Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1942-03-06

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Vo/. 21, No, 10
COIjUMBUS,   OHIO,   MAB<:H   fl,   1942
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Strictly Confidential
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Hitler Blames Jews For His Trouble In Russia
YOU SHOri/D KNOW
Intimate.s  of   the   late   novel¬ ist     and     biographer      Stefan Zwelg know that the real reas¬ on behind his dramatic suicide wa.s  thi.s: Zweig had grown so pes.siml.stic about the course of world   events  and   the Increase of Fa.scist .strength in the We,st- ern  hemisphere that    he    was worrying lest his European ex¬ perience would  have to be  re¬ peated on this side of the At¬ lantic . . . .\nd he was too tired to repeat that experience New York's Governor    Lehman recently addressed a great Vic¬ tory I,oan meeting in Montreal .   .   .   And   that  section  of   the French Canadian  press    which stilJ carries on an intensive an- tl-,Semitlc campaign   iet  loose  a terrific barrage at the Oovernor. telling tiim that no advice was wanted from a .few . . . The New Yorif press, while it carried the ¦slory  of    Governor    Lehman'.sj inspiring   addre.ss.   did   not   re¬ port  this    outrageous    discour-' tesy . . . But nothing would l)e gained  hy  hiding the  fact that at no time in the  last twenty- five  years    has    anli-Semitism been permitted to run so rife in the  Province  Quebec  as   today .  .   .   Ail   of which  reminds  us that   Columnist     Ed     Sullivan, now reporting on the    Florida settle, Is burnt up about;   the .slWench, refugee   ¦who;   having ' fbliiSia 'a''haveiJ"lierg 'ftbtti the Nazi oppressors who have over¬ run  his homeland, has  openedl up   a   hotel   that   maintains   a "No Jews Allowed" policy  . . . TRUE STORV
Benny Nussbaum, a Long Is¬ land City  paperhanger  and  an air raid  warden besides, found himself  something of  a  public] figure  last weeic when  an en¬ terprising OCD press agent dis¬ covered that only in 1935 Hit¬ ler had awarded him a special medal for bravery in the first' world war . . . Denny's bravery is a matter of record—he serv¬ ed as a dispatch rider in Germ-' an   army,   and  won   the   Iron Cross . . . But the Hitler med al is something else again . . Nussbaum  has   lived  in  Amer-I ica  for  almost  twenty     years
GRNKVA, (JPS) —Chanting! the .same tune which brought him to power in Germany, Adolfj Hitler, arch-enemy of the Jew ish people, told the Nazi chiefs, in Munich in commemoration of the twenty-second anniversary of the Nazi Party that the Jews are to blame for everything, even the failure of the German at¬ tack on Soviet Russia.
Trying hard to alibi the Nazi defeats. Hitler turned to hisj favorite topic—the Jews. "To us old Natlonai Socialists, and particularly to you, my oldest comrades,  this    community    of
MEN IN SERVICE UST TO BB PUBLISHED IN NEXT WERKS I88UK
The next revised list of Co-I lumhusitea in the military forces of the U. S. will ho announced in next week's is.sue of Chron¬ icle. Call Allan Tarshlsh. chair¬ man of tho roster committee of the Army and Navy General Committee, for additional names or corrections. Phone AD. 0105 or EV. .WOl.
DR. JAMES HELLER RE-ELECe PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMER. RABBIS
Central Conference of American Rabbis Urges Creation of
Jewish Army; Rabbis See Need for American Jewish
Congress to Represent All Jews; Vengeance Against
Axis Peoples Condemned in Report
Pegler Sees Jews Treated Worse Than Negroes
(•HICAOO, (.IPS)—Tho .lew in Germany is trcaiod far more in- Jewish capitalism and communi-  humanly thnn the Negro in the i,sm  Is nothing new." The Nazi  Cnilcd .States, il w,is a.s.serted by leader  had   previously   declared  VVesil)rook     IVgler.     rationally
that the war was reaching final showdown with the conspir¬ acy that, starting with the bank¬ ers of the plutocratic world and ending in the tombs of the Krem¬ lin, is pursuing the same goal— extermination of the Aryan na¬ tions and peoples."
The Reich leaders declared: "Just as was the case In our own country during and    after    the
first World War, so it Is today only the Jews, and again and again the Jew, who are respon¬ sible for conflicts among nations . . . Today, however, the ideas of our National Socialist, and those
syndicated columnist, in discuss¬ ing Ihc Negroe's role in tho Am erican war effort and (ipvolop- ment of American tolerance.
Pointing out that Hitler "would degrade him (the Negro) to the position of a beast," Pegler wrote that "the error is often made of .s.iying Ihat the United States I.s no   less  oppressive   toward   the
B'nai B'rith To Hear Talk On Ohio State Penal Institutions
Zion Lodge No. (12. B'nai B'rith will feature Warden Wil¬ liam F. Amrine of the London Pri.son Farm, in a program sponsorofi by the Social Sorvice Committee next Monda.v ovoning at the liroad St. Temple.
Abe A. Wolman, state chair, man of .Social Service for Ohio, will preside and will prescnl a report on the state-wide work of his committee. Rabhl Lee .1. Lev¬ inger. chaplain of Ohio Peniten¬ tiary, is also to speak briefly on the .lewish inmates of the penal in.stitution.s.
(CINCINNATI, O., (JPS)—Dr. .lames G. Heller was re-elected President of the Central Confer¬ ence of American Rabbis, at the organization's .53rd annual con¬ vention, held at the Netherland Plaza Hotel here.
Other officers electefi were: Rahhi Solomon B. Freehof, Pitts- liurgh. Vlce-Preslrienl; Rahbi Louis Binstock. Chicago. Treas¬ urer; Rahbi l.saac E. Marcuson, Macon, Ga., Recording Secretary; Rtibhi Sidney !>, Regner. Read¬ ing. Pa., Corresponding Secre¬ tary.
Cho.sen to the Executive Roard of the C. C. A. R. for a 2-year term were: Ftabbi Philip Ji. Book¬ staber, Harrisburg. Pa.; Solom¬ on N. iiazell, Louisville; Julius Mark. Na.shville; Lawrence W. Schwariz, White Plains, N. Y.; Aliraham Shusterman, Balti¬ more;    Sidney   Tedesche.    New
Warden Amrine has had wide experience both at I^ondon Pris-j York
Calls tor Jewish Army Tho Central Conference of A^
Negro   Ihan   Hitler   toward   the
.lew and the feelings of colored  on Farm and also as warden of men have heen churned up by the Ohio  Penitentiary, and  his
this thought. But it Is a declared  mes.sage on "Modern Treatment erican Rabbis in a series of re'.
policy and purpose of the Nazi  of the  Criminal"   should   prove olulions urged the establishment
government to dehumanize the most    interesting    to ail    B'nai  of a Jewish Army in Palestine
itia^ttjttat OUV..UI.O,., a..u w.oo= Jew aud deprive him of all hu- B'rith.   As founder of the splen-  thus adding Its voice "to the de^
of the Flasclst, revolution have man rights, whereas our Const!- did Institution which    he    now  mand   that the  Jewish  popula-  .
conquered large   and   powerful tutlon and laws pointedly recog- heads,  Mr.    Amrtne's    achleve-1 uon ol Pal^sUne, be. gliycn the,,    ,„
States, and my predictioniwiii nlz^ the colored rnan.aSra.bu-
ppSitlom oii tbefNegto.'f-ihe'iik- criminations ctnd denials' are bn- perfections which our govern¬ ment has been trying to work out for many years and, as re¬ lations and understanding Im¬ prove between the races, his, status steadily rises."
Pegler concludes that "the Ne¬ gro has more to lose than any other American but the Jew by a victory for Adolf Hitler." —Bny Detense Bonds.^
"America First" Still
Ilnd; Its fuinilment'.'^that-'lqr'itwis warr'not' the 'Aiyaflsbtit' thej Jews will be exterminated, !
"Whatever this flght still hasi In store for us, or however long, it may last, this will be Its fln-i al result. Only then, after thesel parasites have been removed, will the suffering world be re¬ lieved by a long period of under¬ standing among nations, and true peace wiii come over the world."
—Bay Defense Bonds—
B'nai B'rith Names Spring Membership Drive Committee
The Spring Membership Cam paign of Zion Lodge, B'nai B'rith
and besides, being a Jew, has begins Sunday, March Sth, with as little use for Hitler as Adolf more than two hundred prospects has for him . . . Bul he's keep-  in the hands of the membership
ing the medal against the day of Hitler's funeral, he declares . . . Then he'll send it back to Gennany, he adds, "lo show 1 haven't forgotten all he did lo the country." . . . THIS   AND  THAT
Monroe Oppenheimer, a New York attorney, has worked up' a plan for a post-war world government that is now belngj studied by the Board of Ec-i onomic Warfare in Washington, which is headed by Vice Presi¬ dent Wallace . . . Nathan Strauss, they're now saying, will be returning to public life soon, and it may be that he'll lurn up in a State Department post . . . The latest Hollywood- Ite to be drafted for the maklngj 0/ a Government film Is screen writer Leonard Spiegelgiass Paul Muni fans delighted not long ago to find him partici¬ pating In one of Uncle Sam's "This Is War" network presen¬ tations . . . Hats off to Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, veteran work¬ er In philanthropic and com¬ munal causes in both the Jew¬ ish and the general field . . . (Continued  oo  P««o 8)
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Thfs iiniisii'al program' Is bpeii to all B'nal B'rlth members, the ladies of the Auxiliary and their friends. The meeting will begin promptly at 8 o'clock.
—Bny Defense Bonds—
Rabbi Gup on "Church of The Air" Program Sunday at 2 p. m.
Talking America Last
NEW VOKK (JPSI-Meetlngs| of America Firsters are still be¬ ing held in Bronx, although the members gather furtively, in-' quiring newspapermen discover¬ ed as they entered a building at
At the next weekly program titled "Church of the Air", con¬ ducted by Station WBNS, on this Sunday, March 8, at 2 p. m., Rabbl Samuei M. Gup, of Bryden Road Temple, will be the speaker.
This program was initiated by Dr. M. H. Lk-hliter. of the I''irst Congregalionak Church, and the
committee. It is hoped to reach a total enrollment of 950 mem¬ bers by the end of the drive this year. The present membership is 850.
The   campaign  commiutee   is composed of the following:
Allan Tarshish, Chairman; Sid¬ ney L. Katz, Co-Chairman: Sam J. Schlonsky, Co-Chairman; Ed Schlezinger, Bernard Feitlinger, Isadore M. Harris, Walter Katz, Isadore Garek, Justin Sillman, Wm. Wasserstrom, Jack Wol¬ stein, Ben Tolpen, Harry Schwartz, Abe Wolman, Ben Neustadt, Robert Meilman, Abe Venkln, Harry Goldstein, Milton Staub, Sam Luper, Max Herz¬ berg, Sanford Lakln, Frank Bay¬ er, Frank Fauffman, Sam Gor¬ don, Ben Yenkin, Charles Ross, Sig Weisskerz, Harry Krakoff, Dr. R. Jaffee, Wm. Kahn, Dr. M. A. Krakoff, B. J. Schan¬ farber, Theodore Lehman, Her¬ man Luckotf, Rudolph Stem, Al M.   Harris,  Dr.   A.   H.   Kanter
4351 White Plains Road and saw Rahbl three monlhs ago. and it a sign saying "America Firsl is intended to .serve the higher Commitlee meeling every Thurs- interesls of the various churches day."
The members    present   were reading "Social Justice."  When
asked the purpose of their gath¬ ering, a leader replied that the group "discusses knitting sweat¬ ers for boys in service and to contact the OCD and the volun¬ teer services." When one report er asked where the local Air Raid headquarters are, another spokesman replied: "Probably in a Jewish church."
—Bay Detense Stamps— B'NAI B'RITH CABLES REUEF FUNDS TO HONOLULU .JEWRY
Of ithe democracies.'' -In Its strongly worded resolution, the C. C. A. R. declared:
"Whereas, the free peoples of the world are now engaged In a war for decency, justice and good faith in International rela¬ tions, and for the defense of their homes and their freedoms against oppression and slavery,
"And whereas, the , Jewish population of Palestine is eager to defend its soil and its home to the last man,
"And whereas, despite its formal approval of the plan, the Government of Great Britain has still failed to avail Itself of the offer of the Jewish Agency for Palestine to estabii.sh a military unil based on Palestine, compos¬ ed of Palestinian and stateless Kuropean Jews,
'Be it resolved that the Cen¬ tral Conference of American Rabbis adds its voice to the de¬ mand that the Jewish population
in  the community  through   the
presenlalion of a non-denomina-	
lional  church  period  conducted  "f Palestine be given the prlv by leading mini.sler.s of the City  Hege of establishing a military
-¦       ¦ ¦    1 force which will fight under Its
own banner on the side of the
and Central Ohio, in it.s larger aspects, it aims to cement the ties of fellow-understanding and good will between Jew and non- Jew, and Christian by indicating the many common elements of agreement that are at the basis of enlightened religion and pa¬ triotism.
The people of our community are asked to listen to this pro¬ gram and lo express their com¬ ments directly lo the station. It
dent, announced here. The  money  was  sent  in   re-
m.   i.aii,o,  .^   sponse to an  appeal  by  Israel
Goodman   Kaplan,  Lee   Yassen- Welnsteln of Ihe Honolulu B'nal
  I has been apparent that the pro-
WASHINGTON, (JPS)—Hono-I gram has met with widespread ^"'public approval in increasing voiume, week after week. Ob¬ viously, It serves as one of the vital uniting forces In Central Ohio and thereby contributes greatly to the upbuilding of spir¬ itual unity In our midst.
lulu Jewry, which numbers 150 families, has been presented with $1,000 for Immediate war- created civilian relief and em¬ ergency welfare needs by B'nai B'rith,   Henry     Monsky,   Presl-|
off, Dr. W. P.'^Engeiman, Harry| B'rith Ix)dge.
Harbor attack two Torah scrolls were sent by B'nai B'rith to Hon-' olulu for use In religious serv-
democracies, under Allied com¬ mand, to defend Its own land and the Near East to the end that the victory of democracy may be hastened everywhere." The C. C. A. R. also approved a campaign "to mobilize an ad¬ ditional twenty-five thousand members for your Reform cong¬ regation." Dr. Heller had pre¬ viously stressed that Reform Ju- . dai.sm had not won the masses of American Jewry to Ita side. The C.C.A.R approved a drive to fos¬ ter the establishment of local synagogue councils. In line with the "salutary tendency toward unity" which "has manifested It¬ self In American Jewish Ufe," noted by Dr. Heller.
Congress lor AU Jews If the Jewish problem Is ade¬ quately to be dealt with in the postwar period, the United Na¬ tions roust be confronted by a
Beckman, Ben Grossman, David     Honolulu   Jews   maintain   a olulu for use w reugioua kciv- uuua muov  u>. w.  -,   _
Guberman, Leonard Kohn, Mart- synagogue and    a    community Ices for Jewish soldiers and sail- united American Jewry, to be In Rosenthal, Louis Schlezlnger, center. Shortly before the Pearl ors. icontinuei on Page «