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SIm  Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \Vy\R
Vol. 21, No. 20
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Strictly G>nfidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By Phlneas J. Biron
^iO^iOeroted to Amerlean and Jttflth Meult
B'nai B'rith War Service Council To Meet July 17-18
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TRUE STORY . . .
te Profes.=;oi-   Solomon   Michoels of the    Mo.scow    Jewish    State Theatre,   now   in   this   country on a cultural niisslon, has many interesting  tales   to   tell  ot' the part  Soviet  actors  are  playing in the wars as perfoiTners who hiMng the theatre to the troops at the  front .  .  . One of these stories concerns a  performance that wa.s helng given In the front lines when the show was Inter¬ rupted hy a Cerhian attack . . . As It happened, the theme of the play    was anti-Nazi, and one of the characters — the villain, of .course — was a Nazi officer in ¦full  Uniform ,   .   .   So  after   the Germans ha<i been successfully repulsed and the Nazi prisoners were herded off, Ihc actor play¬ ing  that   part  found him.'ieif at the wrong end of a bayonet, be¬ ing prodded along together with the captured enemy . . . He ex¬ postulated   with   his   "captors" but   they,   wise   to   such    .MazI tricks, paid no attention to him. . . . Finally, In disgust, he began to   expre,ss   his   feelings,   with great elo(|uenCe, in mameloschen ... So his follow Russians were convinced he was no Nazi, and let him rejoin his troupe, which is    resutning    ils    i.erformance where It had left off . . . Y'OU .SHOrLI) KNOW _ . !^ The  (lay  lefore  the  official publication date of Allan Chase's "Falange: The Axis Secret Army in  the  Americas"   It  was  cited in the House as basis for Repre¬ sentative John Coffee's demand for a C^mgresslonal Investigation of the Spanish Falange . . . The ¦documents Chase used in writing hl.^lionk will be of gr.at hc'.p to such'an investigatif>n, the Repre¬ sentative believes .  . , We told you that Kenneth Leslie's Text- Ijook   Commission   to   eliminate anti-Semitism   would   make  the headlines . . . Weil, It did, with an announcement that 1,200 Prot¬ estant   clergymen  have  pledged themselves   to   preach    against anti-Semltl.sm . . . James N. Ros¬ enberg's briiliant speech on the role  Russia  has played  In  sav¬ ing Jews  from  Nazi extermina¬ tion shoulil have made the front page   of   every   big   newspaper in New York . . . The only papers that   gave   It   appropriate   treat¬ ment, however,  were the  Daily ^XVgrker and Morning Krelheit . . ^"V^y can't the "press ditch poli¬ tics when the great problem of saving  lives requires unity'?  . . THIS .*iVl) THAT . . . t^-Congressman   Sol   Bloom  is seriously considering writing his autobiography  ... The sugges¬ tion   that   he   do   so   was   given him liy no less an authority on interesting life stories than blo- prapher Emll Ludwig .  . . Wil¬ liam /.iff, pulilisher, author and aeronautics    expert,    originally wanted to lie a portrait painter . . In fact, he was a preceUessor of Walt   Disney   as  class   artist  at Chicago's Crane Technical High School, and started his career as cartoonist on the Chicago Daily News  .  .   .    Morris    HIrshfield, whose oil paintings are now on exhibit at the Museum of Mod¬ ern .-^rt, Is a septuagenarian who until a few years ago was oniy a successful  cloak-and-sulter   .  .  . Now It's tbe WACs who want a "This   Is   the   Army"   type   of show, and are trying to.get Irv¬ ing Berlin to write it for them . . From Hollywood comes the per¬ fect idea  for a  Victory Garden (Continued on Page 8)
liAKE    WAWA8EB,  .IND.:—
The B'nal B'rith War Service Council of B'riai B'rith's Dis¬ trict Grand Lodge No. 2, or¬ ganized at the recent District convention to coordinate and im¬ plement existing B'nal R'rith war service projects In the Dis¬ trict's eight-state area and to as¬ sume responsibility for the de¬ velopment and execution of new programs, will hold its first meeting here Saturday evening, July 17th and Sunday, July 18th, under the chairmanship of Leo M. Ascherman, of Cleveland.
The Council will meel slmid taneousiy wHh the first se.ssion of Iho District's newly-elected general committee, which will convene under the chairmanship of the District president, Lewis R. Sutin of Terre'Haute, Ind.
Members of the War Service Council, in addition to Mr. Asch- arman, are: Ohio — Benjamin Schwartz, Cinclnnall, chairman: Carl Miller, Elyria. and King Baer, Toledo, vice-chairmen: In. illana—Saul S. .Munter, Indian¬ apolis, chairman: .lack N. Cole, Michigan City, and William Stern. Gary, vjce-chairmen; MIh- sourl—Judge Robert L. Aronson St. Louis, chairman: Jacob Levin, Kansas City, and Ben Llebling, St. Joseph, vice-chairmen; Kair .sa.sT—Samuel Greenberg, Kansas City, chairman; Samuel Shames, Wichita, and Lee Samuels, To peka, vice-chairmen: K('ntuck.v— Julian Greenfield, Louisville, chairman; Sidney El. Passama¬ neck, Loui.svllle, and Myron J. Hyman. Ashland, vice-chairmen; C(>l<>ni<lo, Now Mexico, Wyoming —Xoah Atler, rxmver, chairman; A. B. Hirschfelil, Denvei", and Toil Iluckstcin, Pueblo, vice chairmen.
Members of the general com mittee, governing Imdy of the District l»tween conventions are Lewi* R. Sutin, Terre Haute, Ind., president; A. J. Granoff, Kansas City, Mo., 1st vice-presi¬ dent: .'\lberl Woldman, CievC' land, 2nd vice-president; Leonard H. Freiberg, Cincinnati, treasur er: Milton Anfenger. Denver, treasurer;  Sidney  G.   Kusworm
United Jewish Fund Aims For Victory Finisli
Rabbi Gup To Write Pamphlet For Men In Armed Forces
Rabbl Samuel M. Gup, of the Bryden Road Temple, has been invited to contribute a fifteen hunilred word pamphlet to the education of the men in uni¬ form on the suljject of "Better Cnderstanding". It Is to Ite dis¬ tributed through the office of "e .National Conference of ( iistians and Jews, in coopera¬ tion with the len thousand Chap¬ lains of all denominations In all branches of the Service.
The pamphlet will be titled. "Some Priests, Caihollrs and lews Si)eak to America".
NAZIS DEMAND BAN  ON SENDINt; OF POOD PAKCEI.S TO JEWS
LONDON (JPS)—The pro- Nazi press in Holland demands that Ihe government proliibil the sending of food packets lo .lews Interneil in concentration camps. The newspapers assert that many non-Jewish Nether- landers have been sending such parcels regularly.
Eliezer Pachter, a Dutch Jew who was accused of posse.sslng arms, has been sentenced lo death by a Nazi court in Amster¬ dam.
According to Robert Schiff, 134,-i Campaign Chairman, the enthusiastic response of Columbus .Jewish community to this year's United Jewish Funil effort has given heart, coui-age and mspiration to all chairmen, vice chairmen, cap- tain.s and workers. Every indication points to a successful attainment of the goal and going over the top in Columbus' greatest fund-raising campaign of all lime. Leaders of the drive this week and next were aiming for a victory finish as workers were striving to get in every pledge card befoi'e the camjiaign closes Saturday, July 2<lth.
I. W. Garek, Chairman of theFund's Organization com¬ mittee anfl one of its vice chaii-men, this week stressed the importance of this campaign to the individual workers, who, he said, "not 6nly helps people overseas, liut in the process' of this activity, does a good deal foi- him.solf in obtaining a feeling of real .satisfaction and accomplishment". He said that the "glorious heritage which we havo from our fathei-s must be earned Ijy onr own action a responsible .Jewish community".
worthy members of
SHUT OPE SIPI'I.Y  OE FOOD FOR NEEDY JEWS
GENEVA (JPS)—The Slovak government has closed a farm near Teslmok operated by (iO .lewish youths and 2.") girls, wiio distributed their farm pi'oducls amimg needy Jews Incapable of earning a living.
Daylon, Ohio, member national executive committee; .ludge Rob¬ ert I. Aronson, St. Louis; Noah A. Aller, Denver; Leo M.- A.schei'- man, Cleveland; Samuel L. Greenberg, Kan.sas City; lienja mln S. Schwariz, Cincinnati; .ind Jack N. Gole, Michigan City, Ind.
New Agudath Achim Pre-School Will Open Soon
In keeping with the eitucatlon al Ideals of the .Agudath Achin Educational Institute, a inoilern scientific dally pi-e-School will be the firsl undertaking of ils kind in this community.    .Since
REP. CELLER SUGGESTS EUROPEAN JEWS BE PERMITTED TO ENTER U.S. AS VISITORS
WASHINtiTON (WNS) — A proposal that the United Stales permit a'"rea.sonahle number of European .lewish refugees lo en¬ ter the c(.iiuitry as visitors for tbe (hu-atitm of the war was made in the Ihmse of Represen¬ tatives this week by Congress¬ man Emanuel Celler of New York.
"Twenty-two nations have de¬ clared war on Germany", Mr. Celler declared. "High-ranking riallonals of all of them have i.s¬ sued pious prolestallons against \azl nuissacres of .lews and oth¬ er victims, liut not orie of these countries so far has said it would be willing 10 accept a^ refugees any of tho.se trying to escape the Hitler prison and slaughter house.
"Goebbels says, 'they won't take any Jews, we don't want them, let's kill them. Without any change in our .Immigrallon statutes, we could receive, as visitors, a reasonable number of •hose who.;.;':; fortunate enough
to .escape the N'azl hell-house. They coidd be placed in camps and c;mtonments and held tbo'e unlll after the war'.
Mr. Celler told the House thai private welf:iro agencies and a ninnber of we;dlhy pei'sons were prepared lo defray ;dl the costs of such a program, including transportation, and that the en tire project would involve no Government   expendiluie.
¦¦We house and maintain Nazi pri.soners, many of whom, are undoubtedly respojislble for Nazi atrocities", the NS'w York Con- gi^essman pointed out. "We should do no less for the victim ;)f the rage of the Huns".
Urging Immediate action to save the Jewish refugees, Mr Celler added: "The hangman doesn't wait. We should lake them in now. Such action on our part would have an electrify¬ ing effect on the whole situation, and particularly on the under¬ ground movenient in Nazi-do'min- inated Europe".
ItAIIKI M. HIKS('HSi>Kl'N(i
Dlri'itor of luslltule
Ihe inception of this building Dec, in-12, plans have been un der\vay for this Important proj eel.
Housed within these portaL-^ will be a I're-Schooi lo meel the' needs of all j^hililren from the ages of three to six. No lime, money nor effort has been spill¬ ed in creating an atmosphere ol cullure, serenity and charm, ever mindful of pulling a ¦¦child's world in a chikt's world-size en¬ vironment".
In a statemenl I.ssued by Hab¬ bi Hlrsih.-,prunK. director of the Institute, he .said:
"The tiasic principle of the school Is to create in Our little children happy altltujies and a nrofoLUKl joy that comes from learning how to live with other people. It Is during these early formative years ttuit these char¬ acteristics becoine basic in moulding their future lives. With this objective In mind, our program is s-o planned to meel the Individual needs of every child. Each child is encouraged 10 work and play up to his own individual capacity in an almos- (Continued on Page 8)
In Older to get the ma.ximum from every (¦onlribulor. ;rspei-ial review conunittee is going over every pledge considered inaclc- i|uate ;ind has Uiken the posiilon Ihal prns|H'cls who give loo snuill a coiuribuliim will be rcso- liiitecl again anil ;igain until a propel- pledge Is obtained.
.\lr. Ciirc'k said that many peo¬ ple b;ive ii>adc liberal increases to Ibis .\ears dri\c and many workers have expended a Ire- meniIou.s amount of time anil ef¬ fort in order to obtain Ihom. •¦Those increases", he said, "have boon given for tho purpose of helping our disire.ssed brothers overseas ;ind not foi; the purpose of making up for any ^ack-slld- ers. Because of this, our review commiliteo feels that il is unfair for any individual to cancel any part of our work by giving less Ih.in he can really afforiT'.
¦¦The fumls already raised this year have exceeded the ox|iecla- lions of many members of the Campaign .roinmlttee^, iloelarod K. .1. ^chanlarltvr. I'nited .lewish Fiinil president. ¦The response is indeed a tribute lo the aware¬ ness of Columbus Jewi-y lo the. existing condlllons and the groat need to contliuie the in;my in¬ stitutions jiiiti organizations mak¬ ing up our Jewish, life", Mr; Schanfarber said.
So it can well be .said that Ibe 1!)-13 United Jewish Fund cam¬ paign has been a success, a suc¬ cess whicli redounds to the glor¬ ies of a sm:ill group of men who made il their iiusiness lo see lo ll that others loss fortunate than lhem,selves might find hope and comfort and relief. Tbe l!>i:i achievement will redound to the glory of the Cfilumbus (.'oinnum- lly becau.se it gave generously wiihout [irodding, without fan¬ fare, without high pres.-.uro methods.
As has been staled, the Cam¬ paign is nol yet over. If you have not given, you still have the opportunity of parliclpating in the great humanitarian move¬ ment to keep tho hope and spirit and the t)ody of Israel alive. In giving to the I'niled Jewish Fundyou are giving to many causes, to m a n y people'—who, if not supixirted by you, might perish and all Israel be the loser. Mail your iheik today to the United Jewish Fund 150 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio
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