Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1957-02-15

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LJlU/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Communlly \\j/ „ ,
Vol. 35rNo. 7
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1957
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,vot«d to Amsricsn and Jawlih  Idaali
UJF LEADERS TO MEET
EXAMINING THE MERCHANDISE
Mrs. Louis Adelman, Hadassah's Hospitality chairman, and Mrs. Herbert Meizlish, Medical Center CertUloate chairman, admire the dress wom by model Jeamie Collier, to be seen durbig Hadassah's Medical Center tax stamp party to be given by Lazams Xc Co. at the Jewish Center Wednesday, Feb. 27, 8 p. m.
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Gen. Dargusch to Address Vets' Brotherhood Rally Next Week
The 67 veterans' posts of Franklin County will welcome Brig. Gen. Carlton S. Dargusch as principal speaker for the first veterans' brotherhood rally Tuesday, 8:16 p. m.. In the new Veterans Memorial building. Gen. Dargusch, a prominent attorney in Columbus, is now serving as chairman 'of the board of trustees at Ohio Stato University. During the war he was assistant to Gen. Hersboy In Washington, D. C.
Mayor Maynard E. Sensenbrenner will also extend greetings to all the veterans.
Chaplains of the three faiths will be presented and conduct the roily.
Representing the various faiths will be Fr. Clement Durbin of the Christ the King Church; Rev. Karl W. Scheufler, ot the First Methodist Church, and Rabbi Nathan Zelizer of Temple Tiferoth Israel.
The Capital University Glee Club, under direction of Wilbur Crist, will perform during the program.
Capltol Post 122, Jewlah War Veterans, will be host to Tuesday's roily. Martin Kaufher, Commander of the Post, invites all veterans, the Auxiliary and families ond friends. Veterans are requested to wear Poat caps.
The rally and program arc under the supervision of l^uia Ack¬ erman, general chairman.
IsraeVs Consul General at Excelsior Club Tomorrow
Hon. Simcha Pratt, larael'a midwestern Consul General with headquarters in Chicago, will speak in Columbus Sunday, 10 a. m., at tho Excelsior dub. A brunch has been arranged in hla honor by the Bonds for Israel Committee, Dr. Ivan Gilbert and WllUam L. Goodman, leaders, announced.
Mr. Pratt will discuss "The Meaning of our Crisis' snd analyze and interpret tho middle ei^st crisis from his special vantoge point.
At the same time, certain Columbus Congregations, which produced Important economic help for Israel through the an¬ nual High ¦ Holy  Day Bond AppoeU  will  be  honored  for  their
1956 work? They will be presented with the beautifully de¬ signed and decorated Arthur Siyk Haggadah, in recognition of their achlevementa.
Mr. Pratt, an attorney who practiced law In Tel Aviv, was a member of the Israel Defence Forces and waa wounded In action during the June, 1948 fighting.
His visit to Columbus coincides with national efforts which are focused this week-end at Miami Beach, Fla., where Eddie Cantor is being honored with a fl8th birthday celebration at the Hotel Fontoinebleu on behalf of selling the first J20,000,000 of
1957 Israel Development Bonds,
TO DETERMINE GOAL OF 1957 CAMPAIGN
ThQ United Jowlah Fund top campaign leaders will meet Thursday cvpnlng at the home of Aaron Zacktf. 140 N. Parkview Rd. Mr. Zacka la the 1957 eam- paigTV chairman. The 1057 goal of the UJF will be determined. The United Jewiah Appeal has quested the Jewlnh communities of the country to accept Its share of a $100,000,000 Emergency Ros cue Fund, ubove and beyond ita regular needs w)iich arc included in the regular campaigrn of the United   Jewish  Fund.
In 1957 the Emergency Rescue t'und was aet up to rescue 100,000 Jews in flight and in peril. The UJF board at its last meeting ap¬ proved Columbua' participation in  the  Emergency  Fund.
Highlighting the importance of the occasion and to add know¬ ledge and enlightenment on the overseas situation, Ira Hlrsch- mann of New York, nationally- known writer and authority on Israel, special advisor to the State Department and United Na¬ tions official, will appear in be¬ half of the United Jewish Appeal. Heading up aome of the most important Middle-Eastern mis¬ sions undertaken by this govern¬ ment during the last 11 years, Hlrschmann is one of the few Americano who can speak with intimate knowledge of the tangl¬ ed skein of relationship underly¬ ing the present ominous situation in the Mlddle-E^ast.
During Worid War II, Hirsch- mann was the Special Attache of the US Embassy Anka,ra, Turkey, and special representative ot the War Refugee Board set up by President Roosevelt, which helped bring thouflanda of refugees out of the Balkans.
Hlfi book,, "Life Line To A Promised Land," written out of these experiences, waa one of the most Influential of its kind.
In 1940, he was appointed Spec¬ ial Inspector General of the Unit¬ ed Nations Relief and Rehabilita¬ tion Administration, and in that capacity headed a mission to Tur¬ key which completed negotiations for $10,000,000 \yorth of food for Italy and Greece. He also nego¬ tiated for the immigration of thouaanda of DP's to Palestine, and made a special inspection of DP Campa in Poland, Czechoslo¬ vakia, Austria and Italy for then Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes.
In 194fl, he made a special trip for the State Department to Yugoslavia where he conferred with Marshall Tito. His report to the Stato Department helped for¬ mulate present US government policy toward Yugoslavia. It was during that year he received the One World Award.
AU in all, he has made 12 trips to Israel, most of them on diplo¬ matic missions. On hla latest trip, last year, he had the opportunity to confer with Moshe Shftrett, then Prime Minister of Israel, and alao with Prime Minister Nasser of Egypt, and gained a fund of Inside inforhiatton about the situation as it was then de¬ veloping, which is especially per¬ tinent  today.
To round out the total cam¬ paign needs _ fo|- 1957 there will also be a presentation and dls¬ cuaalon on the requirements of the bencflcjarlea included In the regular campaign, local, regional, national, overseas and IsraeJ.
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DRESS REHEARSAL — Left to right: Mrs. David Roth, Mrs. Gene Jackson, Mrs. Mitchell Kar- lin, Mrs. Stanley Golflborg, Mrs. Bon Smllack, Mrs. Isadore Gurevitz — members of the cast, for Coun¬
cil Women's birthday party next Tuesday at the Center. Mrs. Jackson is fitting costumes for the above members of the cast.
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Council Celebrates Birthday
Council Can-Can, a lavishi musical production, will highlight the evening's entertainment as the Council of Jewish Women celebrate their 40th birthday at a dinner Tuesday, 6:30 p. m., at the Jewish Center,
This year, the celebration has been changed from tho usual luncheon affair to a dinner meel.- ing, so that husbands of members may Join In seeing the delightful take-off on Cole Porter'q Broad¬ way musical. All reservations must be made, no later than this Sunday. Mrs. Gerald "Friedman, BE. 1-6279, will ta^e reservations.
tn conH^bdcIn with tbe anni¬ versary'  celebration,   the  original
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charter members of the Columbus j Section  of the Council of Jewish Women are being sought so they , may  be  introduced   and   honored | that  evening.  Any charter  mem¬ bers  who  have  not  yet  done  so, should please contact Mrs. Allan Meyer,  BE. 1-9226. |
Authentic Paris costumes for "Can-Can" have been designed by Mrs. Gene Jackson, and she has also seWn them with the help of Mrs. Louis Gertner, Armand Abel, Richard Abel, David Gers¬ tenfeld, Jack Ratner and Robert WUe.
Mrs. Howard Bloom, program . cbalrmah tor CounoU, has Itieen "busy  directing  the  musical   pro-
In T.I.'s ^Cavalcade' Series
Temple Tifereth Israel an- i nounces the second In the "Caval¬ cade ot Judaism" series, with Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg. spiritual leader of Temple Emanuel in Englewood, N. J., serving as guest speaker next Thursday, 8:30 p. m.
Rabbi Hertzberg will speak on "The Ethics in a Modern Jewish Life," with Rabbi Nathan Zelizer conducting the discussion period following the lecture.
Dr. Hertzberg, noted lecturer and author, aerved aa director of the Jlillcl Foundation at Smith College, and aerved aa rabbi for congregations I n Philadelphia and Nashville before assuming his post  in  Englewood.
He is vice-chairman of the National Committee on ICduca- tion of the Zionist CH^gaJiization of America and serves on the Unionist Organizations National Board.
Dr. Hertzberg is an cxecutlvi- member of the Rabbinical Assem¬ bly of America, la a member of the Jewiah Theological Seminary Prayer Book Commission, and is a member of the Seminary's Com¬ mittee on larael.
He has contributed to Com¬ mentary,   Congress   Weekly,   The
SAMUEL LUPEfl ELECTED AS AUt'DAS  AOHIM   PRESIDENT
Samuel Luper was elected president of Agudas Achim Con¬ gregation, at Its last general membership meeting. Mr. Luper succeeds- Dr. Max P. Kanter, who served the Congregation as its president for two successive terma.
Robert L. Mellman waa elected chairman of the Board of Trus¬ tees, the office vacated by Mr. Luper.
Newly-elected board members are Simon Kahn and Samuel Zu ravsky.
RAHBI HERTZBERG
Nation, The RcconstructlOnlst. The American Zionist and a var¬ iety of other journals. He is th*' author of ''Religion In Crisis" and at present -ia under contract to the Jewlah Agency to edit a one- volume anthology on the develop¬ ment of Zionism, for publication this spring.
duction. She also, with the help of Mrs. Morris Tarcov, wrote th« original words. The following women are In the cast:
Mesdames Marvin Glassman, Maxwell Papurt, Alan Mickler, Samuel Subow, Ben Smllack, David Roth, Stanley Goldberg. Mitchell Karlln, Gary Kerstein, Isadore Gurevitz, Mendy Synder. Frank Nutls.
Mrs. Stanley Klein Is the choreographer for the Can-Can dancers, and will also be seen in a solo dance. The Can-Can girls are Mesdames Bernard Zell, Mar¬ vin Roae, Stanley Davis, Harry Cutler, P. R. Bradley, Sidney Blatt, Michael Karr, Seymour Well, Albert Glick. Michael Gil¬ bert.
A aecond dance group will be made up entirely of Councilettes. The girls, directed by Mrs. Albert Sutton, are Brenda Schilling, Diane Marx. Susan Bender, Becky Rosenthal, Loretta Gins¬ burg, Wendy Alexander. Gerry Rush, Ina Valcov, Barbara Paine, Judy Shell, Paula Goodman, Lin¬ da Eisenman,  Sue  Schwartz.
Mrs. Sol Zeil Is the musical accompanist lor all the singers and dancers.
Mrs. B. J. Brief is in charge of scenery and her committee in¬ cludes Mesdames Robert Leven¬ son, Sam Franklin, Robert Levi¬ son, Stuart Krupnlck, Jacob Gil¬ bert, Asher Moser, David Dolin, Seymour Weil.
Mrs. Jules Sokol is chairman of the props committee and Is be¬ ing assisted by Mesdames How¬ ard Goldstein, Bert Rosenthal, Mike Robbins, Bernard Fried¬ man, and Bernard Frank. Make¬ up will be done by Mrs. Sam Franklin.
Mrs. Joseph Haas has made all the table decorations. Mrs. Aaron Horowitz and Mrs. Irwin Barkan aro   in   charge  of   hospitality
If all dinner reservations should, be filled, members and their husbands may come for the entertainment at 7:45.
Mrs. Arthur Loeb Sr. will give the  opening prayer.
Gallery Players' Version of Odets' "Golden Boy" Tonight, Tomorrow
Tonight (Saturday) at 8:30, the curtain of the auditorium stage will open on a succession of dramatic scenes In a setting nov¬ el to Gallery Players' faithful audience. Don Quayle, the force¬ ful young director of the Cen¬ ter's drama group, assisted by production manager Norm Gure¬ vitz and hi? staff, has succeeded in leading the audience almost without noticeable |^auaea from the office of fight niftpager Tom Mo<idy to the dining room of the Bonaparte family, to a nocturnal' amusement park, a gymnasium, and the dressing room of a fight arena,   with   the   action   moving
back and forth In 12 rapid changes.
"Golden Boy" la certain to ap¬ peal to theatre goers of various tastes and interests. The story connf^ts the world of music, rep¬ resented by the warm-hearted Bonaparte family, with the world of professional boxing, repreaent¬ ed by a colorful array of fighters, managers, trainers, handlers and raoketee rs.
Tom between thoae two unre* concltable SQ^eres la the gifted y6ung violinist, Joe Bonaparte (Stan Vogel J, who betrays his own background and l^eeds, and in the resulting Inner conflict de¬
stroys himself, his girl Lorna Moon (Estelle Center) and all those who loved and understood him, as well as those who hated and misused him.
Clifford Odets' pungent style of writing, his short but eloquent lines, express with few and dras¬ tic worda the entire range of human emotions, yet leave ample room for tenderness, subtlenesa Bind psychological motivation.
Tickets are $IJ5 for, Center members. $1.50 ior non-members, 75c for students. Season tickets, assuring patrons of reserved ^nd preferred seating for "Flntan'a Rainbow," are also still available
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