Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1947-04-04

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Vol. M, No. 14
COLUiMBUS,  OHIO,   FRIDAY,   APRIL 4,  11947
Devoted to American and  Jewish  Ideala
Strictlv Confidential
Tidbits From  Everywhere By Phlneas J. Blron
SOMETHING NEW
Jewish population figures are notoriously off the Beam.. .and estimates In the American Jew¬ ish Yearbo()k are often subject to severe Criticism... .Down In Jacksonville, Florida, WUllam I. Boxerman, executive director of the Jewish Community Council, recently set out to learn some¬ thing about his community... Conducting the first census there, he learned that there were only 3,005 Jewish Individuals in Jacksonville, as compared with the previous estimates of 5,000 or . better.. .He published Ills startling resiults In a novel, graphic report, called "Statistic¬ ally Speaking".. .It you want to see a .most unusual presentation on Jewish demography, by all means take a look at "Statis¬ tically Speaking", the first thing of   Its   kind...
BBOADWAY GOSSIP
Charlie Chaplin expectilng to open his new picture in New York before I^assover. .Laura Z. Hobson, author of the best-sell¬ ing "Gentleman's Agreement" Is that rare specimen—a writer who turns down all lecture dales...Miss Hobson says that she's put all she has to say In her book... .Eddie Cantor will bring a few laughs to.harassed Palestine if he decides to make that trip. ..Miseha Elman and Leonard Bernstein will partici¬ pate in the 2nd Annual Interna¬ tional Music Festival at Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 8-28... Lieutenants Pete and Dave Glm¬ bel, sons of Bernard Glmbel and Hank Greenberg's brothers- in-law, assigned to Tokyo duty.. Jascha Heifetz and Artur Ru- biristein are featured in United Artists' "Carnegie Hall"—a film with something entlrel.v iieiv in sound production Abe Bur¬ rows has quit the writer's Job with the Dinah Shore radio show... Jules Munshin, ex-GI comic sensation from the "Call Me Mister" cast, will be open¬ ing   his   own   radio   show   this
summer Zero    Mostel,    zany
nightclub comic, is a painter by vocation.. .Even has his own studio—
SPORTS NOTES
W. Edward ("Eddie") Robin¬ son, probable starting first base¬ man for the Cleveland Indians, serves as athletic director of the Beth Tflloh Community Cen- terr In Baltimore during the winter months.. .Although he Isn't Jewish himself, Ediiie has won the respect and affection of the center's membership and .staff... BIOGRAPHICAL   FOOTNOTE
On the first anniversary ot the d.eath of the Immortal Jew¬ ish composer Bela Bartok, Emo Balogh, noted composer and concert pianist, recalled Bar- tok's stirring fight for life... For two years after he had con¬ tracted the leucemia that claimed his life, Bartok was aided in his struggle by ASCAP
.. .Although he was a non-mem¬ ber, ASCAP provided the com¬ poser with the foremost phy¬ sicians in their fields...All sev¬ en of these medics were Jews: Dr. Israel Rappaport, diagnosti¬ cian; Dr, Edgar Mayer, lung specialist; Dr. Salamon Feinman, roentgentologist; Professor Emanuel liYledman, neurologist; Professor Herman Elcoyn, eye specialist; and Dr, Frederlk Relss, dermatologist...'. During these two. years iBarttik produced his four greatest compositions,. (Copyright S. A. F.)
Sisterhood Will Celebrate Mother Daughter Day
Tfie Rose E. Lazarus Sister¬ hood will celebrate Mother and Daughter Day next Saturday, April 12, with a luncheon at the Fort Hayes Hotel at 12;30. Novel and entertaining plans to make the afternoon enjoyable for all have been completed by Mrs. Allen Gundershelmer, pres¬ ident, and.her committee. Moth¬ ers and daughters of th,e sister¬ hood win participate In a short program during the luncheon, and afterwArd the K & R. Laz¬ arus Co. will present ah Inform¬ al style show.
Prizes will be awarded the oltiest grandmother, the young¬ est gi-andmother and the young- e.st  mother,  also  door  prizes.
The cost of the luncheon will be $1,150 tor mothers and daugh¬ ters over fifteen; younger, girls $1.00.
A brief business meeting will be held to elect new directors. This is the last luncheon ot the year, the May meeting to be an afternoon affair.
NOTED   HISTORIAN   TO SPEAK AT HILLEL SUNDAY,   APBII^   20
The Bnal Brith Hillel Founda¬ tion, at -16 E. Ifith Ave., an¬ nounced this week that the first speaker of its Spring 'cultural series will he the out.standlng .lewlsh sociologist and historian from Columbia University, Prof. S. W' Baron. Mr. Baron i.-i Chairman ot the Commission on Survey of the Nationally Jewi.sh Welfare »Board and of the C'ommisslqn on European Jewish Cultural Reconstruction.
He will dl.scuss the Final Stages of .Jewish Emancipation on Sunday, April 20, at 8 P. M. The public Is Invited. There will  lie no admission charge.
American Jewry Rebuilds Jewish Culture In Europe
Anti-Semites „ Terrorize Bjt)oklyn Jewish Population
NEW YORIC (WNS)—Re¬ newed anti-Semitic outbreaks and the apparent Indifference of the Brooklyn police to the incidents have led Jewi.sh resi¬ dents of the Bath Beach and the Bay Parkway districts In Brooklyn to request perml.ssion to carry revolvers for "self de¬ fense"!
The outbreaks, which have .stea(311y been mounting In. vi¬ olence, reached a new high March 10 when a Jewish vet¬ eran was attacked near a sub¬ way station at 3 a. m. The vet¬ eran, atjcompanled by two com- panionsi wafi beset upon as he emerged from the subway sta¬ tion  and  brutally  beaten.
A year ago. In the .same dl.s¬ trlct, a 16 year-old Jewish youth was critically stabbed as he left the Bensonhurst .lewi.sh center. IVlany Jewish veterans have resorterl to carrying their sheathed service knives for pro¬ tection   In  case  ot  attack.
The police claimed the at¬ tackers wer^ mere ruffians, but the Jewish residents ot those sections pointed out that It was more than a mere coincidence that all the victims have been Jews,
Dr, Wesley, Boychoir Will Headline B'nai B'rith Program
Sam'Luper, President of Zlon Lod'gp, B'nal B'rlth, this week announced that orie of the most interesling meetings and pro¬ grams ever held by Zlon Lodge will take place on Monday, April Mth, at the Broad St. Temple Ift'omptly at 8 P. M. First on the program will be 00 members of the Columbus Boychoir under the personal direction ot Her¬ bert Huffman, who are If) take the stage al 8;15 I'. M. This sing¬ ing group has long been recop- nized as one of the most out¬ standing groups of Its kind In the country.
At the brief meeting preceding the Boychoir program, an amendment to the by-laws of the constitution of the B'nal B'rith will lie brought before the group, and a motion to change the meeting night will be heard. Abe Gertner, program chair¬ man, has also added Dr. Charles H. Wesley, President ot WUber¬ torce University will be the speaker for this occasion. Dr. Wesley is not only a member of the executive committee of the Ohio College A.ssn., but Is also the author- of .several, hi.s¬ tory textbooks. He has studied In many colleges and universi¬ ties both In this country and abroad and Is recognized as one of the leading liberal etlucators of our time.
The public Is cordially Invited, and everyone Is asked to come early as a capacity crowd Is anticipated.
Flr.=5t targets In Nazism's war against the Jews were the re¬ ligious and cultural Institution.";; the lewish con^munyl centers and ritual services which flour¬ ished throughout P^uj-ope. Syna¬ gogues were burned, cemeterie.^ desecrated, .Jewish schools de¬ stroyed by Hitler's armies. Re¬ building these Installatlnns, re¬ storing the cultural and relig¬ ious tradition of Israel, Is a paramount ttisk on the contin¬ ent.
Among the most Imfxirtant aspects of the .l.D.C.'s extejislve religious and cultural program in Europe Is the vast Passover program. Last year the J.D.C!. l>rovl(ied more than 2,000,000 pounds of matzoth, matzoth meal, wine and other Passover fo(xls to Jews celebrating (heir first I''as.s0ver since liheration. The first Ixiklng of matzoth In Berlin since Hitler's rise to ixuvcr was arranged and paid for by the J.D.C. as .lews mark¬ ed both their deliverance from Nazism and the deliverance of their ancestors ' from Egypt centuries before.
CHAS. LAZARUS  NAMED ON DRIVE COMMITTEE FOR PHILHARMONIC
Charles Y. Lazarus, merchan¬ dising manager of the F. &. R. Lazarus & Co., was last week named chairman of the Special Gifts Committee of the Colum¬ bus Philharmonic Orchestra maintenance campaign for $125,- OOO which will be held from April 1 to May 10. He will name his committee shortly.
His wife, Frances, is publicity chairman and a member of the pdvlsory board ot the Colum- 'bus Philharmonic Orchestra Women's Committee. Mr. and Mrs. Lazarus reside at 92 Stan- berry Aye.
ZOA ACTIVITY WILL BJl MARKED BY POUNDING OF PALESTINE COLONY
Seek Admission To U. S. Of 400,000 DP's
NEW YORK (WNS)—Judge Joseph M. proskauer, president ot the American Jewish Com¬ mittee, In a statement issued on .the eve of Passover, urged accelerated Jewish immigration to Palestine and asked the Unit¬ ed States to admit approximately 400,000 displaced persons of all faiths and nations to this coun¬ try.
"The Passover holiday, which celebrated the deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian bond¬ age, is a festival of llberatlrtn not only for Jews, but for all mankind, "Judge Proskauer .said. "Now again throughout the world," he stressed, "mll- iions ot human beings await the dawn of freedom. They await liberation from fears, frustra¬ tions and doulJts abg.ut the fu¬ ture. Their appeal Is tb the dem¬ ocratic peoples for liberation from physical and emotional shackles."
This year, J.D.C. tripled its '¦in Passover i)rogram. Nearly 4,500,000 pounds of Passover ¦su'j)plies were shippefl hy the J.D.C. ri'om the United States alone to a dozen countries In Europe, to Jews In North Africa, the mlrldle Bast and as far off as Shanghai, China. La,sl year, J.D.C. overse,as representatives reported from all over the con¬ tinent that matzoth were re¬ ceived fresh and unbroken (thank.s to careful and .special packaging) and In good time for local   pre-hollday  distribution.
A'summary of J.D.C. Passover shipments reveals that 3,.500,000 ixiunds of matzoth were .shipped to Europe along with more than 1,000,000 pounds of matzoth meal. To Germany, J.D.C. shrjip- ed an additionai 100,000 pounds ot macaroons f()r distribution among Jewish displaced per¬ sons in the camjw and centers. In addition lo 1,000,000 pounds of Matzoth meal. For Jewish survivors In Rumania, the J.D.C. shipped 700,000 pounds of mat¬ zoth and 245,000 pounds of mat¬ zoth meal. This was supplement¬ ed by a great shipment ot 800 tons of wheat, which was milled Into Passover flour and made Into matzoth by the Rumanian Jewish community. To Hungary, the J.D.C. sent 8(X),000 pounds of matzoth and meal, to Poland 140,000.
Moreover, local baking of matzoth in-, Europe was again supported by the J.D.C; in Ger¬ many alone, the J.D.C. paid for the baking of 850,000 pounds. In olher areas, local Rurcha.ses by J.D.C. supplemented i t s shipping program from the Uni¬ ted States.
J.D.C, activities In the rebuild¬ ing of Jewish communal life has .seen the repair, restoration and support of synagogues, cem¬ eteries, ritual baths; Talmud Torahs and Jewish schools In close cooperation with local Jewish communities throughout
Europe. I n France, special grants were mad^ to the Consi- stolre Central tor rebuilding re¬ ligious Institutions which had I)een almost completely rlestroy- ed during the occupation. In ¦ Belgium, allocations were made for the repair and maintenance of eleven synagogues,, three rlt- ' ual baths and four Talmud Torahs. In tile' Netherlands, largo portions of the total J.D.C. budget were devoted to" the fur¬ therance of religious Institu¬ tions.
In Eastern Europe, where th'Cii'e has been an almost com¬ plete obliteration of Jewish re¬ ligious and communal life, the .1.0.(\ has been of major support In rebuilding religious life. In Hungary, aid was given to re- pstahllsh synagogues and Yes¬ hlvoth in 2'JO communities; a teachers' college and the Buda¬ pest Rabbinical Seminary were re-established with J.D.C. funds. The oldest and most famous .synagogue In ail Hungary—tJie Central Synagogue ot Budapest — has been completely rebuilt vvith Ihe help of J.D.C. grants. In Rumania, particularly in Northern Transylvania, J.D.C. grants assisted 71 communities to restore their religious Insti¬ tutions, m Czechoslovakia sub- . stantial help was provldefl for communal resonstructkm.' In Poland some 20 jier cent of the total budget was used to re¬ build communal life.
In the displaced per.so,ns camps In the American.zones of Germany and Au.stria, the J.¬ D.C. special religious depart¬ ment has inaugurated extensive programs of religious activities in cooperati<)n with the U.S. Army and UNRRA. Provision was made for the observance ot all holy days. Ritual slaught¬ er was IntrtHluced In several cities ot Germany. Throughout Ihe U.S. and British zones, J.¬ D.C. support goes to a network of Jewish "schools. .l.D.C. funds and arrangements made possible the first printing of Hebrew pra.yer books in Germany In over a decade. In Italy, the J.¬ D.C. made substantial alloca¬ tions to the Rabbinical College of Rome, the Ye.shiva Maar Ha- golah and to the Union of Jew¬ ish Communities. Kosher can¬ teens wet^ supported in twelve localities and speclal grants tor the high holidays were made to displaced Jews in the camps and J.D.C. Hachsharoth.
Throughout North Africa and the   Middle  East,  J.D.C.   flnan- ' cial aid to the Alliance Israelite helped   maintain   40,065   Jewish students  In   116  schools.
One of the least known but most imriortant aspects of the J D.C.'s program of rebuilding Jewish cultural life overseas lies In the Committee's exten¬ sive supnort of Jewish .schools and institutions in Palestine. The J.D.C. appropriated over $400,000 for educational and re¬ ligious work In Palestine last year, including support to flfU'- slx Yeshlvoth with 3,700 stu¬ dents; the support of more than (Continued on  Page 8)
Formal British Request For Sipecial UN Palestine Session Expected Soon
TARSHISH IN CITY POST
Allan Tarshish was this week elected vice-president of the City "Recreation Commission for the year 1947.
NEW YORK (WNS)—The Zionist Organization of America will commemorate Its fiftieth an¬ niversary by the founding of a colony In Palestine, acconling to plans apfxroved by tl^ie national executive here  this week.
The plans call for tbe estab¬ lishment of the colony on a tract of land comprising 1,250 acres, to be redeemed through the Jewish National Fund with¬ in the next two years.
METROPOLITAN GROUP NAMES  LEVY,  LAZARUS
Among the fifteen directors named' last week by the Metro¬ politan Committee of Franklin County are Slni'on Lazarus and Robert K. Levy. It is the aim of this group to obtain public improvements and to. co-ordlnaite the development of Columbus as to make It a better commun¬ ity In wiilch to live,
LAKE SUCCESS (WNS)—A formal 'British request foi" a speclal session of the United Nations General Assembly to consider the Palestine problem Is expected to be placed before the U.N. this week.
The United States has already Informed the British Govern¬ ment that it had no objection to a special session. However, Britain was said to be awaiting replies from Russia, France anti China.
(An unconfirmed Moscow repo(rt stated that Foreign Sec¬ retary Bevln had declared that no further move would be made
on the Palestine issue until con- clussion ot the Foreign Minis¬ ters Conference.)
There has been no Indlcaitlan as to the nature of the British lequest, but it is believed that the British wiil ask that the Pal¬ estine question be placed on tli'e agenda of the regular September" meeting of the Asseimbiy and that the special Assembly mere¬ ly appoint a commission to study the problem.
The calling of a special ses¬ sion requires concurrence by a majority of the V.N. members. If such  a  majority is secured
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