Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1945-09-07

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Vol, 23. No, 30
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COLUMBUS, OHIO, FBIDAV, SEPTEMBER 7, 194.'i
Dsvottd   to   American •nd   J«wiih   Idaali
Strictly Confidential
TIdbltB   Prom   Everywhere By Phineas J, Biron
Big) Fight Flares lOvef National Budgeting
NEW   SPIRITUAL  LEADER OP E, BROAD ST. TEMPLE
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lia Korelgn    correspondents    In Germany   apparently   lack   the necessarj'   background   to   pro perly evaluate political trends Iri occupied. zones . . . Not one of them commented on the Bavar Ian  -Government   appointed   hy Col   Charles   Keegan,   of   New York . . . We are reliably Inform¬ ed by Albert Norden the editor of  "Germany  Today"   (a  news letter)   that   this   recently   ap pointed   administration   In   the regloh   that  was   formerly  Hit ler's preferred stamping ground is composed largely of antl.Sem- Ites . . . The Bavarian People's Party's    political    platform fea¬ tures antl-Semltlsm . . . Tt was therefore     Inexcusable  for  Col Keegan to select leaders of that party   as   keymen   of  Bavaria's post-war government .  .  . That kind   of   "democracy"   for   Ger. many Is surely not in the spirit of the Potsdam agreement and the very same criticism can be made by the appointment of Hans Rltter Von Sclsser as M.u. nlch's Commissioner of Police by the Allied Military Government of that city . . . ABOUT PERSONS , . , •fe The feud    between    various Zionist  leaders  patched  up  be¬ fore the London Conference will , be renewed in the very near fu ture . . . The Jewish Theological Seminary will confer an honor¬ ary degree on Mr. A: S. Rosen bach, America's    most    famous book collector . . . Franz Werfel, who   just   died   never   left   the Jewish fold although the Vatican considered him one of its most effective press agents . . . Pierre van Paassen was Just    advised that the Mayor of Gorcum, Hoi land, his home town, has placed a plaque on the house he was born In  .  .  .  The  plaque  pays tribute  to van Paassen as Hol¬ land's most illustrious anti-Fas- cist fighter . . , PELL-MELL , , . l^Hats off to Judge J. Cullen of the  Federal  Court  in  Phlladel phla  .  .  .  The     judge  refused American  citizenship  to  Frank Martin Eckelman a U-boat com mander in World War I because the    former    German   warrior heartily     approved  of  Hitler's persecution  of  the  Jews Which    reminds    us    that   the Phlaldelphia  judge  who  white washed the Philadelphia  police¬ men In the Anmuth case will be asked to resign ... A cotnmittee of  clergymen  is  now   studying this miscarriage of justice and is preparing a public statement on it ... To a reader from Pitts¬ burgh: No we do not know the record of Brig. Gen. A. F. Loren zen  (Ret.)  and oflnnot tell you whether   his  work   for   "Appre elate America, Inc., is a paid job . . . Why don't you inquire from the   AntlTDefamatlon League , . The rumors that Henry Morgen thau is  trying to  buy a  news paper and radio station are be Ing   circulated   by   political   op ponents of the former' Secretary ot the Treasury . . . Morgenlhau has no ambition In that field BETWEEN COVERS , , , In We  advise  the  delegates  of Jewish   organizations   Intending to visit Latin America  to  read Ray (Argentine Diary)  Josephs' Article  in  the  National  Jewish Monthly . . . Josephs has this to say, among other    things  .   . "there has been a tendency by Jfewish leaders In New York and elsewhere to handle the Jews in (Continued on Page 8)
NEW YORK (JPS)—National budgeting tiecame a major l.tsue of contention In American Jew¬ ry last week, with proponents and opponents marshalling forces and canvassing communities, despite announcement by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds that decisions on the pro¬ posal have been deferred for the General assembly to bo held "early in 1046", and that the re¬ ferendum which was to have been earlier had been called off The proposal, made by the Board of Directors of the Coun cU of J/ewlsh Federations and Welfare Funds, is meeting with organized opposition from the newly formed committee to Op¬ pose National Budgeting, of which Ezra .Shapiro, President of the Jewish Community Council of Cleveland, Ohio, Is chairman and William Sylk, Secretary ot the Allied Jewi.sh Appeal of Philadelphia Is secretary. B'nai B'rith, the American Jewish Conference, Zionist Organization of America, the American Jew¬ ish Congress, and the Jewish National Workers Alliance have gone on record against national budgeting.
The proposal for national bud getlng, as defined by the Coun¬ cil reads.
"Advisory  budgeting  Is  a  re view  by  a  national  committee selected by the Council or by th welfare   fund   members   ot   th Council, which would, assumed ly,   be   acceptable   both   to   the member agencies of the council and  the  national  and -oversea agencies organizations, as an Im partial and objective group. Na tlonal    and   .overseas    agencies would    determine    what    their budgets should be.   The national committee   would   then   review; the budgets and would attempt, together with the national and overseas  agencies,  to  arrive  a joint  decisions  on  the  amount of   funds   required   for   specific programs.     "These would be re commended. In an advisory way to the welfare funds as minimum goals for fund raising and dis¬ tribution.
The Committee to Oppose Na¬ tional Budgeting warped that "such an advisory committee would soon become mandatory and woulcl deprive local com munltles of their Inherent right to make their own decisions re¬ specting their support for pro¬ grams and movements In Jew¬ ish life. As it is now constitu ted, there is no representative body in the American Jejvlsh Community which has beei democratically chosen or demo cratically delegated with the authority to discuss and contro fund raising and general activi¬ ties on the American scene . . We cannot accept a proposal for a National Budgeting system which Would delegate, to a limit ed group of individuals having no direct responsibility to any democratic process, the power to advise on national goals; al locate or recommend the per centage of such funds whicli should he provided by each com munity; or even to suggest the ratio of apportionment to the various agencies participating In the local Welfare Funds ... In effect, such a committee . . . Sup ported by the appearance of ob¬ jectivity, would usurp complete control over Jewish public funds and established a ceiling on the aspirations and alms of all or¬ ganizations depending for their support upon the welfare funds
B'nai B'rith Invites Community to Join In Celebration
Rabbl  H, Chanover
Rabbl Hyman Qhanover, form¬ erly of Congregation Sons of Is¬ rael, Cllffslde Park, N. J., has been elected spiritual head of Congregation Tifereth Israel for the coming year. Succeeding Rabbl Moshe Goldblum, now a chaplain In the 0. S. Army. Rab¬ bl Chanover represents the sec¬ ond replacement for Rabbi Na¬ than Zellzer, actual spiritual leaider of the congregation, who Is still on leave with the Army of the United States.
Rabbl Chanover, who assumed his rabbinical duties in Colum¬ bus on Sept. 1st, will conduc.t the forthcoming High Holiday ser vices at the Temple.
The East Broad St. Temple Is Rabbl   Chanover's   third   pulpit his   two   previous   ones   having been   at   Cllffslde   Park,   N.   J which he served last year while still a senior at the Jewish Theo¬ logical      Seminary   of   America and earlier at Kings Park, New York. He has now completed his rabbinical  training  at  the Sem Inary and will receive his offl cial   ordination    at     commence¬ ment exercises  on October 7th While at the Seminary, Rabb Chanover    was    for    a time re¬ search-assistant   to   Prof.   Louis Finkelstein  president ot that In stitutlon,  and  (ihalrman  of  the Zionist   Cultural   Committee   ot the  student body.  Prior  to  his enrollment   In    the    Rabbinical school,  he was a staff member of   the   American   Jewish   Com mlttee   and   the    Contemporary Jewish  Record, bi-weekly publl cation  of  the  Committee.      He is also a past president of the National Union of Jewish Youth an  organization   affiliated   with the  Union  of Orthodox Congre¬ gations of America.
For a number of years, Rabb Chanover has been a member at-large ot the National Jewish Committee on Scouting which was recently Incorporated into the National Council of Boy Scouts of America as an advisory body.
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The first meeting of the fall season for Columbus' B'nai B'rith will be a community-wide celebration to welcome- home more than 125 v honorably discharged World Vfar II Vet¬ erans, at the Broad St. Temple, Tuesday, September 18.
Perfional invitations are being sent to ail Columbus Jewish sor vlcemen by Allan Tarshish, pres¬ ident of B'nai B'rith. Any ser¬ vicemen home on leave are also invited although names of these men and women are not avail able for personal Invitations.
Tarshish al.so urged that any¬ one knowing Itjcai veterans who will be in Columbus the evening or the reception, advise him so an effort can be made to have them  attend.
An interesting program Is be¬ ing arranged. Refreshments will be served and everyone will be given the opportunity to meet a n (1 personally congratulate these local men who have served our country.
Several of the servicemen wlil report their most interesting ex¬ periences during actual combat. The entire Columbus Jewish community is Invited to join with H'nai B'rith in this re¬ ception to servicemen.
Rosh Hashonah Being Celebrated Throughout The World
Jewish War Vets Will Hold Victory Dinner Tuesday Sept. Ilth.
. . . We further contest the as¬ sumption that there are 'neut rals' on the national level in the American- - Jewish Community who can appraise the validity of any movement with greater ob¬ jectivity than its protagonists the entmstlng of control over Jewish funds to an Impersonal administrative committee would tend to divorce the causes, for which funds are being raised from their local support^ who have made the growtif of such causes possible". \
Now, that V-J. Day has been declared, the Jewish War Veter erans Capitol Post No. 122 an nounce the opening.of their fal season with a gala stag "Victory Dinner", at the Seneca Hole next Tuesday evening, Septem ber 11, at 7 o'clock.
The Post is to have as its guests at the dinner many o the recently discharged veter ans, who will have an opportun ity to acquaint themselves with the functions and purposes ot the J. W. V. The victory dinner is pai't of the ^general memi)er ship drive program to welcome Into the J. W. V. many recently discharged veterans as well as the hundreds who will be re¬ turning to our midst In the months to come.
It Is the opinion ot local lead¬ ers that the Jewish War Vet¬ erans organization will in the near future become one ot the largest, if not the largest and most powerful Jewish group in this area.
Although every attempt is being made by the J. W. V., to contact every recently returned veteran, it is possible that some may be overlooked It. there tore, urges veterans who have not as yet been contacted to cal Mr. Joe Dulsky, AD. 2316 and no¬ tify him of their desire to attend the dinner.
National Commander, Archie Greenberg on his recent visit with President Truman, declar¬ ed that the chlet executive tuUy agreed with the many Important phases of the veterans' organiza¬ tion's future program. The local Capitol Post No. 122 Is at pres¬ ent under the commanderahlp of a World War II veteran. Dr. Harry W. Topolosky.
It Is interesting tb note that th(i Jewish War Veterans group works in close cooperation with the American Legion. It gives Jewish vets an opportunity to enjoy comradeship of his fellow veterans as well as participa¬ tion in the fight for the rights of, Jews as citizens of this great democracy.
The traditional Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashonah) began at .sun-down Friday. Sept. 7th. Or¬ thodox .lews celebrate for days, 8th and Uth. Services will be held in Synagogues and Army Camps as well through¬ out the world on the evenings of the 7th and 8lh and the mornings of the Sth and !)th.
This year the celebration will he of more than ordinary signi¬ ficance becau.se the Ideal of the Jewish Hoiyciays is the ideal on which the entire Judaeo-Chris- tian ethical character of our Western Civilization Is based, an ideal of "Peace, Peace, to those that are far and to those that are near". According to Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashonah is the anniversary of the creation of the world. Accordingly, it chal¬ lenges us to help build a New World. In recognition of this fact and as a geperaus gesture of Brotherhood and Cooperation many non-Jewish churches have been known to hold services in honor of this Holyday season.
This day ushers In the ten pen¬ itential days during which time Jews seek to make peace with themselves, with their God and with their neighbors. TJie day is entirely spiritual In Its cele¬ bration unlike the civil New Year whose observances stem from the Roman Saturnalia.
The blowing of the Shotor, or Ram's Horn, as a call to repent¬ ance is a picturesque part of the Synagogue Service for the New Year. It was a ram's horn which called people to service and assembly for important pro¬ clamations in ancient Palestine. .• It was a ram's horn that "Pro¬ claimed ¦ liberty throughout the land to all the inhabitants thereof". This year too is a real "Jubilee Year" when -'Rosh Hashonah" the beginning ot this New Year is a call to a New Era of better understanding, of greater sincerity and dedication to the pursuit of peace.
Jewish Community Council To Elect Officers Sept. 13th.
The quarterly meeting of the Jewish Community Council will take place Thursday, Sept. 13th, 1045, at 7:30 P. M.. at the Schon¬ thal Center it was announced to¬ day by Harry Gilbert, President, The annual report will be given by all Committee Chairmen and the election .of officers will take placg.
The new oeiegates and names of their respective organizations are as follows:
Agudath Achtni Congregation: Arthur Goldberg, Joe,,a;hwartz, Wlliiam Broner, SanTMbss^Max Schottenstein, Harry Maybrtic^i, Ben Greenberg.
Aguduth Achlm Sisterhood; Mr:. Harry Miaybruck, Mrs, A, Thall.
B'nai B'rith AuxUlaryi Mrs. J, D. Schecter, Mrs. M. J. Leeman, Mrs. I. M. Harris, Mra. Harry Schwartz, Mrs. Irving Cohen, Mrs. I. W. Garek.
B'hnl B'rith HlUel Poandatlon: Edward Sqhlezinger, Leonard Kohn.
B'nai B'rith Zlon Lodge: Allan Tarshish, Sidney L. Katz, Sam Luper, David Cheses, Abe Gert¬ ner. Joe Levlson, Morris Les¬ sure, Harry Goldberg, Pavld Goldsmith, Sam Topolosky, Dr, B. Bernard Caplan, Justin Slll- (Continued on Page ITour)