Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1951-04-27

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2j[\\/y   Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \V/AIK
Vol. 20, No. 17
COLl'.MBl.S, OHIO, FRH)AV, .ll'KIL 27,  lO.'il
Devoted to American and Jewiah Ideata
Goal of $631,600 Set For Community
"Columhu.s   ncod.s   .$(>;) 1 .Mil)   l()|thi,s-   rnwimiiw." , the, world.   The  .s^icrificfs   made Iflux of    now    immlRranls.    The
carry It,') ,'ilKir(' of ro-'^ponslhility      SamuPl  Melton,    Ihc    (Icni'riil i hy Ihc Inhahil.ints of  l.^sracl can   .Slale of Isr.rcl ha.-^.lo spend ai)- I'nltcil   .lewish   Appeal j Campaign    rhairman,     oullined'only he appreciated bv those who iproxim.ijelv   one-third   of   lis   in
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and more than 'IO other aRen cies," [{alph l..iz,irus announced this week. Thi.s was Ihe final conclusiffn of an anim.'iler! dls¬ cu.ssion at .an open meeting of the hoarfl of Dlreclors    of    the
rniteil  .lewi.sh   Fund  held  Apr. ('campaign.    Mr.    Mellon 11)   at   the   .lewish   C'enter.   Mr. ! "Thus  for the State    of
the c.impaiKn orL'aniz.ilion paid Irlhute lo all tho.se - who have thus far taken on asslRn- ment,s. lie, too, stressed the fact that the needs justify our rais- inK the maximiun dollars In the .^ a i d, Israel
nd visit Ihi'd country ,ind are arl u-'djy there [(v experience the io\\- standard of living lo which the Inh.ihitants .subject themselves in order lo help suiiport the in-
l.azarus wenl on lo say, "ThLs which will celelirate its third an- is the amount which the Hoard 1 niversary, May !l, will have ah- of Directors and leading contrl-j,sorhcd .•ippro.vimately 1100.0(10 hulors of the commtmlty feel the I now Immigrants and refugees, people of Columhus will agree i The funds we have ralseil In Ihe ,(>n a.l an objective for'the cam- past have helped to transport palgn which can be attained this these people and to help re- year. It exceed.s last year's re- settle them anil integrate them result hy 20%. hut Ihe re(iuli=$>4lnto Israol'.s economy. During ments from contributors will ber'.il.'Jl, another 200,000 are expect-
greater. Some gifts made last year will not ho repeated be¬ cause of the passing away of .Some of oiu- generous givers and Ihe removal of others from Co¬ lumbus,"
"Koine people In various busi¬ nesses and professions In Colum¬ bus may be in a position to give more than 20% this year. Others may meet that goal while still others may only he able to re¬ peat last year's gift. The decision to attempt to raise more than $fi31.000 represents the judge¬ ment of those 'community lead¬ ers who were able to consider the matter carefully and thoroughly. We know that the needs are greater than ever be¬ fore. The agenciea can use every dollar we can possibly raise to save llve.s, to help the Jew.s go from land.s where they are per¬ secuted to Israel or to come to our own country. The funds are needed to carry on the construc¬ tive work of the community rela¬ tions agencies, other health and welfare agencies and to take care of local needs. We hope every¬ body wfll respond generously when called upon to make their gift.s or to serve an workers in
ed to land on the shores of Is rael. Let us continue to help the settlement of these new iminl- grants ,so that the security and welfare of the State of Israel will he enhanced. The Israeli people contribute approximately as inuch or more to the settle¬ ment and integration into Israel of these refugees as the rest of
Advance Bond Sales
NKW VOFtK (A,n'i — On the eve of the Isi-ael Independtmce bond sale, the biggest camprdgn of voiuntai-y .aid ever planned for ;i nation, evidtuice was re¬ vealed th.Jt Amerieiin .lewry is contributing in ailvance bond purchases three to ten times the contributions normally made to t h e local overall <-ampalgns which include the Ijnited ,lewish Appeal,
The American Firiancial .irid ricveloprtient Corporation for Is¬ rael has heen making f|uiel checks of early sales since the Securities Kxchange Commission approved registration of the ,$.''iOO,000,0(X) bond Issue on Mar. 28.
come for security; tills means maintaining an army for the rie ferise of the borders."
.Mr. iVIeltoh al.so expressed the hope that evei-yone, when called upon, will not. only wor'k lad give generously to make the caniptiign a success.
Miuirice liernstein, Kxecutlve Director of the Kund, reviewed the heeds of all the agencies which hirve received .ailocations from Columbus during 1050. These agencies incki'le the fol¬ lowing:
Local: ,1 e w I s h Community Council, ,lewish Center, Coluni¬ bus Hebrew .School, Inlerfaltli Program anil the Hlllel Founda¬ tion at'Ohio Stale Univprsitv.
Nalional .and    Regional    Over- Kelief   and   Rehabilitation, I
Springs, Ark., National Council of .lewish Women, Nalional Con¬ ference of Christians and ,Iews, America/^ l-'riends .Service Com¬ mitter, 'Kternal Light" program of the ,lewish Theological Semin¬ ary, the I.'niversilv In Kxile, H'nai li'rith Nalion.il Youth Services Appeal, National ,I(.'W- ish Welfare Hoard, Hellefaire Region.al Child Care Service, Montefiore Home for the Aged, American Association for ,lew¬ ish Education, Yiddish Scienti¬ fic Institute, Hada,ssah Hebrew University Medical School cam¬ paign, Youth Aliyah, Weizmann Institute of Science, Hebrew University in Israel, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Soc'ieiy, Ameri¬ can Funfl for Israeli Institutions and Columbus dues to the Coun¬
cil of .lewish    Federations Welfare Funds. Many of   these   agencies
and
are
,    ,,,,,, , combinations  of. other  agencies,
mcluduig Israel: Atrierican lew-j^j^^j. j^e United .lewi.sh Apiieal ish (ommittee, Hnai Hrith Antl-|i^j,,„,lp^ ^j^g U^it^,,, Palestine Defamation League, .lewish La¬ bor Committee; National .(ewlsh
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Nationa Hospital at Denver, Leo N, Levi Memorial     Hospital     at     Hot
HOLD FINAL COUNCIL MEETING OF SEASON NEXT WEEK
th the Joyous season of spring. Mrs,   Simon   Skuller   will  give
The Columbus Section of the Council of ,lewish Women will really he able to enjoy the first day of May (next Tuesday) with spirit, gaiety and festivity hy be¬ ing permitted to enjoy the fam¬ ous Jorg Fasting and his troupe of ballet dancers Tuesday, 1:30 p. m., at the Jewish C'enter,
Mrs, Fred Yenkln, program chairman, who Is being assisted by Mrs, Bernard Rubin, prom¬ ises that there Is a great treat In store for all of tho.se members who will be able to see Mr, Fast¬ ing, well known nationally as well as locally as a star and In¬ structor of the    ballet    theatre.
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the opening prayer, Mrs. Rcmert Levy will give a brief and In¬ teresting report on the inter¬ national meeting of Council, held recently In New Ytjrk.
Mrs. Uiashek, pa.st president of the Columhus Section of the Council, will In.stall the new offi¬ cers. They are:
2 year term: president. Mrs. J. ¦S. Resler; Ist vice-Pres., Mr.s. Bernard Feitllnger; 2nd vlce- Pres., Mrs. Samuel Ourevltz; .Ird vlce-Pres.. Mrs. Irving Lackritz; Recording- Sec'y, Mrs. Jerome Kohn; Auditor, Mrs. Leon Fried-
Ills partlcipatloh anil that of his;man.
dancers will be most in keeping I     lloiird iiipmlx'rx — 2 yeur irrni:
Mrs. .lacoh Clayman, Mrs, Har¬ old Smilh, Mrs. Abe Yenkin, Mrs. K. J, Schanfarber, Mrs. Morris Fox, Mrs. E. J. Gordon, Miss Stella Herman, Mrs, Aaron Horo¬ witz, Mrs. Sidney Putchat, Mra. Roberl Skuller, Mrs. Arthur Loeb, .Ir.. Mrs. Harry Roth, Mrs. William Wasserstrom, Mrs. Ben Balshone, Mrs. Allen Gunder¬ shelmer, Mrs. Harry Schwartz. Mrs. Irwin Wolf, Sirs. Gilbert .Selden,
Boarii MemlxT — I year, unex¬ pired term: Mrs, Howard Bloom,
Mrs. Ben Kahn, hospitality chairman, promises a delightful tea following the meeting
Appeal, the ,lolnt Defense Com¬ mittee and the United Service for New Americans. The Ameri¬ can Fund for Israeli InstHutions Includes more than 8!) benefl- clarle.s.
Thus, in a real .sense, the United .lewish Fund represents one community, one campaign, one gift for a multiplicity of a- gencies—local, national, o n' e i;- seas.
Mr. Lazaru.s, ia ending the Boaril of Directors meeting, ex¬ pressed the hope that the spirit In which the campaign  Is con¬
ducted will be worthy    of humanitarian .causes served.
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HILLEL NOON PORIM
Rev. Roger Bosworth. mini.sler of the First Unlversalist Church, win be the guest speaker at the H'nai   B'rith   Hlllel   Foundations boii't forgl'tto tuck your tax jNoon Forum, May I, 12 noon, at stamps into your purse '''    "¦" ' '"       •..'..¦¦
' I the Hiilel Foundation.
Metal Trades Group Organized
Samuel M. Melton, Oeneral Campaign chairman, and Ralph Lazarus, jiresldent of the United ,lewish Fund, announced that Edward Schlezinger, Ilarry.Sll¬ berstein, 1. K. Sealfon, Joseph Summer and Leo Yassenoff have agreed to serve as co-chairmen of the Metal Trades, Manufac¬ turers, HuUders and Automotive Group of the Special Gifts Divi¬ sion of the United ,/ewlsh Fund.
Speaking for the Fund, Mr. Melton stated: ",We hope this year that Ihls group will spark the campaign and get It off (o a wonderfulstarL I am confident that with the leadership of these men and their vice-chairmen this will really happen. All five of these leaders nave had ex¬ perience In campaigning, and have earned this leadership- Leo
Ya.s.senoff was Campaign chair¬ man in lOI.S and 'III. the most successful years of Ihe United Jewish Fund, .loseph Summer Is following in lh<! fl jlsteps of his falher. who was the president of the U.IF In IIMH. He too, ha.s been a good worker in the past cam¬ paigns. Harry Silberstein, to¬ gether with his brother Max. is carrying out the tradition of bis family who have always re- sponiled generously to every philanthropic cause. We are for¬ tunate that he is a partner in thi.s great effort. Mr. .Sealfon, al¬ though a newcomer to campaign leadership, has been an active worker In past campaigns, and It l,s natural that he should now share the helm. Ed Schlezinger was not only an active campaign worker In past years, hut is cur¬ rently president of the .lewish Center,   the   largest   local   liene-
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Mr. Melton also announced.Ihe aiklition of Herbert Llnick and Jack S. Resler to the jiosts of co- chairmen of lhe Special Gifts Division. "Holh Mr. Llnick and Mr. Resler." Mr. Melton stated, "have been in the forefront of those who have given generous¬ ly of their time anil effort to past campaigns and each has set an example of understanding and generosity, which we hope they can iniliice others to follow. They will assist In Ihe Metals, (etc) Group as well as give at¬ tention to the Special Gifts Divi¬ sion,
"With the help of these leaders in the Community," Mr. Melton stated, "our campaign ought to (contlnaed oa pare 5)
I. B. Sealfon
Leo Yassenoff
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Jack ReNler
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