Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1957-04-19

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Vol. 35, No. f6
COLUMBUS. OHIO. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1957
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Oavofvd to Amarlean «nd Jawlth Idgall
General Solicitation Group In First Phase of Campaign
Thursday will sec the start of the Oenorar Solicitations Division drive tor the 1967 United Jewish Fund. On that night will be four vital mcetine:B for the active workers of the . very Important segment of the local campaign. They arc the workers^tho heart of tlie campaign—those who do thi^'^ actual   plugging,    the   "leg
worH." the persuading.
In order to achieve this year's tremendous goal, they arc getting together at four separate meet¬ ings, at the Jewish Center, Tem¬ ple Israel, Temple Tifereth Israel and Agudas Achim Synagogues, to Icam the facts and present meeds of the world emergency and the responsibilities that have
Left to right are Aaron ^oks, Mrs. Sam Altman, guest speaker Mrs. Katherine Falk, Mn* Shnon lazorus and Mrs. Harry Getz, shown ftt'fhe home of Mrs: Altman, hostess for a United Jewish Fund meeting In Athens, 0.» April 7.
ATHENS GROUP REACHES NEW CAMPAIGN HEIGHTS FOR UNITED JEWISH FUND
A new and exciting UJIT group has been organi2ed in Athens, O-, under the able leadership of Mr. and Mrs, Sam Altman of that city.
Now known as the Ooluhibus Branch Group, or the "Valley Branch." it includes people of Athens and surrounding areas. They met Sunday, April 7. together with a Columbus delegation, at the hpme Q^ Mr. and Mrs. Altman,'who were hosts at a buffet dinner.
Highlight of the evening waa an address by Mrs. Katherine Falk of Cambridge, Mass., who presented an informative and moving story of overseas needs of oppressed Jews. An exciting aura wEis created; the response to tho campaign needs was both gener¬ ous and heart warming. It was a memorable affair,
Mr. Zack^ campaign chairman, said of the meeting; "This Is one of the most wonderful exper¬ iences I have had as campaign chairman. It is to be hoped that this group will form a pattern to be adopted in other out-of-town areas near Columbus, so that we may become better acquainted with our neighbors and create a stronger bond — worlsing to¬ gether toward greater accomp¬ lishment in a common purpose."
At the meeting April 7 were:
jerold Altman, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Altman. Mr. and Mra. Char¬ les Epstein, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Goldberg, Mr. and Mrs, Robert A. Harris, Mrs. Clyde Ingels.
Mrs. Earl Levine, Harry Mag- gied, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Hag¬ gled, Mra. Sol Maggled, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mirvlss, Barney Nei- man, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Rosenberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Shacff. Max Yun- kor. Mrs. Abe Shatz, Miss Lena Spregel.
From Columbus: Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Zacks, Mrs. Simon L..az- arus, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gotz, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Yrnkin, Mr. and Mrs: Herbert 'Schiff, Mra. Joseph Schecter, Bon M. Mandel¬ korn, Mr. and Mra. Hf^rman Luckoff, Mrs. Seymour Luckoff, Mrs. David Roth.
been placed upon American Jews and, particularly those in the Co¬ lumbus community.
The meetings will be addressed by members of the Columbus rabbinate, who always whole¬ heartedly support this drive for funds and who are always the first to do their share In aiding the tremendous responsibility.
At the meetings also will be orientation of workers by top leaders ot the Fund who have been spending many days and nights preparing for ihls cam¬ paign and laying the groundwork for a successful UJF, which is always achieved in Columbus. The Columbus Jewish community has a nation-wide reputation for always doing its share in every phase of Jewish life, a reputation of always meeting its responsibi¬ lities.
The meetings arc to begin at 8 p. m.. and will be conducted by the co-chairmen of the General Solicitation Division, who are: Dr. William Engelman. Dr. Bernard Mlndlin, Sol Shaman and Martin Kaufher. They w;i]] be assisted by their  Colonels:
Louis Ackerman, David Beck¬ man, Louis Berliner; Howard Bronner, Dr. Ben Cohen, H. B. Eisenman, Herfry Finke, Dr. Ben Gertner. Leonard Hcuis, Meyer Hoffman. Sam M. Rose.
Dr. Joe Venook, Dr. Charles Young, Gerald Friedman, AI Braverman, Phillip Bradley, Dr. Mitchell .Goodman, Jerome Hack- man, Dr. Gary Kerstein, Asher Moser, Milt Pinsky.
Ben Rchmar, Mayer Rosenfeld, Sheldon Stelnhauser, Dr. S . L. Weil. Dave Rosenbaum, Mitchell Cohen, Howard Givets, Ike Coh¬ en, Martin Gold, Mel Harris, Nor¬ man Mathless.
Marvin Schlezinger, Sam Sch¬ wartz, Saul Sokol, Herbert Weyl, Bernard Yonkin. Isadore Zeidin, Sol Zeldin, Herbert Baker, Ches¬ ter Bandman, Sam Feinstein.
Louis Goofey. William Harnett, Edgar Katzenberg, Dave Pass- off, Charles Radow, Ben Seiferas, Rudolph Stern Jr., Seyman Stern. Next Wednesday, there will be a meeting at Hillel Foundation for the same purpose, which will be conducted by Jack Belzer. co- chairman and his Colonels:
Dr. Mort Alpert, Dr. Leonard , Eisner, Dr. Gerald Goldstein, Dr. Ralph Harrison. Dr. Julius Hoff¬ man, Dr. Emil Lawton. Leo E. Lipetz. Gregory Paul, Dr. Charles Schwartz. Art Westerman.
Today, as In t^very year since 1948, Israel's people are again holding their gates open to a new wave of refugees. Now in addition to the pefugees from, tension-rid¬ den Nortli Africa, have been ad¬ ded, those ffoni Egypt, Hungary ¦and Poland. Obviously tho Israeli
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Jumping for joy in the big giveaway day num- | Johnson, Judy Newpoff. SonJa Relss, Amelia Fatt.^ ber of "Finian's Rainbow" arc the above:  Pat4*y   Edith Mendelson. Ann Jones, Bonita Welch, BUly Allen, Phillip J. (Nesnowitz photo)
Final Touches on "Finian"
'The Big Affair' is Wednesday
The Women's Division of the United Jewish Fund wdll hold Its "big affair" tor contributors of $50 minimum gifts, Wednesday evening, 6:30, at the Winding Hollow Country Club. A gala eve¬ ning is planned, with a record at¬ tendance anticipated.
An original musical, "Your Help Parade," will be presented as part of the program. Written for the Young Matrons Division by Mrs. Mayer Rosenfeld and David Roth, "Your Help Parade" scored a tremendous success at its first showing recently at the Young Matrons' UJF affair.
The speaker for tho evening vill be &. Robert Abrahami, bril¬ liant industrialist who has been a key figure In the vast Lachlsh development program In Israel. While serving as administrative director of tho Yuval-Gad Pipe Mfg.   Co.,    near    Ashkalon,    Mr.
AIR. ABRAHAAII
Abrahami shouldered tremendous responsibilities acting not only as industrial executive but as leader of a very successful immigrant absorbtion program which trans¬ formed a thousand bewildered disoriented North African refu¬ gees into skilled mechanics and technicians. His outstanding sue- after playing a leading role in the cesa in this work Is best typified by the slogan he adopted for the Yuval-Gad plant—"We produce pipes and citizens."
Brltlsh-born, an Oxford grad¬ uate, he served In the British Army during World War II. He saw action at Dunkirk - and In Burma. Coming to Israel In 1046, British Zionist movement, ho was plunged into his second^ war in five years—the War for Israel's Independence. Commisaioned as a Major, he was commanding offl-
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By AL LUSSHKIM
Gallery Players' eagerly-await¬ ed showing of "Finian's Rain¬ bow." tho great Broadway suc¬ cess (never before presented in Columbus), offers an evening of unforgettable enjoyment to everyone who loves a lively musi¬ cal show brimful of catchy tunes and folk songs, fantastic group and aolo dancing, of merriment and laughter—all woven into a romantic tale of love and adven¬ ture.
Even now it is a thrill to watch rehearsals and see the show de¬ velop and mature, offering al¬ ready now two weeks before the opening performance and without benefit of stage settings and cos¬ tumes a feast for eyes and ears.
After various units of the large cast had originally rehearsed separately (at the Jewish Center, the Spring St. "Y" and the Beatty Center), the show has by now reached tho stage of integration. The pieces have been put togeth¬ er, hinged and welded into unity by Director Don Quayle, working in close harmony with musical director PhlUp Fradkin and choreographer  Magda  Blue.
Amongst the actors, singers and dancers are gifted -pt-'ople from all over the city, welcome guests from various dramatic and musical organizations. Their edu¬ cational background stories and their past accomplishments point out a vast riNScrvoir of talent in ColumbU.'l which, huwever, rarely finds such an ideal opportunity uf working together in harmon¬ ious coordination for the sake of art as Gallery Players have of¬ fered with their challenging pro¬ ject of staging "Finian's Rain¬ bow."'
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To spotlight just a few of the able performers;
Chief adversary of the genial Irishman Flnian McLonergan (David Woehrle of WBNS-TV) Is the selfishly obstinate and preju¬ diced Missitucky Senator Raw- kins, played by Jack MIddletin. Jack, who studies voice with Miss Jean Ellsperman, has often appeared singing and acting on the Players' Club stage as well as at Stadium Theatre. Recently while playing a leading part in the Club's production ot the Rogers and Hammerstein musical "Allegrp" he shared the stage with another popular Club mem¬ ber, Roger Alien, who is In great demand as an entertainer of many talents. In "Flnian" Roger is cost as Buzz Collins, the Sen¬ ator's secretary and "stooge."
Finian's opponents do not suc¬ ceed in grabbing the tiny piece ot land    which    the    immigrant
from Glocca Morra has purchas¬ ed and where gold hag been found, creating a wave of pros¬ perity amongst Finian's share cropper  friends.
The geologist from Washington. D. C, who has no fear of an old-fashioned southern Senator, speaks and sings through tho fine voice of Arnold firavps, well trained in church'choir and Glee Club singing.
The preacher's beautiful tenor voice belongs to Samuel Jackson. Now an engineer-designer with North American Aviation, Jack¬ son had combined his studies of engineering at Hampton College and OSU with his studies of Fine Arts at the Columbus Art School. A student of the Carter School of music, he became a soloist ap¬ pearing on many radio stations, had leading parts In numerous stage shows and musicals and sang with well-known orchestras, ranging from the classical to the spiritual and popular.
Other outstanding voices belong
to George Goodrich, whose exper¬ iences were mostly with the Sym¬ phonic Choir at OSU, arid Cliarles Rutherford, who has appeared on radio and TV. has had leading parts In "Desert Son," "Rose of JiigierB," "God's In His Heaven," and h^8 been a choir conductor for six years.
Jerry Melmed has to his credit a long list of appearances as ac¬ tor and singer In Stadium Thea¬ tre  productions.
Among the featured dtkncers are PhUlp J. Johnson who has frequently appeared on variety programs and on TV shows as a member o^ a modern dancing group, the "Rythmaires" and Billy Allen, whose great ambition Is to become a professional dan¬ cer.
Next week, due respects will be paid to the distaff side of the saw, and It is certainly going to be an even match as to talent and experience, with charm and beauty tipping the scales in favor of—gueas who?
Prof. David Spitz to Speak At Senior Hadassah Affair
On April 27, 1:30 p. m., at tho home of Mrs. Jule Mark, 3025 Dale Ave.. Prof, David Spitz will discuaa the life and wdrks of Morris Raphael Cohen. The pre¬ sentation will conclude the series, "Great Jewish Men on the Ameri¬ can Jewish Scene,." which has been presented by the Columbus Chapter oi Senior Hadasaah.
Morris Raphael Cohen waa born in :880 and died In 1947. He oame to thia country at the age of 12 and graduated from the Col-
PROF. SPITZ
lege of the City of New York. He received his PhD degree In Philosophy from Harvard,
While at Harvard he was a room mate (and later life-time friend) of Felix Frankfurter, nOw a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
As prbCceaor of Philosophy at City College, he became one of the most influential figures In the Intellectual worid, counting a- mong his friends such figures aa the British Socialist, Harold J. Laskl, and the Amerlcai> jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes. He at¬ tracted and profoundly Influenced a great number of extraordinary gifted students, many of whom today occupy posltlona In Amcrl- oon universities and In the field of law.
He published widely in scholar¬ ly and popular journals, and is known best perhaps for sucli books as Itettson and NAtiuce, Lalv and the Social Order, and The Sleaoing of Human Uiatory. He waa aiso the author of an auto¬ biographical work, A Dreamer's Journey.
Hostesses for the afternoop, Mrs. Jule Mark, Mrs. Abe Jacob- son, Mrs. Bernard Rubin, Mrs. Howard Schoenbaum, Mrs. John Gersten, Mra. Abe Shustick and Mrs. Milton Goodman, extend an invitation to all.
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