Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1963-03-01

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2I\^      Serving Columbus, Dayton, Cerrtral and Soutt
Vol. 41. No. 9
FRIDAY,    MARCH    I.    1963
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HADASSAH WOMEN MEETING TO FEATURE FESTIVAL OF DANCE
A teatliva] of dance will high- Ught the Joint Birthday Meeting of the ColumbuB Chapter of Ka- daasah to be held on Thursday, Mar. 14, at The Jewish Center Audlitoriiim at 8 pjn.
Starring as gnest artists alt this festival will be the Salbra Trio. The trio oonsists of three recent arrivals from the Haifa Bay area oif Israel, NIDI and Uri Katz and Yaacov Davidovlch. Featured performers will be Rldku Eetanu, Hadassah's own oonitrihutlon to Isna«fll dance in Oolumbus. Rak¬ danim, tbe teen age dance group wMdh reoently affiliated with the Jewish Center, wlil also dance for the birthday gala. Mrs. Debbie Zaffls the director of both Rlkdu Betanu and Raddanim.
MXIMBERS OF tbe Sabra Trio, Katz and Davldoviich, are study- Inig mechanical engllneerinig at Ohio State University. NiU Kajtz la study Interior decorating and is teachi^ng art at the Jewl/sh Cen¬ ter and at various synagogues in Oolumtous. Though not a perform¬ ing dancer in this trio, she con- trllbutea much behind the scenes, having designed the autihentic costumes used to the dancea
Uri Katz, her hustxand, has been danoing slnoe his early teens. In 1957 he waa part of an IsratM student dance group wliich i>er- fOirmed In Moscoiw ea pajt of a 2aoinlBt Delegation. The groiuip won first prize for their perform- anoe of "Detxka Raflach," which will be one of a snirles of Debkas presented by the Trao. In 1960, Uri, Katz toured with a Student Polk Dance girouip of the Tech¬ nion through Eunype for three months, paiticiipabinig in and win¬ ning prizes in varloua fcsU\'als in France, Haly, England, and Bplglum.
YAAOOV DAVnX)VIC!H has appeared before Ootiumbus resi¬ dents sieveral times this year: at the United Nations Festival at the Fair Grounds, Heritage House, Pioneer Women, and Ti¬ fereth Israel's Ohaniukah Party. Davidovlch teaches Israeli dance at Hllllel and has directed the Hillel dancers in their many per¬ formances this fall. Including a (continued   on  paqa  4)
Howard Schoenbaum Is New President Of Jewish Center
In a caucus planning for the mock political convention which win rally support for the United Jewish Fund "plat¬ form" are the following leaders of the Young Matron's Divi¬ sion. (Left to right): Mrs. Jaclc Marks, co-chairman; Mrg. Robert Levenson, Colonel for gerieral solicitations; and Mrs. Leon Mendel, coordinator of the Workers Rally. Not pic- . tured is Mrs. Eugene Sheidlower, co-chairman. The rally will take place Wednesday, Mar. 13, at 8:15 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Bernard Schottenstein, 307 S. Harding Rd.
Young Matrons To Create Mock Rally
The Young Matrons of the United Jewish Fund and Council will partake in an evening of politics and partying Wednesday, Mar. Id at 8:15 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Bernard Schottenstein, 307 S. Harding Rd. The evening of mock political rallying is being planned for the young women of the community who have been selected as workers for the Young Matrons division.
According to Mrs. Carl Mellman, 1963 chairman of Young Matrons,   these  workers  "play
pivotal role in this oamipalgn. Without their cooperation and extreme concern for the welfare of their fellow Jews, and without their inteUigent means of convey¬ ing the urgent needs for UJFC funds, the Young Matron's divi¬ sion could not do an effective fund-raising job."
KEYNOTE  SPEAKEB for the workers' rally will be Mrs. Her-
The World's Week
Compilad from JTA Raporh
In Buenos Aires, police disclosed the confiscation of an arms depot and the arrest of a medical student who confes¬ sed he was chief of the militia corps of the neo-Nazi Tacuara youth organization to whim the arms beloriged.
The police said the arms collection and the student, Rlcardo Ramon Vlera, 39, were found In a house In the San Martin section of the province of Buenos Aires.
In Cambridge, Mass., the B'nai B'rlth Hillel Foundation marked its 40th anniversary with an academic convocation at Harvard University, it commemorated the event by pre¬ senting a Hillel Academic Award to Professor Harry A. Wolfson, 75-year-old Harvard scholar, who held the first academic chair established In the United States for Judaic studies.
In Tel Aviv, oil was struck at the Lapldot Oil Company's Well No. 5, In the Kochav oil field, at a depth of 5,000 feet. This was the first of Israel's wells where a gtisher of oil resulted from a drill stem test, and Indicates that no pump¬ ing will be necessary as in other wells. It was also hoped that, since the layer was found at a more shallow depth than other wells, the drilling may be nearing the crest of an oil structure.
In Miami Beacb, the growth of Yeshiva Uniyersity, in New York, over the past two decades, from an enrollment of 850 students to 5,200, with an Increase In faculty mem¬ bers from 94 to 1,200, was described as a "remarkable achievement" credited to Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of the institution. Dr. Belkin was the guest of honor at a •reception tendered him here by several hundred national and Florida leaders participating In a week-long series of events centered about Yeshiva's $30,000,000 development program.
In Casablanca, a delegation of the Jewish Committee of Casablanca met with members (ff the Moroccan Cabinet, In an effort to obtain a cessation ofa?derog:atory campaign now being carried on against Moroccan Jewry by many Moroccan newspapers. Results of the discussions were not disclosed.
bert J. Howard, of Toledo, who having recently returned from overseas as a meint>er of the 1952 UJA Young Leadership Misskm. will oiffeir an eye-witness account of immigration absorption and welfare programs dn Israel and Europe. Mrs. Howard, prominent in many dvlc affairs in Toledo, is vice president of the National Oouncil of Jewlah Women, board member of the OolUngwood Avenue Temple Sisterhood, and p,ast board member of Hadassah, B'nai B'rith, and the Denver Na¬ tional Jewish Home for Asthma¬ tic Children.
Speaking on the local needs in Oolumibus will be Mrs. Qeiorge M. Levine, president of the Temple Tifereth Israel Sisterhood, a past member of the Young Matron's steering committee, and past co^ chairman of Leady Lady Lun¬ cheons.   -
MRS.     BERNARD    SHAPIRO
will be the featured entertainer. Refreshments will consist of a box lunch to all "delegates."
Chairman of the wioirkeris lally Mrs. Leon Mendel and her co- chaiirmcn Mrs. Eugene Sheidlow¬ er and Mrs. Jack Marks are be- ins assisted by Mrs. S'janton Ro¬ bins, Mrs. Robert Stone, Mrs. Al¬ fred Rudnik, Mrs. Ivan Roman- ot', Mrs. Bernard Shaipliro, Mrs. Sara Abramson, Mrs. Robert Ring¬ er, and Mrs. Leonard Schotten- atein. OotoneJ for the General So- llJtatlon is Mrs. Robert Leven¬ son.
The Young Matrons selected as workers for the 1963 oompaign are:
MRS. tEONARD SCHIFI^, M<i|or, and workers Mrs. John Bowman, Mrs. Barbara Chalfia, Mrs. Martin Sowald, Mn. Richard Kohn, Mrs. Irwin Rubin, Mrs. Marvin Gross¬ man,  and   Mn.  Jarald  O'Koon.
Mn. Ernest Simon, Major, and workers Mn. Eugene Clayman, Mrs. 'Sam Elienitein, Mrs. Kurt Hoffman, Mn. Marv Bonowitz. Mn. Irv Gold, Mn. Bernard Schottenstein, Mn. Ermin Cohen, .and Mrs. Zellg Htrsko- wlts.
MRS. HERBERT URELL, Major, and work- en Mn. Burton Berk, Mn. Neal Calllf, Mn. Murray Edison, Mn. Sanford Solomon, Mn. Daniel Waltlman, Mn. Richard Golden, ^*n. Fred Sllverstein, and Mn. Herbert Calllf.
Mn. Martin Greenberg, Major, and worti- en Mn,' Phillip Beckman, Mn. Sam Pried, man, Mrs. Harold Epstein, Mrs. Manny Soble, Mn. Lester Schwab, Mn. Bernard Schieiilngsr  ahd  Mn.   Martin   Roten.
Mn.    Eric   Baum,    Major,   and   workers
Mn.   Victor   Copeland,   Mn.   Bert   Levine,
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Howard Schoenbaum was elected at the 13th annual meeting of the Jewish Center, to serve as'president of the Jewish Center in the coming year. Schoenbaiun has been active with the Cen¬ ter for many years, having served as chairman of the health and physical education committee and more recently as vice- president in charge of program. He is a member of the board of the Agudas Achim Synagogue, and has been active In the United Jewish Fund and Oouncil Campaign;
OTHER OFnOBBS elected In¬ clude: Leon Fnledman, Josdph Summer and IiYed Yenkin, vice presidents; Myer Mellman, treas¬ urer; and Mrs. MehrUle Frank, secretary.
A specially inscribed KIbte was presented to Richard Abel, out¬ going President, in honor of his many years of service. In his re¬ port Abel acknowOedged *he out¬ standing work and acoomplifii- ments of committee chairmen daring his administration. He not¬ ed the Improvement of quality In Centef programming and the incxeased attention to fulfilling the jewAsh objeoHives of the Cen¬ ter, as well as tbe many capdtaJ improvements made during the past two years.
ABEL, EXFItESSBD the hope that in the near fluture the Oen- 1 ter would have a revised constitu¬ tion providing for the ejection of the lx>ard by the nvemlbenshlp. He revealed plans for expansion of the Center's day camip fadlltlea and the possibility of a regiooal summer camip.
Arthur Kling, guest speaker, de¬ scribed the Jewish Center as a uniquely American ImiatltutlDn, oxeated to strengthen Jeranlah Men^ tlty and preserve the Jewish com¬ mimlty. In a special trilbute, KHing desorilbed the outstandimg work of the late David Ooddsmlth, not orf.y as a leader tn the Oohimibus Jewlah Community, but with the National Jewish WeMare Board as well. He indicated that a Mem¬ orial Publliciatlans Fund had been established ta Goldsmith's mem¬ ory by the Midwest Section, Jew¬ ish Welfare Board.
THE NEWLY ELECTED of¬ ficers were installed by I. W. Gar¬ ek. In a few well chosen remarks Schoenlbaium outlined plans to,| complete several projects now in progress, such as the Sabbath programmlmg policy, the new constitution and the long range plan of capital improvements.
Richard Abel was elected a Me member of the Center board of trustees. Others etected in prior years are; Dr. E. J. Oordon, hon¬ orary president, I. W. Garek, Her¬ man Katz, Eldward Schlezincser, A I. Yenkin and Joseph 2So«.
ELECTED TO SERVE aa Boajrd Members untU May of 1964 were the foJItawing: Dir. B. W. Abram¬ son, Louis Ackerman, Joseph Alt-
Howard ISohoenbaam
man, Robert Aronson, Mrs. Albert Blank, DavW Cheses, Julius Co¬ hen, Herbert Cummins, MiUard Cummins, Dr. S. D. Edelman, Harold Edelstein, Edward Elbnan, Dr. WWliam Ehgelman, Troy A. Feibel, lAark Feinknopf, Bernard Feitlinger, Rabibl Jerome Folk- man, Mrs. Melville Frank, Allan Friedman, Leon Friedman, Harry Gl'lbert, Br. Ivan -Gilbert, Marvin-
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NAZI MURDERER IS ORDERED DEPORTED DY CHILEAN COURT
SANTIAGO DB CHILB (JTA) ¦ Justice Rafael FontedUa, pre¬ siding Jud^e of Chile's Supreme Court, ruled this week that Wal¬ ter Rauff, former SS oifflceir ac¬ cused by West Germany of hav>- Ing murdered 97,000 Jews during World War n, must be extradited In accordance with a request from the Bonn Government.
His aittomeys immediately ap¬ pealed the decision, and the court promised to hand down a final ruling next month.
Rauff, wbo is S6, was arrested here Dec. 8, on the reuest of the West German Government. In favoring his extradttton. Justice FontlceUa handed down a 64- page decisloo, declailng theite were enough documents, wit¬ nesses end other proofs to justify sending him back to Germany to sitand trial on ithe war cxixaea charges.
Howiever, Justice FontteeMa sii>ecUled that the man must be tried aivly tar those miurdera for which he was respomadWe. Ac¬ cording to the charges made by the Bonn Govemment, be was a Nazi "spedaliat" In the use of mobile gas vain* f or the-wnnihlito- tion of Jews.
Goldsmith Memorial Fund Is Established
At the Annual Meeting of The Jewish Center, Feb. 20, tt was re¬ vealed that a David Goldsmith Memoinial Fund had been estab¬ lished by a group of friends of the late Mr. Goldsmith to be used n the development of those pro¬ jects In which he was parUcularly interested.
A si>ecial comimittee Is being 3ippolinted to consddeir use to wMch the fund may tie put. Amioing projects being considered are the establishment of a mem¬ orial scholat9hlip for students in social work planning to enter the Ceniter field
Goldsmith was Instrumiental In worktag for the estahUahment of several such acholarahip programs in other mldwestem cities in his work with the National Jewish Welfare Board. Another project to be considered is a special pro- q:ram flor *he development of teenage leadeTship In the Center.
Persons wishing to contriVte >.o *he fund may contact The Jewish Center, BE. 1-2781 for fur¬ ther Imformotioin.
U.J.F.C. Pacesetters To Hold Luncheon
Mrs. Jack A. Goodman will be the speaker at the Pacesetters Luncheon on Wednesday, March 6, at 12 noon, at the Park Towers, 1620 E. Broad St. Mrs. Raymond Kahn and Mrs. WilUam Glick serve as co-chairmen for this function for the United Jew¬ ish Fund and Council, and the guests will be those women who contribute a minimum of $200 to the current campaign.
Mrs. Goodman will narrate the program, "Where Were You In '39?" This Is an original script that she presented to the 2(5th Annlversa.ry Coniferenoe of the United Jewiish Appeal In Decem¬ ber. It Is a unique perfoimance— reliving the experiences In 19S9 end late 1945 as concentration oamp survivor, French under¬ ground worker, and American housewife, respectively.
MRS.  GOODMAN is  from
dianapoHs, and Is now serving Honorary      Women's      Divie Ohalnmi&h   of  the UJA.  Prior this, f'or four years, she was '. tional  Women's   Division   Ch man. She has long been assoc ed with  the national  campal of   the   UJA   and   other   Jev causes.   She  beiped   to   orgai..--= and coorddnatie UJA fund-raising campaigns among women's groups in  communities   throughout   the United  States.
She is a former national vice president of Hadassah, a past president of the Indianapolis Jew¬ ish WeMare Fedienstlon and a re¬ cipient cf the Honor Award of the Indlaniaipotls Community Cheat. In 19Se ahe wias named Indlan- BjpoUs "Woman of the Year" hy B'nai B'nlth. She has just been named a feUow of Brandeis Uni¬ versity.
The widow at Jack A. Good¬ man, IndlainapoOls tndustrialliat and civic leader, Mrs. Goodman was ibom In Vienna, reared In Bt Loails and was graduated from St. Louis Teachers College. She has vUted Israel several times In order to study immigrant ah- sojpUon piroblents at fttiat-hand. In 1957, 1968, 1959, and 1960 she headed the Women^s Divlsiion Study MVasilona to Israel and Biu- rope and In 1968 spent a week vialtlnter JDC InstaUatlona In Inan.
Mtb. Jaoli A. Goodman
Mrs. Goodman once again visited Israel In the summeo- of 1962.
Reservations ilor the luncheon •nay be made by caHllng Mrs. B. Et Friedman, BE. 1-3152, Mrs. Theodore Simson, BE. 1-S338, or Mrs. Albe Wotman, BE 1-1378.
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