Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1949-12-16

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Vol. 27, No. 51
COIjUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1049
Devoted   to    Amerlean and   Jewlih   Ideall
The Jewish community has not fully recovered from the sudden and untimely passing of Dr. Samuel Ro.senfeld, and al¬ ready a movement has been launched for an appropriate memorial lo this beloved p e r- ?onallty who was snatched away from our midst in the prime of life.
It Is to be a medical memorial foundation conducted on a non- aectarlan basis with an out-right gift each year to some worthy and needy medical student at Ohio State University, Plans are now going forward to set up a committee of trustees to admin¬ ister the Fund.
In the meantime, sponsors of the movement are asking all friends of Dr. Rosenfeld who would like to contribute to the proposed foundation to forward checks to Mrs. B. Feltlinger, 2403 Bryden Rd., Columbus. Checks should be made payable to the Dr. Rosenfeld Memorial Fund.
The following have this week contributed to the Fund:
Mr. and Mrs. Jule Mark, Mr. and Mrs. Emll Wasserstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Levlson, Mr. and Mrs. Max Glassman, Dr. and Mrs. Morris Fox, ,Mr. and Mrs. M. Mike Cohen, Mr, and Mrs. Julius Wasserstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron  Horowitz,  Mr.  and
Mrs. Robert Sutd, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gertner, Mr, and Mrs, Frank Kauffman, Mr. and Mrs, Gernard Cohen, Mr, and Mrs. Benjamin F. Levlnson, Mr. and Mrs. William Welsgold, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Abramson.
Mr. and Mrs, David Goodman, Jimmy Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Feltlinger; Mrs. Louis Ruben, on Yahrzeit of father, William Sperling; Mr. and Mrs. Julius Wasserstrom, in memory of Mr. David Marcus, father of Mrs, Louis Gertner; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Feltlinger and Mr. and Mrs. Prank Kauffman, in memory of Edward Stern, father of  Mrs.  Wm.  Kahn.
INSTALLATION DINNER AT BETH JACOB  SYNAGOGUE TOMORROW
R. J. Abel Named 1950 UJF Chmn.
Ralph Lazarus, president of the United Jewish Fund of Co¬ lumbus, today announced the appointment of Richard J. Abel as chairman of the 1950 campaign. In his announcement Mr, Lazarus stated that "because of the vital nature of the 1950 drive. It Is Imperative that plans and details be worked out well In advance of the actual appeals. Only in this way can we be assured of suf¬ ficient time to develop one of the most extensive campaigns Co¬ lumbus ever has conducted. It is in this light, too, that I have chosen Mr, Abel to lead the work of the drive. His leadership and orgB,nizatlonal ability in community affairs over the years has proven flilm capable of such an Important undertaking, I know his foresight and drive will spark every effort,"
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As has been the custom for many years, the Beth Jacob Sis¬ terhood haa completed arrange¬ ments for a delicious Chanukah dinner at 8' o'clock tomorrow (Sunday) evening in the ban¬ quet hall of the synagogue. The dinner will follow Rabbi Leo¬ pold Oreenwald's Installation of the newly-elected officers of the congregation, at 5:30.
All members and their fami¬ lies are Invited to help celebrate this outstanding event at Beth Jacob,
Rabbi Greenwald will Install president-elect William (WlUle)
Goodman and the other officers —Joseph Swartz, vice-president, Julius Weintraub, treas., and Bernard Solomon, sec'y. Trus¬ tees Include: J. Steinberg, D, Felger, J. Solove, L, Ostrofsky, M, Parish, D. Kerstein, H. Coop¬ er, M. Fesman, A. Zwelllng, A. Solove, G, Kohn, Z, Pass, M, Lee- mah, I, E. Rtibln and H. Covell,
Life trustees are A, Goodman, M, Belm, M. Weinstock and L, Levin. The Chevra Kadisha Is composed of Wm. Cohen and Philip Berman, ~
Mr. Goodman succeeds Louis Levin, who served the congrega¬
tion the past three years,
Morris Weinstock will be the toastmaster for the dinner. Rab¬ bi Greenwald will be the princi¬ pal speaker and Jerome Solove will again auction the Chanukah candles. -
Youngsters Herbert Greff and Sol Fesman will light the can¬ dles, and, during the evening, Jerry Melmed will render sever¬ al vocal and violin selections, ac¬ companied by Shirley Plotkln. Mrs. I. Rubin is chairman for the Chanukah dinner, ably as- slsted by Mrs. M. Goodman and Mrs. I. Hemmelsteln.
Stanley C. Myers to Head 1950 C.J.F. W.F,
Reelected to the presidency of the Council of Jewish Federa¬ tions and Welfare. Funds,. Stan¬ ley C, Myers, Miami, (second from left in the photo below) Is congratulated by Bernard P. Kopkind, New Haven, chairman of the CJFWF Multlpitf'Commlt- tee, at the recent 18th General Assembly In Cllnclnnati,
Looking on are: Julian Free¬ man, Indianapolis, chairman of the CJFWF Stable and Unified Fund Raising (left); and Herb¬ ert R. Abeles, Newark, chairman of the   CJFWF    National-Local
Relationships Committee (right).
The 500 delegates, represent¬ ing 265 Jewish communities In the U. S. and Canada, reaffirmed the "rights and responsibility" of each community to make the "final determination of Its cam¬ paign goal and of Its budget al¬ locations," but placed upon each community "the responsibility for giving fullest consideration to requests for funds by the United Jewish Appeal and other agencies."
The delegates also acted upon
a recommendation of the Com¬ mittee on Stable and Unified Fund Raising, which sought to develop a closer working part¬ nership between national agencies and the communities which raise funds for all valid Jewish causes. A resolution on this matter urged extension of the principle contained in the re¬ cent organization of a joint liaison committee of the Coun¬ cil and the United Jewish Ap¬ peal which will consider mutual problems and aid in resolving the question of IJ,. J. A. relation¬ ships with communities. -
Regarding a suggested national Jewish welfare fund, which wpuld both raise and distribute
Mr. Abel
Mr. Abel, In accepting the ap¬ pointment, said: "This is a great honor—one to which I shall de vote my full support and do all In my power to make the 1950 drive the most successful In his¬ tory. However, If we are to meet the urgency of the need right here in our community, as well as nationwide and overseas, we need the active participation of every member of the communi¬ ty. Volunteers are urgently re¬
quested to contact me—even at this early date. Committees will be set up immediately to aid. If you can help, please call MA. 31BI, within the week."
Mr. Abel has much to his credit In social service activity, locally and nationally. He is president of the pryden Rd. Temple Brotherhood, a member of the Temple board, secretary of the Winding Hollow Country Club, member of the Special Gifts Division of the Community Chest, co'chalrman of the Retail Division of the UJF last year, - member of the executive board of the Jewish Community Coun¬ cil, member of the Jewish Wel¬ fare Federation, chairman of the Men's Division of the March of Dimes, member of the executive board of the Franklin County polio society.
He also Is associated with Red Cross activities, is a member of the board of the United Jewish Fund, was a Columbus represen¬ tative to the Resolutions Com¬ mittee of the United Jewish Ap¬ peal's national conference in At¬ lantic City, and has been an ac¬ tive UJF worker for more than 12 years.
The community Is honored to have such a fine leader direct the activities of the 1950 United' Jewish • Fuiitd.,'Campaign.
Among those from Colum¬ bus who attended the Confer¬ ence In Cincinnati last week¬ end, were: Abe Yenltin, Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Gordon, MIhs Leuh Rosenfeld and Miss Rose Sugarniun.
funds, it was decided that such a fund was neither "feasible nor practicable" at the present time. Another resolution passed by the Assembly urged the estab¬ lishment in Israel of a central philanthropic fund and budget for all Israel welfare purposes.
T. I. SISTERHOOD ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES FOR
"MRS. 1950" CONTEST; TO NAME 10 FINALISTS
Enthusiasm is steadily grow¬ ing among Tifereth Israel Sis¬ terhood's members as Mrs, Sam Wasserstrom and Mri Harry Rubin, co-chairmen for the Pro¬ ject, announce the candidate* for the "Mrs, T. I. of 1950" honor, as they were nominated at last Monday's pot-luck luncheon. All
but, 10 of the following candi¬ dates will be eliminated at the SIsterhopd's January meeting, by printed ballot:    ,
Mesdames Joseph Goldslager, Fred Roland, Sam Lopper, Chas, Solomon, Ben Levlnson, Milton Leeman, Aaron Zacks, El. E, Kellner, Wm. Zelko, Harry Post,
Justin SlUman, Martin Shenker, Wm, Wasserstrom, Louis Wil¬ son, Ben Barban, Sam Cohen, Moe Hlrsch, Sam Paine, Joseph Flelschman, Marvin Gutter, Mit¬ chell Rosen, M, A, Krakoff, Rob't Paine, Louis Sher, Sol Myers,   Hy   Weinberg,   Albert
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BANQUET DEC. 25 WILL CLIMAX INSTALLATION CEREMONIES FOR RABBI SAMUEL W. RUBENSTEIN
In a week-end celebratlop-tieglnnlng with the late Friday eve¬ ning family service and concluding Sunday evening with a gala banquet. Rabbi Samuel W. Rubenstein, spiritual leader of the Agudath Achlm congregation, the oldest traditional synagogue in our city, will be formerly installed.
Rabbi Rubenstein comes to Agudath Achlm from the Beth Israel congregation of Charles¬ ton, S, C:, where he spent the past five years Organizing and putting into practice a co¬ ordinated program of religious, civil and social activities. Through his initiative the syna¬ gogue membership Increased greatly. Due to his efforts and inspiration, a new synagogue was erected. In addition to organizing and ei>tablishlng a modern.and progressive Hebrew and Sunday School, he was extremely active In Citadel, the large s.t military college In the south.
The Rabbi has been an active participant In such worthy organizations as local and re¬ gional Zionist work, U. J. A., Youth groups, J. D. C, and others. He was also the chaplain of Friendship Lodge No. 9, Ancient Free Masons.
The new .spiritual leader was born in New York City. Since his arrival in our city he has made his presence felt both on <the- synagogue and the communal level. Rabbi Rubenstein partlcipat- In the U.J.A. drives of Newark and ClrclevUle, O. He appeared on
a television program as well as on several radio broadcasts. In his short stay here thus far, he has been on the programs of B'nai B'rith, Ivreeyoh, Com¬ munity ColmcU, Helirew School, Jr. Hadassah, Zionist Organiza¬ tion of America, Agudath Achlm Slsterhdod, Youth Group of the congregation, 10th annual class (OoBtlaaed oa Pate <)
Rabbi Rubenstein
LATKE FESTIVAL FOR        ' BEN BRITHS DEC. 26
The next B'nai B'rith meeting Is scheduled for Mgndfiy, Dec. 26, Instead of the usual "Tuesday date, and It will be the annual potato-latke festival, at Broad St. Temple, starting at 8:15 p. m.
This stag meeting will include the eleetlon of the Lodge Ward¬ en, Guardian, Trustee and 15 delegates to the convention.
TO INTERVIEW KATZ
Herman M. Katz, who recently returned from a trip to Israel, will be Interviewed on station WHKC Saturday, Dec. 24, 10:15 to 10:30 a. m,, by Allan Tarshish, In his weekly broadcast, '"Tld- blls From Everywhere,"
Let's All Help The Charily Bfewsies Today!
FATHER-CHILDREN NIGHT AT TEMPLE
On Thursday, Dec, 29, at th? Seneca Hotel, 6:30 p, m,, mem¬ bers of the Bryden Rd. Temple Brotherhood and their children will spend an enjoyable meeting watching magic shows, eatliSg cotton candy, seeing their favor¬ ite movies and playing exciting . games.
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