Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1962-10-26

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Vol. 40. No. 43
FRIDAY,    OCTOBER   26,    1962
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JFS Annual Meeting Will Honor NCJW
.Mrs. Herbert S. Levy, Ohalnnan of the Jewish Family Service An¬ nual Meeting, has announced flhat the National Council of Jew¬ ish Women will be honored at the 55bh Annual Meeting to be held  Nov.  4.
The Council of Jewish Women has served) the agenoy for 26 years and will be recognized for their outstanding volunteer aid to the agency's prograun of re¬ settlement of new Americans.
The citation of merit to the Council will read In part "they have supported and participated In community endeavors directed toward the improvement and de- veloponent of social service pro- grajma, practices, standards and social legislation."
Nominations of officers for the lM2-«3 term, and nine trustees for the 1962-65 term wUI be pre¬ sented by the members of the Nominating Comimittee which Jn- C'ludeB: Robert Weller, Sr., dhalr-
man of the committee; Dr. Mal¬ colm Bobbins, Mrs. Joseph Kass, Mrs. Joseph Horohow, Marvin Glassman  and Ben  A.  Yenkin.
Re-nomlnated for a three year term ending; In 1965 are Jules Oarel, Sol Morton Isaac, Mrs. Herbert S- Levy, and Mrs. Jack Resler. New nominees for the Board are Mrs. Ijavld Gersten¬ feld, Mra. Irving Lackritz, Ar¬ thur Loeb, WUUam Wasserstrom and Abe Wolman. Officers nom¬ inated are: David Goldsmith, president; Robert Aronson, vice- president; Mrs. Harry Roth, sec¬ retary; and WUUam Gllck, trea¬ surer.
fllhe Annual Meeting wUl be Sunday, Nov. 4 at 1:30 p.m. in tlhe Jewish Center Auditorium. Guest speaker will be Theodore Isenstadt, director of the Project on Aging of the Family Service Association of America. The en¬ tire community is welcome to at- tendv
The World's Week
Complied from JTA Reports
IN MOSCX)W, for the second time during the current holiday season, a brick was thrown through a window in the Moscow Central Synagogue.
AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, a formal mal request for a "relentless" United Nations investigation of "government-instigated anti-Semitism jn the Soviet Union" was filed by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, an organization which has constilatlve status before the Ecotiomic and Social Council. Such status carries with it a voice, but not a vote on economic and social affairs around the world.
IN ItONDON, it was learned that eight Lithuanians have t)een sentenced to death in a Joint trial at Kovno, in the Soviet Union, for the mass murder of more than 10,000 Jews there during the Nazi occupation in 1941. The leader of the group, Matthew Mltsius, confessed during the nine- day trial before a high court that he personally killed 300 Jews.
IN JERUSALEM, . ,yous processions in synagogues and on the streets marked the Simchat Torah festival in Israel. Thousands took part in public Torah processions.
IN NEW YORK, President Kennedy was named to re¬ ceive America's Democratic Legacy Award for 1963 given by the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League. Presentation will be at a dinner on Jan. 31.
IN WASHINGTON, it was reported that American Ne¬ gro college students, while gaining increased self-esteem as Negroes, are adopting stereotyped anti-Jewish attitudes. This information was contained In a psychiatric sociology study reported to the recent World Congress on Sociology.
IN MIAMI, a- member of an extremist group accused of plotting to murder several Miami Jewish leaders was given a six-year prison term for possessing and transport¬ ing explosives. Previously he was sentenced to a similar term for plotting the bombing of the Anshe Emet Syna¬ gogue.
Herman M. Katz Named UJFC General Campaign Chairman
Dr. Sydney  Nelson
DIRECTOR OF JOG FOR FRANCE GIVES REPORT TO UJFC
Dr. Sydney Nelson, director of the Joint Distribution Committee for Prance has been in Colum¬ bus this week. During hia visit he haa presented the vital mes¬ sage about the French and Al¬ gerian situation to many com¬ munities of the United Jewish Fund   and   Council   family.
Dr. Nelson has talked with over 50 members ot the Council for Organizations of the UjFC, more than 70 participants in the Leadership Development Pro¬ gram, more than 175 combined leadership in the Women's Di¬ vision SteerlnK Committee, Ad¬ visory Board and Young Mt^trons Board, as well as with the 1963 Coanpalgn   Leadership.
Dr. Nelson reported on some of the most dramatic develop¬ ments in Europe. Prance has been the scene of a tremendous influx of refugees in recent months, particularly from Al¬ geria. Hundreds of thousands fled to France in the closing months before Algeria gained Its independence. Among them were 80,000   bo   100,000 Jews.
Additional tens of thousands of Jews have arrived in France from other North African coun¬ tries and from other areas, swell¬ ing the Jewish population in the oountry from 350,000 to close to 500,000. This immigration has placed severe burdens on French- Jewish welfare organizations and on the Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee, which subsidizes welfare and cultural and religious pro- grama In  France.
Herbert H. Schlfl, president of UJFC, announced at its Annual Meeting recently held at Wind¬ ing Hollow Country Club, the ap¬ pointment of Herman M. Katz as 1963 General Campaign Chair¬ man.
Sohlff pointed out that Katz's selection and appointment brings to the UJPC and to one of the most exacting and responsible as- si^ments in the community, a person with outstanding qualifi¬ cations ot service and .ability Campaigning for Herman atx is no new experience having served on the Capital Campaign Commit¬ tees for the construction of the Hillel Foundation at OSU, Jew¬ ish Center, Heritage House and most recently the remodeling of Temple Tifereth Israel. He also jcrvcd on the Executive Commit¬ tee of the local Bonds for Israel- r^or many years he held Various ¦am,paign assignments with UJPC. In 1959 he was the Ad- ance Gifts. (Big Gifts) Chair- nan.
Katz has an intimate know- :edge of many of the local,  na-
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tional and overseas services sup¬ ported by the UJFC having serv¬ ed in many important assigrn- ments.
Katz    has    served    for    many years  on   the  Board  of Trustees
of UJFC. He is on its Exec'utlve Committee, Allocations Commit¬ tee, Ohairman ot the Education and Culture Budget and Plan¬ ning Comimittee of its Personnel Benefit Committee.
His religious interests have been identified for many years with Temple Tifereth Israel, where he served as its president.
He is a board meniber of Wind¬ ing Hollow Country Club, a mem¬ ber ot B'nai B'rith Zion Lodge No. 62, and he has deep insight into Israel's achievements, hav¬ ing been a frequent visitor there.
Katz is president of the Capi¬ tol Manufacturing Comipany, a division of Harsco Corporation. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Katz have three chUdren, Renee (Mrs- George M. Levine), Donald and Stanley. All are married and re¬ siding  In Columbus.
In the succeeding weeks the new General Chairman will be announcing the leadership of the 1963 campaign, the needs for 1963 and how these needs can be best met.
SECOND DOSE OF SABIN VACCINE TO SE OFFERED NOV.
The second step In the Sabin on Sunday polio immunlza,tion program In Franklin CJounty — the biggest and most effective community action program ever undertaken here — Will take place on   Sunday,   Nov.   4.
Type II Sabin oral polio vac- rjine, which im.munizes agalmst the Type II polio virus, will be given from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m- at 118 Sabin Stations all over the county.
THE LOCATION OF the Sabin Stations will be the same as Sept. 30, the! opening Sunday of the mass program aimed at knock¬ ing out polio in the community. More than 540,000 persons — th ree-fourths of the population of the county — received the Type I vaccine given during the first  phase  of the drive.
Dr. Richard L Fulton, presi¬ dent of the Academy ot Medi¬ cine ot Columbus and Franklin County and head of the Sabin on Sunday committee, stressed that everyone over two months old should visit a Sabin Station Nov. 4 and receive the Type II vaccine . ¦ . even those who for (conftnuad on  pag* 41
CAPITOL LADIES AUXILIARY PUNNING ANNUAL DONOR LUNCHEON FOR OCT. 3D
Capitol Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans has com¬ pleted final plans for its nth an¬ nual  donor luncheon.
At noon, on Tuesday, Oct. 80, in the Hotel Fort Hayes, there win be a luncheon with a mual- cal program by the "Able-Aires." The popular quartet of Sweet Adelines, Inc., is noted for per¬ fect harmony in the rendition of songs of the gay 90's and roar¬ ing 20's- They have been accord¬ ed high praise for appearances throughout Ohio before many or¬ ganizations.
Another program feature, In¬ tended to be a special surprise, will au£iment the afternoon's en¬ tertainment.
Plenty of valuable door prizes wdll be given to aiuxillary mem¬ bers and friends who attend the luncheon for the admission price
of iS. These door prizes are also available to ladies who are Un¬ able to attend thia luncheon, but have paid the $6 donor pledge.
Two dollars wiU be credited for each type of trading stamp book.
The money from this once-«r year fund raising event will be used for the numerous auxiliary projects, chief among them be¬ ing liberal aid to veterems and their families, with civilian or military problems, and partcular- ly hospitalized veterans and their dependents.
Make reservations immediately with Mrs. Rofsky, BE. B-6310.
The committee chairmen who have conscientiously worked to make thia event a memorable success are: Mesdames Allen Sei¬ gel, Max Trager, Morris Stetel¬ man, Victor Rofsky, and Ber¬ nard Kaplan.
Entertaining with a musical program for the Capitol Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans will be the "AbeKAi;-es." They are (left to right) Mesdames Robert AbhsSTRobert IVIaher, Daniel Litter and James Fager. The quartet will be featured at the 17lh annual donor luncheon on Oct. 30.
Zion workeib display Menoiah Ball Souvenir, Program, llecipo and Calendar Book. Pictured (left to right) Mrs. X. M. Harris, ticket chairman; Mrs. Sam Thall; Mrs. Martin Endich and Mrs. David Peppercorn, co-chairmen, donor pledges. For reservations to Menorah Ball, please contact any of these women, or any member of Zion or Candlelight Chapters.
B'NAI B'RITH MENORAH BALL SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 1 AT TEMPLE TIFERETH ISRAEL
A donor pledge to the 1962 Menorah Ball on Saturday, Doc. 1 at Temple Tifereth I.srael. is a guarantee that the work of B'nal B'rith will  be  continued.
All proceeds of this affair will go for the service, philanthropic, and educational projects of B'nai B'rith Women.
Now in its 120th year, B'nai B'rith numbers among its mem¬ bers almost 500 000 men, women, and young  people.
The youth services of B'nal B'rith now include the A.Z,A., for young men ot high sehool age. B'nai B'rith Girls is its coun¬ ter-part for high school giria. For them, B'nai B'rith, through its Vocational Service program, pro¬ vides guidance and counseling, individual and group, to help them choose careers and college training most suited to their abil¬ ities and talents.
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations can be found on praotically every major campus in this oountry, in South America, in England and Austria- In Israel, there is a Hil¬ lel House at Hebrew University, and one in Haifa, attached to the Technion.
B'nai B'rith serves through the Anti-Defamation   League,    Adult
Jowish Education, hospitals for tubercular and arthritic, Belle¬ faire, the (Cleveland Home for maladjusted youngsters, and Chil¬ dren's Home in  Israel.
B'nai B'rith women ask that you make your contributions to the 1962 Menorah Ball and make all these Important services pos¬ sible.
5 From Columbus Are In Israel After UJA Study Of French Jewry
Five leaders In the civic and social welfare life of CJolumibus left Paris Oct. 22 for Israel fol¬ lowing a four-day study of the effect upon the French Jewish community of Bhe recent mass influx of North African Jewa, more than 100,000 of whom have come to Prance from Algeria alone in the past four months.
Residents of (Columbus wlto were there as members of the Eighth Overseas Study Mission of the United Jewlah Appeal were William V. Kahn, Mr. and Mrs Leon Schottenstein, and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Zacks.
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