Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1947-03-21

              ^j\\y/~Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community^^/W^
Vol. 25, No. 12
COLUMBUS,  OHIO,   FRIDAY,   MARCH 21, 1947
Devoted to American and Jewish  Ideala
Strictlv Confidential
""Tidbits From Everywhere By Phlneas J. Blron
He is On J. D. A. National Council
FLASH
The next Important exposure of a fascist organization, which will, overshadow the stuff dug up on the Georgia Columbians, .will be the forthcoming unvell- ' ing ot the activities of the Dem¬ ocratic Nationalist Party...The D. N. p. has some very im¬ portant names on its sponsor list...A number ot politicians from Minnesota who had the effrontery to play -a liberal make-believe role will be In¬ volved ... SCOOP
The Hebrew Committee of National Liberation ( 1. e. the Peter Bergson group) will an¬ nounce within the very near future that it has established a Provisional Hehrew Govern¬ ment" for Palestine ...."The Government" will function with headquarters 1 n Switzerland and will issue "visas" for Pal¬ estine... One of the many dang¬ ers that win result from this move Is the racketeering that will be done with those visas.. Poor TDP's looking for liberation win be easy victims, and strip themselves for official-looking papers that will at best land tliem in Cyprus... POT  POURRI
B. Z. Goldberg, Jewish foreign correspondent o f the Yiddish ""nSy, Just ¦ returned safely from an exciting trip that took him •to the USSR,, Palestine arid most ot Europe.. .So the other day he slipped ¦ In front ot his New York home and broke h\i
right   arm Tyron   Guthrie,
noted English director. Is work¬ ing for the Habimah, Palestine theatre group.. .He's directing a Hebrew production ot Euripides' "Oedipus Rex" Lauritz Mel¬ chior, the Metropolitan Opera star, refers to the mezuzah he wears as a "touch of God's Uttle finger"...Melchior, Danish and a Lutheran, sang for the resi¬ dents ot a Jewish Home for 'the- Aged in his section ot Los
Angeles He   was   made   an
"honorary  Jew"  and presented -wdth the mezuzah in a gesture of appreciation,.. MUSICAL NOTES Record   collectors   will   wel- (Continued on Page 8)
Fred Lazarus, Jr.
Fred Lazarus,' Jr., of. Cincin¬ nati. Is among the sixteen prom¬ inent Ohio communal leaders who are serving on the newly formed National Council of the Joint Defen.se Appeal (JDA) on the American Jewi.'^'.Commlttee and the Antl-Defamatlon League of B>ial B'rith, helping enlist suppfirt for the 1947 JDA na¬ tional campaign tor $6,000,000 to combat anti-Semltlsm.
ILLNESS PREVENTS YOUTHFUL CANTOR'S APPEARANCE  SUNDAY
Hundreds were disappoint¬ ed last Sunday evening when Illness prevented the appear¬ ance of tjic youtliful (tantor "Yisrolikel" at tho Beth .Jac¬ ob synagogue. In a telegram to William Goodman, 069 Berkeley Rd., Henry Hpector, the cantor's manager, stilted that Yisrolikel will drflnitely appear for the scheduled con¬ cert on Sunday evening, March  .lOOl.
.   Tickets already sold will be honored  on that date.
Will Celebrate Hadassah's Birthday Wednesday
On next Wednesday, March 26, 8 P. M., at the Bryden Rd. Temple, members of Junior, B. & P. and Sr. Hadassah will Join together to celebrate the Birth¬ day anniversary ot Hadassah In •Columbus.
Senior Hadassah, which was organized back in 1912. will cel¬ ebrate their 35th birthday. Their success goes back to a small group of women under the capable leadership of Mrs. A. Reed and Mrs. A. Seff, who first became Interested In work¬ ing together for a common cause, Palestine. These women are proud of the work accom¬ plished for • the Youth Aliyah children, the Child ~ Welfare, Brandels Vocational Center in Jerusalem and the Hadassah Medical  Center.
In 1925 Junior Hadassah was organlzetl under the leadership ot Mrs. A. Goorey (Essie Fish¬ er) and -Mrs. Samuel Wolman (Ruth Frank). They, too, are working together for Palestin¬ ian projects such as "Meier Shfeyah" —The Children's Vil¬ lage, Youth Aliyah, Henrietta Szold's School of Nursing and the Jewish National Fund.
On the program for- the eve- : ning Junior Hadaasah will pre¬ sent a musical skit entitled "New Ught, New Hope". Re- freshhiehts will 'be served ,by Senior Hadassah assisted by B & P HadassaK;    ;
B'nai B'rith Women Will Meet Next Tuesdaty Evening
A . regular meeting" of the Columbus Chapter of B'nai Brith Women will be held next Tuesday evening, March 25, at 8 o'clock In the Bryden Road Temple Vestry. Business of the meeting will^ include speclal Ntomlnations ot officers slate, which will be presented to the body tor approval "by Mrs; Irv¬ ing Cohen, past president of the local chapter. Also to .be heard are committee reports on membership, Adopt-A-Famlly and sewing projects by Mrs. Jack Schilling, Mrs. Louis Le¬ vine and Mrs. Robt. Raphael, i^spective ciialrmen.
Iri honor 61, the month ot March as 'Youth Appreciation', the B'nal BJrlth Glris will pro¬ vide the program tor the eve¬ ning's meeting, and a good deaf of ' satirical humor is in store for those attending. Mrs. Altwrt Gllckman is advisor, and Mrs. Lawrence Polster, co-advis¬ or of the group. Special guests ¦of the evening will also Include the B. B. Young Women and the B. B. IBtisiness and Profes¬ sional Group.
A social hour will follow Ihe regular meeting and- all mem¬ bers of B'nai Brllh Women and their friends are Invited.
"Undercover" Author Will Speak Here Tuesday, April 1
John Roy Carlson, author of "The Plotters" and "Undercov¬ er", has been 'obtained by the Bryden Road Temple Brother¬ hood as the speaker for tbe feature: program of tbe year on Tuesday, April 1, at Temple Is¬ rael, 925 'Bryden Rd., according to an announcement made to¬ day by Louis Garfield, program chairman.
The sen.sational exposes of fa.sclst and antl-semltlc hate groups by Carlson have been based on first-hand knowledge and dangerous Infiltration Into their Innermost sanctums. He has never hesitated to name names and was among the few who knew the activities of tbe 29 sedltlonlsts tried during the war before they were arrested. The New York Times says, "Ail Americans who value lib¬ erty, and love their country owe Mr. Carlson a debt of thanks." Following tbe recent publication of "Undercover", Time Maga¬ zine said, "Once again Carlson cites names, dates and docu¬ ments to show that anti-Catholic anti-Semltlc and anti-Negro doc¬ trines still flourish in the U. S.' MUtiSn Staub, president of the Temple Brotherhood, stated that Carlson's address in Columbus will be open to the entire public and eveiyone will be guests of the Brotherhood.
Ace Newsman WiU Address B'nai B'rith Monday Evening
Lionel Gelber Is Guest Speaker At Hadassah Conference
PARENTS INVITED TO HEAR NOTED   EDUCATOR
AN APPRECIA'TldS
Editor, Ohio Jewish Chronicle Dear Mr. Neustadt:
We, of Iota Tau Gamma So¬ rority, take this opportunity to thank you for the excellent publicity given us on our re¬ cent Pledge Danoe. We also wish to express our appreciation to our many trlenaB, patrons and Lenny Wynn and his or¬ chestra tor their splendid co¬ operation in making this affair a success.
Our "Spologles to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Zalk, for through an oversight their name was omitted trom our Patron Book- Sincerely, Iota Tau Gamma Sorority Ruthann Mendel, Pres. Joan Schlonsky, Dance Chrmn;
Prof. LelancLJacobs will dis¬ cuss "Growing^ All The Way Up" next Wednesday, March 28, at 1:30 P. M., before the Parent Educational Discussion Group at the Falrwood Ave. School, prof. Jacobs Is on the staff ot the Educational Department of Ohio State University. • ¦ Preceding the discussion per¬ iod a luncheon tor P.T.A. mem¬ bers will be served. All parents are cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Albert Goorey Is chair¬ man of the P.T.A. Educational Group.
Show your appreciation to tbe CliroiiloIe''B 25 years of loyal and devoted ser¬ vice to Colambus Jewish Cpmmunity by paying your subscription now.
LOCAL B.B.Y.W. ELECTED CHAPTER OP THB MONTH
An unusual arid high honor has been bestowed upon the Co¬ lumbus Chapter of B'nai B'rith Young Women,  Chapter  114.
In a letter received last week from Felice Hoffman, Distridt Director of girls work of the B'nai B'rlth Youth Organization, the local chapter of B-.B.Y.W. was notified that It had been chosen "Chapter of the Month" In District No. 2 for achievfr inents during February.
JEWISit COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING
A regular quarterly meeting of the Jewish Community Coun¬ cil has been set for Thursday evening, March 27; 8 p. m., at Schonthal Center.
Since a number ot ImDortant matters are to come up for dis¬ cussion and action, it is urgent that every delegate attend thia meeting. ,
Parker Ijaniooro
What should prove to be one of the most Interesting and re¬ vealing talks of this year is scheduled for next Monday night, Mjrch 24th, at the Broad St. Temple. Under the auspices of 2;ion Lodge, 'B'nai B'rlth, Mr. Parker" Lamoore, ace corres¬ pondent of tho Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, will come to CohjmbuB from Washington. D. C. to be the iirlnclpal speak¬ er at this meeting.
In announcing tbe meeting Abe Gertner, who heads the pro¬ gram committee of the local lodge, has let It be known that It will be an "open meeting" to which all members are urged lo bring their wives and friends. Sam Luper, Zion Lodge presi¬ dent, said in art interview this week that he considered this an unusual opportunity for all Columbus to gain a first-hand picture of the true situation both in this country and over¬ seas from a newsworthy and diplomatic   standpoint.
Mr. Lamoore served In the AAF in both England and France during World War II and was for several yefirs a Washington correspondent. Cur¬ rently, he Is an editorial writer and foreign correspondent tor the Scrlpps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, with his time being divided between Washington and overseas assignments. To give the speaker .a composite and most complete background to present world affairs and condiitions he served as an at¬ tache at the American Embas.sy In Chungking during the war and also was assigned duties which took him to London. 'Trip¬ oli, Cairo, Teheran, Moscow, Calcutta, Kunming, Nanking, Shanghai, Manila. Guam, Kwa- Jalein and Honolulu. «
In order to fully understand the qualifications which will enable Mir. Lamoore to speak authoritatively on current world affairs, it must be known that he covered the meeting ot the United Nations Organization In London beginning In January of 1946. He likewise was present at the Council of Foreign Min¬ isters meeting in Paris, at the much-contested Greek elections, with the armies of occupation tn J'Si'inany a,nd Austria' and also spent some time In the Bal¬ kans and Rome, Mr. Lamoore h^ maintained Intimate con¬ tact with overseas developments by recent off-the-record Inter¬ views with General Hodge (from Korea), w<th the Ameri¬ can Ambassadors to Czechosla- vakla and the Argentine and with members of the Finnish mission to this country. He has, as well, enjoyed almost dally meetings with ¦ friends from (Continued on Page Eight)
This Suriday (to-morrow) Lionel Gelber will be the guest speaker of the" evening session of th? Central States Region of Hadassah being held In the Hall of Mirrors ot the Deshler- Walllck Hotel at 8 P, M.
Lionel Gelber. of Toronto, Canada, is a writer and an au¬ thority on International and Jlrlli.s-h Commonwealth affairs. He is Political Advisor to the .lewish Agency for Paiestine in the United States and Is in charge of the Jewish Agency's United Nations Department Mr Gelber,-who rollrod in 19-15 from the Royal Canadian Air Force with the rank of Flight Lieu¬ tenant, was formerly on the lacully Qt the University ot Tor¬ onto.
Born in' Toronto, ho was ed¬ ucated at Upper Canada College and at the University of Tor¬ onto, ho was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliel College, Oxford. At Oxford he was President of tbe Ralegh Club and of tho Oxford Imperial Club and lived subse¬ quently for a number of years in  England.
Mr. Gelber is the author of a standard historical work, "The Rise of Anglo American Friend- . ship," (1938) and of the widely' discussed "Peace by Power," (1942). both published by the Oxford University Press. He has-contributed'to "Foreign Af¬ fairs", "The Virginia Quarterly Review" and "Free World" in the United States and In Eng¬ land to the "Fortnightly Re¬ view" and the "News Chroni- fcle". He is also a member of The Canadian Institute of Inter¬ national  Affairs.
.The entire Jewish community Is invited to hear this outstand¬ ing speaker who is being spon¬ sored Jointly by Senior Hadas. sah and the Columbus' Zionist Organization. Both groups will act as Host and Hostess at a reception following the session.
Mrs. Harry Kaplan Is A. A. Sisterhdod Sabbath Speaker
Thgi Junior, and Senior Sis¬ terhoods ot Agudath Achim Congregation will observe their Artnual Sabbath next Friday evening, March 28, 8 o'clock, at the synagogue. Cor. Washington and Donaldson. Speaker for this occasion will be Mrs. Harry Kap¬ lan, wife ot Rabbi Kaplan, 'cfi- rector of B'nal Brith HUlel- Foundation at (jhlo State Uni¬ versity. SWe win be Introduced, by Mrs. M, Hirschsprung, re¬ ligious chairman of the Sister¬ hood.
The program for the evening will be as follows: Welcome, Mrs. Jack Freedman, president of th^Slsterhood and Mrs. Ruth Cooper, president of Jr. Sister¬ hood; Opening prayer, Mrs. Jay Barnett: Responsive reading, Belle Poling, Mrs. Oscar Ber¬ man; Kiddush, Cantor P. Gell¬ man; Closing prayer. Miss Sadie Schakett; Benediction, Rabbi M. Hirschsprung. The Agudath Achim choir will render appro¬ priate  selections.
Refreshments are to be served in the- social hall following tlje servloes by botli groups under the chairmanship of Mrs. David Gaiser. The Jewish community- is cordially invited to' partici¬ pate.
RABBI ZELIZER ON THE AIR
The Churcb o{ the Air pro¬ gram again presents Rabbi Nathan ifeeUzer tbls Sunday niornlng over WBNS from' 10 to 10:30.