Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1964-03-20

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Vol.  42,  No.   12
FRIDAY.   MARCH   20,    1964   —   7   NISAN,   5724
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UJFC Inaugural To Honor Sam Schlonsky
The inj<ugural affair which officially opens the 1964 UJFC Campaign will take place Tuesday evening, March 24, 6 o'clock, at Winding Hollow Country Club. The announcement was made by Harold Schottenstein, general campaign chairman, along with Edward Schlezinger, chairman for the Advance Gifts division. Joseph Meyerhoff, the general chairman of the United Jew¬ ish Appeal, win be the principal speaker. The United Jewish
Appeal is the major beneficiary of the UJFC.
Receiving special recognition and honors that evening for long years of campaign service in behalf of UJFC will be Samuel Schlonsky.
Herman M. Katz, vice president of UJFC and 1963 general campaign chairman, is the chauman of the affair. A series of 7 parlor meet¬ ings have been held leading up to the March 24 function. The parlor meetings were held by Harold Sch¬ ottenstein, Edward Schlezinger, and five associate chairmen of the Ad¬ vance Gifts division: Dr. Ivan Gil¬ bert, William Glick, Howard Schoen¬ baum, Isadore Topper and Abe Wol¬ man.
The guest speaker, Joseph Meyer¬ hoff, of Baltimore, Md., is a dis¬ tinguished communal and civic leader and nationally prominent business figure.
Mr. Meyerhoff has been a leader in  Jewish   organizational  life  na- I  tionally, and in Baltimore, for more j  than 20 years.
A vigorous advocate of helping Israel to rieach economic viability ! in 1950, he joined the board of the j Palestine Economic Corporation, j one of the largest private invest- ; ment companies in that country. I Mr. Meyerhoff has been serving as ! president of the corporation since 1  1957.
I     He  is  a member  of the Israel j  Bond organization's National Board i  of Governors and of its executive committee.
Sam Schlonsky, the honored guest, is well known to the com¬ munity, having devoted a lifetime of service to his community in many areas. He is. a board mem¬ ber of United Jewish Fund and Council; a member of UJFC allo- .... cations committee. In 1952, he was
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Joseph Meyerhoff
The World's Week
Compiled from JTA Reports
IN LONDON, Jews in Moscow were resentful and frus¬ trated today because their one matzoh bakery, opened only last week, had been shut down by order of the authorities. According to the dispatches, the bakery, which functioned for two days, had produced only 440 pounds of matzoth—- of a total of about 660,000 pounds needed. On the first day of mstzoh production, an official Soviet governinent news agency, distributed to foreign correspondents in Moscow photographs showing Rabbi Levine, leader of Moscow's • Central Synagogue, presumably checking the first matzoth turned out at the bakery.
IN NEW YORK, the Synagogue Council of America has decided to take measures against the ^spreading of Inter- liiarriage that jeopardizes the survival of American Jewry. The first step in this direction was a call for a national conference of all Jewish religious leaders on the question of intermarriage. Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Syna¬ gogue Council said, "It's high time to unite all forces so we will be able to overcome tUs threat to Jewish survival."
IN BUENOS AIRES, a West German request for the ¦ extradition of Dr. Gerhard Bohne, one of Hitler's specialists in euthanasia killings, was honored this week by the Argen¬ tine government, though there is no extradition treaty be¬ tween the two countries. President Arturo lUia personally signed a decree ordering deportation of the 61-year-old for¬ mer Nazi physician to Germany..
IN ROME, Pope Paul VI criticized this week critics of the late Pope Pius XII for his wartime role and said the Pontiff had been the "victim of ungrateful and imjust at¬ tacks." Pope Paul said that If the Pontiff "was not able to do as much as he would have wished, he was full of heart¬ felt feeling for a world torn by war and Invaded by the fury of totalitarianism and oppression."
IN ROME, a spokesman for the Ecumenical Council said this week that the draft document on ecumenism, which includes proposcds on Catholic-JeWlsh relations, has been 3treng=thened for presentation to the third plenary of the Council opening next September.
Dr.  Milton  Gfafman
RJUSBI WILL DISCUSS BIRMINGHJIM RACIAL STRIFE AT TEMPLE
A close-up look at racial strife in Birmingham will highlight the annual congregational meeting of Temple Israel on March 22 at 8 p.m.
Rabbi Milton Grafman, who for 22 years has served the pulpit of Temple Emanuel in Birmingham, will deliver the principal address. He has been directly concerned and involved with the racial problems of Birmingham and serves on the city's community affairs and group relations committees. Both these committees, particularly the latter, were appointed by the Mayor to grapple with Birmingham's racial problems and to advise him and city council.
Dr. Grafman was born in Wash¬ ington. His family moved to Pitts¬ burgh where he attended the Uni¬ versity of Pittsburgh. He received his B.A. from the University of Cincinnati and was ordained a Rab- bd at Hebrew Union College in 1933. He received an honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College in 1958.
Dr. Grafman served as Rabbi of Temple Adath Israel in-Lexing¬ ton, Ky., from 1933 to 1941, when he assumed his present pulpit.
He has been a member of the Executive Board of the Central Con¬ ference of American Rabbis and currently he is vice president of the South-East association of the conference and a member of the liturgy committee.
A report on the past year's ac¬ tivities and a "state of the congre¬ gation" will be presented by Her¬ bert Wise, president. New Temple Israel board members and officers will be installed. Dr. Jerome D. Folkman will also speak.
The meeting will be followed by refreshments served by the Tem¬ ple Israel Brotherhood artd Sister¬ hood.
Norman Folpe is serving as chair¬ man of the annual meeting com¬ mittee assisted by Asher Moser, Fred Yenkin, Mrs. Ben Zuckerman, Howard Byer, Mrs. Seymour Weil, Sol Zell, Rudolph Stem, Jr. and Jules Garel.
Jewish Groups Divided Over Cable Sent To Levi Eshkol
RHODES PROCLAIMS YOUTH AUYAH DAY
Governor James A. fthodes. along with other governors of the United States has issu(-d a proclamation declaring Sunday. March 22 as Child's Day for Youth Aliyah.
Mrs. Mai-tin Godofsky, Columbus Chapter of Hadassah chair¬ man tor Youth Aliyah. stated that Child's Day is being de¬ clared to call to the public's at¬ tention the important work conduct¬ ed by Hadassah in helping rescue thousands of Jewish children from physical, spiritual and economic strangulation and giving them an opportunity for a new life in Israel.
The Youth Aliyah movement has, since 1934, saved more than 110,000 Jewish children and brought them to Israel.
CANDLELIGHT DONOR DINNER SATURDAY AT COLUMBUS PLAZA
Candlelight Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women will hold its eighth annual donor dinner dance at the Columbus Plaza, Saturday evening, March 21.
Mrs. Willard Bomstein, the don¬ or chairman, said the evening will start with cocktails at 7:15 p.m. Dinner wUl be served promptly at 8 p.m. Ray Cincione and his or¬ chestra will provide the music for the dance that follows the dinner. Candlelight members who have re¬ ceived $30 or more in donor credit are eligible to attend the dance. Donor credit is given for money raised by any member to support and maintain B'nai B'rith's pro¬ gram of service to many pWlan- thropies. These include: the Na¬ tional Jewish Hospital in Denver, Bellfaire Home in Cleveland, B'nai B'rith House at the Mayo Clinic, Children's Home in Israel, Hillel House at Ohio State and Ohio Uni¬ versity and campuses all over the country, and Heritage House in Columbus.
During this past year, 37 mem¬ bers earned $30 or more donor for the chapter. The highest donor earner is Mrs. Leon Blaugrund, who earned a "Quint," five times donor. Earning a "Quad," five times donor, were Mesdames Sum¬ ner Bomstein, Marvin Katz and Herbert Urell. Four women re¬ ceived triple donors: Mesdames Sam Baker. Abe Green, Phillip Gurwin and Alan Ringer. Those who earned a double donor are: Mesdames Benton Bloch, Joe Blum, Murray Edison, Mark Knolls, Don¬ ald Leeman, Harold Schneider and Ralph Shapiro.
Those that will be honored in the $100 Ad Club, for selling $100 or more worth of ads for Menorah Ball are the following: Mesdames Sam Baker, Leon Blaugrund, Sum¬ ner Bornstejn, Phillip Gurwin, Mar- Icontfnuid on  paga  4)
NEW YORK (JTA)—Four American Orthodox Jewish or¬ ganizations strongly criticized this week the seven other Jewish groups which sent a cable last week to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol urging him to resist pressure by '-extremist religious groups" In Israel and in the United States.
The cable referred to pressure for legislation which it said would abridge religious freedom in Israel but did not cite any
specific details. The protesting or¬ ganizations were the Union of Or¬ thodox Jewish Congregations, the Rabbinical Council of America, the Religious Zionists of America and Agudat Israel of America. The seven organizations were the Amer¬ ican Jewish Congress, the Ameri¬ can. Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Rabbinical Assembly of America, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the United Synagogue of America.
The UOJCA called the cable an act of "communal irresponsibility" and said it had not been consulted "contrary to the usual courtesies in such cases." Contending that it did not have "any desire at all to iliridge the freedom of any people 'cj practice their religion, no mat¬ ter what religion in Israel and else¬ where," the UOJCA, like the other Orthodox groups, said it assumed that the cable referred to practices of Christian missions in Israel pro¬ selytizing Jewish children from poverty-stricken homes. The UOJCA said it was concerned with assuring the "protection of orphaned and impoverished children from prosely¬ tizing bribery by unscrupulous mis¬ sionaries" and that it was "amaz-. ed" that the cable had been signed by two organizations "which claim to be committed to Jewish law and tradition," presumably a reference to the two Conservative groups, the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue, which thus had characterizec' UOJCA concern "in such a hostile and untrue manner." The Rabbinical Council, in its statement, asked whether the seven organizations approved of "taking advantage of poverty and ignor¬ ance and utilizing them to prosely¬ tize our young children." The UOJCA and the Rabbinical Council sent a letter to the seven organiza¬ tions calling the cable "a scurri- Icontlnuad on  paga 4}
Donald  Piotnick
DONALD PLOTNICK OHIO J.C.G. CHOICE
Named one of the outstanding young men in the state of Ohio by the Ohio Junior Chamber of Com¬ merce was Dr. DCnald L. Piotnick, 1611 Bostwick Rd. He was named this year by the Eastern Coltunbus Junior Chamber of Commerce as their Man of the Year.
Dr. Piotnick received iiis award at the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce All-State meeting held March 13, 14 and 15 at the Desh- ler-Hilton Hotel in Columbus. He was cited for public service activi¬ ties such as Soap Box Derby di¬ rector, as a worker for retarded children, for membersliip in public health agencies, and his activities for the Speakers' Bureau, Big Brother Association, and for original medical research.
Dr. Piotnick is a member of Tem¬ ple Israel.
Columbus Jewry Analyzed
The final session of the 1963-64 Jewish Center Lecture Series will be held on Monday, March 23, 8:30 p.m., In the adult lounge at the Jewish Center. A panel presentation, "The Colum¬ bus Response" will examine the trends and patterns set forth by the three outstanding speakers of the Lecture Series this year: Manheim S. Shapiro, Albert D. Chernin and Sanford Solender.
How Columbus measures up as a Jewish community In America will be analyzed by the
panelists: Dr. Martin D. Keller, AsA sociate Professor, School of Medi¬ cine, O.S.U.; Dr. Malcolm M. Rob¬ bins, pediatrician, and vice presi¬ dent of the Jewish Family Service; and Jerome Nalcrin, associate of the Columbus Stamping and Manu¬ facturing Company. This   critical   review   completes
the examination ot the theme, "De¬ cisions—The Jewish Facts of Life." Walter Robinson, Lecture Series chairman, indicated he felt sure that as many people as possible will want to take advantage of tWs session of the Jewish Center Lec¬ ture Series Which has proven to be most vital and stimulating.
Dr. Keller formerly served as Director of Research and Training, State of Ohio, Department of Health. He has been on the faculty of preventive medicine at Harvard University, and was director of clinical services at Beth Israel Hos¬ pital in Boston. He is an officer of Epidemic Intelligence Service in the Surgeon General's Office of the United States PubUc Health Ser¬ vice. Dr. Keller received his edu¬ cation at Yeshiva University., Cor¬ nell Medical College, and his Doc¬ tor of Philosophy from New York University.
Dr. Robbins serves as vice presi-
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Dr. Malcolm Robbins
Dr. Martin Keller
Jerome Nakrin