Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1949-05-27

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Vol. 27, No. 21
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1040
Devotad    to    Anierte«n '   mad   Jewish    IdeeSe
Unprecedented Fanfare, Record Vote Mark B'nai B'rith Election; Luckoff aiid Sokol Attain New Lodge Offices
AFTER THE BATTLE—This climactic scene tells the answer to the monumental election campaign of B'nal B'rith ZIon Ijodge .62 of Columbus. At the left Is Seymour Luckoff, who won the Ix>dge'N Guardianship only after one of the most heated campaigns In history. At the right Is Saul Sokol, who, Uke Lnckoff, was successful In his first bia for office of the Lodge. Sokol was elected secretory. In Ibe center, the presi¬ dent's gavel Is being presented by Abraham Gertner (2nd from left)  to president-elect Herb Wise.
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B'nal B'rith's 1949 election is now history . . . bat it's an indfilible history — one which will be long recalled and reminisced ror years to come!
Local B'nal B'rith will always remember the '49 campaign as the most spectacular In Lodge annals, trom tne momept that candi¬ dates Richard Grundstein and Seymour Luckoff launched their bids tor the Guardianship, and candidates Robert Horowitz, Gene Hameroff anti'Saul Sokol began their campaigning for the; Lodge's Becretarlalship, climaxed ipy a breath-taking session ot actual vot¬ ing Tuesday evening al .Broad St. Temple.
When the smoke of friendly battle finally cleared, the much- awaited answer was presented: Seymour Luckoff had been elect¬ ed Guardian (and future president) of Zion Lodge 62, Columbus, O.   And Saul Sokol had won the secretary's chair.
Certainly, B'nai B'rith of Columbus, In its 85year history, never. witnessed so extensive a campaign such as this, best- described by the adjective "colorful." From the very outset of campaign,  It was  "color"  that dominated  the picture ... No
MOVIES OF ELECTION
It Is Interesting to note that color movies of Tuesday's memiorable election ceremonies were taken by Attorney A. M. Avmstrong,. who generously contrlbnted his time, efforts and- movle equipment to B'nal B'rltb. These 'movies wlU be shown during the District Grand Lodge convention In'^CIevebuid next month und also sooietlme ne\t Fall during a local B'nal B'rltb meeting.
stones were left un-touched:' all sorts and. sizes ot printed matter; ^ on-the-street campaigning; souvenirs, gadgets and the ever-prom- "^ inent cigar; a fervent ¦ telephone solicitation: dinners, cocktail parties, "pep," talks-.and rallies.
Bul all this hectic activity was reduced lo mere docility by the time. 7 o'clock rolled around Tuesday evening this week. The picture'was almost fabultJus. The ceremonies (outside and inside) Broad St. Temple/fiMTaK^he ear-marks of a national political con¬ vention. As onelobserver>emark€d: "Tljls is better than one of those red-hot New York City electlonsl" ... . ll was like a circus, with all the trimmings, plus! ... A massive ci'owd, a smoke- filled hall, hantj-shaking, last-minute solicitation ot voles, and: "Have a cigar ,and don't forget to vote for—"
The orowd was a record-breaker, too, numbering just a few under the 800-mark, a turn-out nevei' approached at any previous election night.   And the balloting produced very close resiilts.
The true spirit of B'ttalE'rith vtae warmly exemplified'by the manner in which the winners and losers alike accepted the decision of the Lodge membership. ' Candidates-elect Seymour Luckoff and Saul Sokol, and their worthy oppopentti Richard Grundstein, Gene Hameroff and Robert Horowitz; certainly won and earned the complete a<|mlration and respect of the Lodge and the com¬ munity. . '•
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle Joins the entire Jewish community In extending congratulations and beat wishes for smooth sailing during the 1949-50 campaign to the new administration, namely: Herbert Wise, president; Leon Friedman, 1st vice-president; Sam Topolosky, 2nd v-p; Don Snider, warden; Waiter Katz, treas., and out-going president Abe'Gertner, chaplain.
Largest Confirmation Cjass in T. I. History
Confirmation exercises for this year's class—the largest in the •hi.story of Broad St. Temple^ will be -conducted by Rabbi Nathan Zellzer tomorrow (Sun¬ day), 10 0. m., at Temple Tifer¬ eth Israel. The following young men and women will be con-, firmed:
Davkl Cohen, Baltimore, O., Ellen Goodman. S14 E. Living¬ ston Ave.: Miriam Phyllis Hir.sch, 8^.-) Sheridan Ave.; Phyl- lis Rol)erta Katz. 1177 Ellsworth Ave.; Lois Lewln, 7:i7 Reming¬ ton Hd.; Su.san .ludlth Polster, 21.5!) I'owell Ave.: Roberta l''alth Ringer, .%(> Liliey Ave.;^Martln Robins. lOfil Lllley Ave.: Kress Rosenthal, KO S. Ca.ssiiigham Road.
Stephen Ro.ss, 710 K. Whlttler St.; Phyllis F. Roth, 228 S. Ard¬ more Rd.: .Sylvia Schwartz.'. 134 S. Stanwood Rd.; Juck Shatz, Laifcaster. 0.; Harriet Harbara Shusterman, 2488 Bryden Rd.; Irene Solomon, 7S1 S. Roosevelt Ave.; Barbara Ellen Wasser¬ strom, 2715 Fair Ave.; Shirley Ann Wilson, 705 Mctptrose Ave.
A reception for the ¦ confir¬ mands will be held In the social hall of the Temple from noon to 2 p. m. (See page 2 for pro¬ gram).
Unitedjewish Fund Forges Mead In City-Wide Drive
The United Jewish Fund ,of Columbus will continue Its 1949 / campaign until every ;Jro,speC't Is covered.    This statement wa^ made this week by Leo Yassenoff, General Chairman of tfils year'rf drive, W'ho, together with the joint chairmen, are rallying theW forces to make an all-out effort for the largest house-to-house can¬ vass in the history ot local fund raising. The   fanfare   of   the   Uniled
KUSWORM  TO  BE HEARD OVER   WH|tC   12   lo   12:15
Sidney 'G. Kusworm, Na¬ tional Chairman of American- Ism of B'nal B'rith, will de¬ liver a Memorial Day address over station WHKC today, 12 to. 12:15 p.  nt.
He will be lntp>duced by Allan Tai-shlsh, whose pre- gram culled "Tidbits From Everywhere" has been lipard at this time every Saturday for the past 14 years.
Jewish Fund drive'.s opening and .subsequent Division meetings have passed. Days and weeks of hard, tiring, determined work lie ahead.
Encouraging reports come from campaign headciuarters re¬ veal inrreaiied subscriptions, of generous giving, of sacrificial pledges.liy men and women- who understand the need .anil are de¬ termined to help meet It.. Hut heartening a.s this may be. it should not lull us into our over- confidence and security.
.lyst last Wednesday nlghl. at the ..'innual awards ban(|uet ut the R'nal H'rith Hlllei Founda^ tion. Howard Bram. trca.surcr of the United .lo.wish Student Fund, presented a check for $.'i,0()(l to Leo ¦ya.s.senoff as this year'.s con¬ tribution to. the Un'lled .Jewish Fund campaign. Such participa¬ tion hy the Jewish stuilent body has always t>een one of the high spots in the loeal Jewish com¬ munity fund raising effort, and this year was no exception, Mr. Ya.ssenoff stated.
CONTRIBUTES $2,400
NEW YORK, (JTA) —Mrs. Eleanor Roo.sevelt has made a contribution of $2,400 to the United Jewish Appeal of Greater N.Y.; It was announced this week by Mrs. David ^f. Levy, execu¬ tive chairman of the Women's Division of the Nev^ York, U.J.A.
BBYIW Convention Starts Saturday
The Dl.strlct 2 conventioi) of B'nai B'rith Young Mert official¬ ly opens tonight (Saturday) with an Ire-breaker dance, lo which all young Jewi.sh ladies ire Invited.
Follou'ing is (he convention agenda:
.May 2S: Ali-d;iy registration, Neil Hou.se mezzanine, 8 p. m. ttL^midnight. Ice-breaker, Junior ballroom, Neil Hou.se. ,_,Miiy 21): Registration, Nell ^l()^TSe. H a. m. to noon. Execu¬ tive meeting at Schonthal Cen¬ ter. K:.'tO a. m. to 10:30. Howling tournament. Broad - Olympic, 1():;)0 a. m. to 1 pm. Ba'Skelball and table tennis. Schiller Park, I::)() p. m. to 0:30. Hayride and weiner roast, Edgewater Park, 8:30 p. m. to 12:30 am.
May .10 (Memorial Day): Ex¬ ecutive meeting, Schonthal, 9:30 a. m. to i0:.30. Business session, Schonthal, 10*3 a. m. lo 11:30. 'i«ound-lable tliscusslon, lunch, 11:45 a. m. to 1 p. m. Basketball finals, Schillar Park, 1:30 p. m. to 6 o'clock. Executive meeting, Schonthal, 2 p. m. to 3. Banquet, Neil House, 7:30 p. m. to 0. AZA Sweetheart dance, grand ball¬ room, Neil House, 9:30 p. pi. tij 1 a. m.
Nateman Heads
Tifereth Israel
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Mr. Nateman
0(1 Sunday, May 15, the follow¬ ing were elected and installed by Rabbi Nathan Zellzer as officers (ind board members ot Congrega tion Ti/ereth Israel for the com ing' year:
Raymond D. Nateman, presi¬ dent; Martin J. Polster, 1st vice- president: Ben Grossman, 2nd v-p; H. J. Gutter, treas; David Durschnltt, sec'y.
Board of Directory: Reuben Abramson, I.< C. Benls, Loufs Brandt, Bernard Feltlinger, Charles Margulis, S, M. Mellon, •Morris Paine, Harry Post, Fred Roland, Louis Schlezlnger, Sam Wasserstrom, William Wasser¬ strom, Aaron Zacits, Mrs. Harry Getz and Mrg. Sam \VTi8ser8trom. • i
Plain Talk
ABQL'T A DOiVQftS' LIST
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sainted fathers who, in their poverty in the tenernent houses, ihouighl to .establish houses tor God. .They founded their syna¬ gogues in storerooms or In sim¬ ple halls of their neighborhoo'ds. The  Torah  was  all  the wealth
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In our lown they are collecting $2,300,000 for the United Jewish Appeal. Giving is an old custom in the Jewish conimunlty of our town. It dates back lojfie year 1914 when the German army overran Poland and the Baltic provinces.
When we read the list ot this^,.yeac':s bigger donors, we be¬ come aware of the happy American cycle that brings yesterday's immigrants up to well-being today. The children of yesterday's immigrants are the men- of substance whose names are prornln- ent on the donor's list today.
The old scale seems to be tipping the other way. Yester, day it was heavy on the side ot the Jews from Germany who came to our lown in its early years and made distinguished lives here. Today the weight of affluence seems to tend more toward the children of yester¬ day's Inimfbrants who came here from Ea^Liurope.
We in 6ur town gel the evi¬ dence ot this from fhe donor lists. These are the children of the people who came over only yesterday which is lo say some 40 or 50 years ago. Their indivi¬ dual gifts run into the lens of thousands.
It -is a testimony of the con¬ tinuing goodness of America and a testimony of the sturdy quailty of mind and heart that the Jewish immigration brought out of East Europe in the last halt ceptury. Just as in the, earlier time the Immigration from Germany gave lo our town the effective Jews who made so nobly good here. It's a continu¬ ing story.
The affluent children of yes¬ terday's rmmigrants trom East Europe speak proudly ot their humble beginning. They tell you ot having lived In tenement houses in our west end, of the hard, ' dedicated toil of their fathers who were peddlers and tailors. The children were ne\ys- boy» or bootblacks. "I'hey eked out the meager incomes of their households with a handful of pennies (f day.
They like to tell about their
BLOOD DOIVOR COUNCIL
The Gonjmunlty Blood Donor Council, formed last week through tfie efforts of the Jew¬ i.sh CotTimunity Council, has fix- etl the date of Tuesday evening, May 31, for it's policy-forming meeting, according to a report issued this week by Mrs. Jerome Gross,  chairman  of  the  CBDC.
Representatives of -all Jewish . organizations will meet at 8:15 p. m. in the Broad St. Tempie Library Tuesday for the purpose of establishing the policies by ¦which the new Blood Donor or¬ ganization may function to Its fullest and most successful ex¬ tent In Coluriibus.
WAR VETS TO CONDUCT MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES
Capllol Post 122, Jewish War 'Veterans, will hold Memorlo' Day service? at the Jewish Ceine- thery on Alum Qreek Drive, Monday, 2 p. m. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer will give the Memorial Day address, and the Post firing squad will fire the salute.
Nathan Coopersmlth, C o m- niantler of the Post, wili preside, over the ceremony.
The Jewish community Is In¬ vited to these-services.
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