Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1949-02-25

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Vol. 87, Nb. 8
COLUMBUS, OHIO, PRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1949
Devoted to Amerloui end JewlBh Idetli
Hillel Players in "Our  Town"., "
By  Blanche  ScUnKor
Grover's Corners Is a lltye to^yn In New Hampsihlrei Juat over the line from Massachu- .setts. There Is a Main Street, with It's hltchln' pasta, horse block.s In front of a row of stores, the grocery, the drug store, ToWn H.nll with the Jail in the ha.sement, the Post Of¬ fice, and the usual and unu.suaf.
You will find doctors, lawyers, baker.s, bankor.s, clergymen, and Ihe many other people that live In your town. They experience life, love, and death^they .search for health, prosperity, and hap- plnes.s, a.s you do in y_our town.
At dawn tho HUn rl»cs over yonr town but tonight at ft-.ir,, nt rnlverNlly Hall, the «nn wjll rise as the cur¬ tain parts on "Oar_ Town'*'^ . and the HIUpI Players.
T-hornton Wllder's 3-act play of life In a small New Engand town Is certain to bring a smile from your lips and tears from your eyes. The cast Is under the direction of Kay Buchant, advisor of the Hillel Payers, and graduate student of Ohio State University's SpeecJi department. She Is assisted by Sy Slegel.
As Ih most qf Wllder's plays, the stage manager sets each scene by relating his Mcperl- enqes to the audience. He will perponally introduce you to the members of "Our Town." They Include; Janice Glueck, Dogjaay- lord; Jim Reich, Norma Sliaplrb, Frank Legow, Dick Coate, and the Jfeople of the town.
Behind the scenes many peo¬ ple are needed to assure the suc-
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Pot  o'   Gold!
The "Pot o' Gold" dance Mar. 15 Is really something to look forward to. That's the word received by Mrs. Maury Sher, chairman of this fund- raising project by the Mothers Group of Agudath Achim's Self ¦ Development Pre-School. The dance will be held at the Excelsior Cliib, but    attendance    Isn't    com-'
pulsory to be eligible for the gigantic P5t 0' Gold which the committee has swelled to magnificent proportions.
Tickets are $1 each, entitl¬ ing the purchasers to the Uanqe and participation In the grand prizes.
Call the Pre-School, EV.- 8696, (or tickets or further details.
Latest additions to the Pot p' Gold, as reported by Mrs. Bernard Ruben, are: a man's or lady's special wrist band^j. from Earl    Sculler Jewelejar"^ and $28    worth    of gaserlme, - from the Golco OU Co. Here's what    the    jack-pot    already holds:    -'^"~to'
. El^n wr^t watch (Kahn jewelers); I^eystone movie projector (Said Raben^Gan Storo); Sports Jacket, valqed at $25 (Greece Clothier^); Sunbeam electric coffee-mak¬ er diyiui Jewelers); Schwlnn 20 bicycle (Colambus Cycle Shop); Paint, valued at $25 y(Frey-Venkin Paint CA.); One year> subscription t» the lAaromor Restaurant's Cam of-the-Month Club; Shoes, vj&l- ucd at $25 (Gilbert 9|ioe Ob.), and a.Television set, donated by the Agudath Achlm Pre- School.
Silver and JNeumann Resign from Agency;  Protest Against Rejection of UJA Compromise; Oppose Morgenthau, Mon tor
New York,—With the declara¬ tion, that "we Intend to continue to work In the future as In the past for the- good of the move¬ ment and the welfare of l.s¬ rael". Dr. Abbn Hillel Silver an<l Dr. Emanuel Neumann this week resigned from the Execu¬ tive of the Jgwish Agency in priitRst against the rejection of 0 compromise pltm for- the U..I.- A, ndminl.sli-atlon wh)ch was unanimously adopted __l)y the .lewi.sh Agency Executive Fel), fl.
Dr. Silver, as chairman of the Artierican Section of the Jewish. Agency Executive, and , Dr. Emanuel Neumann, ZOA i>resi-'" fient.'.for tho sake of unity, had previously .agreed to yield on llio Uielusion both nf,Mr. Henry Morgenthau and of Sir.' Henry Monlor in the mapngement of tlie Jj'niteii .lewish Appeal un¬ dei" certain eonrlitions and with¬ in a scheme of organizatioii wlrich provided certain controls ami .safeguards. That eoinpro- niise plan has now been scr^ipp-
ed In most vital respects. The Zionist leaders charged that "It is now proposefi to give two men (llctatorial powers .in the. United Jewish Appeal over the objections -of important bodies sych-a.S the United Palestine Ap¬ peal and the Zionist Organiza¬ tion of America with a member¬ ship ()f 250,000 men and wo¬ men." .
it was al.so revealed thnt Mr. Morgenthau declined to. meet with Dr. Silvet" who upf)n tlie i^eciuest   of   the   Jewisli' Agency
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ai   Brith   Annual   Paid - up Membership Dance   Mar.   8
One of Ihe gala •affairs of Ihe ticoson for nienibei-s of thi) Jewish, romniiintty. will be held Tuciidiiy, .Mar. 8. It's Ihe annual paid-up nu-iiiber- shlp danro of Zion l>odge 02, B'nal Brith, an event which always attracts a full tnm- out;   .^^
The dance, which.ls free to all paid-up members of B'nal Brith nnd Its affiliate lodges
and rluipfers in Columhus, ¦ again will be held at Valley Diilc. Howd.v (iorninn'H or¬ chestra wtll play fi-oin 9 p. ra. I« midnight. Free ri'frosli- mcnls. and entertainnient will add to the evening's, iestivi- tles.
Speaking of cnlertalnnient. one of the highlights of the recent B'na'l Brith member¬ ship dances has bCen the op-
s.l Off!, no   wo-
prarancrs of scvenil niem- boi-H of the annnal B. B. Wo¬ men's muNical rpvues.l errs of the men's and men's chapters are nuiking arrangement,s .wltli I)ircctfOr''\j Jerry Grodin to linVe some of the numbers of last year's show (Park Up Your Treb¬ les) repented Ihe night of the dance.- Make plans now for a hig evening, Mar. 8.
Jr. Hadassah Seeks "King.& Queen of Clubs" for Fund-Raising Dance
Every year. Junior Hadassah chapters throughout the U. S. present one outstanding fund- raising project. Money obtain¬ ed via these projects by con¬ tacts for contributions, adver¬ tisements, social affairs', and va¬ rious other presentations, help support, among pther things, the Junior Hadassah village for Children of Israel, Meyer She¬ feyah, and the Henrietta Szold School  of  Nursing.
This year.  It Is  the  privilege
of Columbus Jr. Hadassah'to hold an inforftial dance at Ft. Hayes hotel,' Saturday, Apr. 2.- One of the many features of the affair will be the announcement and coronation of a King and Queen, to be selected by organi¬ zations throughout the city. The contest will be open to all Jew¬ ish youth here, but candidates must be selected from local youth organizations or campus fraternities and sororities, Hillel Poufidatlon,    B'naf    BVith,    ^c.
'The finalists will he chosen by prominent Columbus people who  will  act  as  judges
Contacts are.-being made for contributions by many of the Jr. Hadassah girls who are sell¬ ing tickets. Those who have nol been contacted'and desire "to at¬ tend the dance', and "at the same time be doing their little bit in behalf of Israel, are asked to call Miss Joan Mathless, chair¬ man of the fund-raising project, FA. 0726.
SISTERHOODS COMPLETE PLANS. FOR ANNUAL MEETING
An Important ' meetings -.: of the Ahavas Shoiom and Bpth Jacob Sisterhoods was held "Feb. 14, In the home of Mrs. William L. Goodman, 965 Berkely Rd.
At that, time, extehsive plans were made for the coming tradi- tlonaJ joint meeting of Sister¬ hoods of Agudath  Achim,  Aha¬
vas Shoiom, Beth Jacob, Bryden [jld. Temple, and Tifereth Israel Temple, Tuesday afternoon, March 8, at the Hillel Founda¬ tion, 46-18th Ave.
Representing Ahavas Shoiom Sisterhood were Mrs. Sol Ris¬ ing, president; Mrs. H. J_,akln, Mrs.    M.    Alexander,    Mrs.    S.
Greenberg and Mrs. A. Schlez¬ lnger. Representing Beth Jacob Sisterhood were Mrs, H. Shlff, president; Mrs. Joseph Minkin, Mrs. Joseph Schecter,V->Mrs. Harry Echt, Mrs- M. G&ld^eln and Mrs. 'Wm. L. Goodman. Mrs.    Joseph    Schecter,    pro-
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Menahem Pressler with Philharmonic Tuesday
agreed to fly to Floi'lda to riiake* a final effort t<?^persuqde Mr. Morgenthau to accepts the Agency's compromLse^ pl£m or exploifS" other possibilitleS\for the sake of Unity. :
In the statement which Dr. " Sliver i.s.sued in behalf of him¬ self and 'Dr. Ne'umann, he voic¬ ed disrhay ""at the reopening ot Ihe controver.sy and the r^ew- ed insistence that the supreme direction of the campaign lie turned over to the. one most re¬ sponsible ¦ for the Internecine conflict, one who had become a most controvei",sial figure .sym- lioiizing lo many groups and [omrnunlties not harmony and . good-will, hut .gtrlfe and bitter antagonism."
The statement stressed that "in the .sessions of the Jewish Agency we made every possible effort to reach a compromise so¬ lution which could be justified to our constituents and be gen¬ erally acceptable." Revealing that this compromise plan which was unanimously adopt¬ ed .after protracted negotiations had been rejected as a result o£ Mr. Morgenthau's adamant stand; Dr. Silver and Dr. Neu¬ mann charged that."the plan now approved by the Executive under pressure, spells an over- whelming concentration of powers in Mr. Morgenthau and Mrr Mantor. -.¦-¦.--
"It Is painful blit necessary to point out that stich  concentra-
At a meeting of. the Board of Directors of the United Palestine Appeol which onll-- ed Monday, th^ officers of the C. P. A. were Instruct¬ ed by unanimous vote to implement Immediately the decisions of the Board for the return of Henry Mor- g(j;nthau, Jr., and Henry Montor to the leadership. of Ihe 1940 United Jewish Ap¬ peal.
Menahem Pressler, 20-year- old pianist from Israel, who came to this country three years ago, aloiie and unknowjn, to en¬ ter—dn(| win—the '$1,000 Debus¬ sy prizej in San Francisco's first international miislc contest, will be the guest ai^tist with the Co¬ lumbus. Phllharmoniq Orchestra Tuesday at Memorial Hall.
Th? young map, a refugee from Hitler when he was 10, had read about Ahe Competitipn in an American music journal and enlisted ' the aid of Max Rabinoff. 'While the visiting Impressario, vastly impressed lylth the pianist's gifts, plunged Into passport and transportation problems, Pressler scoured the country for piano musio'of De¬ bussy. Contestants had to'-know 27 compositions by memory. Pressler knew only three. By the time he was ready to leave he had found another ¦ 16; the others were not In Palestine!
Finally, he set off by plane for Cairo—the first,time he had even beep alone. He spent sev¬ eral days In Egypt waiting for the TWA plane to the United States—the first time he had ever been in a hotel. When he took ofl again he hardly noticed
had entered the competition and all but Pressler had had the music to study for' mpre than a yea^ and a half. The rest is musical '; history—when the de- clsfon came. It was unanimous. The judges said: "There was never any doubt from the very first."
The. youthful pianist, now on his second American tour, will piay tine Concerto in A Minor for Piano ,and Orchestra livlth the Philharmonic Tuesday eve¬ ning.- '      .    _
where he stopped — Greece, Italy, Switzerland, France, Ire¬ land, Newfoundland — and then New ¦yprk. It was Aug. 26, 1946 —only 'six days before the con¬ test. He rushed straight to a music shop, bought the missing Bebussy pieces, and on - the transcontinental train buried himself in his mpsic. Arriving in San,FYanclsco the day before the contest,' Pressler ,tjorrov,ied a piano, crammed Into his fing¬ ers what his mint! a^d heart al¬ ready "Hngw.   Sixty tiv.q pianists
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"POET OF T|ANO" TO APPEAR AT HILI^EL MONDAY
Prior to his appearance with the Columbus Philharmonic Tuesday, Menahem Pressler will honor the Hillel Foundation with a_v>slt Monday evening, during which he will discuss, %• formalljC creative arts in his native Palestine. Pressler, whom American music- critics have hailed as "the poet ot the piano," represerus the epitome of cultural achievements In Israel.
.J>Sis a wonderful ^d rare opportunity to meet an outstflhri- Ing personally. The Jewish people of Columbus who have con¬ tributed po generously to the fund campaigns in behalf olf such Israelites as Menahem Pressler, should ilol miss this opportunity to greet him. Pressler's cultural genius represents his own con¬ tribution to those who helped him and his brethren "over -there."
All members of the community are cordially Invjited tp near this brilliant young artist speak, and to attend the reception which l.wlll be held in his honor.
tlon of power last year led to-a -, most serious apd flagrant abuse bf tljaty power with    disastrous conseqtiences.   While   Mr.   Mon-    - lof  engaged  In  the  incendiary business of   sowing   dissension apt!   distrust.,   Mr.   Morgenthau as general chairman did notWrw, to restrain him. The bill for MrT ¦ Montor's   irresponsible   conduct will be paid in the final ana.ly-' si.s by. thousands    of    homeless Jews in desperate need   of   all / those things which thp generosi¬ ty of American Jews must pro¬ vide." '    • The  statement  concluded: "We  regret    to"    differ    with other members, of   the   Execu¬ tive, particularly those resident In  Jerusalerri,  on . the    proper course to,follow in the best In¬ terest of the campaign  in  the United   States.  With  all' defer¬ ence  to  the  majority  we  can¬ not share the responsibility tor what is now being done."
RADIO   INTERVIEW
Mrs. A. R. Schwartz, founder, and director of the Agudath ,^chlm Self-Development School will be Interviewed by Allan Tarshish on his "Tidbits from Everywhere" program over WHKC at 12 noon today. In observance of National Brother¬ hood Week, sponsored by the- Nationai Conference of "Chris¬ tians and Jeilia.