Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1959-10-09

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COLUMBUS .-DITION
Serving Columbus. Dayton and Central Ohio Jewish Communities   \\// jy^
COLUMBUS EDITION
VoL 37, No. 42
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1959
D«v«f»d to Am«r(C*n «nd  Jawtih   Idaali
Milton EUerin To Discuss Dangers Of Hate Groups
Get Eagle Award
Receiving the Kagie Award, the highest pin¬ nacle of Hcoutlng, from Sidney Herman, Ad¬ vancement Chairman for the Southeast Olstrict of  the  (central  Ohio Council  of  Boy   Scouts  of
America, are (left to right) Steve Bless, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bless; Dave Friedman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Friedman; Richard Wes¬ terman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Westerman.
ISRAEL BOND HIGH HOLIDAY APPEAL PLANS ANNOUNCED
Plan.s have been completed for the seventh annual series of High Holiday Appeals in Columbus which will be held on Kol Nidre night and Yom Kippur Day in Congregations Beth Jacob, Agu¬ das Achim and Ahavas Shoiom.
William Schlff, chairman of the Israel Bond High Holiday Com¬ mittee, announced that George Flesch, a former member of Is¬ rael's Knesset, a member of the Olympic Committee and organi¬ zer of tbe World Maccabi Games, will be the speaker.
Recognized as one of Israel's foremost personalities, Flesch represented Israel at the 10th Liberal World Congress at Ox¬ ford, EJngland during the summer of 1957 and has wide experience as a world authority on the prob¬ lem of social security in a free society.
Harold Schottenstein, chairman of The Columbus Committee ex¬ pressed his "profound hope" that results this year "will be better (Continued on  pa^e 4)
TO VISIT
JERUSALEM (JTA)_President Ben Zvi will make a state visit to Burma, it was officially announc¬ ed here. He will be accompanied by high officials of the Foreign Ministry. The announcement said the visit would mark a new de¬ velopment in the long-standing bonds of friendship between the two nations.
Three Boys Receive Eagle Scout Award
Members of Boy Scout Troop #126 sponsored by the Columbus Jewish Center received several honors at a public Court of Honor on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at the Center.
The awards were made' to mem¬ bers for every rank of scouting culminating with the presentation of three Eagle awards, the pin¬ nacle of scouting.
ESigle award winners were Steve Bless, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bless; Dave Friedman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fried¬ man; Richard Westerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Westerman.
RICHARD Westerman is also the holder ot the Ner Tamied award, a Jewish religious award.
The winning of this Eagle award concludes a number of years of hard work and constant effort toward this highest goal. Each of these boys has now dedi¬ cated himself to helping other boys in the troop attain this rank.
The Eagle awards were present¬ ed by Sidney Herman, Advance¬ ment chairman of the Southeast District, Central Ohio Council of Boy Scouts of America.
THE TROOP was further hon¬ ored by the presence of David Goldsmith, district chairman of the Southeast District, Central Ohio Council of the Boy Scouts of America; Paul Love, Scout Executive, Southeast District; Mayer Rosenfeld, director of the Jewish Center; Sam Stellman, assistant director of the Center.
The awarding of three eagle awards at one time la a first in the history of the troop, and Is probably a rarity in troops throughout  the country.
The troop ceremony team, con¬ sisting of Ed Eisenberg, Steve Pinsky, Andy Gingold, Gary Stefa, Richard Stein, bugler and Ron¬ nie Stein, drummer, presented opening and closing ceremonies.
The court session .was under the leadership of Ed Bartfield, ad¬ vancement chairman and Sanford Cohen, troop committee chairman.
OTHER AWARDS given during the evening included:
Tenderfoot award: Ricky Weis, Alan Rosen, Paul and Allan Men- delman, Joe Grodner and Craig Silverman.
Second class award: Teddy Sut¬ ton.
First Class award: Charles Maierson and Steve Eisenberg.
Star award: Mark Herman and Gary Stein.
Life award: Ed Eisenberg, Alan Winner and Steve Pinsky,
Merit Badge award: Steve Bless, Ed Eisenberg, Steve Eisen¬ berg, Dave Friedman, Mark Her¬ man, Steve Pinsky, Ralph Rosen- field, Gary Stein, Richard Stein, Richard Westerman and Alan Winner.
Anyone interested In joining tho scout movement may call Dave Ezlckson, Center staff adviser (pr scouting at BE. 1-2731 or Mil¬ ton J. Pinsky, scoutmaster at BE. 1-7692.
A factual, first hand, account ot the dangers of Organized Hate Groups to the American Jewish Community, and to the freedoms of the nation genoraliy, will be presented by Milton Ellerln of New York City, director of the national Fact Finding Depart¬ ment of the Anti-Defamation League  of  B'nal   B'rith.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, Oct. 14. 8 p.m. at the Jewish Center audi¬ torium.
ELLERIN , has been director of ADL's national Fact Finding Department since 1952. He had previously been In charge of the Metropolitan New York Fact Finding Unit. He is an attorney and has served as a special agent for the Federal Bureau of In¬ vestigation.
ADL's Fact Finding Depart¬ ment maintains a close surveil¬ lance over the operations of the various "hate groups," organized disseminators of bigotry and neo- Fasclst organizations in the United States. The Department has been Instrumental in counter¬ acting the activities of such groups by means of public ex¬ posure as well as close coopera¬ tion with law enforcement agen¬ cies.
Police authorities have de¬ scribed the Fact Finding Depart¬ ment as: "The best informed and most reliable non-governmental agency In the country on hate groups, the Klan and the White Citizens  Councils."
ELX.ERIN'S address is spon¬ sored by Columbus Zlon Lodge of B'nal B'rith In cooperation with Buckeye Lodge, Zion Chap¬ ter and Candlelight Chapter of B'nai B'rith.
Joe Susi
Yom Kippur Dance At Center Monday
Milton EUerin
The Jewish Center's 9th Annual Yom Kippur Dance is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12 from 9 p.m, to midnight.
Dr. Mitchell Goodman and Mrs. Joseph Altman are co-chairmen of the dance which will feature music played by Joe Susl and his orchestra.
A full evening of music, enter¬ tainment, and refreshments will give people an opportunity to help celebrate the close of the holiday season.
OUTSTANDING local enter¬ tainment will make the evening a long remembered one; five fea¬ tured acts will keep the guests amused.
With favorite story-teller Lad¬ die Finke as Master of Ceremon¬ ies, other entertainers will In¬ clude Tod and Rosemarie Holmes, the Center's dance instructors. The Holmes' have been featured in many night clubs, and will per¬ form the latest steps for the benefit of those who wish to see "what's   cooking"   in  the  way  of
the latest dance steps.
Two folk singers, Eddie Kay and Marvin Bienstock will stag and play on their guitars. Their most recent triumph was at Tar Hollow State Park where they entertained over 120 Young Adults from   nine  cities.
AN UNUSUAL surprise will be the appearance of the A.K. band. Specially booked because of their outstanding popular music, the A.K. Band will feature five "popu¬ lar" band members. The Identity of these players will not be re¬ vealed until the Yom Kippur Dance.
A carefully selected group of hostesses are being specially trained to greet the guests and show them to their tables.
Tickets for the dance will sell at $3 per couple for Center mem¬ bers, $4 per couple for non-mem¬ bers and $2 per couple for stu¬ dents.
SUfPORT, FOR the dance has be«n approved by Ike Cohen and (Continued on  pase 4)
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Moscow Rabbi Leib Levine Gives Answers To U. S. Visitors
BY DAVID MILLER
(Copyright, 1959, JTA, Inc.)
MOSCOW—With an assurance that comes from a realistic under¬ standing of his delicate role, Rabbl Lelb Levine, Chief Rabbi of Moscow, leaves to the visitor any conclusions to be drawn a- bout the present-day life of the Soviet  Union's  3,000,000  Jews.
He knows that what he tells a visitor may be misread both by non-Soviets and the vast hier¬ archy that controls all segments of Soviet life.
HARRY GOLDEN
Harry Golden , author of "Only In America" and "For 2o Phiin" and writer of the weekly Chronicle column, "Only In America," Will speak on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the 03rd amiuui conference of the Ohio Library Association at the Deshler-Hilton Hotel Ool¬ den will speak at the conclud¬ ing session Of the conference In the Deshler Ballroonu
TAIiE THE subject of Jews as a national group. He was asked why Jews should be so identified In their Identity cards.
"I do not know the reason," he told the Jewish Telegraphic A- gejicy, "but I do not think any special reason exists. Jews are a separate nationality. In any event, all  Soviet citizens  are equal."
Would the word "Jew" hamper an applicant seeking a job?
"No. It makes ^o difference."
The visitor said he had been told some supervisors could make obtaining a position difficult for a Jew.
"HOW CAN that be?" he re¬ plied. "There is no unemployment In the Soviet Union. Everyone— Jew and non-Jew—works. Do you know of any such case? I have heard there is anti-Semitism of that nature in the United States. Is it true that some companies In America will not hire Jews? Is it true that Jews know they can never advance in certain com¬ panies?"
Why are there no Yiddish newspapers In the Soviet Union?
"Your information is Incorrect. There Is one. It Is published in Birobidzhan."
The question meant why Is there none here—where the bulk of the Jews In the Soviet Union live?
"There is no need for one."
BUT OTHER national groups have newspapers. Why not the Jews?
"There is no Ukrainian news¬ paper either. Besides, we receive copies of the Birobidzhan news¬ paper."
How  many copies?
"Some."
Who reads it here?
"Whoever   is   interested."
How many?
"That is hard to say."
BUT, THE visitor pointed out, Yiddish publications thrived In the Soviet Union in the early 1930's. There were six dally news¬ papers, 11 weeklies, 12 bi-month¬ lies, 13 other periodicals and four publishing houses.
Rabbi Levine: "There Is no need now, however."
Are there any Yiddish books?
"No." Is there a state Yiddish or He¬ brew publishing house? "No." Why not? "There la no need for one."
WHY WAS there a need in the 1930's and none now?
Rabbi: "I do not know."
The visitor recalled the golden period of three decades ago. Yid¬ dish books were published in edi¬ tions of 100,000 copies. In 1930 there were 178 titles totaling 750,000 copies. A year later, the Yiddish State Publishing House in Kharkov published 746 titles totaling 5,000,000 copies. Yiddish book publishing increased five¬ fold from 1913 to 1939.
Yet today, with the number of Jews In che Soviet Union approxi¬ mately what it WEIS then, the a- mount has fallen to zero.
"NOT EXACTLY zero," the rabbl corrected. "The works of Sholem Alelchem and a seder were recently published."
Nothing else?
"There is no need."
The SUte Publishing Company,
however, has announced plans to publish a book of Yiddish folk songs written by Zinovi Kom- panieyetz, a Jewish composer. A Russian-Hebrew dictionary is also believed to be in preparation by a Moscow scientific Institution.
Why is there no Yiddish thea¬ ter? Before the war there were 10 Yiddish state theaters and two theatrical schools.
RABBI: "There Is no need. Be¬ sides, not. many today speak Yid¬ dish. They would not understand any plays in Yiddish. There is no audience and therefore no de¬ mand."
Then virtually nothing Yiddish is left? No Yiddish is taught, none being published, none being performed?
"Perhaps."
During the past four years the jubilee issue of Sholem Aleich- ero's works, 200 pages long and printed In 30,000 copies, was the only book published In Yiddish. During the same period the Soviet Union published 1,700 titles total¬ ing 70,000,000 copies In many lang¬ uages.
In 1948, just before Stalin ban¬ ned Yiddish and began his inten¬ sive drive against the Jews, an official Soviet publication listed 70 Yiddish-language novelists and ranked the volume of Yiddish literature third behind that of Russia and the Ukraine.
KABBI: "Today our people read Russian. There is little Interest In Yiddish. There is enough to read, (continued  on p»Ce 4>
"B" DAY
"B" Day will be on Wed¬ nesday, Nov. 11 from noon to 0 p. m. at the Jewish Center. Donations of blood are needed. Baby sitters are provided and donors are given a anaok after they give blood. An Increased staff will insure less waitinK and little delay for those leav¬ ing their plaoe ot busiiuM during the lunch hour or after work. Plan to make an apr imlntment