Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1943-01-22

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Vol 22, No. 4
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, .JANUARY 22, ll)4.1
Devoted to American and Jewiah  Ideala
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Everywhere By Phinoas J.  Biron
Graduation Services At Schonthal Center Next Tuesday Night
WE WONDER . ..
fe Is it true that   Lessing   J, Rosenwald resigned as iiead of the War Production Board's Con- servation Division   because   he could-not stomach the anti-Semi¬ tic pressure prevalent in many Washington official circles? . . . In pre-war days, hy the way, Ro¬ senwald   was   chairman   of   the Ijoard of the    Sears,    Roebuck Company, of which Nelson, now W. P. B. chairman, wa.s an execu¬ tive vice president .  .  .  Nelson and Rosenwald are clo.se friend.'?, and the W. P. 1). chief i.s known as   a   staunch   opponent   of   all racial   and   rellglou.s   prejudice- mongerlng . . . We wonder, too. how much credence to put into the rumors that Secretary of tho Treasury Henry .1. Morgenthau, .ir..   Is   slated   to   head   a   new liiidy  that is to draw  up plan.s for the prevention of a post-war. inflation period nnt only In this country hut all over the world CORRECTION, PLKAHE . . . ta Aside   to   Elliott   Paul;    Not only  wa.s  Hugo  Stinnes.  whom in your "The I^st Titne I Saw Paris"  y(fu  idejitify  as  a   "Cer- man-Jewi.sh, /multi-millionaire", not a Jew. Aut he had decided antl-Semitlc/leaning.s . , . Indeed, at one state conference at which Walter   Rathenau,    then   .Ger¬ many's foreign minister, made a proposal designed  to    aid    his country In the  difficult  period I - immeidlately following the  last war, Stinnes   turned    the ' tide agalnat  the  Rathenau   plan  by Sneering at it as a product of "an alien   psychology",   and   Jience not   to  he  considered   hy   "true Cermans" ...  In thi;; mi.sstate- ment     of yours,  Mr.   I'aul,  we don'l, however, see any mallcl- ou.s Intent on your pan, Imt only a  distressing sign of the  effect of the constant repetition of anti- Semitic  propaganda,    s(j    insid¬ iously   persuasive   that   even   a hheral writer like you wlll la'ke it   for   granted   that   Stinnes   — who, to ijuote you again, "made his fortune while others In tier- many   wero   starving"   —   must Ipso facto have been a .lew . . . .IKWIHH   NEWH ^.\ The Syracuse B'nai B'rith is holding  out  a   real   induccmcni for  War Bond  inirchasers at a rally  it l.s staging    early    next month . . . The hundred persons who Invest the largest amounts in the Bonds will receive a neat¬ ly  wrapped  prize package   con¬ taining one whole pound of bul¬ ler .. . New York Wall  Street Synagogue is, to the best of our knowledge,  the only synagogue In the country where people may have their fingcrprinLs recorded, .  . . The Two  weeks' ai'inisticc between   the  Zionists   and  anil- Zionlsts does not plea.se the Zinn¬ ist rank afid file, who arc sii,\ iiig. "We don't  want  to do Imsiness .with 'La/.aroticr' " . . . Then'   rrc persisleiit   rumors  lo   the  eflect thai Morris Mai'gidies.Crsl u Inle seiTetary of the Zinnist  (Irgani- zalion ol .Nnicrii.a and now w.ith tllc   Iniled  .lewish   War   I'lffort. will before long he fulfilling im¬ portant duiies on tile staff of re¬ lief director llerberl II. I.ehinan . . .  V'l'tci-.in Zinnist Charles Co- wen will soon assume the ipnsts of pidjli.sher and   editor of  (he monthly .Iewlsh Mirror . . . New Yorks   Vcshlva   College,    which brings   out     the     distinguished scientific (luarterly  Scrljita   Ma¬ thematica,     also   . publishes     a l'"rench   literary    magazine    en- (Contlnued on Page Eight)
Rnbbi    Knplan    To    Speak    At
Coromonics    To    Which
Everyone Is In-vltecl
Special graduation ceremonies honoring new citizens wlJl be held at the Schonthal Center next Tuesday evening, Jan. 26th, at 8 o'clock. This event is be¬ ing held under the jojnt auspices of the Council ot Jewish Women and the Columbus Board of Edu¬ cation.
A cordial invitation to attend is exteoded the general public as well as all graduates, their fam¬ ilies and all enrolled in citizen¬ ship and Americanization clas¬ ses.
A most interesting and impor¬ tant program has been planned to make this an outstanding oc¬ casion. Rabbl Harry Kaplan, director of Ohio State University Hillel Foundation, wlll deliver a timely talk. A fine musical program is also planned by the Jr. Hadassah Choral group and (Continued on Page 8)
TWO CONGREGATIONS TO HOIJ)  8PBCIA1,  SERVICE
ClrciHnstances beyond their control havo necessitated tho changing of the day of special services for Nazi victims oC persecution as suggested by tho local .Tewlsh Comm'unlty Council.
Rabbl M. Hirschsprung will hold his special prayer meet¬ ing on ne.vt Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, at the Ainidath Achini synagogne while Ral>- bl L. Greenwald Is to observe thla occasion on 8aturdn.v eve¬ ning, Jan. .10, at (t o'clock.
The public Is Invited to join in thla expression of sorrow for European Jewi-y.
T. I. Temple To Hold Mortgage Burning Event On Jan. 31st
Jewish Fund-Raising Thiough Wai Chests Uzged By U. S. Govt.
Past, Acting Chairman of War Eelie£ Control Board Tells
Council of Federations' Assembly That Jews Should
Give Spiritual Note to War Chest Movement;
Civic lycfcnse  Situation  nittcrly  Debated  At Cloveiand  Session
Which Re-elected Sidney Hollander
President of Conncll
PSYCHIATRIST WILL
ADDRESS B'NAI B'RITH
MONDAY EVENING
A truly momorahle occasion in the history of the Tlfereth Israel congi'egatlon wlll be the Jubilee Baniiuet to celelirate the burning of the mortgage of this house of. worshiji on l^ast Broad Street, it is In be held on Sunday, Jan. ,¦!), at <) P, M., in the social hall of the Temple.
invitation.s have already been mailed to the membership for this affair. Resen.'ationB. at $1.00 per plate, must he made by call-
ng the Temple Office, EV. 4230 between 1 and ,5:30 P, M., not later than next Monday, January 25th.
¦Jhe ,cpi;nplcte program- .pl this event will appear iii nfex'tfwec!:'.-'
Issue of the Chronicle.
.lAYCBES NAME HIM THEIR ".MAN  OF  YEAR"
Dr.  B.   B. Caplan
Zinn Lodge No. 02, B'nai B'rith will have a unique program next Monday, Jan, 25th, at 8 p. m., at the liroad Street Temple, when Dr. B. Bernard Caplan, psychlat rist at the Bureau of Juvenile Re.search, and Al R, Schwartz, sociologist, will discuss the sub¬ ject "Are We All Going Crazy?" The tremendous increase in the number of mental cases in re¬ cent years has raised this im¬ portant   (luestlon.
To give the members of li'nai 13'rlth some understanding of the nature of mental disorders and deliniiiie'i^cy, the program com¬ mittee has arranged to have Dr. Caplan and Mr. Schwartz, both associated with the Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research, to conduct a disc'iis.sion period on this ,cur¬ rent piohlem. Several case his- tnj'ies will be cited and an an¬ alysis made of them. Specific preventive mental hygiene will be offered.
Here is an excellent opportun¬ ity U)-feain some understanding of the so-called nen'ous break¬ down — to appreciate what makes the wife so "nervous" and why she is always finding fault or tloes she. 'i'he observations of tiie speakers should prove most interesting to those desiring to learn something about them¬ selves. The meeting is open to all B'nal B'rith njj|mbers, their wives and friends.
C L E V E L A N P (JPS)—The Jews of America wlio raise funds for the United Jewish Appeal and other non-local and local causes through Jewish welfare funds were urged to merge their fund,ralsing efforts with local ¦war chests in a statement hy Charles P. Taft, Acting Chair¬ man of the President's "War Re¬ lief Control Board, at the closing sesston of the tenth annual Gen¬ eral A.s.sembly of the Council of .lewish Federations And Welfare Funds. Mr. Taft also Indicated that an invitation has already been addressed to the United Jewish Appeal, made up of the Joint Distsribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal and the National Refugee Ser¬ vice, to consider Its affiliation on a national basis with the Na¬ lional War Fund, inc., organized at the initiative of the War Re¬ lief Control Board as the all-over fund-raising agency in the Uni¬ ted States for all war-connected appeals.
Mr. Taft's statement, eonsld- I ered the climax of the Assembly, W,hose deliberations hadl .been tievoivl. largely""tp the qtiestlon' of Jewish Welfare fund partlcl- pation In war chg5ts and to the subject of centralizing defense activities in the United States, was matched by an acceptance of his position by Dr. Abba Hil¬ lol Sliver, responding on behalf of the ¦ Uniled Jewish Appeal, and by a resolution earlier adopt¬ ed by the Board of Directors of Ihe Counril, approving .lewi.sh Welfare Fund participation in war chests under conditions con¬ sonant with the protection of the beneficiary agencies.
The Jews arc needed to give "spiritual tone'' to the war chest movement, Mr. Taft de¬ clared. "It seems to mc that In this  whole    welfare    operation
there is a uniiiuij place for the .lewish community. 1 am sure that it was no accident that Gov¬ ernor IjChman was placed in charge of this enterprise (Office of Foreign lielief And Rehabili- l.itionl for the Government. There are very special reasons why it Is not pnly appropriate but should give a spiritual lead¬ ership which is certainly needed in this effort".
Approval of steps thus far taken to co-ordinate the activi¬ ties of the four civic-protective agencies and a recommendation Ihal lewish welfare funds go in¬ lo war chests on the condition that ihi; interests of beneficiary agencies are {)rotected were the IWO major decisions made by the A.ssernbly, which re-eleclcd Sid¬ ney 1.. Hollander ot Baltimore as I'resldent.
civic-Protective Agencies The niost hitter .subject of dis¬ cussion al the General A.ssem¬ bly, which brought logether 153 voting delegates, 48 alternates and 185 visitors, was a plan sub¬ mitted by a committee of the Council -which.. WPJ»lrt\haM,e,.MIU-,, pletely Scrapped thff^ eJSiatlnKr civic-protective departinfenls of the American Jewish Committee, American) Jewish Congress, Jew¬ l.sh Labor Committee and the Anti-Defamation League. The objective, the committee said, was to achieve centralized auth¬ ority and functioning, coupled wilh joint fund-raising. Joint planning and Joint budgeting. It was stated that the American Jewish Commiitee, Congress and Labor Committee had accepted the program and that the anti- Defamation League had not. The League became the subject of a lliller denunciation by Mr. Hol¬ lander at the opening session of the Assembly and at meetings ot ICnnlinui'd on Page Five)
Lluit   Santoid 1   Lakln
I leutenant .Sanford 1. Lakin, who lost his life .some months ago While in the service nf his country, was lasl Thursday nighl cho.sen as tho "Man of the Year" by members of ihc CoUiinhus Junior Chamber of Commerce. He received Ihe disiinguished service award key as the man uhder .'Ui who had contributed most 10 the community during the past year.
At the bamiuet held for this special occasion, Lieut. Guvernoi- I'aul M, llerberl vvas toasimas- ler. During the evening's cere¬ monies he presented the gold key to Lt. Lakin's widow who has heen doing war work since her husband's death.
Sanford was a past presideni of the Jr. Chamber ol Commerce and Zion Lodge No. 02, B'nai B'rith. For many years he was klentlfied with- numerous civic projects in Columbus.
Special Sabbath Prayer For Victims Of Nazi Tyranny
To the Jews of Columbus, Ohio: .
All reliable sources of information indicate that more than two million Jews and several million non-Jews havo already been massacred under the Nazi rule, and that it is the declared policy of the Reich to continue upon this course of brutality. This unprecedented barbarisnii has aroused the conscience of the entire civilized world. Jews and Christians alike in all lands have joined in public expression of their shock and horror.
Wc therefore call upon the Jews of our com¬ munity to set aside FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2i)th, for special services, and ask them to go to their respective houses of worship, joining with their fellow Jews in prayer as an expression of their deep feeling in the hours ot the terrible tragedy which has over¬ taken these innocent victims.
1. W. Garek, Chairman Rabbl   Leopold   Greenwald
Habbi .Samuel  M.  Gup Ben Neustadt
Rahbl Mordecai Hirschsprung Robert Mellman ¦
Rabb Harry Kaplan Walter Katz
Ralibi Nathan Zelizer Albert Schiff
Committee of the Columbus Jewish Commuhlty Council un special services for victims ot Nazi tyranny