Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1954-04-30

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VOL. 82, No. 18
OOLVMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1054
Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals
MRS. BEN KAHN NEW PRESIDENT OF GJW
Mrs. Maxwell J. Papurt will In¬ stall the Incoming president and pew board members at Tuesday's meeting of tho Columbus Section, ffational Counoil of Jewish Women, which will be at 1 p. m., at Wind¬ ing Hollow Country Club.
The incoming president is Mrs. Ben Kalin, who Is well known for hor many and varied civic activl¬ tlea. She is co-chairman of the Women's Diviaion of the UJF this year, and .has served as its- vice-president, Is out-going firat vice-president of CJW, and haa. aerved on the board in various capacities, is a member of the Je\Ylsh Conter Board, Hlllel Board and a member of Women's B'nai B'rith, Hadassah, Roao' E. Xaz- arus Sisterhood and Temple Israel.
OTHER BOARD members and officers who will be Installed with Mrs. Kahn include; Mesdames Ir¬ win Wolf, Harry Schwartz, David Gerstenfeld, Sidney Putchat, Allen Myers, Theodore Simpson, Harry Cutler, David Siriten, Harold Mon¬ ctt, Arthur Jacobs, Norbert kru¬ ger, Marvin Frank, Milton Parker, Simon Berg and Roy J. Stone.
Norman Nadel, theatre coluninlst for the Columbus Citizen, will speak on "Broadway 19M." Mr. Nadel Is appreciated for his fine evaluation of the theater and con¬ cert world.
Mra. Harry Polster will give the opening prayer
EVERY MEMBER who brings a little bundle .of tax stamps will be awarded a surprise gift in return.
Mrs. Wlllard Levin ha^ planned a delightful tea to follow the iti- stoUation and Mr. Nadel's speech.
There will be a sale of articles made by the blind which will be in charge of Mrs. Ed Gailen.
Anyone who needs transporta¬ tion is urged to contact Council's president, Mrs. Bernard Feltllnger, DO. 5096, or Mrs. Ben Kahn, EX. 44S2.
UJA's National Chairman To Spealc at UJF Dinner
At the enthufllewtlo Board meeting held recently,^ weis agreed that the men's anntioJ Special Oi/ts dinner would be held at the Ulnding Hollow Country Club Tuesday evening, May 11. It was announced that Sol lAiokman, national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, and outstanding Jewish communal leader of Cincinnati, ^U be the featured speaker. Mr. Luolonan, who served for many years as president of the Jewish Welfare Fund of Onclnnati, Ih a member of the "high command" team In the 1954 drive of the UJA.
Arc IV Card Party Thursday Night
There are seven Columbus Arcs affiliated with the Council for Re¬ tarded Cliildren. Three are in the process of being formed. Arc IV is one of the most recent additions, having received ita charter on Feb. 3. It is the first one in Oolumbus to Im comprised of ail Jewiah younc women.
The group's first maior fund- raiains projeot ia a card party next Thursday. 8 p. m., at the Jewish Center, and all proceeds will go to the Council (or ita achool program.
Currently, four claasea are being conducted at the Flrat Community Church and the new Health Center.
BETH JACOB BANQUET
The mother-daughter inatallatlon banquet at Beth Jacob Synagogue will be held Wednesday, May 19, 6 p. m.
CANTOR MEISEL8
Annual Banquet at Broad St. Temple
Annual election and Installation banquet of Temple Tifereth Israel Congregation will be held Sunday, 6:30 p. m., In tho social hall of Broad St. Temple.
Herman M. Katz, outgoing presi¬ dent, will report the progress of his two years of voluntary service, and Rabbi Nathan Zelizer will install the following officera who will be elected that evening:
Louis Schlezlnger, president; David Goldsmith, 1st vice-prcsi* dent: Fred M. Roland, 2nd v-p; Morris Feuerlicht, treaa., "Mid Mor¬ ris  Swedlow, sec'y.
Por Board of Trustees: Bernard Feitllnger, Harry Getz, Joaeph Kass, Charles Mars"l|«, Martin J. Polater, Irving Roth, Herman M. Kntz, Charles Soiomon, William Wasserstrom,  Aaron  Zacks.
For members of the Board: Mor¬ ris Polster, cliairman, cemetery committee; Ira Monroe, chairman, and Reuben Abramson, co-chair¬ man. Board of Education; Samuel Melton and Ralph Coljey, co-chair¬ men -library committee.
Mrs. Fred M. Roland, president¬ elect of T. I. Sisterhood; Mrs. Jack Schilling, vice-president; Hy H. Weinberg, president of T. 1. Men's Club.
Dr. Harry W. Topoioalty, former vice-president of tho Temple, will be toastmaster. The dinner Is un¬ der the supervision of Charles Marguils, Fred M. Roland and Lawrence W. Pointer. Following the installation and the business of the evening wili be a presentation of Hebrew and Anglo- Jewish musical selections by Can¬ tor and Mra. Saul Meiaels.
Cantor Melsels, who is now in charge of music at the Cleveland Heights Temple, Is world famous for the many liturgical records that he haa produced. His knowledge of Jewish folklore and liturgical cofn- positlons Is vast and hlS' beautiful voice Is' well suited to interpret tlie musical genuis of tho Jewish people to the modem Jew. A pro¬ gram under the direction of Cantor and Mrs. Melsels should prove In¬ spiring and educational.
Mr. Luckman is now chairman of the board of the Cincinati Jew¬ ish Welfare Fund, vice-president of the Local Jewish Colilmunity Council, and a member of the board of United Jewish Social A- genciea of Cincinnati. He also serves on the National boards of the United Israel Appeal and the United Service For New Ameri¬ cans, and is a lioard member of the East Central Region of the Joint Distribution  Committee.
Several   years  ago   Mr,   Luck¬ man waa one of a group of A- merioan Jewlah   communal   and bualness   leaders   invited   to   Is¬ rael by Premier David Ben Our- ion to help the new atate faahion a long range program for solving itii  critical-eeonomlo  problems. Reservations   are   already   being made for {he men's dinner. It waa agreed   that  the  men's  Campaign Cabinet would serve as hosts to the guests at the dinner. Members of Uie Cabinet are aa follows: Herb- (contlnued on pare »
Israel Independence Day Celebration
A special program commemorat¬ ing the sixth annual Israeli Inde¬ pendence Day will bo held Sunday, 8 p. m., at the B'nai B'rith Millel Foundation, 46-16th Ave. The event will feature an Israeli- American student panel, a photo¬ graph exhibition, an Israeli film and a performance by the HUlel folk dancers.
The exhibition is from a private collection of Louis Goldman of New York. Goldman, a noted pho¬ tographer, has captured the pic¬ turesque aspects of Israel and her people in this collection.
The program will also feature the film, "Break of Day," a story of foi immigrant family in Israel, of a father who was ^J^ost broken in the struggle agallin the odds, and of a son who grew up overnight to save him from failure.
ItfR. SOL LUCKMAN
Speaker May 11
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Ivreeyoh-Society has Special Meeting
Ivre^oh Society's regular meet¬ ing Wednesday, 1 p. m., at the Jewish Center, wiil be in the form of a mother-daughter tea.
A program of entertainment will be hightlighted by the appearance of Jerry Melmed, who recently won high honora for his violin playing in the district and state contests. Jerry will be accompanied by Wal¬ ter Cory.
Another feature will be the vocal duet of Barbara Cohen and her mother, Mra. Morris Cohen, in honor of Mother's Day.
Opening prayer Wednesday will be given by Mrs. Jay Barnett.
Mother's Day Party For Golden Agers
The Golden Age Club's annual Mother's Day program wili be at the Center Wednesday, 8 p. m., with several popular performers from the local community to en¬ tertain.
Alex Clowson will sing songs ap¬ propriate to the occasion; Dr. B. W. Abramson will relate humorous readings from the Sholem Aleich¬ em stories; the Young Foilts Tem¬ ple League, under Dave Forman's direction, will do several Israeli songs and dances, and Mrs. Renee Meer will lead the Club in group singing and dancing.
Myron Trope will takp color movies of the festive evening.
Hostesses will include the daugh¬ ters and daughtera-in-law of Gol¬ den Age Club membera.
Ftor further Information, con- coming transportation, too, cail Charlotte Mentser, DO. 6801. Bus transportation will resume, as In the paat, atarting at 7»S0 p. m., at usual stops.
MOTHER-DAUGHTER TEA
Councllettes' final meeting of the year Is Sunday, May 9, 2 ^. m., at the Jewish' Center. A ^^lothe'r- daughter tea program is planned and installation of officers for the coming year will bo held.
CANTOR KATZ
Zionists to Celebrate Israel Anniversary
On Saturday, May 8, 8 p. m., at the Jewish Center, the Columbua Jewish community will mark the sixth anniversary of the establish¬ ment of the State of Israel with an unprecedented celebration.
David Galser, president of the Columbus Zionist District, an¬ nounced that to make the cele¬ bration community-wide and as big a success as possible, the follow¬ ing organizations have joined the Dfctrict:
Hadassah, Mizrachi Men, Mizra¬ chi Women, B'nai B'rith Men's Lodge, B'nai B'rith Women's Chap¬ ter, Pioneer Group 1, Pioneer Group 2 and the Ferband.
PRESIDENTS OF THE collab¬ orating organizations, Mrs. S. A. Timen, Phillip Wolman. Mra. Cy Tanenbaum. Saul Sokol, Mrs. Mel Furman, Mrs. Joe Welner, Mrs. David Paine and Morris Horwitz, have ail promised enthusiastic co¬ operation to make the evening festive with music, refreshmenta, the presence of notables from the state and city government, and eloquent'but brief .speeches.
The feature attraction of the evening will be the world famous Cantor Sholom Katz, whose magic voice and beautiful singing even ctiarmed his brutal Nazi captors who spared his life on account of It and ultimately allowed blm to escape the concentration camp he was ,in. In Rumania. ¦ CANTOR KATZ IS coming to Columbus to help celebrate the an¬ niversary of the founding of the State of Israel In a repeat per¬ formance by popular reqaesL He waa here before, in 19S0.
Cantor Katz will appear in his large repertoire of religious and folk muaic which haa made blm famoua in the synagogue of A- meric4 and on the concert atage. He will be accompanied by the well-known Columbua pianiat, Au- gnata Frank.
To judge by the glowing press notices of Cantor Katx'a peiform- oncea, no one in the Oolumbus Jew¬ ish community should be abaent from the celebration of the aixth (Mntlaotfd oa pare »
Atlilete-Scholar Award to be Made at Mother's Day Program
Mothers will be tho guests of honor at B'nai B'rith's Family Night celebration on Mother's Day, May B, 8:30 p. m., at the Jewish Center.
While the mothers sit in the aud¬ ience and enjoy the show, the the Younger ' Set — representing the B'nai B'rith Girla and AZA— will preaent'' pmt^^niiii i^ta. Both groupa are biiijf with rebeara- ala,   according   to   the   respective
presidents, Roberta Dworkin and Benson Wolman.
Brief reports of their organiza¬ tions' activities for the year wlil be made by both presidents.
As another highlight of the eve¬ ning, Zion Lodge 62 of B'nai B'rith will present ita annual Athlete- Scholar award to the high achool student who bas been an outatand¬ ing athlete wltb a high scholastic istandard (or the pat;st aeason. It la
a coveted honor and the winner (or winnera) will not be revealed until the. night of May 9.
Program chairmen (or the Lodge and Chapter, Dr. Bernard Mlndlin, Mrs. Morrey Tarpov ^d Mm. Ralph Bobei, are co-operating with the B'nai B'rith Vouth OrSaUiitar tion In preparing tintertalninent Mrs. Maurfce Saohs and Richard Grundatein represent BB'fO, Mrs. Ike Cohen is the Chapter advisor
for BBO and Saul Kaufman Is the Lodge Advisor (or AZA.
Preceding the program, Mrs. Al¬ bert Blank, newly-installed presi¬ dent of B'nai B'rith Women, and Saul Sokol, Lodge president, will coi;duct very brief business meet¬ ings. 'The men will have their seeond opportunity to make (ur- tber nominatibna from the (lobr (or new officera, wbo will be elect¬ ed at the May 26 meeting.
The very laat part of any eve¬ ning can be trusted to no one but; mother. So at that time, mother: will jetum to the kitchen to pre¬ pare tasty refreshments. But ainca you wili aerye her brealifaat in bed' that day, and then take her out to dinner be(ore iiringlng ber to the Center to apend the evening with her (amily and (rienda, ahe vfU (eel that baking goodies will bo the end o( a perfect day.