Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1928-01-20

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Elimination of All Objectionable Sequences From "King of Kings" Pledged to I. 0. B. B.
Changes, Suggested by President Colicn and Dr. Philipson,
Arc Historic Achicvcmenl for I. O. B, B. and End
Painful Incident.
SrECIAL PKOUXaiK BY DE MILLE WILL SAY JEWISH PEOPLE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CRUCIFIXION
(:i\-ClNNATJ. C).-A omiplclc rcvi-1 .sion of tin- motion picture, "Kiiif^ of , Kinjrs," wliidi inir]iorts to be a ])ictoii.il! roi)re';riit;itioii nf the liie uf Jcsns, will he made hy Cecil <Jc Millc, its iirotluccr, cUmitiiiliiiR all the sequence.', ohja-terl to hy Jews :iihI leaders of Ciitholic anil oilier Christian (Iciioniiiiatiuiis, before it goes on tour in the Uiiitcil SLite.s, nri-orclins to Hon. Alfred M. Cohen, of Cincinnati, International TrLbidenl of the Independ¬ ent Order of B'nai B'rith, who has jnst made imhlie a teluKr.nn from John C. Minn, Prtsident of Pathc Exchange, owners of tlit film, in which this assur¬ ance was gixcn.
Tlie revision, whicll is a historic achii;vemfnt for the I. O. B. E., is the outennie of ncBOtialioiis between Mr. Cohen nn behalf of his organixation imd it.s Anti-DcfauiatioM League, wilh Will 11. Hays, reprcsenling the Motion Pic¬ ture Producers and Distributors of Amer¬ ica, Inc., and will he made in accordance with detailed snggehtions by Mr. Cohen and Dr, I.);ivid Philipson, dean of Amer¬ ican Reform Kabbi.s.
Flinn's Telegram
Mr. Flinn's telegram is as follows: "New York City, Jam 4, 1!»28. Alfred M. Cohen, President il'nai B'rith, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr. DoMillc has agreed to thc changes of tilles and modifications of scenes out¬ lined in letter written by yourself and Dr. David Philipson of December 21st to Governor Millilceti of Hays organization. Am leaving;, for California tomorrow ' (Thursday) to as.sist on these cltanges to thc end that both the .spirit and the letter of what yon wanted will be accomplished and the corrections made in the picture now on exhibition before thc public in all rities may be made by January 18th. Re¬ gards.
John C. Flinn, Vice Pre.sident Pathe iLxchange, Inc."
Mr. Cohen, declining; to make public the letter detailing the modifications out¬ lined by him and Dr. Philipson and ac¬ cepted I)y Mr. DeMille and the Putlic Jixch:inge, nevertheless stated that the picture as revised will be preceded by a special prologue or preface written and signed by thc prjaducer. In this preface Mr. DcMilte .seeks completely to excul¬ pate the Jews of guilt for thc death of Jesus. The responsibility for the cruci¬ fixion, Mr. DeMillc's preface will say, was entirely that of Caiphas, thc cor¬ rupt High Priest, <m npjiointec of the Roman Empire, and other hirelings of that despotism which at thc time held Judea in thrall.
The revision of the "King of Kings" as it is to, he shown after January IRth in this country, brings to an end a con¬ troversy which has been waged against it on the grounds that it libeled the Jew¬ ish race against whom it tended tn arouse prejudice and also that from the histor¬ ical aspect it was grossly inaccurate.
Protests against thc picture were not limited to Jews, many leading Catholics and prominent leaders of other Christian denominations inveighing af^aiiist it also. When, before it was licensed for produc¬ tion in London, it was privately displayed to an invited gathering of British clergy¬ men, thc same controversy broke. out theie.
Dr. W. 0. Thompson, Preisiident Emeritus of Ohio State
University, Will Address Bryden Road Temple
Brotherhood, Thursday Evening, January
26th, at the EUcs' Home
A. Z. A. INSTALLATION OF! Students'Mass Meeting
The proleslri of the liideijentkiil Order (if B'nai B'rith stressed a fear that thc film, if di.splayed in iis original version in certain countries in luirope, would fan the fires of unti-Scmiti.sm lo such an cx- teiil that bloody pogroms might ensue.
Assurance By Will Hays
Definite assuranre hy Will Hays that the iiicture would not be shown in coun¬ tries where it might lead to pogroms, was triven last month as the outcfimc of a con ference between him and Kx-Governor Millikcn, rcprescnling the Motion Pic' ture Producers and Distributors of Anier^ ica, Inc., and Mr. Cohen and Dr. Philip¬ son. representing the B'nai IJ-'rith and other Jewish interests.
'J'he negotiations which have resulted in the complete 'acceptance of the Jewish point of view regarding "King of Kings" were begun last November on the initi¬ ative of Mr. Hays, who, over the long distance telephone invitcil Mr. Cohen and Dr. Boris D. Bogen to New York for a conference, which was hekl at Mr. Hays' office at IWJ Fifth Avenue.. Ex-Govenior Millikcn and Mr. John Fh'nn were pres¬ ent at thc conference, which, according to Mr. Cohen's report to the Executive Com¬ mittee of thc Independent Order of B'nai B'rith began with a "revealing .speech" by Mr. Hays, in which he said th<it he desired above everything else that the motion picture be an agency for thc greatest good; that he realized its vast possibilities between racial and religious groups, and rejoiced that it had been given to him to aid in directing it to that end. According to Mr. Cohen, Mr. Hays went ou tr> say that he had called thc conference because he sought to find thc way of good will and to shun all thc paths that lend to prejudice.
At another conference thc following day, Mr. Hays tuld Mr. Cohen that he souglil friendly and'reliable guidance so ihat when the industry produced a picture having to do with Jew.s it could be sure that the picture wouki give no offense or bi^, even intiuceiitty, an instigator of prej¬ udice. To thi.s end, he invited the friendly cooperation of the B'nai B'rith with whose activities he was familiar,due to the many occasions when its Anti- Defamation League had called thc at¬ tention of the motion picture utdustry to filnis containing matter ofleiisive to the Jewish people.
Following the conference .Mr. Hays wrote the following letter to Mr. Cohen:
"Again I want to assure you of my appreciation of your acceptance of the invitation to come here and confer with us for the development of a fuller co¬ operation.
"It is*, as you know, our most earnest purpose to avoid in pictures anything that will cfTcnd any race or creed. To that end, its I liai'c tokl you, wc do earnestly desire the cooperation of your distin¬ guished Order, recognizing its splendid quality and how thoroughly representative it is of Jewish opinion.
"Let me again assure you, too, of my hope that you will keep in close touch with us, as we will with you, and that you freely let us have your opinion, as wc will feel free to ask it, on all niancrs which may aid in our mutual objective.
"With khule.st personal regard, I am, .Sincerely yours,
W^ii.L H. Hayes.
OFFICERS  ANO  MEMORIAL
SERVICE   FOR   RAIJBI   BEN
FRANKEL   WILL   FEATURK
MONDAY NIGHT'S IVNAI
B'RITH MEETING
Ii\fry    Ueii    Br,ith   of    Colmnhiis    i- cordially iiiviled lo iiUeiid Monday iliglil i U'nai  fiVitli  meeting at Rcahoi'.s  Hall .'\ .Hiiorl rcgtdar niccliiii; wiil be held by I Zion   Lodiic  after   which  the  A.  Z.  A. j cirgaiii/ation   (Junior   ll'nai   li'rith)   will itl charge of the cvcniim's program. Dr. Samuel 1>. l-Vlclman, newly appoint¬ ed advisor of the local A. /.. A. chapler, announces  that   these   young  boys   will Iiave their own team to iu'-tall their new ofliccrs for tlie coming year.
.'\ Memorial .-lervice for Rabbi Ben l-'rankel, the founder of Hillcl Founda- tinns, will be conducted by Rabbi Lee J. Levinger.
.So don't forget Monday night, Janu¬ ary -J-'Irfl—8 P. M. at Realtor's Hall, on East Stale  Sircct.
.\etivities for the lOL'-S season of the iiriden Road Temple Brollierliood, will start off with a "bang" next Thursday evening, January 26th. at the Elk'-^ Hotne, East Broad Street, when WilHain Oxley Thompson, President Emeritus; of Ohio State University, wil] open the t'lrst meeting of the year with an address tbat will enlighten and entertain al! those present.
In his announcement regardinii the first Brotherhood affair, President Abe Weinfeld strc-^scd the fact that thi.s will be a red letter occasion—one that will linger long in thc memory of each mem¬ ber.
"Prexy Thompson,' for many years the guiding s|)irii of Ohio State University, has prepared an cxtraordinar> message for that i.\ciiing." declared Mr. Weinfeld yesterday, "and 1 urgently requested each member to be there so that the hig tnrn-o^ can greet onr honor guest. It will be a gciuiine treat to meet him and hear hiui discuss some of thc vital prob¬ lems of conlemparary life."
.^n especially arranged musical pro¬ gram will precede the Thompson dinner.
as well as the two other dinners, which will take plaee Ecbruary Uth and March llHh I espectively.
The roinmittee on ju'rangement.s h do- iii'JT all within its power to make theric dinners of extiaordiiiai> inlerest to each member, and at the s.ime time keeping tlie cxpeiiFii to a modest sum.
The exact time antl place for each dinner has been jirinted on tbe tickets the committee is now distributing. Ml member-, are urged to set these dates aside. You will never regret this step, for indications point to a grand and glorious time at each event. . The speak¬ ers arc all of a high slanding—men of wide repute; the entertainers arc also marshalled  from  among thc best.
All male members of the Bryden Road Temple who have not as yet enrolled in thc Brotherhood, are urged to do so at once by getting in touch whh the fol¬ lowing: Abe Weinfeld. Dr. S. U E<lel- iiian, 1. A ('(lick, Leo Yassenoff, Dr. Morris Goldberg, Harry Cohen, Dave Levibon, Hiram ll. Cohen, and Ben Z. Neustadt.
Local Jevtrs and Students To
Attend Avukah's Big
Get-together
B'nai BVith Committees Are Officially Amiounced by President Dr. Morris Goldberg
Kntertuiiiment
Louis Rosenthal, Chairman; \<. Mell¬ man. Max Herzberg, Max Weinlicrger, M. C. Hirhch, Sam Wolman, Dr, S. D. Edelman, E. J. Schunfarbcr, Ben Neu¬ stadt, Frank V. Ba>er.
Sociiil Service
Jack Myers, Chairnian; L B. Jasheno- i-ky.   Rabbi  Jacob  Tarshish,   Rabbi   I. Wcrne, Rabhi Solomon S. Rivlin. Propugonda
Justin L. Sillman, Chairman; M. M, Levison, Walter Kat^, Sam Wolman, Harry Schwartz, Dr. L Shusleruian, M. Supran, Abe Wolman, J. W. Zilber¬ man, Frank V. Bayer. I*ublicity
Ben Neustadt, Chairman; .\. Neustadt, I W. Garek, Paul Karger. Anti-Defamatiun
E. J. Schanfarber, Chairman; Joseph Schonthal, Alfred J. Kobacker, N. C. Hirsch.
Sick Committee
Louis Rosenthal, I. B. Jashenosky nnd ofiicers.
Auditing .'\,   I.   Schoteiistcin,   Chairman;   Sam tlyneman.
Duffree Team A.  Neustadt, Chairman; J. Wolstein, 11.  Neustadt,  L  Garek, J.  Sillman,  R. Mcllman.
Legal Aid Bert    Wolnian,    A.    Cunix,    Harry Schwartz.
RcHolutiuim J. Sillman, Chairman; N, C. Hirsch, Rahbi Lee J. Levinger. A. Z. A. Dr.  S. D. Edelman, Advisor.    Com¬ mittee jf necessary,
b*nai li'rith Home I^on  J.  Goodman,  Chairman;   I.  B. Jashenosky,   E.   J.   Schanfarbcr,   I.   B, Martlin.
Dr. B. W. Abramson, prominent local physician and advisor of llie Ohio State University Chapter of Avukah, Stu¬ dent's Zionist Federation, will bc the princijde speaker at thc first meeting of a new ijuarter, to be held tomorrow (Sunday) Jan. 22. The title of bis ad¬ dress     is    "New     Trends    In    Zionist
hought." Arthur Klein, niember of Ohio State University Band, will pre¬ sent a. nuinber of niusicai selections.
This meeting will be the biggest nicm- hcrship meeting yet sponsored hy the local chapter, and will bc held at the Ohio Union on the campus at 3:;J0 P. M.
"Sinion Fisher, Chairinan of the Tirst annual dance held last Saturday will present the financial report. C'andldate.s in the -Avukah Prize Essay Contest op the subject "Why I .-Xtn Interested In Zionism," will he announcetl, and the three prizes to he awarded will be dis¬ played. Members on thc .\vukah ilebat- ing team will be selected for the debate to be hell! with Western Reserve Uni¬ versity of Cleveland.
New members of the arganization will have an opportunity to include their pic¬ tures in the Makio of I!>28, Ohio State year hook, providing thcy attend this important meeting.
The classes in "The History and The¬ ory of Zionism" conducted hy Rabbis Lee J. Levinger, and Solomon Uivlin -will be continuetl according to the dates to he announced at the niceting.
RABBI      TARSHISH      WILL SPEAK   ON   "CLARENCE DARROW—HIS LIFE AND BELIEF TO¬ MORROW
"Clarence Darrow — His Life and Belief," will bc the Nubject of Rabbi TarshiHirs lecture Sun¬ day (tomnrrow^) miirning nt 10:4.'> at thc Bryden Road tem¬ ple. Clarence Darn>w is an out¬ standing figure in American life. His activity »h counsel in thc Loeb-Lc(»p»ld case, his series of dcbntcs with some of the lead¬ ing pcr.sunaliticK in America, his radical philoHophical inter- pretntitms and his position as a member of tlte legal profes¬ sion—have placed him in a color¬ ful position which commands world wide attention.
Last evening Rabbi Tarshish reviewed the latest book by Anna Yezierska called "The Ar¬ rogant Beggar."
Local Junior Hadassah To Give Orphan Shower Sunday at Neil House
Memorial Windows
Dedicated at East Broad Street Temple
On Sunday, January Sth, immediately ((receding the formal installation of Rabhi Rivlin, a most impressi\e meino- al and window unveiling ceremony was held. Rabbi Rivlin, as-sisted by Cantoi (jrodiicr eonduclcd the services. Five windows were unveiled and dedicated to the memory of deceased dear ones.
Mrs. Morris Weiss nnveile<I the center wjnilow on the right side dedicated to the memory of her daughter Sadie Weiss WelbL-r.
Mr. Harry Masser unveiled thc north window on the right side dedicated to the niemoiv of his father, .Abraham A. Masser.
Mrs. Robert Schiff unveiled the soulh side window on the right side dedicated to the nieinory of her parents, Hirsch and Celia Lurie.
Arthur Gluck unveiled ttie center win¬ dow on the left side deilicated tu thc memory of his mother, Jennie Fried Gluck.
Mrs. Ben Levinson unveiled thc north whidow on the left sii\a dedicated to the memory of her mother, .Anna Clcbone, Mr. Levjnson's mother, Sarah Lcvinson, and his brother A. W.-Levinson.
jniiior Hadassah will have an Orphan Shower at thc reguhir meeting Sunday at 2 \'W p. m. at the Neil House. Listed among thc supplies needed in Meier Shfey.L arc thc following:
Ho\s' and girls' blouses, ages 12 to HI, hamlkcrchiefs, tooth brushes, tooth pa^te. combs, wash cloths, white bed- spreads, while cotton flannel, unbleached muslin, and black sateen, boy,s' sweaters, ages 10 to Hi; washcloths, white stock¬ ings lor okler girls, unbreakable combs. Used clothing will be accepted.
A very inteiesthig program has been arrangwl. Mr. Harold E. Walley of the department of English at Ohio State University will speak. He has selected -Dreams  for  Sale" as his subject.
.\ membership cainpaign will be an¬ nounced at this nieeting. Miss Estelle Eisher and Miss Helen Smith are co- chairmen of the membership committee. '\ report of the Ohio Regional conven¬ tion held in Cincinnati January 8 and ii will be given by Miss Ruth Frank.
The meeting is open to the public and visitor^ will be welcome. All girls inter¬ ested in Junior Hadassah are invited to join.
In Hartford Protests Roumanian Excesses
Many   EaHtcm  CollcgcH  Represented'
al Meeting Addrensed by Rnbbi
Morris Silverman
riARTEOKD—(J, T. .\.)—SUulents reiiresoiUhig inme Hurt twenty colleges and universities in the United Stales, at- I lending n ni;iss meeting at Emanuel Syn¬ agogue in this city, adopted a resolution protesting ag-nnst the outrages commit¬ ted against the Jews in Rouniania. Tho resolution is to be sent to all national students' councils in America and Europe. I The colleges represented at the meeting by students were Yalc, Harvard, .Syra- I euse. Pennsylvania, RadclifT, Columbia, Boston. Connecticut College for Women, Coniieciicul .Agricultural College, Tufts, JelTerson Medical, Johns Hopkins, New Britain 'Normal, Wesleyan, New York University, Smith, Dartmouth, and* Mas¬ sachusetts Institute of Technology.
The meeting opened with an address by Rahbi Morris Silverman, who called at¬ tention to the outrages committed in Rou¬ mania. The stwleiits went into consider¬ able discussion, after .which the resolu¬ tion was adopted.
The meeting wa.s held under the aus¬ pices of the Emanuel College Club, an organization composed of yonng men and women attending universities in various parts of thc country.
The resolutions adopted read as fol¬ lows :
"WnKutAS, The various outrages and crimes against the Jewish people of Rou¬ mania have continued unalxited in spite of the promises of the Roumanian Govern¬ ment lo check thc lawless actions of its Ktudeiits in attacking and Idlling Jews, desecrating synagogues, burning scrolls of Law and in many other ways causing distress and suffering to fall upon thc Jewish people; now, therefore, we, stu¬ dents of the Universities of Yale, Har¬ vard, Broun, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Boston, Cohimbia, Wesleyan, New York, Smith, Radcliff, Connecticut College for Women, Comiccticut Agri¬ cultural College, Tufts, Jefferson Medical College, Johns Hopkins, and New Brit¬ ain Normal School, in a meeting assemr bled .It the Emanuel College Club, pro¬ test against the continuance of such wan¬ ton excesses and i^nll upon the liberal and cultured students of thc universities of thc worhl to exert their innuencc in pre¬ venting further injustices and wrongs against the Jews and other minority peoples in the interest of International culture, comity, brotherhood and peace."
C. J. W. Notes
The study group under the direction of Elma Ehrlich Levinger, and spon¬ sored by the Educational Committee of the Columbus Section National Council of Jewish Women, will meet on Friday, January 27th, at the home of Celia Kahn Rosenthal, Tlie Broadwin. Gals¬ worthy's "Escape" and some of his other plays will he discussed.
BROTHKRHOOU    OF    EAST
BROAD ST. TEMPLE TO GIVE
COMPLIMENTARY DANCE
SUNDAY NIGHT!
Members of the Tifereth Is¬ rael Congregation (East Broad St. Temple), men of thc Tem¬ ple Brotherhood, their wives, families and friends have been Invited to the Complimentary Dance and Buffet Dinner to be held (tomorrow) Sunday eve¬ ning, January H2d, at the Tem¬ ple ballroom nu East Broud street.
"This ia to be another of our happy get-together occasions." informed Mr. Louis Schlcssin¬ ger, chairman in charge of ar¬ rangements for the affair, "and we shall as always have a bae: uf features und unusual enter¬ tainment for this event."
Dolph GroBsman's "Cleve¬ landers" will play thc dance music.
The Sigma Delta Tau Sorority Take Over Hart¬ man For Monday^ Jan. 30
Columbns  People Are Asked to Co¬ operate With Univcr.sity Body by Attending "Hit thc Deck" Show on Monday Kvening
The Sigma Delta Tau Sorority will take over the Hartman llieatre, Monday, January ,'H)lh, for the first night's per¬ formance of Vincent Youman's musical comedy, "flit The Deck." The Chicago Company is presenting this, as thc origi¬ nal is still playing in New York.
Tlii^ is a good show, so don't miss it. Thc Sigma Delta Tau Sorority would appreciate havhig all Chronicle readers to bc at the Hartman Theatre, Monday night, January- 30th. Orchestra and , boxes ^'t.fJO, Balcony 1^.50, $3.00, $LaO, and gallery $1,110. Tickets may be pro¬ cured at the hox office of the Theatre, or by calling Tressa Silverstein at the Sigma Delta Tau house, Un. 2!)3y.
Miss Helen Wolf of Columbus is chairmaii of the tickets. Those assisting her are: Maxine Cohen, and AUce Loeb of Cohimbus; Evelyn Richard, Selma, .'\la.; and Rose Abrahams, Nashville, Tenn. Helen Ackerman of Fort Wayne, Ind.j is in charge of publicity.
EDW. J. GOODMAN SPEAKS
BEFORE INMATES OF O. S. P.
On Sunday, January Sth, Mr. Edw. J. Goodman, 85-1 Brydeu Road, addressed the inmates at the Ohio State Peniten¬ tiary on thc subject of "Think Right," and stressed the fact of right thinking in the effort to find a universal remedy for the ills which afflict the human race.
Mr. Jack Myer spoke on "The Jazz Singer."
RABBI WERNE RE-ELKCTED
RAUUI  LEOPOLD GREENWALD
AriENDS MIZRACHI
CONVENTION
Rabbi Leopold Greenwald of the Beth Jacob Congregation attended thc Miz¬ rachi Convention wliich was held in Bostim, Mass., January 8tli to the Kith,
At the niceting held at the Agudath .\chini Congregation last Sunday after¬ noon. Rabbi Isaac Wcrne was re-elected spiritual leader by an overwhelming majority
The vote interpreted a decided ex¬ pression of unity in the Congregation and rt'i-ognition of the great service rendered by Rabbi Werne to Agudath Acldm, and uil expression of confidence in his lead¬ ership.
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