Representatives of twenty-one Jewish communities in Ohio yesterday participated in the first regional state convention held here at the Hotel Allerton and adopted measures which should considerably enhance the work of the Zionist groups in this state.
Rabbi James Heller of Cincinnati was elected Honorary President of the new Zionist body and Ezra Shapiro of this city, President. Dr. B. W. Abrams of Columbus and Oscar Altschuler were chosen vice-presidents with Herman Stein as treasurer and Isaac Carmel, Executive Secretary. The Committee consisting of 17 members and representing every district in Ohio, later decided that Mr. Carmel would direct the activities of the Zionist Region.
Morris Rothenberg, President of the Zionist Organization of America was the chief guest of the delegates at a banquet given during the course of the evening. Mr. Rothenberg took exception to the pessimistic tone used by some of the speakers and declared that there was no cause for pessimism. Pointing at length to the concrete achievements obtained in Palestine he sttated that here too in the United States the trip he was just making confirmed his conviction that Zionist sentiment was as firm as ever. If there is any weakness to be deplored, he stated, it is in the organization.
Speakers at the opening session included Mayor Ray P. Miller of this city; George A. Klein, of the Cleveland Zionist District; Miss Dorothy Finkelstein and Mrs. Mary Simon of the Hadassah Organization and Mrs. M. Garber of the Jewish National Fund. Others who participated actively in the proceedings of the Convention were Samuel Schmidt, Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, Rabbi Nowak, Rabbi Harry Davidowitz and Professor Sholom Maximon.
The closing banquet was attended by more than 500 guests and in the course of the evening a Golden Book certificate was presented to Counsellor William R. Hopkins, the only non-Jewish member of the local Zionist Organization, in recognition of his work for the movement.
J. George Fredman, of Jersey City, N. J., the new commander-in-chief of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, has designated Harry I. Jacobs, well known insurance man of Newark, to serve as quartermaster-general, a position equivalent to national treasurer, during the ensuing year. Mr. Jacobs is treasurer of the Newark post of the Jewish veterans. Active in politics, he is president of the Democratic War Veterans Association in Newark.
With the co-operation of the Mizrachi and the Order Sons of Zion, a public memorial service was held Sunday in Newark, N. J., for the late Isidor Cohn, who was active in the Orthodox community for many years. Announcement was made that the deceased’s memory will be perpetuated through a Hebrew library to be established by the Rabbi Meyer Isserman Synagogue.
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