Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1963-01-18

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Vol. 41, No. 3
FRIDAY.   JANUARY   18,    1963
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Winter Concert Set For Jewish Center
Mrs. Harold Edelstein, Jewish Center music committee chairman, announced that the time and date of the Winter Concert of the Jewish Center Orchestra has been set for Stmday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. Under the leadership of RichEfrd Suddendorf, faculty member of the School of Music of The Ohio State Uni¬ versity, the concert will be presented at The Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave.
THE (ilBOHESTBA, one of the
projects oif the adult activities department of the Jewish Cen¬ ter, Iff In Its fourth year. Accord¬ ing to Mrs. Edelstein, the purpose for whl<ih the group was organiz¬ ed was to provide the opportuni¬ ty for all qualified instrumental¬ ists In the community to partici¬ pate In an orchestra situation.
"Aa the roster of the group In¬ dicates," said Mrs. Edelstein, "It has assumed the aspect of a true community orchestra. Differences In ages and interests are forgot¬ ten In the common pleasure of malcing music for the sake of music."
THE FEKSONNEL of the or¬ chestra consists of the following Individuals: first violins. Concert- mistress,   Ruth   Quinn,   Richard
BlcbsTd Suddendorf
Fisher, Dorothy Miller, Marie Stahl,  artd Yvonne  Stockdale.
Second violins, John Martin, Howard Oray, Mildred Maxson and Steve Samuels.
Viola, Kate Boenhelm and Mark Gorchoff.
Cello, Alan FlschlowlU, Eve^lyn Flsohlowltz  and  Wllma Masters.
Double Bass, Stanton GUUland.
Flute, Samuel Buck and Oherl Papier.
Oboe, Ezra Kotiln and Robert Prater.
Clarinet, Dorothy Garwood and Judy Carmack.
Bassoon,  Unda Upper.
French Horn, Phil Bloom and Pam Levine.
Trumpet, Herb UreU and John Rosemond.
Troroibone, Robert Watkeys.
Tuba, James Eaawein.
Percussion,   Sanford  Siegel.
Ef the membership of the or¬ chestra were analyzed, It would be found that Several teenagers participate on a regular basis. Occupations vary from tbat of dentist, documentalist, chemistry teacher to metallurgist, Insurance executive, radiation engineer, not to mention housewives, students from th^Ohlo State and Capital •UnWerglties, music teachers, eto. This is the concept of a commu¬ nity orchestra and this concept is thus fulfilled by the Jewish Center Orchestra.
The concert is open to the pub- l;c without charge. Reservations may l>e secured by phoning the Jewish Center, BE. X-273t
The program will Include the works of Mozart, Bach, Humper- dlnck   and   Douglas Moore.
The World's Week
Compilad {rom-JTA Rcporh
IN WASHINGTON, President Kennedy's State of the Union message to Congress included a reference that some considered applicable In the controversy involving increased American aid to Egypt when that country is using Its own resources for miUtary intercession abroad and to pay for Soviet arms.
IN TEL AVIV, Israeli circles were maintaining a close watch on developments in Jordan where, according to Beirut radio reports, an attempted coup against King Hussein has t>een suppressed.
IN liAKEWOOD, N-J., a oall for a national conference "of all Orthodox rabbinic leaders and organizations" to over¬ come the effects "of overlapping, duplication and waste in the ranks of Orthodox Jewry," was issued here by Rabbi Abraham N. AvRutick, president of the Rabbinical Council of America, addressing the annual mid-winter conference of the organization.
IN LONDON, Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev, speaking at a meeting in Moscow of leading writers, artists, musicians and high government officials, expressed his opinion that it is better for Jews not to hold top positions in Soviet government offices, Ijecause "this only provokes popular resentment."
IN JERUSALEM, reports that the use of Thalidomide cured a patient in Israel of a malignant growth were dis¬ missed tills week by a special inquiry committee of the Is¬ rael Health Ministry which said that the claim apparently had been based on an incorrect diagnosis.
IN HAMBURG, the first Cferman performance of a comedy by the Israeli playwright and humorist, Ephraim Klshon, was a hit here this week. The play, "Certificate of Marriage," was performed in the Tiialia theater. The pjay has an  Israeli locale.
IN AMSTERDAM, Dr. RphertVandenljergh, an Amster¬ dam Jewish alderman, was elected to the lower chamber of the Dutch Parliament aa a Labor Party deputy. He is the fourth member of Parliament of Jewish origin. The Dutch Senate, the upper chamber, has two Jewish members, tioth Socialists.
IN TBL AVIV, Deputy Defense Minister Shimon Peres warned that Israel would not be surprised If Egypt demon¬ strates a public latmchlng of missiles.
Cols. Leaders Appointed To J.D.C* Board Of Directors
Moses A. Leavitt, Joint Distribution Committee Executive Vice President announced at the recent JDC annual meeting heJti in New York the election of many Columbus leaders to its Board of Directors and National Council; Robert W. Schiff was re-elected to serve another term on the Joint Distribution Committee Board pf Directors. Still serving on the board through previous elections are; Richard J. Abel, Herbert H. Schiff and Samuel  Shinbach.
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NAMED CHAIRMAN OF MACCABEE GROUP
Herman M. Katz, United Jew¬ ish Fund and Oouncil 1963 Gen¬ eral Campaign Chairman, an¬ nounced the apipolntment of Law¬ rence D. Schaffer as chairman of the 1963 Maccabee Group. The Maccabee Committee has already comi>leted Its plana of organiza¬ tion and will soon be putting them Into effect.
Schaffer waa optimistic and most hopeful that the remark- aMe campaign results of the i»a8t two years of the Maccabee unit would l>e continued in 1963. The prime function of this unit is to give special attention to the ad¬ vancement of a select group of young men in the trades and pro- feasions whose potential fbr ad¬ vancement makes this possible.
THE   KIEW   CHAntUAN   haa
been an active campaigner for many years. He has erved as chairman of the 1961 building and real estate section in the trades and professions division, as well as being a member of the Mac¬ cabee Group for the past several years. Schaffer "Is currently serv¬ ing as co-ciiairman of the UJFC leadersiiip development program. He was a member of the 1962 UJFC annual meeting arrange¬ ments committee.
He Is a mem,ber of the UJFC comjnunity relations committee and on Its civil rights sul>commit- tee. He is on the Hillel Foimda- Uon OSU Advisory Board and a memtoer of its executive com¬ mittee. In 1962 he was chairman of the Hillel  Alumni committee.
SCHAFFER HAS always main¬ tained wide community interests. He serves on the board of trus¬ tees of Temiple Tifereth Israel as well as on the l>oard of its men's olub. He is a memiber of the ex¬ ecutive board of B'nai B'rith Zion Lodge. He is chairman of the Mumhi Inter-Fratemlty Coun¬ cU and serves as mid-west region¬ al governor for Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity.
Schaffer announced that Mil¬ lard Cummins and David Madi¬ son will be serving as liis vice- chairmen. He stated that those participating and seen by tbe Maccabees will have the oppor¬ tunity to learn more about hu¬ man needs and the various ways In which these needa can beat be met by the UJFC.
tieavltt also announced tbe fol¬ lowing Columbus Jewish leaders to serve on JDC National Council: Harold Schottenstein, Charles Goldsmith, Herman M. Katz, Her¬ bert S. Levy, Samuel M. Melton, Ja.ck S. Resler, Joseph S. Sum¬ mer, Leo Yassenoff, Ben A. Yen¬ kin, Aaron Zacks, Troy A. Feibel, Isidore W. Garek, Harry Gilbert, William V. Kahn, diaries tiaza- rus, Robert Lazarus, Herman D. Luckoff, Jack Sher, Morris Skil¬ ken, Robert Weiler, A. B. Wein¬ feld, Fred Yenkin, Robert A. Click, Mrs. E. J. Gordon, Allen Gundersheimer, Ralph Rosenthal and E}dward F. Schlezinger.
THE PRINCIPAL speaker at the conference was Dr. Aatorre Mayer, president of the Jewish community In Milan, Italy, and chairman of the Standing Con¬ ference on . European Jewisb Community Services. He reiiorted the launching earlier this year of a special European emergency fund for North African Jewish re- fugeefi in France, which already haa raised over $200,000. The Euro¬ pean Jewish communities are continuing to campaign for addi¬ tional   funds   to   help meet   the
needs of the growing number of refugees In France, he said.
iDr. Mayer praised American Jews for their assistance, whicii was so vital to hundreds of thou¬ sands in Europe in the period immediately after World War H. "We are determined that Euro¬ pean Jewry in the future will do Its share In providing help in all parts of the world where there are Jewa In need and especially. In Israel," he said.
OHARLBS  H.   JORDAN,   JDC
director-general for overseas op¬ erations, reporting on JDC needs for 1963, cited the sharp rise ot Jewish refugees admitted to France this year and str^sed that the number of Jews reach¬ ing France from North African countries- "Is still increasing." He esUmated that in 1963 the JDC must provide over $4,000,000 to help meet the needs of these re¬ fugees, "aa increase of more than $1,300,000 over 1962."
The largest single Item in the budget, $7,650,000, is earmarked for the JDC-Malben welfare pro¬ gram for aged, ill and handicap¬ ped newcomers to Israel, Jordan said. The next largest   Item —
$8,473,000 — In for aid in BJurope — mostly for refugees — the biUk of it for France. In the Moslem countries of North Africa and the iNTear East, despite the emlgrar tion of tens of thousands, approxi¬ mately 100,000 Jews still require JDC assistance in 1963.
IN ISRAEL JDC >IU provide for ov^er 80,000 in 1963. Of these, aome {io,000 will tie cared for In the Malben program through ita network of institutions and througli non-institutional pro¬ grams and rehabilitation ser¬ vices. Another $700,000 will be al¬ located for aid to yeabivot and other religious aiid cultural pro¬ grams.
Leavitt reported that more than 100,000 Jewish refugees from Al¬ geria arrived in France during a four-month period thia yeM, Suddenly the French Jewish community found that it had grown to more than {i00,000 — the fourth largest Jewish community In the world, exceeded only Iqr the United States, the Soviet Union and Israel.
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Shopping Guide 8
Our Teen Scene 11
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Jewish Study Inst. Opens This Monday
The first three week session of the new Institute of Jewish Studies at The Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave., opens on Mon¬ day evening, Jan. 21, with the topic, "What Are Basic Jewish Values?" The lecturers for this course, which will run for three consecutive Mondays, will be Rabbi Harry Kaplan, director ol the B'nai B'rlth Hillel Foundation at The Ohio State University, and Rabbi Martin Kowal, assistant director. At the Monday evening..t^eet
ings, Raibbi Kaplan euid' Rabbi Kowal will discuss historic Jew¬ ish values, their, survival in tbe non-Jewish world and their fu¬ ture In America and Israel.
ON TUESDAY evening, Jan. 22, the first of three taltu given on consecutive Tuesdays, will be de¬ livered by Milton Kessler. Kess¬ ler, who Is the author of "A Road Came Once," a book of poetry, as well as a teacher and lecturer, will Introduce, read from and dis¬ cuss the worlis pf Bernard Mala¬ mud, Saul Bellow, Philip Foth and Herman Wouk.
On Thursday evenings, Jan. 24, 31 and Feb. 7, Dr. Mark Lefton will lecture on "The Jewish Di¬ lemma - Identification or Aliena¬ tion." Dr. Lefton, a teacher and research specialist in mental health and author of numerous professional publications, will dis¬ cuss the effects of historic pre¬ judice, discrimination and ex¬ ternal Influences upon the men¬ tality and behavior of Jews in America.
The Institute meetings are open to all interested persons of the community. After formal registration, Center members will be admitted on a no (ee l^asis. The fee to non-members will be $5 for the entire nine week course of 27 lectures. Each three week period of nine lectures WIU be available to non-members for i-^'',i''.C'i j $2. '   ¦•' ¦''¦*
ALL LEOTURES will start promptly at 8 p.m. and will con¬ sist of a talk, a coffee break and an informal discussion period. The evening will terminate at the dlsgreasion of the lecturer and his group. However no ses¬ sion will go beyond 10 p.m.
Ralbbi Kaplan has been a fre¬ quent speaker before college and univer«^ty groups as well aa Jew¬
ish organizations throughout tbe country. He came to the Hiilel Foimda- (conlinutd on p«ga t)
BabU
Kowal
ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM IS AGAIN OFFERED FOR 1963
B'nai B'rith Women is an¬ nouncing its adult education pn - gram for 1963. Entitled "TTji.' Ways of My People," it is a con¬ tinuation of the successful series launched last year.
The 1982 program dealt with the most important events in the ilfe cycle of a Jew. Discussed at the five individual meetings were the deeper meanings and slgnlfl- oance of birth. Bar MltzVah, mar¬ riage, death and the Sabteth. This year the series wlil deal with other important practices and concerns of everyday Jewish life. PLANNED TO acquaint all Jewish women with the history, many Interpretations and role in our modern life of Jewish cus¬ tom and laws, the 1963 subject matter for the study groups should prove both enlightening an(l stimulating. It wiB attemipt to examine significant JennrlBh concepts In terms of the major joclal, economic, educational and religious problems of the present day.
With the exception of the first .•neetlng at Agudas Achlm Syna- jogue, the dessert tea meetings Arlil be held in various homef at 12:30 pjm. All B'nai B'rlth meni-' lers and their friends are cor- ilally Invited to attend. The prb- srama, speakers, dates, -and lomes are  as  follows:
The Synagogue, Rabbi Sam¬ uel Rubenstein, Jan. 23^ Agudas Achlm Synagogue, 2767 B. Broad St.
The Place and Meaning of Charity In Jewish Life, Rabbi Nathan 25ellzer, Jan. 30, at the home of Mrs. Richard Grund¬ stein, 60 S. Drexel  Ave.
The Place and Meaning of Social Justice in Jewish Life, Rabbi Harry Kaplan, Fe*. 6, at the home of Mrs. Harry Kap¬ lan, 69 N. Virginia Lee Rd.
Tbe FlBice and Meaning of Torah in Jewish Life, Ralbbi David Stavsky, Feto. 20, at the home of Mrs. Meivin Furman, 1S2 3. Merkle Rd.
The   Place  and   Meaning  of
Education In Jewish Life, RaiUbl
Jerome   D.   Follonan,   at   the
home of Mrs. Martin Godofisky,
2728 Brentwood Rid.
BABBI RUBBNarEN, who opens the series, ia the spiritual leader of Agudas Aohim ^na- gogue. His presentation at the myths, history, customs and meaning of each subject in the synafEogue Is eagerly antlcifpated. Mra. MUton M. Parker Is ohalrman at the s«c1«n.