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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Voluiiie I — Number iT.
COLUMBUS, Ottlp, MAY 5, 1922.
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E U. C. DORMITORY CAMPAIGN NOW NEAR COMPLETION
Temple Sisterhoods  Throughout
the U. S. Have Raised
Over $200,000.00
THE $250,000.00 GOAL
IS NOW IN SIGHT
CI^JCINNATI, April 30.—The sum reciuircd to erect a dormitory for rab¬ binical students at Hebrew Union Col¬ lege in Cincinnati is witiiin $50,000 of its commplction, through a campaign conducted by members of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, Mrs. AbratiT Simon, chairman of the cam¬ paign, announced today. Mrs. Simon stated that $200,000 of the $250,000 fund' sought by the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods has been sent into campaign headquarters by local Sister¬ hoods throughout the country and that H large number had exceeded the quotas assigned to'them.
Railed in Many Ways
The money has been raised in many ways—ranging from solicitation and campaigning for individual donations to rummage sales, card parties, dances, cakcbaking and bazaars.
Mrs. Simon also stated that the cam¬ paign has been indefinitely extended until the entire sum is raised, and that enthusiasm has continued unabated. She said tijat encouraging reports continued to pour in from Sisterhoods throughout the country, and she announced the ap¬ pointment of the following additional .chairmen: Mrs. Aaron ScharfF of Natchez, Miss.; Mrs. Julian Pack of Johnstown, Pa.; Mrs. J. Abrams, Co- lutiibia, -Tenn.; Mrs. Sam Kraus, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mrs. Henry Desen- berg, Kalamazoo, Mich.
"We feel that we have made a re¬ markable showing in the face ,of un¬ precedented difficulties," Mrs. Simon de- clijired. "We had a great educational , task ill teaching the women of the coun¬ try their responsibility toward Hebrew Union College—the need of adequate housini; for the students there..-, j,- <
Universal Complaint
"We heard the universal complaint- business conditions were bad—money was scarce. Then, too, we encountered other meritorious appeals that were draining the resources of our co-reli¬ gionists. ' Yet, despite all this, we have already raised" $200,000, and within fortnight We shall probably have our full quarter million—^the greatest money gift of Jewish women to Judaism. We are confident that the last days of the campaign will sweep on with a rush— that the cumulative effects of weeks of work will descend during these Ikst days."
DR. SOLOMON GOLDMAN OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, TO ADDRESS MENORAH
Tho next meeting of the Me- norah Society of Ohio State Univercity will take place next Sunday afternoon, May 7th, at 3i00 P. M. at the Ohio Union Building.
Thi* will be one of the most important meetings held by the Society during the past year. Dr. Solomon Goldman of Cleve¬ land, Ohio, one of the most promising young rabbis of the country, is scheduled to address this meeting on the subject "The American Jewish College Man." A discussion which will be open to all present will fol¬ low Dr. Goldman's address.
It is hoped that this meeting, which will b^ the last one of the season, will be marked by an unusually large attendance. All Jews and Jewesses of Columbus who are interested are cordially invited to attend the meeting. Officers for the coming year will be elected.
REMEMBER — MENORAH MEETING—SUNDAY AFTER- NOON — MAY 7TH.
Junior Section, C. J. W. Holds Interesting Meeting at Temple
Dorothy Mitchell  Reads  Report on Recent National Con¬ vention at Chicago
Irving Berlin-America's Sweet Singer
BY BERNARb AJ BEttGMAN
An Interesting Account of   an Ex-waiter in a Chinatown
Joint Fifteen (Years Ago |Vho is Now the Most
Successful Song Writerl'in America.    Work
Did It.   Also an Uncanny Genius for   .
Hitting the Pdjiular Fancy
BEN RATNER ELECTED PRESIDENT AT MEETING
All Palestinians Are
Liars, Northcliffe Says
LONDON, (J. C. B.)—Reviewing his experiences in Palestine, Viscount Northcliffe says, in an article in the "Times" that much of his time in Pal¬ estine was occupied in receiving dele¬ gations of Arabs, Christians, Zionists and Orthodox Jews. While the last are the "bitterest" of all, no Palestin¬ ians pay regard to the truth, the pub¬ lisher 'declares, adding that while the Moslems lie "outrageously," the Zion¬ ists do so "artistically."'
CHRISTIAN GIRL SPEAKS HEBREW WHILE IN DELIRIUM
In the. course, of an address before the Royal' Society of Arts, London, Sir Frederick Mott, the eminent pathologist, told of an interesting case which had come to bis Atten¬ tion. It appeaicB that a Chris-, tian servant girl who had never learned Hebrew, spoke Hebrew while in delirium. This sounded ' very strange, and after she had recovered the girl was' ques¬ tioned..
She told the doctors that for many years she bad been in the service of a rabbi who vrM ac¬ customed to recite his 'sermons, full of Hebrew quotations, at home before delivering them in : the synagoitue. The impression had been stored up in the girl's mind for a very long time and was released when she was in a state of unconsciousness.
Sir Frederick Mott remarked that this was one of the Strang est cas«« be had come across in bis practice.
The Junior Section of the local Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women held a most in¬ teresting and successful meeting last Sunday afternoon, April 30th, in the Vestry room of the Templ'e, Every one present evinced keen interest in .the proccedii'lgs of the meeting.
Marcus Wolf and Dorothy Mitchell,. >srhij wer6'tli'e loca'i delegates to tRe r^a- tional Convention of the Junior Sec¬ tions held at Chicago recently,, reported their pleasant experiences in the great metropolis of tiie middle west. Miss Mitchell read the oiHcial report of the Chicago conference, which was listened to with much gratification and pleasure by all those present.
Election of Officers
The Nominating Committee consist¬ ing of Rosina Weiler, Marcus Wolf, Saul Friedman, Sam Deutsch and Mel¬ ville Frank presented their list of nomi nees for the Executive (jfiiccs^ The election, which followed, resulted in the induction of Ben Ratner as President; Marcus Wolf as Vice-President; Sidney Basch as Treasurer; Ruth Yassenoflt as Recording Secretary; Dorothy Mitchell as  Corresponding  Secretary.'
One of the important aflfairs planned by the Junior Section for the near fu¬ ture i? a picnic to take place on Sun¬ day, May Mth. The following were appointed by President Ratner to be in charge of the arrangements for the picnic: Marcus Wolf, Rosina Weiler, Dorothy Mitchell, Louis Basch, Dorothy Wolf, and  Bernice Nusbaum.
Miss Mitchell's Report
• The Ohio Jewish Chronicle takes great pleasure in publishing herewith the report Miss Mitchell read at the meeting last Sunday:
Report of Junior Council Conference
(Copyright, 19^2, by the Jewish Writ¬ ers' Guild. All rights reserved.) (Bcniard A: Bergman, the author of this extremely interesting, interview, is one of the most brilliant and versatile Anglo-Icivish jonrnalists in the' country- llis inlcrvieius -with Lord Northcliffe, General Dias, Sir Philip Gibhs, Al Jol- son, lid IVynn, and other eelcbrities, hove attracted nation-wide attention. He i.r' the Managing Editor of the Jewish Tribune and co-founder with Maximil¬ ian Ifwwiti: of the Jewish Writers' Guild.—Editor's  Norr.)
Neither Henri Barbussc, Sir Philip Gibbs, Will Irwin, John Dos Passos nor Frederick Palmer is the author of the most powerful protest against the horror and futility of war. The most ringing declaration, the strongest stand against the inhuman practices of mod¬ ern warfare was written several years before Versailles. It was given to the world shortly after America entered the war and its' author was an American sergeant of infantry.
The sergeant's name was Irving Ber¬ lin and his passionate outburst was en¬ titled: "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning 1"
Futility of Waging War
Mr. Palmer may write of the futility of waging war to bring about interna¬ tional peace as he did in "The Folly of Nations"; Mr. Irwin may describe the terrible destructive devices to be used in "The Next War"; Sir Philip Gibbs, Henri Barbusse, and John Dos Passos may cry out with all the sincere passion of their convictions. But they do not touch the man on the street.
"JThat gentleman continues on his unin-
, A Striking Example
• "ph.. How I Hate t<3 Get Up in the 'J|orning!" is a striking example of Iryings Berlin's genius in appealing to t!l.^ crowd by, striking a universal chord <5'' sympatliy. Tlii.s soiig; which' he 'irote as a part of "Yip, Yip, Yaphank," which-earned over $80lfeO() for.thc^ol- c'*crs of Camp Upton, ^ave his own per- .•¦,^al feelings in the matter, a protest 2 .-ainst that rookies' terror, the bugler, /bout 4,000,000 othcfr American soldiers \Af. the same feeling. So had their finiilies.
Jlcccntly I met Irving Berlin at his lif*nie and we talked about his songs, h-viv he writes them and his early strug- glj&s. He was to sail for Europe the ntj(t day as he planned staying three mJnths'in Italy to write a successor to "^he Music Box," that marvelous re¬ view which was the talk of New York this season.
' '^ was impressed bj his modesty,- his sByiicss, his desire not to talk about hSiiself.. It's not what you expect! from thl author of "Alexander's Ragtime Iijijod" and about seventy other song lufs. But I was reminded of a striking description of him appearing in a re- ce'jit magazine a'rticle which told that he |"ftl worn a seven and onc-quatter hat vifxnn he was a singing waiter in a Chinatown dive aoJ; that some fifteen years later when hiV songs were about the one thing that- the nation of the world had in common, the same size hat slill  fitted him.
IMPORTANT MEiETING OF LOCAL LO. B. B.
NEXT MONDAY EVE.
He Doesn't Mind
' "i don't mind what "people say about ;rt}'-iongs," he told me with a smile. "I .'t^lize perfectly well that they are riot terrupted way, watching for the base-'l=l|. I know my lyrics are strocious ball score and summing up bis casii'j m:A}^n rlrymes and their metre, but I'm against war by Whistling, the celebratecf '"i' writing for the few. I'm writing refrain of Irving Berlin's diatribe''>^'=''he masses, for the crowd. I write ajiulnst   i«-;i!lc'. b> ""i^^c-   =V.J'^   "'^^'¦^^
The next regular meeting of Zion Lodge No. 62, I. O. B. B. which will take place at the Woodmen's Home on East Main St., Monday evening, May 8th, will be a most important one.
One of the fcaturoi of tho meet¬ ing will, be the election of a new Worden; 'another feature will be the nominations for the office of outer Guardian.
The report of the Building Committee, under the chairman¬ ship of Leo Goodman, will be made at thii meeting. A great deal of discussion is,expected to follow the Building Committee'^ report. The rumor that tho local Woodmen's organization contem¬ plates selling their building has caused much anxiety among mem¬ bers and officers of Zion Lodge In re  a permanent  meeting place.
Some members have suggested the purchase of the Woodmen's Home by Zion Lodge to be used as its headquarters and center of activities. The entire question will be thrashed out in an open discussion Monday night.
All members are urged to be ^present MONDAY NIGHT, MAY 8TH —WOODMEN'S HOME — AT 8:00 P. M. SHARP.
FINAL MEETING OF YEAR HELD BY THE C. J. W.
Mrs. L. Loewenstein Reads Re¬ port  of Counciil's Activities -   Duringr Year
MRS. JEROME KOHN
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Jew is Buried in a Tomb of Hatred Declares Dr. Wise
Rabbis Wise and Schulman Decry
Treatment of Jews in
Western World
light.
And there you have the secret of Irving Berlin's unprecedented success. He never took a course in mob psy¬ chology, for his education consisted largely of extension courses in life and human hature as a. member of graduate classes in certain obscure corners of the East .Side, but he knows the crowd.'and how to appeal to it, as few others do. He's a simple, unaffected young man Who can speak in simple, unafTcctcd language to the millions. He's "one of the crowd" who knows how to appeal to; but I throw most of them away. About the crowd's fundamental passions and 20 of them I submit to my publishing feelings. I {Continued on page A)
dorstand, what hits them and hits me. And I have no ambitions to be a high¬ brow, for I want to remain with the crowd, to be of them and with them. "Yes," he repeated, "some of my ¦verses are pretty rotten but I make no claims at being a poet. I'm attempting to get over an idea in the simplest, most ef¬ fective way.
"I guess I write more failures than any other song writer, but that's be¬ cause I write more songs than any, of them.    I write about 300 songs a year.
v;nEW YORK, April 30.—Rabbi Sam¬ uel Schulman, in a sermon in Temple Beth-El, and R.-ibbi Stephen S. Wise, before -the Free Synagogue, both de- c>(i<^(\ the-jtreat^nent oj'tht^jews in the, western world. "The only crime of Israel is  that it
is   in   the  minority  and   it   claims   the tj:,„™     r- t, i-
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right to live as a spiritua   force in the »r „    a  .i   .. iir   t •. .
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Commissioner Says Jewish Immigrants High Grade Type
Dr. JohnConstas Reports to the
Department of Labor oh
Conditions Abroad
Mr. Chajrmau and members of the Junior Cpuncil, I beg to suljmit the fol¬ lowing report:
"Irhe second Biennial: Conference of Jewish Juniors was held in Chicago, HI., April 23, 24 and 25th, 1922, -with Mr. William M. Silverman of Boston, Mass. National Junior president presiding. From cities far south on the Mexican border, far north irt Minnesota, east to the Rockies, young ,men and women gathered for-an earnest session of busi¬ ness and a delightful interchange of ideas.
Met at Depot
We arrived Sunday morning and were met_ at the depot by an enthusias¬ tic committee andwere at once taken to our respective resident hostesses. I had the honor and the great pleasure of be¬ ing entertained at the home of one of Chicago's most prominent social ser¬ vice workers, Mrs. Joseph Fish. Al¬ though Mrs. Fish is the proud mother of two lovely children and also has the responsibility of a very large household, she still finds a great deal of time to help those less fortunate and her won¬ derful work is knpwn throughout the .country.
The first formal opening meeting of the Conference was h«|d Sunday after¬ noon at the Sinai Center;,where greet¬ ings  were  extgiidecl  th?  d^l^g^tes  by
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Memory of Jacob Henry Schiff is Honored in Report
Great  Philanthropist  is   Praised
by President of Montefiore
Hospital
"LET THE WORLD DESPISE YOU," INSISTS ORATOR
The vestry rooms of the liryden Road Temple were filled to capacity on Tuesday afternoon. May 2nd, at which time was held the final meeting of the year of the Columbus Council of the Jewish Women. Mrs. Lawrence Locvjr- ensteiii presided. Rabbi Morris Scliifss- lieim of the Tifcrctli Israel Synagog of¬ fered the opening prayer.
The musical program for the aftcr^ noon was unusually splendid, .several numbers being sung by the Council chorus with Mrs. Nathan Guinbic and Mrs. Max Harmon singing tho solo parts. Mrs. Samuel R. Gaines, so well known in local circles for her able musical coaching and directing, was re- i sponsible for the success of the chorus j selections.
I Mrs.  Loewenstein's Report
Mrs. Lawrence Loewenstein, presi¬ dent of the Council for the past t\yo years, read a report in which she sum- jmarized the work of the organization during the past year. Each ofTicer and the chairmen of each of the various committees in turn read their reports. It was evident that the Council had a most beautiful and successful year in every cletail of its large fitld of service. In the president's report which is here below given verbatim will be mentioned the chairman of each of the committees. It is surprising to know just how much service was rendered the immigrants, the poor, the' sick, the blind and deaf, and all the needy and less fortunate ones among us in this community. The Columbus section may well take its place among the foremost progressive sections of ' the National Council of Jewish  Women.
Election  of  Officers
The election of officers for the ensu¬ ing year . resulted as follows: Mrs. J-cromL- K-slki; - presMotit; - J.l.'j.--S^. Lazarus, 1st' vice-president; Mrs. Ern¬ est  S.  Jaros,  2nd  vice-president;  Mrs.
NEW YORK.—A tribute 'was paid Sunday to the late Jacob H, Schiff by S. G. Rosenbaum, president of the Mon¬ tefiore hobpital, who reported at the annual meeting of the, directors, the receipt of $300,000 from the: Schiff es¬ tate during the year for medicar re¬ search work, together with the opening of .'the Schiff pavilion.    The' Schiff pa
(Special to Ohio Jewish Chronicle)
NEW YORK.—There have been latc-V ly so niany attacks upon immigrants and particularly   upon   Jewish   Immigrants, that it is refreshing to,find a report in praise of the newco'mers,
Some months ago, the Hon. James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, commis-| vilion was provided by \the noted phil- sioiicd Dr. Jolin Constas, well-known, anthropist for the chronic sufferers who physician,,, to investigate conditions require' no furthe;r attention but are abroad. Dr. Constas has just returned unable lo take care of themselves^ The to this country aiid has submitted a re-'research work, now under way, was de¬ port to Secretary Davis on "Conditions  scribed by Mr. ^Rosenbaum as follows:
in  certain   European  countries   as. af- .,   .        cj-
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fecting .immigration    to    the    United • ,       .
States.      We   give   here   below   some '   . 'O"' research department is devoting excerpts  from  that  interesting  report: ,'ts e^ereies to the studies of disorders
¦ I of the glands 6t intertial secretion, par- Exceedingly   Impressed jticularly  to  the, disease  known  as  ex-
"In Germany I was exceedingly im- ophthalmic goitre. Reports oii some of pressed with the great desire on the this work have already been published part of a large number of young men and have aroused great interest among to come to this country. Most of members of the profession. Further de- them  seem  to  be  a  very  high  grade  vclopment of this study may lead to far-
type, especially the German and Rus¬ sian Jew. Most of. us will acknowl¬ edge that this class make good citizens and are an asset to the community,"
It vvill be noticed Dr. Constas refers to the Jewish immigrant in a quite dif¬ ferent tone -than adopted by Kenneth Roberts and Lillian Russell.
Discussing the question of distribu¬ tion of immigrants, Dr. Constas says:
Much Thctught DevQted \^
"Much titought has been devoted to the question of the distribution of ini-
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reaching changes in our conception of this disease and allied diieases. It is quite possible that, - with the future prosecution of this work, medical meth¬ ods will be found to .successfully treat exophthalmic goitre and' that the surgi^ cal operation which is extensively em¬ ployed iiiay be discarded."
The cancer division is studying meth¬ ods of standardizing radium and X-^ray dosage, Mr. Rosenbaum,reported. Mon¬ tefiore has the.us^ of, two grams of raditim. The city and country institu¬ tions now can accommodate 800 chronic
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modern world," declared -Rabbi Schul man'. ' "Racial prejudice against the Jew is a contradiction of Christianity's own teaching. Religious prejildice is a blasphemy against modern thought. Racial and religious prejudice together make up the burden of anti-Semitism. Minimiza Racial Prejudice
"The Jew's duty is to live as a re¬ ligious community in the western world, for only by religion can the Jew justify his distinction. .His duty is to minimize racial pride and, while entering com-' pletely into America's heritage, empha¬ size only  Israel's  spiritual  service.
"The Jew must combine with his in¬ tense patriotism a cultivation of the internationaj mind which fosters a pas¬ sion . for right and a sympathy with other peoples which transpends racial prejudices and racial vanities and makes for peace in the world.
".And lastly the Jew must prove his spiritual heritage by the fine type of life he displays before the world. Let him claim less and give more. Let him cultivate the spiritual graces of humility, modesty, self-denial and self-suppres¬ sion so that he may be .a living messen¬ ger p f God to men.
Redemption Hastened ¦^ "When C^ir'Stendom acknowledges his right iand the, Jew does his full duty the redemption-will have been hastened •r-Jew and Christian will the better un¬ derstand each other. They will feel their' brotherhood in. the thought of God, the iKug, who gives humanity its laws, and of, God'the Father, who re¬ joices, in the freedom of his children."
The topic of Dr. Wise was "Despised and Rejected of.Men."
"It is the Jew who has been the mah of griefs," declared Dr. Wise. "It is the Jew who has been acquainted with sorrows, and I'ttle else. For him the year has been o;ie of 'Good Friday' or rather 'black Friday,' for crucifixion has been the lot of tho Jew, literally and spiritually, the hourly lot of the Jew, 'despised and rejected of  men.'
"Let the world despise you, my fel¬ low Jew, but be. not scornful of, self. Jesus the Jew was 'despised ' and re¬ jected.' We understand Jesus better than they who call themselves by his name, for we, like him,-have been 'despised and rejected.' • ¦
"The tragedy of the crucifixion is not a symbol or a rite with us, but a wrong that has been perpetrated' upon us that h^s seared ftself into our soul for nineteen hundred years. ,. (.Coitfinued on page S.)
treasurer, and Mrs. Robert Levy, audi¬ tor. The following were elected direc¬ tors : Mrs. Lawrence Loewenstein, Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Leslie Jacobs, Mrs. Schussheim, Mrs. Max Harmon, Mrs. Tushbant, and Mrs. Clarence Cahen. Delegates to the national convention are: Mrs. Jerome Kohji, Mrs. Simon Laz¬ arus, Mrs. Al Harmon, Mrs. I. A. Rosenthal, Mrs. George Goodman, and Mrs. Lawrence Lowenstein, with Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Frank Nusbaum, Mrs. Marcus Bernstein and Mrs. Hiram Cohen as alternates.
Mrs. Loewenstein welcomed the new¬ ly elected into office and read with them the oath of allegiance. Mrs. Jer¬ ome Kohn took her place as president and her promise to do all within her power for the good of^the organization with the wish that all members give her the best of co-toperation closed a meeting which marked a beautiful close for so beautiful a year of in¬ valuable  service.
The President's  Report
Toadies of the Columbus Section, Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women: '
Once again it is my privilege and pleasure to submit a report to you, In¬ asmuch as each chairman will give you a detailed report,of her work, I shall take just a few moments to say a word of appreciation on the work done by each.
It would be very hard to say in what work we have excelled. Each in her way, has done her very best with most gratifying  results.
Our meetings have been most enter-
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COLUMBUS HEBREW
INSTITUTE  BUYS
HOME FOR ITSELF
The long -cherished hope of the orthodox element of Colum¬ bus Jewry to have permanent headquarters for their Talmud Torah has at least been real¬ ized. - The onicers of the institution have secured a building which will be improved to meet all the requirements . of a model He¬ brew school.
This news will be especially welcome to the hearts of the childrehi of the school, yrho have for a long tim« been work¬ ing under very uncomfortiible conditions.
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