Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1950-09-22

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TIFERETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION TO OBSERVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Officers and hoard members of Congregation Tifereth Israel announce with pride Ihat plans are un(lerwa,y for Ihc semi-cen¬ tennial celebration of Ihe congregation. Celebrations will begin shortly arid will continue (luring the year with a climalic event event plannt^d for the month of May, IIWI, Fifty years of struggle, .service and progress will be noted b.v T. 1. Congregation, wilh a number of events to he planned during Ihe next 10 rnonths. Out¬ standing leaders in Con.servative .ludalsm will be guests of the con¬ gregation imd help celebrate Its anniversary.
While details of the plans can¬ not asiyet bo announced. Mr. Martin .1. Polster, president of Ihe congregation, with Rahbl Na¬ than Zelizer and Ihe following committee, have- been planning the celebi'ation of the semi-cen¬ tennial:
.Mr; Louis Schiezinger, chair¬ man. Reuben Abramson, Dr, B. W, AI)rnm,sori. Theodore Bloom. .1. K.'ltornstein. Morris Brown.
.S. A. Chasl. .loseph' Cohen, liarne.v Dorm:m, Morris Feur- licht. Harry Cilbert, Ben Gros.s- -man.  II, .loseph Gutter.
Simon Handler. Herman Katz, lien Levlnson. Al Lewin, Harry Masser, Harry Marguiis, Sam M. Melton. Leon Nason.
Uaymond I). Nateman, Morris Palne. Martin .1: Bolster. Tdhias C.   Bolster.   Barney   Ringer.
Sol llolh. Harry Rubin. Wil Ham Schlff. Nathan Wasser¬ strom. William Wasserstrom. Harry Winter, Cody Zelizer.
The lay and spiritual leaders of Ihe Congregation have, since its founding in 1001, always been progressive'and restless in their ,search for a way of .lewish life
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Council Women Open New Season Monday
Oiiening Its fall sea.son, the Columbus .section of the Nation¬ al Council of .Jewish Women will hold Its first meeting Monday at Bryden Rd, Temple, iLin p, m. This is the first lime Coiinril has met on Monday. The date has lieen moved ahead In order not lo  Interfere with  the  holidays.
This meeting, which will hon¬ or the new members, is of es¬ pecial interest to all. as !> star- studded cast of Council members will do a musical skit entitled "Dames With Aims," Written and directed by Mrs, E. Law¬ rence Goodman. It promises to be most entertaining. Mrs, Rol>- jert Levy has a.ssisted, Mrs. Sol Zell will be at the piano and Mrs, Sidney L, Katz Is handling pro¬ perties,
In addition to Ihe ])rogram. thc)-e will be a prize winner fi-oni among paid-up new meni- l)ers. Mrs. Maury Sher Is mem¬ bership chairman.
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YlL iV;/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio lewish Community^
Vol. 28, No. 30     ' ('OMMUrs,   OHIO.    FKIDAV,   SKI'TI^I.MIIKK   32,    11)50
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B'nai B'rith  Roll Call Day' Oct. 15
"Roll Call Day" Is Oct, l.^l Thai's when .every man who Is riipl yet a member of H'ri.-ii H'rith will lie a.'.'ked to join Ihc (;rgani- Zidion and give his support to lis varied loe.'il and nationai |)hilanthi;oplc  projects.
On Roll Call Day. 1(10 members | of B'nai B'rllh will visit homes] of friends throughout Ihe com¬ munity to lell then) (dioiit B'nai i B'rilb, Alrciidy .Sll"',. of the com-! munity aie members. The goal I for this year's meiiiliership drive is 200, which will bring Ihe total j percentage   to  itOVc.
Six teams have been set up to, eonlact all cllgilile men, Ch,'lir-j men of each of the teams are Ceneral, Spencer Alex.'inder. Isa-! liore Zeldin, and Louis Dorfman: j Class of '-KWO. Dick Neustadt' and Erwin Cohen: Rowling Lea-[ gue. .Joe Kisenlierg. Ben Tolpen and Abe Silverman; Past Presi- \ dents team. .-Vll.in Tarshish: Ex¬ ecutive  Committee.    Richard
, . , , ,       , , ,      A   new  member,  Mrs.   Milton
which, on  the one  hand,  would   .siyj,,^   ^^,ill     give    the
preserve traditional .ludaism. and. on Ihe olher hand, so inter¬ pret .ludaism Ihat it be observed In keeping with the .American way of life. The task of keeping the .lewish religion away from the fire Ihat would con.sume it, on the one hand, and from the icy cold that would freeze it, on , , „, , ... , the other hand, was a difficult •;'^''-^'''"7'""-hat, Maury Sher, one. The story of how Tifereth I f'^->''?on"   l^Ahn.   Sidney   Levoff
opening
prayer.  Tea  will  be  served  fol-
Mowing  the   meeting,   A   sale  of
'articles  made by the blind  will
be held,
, Remember—the meeting is I .Monday, He""A Dame With An I Aim,"
The cast; Mesdames Mort Kas-
Israel Congregation, which has grown into a ihighty tree, has added to the growth of .ludalsm. will be lold (luring Its semi-cen¬ tennial  celebration.
VOl'K   INVITATION'
All gii'ls between the agen of 14 und 17 are Invit¬ ed to n ten given in honor of thr B'nni R'rilh Girls at Ihe .lewish ('enter tomor¬ row, 2 to 4 |>, m. Ho8tes«cs for Iho affair nil! be Mrs. Snniui-I Schwai-tz, M rs. Aaron Kahn, Mrs.. Meyer Hotfmun nnd MrN. Robert, (ioldberg.
and Leonard Manekin,
WAR VKTKRANH BKirORDH .VOW AT .IKWISH CBXTKR
Allan Tarshish. who served as chairman of War Records dur¬ ing World War 2. for the Colum¬ bus Army and Navy Committee, announced today that all records of Columhus men who .served in World War 2 have been turned over to the offices.of the Colum¬ bus .lewish Community Center, for  permanent  filing.
.MOVE OFFICES
On Sept. 1 the .lewish Welfare federation moved its offices to H9J Bryden Rd. The phone is EV. 8(132.
Ciundsleln: I'resenl Officers, Harold Topy.
• Roll Ciiir Day is a iiait of ;i nalinnwidc "Census for Service" being conduetcil by H'nal H'rith,
"We are going to call the roll uf ever.v ,lewish adult in Coium¬ bus and ask him to join in our work." Ridiaid (Irundsiein. membership chuirman. said. "We have ,'i-program of activi¬ ties— ediiealional, social, wi'l- f;ire. leligKiiis. and philanthro¬ pic-svhich should appeal to every, person eager to play his role as a good American in Ihis (la,y when good ('itizen,ship is all important to our country's wel¬ fare,"
The opening of Roll Call Day in Coiumlnis will coincide wilh the 107th anniversary celebra¬ tion of li'nai B'rith. The organi¬ zation vvas founded in New ¦^'(irk in 18l.'l. and toda.v has grown into the largest .lewish mass   membership  body   in   the
world, boasting over a third of ;i million men and women in its family.
On Roll Call D.iy. four major projects of H'nai H'rith will lie- explained; The Aml-Defamalion League work—its fight to ex¬ pose the cancer of anti-Semitism as well, as Ils remarkable educa¬ tional program the Hillel work— which has gi\en new me.'ining to .lewish life with ils gi'ov.ing stature on the eoliege caniiHis: Citizenship in Action—an ever- expanding patriotic community service through particiiiation of members in drives for Com¬ munity Chest, l-le.irt Associa¬ tion. Polio "March of Dimes." and'lhe li'nai B'rith national vo¬ cational service—lo help young people chart their careers wise¬ ly-
'I'he organization's pulilic I'e- lations chairman is Harry Kohn .Ir.
Center Memberships to Start Nov. I
Visitors  thronged    the    halls., ject bf the   .Jewish    communily led   by  a  group  of  workers   in auditorium,    gymnasium,    howl-j ha.s to offer, , jthe    forthcoming     membership
ing lanes, club rooms and other i Officials estimated that more i drive, .\ majority of the visitors sections of the new .lewish Cen- than TOO of Ihe original contri-J expressed their desire to Join ter Sunday evening lo see for j butors to the building fund were .ind many of Ih^m signed up on themselves what Ihe newest pro-1 present to take conducted tours   the spot.
More than -1(10 charter mem- lieis of the Center alrea(l,v have paid their first year's fees, ac- (oidlng to .Melville D, Frank, ch.iii-man of the membership diive. These memlierships will start Nov, I. whett all etjuip- meiit is expected to tie ready for u.se,
About 12.'i family memberships were included in the first group to sign, Mr, Frank estimated, including the $.1(1 membership for husband and wife and the .$-10 meml)ership for all persons in the family, consisling of mo¬ ther, father and children 18 years or under.
.A short program in the audi¬ torium preceded the tours, when Director .Mayer Rosenfeld and his staff of professional workers were introduced. Frank then-explained that actual, .solici¬ tation will start next week. He said that anyone not reached by the membership committee may Join the Center where the office is open daily. Information \yill he given by calling DO. 2731.
A gi-oup of gucnl.s at the i-eception .Sunday evening for contriliuloi-N tti thr building fund uf Ihr nrw .lewish Crntrr arc plctuit^d as thry sign cards for nirmbrrshlp in (lir Crnler.
Standing, left lo right: heon Friedninn, .lule .^lark und Leonard .Manekin.
Heated, Irft to righu Gllbrrt Brriistrin, .Mi's. Irvin Wolf, Hen Tolprn und Saul Kollnn.
B'luil WtH Women Book "^Borschiofpades*' for 1950 Banin^'fund Pfojeetj Hov, 12 Bate Set
After the spectacular success of last year's "Gold Rush." B'nai B'rith Women felt Impelled to continue and maintain the same high level of plus-value they have giv&n to the community year after year. In pre- .sentlng their earning-fund projects. The only possible event which wa.s deemed able to fill (he bill was to bring to the show-loving, entertalnrnent-huhgry peo¬ ple of Columbus a show like the famous BORSCHT¬ CAPADES: and it Is with a great deal of pride and pleasure that B'nai B'rith Women of Columbus an¬ nounce that they have completed negotiations to bring this ouLstandlng 2Vii hour musical variety revue to our community Sunday, Nov. 12, at the Hartman Theater.
Never before, in the history of fund-raising in our coiTimunily, has an earningfund project so completely captured the interest and imagination of the good peo¬ ple of Columbus, who year after year open their hearts and their pocketbooks to help support the phil¬ anthropic, educational and ciiltural program of B'nai B'rllh. Never before has so much delight and enthu.s- lasm greeted • the announcement of fund-raising, as the Information that this year, for their 12th annual project, the B'nai B'rith Women will Join for the first time with the menis lodge, to present the MID-CENT¬ URY REVUE,  featuring the  full-length version of a
show which has taken the country by storm—the Bor.schtcapades,
Already, more than 130 workers are bus.v, t'on- tactlng the communily for pledges lo this project, and the s[)ontaneous response of everyone has been grati¬ fying and inspiring. Already, It is apparent that lioth the matinee and evening performance to he given at the Hartman Theater Nov, 12 will be complete sell¬ outs, as reservations continue to pour In,
General Chairman of the Mid-Century Revue is Mrs, Bernard Copen, 2ml vice-president of the Wom¬ en's chapter. Assisting her with suh.scription pledges are Mi-s. Sam .1. .Schlonsky, Mrs. .loseph Levison and Mrs. Theodore Schlonslty. Working on the now- famous souvenir, program and cook book are Mrs, Joseph Plotnlck and Mrs. Philip t)(;lln, as (.-o-chalr- men. Mrs. Max Shell is acting as treasurer for this year's project, with Mrs. Milton Leeman as sec'y. In charge of theater arrangements Is Mrs. Joseph D. Schecter. Mi-s. A, J: Reich and Mrs, Jack Schilling are chairmen of the committee soliciting names of children for the Menorah pages. Mrs. 1, M, Harris is chairman of ticket re^servations, while Mrs. Harry Schwartz Is handling the publicity, A complete list of all committees, Including chairmen and workers from
Ihe men's lodge, will appear in the Chronicle,
Reiiresenting a complete mobilization of both man and woman power from Zion Lodge and chapter, H'nai H'rith in Columbus, the Mid-Century Revue promises to be the outstanding event of the .season— socially, as well as financially, and those interested In attending are being urged to get their checks and re¬ servations in early, lo be assured of good seats for the performance they wish to attend.
As if BORSCHTCAPADES-alone were not enough, an extra bonus: is being added: it's a repetition .of the breath-taking FLORIDA LUXURY VACATION as a grand prize to the lucky persdn whose ticket will be drawn the night of Nov. 12. Yes, once again, B'nai B'rith Women will pre.sent a glamourous 10-day lux¬ ury vacation (for two) at the fabulous Hotel Martini¬ que in Miami Beach, Fla., to .some lucky couple. They'll be flown to Florida by Constellation Air Lines. Already, the list of gifts assembled by Mrs. Melvin Furman. Prize chairman, exceeds the wpnderful ar¬ ticles pre.sented to Mr.' and Mrs. Alfred Bender, who won t'he trip last year. If anyone needs any further Inducement to become a contributor to the B'nai B'rith fund-raising project of 19.10—the Mid-Century Revue—this Is IT!