Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1965-12-17

              Vol. 43, No. 51
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1965 — 23 KISLEV, 5^26
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Oppenhelmer Receives AWard From  Dr. Abrainson
Oppenheimer Honored At Bonds Dinner
La.st, Sunday evening, December J2, the members of Tifereth Israel Congregation paid tribute to Samue' L. Oppenheimer, first vice-president of the Congregation. Over 130 people attended the dinner spon¬ .sored by the State of Israel Bonds, and pledged over. $42,000 in Israel Bonds in honor of Sam Oppen¬ heimer.
Oppenheimer who was 1964 Co¬ lumbus Community Chairman of Israel Bonds, was awarded the Israel Freedom Medal by Dr. B. W Abramson. 1965 Columbus Com¬ munity Chairman ot Israel Bonds, in recognition of his activities for Israel and the Jewish Community.
IN ACCEPTING the award, Op¬ penheimer paid tribute to Mrs. Nor- bert Kruger, who was his Women's Division Chairman for 1964. Oppen¬ heimer also thanked Sam Melton and Jack Reslcr for. making possi¬ ble the sale of $75,000 in Bonds to Banks in Columbus, Ohio. This was the first time since the incepiton of the State of Israel Bonds that banks have invested In them.
CHAIRMEN OF the Tifereth Israel Dinner to Sam Oppenhcirafer were Mclvin Rackoff, and Mrs, Wor- man Katz, Women's Division Din¬ ner Chairman. Also taking an ac¬ tive part in the dinner were: Mrs. Louis Adolman, telephone com¬ mittee chairman; Mrs. MeJvin' Rackpff, Arrangements chairman, and Mrs. Leonard Wasscrstrom, Decorations chairman.
A   Happy   Chanukah
To All From  The Staff
At The Chronicle
Rabbi Kiner To Conduct Lectures For Teachers
Famous Professor And Rabbi To Lecture Here At Dedication
On Saturday, Dec. 25, during Sabbath morning services. Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, Professor of Ethics and Mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America will be the guest pulpit speaker during Dedication ceremonies of the new Social Hall.
Rabbi Seymour Fox, Dean of the Teachers Institute - Seminary Col¬ lege of Jewish Studios of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and executive chairman of the  Melton  Research Center,  will  be tlie guest   pulpit   speaker   during   the Friday   evening   services   on   De¬ cember 24 al 8 p.m.
THE SOCIAL HALL is being ded¬ icated in loving memory of Emil and Sarah Mendlowitz, beloved par¬ ents of Mr. Samuel M. Melton and Mrs. Herman M. (Myrtle M.) Katz.
Rabbi Heschel, internationally known scholar and author, has been published in English, German, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, Spanish, and Polish. He has written on the medieval Neo-Platonist, Ibn Gabi- rol, on Saaria as well as on Mai- monides, and has discovered many early Hassidic documents. His mon¬ ographs on the history of the Has¬ sidic movement have been a major
Daniel Harrison, principal of the Columbus Hebrew School, and chairman of the Counffil of Jewish Educators, announces that Rabbi Edvyard D. Kiner of TemplQ, Israel will present a scries of three lee-
Mr and Mrs. Martin Schecter, Dr. and Mrs. Maynard Goldmeiei-, and Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell Goodman prepare for the Chanukah Dinner Dance Sunday in the Social Hall of the Beth Jacob Synagogue. The Beth Jacob Sisterhood is siionsoring the affair.
PLANS FINALIZED FO!! DINNER DANCE
There is still lime to make reser¬ vations for the Beth Jacob Sister¬ hood's semi-formal dinner-dance which will be held this Sunday, December 19, in the Social Hal! of the  Synagogue,   959   Bulen Ave.
Final arrangements are being made by all sisterhood workers and their various committees lo make this banquet a memorable one. The evening begins with a cocktail hour. Dinner and dancing will round  out  the   night's   activities.
RESERVATIONS and additional information may be obtained by calling the chairm<vn of the affair, Mrs. Arthur Miller,  at 235-7386.
tures for all the Jewish teachers in greater Columbus.
The theme of the series is: From the Rise of the Macabees to the Completion of the Talmud.
TH? FIRST LECTURE will be presented Thursday, Jitnuary 13, 8:30 p.m. The topic will be "From the Return to Roman Entrance in Judea."
The second" lecture, is scheduled for Thursday, January 20, 8:30 p.m. The subject is "From Roman Domi¬ nation to Bar Kohba."
THE THIRD and concluding lec¬ ture of the series will be Thursday, January 27, 8:30 p.m. He will dis¬ cuss the period "From Bar Kohba to the Completion of the Talmud."
All sessions will be held in the. Agudas Achim Synagogiie Library.
THE COUNCIL of Jewish Educa¬ tors is composed of all the edu¬ cational directors and heads of schools in the Columbus Jewish community. Teachers of the follow¬ ing schools are invited to attend these lettuies   Agudas Achim Con-
Chronicling
The News
Editorial         2
Obituaries         4
Society       5, 6
Shopping Guide      8
Synagogues       8
Teen Scene    10, 11
Sports   .   .   13,  14,  15,  16 Real Estate      IC
Cantor Visits Ahavas Sholom
One of the most distinguished cantors in America will officiate at the services at the Ahavas Sholom Synagogue on Saturday, Decem¬ ber 18. Th6 occasion is the Bar Mitzvah Of Lloyd Cohen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel D. Cohen.
Cantor Shabtai Ackerman is cur¬ rently serving the Beth Abraham Synagogue of Detroit. He is a na¬ tive of Kishinev, Roumania where he received his musical and can- torial training. As a very young man he had already established an outstanding reputation as a dis¬ tinguished cantorial artist. His ca-
White House Conference on the Aging (1961).
Rabbi Fox, executive Chairman of the Melton Research Center, the educational research arm of the Seminary, was appointed Dean of the Teachers Institute — Seminary College of Jewish Studies in Octo¬ ber, 1965, after .serving as Associ¬ ate Dean and as assistant to Dr. Louis Finkelstein, Chancellor of the Seminary for two and one half years.
BORN IN CHICAGO, Rabbi Fox received his Master's and Doctor's degrees from the University of Chi¬ cago, and has a Bachelor of Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Theologi¬ cal College. In 1956 he was ordained by the Seminary.
Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel
contribution to our knowledge of it. HE CAME TO the United States in 1940, and for five years was As¬ sociate Professor of Philosophy and Rabbinics at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He served as Thorp Lecturer at Cornell Univer¬ sity, and has lectured widely be¬ fore academic and lay audiences, delivering important papers at the White House Conference on Chil¬ dren   and   Youth   (1960)   and   the
Rabbi   Seymour   Fox
Rabbi   Edward  D.   Kiner
grc'gation, Beth Jacob Congrega¬ tion, Beth Tikvah (^ngregatjon, Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School, Jewish Cen¬ ter   Pre-School,   NorthsJde   Jewish
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Cantor  Shabtai   Ackerman
reer was interrupted by the war and the Nazi control of his country. AFTER THE WAR he returned to Bucharest where ho was the cantor of the largest synagogue in the city. WHien Roumania was oc¬ cupied by Russia, Cantor Ackerman made his way to Israel. He resided in Tel Aviv where he became the
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Organizations Display At Book Fair Sunday
"A Home without'~Books is much like a Room without windows" has been selected as the theme for the annual Jewish Center &)mmemt)ra- tion of Jewish Book Month.
To honor Jewish books, learning and wisdom, Mrs. Meyer Pobere- skm, chairman of the Jewish Center Special .'-'vents Conimitlec, and Mrs. Hal Tanenbaum, chairman of the Jewish Biiuk cMebrutiiin, an¬ nounce the 3rd Annual Jewish Book Month, Center Book l'';iir, will take place on Sunday, December 19, at
2 p.m. in the Center auditorium.
HIGHLIGHTING a several week celebration of Book Montli. the Book Fair will feature a wide va- ri9ty of outstanding activities dui'- inglhe afternoon. Booths and ex¬ hibitions have been planned by all synagogues and communal organi¬ zations in the following areas:
Center Tween Booth — Mrs. N.i- than Nateman: Books — Tween and Teen Jewish Interest; Women's American ORT — Mrs. Marvin Frank: Coordination of Rare Jew¬ ish Art Objects Exhibit; Agudas Achim Ckjngrogation — Mrs. San¬ ford Kayne: Stein Memorial Li¬ brary Display of Jewish History — Periodicals and Fiction; Ahavas Sholom Oingregatipn — Mrs. Cy Tanenbaum:, Yiddish and Hebrew Talmudic Display.
Beth Jacob (>)ngregation — Mr. Aaron Supowit: R^binical Ollec- tion and Religious School Text¬ books; Bexley Public Library — Mrs. Mary Zimmerman: Modern Jewish Fiction; B'nai B'rith — Mrs. Al Clebone: Adult Jewish Educa¬ tion; Brundeis — Mrs. Melvin Fur- man: Jewish Philosophy and Old Book Sale.
Children under 6 — Mr*. Barry Zacks, Chairman Parents' Group: Children's Books and Records ; Olumbus Hebrew School -- Mrs. Daniel Waitzman: Jewish Educa¬ tion — Hebrew Textbooks; Colum¬ bus Public Library — Mr. Galvy Gordon: Exhibition of its Judaic Collwlion; Columbus Torah Acad¬ emy - Mrs. Nathan Lessem: Chil¬ dren's Books and Hebrew Library Display. •
Golden Age Club — Mrs. A. L. Greenspun:   Private   Book   Collec¬
tions from the Old Country; Hadas¬ sah — Mrs. Marvin Bonowitz: Adult Jewish Education Exhibit; Heritage House — Mrs. Sol Shaman: Display of ResidenLs' Creations;'.—Hillel Foundation — Rabbi Martin Kowal: University and Hillel Special Series Display.
National  Council  of Jewish  Wo¬ men — Mrs. Stanley Skilken:   Co-
Mrs. Hal Tanenbaum
ordinalion of Public Display and -Selling of New Jewish Books; Ohio Jewish  Chronicle Mr.   Michael
Feinstein: Historical and Signifi¬ cant Old Chronicle Exhibition; Pio- rH-'er Women - Mrs. Abe Kohn: Book Fair Hospitality, National Jewish Authors;   Raanana    - Mrs.
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