Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-01-24

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S Vol. 20, No. ,5
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1941
Devoted to American - and Jewish Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By PHINEAS J. BIRON
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PAGMACCI LAUGHS
Lisbon Jokesters are getting orders from Berlin to go slow on the anti-Axis gags, we hear
. . Among the stories banned is that of the automobile racer, who, after copping ali the prizes, explained his success by saying: "It's my tires that do the trick
. . I make It a point to have Italian tires on the front wheels and Greek tires In the rear" It's a good thing there's an At¬ lantic Ocean between Berlin and the Manhatlanile who recently was heard lo refer to II Duce as Has-Renito . . . Badolf's own nephew, William Patrick Hit. ler. Is credited with the story of the camera man who was given the assignment to shoot (photographically speaking) Hitler and Mussolini together . . . The photo^ seated the two dictators in the proper position, and then instructed: "Now scowl, please" . . . 'Which re¬ minds us ot the report that on 49th Street there's a barbershop in which the razor strop is ad¬ orned with Hitler's picture . . . Seriously speaking, however, .we want to tell you to wiitoh the^'New York Herald-Tribune for an cfxpose on local bigwigs with Nazi leanings ZIONISt PHILOSOPHIES
jOn "BUslt 42nd Street, whei;fe r,Hi,a. dumber* of Zionist <pf(tceq Ifete
heard the followlner definition pf two schools ot Zionist thought . . The exponent ot one says "England has always been friendly to our cause . . . She gave us the Balfour Declara¬ tion, and since then has done her level best, against bitter Arab opposition, to facilitate the estabiisiunent ot the Jewish Homeland . . . We ali must do everything we can to help Eng¬ land win the war" . . . The ad¬ herent ot the other school of thought, however, declares: "England has never played fair with theiJewa . . . The Balfour Declaraonn was Just a scrap of paper but out to gain Jewish sympathies, while on the other hand England made conflicting promises to the Arabs . . . Since the first worid war Britain has done everything to obstruct the national aspirations of the Jew¬ ish people . . . We all must do everything we can to help Eng¬ land win the war" . . . KABBINIOAIi REPORT
A military rabbi is Harry Richmond of Witchita ... in the last world war he served in France with the 34th Division . . . And now he's in the army again, as Captain Riclimond at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, in Arkansas . . . January 27th is the date tor the reception to be held at the Temple Emanu-El Community House for Profes¬ sor Abraham S. E. Yahuda, fa mous Orientaii!: c and Biblical Scholar, who on that evening ¦will lecture on "The Accuracy •f the Bible in the Light of Egyptian Antiquity" - - . Mem¬ bers of the Reception Commit tee, which is headed by Profes¬ sor Albert Einstein, include Dr. Fernantlo de Los Rios, former' Spanish Ambassador to Wash¬ ington, in whose country Prof. Tahuila taught for many years . . . The arrangements tor the reception, you should ItnOw, have been made by the Commit¬ tee's Secretary, Arthur Meyer- •wltz . . . Next week will see Babbl Bamett R. Brlckner's (Continued on Page 8)
U.S. Rejects Vichy's Plea To Accept Refugees
WASHINGTON (WNS) —A plea made by the Marshal Pe¬ tain Government in Vichy that the United Slates and olher countries in the Western Hemis¬ phere accept thousands ot Ger man refugees, mostly Jews, was rejected by the State Depart¬ ment on the grounds that the United States couid not be party lo any chaotic emigration, particularly with governments under Nazi domination, it was disclosed here.
The rejection was made pub¬ lic by Secretary of Slate Cordeli Hull in his reply to the French Ambassador, Gaston Henry- Haye, who Informed the United States Government that the pres- ence of thousands of , German Jewish refugees in unoccupied France had "seriously aggrava ted the difficulties of the French Government."
In his reply, Mr. Hull chided the French Government for re¬ fusing to issue exit permits to many persons in unoccupied France who have lieen granted American visas but cannot leave France because they carmot ol> tain exit permits
The reason for the failure of the Vichy Qtivemraent to Is¬ sue'ejcltnemilta .to these per-
tieUeved that the' Mazl/Cestapo Is checking the records of all persons holding American visas before permitting Vichy to ai low thom to leave.
After appeaUng lo the "hu¬ manitarian principles" oif the United States, the Vichy Gov¬ ernment suggested that America exert pressure on other coun¬ tries in the Westem Hemis¬ phere to open their doors to the refugees.
'Hunger Committee' Formed In Paris To Ward Off Starvation
VICHY (WNSl—Faced with the prospect of a winter of star¬ vation, the Jews of Paris have created a special "Hunger Com¬ mittee", with eight branches in various parts of the city, accord¬ ing to advices reaching here from the occupied zone.
Since tbe food rations given lo Jews are insufficient, it was decided to pool the resources and establish communal kitch¬ ens which will be operated by the "Hunger Committee". Jew- housewives, afler receiving their weekly rations, will 'bring the food to the "Hunger Commit¬ tee" kitchen nearest their homes.
At the present writing these special kitchens teed 32,000 Jews in Paris daily. The Committee also collects and distributes coal and household utensils, which are extremely difficult for Jews to obtain.
Anoiher report trom occupied France stated that the two well Icnown Jewish attorneys, Nord mann and Veilcuriel, were a mong those arrested recently on the ground that they distri¬ buted   pro-British   propaganda.
Meanwhile,  the Journal Offi-
Nazis Resume War Against Jews As United States Pledges More Aid To Britain
800th Anniversary Of Judah Halevi Set For Jan. Slst To Feb. 7th
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.Icwlsh People
The Columbus Board of Jew¬ ish Ministers has set aside the week ot Jan. 31st to Feb. 7th lo commemorate the SOOth anniver¬ sary of the death of Judah Hal¬ evi. Every rabbi is requested to speak on the topic, or other¬ wise to take note of it in his re¬ ligious work.
Judah Halevi is one of the na¬ tional heroes of the Jewish peo¬ ple. He was a Spanish Jew, a physician, poet and philosopher. As a Hebrew poet, he became extremely popular, and his works stlfl stand as probably the finest ot all Hebrew poems of the centuries. They deal with religious and secular topics bul above all with Zion.
As a philosopher, Halevi wrote the greal book, "The Kuzari", a
Jewish    employees    under the provisions of   the   antl Jewish
defense ot Judaism against cial published daily in Vichy Christianity and Islam; this was disclosed that the Comraunica bafeed on the two ideals of orlho tions   Ministry   discharged   122 doxy and   Jewish    nationalism
and opposed bitterly the new in terpretations of the philosophers lb becama.most^ iwpulacthoth b^ lcail^vdr<'itti Ideeu^andiits.brll
Mr Hull reiterated the basic principles ot the Intergovern¬ mental Committee on Political Refugees, formed at the sugges¬ tion of President Roosevelt, that: (a) on distinctions shall be made between refugees on grounds of race, nationality or religion; (b) no counlry shall be asked or expected to receive a greater number of Immigrants (OoBtlaoed  oa Pag. 6)
National Refugee Service Sets $4,342,150 As Minimum Needs For 1941
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CLiEVELAND (WNS)—Call¬ ing upon American Jews "to solve In an American way our American problem", the board ot directors of the National Refugee Service launched Its first Independent fund-raising campaign after establishing a preliminary needs budget for 1941 at $4,342,150. The NRS was one of three constituent agencies of the now dissolved United Jewish Appeal.
Four new members were elected to the board. They are David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladles Gar¬ ment Workers Union; Monroe Goldwaler, New York attorney; Jerome Udell, New York cloth ing manufacturer, and Alfred D. Lasker, Chicago advertising executive.
Prof. William Haber, execu tlve director of the NRS, told the board that "we must main tain America as a country of refuge". He emphasized that the National Refugee Service Is not solely a relief organizalion. "Our work ta not decihilng. We have every reason to expect full quotas in 1941. We expect 1,000 a month from Germany alone," he said.
Prof. Habor reported (hat the NRS ended tbe year with a cash deficit of $300,000.   Other speak-
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STOCKHOLM (WNS) — An¬ gered by President Roosevelt's announcement that the United Slates \vouId extend every con¬ ceivable aid to Great Britain, high Nazi officials proclaimed a total war against the approxi¬ mately 5,000,000 Jews in Ger¬ many and Nazi-controlled coun¬ tries, according to newspaper dispatches received here.
Journalists arriving here from Berlin reported that the Nazis kept their anti-Jewish drive in check so long as the possibility existed that Germany couid en¬ list American sympathy in the European struggle. However, now that President Roosevelt has removed any vestige of doubt as to the future American course ot aclion, the Nazis will unleash all their violence against the Jews.
Reports persisted, meanwhile, that German Jews will shortly appeal for aid lo American Jews. The Jewish situation in Gennany Is rapidly becoming worse and emigration remains the only possible means ot salva¬ tion. Food rations for Jews are being constantly reduced, while, on the other hand, taxes on Jew¬ ish Incomes are being raised.
The intensification of the German war effort has made it necessary to employ Jews in war Industries      Jewish work¬
ers included Harry Greenstein, executive director of the Assoc¬ iated Jewish Charities ot Balti¬ more; William J. Shroder, chair¬ man of the Board ot the Coun¬ cil of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and Dr. Frank Kingdon, former president of Newark University and chair man of the Emergency Rescue Committee.
Mr. Shroder staled: "Jews ot America will be Judged by the manner in which they handle the American refugee problem Whatever is necessary must be done in handling the problem Refugees must not be excluded fpom normal channels of Ameri¬ can life If they are lo become good Americans. We owe it as Americans to prepare new¬ comers to enrich American life."
"Solution of the refugee Is "one of the battle lines of free¬ dom in the United Stales," Dr. Kingdon said. "The best In¬ terpreters of democracy are the refugees—those who have been the victims of Its destruction. Our own liberty Is meaningless unless we are committed to a program of mpre liberty every¬ where. We cannot have world four-fifths slave and one- fifth tree. The dynamics of democracy is the extension of liberty on all fronts."
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When Halevi was tlfty-fWe years of age, a successful phy siclan 'highly honored because of his writing, he decided to leave his native Spain and re¬ turn to Palestine. This was a desperate venture during that time of the Crusades, when the entire Mediterranean was a bat¬ tlefield between Christians and Moslems. He went to Egypt and to Damascus, and then drop¬ ped suddenly from view. Ac¬ cording to tradition, he came wUhln sight ot the Holy City, and while reciting his magnifi¬ cent "Ode lo Zion," was ridden down by an Arab horseman. That event occurred eight hund¬ red yeai-s ago, but his works and his personality are still po lent factors In the lite of the Jewish people.
ADLER  SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED  BY  MRS. WARBURG At SEMINARY
NEW YORK (WNS)—The establishment of a Cyrus Adler Scholarship by Mrs. Felix M. Warburg was announced at a meeting of the board of direc¬ tors of The Jewish Theological Seminary ot America. Mrs. Warburg bas made a gift ot $10,000.00 to the Seminary, the income to be awarded each year to the outstanding student ot| the graduating class of the Rab¬ binical  Department.
ly food ration of a Workiiig Jew in Germany consists of two and a half pounds of bread, a quar¬ ter pound of butter, a halt pound of meat, less than a pound of sausage and four pounds ot po tatoes.
Jews cannot buy, even if they had the necessary funds, any vegetables, truU, tish, poultry, rice and chocolate. They are permitted three eggs a month German Jews living in decent quarters have been evicted and shunted into old, dilapidated buildings.
With conditions what they are, Jews have but one thought
 escape to olher countries   Ac
cording lo the Frankfurter Zeit¬ ung 4,755 Jews left Germany during the first three months ot 1940 despite war restrictions placed on travel. Of Ihls num ber. It was reported 2,364 went to North America and 1,138 to Soulh America, chiefly to Bo livia, BrazU, Argentina and Venezuela. Palestine provided refuge during that period for 254 German Jews.
B'nai B'rith Cables Funds To Aid Refugee Children Out Of Homes In London
LEAGUE FOR PALESTINE GIVES AMBULANCE TO BRITISH DESERT TROOPS
NEW YORK (WNS)—T h e first "Indian" type ambulance, especially designed for use in desert warfare, was presented to the British-American Ambu lance Corps by the Women's League for Pali .ine at its an nual luncheon at the Hotel Wal¬ dorf-Astoria. Mrs. William Prince, president of tbe league, I made the presentation.
WASHINGTON (JVNS) — A draft tor $1,000 was cabled to London by B'nal B'rilh head quarters lo aid the B'nal B'rith Care Committee for Refugee Children In London to find new homes for those of the 550 chil dren from Germany, Austria, Poland and Czechoslovakia, un der its care who were made homeless when the hostels in which they were living were smashed by Gennan bombs Two drafts totaling $4,00 had pre¬ viously been cabled to London by B'nai B'rith tor the maintenance ot refugee children brought to England by the British lodges and auxiliaries prior to the out- I break of the war.
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