Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-04-25

              iHRONICLE
Sl\^ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \y//\\^
Vol. 20, No. 18
COLUMBIIS, OHIO, PRinAV, AI'IIII, 2.1, 1941
Strictly Confidential
Tttlbllji From Everywhere By PHINEAS .1. BIRON
Attention Please!
AHK YOU MOVING'.'
ECHOES PKOM ABROAD
Henry Torres, the French law¬ yer who defended Herschel Grynszpiin and who is now in this country, explains that the French couldn't help turning over Grynszpan to the Nazis because Hcrschrl had entered Franco' iiioRaliy before he killed that Nazi attache !!!... A cent poll conducted by a Paris newspaper to determine what movie its readers liked best re¬ sulted In a severe shock to the Nazi authorities . . . The French men, by a vast majority, chose the "Three Penny Opera," the music for which was written by the strictly non-Aryan Kurt ¦Weill ... In Germany, we un¬ derstand, some news commen. tators see confirmation of Pres. ident Hoosevell's "Jewl.shness' In the fact that he timed hi: opening of the Red Sea foi the Passover season . . . Yoii don't hear so much about thi Bund nowadays, hut that doesn'' mean that the local Nazlies havt given up their fifth-columninr . . . They've organized under ii new name now—the Germar. American National Alliance . A new Iwok on Hitler is expeel ed to appear befcfre the year . ,.out, and it will have.one thlnR in common -with J'Meln Kfunpf"
author's name is Hltleir   ,   But this tome Is being written by Patrick ¦ Hitler,  the  Fuehrer's anti-Nazi nephew . . . NISAR BAST POUT1C8
The Zionist rank and file '. not aware that the present orien I tation of the war endangei -j British sovereignty over Pale tine . . . There are rumors that, Germany has promised Pales¬ tine and Syria to Turkey in re-' turn for Ottoman cooperation . .. The"British appeaser politicians will rue the day when they sel the Grand Mufti free again af¬ ter he was in their custody . . . He ia preparing to slab the Brit¬ ish government in the back as soon as the German troops are sutflciently advanced, either' through Egypt or, heaven for- fend, through Turkey ... We ¦wonder whether this now politi cal situation in the Near East has anything to do with Dr. Weizmann's plans for a much enlarged and more powerful American section of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, to be or¬ ganized forthwith . . . THIS AND THAT
A 425-carat sapphire, to be| raffled off for the British war relief fund at a thousand ber¬ ries a ticket, has been donateti by Sir Victor Sassoon, of the famous Anglo-Indian family . . . The lickels, we understand, are being offercti only to people in tho high income lirackets, par- Ucularly in ninvielantl . . . Among the most enthusiastic fans of Hultin. the I'alestinian painter, are writers Sam antl Bella Spewack . . Which re minds us tti report liiut Palestln ian painter li^lius Newman ha^ returned to these Northern lati¬ tudes from Mexico City, where he spent the winter painting and is at this moment having a one-man shpw at the Haltimore Museum of Art, where he is de¬ livering a lecture on Palestin¬ ian art this Friday . . . Volume Pour of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia wiii soon lie ready tor publication, we hear ... in tile meanwltlle you'U be inter- (Contlnued oa Fan 8)
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NATIONAL   COMMANDKR TO   VISIT  HEBF,  Tl'IOSDAY
Will Be Zionist District Speaker Thursday Evening
Widespread Interest Aroused In Columbus Conference Of Uniled Palestine Appeal
Uabbl Haniaol Cooper
Habbi Samuel Cooper, of Char¬ leston, \V. Va., Vice-President of  the Ohio  Valley  Zionist Rc
Frorl S, Harris. Meriden, Conn., prcsom. National Com mander .Jewish War Veterans of the IJ. S., vvill visit Columbus next Tuesday, April 2£Uh. Dur ing his .stay here he will speak )Oforp the Mereator'Club at tho Fort Hayes llotel at. a noon luncheon; will broadcast overj VV, H. K. C. at 4:00 p. M. and then present a short addres.s be¬ fore the Franklin County Coun' cil of the American Legion at the
Code For Religious Radio To Be Debated Here May 4-7
\\'helhor .'i Ti.nlionai code for rcliKioiis radio hroadcasting ,'^hould he formulaled. will be iutiouLt Itic (nifslions cnnsiflcrcd liy religious hroadc.'isli^rs at Ihe 12ih Instiluto for l'",<liicalion bv R.'ulio. sponsnrcd liy Ohio .State l'niversiiy ill liic Deshier.Wal lick llnlcl on May   1 lo 7,
Numerous other important currcni prnlilcms in reii[?ious radio will orcnpy two worship meeiing.s on Monday afternoon May "i. and Tuesday afternnon May ('.. lievotod to the theme "Broadcasts in Religious Edu cation." it was announced *by .James 11, RruH. in charge of radio for tho Nalional Conft i ence of Christians and .lews chairman of Ihe scRstons
A tmique feature of tho pro gram will be the presentation of reports on the character and scope of present-day reiigious programs of the Protestants Catholic ancl Jewish faiths. These are being prepared' by Frank Goodman, Department ot Radio,   The Federal Council of
Over ."itio .lowish communal leaders and representatives from ovory section of Ohio have signifiod their intention to at- lonrl lho Ohio State Clonference of  tho  I'nitod   Palestine y\ppeai
Memorial Hall at 9.00 P. M Cpram9nder__ Harris  [s^on^a| i^e.Churciies of^Chriat in_Amer-
Rjibbi .lames G. Holler
which will be held at the Desh¬ ler-Wallick HoteUJn Columbus, on Sunday, May 4, at 2:00 P. M. The Conference will seek to mobilize maximum aid for the j^,^
'".l.th^jV-^W".' West.Cltles, ica; jEdvrard ,J».-.Hef£roii,, Nation- .grave war-time requirements of.Os }
tag,ia;?ap;e(%lLeftoia;,itostalfc.^l,;ecj,iijiH';,of^^
re;''as   manv   service   and r>r Tnr,=h-wiao of thp "Messase the   continued .imimlr3tV5!iBi* -^
before'"'as   rnariy   service   andj luncheon Clubs as possible.
The same evening at 6:30, he will be entertained by the local post of the Jewish War Veter ans.
gion, will bo tho guesi si)eaker at the o\ion meeting of Ihe Co¬ lumbus Zionist District to be held tit tho Schonlhal Center nexl Thursday evening. May 1st t'clook,       lio   has   chosen
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Columbus Prepares For Coming District B'nai B nth Convention May 24-25-26-27
Plans were made this week for the H9th annua\ convention of District Grand Lodge No, 2 of B'nai B'rith and the 8th annual convention of Women's Grand' Lodge which is to be held in Co¬ lumbus on May 24th, 25th, 2f>th and 27, at the Deahler-Wallicki Hotel.
Justin Sillman, past district president, was elected general chairman of the Columbus Con¬ vention Committee. Others who are serving on \ho execu¬ tive conimittee are: hi. J. Schan¬ farber and l.sadore W. Garek, vicv-chah-men; Mrs. L. Praver. secretary; Waller KiUZ. treasur¬ er; Simon Lazarus. S. M. Levy. Hubert W. Sehiff aud Rahbi H. Kaplan, advisory members; 1. M Harris and Mrs. MarUn Uos- euthal, co-chainnen of hoU'l facilities.
Important Committee <-0(hair- men include the following: Harry Schwarlz and lien Neu stadt, printing; Allan Tarshish and Mrs. Helen Rosner, puhlic liy; .lulius Steinhauser and Mrs Wm. Wasserstrom, reception committee; Sanford Lakin and Sidney Katz, hotel reservations, Wm. Wasserstrom and Mrs. Harry Schwartz, registralion and Information; Joseph C. Good¬ man and Mrs. David Goodman, Souvenirs and Badges commit- I tee;  Jack  Wolstein    and    Mrs
Dr. Jonah "Wise, of the of Israel" program.
Among the many quesUons to be discussed at the Monday and Tues- 6ay   meetings   are:
Should religious programs be more   dramatic   and   less   sermonic?
Should    religious    radio    time    be
audiences be created   (or   religious  programs?
What opportunities nas the Irans- crlptlon   field   for   religious   radio?
What    are    the    possibilities    and
firoblems   In   the   greater   use  of   re- Iclous   radio   forums?
What types of religious programs are harmful to religious broadcast¬ ing?
paid tor? How   can   additional
JUNtiti L. Sillman
Sam Schlonsky. transportation; 1 W. Garek and Mrs. K. .), Shan, farber, banfjuet <-ommittce; Hob¬ erl Weiler and Mrs. Allen Gun dershelmer, entertainment and luncheons; Sig Welsskerz and Mrs. Joseph D. Schecter, civic] relations; and E. J. Schanfarber, chairman of finance and budget! committee. I
Appointments of various com¬ mittee membership will be an¬ nounced in next week's issue of Chronicle.
Rev. Ganse Little Is Temple Brotherhood Sabbath Speaker
Reverentl Ganse Little, Minis¬ ter of the Broad Street Presby¬ terian Church will be the guest preacher at the Annual Brother¬ hood Service to be held at the liryden Road Temple next Fri day. May '2. al 8 P. M., it waa announced by Al Harris, organi zation president.
It is the intention of tho Hrotherhood to extend a special reception of welcome to Rev. Little to our elty and to assure him of the continuance of the friendship of Temple Israel for his own congregation. which was initiated during the min s- try of his predecessor. Dr. .1 Harry Cotton. Over the years. a very fine spirit of fellowship developed belween Dr. Cotton and Rabbi Oup and their res\)ec. tive congregations. In having Kev Littie in the pulpit of the Hryden Roaii Temple, the' Hrotherhood is expressing tiie hope that this fellowship will continue lo grow and dee\>en.
I'arlicipaling In the Service will he Mr. I, \V, Oarek, who will deliver an original prayer and Mr. All)ertTlarrls, as Presi. dent of the Brotherhood. Spe cial music will be provided hy the Temple Choir, under the leadership of Mr. Herbert Huff man.
The t hers, who will serve on this oci aslon, are:
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the continued ;itnm\granoU Jewish refugeea from the Nazi- dominated lands into the Jew lsh   National   Home
Sir Norman Angell, dislin guished British statesman No bel Peace Prize winner, lecturer and author. Dr. Abba Hillel Silver. National Chairman of Ihe United Palestine Appeal. Rabbi James G. Heller, Cincin- nati, spiritual leader and Henry Montor. executive director of the it. P. A,, will deliver the principal addresses. Sir Nor¬ man, who will be a guest of honor together with Dr. Silver at a dinner subsequent to the afternoon session, is expected to convey a graphic picture of the present plight of world Jewry and the importance of Palestine in solving the problem of Jew¬ ish homelessness.
Interest in the Conference had been heightened by the re¬ cent war developments in the Near East where the occupation of Yugoslovia and the flight of King Peter and his cabinet to .lerusalem as well as the en- irjuicc of Hritish troops into irati have focussed vital alien tion on Palestine which is the spearhead of the British de fense line in the Near East guarding the vilal Mosul oil linos ancl the Suez Canal, The participation of the .550,000 em battled .lews of Palesiine in this crucial .struggle and the contn bution which the 10,000 Pales tiniau recruits now fighting in tho armed forces of Great Brit ain are making in the t>altie againsi lotalilarianiam will he the keynote of the conference.
I'rottrain of Conference
Kdwin J. Schanfarber, Confei ence Chairman, has announced the following program: 12:00 P M.—Meeting of the Advisory Commlltee; 2:00 P. M—Opening Session, Rabbi James G. Heller of Cincinnati and Henry Montor of New York will speak; 6.00 P M.—Reception and Dirmer iln honor of Sir Norman Angell and Dr.  Abba Hillel Silver.
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