Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1950-12-29

              ArotiaeoUglCBl & Historical
Museum
N. High St. at IBUl-a
Plain Talk
Mr.
HUlel's
Worry
BY
AL SEGAL
Ahavath  Sholom To
Hold Installation
Dinner Monday
Our Ml/. HItiei (Hlllel Widget Corp.) calls on me with a .rewlah problem that Is heavy on his mind. I call him "our" Mr. Hlllel because he J^s become a sort of possession of this column and a greittJielirS the Columnar processes, I might say.
WherWSr the widget business gets foo big and Mr. Hlllel needs relief he refreshes himself by writing this column for me; or, If widgets are too pressing to permit him to write he just calls on me to get It out of his system.
"Mr. Hlllel." I exclaimed, "your visit at this hour suggests two things: that the widget business Is just too prosperous and you are here to rid your mind of so many widgets."
"Exactly!" he replied. He .said that at the moment he was working on a million wIdgeLs for Jugoslavia under the U. S. government's project of giving ccpnomlc aid to Tito. The .Jugo¬ slavians are ba<lly In need of widgets and without a plentiful supply of widgets they might feel like going over to Comlp- form."
"In short," he said, "my wid¬ gets arc fighting Communism. If I can get enough widgets to the .lugosluvians they may stick to their resolve to have nothing to do with the Soviet Russians So my widgets may serve to help put down Communi.sm In (ht Russian style."
But all that bad nothing to do with what was heavy on Mr Hlllel's mind. The moment s thoughts In Mr. Hlllel's mind had much more to do with ,Iew Ish problems than with .lugosla vian.
"A .lew," he said, "always gets firound to Jewish problems". At the moment Mr. Hlllel was re¬ lieving his mind of widgets by a.skjng the question: "Why can't Jewish Americans be like Irish Americans?"
"What do you mean by that, Mr. Hlllel?"
W611, he replied that he meant the different ways in which an Irish-American looks at Ireland and a Jewish American looks at Israel.
"In what way, Mr. Hlllel, do they differ?"
"An Irish American doesn't make Ireland a portion of his be. Ing as an American of Irish de¬ scent. He becomes sentimentally aware of Ireland on St. Pat¬ rick's day and sings to it and drinks toasts in Irish whiskey. He doesn't take up Ireland as the main cause of his being."
"And Jews, Mr. Hlllel?"
He replied that he has been distressed to see the way Israel is absorbing all the Interests of Jewish life In America: In the Jewish press Israel seems to be the main thing of American Jewish life. Columns and col¬ umns abbtit Israel and not much about Jewish life In the U. S. where there are about four times (IS many Jews as in Israel.
Vol. 28, No. 53
COlillMBL'S, OHIO, FRIDAV, DECEMBER 29,  IO.M
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Rabbi Lowell Resigns Hillel Post
NEW YORK CITY (AJPl — Charging that alleged pro-Com- munl.jt affiliations attributed to hlrii" had caused' "a turmoil of fenr",  Rabbi Benjamin B. Lowell.
hurt the work of Hillel." Rabbi Lowell Joined the HilJel staff In 1926 and has served with the campus organization on and off for the past 25 years.
Rabbi Lowell said he had no definite plans for the future.
An original silence by the Nat¬ ional Hillel Foundation office was broken after an Inquiry of Rabbi Lowell's status by the American Jewl.sh Press.
In originally replying to an inquiry as to Rabbi Lowell's sta¬ tus, a spokesman for National Hlllel  admitted  that  the  RabW
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Rabbi Zollzer
According to Barney Hlnger, president, all arrangements for the annual installation dinner of the Ahavath Sholom congrega¬ tion Monday evening, have been completed. 1"he affair, held Joint¬ ly with the Sisterhpod, will be¬ gin promptly at 5:30 p. m., In the social hall of the synagogue, 878 S. Ohio Ave. (
The program for the occasion will have Rabbi Nathan Zellzer of Broad St. Temple as the main speaker. The subject of the rabbi's address will be of time¬ ly importance, not only to the membership but to the general community as well.
For reservations call M r. Ringer, MA. 7558 or Mrs. Sol Ris¬ ing, FA. 0242, Mrs. George Good¬ man FA. 7475 or Mrs. Sam Greenberg FA. f!872.
lea In accordance with the meth¬ ods he has always used."
The American Jewish Press learned that Rabbi Lowell had offered his resignation after a for more than two years admin-jshort meeting with Hlllel's nat- Istrative .secretary of the Nat-1 lonal board. Hillel Foundation, a ibnal Hilel foundation, resigned B'nai B'rith project, serves the his post this week. j campus needs of American Jew-
Rabbi Lowell's resignation '. ish students, climaxed a several month-long: Rabbi Lowell lold the Ameri- conflict of charges and counter- can .Jewish Press that the Hlllel charges between the Americjin national commission felt the .Icwlsh League Against Com- public relations effect of the al- miinlsm and Rabbi Lowell in'leged pro-Red charges against which    the    League's    national; him  were- more damaging  than
president    Alfred    Kohl berg the value of his work within the'had resigned, and that his re.sig- charged   that   Lowell   had   affi-, Hillel  structure. jnation had t)een accepted.
Hated with pro-Communi.st | "in view of this." Rabbi Low-1 "But any statement will have groups and spoken at Com- ell siild, "1 had no other course to come from Rabbi Lowell, riot munist "front" rallies. Ral)hi l)ut lo volunlarily resign my i us." the spokesman added. AJP Lowell, in denying ihc charges, post." lie reiloratud his inno-j contacted Ralibl Lowell at his tiTined Kohlberg'.s slaiemenls an ceiicc of the charges made a- Hcitel residency and learned that rray of "haif-lruths, Insinua-[gainst him and added, "i don't'his resignation was "cau.sed by nd down-right inaccurac-  want lo say. anything that would! a turmoil of fear relative to me"
-   -       -        -    'growing out - of    the    Kohlberg
charges.
Later, a spokesman for Hllei contacted AJP and issued the following statement:
"In view of the fact that Rabbi Lowell's name has been In- the Iiress recently as a' result ,of charges stemming from irrespon¬ sible sources there will inevit¬ ably lie a measure of speculation as to the reasons for Rabbi Lowell's resignation. Such .spec¬ ulation is bound to be unfair either to Rabbi Lowell or to Hillel. Rabbi Lowell resigned be¬ cause of his recognition of a basic difference in approach to Hlllel alms and policies and not because of the pressure of any outside group or individual."
The Hlllel statement followed by a day the American Jewish Press' Interview with Rablfi Lowell.
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SILBERSTEINS BUY FIRST CHARITY NEWSIE PAPER FOR $1250. "TIP"
HOMS: FOB AGED MKKTIlVtt
The Jewish Home for the Aged Society win hold a regul&r meet¬ ing this Sunday, at the Agudath Achlm social hall, 2:30 pm.
THE ROSENBERG STORY
Senator Rankin Slurs Mrs. Anna Rosenberg as "Yiddish Woman With Too Much Pdwer"
WASHINGTON (AJPl -^ One of the nation's chief haters. Rep. John Rankin ^UMIss.) rose In the House of Representatiyes this week to tejjmASsistant Defense Secretary Anna M. Rosenberg as "a 'little Yiddish woman from. Austria-Hungary who will have more power over the lives of the American people than was ever exercised by an American president." Rankin's slur of Mrs. Rosen
ijeh to right: Sherman Babcock, C^harlty Newsies drive rhalrmaii; 5lr. Mux HIIberNteIn, Mr. Harry Sllherstein and Rolund («. "i'znr" Allen, member of Charity Newsies.
Year after year, the Chronicle records many communal a- chievements in which members of the Columbus Jewish com¬ munity play important roles. Such worthwhile endeavours as the Community Fund, Red Cross, March of Dimes, Blood Donor Drive and the annual Charily Newsle effort are among important ijnder- takings in which our Jewish men and women participate and give a good account of themselves.
This year it is our happy privilege to commend the Sll- tiers- In brothers, Harry and Max, of Columbus Pipe & Equlptnent Co., who bought the 'first Charity Newsle' paper for the 1950 drive.
With profound feeling o f gratitude for their own good fortune, the Sllberstelns have. In recent years, contributt?d lib¬ erally to numerous humanitar¬ ian causes and worthy institu¬ tions, not limiting their giving to race, color or creed.
East Broad St. Temple, the Jewish Center, Hlllel Founda¬ tion of O.S.U., the new Agudath Achim synagogue, now under construction in Bexley, are a- mong the well known institu¬ tions which have benefited thru their generosity.
berg came after the FBI dis¬ closed that the "Mrs. Rosen¬ berg" alleged to have belonged to a Communist-front organiza¬ tion, and because of whom the Assistant Defense Secretary was made the subject of a second set of hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee, had been located. The Committee had afforded Mrs. Rosenberg.a 13-0 vote of confidence prior to the disclosure of the F.B.I, dis¬ covery ol the other Mrs. Kosen- berg..
In the company of Gerald L. K. Smith, leader of an anti-Semi¬ tic "Christian" party, and anti- Zlonlst Benjamin H. Freedman of New York City, Rankin was reportedly among the elements supporting the Inquiry of "Red" charges against Mrs. Rosenberg.
Commenting on Rankin's lat¬ est reference to Mrs. Rosenberg, a leading New York City dally newspaper, The Post, said: "once again Ranklp has demonstrated that he Is as much at home on the floor as In the gutter.
PIONEKK WOMEN'S
EVENT IH JAN. 21
The silver anniverjiary j'ear of Pioneer Women will long he remembered as one of Its finest a.s final plans are made for the annual dinner Sunday. Jan 21, at Broad St. Temple.
In charge of preparing the ex¬ cellent kosher food to be served are the women of Group 1. of which Mrs. Weiner is president.. Mr.s. Jack Koopersteln and Mrs. Ahe Samelson are serving as'CO- chalrmen. Those assisting them are: Mcsdames David Paine, Sam Bran<il, Samuel Block, Louis Helkin. Bernard Scholtenslein, Edwanl Stein, Gerald Rosen and l..ouls Meyers. ,,
Kohlberg, in a recent letter to Frank Goldman, president of the B'nai B'rith, charged that RabW I_«well was affiliated with ¦ pro- Communist organizations and had participated In the activities of "front" groups.. At the time the charges were made and later Lowell conslstantly denied the allegations.
Kohlberg had written Gold¬ man that " . . we ask whether Jewish youth Is not In danger, through your instrumentality, when it Is subjected to the guid¬ ance of a Benjamin Lowell." Later in the letter he termed the Hillel "situation" as "serious" and said that "something very thorough must be done im¬ mediately."
One of America's outstanding service organizations, B'nai B'rith, Hlllel's sponsoring body, recently went on record support¬ ing United States action in Kor¬ ea. Goldman pledged^ to Presi¬ dent Truman "the full'support of B'nai B'rith for the measures which he has advocated In his message to the C^ongress and for his stand In the Korean crisis.
"B'nai El'rlth with all that it ha.s," Goldman said, "is united¬ ly and unreservedly behind President Truman and our gov¬ ernment."
Sisters Arrive in (J. S.
REFUGEE PEDDLES GOLD TEETH TO PURCHASE FOOD
NEW YORK CITY (AJP) — The amazing sisters came to the U. S. together. They will (ale of how a Polish Jewish refugee peddled her gold teeth In order to obtain 300 rubles with which to purchase food and exist as prisioner of the Russians in a sliive labor camp, was unfolded here thW week.
The woman, Ella Korn, 36, who arrived In the United States aboard the transport Gen. J. H. McRae, removed the teeth, she said, lo help feed herself and four s'isters.   The five
sisters came to the U. S. together, reside with an uncle in Chicago.
The former slave laborer, whose mother and brother both perished as inmates in the Communist labor camp, said the Inmates slept in their clothes and on weed beds. Jhey were forced lo dig and haul stones for their Soviet masters, the woman said.
Miss Korn said she purchased precious flour with the rubles she had received as a result of selling her gold teeth.
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