Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1948-12-10

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RONICLE
lIW// Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \v/AvK
Vol. 28, No. lit
COLUMBUS,  OHIO,  FRIDAY,   DECB.1IBER   10,   1B48
Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals
j Plain Talk
1                               MORE JEWS   .   .
BY AL SEGAL
BIDS FOR PURCHASE OP HEBREW SCHOOL SITE TO BE ACTED UPON
The Board of Directors of Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School will con¬ sider and act upon offers to pur¬ chase the site of the school's previous location at 558 E. Rich St.
The Board meeting has been scheduled for 2:30 tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. .
Property will be sold for cash.-
. Sale will exclude   all   personal
property, including chairs, desks,
tables,  memorial    tablets,    and
drinking fountains.
It looks like happier times on the way for oppressed Jews; and now what is to become of the rest of us? Where are we going when the doorbell ringers no longer call in desperate urgency to remirid us of Jews who need our help, and how much will we give for them?
Thanks to these annual visitors, many of us have been kept consciously Jewish these many years. When one has quite for¬ gotten his Jewlshness, his doorbell rings and at the door stands that guy he remembers froni the last drive..."How much are you going to give this time, sir?".. .Oh yes! His JewLshness Comes baek to him. He signs a pledge.. ."Thanks", says the solicitor. "Will be seeing you next year".
It is .sad to reflect that Jewish life for many in America has heen a matter of signing checks for drives or digging down and pulling out a $10 bill. What will happen to us as .lews when the bell-ringers no longer have to impinge so assiduously on our consciences?
It must come to that eventu¬ ally now that the skies seem to be clearing for Jews in the dark¬ er places of the world. Palestine is establLshed as the Republic of Israel. The Jews of Israel have earned it by blood, sweat, tears and their work in the fields, and the conscience of the world will not let them be robbed of it.
Some 10,000 of the displaced are moving into Israel every month. I It remains our duty lo give all'we can that these peo¬ ple may be settled there. But in due time—let's say ten years —large numbers of these wan¬ derers wiil have been establish¬ ed in the new land and Israel, by' taxation, will be self-support¬ ing.
Others are finding refuge in the U. S. and elsewhere around the world. It is getting better for the oppressed.
it must come to pass that drive solicitors no longer will be atj our doors in search bf hun- di'eds of millions in a year. True, they will continue to come around for funds for local and national Jewish causes; that must go on for good. But the heavy pressure that made many Jews feel Jewish during these many years will be off. Then what? By what shall we sur¬ vive?
That problem still Is some years off but why not take hold of It now? Why not face now the question that wiil so tragic¬ ally arise when Jews no longer have   the   compulsion   of   vast
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MIZRACHI EOiBX^TIONS
Mr. Louis Mellman was nani- ed president of the Men's Miz¬ rachi Zionist organization at the election of officers held Nov. 27 at Ahavath Sholom synagogue. David Schwartz was elected vlce-pres., Jacob Caller, treas.. Rabbi Julius Baker,' rec. sec'y, and Alex Stregevsky, corr. sec'y
Trustees: Sol Uretsky, Abe Mellman, Israel Levinstein, Ben Levlne, Jake Grundstein, Men del Flnkelstein, M. Dulsky and Philip Waidman.
ZOA Food Drive in Effect; Columbus Quota: 30,000-lbs.
A campaign hy the Zionist OrKiinizntlon of America to collect 5-mlIlion pounds of food In the U. S., for Israel, In DOW in full progres.s all over America.
Tito ColumbuH quoUi has l>een net at 30-thouKnnd lbs., the collw^tlon of wh/ch Is sciiediiled within the nest few weeks. This city always responds to every worth- ivhlir cnutjCt and loot! '/Aonlnt leuder.s expect the community (o put the ZOA food-(irive "over (lie top."
— NEWS BRIEFS
OfPBRS VOCAL GUIDANCE FOB JE^VISri MUSIC
Cantor Solomon Grodner, for¬ merly of East Broad St. Temple, Invites every Jewish person in¬ terested in Jewish music, vocal or instrumental, to his home, 611 S. Carpenter St., any Monday after 7 p. m., telephone FA. 8742. Grodner will train a Jewish Community Chorus and orches¬ tra, with no obligation to any participant.
He is also reopening his studio for voice culture. Undfer his guidance, pupils will receive the finest vocal instruction.
TKh AVIV —Although diffi¬ culties lie ahead, the '"basic problems" of the establishment of the Jewish state and immi¬ gration to Israel have already been solved, acting mediator Dr. Ralph Buhche this week told liewsmen here after a visit with Premier David Ben Gur- ion and high officials of the Foreign Office.
He revealed that he had heard from the Israelis that a solution of the Cyprus refugee problem is near and that direct Uritish- Israeli talks have taken place. The United Nations never saw a "valid reason" for the deten¬ tion of Jews, he continued.
Hadassah Celelarates 20th ^ Annual Donor Dinner Sunday
The Jewish community of Columbus well remembers and still raves about the memorable Hadas.sah Donor Dinner held last December. Tomorrow evening, .starting at 6 o'clock, months of concentrated effort by the committee of the 19-18 Donor Dinner will assuredly reap another outstanding social success.
The succe.ss of the annual Hadassah Donor Dinners is not only a tribute to the team work of the many tireless workers, but to the generosity of the entire community, which, year after year.
readily answers Hadassah quotas.
Another stirring, unforgetta¬ ble program has been arranger! for the, 20lh annual Donor Din¬ ner tomorrow' in the main b.'dl- ronm of the  .\'eil  Mouse.
Tile Program
With Mrs. Max Ziskind at the piano, lite tiudience wili sing "Star Spangle<l Banner." fol¬ lowed by the invocation, by Mrs. Roy J. Stone. After dinner, the aud^e'ice will .-iing "Hatikvah!", followed by a welcome address by Mrs. Moe Hirsch, president of the local chapter.
Mrs. Oscar Smllack, vocalist, and Mrs. Lester Nafzger, pianist, will then present "Hadassah Husbands' Lament." After a few remarks by Mrs. Dave Rosen- feld, chairman of the Dinner, a violin solo ivlll be given by Mlna Jaffe Buchsbaum, accompanied by Jean Ram.sey Clymer, both of the Columbus Philharmonic.
Three   brief    motion   pictures
for funds to meet its Palestine
TEL AVIV—Minister of Trade Dr. Fritz Bernstein demanded this w*k at a meeting of the State Council that wages be frozen and Industiy and agii culture concentrate only on the production of necessities in or der to cheek the rising cost of living in the Jewish state! Dr 3ern.stein emphasized the need for an expanded export pro gram to aid in the absorption of new immigrants and to pay in part for Imports into Israel.
ADL Meeting Tuesday Evening
The uiitl-Dofanuitlon League d/B'nai B'rith will hold Its annual meeting Tuesday «t Broad St. Teniiile, 8:30 p. in., u niecllng which will be most Inlorniutlve und enlightening to ull who iittoiid. ¦
Many members and non-members of Zlon Lodge lu'e totally unaware of the myriad ways in w|ilrli the TtOlj in of cottMtiint service to tlieni every day. Hn^nee, one of Jio pur¬ poses of Tuesday's meeting In to apprise -nil Ben llnl'ltlis of the numner In which this tremendous Inslltiillon serves them.    ^
Tlie proghini will consist of talks by Allan Tiirshlsh, repre-seiilntive of the Al>L, und Seymour Gorchoff, reglouul director of tlie ADI/.
'There »vlll be entertulning and Impressive, movies, con- ccruliig (lie activities and openitions.of I lie Nulloiml und Regional AI)Li lilgliHghted by pjoblems on the current scene, and how these problems are handled.
Kollowlng a <iuestloii-un<l-answer discussion from the floor, the meeting concludes wltli group singing of tho songs of friendship, written by Irvlnj; Cuesar — songs which have been used widely In public school systems.
FAMAGUSTA, CYPRUS—With the coming of the first heavy rains in Cyprus, 1,200 Jewish parents here this week peti¬ tioned Rabbi A. Schrelbaum, representative of the Je\yish Agency, to bring to the imme¬ diate attention of the British authorities on the Island the condition of Jewish infants in the Cypriot camps.
Six hundred babies, under six months of age, are presently in the Xylotymbou camp, while 400 more children are due lo be born within the- next two months. Rabbi Schreihau'm'said that the discontinuation of in¬ fant quotas to Palestine—which were granted by the former Palestine High Commissionei", Sir Alan Cunningham, on hu¬ manitarian grounds — is the most serious prol)lem encount ered In administering the camps on Cyprus, where a total of 11,200  Jews  are  still  detained
)f  Chassidlc  Life  will  then  be ¦^hown.
Mrs. Herbert Linick, co-chair¬ man, will have the honor of In¬ troducing "a man who neetis no introduction".—Iho esteemed Mr. Quentin Reynolds. This out- .standlng international figure wili impart too few of the many exciting experiences in his tbrill
IMPORTANT NOTICE! Thttse who have jnade paid- pledges to (he ffadUHsah Donor Dinner and who ure not pinnning to attend tho dinner, ure cordially Invited to he«r Ihe guest speaker and other entertainment In the niulii ballroom of the Nell House tomorrow evening. Tic¬ kets will be nvulljiblo at the door.
Mr. Reynolds
packed career as la playwright, commentator, ftovelist and Jour¬ nalist. /
Al.so on the program will be some surprise presentations.
Last week, officers of Hadas¬ sah and the heads of the Donor Dinner committees, paused in the rush of last minute activity long enough to appear on WCOL's "Listen Ladles" pro-1 gram, condutted by Bill Burt. Mr. Burt questioned the ladles oh the great work of Hadassah, and the purposes of the Donor Dinner
A. Z. A. ELEX.TIONS
Chapter 155 of Aleph Zadlk Aleph will hold nomination of officers Wednesday evening at Schonthal Center.
Claire Neustadt to Address Rose E» Lazarus Sisterhood
,.s.s. Claire Neustadt, who, in IterAwtn-k for the American Red Cross has traveled to all points of   llhe   world,   will   relate   sev-
NEW Y<)RK—President Tru¬ man's "clear and convincing demonstration of United States adherence to the A(lniir\istra- tlons avowed policy on. Israel," was lauded this week by the Jewish War Veterans of the Unitpd States. A resolution w>ih adopted commentling the I'rcsa dent "for, the gehiiliie humani¬ ty ejfempllfled by the coopera¬ tion and,' help affortled, to the newest of the world'.i nations."
eral of hei; exciting, educational experiences Tuesday for the Rose.iE. Lazarus Sisterhood reg¬ ular/meeting in the vestry room of Ih-yden Rd. Temple, starting at 1 p.m.
Miss Neustadt, sister of Chron¬ icle Publisher Hen Neustadt, re¬ cently relumed from Korea.
The (Ic.isert tea Tuesday will include other highlights on the jjrogram, besides the appearance of Mi.ss Neuslpdt. "Prince of the Ghetto" will be reviewed by Mrs. Arthur Hersch. This la one of the Sisterhood's library books. 'I'wo beautiful dooi prizes will be awardeti to hold ers of lijcky tlucals. And tipon the ^creen, pictures of many Sisteriinod menibers will create a iioslulgia for the "dear old days;' Another short film will he shiiun. of ini,eVeMt to ail.
A brief business itieeting will be conducteti including the pres lilenl's report of the bi-ennlal convention. Mrs. .Mbert Luchs of New York will give the open¬ ing prayer..