Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1961-04-28

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D*vot«d io Amjrl<i«n and Jawill
Amarican h idcan
Remember Blood Day Is On Wednesday; Plan To Give
Marcia Is One Reason
TEEN STUNT NIGHT HELD
H-O AZA, STP Take First Place
IVIr. Misto is sliown in his throne room in Sigma Theta Pi sorority's "Magic Land," first place TAC Stunt Night winner in the music category.
ADL Meeting Will Feature Sam Kamin
An eyewitness report and personal aJiaiysis of the EichmanJi Trial will be the feature of tho Sunday luncheon session of the annual meeting of the Ohio-Kcntuclty AntirDefamation League Regional Board which is being held at thc Deshler-Hilton Hotel in Columbus over this wcei^end.
The report wiii be given by Sam Kamin of Lima, a meml)cr of the regional board, Kamin is president of Neon Products, Inc, He is also   the   publisher   of   the   Lima
Citizen and in that capacity he received authorization to serve as an official correspondent at tho Eichmann trial,
THE BOAIUJ, which is the policy malting body for the Re¬ gional Office of the League, lo¬ cated in Columbus, will bo meet¬ ing on Saturday night, April 29 and all day Sunday, April 30, Ben¬ jamin R, EJpsteJn, national direc¬ tor of the League, is the featured speaker for the Saturday night and Sunday morning sessions,
Kamin has been in Israel for the past several weelcs attending the Eichmann trial, gaUiering baclcground information, and analyzing public reaction to the trial. He is returning to Ohio . in time to give a last minute ac¬ count at the Board meeting. The attention of the worid has been focused on this dramatic event taking place in Israel, This first hand report wiil be of tremend¬ ous interest to the Jewish com¬ munity,
KAAHN'S KEPOBT will provide background information and lay the groundwork for the considera¬ tion by the Board ot the question: "Does thc Eichmann trial create a substantial community relations problem in our communities?"
Louis A, Matusoff of Dayton, a past chairman o£ the Board, will address  himself  to tlio "affirma-
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five" of this question, Philip K, Bradley, Columbus, a member of the Board, will maintain the "negative" position. The subject will then be open for consideration by the Board,
The Jewish commanlty is invit¬ ed to ail sessions of the meeting. Reservations can be secured by contacting the Regional ADL of¬ fice in Columbus.
Israel Beer Admits He Was An Iraposter
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Israel Beer, the military analyst un¬ der arrest here for alleged espionage on behalf of a Com¬ munist country, admitted that he was never a participant tn the Spanish Civil War, and that he had never been a member ot the Socialist Self Defense Corps under the Doll- fuss   regime  of  Austria.
Until n0w, he had claimed both these connections, giving himself credit for having a personal military background. Some Israelis who were fami¬ liar with both the Socialist ''Schutabind" in Vienna and with th Loyalist Spaniards who f< ght against Franco, had d< bted Beer's claimed "military"   background.
Beer's attorney here said his client admitted to both "exaggerations," The lawyer quoted Beer as saying he had only "given the Impression" of past military activities when he analyzed military history. According to the at- , torney. Beer still insists he told the truth when he claim¬ ed having earned a doctorate of philosophy at the Univer¬ sity of Vienna,
In the biggest Stunt Night in the 10 year history of thc Jewish Center, Sigma Theta PI won the coveted first place trophy in the music category while the Heart of Ohio AZA, in its first try in Stunt Night, walked off with hotly con¬ tested first place in Drama, Also participating were Councilettes, Ziv BBG, Junior Hadassah and Pops Dworkin AZA, Seven talent¬ ed acts competed in tho two and one-half hour show which played to a capacity house (SRO) of 450 teens and adults,
SIT's win was for a skit en¬ titled "Mr, Misto in Magic Land," the musical story of a girl who finds her way into a mystic king¬ dom in search of true friendship. This skit alone required five scenes and three major scenery changes and had a cast of over 25,
Heart of Ohio AZA presented an original dramatic presentation dealing with a hermit who finds himself in a hospital with his life dependent upon the one thing he foars, other people. To stage this, Heart of Ohio set up an operating theater complete with all equip¬ ment. Elirima Lazarus BBG pre¬ sented "Ciitfrock U.S.A.," the group's ideas of teenagers in 1961 B.C.E., and Pegasus performed the "Bottle Bottle," a futuristic interpretation of the movie "Can C^n."
Judges for thc evening were J. Meyers, Bexiey High School; X. Keiser, Eastmoor High School; H. Elsenstein, Jewish Onter drama director. Elsenstein, who has act¬ ed as judge for three years, was quoted as stating: "Tt is pleasing to see the improvement in the caliber of presentation that has occured in the last few years. TAC is to be congratulated for its fine efforts in this direction."
An operation in progress was a feature of Heart of Ohio AZA's "Heartbeat," first place drama winner at TAC Stunt Night.
UNDEK INVESTIGATION
LONDON, (JTA> — With par¬ ents, teachers and school offi¬ cials expressing views ranging from protests to embarrassment, the Olty of Coventry showed con¬ siderable excitement, having dis¬ covered that a Coventry school teacher is one of the national or¬ ganizers for the neo fascist, anti- Semitic British National  party.
MIDWEST HEBREW SCHOOLS PTA'S TO GATHER FOR MEET
The second annual conference of the Midwest Hebrew School PTA CJouncll will be held in Indian¬ apolis at the new community He¬ brew School building, 6711 Hoover Rd. on Sunday, April 30 and Mon¬ day,  May 1.
Representatives from the Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School PTA will be IrvinBT Gold, Daniel Harrison, Elarl Schwartz, Harold Covel and Mrs. Harold Covel.
"How the Hebrew School PTA Can Be Most Helpful in Further¬ ing Jewish Education" is to be the theme of the speakers ajid worksliops. Dr. Moses Zalosky of Cincinnati wiii be the guest speak¬ er Sunday afternoon and Isaac Toubin, executive director of the American Association for Jewish Education, will be the guest speaker  Sunday evening.
Harrison, principal of the Co¬ lumbus Hebrew School, will ex¬ tend greetings in behalf of the Midwest region of the National Council for Jewish Education.
The closing session of Monday morning will feature the election and   Installation  of  officers.
History Professor Tells Of Atrocities
JERUSALEai, (JTA)—An American expert In Jewish history, testifying as a witness at the trial of Adolf Biclimann, the Nazi leader charged With directing the annihilation of 6,000,000 Jews In Europe, told the court that the Nazi atrocities against Jews were unprece¬ dented in all of civilized history,
"Nothing like this had happened even in the Middle Ages," said Dr, Salo W, Baron, professor of Jewisli History at Columbia Univfer- sity. He emphasized that the Nazis
wiped out "overnight" the achieve¬ ments of full emancipation reach¬ ed by the Jews in Europe as a result of 200 years of struggle for equal   rights,
UNFOLDING A map of Europe, and tracing the march of nazism from 1938 on, over various Eiiro- pean countries, Dr, Baron showed where Jews were mass-murdered in cold blood. He told the court that, if not for the holocaust, there would have been 20,000,000 Jews today throughout the world, with slightly more than half of them living in Europe, In Poland alone, where there are now only about 30,000 Jews, there were 3,300,000 before the Nazis started sending Jews to the gas cham¬ bers, he said,
Thc American Jewish scholar turned the court room into a col¬ lege classroom as he recited the history of European Jewry, show¬ ing that, despite oppressions and persecutions over the centuries, the Jewish communities in Europe had made vast contributions to learning in all fields until "the Nazi movement set the clock baclt."
PROFESSOR BABON stigma¬ tized the Nazi regime as a sys¬ tem that made anU-Semitlsm the official policy of a Government based on the new thesis of racial and biological anti-Semitism. "The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 intro¬ duced now elements, turning back the clock of history," he said. "The Crystal Night destruction of Jew¬ ish property and synagogues in 1938 was conducted by the official Nazi apparatus Itself, Even in the Middle   Ages,   Jews  could   retain
sonic sort of order, could enjoy some rights, even If those rights were restricted. But under the Nazi regime, the Jews became a classless  society."
Under cross-examination by Dr, Robert Servatius, chief defense counsel, Dr, Baron dwelt on major differences between age-old anti- Semitism and the Nazi type of anti-Jewish persecution. "In an¬ cient times," said the American scholar, "the antl-Semltlc scourge was religious. But In modern times it was simply what thc sociologist calls 'dislike of the imJike,' the hatred of something different,"
"THERE ARE MANY other reasons, rational and irrational," said Professor Baron ,"but one fundamental difference between the millenla of anti-Semitism and the manifestations of the Nazi era is this: Never, not even during the many pogroms, did anti-Semd- tlsm result in mass-murder and genocide,"
Judge Binyamin Halevi asked Dr. Baron about the influence upon anti-Semitism of the notor¬ ious falsehoods, canbraeod in the so-called "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." The scholar outlined the history of this falsification, detailing its origin in Czarist Rus¬ sia. "But oniy after World War One," he said, "was it translated Into many languages, becoming a major weapon of anti-Semi¬ tism."
FOLLOWING DR. Baron's tes¬ timony, Attorney General Hausner entered    into    evidence    various documents    intended     to     prove (Continued on paga 4)
For Giving
Perhaps Marcla's story will be remembered, Thc name is ficti¬ tious but the facts are true about this four year old who was saved because blood was available when she needed It, And this blood can oniy be available if the Jewish community turns out en masse on Blood Day, which will be held at the Jewish Center next Wed¬ nesday, May 3,
But back to Marcia, The sun was shining, thc day was warm, it was spring. Children were play¬ ing on the sidewalks, in the play¬ grounds, in their yards and on the strets. And that's where It happened.
MARCIA WAS a typical four year old, sweet, lovable, briglht, full of life. She was playing on the sidewalk in front of her home when the bail she was playing with   rolled  into  the  street.
Marcia had been warned, re¬ peatedly, about wandering Into the street or onto driveways, but Marcia forgot, she was <mly four. She Went to retrieve the ball. Then It happened,
A SHRIEK OF brakes, a loud thud, a still louder scream, then silence. Sirens, voices, tender hands, speed, they all played a part in saving Marcla's life. Blood was lost, so much for a little girl. Surgery was tmperltlve and sur¬ gery was performed. Tronafuaions were given, six pints, because so much had been lost at the scene of the accident and on the oper¬ ating table. And more had to be given during the post-operative period,
Marcia lived for many reasons. She lived because she was sped to the necessary medical facilities to save her life. She lived because her surgeons labored hard and long and lovingly, six hours, to save her life. She lived because the blood was there to be given at thc moment it was needed,
THE BLOOD was there because the Jewish community was prea¬ ent on "B" Days in the past to give . to meet the quota of the Jewish  community.
The needs are still there, they are great and must be met so others like Marcia may have the blood if it is ever needed,
SO PLAN to give btood on"B" Day, this Wednesday, May 3, Jewish Center, noon to 6 pjn. The bloodmobile will be there and doctors and nurses will be on duty to check you, to make sure you are fit to give blood. No one who isn't wiii be permitted to donate, and if you think you cannot, come anyway and let the doctor decide. You could be wrong and your pint of blood could be the one to save  others like Maroia,
Remember to give blood on "B" Day,
Be Sure Your Pledge To UJFC Is Paid In '61
BE BLOOD
DONORS
GIVE TOGETHER
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