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The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
Serowg Co/umbus and Cetif ra/ Ohio
Jewish Community for Over 60 Years ■
VOLUME 69
NUMBER 48
NOVEMBER 21,1991
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DEVOTED   TO   AMERICAN   AND   JEWISH1  IDEALS
Chair at Yeshiva U.
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Nazi hunter speaks
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The alternative to
peace in Mid East
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Dr. Lamm to speak
at CTA dinner
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New 'shuT organized
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Super Sunday Telethon
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COMMUNITY FEATURE
Jennie Roland — Still young at 90
By Barbara Schehr
Four score and ten years
ago, the woman we know as
Jennie Roland was born on
Nov. 24 in Hungary. Ninety
years later, to the day, a Torah Fund celebration is to be
held in her honor at Congregation Tifereth Israel.
Roland looks at life "as a
special gift of giving to others
and a joy of learning from
each new undertaking and experience." Her days are filled
with a myraid of endeavors,
and because age has little or
no meaning to her, her pace is
that of one many years her junior.
As was the case with numerous newcomers to the
United States, Roland had to
help her family by working in
her father's dry goods shop in
Akron. She had completed
eight grades in three years but
was forced to drop out of high
school shortly after starting.
Although she attended business school and was trained as
a bookkeeper, she always
wanted to continue her formal
education.
The years passed happily
through tbe life cycles of marriage to the late Fred Roland
and motherhood, but her desire to return to school never
disappeared. Pursuing knowledge was a part of her everyday routine; she even became
a braillist at age 59. Roland is
certified by the Library of
Congress to transcribe both
English and Hebrew into -
Braille, which she continued
to do until 1981 at the age of 80.
She had to put an end to her
Braille commitment when she
enrolled as an undergraduate
at The Ohio State University.
No family members knew of
the hours she had spent studying for her G.E.D. (high
school equivalency test) until
the night before the exam.
When she received her bachelor of arts degree at age 82,
she was recognized by Dr. E*
ward Jennings as the oldest
graduate in OSU's history.
Although there were physical problems that had to be
addressed during her student
days, nothing deterred Roland. And, for four years after
receiving her degree, she continued to return to campus at
the request of the College of
Education to counsel and sensitize prospective teachers on
the special needs and feelings
of handicapped students.
Roland exemplifies the Torah Fund theme: "L'Dor-
Vador, From Generation to
Generation." Her family has
always been of paramount importance to her, the formative
years with her parents and
siblings, Milton, Allen, Peri
and Thomise (Bibi), set
strong values for the rest of
her life. Education, art, music, religion, charity, pride as
an American citizen and hard
work were all basic tenets of
the Staub family.
The foundation that was set
by the older generation continued to be built upon throughout Roland's life, as a wife, a
parent, an in-law, a grandmother and great-grandmother. Children Lil and Harvey
Roland, Evelyn and Nate
Nateman and Alice and Zev
Weiss have enriched her life
with ten grandchildren, seven
great-grandchildren and two
more, soon to be born. "The
young ones are the interest
on the investment," Roland
comments.
During the many decades
focused on family life, Roland
still managed to devote endless hours to charities and
community organizations. They
formed a mosaic of interests,
including P.T.A., Tifereth Israel Sisterhood, Campfire
Girls, Brandeis Women, Torah Academy, B'nai B'rith,
National. Council of Jewish
Women and Hadassah. All received Roland's dedication as
she worked diligently in the
ranks, rising to top leadership
positions and received well deserved kudos and awards for
her tireless devotion and productivity.
Adding to her long list of
honors will be the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood Torah Fund
see ROLAND pg. 18
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