Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1964-05-01

              2i\\y      Serving Columbus, Dayton, Central and Southwestern Ohio     \\7AR
Vol.42, No. 18
FRIDAY, MAY 1 — 19 lYAR, 5724
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Negro Teenagers In Vicious Attack
NEW YORK (JTA)—The only youth arrested In a Negro teenagers' attack on pupils *of a Brooklyn Yeshiva was sen¬ tenced this week to 18 months in the State Training School. The 15-year-old defendant, whose name was withheld, has been In trouble frequently and had been on probation since July. He was sentenced in Children's Court by a Negro judge.
The man who placed him under citizen's arrest, Leo Berk- man, a city buildirig inspector, re¬
ceived several telephone threats and police put his home under watch. Two teachers and some 15 pupUs.were roughed up in the at¬ tack by 50 Negro youth on the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva in the slum-ridden Bedford - Stuyvesant area. The fighting started during a luncheon, recess when the Negroes invaded the school yard and began pushing and hitting the pupils.
Berkman, who was driving by, stopped his car, jumped out and ran to the defense of the children. After a brief scuffle, he subdued one ot the invaders and the rest ran off.
A spokesman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People condemned the assault as "a tragic and shocking revelation of the corroding effect of racial and religious, bias."
The American Jewish Congress said that it would be "tragic" it the "cordial relations" between "responsible elements in the Negro and Jewish communities" were jeopardized by the incident. The statement also expressed "sadness" over the fact that Negro children, themselves victims of racial pre¬ judice,, "should attempt to releiase
their frustration and bitterness on other innocent children." The statement Said the incident under¬ lined the need for all persons "to redouble our efforts to eliminate discrimination and' bigotry," and that it imposed "a special obliga¬ tion on Negro' leaders" to assure that the ideas of nonviolent dem¬ onstrations in the civil rights str¬ uggle were understood by all Negroes, "inclifding children."
"^e Anti-Defamation League call¬ ed the "unprovoked attack" a "sad occurrence" and expressed the hope that it was "an isolated inci¬ dent and does not reflect any plan¬ ned pattern." The ADL warned that "we must not let this wrong go unheeded."
Police put the school under around^he-clock protection after the incident, in which the Negroes shapted anti-Semitic epithets, jeer¬ ing at the pupils with such state¬ ments as "You don't belong in this country."
Hany adults, Negroes and white, watched the clash, Except for Berkman, none came to the aid of the pupils. The inspector called the indifference of the adults "dis¬ graceful."
llNNUAL B'NAI B'RITH FAMILY AWARDS NIGHT TO BE HELD TDESDAY, MAY 5
The annual B'nat B'rith Family Awards Night will be held on May 5, in the Agudas Achim social hall at 8 p.m. The high¬ light of the evening will be the presentation of the Max Dwork¬ in Memorial Award for 1964 for the "Jewish Boy ot the Year." The award was originated in 1956 in memory of Max Dworkin, who for 20 years was an active advisor of Columbus Chapter No. 155 of A.Z.A. The chapter is now known as the "Pops" Dworkin Chapter.
The presentation wUl be made by Hari'y S. Goldstein, wlio is a past District Deputy of A.Z.A. who for many years worked closely with Mr. Dworkin on the local advisory board. Mr. Goldstein has served as president of Zion Lodge No. 62 of B'nai B'rith and has held num¬ erous positions in District Grand Lodge No. 2 of B'nai B'rith.
Also highlighting the program will
ISflAEL BONDS AID DEVELOPMENT OF DESALINATION
Israel has begun to draw water from a well that never runs dry!
At the Red Sea port of Elath, a new pilot plant for desalting of ocean water has gone into «xperi- mentai action. Here, utilizing a system devised by .Israeli engineer- inventor Alexander Zarchin, some 25O,Q00 gallons of salt water are being transformed daily into fresh water fit for home consumption, in¬ dustry and agriculture. Elath, Israel's southernmost town, now draws a large portion of its drink¬ ing water from the plant, which has been financed with the aid of Israel  Bonds.
the work is still experimental, but if proved commercially success¬ ful, it could mean a complete re¬ volution in water utilization, and could provide an answer to the wor¬ ld's increasingly serious shortages of fresh water.
At the present time, Israel's sci^ entists are at work in a cooperative program with American scientists to explore the uses of nuclear en¬ ergy in removing salt from sea water. This program, combining the knowhow of Israeli and Amer-
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be the announcement of the B'nai B'rith Girl of the Year, sponsored by Candlelight Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women.
An award to the outstanding BBG Member-In-Training (MIT) will be presented by a representative of Zion Chapter of B'nai B'rith Wo¬ men.
Family Awards Night is held an¬ nually under the auspices of the joint BBYO Committee, which sup¬ ervises activities of the six B'nai B'rjth Youth Groups.
Willard Bornstein, chairman of the committee, said that a surprise presentation will be made. He de¬ clined to comment on the title of the award, for "to do so, would clearly indicate the recipient."^
Bornstein also said that LoU Ber¬ liner, columnist for' the Columbus Dispatch, would present athletic- scholarship awards to Jewish youths who have distinguished themselves in various sports. "The recipients need not be members of any of. the B'nai B'rith youth groups," Bornstein added.
In addition, he stated tliat the thr.ge AZA chapters would honor soipe of their own members:
Pops Dworkin AZA will present the Jeffrey Papier Memorial Award for scholarship and service, and the PhiUp Goldberg Memorial Award for athletics.
Heart of Ohio AZA's Founders' .'^ward will go to its outstanding senior, and a presentation will be made to a scholar-athlete selected by the membership.
Marc Boster, president of Capital AZA, announced that his chapter for the first time will /honor its outstanding member as voted by the members.
Bornstein said that the Family Awards Night ceremonies, whicli will also feature B'at Shalom's winning Stunt Night skit, are open
Pictured above are the women who are planning and coordinating Temple Tifereth Israel Sisterhood's "Tour of Jewish Holidays in the Horpe." Standing, left to right: Mrs. Samuel Eisenstein, Mrs. Ernest M. Simon, Mrs. Bern¬ ard Goobich. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Gordon Zacks, Mrs. Martin Hackman, Mrs. Arthur Westerman, Mrs. B. Lee Skilken.
TIFERETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD PUNS 'TOUR OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS IN HOME'
The Sisterhood of Temple Tifereth Israel announces the fourth annual "Tour of Jewish Holidays in the Home," to be held Thursday, May 14, from 1 to 5 p.m.
As in the past, four Jewish holidays will be depicted In four homes, with each home exhibiting holiday table settings and traditional objects.
The following holidays will be presented: the Sabbath, at the home ot Mrs. George Levine, 350 S. Stanwood; Passover, at the home ot Mrs. Martin Hackman, 2530 Schaaf Dr.; Shavuot, at the home of Mrs. Gordon Zacks, 2441 Bexley Park Rd.; and Sukkot, at the home of Mrs. Jule Mark, 3025 Dale Ave.
For the price ot a ticket which is $1., the tourist . also receives a complete program defining each festival and a map giving directions to each home.
Speakers at each home will re¬ late the story ot the particular holiday and answer any questions. Chairman of speakers is Mrs. Mar¬ vin Bonowitz. Mrs. Melvin Rackoff, Mrs. Martin Adler, Mrs. Ernest M. Simon, Mrs. Carl Mellman, Mrs. Harold Schneider, Mrs. Jesse Shapiro and Mrs. Albert Wasser¬ strom will speak at the individual homes.
Chairman of the tour is Mrs. B. Lee Skilken. Working with her are;
Mrs. Samuel Melton, co-chairman; Mesdames, Samuel Eisenstein, Sumner Bornstein and Jesse Eisen, home decorators; Mrs. Arthur Wes¬ terman, floral arrangements; Mrs. Ernest M. Simon, publicity; Mrs. Daniel Weckstein, posters; and Mr^ Saul Wachs, advisor. Mrs. Bernard Goobich is acting as re¬ ligious material coordinator under the supervision of Rabbi Nathan Zelizer and Cantor Stanley Bur¬ stein.
In charge of transportation is Mrs. Sheldon Lessem who may be reached at 237-2613 by anyone needing a ride for the tour.
Tickets may be secured trom ticket chairman, I Mrs. David Hand¬ ler, 231-3600, or by calling the Tif¬ ereth Israel office at 253-8523, and the tickets will be delivered to the home.
The Sisterhood cordially invites the entire community to this im¬ portant interfaith program.
JDC Director Guest At Closing Affair
AU plans have been coSipleted and final totals will be an¬ nounced at the closing of the United Jewish F\ind and Council 19G4 campaign May 7, 8 p.m., at the Jewish Center. This an¬ nouncement was made by Harold Schottenstein, general cam¬ paign chairman.
Reporting for the various divisions and extending recogni¬ tion to their leadership and workers will be the following: Ed¬
ward Schlezinger, Advance Gifts; Sol D. Zell, Trades and Professions; Lawrence D. Schaffer, Young Men; Mrs. Louis J. Krakoff and Mrs. Raymond Kahn, Women; Mrs. Gordon Schiftm'an and Mrs. Jack Wallick, Young Matrons; and Miss Norma Meizlish and Mark Smilack, Juniors.
The guest speaker will be Mr, Samuel Haber, assistant general director of European operations tor the American-Jewish Joint Distri¬ bution Committee.
Following Worid War n, as JDC director for Germany and Austria, he headed up a vast program of aid to some 200,000. Jewish DPs and helped ultimately to speed their emigration to Israel and other countries.
When a solution of the DP prob¬ lem in Germany and Austria was in sight, he was sent to direct the JDC activities on behalf of-the pov¬ erty-stricken Jews in the ghettos of Morocco.
When the Polish government call¬ ed on JDC to set up a special em¬ ergency relief program tor Jewish repatriates from the Soviet Union
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in .1957, Mr. Haber was sent in to organize the program.
He set up a feeding and medical program tor the Jewish children in the schools of Bombay and in var¬ ious other parts of India.
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The World's Week
Compiled fropri JTA and WUP Reporfs
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The House Judiciary Commit¬ tee began hearings this week on the explosive issue of prayers in public schools with a massive array of friends and foes of such religious practices scheduled to testify in the next three weeks. In-the ^committee files there are about 150 resolutions, sponsored by a fourth of the total membership of the House of Representatives, aimed at nullifying two U.S. Supreme Court rulings banning prayers in public schools.   '       .
BOGHOM, West Germany (JTA)—Joseph' Berger, 49, of Brooklyn, N.Y., collapsed this week at a Nazi .war crimes trial here from a mild heart attack after describing how Gestapo men shot his wife and father to death and killed his twin daughters by smashing them against a wall in the ghetto in Tarnow, Poland in 1942.
The defendant is Hermann Blache, 63, now a steel- worker, who is charged with the killing of 6,100 Jews as Gestapo head of the Tarnow ghetto.
NEW VORK (JTA)—The ceremonial affixing of a mezuzah and the cutting of a blue and white ribbon marked the opening here of the $2,000,000 American-Israel Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.
Featured among the exhibits at the pavjlion will be a Torah scroll onco owned by the Russian Czars.
NKW YORK (JTA)—Itzhak Perlman, \ polio-crippled Israeli violinist, won the 23rd international competition of the Edgar M. I.eventritt Foundation, one of the major international   violin  competitions, at  Carnegie Hall.
TORONTO CJTA)—Reproductions of a May, 1934 issue of Julius Streicher's notoriously anti-Semitic "Der Stuerm- er," published in Nazi Germany and devoted exclusively to the myth of Jewish ritual murder, have teen received through the mail by u number of prominent Canadians. The reproductions which were sent from return addresses in liirmingham, Ala., contain the headline in German across the front page, "The Jews Are Our Misfortune," and its contents are strewn wilh reproductions of medieval wood¬ cuts depicting Jew.s committing various diabolical and mur¬ derous acts.
SEYMOUR GORCHOFF RECEIVES CRUISE IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ADL WORK
The 15th annual meeting of the Ohio-Kentucky Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith was held at Stouffer's University Inn Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 20. An unexpected highlight of the.meeting was tho presentation of a Caribbean cruise to Seymour Gorchoff, ADL regional director, by the members of the Regional Board on the oc¬ casion of his 20th year with the ADL, and his 15th as Ohio- Kentucky regional director.
Mark Feinknopf, Columbus Jew¬ ish community leader, was elected a vice-chairman of the ADL Reg¬ ional Board. Mr. Feinknopf is. a well-known Coiumbus architect, and is currently chairman ot the Com¬ munity Relations Committee ot the United Jewish Fund and Council. Elected chairman, to succeed Herbert Wise, was Bernard L. Rosenberg, Cincinnati attorney and civic leader. Other vice-chairmen are Arthur Beerman, ot Dayton, Sam Kamin ot Lima, and Marvin Shaw of Cleveland.
Nearly 200 participants from all sections of the two state region at¬ tended. On Saturday evening, the Rev. Dr. William F. Rosenblum. Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Israel of the City of New York, and a member of the ADL National Pro¬ gram Committee, delivered the keynote speech in which he urged that the Jewish __commitment to civil rights, which has had a long history in the United States con¬ tinue unabated. Seymour Gorchoff pr<iented an analysis of the role of the Jewish community in the civil rights revolution.. Following this address, Sheldon Steinhauser. director of the Mountain States of¬ fice of ADL, and a former staft member of the Ohio-Kentucky Of¬ fice, mado an unscheduled pre sentation of an attache case to Mr. Gorchoff, on behalf of the many former staft members of the ADL office who are now themselves ADL Regional  Directors.
Greetings from Herbert Schiff, president of the United Jewish Fund and Council, were part of the Sat¬ urday evening program, which was chaired by Herbert Wise, outgojng board chairman.
On Sunday morning, Joel Ollan¬ der, community consultant on the staff of the ADL office, delivered an analysis of civil rights problems in the States of Ohio and Kentucky. Two resolutions were adopted on (cofillnued on pege 4)
JEWISH PRESS HAS IMPORTANT ROLE IN JEWISH COMMUNITY
(JTA) The annual conference of the American Jewish Press Asso¬ ciation was held last week in New York City. Representatives from the nation's Anglo-Jewish newspap¬ ers met to discuss the state of the Jewish press and present new ideas and methods to broaden the news¬ papers.
American Jewish communities and their leaders were admonished that unless they assure a strong English-Jewish press and thereby strengthen communications among Jews there will be an increasing cause for concern over the ability of U.S. Jewry to survive.
The warning was made at the convention by Philip Slomovitz, ed¬ itor of the Detroit Jewish News. Re¬ ferring to the new volume "Inter¬ marriage," by Dr. Albert Gordon and the article in Look magazine, ¦'The Vanishing American Jew," Mr. Slomovitz charged that the lessening Jewish interests are due in ftreat measure to a lack of know¬ ledge about the Jewish position in the   world   occasioned   by   limited
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The News
Clean-Up       15
Editorial         2
Society      5, 6, 7
Shopping Guide    14
Synagogues     14
Sports 9, 10
Teen Scene  5, 8
Political       11, 12