Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1969-09-25

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VOL.47   NO.40
SEPTEMBER 25,   1969- TISHREI 6
fashion Shotv Will Aid Israel Bonds
The house lights will dim,'the rooih will grow quiet, the mnsic will start and b spotiight will illuminate a large run¬ way {dong which glamorous models will move. TUs is the beginning of a unlq.ue fasMon sbow.
Tor, -behind the glitter and excitement is a more serious purpose, one that goes for beyond fasMon itself. This fosMon show will be a showcase for one of Israel's young, vigorous
and dynamic industries, and
li will be a springboard for 'the canipaign to sell Israel
Bonds  in tMs commimlty. The occasion will be tin
1969 All-Israel Fashion
Show on Tfaiiarsday, Dec. 4 at
Sheraton Hotel in the Saturn
Koom, spimsored by the Co¬ lumbus Women's Division of
Israel Bonds. The price ot admission to
the FasMui Show will be ty.
Bond purchases,'a pattern
^repeated in the 60 cities to
wMch the sbow travels dur¬ ing the year. This blending of theglam-
our of fasMon with the seri- , ous business of investment rj^was explained by Mrs. Es¬ ther Bain, whof noted that
pro(%eds from Israel Bonds
are Wed for irrigation, es--
taUlshtnent of new towns •oiBidi|.,xlUage8. emransion of,
':iiammrex»mMt^am^'
titfaT resources j^ develop¬ ment of harbors and con¬ struction of roads in Israel. "Bonds are the major soiu^e of Investment tor Is-
^?del'8 program of economic development," said Mrs. Bain, "wMch is what Israel needs if she is to become ecctoomically independent. And: ^e fasMon Industry rep¬ resents Uradi's attempc to betome just that. FasMon is one otlsrael's major eJQoirt items, and the industry it- ijelf, one ct Israel's largest. Is one Important-source ot employment for/its people." Mrs. Kdnhabbeenguidhig the efforts of women Bond volimteers here for t)ie 1969 Canqaign. She is also active in local community andjpMl-
' antfaropic work.      .'   '    - Over the years thp, Fash-
, Ion Shows, arranged witiithe hell) of the Israel Trade 'Commission, have succeed- i^ in bringing to the Amerl-
' can public a glimpse of a major accomplishment ofls¬ rael on the industrial front, and, just as important, they bave become a major In¬ strument for selling Israel Bonds.
The Fashion Shows have been successful for a num¬ ber of reasons,- not the least of wMch is the gorgeous ar¬ ray  of ready-to-wear and
. haute coutiure wMch Israel
- is producing these days.
Among the thhigs that will be seen will be elegant knits and wools in classic suits, mini-skirts, culottes, pants
- and dasliing capes from Is¬ rael's knitwear houses, breatfatakUig cocktail dres¬ ses and evening ensembles firom the atelier ot Israel's tw 4>aute. couture houses'; colwAd beachwear, batiks and at-home outfits, and lux¬ urious fur fashions. . Ea>oh. manufacturer and
Annual UJFC Meeting Open To The Public
The entire Jewish ccnnnuuiity is cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting ofthe tinited Jewish Fund and Coiincili^ tMs Sunday evening, at S o^dock at the Windfaig HoUow - Countty Club. A reception at 7:30 will precede the meeting^, and it wUlbe foUowed by 'a social hour.Tbere will, be no; charge, and space wOl be provided for those vAio have hot ma& prior resfenrations.^     jg^g,, g4,ej^o„ 3^ jg^rtsh
Featured speaker at tiie    communal affairs, witii Ms
Menorah Ball Announced
Mrs. Abe Green, President of the B'nai B'rith Women's Council of Greater Columbus, announces that tiiQ annual Menorah BaU will be held Saturday night,  Nov. 1, at the new Beth Jacob Synagogue.
Arrangements for tMs gala affMr,- wMch includes a kosher ipnner, danqing and floor show, are being made by Mrsf WUliam G<ddmaii, Menorah BaU chairman and her conunittee.
Proceeds from ttw baU go to the numerous local and national phUanthropies suppoitedbyZlon,Candle¬ light and Twin Rivers chapters of B'nalB'ritii Women.
WoiMng' with Mrs. Goldman are the three fimd
raising vice presidents of the chapteays; (left to right)
Mi's. Sam Osipow, Candlelight; Mr^^ Ira Ives, Twin
„ Rivers; Mrs. Murray Landers, Zloii/and their com-
m^tees.
high fasMon designer has made his contribution to world recognition of Ms work, and has helped make fiisMoh a vital^orce in Is¬ rael's economic lite.
Among them are Tadmor, a kibbutz owned and operat¬ ed leather and suede firm, wMch shares with the inter¬ nationally famous Beged-Or, much of the responsiblUty for the fiact that Israel ranks second only to Italy In the export ot leattier; Aled, a family owned knitwear firm that was founded in Czecho- slovaMa and later moved to Israel;'''{k)ttex, Israel's lead¬ ing beachwear manufacturer since it was estabUshed .In 1952 and Matzkin, wMch, along with other items, manufactures rainwear mostly tor export.
Israel Is alsb becoming a center for haute couture, fUlfiUing the hopes of pio¬ neer designer Lola Beer. Her atelier was one ot.rthe first to be Established ^ in Israel. Today, tasMon con¬ scious women from all over the world seek out her clas¬ sic designs; the creations of Ftay Leitersdorf; the stun¬ ning Rivka Shatir Clothes; the glittering Lurex liand- knits ot Pnina Shallon and the imaginative and yfnith- fUl foshions ot Gideon Otier- son.
The foUowing is a foU Ust participants: Ready-to-wear - Aled, Arpaz, Beged-Or, Ita Cortale, Dorina, Elanit, Elastex, Galia, Gottex, Ja- doU, Jantzen ot Israel, Jer- coU, MasWt, Matzkin, Ros¬ en, S<;bUt-AUas. SheUy Bou¬ tique and Tadmor ;.haute cou¬ ture - Lola Beer, Flny Lett¬ er sdort, Gideon Oberson, Rivka Shanr, and Pnina Shal¬ lon; and furs - Stefan Braun . and.EU»hv N^lW^er.	
J»is*-SlMipi»UftJJliSafc At Local HadassoK Tea
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The Columbus Chapter of Hadassah is pleasedto announce that.thefr guest speaker at the life meinbersMp Autograph Ted, tobe held on. Oct. 1 at. 12:30 pum. atthe Governor's mansion, 3S8 N. Parln^ew, wiU be Mrs. Ezra Sluydro of Cleveland, OMo.
Mrs. Shapiro serves Hadassah, the Wometfs Zionist OrganizaUon of America, in various national capacities. She is a former National vice president, a past president ofthe Central StatesRegion, and now is a Life Associate of the NaUonal Board and was a^iointed Chairman of the National Service Com¬ mittee at the 53rd National Hadassah Convention in Florida, 1967.
Appeal and the National Wo¬ meifs Division ot the State of Israel Bonds.
Mrs. Shapiro attended the 27th World Zionist Congress Iield in Jerusalem in June, -1968.
meeting wQl be Dr. Leonard Fein of the Institute of Urban Affafrs at Massachusetts In¬ stitute of Technology, who, has figured prominently in the dialogue between the Black and Jewish commun¬ ities. In a'recent address deUvered at the Convention of a large NaUonal Women's OrgaMzation, Dr. Fehi cal¬ led for a reassertion of Jew¬ ish. IdentKy, and open dis¬ cussion of tbe issues and possibUities. In tids speech he said:
"We are a icammunity of extraordlnaiy vitality.. We have succeeded in tids coun¬ try beyond our wildest dreams, beyond our richest fantasy. Ahd yet I speak of Jewish poverty. The steady erosicHi of Jewish commit¬ ment is so insidious and so unidtended tbat none can safely prbdict how many
«jaaM:^wintwaiBH5JPEft(E!iSS?
- remnant can weather." Dr. F6th reforred to the poverty of bilnf^JIfucaUonal system &{id JemBh educa¬ tional insUtqtionVtothe cul¬ tural and Ideological poverty, wMch aflOtfct Jewish'0e, and the fiUlu^ to nprve ^ con¬ front the^ problems. He spoke otHhe Qi^sis ijf.the
. Jewish cifflcge'stttd^ifMof- the.dUent^^joftMi* Jewish Uberal. hp bostiletoparti- cularisticloyalties.
Dr. Fein is scheduled to speak at the annual meeting on much the same subject, and with Ms experience and background in the field d'
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iablUy as a dynamic orator already estabUshed on the national scene, Ms speech at the annual meeting is being anticipated as a major state- . ment^an Jewish life in Ani- ericaCSr. Fein wiU be in- troAiced by Dr. Marvin Fox, professor of PMlosophy at OMo State UMversily.
Anotber feature ofthe meeting wiU be a short, dra¬ matic filmed report of the United  Jewish Fund and CouncU  and its  activities locally, nationally and over'- seas. Prepared by the firm " of Byer & Bowman, the brief narrative film wOldepictthe work of the UJFC and Its beneficiary agencies here at home, in countries through¬ out the world, and in IsraeU Honored at the anntial meeting wUl be N. Victor ^ Goodman,  winner of the Therese Stem Kahn Young ^ Leader^^p^Awar^ andRab- bl Samiiel  W. Rubensteli^'^ \who Y«pl receive the Rabbini- ^cal Avyturd. The leadersMp. of the;t$|jB9 Campaign, wMch was tbQ<ifiost successiU in th^ 43>yi^ar Mstoiy otthe UJ^C, yflU also be recog- Mzed with awards by Nor¬ man Meizlish, general chairman, andthe leadersMp of the 1970 Campaign wUl be introduced by Sol D. ZeU, general  chairman of the coming drive.
A large turnout is anUci- pated,  according to Judge Leonard Stem, Chairman of ' the Planning Committee for the Annual. Meeting.
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^Shalioch' Appointed! To Jewish Center Staff
David Roth, president of Tbe Jewish Center, 1125 CoUege AvoJA aimpi|nces' the app.ointment ot Mr. Mefr Haber to the;, profos^ional staff ot The Jewish Center. Haber'sr position' at The Center is sponsored by The Youth andHechalutz. Department ot The Jewish Zionist Youth Foundation at America.
Mefr Haber, bom in RumaMa Israel at Haifo UMversity. A  professional Youth and Adult Group Director,  he was Director of the Youth Department ot the Jewish- Arab Community Centre in Haifa andthe Dfrector otthe. OrgaM^aiian ot Trade. Union' Youth FederaUim.  He has lectured widely on, "Youth inlsrael" and"JuvenUeDe- linqjuehcy in Israel,"  and
Mrs. Ezra Shapiro
Sylvia Shapfro was almost Uteridly "bora toZionism." As a Uttie gfrl she Ustened frequently to the discussions ot ZioMstleaders,berf8ther
among them. She has attend-  among Ms pubUshed works is ^. .. .xi.-.».-_    ^ gjy^ ^^ "Recreational
Activities of Youth in Israel on Behalf of the MlMstry of Education and Culture." He was the editor ot "Niv Ha- amal," a Youth Monthly Magazine and also contribut¬ ed totte "Haifa Haovedet," (a Trade CouncU Weekly) dn "Youth and Culture." Mr. Haber will act as a
ed four sessims otthe Zion¬ ist Qongress as a Hadassah delegate. She serves as a deputy member ot the Gen¬ eral CouncU of the World Z ionist OrgaMzation.
Other National and com¬ muidty activities have her interest as weU. She is a member ofthe National Ex¬ ecutive of the Wometf 8 Di-
Meir Haber
"ShaliacV at The Jewish Center for a period ot two years, during wMch time, he wiU. set up an Israeli Inform¬ ation Center, acting as a resource person for com¬ muMty groups and individ¬ uals, desfring information on any aspect of IsraeU life
and culture. He wiU also set up lobby disitlays consistittg cf books, handicrafts aiidTob- jects depicting Israeli cul-". ture.
Because ot Ms strong conmOtment to th^ idea that , th? future ot Judaism de- y^pends on its youi^ people, Mefr wiU meet with teen and young adult groups hoping to impart- to them thi sense ot brotherhood and identifica¬ tion with Jews the world over.
Plans are now intheoffing for Mr. Haber to conduct a" ^ 4-session seminar on Israel, " encompassing the social, po¬ litical and cultural aspects of the countty..Plans are also being formulated for a course inconyersationalHe- brew. Adults and teens wiU be encouraged to attend both of these courses.
Mefr Haber brings to the Center a fervent commit¬ ment to the values <tf Jewish life, and the untfring energy with wMch to cixnmuMcate tMs commitment. He resides in Coluinbus with Ms wife, Hadassa ahd their two child¬ ren, iSMmon, age 5 and Eph- rat, age 3. ..
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