Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1960-01-15

              COLUMBUS EDITION
COLUMBIJS EDITION
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Vol. 38
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FRIDAY, JANUARY   15,   I960
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Boy 'Separated' For Hillel Prank
BY LARRY SOPPEL
The painting of a crude black swastika on the door of the B'nal B'rith Hlllel Fouijdatlon at Ohio State University early Saturday mornlnsr, Jan. 9, hita resulted In the "separation" from Sch&ol ot a 23 year old OSU senloi.
The pranksters were reported by Columibus police to be the senior from Urbana, C, and two Ohio University freshmen. They were not Identified by name.
RABBI HARBY Kaplan, direc¬ tor of the foundation, reported that the OSU student, who was a former member of the fraternity located near the foundation, vol¬ untarily confessed his actions to him.
Police traced a can of palitt and footprints to the fraternity house. The student, when questlohed by Columbus police, gave no reaaon for marking the swastika on the door, other than he "thought it would be fun." He had- been drinking alcoholic beverages.
THE OHIO University fresh¬ men were visiting the fraternity and when questioned by Colum¬ bus police, they admitted taking part in the incident.
Lt. Herman Beck, assistant chief of the detectives for Colum¬ bus police, reported that the OU students had not been drinking.
According to Beck, all of the students were very repentent a- bout what they had done.
BECK SAID that the back¬ grounds of all three students Were about the same. "They come from fine families," he said. "They all
Impressed me as c<*ining from rcr^ sponsible parents."
Beck said that the Ohio State senior was one for whom "It has been a real problem to get through school." He said that the student worked most of his way through college. At one time he lived In the fraternity house near the foundation, but he is not liv¬ ing there now, "because he could not afford it."
No charges were pressed by the Columibus police. It was the feel¬ ing of the police and Hillel of¬ ficials that disciplinary action should be left to the respective schools.
WILLIAM S. Guthrie, executive dean of student relations at OSU, reported that the student was "seiparated" from the university as of Jan. 13 for an Indefinite per. iod ot time. This disciplinary ac¬ tion has been tagged on the boy's record.
"The student understands the circumstances under which he can apply for rcadmission," Gu¬ thrie said. Any student dismissed from Ohio State  for any reason,
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Swastikas Still Appear In World
Pactice For Ball
Shown in the center practicing the waltz are Ted Hoinaes, instructor and Lynn Baraslt, ome of the Debs who wiil be pre¬ sented at Raanana's Cotillion BaU, Saturday night, Jan. 33. In the iHtokground are some of the other Delis and their fathers. (Story on page 14.)
NUW YORK (JTA—From all over the world—Including sec¬ tions of the United States where no previous manifestations had been registered—reports contin¬ ued to flow in this week of syna¬ gogue desecrations, defacements of public buildings with the Nazi swastika and the appearance of such slogails as "Death to the Jews."
At the same time, responsible public opinion began to cryatEilllze in sharp condemnation of such activities. Leaders of all religious faiths expressed their horror, statesmen and politicians called for stern counter-action, authori¬ ties in many lands and tn cities throughout the United States alerted their police forces to guard against further anti-Semitic ac¬ tions and to apprehend the cul¬ prits.
Rabbi H. Kaplan To Be Honored
Kaljbl Benjamin Kahn, national director of HiUel Foundations, will be principal speaker at a dinner honoring Rabbi Harry Kaplan's 25 yeara of service to Hillel at Ohio State University.
¦The dinner will be held at 6 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 24, In the Hlllel building, 46 E. 16th Ave. Approximately 300 persona are expected to attend the affair to celebrate Raibbi Kaplan's silver anniversary. Reservations can be made by calling the Foundation. Parking will
be available in the Mershon Au¬ ditorium garage.    .
DB. FRBDS2RIC Heimburger, vice president ot Ohio State Uni¬ versity, will also speak, Ed Sch¬ iesinger is general chairman of the dinner.
"We are looking forward to an outstanding affair," Schiesinger said. "Rabbi Kaplan is a much- l>eloved man who has devoted 2S years of distinguished service to Hillel. This dinner will give the community an opportunity to ex¬ press its gratitude," he added.
Uhtil tjecoming nationaJ direc¬ tor. Rabbi Kahn served • as di¬ rector of the Hlllel Foundation at Pennsylvania State University since 1940. He took a year's leave of absence in 1844 to establish a Hlllel Foundation at McGlll Uni¬ versity in Montreal.
AT PENN STATE, Rabbi Kahn held the faculty position of Lec¬ turer in Hebrew and also deliv¬ ered guest lectures in the depart¬ ments of religion, sociology and education. He was a member of the social science center.
Bal>W Kfthn la the author of a guide book, "Sabbath Eve Services in HUlel Foundations," and a fre¬ quent contributor to academic publications. He recenUy cfimplet- ed a study of the National Hlllel (oontlnaed on px« 4)
Center Institute Opens New Season
The "chain reaction" of anti-semltlc vandalism which has re¬ cently run rampant throughout the Western World will be the topic of a discussion by Dr. Howard Ehrllch at the Jewish CJenter, Wed¬ nesday evening, Jan. 20, when the Institute ot Jewish Studies opens its winter session.
Registration fee for the winter term of the Institute will tie $B. Admission requires neither prerequisites nor member aftilation and is   open   to  any  person  who   has
Rabbi Harry Koplaii
Robbl Benjamin Kaba
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sufficient Interest and maturity to follow with profit the courses offered.
DR. KHRUCH, who lectures In Psychiatry at Ohio State Univer¬ sity and is affi'llated with the Re¬ search Division of the Columbus Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, has named hia 10 week course "The Social Psychology of Anti- Semitism." This course will begin at 8:30 p.m. The lectures will in¬ clude such topics as "Current Ex¬ planation of Prejudice," "What E5ffect8 Discrimination Has on the Individual of a Minority Group," "Realistic and Unrealistic Basis of Intergroup Hostility," "Devel¬ opment of Jewish Identification," "The Acquisition of Prejudice" and   "Prejudice in  Children."
From New York originally. Dr. Ehrllch came to CJolumbus to study at Ohio State where he re¬ ceived his B.A. and M.A. degrees. He went on to receive his PH.D. at Michigan State Unlveraity.
Dr. Elirlich has written and published many papers and at present is finishing a book, the working title of which is "The State Police — A Social Psycholo¬ gical Study of an Occupation."
DR. BHRLIdTS parents lived in Ctolumbus for several years while he was attending the Uni¬ versity. Hia brother, Jerry, ia very actively engaged in Young Adult activltlea at the Jewish Center and ia a former president of the Young Adult Planning CJommlttee.
Also lecturing at the Institute of Jewish Studies this term will be Dr. Erika Bourguignon, professor of Anthropology at Ohio State. Dr. Bourgulgnon's lecture course, which will begin at 8:30 p.m., is entitled "The Diversity of the Jew." It will cover such topics as "Are the Jews A Race," "Jewish Life In Eastern Europe," "Jewish Life In Israel," "Jewish Life in the United States" and "Exotic Jewiah Groups in the Near Blast of Africa."
Elariler in the evening, a new language class—"Hebrew for Be¬
ginners," — will be conducted by Rabbi Harry Frank. Rabbi Frank's course, starting at 7:40 p.m., will be an Introduction to the Hebrew language, intended for students with no previous knowledge of Hebrew. The course will   devote   Itself   to   developing
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Dr. Hinvard Bhriich
IN WASHtNOTON, while aix automobile owners, including the night watchman at the Israeli Embassy, reported their cars had been smeared with swastikas, three members spoke up the Sen¬ ate iri sharp condemnation of the resurgent plague of anti-Semitism.
Senator Jacob K. Javits, of New York, told the Senate that the outbreak of anti-Jewish vandal¬ ism "warrants our severest con¬ demnation." He warned that the sighificance of the outbursts could be minimized "only at our peril." Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon warned West Germany — where the new anti-Semitic wave had been touched off hy Ifie dese'cra'-' tion of the CJologne synagogue— that the world will not tolerate "the rising tide of anti-Semitism." Sen. Thomas Kuchel, of California viewed "the new ugly labor of bigots with shocli, dismay and the deepest kind of indignation."
Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, presi¬ dent of. the NaUonal C!onference of Christians and Jews, said: "At the moment, the crimes have an undetermined cauae. But whether ultimately this work be disclosed as the macblnatlona of a neo- Nazi movement, or the offenses of diseased and tortured '^giii;; viduals, they cry out in warntn^P'''^ to a world which recoils with hor¬ ror at the lingering memory of Hitlerism."
The town's police chief, D. A. Dooley, denounced the aot which, he said, "muat haVe been com¬ mitted by aome stupid, moronic Imbecilea." Asserting tliat "this is a church town, and we don't go for that kind of stuff here," CSilef Dooley pledged his force would find the culprits and "bring them to justice."
AT HABBISBURO, Pa., Gover¬ nor David Lawrence ordered po¬ lice action after an anti-Jewish inscription had been found paint¬ ed on the facade of a local syna¬ gogue. .The Governor said he was "shocked—more than that, sad¬ dened" by such desecratldhs in the state's capital.
At the United Nations, the In¬ ternational- League for the Rights of Man fomiially requested tliat a subcommittee meet next week to debate religious rights and freedoms, condemn the recent out¬ rages and probe into their "origin and purpose."
Police went into action In Istan¬ bul, Turkey, after synagogue and Jewish community leaders re¬ ceived swastika-emblazoned let¬ ters, urging "Death to the Jews." At Rio de Janeiro, the chief of the Federal police department an. (Contlnned on page 4)
AT LIMA, Peru, Israeli Ambas¬ sador Tuvla Arazi received a let¬ ter from the Peruvian Student Federation of San Marcos Univer¬ sity—oldest university in the Americas—condemning "vehem¬ ently the recrudescence of anti- Semitism in Germany," and offer¬ ing "all help to the noble Israeli people." "The San Marcos stu¬ dents," stated the letter, "will not allow the resurgence of the pain¬ ful experiences of the war days, nor the establishment of new ghettoes."
In New York, where the City Ctommission on Intergroup Rela¬ tions was drafting a report on the swastika daublngs and related activities, police arrested . two more youths in the crackdown against anti-Semitic outbyrsts. The pair, both aged 16, were charged with breaking windows at a synagogue in Queens. Six others were arrested for a sim¬ ilar aynagogue desecration In Brooklyn.
At Marshalltown, Iowa, the lo¬ cal synagogue was found to have been desecrated by the swastika.
Dr. Brika Bourkulgnon
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Leonard J.  Brooks
LEONARD BROOKS LEAVES COLUMBUS FOR VIRGINIA POST
Leonard J. Brooks, professional representative for the larael Bond Drive for the past aeven years, leaves (Joiumbus at the end of thia month to accept the regional managership In Virginia, with headquarters in Norfolk, Harold Schottenstein, campaign head an¬ nounced.
Brooks, who has been with the bond organization for eight years, came to Colurabus in the spring of 1963 after earlier assignments In Dayton and Louisville. Regional headquarters for Israel Bond ac¬ tivities In thla area are In Cincin¬ nati where Samuel Dall-ob, re¬ gional manager, reaidea.
IN COMMENTING on Brooks'
Impending move, Schottenstein stated:
"It Is with sincere regret that the CJolumbua Israel Bond office sees Leonard Brooka leave our city, Hla effort has been respon- Bible for the magnificent showing of Israel Bond aales in CTolumbus. He will be sorely missed but we wish him God speed as we are certain tliat he will continue to enhance the Israel Bond move¬ ment with hla  new assignment"
In making known hla reassign¬ ment Brooks said;
"IT IS WITH mlxe(l feelinga and aome heaviness ot heart that I take leave of tliis outstanding community. I have done my best to carry out my responslWlltlfti (Oontinned en p»f« 4>