Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1946-02-01

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Vol   24   Nn   1      Entered ai Second-<naM Matter, vol, «, INO. ,,        pojtoffic,   Columbus,, Ohio.
C!OLUMBU8, OHIO, FRIDAY, PEBRUABY   1,  1946
Davotad  to  Am«luR <nd  J«'«lili   Idaall
Jewish Center Building
Drive Now in Full Swing
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By Phlneus J. Blron
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THT5 RBAIj  story  .   .
teY9u cannot afford lo miss Lotils I. Newman's new book "A 'Chief ftfibbi' of Rome Be¬ comes  a  Catholic" Il  is  a
mosl informative piece of work which illuminates the "mystery story" of a Jewish leader aband oning his community.. .And, in¬ cidentally, Rabbi Newman re veals very slgniflganl figures on mass conversion among Hal lan Jews...We learn thai 4,500 had  undergone  baptism  in  the
cburse   of   1939 5,500   were
made Catholics during 1940 and
5,000 In 2941 In other words
Newman estimates thai al least 10 10 12 per 'cent of Italian Jewry entered the Catholic Church following the promul¬ gation of . the "Fascist," racial laws", ,11 would seem to us that baptism was the primary con¬ dition to salvaging Jewa thr&at ^^ned l)y I'lasclani In Italy....
ISaHats off to Uie Nattonal. Fed¬ eration For Constitutional Lib¬ erties.,. ,Its recent publication "They Still Carry On" Is a .cork
er The copy on how to spot
and stop native fascists-is first rate stuff.,Most of the text in the booklet has been supplied by the U. S. War Department.. If interested you can order this booklet by.writing to the F-ed- erallon at 205 East 42nd Street New York City Congratula¬ tions to Mrs. Dorothy ScTiiff Hall Barlter Thackerey, pub¬ lisher of- the New York Post.,. She will be a grandmother via her daughter Mrs. Lieut. Arthur Gray Jr...The Spanish Govern¬ ment in Exile will soon make public an Imijortant declaration on its altitude to the Jewish problem..The inspiration comes from a recently published book by Abraham Friedman under the title "Towards a Rapproche- menr'BoUveen the Hebraic and
Hispanic Worlds" Ben Hecht
Is laking time off his Holly wood assignments lo write the script of a giant spectacle about the plight of the Jews In Eur¬ ope.. We're lold that Mr. Hearst has offered a huge s-um for the withdrawl of the photo on which he is shown wllh a group ot Nazi leaders, including Al fred Rosenberg An anti- Semitic incident occurred the other tlay in the offlqes ot the Federal Housing Authority al 270 Broadway , New York..The culprit was pri*itely reprimand¬ ed by John K. Korvick, Regional Director, but Reverend Ben Hichiinl.s(jn of the I'rotestant demands a more severe punish¬ ment	
MIHt Kl.l.ANV... SaAlliert K:(hn. eo-uulhor of "Sabutiigu" will bo very much in the news IjcciuiHe of his forlh- coniiiig Imiik "The (Ireat Con- spiriit'y" -t'li' next month. .The Amerifim Bible Society boasts that a very respectable number of the total of ll',172,13U bibles, testaments and gospels distri¬ buted by the Society in 1944 passed through the channels of (Continued on Page 8)
Jewish War Vets Alid Auxiliary To Install Officers
Capltol Post No. 122, Jewish War Veterans of the U. S. and Its Auxiliary, will hold a Joint installalion of officers for the coming year this Sunday, Feb. .Ird, fi:30 P. M., at the Seneca Hotel.
E.  M.  Bnglandor New  Commander
The speaker for the occasion will be Gall Baldwin, of Marys¬ ville, O., district commander of the American Legion. Toast- master for the occasion will be Allan Tarshish, past command¬ er of the post. Vocal selections during the evenings program are to be rendered by Miss Marylin Mlntzes, accompanied by Miss  Myra  Spieyer.
The new officerfe who are lo be  Installed Include:
IC. M. Englander, Commander; Louis Levine, Sr., Vice Cohi- mander; Gilbert Siegel, Jr. Vice Commander; Simon Kahn, Judge Advocat; Phillip Brier, Chaplain; Morris Lopper, Trustee; Drs, Harry Topolosky, Morris Kra- (Continued on Page 8)
RABBI HARRY KAPLAN TO  ADDRESS KIWANI8 CUB  FEB.   llth
Rabbi Harry Kaplan, director of B'nai B'rith Hillel Founda¬ tion al Ohio State University, will address the down town Kiwanis Club on Monday noon, Feb.. Uth, al the Neil House. This is the first lime the Rabbi ha.s been calletl ujj(jn to speak before   this  group.
Local Council Opposes National Budgeting
At the quarterly meeting of the Jewish Comtnunlly Council held Thursday, January . 24th, al the Schonthal Center, a res¬ olution was unanimously adopt¬ ed opposing Nalional Budgeting as proposed by the Council of Jewish Federalions and Wel¬ tare Funds. An official copy of this resolution'Is being forward¬ ed lo the National Headquarters ot the Council of Jewlph Feder, attons and -Welfare FandBr.ai>^ jalso the Committee to Oppose National  Budgeting.
Zanesville, O., B'nai B'rith To Install Officers Feb. 10
Gihon TJodge, of Zanesville, Ohio, win hold its annual instal¬ lation dinner on Sunday, Feb. 10th, at the Beth Abraham Syn¬ agogue. Principal speaker will be BenjSmin Schwartz, presi¬ dent of the Ohio Kentucky Assn. of B'nai Brith.
The following are to be in¬ stalled by Sidney L. Kalz. pres¬ ident of Zion Lodge:
President, Albert Gelfand; First V. Pres, Eugene Llnz; Second V. Pres., Nate Milder; Secretary, Martin Zwelling; Fi¬ nancial Sec'y., Morels Weinberg; Treasurer, Harry '/welling; War¬ den, Erwln Jacolraon; Chaplain, Harry L. Callg; Trustees, Albert Sehavitz, Louis Wollner, Joseph Lake. Tbe District Grand Lodge
B'NAI B'RITH COMMITTEES FOR 1946
Complete committee organi¬ zations of Zion Lodge, No. 62, B'nai B'rith, for the coming year, were .announced by Sidney L. Kalz,- president, al the exec¬ ulive committee meeting Ifisl week. / \,
All chairmen and vice-chair¬ men as well as officers of the loilge are members of the exec- utice committee. This group meets every Saturday noon al the Broad-Lincoln hotel, serving as a steering commltlee jor the whole, lotlge. Tbe executive committee, meeting is open lo liny  member  in good  standing.
All activities of B'nol H'rllh in Columbus for the year 194(1 ¦will l>e in the hands of the com¬ mittee members appointed last week. They are:
IlETKNTION   COJIMITTEB
Chulriiiu.n: Sum Lupor; David Feer¬ er. Abe Gertner, Joe Levison, Harry Goldstein, Herbert Wlae. Sam Schlon¬ sky. Ben Tolpen. Martin Polster, Robert Mellman, Bernard Feitllnger, Charles Ross,  Harry Schwartz,  I,  M.
Harris. Sam Qurevll?., Walter Kati.' Abe Wolman, Abe Silverman. Morris Lessure. Burton Levitt. Wm. Bronska. Bon Yenkin, A, B. Harmel, Ed Schlez¬ lnger, David Cheses. Woolf Soloman. Jay Prlgosln. Stanley Maybrook, Frank Nulls, Sanford Fisher. Irwln Lichtensteln. Bwrnard Caplan. tiave Levison, Irwln Wolf. Sum Grossman, Gilbert   Siegel.
rBOUHAM    COMMITTEE
Ch'slnnun; Joseph l-evlfton; Rabbl Hiirry Kaplan. Ed Schlezlnger, Rabbl Samuel Gup. Hubbl Hyman Chanover. Herbert Wise. Sig VVelsskerz. Rudy Klemperfer, Ben Rulner. Herman Kutz. Manny Englander, Allan Tarshish. Al Esterkln.
M EMllEHSIIIr   COMMITTEE
Chairman; Abe Oertncr. Vice Olittli- men: Duve Feerer, I)uve Levison, fittin Schlonsky; Sum 1-uper, Joe Levi¬ son,- Herbert Wise, Harry Goldstetn, Ben Neustadt, Sam Schlonsky, Louis Berliner, Ed Schlezlnger, Bernard Feitllnger., Isndoic Harris, Walter Katz, t, W. Garek, Justin L. Sill¬ man. Abe Silverman. Wm. Wasser¬ strom. Ben Tolpen, Hurry Schwartz, Abo Wolmun, Rudy Klemperer, Ben Yenkin, MlltOn Staub. Dave Gold¬ smith, Frank Kauffman. Leonai-d Kohn. Morris Lessure. Burton Levitt, Wm. Bronska. Wm. Goodman, Abo Yenkin, A. B. Hnrmel, Leonard Mane¬ kin, Jack Schilling, Harold- Korn, Manny Sultan, Joseph Barkow, Wll- ,Iard   Brenner,    Harold   Marx,    Aaron
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Klemperer Rallys Workers in Final
Effort to Attain Goal by
February 16th
•A comirtunity-wide canvass began this week tocora- jlete the $425,000 fund needed for a new Jewish Center. Vleanwhjle, the Jewish Cen.ter Campaign Committee be¬ gan to receive endorsements of the project from many leaders of Jewish organizations,
Teams made up of nearly 100 leading citizens, under direction of Rudolph J. Klemperer, have begun the solici¬ tation of pledges which wilMetermine whether the Center drive is to be a success.
'"The drive was given a splendid start by general" chairman, Samuel N. Summer, and the leaders who work¬ ed with him," Mr, Klemperer told his workers at a dinner meeting in the Southern Hotel Wiednesday evening, "Now it is up to us to complete the job.
"If we do the kind of solicitation I know you are capable of doing, we will have a Center of which all of us can be proud for years to come. If we fall short of our goal, the Center will not be as good as we and our children deserve. ... ,-¦   ,:¦':.,
"-:-"Ltefs go out and do this thing rigfitP^  .¦.- x^. ¦"':*^'™*'^
delegates Include Harry L. Callg and Sam Goldstein; Alternates, Albert Gelfand, Robert Schus- terman.
Council, Hadassah, B'nai B'rith Women To Meet Feb. llth
The Second Annual ,Iolnt meeting of the- Council of Jew¬ ish Women, Senior Hadassah and B'nai Brith Women will be held Monday afternoon, Feb. llth, at the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, 480 E. Broad St., at 2 p. m.
\\''ith the purpose of bringing un interchange of thought, ideas and harmony, among the three large Jewish women's groups in the city, plans for this meeting have been drawn up by Mrs, Robert' Blashek, Mrs, Samuel Horowitz and Mrs. Irving Co¬ hen, presidents respectively, of these three major organizations.
Committees in charge of the program for the meeting in¬ clude Mrs. Louis Madison, Mrs, Joseph Mlnkln and Mrs. Louis Robins, refreshments and dec¬ orations; Mrs. B, Feillinger ami Mrs. Joseph Shapira, special sale of articles made by the Blind, and Mrs. B. W. Abram¬ son, Mrs. B. B. Caplan and Mrs. Louis M Harris, in charge of the musical portion of the pro¬ gram.^
The"" committee is this week announcing that .lullan Chajes, Jewish composer and pianist of inlernatlonal fume, will be pre- .senteil   at   thi.s  joint  session,
l''urther particulars re.i^ardlng lhi.s arl isl whose recitals before auiliencL's from Tel Aviv to Chicago have brought him to his present post as director of music at the Jewish Community Center and Temple tteih El, De¬ troit, will appear In next week's Chronicle.
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Afore Tban Half Pledged
It was pointed out that more than half of the Jewish Center fund has been pledged In ad¬ vance ¦ of the general canvass, but that success of the enter- I3rlse.^ltH--remains to be attaln- II Is hoped that more than 1,000 pledges will be obtalnetl before the close of the drive In mid-February.
At the "kick-off" dinner two weeks ago, it was revealed that trustees of special funds have arranged to supply $100,000 of the Center's cost If the cam¬ paign can obtain pledges for the remaining $.'?25,000. Gifts an¬ nounced at the initial meeting indicated enthusiastic support for the enterprise and the total of these larger pledges, when completed, is expected to move the drive a long way towfird Its goal.
Plans for the Center will be made after ali pledges are ob¬ tained, to determine how many facilities can be incorporated wilh the amount of money avail-" able. ¦ Pledges made now may be paid during the next three years,   1046,   1947  and   1948.
Endorsements of the Jewish Center effort have come from heads of many organizations Irl the community Excerpl^s from some of these statements follow:
.MII.S. H, KRIiBDLAND, Pioneer Woin('ii'.s OrganiZiitioii, Chapter \(>.   1:
"Chairman Summer, in his proposals for the Center, stres¬ ses the obligation we have for Ihe educalitmal and recreational welfare qf our children. That ¦alone cuiyiJinces me of the need for   this   Center."
MK8, MAX UKIIN8TI5CKBR, Pioneer Women's Oi-gunfxntiou, Chapter No. 2:
"1 believe that besides the \a.ster projects of the Center such as education and I'ecrea- tion for our children, we'll leam to use the Center for social ac¬ tlvllles ¦ in cases where our homes are too small,"
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