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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPEI^ FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Denoted to American
' :¦¦ and Jewish Ideals
Voiuinc H — Number 9
COT.UMHUS,'()n!(), j(jr.Y'2i, 1922
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c.
WARNS AGAINST BIGOTRY IN THE COLLEGE OF U. S.
Oeveland   Rabbi   Declares   That
Prejudice Against Anyone is
Dangerous to U. S.
ADDRESS DELIVERED
' AT W. R. UNIVERSITY
(Special  to Ohio Jkwi.sh   Chronicle)
CLEVELAND—-"The college is the cradle of our civilization. If thc hand of prejudice rocks the cradle, the hand of bigotry will rule America," asserted Rabbi Solofnon Goldman of the Jevvish Center in an address before the students of Western Reserve University, re¬ cently,
"The Jevv lias been serving and is ready to continue to serve the human race — in America especially. 'Will he .be given a chance?"
The subject of Rabbi Goldman's ad¬ dress vvas: "The Relationship of the Jewish People to Other Ethnic Groups."
Excerpts from the address follow: , "It is almost a superfluous question to ask whether the people of Israel can harmonize vvith other groups. A people whose literature has become part and parcel of all European literatures, whose prophets and sages are held up as examples of the highest type of man¬ hood by all races, whose religious philosophy is thc very woof of modern European culture, certainly harmonizes well with other ethnic groups. What   Better   Proof
"What better proof do vve need than ' the fact that the Bible has heen trans lated in T.'i'l languages, than that, the Psalms arc chanted in every church ,in Christendom, than that the sons and daughters of Israel achieve prominence in every country, in every phase of human endeavor? It is only men and XContintted on page 5.)
ARABS PROTEST WHILE JEWS REJOICE OVER
COMMONS' VOTE
[Special to Ohio Jewish. Chronicle] JERUSALEM — News of the result of the Palestine vote in the House of Commons has been receivecl by the Je-wish popula¬ tion, with digrnified reaerve in which tho profound joy is un¬ concealed. The Jewish press hails the'decision of the House of Commons, saying that the political sky is now freo of all clouds.
Puzzled and depressed by the outcome, Arab public opinion advises concentrating attention on tho powers of the Legislative Council in,which the Arabs are to have a maj'ority and which is to exercise considerable control over emigration  to  Palestine.
A new protest against the Declaration and the recent Par-
' liamentary decision confirming it, has been broadcasted by the Moslem-Christian Association, of Palestine.
Keren Hayesod Opens Nationwide Campaign To Collect $1,000,000
In   Outstanding   Pledges — Cash
Receipts Now Well Over Two
Million Mark
Our Colleges and Our Jews
FROM AN EDITORf>^| THE NEW YORK AMERICAN
Just a.s surely as love audjjfs crcclil. and gain are in the soW^f the lover, so hatred and its Wi«^: and loss are in the heart or! ttie hater. i-'-' |
When , President how ell/j*-,'At Harvard, speaks sadly bf "a ra)n«l}|? growing anti-Setnitic feeling^- .m this country," he makes hiniscjii too easily the fluent spokesman ;m that anti-Semitism. , .i^-i^
To America and democta^i! standing for essential equality andj human decency, not the. Semite ibift the  anti-Semite  constitutes  «i.,n^*
tional    problem    and    a    natiotiSf
{   ^ menace. j  fc
.-\t the worst, the Jevv is — cml^
a Jew.    Lil<e beauty and truth,- h^
is his own best excuse for his ^in^
istence.   Iiis past performance aftS
his present average need no apbl*
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justifying his subnormal inhuman¬ ity by trying to shift the responsi¬ bility to the victim of his self- conscious superiority.        _ ; ',
Unfortunate  Mouthpiece '
, 'I hus President Lowell becomes tlie tmfortunate mouthpiece of this obvious inferiority in saying: ' There is, most unfortunately, a rapidly growing anti-Semitic feel¬ ing in this country, causing, and no 'doubt in part caused by, a' strong race feeling on the part of the Jews themselves."
NATIONAL OFFICE ISSUES
SPECIAL APPEAL
MEXICAN OFFER FAVORABLE SAYS COMMISSIQS HEAD
Commission   Proceeding   to
Mexico  City   to  Secure
Charter From Government
ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES REPORTED AS UNLIMITED
CHICAGO (J. T. A.) — That the stretch of land which President Obre¬ gon is prepared to offer for the colo¬ nization of Jewish immigrants from Eastern .Europe is suitable is the sub¬ stance of- a report published by Paul Rothenberg, who just returned from Lower California as head of a local Jewish committee examining thc ter¬ ritory.
Mr. Rothenberg was accompanied by engitieers, among whom were Mr. W. P. McComas of Los Angeles, au expert "agriculturist and geologist, and Mr,' Charles Forbes, former superintendent of the British Colonization Company of Mexico. ,
' The report follows :
"1.   Agriculture.    The territory com¬ prises  16} million  acres  of  land, nine . (Continued on page 6)
(From our Nevv York Correspondent) NEW YORK.—Taking,rulvant'age of the political victories vvhich Zionism has won Sf thc unanimous pass.ige of the Hamilton Fish resolution in the House of Representatives and the overwhelm¬ ing vote in support of the Palestine Mandate in the House of Commons, the National Administration of the Keren Hayesod, headed by Peter J. Schweitzer, issued a proclamation to Keren Hayesod workers and committees' all over the country, to .concentrate,-'during tIfe, suw-, WeVtjn the collection- ortlle'otitst'aiidirig^ pledges. Simultaneously, the report is made that the cash receipts of the Keren Hayesod in America arc now well over the two million mark, and it is stated that in order tp keep in operation the various activities and' institutions in Pal¬ estine which are supported by the Keren Hayesod, it will be necessary to collect au additional one ,inillion dollars during the summer. No effort, it is stated, is to be made to secure new contributors, but the outstanding pledges which, it is re¬ ported, amount to clpse'to three and one half-million dollars are to be followed up, and that portion of them which is now due to be collected. These pledges, it is said, are all signed and recorded and the pledgors, made fully aware of the obligations which have been assumed in Palestine in reliance upon their prpi;n- isesl'
Many Regions Organized, It is further stated that many Keren Hayesod Regions and local committees have already organized themselves for this work. The method adopted is typ ified by the city of Los Angeles, Cal,, where each worker was assigned a dis- (Continued on page 6)
The Jew Self-Justified
The Jew is self-justified in bi^ purposes   and   his   practices, America  and  elsewhere,  the bei
In contrast, please hea'""'iV typ "ically American, beautifut.^. Jhris- •tiaii, and thoroughly human voice of President Meiklcjohn, of Am lierst:
'¦ "I have reached the conclusion ^that there is only one real vice: 'hatred; and only one virtue, love. (Ilate wishes to destroy; Love ;J^\vould create. Where hate corhes life fails. Where love comes 1^1, life is sane."
Jews, of course, are easily on a P^^§ Possess No Right
with the excellence of their countrji-,^' Neither Harvard nor Columbia,
"The   rest  readily  hold   their "oWilMpr any other public educational in-
with the average for orderly livi;^5ip||t'it(ttion,   has   the   right   to, draw
and   constructive   participation-(.-j^^tial lines of exclusion.    '
the life of every land. ,' "¦"j'^ll^A college  is, not a  social club.
But in America, however, desir{»fe" students may, as individuals, be able a citizen the actively antu,^|5;,snobbish as- in their folly they Jewish non-Jew may o^therwisepe, 1l^,ose. he .is certainly guilty of sp|ritiliii?,'<s^JBut the college as such has the treason to our fine professions 5^i|T^sg,9nsibility of culture and of democracy. " ;'
Rightly he feels the need.pJE. apologizing for his wrong attjtu^el^ And naturally he f^els the nipi'fii
BISHOP WEEPS, DESCRIBING JEWISH MASSACRES
IN HUNGARY
CLEVELAND. ¦— Bishop Bal¬ thazar, Deszo, addressing a mass meeting here last night, wept as he described the Jewish mas¬ sacres in Hunsary. ¦ "I will never forget the torture and the agony the anti-Soniites of my country caused to Jewish women and children," the Bishop said.
The Bishop was speaking on tho "Immortality of the Jewish Race and Culture." He quoted passages from the Bible in pure Hebrew, using the Sephardic pronunciation. Declaring that Jews wore the real creators and exponents of freedom and de¬ mocracy, he voiced the convic¬ tion that the Jews would over¬ come this period of suffering. "Hungary's shame and disgrace" will go down in history. The' whole Hungarian people are the victims of the White Terrorists, the average Hungarian is not anti-Semitic, he said, and the country was no«c coming to its senses. <   -
2,000,000 JEWS OF THEUKRAINE TO RECEIVE AID
The J.  D.  C.  to  be  in   Entire
Charge   of   Great   Work
A>nong Starving Jewrs
AGREEMENT MADE
WITH THE A. R. A.
Hundreds Thruout the State Participate In I. O.B.B. Gala Affair
Ben B'riths, Young and Old, and
Their Friends Take Part in
the Pleasures of the Day
JOINT I. O. B. B. PICNIC
A COMPLETE SUCCESS
tl^Hl^cracy to recognize only aspir- /irtg.j^uman beings, eager for the ad- ^^ii^'ges and the, satisfactions of ^education.
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Mischa Elmatfs Jewish Soul
Interview by ELBERT AIDLINE-TROMMER
Legation of the United States of America. Teheran, Persia, May 6, 1922.' My Dear Mr. Neustadt,
/ cannot tell you how much I appreciate your kind¬ ness in sending me the Ohio Jewish Chronicle. Of course .you will recall that I was not altogether convinced of the need of such paper. But the pleasure I derive from reading it is so great that I am now very liappy that yoii did not allow yourself to he' dissuaded from your resolve.
It is so goqd at this distance to read about my former flock, to whom I am devotedt^ attached, and for whose health and happiness I daily pray.
Not only do I feel very kindly towards yotir paper, but I think very highly of it. It is a clean sheet, thoroughly American and, pt^ofoundly Jewish. You have my best imshes for success.
Permit me to thank you at this time for the kind manner in which you have referred to iM in your issue of March wth. The editorial of my dear colleague, Raibbi Mayerberg, fully expresses my aims in this historic land. I trust that circumstances will farvor their full realisation.
Please accept the assurance, of my highest esteem, and believe me to be.
Faithfully yours,
Joseph S. Kornfeld.
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•Mischa Elman, who has just returned from a concert tour of Europe, where he visited France, Belgium, England, and other countries, spent about one-half year on the continent that he had left as a very small boy. His fritnds and admirers will be gratified to learn that having returned to Europe, a mature artist, he has once more viron full rec¬ ognition, this time not as a boy prodigy, but as full-fledged violinist of the first rank. Shortly before he left for Eu¬ rope, I had a talk with him and learned quite a' number of interesting things About his sojourn in Japan, just pre¬ ceding his recent trip to Europe, etc.
"I am fortunate in having betn born a Jew because the deepest sentiment in mc finds, expression in every piece I play," Elman told me during our conver¬ sation in his suite at the Ansonia Hotel, . "The pathos, the suffering of a Jew's soul must needs find expression in my violin," the young maestro continued. "What's more, I never have to make an effort to give vent to my feelings—it is not necessary. It comes of itself. When¬ ever I improvise, the Jew immediately enters into my composition through the medium of a specific cploring. We Jews have a knack of expressing the profound emotions, the deep feelings without which music is no music."-^
These words coming from the lips of Mischa Elman, the "Russian," struck me as being of especial significance. And all those who have heard him play-^and who has not?—unless they set out delib erately to ascribe that inexpressible something in Elman's playing which grips our emotions in a painfully sweet embrace, to his "Slavic" soiil—all those will admit it is the olden Jewish sigh that emanates  from his magic violin.
I foiind Elman displeased w'th a re¬ cent interview that had been printed in the general press where, from the head¬ lines at least, it had appeared that the most noteworthy phenomenon the artist saw in Japan was that the Mikado's sub¬ jects were very fond of baseball. And Elman has so many interesting things to tell of his sojourn in the Land of the Rising Sun, and thiiigs of real artistic value.
Both the table and a few armchairs in the room where he received me were piled up with soiivenirs and gifts he had brought from Japan. To mention but a few, I saw there a Samurai's sword with a truly wonderful ivory handle and fancifully embellished sheath, a Geisha
doll of remarkable workmanship, a num¬ ber of albums, lacquered boxes, vases, Oriental garments, and—what not?
"This may tear my coat," Elman said as he picked up from the table and pinned to his lapel a large gold medal presented to him by the "Jiji Shimpo," the'largest-Japanese daily, with the in¬ scription: "To Mr. Mischa Elman, the violinist, in admiration of his marvelous talent."
"How did your Japanese audiences appreciate your playing? Is not'their conception of music different from ours?" I asked.
"This is exactly what had occurred to me," Elman replied readily as though he had anticipated the question. "I knew that, Oriental standards were dif¬ ferent from ours and therefore, when I appeared at my first Tofcio recital, it was in a program of rather simple se¬ lections. I thought it would be neces¬ sary to^ initiate my new audience grad¬ ually into the rhythm of our niusic.
"Imagine, then, my surprise when, immediately after the concert, I began tc receive messages requesting and some even demanding that I appear in one of niy usual programs. A few of my cor¬ respondents expressed indignation at what they called the unfair treatment meted out tb them. 'We want Mischa Elman at his best,' they clamored, 'Mischa as he is known in Europe, and America.' Well, at my second and sub¬ sequent recitals in Tokio -I gave them what they wanted, and in turn received a most enthusiastic reception.
"At first I was dazed by the looks of the audience, but when the applause came and I felt that it was based on their appreciation, I forgot for the mo¬ ment that I was in a strange country, among quaint people in their queer native attire—all I knew was that I had before me an audience of music lovers."
"Where did you go from Tokio?" '
"After I left Tokio I gave recitals at Kobe. Yokohama and other Japanese cities. From Japan I went to Harbin, Manchuria. There I felt as though I had returned to my native country, Rus, sia. True, Harbin npw belongs to China, but all the elements of the pop¬ ulation are enjoying a sort of home-rule. There is also quite a Jewis'h colony in Harbin, and most of our co-religionists there are well to do.
"The hotel in Harbin where I put up is owned by the former Chief-of-Police, (CotttiHued on page 6.)
If the Joint I. O. B. B. picnic given by the Columbus, Dayton and Spring¬ field lodges at Tecumseh Park last Sun¬ day, accomplished anything, it cast the spotlight on the initiative and energy of its members and leaders. That this af¬ fair, the first given by these three lodges, , should receive the overwhelm¬ ing support it did, had hardly been thought conceiv'able.- Bjit it is no\v in- j.-iiLii., --^^^¦'•^^''-jsfitl^'flMndftijBisiliissti a*i.CSnttal:Onaos BTiai
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B'rith organizations -constitute a strong link in the greatest institution in th6 world, THE INDEPENDENT OR¬ DER B'NAI B'RITH. That they can well be proud of their past and present achievements, and with -the same united effort and sincerity ot purpose, respond to any worthy cause.
NEW YORK. —Relief work in the seven governments of thd Ukrainian Republica in which are contained ap¬ proximately 2,000,000 Jews, thc largest part of thc Jevvish population of that country is to be conducted entirely by the Joint Distrib'ution Committee, by agreement with thc American Relief Ad¬ ministration. These are the govern¬ ments of Volhynia, Podolia, Tchernigov, Krcmcritchug, Polatava, Kiev and Ekaterinoslav. A complete Joint Dis¬ tribution Committee unit is to be or¬ ganized immediately to take over the work.
This arrangement was entered into at Moscow on June 19th between Dr. Joseph Rosen representing tlie Joint Distribution Committee and Col. Has¬ kell and Richard Brown for the Amer¬ ican   Relief   Administration.
Provision of Agreement
Thc agreement between the two bodies provides that the Joint Distribution Committee unit is to be a component part of the American Relief Administra¬ tion, b'earing the same relation thereto as other affiliated distributing organizations now operating in Russia, and that the relief work within these governments shall be carried on in accordance with American Relief Administration's prin¬ ciples ; in other words, without religious distinction.
The relief  activities  heretofore  con¬ ducted   in   the   designated   territory   is (^Contintted on page 6.)
BRITISH ISSUE "WHITE BOOK"
ON PALESTINE
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Well Represente'd
That the picnic was truly Central Ohio's most gala affair of the year in every respect, was very evidefit. Hun¬ dreds of Ben B'riths from almost every city in Central Ohio, together with their families and friends' motored in' to meet old acquaintances and share in the pleasures of the day in the true B'nai B'rith spirit Those who did not come in machines were given free transportation to and from ,the park on special buses. So much greater was the attendance than expected, that sev¬ eral trips to Dayton had -to b'e made to replenish the exhausted stock of foodstuffs  and  refreshments.
Entertainment for All
In spite of the extreme hot- weather, the dancing pavilion was filled to capac¬ ity the entire day not only by the young folks but older men- and women as well who simply cPuld not resist the strains of the exceptionally good dance music that prevailed there.' Columbus ran away with the honors in the various games staged during the early part of the afternoon, and only a few of the many prizes were left for the Dayton and Springfield contestants.
Future afliairs' such as this are npw looked - forward to with great interest by all B'nai B'rith members.
Englandis English
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION NOT TO BE GOVERNMENT
KERENSKY, FORMER HEAD OF RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, VINDICATES RUTENBERG
LONDON (J. C. B.)—Recent at¬ tacks in the press against Pinhas Ruten berg, the Jewish engineer, who ob¬ tained important concessions from the Palestine Government, have caused Kcrensky, former head of the Provi¬ sional Russian Government, to come to the defense.
"I have heard of the press attacks on Rutenberg's honor," Kerensky cables to-newspapers here, "and cannot remain indiifferent. I know Rutenberg thor¬ oughly. I know him as a man of ir¬ reproachable honor and unimpeachable morality. I consider it my duty to vindicate his good name. As my col¬ league in the Provisional Government, Rutenberg proved fearless in the main¬ tenance of order and in adopting strong¬ est measures against, the Coup d'etat of the Bolsheviks. He hai consistently served the Russian cause."
(Special to Ohio Jewish Chronicle) JERUSALEM (J. T. A.)—Re-af¬ firmation of the Balfour, Declaration is contained in the White Paper published by the Colonial Oflice, quoting the cor¬ respondence between the British Gov¬ ernment, the Arab Delegation and the Zionist Organization, since February 21st,
The Paper includes a paper of British ' policy in Palestine, summarized as fol¬ lows :
"1.)   The   British  Government  reaf- ' firm  the  Balfour  Declaration  of   No¬ vember, 1917, whieh is  not susceptible to change.
Founded in Palestine "2.) The National Home will be founded in Palestine. The Jewish peo¬ ple will be in Palestine of right, and not by sufferance. But the Government has no such aim in view as to have Palestine become as Jewish as England is English.
"3.) Nor does the Government con¬ template the disappearance or subor¬ dination of the Arab population, its language and culture.
,"4.) The status of all citizens in Palestine will be Palestinian, no section will have any "other status in the eyes of the law.
"5.) The Government intends to foster the establishment of the full measure of self-government in Pales¬ tine, and as a next step, Legislative Council with a majority of elected members will be set up immediately.
"0.) The special position df the- Zionist Executive (as the Jewish agency for Palestine) does not' entitle it to share in any degree in the government of the country. ,
Economic Capacity "7.)   Immigration  shall   not  exceed the economic capacity of the country at the time to absorb new arrivals.
"8.) A committee elected by mem¬ bers of Hie Legislative Council will confer with the Administration on matters relating to immigration, differ¬ ences of opinion with regard to immi¬ gration being referred to the Govern¬ ment.
"9.) Any religious community or a considerable section of the population claiming that the terms of the Man¬ date are«not being fulfilled have a right to appeal to the League of Nations."
The White Paper also states that the Zionist Organization has formally as¬ sured the government that the i^ctivitlea of the Z. O. .will be conducted in con¬ formity with the policy set forth.
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