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Hadassah Expects Record Audience To Hear FDR^ Jr. at Donor Dinner
- Senior Hadassah of Columbus 1b looking forward to its great¬ est Donor Dinner in history come Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Neil House. 'The enthusiasm has been tremendous, the attendance is expected to reach an all-time high, and the affair will un¬ doubtedly prove to be another unforgettable success In Hadas¬ sah's colorful parade of Donor Dinners through the years.
One of the main reasons for the buzz of excitement and anxiety within the Jewish com¬ munity is the appearance of one of the nation's most distinguish¬ ed personalities—Frankhn D. Roosevelt, Jr. Mr. Roasevelt's address will feature a very .in¬ teresting program arranged hy Mrs. Jack Wolman, program chairman, and her committee.
Mrs. Wolman announced this
week that the guest speaker's address will follow the dinner and will not be be preceeded by nor followed up with any ex¬ traneous entertainment. The Star Spangled Banrier and
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REMIT MONEY WITH RESERVATIONS
No tickets for Hadassah's Donor Dinner and speaker will be mailed unless money has been received. If Vou have not already done so, send your check Immediately to Mrs. L. L. Priver, 285 S. Harding Rd. Tickets will be mailed on or about Dec. 5 to those whose money has been received.
Hatikvah, sung by the audience, Mrs. Max Zlsklnd lA the piano; Invocation, by Mrs. Bimuel Rub¬ enstein? dinner; welcome ad¬ dress, py Mrs. Harry Kollus, president of Senior Hadassah; Mrs. Herbert Llnlck, chairman of the 1949 Donor Dinner; intro¬ duction of speaker, by Mrs. Sam¬ uel Luper, co-chairman; Mr. Roosevelt; questions from the audience, Mrs. Jerome Fisher, co-chairman.
Reservations for the dinner and speaker will be mailed to those whose money has been re¬ ceived on or about Dec. 5. Those with money still outstanding should send their checks to Mr.s. L. L. Praver, 285 S. Harding Rd., Immediately.
A partial list of Donors was printed in last week's Chronicle; the remainder will be published next week.
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Vol. 27, No. 49
COLUMBUS, OHIO,  FRIDAY,  DECEMBER 2,   1049
Devoted    to    American and   Jewieh   IdealB
Dr. Aharon Kessler to Address Community Council
Zionist District Presenting Noted Journalist, Speaker^
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For the second time in as many months, the Columbus Zionist District Is sponsoring a program which should gladden the heart of every person inter¬ ested in the progress and ad¬ vancement of the newly-estab¬ lished land of Israel.
At 8 p. m. next Wednesday, In the spacious, newly-built addi¬ tion of the Ahavas Shalom syna- fogue, the Zionists will present Ilss Hannah Stein, noted Eng¬ lish journalist, lecturer and Zionist in an address In which she will cover the epoch-making strides forward made by this tiny lane! in the short time of its
Istence.
iToo many of our Jewish peo- plii ouUslde of l.srael are under lheJmprussii)n that with the e.stariHshment of a .lewLslystSte their irK^iWmn Zremlsm ican be wateretl nowny pryteftve/to an end altogether. Tfus i.s a danger- ou.s falliioy. "Zionism means our
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Ivreeyoh   Society's   29th   Birthday Dinner Sunday; Stress Jewish Education Program
Next quarterly meeting of the Jewish Community Council Is Thursday, 8 p. m., at Schonthal Center, with Dr. Aharon Kessler, Director of the Department of Community Service and Consul¬ tation of the American Associa¬ tion for Jewish Education, as ' guest speaker.
Dr, Kessler has been active in the field of Jewish Etlucatlon (or more than 25 years. He has been National, Executive Dlrec- 'tSr-bT YbMWg J?idaea antl 9 inem- ber of the American Zionist Youth Commission. He was a lecturer at the Brandeis Camp and directed the Leadership Training Department at Camp Young Judaea In New Hamp- ' shire.
As Education Consultant, and later as Director of the Depart¬ ment of Community Service and. Consultation of the American Association, he has traveled ex- "tensiveiy throughout the coun¬ try to conduct surveys and as¬ sist communities  in organizing
central agencies for Jewish edu¬ cation and to Improve their school systems. Dr. Kessler has recently returned from Israel where he attended the first World Conference on Jewish Education, called by the Hebrew University. He spent two months in the Holy Land travel¬ ing and studying conditions in Jewish education in large cities and settlements.
Dr. Kessler is Associate Edi¬ tor of the Reconstructionlst Magazine and a member of the Education Committee of the Zionist Organization of America. He is also the author of t w o volumes on Jewish history and many pu-biicatldns on group work.
Reports will he given by Com¬ mittee chairmen on ^he various activities of the Council. Ail delegates are urged to attend as other important business will be tran.sacted.
Mrs. I. NuMs. president of Ivreeyoh Society, takes pleasure in announcing the 2f)th annual birthday dinner of the organiza¬ tion tomorrow, in the social hall of Agudath Achim .synagogue. This dinner is Ivreeyoh's prlncl- jal means of raising funds for ts prime function—the support and assitance of the Columbus Hebrew School and the fostering of Jewish learning.
Ivreeyoh emphasizes that there Is no task of greater Im¬ portance than furthering Jewish education to our growing gen¬ eration. "To make good Ameri¬ cans of our children is to make them, first of all, good and en¬ lightened Jews," stated Mrs. Nutis.
The erection of modern quart- er,8r-tQ be eatahlished for the Hebrew School in the New Je\v- ish Center next year—will re¬ quire a great deal of assistance, not only on the part of Ivreeyoh, (Continued on  Pace 2>
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Public Invited to Installation Ceremonies for Rabbi Rubenstein
Rabbi Leopold Greenwald, spirtual leader of Beth Jacob congregation, senior rabbi of oiir community, and renowned scnolar and author, will deliver the Sabbath morning Installa¬ tion sermon Dec. 24, 10:30 a. m., at the Agudath Achhn syna¬ gogue. It is only fitting and proper that the Torah—the Ideal of the Jew and the life- work ot the Rabbi—should be the theme of the Sabbath on which Rabbi Samuel W. Ruben¬ stein Is to be installed as spirit¬ ual leader of Agudath Achlm. Rabbi Greenwald will deliver an
appropriate dissertation, based on the Biblical portion "Me Ketz," the Sedra that will be read Dec. 24
Following  these  services,  anfpas^t wiU be held_^ elaborate Klddush wUl be held.
Each Saturday a ft e r n o o n, prior to the Mincha service, in keeping with a time-hallowed Jewish tradition, a class In Tal¬ mud is normally held. Rabbi Julius Baker of Columbus and Lancaster will lead the group in a Talmudic dissertation. Those that are familiar with the fine Talmudlc training o f Rabbi Baker know that he will deliver
an enlightened and -stimulating discourse.
Following the Mincha service, ,an elaborate Sholosh-Su-udos re-
The Sabbath Day observance of the Installation of Rabbi Rub¬ enstein Is but one phase of the ceremonies which begin Friday and conclude with the banquet Sunday evening, Dec. 25. The public Is cordially Invited to join In honoring Rabbi Rubenstein on the occasion of his installa¬ tion and to hear the guest speakers during the Saturday services.
JEWISH PRESS CONGRATULATES R4BBI GREENWALD
B'nai B'rith Women's Fund-Raising^^roject Recorded as Great Success; Announce List Of Prize Winners; Benders Florida Bound!
B'nai B'rith Women's Chapter 127 wishes to thank the wonder¬ ful people of Columbus (and surrounding' area) for their magni¬ ficent response to their appeal tor funds. The "Gold Rush" cab¬ aret dance has now passed into the category of outstanding af¬ fairs, gone but not forgotten, since never hefore in the history of fund-raising projects has there been such an overwhelming and generous reaction for a philanthropic drive.
The 1940 project was both a social and financial .success, as the many hundreds who attend¬ ed on Nov. 20 will agree.
The women of B'nai B'rith are deeply grateful to those who have made it possible for this Chapter to carry on Its work of serving humanity along cultural, philanthropic and educational lines.
Prize Winners
lO^luy luxury vacation, v\a T. W. A., to Miarnl Beach; stay at tlie..Martlni<|ue Hotel; local glftti from   Edith   Rosen,  Gay's   Lug-
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During the last few weeks, the Jewish press throughout Ameri¬ ca, Canada and Israel, have been devoting space to Rabbi Leopold Greenwald^s biography and eval¬ uation of his activities on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
The well-known weekly, "The Jewish American," in the.Nov. 4 Issue, had the following:' "On Hosha'nah Rabbah occurred the 60th birthday of the well known Jewish scholar, sage, writer and historian. Rabbi Greenwald of Columbus, 0. . ,    „
"The name of. Rabbi. Green¬ wald Is well known among Jew¬ ish scholars. As a young man he already possessed a keen inter¬ est fgr history, and devoted a great deal of time In this field. His first work was the copying of inscriptions on monuments in old ¦ historic cemeteries in Hungary, his native land. Prom- i Irtent contemporary scholars use his works as reference and refer to him as an authority.
"Rabbi Leopold Greenwald is
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a huhihle person ahd it is there¬ fore hlSTiame appears in the newspapers only on rare occas¬ ions. However, he Is mentioned with much recognition In books and articles by such well known scholars and writers as Prof. Joseph Klausner, Nahum Soko- lov, Haylm Nachman Blallk, Prof. Neumark, Mlcha Joseph Berdlchevsky, by whom he was highly praised for his original works In the field of Jewish scholarships. His books have made a great Impression on those who do research In the old Hebraic cultyre and also are highly regarfled b y modern student.s as well as by the Ortho¬ dox Rabbis.
"His first book .appeared when •he was only 18, and since then a book of his appears almost an¬ nually.' Besides these, he Is the author of hundreds of articles in Hungarian, German, Hebrew and Yiddish on political and many other various subjects. He n   <OoatlnnMl od Page S)
TIFERETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD TO MEET
A pot.luck luncheon will pre¬ cede the meeting of T. I. Sister¬ hood Monday, 12:30 ff. m.. In the assembly hall of the educational building. Opening prayer will be given by Mrs. Joseph Flelsh- mann. A short business session will follow the luncheon, and since most of the afternoon will be spent as a social get-together or Chanukah party, members may bring their maj sets or decKs of cards.
Display tables containing many new Itenis appropriate for Chanukah gifts, sucn as holiday cookie cutters, Menorahs, Jewel¬ ry and hand-sewn gifts by the Sisterhood sewing group, will be shown during the afternoon.
Members are asked to bring a cpld, uncooked dairy salad or a dessert as part of the luncheon. Anyone who has not been con¬ tacted by the telephone commit¬ tee regarding tne luncheon, please call either Mrs. Cody Zell¬ zer, DO. 6198, or Mrs. Harry Getz, DO. B125,  Immediately.
A. -A. SISTERHOOD'S CHANUKAH AFFAIR
Plans are being completed by Agudath Achim Slsternood for the annual Chanukah latke par¬ ty Wednesday, Dec. 14, 8 p. m., at the synagogue. Highlight of this festive occasion will be a humorous skit, entitled "The Grand Slum Hour," enacted by members of the Sisterhood.
The entire congregation Is In¬ vited. Plan to attend and partake of delicious potato latkes.
COUNCIL   WOMEN   MEETING
A book review by Dr. J. L. King, head of the department of English at Denlson University, will feature the dessert luncheon meeting of the Council of Jewish Women next Tuesday, 1 p. m., at Bryden Rd. Temple.
"Signature of Time" by Wal¬ ter Havlghurst, the subject of the review, is a recent novel con- cernliig a returned prisoner of war. Dr. King's popularity as a book reviewer of note Is well known.
Mrs. M. J. Papurt, president,' win present a report of ¦ the Triennial convention of the National Council held recently In Baltimore, where she was a delegate. Mrs. Albert Goorey will offer the opening prayer, . *
A sale of articles made by the blind will be conducted by Mrs. Bernard Feltlinger, chairman of Blind Work. Members are re¬ quested to br.ing a can of fish, to be' sent to the orphanage at Maubuisson, as well as saies ta:i stamps.
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