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Vol. 43, No. 28
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1965 — 9 TAMMUZ, 5725
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Jessel, Moratt At Governor's Dinner
George Jessel, one of the alltime greats of American show business, will appear at the James A. Rhodes, Governor of Ohio, Bonds For Israel dinner on Sunday, July 18, in behalf of the State of Israel Development . Bond i.ssue.
The event will be held at the Governor's mansion.
MR. JESSEL, who has given prodigious amounts of time and talent to countless charitable affairs, is a leading star of television, radio and the Broadway stage.
"He has also appeared in many motion pictures, and has produced dozens of movies, including "To¬ night We Sing," "Bloodhounds on Broadway," "The I Don't Care Girl," "Dancing in the Dark," "The Dolly Sisters," and "When My Baby Smiles At Me."
BORN APRIL 3, 1898, in New ¦york City, the son of Joseph and Charlotte    Jessel,    young    George
Shimon H. Moratt
entered the public school system without a thought of show business. When his father died in 1908. how¬ ever, he was forced to leave school to earn a living.
He got a job singing with a trio at the Imperial Theater. A year later he was hired for a vaudeville act called "School Boys and Girls." From there he went into the."Gus Edwards' Song Revue," which launched his success in the theater, and then teamed up with Eddie Cantor in an act called "Kid Kabaret," which toured from coast to coast.
IN 1918, Mr. Jessel developed his famous "telephone conversations with Mamma" routine, which estab¬ lished him as a solo entertainer. During the next twenty years, he produced and appeared in scores of Broadway shows.
In addition, night clubs called on his services, and he acted in several motion pictures. He also wrote a series of short stories, among them the successful "Before I Die."
Mr. Shimon H. Moratt of the Israeli Consulate in Washington, D.C, as a representative of the Israeli government, will also attend the Bonds for Israel dinner at the Governor's mansion.
He is coming to Columbus ex¬ pressly to extend thanks to Gover¬ nor Rhodes and the Jewish community for their efforts on behalf of the State of Israel.
In 1947 Mr. Moratt settled in Palestine and joined Ein Gev Vil¬ lage.
- FROM 1948 to 1952-53 he was Sec¬ retary of the English Language De¬ partment of the Labor Zionist Con¬ tacts Office in Tel Aviv. During 1948-1949 he was a Lieutenant in the Israel Defense Department.
From 19,35-1958 he was Secretary. International Department, Israel Labor  Parly   (Mapai).
HE WAS APPOINTED Israel Labor Attache in Brussels, Bel¬ gium, 1958-1961 and served also as non-resident Labor Attache to Lon¬ don, England, and the Hague. 1960- 1961. In August. 1961. he was pro¬ moted to the post of Counselor in Brussels, were he served until he assumed his duties in August, 19(i2,
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Leonard J. Stern Appointed As Common Pleas Court Judge
The first Jew ever to hold such a position in Franklin County. Leonard J. Stern was appointed by Governor James A. Rhodes as Judge on the Franklin County Common Pleas Court. He succeeds the late Judge J6seph M. Harter.
Mr. Stern will take office on August 2.
MR. STERN has been engaged in the general practice of law for 39 years, aryi is a graduate of Cleveland Marshall Law School. From 1939 to 1940 he was counsel for the
secretary of state and formerly served as executive secretary in the Department of Public Works.
He is immediate past president of the Columbus Bar Association and is a board member of the Franklin County Tuberculosis Society. He is also a member of the American and Ohio State Bar Associations.
MR. STERN was president of Temple Israel from 1948 lo 1952. He has also been president of the board and the brotherhood at Temple Israel and is still a member of the board.
He serves the United Jewish Fund chairman of the Subcommittee on Education and Culture. Me is Uie chairman of the Subcommittee of the Anti-Defamation League on Civil Rights.
FOR FOUR YEARS he was a member of the board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Mr. Stern is also a m( mber of B'nai B'rith.
With   his   wife.   Tess.   and   two
children, Geoffrey and Linda, Mr. Stern resides at 370 S. Roosevelt Ave.
Michael D. Feinstein
FEINSTEIN JOINS CHRONICLE STAFF
Milton J. Pinsky, publisher of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle, an¬ nounces the association of Michael D. Feinstein with the newspaper in the capacity of news editor.
Mr. Feinstein received his Bach¬ elor of Arts degree in English from the Ohio State University in 1962. He earned his Master of Arts de¬ gree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Mr. Feinstein will be handling all of the news and copy editing at the Chronicle. He will be available for any problems or questions that might arise regarding the style or preparation of news.
With his wife, Geraldine, Mr. Feinstein resides at 21.1 Maplewood Ave.
Chronicling
The News
Editorial         2
Society 6, 7
Synagogues       8
Shopping Guide      8
Real Estate    11
Sports      9,  10
Teen Scene   11
Festivities Begin Tomorrow At B'nai B'rith Convention
Perhaps the highlight of the Jewish year in Columbus as well as the never to bo repeated Centennial of Zion Lodge begins tomorrow night at the Sheraton Columbus Motor Hotel, for at that time the 113th Annual Convention of District Grand Lodge #2 and the 32nd Annual Con¬ vention of B'nai B'rith Women, District #2 will officially begin.
Not only will Columbus be swarming with local and district officials through Tuesday, but also with national figures. Dr. William Wexler, the newly-c I e c t e d. international president of B'nai B'rith, will attend the convention and address the Youth Fellowship Luncheon on Sun¬ day honoring Jack Resler.
SIDNEY KUSWORM, district past president and treasurer of the Su¬ preme Lodge of B'nai B'rith, will install the new officers of District Grand Lodge #2 on Tuesday. Mrs. Lewis Sharp, past president of B'nai B'rith Women, District #2, will in¬ stall the new women's officers.
Also among the many familiar names at the convention is Daniel L. Brenner, vice president of the Supreme Lodge.
PERHAPS OF most general in¬ terest to local residents will be the Centennial Celebration of Zion Lodge #62 on Saturday night in the Celestial Ballroom. At that time Harold Eisenstein, director ot Cul¬ tural Affairs at the Jewish Center, will direct a historical pageant, "One Hundred Years of B'nai B'rith in Columbus." With Gene Gerrard
Dr. William Wexler
as narrator, the past 100 years of Zion Lodge will be relived on the stage. Mrs. Richard Lieberman is assisting Mr. Eisenstein in the di¬ rection of the show,
TICKETS ARE available at the door at $2.50 per person for Satur¬ day night. The general community is invited to attend any of the social functions. Arrangements can be made with Bernard Yenkin, Mrs. Morris Boster, N. Victor Goodman or Mrs. Max J. Friedman.
There has not been a District Con¬ vention in Columbus since 1952.
IN   COMMEMORATION   of   the
100 years of Zion Lodge and B'nai B'rith in Columbus, the Chronide has prepared a Centennial Section for the benefit of its readers and the visiting delegates.
In this section are contained the histories of all of the Columbus Lodges and Chapters, a history of District #2, the story of the B'nai B'rith supported charities like BeUefaire, the Leo N. Levi Hos¬ pital, The National Jewish Hospital, the Hillel Foundations and the Anti- Defamation League.
Sidney Kusworm
Leonard J. Stern
The World's Week
Compiled from JTA and WUP Reporh
NKW YORK (JTA)—A repre.sentative group of JewLsh organizations asked U. S. Commissioner of Education Francis Keppel to issue regulations to implement the new federal aid to education law to assure that benefits did not go to religiously-controlled .schools or to schools practicing racial discrimination or segregation.
BONN (JTA)—The mediation commiltee of the West German Parliament set up to resolve disputes over legis¬ lation, between the two Parliamentary chambers, decided to atlhere to the original decision of the lower house to ap¬ prove expansion of a special hardship fund for victims of Nazism.
JOHANNBSBUKC; (,JTA)—The South African Jewish Hoard of Deputies closed its biennial congress here with a decision to expand its services particularly in the fields of public relations aimed at promoting goodwill between Jews and non-Jews in this country und in expanding its Jewish culture and youth programs.
BAIMBEKOi W. Germany (JTA) — New anti-Semitii; . smearings, including some aimed al Chancellor Ludwig Krhard, wore found on three buildings and monuments in Bamberg, the scene earlier this month of one of tho most vicious outbreaks of such vandalism in post war German his¬ tory. Anti Semitic stickers were pasted on the buildings and anU-Semilic Kcribblings painted on them. One of the scrib- blings read "Thisis for Krhard, the Flunkey of the Jews."
HO.MK (JTA)—The Jewish character of ORT was em- I)ha.sized and its non-political character stressed in resolu¬ tions adoiJted al the. World OUT Union congress here. Dr. William Haber, of the University of Michigan, was clecled presitlenl of the central boarti of the Union and Daniel Mayer was named chairman of its executive committee. Max lii'aude was renamed director general.
HELP CELEBRATE
By tomorrow Columbus will be buzzing with ac¬ tivity. The Jewish community should be proud to host the District Two Convention of B'nai B'rith, America's oldest and largest Jewish service organiza¬ tion.
Not only should we welcome and help make the delegates at home, but we should also join in the cele¬ bration. All the social functions of the Convention are open to the general public.
Of special interest is the Centennial Celebration at the Sheraton Columbus on Saturday night, at which time a historical pageant will depict the 100 year history of Zion Lodge.
We should aUso join them in a night on the town on Monday night at Tommy Henrich's Steak House, and show our visitors that Columbus is the friendliest of cities. These experiences will l>e entertaining and of lasting memory.
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