Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1964-01-03

              iv'
3rO^      Serving Columbus, Dayton, Central and "
xnnr?
Vol. 42, No. I
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1964 — 18 TEVI
olHO  ul   •• fi a fl-'n V .J
Hlyi    itf    IS    ilDlH   N
¦y TtfDZDno3Hoav
Dorotad to Am'*rlean and Jowtih idoali
The World's Week
Cempllod from JTA Rtpertf
IN JBRUSAIiKM, Israel took sj«ps to seek the libera¬ tion of more Israelis held In Syrian pfisons and to obtain Objective, International Investigations Into, the manner In which Israelis freed by the Syrians re<;^t1y had been tor¬ tured. The actlpns followed the recent exchange of prison¬ ers In which 18 Syrians were released by Israel for 11 Is¬ raelis held by the Syrians. '
Meanwhile, Israel requested the,International Red Cross to probe Into the manner in which Syria had mistreated those who were freed. Israel Informed the Red Cross head¬ quarters at (Jeneva that the Israelis had been subjected to "most inhuman" treatment and to torture.
IN JBRlJSAIiEM, President Zalman Shazar and Israel's entire Cabinet will meet Pope Paul VI twice, when the Pon¬ tiff visits Israel on' Jan. 5. As planned, the Pope will be greeted when he enters Israel near, the Jordanian border, at Megiddo. Some 10 hours later, when the Pontiff leaves Israel for his return to Jordan, via the Mandelbaum Gate, President Shazar an^ the Cabinet will be there to say fare¬ well to the head of the Catholic Church.
IN.J^8HINOTON, a conference of B'nai B'rith Hlllel Foundation directors urged Increased participation of Hillel groups in civi\ rights programs, and warned against "false separatisms which tend to impede the growth of religious m.aturity among college students."   '
Hillel directors, meeting here for a review of their work on U.S. campuses, issued a statement deploring the "divisive- ness which tends to encourage loyalties to denominational institutions rather-than to the total Jewish community."
Shown above, from left to right are: Mrs. Hal Borovetz and Mrs. Stanley Katz, co-chairmen of the Menorah Ball.
Menorah "Ml Is Planned For Jan. 11
In conmaemoratlon of 120 years as a phllanthropie organiza¬ tion, B.'nai B'rith is sponsoring the annual Menorah Ball Satur¬ day, Jan. 11, from-9 p.m.,to 1 a.m. at Valley Dale.
Chuck Selby and his orchestra will provide a full evefi^g of dancing, including Latin American numbers.
A glamorous Birthday Cruise will be awarded to one lucky couple at the ball.
Seven all expense paid days on board the floating hotel, the SS Ariadne, will take the winners to two ports, Port Antonio and Kings¬ ton, the capital city. Transporta¬ tion will also be provided from Co¬ lumbus to Miami.
The souvenir .program book from the annual Menorah Ball contains many recipeS contributed by mem¬ bers of B'nai B'rith Women.
Tickets previously mailed to^suii- scribers will be honored on the new date. Those wishing to sui>- scribe.to the ball can contact Mrs. Fred Silversteln'at BE. 7-5639, Mrs. Leon Dillon at 235 2881 or Mrs. Si. Kahn.at 231-4023. 7
The following have dire<<ted the activities for this pjajwct: Mes¬ dames Paul Offenberg''and Abe Green, presidents of Zion and Candlelight Chapters; Leon Blau¬ grund and David Peppercorn, fund- raising vice-president; Harold Boro¬ vetz and Stanley Katz, Menorah' Ball chairmen.
Mesdames Sumner Bomstein, Alan Ringer, Leon Gross and Je¬ rome Nakrin, ad-ix)ok chairmen; Fred Silversteln, Leon Dillon and Si Kahn, subscription chairmen; Martin Handler, Jules Sokol and Mac Haas, pWldren's page chair¬ man.
MesHatces Donald 'Mayes and Saul Milenthal, ad-book treasurers; Sheldon Sipai, decorations; Charles Wolin and tiUbert Knolls, recipes;
Larry Lick and I. M. Harris, typ¬ ists; Meyer Hoffman, ticket chair¬ man; Martin WoWstein, ad-book secretary; Harry Schwartz, B. B. Kaplan and Herbert Urell, publi¬ city.
PIIOJECT LUNGH IS PUNNED HI Ll.
On Monday, Jan. 6, at 12:30 p.m., the Tifereth Israel sisterhood will hold their Project Luncheon. At this meeting, Mrs. M. Adler and Mrs. '6.- Ornstein, co-chairmen, will an¬ nounce the details of "Champagne Flight 52," the donor affair which will be held at Tifereth Israel at 9 p.m.  on Saturday,  Feb. 1.
At the luncheon, sisterhood mem¬ bers will be able to make their res¬ ervations for this event, proceeds from which are used to subsidize the synagogue religious school.
Decorations for the luncheon are under the direction of Mrs. S. Born¬ stein and Mrs. H. Epstein. Refresh¬ ment co-chairmen are Mrs. H. Gro¬ ban and Mrs. M. Fendell., A skit, "Sisterhood Swings," written and performed by sisterhood members, will higWight the meeting.
For luncheon reservations, qall Mrs. Lew Cohen, 231-3470. Baby¬ sitting will be available. The charge for the luncheon will be $1.
Pictured above are the Wornen who will serve on the Keynoters and Pacesetters Luncheon. Seated, left to right; Mesdames Richard Abel, Joseph Kass, Jacob Gilbert, Jo¬ seph Skilken, William Wasserstrom, Rajonond Kahn, Dav¬ id Levison and Louis Krakoff. Standing, left to right: Mes¬ dames Samuel Gurevitz, Moe Glassman, R. Milton Fried¬ man, Ben Kahn, Milton Parker, Ralph Rosenthal, Morris Skilken, Henry Gurvis and Simon Lazarus.
UNie JEWISH FUND AND COUNCIL PLANS KEYNOTERS AND PACESETTERS LUNCHEON
The Keynoters and Pacesetters of the Women's Division of the United Jewish Fund and Council will join for the first time for a luncheon to be held at the home of Mrs. Leon Schot¬ tenstein, 50 N. Drexel Ave.
Advance plans for this affair are under the chairmanship of Mrs. Stanley Goldberg, Mrs. David Levison and Mrs. Milton Parker as Pacesetters; and Mrs. R. Milton Friedman and Mrs, Henry Gurvis   as  Keynoters   The
Auschwitz Officials \ On Trial For Crimes
FRANKFURT (JTA)—West Germany's biggest war crimes trial since the .Immediate postwar era was in recess after having opened last week. Twenty-two former officials and guards at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death factory are charged with murdei- and complicity In murder of at least 4,000,000 men, women and chil¬ dren, most of- the victims being Jews.
At the Initial session, three of the defendants were called on to give details about their per-
Pacesetters contribute $200 and oyer to the fund and the Keynoters are the women who contribute $365 and over to the fund.
The theme for the aftemoon is ''The Pace is the Key to Our Suc¬ cess.- These two important arms of
the   Wjomen's   Division   will    join hands in this one major affair.
Mrs. Louis Krakoff is chairman and Mrs. Raymond Kahn, co-chair¬ man of the women's division. Mrs, Ben Kahn and Mrs, William Was¬ serstrom are advisors to the Key- nSters and  Pacesetters.
Mrs. Norbert Kruger Chairs Bond Drive
Mrs. Norbert F, Kruger has been named to the post of chair¬ man of the Women's Division, State of Israel Bonds campaign for 1964.
Mrs. Kruger was recently named the Hadassah'Woman of the'Year at an Israel Bonds iuhcjheon held Dec. 17.
In addition to her affiliation -with Hadassah, Mrs. Kruger has been active in Council of Jewish Women, Mizrachi Women, Tifereth Israel Sisterhood, Brandeis
Women, League of Women Voters, B'nai B'rith Women. She served on the boards of the Council of Jewish Women and Brandeis Women and as program chairman for Tifereth Israel Sisterhood.
She is the immediate past presi¬ dent ot the Columbus chapter of Hadassah and served as president of the Henrietta Szold group before the reorganization of Columbus Ha-
Catholic Believe^ Christians Ignorant Of Anti-Semitism
BOSTON (JTA) — Even weU-edu- cated Christians have almost "to¬ tal ignorance" of the long history of anti-Semitism, a fact that com¬ plicates efforts to achieve better relations between Ciiristians and Jews, it was emphasized at the second conference on Catholic-Jew¬ ish Understanding held here.
Father Edward H. Flannery, edi¬ tor of the Providence Catholic "Vis¬ itor," told' the 80 representatives of Boston Jewish and Catholic com¬ munities that at most the Christian has heard of an occasional pogrom and of Hitler's annihilation of Jews. For the rest, he "believes that the Jew exaggerates and is too perse¬ cution-minded."
The prelate added that the Jew, "painfully aware of the magnitude of the violence and oppressions visited upon liis people, cannot un¬ derstand the Christian indifference" apd interprets it "as a warning that these may recommence at any Ume."
Urging Catholic and Jewish co- responsibility to correct the errors of the past, he added: "The Christ¬ ian has been unable to understand the jew or ills [position in the world %nd has thus Ijeft himself open to anti-Jewish attitbdes ancj feel¬ ings. The Jew, similarly, has been uncomprehending of Christians but (coiitinu«d on p«g« 4)
dassah. She resides with her hus¬ band at 175 N, Edgevale Rd.
Mrs. Kruger stated recently, "The giant strides Israel has made in the economic development of the upper halt of the couptry must now be duplicated in r^cjaiming the Negev desert to the south. Un¬ der the impact of increased Israel Bond investments, the national ir¬ rigation system must be completed to bring water to arid regions.
"Israel Bonds have played a ma¬ jor role in the emergence of Israel as a dynamic young democracy and a hav^n and home tor large sections of the Jewish people."
sonal lives before and during their Nazi service. They were Robert Mulke, 68, adjustant to the first Auschwitz commandant,! Rudolf Hoess, wiio was h&nged by the Poles; Karl Hoecker, 52, adjutant to Richard Baer, the last Ausch¬ witz commandant, who died in a Fr^lcfurt jail lastl June awaiting trial;^^d Wiihelm' Boger, 57, an SS lieutenant in Auschwitz accused of<:persqnally murdering more than 100 inmates.
The 22 defendants were seen as a strange lot, pleasant-looking men who represent a healthy, in some cases overly prosperous cross-sec tion of West Germany citizenry. All are doting family men, presumably good and kindly fathets who have .(levoted their lives to earning a living and bettering the lot of their children. But in each man's back ground there is a Dr. Jekyl and Mr ,Hyde existence, the time when they worked on the arrival ramp at Bir- kepau, or dropped-pai^on gas into the Auschwitz gas chambers, or ijnercilessly shot inmates. ^ was disclosed that pure co¬ incidence was credited with start¬ ing the Auschwitz investigation in December, 1958. Shortly before then, Emil Vulkan, a former Ausch¬ witz inmate, visited a reporter from a Frankfurt paper. During the con¬ versation, the former inmate told the reporter about some documents he had found on the street in front of the SS headquarters in Breslau on May 8, 1945, after the building had been set afire by Allied bom¬ bardment. The documepts apparent- 'v had been blown out of the build¬ ing by the bombing. , "*!..
Vulkan had saved them in a neat
bundle tor 15 years. The reporter took the documents to Dr. Fritz Bauer, Hesse Chief Prosecutor, who discovered that they were Usts of which Auschwitz guards had super¬ vised .which executions. The case that involves suspects from all parts of West Germany began then and there.
Clironicling
^ The News
Editorial 2
Society .- 6, 7
Shopping Guide ...... 8
Synagogues  . . ,) 8
Sports   v.. .   10, 11
Teen Scene ..'...- 5
Aaron Zacks
ANNUAL MEETING OF HERITAGE HOUSE
The annual meeting of Heritagp House,  honoring the  second  anni¬ versary of the home for the Jewish aged,   1151  College  Ave.,  will be, held Jan. 12 at 2 p.m.
A panel presentation- on the theme of "What Makes Heritage House Tick" will be featiired.
The areas of medicine, religion, social services, relatives of resi¬ dents and the volunteer workers will be discussed by Dr. Jack Siiber¬ stein, Rabbi Stephen A. Arnold, Ben Mandelkorn. Hy Stone and Mrs. Sol Shaman.' Lazar Brener, executive director of Heritage House, will serve as moderator. A social hour will follow.
The business meeting will include the report of the president, Aaron Zacks, election of officers and the honoring of volunteer  workers.
UJFC Junior Chairmen Chosen
Herbert H. Schiff, president of the United Jewish Fund and Council, and Harold Schottenstein, general campaign chairman, announced the appointment of Norma Meizlish and Mark Smi¬ lack as co-chairmen of the United Jewish Fund Junior Division.
Norma is a junior at Bexley High School. She Is the first vice chairman of the Young Folks Temple League at Temple Israel as well as the vice president of the National Thespian So¬ ciety.   She has  been   active  in   a
/¦
/
./
L
Norma Meizlish
V^iety of school activities includ¬ ing the drama group where she was student director of the school play. Norma will {he in charge of the educational aspect of the campaign and is determined that every Jew¬ ish teenager should have a thorough understanding of the fund.
Mark is also a junior at Bexley High School. At Bexley he has serv¬ ed on the Student Council and js a member of the tennis team. He is a member, of Temple Israel, where he was elected vice presi¬ dent of the confirmation class. He is now serving as president of Pe¬ gasus, a boys' clut) at trie Jewish Center, He has been aqtive in the religious services at Heritage House. I-
Mark's responsibility will be the solioitation of fun^s- from among the teenagers. He has appointed the following people in charge of the various schools in the community: Rita   Engelman,   Eastmoor;    Joel
Mark Smilack
Seiferas,   Bexley;    Sylvia   Levine,
Walnut Ridge;  David Cohen, . '
demy; Diane Yassenoff,' Columbij School   for   Girls;    Carol Whitehall;  Marilyn  Stewart, son Park; Chuck Boster, East Also appointed was Ted be  chairman  of the teenfl^ educational prograift