Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1966-07-15

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Vol. 44, No. 27
FRIDAY, JULY IS, 1966 — 27 TAMMUZ 5724
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AJ Committee Rejoins The ,
WASHINGTGN (JTA) — The American Jewish Committee re¬ cently rejoined, as a member agency, the National Community Relations Advisory Council, co¬ ordinating body of Jewish com¬ munity relations organizations, increasing the number of nation¬ al" agencies affiliated with NC¬ RAC to nine.
' Announcement of the affUla- ' tion was made by Philip E. Hoff¬ man of South Orange, N. J., chair- man' of the board of governors of the AJCommittee, and Aaron Goldman, chairman of the NC¬ RAC at a closing session of the NCRAC plenary meeting.
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The event is significant in terms of organizational relation¬ ships, bringing together all the major Jewish bodies in the field of community relations for con¬ sultation and coordination.
OTHBB AOENOIES affilia¬ ted in NCRAC are the American Jewish Congress, B'nai B'rith Antl Defamation League, Jewrish Labor Committee, Jewish War Veterans, National Council of Jewish Women, Union of Ameri¬ can Hebrew Congregations, Un¬ ion of Orthodox Jewish Congre¬ gations of America, United Syna¬ gogue of America, and 79 Jewish community councils in cities throughout the country, includ-- ing the Jewish Commimity Coun- ""cil''of Essex County.";'¦ "'"     ' '
The Community Relations Committee of the UJFC is a member agency of the NCRAC. The NCRAC Is also supported with an allocation from the UJ¬ FC. Judge Leonard Stem, diair- man of the Columbus CRC and Seymour Gorchoff, the executive dirfector axe members of the CRC.
NewOngania Regime May Affect Jewry
BUENOS AIR6S, (JTA) — An order which may have serious effects on Jewish economic life and on the existence of the highly developed Jewish schdbr system in Arglentlna was issued by the newly established government of President Onganla. It empowers the Argentine Centralr>Btok, highest official firianclar authority, to exercise control over all credit cooperatives aihd, in certain cir¬ cumstances, even to close them.
GOVERNOR'S DINNER SET FOR SUNDAY NiGHT
Calling for reservations to the formal dinner at the Governor's Mansion in honor of Israel Bonds, slated for this Sunday evening at 6:30 are, left to right, Miss Bdlth Skilken, Mrs. Edwin Ellman, Mrs. Ralph Groban (Telephone chairman), Mrs. Howard Schoenbaum (co- chairman, hostesses), and Mrs. Maurice Port- man. At right Is the featured speaker ifor the evening. Morris W. Berinstein, national chair¬ man of Trustees for the Israel Bond Organiza¬ tion, who for many years has occupied a placfe of major national leadership in organized Jewish effort in behalf of Israel and the Jews, of Europe. Berinstein has played a leading-role
In mobilizing economic support tor through the Israel Bond drive. A member of its Na¬ tional Executive Committee, he formerly served as National Campaign Chairman of the Israel Bond Organization. Other members of the tele¬ phone committee are Mrs. Michael Abrams, Mrs, Louis Adelman, Mrs. Martin Godofsky, Mrs; Sam Goldman, Mrs. William Kisch, Mrs. Norbert Kruger, Mrs. MiltoA J. Leeman, Mrs. Martin Levinson, Mrs. A. J. Mellman, Mrs. Morris Paine, Mrs. Sol Bisiing, Mrs. Fred Roland, Mrs. Alvln Schottenstein, Mrs. Joseph L. Schwartz, Mrs. Sam Subow and Mrs. Hy Weinberg
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo., (WUP) — Former President Harry S. Truman, who was scheduled to leave for Israel on July 9 to attend the dedication of the Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University on July. 11, had to cancel his trip on the advice of his doctor. In a statement issued here Truman declared: "I had planned to attend this historic event personally, but my family and physician prevailed on me not to risk so taxing a journey at this time. It was suggested by some that the ceremony I be postponed to accomodate me, but I felt that because of 1 the urgency of what we are attempting to do at the Center \ for Peace we should proceed with the program without delay.'
JfERUSAIiEM, (JTA) — Israel political circles rejected as 'utterly unfounded" Moscow Radio's claim that Israel interest in the condition of the Jews in Soviet Union ' amounts to "interference into the internal affairs of the Soviet Union." At the same time Israel's radio, Kol Israel, carried a broadcast pointing out that just as the Soviet Government continues to call upon all Armenians in other countries to return to Soviet Armenia, Israel has the right to call upon all Jews to return to their homeland.
BERLIN, (WUP) — Dr. Kurt Kelsmeyer, a lung expert who had served at Neuehgamme concentration cam]p from 1944 to 1945, was sentenced to life in prison by an Bast German court for conducting medical experiments on in¬ mates, a West (Jerman intelligence agency reported last week. Dr. Kelsmeyer was accused of having injected tu¬ berculosis baqiUi into numerous adults and a group of 20 children aged 5 to 12.
WILDACRES, little Switzerland, N.C., (WUP) — "Jew¬ ish Views and Beliefs In Relation to Modern Jewish Living" will be the subject of a five-day discussion at the 19th annual B'nal B'rith Institute of Judaism to be held here July 24-28. Participating in the Institute will be three outstanding scholars. Rabbi Fritz A. Rothschild, Manheim S. Shapiro, and Dr. Harold Weslberg, WUdacres is a mountain-height estate which its owner. Dr. I. D. Blumenthal of Charlotte, has dedicated for the use of various humanitarian and educa¬ tional as well as civic causes. The B'nai B'rith Institute of Judaism has become an annual highlight in the life of North Carolina Jewry.
SOMERS, N. y., Jnly 10, (jTA) — The Hebrew Con- greigatlon here was desecrated Sunday for the second time in six months. Several swastikas and the words "Hitler Forever" and "Nazi Youth of America" plus a\number of obscene epithets were painted on the building with black paint. The discovery of the desecration was made by Rabbi Joseph Schapiro when he arrived for Sabbath services. Six months, ago, vandals broke several windows in the synagogue which is located in the town Shenorock in"West=- Chester County near the Connecticut border'. Saul-Schwartz, president of the congreigation/ expressed hope that some member of the community would volunteer Inforiaatlon as to the culprits. State police are investigating yesterday'B desecration.
Although the credit coopera¬ tives and' their: parallel linking systcni^are being used also by non-Jewish business enterprises, they are a major factor In Jew¬ ish commercial life., The measure against them was alreaidy pre-' paired fist November Under tiie Ulia. CJbvernment which Was ousted about! ten days ago by General Ongahia, but it was not put into opeiration because of the strong opposition against it by'numerous economic groups.
THE CREDIT cooperative movement is divided mainly in two groups: One is the Institute Movilizador, rumored to be com¬ munist-infiltrated, whose several officials had been arrested a~Ii days ago but were since The other is Ente Ecoiiomico la Federadon de Coopei which is composed Jewish non-leftist elements.
The latter, besides constituting the finandai basis for small Jew¬ ish middle class business enter¬ prises,   also   provides   finandai support to the Jewish sdiools here which are among the best Jewish sdiools in the vrorid. : ymoM^J^ PKEpiSBfeffect of^toefoifdei tni^te^JJevtoijbuBi- inffisSSfiiiragjdttflcOft:^ linti normal business operatlohs are resumed, lit was widely fear¬ ed the move vroidd create ir¬ reparable   problems.  ITie  wide pubildty given the measure over the radio and in the press alarm¬ ed many of the dientsof the cooperatives   who   could   com¬ pletely  break   the   cooperative
System if an extensive run of withdrawals- develops.
On Monday, ¦. Federal Police Chief General MariOi ;A. Fonseca visited the Jewish Old Age Club here. He was received by Mrs. .Elisa Kohan, president of the Institution and Samuel Glaser-. man, vice president of the Bue- . (contlnutd on pag*   4)
Daniel Harrison At MeetiniT In Israel
, Daniel Harrison, prindpai of the Columbus Hebrew School, is attending the 40th Anniversary Conference of the National Coun¬ cil For Jewish Education in Is¬ rael, July 15 to August 1.
The Theirie of the conference is "Half A Century Of Jewish Education In The United States —Retrospect and Prospect."
THE FIRST WEEK of the conference, the sessions will be held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During the second week of the conference, the ses¬ sions will' be held at Kfar Mac¬ cablah,- near Tel Aviv,
The conference wiil he address¬ ed by many. prominent Jeviish educators of Israel and the Un¬ ited States.
THB OONFEBENOE program includes' excursions to Negev and Galilee. An all-day visit to Anny camp and observe the Ulpan classes in the army.
B'nai B'rith To Bus Orphans To The Fair
More than 30 Ohio B'nai B'rith Lodges have arranged to bus children to the first annual Or¬ phans Day at the State Fair in Columbus on Thursday, Septem¬ ber 1.
Announcement of the Lodge partidpatlon was made by A. C. StrlR presiderit of Columbus' Zion Lod^e of the interiiational Jewish service organization, and Bernard Newman, coordhiating chairman.
PABTIOIPATIXO Lodges wlU host orphans from homes in thefar areas at the Fahr. Spedal enter- tainment, rides and meals will be provided for the young guests,
Arrangemtnts for the event were initiated by Zion Lodge of- fidals with Governor Janies A, Rhodes and State Fair Manager Jeff Kehms,.
'Esther epbey Melton
Columbus Mourns Loss Of Mrs» Samuel Melton, Local Philanthropist
Mrs. Esther Cobey Meitdp, 52, 435 N. Columbia Ave., well- known philanthropist in the Jew¬ ish and greater Columbus, com¬ munity, died Monday 'mdhiirig in Grant Hospital. She Was the vtrife of Samuel M. Melton, vice president of Harsco Corp.
Mrs. Melton v/as a joint dohor with her husband in the follow¬ ing phllahthropies: a professor¬ ship in Jewish hlstoiy and studies at Ohio StatiB University; Melton Research Center of the Jewish Theological Seminary; a voca¬ tional and secondary high school at Bat Yam, Israel; and a chair for ^training of secondary teadi- ers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
MBS. MELTON had received a community service award of the National Women's League of Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and, wdth her hus¬ band; was honored with a semin- ry award for'distinguished serv¬ ice in Jewish education.
In,a statement issued in appre¬ ciation of her services to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Faculties, Board of Directors and the Board of Ov¬ erseers recorded their "grief at the passing of a dear and valued ^^_ ICMflMMd aa Ma* <)
Rabbi Hermann To Begin On July 29
According to Sanford Shapiro of the Beth Hkvah Congregation, 3392 N. High St., Rabbi Bennett Hermann will begin as spiritual leader of the congregation at the Friday evening services on July 29 at 8 pjin., and not to¬ night a^ previousiy''indicated.
Rabbi Hermann, his wife, Hay- utu, and, two daughters, Deborah, age 2,^arid Sivonne, age 2 months, will reside in Columbus at 4909 Solar Dr.
THE BETH TIKVAH extends an invitation to the community to attend riot only this, but any other services at the congrega¬ tion.
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