Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1946-12-27

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Vol. Z4, No. 53
COHTMBUS, OHIO, FBIDAV, DECEMBBR 27, 1940
Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals
WILL OCCUPY BRYDEN ROAD TEMPLE
PULPIT UNTIL A RABBI IS CHOSEN
Rabbi Robert li. Katz
Beginning next Friday even¬ ing, Jan. 3rd, and continuing -every Friday until a permanent Rabbi is chosen, two young Rabbis wlU alternate in conduct¬ ing the services at the Bryden Road Temple, it was announced this week by president, L. J. Goodman.
¦ Qn Friday, Jan. .3rd, Rabbi Robert L. Katz will officiate, and on Friday, Jan.. 10, Rabbi
Rabbi BcHrnm W. Korn
Bertra'm  W.  Korn  will  occupy the pulpit.
The Rabbis plan to remain in Columbus over the weekends to supervise the Sunday religious school and to take care pi any pastoral duties when called up¬ on by members of the congrega¬ tion. Members are asltied to call the Temple office when the services of the Rabbi are de¬ sired.
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The cooperation of all readers will be appreciated by the, _ Chronicle staff for onr next week's Issao which Is to be dated January 3, 1047.
Sanford Lakin Award To Be Presented At Installation Event
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Tidbits Prom Everywhere , By PhlneaS 3. Btron
FLASHl!!
The Haganah has evolved a scheme to stop the Irgun.-Stern terrorist groups... Right after the close of the World Zionist Congress the terrorist chiefs will be kidnapped and kept in forcible detention...The plan is said to have the silent approval of the British authorities, who have promised not to Interfere.. If the Haganah succeeds ih stopping terrorism it will be recognized as an official militia
in Palestine	
SGALUONS
Scalilons to A. M. Sobel of New York,, tournament director of the Ontario Bridge Tourna¬ ment... Mr. Sobel barred Leon Beard from participating because Mr.   Beard  is  colored—a  West
Indian  civil  servant Racism
scored another victory when the Negro actor who played "Un¬ cle Remus" in Walt Disney's latest, "Song of the South", was not permitted to attend the gala  premiere  of  the  film  In
Atlanta,' Georgia What   d 1 d
Disney expect In Atlanta?. .This (Continued on Page 8)
FOVB SHIPS ASSIGNED TO
WASHINGTON (WNS)—Four ships have been assigned to expedite the movement to the United States of 2,100 displaced persons with U. S. visas, Presi¬ dent Truman announced at a press  conference   today.
HALF MILLION GIVEN TO BBANDEI8 UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK (WNS)—Gifts and pledges in excess of $500,000 have been made to Brandeis University, America's first secu¬ lar educational institution under Jewish auspices, it was announc¬ ed this week by Julius Silver, treasurer of the Albert Einstein Foundation, sponsoring the new university. Gifts In excess of $100,000 were made by Mr. and Mrs. Allen L. Goldflne arid Israel Ragosin of New York.
OVERSEAS JEWISH LEADERS TO ADDRESS J.D.C. ANNUAL MEETING, JAN. 12, IN N. Y.
NEW YORK: Four leaders of, slon will be open to the public overseas    Jewish    communities No  funds  will  be  solicited,  It
.^ When Sanford Lakin, a past president of Zion Lodge No. 62, B'nai B'rith, died in ttie recent war, a memorial award was es¬ tablished with an initial gift of his   father,  Louis  Lakin.
"Sandy" as he was affection¬ ately known thruout the com¬ munity, was a young lawyer with a bright future ahead of him. During his short span of life Sanford not only contributed greatly to everything worth¬ while in the Jewish communi¬ ty but to the general welfare of Columbus citizenry as well.
To perpetuate his memory, th'gr,j^9.c^l-;.B;^ai;, Brlfli; -lod^e .has cieii4&'"ti\i$}'"v/hicU: Js to' .Be known tis "Zion Lodge Sarifprd Lakin Memorial Award". It is a beautifully framed scroll bearing the fblloytng inscrip¬ tion: "Zion Lodge No. 62, B'nai Brith, presents The Sanford D.
will be among the featured speakers at the thirty-second an¬ nual meeting of the Joint Dis¬ tribution Committee, to be held on Simday, Jan. 12, at the Ho¬ tel New Yorker, New York City, it was announced this week by Rabbi Jonah' 'B. ,Wise, a Vice- Chairman of the J.D.C. and a National Chairman of the United Ji vish Appeal, who is Chairman of the Annual Meeting Commit¬ tee.
The overseas speakers are: Dr. Frederic Goeroeg of Budapest, President of the Hungarian Jew¬ ish Relief Committee, through which the J. D. C. carries out its relief and reconstruction ac¬ tivities in Hungary; Leon Retter, General Secretary of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U. S. zone of Germany, .which receives its chief finan¬ cial .support from the J.D.C.; Rab¬ bi Alexander Schafran, Grand Rabbi of Rumania, and Leon Bernstein, Secretary General of the Jewish Refugee Organiza¬ tion in  Italy.
The meeting at which time these and other speakers, to be announced soon, wUl deliver latest reports on the conditions of Jewish survivors' overseas wlU ,be held^lrL.M£^nl^£^Uan,Cen¬ ter/.'adjacent, to th'6^'Hoi'el:;'Nfe^?^^^ Yorker, at 2:30 p. m. This ses-
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was pointed out, since the J.D.C. receives Its funds from contri¬ butions to   the United   Jewish        ¦':p. Appeal.
The annual meeting will open at 10 a. m., when members' of the J.D.C. National Council con¬ vene to elect Council and Board members, review 1946 operations and examine plans for a pro¬ gram of expanded activities In behalf of Europe's Jewish sur¬ vivors during 1947.
The general session will be held following a luncheon at 1:00 p. m. in the hotel.
The Sunday meeting will be preceded by a meeting Saturday night of the J.D.C. Board of Di¬ rectors.
Members of the Annual Meet¬ ing Committee, in addition to Rabbi Wise,  include: Albert H. ,i
Lieberman of Philadelphia, Chairman of'the J.D.C. National Council; William Roseriwald of New York, a National Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal and a J.D.C. Vice-Chalrman; Montz M. Gottlieb of Alientown, Pa, a VIce-Chairman of the J DC. National Council; and George Abrash- of Paterson; N. J., Max s
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Organization Delegates Are Announced By Local Jewish Community Council
Delegates Unanimous IniSupporting The Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra
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20th BIRTHDAY PARTY OF CQUNCIL WOMEN SET FOR JANUARY  7th
CHRONICLE PUBLISHER FAMILY NIGHT SPEAKER FRIDAY,  JANUARY  3rd^
The 29th Birthday Party of the Columbus Section, Nation¬ al Council of Jewish Women, wUl'be. appropriately celebrated on Tuesday, Jan. 7th, at the Sen¬ eca Hotel.: The affair, which Is to begin at 12:30 P. M., will fea¬ ture the world's premiere "Council's Cover Girl", 1893- 1847.The price of $1.50 per plate win cover tax and tips. Reser¬ vations win be In charge of Mrs. Theodore Simson, EV. 7161.
More details are to be revealed In next week's Chronicle.,
There aro, still a few rescp- vations open for the Annual Installation Dinner of Zion Lodge No. 62, B'nai B'rith. Anyone planning to attend this affair on Sunday, Jan. 5, is asked to send reserva¬ tion cards together with re¬ mittance, $2.00 per plate, to Howard N. Rose, Sec'y., 1730 Frankfort St.
Noah A. Atler, president of District Grand Lodge No. 2, will be the principal -speaker at  the dinner.
Ben Neustadt, editor and pub¬ lisher of the Ohio Jewish Chron¬ icle, will be the speaker at the Agudath Achlm Family Night Services to be held at the Syn¬ agogue, Wash¬ ington and Don¬ aldson Sts., on Friday, Jan. 3rd, at 8 o'clock. He has chosen for his subject "A Quarter of a Century With Columbus Jew- M. Hirschsprung la to preside and Cantor P. Gell- man and his girl choir will ren¬ der appropriate selections.
Following the services re¬ freshments; are to be served by the Sisterhood In the social hall. "The public Ig invited. ¦  '
Lakin Memorial Award to (A brother Ben Brith) in recogni¬ tion of distinguished and out¬ standing service as a public spirited citizen to the city of Columbus which reflected cred¬ it upon the Jewish communi¬ ty".
The committee which recom¬ mended this type of award In¬ cludes: Jack B. Wolsteln, Chair¬ man; Edward Schlezinger, Her¬ bert Wise and Bernard Feit- llnger.
The awarding committee, which will present the memorial award at the B'nai Brith In¬ stallation Dinner Sunday even¬ ing, Jan. 5th, at the East Broad St. , Temple,.- Is composed of Stanley Schwartz, Chairman; I W. Garek, .Walter Katz and Jack B. Wolsteln.
The pame of the Ben Brith to receive this award will be announced at the Installation. Dinner.
At its regular cjuarterly meet¬ ing held December 19, the Jew¬ ish Community Council decided unanimously in favor of sup¬ porting the Columbus Philhar¬ monic CJrchestra in its "Pop" Concert of January 11, 1947, at which time a portion of the program will be given over to the works,of Jewish composers.
This week letters were sent to the presidents and secretaries of all constituent organizations of the Council, urging them to publicize this concert to their individual memberships.
The action was taken as a result of an interesting and in- formalHve talk by Mrs. Harry Kaplan, who presented facts heretofore unknown to most delegates of the Council with regard to the tremendously im¬ portant part the Columbus Phil¬ harmonic Orchestra and its brilliant young conductor, Mr. Izler Solomon, have played in local Inter-faith promotion. Name Delegates
Following is a list ot the con¬ stituent organizations and the delegates representing  each:
Agudath Achlm Congregation: Abe A. Wolman, Arthur Gold¬ berg, Harry Maybruck, Louis Ruben, Ben Greenberg, Joseph L. Schwartz.
Agudath Achlm Sisterhood: Mrs. Max Schottenstein, Mrs, Harry Gilbert.,
. Ahavath Shoiem Congregation: Harry Beckman, William Glv- ets." -^1
Ahavath Shoiem Sl&terhood: I Mrs.   Sol  Rising,' Mr?,   George
Goodman.
American Jewish Congress: Dr.. B. 'VV. Abramson.
Beth Jacob Congregation: Max Parish, William Goodman, M. S.  Yahr.
B'nai B'rith Auxiliary: Mes- dames I. W. Garek, Joseph Sch- ecter, Irving Cohen, Milton Lee- man, B. B. Caplan, Jack Shore, 'B'nai B'rith B. & P.: Maxlne Waters.
Hillel Foundation: Edward Schlezlnger.
B'nai B'rith Young Women's Organization:   Shirley  Brestin.
B'nai B'rith Lodge; Sidney L: Katz, Sam Luper, Harry S. Goldstein, Joseph Levison, Abe Gertner, Herbert Wise, Howard N. Rose, AUan Tarshish, Mor¬ ris Lessure, David Goldsmith, Sam Topolosky, Justin Sillman, Walter Katz, Ben Neustadt, Mitchell Blazer, I. W. .Garek, Samuel Gurevltz, David Cheses, Jack Wolsteln.
Columbus Coordinating Com¬ mittee: Robert Weller.
Columbus   Hebrew  School: Daniel Harrison, Herman JjotHs.-/ aiti Sam Moss.
Council of Jewish Women: Mesdamea Robert Blash6]c, S. Schwartz, T. Simson, B. J. CJor. don, William Schlff.
Excelsior Club: Harry Gilbert, Rudolph Klemperer.
Ezras Noshhn. Society: Mrs. Ida Garek, Mrs. Shenker, Mra. H. Schlff.
Hadassah B, & P.: Stella Ber- man, Miarlan Gilbert
Junior  Hadassah: 6etty HH-
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