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PICKING A  RABBI
BY AL SEGAL
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Temple Anshe Giborim needed a rabbi. In cage you've never heard of Anshe Giborim, It should be said that Anshe Giborim means Big Men, or, as they say. Big Shots. Temple Anshe Gib¬ orim la situated almost anywhere.
I don't know how Anshe Giborim hap{)ened to lose Its rabbi. It may be that the wives of the congregation didn't iike the rabbi's wife and made her life miserable." (They said she put on too many airs and some of them thought she dressed Just too well for a rabbi's wife.)
Or maybe they felt embarrased by the rabbi's sermon against the slums which offended all the real estate Interests. The Anshe Giborim said a rabbi should stick to Judaism. Or maybe they were against the rabbi using so much Hebrew In his prayers.
Anyway,- If he hadn't been pushed out he would have run out In self-defense and In self- respect
So Anshe Giborim was In need of a rabbi and took steps. The board of trustees decided that the way to find a new one was by an oratorical contest. (That had been the way of many a Re¬ form congregation In search of a rabbi,  In  the pa.<?t.)
Every aT)pllcant should be In¬ vited to come on and give Anshe Gihorlm a trial sermon. The one who. In the opinion of Anshe Giborim, delivered the I>est .ser¬ mon would get the Job, ff they could have a rabbi giving a trial .sermon each week for a .vear, Anshe Giborim would have their weekly religion practically for nothing during that year, ex¬ cept for the railroad and hotel hills they would have to pay.
It turned out to be a fruitful contest. Rabbis eager to escape from other Anshe Giborim enter¬ ed the contest from all over the country. Week after week Anshe Giborim had another rabbi preaching to them.
I won't bother your mind by giving an alphabetical list of the contestants, A couple of samples will suffice, and it is enough to speak of them as Rabbi A and Rahbl B, though they might as well have been Rabbi X and Rahbl Z,
Rabbi A was one who, If he hadn't turned out to be a rab¬ hl, could just as well have been an A-l salesman. He could have sold refrigerators to the Eski¬ mos, as the old gag goes. The way he poured It out In his trial .sermon had all the Anshe Gib¬ orim In a soell,
Mrs, Zllch, the wife of the con¬ gregation's president, said "He seemed Just to hold me all the way through."
The wife of the vice-president said: "That man certainly has something!"
Rabbi A stayed over through Sunday, played golf with Mr. Zllch, had dinner with the con gregatlon's leading widget manu¬ facturer, In the evening joined ii group at canasta. Everybody's verdict was that he was person¬ ality-plus, the way he beamed all the time, the way he could wise-crack, one crack after an¬ other.
Next week Rabbi B arrived for his trial sermon. Rabbi B was a meek man In the pattern of Moses, He abhorred the idea lis going Into the contest but there was no other way of es¬ caping the Anshe Giborim he had been serving.
In his own congregation the complaint was that he was too much like a saint. "Salntg are a dime a dozen," said Mr. Humph¬ rey Glutz, president of the con¬ gregation. "What we really- need Is a go-getter."
For a long time Rabbi B had been aware that he JUst dldn'J. belong there. He didn't bridge , and oneitlme when, just for the hell of It, he tried a few strokes at the golf club all he hit was the earth.
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Vol. 28, No. 24
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, .U'NE ifl, 10150
Devoted    to    Amerleaa a&d   Jewish   Ideals
U. a DONATES BOOS AND MILK TO ISRAKL.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The U, S, government has made a gift to Hadassah of 4,400,(XX) pounds of surplus powdered eggs and milk, half of which left for Israel last week, where it will be dis¬ tributed for relief purposes to Immigrant camps, orphanages, old age homes and Youth Aliyah institutions.
EDDIE CANTOR PLEDGES FULL TIME TO  UJA  AS  HE  SAILS  FOR  ISRAEL
Eddie Canlbr. a National Campaign Chairman a( the United Jewish Appeal, ihown with Mrs. Cantor as ihey left New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth for Q month's visit to Urat}. Mr. Cantor, making his first visit to the Jewish State, declared that henceforth he would ^evote^-lHe major part of his lime fo the United Jewish Appeal. The noted slar of stage, screen and radio who is one of American Jewry's most vigorous UJA campaign leaders is visiting Israel at the invitalion of Premier Oavid Ben Gurion. He and Mrs. Cantor will survey the immigration, gcllleineni and absorption programs financed with funds contributed by the Jews of America lo the UJA. The United Jewish Appeal supports the reconstruction programs of the United Palestine Appeal, Joint Distribution Committee and ifrtited Service for New Americana.
UJA Chicago Parley Reports
$53,762,000 Raised in Cash;
S-Point Program Adopted
CHICAGO, (JTA)—In response to the emergency situatlbn requiring Increased funds to move large numbers of Jews out of Rumania and Iraq and other distress centers, Jewish community leaders meeting here at the National Report Conference of the United Jewish Appeal this week presented a total of $11,900,000 in cash to the campaign for settlement In Israel and refugee aid In all parts of the world.
The presentation of these checks brought to a total of $.5.?.7e2,- 000 tlje amount of ca.sh that was received by the United Jewish Appeal since Jan. 1, 1950, It was announced hy.--Tladge Morris Rothenberg, nationai chairman of the UnltecTJewish Appeal, who presided at the closing session of the four-tlay conference here.
Declaring that "for the [ink time In the history of the U.J,A„ Immigration of Jews (o safetyVand security has been drastically curtailed because of lack of funds,'; the principal resolution a'dopt- ed by the conference urged that American Jews be Informed "that campaign results and cash payments on pledges today are tragically inadequate to meet the Increa.sed needs that have sud¬ denly arisen In the last few months." T(] cope with the requirements
LAUNCH DBIV'K TO POUND TRUMAN  VIM.AfJK
BOSTON, (JTA)—Hailing the establishment of the Harry S Truman Village In Israel by the Jewl.sh National Fund, V 1 c e- President Alben W. Barkley ex- pre.ssed the hope this week that the agriculture colony which bears the name of the President will "serve not only as a testi¬ monial to Truman's efforts in behalf of the Jewish state, hut al.so as a firm link which will bind together the oldest ilemo- cracy In the New World witli the youngest to be horn after the World War, In a firm union against all aggression." Barkley was the chief speaker at a ban¬ quet arranged by the J.N.F. of New England, at which the Tru¬ man Village Project was offi¬ cially launched.
The meeting also heard a mes¬ .sage from President Truman, addressed to Dr. H. J. Levine. president of the J.N.F., In which President Truman—referring to the proposal to have a village In Israel named for him—declared' that he was "highly honored" an<l appreciated very much what the Jewish National Fund Is proposing to do.
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Washington,   ijta)   —
iiresident Truman this week re¬ ceived the personal thanks of t h e Zionist Oi-gani;;atlon o f America, conveyed by ILs presi¬ dent. Henjamin G, Browdy, for support of Israel through Ameri¬ can cooperation in the three power resolution to end the Near I'^asiern arms race. It was the first meeting of a Z,0,A. presi¬ dent with an American Presi¬ dent since the late President Roosevelt met with Rabbi Abba Hlllel .Silver in 194-),
Mr, Browdy said the President reaffirmed that he thpught the arms agreement would bring lasting peace to the Near East. The Zionist leader, who visited the White House with Rep. Abraham J. Multer, said the re¬ solution was a ''relief" to Israel,
YI'Ij I'ICNIC SUNDAY
When? This Sunday (June 18). Time: 1 p; m., sharp. Where to meet? The basement of Broad St. Temple. The occasion: The Young People's League picnic at Na-Wa-So farm.
A delicious meal will be pre¬ pared and the YPL social com¬ mittee has planned games, priz¬ es, dancing, etc. Fee Is 50c for YPL members and 85c for guests.
Transportation \ylll be furnish¬ ed; bring your own tfar if desir¬ ed. Directions to Na-Wa-So will be furnished to those who drive.
LADIJ*!' AUXILIARY OP' .IWV MEIMBBRSHIP DRIVE
Mrs, .S. D. Raikin, .senior vice- president of the Ladies' Auxili¬ ary of the Jewish War Veterans, has annoUneecl that a concentrat¬ ed membership campaign has al¬ ready begun.
Any member who signs up a new member will be the guest of Mr.s, Raikin at a lovely lunch¬ eon party at the close of the membership drive.
A very special and generous prize will be awarded to the member who brings In the most hew members. The nature of this prize will be revealed later.
For further Information, please telephone Mrs. Raikin, DO. 2837.
PROCLAIMS "ISRAEL DAY "
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, (JTA) —Mayor Ernest W. Cragin pro¬ claimed an "Israel Day" this week In honor of the Jewish state.
of the new immigration from Rumania and Iraq, the confer¬ ence adopted the following three- point program:
1. The continuation, regard¬ less of an.v time schedule, of all campaigns throughout the sum¬ mer months In behalf of the U,J. A.
2. The resolution of contribu¬ tors who.se gifts" have not meas¬ ured lip lo standards of responsi¬ bility set in each community, so that the millions of additional doilal's so desperately necessary may now become available.
3. The establishment of new, active cash collection commit¬ tees to go forward at once to press for the conversion Into cash of all pledges.
The conference further re- .solved to "issue a .solemn warn¬ ing that urgent deadlines exist for the Immigration Into Israel of .lews from Roumania. lra<), and other countries." Campaigns now approaching a climax In 3.4U0 communities throughout the country have raised substan¬ tially more than $.'')l.1)00.000 re¬ ceived in cash. However, in most Insiantes contributors make re¬ mittances on a year-round basis, Tho sum of S3.2S0.0(l(l was re¬ ceived from Ihe New York Unit¬ ed Jewish Appeal: .SL.IOO.OOO from Ihe Philadelphia campaign: $1,000.1)00 from \MK Angeles: $(iOI).0l)O from Cleveland: $500.- 000 from Boston: $500,000 from Detroit and $2,50,000 each from Rochester, N. Y., Newark and Miami.
Golda Myerson, Minister of Labor In the Government of Is¬ rael, warned the delegates that tens of thousands of Jews now clamoring for admission to Is¬ rael faced the same fate of anni¬ hilation that overtook large numbers of Jews In Nazi-domi nated Europe. If Israel Is forced by lack of funds to bar Its doors to them. Mrs. Myerson referred to the struggle of the people of Israel to absorb the jews bf Iraq'anil Rumania as another war In which "courage, self- sacrifice and .self-confidence" will not prevail unless American Jews provide Increased material help through tJie United Jewish Appeal.
"Self-confidence arid courage will not produce the timber, the steel, the pipe, the roads and the homes that we must have to re¬ ceive and to integrate this new wave of immigration," site said. Declaring that the Jews of the United States helped the people of Israel win their war, of Indep¬ endence In 1948, Israel's fore¬ most woman leader made a strong plea for tjie continuation and the extension of the part¬ nership between  the people of
Israel and the .lews of Ameri¬ ca which made possible "(he reality of the Jewish state."   ,
Emphasizing that "Immigra¬ tion Is ,synonymous with the Jewish state." Mrs. Myerson de¬ clared that "no one of us wants to live in a country which Is re¬ tiuired to close its doors to any Jew who needs a home." in call¬ ing for increased financial help. Mrs. Myerson said:' "Have we forgotten .so soon what happened to the Jews of Europe who had no means of escape from perse¬ cution?" I
Weizmann Says People of Israel
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In a me.s.sage addres.sed to the parley. Israel President D r. Chaim Weizmann emphasized that the people of Israel must re¬ ly on the United Jewish Appeal "as never before to help us Ciirry the burdfen of the holy work we have begun" He added: "The brave people of Israel suf¬ fered anfl our proud youth fell not to achieve the trappings of a state, but to establish a haven for our persecuted and homeless brothers. The recent lifting of emigration restrictions ih Ru¬ mania and Iraq has revealed thousands of Jews begging us to accept them. We are still a small nation with meager resources; we alone cannot provide for them, .vet we dare not permit them to remain in the Imml- (continued on page 4)
Commencement For Self-Development School Thursday
The 7th annual commence¬ ment exercises of the Agudath Achlm Self Development School win be held next Thursday at the Agudath Achim synagogue, Cor Washington and Donaldson. The program which will begin at 7 p. m,. Is as follows: Processional, How Blessed Are, Loeb; Opening Prayer, Barry Kayne; How Blessed Are, Grad¬ uation Class—Robert Cohen, Solo; Preparation for Sabbath- All the Girls—Solo, Cheryl Kll¬ man; KInah Po, Boys—Joel Zls¬ klnd, Solo; Shabbos Sholom, Class—Susan Linlck, solo; Had- lakat Ner Shel Shabbos, Marion Cohen; Kiddush, David Monnett; Ha Matse, Danny Dorman; Lek- • ah DodI, Class; All Things Bright, Gall Ruben, Donna Jean Davis, Sandra Rothman, Diane Levlson, Kathy Hubbs, Judy Linlck.
V'taker LI benu. Class; Boreku, Soloist—Robert  Cohen—Congre¬ gation (class); KodoBh, Kodosh, Kodosh, Joel Zlsklnd—ClasB; Kl (Contiaiied on Pme 4)
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