Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1943-11-26

              "^f^J/ Sefyjng Colutnbus and Central Ohio Jewish Communit7\u/M
Vol. 21. No. 48
Entered as Second-Class Matter, Postoffloe   Columbus,, Ohio.
COliUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVBMBEB 20, 1043
DentM U AmertuB «lid J«wlsli Maals
Strictly Confidential
TldUta From BviBrywhere Bjr FhlnCBS J. Biron
Hadassah Donor Dinner WiU Aid War Effort
XOV, SHOULD KNOW .. .
pa Paul Scheffer, who until Pearl Harbor was Goebbel's news representative ih this country, and who now hobnpbs with American newspaper col¬ umnists and commentators in his swanky Park Avenue apart¬ ment, is whispering to his inti¬ mates that the takes of Hitler's extermination of millions of Jews are highly exaggerated . . . How does Mr. Scheffer know? . . He supported Hitler's anti-Semi¬ tism in the days when it looked as if Adolf were winning the war . . . PM„ Marshall PMelds' New York afternoon tabloid, has fallen into a trap ... In Its cam-'' palgn against anti-Semitism it brings daily statistical tables showing that the Jews of Amer¬ ica are not more successful than their percentage in the popula¬ tion warrants . . . Such reason¬ ing places democracy on a qubta basis, and would justify anti- Semitism if Jews should get ahead beyond certain statistics .. Hats off to Al Jolson for his succinct comment on the cur¬ rent waves o{ anti-Semitism in certain parts of the country . . Speaking of his visit to an Amer¬ ican Army cemetery Jn Italy, Al said: "There were many white crosses oVer graves of our he¬ roic dead . . . There were stars of David, too . . . But. nowhere ./.lii'itliati'iAmerlcan cemetery did !¦ see aiiy sign reading 'Restrict¬ ed" ...
WAR EK3H0BS ... Im D a n 1 s h Ambassador De Kauffman, In a recent speech be¬ fore an audience of Jews gather¬ ed to mourn the loss ot nearly 4,Q00,O00 of their brethren, told his bearers that Denmark has lost one third of her national wealth ... A nationally known Orthodox rabbi, who was grac¬ ing the speakers' platform on that occasion, is reported a.s having commented: "Allewel auf uns gesogt" . . . Hitler's days, puns Harry Hershfleld, are growing fuehrer and fuehrer. . . The war will end next July, Is the prediction ot our fifth-cous- in-five-tlmes-removed Molshe Biron, who lives In Brooklyn . . Moishe, however, is not a pro- phet by profession ... He earns a good living working In a jelly factory and doe.sn'l mind our telling the world that he Is 101 years old and going strong . . . In fact, he confidently expects to outlive' Hitler by a good many years . . . JEWISH NEWS . . . Ba Flash . . . JDavld Den Gurlon and Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who are on the outs, will soon meet in London to straighten out their controversy. . . The forth¬ coming official announcement by the British government that It will not Implement the White Paper while the war Is still be¬ ing fought docs not mean a - thing, since virtually all Jewish immigration Into Palestine is Impossible while hostilities con¬ tinue . . . The editor of the New York Post tells us that as a re¬ sult of its serialization of Pierre van Paassen's "The Forgotten Ally" the paper Is receiving In¬ quiries from many non-Jews ask¬ ing how they can join the Zion¬ ist brganizatlon, ABOUT PEOPLE . . , I^That the Herzllah Hebrew Academy Is now installed in its own building on Manhattan's (Contlfiued dn Page 8)
Good Health is the weapon Hadasstih is using to help win the war, even as health is Hadas¬ sah's main concern in time of peace. The foresightedneas over the past decade of the ex¬ tension of the Hadassah Medical Organization which will benefit frotfi the proceeds of tlie 15th annual Donor Dinner to be-held Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Neil House, becomes more apparent as the war progresses. Aid is not confined to Palestine but has reached out to include the entire Near East.
According to an article in Sur¬ vey Graphic, cures are betog, de¬ veloped in Palestine for various types of wounds which are be¬ ing further tested . in England, America and Russia with suc¬ cess. Post war health problems are also being studied. A Hadas¬ sah Typhus Laboratory has been set up at the Hebrew Univer¬ sity and vaccines are being pro¬ duced in advance of the epidemic season which may be looked for after the war since people will be returning from war zones with diseases peculiar to each region where fighting is going on.
Funds to carry on this work for all mankind must be forth¬ coming from America where liv¬ ing still retains a semblance of pre-war stablilty. If you have not ali'eady become a donor for the olinner oiii-Dec.jl2, you may be enrolled by calling Mis. Jus. tin Sillman,
Additional donors and patrons are published on page five of this issue.
Public Invited To Zionist Meeting Thursday Evening
Election and Installation of officers, a musical program with Mrs. I. E. Sealfon, as vocalist, and an address by Rabbi Morris Adler of Detroit, Mich., will be the hlghlightB of the meeting of Columbus  Zionist District dur-
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS DEMANDS ACTION OF UMRRA
NEW YORK (JPS)—A single central Jewish agency, to be recognized by the United Nations Relief And Rehab¬ ilitation Administration, to deal with the special needs of the 3,000,00 survivors of tho ghetto of Europe was demand¬ ed by the World Jewish 'Congress in a memorandum sub¬ mitted to the Council of the UNRRA- It pointett out that the three million Jews, the remainder of a former European Jewish population of 8,500,000, will depend on relief for their survival after the war and that they are the only part of the population of Europe that will depend in its
entirety on aid of that character.
Jewish Education Leaders Meet Here This Week-End
Lay and professional Jewish educational leadership from Ak¬ ron, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleve¬ land, Dayton, Detroit, Louisville', New York, Pittsburgh, Terre Haute,  and  other  communities
Brotherhood Plans Stag Gin Rummy Derby Tuesday Eve.
Deviating somewhat from the usual schedule ot meetings held in the past, at the. same time in Iceeping with the patriotic spir¬ it of the or- g a n 1 z a- tion the Bry¬ den Rd. Tem¬ ple Brother- h o o d has scheduled a Stag" G 1 n Rummy. Der¬ by for next Tuesday eve¬ ning, Nov. 30th. It is to begin promp¬ tly at 8 P. M. in the Ves¬ try of the Temple. Ru¬ dolph J. Klemperer and Albert Sugarman   are   co-chairmen
KIttmparar
of the .event.
According to Mr. Klemperer, the tournament will be limited to paid-up members of the Bro¬ therhood, with no entrance fee and no charge for the entire program which Is to include re¬ freshments.
The winners are to be awarded the following prizes: 1st, $25.00 War Bond; 2nd, $12.50 in War Savings Stamps; 3rd, $7.50 in War Savings Stamps; -Ith, $5.00 in War Saving Stamps; 5th $2.50 In War Savings Stamps.
Sliow your appreciation to the Chronicle's 22 years of loyul und devoted service to Columbus Jewish Com^nun* Ity by paying your subscrip¬ tion now   $3.00 for the year.
Rabbi Morris Adler
ing the coming week. It is to be held Thursday evening, De;c, 2, 8 P, M., in the Hall of Mirrors, Deshler-Walllck Hotel. Mem¬ bers as well as the general public are Invited to attend. ¦ 'The 3pe6iier. iror the o.ooasibni Rabbi Morris Adler, is an asso¬ ciate spiritual leader of congre¬ gation Shaarey Zedek, of De¬ troit, one of the largfest conser¬ vative houses of worship in .¦America. He is a gipaduate with distinction from rtie Jewish Theological Seminary and City College of New York. Rabbi Ad¬ ler is a member of the Board of Governors, J.ewlsh Welfare Fed' eratlon; American Academy for Jewish Research; former presi¬ dent, Zionist District, Detroit; member, national board of Aca¬ demy of Jewish Studies; chair¬ man, Detroit Zionist Youth Com¬ mission; member. Executive Board of Jewish Community Council; Executive Board, De¬ troit Round Table of Catholics, Jews and Protestants; aut^)r. "Greak Passages, from the Tor¬ ah", two volumes.
Others to be heard on the evening's program are Leonard Kohn, chairman of Membership campaign; Robert L. Mellman. Albert Schiff, Roy J. Stone and Rabbi Nathan Zellzer. The na¬ tional anthem will be led by Miss Lucille Levey, accompan¬ ied by Mrs. Herbert Huffman.
Staff Sgt. I. Godofsky Killed In Plane Crash
Columbus Jewish community was this week shocked by the tragic death ot one ot Its sons in the armed forces of our coun¬ try. He was Staff Sgt. Irvin Godofsky, age 2-1, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Godofsky, U78 Llnwood Avenue, who was killed In the collision of two Flying Fort¬ resses at Lake Thonotos- assa, Fla., Fri¬ day, Nov. 19th, A gunner on a B-n, Sgt. Go¬ dofsky was sta¬ tioned at McDill Field, Tampa, Fla. Seven and possibly nine (Contlmiedon Page 8)
Irvin Godoflky
»r.  E. J. (Jordon
will be the weekend guests of Columbus at the East Central States Regional Conference of the American A.s.sociatlon for Jewish Education which is to he held at Hotel Seneca on No¬ vember 27-28.
Dr. E. J. Gordon is president of the regional educational group and Dr. Azriel KLscnherg, Director of the Cleveland Bu¬ reau of Jewish Education, is serving as Secretary.
Adolph Rosenljcrg, President ot the Cnlon of American He¬ brew Congregation, and Max I. Kohrman, President of the Cleve¬ land Hebrew Schools, and Dr. Emanuel Gamoran, Director of the Commission on Jewish Edu¬ cation, will participate in a sym¬ posium on (he theme, "What Shall We Teach our Children" this Saturday (tonight) at 8;30 p. m. .\ general discussion from the floor will follow.
.\n Inventory of Jewish Edu- callim. l!Wl-'i:i", will tie the theme of the Sunday morning session, at l):.'IO a. m. Reports will he rendered hy representa¬ tives of the above mentioned communities.
¦Meuish Education In the I^'u- lure American Jewish Conimun- Ity" will be the title of the ad¬ dress hy Professor Horace-M. Kallen, outstanding American Jewish philosophei' and thinker, at the Luncheon session bn Sun¬ day.
"The Outlook for the Future" will  be the  general  discussion theme during the afternoon ses¬ sion from 2:30 to 4.00 p. m. The Jewish community of Co-
Among these are one million Jewish children, the memorand¬ um states. The place of Pales¬ tine In a postwar permanent so- . lutlon of their problem was stressed. The Jewish Labor Committee also submitted a memorandum.
Assuming that it will be the policy of the UNRRA to under¬ take immediate feeding where the situation is most acute, and in the event that it is not pos¬ sible to ship food to all starving populations simultaneously, the Congress asks for a system of priorities for feeding the Jews. This is necessary because those Jews who have escaped slaugh- . ter by the .Nazis are in imme¬ diate danger of death by star¬ vation because of rations reduc¬ ed below the level of the local populations, themselves already, below subslstance. By Septem- br, 1943, 750,000 Jews had died of starvation and epidemics re¬ sulting from ¦mahmi;rltibii.' w , .¦, Clothing Ot Population The clothing of the Jewish population of Europe presents a special problem because of the s.vstematic pillaging of" their be¬ longings by the Nazis' and their satellites. Under Axis rule, Jews have been deprived of their extra clothing and all ration cards, compelled to surrender their warm attire, stripped of most of their remaining clothes through deportation and often forced to sell their last belong¬ ings for food.
The one million Jewish chil¬ dren in Europe constitute a spe¬ cial prolilem. No single people, says the memorandum, will have suffered greater physical and spiritual injury than the Jewish child population which have sur¬ vived extermination. Planned starvation has deprived .lewish chililren and adolescents of es- .sential iiody-building foods. To this has been added physical sei> aration from parents, cimcentra- tion In desolated ghettos, the de¬ nial of medical care, enforced Illiteracy. The Congress sets forth as the specific tasks to l)e undertaken: prompt feeding; medical care; reuniim of fam¬ ilies; re-pducalion;. migration, particularly to i'alesllne, tor the orphaned.
Pcrinaaenl Homes Needed The solution of the problem of relief and rehabilitation is im¬ possible until permanent homes will have been found for the dispossessed, says the memor¬ andum. In addition to the reset¬ tlement of the mass of deportees now In Eastern Europe, homes must also be found for 3S,000 Jewish refugees now enjoying, temporary asylum in Sweden, Switzerland and Spain, and some 25,000 refugees stranded in Jap¬ anese-occupied China. Many of (Continued on Page 8)
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lumbua and surrounding towns are cordially invited to attend these sessions.