Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1934-01-26

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VOLUME XVII~No. 4
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JANUARY 26, 1934.
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By the Way By David Schwartz
BY THE WAY BY^ SCHWARTZ Texas and Phlestine
It is a long way from Oklahoma and Texas to Palestine. The places seem to have nothing particular in common.
Yet when the full story of Palestine history is written some day, there will have to be at least a footnote about the pari; played by Oklahoma and Texas. And even more, strangely, the; story will hark back to the oil wfeUs of Oklahoma and Texas.   ,
Speaking of Wells
Before proceeding with our story, it will be necessary to do a little talking about oil wells., What have oil wells to do with Judaism; what have.oil wells to do with Palestine? It is true that there is a good deal mentioned in the Bible about oil, but then it is always re¬ ferring to olive oil. When the psalmist compares the peace that reigns when brethren dwell together in unity to the oil that ran down the beard of Aaron, the analogy appears a little strange to our modern minds, and anyway, he is re¬ ferring to olive oil.
And even though some geologists hold that Palestine soil does contain oil, as Oklahoma and Texas soil does, and some , concessions have been granted to explore for these oil wells, still all that is still a matter more or less oif speculation. So why bring that up? you ask.
But I bring it up nevertheless, and moreover, as Twill show those Okla: homa and Texas oil wells have much to do with Palestine^
Some Oil Facts
 If you speak to any of those who have
been pursuing the trail for oil in our southwest, they will tell you that if you dig for oil in Oklahoma, you are apt tb find your well, .if there is a well there, ?.t a depth of five hundred feet. Texas has much the same sort of terrain as Oklahoma and prospectors rightly con¬ jectured, that beneath its sod too must flow rivers of oil. So tliey planted their apparatus and 'began digging. They dug at one spot for five hundred feet, at' another for fiye hundred feet, but no oil came. Perhaps the oil lay deeper,'hut there was no drill which could get below five hundred feet.
¦ That is, there wasn't for a long time. Then some ingenious mind contrived to devise a digging machine that went 1200 feet into the soil, aud oil gushers came forth in Texas such as Oklahoma had never seen.
The Moral to the Tale
Now there are all sorts of morals to, this tale, the most obvious one beiiig that, though the Texas sod seems to contain less oil than Oklahoma, still, if you dig deep, you will strike rich oil finds than the superficial digging in Oklahoma soil will reveal. There is a moral here that a Bruce Barton is more suited to adorn thaii I. I still have not answered the re¬ lation of this Texas oil business to Pales¬ tine,   So let's get to that.
Digging for Water In Palestine, besides the few conces- sionnaires, there is very little digging for oil. But there is a great deal of digging fbr water. And for the simple reason that water is muclii more import¬ ant for Palestine than oil. Palestine is a small land and a great part of it lacks tvater.
So from the time of Abraham and probably long before that, digging for water in Palestine has been one of the important things. But despite the most persistent digging, the effort in many parts oif Palestine produced no results.
Then someone thought of the experi¬ ence of the Texas oil drillers, and one of the Texas machines that goes down as deep as 1200 feet was imported into Palestine.
And lo, land which had been given up
as hopeless for cultivation because of its
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'Romance of a People" to be Presented in Cleveland
Alfred li. Saclis was named chairman of the Pageant Committee of the Zion¬ ist Region of the state of Ohio, by its president. Law Director Ezra Z. Shapiro
Mr. Sachs will take charge of mobiliz¬ ing all Zionist groups throughout the state and secure their wholehearted co¬ operation in making the "Romance of a People" presentation in Cleveland as suc¬ cessful as it was in Chicago and New York.
In Cleveland the Zionist District called in all Zionist groups in the city for the organization of the sale of tickets for the spectacular Pageant and to use the twenty-five per cent allotted to the or¬ ganization for fhe sale of tickets to aid in the establishment of a center for the Zionist Youth and a permanent home for all Zionist activities in Cleveland,
"Wc arc going to contact immediately," said Mr. Sachs, "with all important Jew¬ ish centers in the state and ask our Zion¬ ist workers to organize in their respective communities, committees that they may interest those Jewish communities in this great artistic presentation in the public auditorium beginning March 12, of fotir thousand years of Jewish history in song and in drama."
"In connection with this enterprise," cotitinued-Mr, Sachs, "Isaac Carmel, ex-, ecutive secretary of the Zionist Region, will visit a ninribcr of Jewish comimini- ties and aid our Zionist friends in those communities in perfecting those commit¬ tees who xvill work in their respective communities for the ,Romance of a People.*" .
Warning!
Brotherhood to be in Charge
of Temple Sjupper Prograni
Sunday, Februaury 18
The Temple Supper, sponsored by the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood of Temple Israel, will be" held Sunday, February 18, in the dining hall of the Temple. The program following the supper will be in charge of the Brotherhood, of which Mr. Leo Yassenoff is president. Mrs. Harry Freidenberg, general chairman of the supper, will be assisted by Mrs. M. R, Stern, Mrs. Chas. Frosh and Mrs. Sarah Jacobs. Members of the Brotherhood will act as waiters.
Mrs. Chas, Cahen and her committee will telephone members for reservations. All those who have made reservations will be served first Reservations can also be made with the Temple Secretary, FA. 7838,
Debate  to Feature Agudath Achim Open Forum Feb. 2
On Friday evening, February 2, the Open Forum of the Agudath Achim Syn¬ agogue will be taken over by the Young Judea, which will hold a debate on the question, "Resolved: That Anti-Sehii- tism is Caused by Economic Conditions,"
The alTirmative will be represented by Miss Jeanne Greenberg, Oscar Izeman and.Ruven Greenberg; the negative by Miss Nettie iMendel, Dave Mellman and William Robins.
Oa Friday, February 19, Dr. B. W. Abramson gave a book review of Jacob Wassermaii's "My Life as a German and a Jew." The Doctor brought out the theme of the book in regard to a Jew being able to be a German, in a very fine manner, A very interesting discussion followed.
Peace Study Group Meeting
The next meeting of the Peace study group, conducted by the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood and the Council, jointly, will he held at the home of Mrs. Robert Levy, 78 S, Drexcl avenue, Monday, January 29, at 1:30 p. m. The program is in charge of Mrs. Howard Goodman and Mrs. Harry Roth. The subject for diS' cussion will be the South American sitU' ation.
It hns been reported to the olTice of tho Chronicle that r certain individual ia soliciting $2.00 Bubscriptiona for a Jewish news.papcr of Brooklyn, N. Y„ called the Jewish Examiner, on a pre¬ text of signing a protest to President Roosevelt against the Nazi situation in .Germany.
The Jewish Examiner of Brooklyn has no authority from any- national Jewish organization to get signatures on this protest. This Jewish publica¬ tion, according to David Brown, pub¬ lisher of the American Hebrew, na¬ tional Jewish publication, bas no standing locally or nationally.
There i^ only ONE OKGANIZA- TION which is and has been doing this very job of fighting anti-Semitism in a well organized effort, and this is the B'nai B'rith. Other national organi¬ zations aiding this campaign are The American Jewish Committee, The Jewish Congress, and the Boycott movement headed by Mr. Samuel Untermeyer of New York.
Readers of the Chronicle are there¬ fore requested not to fall victims to the above solicitation, and for further information call oiir office, ADams 2954.
HAS IMPORTANT JOB IN ZION LODGE FOH 1934
Ohio Supreme Court Judge
to Address Fraternity
Banquet
Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt of the Ohio Supreme Court will be the princi¬ pal speaker at the initiation banquet of the Beta Chapter of Tau Epsilon Rho, this evening (Saturday) at the Hotel Fort Hayes at 5 o'clock. Other, speakers will include two national oflicers of T. E. K. Attorney Albert A. Levin, Lorain, chancellor of Beta Chapter, will preside at the meeting, and give a report on the national • convention held recently in Cleveland.
Letters have been mailed to all parts of the United States by Abraham Gert¬ ner, Master of Rolls, inviting every Beta alumnus to the homecoming banquet. Several responses have been received iri view.of the fact that they arc coining in to attend the Bar Association meeting this week-end. ¦
The following will be installed as mem¬ bers of Tau Epsilon Rho: Sol Albert, Shenk, 6-10 Lehman street; Harry Robert Angel, Huntington, W. Va.; Raymond B. Sharwell, Cleveland; and Joseph Stern, Steubenville. '
JR. SKTERHOOD DANCE AT NEIL HOUSE SUNDAY EVE,
Tomorrow (Sunday 2Sth) the Tifer¬ eth Israel Junior Sisterhood of tlie East Broad Street Temple will stage its first dance of the year. The affair is -being held at the Neil House with Connie Ca- pretta and his orchestra furnishing the music. Admission,is 40 cents per person and tickets, may be procured before the event or at the door.
, Miss Ella Weiss, who is in charge of the ticket distribution, reports that a vast quantity of tickets have already been sold. :
All Columbus Jewry as well as the Jewish residents of our neighboring cities are welcome to attend the dance. It is hoped that this affair will be patronized by a record attendance.
Mrs. Hirschsprung to Address Free Loan Society Luncheon
In honor of new and old members of the Ladies' Free Loan Society a luncheon will be given Wednesday, January 31st, at 1 p. m., in the social hall of. the Agu¬ dath Achim congregation. Mrs. M. Hirschsprung will be the guest speaker. Mrs. M. L. Goodman will entertain the members with a group of songs. She will be accompanied by Miss Pearl Brod¬ sky. Mrs. J. Kotosky is in charge of the arrangements for the luncheon.
Mrs. M. Finkelstein is president of the society.
Local Community Invited to
Annual Hillel Prom to be
Held at Elks' Club Feb. 3
Samuel Gurevitz
Sam Gurevitz, well known local at¬ torney, w 1.10 has succeeded I. W, Garck as Warden of Zion Lodge, will have a difficult task in filling the shoes of his predecessor is the opinion of many B"tlai B'rith observers. However, Mr, Gurevitz is fully confident that with the co-opera¬ tion of the oflicers and the inembers of his conservation conunittec, l:je will con¬ tinue to uphold the banner of record achievements for' the local B'lial B'rith organization by retaining old members and, adding considerably to its present roster of ovcr 500. His maiiy years of service to the local B'nai B'rith Lodge has given Mr. Gurevitz the necessary ex¬ perience to add honor and glory'to the big task that lies hefore him.
In selecting " the. committee, .to-Serve under Mr. Gurevitz, President Jack Wol¬ stein has used his best judgment in select¬ ing only those men whose ability has been tested in past, years. , He feels sure that the office of Warden; will receive every assistance from the membership in order, to.make the year 1!)^ a most suc¬ cessful one.
The following committee will serve under the chairmanship of Mr. Gurevitz: Sam Gurevitz, Abe Wolman, Dr, R. Jaf¬ fee, Jack Wolstein, Robert Mellman, Lou Rosenthal, Joseph Goodman, Justin Sill- tnan, Harry Schwartz, I. W.'Garek, Ben Ncustadt, Walter Katz, Sain Gordon, Lou Gertner, Dave Pastor, Frank Bayer, Geo. Edelstein, Wm, Wasserstrom, Ala¬ dar Zipser, Si Kahn.
William Kahn, Max Herzberg, Simon Sculler, OD, Jack Goodman, Joe Slaven,; Abe 'Cunix, Sam Schlonsky, Herman Hoffman, Ben Hoffman, Fred Rosenfeld, Ed Schanfarber, Harry Berenfeld, Jack Erlen, Abe Weinfeld, Dr, S. D. Edel¬ man, Jake Krakowitz, Dr, M. Goldberg, Ben Tolpen, J. W. Steinhauser, A, J. Dworsky.
Sol Goldsmith, Abe Silverman, Irwin Wolf, Cyrus Tanenbaum, Malcolm Kohn, Allan Tarshish, Bernard Freed, J. Fricd- niaii, Morris Supran, Dave Neustadt, Ar¬ thur Isaac, Dr. Milton Goodman, Dr. S. Goldstein, Abe Caller, Dr. Abe Kan¬ ter, Bert Wolman, Sam H. Solomon, Lo" J. Nachman, Mitchell Nachman.
Elaborate preparations are being made for the Hillel Prom which is to be given on Saturday evening, February 3, at the Elks' Club. Jack McAndrews' orchestra will play for the occasion, the proceeds of \Vhich are to be given to the Hillel Student Loan Fund. This affair, which lb an annual event, is to be formal for the first time since the inauguration of the Hillel Prom at the local Foundation. Martin H. Rubin, general chairman of the dance, has aniiounccd that many en¬ tries have been received for the beauty contest to be held in conjunction with the affair. Six of the contestants will remain m the race for Prom Queen after pre¬ liminary eliminations have been made.
Fallowing are listed the Various com¬ mittees who are assisting in arrange¬ ments: assistant general chairman, Ar¬ thur Hersch ; Publicity: Bjlly Freeman, i-hainnan; Rowena Edelson, Sol L. Auer¬ bach, Vera Etinger and Philip Welber, . Arrangements: S. Earl Gordon, chair¬ man; Elaine Sabad, Arthur Hersch, Louis Schwartz, Louis Greenblatt, Eve¬ lyn Rosenstein, Max Stern; Tickets: Lester B'auman, chairman; Rosalind -Rosen, Ted Emmerman, Dorothy Schiff, Lillian Feinman; Entertainment: LcRoy Kendis, chairman; Eugene Kendis, Jerry Jacobson; Program: Ernest Perlmutter, Samuel Furer. -,
The price of admission  is  $1.50 per couple with no tax:
Rabbi Tarshish To Address .   Zioii Lodge Monday, February 12th
. Mr. Jack Wolstein, President of Zion Lodge, IS happy to announce that Rabbi Jacob Tarshish haa most graciously ac¬ cepted the invitation to address the local B'na,i B'rith Lodge on Monday evening, Feb. 12th, Lincoln's birthday. Rabhi Tarshish is heard every Sunday after¬ noon at 2:30 over WLW, and his in¬ visible audience, it is reported, numbers perhaps a million or more.
It is hoped that a large turnout will be on hand the evening of Feb, 12th to hear this outstanding voice of the air on a subject with which he is very familiar. Further details will be pub¬ lished in forthcoming issues of the Chronicle,
Masada Chapter Working on Zionist Cultural Program
The newly organized Masada Chapter- iir Columbus is already at' work in ar¬ ranging an extensive Zionist cultural program iii which the local young men who make up tbe membership.of the or¬ ganization are to take part, A debate between the Masada and the Avukah at Ohio State University has been arranged to take place at an open meeting of the Zionist District in the near future. Plans arc also being niade for a Masada Sab¬ bath to feature one of the Friday evening Forums at the Agudath Achim Congrega¬ tion. '
At the meeting of January 17, the guest speaker, Rabbi Solomon RivHn, pointed out the great necessity of a, youth movement .such as Masada in the Zionist program: It was Rabbi Rivlin's conten¬ tion that .the greatest practical achieve¬ ments of Zionism have come through the efforts of the Jewish youth and will con¬ tinue to do so.
hi the same meeting, Mr. Joseph Minr ken read a report of the most important Qurrent Jewish events. Mr. Harold Zeikow and Mr. Max iZskind were ap¬ pointed to the debating committee, which will make full arrangements for the de¬ bate with Avukah. Rabbi Mordecai Hirschsprung of the Agudath Achim Congregation was appointed a member of the Masada advisory committee.- Mes- . sages from national officers of Masada were read, congratulating the Columbus Jewish community for the installation of the 41st Chapter of Masada,
Membership to Masada is open,to all Jewish young men in Columbus between the ages of 18 to 30. A member of Masada receives all the privileges which members of the Zionist Organization of America receive and automatically be¬ comes a member of that body.
Masada meetings are held every Wed¬ nesday at 8:30 p. m. at the Sclionthal Center to which all Jewish young men living in Columbus are encouraged to attend.   Mr. Sidney Pollack is President.
RABBI ZELIZER'S SERMON
Rabbi Nathan Zelizer's sermon for Friday evening, February 2, will he, "Seeking Comfort in Present Condi¬ tions ?'*    Cantor   Grodner   will   conduct
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