Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1937-09-17

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Volume.XVII—No. 195
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
COLUM13US, OHlO,,SI':!.>TKMBliR 17, 1937,
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Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Jewish Newa
David JJcn Gun'ou, PalciUine labor leader now in ttiis coimtfy, lias two diplomatic missions . . , One is to coti- vincc Justice Brandcis that his opposi¬ tion to partition is wrong-, the other is- to try to persuade Mrs. Edward Jacobs, Hadassah leader, not to ac¬ cept the position on the Jewish Agency Executive in Palestine . . . Wc arc afraid that lie will:(ail ori both counts . . . Thc ndw Berlin weekly of the Jewish State Party is so violently op¬ posed to Palestine partition that it seriously suggests the lynching oi Dr. Siegfried Moses, head-of the.German Zionists, Who advocates conditional acceptance of the division plan ... You can scftd your, letter of congratu- . lations now to Harry Schaffcr, whose reelection as commander of the Jewish Vyar. Veterans next week is assured ... The statutes of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA), have been changed.to make James,de Rothschild president for life .. . , Under the new by-laws he has the right to appoint his successor in case of death or resignation ... Which' is rather a strange procedure for any Jewish organization ; . . , ' Behind the Scenes .One of the sequences that was cut out of the famous Emile Zola 61m after it had been shot'is this: The Grand Rabbi of France calls Captain Dreyfus before he is shipped to Dcyil's Island and asks him to tell him, in ftie strict confidence of the confessional, the real truth: regarding. his guilt or innocence ..-. Which re¬ minds us that Joseph Schildkraut, thc Dreyfus of the Zola film^ has just re¬ turned from Europe and is.on the way to Hollywood, having signed a five- year contract with Twentieth Century- ¦Fox . .. . He brought along Victor Barnowsky, 'whose reputation ag a producer in. prc-Hitler days in Ger¬ many eilualled that of .Reinhardt . . . Meyer, W. Weisga! is girding, his loins
Riebuke Co-Religibnists
Wjio Would Break With
World Jewry
ROME (WNS).—Daring the ire of that section of the Fascist press which has been warning Italian Jewry to re¬ pudiate the rest of world Jewry and Zionism under pain of forfeiting Italian citizenship, tlic entire rabbi¬ nate of Italy,. Trii>oli and'the Jewish colonies in the Aegean Islands, issued an unprecedented public manifesto in which they assailed those Italian Jews who have been intimidated into di¬ vorcing themselves 'from the rest, of the world's Judaism. With Chief Rijbbi David Prato of Rome heading the list of ^signatories, the manifesto declared that "Judafsm 13 a unique whblc," denounced attempts by Ital¬ ian Jews to set up their own type of Judaism under tiie influence of ex¬ tremist. Fascism and. bluntly asserted that "if thc Jews conserve their faith, if we do not offend other religious sentiments, if. We maintain fidelity to our historic mission, we do not there¬ fore fail to fulfil our duty. No one has a right to doubt our fidelity and loyally; lio one.can prevent us from being sincere to ourselves."..
The manifesto also took note- of anti-Semitism abroad, declaring that too .often loyal citizenship and faith¬ ful service to the state, even to the point of self-annihilation,. * has not sayed the Jews.."The cries of 'Down with the Jews,'" the rabbis said, "have, resounded too many times and in too many places forus notto seek art adequate solution of ttie problem, This solution is coming."
Shaw To Fight Anti-Semitism
With   Articles   and
New Play
WARSAW (WNS).—Thc tren¬ chant pen of George Bernard Shaw, noted British dramatist, will sooh be employed in the crusade against anti- Semitism, In a letter to a local Jew¬ ish journalist, correspondent for Eng¬ lish newspapers, the playwright an¬ nounced that he'was militantly opposed to anti-Semitism, and would reveal^his attitude in a series of articles and in a new play. Shaw's : statement was made in a letter to the journah'st who had rebuked the Iiinglish writer for his silence on the persecution of the Jews.    ' ' ,
Outstanding Faiths To Be
Heard on Nationwide
Radio Hookup
CINeiNNATI, OHIO.— Three outstanding representatives of the Protestant, Catholic, and Jewisli,faiths respectively, will speak oyer a nation¬ wide radio hookup Wednesday, Sept. 22, in connection with the celebration - .   ,..      ¦ ,  ..^,     -r   ,      -  of the iSOtb anniversary of the U. S.
Belmont," by St. John Ervine . . .It is a light comedy that picks, up ;the life of the "Merchant . of Venice" characters ten years after the Shy- Ipck trial . . .The reason why Louis Gruenberg, the gifted American Jew¬ ish composer,'did not attend the pre¬ miere of' his prize-winning quintet at the Lake Placid Club last week is that this exclusive club does not admit Jews as members or guests ... About People Believe,it or not, but a German baroiiess has deeded a stretch of land in Italy, to a chalutzim training camp . . . Louis. Verneuil, grandson-in-law of Sarah Bernhardt, has sold to an American film company the story of the famous actress' life . . . Louise Rainer is scheduled to play the role , of the Divine Sarah . . . Ben Hecht .tore up- his- contract with Samuel Goldwyn for a quarter of a million dollars a year to write.scenarios, and is back in New York, helping to direct his Theatre Guild play . . . If Fannie Brice gives you a check signed "Fannie Brice" you can throw it 'in the ash can ., . The bank cashes only checks signed "Fanny Brice" ... . Albert Ambrose, best-paid and most popular dance band leader in Great Britain, is a landsmann of ours .... Maurice : Schwartz's recent visit tb Palestine was primarily intended as a visit to his father, who lives there and davcns at the Wailing Wall every day , . . For those who criticize us for calling Frederick Burr Opper, car¬ toonist and creator of "Happy Hooli¬ gan," a Jew we have this comeback ... Opper's father was the brother of the famous Adolph Opper, an Austrian Jew who, under the name of Henry de Blowitz, became interna¬ tionally'known as thie Paris corres' pondent of the I^ondon Times in the eighties ...
We Hear Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgcnthau, Jr., is reported so ill that he will resign before the year is out ¦, , . Sensational rumors are being cir¬ culated about  the  imminent collapse of the Hearst newspaper empire . . They perhapS' don't mean a-thing , . They might spring frpnt a large pro¬ gram of mergers which the Sage of San Simeon is said to be planning An organization interested in the Jew¬ ish coloization of Birobidjan 13 con¬ sidering   a   libel   suit   against   the magazine Life because of the captions under a picture spread on Jewish life in Birobidjan . • > Ben Schrelber, who ia running the anti-New, Deal cam¬ paign  of Senator  Copeland for the {Continued on page 2)
The broadcast, which will be dc-^ voted to "The Constitution and Reli¬ gious Liberty," will-take place over the Columbia network from 6 to 6:30 p. m., eastern daylight saving .time, vyrhichis 5 to 5:30 p. tn. eastern stand¬ ard time, and 2 to 2;30 p. m^ Pacific Coast Time.  ., '
Alfred M, Cohen, international President of B'nm B'rith, will repre¬ sent the Jews. Mr. Cohen, who has headed the international Order for the last twelve years was until recently chairman of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College, a post he held for nineteen years. He is a former member of the Ohjo Senate, a member of the Ohio Electoral Col¬ lege four times and 'viras its president three times.
Dr. Ernest Fremont Tittle, who will represent the Protestants, has been minister of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of, Evanston, 111., since 1918. He is the author of "A Way to Life»" "Jesus After 19 Cen¬ turies," "We Need Religion," and many other books as well as numerous' magazine articles. Dr; Tittle devotes much of his time to the students at Northwestern University, of which he is a trustee, and is a frequent speaker at Harvard,; Yale, Cornell and the University of Chicago,
Judge John Patrick McGoorty, the Catholic representative, is Chancellor of the Superior Court of Cook County, lit .He graduated from the Chicago law sctiool in 1892, and re¬ ceived his law degree from Lake Forest University the following year. He was a member of the Illinois House °i Representatives from 1890 to 1906; judge of the circuit court of Illinois from 1911 to 1923; judge of the superior court of Cook County from 1923 to 1930; and Chief Justice of the criminal court of Cook County from 19Q0 to 1931. He is a member of the executive committee of the Catholic Charities, chairman of. the Chicago Council of Boy .Scouts, vice- chairman of the Chicago, Recreation Commission, vice chairman pf the Chicago Round Table of Jews and Christians, and active in many Catho¬ lic fraternal and philanthropic organi- zatioiis.
Synagogues Will Observe Sukkos Festival Sun¬ day Evening
III a mOod vividly different from the solemnity of the High Holyday period just ended, Jews have already begun preparations for the joyous harVest and. thanksgiving festival known in Hebrew as Sukkos or "Tabernacles,*', which is observed for eight days amid ah atmpsphcrc Of autumn fruits and foliage symbolizing. God's goodness to-men. It begins this year on this .Sunday.cverimg, Sept. 19.   '¦
The : continuity, between the High Holydays and the Sukkos, festival is given concrete expression in a' pic- tiiresque old custom. The observant Jew.on leaving, the synagogue after iiis Yom Kippur devotions and before breaking his fast, performs the first action in the task of erecting a Suk- kah -— the booth which calls to mind God's bounty to thc-chilclrcn o:f;Israel during their forty years in the wilder-i ness.    . ¦ ' ¦"" ¦¦¦
Promineiit in the ccremoniarobjects of this holiday are the "four species": the palm branch, the sprig of myrtle, the willow bough,, aiid the citron. Many beautiful tales and explanations have, been woven around these re¬ minders of God in nature.
Sukkos , is one of .the three ^reat 'pilgrim' festivals" oif"'ancient"tinies, Whh the Passover and the Feast of W^eks it was the occasion for a. visit to the Temple in Jerusalem and partic¬ ipation in the service of thanksgiving to God. .This character of gratitude for God's providence is central in the observance of . thc..:holiday in. modern times.
The eighth day of the ffestival has been utilized.of late by liberal syna¬ gogues as the occasion for a. "conse¬ cration service," formally inducting young children into the Religious School. 'IThe abdye of the festival brings with it a joyous celebration iri honor of the conipletion of the annual cycle of readings from the Torah, the scroll of the Pentateuch. At this time the last verses of-Deuteronomy are read, the scroll is rolled back and the reading begun again with thefirst verses of Genesis,,symbolizing the un¬ broken continuity of Israbl's devotion to the Law.
The following' local congregations are anriounclrig'services for the Sufc-: kos festival:—¦    .
Agudath Achim Cong.
"Universatism" is the subject of Rabbi Hirschsprung's address for Monday morning, Sept. 20 at 10 o'clock. On the following Tuesday morning Sept. 21, at 10 o'clock he will speak on "Democracy." Succoth services Ivill begin promptly at 9:30 each morning with Can'tor Phillip Gellman officiating.
Bryden Road Temple
; On Friday evening, Sept. 24, Temple Israel will hold a coiigrcgational' rt union in the vestry, following the Suc¬ coth service. Special invitations are extended to the new members to spend this hour of fellowship. For this occasion the members of the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood will decorate the ropm with the harvest fruits and will also furnish the refreshments.
Roumanian War Veterans
Mobilized for War
on Jews
¦   BUCHAREST   (WNS).—  Three Jews were critically injured in an out¬ burst  of  anti-Semitic  rioting  in the Transylvanian town of Tighina wliQi a gang  of ^0 ineii; armed. with re¬ volvers   and   crowbars,   attacked   the Jewish quarter in what is believed to be the first result of the Greek Ortho¬ dox Church's call for a holy crusade agaii^st   the   Jews.     The   attack   in Tighina coincided with the promulga¬ tion of  an   order   hy   thc   Natioiial Soldiers'', Front, a powerful body of army   officers   and  war   heroes,   for "the    spiritual  ,mc;bilization   of    alt Roumanians against the vast. Jewish plot which paralyzes the. normal de¬ velopment   of   the   economic   life   of Roumania."    The   proclainatiun    de¬ clared that "those who have headed the army command during the war <(«: niand now that the economic and So¬ cial coinmand pass from foreign hands to Roumanian hanijs.   Let us join!in! an effort to shake off the chains of j internal  slavcify and obtain  spiritual | victory."     At  the   same   time   ^^clcaj Codreanu,   commander   of , the   anti- j Semitic .Iron Guard,, aniiounccd "the beginning bf the commercial battle"-: of his legionnaires in which the Iron! Guard, proposes  to  regain  what  hc,| called "pureconomit: position lost to'a foreign .invading race."    The School TTeachers'    Congress    at ; Czernowitz also .joined.the anti-Jewish campaign with a  resolution proposing dismiss¬ ing of alt Jewish teachers, from the state schools.
Reconstructing Jewish Life
The Right NOT To Be A Jew By RABBI MILTON STEINBERG
THE Jc'
HE POSITIO.V of the modern cw is radically different froih that of, his medieval ancestors in his political rights, economic opiwrtuni- ticF, social acceptance, and his access to thc tJiouglit life of the land in which he lives. Even in lands of per¬ secution/. thc Jew. is by no means so isrilated from the larger, life of the scene in which he finds himself as were liis , forefathers,
Relief for Shanghai Jew^
SHANGHAI (WNS). — The re¬ lief fund for Jewish victims of the Sino-Japanase war has already net¬ ted 10,000, half of which was con¬ tributed by Shanghai Jews. The rest came from Jews in Manila and Dairen, Manchukuo.
Beth Jacob Synagogue
Tomorrow evening (Sunday) at 6:30 o'clock, the Beth Jacob will open the Succoth holidays. Services for both Monday and Tuesday, Septem¬ ber 20 and 21 will begin at 9 a. pi. For his Monday morning sermon at 10:30 o'clock, Rabbi Leopold Green¬ wald will speak on "The Meaning of Succoth." All members of the con¬ gregation and their friends are cor¬ dially invited. .
and unquestioning conformity. In ad¬ dition, the example of the Gentile world corroborated his acceptance, r'llr it too acknowledged without reservations an authority, that of the Church  aiid  of   its  sacred  writings.
Hebrew  School  Launches Annual Membership Campaign     *
Cards haye' already been'distributed to'.the members of the Board of Directors of the .Columbus Hebrew School who.during the next four weeks will solicit .the community for funds-andmembersliip pledges for its support:,; The.soli^jtots; haye'aai'th^r- goal the sum of'$6,000, which is the minimum amount needed to operate the school during the coming year. Every Jew,in Cpluinbus will be con¬ tacted in this most worthy, effort. Robert L. Mellman, .local attorney, is heading this year's drive.      -   ¦
it is hoped that all fhose who will be called upon will extend every cour¬ tesy td.these loyal workers who are giving of .their .time, and morvey as well, towards this very important Jew¬ ish activity in pur community.. No one can deny, the fact that the Colum¬ bus Hebrew School is the only insti¬ tution which offers every local Jewish boy and girl the most extensive and thorough Hebrew education. . The Chronicle maintains that Jewr ish education is not a luxury but a real necessity. Just as you send your child to the gymnasium to develop his body, so must you send him to religious schools to develop his soul—to become acquainted with the ethics and teach¬ ings of Israel, so that when he faces the temptations which no human life can escape, he will not falter. You must educate your child Jewishly, if you seek to lay claim to the honorof being a good American citizen. A Jew who tiii-ns his ."back on his own faith and on his own people is not a good American. , Pre-eminent Amer¬ icans have inade this point clear.
Your child needs a Jewish education to give him a sense of pride in his own people and his faith, pride in the Jew ish sages and seers, pride in the Jew ish martyrs and heroes who suffered for the progress of all humahity- pridc and self respect born of the knowledge of himself as a Jew. That will be his armor in a world of racial prejudice.
Don't neglect one of the most portant agencies of our : community. Support the Columbiis Hebrew School to the best of your ability.
Rabbi Milton Steihberff
Arnong the points of differentiation between the modern Jew and the me¬ dieval, one of the most significant h'cs in" the realm of internal attitudes. Our medieval ancestors, tended to- take their Judaism, its theology, its mbi'- ality ¦ and its system of ritual on authority. It never, pr at most, rarely occurred; to them to ' challenge ¦ their tradition. They did not feel, if they were at all typical of their time, that they possessed the right tp question what the past tbld them to be true and dcisirable.'   , * '   ,      ' .
r-Across^ the- span _of the centuries it is not haM for us to' understahti why that should Jiave been so. .In the first place, the medieval Jew regarded thc whole of his tradition as of di¬ vine origin. Naturally. enough he felt it a: presumption to, impugn qr to re¬ ject that which God had ordained for his salvation and for that of mankind. In addition; the jew until, recently lived.in an enti.-ely Jewish mit'ey. His viewpoints were confirmed rather than challenged hy^those with whom he came in contact. The full pressure of the ghetto and its social momentum cooperated to insure on his part a full
British   Labor   Flays   Anti- Semitism; Asks Ban on Mosley Parade
A New Feature for
Chr6nicie Readers
Tills is tho first column of what is to be a fortnightly inter¬ pretative analysis of the Con¬ temporary Jewish scene by the young thinkers and scholars as¬ sociated with Dr. Mordccai Mi Kaplan. This column will add to our regular list ot contributors EUGENE iCOHN. MICHAEL ALPER; MILTON STEINBERG, IRA EISENSTEIN, SAMUEL DININ/BEN ZION BOkSER, ISRAEL CHIPKIN and SAM¬ UEL C. KOHS. all eminent fig¬ ures in American Jewish life who will bring a refreshingly new viewpoint to the Jewish Crpnicle readers.—-The Editor.
Tt is scarcely necessary to point oiit ho\V different-in tone such an attitude from that which prevails in the minds of most contemporary Jews. One heecj only observe.the individual Jew of oiir day to recognize how free he feels to pass judgment on the whole of the Jewish tradition or any of its parts, Nor is it hard to understand whence this shift in Vievypoint was de¬ rived, The older Jewish theology has, for many thousands and tens of thou¬ sands of Jews, broken 'dpwii.. There is no longer in their inlnds a, super¬ natural sanction, for the system of Jewish living. ^ The modern Jew lives with and aniong Gentiles. . He absorbs their ways of thinking' and their modes of. living. This contact with ¦"Wothet^Systcni ¦¦'bf ~dx^ necessarily shakes his Jewish routines. What is more, the Jew is no, longer part of an integrated, unified Jewish group. -.He is now a Jewish atom flung off into space. ' He feels as a, result that he must settle in his own mind what, he will believe or disbe¬ lieve,, what he will accept or reject. Among the forces'.which have tnodi- fied.the viewpoint of Jews so sharply in so short a time, one springs from what has happened to society gen- .erally.    The recent history of west-
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G-Men Find Nazis Spending
Millions of Dollars Here
On Propaganda
WASHINGTON, b. C. (W.NS);— Millions of dollars arc being spent in this country by Germany to spread Nazi propaganda by printed litcra-. ture circulated through the, mails,, short wave radio broadcasts ¦ and by agents sent here from Germany, a sweeping inquiry by agents of the Federal Department of Justice has alread cstahlislicd, it was Ichrncd here. The G-men's investigation has beeii under way for six weeks and, while their report, which is to be laid be¬ fore .President Roosevelt' and the Cabinet, is not yet complete, it is ex¬ pected to confirm in , all essential details charges repeatedly itiadc re¬ garding the extent and objectives of Nazi .propaganda in this'country. ¦ALBANY,. N. Y., (WnS). — . Speaker Oswald D. Heck, .of the As- scmbly, who is bitterly anti-Nazi,, altheugh'himself of G.erman, descent, is reported to be taking the lead in a. move designed to. prevail upbn the 1938 New York legislature'to order a sweeping investigation of ;Nazi acti¬ vities in, this state. Mr. Heck is understood to be rallying thousands of anti-Nazi- German Americans in northern New York,in opposition to Nazi propaganda. It is said that there arc'some thirty Nazi units in New ¦Yoric. -   ¦    !.
CHICAGO (WNS).— Newton Jenkins, unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Chicago on .an anti-Semitic platform three years ago", is directing a move to unite all Fascist,-quasi- Fascist and Nazi groups, in the United States into a .third political party, it was assertcii in the .Chicago Daily Tirhes in the third of a series of copy- . righted articles on Niazism. The Times declares that Jenkins has been, given the job of finding a .leader for the propose4. party which, will' have the pro-Nazi German American Bund as its chief nucleus. Jenkins is said to have addressed many Nazi meet¬ ings.. ¦¦¦.¦¦ ¦    \
Trained Quartet To Assist
Cantor Pinchik When
He Sings Here
Infants'Home of Ohio
In memory of Herman Lefkowitz, Jr., from Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lefkowitz of Miami, Fla.
LONDON (WNS).— Justice for the Jews in Palestine and a deijiand that the Home Office ban the Fascist demonstration scheduled to be held in London's East End on October 2i3rd were asked for in resolutions adopted at the annual British Trades Union Congress at Nbrwich. . The Congress: also condemned Jewish persecutions in Germany and Roumania. Sir Walter Citrine, general secretary of the Con¬ gress, stirred the labor gathering,by charging that anti-Nazi German refu¬ gees in England.were being terrorized, and intimidated by Nazi agents.
Even before the erection of thc Temple, the Levites, or singers and musicians,, who ranked in importance- only next td the.priests, became an integral part in the religious worshop of, the Jewish people, because thc founders of our faith realized, that prayers affect the human heart, and mind more profo.imdly if sung by trained voices. Hence, the Levities, witK their beautiful singing and music, playing such an important part at all the religious ceremonies. It pan be taken -for granted, however, that not all the Levities individually had out¬ standing voices, but collectively their singing must. have been ¦ unsurpassed. And to this day many people when touched by the efforts of great choral singing will exclaim; "Only in the Temple could such singing have been heardl"
¦ Cantor Pinchik, who is to eonduct Shmini Atzeres services at the Agudath Achim Synagogue on Sun¬ day evening, Sept. 2(jth, and Monday morningi Sept. 27th, is bent upon giving Columbus a taste' pf what high-class choral singing, should be. It is, for this reason he is bringing with him part of his famous New York choir, comprising a quartet of trained singers, most of whom are en¬ gaged in the Metropolitan and Chi¬ cago Opera Companies during the winter season, but who during the holidays join" the choirs of the various synagogues for good pay. This is a pure treat on Cantor Pinchik's part to the Jewish people of Columbus; as the choir was not in¬ cluded in thc original contract. The reason for it is that Cantor Pinchik feels that no matter how gifted cantor one may,be, the beauty of his singing is considerably enhanced If supported by  a  well trained  choir,
just like .the opera singer ^5hines best when supported by k large orchestra and chorus.
Columbus Jewry is cordially in¬ vited to hear Cantor Pinchik when he sings here Sept 26-27 at the Agudath Achim Cong., Cor. \yashington. Ave. and Donaldson St. .
Junior Hadassah To Hold
Membership Tea and
Annual Dance
Miss Sylvia Brodie of Akron, Ohio, Regional President.of Junior Hadas¬ sah, is to he the giiest spgakcr at the membership tea which the local chap¬ ter of that organization is giving on Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Broad St. Temple at 2:30 p. m. .Miss Brodie is known for her charming personality as well as for her inspiring and inter¬ esting talks.
The tea Sunday is given each year by the Board members of Junior Hadassah for young Jewish women of'Columbus. It is an occasion for the introdiiction of these:newly en¬ listed young women,to the members of the organization, to convey to them the importance of the movement, and to invite their active participation in the work of Junior Hadassah.
Miss Helen Polster, social chairman, is in charge of the arrangements for the afternoon and is working coopera¬ tively with Miss Katherine Mellman, chairniatv of the membership commit¬ tee and her .co-chairmen, the- Misses. Dorothy Kerstein and Leah Green¬ stein. Other members of this comr mittte are the Misses .Frances Solo¬ mon, Thomasie Staub, Reva Luper, Harriet Kotosky, Gertrude Levin, Shirley Hume, Rose Shenk, Annette Warsaski, Betty Uretsky, Sylvia Grinker, Fanhie Levy, and Harriet Shustick^ A feature of the tea is to be group singing led by Miss Leah Smuckler. Miss Smuckler will also be in charge of the Junior Hadassah Choral Club this season.
"Jewry Mourns the Death of Masaryk/Defender of Jews
PRAGUE CWNS)—Czechoslovak- ian Jewry is in the deepest mourning .pver the death of Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk,. founder and until last year, president of Czelchosovakia, who throughout his long career .as states¬ man, journalist and educator fought for justice to the Jews. Thanks to Masaryk's, deep-rooted democracy, ¦ Czelchoslovakian Jewry, was the only- Jewish community in Eastern and Central Europe that lias not suffered from the wave of anti-Somitism , sweeping over; the Continent. Masaryk hrst became known as a friend of the. Jews in 1890, when, as a young, pro¬ fessor at Prague University, he caine to the defiense.of Leopold Hilsner, a Jewish vagabond, who ,had .been sent¬ enced to death for an alleged, rittial . murder in'Polna.. Convinced of Hils- ner's innocence, Masaryk denounced the, verdict as a miscarriage of justice and iinally forced .tlic Austro-Hun- garian'government to commute' the sentence to 18 years in prison. Through. Masaryk's efforts Hilsner was .par¬ doned after ten years. Thereafter^ uri- tilhis death, Hilsner .vvas befriended by Masaryk. ¦      ¦ :
. ¦ During the World , War,, when Masaryk was fighting for Czech, free¬ dom, he won the financial backing of prominent .American Jews. At the Versailles Peace -Conference he was one of the leaders of thc fight for minor¬ ity rights. In his own country he saw. to it that those rights were scrupul¬ ously observed. It was. in 1918 that he. endorsed the. proposal for a Jewish homeland ii> Palestine. Ten years ago. he visited Palestine, the first head of a. state to do so. When Jewish students from Eastern Europe found it impossible to enter universities in their own count;:ies- he made them welcome in Czechoslovakia. He did the same for the victims of the Nazi terror, Czechoslovakia admitting thou¬ sands of German Jewish refugees. On his 85th birthday inT035, Czechoslov- akian Jewry donated 50,001) kronen to charity in his name and appropriated 10,000 kronen for Kfar Masaryk, thc Palestinian colony established in his name.
Temple Israel Postpones Open¬ ing of Sabbath School
Owing to the health situation in Columbus and vicinity and as a pre¬ caution against the possibility of in¬ fantile paralysis invading the com¬ munity, the opening of the Bryden Road Temple Sabbath School has been postponed to Sunday, Oct. 3.
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