Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1952-02-29

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Vol. 30, No. 0
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY  29, 1952
Devoted  to American and Jewish Ideals
B'NAI B'RITH DANCE SUNDAY
Final rehearsals have been com¬ pleted tor Q punch-packed, fun- flUod program which will be given at the B'nal B'rith paid-up mem¬ bership dance this Sunday at the Jewish Center, from 9 to 12 p. m. Chuck Selby and his orchestra will be on deck. .
The top talent of Columbus will provide gueata wfth songs, dancing and comedy. There will be solos, novelty numbers and specialty dancing. Jimmy Naulty and Doro-
' Dorothy Bloom
thy Bloom, popular dance veterans, will give their specialty numbers.
The show will be MC'd by Larry Kent who is famoua for his spark¬ ling wit and humor. Ralph Rosen¬ bloom, in charge ¦ of decorations, has been hard at work preparing decorations with the shipboard theme.
The Joint dance la' free to all paid-up members of B'nal B'rith and thoir escorts. . p'ree refresh¬ ments will be served.
JOINT COMMITTEE WILL INVESTIGATE CARE OF AGED
Brandels Camp Graduate Miss Arlene Laub Is presenting the last check to Mr. I.ouls Boynr, chairman of the Brandels Felloiv- ship banket, which brought' the total raised to over $100,000, thus enabling hundreds of scholarships to be given to qualified youth
leaders throughout the U.8.A. and Canada.
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"Every city, college and youth organization in the nation will now be able to qualify for scholarships to the Brandels Camp Institute, as a result of the $100,000 raised tonight", announced Mr, Louis H. Boyar, chairman of the Brandeia Campaign Committee to an outstanding gathering of 600 leading citizens of the Los Angeles Jewish community assembled at the Brandeia Fellowship banquet Sunday, February 17.
Council Women to Celebrate 35th Birthday in Circus Style at Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Council's super circus gets underway Wednesday, 1 p. m., at the Deshler-Wallick "Big Top."
The circus theme is featured as the Council of Jewish Women cele¬ brates Its 38th birthday—35 years of outstanding servloe In this country and abroad..
During the more than a quarter of a century of existence, theae services have met the needs of the ever-changing American scene under leadership of the following presidents: Mesdames Nathan—Simrtble, Lawrence LoWenstcln, Jerome Kohn, Robert Lfivy, Simon Lazarus, Harry Goldberg, William Schlff, Meyer Hoffman, Mark Feinknopf, Robert Blashek, >I. J. Papurt and Jack Resler, Incumbent, president.
From the moment guests step in¬ side the "Big Tent," things will be¬ gin to happen. In charge of the "Refreshment Stand" will be Mrs. Ben Kahn and her committee: Mrs. Sam Rosenfeld, Mrs. WUlard Levin and Mrs. Bernard MindUn. Their pliws for a "tbree-riftg luncheon" with circus decorations prevailing sound stupendous- Then comes tbe Big Parade, com¬ plete with clowns, animals, band and all the hoopla of a real circus. Who knowB—you might e^n-«|« a past president frisking about as a clown, or riding an elephant.
Side shows galore will surround the "circus groundw" and for the . show come one, come all and see Council's, work portreiyed In Jklts, songs and dances. Each act will be competing for the grand prize to be awarded by^ three Judges—authori¬ ties on circus lo*e. As they munch cotton candy and drink pink lem¬ onade. Miss Fern Sharp, columnist for tho Ohio Stote Journal and star of "Sharp Comments" on radio and TV, Mrs. Jean Qutter, society edi¬ tor of tbo Columbus Dispatch; and Mrs. Leonard Stern, fashion radio commentator and past program chairman of Council, will decide which act best deserves Council's "Oscar".
Mrs. Howard Bloom, "Ring Mas¬ ter," will crack the whip which starts the "Qreatest Show on Earth" rolling.
Mrs. Jack Resler, president, will give the alms of Counoil preceding the luncheon. For reservations call Mrs, A. K. Horowitz, 80 S. Caaslng¬ ham, DO. 4414, and asure yourself a "Big Time under the Big Topi" Bring the most tax stamps ahd win a prize. HUBRYI HURRY! HUBBYil
Harry Schwartz, Ben Yenkin and i Riciiard J. Abel, presidents re¬ spectively of the Jewish Communi¬ ty Council, the Jewish Welfare Federation and the United Jewish Fund, have announced the appoint¬ ment of a Joint Committee on the Care of the Aged to study all phases of the needs of Jewish older persona. The Executive Committee of the Jewish Community Council and the Boards of the other agen¬ cies have agreed that there is a need to examine the probleifis fac¬ ing the increasing number of*older persons.
Presidents Abel, Yenkin and Sch¬ wartz are hopeful thn* 'hf? Commit¬ tee will develop rec >iiimendatlons for improvement In the use of existing services and for the deve¬ lopment of new services.
The Committee will study the re¬ sources available In the general community through public assist¬ ance programs, hospitals and rest homes. Within the Jewish com¬ munity it will study the use by older persons of the services of the Jewish Welfare Federation, Jewish Center and the Home for the Aged
LENA HORNE SWAPS PIANO FOB ISRAEL SYMPHONY
NEW YORK CITY (AJP) — /'amed songstress Lena Home will aet out to conquer Israel's audiences next May, but she'll leave her piano behind and instead offer blues renditions with — the laraell Symphony Crcheatra!
The unusual arrangement came to light late last week.' Mias Home, the latest in a growing number of talented Negro per¬ formers to tour Israel, will return to Parts following her en¬ gagements In major cities throughout the Jewish State.
Hazel Scott, another top-notch performer, recently returned ¦ from a record sweep of larael.
project. It Is hoped that all organi¬ zations will cooperate In the study. In a joint statement, the three prealdents stated: "The Joint Com¬ mittee on the Care ot the Aged will present to the Jewish com¬ munity a statement o} the facts re¬ garding the situation facing older persona within the Jewish popula¬ tion of Coiumbus. These facts wlH be based on examination of the number of Jewish people who fall in the group of those 60 to 66 years
and older and who require services. We hope to be able to Inform tbe community regarding all the re.*- sources which are available; med¬ ical care, suitable living arrange¬ ments, economic assistance, recre¬ ational -opportunities, case work and counselling services, psychia¬ tric treatmeiit, eto. Wc will be very happy if we con throw light on the question as to how many Jewish people In Columbus would find a, (continaed on pace 4)
LOCAL SISTERHOODS MEET AT AGUDAS ACHIM MAR. lltli.
Mrs. Abe A. Wolman, president of Agudas Achim Sisterhood, is happy to announce the'joint meet¬ ing of the five local Sisterhoods will be held Tuesday, Mar. 11, 1 p. m., in the social hall of the A. A. Synagogue.
Agudas Achim Sisterhood will be hostess at a dessert luncheon to the
¦yifereth Israel, Rose E. Lazarus, Ahavas Sholom and Beth Jcicob Sis¬ terhoods.
The program will have as guest speaker, Mr. Jay Vogelbaum, Eng¬ lish Instructor at Ohio gtate Uni¬ versity. His interesting and varied educational background, both in America  and   Continental   Europe,
will prove him well qualified as speaker.
' Mrs. Max Zlskind will present several vocal selections. She will accompany herself on the piano.
The afternoon promises to be en¬ tertaining and informative. Mem¬ bers and frienda of the Slaterhood are moat cordicUly welcome
UJA's Annual DHve Opens With Gifts  Totaling $11,341,000
MIAMI BEACH, FLA., (Special) —The largest sum ever given to launch a nationwide drive of the United Jewish Appeal was contrib¬ uted here last Sunday as gifts tot¬ alling $11,341,000 poured in at a closing session of tlie UJA's Nat¬ ional Inaugural Conference to formally open tbe Appeal's 19B2 campaign for aid to Israel, dis¬ tressed Jews overseas, and refugees entering the U. S.
This record contribution of gifts, which keynoted tho opening of UJA Jewish Appeal campaign activity In 6,000 communities througout the ¦country, exceeded by $1,191,000 the sum given here one year ago when $10,160 000 came forward at a slmH lar launchjna of a UJA campaign.
Edward M. M. Worburg, General Chairman of the United Jewlah Ap¬ peal, who presided at the session attended by more than 600 Jewish leaders from communities in 41 states, hailed establishment of this new record in indiviiiifal and corp¬ orate giving to the UJA as "another great demonstration by American Jews of their utmost concern for human life and human liberty."
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, ExeCu- tlvq vlce-chairnian of the UJA, termed the $11,341,000 contributed here "a remarkable beginning In this year's drive of the United Jew¬ ish Appeal to raise $161,600,000 and thereby to help assure victory for Israel as she fights her'second war of independence — this time for econpmic Independence."
The UJA   Executive • vice-chair¬
man stressed that the record sum contributed today constitutes "a first re-Inforcement for the new State as she fights this grim war of economic survival."
He urged American Jews to fol¬ low this action "with the kind of generosity that con help the United Jewish Appeal achieve by June 30, two thirds or $100,000,000 of its $161,800,000 goal."
The more thaii 600 communal leaders bailed  especially the con¬
tributions of a number of men and women whose outstanding gifts helped set the Appeal's all-time record for the launching of a nat¬ ionwide campaign, These included:
Abraham Levitt and Sons, Wil¬ liam and Alfred, New York, $280,- 000.
William Rosenwald, Mrs. Adele R. Levy, Mrs. Marlon R. Ascoll, and families. New York, for more than $200,000.
Mrs.   FelUc   M.   Warburp,   New
York, a pcrapnal gift of $160,000.
The Blaustein family group, Baltimore, Md., $160,000.
Mrs. Louis Altschui on behalf of the Altschui Foundation, New York, $160,000,
Robert and Saul ScbUf, New York and Cohimbug, O, |IS0,000.
Jack D. Weller and Ben Swig, New York>*nd San Francisco, more than $100,000.
Jpseph Chemer, Washington, D. C, $100,000.
SPECIAL MEETING OF UNITED JEWISH FUND MARCH 9
Oinsburgh
Richard J. Abel, chairman of the Ohio Regional CJonference of the United Jewish Appeal and presl dent of the local United Jewish Fund, has announced that reaerva tions are.coming in for an import¬ ant meeting to ^e held at the Desh ler-WallIck Hotel Sunday, March 9 from 10 a. m. through 3 p. m., feat uring a luncheon to be addressed by two outstanding speakers. Brig¬ adier General A. Robert Ginsburgh and Judd L. Tellir. The meeting will be attended by leaders and workers of Jewish communities of Ohio. All workers and contributors of the United Jewish Fund. of Co lumbus will be welcome. Reserva¬ tions may be mode by writing the UJF at the Jewish Center, 112B Col¬ lege Ave., or by phoning DO. 6268
Brig. Gen. Ginsburgh, USAF, dis¬ tinguished soldier (or 2S years, with outstanding service In the South-
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