Useful members of society
—A good heart alone will not carry us successfully through the struggle of life; the mind too has to be trained, and the mental abilities have to be developed in the highest possible degree…
Good and respected citizens
Man has not only to work and to provide for his own wants, he has also to contribute to the welfare of the community at large, and has from his earliest youth to be imbued with a sincere love to his country…
Good and intelligent Jews
A man without religion is a little more than the beast, that eats, drinks and dies away; but the Jewish nation without religion is a regular nonsense, for our whole mission and destiny is nothing but religion…
—September 14, 1855
their own energy.
VARIETIES
Faith is like love; it can not be imposed. It is as useless to command one to believe as it would be to command one to love.
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MAYER BAUM, a young man whose mother and relatives reside in Cincinnati, was shot August 22nd, at Deadwood City, D. T., and died on the 23rd, 9 A. M. The murderer, it is maintained, mistook him for another man and shot him. Mr. M. Newman, who reports this, adds that ten Israelites were present at the bedside of the unhappy young man, and remained with him to the last painful moment. They also have provided for the deceased a decent burial according to Jewish custom. It appears that Mayer Baum was an inoffensive and industrious young man, who had some property in the city, and was generally well liked. We have not heard what was done with the murderer. The deceased was a nephew of Mr. Abraham Harris, of this city.
—September 8, 1876
Assassination of
President William McKinley
WORDS will never be able to describe the horror and grief of the great American public upon the receipt of the shocking news from the Exposition city by the lake last Friday. When the sad intelligence was imparted all were dazed, and wondered if they had heard aright. It seemed beyond the limits of possibility that the President, beloved of the people as few before him have been, should have been the victim of the assassin’s bullet. Verily the French proverb is true, that it is always the unexpected that happens. For of all unexpected things surely this was the most unexpected that William McKinley would be shot down in the peaceful precincts of a temple of music while greeting with his accustomed urbanity and geniality the thousands who had gathered to grasp him by the hand and look upon his kindly face…
…at present writing it seems more than probable that next Saturday, Sept. 14, will be observed as a day of National Thanksgiving for the deliverance of our President from deadly peril, and the people from the burden of his death by an assassin’s bullet. Whether this is done at large or not, every Jew will be in a temple or synagogue on that day, which is Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish religious New Year, and a service of praise to G-d for his mercy shown in answer to prayer may well be held.
—September 12, 1901
לשנה טובה תכתב
5687—ROSH HASHANA—1926
…Rosh hashanah is the symbol of hope. The new order inaugurated by the American experiment is still in the making. One hundred and fifty years is only a small fraction of time. The betterments over the old order are incalculable. There will be slips backward time and again but all in all mankind has gone forward. Not to lose hope is the all important consideration. To work individually towards the consummation of that greater hope is Judaism’s preachment to its own. To help to realize the ideals of freedom of those gallant souls who declared that all men are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is our country’s preachment to us Jews for whom America’s entrance into the family of nations meant so incalculably much. This I take it is the Rosh Hashana message of this sesquicentennial year.
David Philipson.
—September 9, 1926
Plain Talk by Alfred Segal
VACATION STORY
This day Lake Michigan is like a sheet of green glass all the way to the horizon. I am on vacation. A gentle breeze fans the sun’s heat away. I am sitting on a flowery lawn in front of a house of boulders closely the lake’s edge. The asters and dahlias are aglow.
It is peace as it would prevail over the world if men could learn from God how to make peace…
…This is no place for Mr. Paul and me to talk of the current agonies of the world which is ever so far away from Lake Michigan on a perfect day like this… No Korea, no Russia, no atom bomb, no Iron Curtain—nothing like that! No quarrel in Jewry, no anti-Semitism—nothing like that!
“We were far out from the world, you might say”, Mr. Paul began, “far from any center of Jewish life. Even in the city of Winnipeg, what was Jewish life? It was a handful of Jews. But even so far away my parents remained faithful to Torah…”
—September 13, 1951
CINCINNATI LODGE 4
1951 GOLF TROPHY
Cincinnati Lodge 4 won the 1951 leg on the Stack Golf Trophy at Crest Hills Country Club on Tuesday, Aug. 14, in a tournament between Cincinnati Lodge 4 and Miami Lodge 46, F. A. & M. A wonderful time was had by all who participated.
The first winner of two legs on the trophy has full possession and a new one will be obtained. High men for Cincinnati Lodge 4 were Lou Gertzman with a score of 77 and Mac Rosenbaum, 78. High men on the team who thought they were bowling and tried to get high scores were Al Fingerman and Mac Cohn. I won’t mention their scores. Others who brought about the victory were Dr. Albert Baden, Leo Lucas, Dr. S. Ackerman, Marc Levy, Max Fogel, Marty Silverman, Ed Love, Sid Spahn, Al Pollack, Ed Jacobs, Nat Nathan, Sam Litwack, Robert Schuman, Lou Rubin, Charles Newstate, Irv Aronoff, Harold Wagner, Jack Rabkin, and Lou Sanker.
Our hats off to you brothers in your hour of victory for the Lodge.
—September 13, 1951
Rabbi Harold D. Hahn, president of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Cincinnati, expressed his amazement and unhappiness at the recent publication in The Cincinnati Enquirer of an article on country clubs which singled out one as “restricted.”
Rabbi Hahn pointed out that it was a gratuitous remark, totally unnecessary even within the context of the story, and is offensive to every member of the Jewish community. He said further, that the article did not find it necessary to point to the exclusionary practices of other clubs; indeed the article had nothing to do with that. And, news articles have long since abandoned this kind of negative or pejorative description.
Rabbi Hahn, however, informed The American Israelite that meetings and discussions have been held with the officials of The Cincinnati Enquirer, and the Jewish Community Relations Council has received from them expressions of their regret and the desire to revise their principles of usage and style so as to avoid any such descriptions in the future.
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Bas Mitzvah
Our daughter, Amy Beth, will be Bas Mitzvah Friday evening, Sept. 10, at 8 p.m., at Adath Israel Synagogue, Cincinnati.
Rhoda and Sam Feldman
—September 9, 1976
Rabbis Spicehandler and Hanien bring special meaning and inspiration to Northern Hills Synagogue
“Rabbi Judy Spicehandler and Rabbi Arielle Hanien will both be returning to their roots in Cincinnati to bring special meaning and inspiration for both congregants and spiritual leaders to services during Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
—September 8, 2016
—September 1, 2016—
Jewish Cincinnati to celebrate bicentennial year
…The opening weekend will begin with a concert on Saturday night in Washington Park by Matisyahu, a Top 40 American musician whose songs combine Orthodox Jewish content with current musical styles based on reggae, rap, beatbox and alternative rock. The rededication of the Chestnut Street Cemetery will be the first event the following morning. Over the course of the year, there will be joint events with many Cincinnati area cultural and historical organizations. The bicentennial year will culminate in autumn 2022 with a legacy concert celebrating Kings Records.
…The speakers emphasized the ties that have bound the Cincinnati Jewish community throughout its history to other communities within the Cincinnati area and to the city as a whole…
—September 9, 2021
