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Archaeological & llu-iiorlcui Muk- sN. High St. at l^th-1 2j|\\y^^^erving Colxxmbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community^\//\\^ Vol. 20, No. 53 COIjUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1048 Devoted to Amerlcttn and Jewlslf Ideals. Plain Talk rOt'NTRY CLUB BY AL SEGAL A few weeks ago 1 met my old and valued friend, Abe Zilch, In the city in which he has successfully lived many years. He iised to^iive in our town where we went to school together. We .spoke of this and that, and he mentioned that he had recently heen admitleil to membership in the Shamtlale Country Club, whose social fame had reached me even in the distant com¬ munity in which 1 live. He mentioned the matter in a casual way. Just as, a few minutes before, he had told me that his wife's arthritis had flared up again. He didn't seem to he any too happy about being a member of the Shamdaie Country Club. "Abe", 1 said, "1 suppose you i ¦ are entitled to congratulations ju^t arrived at the elevation of on this social achievement, Shamdaie Country Club! I've heard it's the bright goal of many a Jewish citizen of your town and you've made it! "But was it worth it?" he asked like a tired man *ho had just made a million dollars and wasn't sure the gain was worth all the painful effort. "You can keep your congratulations. "If It weren't for my wife and daughter I'd resign tomorrow. You know the women!" He launched a discourse on discrimination . . . "Discrimina¬ tion! We talk about discrimina¬ tion as If it were only something that others do to us. We do it, too! "Mind you, I'm not speaking of the desirable discrimination that carefully picks the. company It keeps. I myself will have no¬ thing to do with people who are heels or are stupid, "I mean the foul discrlmlna tion that sets other people apart on account.of their origins, re¬ gardless of their characters, we Jews suffer from. I'm sorry to say that we practice It, too." "But you. Abe, can't complain about discrimination. You've Zionists* Food-for-(sraei Drive Here In Progress; Campaign Ends Jan. 16 the^, Shamdaie Country Club, v\(here, 1 hear, they pick 'em very carefully." Ahe replied yes, he had got there all right, but the way they made him feel about.it, the way they hesitated on account of his' pedigree. It took a year before Shamdaie could make up Its mind that Abe Zilch was fit to be associated with. I "1 leave It to you," he .said, "am 1 an IndlVldifal like that?" "No, not at all, Abe!" ... It must be ^0 years since I first got to know Abe when he was living in our town. We sold papers together. He had mslde a fine success out of a humole beginning—not just in making money, but in all things that were righteous. and of good re¬ pute, he had had a flpe part In the community to which his family had moved. 1 remembered .his immigrant father who had come over here with five dollars. His one other possession was the Torah which he carried preciously in his heart. He had organized a syn¬ agogue ,ln..a store room. "Youij father was a great,and (Continued on Pagtt 2) \ CHANUKAH-5709 Rabbi Goldfeder Speaker For Agudath Achim Chanukah Party Sta3 Meeting Tuesday Winds-up B'nai B'rith Activity For 1948 Zlon Lodge 62, B'nal H'rith, has arranged a "big time" for its final meeting of 1948, next Tue.sd.iy at Broad St. Temple. It will be a gala affair, with lots of Inlerestlng details on the agenda. This meeting is the annual Members of Agudath Achim Congregation are looking for¬ ward to next Thursday evening's annual Chanukah party at. the Synagogue. One of the highlights of the evening will be the address given by Ihe guest speaker—Rabbi Plshel Goldfeder, who Is asso- clatetl with Avondale Synagogue of CincinnatL / Horn,In Pittsbui'g, Rabbi Goi'd- feder studied in Torah Vbdaas, Brooklyn, then attended the Mli'rer Yeshlva In Poland for r)% years, from where he re¬ ceived his Smicha. He Is a graduate of New York Universi¬ ty, and of the Jewish Theologi¬ cal Seminary, New York City, Class of '4-1. For the past three years he has been associated with Avondale Synagogue in Cincinnati, where he Is In charge of the School. He Is re¬ gional Vice President of Mlz¬ rachl; a member of the Board of the Cincinnati ^ilonlst District; on the Board of Dlrpctors of the Bureau of ' Jewlslf Education; Talmud Torah Association; 9 member of the B'nal B'rith Youth Commission; chairman of the Ohlo-Kentucky-Indlana Com¬ mission of Leadership Training Fellowship; and ^n associate editor of "Every Friday," the Cincinnati Anglo-Jewish paper. •Cantor P. H. Geilman will chant the Chanukah pxayerj. election of delegates to the Dl.s- trlct Grand Lodge, with the "poil.s" opening at 7:30 p. m., closing at 8:30. There will bo a short business meeting of ap- Early Deadline for Chronicle Copy .Is hiKt week, tlui Ohio .IcwInIi Chronicle will go to press one day earlier tlian UNiml ne.vt week, because of New Vear'M Day. All copy foi' the Dec. :il Issue uuimI be In Ihe (hronlelc office by Tues¬ day noon, Dec, 28. I'hotor graphs or "niuts" nui.st bo Hubinlttcd no Inter than Mon¬ day noon. t'o-operatlon ,\vlli bo ap¬ preciated greatly. proximately -IS-minute duration, after which the |)olls will open briefly. Immediately following the closing of the polls, potato lat- kes will be served to ail mem¬ bers, followed by entertainment, card-playing, etc. The Lodge urges attendance at this stag meeting, as it pro¬ mises to lie one of the highlights of the year. Local Quota Set For 2,500 Cases; ZOA Backs Drive The Zionist Organization of America, at the .special request of the Israeli government, is now in the midst of a campaign to collect .'¦jDO.OOO cases of food for Israel. The quota set for the Colam- ims community Is 2500 ca.sos. What will we, as Americans, .lew.s. Zionists, do in this broth¬ erly and humanitarian effort? Let's get on the "honor roll" and cfmtribute as many cases as we can afford in thl.s Food-for-lsrael drive. The following foods are need¬ ed crucially: Egg powder, milk powder, chee.se (tinned), dried fruits, fish (tinned), and vegetable fats. There are many other foods .sorely needed in Israel; they'll be listed in next week's Chron¬ icle. Cases of the above-mentioned foods can be purchased'directly (rom the Restaurant Food Sup- l.)ly Co., wholesale food dealers, ril3 E. FuUon St., AD. 8755. if you cannot make purc'hases direct, .send your check to Harry Beckman, chairman of the drive, 78;i Ann St., GA. '2197, and sig¬ nify what cases of food you pre¬ fer. If yon dcHire to make the contribution In honor or meni- or.v of a bt'loved one, you can have the name iniprlnlod on tho cawe. The drive in C:olumbu.s Is sponsored by the Fof)d-for-lsrael.' Committee. The campaign ends Sunday, Jan. Hi. Let's not wait until the last minute, l^et's do our share at or.ce! Our brothers in Israel will bless us for it! K.Vt'KI.HlOU CfyCB CHA.Nl'KAH PARTY Announcement is made that the time for the Excelsior Club's Chanukah party Sunday ¦* has been changed ft'sm 2:30 p. m. to 3:3(1. Rubbi Uoldfedci' Refreshments will be served, and the hostesses will be Mes- dames Nathan Zeff, chmn.; David S. Ralkin and Sanford Tl- men, vlce-chmn.; and MescJames Abe Wolman, J. Barnett, HaiTy Maybruck, Abe Mellman, Max Kanter, Abe Yenkin, Harry Kay, Max Schottenstein and Oscar Herman. President Abe Wolmin, vice- Pre.'sldent Max Schottepsteln, and Harry Maybruck,- chairman of the Board, will preside. ihraeijI to flo.at iiiS4-.'HILLlaN LOANS TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The Israeli State Council this week adopted three bills providing for the floating of three national ioan.s—a war loan, w hank loan and a popular loan—totaling $54,000,000. The loans wiil be spent on defense. Increasing the railway facUltl^ of the coun¬ try, setting up of a new airline and assisting municipalities to repair war-damaged areas- In submitting the bills to the Council for adoption, • Israeli Finance Minister Eliezer Kap¬ lan declared that the funds were needed "In connection with the tremendous difficulties of fin¬ ancing the war qnd the need to protect the stability of Its cur¬ rency against inflation." JDA RE-ELECTS CHARLES LAZARUS Charles Y. Lazarus of Colum¬ bus, ha.s been re-elected to the Kxecutive Conimittee of the National Council of the Joint Uefeii.su .'\p|>CiU (JDA), It was announced by Oliver M. Kauf- mami of Pittsburgh, Executive Committee chairnian. The .IDA, currently seeking a national goal of $(),8a(i,115, is the fund-raising arm of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee and the A n t i - ncfamation League of U'nai H'rlth. two national agen¬ cies devoted to comlMtlng big¬ otry and promoting inter-group harmony.' Paying tribute to Mr. Lazarus' leadership in Jewish communal affairs, Mr. Kaufmann declared: "Mr. Lazarus' prestige and standing, not only In his ow»n community, but throughout the state, eminently equip htm for leadership in the twin tasks of Interpreting the vital work of the JDA agencies to local Jewry, and securing the funds with which to carry on our cause of extending human rights. We are proud to have a leader of Mr.. Lazarus' calibre associated with us In this great cause." C. Y. Lazarus Long active In the civic af¬ fairs of Columbus, Mr. Lazarus, who is vlce-i)i'esldent of F. & R. Lazarus & Co., Is treasuier of Bryden Rd. Temple and presl« dent of Winding Hollow Coun¬ try Club.
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Full Text | Archaeological & llu-iiorlcui Muk- sN. High St. at l^th-1 2j|\\y^^^erving Colxxmbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community^\//\\^ Vol. 20, No. 53 COIjUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1048 Devoted to Amerlcttn and Jewlslf Ideals. Plain Talk rOt'NTRY CLUB BY AL SEGAL A few weeks ago 1 met my old and valued friend, Abe Zilch, In the city in which he has successfully lived many years. He iised to^iive in our town where we went to school together. We .spoke of this and that, and he mentioned that he had recently heen admitleil to membership in the Shamtlale Country Club, whose social fame had reached me even in the distant com¬ munity in which 1 live. He mentioned the matter in a casual way. Just as, a few minutes before, he had told me that his wife's arthritis had flared up again. He didn't seem to he any too happy about being a member of the Shamdaie Country Club. "Abe", 1 said, "1 suppose you i ¦ are entitled to congratulations ju^t arrived at the elevation of on this social achievement, Shamdaie Country Club! I've heard it's the bright goal of many a Jewish citizen of your town and you've made it! "But was it worth it?" he asked like a tired man *ho had just made a million dollars and wasn't sure the gain was worth all the painful effort. "You can keep your congratulations. "If It weren't for my wife and daughter I'd resign tomorrow. You know the women!" He launched a discourse on discrimination . . . "Discrimina¬ tion! We talk about discrimina¬ tion as If it were only something that others do to us. We do it, too! "Mind you, I'm not speaking of the desirable discrimination that carefully picks the. company It keeps. I myself will have no¬ thing to do with people who are heels or are stupid, "I mean the foul discrlmlna tion that sets other people apart on account.of their origins, re¬ gardless of their characters, we Jews suffer from. I'm sorry to say that we practice It, too." "But you. Abe, can't complain about discrimination. You've Zionists* Food-for-(sraei Drive Here In Progress; Campaign Ends Jan. 16 the^, Shamdaie Country Club, v\(here, 1 hear, they pick 'em very carefully." Ahe replied yes, he had got there all right, but the way they made him feel about.it, the way they hesitated on account of his' pedigree. It took a year before Shamdaie could make up Its mind that Abe Zilch was fit to be associated with. I "1 leave It to you," he .said, "am 1 an IndlVldifal like that?" "No, not at all, Abe!" ... It must be ^0 years since I first got to know Abe when he was living in our town. We sold papers together. He had mslde a fine success out of a humole beginning—not just in making money, but in all things that were righteous. and of good re¬ pute, he had had a flpe part In the community to which his family had moved. 1 remembered .his immigrant father who had come over here with five dollars. His one other possession was the Torah which he carried preciously in his heart. He had organized a syn¬ agogue ,ln..a store room. "Youij father was a great,and (Continued on Pagtt 2) \ CHANUKAH-5709 Rabbi Goldfeder Speaker For Agudath Achim Chanukah Party Sta3 Meeting Tuesday Winds-up B'nai B'rith Activity For 1948 Zlon Lodge 62, B'nal H'rith, has arranged a "big time" for its final meeting of 1948, next Tue.sd.iy at Broad St. Temple. It will be a gala affair, with lots of Inlerestlng details on the agenda. This meeting is the annual Members of Agudath Achim Congregation are looking for¬ ward to next Thursday evening's annual Chanukah party at. the Synagogue. One of the highlights of the evening will be the address given by Ihe guest speaker—Rabbi Plshel Goldfeder, who Is asso- clatetl with Avondale Synagogue of CincinnatL / Horn,In Pittsbui'g, Rabbi Goi'd- feder studied in Torah Vbdaas, Brooklyn, then attended the Mli'rer Yeshlva In Poland for r)% years, from where he re¬ ceived his Smicha. He Is a graduate of New York Universi¬ ty, and of the Jewish Theologi¬ cal Seminary, New York City, Class of '4-1. For the past three years he has been associated with Avondale Synagogue in Cincinnati, where he Is In charge of the School. He Is re¬ gional Vice President of Mlz¬ rachl; a member of the Board of the Cincinnati ^ilonlst District; on the Board of Dlrpctors of the Bureau of ' Jewlslf Education; Talmud Torah Association; 9 member of the B'nal B'rith Youth Commission; chairman of the Ohlo-Kentucky-Indlana Com¬ mission of Leadership Training Fellowship; and ^n associate editor of "Every Friday," the Cincinnati Anglo-Jewish paper. •Cantor P. H. Geilman will chant the Chanukah pxayerj. election of delegates to the Dl.s- trlct Grand Lodge, with the "poil.s" opening at 7:30 p. m., closing at 8:30. There will bo a short business meeting of ap- Early Deadline for Chronicle Copy .Is hiKt week, tlui Ohio .IcwInIi Chronicle will go to press one day earlier tlian UNiml ne.vt week, because of New Vear'M Day. All copy foi' the Dec. :il Issue uuimI be In Ihe (hronlelc office by Tues¬ day noon, Dec, 28. I'hotor graphs or "niuts" nui.st bo Hubinlttcd no Inter than Mon¬ day noon. t'o-operatlon ,\vlli bo ap¬ preciated greatly. proximately -IS-minute duration, after which the |)olls will open briefly. Immediately following the closing of the polls, potato lat- kes will be served to ail mem¬ bers, followed by entertainment, card-playing, etc. The Lodge urges attendance at this stag meeting, as it pro¬ mises to lie one of the highlights of the year. Local Quota Set For 2,500 Cases; ZOA Backs Drive The Zionist Organization of America, at the .special request of the Israeli government, is now in the midst of a campaign to collect .'¦jDO.OOO cases of food for Israel. The quota set for the Colam- ims community Is 2500 ca.sos. What will we, as Americans, .lew.s. Zionists, do in this broth¬ erly and humanitarian effort? Let's get on the "honor roll" and cfmtribute as many cases as we can afford in thl.s Food-for-lsrael drive. The following foods are need¬ ed crucially: Egg powder, milk powder, chee.se (tinned), dried fruits, fish (tinned), and vegetable fats. There are many other foods .sorely needed in Israel; they'll be listed in next week's Chron¬ icle. Cases of the above-mentioned foods can be purchased'directly (rom the Restaurant Food Sup- l.)ly Co., wholesale food dealers, ril3 E. FuUon St., AD. 8755. if you cannot make purc'hases direct, .send your check to Harry Beckman, chairman of the drive, 78;i Ann St., GA. '2197, and sig¬ nify what cases of food you pre¬ fer. If yon dcHire to make the contribution In honor or meni- or.v of a bt'loved one, you can have the name iniprlnlod on tho cawe. The drive in C:olumbu.s Is sponsored by the Fof)d-for-lsrael.' Committee. The campaign ends Sunday, Jan. Hi. Let's not wait until the last minute, l^et's do our share at or.ce! Our brothers in Israel will bless us for it! K.Vt'KI.HlOU CfyCB CHA.Nl'KAH PARTY Announcement is made that the time for the Excelsior Club's Chanukah party Sunday ¦* has been changed ft'sm 2:30 p. m. to 3:3(1. Rubbi Uoldfedci' Refreshments will be served, and the hostesses will be Mes- dames Nathan Zeff, chmn.; David S. Ralkin and Sanford Tl- men, vlce-chmn.; and MescJames Abe Wolman, J. Barnett, HaiTy Maybruck, Abe Mellman, Max Kanter, Abe Yenkin, Harry Kay, Max Schottenstein and Oscar Herman. President Abe Wolmin, vice- Pre.'sldent Max Schottepsteln, and Harry Maybruck,- chairman of the Board, will preside. ihraeijI to flo.at iiiS4-.'HILLlaN LOANS TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The Israeli State Council this week adopted three bills providing for the floating of three national ioan.s—a war loan, w hank loan and a popular loan—totaling $54,000,000. The loans wiil be spent on defense. Increasing the railway facUltl^ of the coun¬ try, setting up of a new airline and assisting municipalities to repair war-damaged areas- In submitting the bills to the Council for adoption, • Israeli Finance Minister Eliezer Kap¬ lan declared that the funds were needed "In connection with the tremendous difficulties of fin¬ ancing the war qnd the need to protect the stability of Its cur¬ rency against inflation." JDA RE-ELECTS CHARLES LAZARUS Charles Y. Lazarus of Colum¬ bus, ha.s been re-elected to the Kxecutive Conimittee of the National Council of the Joint Uefeii.su .'\p|>CiU (JDA), It was announced by Oliver M. Kauf- mami of Pittsburgh, Executive Committee chairnian. The .IDA, currently seeking a national goal of $(),8a(i,115, is the fund-raising arm of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee and the A n t i - ncfamation League of U'nai H'rlth. two national agen¬ cies devoted to comlMtlng big¬ otry and promoting inter-group harmony.' Paying tribute to Mr. Lazarus' leadership in Jewish communal affairs, Mr. Kaufmann declared: "Mr. Lazarus' prestige and standing, not only In his ow»n community, but throughout the state, eminently equip htm for leadership in the twin tasks of Interpreting the vital work of the JDA agencies to local Jewry, and securing the funds with which to carry on our cause of extending human rights. We are proud to have a leader of Mr.. Lazarus' calibre associated with us In this great cause." C. Y. Lazarus Long active In the civic af¬ fairs of Columbus, Mr. Lazarus, who is vlce-i)i'esldent of F. & R. Lazarus & Co., Is treasuier of Bryden Rd. Temple and presl« dent of Winding Hollow Coun¬ try Club. |
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