Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1963-05-17

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Vol.41, No. 20
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1963 — 23 lYAR, 5723
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The World's Week
Compiled from JTA Reports
m Jerusalem, Dr. Peretz Bernstein, a leading Parlia¬ mentary member of the Liberal Party, and former Minister of Commerce and Industry in two of Israel's Cabinets, was nominated to the Presidency, as successor to the late Izhak Ben-Zvi. He will run opposite Schneur Zalman Shazar, pre¬ viously nominated by the Mapai Party.
Voting on the electior^qf the next President of Israel is scheduled to be held in the ]Knesset, by secret ballot, on May 21. The election of Shazar is believed certain on the first bal¬ lot. However, the nomination of Bernstein was filed as a protest against the alleged "monopoly" on high government¬ al posts held by the Mapai Party.
In Frankfurt, preparations for one of the largest and most important mass trials of alleged war criminals ever held in West Germany — the proceedings against 24 persons charged with killing hundreds of thousands of Jews at Aiuischwitz — are being completed, but the arrangements are so complex that the trial may not open until next January, Dr. Joachim Grelff, president of the Frankfurt District Court, said.
In London, a dispatch from the Soviet Union stated that a catalogue of Jewish manuscripts from at least three fa¬ mous collections is being prepared at the Institute of Asiatic Peoples of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. The catalogue, envisaged as one Of inestimable value to scholars of He- bracica and Judaica, is scheduled to appear shortly under the editorship of two Soviet scholars, K. Starkova and A. Ginsburg.
In Bonn, the draft of a bill to require express Govern¬ ment permission to West German nationals to participate in overseas work on certain types ol weapons and rockets has ' been completed for submission to Parliament. The draft was prepared by a Parliamentary commission representing
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MRS. SAMUEL ZURAVSKY NAMED WOMEN'S DIVISION ISRAEL BOND CAMPAIGN HEAD
Mrs.. Samuel L.ZHKaysky ha9 been,appointed WomenJs Di¬ vision Chairman for the 1963 State of Israel Bond Campaign, it was announced' today by Alvin E. Schottenstein, Campaign Chairman.
Mrs. Zuravsky was born In Louisville, Ky., and has been a resident of Columbus for the past 29 years. While in Louis¬ ville she attended the Academy of Music. Since coming to Co¬ lumbus she has been very active in Jewish community affairs. She is a charter member of B'nai B'rith, a member of Hadassah, Council of Jewish Women, Brandeis Universi¬ ty and Agudas AcWm Sisterhood. MRS. ZURAVSKY has actively participated in the Jewish National Fund Campaign and the Israel Bond Campaign for many years. She lives with her husband. Attorney Sam¬ uel Zuravsky, at 2T71 Dale Ave. and has two children. Dr. Martin Zur¬ avsky, an orthodontist here in Co¬ lumbus and Jerome Allen Zurav- sfty. Mrs. Zuravsky succeeds Mrs. Milton J. Leeman who was the 1961-62 Women's Division Chair¬ man.
Mrs. Zuravsky said, "I have ac¬ cepted this important position .be¬ cause I feel very strongly that Is¬ rael Bonds are indispensable if Is- Mrs. Samuel L. Zuravsky (eontlnutd on pag> 7)
RECEIVES GEORGE MEANY AWARD
Prominent local attorney Sol Morton Isaac this week received the fourth local George Meany Award, at a ban¬ quet held at the Fort Hayes Hotel. This award, which origl- nsfcted in Columbus, gives the local AFLrCIO the opportunity to recognize an outstanding citizen in the field of health, welfare and recreation and his contribution to the commu¬ nity. Shown above are (left to right): Isaac; Robert A. Ro- senkrans, assist director, National AFL-CIO conmiuiiity service activities officer, who made the presentation; gnd Robert Greer, executive secretary-treasurer, Colunibus and Franklin County AFL-CIO.
Passing Of Mrs. E. J. Gordon Mourned By Entire Community
Snider Memorial Cliapel was filled to capacity last Sunday- afternoon when hundreds of men and women, leaders and workers in the field of human welfare attended the services of Mrs. E, J. (Reva) Gordon who pas.-sed away May 8 in Miami Beach. They came tp pay their last respects to an outstanding woman who throughout her lifetime dedicated her time, energies and talents to countless causes for the betterment of mankind. Kabbis J. D. Folkman, S. W. Ru-
Hon. Aaron R. Schwartz
TEXAS SENATOR IS ADL GUEST SPEAKER AT REGIONAL HERE
The Hon. Aaron R. Schwartz, a member of the Texas State Senate and chairman of the Southwestern Regional Executive Board of the Anti-Defamation League ot B'nai B'rith will deliver the keynote ad¬ dress at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting pf the ADL's Ohio-Ken¬ tucky Regional Board. The meet¬ ing will be held on Saturday eve¬ ning. May 18, and Sunday, May 19, at Stouffer's University Inn in Co¬ lumbus. Senator Schwartz's address will deal with the national impact of ADL in its 50th year of com¬ munity service.
Theme ot the 14th annual meet¬ ing wiU be "AOX,'s FUUeth Year: A Time of Crisis." Emphasis will be placed on the league's half cen-
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benstein and Harry Kaplan, in their eulogies, lauded Mrs. Gordon as a rare combination ot wisdom and goodness with an unselfish devo¬ tion to duty tor almost 50 years. As long as the memory of a Columbus Jewish woman is recorded in our city's annals, the rabbis concluded, the name of Reva Gordon.will al¬ ways be enshrined as a most en¬ during monument with gratitude, love and respect. Cantor P. H. Gell¬ man chanted the "El Mole" mem¬ orial prayer.
MRS. GORDON, daughter ot Fred and Bessie Silberstein, was born in Richmond, Ind. The family mov¬ ed to Columbus in 1896. During the first world war she became interest¬ ed in local social work and together with the late Joseph (Pop) Schon¬ thal, prominent philanthropist and Jewish benefactor, participated in the program ot the Schonthal Com¬ munity Center, the Jewish Infants Home of Ohio, the "571" Shop and numerous other Jewish and non- Jewish welare activities.
In 1926 she married Dr. E. J. Gordon, for many years professor of medicine at The Ohio State Uni¬ versity.
HUNDREDS OF foreign born re¬ fugees who L-ame to these shores' will always remember Mrs. Gordon for her tireless labors in their be-
regional and local levels
SENATOR SCHWARTZ, a native and resident of Galveston, Texas, has the unique distinction of being a veteran ot two ot the armed services. Having served in the U.S. Navy during World War n, he later qualified for a commission in the U. S. Air Force. He is a graduate of two Texas universities, Texas A & M and the University ot Texas, from which institution he earned a law degree. While still a student, he ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives. After serving one term as representative, Schwartz was elected to the Senate where he is now serving his second term, representing the district where he was raised and where he still makes his home.
Senator Schwartz has compiled an impressive record of public ser¬ vice and civic honor.
He is active in Jewish religious
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world to live in and a "helping hand for the less fortunate" has at all times been a motivating drive. To¬ gether with her husband, now re¬ tired, they constituted a unique combination in the preserv.ition of human values in an ideal tj ,je ot American Jewish community life. In 1961 the Gordons were honored by the Columbus Jewish commu¬ nity in recognition of their outstand¬
ing contributions to social welfare and civic endeavors.
Mrs. Gordon's most active affili¬ ations included: Jewish Welfare Federation ot America, Jewish Community Center, Jewish Wel¬ fare Board, Jewish Infants Home of Ohio (1931-1938) American Jew¬ ish Joint Distribution Committee, United Jewish Fund and Council of Columbus, National Council of Jew¬ ish Women, United Service for New Americans, Columbus Coordinating Committee   (refugee organization).
SHE WAS a member of the Co¬ lumbus organizing committees tor National Russian Relief, Yugoslavia Relief Ship, Greek Relief, Franklin County National Clothing Collection for War Relief Overseas, National Save-the-Children effort and the Citizens' Committee tor Displaced Persons.
A charter Life Member of Bran¬ deis University, Mrs. Gordon was also a member of Xempie Israel, Children's Hospital, American Can¬ cer Society, Columbus Philharmonic Assn., Planned Parenthood Assn., Foreign Policy Assn., Gallery of Fine Arts, Emergency Committee ot Atomic Science, Ohio Assn. for the Blind, Urban League, Starling Ohio Women's Club, Women's Auxiliary, Academy of Medicine, Friends of the Land, Franklin County Historic¬ al Society, American Jewish Com¬ mittee, Hadassah, B'nai B'rith Wo¬ men, National Council for Democ¬ racy, Charter Member of Freedom House, New York City, and mem¬ ber of U.S. Mission of United Na¬ tions.
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DEN-GAL IMPRISONED AS ISRAELI SPY SINCE mm 2 IS RELEASED ON RAIL
BASLE (JTA) — Joseph Ben-Gal, the alleged "secret agent" for Israel, under arrest here since Mar. 2 on a charge of having threatened the daughter of a German scientist at work on the Egyptian program for development of non-conventional wea¬ pons aimed at Israel, was released on bail here this week.
A statement issued'by the president of the Basle Criminal Court declared.: "Israeli citizen Joseph Ben-Gal, detained on charges of coercion, was released
on bail and certain other conditions, while awaiting his trial, to begin June 10."
NEITHER THE prosecutor here, nor Dr. George Brunschwig, Ben- Gal's attorney, would reveal the nature of the "certain conditions." Brunschwig's only comment in re¬ ply to a question by the Jfewish Telegraphic Agency was: "The ball set for Ben-Gal is perfectly normal for the case, and is not excessive by any means."
Brunschwig had applied for Ben- Gal's release on bail over the week¬ end, after the Swiss Govemment had announced it had refused to permit his extradition to West Ger¬ many to establish whether he had participated in threatening the life ot another German scientist employ¬ ed on the Nasser armament pro¬
gram.
AS SOON as Ben-Gal was releas¬ ed, he called on the chief prosecut¬ or of the Swiss canton where he was detained, thanking the official for the treatment he had received in jail. It was learned that he had been spirited out ot jail through a side door. Both Swiss authorities here and otficial Israeli sources said they do not know where he is now.
Meanwhile, it was ascertained that Prof. Otto Jukelik, an Austrian scientist arrested with Ben-Gal and also accused oby the West Germans of complicity in the threatening ot another scientist, is still in jail at Lonhof, outside Basle. He, too, has applied for release on bail, but tiis bail application will be decided by the criminal court here early next week.
Mrs. E. J. Oordon
BESIDES HER husband. Dr. Gor¬ don, she is survived by three bro¬ thers, Harry, Max and Ben Silber¬ stein, Columbus; two sisters, Julia Silberstein, Columbus; and Sarah, Miami Beach, nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers were Samuel Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, Mayer Rosenfeld, Zalman Rosenfeld, Dr. Samuel D, Edelman, Dr. ¦ Morris Goldberg, Edward Schlezinger, Her¬ bert Byer.
HONORARY pallbearers were Jack Gordon, Dr. David M. Gordon, Ben Neustadt, Robert Schiff, Wil¬ Uam Schitt, Joseph Zox, Dr. Louis Roth, Samuel Lewis, Herbert Wise, Abe I. Yenkin, Fred Yenkin, Harry Polster, Samuel Melton, Dr. Alex¬ ander Pollack, Dr. Joseph Kaplan, Robert Weiler, Aaron ^acki, Wil¬ liam Kahn, Howard Schoenbaum, Melville D. Frank and Sol Zell.
Interment was at the new Agudas Achim Cemetery by the Snider Memorial Chapel.
Contributions in memory ot the deceased may be made to the Heri¬ tage House, 1151 College Ave.
RAMSOMED EGYPTIAN SIFREI TORAHS TO DE DEDICATED AT TIFERETH ISRAEL
The dedication ceremony of two Sifrei Torahs which were ransomed from the Egyptian Government and which are being donated to the Tifereth Israel Congn'gation and to the Minnie Cobey Memorial Library and Jewish Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Melton, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cobey and-Herbert Co¬ bey, will take place on Memorial Day, May 30. The services be¬ gin at 9 a.m.
These Holy Scrolls were ransom¬ ed trom the now defunct Egyptian synagogues after nine months of painstaking and frustrating nego¬ tiations. The final official approval came from Gamal Abdel Nasser, head of the Egyptian Government, who authorized the redemption or ransom of Jewish religious proper¬ ty.
CANTOR WOLF HECKER ot the
Israeli Religious Art, Inc., of New York City, brought the Torahs to New York where Mr. and Mrs. Melton were able to obtain two ot the coHection.
The Torahs are from a collection of Torahs, some of which date back 250 years when the Egyptian Jews
were the richest Jewish community in the Middle East. The fine crafts¬ manship, the filigree work, the ornate carving in the wood and in the metal are rarely seen in the Western world. The Torahs were carefully checked tor Kashrut by Rabbi Jacob Nefoussi ot Alexan¬ dria.
An interesting incident occurred when Mrs. Ralph Benveniste, who is doing secretarial work at the temple, recognized one Torah, which has a filigree silver case, as one that formerly belonged to her Temple Elijah Ha-Nouve in Alex¬ andria. Mr. and Mrs. Benveniste left Aixandria during the period of Egyptian anti-Jewish riots in 1957.
Samuel Melton
Mrs. Melton