Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1959-03-13

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COLUMBUS EDITION
VoL 37, No. 11
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1959
39
Oavotad to Amvrlcan and Jawlih  Idaali
MINNEAPOUS
WOMAN ELECTED
HEAD OF NCJW
LOS ANGELES—Mrs. CSiarles Hymes of Minneapolis was elect¬ ed national president of the Nat¬ ional Council of Jevriah Women on the closing day of Ita biennial convention In Loa Angeles. A budget of approximately $800,000, the highest In Council's hlatory, was adopted by the 6B-year-old welfare aervice and educational organization, including $170,000 for. Its aervices to Jewish com¬ munities overseas.
In a message to the delegates, Mrs, CJolda Meir, foreign minister of Israel, asserted that "I am convinced that your organization al>ove all will understand the significance of the reunion of sundered families and the great posslbllltlea which have been opened, both for the many tens of tliousands of Jews and to Is¬ rael, In tbe absorption of this large Immigration. I have the E^reatest confidence that the Ctouncil of Jewish Women will meet this challenge as you have met others In the past"
In the five-day aeasions of the Amiiassador Hotel, the 800 dele¬ gates had adopted a speclal atate¬ ment aaaerting that "the migra¬ tion of 150,000 Jewa from Ruman¬ ia to Israel this year la of grave concern to Jews all over the world." They declared that "we pledge our full efforts to meet this emergency. We call upon Council members to give maxi¬ mum siipport to the 1960 cam- palgii Ot the United Jevriah Ap- peal.and, toserye oa volunteers in . iqcoi (un4|JgM^nglmi^i
f inaiici^' j^ssiatance oi Jews in America dan make the difference between successful resettlement and tragedy tor the emigrants and for the people In Israel." The motion was Introduced by Mrs. Stanley Myers of Mloml.
Envoy Abba Eban Resigns To Enter Israel Politics
Memiwrs of the cast of "Down Memory Lane" to be presented at the 25th Anniversary Dinner of B'nui B'rith Women Tuesday evening, include Mrs. Sam Paine, Mrs. Martin Levinson and Mrs. Gary Kersteln.
'NAI B'RITH WOMEN MARK 25TH ANNIVERSARY TUESDAY
N. Y. UNIVERSITY GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HEBREW STUDY
Three graduote fellowships In Hebrew and Judeo-Arablo studies- will he available at New York University's department of He¬ brew culture and education be¬ ginning this September. They are being awarded under the recent Nationai Defense Education Act.
The three-year fellowships are Intended to help students prepare for doctorates In Hebrew or Judeo-Arablc studies. Each car¬ ries a stipend of $2000 for the flrat year, $2200 for the second year, and $2400 for the third year, plus $4Q0 a year for each depend¬ ent. In addition, the University offers free tuition to the reci¬ pients.
Applicants for the fellowships should have a bachelor's degree from a recognized college or uni¬ versity but should not hove com¬ pleted more thon half a year of graduate work beyond the bache¬ lor's degree. F^irther Informotlon can be obtained from Prof. Abra¬ ham I. Kotah, head of the De¬ partment of Hebrew Culture and Education, New York Univeraity, Room 66, Studenta Building, Washington Square, New York 3, N. Y.
Nadel Column In This Issue
What's new in motion piotures will be covered each week in a new column. Show Biz, starting Friday for readers of The Cliron¬ icle, Written by Norman Nadel, drama, movie and music critic of The Ctolumbus Citizen, it wUl be a regular feature for the dtiratlon of the pressmen's strike that iios suspended publication of Ooium¬ bus' tliree dally newspapers.
People ore talking . . . they ore | reody . . . and on Tuesday eve- j nbig, B'nol B'rith Women will celebrote 25 years of activity in Olumbus ond 50 years on the notional level at o dinner at 6 p. m. at The Jewish Ctonter.
People are enthused about the program "Down Memory Lane"— thriUlng eventa of days gone by, '0^f^&,^^,i.-i^^S.-¥'^\- JVritten
Pred Schwartzberg and Mrs. Al¬ bert J. BeckSr, members of B'nal B'rith will be oble to relive ac¬ tivities of fun, pleasure and work of the past 26 yekrs.
MEMBERS OF the cast of "Down Memory Lane" are Mes¬ dames Harry Bruce, Harris Car¬ men, H. lucres, Herman Geich- mon, Al Gingold, Leonard Grigst, Gary Kersteln, Martin Levinson, Richard Lieberman, Stanleji Mel¬ llon, Bernard Melmed, Horry Nocdimon, Som Poine, Albert Rosen, Abe Samuelson, Stuart Shaffer,  Phil Shuss,  I.  J. Sowol¬
sky, Dorothy Yassenoff and Mor¬ ris Zitron.
Mrs. Jerry Goldfarb will pro¬ vide the musical occomponiment and Mrs. Morris Paine is in charge of costunaes.
CHARTER MEMBERS will be honored by tokens to be present¬ ed by Mrs. Max Mendelson, presi¬ dent of B'nai B'rith Wimen, Dla-
'e honbreci for "2B' Of membe^rahlp and among thQbriginai charter members in¬ clude Mesdames I. Avren, Nate Berlin, Willard Brenner, William Broner, Horry Center, Simon Cooper, Morris Feueriicht, Jocob Friedman, I. W. Garek, Norman Goldberg, Lou Gertner, Bernard Gold, Moriis Goldberg, Irving Goodmon, William Goodman.
Aiso Mesdames Som Gordon, E. J. Gordon, Ben Grossman, Louis Golden, Lpuis Grossman, Allen Gundersheimer, Ben Harris, I. M. Harris, I. Hemmelstein, Ralph (contlnaed on pa^e 4>
His Excelienry, Abba Ebon, Israel's ombossador to the United States and permanent representa¬ tive to the United Nations, is leaving his posts at tho end of May in order to return to Is¬ rael.
Ambassador Eban presented his Letters of Credence to Presi¬ dent Truman on Sept. 5, 1950 He had pleaded Israel's cause before the United Nations ever since Israel's establishment on May 15, 1948, and served as Permanent Representative since Israel's ad¬ mission to the U.N. on May 11, 1949.
IN ACCEPTING Mr. Eban's resignation. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurlon wrote: "You have been able to intensify the links between America and Israei by emphasizing the spiritual values ond political interests common to them both. For each of our countries is attached to the di¬ vinely conceived values of humon freedom and to the democrotlc system based on the concept ot 'government of the people, by the people,  for the people.' "
Reviewing Ambossodor Eban's work at the United Nations, the Prime Minister referred to the "eager suspense with which you have been heard In the Inter¬ national forum as a result of your strong peraonallty and arresting speech."
In cQifcluaion, Mr. Ben-Gurlon stated-yi'Tt ia my (Sonvictlon. that yol^n Knte^a^irari into tbe'political WfiJSof'^iJF^ounfry hfeifillda iiifiily adiliBVemeiits no liess great than those wUcti you have accompllah-
ISRAa FILLED WITH URGENCY FOR A NEW, BEnER TOMORROW
BY MKS. AARON ZACKS
Co-Chairman, Women's Division, UJF
When people ask me what I think ot Israel—my reply Is al¬ ways, "It's exciting." In all of our travels in many countries, never have we seen a people who are so busy with building a new world. They work with purpose ond urgency for o new tomorrow—not for themselves, but for their chil¬ dren. Everyone—Sabra and new¬ comer alike. Is dedicated to this tomorrow which will assure free¬ dom and o good life for her citi¬ zens OS well OS o haven for op¬ pressed Jews fleeing anti-Semitic countries.
This little country is the only country In the world with no quoto. Whoever comes Is wel¬ comed, given immediate citizen¬ ship ond o new start with the barest of necessities but a moxl- mum of love and dignity. Many of the newcomers are Intellectuols with profound scientific and cul¬ tural backgrounds who are al¬ ready making tremendous contri¬ butions to the unbelievable prog¬ ress which has been made in Israel: In the fields of education. Industry, agriculture, sciences and arts. Only a dedicated and de¬ termined people under able lead¬ ership could have achieved such results in so short a time.
ISRAEL HAS many long range plans with which she hopes to achieve economic Independence. Foreign capitol Is being encour¬ aged with a new and liberal pol-
Abba EInui
ed as our representative abroad. I am certain that the strength which has sustained you in your foreign service will be with you In even greater measure at home."
IN A LETTER to the Prime Minister (released in Jeruaolem today) Mr. Eban recalled conver¬ sations tn Jeruaalem In which he had discussed the prospect of "en¬ tering the public life of the coun¬ try in the framework of Its par¬ liamentary Inatitutlonat"
He expreaaed hia ''deep. appre¬ ciation of the encburaKenient'' which .the Prime ,,.jai)ni'8te[r .. aii,^ FbriIgn"SIlnl8ter 'Oflda ]iiltelr 'lia^, given him in hia iupli^on: to en¬ ter tliia new sphere of activity.
IN THIS ISSUE
Boris Smolar   2
Editorials  2
Norman Nodel  10
.Society         ^
Sports-  II
Synagogues   8
Travel Talk   3
Mrs,   Zacks
ley toward Investors. New indus¬ tries arc developing with on oc¬ tlve. campaign for export trade. I truly bellovo that barring a war. this economic indepondonco can become a roulily someday.
In Israel one sees new Israeli families gradually leaving their slum-like temporary houses and moving into attractive new apart¬ ment buildings; They are small apartments, only three rooma, but they are adequate and livable. It's a great fooling to know that our UJA money is doing so much to help rehabilitate human beings who look to us for help.
On the other hand, when one (continued on jfhgc 4)
Children Send Books To Alaska
In a few weeks, the children of tho first Jewiah congregation in Aloska will receive two textbooks OS a gift from Mrs. Fred Schwortz's second grade class ot Temple Tifereth Israel's Sunday School.
After reoding an article in The Chroniole about the first and only Jowish congregation in Alaska being formed ot Folrbonks, the class wrote to Burton Goldberg, president ot the congregotion ond offered old.
MR. GOLDBERG replied: "Ut¬ ile did we reollze how the Jews would respond when they heord of our congregation. As yet we havo no temple or Robbi, but we hove received gifts from oil over Conada and the U.S. Just tonight we ore dedicating a Toroh whieh was o gift of a couple from Hart¬ ford, Conn."
At the present time, the mem¬ bers are holding services In homea und ore planning a community Seder plus membership affair.
THE TWO BOOKS which Mrs. Schwartz's class is sending to Alaska ore "What Donny Did" and   "Stories   From   the   Bible."
Members of the class expressed themselves by stating (through Mrs. Schwartz) that "50 years ago Temple Tifereth Israel was start¬ ed by a group of men In their homes. We have a n'ce temple now and want to help the chil¬ dren of Alaska Jews to have a Sunday School  too."
ond his gratitude "for having been accorded the privilege of representing our country on the soil of the Great Power which has molntalned relations of friendship ond recognition with ' Israel alnce the early houra of our Independence."
In a aeparote letter asking to be relieved of his functions as permonent representotlve of Is¬ roel to the United Nations, Am¬ bassador Ebon recE^lled that 11 years had passed since he waa first called upon to appear In the U.N. Security Ctouncil to defend larael'a rights of sovereignty, peace and self-defense.
"FROM THAT time to this the U.N. has been a central arena for Israel's political struggles," Mr, Ebon wrote. "It Is In the U.N, arena that our country has made Its first strides towords the de¬ velopment of a general foreign policy aiming at the strengthen¬ ing of peace, the prevention of atomic conflict, the evolution of African and Asian peoples from dependent stotus to full sover¬ eignty, ond the Institution ot In¬ ternotlonal co-operation for eco¬ nomic development and the de¬ fense of human rights.
"Many nations which  ore now establishing direct relations with us In diplomacy   and   commerce encountered us for the first time In the U.N. forum." , "Above all," Mr. Eban said, "the very siiectacle of lai^l. .In. the:. f«wily.,^inatl6na BJtetKfl'CwSitiiiB W'i^tBr'a^iftnig^; iJiisiiiiiiitieB:: which   our  na£l6n /induired teri many'centuriea," '    ¦ ." :'
STAR-STUDDED TRIBUTE BEING PLANNED BY NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL COMMITTEE
A Notional Testimonial Com¬ mittee to pay tribute to Ambas¬ sador Ebon of laroel has been established In Washington, with Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Chlei Justice Earl Warren, for¬ mer Presidents Herbert Hoover and Harry S, Truman, and Speak¬ er of the House of Representatlvea Sam Rayburn among the 200 prominent Americana who have joined the group.
Formation of the Nationai Ctom¬ mittee was announced In Wash¬ ington by former Sen. Herbert H. Lehman, honorary chairman, and Sen. Jacob K. Javlts, chairman of the group. Abba Eban has served as am¬ bassador of Israel in Washington sUice the summer of 1960 and as Permanent Representative of Is¬ rael to the United Nations since the birth of Israel in 1948. He is returning to Israel at the end of May in order to toke port In the porliomentory ond public life of his country.
IN ANNOUNCING the formo¬ tlon of the committee. Senators Lehman and Javlts said. In a Joint statement, that they had taken the Initiative in setting up the Notional Ctommittee "because of the impoct that Ambossodor Ebon has hod upon American understanding of Israel, the Mid¬ dle East ond world events gen¬ erally, and because of our own deep respect and affection for him now shared by so many Ameri¬ cana."
"During his tenure of eight years as Ambassador of Israel In Washington and more than ten years os its permanent repreaen¬ tative to the United Notions, Am¬ bassador Eban's contribution to AmericEui-Israel relotlpns and to International comity ond diplo¬ macy In the United Nations has been of historic proportions.
"BY ms BBILUANT ortlcula- tlon of the troditlon of hla people. Ambassador Elban has become a truly memorable figure In hun¬ dreds of American communities as well OS In   he diplomatic world
and in the council of notions."
The committee is organizing two mojor forewell dinners, one in Washington ond one at the United Nations in New York In order to mark Ambassador Eban's completion of his services as Am¬ bassador of Israel to the United States and at the United Natio.na, The Ambassodor has now left on a farewell tour through the country which will lead him to fifteen major cities. His tour started In Phlladelphio where he was given Honorary Citizenship ond win include, omong others, oddresses to the leglslotures of Massachusetts and Colorado, uni¬ versities, etc.
Knesset Bars Election Changes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Efforts to establish o system of direct voting for candidates, reploclng the present system of election by proportional representotlon were defeated this week and hop^s of Introducing a two-party system In Israel were badly set back.
The Knesset, in a vote cutting across coalition lines, passed the first reading of o measure barring any change In exiating election laws unless it were carried by an absolute majority of the house. The bill Is certain of passage on Ita next two readings.
The Mopol and General Zionists fought passage of the measure but all the other parties, ranging from the right-wing Herut to the Ooramunlsts, and Including the religious groups, supported It and upheld the present system of multi-party proportional repre¬ sentation.
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EXHIBITION  OPENBO
TEL A'VIV (JTA)—An exhibi¬ tion of Duteh paintings, including maaterpleces of speclal Jewiah Interest, done by artists of the Dutch "Golden Age," was opened here at the new Helena Rubin¬ stein Pavilion.