Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1954-01-22

              All iKiniMgiuul &  HisLuruat
Mu.iciim
N. Hljih St. at 15lh—1
IjW// Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \jf^
VOU S2, No. 4
CX)I-ITMBII8, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY  22, 1854
Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals
ZIONISTS START
MEMBERSHIP
CAMPAIGN
Dave Galser, president of the Co¬ lumbus Zionist District, announced the Initiation of the membership drive of the Columbus Zionist Dis¬ trict. He would like to urge all members who have not yet paiti their dues to be sure and do so. He emphasized that membership of a strong Zionist Movement is essen¬ tial if the State of Israel ia going to get the American backing It de¬ serves in its efforta for peace In the Middle Eaat
Following are the solicitors who will approach both old and new prospects. Mr. Galser urges all to extend them every cooperation poa¬ aible. The solicitors;
Williajn Giveta (chairman), Harry Beckman, Jack Gilbert, Fred M. Levi, Dr. A. H. Kantor.
Norman Mathleas, David Paine, Jack Schlff, Rudolph Stem, Fred Yenkin, Mitchell Cohen.
Maurice Chanls, Ernest Deutsch, Abe Jacobsdn, Dr. B. T. Mlndlin.
Fred Roland,. Harry Schwartz, Jack Sher, Ben Tenkln.
RABBI ARTHUR LELYVELD TO BE GUEST OF HILLEL AND B'NAI B'RITH GROUPS
PTC Panel tp Meet Next Wednesday
"How Much Religious Educa¬ tion?" will be the topic of a panel discussion presented by the Par¬ ent-Teacher Oouncil at Its next meeting Wednesday at Temple Is¬ rael.
. Mr. Leonard Stern will be the moderator, of the panel and the participants will include Mrs. Rob¬ ert Greene, mother of a youngster in tho Religious School; Mr. Allan Tarshish, a' member of the Board "of Directors of the Temple, and Monty Sher, a member of the Re¬ ligious  School  Confirmation  Claas.
Recently, there has been much diacufislon on how much religious education should be taught ¦ in the Religious Schools In the public schools In    the    independent
schools,  and  the  members  of   the (oontlnaiNl  on page 4)
RABBI   ZELIZER
At JWV Sabbath
RabbI Nathan Zelizcr, spiritual leader of Broad St Temple and State Chaplain of Ohio Jewish War Veterans, will deliver the sermon at the annual Capitol Poat 122 Sdfe- bath services Friday, Jan. 29, 8 p, m., at Brood St Temple.
Othera participating on the pro¬ gram In various capacities are laa¬ dore Zeldin as cantor, opening prayer by Howard Schoenbaum, re¬ sponsive reading by Dave Pastor, remarks by Commander Mel Fur¬ man and cloalng prayer by Henry Finke.
Program chairman "Iz" Zeldin and hla cojnmlttee urge every JWV member, aa well as the eqtlre com¬ munity, to attend and bring a friend to acquaint them with the program as set up by national headquarters.
Refreahments will be served by the JWV Auxiliary in the social hall of the Temple, following the services.
Sunday
Rabbi Arthur .1. Leiyveld, national director o f B'nai B'rilh Hillel foundations, will be honored at a buffet supper Sunday, .5:.')0 [). m., at the local foundation.
RabbI lyclyvold will officially be¬ gin tho Foundation's "Religion In Life" WfM,'i< program, when he .spoalta Sunday on "Thirty Years of National Hlllel."
A speclal musical and dramatic program featuring student mem¬ bers of the foundation will bo pre¬ sented  after tiie supper.
Rabbi IjClyveld served as execu¬ tive director and national vice- chairman of the Committee on Unity for Palestine of the Zionist Organization of America. He is founder of National Federation of Temple Youth.
RABBI LELYVELD
Tuesday
Zion Lodge (i2, B'nai B'rith, will have the disting¬ uished Rabbi Arthur J. Leiy¬ veld as guest speaker for the lodge's annual Hillel Night Tuesday at the Center.
Rttbbl I.*lyveld is national di¬ rector of B'nai B'rith HlUel foun¬ dations.
Other lilghllghts Tuesday Include performances by the Hillcl choir and dance group, with the latter presenting colorful Israeli dances.
Maater of ceremonies will be RabbI Harry Kaplan, director of the HUlel l'"oundatlon at Ohio State.
The joint meeting of B'nai B'rith men and women will start at 8:30 p. m.. with a social hour and re¬ freshments marlcing tiie end of this annual Hillcl Foundation Night.
Dr. Harvey Goldberg to be Guest Speaker for Brandeis Women's Luncheon Wednesday
B'NAI  B'RITH  (ilRLS SPONSOR  BAKE  .SALE
B'nai B'rith Girls will sponsor a bake saile at Sosltin's Drugs this Sunday, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Next regular meeting of BBG will be Feb. 3, 8 p. m., af the Cen¬ ter.
Final plana for the annual mem¬ bership luncheon of the Columbus Chapter, NaUonal Women's Com¬ mittee of Brandeis Unlvprsity, dis¬ close the news that Dt. Harvey Ooldberg will be the guest speaker.
Dr. Goldberg is a member of the Department of History at Ohio State University and one of tho most popular faculty members of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Center.
His subject for the Brandeis meeting will be "The Spirit of Brandeis."
The event is Wednesday, 12:30 p. m., at the Jewish Center.
The Brandeis Women's Commit¬ tee is a unique organization. In that It holds only the one annual meeting. Membera loolt forward to thla gathering every January, where they can learn the iateat de¬ velopment of thla fast-growing in-
DR. GOLDBERG
stitution.
Election of officers and t>oard members will also take place Wed¬ neaday. Mra. Philip M. Meyers of Cincinnati, a National vice-presi¬ dent of the Women's Oommittee, will inatall newly-elected personnel. Other participants on the program will be Mrs. Allen Gundersheimer, Sr., Mrs. Sanford Tlmen and Mra. Herbert Wise.
THE COLUMBUS chapter ranks very high with others over the country in its 'contribution to the university, and shares tho excite¬ ment of the new Library Wing.
Mr. L/Juls Schrojber. Brandeis Librarian, made a very Important statement loolilng toward the future. He said: "A college library can bo a limited endeavor, a uni¬ versity library dare not. For under¬ graduates It la sufficient if it con- tcontinuiMl   un  paK^    ^^
Library Fund Established in Name of Dr. and Mrs. EJ. Gordon
At tho Community Service Rec¬ ognition Dinner, reported else¬ where in thfs Issue, Community Service Awards were also present¬ ed by .Jack Schiff. toastmaster, to Mrs. E. J. Gordon, for her many community activities and specifi¬ cally for her work aa founder and chairman of lhe "671 Shop," and to Dr, E. J. ,Gordon, for his con¬ tributions to the Columbua com¬ munity as scholar, educator, phy¬ sician and philanthropic leader.
In addition, Edward Schlezlnger, on behalf of the community, pre- aent€>d to Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Gor-
Monthly Social For "I Do" Group
Married couplea can treat them¬ selves to an evening of fun and laughter by attending the next volleyball-square dance party, sponaored by the "I Do Club," Sun¬ day, Jan. 31, 8:30 p. m., at the Cen¬ ter.
Square dancea will be called by Mayer Roaenfeld, Center E^^ecutlve Director.
Refre8hm.ents will be served by the following hosts and,«ho8teaaea: Sam and Mandy Stellmaji, Is and Florence Gurevitz, Leo and Lee Mastbaum, Sam and Sonny Gure- vtU."
don a check for $1,000 as the firat i contribution from some of Ihelr friends and admirers, thut* HUirthig the Dr. and Mrs. K. J. Gordon Li¬ brary Fund.
The Fund will now be a con- tlnuou.s activity to which other frlenda may wiah lo contribute from time to time. Contrlbutiona may .be sent to the Jewiah Centt-r, The purpose of the Fund is to pur¬ chase books aiiid maintain "The Jewish  Center  Library."
In making the Community Serv¬ ice Awards, Jack Schlff gave the following citations:
MRS. REVA GORDON, haa tak¬ en _the Initiative and haa been very active in many communal and charit,able activities. The greatest Interest, however, and one to which she gave unstinted aervice and de¬ votion, ia her concern for the wel-- fare and integration of. New A- mericans. It took someone of her capacity for sympathy aii'd under¬ atandlng to make the victims of Nazism feel at home In our city and help them become self-sustain¬ ing and useful member? of Qur community. She supervlaed the "571 Shop," a vocational training project for newcomers to our city for nearly 12 yeara, and visited it almost every day.
"She kept In close contact with the   work   of   the   Jewish   Family
Service, thf Jewiah Center and the Council of Jewish Women in that organization'^ efforts to help refu¬ gees and the foreign-born general¬ ly. She ts a mernber of the National Board uf the United Service for New Americana und was first vice- president of the Columbus Co- ordln,ating Committee for Refu¬ gees. Like her distinguished hus¬ band, Dr. Gordon, ahe doea not confine her intureats and activities to Jewlah organizationa or Jewlah causes alone.
"SHE IS A member o^the Wom¬ en's Board of the Children's Hoa¬ pltal; she Is a member of the A- morlcan Cancer Society, Columbus Philharmonic  Association,   Foreign
Music Month Theme
For Hadassah's
Oneg Shabbot
Senior' Hadaaaah Is Inviting members and frlenda to celebrate Jewish Muaic Month at an Oneg Shabbot today (Saturday), 2 p. m., at the honie of Mrs. A. E. Katz, leo S. Roosevelt Ave.
Mrs. Mayer Rosenfeld, chairman, hoa aaked Mr. Marvin Josolowitz of the Center staff and Mra. Rob- bert   Markowitz,   director   of   the
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Policy Aasociation, Gallery, of Fine Arta, Emergency Oommittee for Atomic Science. Ohio Aasociation for the Blind, the Urban League, Women'a Auxiliary of the Colum¬ bua Academy of Medicine, Frank¬ lin County Historical Society; ahe ia a charter member of Freedom Houae of New York.
"For this long record of service and devotion and for being such a sterling representative of Colum¬ bua Jewish Women, Reva Gordon, we are deeply grateful and are very happy to award the Com¬ munity Service Award In token of our admiration and appreciation."
"DR, E. J. GORDON is one of our stuteameii. Hia achievements as Profeaaor of Medicine and Di¬ rector of Dispensaries at Ohio State University Medical College, have gained him the love and re¬ spect of hla profeaaion far beyond the confinea of Ohio. He waa singled out by l^me Magazine aa one of the aucceaaful experlmcn- tors in the treatment of certain typea of anemia. He has always been regarded by hia 'students and hla coUeaguea aa one of the great bearera of both the humane and scientific traditlona of medicine. During World Waf I, he aerved in the Army Medical Corps and roao to the rank of Aiajor. Later, tie waa raised   to   the   rfink   of   lieutenant
colonpl in the Medical Corps Re¬ serve and in command of U. S. General Hoapltal  #99.
"He is a member of the A- raerlcan Association for the Ad¬ vancement of Science, the Emer¬ gency Council of Atomic Energy Scientiala. American Academy of Political Science, American Aaao¬ ciatlon of Unlveralty Profeasora, the National Foreign Policy Asso¬ ciation, the National Council for Democracy, and a charlEer member of the Freedom House in New York, not to mention his partlclpa- (oonttnaed on paice    6)
Sales-Tax Party For A. A. Sisterhood
Sales-tax stamps ItlOO worth, or $3 ca;ih> w"l be admission price to Agudas Achlm Sisterhood's cock¬ tail party and dance Sunday, Feb. 7, 8 p. m. to midnight. In the syna¬ gogue's social hall.
Mrs. Irving S. Cohen is chair¬ man of sales tax, and Mrs. Wm. Roaen is fund-Vaising chairman, and they have lined up many at¬ tractions toward making Feb. 7 a fun-full evening.
Mrs. Nathan Nedelman and Mrs. Dan Feder are chairmen of gala decorations, ably assisted by Mes- (contlnned an page K>