Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1942-11-27

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Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \][\^
Vol. 21, No.  IS
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY,  NOVEMBEll 27, 1942
Devoted    to    American nitil    JowlHh    liiealii
Strictly Confidential
TIdbltB Prom Everywhere By  Phineas ,1.  Blron
WAR NEWS . . .
te The len thou.sand Free Frenchmen who are at this writ¬ ing trel<lting across the North African desert to join the Allied forces against Rommel will do much to redeem the good name of la belle France, which the Lavals and Petains are dragging in the mud ... So just think what a Jewish Army of 100,000 could do to correct certain im¬ pressions spread by Nazi propa¬ ganda even in this country . : . And if any of you have any doubts concerning tho kind, of soldiers the Palestinian Jews will make, just consider the case of Private Jacob Dab of Tel Aviv, who has been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in action in North Africa as a mem¬ ber of a Commando unit Private Dab, just twenty years old, has nlready seen two years' service in this war . . . (a Corporal Bernard J. Kessel of the U. S. Army, the Eirooklynite who hit the front page last week when ho practically captured Oran single-handed in a General Grant, was always considered something of a shiemiehl by his family and friends when it came to anything mechanical ... In Brooklyn, indeed, the tank ace was known as so clumsy that he couldn't even learn to drive a car, and his assignment to the ,. tank, corps was greeted with a
e^eers' oy- an'^Wiff him . . . Only his fiancee, Miss Rita Weihherg, had faith in him and kept insisting that he would make good . . . And now Kessel will most likely go down in his¬ tory as one of America's great
WILL HAYS DEPLORES USE OF DERANGE'
NEW YORK (JPS)—Abandon¬ ment of the u.'iie of the word "tol¬ erance" on the ground that it "keep disunity alive" was asked here hy Will Hay.'?, former U. S. Postmaster General and movie- producing organization head, at a dinner honoring the chaplains of all faiths with the armed forces. The function was spon¬ sored by the National Confer- eme of Christians and Jews.
"When soldiers, sailors or ma¬ rines face a common danger" Mr. Hays said, "they cannot stop to think of differences that lie beneath their uniform. They cannot stop to think of race or creed. Each calls out to his comrade: 'Come on, buddy, let's g"'
"On the home front, we .serve and sacrifice together. War bonds and stamps are not sec¬ tarian. There is no Protestant or C^athoiic or Jewish way of mailing a plane or a tank. Each says 10 his neighbor, "Come on brother, let's go!
"This is not mere tolerance. Tiilpranc-o is not a word of unity, II is a word which keeps disun ity alive. A .self-righteous neigh bor tolerates a neighbor whom he does not respect. Let us be done with this thin word, this frayed rope of unity. A man re¬ spects his neighbor and he re¬ spects his neighbor's creed. A- bove all, he respects his neigh¬ bor's right to have a creed.
rlghts>> §f !T«irr"SiitIzeiIs-''sl and remain equally sacred and sacredly equal is the responsibil¬ ity ot the majority. A minority should not be compelled to assert its rights. It is the duty of the majority   to  assert   and  respect
HEADS Z. O. A. WAR EFKORT COMMITTEE
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FULTON LEWIS SAYS UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICIALS FAVOR JEWISH BAHALION
GOV. LEHMAN NAMED RELIEF DIRECTOR TO AID WORLD
WAHIIINtiTON (JPSi -Gover¬ nor Herbert H, I.ehmi.n of New York has been apjxjintcd hy I'resideni Roo.sovolt as Director of Foreign Relief and Rchabiilla- lion. lo serve imder the Deparl- menl (tf Stale, to bring food and assistance now and to plan post¬ war reconstruction     throughout
est war heroes, though few will] the'rights of ev"ery minority.   A
remember that he is a Jew Just as few remember today that John Ordronaux, the famous privateer captain of the War of 1812, was a Jew . . . We are re¬ minded of Ordronaux by Fletch¬ er Pratt, the military expert and commentator, who calls our at¬ tention to the fact that the des¬ troyer Ordronaux was launched at Quincey, Mass., on November 9th, and adds that to the best ot his knowledge this is the first U. S. Naval vessel to be named after a Jewish officer . . . FOR THE RECORD . . . ^ Orchids to Arthur Hays Sulzberger ot the New York Times for his Journalistic ethics . . . After his recent public blast against Zionism and the Jewish
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.ludge M. Rotlienberg VVAHHINGTON (JPS)—Judge Morris Rothenherg, former Pres ident of the Zionist Organization of America, has been appointed as chairman of the National War Effort Committee ot Ihe Z, O, A, for the purpose of "co-ordinat ing and intensifying the partici¬ pation of American Zionist units throughout the coimlry in all branches of civilian war ser¬ vices".
The new committeo that is to he headed by Judge Rothenherg was created in accordance with a resolution adopted at the Zion¬ ist convention last month. Judge Rothenherg virili direct and ad¬ minister the activities of war ef-
'ot^BK6^^^?Z1^sP ijISmcts and regions in more than 500 communities throughout the country, according to Judge Louis E. Levinthal, Z. 0. A. Pres- .sidenl, who announced Judge^ Rothenberg's appointment.
Record Crowd Is Anticipated For
Radio Sl<it Will Feature Council Meeting Tuesday
A clever radio skit entitled "Fun To Be Free", by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, will be a feature of-the local section. Na¬ tional Council of Jewish women meeting to be held Tuesday, Dec. 1st, at the Bryden Road Temple.
The program, which is to be¬ gin promptly at 2 P. M., will in¬ clude in its cast Mesdames Louis Harris, S. Shaman. T. Polster, Robert Blashek, I. J. Stone, W. L. Hennessey and A. B. Weinfeld. Mrs. 1. J. Stone is the director of the presentation and Mrs. J. Bar- it, assistant director, wUi be in charge of sound effects and the music.
The opening prayer will be] given by Mrs. Russell Joseph.
majority must be worthy of its trust."
The dinner meeting was told that by the end of the year there, i,,„„-,,„u n:„„„„
will be 10,000 chaplains of all ivreeyoR Dinner
faiths wilh the services. The National Conference is arranging for joint teams of Catholic, Prot estant and Jewish ministers to live in army camps, naval and air bases for several days, min¬ gle with officers and men, con¬ duct conferences with chaplains and consult with Individual sol¬ diers.
"We believe that even if the men forget everything they hear, the mere fact that they see Calholic priests, Protestant min¬ isters and Jewish rabbis speak¬ ing from the same platform, and working in understanding good will, eating in the same mess- halls with Ihem, will provide such a vivid dramatic demonstra¬ tion of good Americanism that when these men go back home, it will be impossible for such hate movements as the KKK, Sil ver Shirts and others to again get a foothold in American com-
A record crowd is anticipated foi- the 2lsl Anniversary Dinner of the Ivreeyoh Society which is to he held this Sunday, Nov. 29, (i I'. M.. in the Agudath Achim Social Hall. Mrs. M. Hirsch sprung will give Ihe invocation. Guests of honor, who are to participate in the program and will extend greetings, are Rabbis Leopold Greenwald, M. Hirsch¬ sprung, Nathan Zelizer, Samuel Gup and Rabbi Harry Kaplan, Dr. E. J. Gordon, Dr. H. W. Ab¬ ramson and Mrs. A. Goldberg. The musical portion of the eve¬ ning's program will be in charge of Cantor P. Gellman who will render vocal selections, accom panled on Ihe piano by his daughter, Pauline.
Of special interest will be the
last presidents'  table  at  which
will be seated many of the loyal
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munity life", Andrew Gottschall,' ganlzation during the past years.
director of the Conference camp; They are  Mesdames  Harry   Sil-
the world in co-operation vvlth the Allies of the United States. Mr. Lehman advised the Presi¬ dent that he would resign as New York's Governor about De¬ cember .Ird, not completing his term which runs until January 1st, in order to start promptly on his new post.
The VVhite House announce¬ ment of Mr. I^ehman's new task, considered to be one of the most imjHjrIant aspects of Amer¬ ica's war and peace strategy, was as follows: "Governor Lehman will undertake  Ihe work of or
WASHINGTON (JPS)—Com¬ menting on Secretary of War Slimson's announcement of the formation of an Austrian bat¬ talion within the fra.nework of the United Stales Army, Fulton l.pwis, ,Ir., well known Washing¬ ton rtidio commentator, strongly commended the idea of a "Pales¬ tinian battalion" and declared thai "high Army sources" with whom he had conferred had been "exircmely receptive to the idea".
Such a I'alestinian battalion, .said Mr. Lewis, woukl be formed of any Palestinian Jews now in tho United States plus all "state¬ less" .lews who wished to join, and would in no way affect the status of United States citizen- .soldiers of the .lewish faith, who would, of course, retain their present status as members of the i'. S. Army.
Army officials had assured him, Mr. Lewis declared, that tiiere was nolhing in Ihe regula¬ tions that wf)uld prevent such a unit from iiaving its own insig¬ nia and lis own lianner, with its symbol preferably "the six-point¬ ed star of King David". The moral effect upon the enemy of meeting up with such a battal¬ ion woidd be incalculable, the commentator asserted.
To speak of  political difficul¬ ties with the Arabs because ot the formation of such a battal¬ ion, or to excuse the lack of a (Jewish Army in Palestine Itself
tlatlons with Admiral Darlan-InK,-. North Africa, Mr. Lewis pointed - out.
Perhaps one of the most potent reasons for the formation of such a imit, he said, was the fact that already, even in this coun¬ try, there were many ready to repeat the canard that "this war is being fought for the Jews, but but they are not fighting In it themselves". The very fact of Jewish battalions would keep such a statement from gaining credence and poisoning the post-
ganizing American participation' ^^'"'' atmosphere, since it must in fhe activities of the United ''« realized that the mere win- Nations in furnishing relief and "'",8 "\^^^ '"'"' *°",','J not auto- other assistance  to  the  victims|           -.-.,-   •¦      ™=.„   ««
program told the dinner guests.
SENATOR'S   SON   KILLED ON   (iUARDALCANAl.
berstein,   Ilert   Wolman,   Siidie
Tushbant,    1.    L.    Goldberg,    B.
Greenberg, H. Roth, Jacob Wels-
berg and Robert Wasserman.
Mrs. Samuel Meizlish, Ivreeyoh
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Senator Lazarus Joseph has been i^^^i„„  [^  ^^^  ^.^^^ers  of'^her
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Gaudaicanal. The youngest Cap-, j,^,, ^^^^^^ ^„j gratitude to the
tain in the U. S. Marine Corps at many   friends in  the  Columbus
Guadalcanal,    22-year-o-ld    Cap-, Jewish    community    for    their
tain Joseph had enlisted in the splendid cooperation.
marines   in   1938,  dropping  hlsl    Mrs. A.  R. Schwartz will act
studies at Columbia University, i as mistress of ceremonfes for the
of war in the areas reoccupied by forces of the United Nations.
"This is a step in the Presi¬ dent's program of mobilizing the available resources in this coun¬ try in food, clothing, medcial supplies and other necessities so that it may make an immediate anti effective contriliution to joint efforts of the United Na¬ tions in the field of relief and rehabilitation. Governor Leh¬ man's appoinlmeiii assures that this country will play its part in such efforts".
Mr. Lchnuin, who has been Governor of .New York for ten years, has two .suns and a son-in- law in the armed services. Horn in New York City, in 1878. he was Ihe youngest of seven sons of Mayer   Lehman,   who   left   Ger-
matically erase all prejudice from the world. He concluded by stating that he would do all in his power to see to it that this Jewish battalion jvlthin the I'. S. Army would be authorized.
to the Lieutenant Governorship of New York, serving with Roosevelt as Governor, he re¬ signed as a member of Lehman Brothers, large banking house. During the last war he was in the (luartermaster service of the General Staff, reaching the rank of Colonel, in the postwar per¬ iod he was named a special as¬ sistant to the Secretary of War. His ten years as Governor have been marked by prudent finan¬ cial administration and far- readiing social improvements. Mr, Lehman has been actively
many in IKIK and settled in Mont-| iii,.,uified with a number of Ini- gomery,   Ala.    After  graduaUng  p„ruini Jewish causes, to ail of
which he has conlributed gener-
from Williams College, Herbert Lehman entered the lextile busi¬ ness and later went into finance. At the time of bis first election
occasion.
The cause of Jewish educa-' tion thtu the Columbus Hebrew School, the only daily education¬ al institution serving local Jew¬ ry, Is the main project of the Ivreeyoh Society.
tiusly. His most active associa¬ tion has been with the Joint Dis¬ triliution Committee. He is also an Honorary Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal and of¬ ficer in other bodies.
Show you appreclBtloa to the Cbronicle'M 21 ytmt» of loyal and de¬ voted iervlce to Oolmnbue JewUh OommaDlty by t>»ylaK your BObuirip- tlon  now—13.00  per  tbe  yb^r.
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