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Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
MOSES OTTINGER, PHILAN-
THROPIST, DIES
Was One of Founders of Jewish The
olOgicai Seminary and Jewish Edu.
catiOnal Alliance.
One of the Happy Kids.
tJcwish Telegraphie Agency

tJcwish Telegraphic Agency
New York-Moses Ottingcr. head of
the real estate firm Of Ottlnger and
Brothers of New York, one of the
founders of the Jewish Theological
Seminary and the Hebrew Free Schools
which later became the Educational
Alliance. died Wednesday at The age
of 81.
The son of publisher in Wurtem-
berg. Moses Ottinger came to this conn.
try I'm sailing vessel when child.
with his brother, Marx. he carried on
here and In Louisville, Ky. n trade In
Kentucky leaf tobacco Impressed with
the rapid growth Of New York City the
brothers shifted their energies to New
York real estate. and in the course OF
the ensuing fifty years Moses Ottingcr
helped develop several sections of the
metropolis, in particular Columbus
avenue.
He gave generously TO many chart
ties. He belonged TO the old Board of
Trade and was n former vice-prcsident
of the Real Estate Exchange.
He was the father of state Attorney
General Nathan Ottineer. Besides the
Attorney General. three sons survive,
former Supreme Court Justice Ottingcr,
now law partner Of former Governor
Charles :. whitman; Lawrence o. OF
finger and Leon Ottinger. His wife
Mrs. Amelia Ottinger, died three years
ago. She founded the Amelia Ottinger
Debate Fund ut Hunter College.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03

Editor Jewish News:
The article entitled AS n Coy Talks
Yiddish," written by y. Niger. which
appeared in last weeks issue OF the In.
tcrmountain Jewish News, is piece OF
idiocy without the re,lccmng quality OF
being talented (Which quality Mr.. Nj
ger graciously accorjs to Lewisohns
articlc). 1t is trnc, II is written In n
racy, spicy manner. But there Is such
a thing MS too much spice. 1t was
grossly perceptible that Mr.. Niger tried
to he clever. And so he did succeed In
making a few petty, nasty remarks
about MIR. Lewisohn, without refuting
one point madc by the latter (But II
continue in this vein any longer, this
will be as trifling comment as Mr..
Myers own article.)
The one and only point worth any
consideration made by Mr. Niger is that
because of the Ghetto, Jewry has sue
ceeded in surviving these 1000 years.
Verify 1t did succeed in developing an
over-astute. one-sidcd Talmudc mind.
A stunted, dwarfted being who clung
: pathetically to formal tradition for
fear of losing his identity completely
MIR. Niger makes his claim but does not
. attempt to prove his statement In any
wny whatever And so one is tempted
to think that 1t was mOiesty that
caused him to refrain. fUr his proOi
might have been something to this eff
feet Why, look ye, the Ghetto pro
duced such men as myself. Granting
that the Ghetto did produce few Yid
dish writer's of some value, they at bes
exerted only a temporary influence OF
Jewish life. y
But. let us not forget that the Ghet
to did produce few great Geonim
! What then? How much OF nm impress
have they left on Jewish life?-eScep
negative one? II is left for us nov
l to constantly adjust their conclusions
! which were all very well for their day
u to our ever changing civilization. AM
: furthermore, was not nll OF their activl
ty centered around the Bible or com
mentary which further had Its root i
the Bible? tAnd in their greatest pre-
" ductions they never reached the height
of the Bible.) In other words tn
source of all their creativeness wa
something which the Jews had pre-
duccd while they were pcoplc-a MOI
NAL, healthy functioning nation o
their own soil.
What great things have the Jew
done in the Diaspora? Where is ther
:, n jew in the Diaspora, compared
!, Shakespeare. Goethe, or Anato
), France? Where is there a Jew con
!, parable to beethoven, or Bach: VIII
even Perez himself has not attained I'll
creativcness of any of the former, nc
can Meyerbeer, Bizct or Mendelsohn l
, mentioned in the same breath with II
latter. Ernest Bloch, who Is trying
function Jewishly, must revert for h
themes to ancient chants because thei
is no throbbing Jewish life from whic
:, he can draw. And until such a life
established in Palestine no Jewish cr
=, ator will lie able to function ad
:, quatcly. All Jewish works will renal
half baked. unsatisfylu. productions
. for they are neither Jewish nor of Il
country in which they are produced.
,r As for Mr. Myers 1crisivc clai
that I.cwisohn's reaction was all pc
If sonal, bctnuse, ms he puts 1t, GENTLE
40 forsooth, would not cull him Profe
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
A Denuerite Comes to Lewisohn' s Defense
ny ROSE q. LURE

sor," for from It's being a smirch on
Lewisohn's character shows whnt
fine type OF man he Is. Lewisohn might
have fawned and catered and become
the colorlcss. spIneless assimilator' nut
the man In him rcbclled. lie did not
surrender shnmcfully. And that Is
lust the crux OF the whole situation
why should II man who is not merely
talented (as even the high and mighty
Mr.. Niger himslef granis) hut one who
really has creative genius aud GER
taiply knows his subject ns well rs
anybody-why should such a man be
refused n position on any English
teaching stan? The reason lies In the
history and development Of the whole
Jewish people, and needs much, much
| deeper consideration than even Mr.
Niger with his facic tongue can give
| II. OF course IL Is said that Icwlschn
should have come TO us In that way.
but IL Mr.. Niger will exercise his own
very critical intelligence, he will surely
concede thnt Herzls have been more
valuable to us Jews than Myers.
Giving to Russia would indeed be
"subsidizing murder" Mr.. Niger must
have felt quite satisfied with his mock
ing dismissal of that idea. Indeed, II
Lewisohn or any other man who has
the Jewish problem mt heart could
bring some of these rich American
Jews to realize where their duty lies,
they indeed would have been saved.
worse than useless, yea, almost criml-
nal expenditure of money.
Mr. Ab Kahn OF the Forward writes
In the ]. T. A. that even the Jews OF
RUSSIA themselves are fearful as to the
ultimate results of the colonization in
Russia. For they say you never can
tell what the Soviets or the Mujhiks
are liable to do. They are not rcli-
able. Though the Christians have their
very roots in one OF us. they neverthc-
less have been our worse prosecutors.
: Whereas. the Arab. though hostile, has
very much closer kinship to us. After
all Jew and Arab are Semitcs. And
for many other reasons which cannot
be enumerated here e"erything points to
the fact that If we concentrate our
energies on Palestine we can hope for
greater returns. If we help those same
Russian Jews to get settled in Palcs-
tine we will he very humane Ga quality
which Mr.. Niger denies to all Zionists }
: and at the same time we will help them
not only as individuals but AS n part
of nation.
e Yes, there seems to be no proof what.
ever to the contrary, that giving 10
c Palestine is the safest. s,irest, most
= logical and Of course most ideal way Of
y helping the Jews as a nation. And
g even the intimations against on
+ humaneness, by such giants AS Mr.
Niger needn't scare us Lilliputans int
submission.
o i rake the above remarks in al
$ humility realizing that ut best it,
g merely an opinion and for all l know
n mere prejudice. Only one who il
$ really Jewish, in whose veins viril,
: Jewish blood is coursing, does gel
: perturbed by the Reformed Jews OF
II the one hand and these Radical Yid
dishists on the other. Both equally
c assinlatory. Both renegades Il
Judaism And one is imppllpd TO prO
n claim lin the accepted use OF III,
= prophets verse): Thy dcstroyers ant
:, waste makers spring from thy owl
3 midst.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
THE JEWISH Upton

The same obstlnncy which Sir
Thomas Upton exhibits In his attempts
to gain victory In American waters
with his Engiish.built boat Is shown
by Pierre Wertheimer, noted Jewish
French turfman in his endeavors to win
American races with Frcnch.bred
horse.
After n short visit In this country,
Werthelmer returned to France before
his departure he told us that II is his
life ambition to win a race In this
country with one of the get OF Epinnrd,
the great racer he brought over here
last year. 1t will be remembered that
Ladkin, Wise Counsellor and Sarazen
nll defeated the French flyer at dis
tances of from n mile to n mile and six
furlongs Mr.. Wertheimcr, however,
took his beatings gracefully and man
fully and stated at the time that he
intended to try ngnin.
Mr.. Wertheimer has not given up rs
yet.
A QUESTION AND AN ANSWER
Mr. u. of Baltimore asks us:
"Who are the Jewish boxing cham
pions of the world?'
We looked up the records and flnd
that out of nine official world cham
pions, we have two: the bantanweighi
champion--Charlcy Rosenberg and thu
| featherweight title-holdcr, Kid Kaplan
This is not so bad as far as thu
| figures are concerned: two out of nint
is pretty good proportion. But what
bothers us is that we have been rele
gated to the very light division. that WI
have been pushed out Of the Lightweight
class even. which seemed so secur
during Leonard's reign.
CHAPLIN IN THE RING
Yes. Charley Chaplin was in the RIM
once. Sounds like joke but it's true
Long years before Charley ever though
of wearing baggy pants and an irol
skinner before the movies he wa
bitten by the boxing bug and though
he had the makings Of champion
slugrer.
While laughing over the struggles o
his early youth. he told us not Ion
ago that the greatest hug he ever ha
was to he II prize fighter. He was livin
in London at the time and tipped tn
beam at 105 pounds. Somehow or othe
he got on n preliminary In one OF I'll
London clubs and was knocked for
row of bamboo canes in one round.
Yes. Charlie was a Knockout, eve
then.
Copyright 1925 by Seven Arts Feature
Syndicntc.)
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
Benny vs.. Red


These are the days given over to
the analyzlng and disecting OF football
stars. To be or not to be an All-Ameri-
ca. Now that the season is over, ex-
ccpt for the shouting, and that the
colorful Red Grange has Joined the pro
fcssional ranks, the experts find that
Grange does not occupy such n note
worthy niche In the football Hall OF
Fame after all. II seems that his only
real claim to greatness according to
the football authority, Van Every, h
that Grange has proved himself the
peer Of all broken-iield runners. All
agree. however. that there have been
greater backs and even this very season
he has been outrnnked by Oberlander
of Dartmouth and our own Benny
Friedman of Michigan. As punter'
goal kicker. forward passer and line
bucker Oranges value is counted as
very little,
| The question then arises. Why viii
Grange, who may he passed up by the
experts on many All-TimeAmerican
elevens, be the football hero for several
years to come-and Benny Friedman,
the acknowledged peer of quarterbacks
will never make such nationwide ap-
/ peal to the public imagination as Red
the greatest of all sports boS-office mag
nets, with the possible exception OF
/ Jack Dempsey. We believe with Van
Every that Grange Is distinctly per
sonality and a picturesque one. He is
an individualist who, when he performs
does so dramatically giant that
fights against the opposing team, which
tries to bottle him up-and when h,
breaks loose, it is a strictly individual
victory.
Friedman is disciplined team per
former He is more accurate thai
flashy; his passes are superbly timed
his kicking is as sure as a well-trainet
artillery mans shooting. His individ
ual prowess is submerged by his yer
satllity in being able to help the team
at all moments OF the game.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
Friedman Sure AII-Ameriean


Grantland Rice, considered the sue
cessor of Walter Camp as the supreme
judge of American football. discussing
the conference stars of this Season,
speaks of Friedman as follows:
AT quarter Benny Friedman stands
head and shoulders above any in the
country. His tumble of a wet ball in
the Northwestern game was his only
slip of the season-and that eycusable,
although it lost Michigan clear claim
to the title. Friedman is wonderful
passer, strong runner and good
kicker. Bur most of all, he is a
genius at handling team, one of the
inspired leaders that come but once in
every two or three student generations,
Yost regards him as one of the the
best quarters ever at Michigan"
Rice is right about Friedman as an
inspired and inspiring leader of the
team. The news has come out that our
Benny has been unanimously elected
captain of the Michigan football squad
of 1926.
a prosperous season in 1926 for Cap
tain Benny is the wish of all football
fans
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
Our Sporting Column
By HARRY CONzEL

at the same time to keep physically iit
and indulge In sports"
And added Mr.. Podolsky, smiling.
ly, the jew needs more attention physi.
cally than mentally. so / am glad to
do my share"
The idea of combining hotel with n
physical culture Institution deserves
special notice. and coming from Mr..
Podolsky, an immigrant to this coun'
try, 1t stands out as a distinct achieve
ment, marking a new departure in the
hotel and sport world Of this country.
.. Lonstiale BELT Jewish
Johnny Brown, Jewish lad, ban
tamweight boxing champion of Eng
land, has arrived In America. Ordin
arlly when foreign boxer comes to
this country to display his wares he
brings lot of clippings to prove that
his prowess is fact Brown, however
has brought credentials of different
kind He has brought with him the
Lord Lonsdale belt, which Is the great
est prize any English bantamweIgh
can possess. In order to obtain perma
nent possession of this belt, a fighter
has to defend 1t successfully two times
In all the fifteen years that it wa
in competition only one fighter sue
ceeded in winning it ana then defend
ing it triumphantly on two occasions
That little man was Johnny Brown
That is why he owns for all time tn,
first Lord Lonsdale belt.
A GREEN" LAMENT
The boys on Erins'shore are weepin
and wailing for the return OF powe
in the boxing arena Of the Iris
fighter. We picked up the follOwin
bit of moaning and groaning, IA poem b
Charles Simmons:
Now, the Cohens and the Isensteins, ar
ruling far and wide
And the Micks are in the back seat
and are pushed of to the side;
Take away these Noes and Abies pac
them far across the sea
And try and find some Irish lads. lik
O'Flynn, O'Hearn or McGee
We want to see the ringposts draped
green with harp of gold
Why can't we grow some Irish lad
like they did in days Of old?
We shake our heads and ponder, us "
grow old and gray.
, And bemoan the Irish fighters, wi
have long since passed away.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03

If | am not for myself, who is for
me? And if am for myself (only),
what am I?-Talmud.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03

Wisdom is the sunlight of the soul
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03

Do not buy stolen goods.-TaImud.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
MORRIS JAFFA

Who will lead the Josephson Company in
benefit performance of the 1.-TWO KOONY
LEMELS," Palm Theater, Tuesday, De-
cember 8th.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-03
A GREEN" LAMENT

The boys on Erin's'shore are weeping
and wailing for the return OF power
in the boxing arena Of the Irish
fighter. We picked up the following
bit of moaning and groaning, IA poem by
Charles Simmons:
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-10-29

own religious views. too often unhln-
dcred by the school authorities. II IL
against these conditions and against any
practice that Invites them or permits
them that we should most strenously
object, Your committee, therefore, rec
onlmends that the Conference shnll
continue to put itself upon record as
opposing all Legislation which may
tend to bring religions discrimination
into the public schools, and that It's
members are urged to continue their
splendid fight against all such Ell
eroachments upon our constitutional
liberties.
Hut protest alone l. not sufficient
We have too long been In mere oppo-
sition. The Conference must reco:-
nize the need of meeting the situation
as 1t exists by some positive and aiiirm-
alive declaration. The movement for
the shortening of school hours for the
purpose of dismissing children that
they might go to their several denom-
national schools for ellgious instruc-
ton under their own denominational
leaders appears. at the present, TO be
the nearest approach to the solution Of
the vexatious problem.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-10-29
10000 TO PALESTINE
IN 1926, SAYS LIPSkY
DIR. Wise, Morris Rotllenberg, Emanuel
Newman, Abraham Goldberg Re
port on Zionist Congress.
(Jewish Tclegraphic Agency

New YOrk-The statement that the
Zionist Executive has received from
the Palestine government 10000 certifi-
Gates for the admission of 10000
ChalutZim during the next six months
and the prediction that immigration 10
Palestine during the coming year would
thus probably rise to 10000 was made
by Louis Lipsky, chairman of the Zion
ist Organization of America, Tuesday
night at Town Hall when the leaders
rf the American Zionist Delegation to
Vienna reported on the Fourteenth
Zionist Congress.
Two Thousand Zionists filed the hall
and several hundred were turned away.
Geda!iah Bublick, editor of the Jew
ish Daily News, presided DR. stephen
:. Wise, Louis Lipsky, Morris ROthen-
berg, Abraham Goldberg and Emanuel
Newman addressed the audience.
The anti Semitic demonstrations at
the Congress were less disturbing TO
the delegates than 10 their corelisicn-
lists in America, according TO DR. Wise.
Dr. Wise disagreed with those critics
of the Congress who declared the Con
cress talked too much THE world
chukc> the Jews Ia many lands, he de
clarcd The jew is not free to speak
in Eastern Europe When Jews finally
get together they speak freely and from
their hearts.
.Dr Wise denounced the small rep
rescntatiou 0f English Jews IN the
Zionist movement. shame ON the
English Jews" he exclaimed. After
the English have accepted the mandate
for Palestine, they were almost unrep-
resented at the Zionist Congress. say
to them that they are poor Jews and
worse Englishmeu.'
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-10-29
Jewish Colonization in
Russia

The Frcund." monthly organ of the
"Workmcn's Circle" says cditorially in
its last issue: The relief activity on
behalf of the Jewish masses in Europe
has in recent years practically come to
standstill During the past year there
has been no concentrated cffot in
this direction On the part Of the work
ing masses The only committee, which
committee, and all its funds practical
ly came from the tax imposed upon
its members by the Workmcn's Circle
for the Jewish schools in Europe. Late
ly, however, the Jewish labor organi-
cations have again been considering
such activity in connection with the
SiJ,OOO0OO drive begun by the j. ID.
C.. for colonization in Russia and for
other constructive and cultural relief
work. After all Jewish labor organiza-
, lions and labor press had endorsed the
j. D. G. drive, new organization had
been formed for the supervision of the
drive tn he conducted by the labor or
.anizations. The members of the
Workmen's Circle will not fail to par
iicipate in the drive" and contribute
their own share for the suffering jew
lsh masses in Europe
Ab. Cahan. editor of the Forward =
tells of the sentiment prevailing among
the Jews IN Tel Aviv. who have just
arrived from Russia rs to Crimcan
colonization. Some Of them are pco-
pie of intelligence Of "A high order, and
altogether the average of intelligence
among them is pretty high. From
what they said, gathered the trend
of public opinion among the Jews Of
Russian on the subject of colonization
there II amounted to this: They
hope II will meet with success and ap
plaud the American Jews for helping
H. The Jews of Russia regard the
scheme aS an escape from an otherwise
catastrophe situation, yet they view
the future in Crimca with reserve and
misgivings. Let us hope. they say. that
our people will really lie allowed tr
cultivate the land and enjoy the fruit
Of their labor. but who knows what
the Soviet Government may not do2
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-10-29

II may seize the farms when it suis
its purpose American Jews do very
well i'll raising Il large fund to help
our brethren settle on the land In
Crimea, and may he the Soviet Govern
incnt will not dare violate the agree
ment. But still one cannot help being
uneasy, Then there is no telling what
the Russian peasants may do We
have had the bitter experience. said
some Jews who rccounted acts of vio-
lence against Jews on the part Of Rus
sian peasants. Anti-Scmitism runs
high among peasants as also among
Gentle Communists In the cities. We
live on II volcano, but the Crimcau
proposition Is the best that can be done
for our poor people who have no other
place Ia 20.
"Thc economic policy of the Soviet
at present iS easier on tradespcople
Many Jews keep small stores or shops
and manage 10 get along. but the great
mass In the cities and towns are in
frighlful position, and farming in
trimca, provided IL Is accompanied
with II sense of security, would be
blessing for them.
Copyright. 1929, Jewish relcgraphlc
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-10-29
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OF 6.000 persons carrying practically
the entire burden.
Each agency runs on u budget system
and all accounts are properly audited
instead OF the old hap-hazard record of
receipts and expenditures.
The financial demand of each agency
is limited by the Budget committee
made up of the foremost businessmen
of Denver. instead Of unlimited de
mands upon the public by each indi
vldual agency.
I All worthy agencies under the Chest
plan. are assured Of minimum financial
support instead OF some popular agency
being over-financed and other worthy
ones being severely handicapped.
Denver, thru its Chest agencies, has
complete and constructive social pro
gram. instead of field limited to a
few charity agencies which have tn,
Appeal"
tHittNl anu unSslll>H stINi't IL slNti
10 all unfortunates, instead of creatin.
religious and class distinctions by dis
astrous competition.
Trained secretaries give full time Il
directing Denver's charitable and char
acter-building work. instead of few
citizens giving thought. time ant
money to unfortunate individuals
families or domestic cases.
Citizens are called TO duty but one,
and then on n large project, instead 0
being requested by at least n dozen o
the forty-nine organizations to serve n
Il solicitor-once each mOnth-On
comparatively small enterprise.
The fourth annual campaign fo
funds Will be held from November 1Otl
TO 18th inclusive and Denver citizens
are asked to contribute of their tint
and money that the 40 chest agencie
| may be financed for another year.