Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1946-03-29

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Vol. 24, No. n
CdLUMBUS, OHIO^  PKIDAY, MARCH  20,  1946
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom  Everywhere By Phlneiis J, Btron
I^ThLs week, the Black Book, which tell.s the story of the Nazi crime against the Jewish people appears.. . .It Ir heing Ls¬ sued hy the World .lewish Con¬ gre.ss, (he Vaad Leumi of Pales¬ tine, the .lewish Anti-Fasclst Committee of Moscow and the Committee of .lewish Writer.s, Artists and Scientists of Amer¬ ica . .The project represent.'! an important action for unity on the part of World .lewish lead¬ ership. .We are fortunate to be able to present to you an exclu¬ sive as the Hollywood colum¬ nists say..So we are giving Al¬ bert Einstein's message on the occa.sion of the appearance of the Black Book..Our Column will be the first to carry its full
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A1.BERT EINSTEIN SPEAKS |^"In the last decade the Ger- man.s' have systematically killed off about half the Jewish people. We, the survivors, have assem¬ bled the facts and methods of this mass murder in a volume that Is now being handed over to the world. This book is In¬ tended as an Indictment of the nation that sank to such depths of besUallty. But It is also to serve, as a gruesome warning addressed to all the nations that witnessed this collapse ot human conscience and sense of responsibility. Are they aware that they might realize that they toa have permitted their sensibilities to become so diJlled that appreciation of the sanctity of life and the InviolabUlty of the Individual haa grown alarm¬ ingly feeble among all mankind today? Do they Itnow that the increasing advances of science and technical knowledge cannot serve as, substitutes for a living sense of justice and humanity? Have they done all they eould to save those, who might have been saved—or those who still can be saved? Do they under- (Continued on Page Eight)
Topolosky Resigns B'n^i B'rith Office
Mother-Daughter Dessert Meeting Set For April 6th
Celebrating the one hund¬ redth anniversary of the Bry¬ den Rd. Temple, the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood will hold a Mother-daughter Dessert Meet¬ ing on Saturday, April Bth, at, the Temple at 12:30 promptly. During the dessert, toasts will be given by Miriam Lleverman Bnd Jean Gup Monett, repre¬ senting the daughters which will be acknowledged by Mrs. Herman Lleverman and Mrs. Sam Gup for the mothers. After the dessert a short business meeting will be held In the Temple proper. A musical pro¬ gram will then- be presented in the vestry room with the follow. Ing participating:
Mesdames Graceman, A. Mey¬ er, Russell H. Hofhelmer, A, Block, Goorey, H. Lurle, Gun¬ dershelmer, Williams. L. Marks, M. Katz, J. Resler, L. Thai, Sha¬ man, R. Levy, Starr and the Misses schiff, Graceman, Koven, Zisenwlne, Rose, Bromberg, Block, Mark, Shinbach, Lurie, Blashek, Shustlck, Tarshish, Byer, Starr, Shaman, Goorey, Morris, Goldsmith, Harris,' RUs- sel, Meyer, Gerstenfeld, Ratner, Zalk, Abel, Yenkin, Cohan, Levy, Younger, Frosh, , Beck¬ man, Baniberger, Gumble, Fein- knopt, Ftenndllch, Yalman, Resler, Glassman, Guggenheim, Madison, Feibel and Klemperer.
Aiiniinl  B.  B. Siibltnth  April   J2 At AgiKlath Achim Synogogne
Sam R. Topolosky, 10-M E. Main St., asked to he relieved of the office of Secretary of Zion Lodge, No. fi2, B'nai B"'rith, because of the press of personai iHi.siness at the meeting ia.st Monday.
The execulive committee rec¬ ommended that no action be taken on tho resignation until a (lualified .¦Jucce.s.sor amhl he selected. Topolosky has agreed to continue in office to allow full consideration'of all candi. dates.
.The execulli'e committee com¬ mended Secretai-y Topolosky for his long and faithful service and gave him a unanimou.s' vote of thanks.
Hillel   Mght,  April  8
The next meeting of B'nal B'rith will be the annual'Hillel Night, Monday,. April 8. The Auxiliary of Zlori Lodge will participate in this meeting which will feature members of the Hil¬ lel Foundation Players and oth¬ er .students at Ohio State Unl- .versity in addition to Rabbi Harry Kaplan, executive direc¬ tor of the Foundation.
The annual B'nal B'rith Sab¬ bath will be'held at Agudath Achim synagogue Friday even¬ ing, April 12. The featured speaker will be announced by Allan Tarshish, Synagogue Night chairman for District 2, B'nai B'rith.
Adopt A Pamlly
The 'Adopt At'Fainiy»^rAbroaa! program was .discussed,  y 'I- M." Garek at the B'nai B'rith meeting. Everyone was urged to participate In this important activity. Garek pointed out that the only obligation was to send one package of food per month to the family ot a B'nai B'rith member in one of the foreign countries recently occupied, by the Nazi forces. Anyone wishing to aid these people in distress contact Sidney L. Katz, presi¬ dent.
The membership drive will be continued until April 15, accord¬ ing to Abraham Gertner, chair¬ man. The goal of 100 members for the Maurice Topson class has not been reached and all eligible men are urged to join B'nai B'rith now to be initiated the night ot April 22nd,
Kansas City Rabbi Will Speak Here
Friday Evening
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The announcement of the forthcoming visit ot Rabbl Sam¬ uel S. Mayerberg, Kansas City, to Temple Israel at the Sabbath Eve Service on Friday night, April 5, has elicited wide-spread interest in the Jewish communi¬ ty-
Rabbi Mayerberg has had an unusual career in the American Jewish pulpit. Born and raised in Goldsboro, North Carolina, he graduated from the Universi¬ ty of Cincinnati and was ordain¬ ed at the Hebrew Union College. His first post was as assistant Rabbl at Temple BethEl, De¬ troit, from which city he mov¬ ed ¦ to Dayton in 1920. ih 1928 he was called to the pulpit ot Congregation B'nal Jehuda, Kan¬ sas  City.
He is a member ot the Board of Directors of the Council ' of Social Agencies,. Jewish Weltare F'ederatlon and the Jewish Com¬ munity  Council.
Rabbi Mayerberg was the leader in the fight against the (Continued on Page 84
Panel Discussion To Feature Council Meeting Tuesday
Columbus Seel ion. National Council ot .Jewish Women will hold it next regular meeting on Tuesday. April 2. 2::i0 P. M., at tho Bryden Rd. Temple, under Ihe auspices of Council's Legi.s- lative  Group.
A j>anel discussion on ''Peace lime Con,';crlplion" will he con tlucteft by Mesrlames Robert Leon. Hen Yalman, Maynard Kaplan, and Theodore Simson' F'ollowing the prPMentation of the [n'os and cons, a straw vot'; will  he  taken  of  the  audience
I'nder the capable leadership ftf Mrs. Hon Yalman, Chairman the Legislative Group meets twice monthly in the homes of various members to discuss cur- rent events and thoir. effect on tlH' word acene. .Members who attend these meetings are giv¬ en much food for thought and are  kept abreast   of  the  times.
.\ prayer will be given by Mrs. Robert   Wasserman.
The report of the nominating committee is to be made hy Mrs. Harry Kohn. Chairman. Al.so .serving cm this committee are Mesdames Dave Goodman, Mil¬ ton Staub, Allan Tarshish and Harry   Mellman.
The veterans in the hospital at Chiliicothe, 0., are greatly in need of phonograph records. Please bring a popular or class¬ ical recortlwRew or used to the meeting soTthe Serve-A-Hospltal committee can forward them to these men.
iilii:?i(sira^.'T<»^ '^i Broadcast Service Sunday Morning
A signal honor has been ac¬ corded Congregation Tlfereth Is¬ rael during the past week. Au¬ thorities at the Franklin County Tuberculosis Hospital on Alum Creek Drive, seeking to rtScord religious services representative of the three major faiths, for the purpose of eventual re- broadcast to Incumbent patients at the hospital, have requested Tifereth Israel to contribute a worship servioe in behalf of the Coiumbus Jewish community towards  this spiritual program.
At its Thursday meeting, the Congregational Board voted to designate the hour between lOiifl and 11:30 ot this Sunday morning, March 31st, tor repro¬ duction of a special morning sei-vlce. The Temple Choir will join Cantor Leo Halpern in of¬ ficiating, and Rabbi Hyman Chanover will deliver a suitable sermon  for  the  occasion.
To Insure a smooth.running transcription, Instructions tor the recording of the service will be given worshippers at 10:15, shortly before the religious pro¬ gram is scheduled to begin.
Temple doors will be open to all interested in participating in the service, sponsored by a truly worthy cause. Tlfereth Israel- members, in particular, have been urged to be present.
PINCmK-SOLOMON CONCERT TICKETS
Ah one of the outstanding muslral treats of the season, pnti'ous are adviavd to re¬ serve seats at once for Cuutor Plnchlk and Izler Solomon Concert April Tth, at East High School Auditorium. Tickets may be obtained by calling eltlier PA. 0182, PA. 4512 or EV. 7010.
Many Ohio Jewish Leaders To Attend r\ Extraordinary Central Ohio Conference Sunday In Columbus
Delegates from every com¬ munity in central'Ohio will con¬ vene this Sundav. March 31, at (he Deshler-Walllck Hotel, for Ihe extraordinary Central Ohio Conference of the United Jew ish survivors and take meas¬ ures for their Immediate relief, rmd for their rehabilitation and resettlement  during   Ifl-IO.  •
Distinguished speakers at the conference will include Harley M. Kiigore, United States Sena, tor from West Virginia. Dr. Ren¬ zo Levi, Vice-chairman of the Jewish Relief Association of Italy, whose underground work after the Italian Armistice sav¬ ed -l.ijOO Iiaiian and refugee .lews from extermination. Cap- lain Herschel Schacter, first chaplain to enter Buchenwald after the infamous death camp's liberation by American troops, and Rai)bi Alexander S. Rosen¬ berg who a.g director ot the Joint Distribiltlori' Committee religi¬ ous progrijm for dlsplaC^^'Sews in "Germany helt>cd tUesS.'- vic¬ tims of Nazi'ppprfcsslon to pick up the threads of normal exis¬ tence again.
The conference will Open at 10 A. M., with a keynote address by Robert W. Schiff, chairman or-th«^1945 United Jewish Fund drive of Coiumbus, and will continue throughout the day.
Urgent problems to be met by
Rabbl Alexander BoMnberg
the conference in its part in ' the gigantic .«l(Kl.flO0.0OO cam¬ paign of the United Jewish Ap¬ peal for Refntjees. 0\'erseas Needs and Pale.-tine, include the relief, rehabiiitatiop anri re- .settiement of the 1,400,000 pitiful survi'vors of European Jewry in their desire to return to their native lands, to find haven In Palestine  as  a  National  Jewish
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Five hundred invitations have this weelc gone out to the men of the Agudath Achlm Congre¬ gation to attend a dinner next Thursday evening, April" 4, in the social hall ot the synagogue. Cor, Washington and Donaldson Sts. The affair, which is to be¬ gin at 0:30 P. M., will be high¬ lighted by the burning of the mortgage of the present old syn¬ agogue and the formal launch¬ ing of a city-wide carhpaign for a new, modern, air conditioned structure on the corner ot East Broad Rt. and Stanwood Road in  Bexiey.
The same evening two char ter living members of Agudath Achim are to be honored. They are Jacob Schottenstein and Max GUck.
Included on the agenda of the evening's program will be- the Invocation by Rabbl Mordecai Hirschsprung: and vocal selec¬ tions by Cantor P. Gellman, Arthur Goldlierg, son of the late Abraham Goldberg, one of the founders of Agudath Achim and for many years a leading figure of the Columbus Jewish com¬ munity, will be the toastmaster for  the   occasion.
Hj.bbl .Miirvln  Fox
Plans for the new building in Bexley will be revealed by Abe A. Wolman, president; MaTS Schottenstein, Vice president; and Abe Yenkin, Treasurer. Co- chairmen on arrangements for Thursday night's dinner are .(Continued on  Page Eight)
CHAIRMAN SUMMER SAYS JEWISH CENTER DRIVE IS JUST ABOUT OVJER
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A last-mlnute roundup of pledges for the Jewish Center was being made this week in an effort to reach the $425,000 goal, 11 was announced this week by Chairrrian Samue! N. Summer.
"The drive is just about over", Mr. Summer said. "There prob¬ ably are a few persons whose pledges have not yet been made and a few more days will be al¬ lowed for them to send in their contributions. Then we will tab- ulaie all pledges and close our campaign.
'I'm still confident these final
pledges will bring us up to our i-goal and that we carl announce a successful campaigli. "The next few days will ten the story of how large and ho.w complete our new'JewMsh  CenteV  will  be.
"We know—n05ji_5hat We can build a Center, but we want to raise the full $425,000 so this community can have the kind of ¦¦ Center which was planned when ( the campaign began^ If every¬ one does his part, I'm sure we can reach that figure by the middle of next week.'
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