Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1930-03-21

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Vol. xni —No. 12
COIvUMBUS, OHIO, MARClT^TTi^
Scanning the Horizon
By
DAVID SCHWARTZ
Called Him. Napoleon
A hard man Js gone—Abraham Lincoln Erianger. The estate he left is estimated at 75 million—this is probably an exag¬ geration—but it was plenty big and yet by his will, not a cent to charity.
iSomcone, it appears, once called him the Napoleon of the theatre, and ever af¬ terwards, he sought to pose as the great little Corsican.
During the last years of his life, he began the erection of the Eriangcr theatres in all parts of the country, that they might serve as his matiumcnts—af¬ ter he was gone I f . He would have done better to have imitated the figures symbolized by his given name. Better had he imitated Father , Abraham, or Abraham Lincoln, than Napoleon.
Abraham Lincoln Erianger would then have been surer of the preservation of his memory.
An Interesting Figure
He waa of course a. most interesting figure and unquestionably the most dom¬ inant personality of the theatre of his day. He revolutionized the theatrical business and gave it efficiency and dig¬ nity. Before his advent, such things as contracts in the theatrical game were al¬ most unheard of. An actor, under the beat of circumstances, hardly knew then whether there would be eating for hrm next week or not. The profession owes much to him. It realized it. and the im¬ portance of it inflated his ego.
The alleged wife, who is now seeking part of the estate. Miss Fiscal, is the mece of the late Judge Leventritt, at qne time Erlanger's lawyer and a man tvho, it may be remembered, played a fairly conspicuous role in Jewish life.
Erianger once remarked that while he was very successful in the show busi¬ ness, he did not seem to be as fortunate in his dealings with women. They, as a whole, did not seem to take to him. Jewish Millionaires
A survey of millionaires has just been made by Arthur M. Kaplan. He finds that there are a total of 1876 Jews in America ivho are millionaires, and that there are proportionately three times as many Jewish millionaires as non-Jewish.
I would rather the same proportion could be shown in the fields of.science and the arts, but at the same time, there is no use sniffing at those making money. After all, pretty nearly everybody—Jew¬ ish and nan-Jewish—appears to be otit for the shekels, and with those Avho frown and glower, it is generally nothing but a case of sour grapes.
Of course, when a Jew has money, it becomes just a tiny bit worse. Some¬ how, everything a Jew has appears to create a vaster impression. Was it not the lovable Mark Twain who remarked, when he was told there were only 15 million Jews in the world:
"Why, I know that many myself." In the Days of Josephus
But it's funny. More Jewish million¬ aires. H you want to see how really funny that is, just refresh your acquaint¬ ance with one, Flaviiis Josephus. You will recall he did his writing some two thousaiKl years ago. He wrote a history' of the Jews, you remember also many defenses of Judaism from the attacks levelled at it in those days by the Greeks.
Well, read Joseplius' answer to Apion. Many of the charges to which Josephus replies seem as though they were, made today—such charges as the Jewish faith is inferior, that the Jews produced no I great men and the like, but there Is one, most |>eculiar charge. The Jews, said I Apion in disdain, were not a commercial people and Apion cannot forgive them for it. _ '
And Josephus in his reply to Apion is forced to admit the charge. Different Today
So the wheel of history revolves. Tlien the Jew was bad for not being commer¬ cial. Today, he is bad, because he is commercial. What about tomorrow? Ii you will talk to Dr. Henry Moskowitz,; of tli.e Ort, you may begin to believe, that tomorrow the Jew >vill again not be com¬ mercial. In Russia, for instance, the millions of Jews by the elimination of the middleman are being forced out ot business into other occupations. In Po¬ land, tihe government monopolies are branching out and forcing the ¦Jew, who was the leader of business there, out into the handicrafts. A virtual silent revolution is taking place, with Jews beconu'ng tech¬ nicians, handicraftsmen, mechanics in¬ stead of business men. A revolution but like many of these peaceful revolutions they are first realized by the historian a half century later.
A Rabbi Withdraws
The New York press has been fuHoE the story of the resignation of Rabbi Feinberg and his withdrawal from the ministry. Only twenty-eight, this very able young rabbi and he leaves a position paying the not to be sneezed at sum of $19,000 a year.
Relatively, it appears the rabbinical profession is still well paying. At least one rabbi that I know receives «40,000 a year, and there are others far better known than he. who receive salaries in excess of that. .
Of course, the salary of the average is much below cither of the figures men¬ tioned. ^   .
Rabbi Feinberg, I understand, is soon
to wed the daughter of one of  New
York's  greatest   bankers.    However,  it
appears, he in ends to make hia own way.
Many Students Leave
I do not know how large the number is of rabbis who leave their calling after once in it, hut the number of students for the rabbinate, who drop, out before graduation is, T think, far above that of anv other profession:
Such men, for instance as Sapiro. of farm cooperative fame; AI Segal, "ye (Continued on pa^e 4}
Beautiful Radio to Be Given
Away at Zionist Concert
March 23rd
Musical  Program   For  Concert
WiU Be Under The Direction
Of Cantor Ansel Freedman
A beautiful radio will be given away at thc concert taking place on Sunday, March 23rd,. under Ihc auspices of the Columbus Zionist District. This affair will take place at the Columbus Hebrew School auditorium on East Rich Street, at 2 P, M. Many tickets have already been sold for this affair and since each ticket entitles a person to a. chance at winning the radio, many have purchased more than one admission card,
Cantor Ansel Freedmafl promises one of his high grade musical programs and is now rehearsing with his associates in order to give a prograni par excellence. Among those who will appear are thc foi lowing:—Mrs. Louis Brickner, vocal¬ ist; Miss Sara Parish, violinist; Reva Zuravsky, vocalist, and Mina Volk, vo¬ calist. . Miss Tobie Freedman will ac¬ company the Misses Reva Zuravsky and Minna Volk; Miss Sylvia Phillipson will accompany Mrs, Brickner and Miss Pa¬ rish. There will also be a piano duet by Beatrice and  Tobie Frcedman.
Joseph Solovc, chairman of the ar¬ rangements committee, has been very busy during the past few weeks urging his lieutenants in a speedy and effective pale of tickets. Robert L. Mellman, president of the district, has issued a call to all members who have not paid their nm and 1930 dues to take care of this matter'at once. DisiKitchcs from the na¬ tional headquarters in New York are call¬ ing upon Columbus Zionists to marshal their active forces for real constructive Zionist programs. The membership roll of Columbus must be actively increased. Dues should be paid immediately, it was said by Mellman. A brief resume of Columbus Zionist activities shows a splendid record. Maurice Samuel, Louis Lipsky, Ezra Shapiro, arid Isaac Carmel have exiKiunded various phases of the Palestine situation before local audi erices..
Columbus now tdkts its phcc imoiif, thC' very, active /ioni«;t cuitcrs w the country. Remember the Zionist Concert Sunday afternoon March 2Jrd at tliL Columbus Hebrew School on East Rith Street.
Agudath Achim Brotherhood
to Hold Smoker on
March 27th
Common Pleas Judge John R.
King Will Speak; Splendid
Entertainment   Program
Will Be Presented
The next regular meeting of the Agu¬ dath Achim Brotherhood will be held in the form Of a smoker,   ft will take place
V*?wl   ^^^
BUDY WITTENMEIER
in the banquet hall of the Agudath Achim congregation Thursday 'evening, March 27th. at 8 o'clock. The speaker for the evening will be Common Pleas Judge John R. King, one of the most popular public men in Columbus, and a great ad¬ mirer of the Jewish iieaple. Rudy Wit- teiimeier, well known for his German monologues, and Sheriff Harry T. Paul's singing deputies will entertain. This will undoubtedly be one of the most interest¬ ing meetings arranged by the oflicers of the Brotlierhood during the past three months. A hundred per cent turn-out is expected.
COUNCIL OF JEWISH JUNIORS BOOK REVIEW ON MARCH 26TH
Miss Bertha Josei^isoii, 51)0 E. Fulton Street, who is the librarian of Ihe Bex¬ ley Public Library, will review "Exile," by Warrick Deeping before the Council of Jewish Juniors at the residence of Miss Coryne Basch. Ifi65 Franklin Ave¬ nue, Wednesday. March 20th, at 8 P. M.
FORMER PATIENT AT N. J. II.  WILL   ADDRESS   ZION LODGE MONDAY EVE¬ NING
Andrew Barta^ formerly a pn-- ticnt at the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives at Denver, Colorado, and now a student at Ohio State Univer¬ sity, will be the chief speaker at Monday cvening*s meeting of Zion Lodge. No. 62, I. O. B. B., at thc Progress Club. "A Great B'nai B'rith Institution" will be the subject of 'Mr. Barta's ad¬ dress. All Chronicle readers who want to get first hand in¬ formation regarding thc Na¬ tional Jewish Hospital at Den¬ ver and its accomplishmentB are cordially invited to attend this meeting. Mr. Barta is a fluent and entertaining speaker as well as a trained journalist. Ever since his matriculation at Ohio State University, he has been actively identified with va¬ rious activities at the B*nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. Re- freshmentls will be served fol¬ lowing the meeting.
Hadassah Infant Welfare
Dance at Fort Hayes Hotel
March 23rd
Mrs. Max S. Bogatin, 641 Rich¬ ardson Avenue, Is Chairman Of    The    Arrangements Committee For This Affair
LARGE   TURNOUT   IS   EX¬ PECTED  SUNDAY EVENING
On behalf o£ the Hadassah Infant Wel¬ fare Fund of which Mrs. Max S. Boga¬ tin, 641 Richardson Avenue is chairman, a dance and card i>arty will be given at the  Fori  Hit-l-i  Hotel  Sundiy cicnmg
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CBAIRMAN        ANNOUNCES DATE OF  OPENING  OF SCHONTHAL SUM¬ MER CAMP
March 2:Jrd, at 8 o'clock. Great prei)- arations are being'made for this affair which will be one of the outstanding so¬ cial events of the season. Mrs. William A. Hcrsch and Mrs. Lee J. Levinger, have consulted to act as hostesses on this occasion. From present indications a large turnout will mark this gala e^ent.
In announcing this affair Mrs. Bogatin stressed the importance of the work in the Holy Land being sponsored by the Hadassali Infant Welfare Fund, and expressed the fond hoi>e that all Chronicle readers will lend this com¬ mittee their moral and financial coopera¬ tion. "It will be a genuine Mitzvah" she declared, "to extend a helping hand to our committee."
Kenneth Bowsher's Radio orchestra will furnish the music. Several novelty features ¦ will be presented. Special prizes for the dancing as well as the cards have been provided, according to the announcement.
Miss Rose Blanki radio entertainer, and Mr. Herbert Califf will entertain with songs. ^0 in prizes will be given away. Those who arc going to play cards are requested to bring their, own cards.
The following ladies are working in¬ cessantly and untiringly for this splendid cause; together with Mrs. Bogatin they constitute the committee on arrangemmts for the event: Mrs. William Cailif, Mrs. M^x Schpttfits?Hn, Mrs. Dave Pastor, Mrs. Leon J. Seff, liJfrv^Robert L. Mell¬ man, Mrs. Joseph Ziskiiifl,-Mrs. Albert Levy, Mrs, Harry Gilbert, Mrs. Meyer Warsaski, Uti. Sam Molmol, Mrs. Harry Rosenthal, Mrs. Jacob Friedman and Jfai. Albert Jaffe. \
LEON L GOODMAN
Mr. L. J. Goodman, chairman of Schontlml Camp 1 Cumniittec, announces that tilt t'irls' session ot Schonthal Camp will Ijfgiii June 2!)lh and close July 27th; that llii; boys' jx-riod opens July 27th and closes -August 21tli. Even before we have publicly annoOnccd Ihe opening of Schonthal Camp, registrations are being receiveii. Last season 222 boys and girls .were given' the op]>ortunity of living in the great out-of-doors and building up a great reserve of health and strength and happiness. Surely, you will not.deprive your son and daughter this privilege of securing a strong mental and physical and social background with which to meet the problems of life in the future. Schon¬ thal Canqi is a glorious democracy where boys aiifl girls from all walks of life meet anil learn to live in harmony and happiness. The entire program is planned to strc'ngtiieu his faith, teach service to humanity and above all, give him the phi sical strength to become a strong, able bjdied citizen of America.
\Ir Frank Basch, chairman of our .^pLcial Maintenance Fund Committee, ac- comphslied a splendid piece of work for the Camp with the hearty co-operation and interest of the following members of our community, Mrs. Fred Lazarus, Jr., Mrs. Robert Lazarus. Mrs. Joseph Bascli, Mrs. Joel Basch, Mrs. Howard Goodman, Mrs, Harry Friedenberg, Mrs. Frarjk GHck, Mrs. Joseph Sculler, Junior, Council of Columbus, Ohio, Junior Coun¬ cil of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Lee Bornheim, Mr. Joe Levy of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Clarence Cahen, Mrs. Hannah Goodman, Mrs. Etta Kohn, Mrs. Betty Budd, Mr. Sam Meisner, Sigma Delta Tau Soror¬ ity, Ezras Noschim Society, and the Co¬ lnmbus Clam Bake Conmiittee. The Ohio Jewish Chronicle rendered invalu¬ able service in giving publicity every week' to the public, who did not fail to ti'll lis of their source ofiiifor'mation in tiie Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
Every parent is urged to register his children imincdiately, so that no one will miss this opportunity of a happy healttiy summer. Call AD. ;J32f) and enroll at cince with Miss Ann.Goldberg, Registra¬ tion Clerk.
575,000 Is Presented to the Jewish In¬ stitute of Religion On thc Occasion of His 56th Birthday
NEW YORK—A gift of if75,000 was presented lo Dr. Stephen S. Wise for thc work 0/ the Jewish Institute of Re¬ ligion of which he is Ihe President and Founder, on the occasion of a dinner, Sunday evening, March 10th, at tlie In¬ stitute, in connection with thc celebra¬ tion of his fifty-sixth birthday. The dinner was arranged by a committee of rciirescntativcs ' of forty congregations scattered throughout thc country which are served by the graduates and senior students of thc Institute.
After a series of notable addresses by the Hon. Julian W. Mack, U. S. Circuit Court Judge, and Chairman of the Board of Tru-slecs of the Institute, Rabbi Louis I. Newman, of Temple Emannel, San Francisco, and Rabbi-elect of Rodolph Shalom, New York, Joseph H. Hagcdorn, President of Congregation Kcncseth Is¬ rael, Philadelphia, the rcjiresentativcs of thc congregations including Aaron Witt- steiii of thc Congregation B'nai Israel, Bridgeport, Conn., who presided over the exercises, Nathan Goldenthal of the As¬ toria Center of Israel, and Henry AI- perhi,. Congregation Ansha .Amonimi Pittsfield, Mass., presented a gift of $33,- 000 as a joint annual congregational con¬ tribution for the support of the Institute. Through its President, Rabbi Maurice J. Bloom, of Ncwburgh, N. Y,, the Alumni Association added §^30,000. To this giftj in thc form of endowment insurance, the senior class, soon to be graduated, added a contribution of §10,000 alsO in thc form of endowment insurance.
Dr. Wise, in responding to thci pre¬ sentations, alluded to the eight ytfars of pioneering work which had fallen to his lot and to that of his comrades, in the founding and. maintenance of a school for the traimng of ministers which should be free from partisanship, and leave its faculty and students- alike free to leprn and to teach.-.
JUNIOR    COUNCIL    BOARD MEETING TUESDAY
¦    EVENING
A Board meeting of the Council of Jtwish Juniors, will be held Tuesday eve¬ ning, March 3fith, at the home of the I^resident, Miss Beatrice Weinfeld, 508 South Parkview Avenue, Bexley. Mat¬ ters of vital importance will be discussed. All Board mend}ers are urged to be pres¬ ent at this meeting.
EZRAS    NOSHIM    MEETING
SUNDAY AT AGUDATH
ACHIM
The regular tiieetint; of llie Ezras No¬ shim Society will Ix; held Sunday after¬ noon at 2 o'clock, in thc vestry rooms of tlic Agudath' Achini Syiiagogue. Follow¬ ing the business meeting, a hincheoii dotli which was donated by Mrs. Max Silver, C50 East Fulton Street, will be given away to the one who purchases the lucky number. Mrs. S. M. Erlen, <i68 S. IBth Street, will entertain the members in honor of her son, Herman, whose en¬ gagement was recently' announced.
DR.   STEPHEN   S.   WISE   IS HONORED  BY  A   COM¬ MITTEE REPRESENTING 4iJ CONGREGATIONS
Jewish   Radio   Honr  Every
Monday From 8 to 8:30
Over Station WAIU
The management of station WAIU has recently amiounced the formation of an organization of Jewish young men and women vvho will cfjndnct a Jewish radio hour every Monday from 8 to 8:30 P. M. over this w'ell-known station. Jewish and Hebrew melodies will be featured. Reque.st numbers should be directed to WAIU. It is hoped that these programs will elicit a favorable response from Jews and non-Jews of central Ohio. If they are successful, the mahagenfcnt of the station will allow this Jewish group one hour ciich week for these special programs. The program for Monday evening, March 2itli, will be as follows: —(1) Halleluyah by the choir; (2) vio¬ lin solo by Sara Parish, accomi>anied by Sylvia Phillipson; (it) vocal selection, "A Malach W'cint," by Reva Zuravsky, Mhma Volk, Sam Yablok. and William Parish; (4) vocal selection, "A Kind On A Heini," by Minna Volk and Sam Yablock; (5) Hatikvah (Jewish National Anthem), by the choir.
All Qironicle readers arc most cordi¬ ally invited to tune in on this prograni as . well as on the subsequent ones. They will mitbe dis:ippointed.
Play and Dance to Be Given
At Broad St. Temple On
March Slst
Many Interestiner Features Are Being Planned For This Af¬ fair  By The  Entertain¬ ment Coinmittee
A play and dance sjKjnsored hy the Brotherhood will be given at the East Broad Street Temple on Monday eve¬ ning, March 31st. Many interesting fea¬ tures are being planned for this aHair by thc entertainment committee. Welt- known entertainers have been scheduled; also one of the hest orchestras in cen¬ tral Ohio. All meinbers are urged to set this date aside for this event. Fur¬ ther details will am>ear in next week's issue of the Ohio Jewish Clirwucle.
SESSIONS OF (BRYDEN ROAD TEMPLE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL NOW HELD AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL
Leo Yassenoff, superintendent of the Bryden Road Temple Religious School, announces that beginning: Sunday the sessions of the School will ti^e place at East High School, corner Parlcwood Avenue and Bniad Street. All teachers wiU kindly report at 9 a. m.; pupils will i«port at 9:45. The Parkwood Avenue entrance will be used. These new arrangements will be in vogue until the end of the
Jews In the News
i   By BERNARD POSTAL
Frederick Brown gets into the head¬ lines more often than he considers neces¬ sary, for his real estate transactions are so daring, so vast and so venturesome that they emerge from the comparative obscurity of the real estate page and be¬ come front page news. This week he was in tlie limelight not for liis realty manipulations nor for his generous philan¬ thropic activities. For the promotion of industrial peace he was presented a medal by the American Arbitration Associa¬ tion. A number of s[>eakers prominent in the business, pliilanthropic and finan¬ cial world praised Frederick Brown's character and leadership. His generosity to New York University is well known. Laboratories, buildings and gifts of other kinds have made him the outstanding pa¬ tron of N. Y. U. In Jewish philanthro¬ pies he may be less known than others but he is the donor of the site on which stands thc Federation Building and no philanthropic undertaking is complett; without Frederick Brown.
Social and civic projects iu Cincinnati simply don't function unltss Williani Shrodcr has something to do with them. As Cincinnati prepares for its annual Comnmnity Oiest campaign Shrodcr as chairman of thc budget committee is nat¬ urally hi the limelight. He is the man wlio nine years ago amazed hard-headed business men by announcing that hence¬ forth he .would devote himself solely to the welfare of others. His achievements since then have more than satisfied even the most exacting. As president of the Cincinnati Board of Education,.president of the National Conference . of Jewish Social Service and of the United Jewish Social Agencies he has worn national fame. Music, education, art, social wel¬ fare reform have claimed the services of tliis versatile man who gave up a suc¬ cessful .career as a lawyer to give of himself toothers.
As a leader of American Jewry Mor¬ timer Schiff himself will admit that he doesn't rival his father, the late beloved Jacob Schiff, but in other roles SchifF is unquestionably thc public man that his venerated father was. The celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America, of which Schiff is the vice-president, lifted htm into the headlines. Although he is thc vice-president, Schiff is the guiding spirit behind the activities of the B03; Scouts Busy as he is with the multitudinous financial enterprises in which he is in¬ terested. Schiff has had time to devote himself to Jewish endeavors, too. Thc Jewish Board of - Guardians and thc Jewish Welfare Board in particular have found in him a sincere supporter. The eminent financier and civic leader who .bears the famous name of Schiflf is hut another example of a man who can {^vc of his time and effort to worthy causes.
The cliallenging statement that' "what the Socialists dreamed of the new cap¬ italism has made a reality but by differ¬ ent methods" served to lift Edward A. Filene, president of William A FHene & Sons of Boston into headlines in every paper of thc country. His statement wa-j made at the American Academy of Polit¬ ical and Social Science. Edward Filene combines in his career two unique strains. He is" one of the country's outstanding peace advoc:ates and some years, ago spon¬ sored peace prize awartk in England. France, Germany and Italy. International industrial cooperation had in htm a pio¬ neer and an active promoter for he fore¬ saw the need of better organization and distribution both bere and abroad. Dur¬ ing the World War he served on a num¬ ber of important national commissions and today he is recognized as one of the outstanding proponents of civic planning, industrial democracy and peace.
In the death of Abraham Erianger thc American theatre lost not only Hi wealthiest impressario hut the man who made a business of wliat had been a fly- by-night enterprise for which no one liad any respect. His greatest contribution to the theatre was the respect his achiexe- ments gave to the performers. The so- called Czar of the American stage left a fortune variously estimated at from fifty to sevehtv millions but his fame will not rest on his fortune. From an opera glass boy in the old Academy of Music in Oeveland then owned hy Mark Hanna he quickly mounted the ladder of success. He was still a youth when he teamed «o with Marc Klaw and formied the theatri¬ cal firm qf Klaw & Erlancfer which has meant so much to theatrical history. Suc¬ cess smiled on Klaw and Erianger froni the start and they soon foegan butlding and lea-sing theatres everywhere. Even¬ tually ho became the czar of the American theatre. His enterprises seldom failed. Alwavs a vigorous man, Erlanrer, at- thoneh he made many enemies in his me¬ teoric rise, is credited with having brought intellectual honeitty to the theatre at a time when it needed it most—(Conv- rieht mo, J. T. A.)
KNIGHTS OP ISRAEL BIEET-
ING SUNDAY EVENING
AT HEBREW SCHOOL
~A~^eneral meeting of the Knights of Israel I^ge will he held Sunday eve¬ ning, March 53rd, at 7 o'clock at thc Columbus Hebrew School. At this meet¬ ing subjects pertaining to the good and welfare of the lodge will be discussed. Followiiig the business nteding a social hour will be held, at which time valu^« prizes will be given away. The oflicerfl urgently request the attendance of all members.
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