Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1949-05-20

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Vol. 27, No. 20
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1040
t?evoted to American tod Jewlih Ideals
Record Vote Expected for B'nai BYitb Elections Tuesday
Tuesday Is "E" (for flection) Day tor B'nnI B'rith ZIon Lodge 02 of Colambus! Api>roximqtcly Iwo-thlrds of tho Lodge's 1400- nicmbershlp Is expected to put tiie finishing tourh on the gl- gniitic campaigns condu^ted tho past. few weeks by Riiardinn Candidates Rlrhard H. Grnnd- Kteln and Heymoui* Ijuckoff nnd Hecretary Candidates Robert HorowKz, Gene Hnmei-off nnd Saul   HOkol.
Long'ttme members of tho local Chapter of this grent nn- tlonnl organization hnVe nxsert- ed thnt the enAipnlgnN waited by the rnndldnte.9 this year fnr exceed nil previous effortH.
The IremendoHH enthuslnsni, displayed by tbe rn'ndldntes and members alike, ls.>'expected' fo produce nn nll-tlme record vote Tuesday evening «t Brond Ht. Temple.
Chief topic of Interest has been   the   (j,unrdilinNhlp,  a   post
which' ultimately lends ta the presidency of the Lodge. In Messrs. Lnckoff nnd Gnindstein, (he members will be mnkihg a wise selection, i*egnrdless who Oiey east votes for. - Both men are sincei-e, con- HClentloiiH a'nd Induslrlous.. . good' ellixens nnd fine lender.s, certainly meritorious of the of. flees (and future offices) for   ^vhleli   they   are   bidding.
Lodge   President  Abe  Gertner am] Ills adn^lnlstratlon are call
ing upon . every Ben B'rith In Columbns to attend Tuesday's meeting lo Vot*. B'nal " B'rith elections here In the' past have nttrncted tlie nttentlon of muny lodges   throughout 'the  countr,v.
It must .be remembered thnt H'nal.B'rith offei-s Its officers who Hervi- It no gllttei'lng re- wnrds . . . only the privilege, ns well as responsibility. In lurrying out the lodge's great program of service to humanity.
Cnndldntes   Uoionit/    Hnnur
off nnd Sokol hnvc been heard from, too, in many qunrtei*s In their cnmpnigns for the secre¬ tary's chnlr. All three nre gentle¬ men of nbility nnd worthiness. Lodge officers, to be elected without contest nre Herbert Wise, jiresident; Leon Pried- man, 1st vfce-presidertl^ Snm B. Topolosky, 2nd v-p; Don Snider, wnrden; Wnlter Kntz, treas., nnd oiit-Rolnp president-, Gertner, ihaplnln
Mr.   Horowitz
Mr.   Hameroff
Ml.   Sokol
Mr.   Lnckoff
Mr. Grundstein
Plain Talk
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STORY WITH A^hlORAL
BY AL SEGAL
There's a story going around about Abe and Morris. Ab|£? was a stutterer.   They met one afternoon at the door of Radio City.
Morris: "And what're you doing in Radio City, Abe?"
Abe; "You see I I um I 1"
Morris: "Yes, Abe, just^take it slow."  '
Abe: "I... h .. was... up... upstairs In RS-ra-ra-radlo City..."
Abe finally got around to It. He said he had been in Radio City lo ask them for a Job as radio announcer. He had been up ana dawn ail the offices and had seen practically all the vice- presidents.'
Morris: "And did y6u get the job as announcer, Abe?"
Abe: "N n.,..n nothing   doin'.   They   d...".d d.;,.
;  don't like Jews up there Th.
The story is .bein.g told by Jews who laugh, really, not at poor stuttering Abe but at them¬ .selves.'  Isn't Abe Hke a lot of
' us? Abe Is ufl who In recent years iiave become almost psy. chopathlc about the matter of being .Jewish. Thank goodness, some of us are not yet so far gone but tiiat we can't laugh at ourselves. There's hope when Jews can laugh at themselves. To be Jewish, in thfr-nrinds of many Jews, lias become an Iden¬ tity like that of a hunted man fearful of his own shadow.. Be¬ ing Jewish has been    made    a
s? cause of self defense; it' Is a • neurosis that comforts people like Abe for their" perisonal defi¬ ciencies.
The ancient   pride   of   being
Jewish gives way to furtive tip--
/toeing on the shadowy side of
'the street. "The offspring of pur coiu'ageous prophets seek the al¬ leys ih fear of being caught in their Jewishness.
Tiie other evening, though, I felt comforted to be in the pres¬ ence of a dignified Jew left over ftctn old times. He is 93 years Old and he lay on a hospital bed. His idea of being iqwish had had to do with dally converse with God,. with prayers of the jnornlng and evening, with the .dignity Df a man who tries to be on good terms with the King of the Universe, as He is called
.th that's why."
in our ritual.
His eyes opened and he be¬ came aware that evening had fallen while he Slept and it was time for the prayers of that hour. The sedative they had given him had left hjm in semi¬ coma, but from the deep of his Jewish youth, he cduld gather together the prayers of the eve¬ ning that he had, learned    by
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GRADUATION KXEHCISES AT HEBRHW SCHOOL"
Columbua Hebrew School graduitlon exercises are sche¬ duled at Congregation Ahavas Shoiom, 878 S. Ohio Ave., Sun¬ day, June 5, 2:15 p. m.
The foilowlnjj students have completed' the prescribed course, of .studies and will be graduated: Mar<aa Flflher.^Marvln Goldfarb, and Edith Weinstock.
Dr. Max P. Kanter, president o"f the Hebrew School,, will pre¬ side at the graduation. The pro¬ gram will include a message from Dr. B. W. Abramson, Chair¬ man of the Board of Education, and an address by Rabbi Leo¬ pold Greenwald. Presentation of the diplomas will be' made by Daniel Harrison, principal of the school. Mrs. I. Nutis, president of the Ivreeyoh Society, will pre¬ sent gifts to the graduatesi
Annual Hillel Award Banquet
Twelve stiidents .. who have made the greatest contribution to Hlllei will receive honor keys at the annual Hillel Awards ban¬ quet 6:30 p. m. next Wednesday at the Hillel Foundation^., The names will not be announced un¬ til the awards are made.
Special awards will be pre¬ sented to individual students for outstanding leadership and service.
Hlllel's recently elected offi¬ cers will be installed at the ban¬ quet. They are: Lawrence Schaffer, president; Gerry ^I^'ed- m a n, vice president; Dottle Kahn, secretary; and Mike Tel- tlel>aum, treasurer.
The Hillel. Advisory Board will also Install their new offi¬ cers who will serve in the com¬ ing year.
Ben Gordon and Sue Treuhaft, co-chairmen, ar? making the»ar- rangerrtents for the presentation of awards and entertainment, assisted by Shirley Gbldsteln, Jo Ann Kiemperer, Evelyn Wolf, Bill Rose, and Mara Lal Roab.
City-wide Canvass Launched
By United Jewish Fund
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With meetings of all Divisions of this year's United Jewish Fund campaign successfully concluded, all preparations for com¬ munlly-wlde solicitation have this week begun fn ean est. Ac¬ cording to teo Yassenoff, who heads this year's drive, the fol¬ lowing men will serve as joint chairmen: Sam Schlons^, Louis Levini —'	
r'OCNCILETTB WORK IS   PRAISE-WORTHY
The Coimcllettes, junior divi¬ sion of the Council of Jewish Women, will conclude the sea¬ son with a Mother-Daughter tea Simday, 2:30 p. m., In the social hall of Broad St. Temple. A short business meeting will pre¬ cede the program, to which. Miss Gloria Weintraub, president, has Invited all girls between the ages of 14 and 17 and their mo¬ thers, as weil as an Council members. „
Since Its organization earlier in the year, ' the _ Councllettes have done outstanding work assisting the Coiincil of Jewish Women in numerous philan¬ thropic projects. Work of Coun¬ cllettes members who assisted at the Children's Hospital Thrift Shop during" the Council's ten¬ ure in April was especially com¬ mended by the Shop manager. (Contlnned on Page 4)
I. M. Harris and Sidney L Katz. C6-chairmen Include; Leo Elferman, Leon Ffledman, Lou Goldfarb, Dr. Bernard Mindlln, Ben Yenkin,. Charles Ross and Herman Lieverman.
The committee on general solicitation is to be announced next week.
In a statement to the entire Jewish e-ominunlty, Mr. Yassen¬ off Issued the following appeal:
'When a volunteer campaign solicitor calls on you, greet him pr her .with the same cour¬ tesy that you would expect if you were j:alllng on a prospect. Remember, the volunteer is contributing not only to the United Jewish Fund himself, but is giving his tlrrie and en¬ ergy so that thousands of our unfortunate brethren will have a chance to live in peace and, security. The success or failure of Columbus Jewry in raising the maximum funds for some 55 causes which affect tJie lives
not only of our people in Eur¬ ope and Israel, but important American Institutions and lo¬ cal agencies as well, will de¬ pend upon the response received by the solicitors in their visits to hundreds of Jewish homes In   this  city.
"We In Columbus have nev¬ er failed to carry our rightful s h a r e of this humanitarian work in the many years Unit¬ ed Jewish Fund campaigns have been operating.In Columbus and surrounding towns.
"We must remember that never <ln the hl^ory of the Jewish people has there, been such an opportunity for rebuild¬ ing lives'. I feel confident that every Jew in Columbus will be proud that his or her contri¬ bution will play a major role in the building of a democratic country In Israel, one that will reflect honor and glory to Jewry   everywhere."
MRS. AL BENpEI^'S CONTRIBimON TO HADASSAH WAS WORTH $lfiOOi
When Mrs. Albert H. (Sara) Bender, 73 N. Ardmore Rd., re¬ cently made her cb^ributlon tb Senior Hadassah's Youth Aliyah Project for 1940, she decided tb purchase five tickets for the chapter's '$1000-far-$l drawings—one ticket for each member of the family. ' ' ,
Tuesday afternoon this week,
during Hadassah's annual instal¬ lation luncheon ceremonies, the drawings were held, and, as 'It so happened, one of tho?e Ben- der-ticket;3 was picked out of the hundreds sold by the Indus¬ trious Hadassah workers; and it was the ticket signed by Mrs. Bender—for herself! Mrs.   Joseph   Elsenberg   and
Mrs. Wm. Papier, co<halrmen for this ye.ar's fuhd-raialng pro¬ ject, proudly report that it was another great success, and they wish to publicly thank the Workers and the commuiUtjr lor complete co-operation.
The following Hadassah mem¬ bers have cooperated in-selling'
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