Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1963-05-10

              Vol. 41, No. 19
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1963 — 16 lYA.., aiti
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Alvin Schottenstein Heads Bond Drive
Alvin E. Schottenstein, outstanding Columbus Jewish com¬ munity leader, has been named to the post of chairman of the Columbu.s committee for State of Israel Bonds for the 1901.3 campaign, it was announced today by Dr. B. B. Caplan, 1902 Israel  Bond  chairman.
Mr. and Mrs. Schottenstein have recently returned from Israel, and were delighted to see the many projects built with Israel Bond dollars. Schottenstein,
who served as Israel Bond Chair¬ man in 1961, is president of the E. L. Schottenstein Department Store and resides with his wife, Beverly, at 30 N. Drexel Ave. The Schot- tensteins are the parents of Chuck, Bobbie, Gary and Randee.
SCHOTTENSTEIN attended the Ohio State University College of Commerce but his education was interrupted by the war where he served as a captain in the army in the China-Burma-India theatre. He is a member of Agudas Achim, Tifereth Israel, Beth Jacob, B'nai B'rith, ZOA, The Columbus Cham¬ ber of Commerce and a member of the Board of the Columbus Tor¬ ah Academy.
Since its inception in 1951, the Israel Bond effort has produced more than $600,000,000 in invest¬ ment capital for the development of every sector of Israel's economy.
"THE YEAR 1963 marks two epic
Alvin E. Schottenstein
milestones for Israel," stated Schot¬ tenstein in accepting the chairman¬ ship, "namely, the celebration of Jsrael's 15th anniversary as a free nation, and the beginning of the redemption of the first Israel Bonds. It also sees Israel at the threshold of new and greater achievements.
"The giant strides Israel has made in the economic development of the upper half of the country must now be duplicated in the tre¬ mendous task of reclaiming' the Negev desert to the south. Under the impact of increased Israel Bond investments, the national irrigation system must be completed to bring water to arid regions, construction of the new deep water harbor at Ashdod must be accelerated, and new development towns that dot the desert must be built up to re¬ ceive the steady wave of new im¬ migrants who need homes an'd fac¬ tories and farms, schools, roads and railroads to become self-sustaining.
"THE PATTERN established and followed so successfully in the north must b'e adapted to the south, not only to absorb many newcomers, but to broaden the scope of the country's economic growth.
"In view of the fact that many thousands of .lews are still coming into Israel from disturbed areas in other parts ot the world, Israel Bond funds are required to provide the economic means for their settle¬ ment as productiye citizens of their new homeland. Israel also needs large resources to reclaim the Ne¬ gev desert that covers more than half her total area," Schottenstein said.
"It is most significant that in her
15th  anniversary  year  Israel  will
start   to  redeem   the   first   Israel
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SENECA HOTEL WILL BE SETTING FOR GOL. HADASSAH INSTALLATION LUNCHEON
The Columbus Chapter of Hadassah announces that Mrs. Malcolm Robbins will be installed as chapter president at a luncheon meeting on Tuesday, May 21, at 12:15 p.m. at the Seneca Hotel.
Installed with Mrs. Robbins as vice president coordinators will be Mrs. Michael Karr for education, Mrs. Robert Hallet for fund raising, Mrs. Carl B. Mellman for program and Mrs. Ernest Simon for membership. Also serv¬
ing as chapter Officers will be Mrs. Norbert Kruger as treasurer, Mrs. Joseph Goldslager as corresponding secretary, Mrs. Jerome Fisher as recording secretary and Mrs. Sam Cohen  as finanical secretary.
THE HADASSAH chapter board of directors will include: Mesdames Dora Abrams, M. Bleich, David Brilliant, Harold Edelstein, Sam Eisenstein, Robert Friedman, Mar¬ tin Godofsky, Ben Goodman, Mar¬ tin Greenberg, Helen Kollus, Fred Levi. Jack M^rks, Martin Marx, Munroe Palestrant, Meivin Rack- off, Victor Ringer, Samuel W. Ru¬ benstein, Bernard Schlesinger, Her man Seff, Jesse Shapiro, B. Lee Skilken, Sam Subow, Morris Swed low, M. Tarcov, Saul Wachs and Abe Yenkin.
The presidents of the six Hadas sah groups that make up the Co¬ lumbus chapter will also be install¬ ed as members of the chapter board. They are IVIrs. Joseph Bas¬ kin, Mrs. Edward Ghitman, Mrs. Harold Harris, Mrs. Morris Lessure, IVIrs. Morris Ojalvo and Mrs. Irv¬ ing Seff.
AWARDS FOR the past year will be announced at this installation luncheon. Of the 20 chapters com¬ prising the Central States Region, Columbus was one of six to receive frpm national Hadassah an award for membership reenrollment. This placque will be displayed. Chapter
Members of the committee for the Champagne and Springtime dinner-dance to^be held at Temple Israel on Saturday, May 18 are shoWn in the above picture. They are (left to right, standing): Robert Weiler, Jr., reservations; JVIr. and Mrs. Marvin Frank, co-chairmen; Mrs. Ben Zucker¬ man, Sisterhood representative; Jules Garel, Brotherhood representative; Thomas Lurie, publicity. (Seated): Mrs. Tlioma.'! Lurie, publicity.
SPRINGTIME ADDED TO CHAMPAGNE SETS DINNER DANCE MOOD
Champagne and Springtime, the dinner dance being sponsored by the Temple Israel Brotherhood and Sisterhood, will be held at the tem¬ ple on Saturday evening. May 18.
The affair will begin at 7 with a champagne hour. Dinner will be served at 8 by Danny Deeds of the Maramor.
SOME OF the dishes to be serv¬ ed are' tenderloin lips with mush¬ rooms au sherry, lobster a 'la new- burgh, baked chicken, and a variety of other buffet dishes.
Following dinner there will be dancing until 12 to the orchestra of Ted Goctz. Champagne will be served throughout the evening. The entire evening can be enjoyed for $7.50 per person.
SEVERAL OF the hosts and host¬ esses for the evening will be: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aronson. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baier, Dr. and Mrs. Norman Berger and Mr. and Mrs. Mi-IIard Cummins.
All persons who wish to make reservations for this event may do so by mailing their checks to: Champagne and Springtime, Tem¬ ple Israel, 5419 E, Broad St., Co¬ lumbus 13, or by calling the Tem¬ ple office, BE. 7-4281.
U.J.F.C. Campaign Figure $688,895
An overflowing crowd of more than 200 campaigners of the 1963 United Jewish Fund and Council campaign crowded into The Jewish Center auditorium Thursday evening. May 2, for the closing rally.
Herman M. Katz, General Campaign Chairman, announced a cafhpalgn achievement of $688,895. He reported that additional pledges were anticipated which should increase the total. DR. AKIBA KOHANE, represent
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awards will be given for group achievement in membership and fund raising. Individual achieve¬ ments will also be recognized.
Mrs. Ben Shafran, hospitality chairman, announces that a lun¬ cheon will be served at a cost i f $2 per person in the newly redec¬ orated meeting rooms of the Sene¬ ca Hotel. She urges all Hadassah members to make their resrva- tions immediately by contacting their group president.
Dr.  Louis Gottschalk
PROF. GOTTSCHALK IS GUEST SPEAKER AT HILLEL BANQUET
On Wednesday, May 15, the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation will hold its annual awards banquet at which time Dr. Louis Gottschalk, the new chairman of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Commission, will be the featured speaker.
In 1935 Dr. Gottschalk was made a full professor at the University ot Chicago and in that capacity serv¬ ed as chairman of the history de¬ partment from 1937 to 1942. In 1959 he was named Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of History, the post he presently holds at the University ot Chicago.
DR. GOTTSCHALK is the author or co-author of over a dozen books — among them "The Letters of Lafayette to Washington," the James Hazen Hyde prize-winning "Lafayette Between the American and French Revolution" and "Un¬ derstanding History." As chairman of the Social Sciences Research Council Committee' on Historical Analysis, he has just completed editing its report, entitled "Gen¬ eralization in the Writing of His¬ tory" (University of Chicago Press, 1963). He is also vice president of The International Commission for a Cultural and Social History of Mankind and is now working under tliat commission's auspices as au thoreditor of Vol. IV of the "UNESCO History of Mankind."
Dr. Gottschalk was president of the Chicago Board of Jewish Edu¬ cation from 1942 to 1945. He is fac¬ ulty advisor of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the University of (ihicago and has participated in many programs there.
J DR. GOTTSCHALK has been edi¬ tor of the Journal ot Modern History and associate editor of several his¬ torical periodicals. He is a mem¬ ber of many learned societies — including the American Philosophi¬ cal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American His¬ torical Association (president in 1953), Societe des Etudes Robe- pierristes, American Friends of La¬ fayette, Societe d'Histoire Modeme, Phi Beta Kappa.
Dr. Gottschalk was awarded $10,- 000   by  the  American   Council   of Learned Societies for Ws outstand¬ ing  achievements in  fhe  field of (contlnuad  on   pag*  4)
ative- of the American Joint Distri¬ bution Committee for Poland de¬ scribed dramatically and graphical¬ ly the serious present problem of care of 400,000 Jews serviced by the JDC overseas. Many thousands of Jews behind the Iron Curtain countries are aided by JDC funds and services. Refugees in increas¬ ing numbers are coming to Israel. The problem of rescue and relief will remain, he stated, for many years.
At the closing rally all the divi¬ sions and their respective units of which there were approximately 50, gave their reports. The division chairmen represented were: Ad¬ vance Gifts, Harold Schottenstein; Trades & Professions, Sol D. Zell; Women, Mrs. Leon Schottenstein; Young Matrons, Mrs. Carl Mell¬ man; Maccabees. Lawrence Schaf¬ fer; Young Adults, Leslie Wexner; and Juniors,  Peter Miller.
REPORTING FOR the various units were; Advance Gifts, Red Team, Louis Krakoff; White Team, Dave Levison; Blue Team, Dr. Ivan Gilbert. Trades & Professions; Cen¬ tury Club, Edwin Ellman; Account¬ ants, Herbert Weyl; Battelle, Her¬ bert L. Wagner; Building & Real Estate, Bernard Yenkin; Commu¬ nity Workers, Murray Daninhirsch; Department Stores, George Rosen¬ berger; Engineers, Walter Robin¬ son; Manufacturing, Jack Reich¬ gott; Metropolitan, Leon Beck; Mis¬ cellaneous, Samuel Oppenheimer; Optometrists, Dr. Burton Louis; Out-of-TQwn, David Levinson; Phy¬ sicians, Dr. Malcolm Robbins; Re¬ tail, Ernest Stern; Scrap & Steel, Ben Seiferas; Shoes, Philip Felger. For the Women's Division: Key¬ noters, Simon Lazarus; Pacesetters, Mrs. Ray Kahn; Belleringers, Mrs. Morris Paine; General Solicitations, Mrs. Bernard Mentser. Young Ma¬
trons; Leading Ladies, Mrs. Leon¬ ard Wasserstrom; Forerunners, Mrs;" Gordon Schiffman; General Solicitations, Mrs. Michael Karr.
Reports were also given fqr the following sections: Prontrunners, Attorneys, Dentists, Food, Insur¬ ance, Jewelers and Pharmacists.
GOV. JAMES A. RHODES gave some highlights of his trip to Israel. He presented a very favorable and positive impression of the develop¬ ment of the State of Israel. He urged strong support for Israel in the years to come.
Co-chairmen for the meeting were Alvin and Leon Schottenstein. Leon Schottenstein introduced Governor Rhodes whom he has known for many years.
HERBERT H. SCHIFF, president of the United Jewish Fund and Council, and a member of the United Jewish Appeal cabinet, pre¬ sented a silver medallion to his fa¬ ther, Robert W. Schiff. in behalf of the 25th anniversary of the UJA. Robert Schiff has given 25 years of national leadership and service. In responding to the presentation, Robert Schiff expressed his con¬ cern for the continueo care of the Jewish people overseas. He felt it was an obligation whith must con¬ tinue to be met in the years ahead. SAMUEL SHINBACH, a past pres¬ ident and campaign chairman of the UJFC and a member of the board of directors of the JDC, in¬ troduced the guest speaker. Dr. Akiba Kohane.
Hospitality and refreshments for the evening were provided by the Young Matrons as well as its cam¬ paign skit, "It's Magic."
The appointments for the 1964 campaign leadership were announc¬ ed by Herbert Schiff. More details on this will shortly be presented to the public.
'Damn Yankees' Opens May 18
"Damn Yankees," the musical comedy that broke an all- time jinx against Broadway stage shows dealing with baseball, has been .scheduled as the next attraction of the Gallery Players at The Jewish Center.
Even when written by the gi-eat and redoubtable Ring Larclner, play after play involving the national pastime had alway.s been failures on the New York .stage — until "Damn Yankees"  scored its run  of more
than two years beginning in the spring of 1955, when critics and the theatre-going public hailed it as a pennant winner.
DIRECTED BY Harold M. Eisen¬ stein, with choreography by Rick Norris and musical direction by Dave Angus and Alvin Beck, the Gallery Players musical concerned with dizzy diamond doings and a distracting Delilah will open on Sat¬ urday evening. May 18. Subsequent performances are, at present, scheduled for May 19, 22, 23, 25 and 26.
The central figure of "Damn Yankees" is an especially unfortu¬ nate case. Played by Beck, he is one of those bleeding fans, com¬ mitted heart and soul to the most hopeless team in the league, the Washington Senators. As he sits before his TV set one evening watching his team lose as usual, he mutters morosely that he'd sell his soul to be able to help them win a pennant. The words are hardly spoken when the Devil, portrayed by Gene Gerrard of WOSU Radio, appears to cosummate the sale. The 50ish fellow is transformed into a strapping .young athlete who can hit two home runs at every game so that his beloved Senators are about to supplant the Yankees in first place. Frank Johnson sings and acts the part of the rejuvanat- ed hero.
THE DIABOLICALLY-gifted baU- player gets homesick for his un¬ derstanding domestic wife, por¬ trayed by Jean Westrick of TV fame. Mephisto has a trick with which to get final possession of Joe's soul, and he calls upon his most reliable handmaiden.
This is a bewitching siren named
Lola. She had also done a bit of soul-bartering. Once the ugliest girl in Providence, R. I., in return for beauty she put herself at the beck and call of the Devil. She is now assigned to put her seduction powers to work on the ballplayer to keep his thoughs away from re¬ turning to his wife. Lenny Schot¬ tenstein sings and dances the role of Lucifer's luscious lovely.
THE SATISFYING tale of how the Yankees lost the pennant and yet Joe saves his soul despite the temptations of the most combusi- ble enchantress of the Devil's team, (contlnuad  on  pago 4)
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Tommy Henrich, (left) local restauranteur and ex- "damn Yankee" slugger, smiles approvingly as Julian Bar¬ nett, who appears In the Gallery Players production of "Damn Yankees" as the owner of the last place Washington Senators, shows off the talents of his singing ball players. The Senators are (left to right): Allen Gundersheimer, Jr., Abe Green and Jules Vogel. (Kneeling) Roger Allen. Actual¬ ly Henrich was present as a technical advisor at the re¬ hearsal of the diamond musical which opens May 18 at The Jewish Center.