Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1945-12-21

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COLXIMBtrSi OHIO* FRIDAY* DECEMBEK 21,  1945
Otvolad  to  Amartcan «nd Jawlih  IdMli
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. Summer to Head New Jewish Center Building Drive
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits   Prom   Every where By PUneas 3. Biron
CHABIilSrs   COMEBACK...
^America First Is on the march again..One of the coun¬ try's shrewdest public relations experts "is handling the politi¬ cal publicity..This expert de¬ votes much of his time to a Charles Lindbergh revival cam¬ paign.. The Idea .Is to rebuild Lindbergh's heroic halo and run him for U. S. Senate..That be¬ lated news release about Lind¬ bergh shooting down a Jap •plane Is part ot the rebuilding campaign. .The groups sponsor¬ ing the flyer are very very an¬ ti-Soviet and anti-Jewish	
THINGS PRESS IGNORES.... feRankln's Unamerlcan Com¬ mittee was asked to Investigate among^' others Gerald L. K. Smith, Joe E.- McWiiilams, E. A. Rumley, Gerald B. Wlnrod, Edward James Snjythe, Col. Eugene N. Sanctuary, Mervln K. Hart and Joseph P. Kamp..
Nothing was done about it	
'\H^lnchell suggests that Rankin should be asked to investigate Rankin'. .Newspapers are keep¬ ing mum about two sensational "libel" suits against the Chica¬ go Sentinel. .One asking $50,- 000, entered in the Circuit Court by George Vose, former lectur¬ er and organizer employed by Gerald L. K. Smith's American First Party, is based upon- an expose written by Archie Green- berg, National Commander of , the Jewish War Veterans, whicji V the Sentinel published... .j^ne other suit, asking a totafl of Eugene N. Sanctuary, Ernest F. Elmhurst, Robert E. Edmon- 'il son, Lawrence Dennis, K. J. Parker, Sage, William H. Ly¬ man, Jr. and Charles. B. Hud¬ son, all notorious anti-Semites, charging that an article pub¬ lished in- the Sentinel •'brought ridicule and disgrace on the plaintiffs"..Hats off to the Edi¬ tor of The  Sentinel	
DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY.. ^Approximately 40% or nearly 2,000 -pupils of the Brooklyn Technical High School are of the Jewish faith..All students (including of course the Jews) are required to attend assemb¬ ly exercise during which tl)e recitation of the Lord's prayer and the Doxology are perform¬ ed.. This priictice is In direct violation of the stipulations In the by-laws of the Board of Edi ucatlon which state that the Bible alone is to be read and without comment... The New Yprl? State Constitution forbids the use of a public school build¬ ing   for   religious   purposes	
Surely compulsory attendance at services at which mass prayer J Is practiced Is a violation of this law and destroys our democra¬ cy 	
COIiLEGIATB SPIBTT.. ¦ • lUThe smug Aryan theory of our College fratet-nlties Is In for a rude Jolt..A non-Jewlsh antifascist organization Is pre¬ paring a fuU dress campaign against the fraternities who pride themselves on adhering to Hitler's philosophy,.One of the fraternities on a large Eastern catnpus recently mailed a letter (Continued on Pace 8)
Columbus Jewish Community Council Names General Chairman To Lead Fund Raising Campaign. Committee Members To Be Announced'^Next Week
ENTHIE   JEWISH   COMMUNITY   AND   LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS   WILL   BE   ASKED   TO
SUPPORT   BUILDING   PROJECT   TO
SERVE ALL ELEMENTS IN CITY
Zionist Cultural Group To Meet Thursday
Snjiiuel   N.  Suninier
A.
^4 New Jewish Qenter For Columbus
With 'this week's aniiouncemenl of tlie proposed Jew¬ ish Center building in Columbus, local Jewish leaders are embarking on one of the most constructive programs ever launched in the Jewish community dui'ing the past 80 yeiirs. The appeil for necessai-y funds to accomplish this great effort is directed to every Jewish inhabitant in this area, whether his means be substantial or modest.
Many public spirited men and women, aware of the important part played in Jewish life by the Center, have already made very generous contributions to this Building Pun4 Drive, but it is essential, for community-wide co¬ operation in the future, that ALL Jews give liberally and participate in the campaign. Contributions from-every¬ one will intticat^ the united interest of Columbus Jews in the Jewish Center and its vital role in thfe community.
We are all cognizant of the magnificent morale work among both civilians and service men done by the Jewish Centers throughout the country, during these war years— sharing in the activities of the U.S.O.; operating independ¬ ent Servicemen's Lounges and Recreation Centers, and, conducting "free" Canteens and other social, educational and hospitality services.
The Jewish Center, however, is important primarily as a peacetime, community agency, and It will be put on its mettle to meet and handle the post-wgr peacetime problems that will confront Jewish youth and many Jew¬ ish adults in our home towns.
The stress and social change brought about by the long w£|r; the disruption of fajnily life incidental to the war; the taxing of j)hysical and emotional health suffered directly or Indirectly through war; the dislocation of ed¬ ucational and cultural reservoirs due to the war, and, the Intensification of inter-racial-problems aggravated by the war—must all be studied, treated and solved, if we are to return to a normal, ^healthy, democratic way of life.
Fortimately for the American Jewish community, Jewish Centers have always been a force in preserving and developing the democratic way of life. Fortunate, too, are «e that through their philosophy, trataed person¬ nel, well-developed lay leadersijilp, extensive facilities and long-experl^ce In community. work and programming (Continued on Page four)
Samuel N. Summer, president of Summer & Co., Butt¬ les Ave., has been selected as general chairman of the Jewish Center Building Fund Campaign Committee by the Columbus Jewish -Community Council, it was announ¬ ced this week by Justin Sillman, acting president of the council.        " .
The organization of a campaign committee will bff* completed this week and a drive for funds started soon. This action was taken as a result of the recent, report of a planning committee headed by Simon Lazarug../
The planning cohimittee worked slncei May with pro¬ fessional help from the Jewish Welfare Board making a com¬ plete surv€!y of the Columbus Jewish Community. Scores of organization leaders were In¬ terviewed and the need for a Jewish Center here was defin¬ itely eaublished before the lo¬ cal Jewish Community Council took action Ijy appointing Sum¬ mer to direct th^ campaign.
Among the org^izatjpns ap¬ proving the new Jewish ^^nter in Columlnis is the local B'nai^ B'rilh lodge which appropriated $15,000.00 fl-om It's own funds to   the   pnijecl.
Summ(M- is well known in the Columbus a.s having headed the drive to l)ullil the famous Ohio State University stadium. This was one of the first majpr fund- raising campaigns in Columbus. It is recognized today a,s^ one of the best planned and executed fuiui-raislng projects in the (Continued on Page four)
Columbus Zionist District and Hadassah -will hold their second cultural group rfleetlng at the horrfe of Mr., and Mrs. Fred Yenkin. 2735 Powell Ave., Bex¬ ley, O., next Thursday, Dec. 27.  at  S  P.   M.
Dr. n. W. Abramson will pre¬ sent the subject, "New Econ¬ omic Tendencies in Palestine". The political implications and effect of these economic tend¬ encies cm the .social life and po¬ litical future of I^alestine will be discussed by the speaker. An open discu.ssion period will fol¬ low  the  lecture.
Zionists and Hadassah, co- sponKors of this series of lec- tui-es, as well as others inter¬ ested in the suljject are invited to allend.
B*NAI B'RITH ELECTION TUESI>AY
Barton  O.  Levitt
Christmas Day, next Tuesday, Dec. 25th, will be Celebrated throughout the world. It Is an occasion when good will to¬ wards men is preached In all pulpits where this sacred holi¬ day  is observed.
For Zion Lodge, B'nai B'rith In Columbus, it's election time when over. 1600 members will vote for (I candidate Who, In their  opinion,  will  best  serve
Herbert Wise
the Interests of this gi^at Jew¬ ish fraternal order. This year the office of guardian, which five years hence leads to' th? presidency, will be contested by Burton O. Levitt, a business man, and Herbert Wise, an ad¬ vertising  executive.
The election meeting la called for 8 P. M., aext Tuesday night, (Continued pn Page Four)..
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