
teniber Kith Services will commence in the morning at 8 o'clock, and the hcrnion will be entitled "The Call of the Shofar."
Shabbos Shooba Services will com¬ mence on Friday evening, September •Jlbt, at 8 P. M. The sermon at 8:rl5 will be entitled "Can We Dispense With Religion?" On Sabbath morning the Rabbi will preach on "What Is the Jew¬ ish Goal?"
Ytmi Kippur Services will begin Sun¬ day evening, September 23rd,,at (i P. M. at which time Kol Nidre will be chanted. Rabbi Rivlin will preach on "What Ails Our Youth." On Yom Kippur morning iurvlces will commence at 8 o'clock with MemoriaLServices at 10:30. The Rabbi has selected for his text on -that day "Ihiael's Lost Soul." The children's Yom Kippur service will take place at 2 P. M. and will he followed by the aft- ci'iiofui services at 4 P, M, at which time the Rabbi will talk on "What Makes One a Jew?'* This sermon will be based on "The Island Within," by Ludwig Lewi- solin,
Are the cemeteries bankrupt? liow do the Jewish cemeteries stand?
Both queries were sinuiltaueoUBly brought to the attention of the public some six months ago by a group known as the Hebrew Protective Association of Greater New York, Inc. Many His- closurcs of considerable public interest followed, chief of which was that for seventy-five years thc Jewish community has been at the mercy of cemetery barons, who have been hoisting prices in a pVogressive ratio and pocketing the proceeds for personal uses. Investigation discoverctj that far from being bankrupt, the Jevvish cemeteries constitute one of the most lucrative sources of revenue in the city. The real estate value alone of the thirty Jewish ci^mcteries in New York City is ft-'OO.OOO.OOO.
The computation is easily made. Ceme¬ tery ground is sold in lots A plot of ground is worth $710. Eficli lot has space for sixteen graves, with twenty square feet allowed for a single grave. Plots in the amount of *"iC,00O.O()0 Are already occupied. The unoccupied plots are worth the &ame amount, hringing in the total to $112,000,000. Thc remaining ^8,- 000,000 is made up frpm the sale of fam¬ ily plots which are marketed at $1,000 each.
The merest thancc discovered the fact th.it the Jewish cemetery business, defy¬ ing the law, is the second largest private industry in New York, ontrankcd only by the needle trades industry. There are thirty odd Jewish cemeteries in New York. They are named as follows: Acasia, the AhavaS Chesed, the Baron Hirsh, Bayside, Beth David, Beth El, Beth Olini, B'nai Israel, E'nai Jeshurun, Cypress Hills, King Solomon, Macha- pelah, Montefiore, Mount Carmel, Mount Hebron, Mokum Sholom, Mount Hope, Mount Judah, Mount Lebanon, Mount Moriah, Mount Nebo, Mount Richmond, Mount Zion, New Mount Carmel, New Union Fields, Riverside, Salem Field, Shaari Tefilah, Shaarith Israel, Silver Lake, United Hebrew and Washington. All these cemeteries are under investiga¬ tion, with especial attention paid to Wasbhigton Cemetery, Baron Hirsh, Mount Lebanon, Mount Zion, Bayside, Mount Hebroy( Beth David, Mount Judah, United Hchrew and Cypress Hills.
The straw which broke the camel's back was not price but piety. A pious Jew had been refused burial on a Friday because twenty-four hours' notice had not been given to the cemetery.
Fate willed that the complaint shonl^l have been made to Mr. Jacob Shapiro, President of the Beth Hamedrash Hago- dol Synagogue, the oldest Orthodox Jew¬ ish Sjngagoue on the East Side. In ad¬ dition to being a "Shul" President, Mr Shapiro Is also a realtor and something of a political leader, having had thc honor of being defeated for Assembly hy both Governor Alfred E. Smith and Mayor James J. Walker.
(Conti}wed on paqe 4)
AN EXPLANATION
A ji^reat number of New Year Greetings, which were received too late for inser¬ tion in otir New Year edi- tion< will be found in this issue of thc ^ Chronicle. Other greetings will be published, in our issue of September 21st, pi*oyi<ling they reach this office not later than Wednesday eve¬ ning, September 19th.
Arc you sure you have not forgotten your friends and relatives? If you have, get ih touch with thc Chronicle and have a greet¬ ing inserted. Call ADams 2954.
Hungarian Government Yields To Pressure Of
Public Opinion; Extends Number of Students
Admissible Despite Numerous Clausus
Movement  Against  Numerous  Clausus  Law  Has  Gripped  the Entire Population'studcnt Organizations Asked to Guar¬ antee Peace In Universities as Condition for Increasing Admissions—^Latest  Development   Is  Being   Dis¬ cussed With Keen Interest in Political Circles
JEWS  OP  AMERICA  RECEIVE  NEWS  WITH   ELATION- PROMINENT LEADERS ISSUE PUBLIC STATE¬ MENTS TO NEWSPAPERS
Jascha Heifetz Declines To
Answer Any Questions On
Intermarriage
His Recent Marriage To Flor¬ ence Vidor is a Private and Sacred Thing to Him, He Says
LOS ANGELES.Wascha Heifctz, in¬ ternationally known Jewish violinist, aft¬ er having arrived here with his bride, thc former Mrs Florence Vidor, motion picture actress, tlechned to comment on the question of his marriage to a non- Jewesb. His marriage wus his private concern, he declared.
"As ai> artist I feel that I must an¬ swer to my public for the quality of my art. Ccrtdin ihing;, are expected of me, I realize, and my actions must therefore bear public scrutinv. But I am also a pri\ate citizen," Mr. Heifctz declared in an exclusive inter\iew granted the cor¬ respondent of the Jewish Daily Bulletin. Mr. and Mrs. Heifetz, who eluded news¬ papermen and photographers by leaving their train in a small town outside of Los Angeles, spent the Labor Day week¬ end on a yi^clit cruise. Following his return, Mr. Heifetz pleaded for less in¬ terest iu his private affairs.
In reply to questions of the corres¬ pondent regarding his marriage, Mr. Hei¬ fetz said: "Some things in Hfe are pure¬ ly private and sacred in their nature. Unless this were so life wpuld hardly be worth living. The facts of our mar¬ riage and actiuaintanceship over a period of years are known. There is no addi¬ tional need of comment on my part."
When the cor respondent pointed out that being a public man, his actions were of interest to the public and in this case especially to the Jewish people, he ac¬ knowledged the fdct without definitely commfttin ghis view. "I realize," he said, "that the public is possibly curious. In¬ deed 1 have a high regard for the pub¬ lic and as to my feelings toward the Jew¬ ish people, of whom I am one, I beheve they are too well known to need ex¬ planation. But don't you think that I am also a private human being as well as a public artist? I purbue my daily life as any other citizen and as a private citizen I <lo things which are sacred to me and which, I feel, are not the public's concern. Please iell the people that my marriage is a private and sacred thing to me. It IS, after all something which should concern me only."
BUDAPEST.—(J. T. A.)—The Hun¬ garian government, which has for years put up high bars 3.round the institutions of learning in thc country against Jewish students by the ingenious method of a nunicrous clausus law, finds itself today in a position where it sees thc bars crum¬ bling under the pressure of Christian public opinion.
The opening of the school year wit¬ nessed a strong wave of indignation and protest on the part of Hungarian Chris- tion middle class elements against the re¬ cently promulgated government ordi¬ nance further curtailing the general liuni¬ ber of students to be admitted to the uniiersity.
Under thc pressure of this. wave of protest Minister of Education Klebels¬ berg .lifted the bar inso'far as thc law school of the ^University of Budapest is concerned, by doubling the number of students to be admitted. Simultaneously, •plans are under w'ay aiid negotiations arc being carried, on for inci-easing the gen¬ eral number of student?, notwithstanding the previous ordinaiicc. It was stated today oh good,authority that the Minis¬ try of Education has asked the deans of the colleges and' universities to obtain from the anti-seiiiitic student, organiza¬ tions a guarantee that peace and order will be maintained ,,in the institutions during the .coming semester, as an apriori condition, for increasing the general num¬ ber of students, it being understood that with thb general increase the num¬ ber of Jewish students tb be admitted will also be larger.
The movement against the numerous clausus law has. gripped the entire ^popu¬ lation, particularly in the capital, where the numerous clausus question has as¬ sumed an acute character and is likely to have ah effect' on the electorate. To prevent'political complications, al! lead¬ ers of the Budapest municipal government submitted to City Mayor Repka, a tnemo-
randuni expressing the demand that' an extraordinary plenary session of the coun¬ cillors be convened foir the purpose of considering the matter and to Send a ¦ delegation to Count Klebelsberg to pre¬ sent lo him thc necessity for revoking the entire numeroup clausus system.
In political circles the latest develop¬ ment in the nunicrous clausus situation is being discussed .with keen interest. It is pointed out that the government will find itself compelled to increase consider¬ ably the general number of students be¬ cause the Christian parents refuse to continue an educational policy which in aiming to cause, the greatest harm to the Jews also reacts on their children. Great interest was evoked by thc stalcmcrit of/ Count ' Klebelsberg, who declared that the recent ordinances aiming at the ap¬ plication of, the. numerous clausus law without regard to class, had for its pur¬ pose to show certain circles, how un- , sound it was to believe that the solution ¦ of tiic educational problem can be found in the application of high sounding phrases. In parliamentary liberal circles . it, is. pointed out, that Klebclsberg's re¬ treat und<:r the pressure of.the Christian Hungarian protests may- indicate a de¬ cision of the government to abandon a, course by which the educational policy was ¦ regulated in accordance with anti- Semitic slogans, although it was well known that th& Christian population would also suffer.
As the situation stood before these de- velopnieiits, the University of Budapest; and the Technical.Institute would accept a maximum of fifty Jewish students. The Jewish population pf 200,000 is en¬ titled to a proportionate Jewish admis¬ sion of ,200 students. .The total matricii- , lation of non-Jews in the various depart¬ ments of, Budapest University include 200 , inthe School pr Philosophy, 200 in the Medical School, 240 in the Law School and 280 at the Technical Institute,
Notes From tbe Agudath Achim Congregation
Our religious school reopens on Sun¬ day, October 14th, and welcomes ba,ck all the former pupils and as well those who have not yet enrolled of whatever age. These latter will be placed in their appropriate group and will find in our classes an oppurtuhity to acquire a broad knowledge of the culture of our people.
The Open Forum season starts Fri¬ day, October 12tli, at 8 p, m. Our Rabbi D. L Werne, promises as entertaining series of lectures as was provided last year. Our Cantor, Rev. Freedman, has pre])ared beaiitiful selections for each Forum, j It is expected that the same large group of intelligent aild interested auditors will continue to make these Fri¬ day night sessions as memorable as they have been heretofore. Questions on all subjects of Jewish lore and interest shal) be addressed to the Kabbi, 5G8 S. Eight¬ eenth  Street.
Those who have enjoyed the oppor¬ tunity and the pleasure of cultivating Hebrew as a living tongue wiH greet the resuming of its meetings by the He¬ brew speaking society wifh joy.
For the great number of our com¬ munity that find a live interest in the learning'of our traditional lore the meet¬ ings of the various Chevroth for the study of Mishnah, Gemorah, Codes and Agadah, the Oth of October wiU be lopkcd forward to.
The young men and women in our
midst who have passed in years beyond the Hebrew or Religious Schools stage are reminded of 'the excellent opportu¬ nity provided them of continuing and perfecting their knowledge by attending tlie advanced cla^ibeb, Bible Classes for Sisterhood and Teachers meetings per¬ sonally conducted by our Rabbi.
In sum, the roster of congregational activities for 'the coming year, is replete with interest that encompasses all mem¬ ber', of our community.
We truat that Columbus Jewry will make ample use of the facilities provided them by Agudath Achim and hope that they reap therefrom the greatest benefit.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER  14<h, IS
REGISTRATION    DAY    AT
SCHONTHAL RELIGIOUS
SCHOOL
SABBATH SCHOOL OF BRY¬ DEN ROAD TEMPLE EX¬ PECTING A BIG YEAR
Professor Theodore N. Beckman,; di¬ rector of the Schonthal Religious School, announces the appointment, of the fol¬ lowing to the faculty: Sol 1). Ozer, Arnold Kip|ien, Harold M. Ginsburg, Simon Fisher, Rose Stelehnaii, Sadye Coheil, Bessie Goldfarb, Reva ^uravsky, Elizabeth Pier and Nettie Schlansky.
The Religious School will lie thorough¬ ly graded and the curricultim well ar-; ranged. The best text books and nieth- ods will be used.     '
Registration day has been definitely set for Sunday, October 14th. All who plan to attend are urged to report on that date.
Organization of the Bryden Road Sab¬ bath School for thc lfl28~'20 season was effected Tuesday evening at the Temple with the return of all but two of last year's staff.
Leo Yassenoff will enter his third year as superintendent of the school with A. L. Segal as assistant and Mrs. Lavina Hess, musical director and Miss Freda Swartz, accompanist.
Mrs. S. Loeb will again teach thc kindergarten class; Misb Freda Neu¬ stadt, the first grade; Miss Dorothy Fin- kelsttin, the second grade; Miss Anna Ziskind, the third; Miss Jcanette Frank, the fourth; Mrs. Albert Luchs, the fifth; Mr; Sanluel Luchs, the sixth; Miss Priscilla Ziskiiid, the prc-coiifirniation class, and Mr, Leon Yassenoff wilt con¬ duct the confirmation class.
The first session will'bfc held Sunday morning; the 2!Mi, at l):4ri, when pupils will be registered and assigned to their classes and books distributed. Parents are urged to see that their children are present at this first session.
SCHONTHAL  COMMUNITY
CENTER IS ORGANIZED^
ELABORATE PROGRAM
OUTLINED
Something entirely new and of great importance and interest to every mem¬ ber of the Columbus Jewish community was definitely set under way last Mon¬ day evening when the Schonthal Com- muliit> Center was organized and a pro¬ gram of, social and cuUural activity for thc year; outHned.
The prograin will be varied enough to have features attractive to all and each: event, whether ^t be book rcvievv, lec¬ ture or, dance, .will be planned to be the best possible. It is the purpose of the. Center to be a Center in the true sense of the word, where tinie spent will be time well invested for all members of the community. ¦ .
While the fees, ranging from $1.00 for children under IG, up to $3.00 for adults per year, are not high, admission wiH be by membership cards only, and each niember will be passed, on by a board of admission. .     '
The board of admission consists of Arthur Miller, chairinan; Mrs. Lou Roth, br. Theodore N. Beckman, Mrs. Morris Goldberg, Misses Dorothy Wolf, Ruth Fraiikt Elizabeth Pier, Emily Goldstein and Rose Danziger, and Messrs, Abe Wolnian, David Goldsmith and Abe Segal.      ^   ,;
Misses Dorothy: Wolfe, Ruth Fraiik and Rose, Danziger constitute the pro¬ gram committee for thc, year. A two- year teachers' training school for re¬ hgious school teachers has already been organized with Dr. Theodore N, Beck¬ man as director pf the school and Rabbis Werne, Riylin, Tarshish and Levinger as teachers, This school wiH fiH a long felt want in this city and will place our religious schools., in a front rank with those in the leading cities-,
IMPORTANT    MEETING   OF
THE EAST BROAD STREET
TEMPLE BROTHERHOOD
KEHILLAH INTERVENES IN FORCED CONVERSION
JERUSALEM.—A protest on the part of the Jerusalem Kehillah. was. voiced against the forced conversion of a Jew¬ ish woman to the Islamic faith-
The woman, who came from Kurdis¬ tan, was a domestic servant in the home of an Arab police officer at Nabltjs. It was reported that the woman was com¬ pelled to embrace the Islamic faith.
President A. M. Neustadt, of the East Broad St. Temple Brotherhood, urges every member to attend the next sijecial meeting to be held Thursday evening, September 20th, at 8 o'clock, sharp, A number of important business matters will he taken up and plans for thc com¬ ing year vvill be outHned.,
Election of a new set of ofiicers and Trustees' will also take place. A large attendance is expected. Be sure you arc there.
Jews Who Join Christian ' Science Church Must Leave Synagogue or' Temple
Scientist Leader Insists, How¬ ever, That This Does Not Mean Ceasing To Be '     ^ Jew
BALTIMORE.—Jews who join; the Christian ScienceCluirch must sever their afliiiatioh with a Jewish synagogue or center, according to the understanding of the Christian, Science. Church. This, on the other hand, docs not mean that they cease to be-Jews,     ,
This information is given and the-as¬ sertion is made by .Conrad Bernhard, Jr. of the Committee on Publication for the State, of Maryland of the Christian Science Church replying to-au inquiry published by the columnist Charles K. Joseph.
"In a recent issue of 'The Jewish Times' the writer ojE 'Random Thoughts' inquired whether or not 'a Jew or Jewess who joins tiie Christian Science Church, automatically severs his or her connec- . tion with Judaism'," writes Mr. Bernhard Jr. "The answers to this question to b^ clear must contain definitions of the phrase .'connection with Judaism,' or at least explanations of its understood mean¬ ing. ¦    .¦
"If by 'connection with Judaism' is meant continued belief in the religion of , the jews in its spiritual aspects, and as a revelation from God through His prophets for the benefit ot mankind, then there need he no severance of this con¬ nection. Jesus of Nazareth, the founder of Christianity, was horn a Jew and re- mahied a Jew throughout his earthly Hfe. He said to His students, *Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfill-' No doubt it ia that thought, that Ch 'stian Science by reinstating primitive \.'hristiahity is seeking the ful¬ fillment of the law and the prophets which Jewish Christian Scientists are en- . deavoring to transmit to the writer of 'Random Thonghts,' when they 'insist that they have not given up their faith.' In once discussing this matter with a Jewish Christian Scientist, he said to me, 'Christian Science ¦ has made me a. better Jew.*
"Oii the other hand, if by 'ppnnection with Judaism' is meant membership in a Jewish synagogue, or temple, then this memberghiiv must be compl<:tely dissolved before a 'Jew or Jewess' can become a member of a Christian Science Church."
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