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Vol. 37, No. 44
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Study Institute Sets Registration
Registrations for The Institute of .lewish Studies, which will open on Wednesday, Oct. 28, are now being accepted at the Jewish Center.
The fee for the Fall semester elght-weelt term will be $B. All classes are open to the entire community and require neither pre¬ requisites or membership affiliation. '
Max Ziskind, chairman ot The Institute of Jewish Studies, an¬ nounces that the ultimate objective of the Institute is the develop¬ ment of a better informed, alert.
and progressive community To this end the Institute hopes to (ffer courses In language, litera¬ ture, history, religion iini' curit'nt ;/robIems of tiic Jewish people.
Rabbi Robert A. Rothman, of Temple Israel, will conduct a study of the 3ible during the coming Sessions. This course wiil include: "The Blbij As Litera¬ ture," and "The Covenant in Biblical Terms."
These lectures and discussions will deal with some of the books of the Bible and their significance and will also be a study of the agreement between God and man as recorded in the Bible.
Dr. Robert G. Shedd, of Ohio State University, wiil deal with a series on "The Jew in Drama." Professor Shedd's  series will  be-
Hal   Lehnruui
HAL LEHRMAN WILL SPEAK AT TIFERETH ISRAEL BOND DINNER
Hal Lehrman, foreign corre¬ spondent and author, will speak at tho Tifereth Israel Temple Sunday night, Nov. 8 when the Congregation sponsors a dessert- meeting at 8 p.m. on behalf of its campaign  for  Israel   Bonds.
Leon Handler and Julius Mar¬ guiles  are  the co-chairmen.
An award winning journalist whieh includes the George Polk Memorial Award for "Best For¬ eign Reporting," Lehrman comes to Tifereth Israel fresh from his tenth reporting assignment to the middle Etist and four month in  Israel.
Colonel Shlomo Lahat of the Israel Air Force will speak at the home of Leon Handler, 36S Eastmoor Blvd. on Tues¬ day evening,  Oct 27.
gin with the treatment of the Jew in medieval English drama. It will proceed to Marlowe, Shakespeare and other Eliza¬ bethan playwrights.
LESSING'S "Nathan the Wise" wiil be discussed. In general the series will deal with the romantic thought and conception of the Jew. Final weeks will be spent on the Jew in modern drama, cover¬ ing such playwrights as Schnitz- ler, Brecht, Odets, Galsworthy and Shaw.
A class in Yiddish will be taught as part of the Institute by Dan Harrison, principal of the Columbus Hebrew School. This class wiil be carried over from last year's Instruction programs started by Mike Schwartz.
Eiizer Kass vj^JJa^apduct a He¬ brew class for beginners. This course will serve as an Introduc¬ tion to the Hebrew language and wiil devote itself to developing skill in reading, writing and ele¬ mentary conversation.
A SECOND year Hebrew class will be conducted by Rabbi Harry Frank. This course is intended for students who arb able to read Hebrew, but have very little knowledge of Hebrew vocabulary development, basic grammar and conversation.
Participation in the Institute of Jewish Studies, which was started in 1951, should prove es¬ pecially valuable to adults who wish to be informed Jewishly, religious school teachers in serv¬ ice and trainees for religious school teaching.
As tn the past, the Institute reserves the right to cancel any scheduled course for which there is not a minimum registration of 10 persons.
Because of the press of other duties. Dr. Marvin Fox will not be able to assume the duties of Director of the 1960 Institute of Jewish Studies.
Dr. Fox has been affiliated with the Institute since its inception, and the Institute Committee, through its chairman. Max Zis¬ kind, expressed its appreciation for his inspiring leadership in organizing and directing the Insti¬ tute.
Dr. I. M. Brenner, Fred Roland, Martin Lieberman, Lawrence W. Polster and Arthur B. Westerman are In charge of arrangements. Mrs. Ralph Groban and Mrs. Louis Schiezinger are co-chair¬ men of reservations. Mrs. Richard A. Lieberman and Mrs. Julius Marguiles are chairmen of hos¬ tesses and Mrs. Leon Handler and Mrs. M. R. Levinson are in charge of decorations.
Ail members of Congregation Tifereth Israel are invited to at¬ tend and hear Lehrman, who twice has won Guggenheim Fel¬ lowships for his middle Ecist re¬ porting.
Lehrman is the author of "Portrait of Israel" and "Israel: The Beginning and Tomorrow."
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First UJFC Meet Is Set For Sunday
The first annual meeting of the United Jewish Fund and Council will talje place on Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Winding Hollow Country Club. All contributors to the annual campaign  are invited.
Herbert R. Abeles,  president of the Councll  of Jewish Federa¬ tions   and  Welfare  Funds  of   New   York,   will   address   the   group. Abeles represents one of the most important Jewish national leader¬ ship and service bodies in America. Tho new officers and  board  of I
Mrs. Kleanor Boosevelt Cuts her 75th birthday cake for participants In her first progrnjn of a new television series, "Prospects of Mankind." Filnied at Brandeis University by WOBH-TV, Etoston, the series will be released to more than 40 educational television stations across the country. From left to right are V. K. Krislina Menon, Indian Minister of Defense; IMrs. Boosevelt; Bobert B. Bowie, Harvard University Center for International Affairs, suid Soviet expert Harrison Salisbury of the New Yorli Times.
'B' Day Is Set For Center On Nov. 11
"B" Day will be held on Nov. 11 at the Jewish Center. Dona¬ tions of blood are needed and appointments may Be made in advance. The bloodmoblle will be operating from riooh to 6 p.m. an that day.
The semi-annual blood drive Is sponsored by the Jewish Blood Donor Council. There are 20 local organizations working on this Council, supplying telephone workers, chairmen and other supervisory   personnel.
THB PBESENT Council is an outgrowth of an organization of Individuals which had its begin¬ ning as a committee under B'nai B'rith. They began during the war seeking blood for emergency use.
Following the war the group was sponsored by the Jewish Community Council. An agree¬ ment was drawn up with the American Red Cross to furnish 500 pints of blood per year for which the Red Cross would agree to furnish any member of the Jewish faith, living In Franklin County, with blood whenever it was needed for emergency use, at no charge.
Again this year, 500 pints of blood are needed. In the May drive only 166 pints of blood were   donated   compared   to   199
during  the   preceding  drive   last November.
BECENT cases have shown the importance of this drive. Not long ago a blood relative ot a local family, who were contributors, needed blood in a Massachusetts hospital. The Councii transferred the  blood  to Massachusetts.
The Councii has also transferred blood to California to help cure a leukemia patient—the niece of a local blood  donor.
These   and   many  other  exam¬ ples show why the blood drive is ' fe^', so   significant   and   why   it   is   a good  insurance policy.
Plan to give blood on "B" Day.
trustees of the Fund and Council will be elected: Justin Sillman, chairman of the nominating com¬ mittee,  wil) submit their names.
Those who led the highly suc¬ cessful 1959 campaign will be honored. The new campaign lead¬ ership for 1960 will be introduced. Presidents of the organizations which have been members of the Jewish Corfimunlty Council and which'continue as members of the Council of Organizations will also bo  honored.
THLS VEAB'S meeting takes on a special significance. The United Jewish Fund, which was organized in 1926, and the Jewish Community Council, which was organized in 1939, have merged and will be officially recognized and the operations of the new organization will be put into ef¬ fect  on  this  evening.
The Council of Jewish Federa¬ tions and Welfare Funds reflects in a broad perspective the stream of Jewish life as seen in the Jew¬ ish communities throughout the world.
Abeles' comments will cover highlights of local and overseas developments.
ABELES WAS past president of the Jewish Community Foun¬ dation of Essex County, N. J. and the Jewish Community Council of Essex County. He was a raem-
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NOBEL PRIZE  WINNER
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)—Dr. Arthur Kornberg, 41-year-old Brooklyn-born scientist, and his wife, the former Sylvy R. Levy, continued to receive congratular ttons from all parts of the world in connection with his being named to Share the 1959 Nobel Prize for Medicine with Dr. Sev¬ ero Ochoa, of the New York Uni¬ versity College of Medicine. The prize, amounting to more than $42,000, was awarded to them for their discovery of enzymes for artificially producing some of the key substances of life.
Herbert Abeles
Michigan Governor Writes About Israel
Governor G. Mennon Wliliaras of Michigan, and Mrs. Williams, are on an European tour which will take them to Israel and several other countries. In letters from Israel, the Governor wrote:
"On the morning of Rosh Hashonah, we went to Peta-Tikvah where we were welcomed by Mayor P. Rashish. After the ceremony we were to leave for the Yah-Lebani. On the WEiy, a citizen stopped his car in the center of the street to greet the Mayor with a cheery "L'Shono Tovo."
THE MAYOR became so ex¬ cited, he scraped the fender of his car against one which was parked.
"The Memorial Hall is a two- story white building in excellent taste. Through large windows we looked out onto a beautiful gar¬ den. The wall on one side is in wood with an inscription in He¬ brew from a local young poet to the effect that the youth of Israel is grateful for what the land has given them and that they are happy to give tlieir youth to the country. The poet, himself, has given his Ilfe.
"The other side opens Into two sizeable rooms, one for war tro¬ phies and the other containing books with the names and pic¬ tures of the honored dead ot the
1948 War of Liberation  and the Sinai  Campaign.
"THE BACK wail is solid with white stone plaques with the name and vital data of each honored hero. Against the wall was a large wreath whloh had been placed there by BeurGurlon only a few days earlier. It was an hpnor for me to place a bouquet in one of the shell cases as a salute to the honored dead.
"Jerusalem is magnificent and awe-inspiring, but Galilee has a friendliness and richness of ex¬ pression  that  inspires  the  heart.
"We began our day at Haifa by enjoying a tremendous view of Haifa Bay as we come down from
Frazer, the big cement works and other plants, out into the country.
"WE STOPPED for a magnifi¬ cent view of the plain of Jezreel, also called Esdraeion, near the Balfour forest. This plain is rich agricultural land and Is the cross¬ roads of empire.
"Not tar away is Meggido, the Biblical Armageddon, where the last battle of the world will be fought. Up and down this plain have moved the armies of Egypt, of Babylonia, of Assyria, of Per¬ sia, the Philistines, the Jews, the Crusaders, the Saracens, the Turks and the English, to name just a tew.
"Our first target Is Beth Shear- Im, a rather romantic place be¬ cause only In the last few years have they discovered this burial place of outstanding Jews.
"BETH SHEARIM became the favorite burial place for wealthy Jews throughout the then known world In about the second and third centuries after Christ. This
Mt. Carmel. Then we pushed because the Romans, after many through the plain of Zeblun, past I Jewish uprisings, finally expelled the new industrial areas, Kaiuer- I the  Jews  from  Jerusalem  about
13S A.D. and the traditional bury¬ ing place near Cedron, east of the wails of Jerusalem, was denied them.
"The move to Beit Shearim be¬ gan when some of the more prom¬ inent Jewish Rabbis and religious leaders decided to be buried there.
"The Sea of Galilee area is very rich indeed and everything grows there. We had seen all kinds of grain and cattle. We saw dates just  before crossing the Jordan.
"WE STOPPED for lunch at Deganya, the first Kibbutz which will celebrate Its 60th anniversary next year. The leader's name is Barata and he Is known all over the world. He looks much like Ben Gurion. He told us how, when the War of Liberation started, the Syrians crossed the border just a few miles away and attacked. They suffered  heavy losses.
"Barats said he and some oth¬ ers went to headquarters to get help. He was told they too had nothing, but to do the best they could and all would be well,
"Almost aa soon as he got back, leontUmed on pAge i)
Leo Yassenoff
LEO YASSENOFF TO BE HONORED AT AGONIS BANQUET
Leo Yassenoff, a beloved mem¬ ber of the Jewish community and a prominent Columbus civic lead¬ er, who has been on the giving end on thousands of occasions during his life-time, is going to be on the receiving end Thursday night, Oct. 29.
The occasion will be the Agonis Club's annual Flowers for the Uv- ing program at the Nell House. Mr. Y will be the honored guest.
AS A GLOWING tribute to Yassenoff, the Agonis club Invited numerous Columbus organizations in which he is very much Inter¬ ested, to pairticipate in the testi¬ monial.
Included are such prominent organizations as the Jewish Com¬ munity Council, the Ohio State University Alumni Association, the Ohio State Class of 1916, the Chamber of Cornmerce, Dutch Uncles, Boys Clubs, Ohio State Varsity Association and the Ohio State Chapter of HIlleL
One of Leo's favorite philan¬ thropies is an "in memory gift" in the name of a friend to the OSU Development B\ind. As a re¬ sult the sponsoring groups have agreed to establish an endowment fund at Ohio State University to be known as the Leo Yassenoff Scholarship Fund.
FRIENDS who Wish to con¬ tribute to the fund may do so by sending a check to The Leo Yaa¬ senoff Schoiarship Fund to Bill Kahn, Sam Schlonsky, Ben ftat- ner, Dick Neustadt or Lou Ber¬ liner, members of the cominittee arranging the affair.
Tickets ai;e available at the Ben Ratner Co., 163 N. High St.
The banquet Is open to the pub¬ lic. Women included. Ticket sale closes Monday noon, Oct. 2Q. The price is $5 per person. No tickets Wiil be sold at the door.
HEAO^ OROUP
TEL AVTV (WUP)—Disturbed" over the current political con¬ flicts Which have divided the state Into numerous splinter groups. Dr. Yidal Yadin and a group of outstanding Israeli per¬ sonalities have organized a new body with the view of enllghteo- ing Israelis as to the need for a change In the electoral system of the nation. Dr. Yadin has let it be known that his group baa no connection whatever with any of the existing political parties.