Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1949-07-08

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V«l. 27, No. 27
COLUMBt'S, OHIO, PRIDAY, ,IULY 8, IfMO
Devoted    to-   American iind   Jewish    Ideal* .
Ijduis Dorfman Donates 27th Pint of Blood
Louis Dorfman, 775 E. feroad St., gave his 27lh pint of blood at the R?d Cross Regional Blood center 6n Thursday, -June 30. More than six gallons of blood, and, If^you know Mr. Dorfman, you can see at a glance that It hasn't hurt him one bit. In fact, he Is ciulte a healthy man.
Twenty-three of his 27 dona¬ tions were made through the. Red Cross, the others being giv¬ en 'f5r the Haganah Forces.
In reminiscing over the num¬ ber of Times that he has given blood, Mr. Dorfman told about the first time he went to the Red Cross Blood Center In Chicago during the war. It was during the early part of the wur
and when he gdt on the .^cales they registered- a mere 112 pounds. The weight limit for men was 120 pounds so he was turned, down.
However, Mr. Dorfman was not 10 he daunted when It came to being tjatriotic. As head of the salvage drive for Chicago's North Side, he had access to much old scrap iron.
He waited awhile and return¬ ed lo the Blood Center where he showed a weight of about 121 pound.s—thanks to a pocketful ef' olff Iron, nuUi, acrews and bolti. (This Is .not recommended lo our donors).
"The funny thing about it," said Dorfman, "is that    I   have
United Jewish Fund Chairman Urges Immediate Coverage ^p^ Prospects
in a Iiist-ditch plea aimed directly al solicitors, general cam¬ paign chairman Lee Ya.'ssenoff pleaded wllb them tp call'on their remaining prospects now so thnt  the  Ifl'in  United Jewish  FUnd Drive may be brought  to a successful conclusion. Evefy  Jewish   person   in   Co-
.'Vtf- MR. DORPMAN AND RED CROSS NURSES
Plain Talk
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
BY AL SEGAL
heen gaining weight ever since. I tipped the scales at MO this mor.ning when they weighed me."
Mr. Dorfman c;ame' to -the lllood'Center through the Jew¬ ish Community Blood Donor Council.
You, too, are asked lo donate il ,|)int of your hlood so that every Jewi.sh family in this com¬ munity will have priority for Red Cross blood, if and wh^ needed.
Call Mrs. Jerome Gro.ss, chair¬ man of the Jewish Community Blood Donor Council,. D.O. 838S, and ask her to put your name on Ihe list for appointments al the Blood Center. Five donors each week' have been pledged by the Council.
In the first three weeks of participating in the Blood pro¬ gram, the quota has been met.
Let's keep it going for the pro¬ tection of the community.
On the Jewish Donor Honor Roll. June 2flv30, the names of N. W. Paiextrjint and Mr. Dorfman were registered.
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.Mrs. Gross this week received a card o( thanks from the family of Magnus Margolls of Dayton, O., In apfireciatlon of the blood doAors here on behalf of Mr. Margolls, a leukemia victim. The note:
Dear Mrs. Gross:
Please know how deeply we appreciate your coopera- tlon when we made the ap¬ peal for my brother, Mag¬ nus. My family extends heartfelt thanks to you and to all the wonderful people In Columbus -who volunteer- ' ed their help.
Gratefully yours, Charlotte Margolls, Dayton, O.
This is written on my birthday. I understand .that tonight some of my friends are doing something alx)ut It, though birth¬ days embarrass me more and more, the way they spitefully pull my nose and say, "It's another year gone, Segal! Another year, and It looks like you may be getting to be an old man."
It's positively mortifying. I try to snort contemptuously at these suggestions. I slick my tew hairs down with hair oil to give myself a sharp appearance. I have started to wear brighter neck¬ ties. * I have my shoes shlnfed more often than I ever did when I was much younger.
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years of mine. They're i?ot going to make an 'old man of me, I pull down my hat to a gayer slant. 1 keep my pants pressed sharply. As soon as It gets a bit cooler I shall put on-that gaudy- sports jacket again.
These devices have paid off, as \ discovered the other evening. I had gone-for dinner to the sum¬ mer resort w6 call Coney Island in pur town. Afterward I walked around the place and came tp the stand of an expert who guesses your age arid gives you a cane if he doesnt guess right.
"How old am I?" I asked hlro by way of challenge.
The expert looked at me fi'om top to toe and all around me, too, taking In all the factors _ . "Well, si)-", he finally said, "you are . . . '*'He named a number of years. He made me. 12 years younger than my chronological age.
I shook his hand.
"Thank you, sl.r. You're a ti;uthful man. My birthdays have been lying to me." i ' But though I fooled the expert I can't fool ifflfself that simply. On my birthdays I fall into nos¬ talgic  moods, -like  any  elderly
lumbus must be contacted dir¬ ectly so that the campaign should nol die for lack pf a few minutes effort needed to make that call, 'stated Yassenoff. .«l,(MiO |M-r Person
Meanwhile, latest facts from IsKiel .<ll.sclosert Ihat^a minimum of $1,000 per person Is.needed for Ihe comprehensive ship-to- settlemenl program of destitute newcomers entering the Jewish Hliite. This sum covers cosl.s be¬ ginning with maintenance in a reception center and ending with hou.sing and permanent resettle¬ ment.
An additional .$1,000 per per¬ son is needed in investment cspi- tal to create employment oppor¬ tunities In industry and agricul¬ ture.
Heavy RcsponslbllltleR
Chairman Yassenoff ppinted' out, "The greatest disservice to l.srael today is the a.ssumption thfft now there is a .lewish State. It can fend for itself and lake care of all its problems. Nej|Her did so .small and so new a State undertake ahd face such heavy responsibilities in po short _^ time.
"We. In Columbus, having done .so much to help tiie Jewish State come into being, must not let it down now when it is still an infant in need of nurturing friendship and help."
Lessing Rosenwald Discusses DP Issue With Harry. Truman
WASHINCiTON. fJTAI — Les¬ sing .1. Ro.senwaid, liead of the American Council for Judaism, Ihis week discussed the displac¬ ed pcr.son.s problem .with Presi¬ dent Truman. . Mr. Rosenwald said the Council . favored new 1)1' legislation but, declined fur¬ ther comment after he emerged from Ihe White I-louse. . President Truman .said at' his press conference this week that he hopes for a decision nn the displaced persons bill during thi.'i session of Congress.
Rabbi Rubenstein Installs Officers Of Hebrew School
A regular meeting and instal¬ lation of officers and members lo the boifnl of directors of the Co¬ lumbu.s' Hebrew School will, be held next Tuesday, (July 12), 8.'30 p. m. at Schonthal Center.
AII^ members on the board are urged lo attend this Important meeting. Rabbi Samuel Rubin¬ stein will install the newly elect¬ ed officers and board of direc¬ tors.
man—like one of those gaffers who like to tell how much belter .everything was when they were young.
"Yes," I say, "everythipg was so much better. The way of life Isn't what it used to be. We have autoH, television, night spots and the spill atom but it Lsn't as good 9s it used to be."
In' my ipncUpn as columnist writing for the JeWlsh press, my backward-looking meditations on this, my birthday, must neces¬ sarily he Jewish. Oh, I-sigh, be¬ ing a Jew Isn't whiit It was when I was young.
1 remember: Being a Jew, In our tovjh, at least, was nothing awfully depressing ahy more than being a Presbyterian or a Catholic, or a descendant ofthe Irish, It, wes nothing that im¬ pinged on your mind every hour In business as well as pleasures.
It was a happy Identity that ,had to do mainly with the Seder feast; with the fragrance of home-baked bread on Sabbath eve; with haman-taschen on Purlm'. and candle lights on Chanuka; with prtsents on bar mitzvah; with another's hands through which the lights seemed
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Two Jewish Members Are Re-elected to Canadian Parliament
MOIVTREAL, (JTA) —David Croll, of Toronto, and Maurlge Hartt, of Montreal, were re¬ elected this week to the ,Canad- ian Parliament on the t^iberal Parly ticket, which swejjl the country. Adrian Arcand, of Que¬ bec, an anti-Semite who sought a seat in Parliament was defeat¬ ed. With the reelection of Croll and Hartt, the number of Jewish members of Parliament remains unchanged.
Israel's Establishment Has Added Dignity  
. NASHVILLE, (JTA) — The situntion of Jews the world over has takeaon "added dignity and meaning" as a result of the esta¬ blishment of Israel, Rabbi Ar¬ thur Hertzberg of this city de¬ clared this yyeek at the sixth an¬ nual Institute of Race Relations at Flsk University, "While there win be no political connection between Israel arid Jews In other countries," Rabhl Hertzberg as¬ serted, "there will be a tremen¬ dous rejlglous and cultural bond."
2,1500 JEWISH D. P's EXPECTED IN JULY      =•-'  ,
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Ap¬ proximately' 2,500 Jewish displac¬ ed pereems will arrive in the Unlt'fed'^Statesln July, it was an¬ nounced this week by Isaac L. Asofsky, executive director of HIAS.
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B. Women Launch Soap Drive For Overseas Jewry
Dr. Silver Named Chairman
Of National Council for Israel
Corporation of America
NEW Yf)KK, ilTA) — Dr. Abba H,IUel Sliver has assumed the chairmanship of the national council for the Israel Corporation of America which is devoted to aiding the economic development of the state of Israel through private investments, according to arr* announcement made this week by Mr. Albert Schlff of Co¬ lumbus, O., president of the Corporation.
The National Council for the Israel Corporation of America has been organized for the pur¬ pose of promoting the objectives of the Corporation which, ac¬ cording to tlie annour)cement, in¬ clude the furtherance of the de¬ velopment of l.srael. In partner¬ ship with other responsible groups, of -spch industrial pro¬ jects as will be found sound and e>!sential to Israel's economy, pnd to enlist the investment of private ccpital in keeping with the present and future potential of production In Israel, especial¬ ly in industry, housing and agri¬ culture.
The membership of the Na¬ tional Council for the Israel Corporation of America In Ohio includes the following:
Dr. B. W. Abramson, Max Astrachan, Edward Bravermiln, Dr. F. M: Falkman, Harry Gil¬ bert, Louis B. Golden, Joseph Goldwasser, Ben Grossman, Her¬ man Luckoff, Leonard Maneklnj Sam Melton, Rabbi Myron Mov- sky, J.ack Sher, Albert Schiff, Jack S^i'hiff, Philip Sokol, Jer¬ ome -TBlin, Fred Yenkin and Joseph Zox.
Without any cost lo them, the B'nai B'rith Women of Colum¬ hus now have an opportunity to furnish soap to needy Jewish children, famiUes and Institu¬ tions in Europe. Here is the plan:
1. Buy two cakes of Swan soap.
2. Mall both wrappers to: Chairman of Soap Campaign, Mrs. Ernest Deutsch, 2864 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus, O., or, deposit the wrappers In the special boxes located at Paul's Food Shoppe (E. Main St.) or the Excelsior Club.
Don't delay: work fast! Dead¬ line date i.s Sunday, July 31.
Here Is what happens to your wrappers:
For each pair ot Swan soap wrappers you send in. Lever 'Bros. Co. will send one bar of soap for distribution to Jewish families in Europe. Of course, you needn't limit yourself to just two bars. The more wrappers you submit, the more soap will go to the needy Jewish children, families and Institutions.
Mrs. Ted Schlonsky, president of B'nal B'rith Women, urges all members to act now to help the needy Jewish families in Eilrope. There is no time la lose.
Rabbi Philipson, Dean of American Reform Rabbinate, Succumbs
BOSTON, (JTA) —Rabbi David Phlllpson, the <'Dean of the American Reform ' rabbi¬ nate," who collapsed at the meet-, Ing of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, at BrettQn Woods, New Hampshire, died here last week. He was 87. The funeral was held- In Cincinnati last Friday, with Dr. Nelson Qluecic, president of the Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute
of Religion, and Dr. Victor Relchert, of the Bene Israel Temple," officiating.
He served on the faculty of H.U.C. from 1889 to 1906 and was the first graduate of the College to be awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree. Active In Re¬ form circles. Dr. Phlllpson par¬ ticipated In the Reform rabbini¬ cal convention of 1885 which drew up the famous "Pittsburgh
Platform'' containing the princi¬ ples of Reform Judaism.
He was also president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, chairman of the Joint Commission bn Jewish Educa¬ tion, a charter member and for many years ylce-presldent of the American Jewish Historical So¬ ciety and a member of the board of governors of the Hebrew Un. Ion College. "
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