Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1950-06-09

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Vol. 2S, No. 23
COIAMBIS,  OHIO. KRIDAY,  .IINE 0,   lOSO
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Plain Talk
RKJHT TO lilSTEN
BY AL SEGAL
I .should .start hy pi-e.sentlng my credentliils: I am a memher of H'niil B'rith and have heen for .lome 'IO year.s. My affiliation in B'nai D'rlth goe.s hack to the time of the lamented Alfred M. C'ohen who long ago wa.s nationai pre.sident.
It wa.s- the gnlden era of H'nai B'rith. Just as It was for all .Jewry. We kpew anII-Semltl.sm as a fungus that was Indigenous mainly to the Czar's Ru.s.'sia. In the U..S. It was chiefly social: .lews weren't admitted into some clubs, and so what?
In that time H'nal R'rith took up a project—the Hlllel Foun- datlon.s in the universities—toward the education of Intelligent and dfgnified leaders in .lewry. It desired that ipwish youth In the colleges grow up to he exemplars of tolerance and ju.stlce. They were lo represent the lofty mind and the honor of Ameri¬ can .JeSvi-y.
Mr. Cohen himself was the emhodlment of thi.s Ideal. In his own person and in his presiden¬ cy of B'nai B'rith he carried the dignity that he expected of American .lewry and its institu¬ tions.
Having .slated my credenrl;ds anil my references a.s an inti¬ mate of B'nai H'rith I can now go on to state my disappoint¬ ment in a recent Intolerance of an affiliate of H'nal B'rith and, as a memher. to make my pro¬ test.
Tif invite a disilnguishcd inan lo make a incch and then to re¬ fuse tn hear him because you didn't agree with what he was going to .say Is .not in accord wilh the traditional precepts of H'nai B'rith, as I learned them, or with the ideals of Jewish leaching, or with ordln.iry ccnir- le.sy. 11 i.s no cxtimple to set he- fore the eyes of the youiig whom H'n.-il li'riih l.s training for .lew¬ ish life In the Hlllel Founda¬ tions of the universities.
This is the sin of the Anil De- fanialion   League.   Ihe  grown-up; chilli   of   li'nai   B'rith.   The   kid I seems  In he getting too l)ig  for lis biiti-he.-., ¦ '
To .idilress il.s recent meeting' in .Vew Volk the Anti-Defama¬ tion l.e.-igiie had invited Mr. Ben-' pamiii .1. I'.mtenwiB.st'r, assisianl; I'.S. High Commissioner for Cer-[ many. He flew from Oermany to' give the speecli I
Mr.  Bulli'inviemM- is a  man of; dislinciion in    ewish lift—a for-1 mer iiresident of the Federation i of .Jewish Philanthropies in New' York, a trustee of the American .lewish Committee, of the Baron de Hir.sch Fund, of the national Council  of  the Jewish  Welfare Board. ,
He Is a man acceptable to the nationai Government as one most fit to help In tVie American administration of occupied Ger¬ many.. One may guess that his being a distinguished Jew had something to do with his ap¬ pointment to the situation In Germany in which there are .lewish problems
Jewish Social Workers Convention Urged to Face Future With "Cautious Optimism"
ATLANTIC CITY. (JTA) — A thousand Jewish social work¬ ers, center workers and educa¬ tors, worried hy reports of de¬ clining fund raising anil budget curlallments, were a.ssured this week hy Dr. Nathan Reich, a not¬ ed economist, at the opening se.ssion pf the Nationai Confer¬ ence of .Jewish Social Welfare Ihat "we can face the fuiure in a mood of cautious optimism."
The National A.ssociatlon of .lewish Center Workers and the National Council for Jewish Kducatlon. who are holding con¬ current conventions, joined with
the National Conference of Jew¬ ish Social Welfare In spon.soring Ihe opening se.ssion of the con¬ vention.
Reporting lo the executive commiltee of the National Con¬ ference on the growth of the Jewish social welfare structure In the United States, Mr. George W. Ftabinoff, president of the National Conference, said that America's almost five million .lews contribute almost .$2.50.000.- (100 annually through over 300 federations and welfare funds for the aupjjort of overseas, nat¬ ional and local projects.
Urge UJF Workers to Wind Up Pledges
Richard .1. Abel. Bl.'iO -Cniteii .lewish l''unil campaign chairman, urges all volunteer workers lo return their cards us soon as po.ssible. "I realize it is difficult to leave your busine.s.ses and professions to complete this task," he said, ¦liul the entire campaign's endeavor is iiv the number of neighbors and friends you visil and the cards you coinplete and return to rampalgn headi|iiarters.
I'lease com|ilele your lUi as rapidly as possible so that we may wind up this year's  L.IK campaign."
The entire comnuinily wishes to thank ynu . . . each and every one. for Ihe splendid task you have been lining. VVilhout your efforts the camp.iign cnuld nol iiossibly have succeeded.
A   rising demand  for  profe.ss- innally-trained   workers   in   the .lewish   communily  center  field Ihroughout the country was le ported lo the executive commit tee  of' the  National  Association of .lewish Center Workers by ILs president. Sanford Solender. The .Jewish (.'iiinmunlty   centers   al¬ ready   reveal   that  they  employ close In 1.000 professional work¬ ers,  he declared.  The  increased demand. .\Ir. Solender said, is at¬ tributable  In    "the    tremendous I giowih" in the cenier movement j which   reported   a  27%   increase! in allenilance at cenier activities in HM!1. More than 1 l.WiO.OOO peo-!
pie parlicipated In center pro¬ grams and services last year, Mr. Solender reported, adding thai In response to growing calls for exp.iniled center programs, .Jewish communities commenced construction of more than .$1 I.¬ OOO.OOO worth of new or.remodel¬ ed center buildings last year.
In his presidential address to ihevNalional Council for-Jewish Education. Judah Pilch of New York, deplored the lack of sup¬ port given .lewish education by communities through the United Stales, although Jewish educa¬ tion is more and more becoming the concern of practically all .lewish organizations. "While millions of dollars are still being spent nn protecting the Jew," said .Mr. I'ilch. "very little i.s giv¬ en In our agencies working for the iireservalion of the Jew, The paradox nf a climate of opinion favorable to .Jewish education and a reality which threatens the \i'ry foundation of educallon is due primarily to the state of iniifusioii which still exislts wilh. regard to the. meaning of .lewish education and the type of organizations which should be vested with authority lo fim- ance and sponsor II."
— BRANDEIS UNITERSm:
CELEBRATES SECOND ANNUAL CONVOCATION
.Mr. .'llpprt The above were pi'lnel|>al ffguros (lui-ing Bliilldels fill- vei-slly'H I'cci'iit (.'oiivocalion exerelHCH at Walthuiii, Mass., marking the selioors second ncudenilc year. Left to right: Gcoi-BP Alport, preHldent of tho Unlvei-Nity Board "of Ti-uh- tees; l)r. Abrani I... Sachar, Brandeis preHidcnt; Mm. EJea-
Mr. Buttenwieser who should
know    the    current    Germany
But. after he had  flown  here] hetter than the Antl-Defamatlon
League possibly can was going to call for a spirit of forgiveness to make effective "our assist¬ ance to Germans of liberal mind, progressive energies and public
to speak before the Antl-Defama¬ tlon League, the League said no, it wouldn't allow him to speak before It. Apparently Its officials had read advance copies of his speech handed out to the pres*. The Antl-Defamatlon Lea¬ gue couldn't agree with what he was going to say. Therefore, B'nai B'rith members weren't to be permitted to listen to it or to read It In the press.
Mr. Buttenwieser practically was toSsed out on his neck in the Antl-Defamatlon League which of old was dedicated by B'nai B'rith to the tolerance that says: "We demand tolerance for our¬ selves and are ever ready to yield, tolerance to all other de¬ cent men."
spirit" toVvard achieving a demo¬ cratic reorientation.
He was to say that the Ameri¬ can Government had done an honest Job to punish the gjallty among the Nazis, had made an honest distinction between the nationalism wliich In its proper sense represented pride In one's country and "National socialism with all its Jethal doctrines.^'
Because this wasn't the Antl- Defamatlon League's line, the League wouldn't let Mr. Bijtten-
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Dr. Sarliar nor liJiONevelt, nieiuber of the Brandeis Board of Trustees, who delivered u stirring Con¬ vocation addi'ess; aud >lav Lerner, Brandels Pi-ofcssoj' of
Highlights of the talk,s given I by the distinguished speakers at tlie Brandels University's Con¬ vocation exercises will be brought to the members of the Advisory Board of the Columbus Chapter of the National ,Wom- en's Committee at a meeting to be held this month, by the local delegates. They attended the ex¬ ercises and the 2nd annual con¬ ference of the National Women's Committee, held in Boston and Waltham, Mass.
"nie Nationai Women's Com¬ mittee of Brandels has the honor of being tlje first and largest of the many groups that have pledged themselvps to support^ the janlversity. The growth of the "women's. Committee has both paralleled and contributed to the growth of the university. During the first two years of Its activity, the Committee has seen women from every part of the nation join wUllngly and zeal¬ ously In its effort to realtee the high academic ideals to which
.^lrs. Hoosfvelt .'Imeriean CivillZiillon. .Auxili¬ ary Brandeis groups which met during the five-day con¬ venllon were: National Wom¬ en's Conimitlee of (he I'nher-
Mr. I>4'rner slly (which held Its 2nd an¬ nual convention); the Brand¬ els I'niv. .Associates; and Friends of Ihc School of Mus¬ ic.
Brandeis is devoted.
In less than    two   years,    42 chapters have heen  established, with    a    membership    of   over 1,000. And as Mr. George Alpert, president of the Board of Trus¬ tees said: "Even more important than the numbers Is the sense of dedication   these  women  have." The contribution of the Co¬ lumbus Chapler of the  Wool¬ en's  ComniUteo Is 4th  InJitUip rountry, an outstanding'$({6l't
from  a group organized  only five months ago.
The Women's Committee's tot- (Contlnned on Vnge 5)
Summer Festival
The Agudath Achlm Self- Development School's Annual Summer Festival for.many years has been a most outstanding event in the life of our Jewish community. Year by year the af¬ fair has grown to a level of cli¬ max, yet higher than the year preceding. And so again the ap¬ proaching conclusion of another successful year for this widely- known traditional School be- tConlinned on Fage 4)
B'nai B'rith Weiner Roast is June 24tli
An old-fashioned weiner roast, sponsored by  the  newly-formed B'nai B'rith Social Group, is in store  for  Zion  Lodge's  so.ciaIly-k minded members.
The affair, to which all mem¬ bers are invited, will bevheld Saturday night, June 24, at Ebgc- water park (located on Route 33, a few miles south of the Jewish Center), it is scheduled to begin at 8:30 In the first building at the left, upon entering the park. Fires will be provided, BUT BRING YOUR OWN WEINERS! Drinks will be available at the park and dance niusic will "be provided. There will also^be en¬ tertainment as. well as communi¬ ty singing.