Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff
Harbor Development (Editorial)
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 5
Port commerce means dollars and jobs. A thriving Port of San Diego is one logical way to bring new dollars into this community It means, simply, capitalizing on a long standing asset of the region—San Diego Bay.
Cotton is not the port’s only cargo but, like most other U.S. ports successfully engaged in port commerce, San Diego is fortunate in having the strong, basic shipping commodity –cotton.
In Houston, it’s oil; in New York, manufactured goods; and in Seattle, grain.
San Diego’s cargo potential grows bigger each month. The volume of cargoes other than cotton is mounting. A visit to docks and warehouses along the waterfront will provide a broad panorama of goods and commodities that seek low-cost waterborne transportation – newsprint from Scandinavia, for example, or steel from Baltimore, or one of the vast range of consumer goods.
Recent cargo growth has, in fact, created a problem. Our docks and warehouses designed to handle the express cargoes of the passenger trade of the ‘20s and ‘30s are bursting at the seams.
Shippers are confronted with a choice: they can either store their goods out in the open along Harbor Drive, or go elsewhere to do business. This “option” poses a dangerous port situation which, if not remedied by new construction of docks and warehouses, could well mean the loss of present port business and certainly remove the possibility of developing new waterborne commerce.
The port’s answer to the present congestion problem will be presented to the voting public in San Diego in the election to be held April 19th.
A request for $9,460,000 in general obligation bonds will appear on the April ballot. These are the funds required to construct an ultra-modern shipping terminal at the now undeveloped foot of 110th Avenue. A vote Yes will assure San Diego’s growth in the future.
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NOW is the Time! (Editorial)
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 5
The present crisis between Israel and Egypt is nothing new. This state of war between the Arabs and the Israelis has never really been ended. A sort of armed truce does exist with the United Nations as umpire, but shooting of one kind and another has been going on for almost seven years.
Just imagine what it does to a small, struggling, new-born state to have to keep armed to the teeth because of Arab intransigence. Israel has time and again attempted to sit down and talk things over with her neighbors to try and reach a settlement so that she could turn to her overwhelming problems of absorption and resettlement of refugees.
How long this situation can go on without an open war is anybody’s guess. Our own opinion is that if the United States made a determined effort to force peace on the Arab nations, it could be done. Why don’t they do it? Is it oil? Is it diplomacy? Do we need the friendship of the Arabs who have twice in two wars played “neutral” and then campaigned against the Allies? Could it be that “unfriendliness” to the Jews in high quarters makes it impossible for our State Dept. to look at the injustice being done to Israel in a fair light?
We do not know the answers to the above questions, but we do know that Israel is being bled white in spending money for arms o defense. Two-third of her entire budget is being spent on this one item – defense! Money that should go toward the refugees from Africa, Europe and elsewhere, so that they may become useful citizens again after living in darkness and terror for years … money for the schools, the hospitals, the roads, water for the desert. All this takes money but the Israelis have to buy guns, planes and tanks. The slightest sign of weakness on Israel’s part and the Arabs would be down upon them. Make no mistake about that.
The latest outbreak should make the United States aware that since we are the only nation powerful enough to impose peace (through the United Nations, of course) on belligerents, that now is the time to act. A swift and just examination of all the facts at this time would possibly settle a cancerous and debilitating conflict.
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More About Three Hundred Years in America~Jewish Contributions to American History
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 5
By Philip L. Seman, University of Judaism
“Equal Rights and the Community Center”
Still continuing the story of the Jewish Community Center, we observe that one of the chief aims of the movement is to deepen the content and broaden the scope of the term “education” in general as well as Jewish “education” for the young, and for the adults. Recreation and all kinds of activities that will meet needs and tastes of every type of individual should be integrated into this all-=inclusive “educational” program.
Also, the Jewish Center should serve to interpret the best in American life so that its clientele might become active and intelligent participants in the progressive developments of American democracy. We should do this not because we are afraid as Jews in the midst of a non-Jewish world, but because we want to be better men, and through Jewish Centers in America, better serve our fellow man.
The Jewish Centers are not and should not be simply a refuge from prejudices and persecution but a spiritual home to keep the truest humanity alive in us. To foster and spread such an idea should be the aim of every Jewish community in this country.
Then again, the value of an open mind cannot be calculated. Every great leader of the world’s thought and action has insisted on its indispensable importance. It aims not at uniformity but unity. It would be stupid and unprogressive if all were forced to think alike. We are not and should not be under any obligation to agree with each other, but as neighbors and as members of the community it is our moral duty to understand each other. Therefore the Jewish Community Center recognizes that public discussion renders a great variety of services to spiritual and social progress. It puts a premium on intelligence, liberates a community from useless customs, puts a check on hasty actions, secures united approval for measures proposed, creates the spirit of tolerance, promotes cooperation and best of all, and hardest of all to attain, it equips citizens with the ability to differ in feeling. This habit can be acquired only through practice. The forum discussion furnishes a means for mutual understanding and aims to create public mindedness particularly as far as the Jewish Community is concerned.
The community aims to be a people’s university, a forum, a neighborhood group. As a matter of fact it is all of these in one organization. It is organized not for any political or sectional religious formula, but on the basis of responsibility for the welfare of all, for the good of the entire community. In the Jewish Community Center as nowhere else, people forget their partisan and individual interests and breathe an atmosphere which accentuates their resemblance and minimizes their differences.
The Jewish Center is a movement for the extension of mutual aid, and of acting as the interpreter of the Jewish way of life to the rest of the general community.
This is a great responsibility and therefore must be the job of not one group in the community but, in the fullest sense of the term, of all. (To be continued).
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Letter to The Editor
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 5
Dear Mr. Kaufman
…I would like to continue my subscription to the Jewish Press as it gives me news about San Diego, about which I am anxious to hear.
“At present I have an excellent piano class in St. Louis. I will be a soloist with St. Louis Symphony this summer playing Beethoven’s “C Major Concerto.” At present I am waiting to hear from Washington as to their final decision on Fulbright application to study abroad in Germany. I have passed the preliminary auditions so far.
“Incidentally, I will be in San Diego on Sept. 22, just after I play a recital at Royce Hall on the UCLA Concert Series.
Sincerely, Harold Zabrack
Ed. Note: We thought Mr. Zabrack’s many friends would like to know of hi activities.
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New Library in College Heights Open
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 5
The College Heights Library, the latest and the largest branch of the San Diego Public Library System, was dedicated Monday, March 14, it was announced by City Librarian Clara E. Breed.
The library, located at 4170 College Avenue, will serve a community of more than 25,000 people.
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As the Psychologist Sees You
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 5
By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant
Job Satisfaction —
One of our most famous sayings goes something like this “Man does not live by bread alone.” What the other things are that man requires depends upon many factors, partly based upon his physical condition and partly on the environmental conditions, through which he passed from the time of his birth.
When we apply this to our employment, we find the same conditionals applying. “Job Satisfaction” means more than just getting a salary; it covers a great many items more remote. While the salary is important of course there are many instances where one forgoes a higher salary for the other benefits.
The type of work plays an important part in job satisfaction. This may include the hours of employment, the type of working personnel, the length of lunch periods, noise and light factors, whether workers have to stand while working, rest periods or so-called “coffee breaks” and the length of the trip to and from work in relation to the home. Others pertain to the amount of supervision, the personnel policies pertaining to promotions and salary increments, tenure, retirement benefits, sick leaves and vacations.
One of the most important of the conditions which determine whether a worker will be satisfied with his job, and one often overlooked, pertains to administrative policies. A stable organization where there is not the impression of constant job layoffs and frequent changes of authority will do much to satisfy workers.
The pride one gets in turning out a useful or needed product often counterbalances some deficiency in working conditions. Job satisfaction implies many things to many workers but if industry is to cut down on the high cost of turnover, it must be considered. Happiness of the worker is important to the business man, to the worker’s family, and to the worker himself.
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Your Assemblyman Reports
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 5
By Sheridan Hegland
Member, California Legislature
A good many of us are becoming alarmed over the financial crisis facing this state. Each year expenditures have soared higher and tax revenues simply are not keeping pace. Our state government is operating at an annual deficit of more than $100,000,000.
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A battle royal is shaping up over teacher tenure laws… The State Senate this week killed a bill to prohibit cross-filing … Best guess in Sacrament is that the bill which would permit counting ballots before the polls close will run into stiff opposition… Efforts being made here by consumer groups to break control of milk prices are likely to fail.
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Your letters are welcome. All of us are anxious to know just what citizens and taxpayers back home want. Just address me, Assemblyman Sheridan Hegland, State Assembly, State Capitol, Sacramento.
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Now Hear This
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
By Joyce Addleson
Friends, Lansmen and Servicemen, Lend me your ears…
To put it mildly, we really had ourselves a “ball” at the USO-JWB “Purim” Dance, Wednesday night, March 9th, and the chit-chat of the hour is how successful the gala evening turned out to be and what a wonderful time everybody had. The Purim Dinner was sponsored by the Jolly 16 Organization, and 80 servicemen had a dinner that they are still raving about. In fact, the bells you hear around town, are probably the praises of the delicious food and wonderful hospitality ringing in your ears.
Half of the Servicemen at the dinner were “inmates” of Boot Camp, and this was their first contact with civilian life since being inducted into the Armed Services. Words cannot describe their appreciation and enjoyment let alone their amazement that an outside world actually existed. Our open invitation to the “Boots” to attend our Wednesday night U.S.O-J.W.B dances at “Temple Center and the Sunday evening parties at Tifereth Isral Synagogue, seemed to be the incentive the boys needed to “carryon” and face the remaining weeks of training at Boot Camp.,
After the dinner, our U.S.O.- J.W.B Junior Hostesses arrived and were greeted with overwhelming enthusiasm. IT was a job well done and wroth all the hours the wonderful Jolly 16 women toiled to cook and serve the delicious food … all the Homework left undone by the Jr. Hostesses … even the tired feet and sleepy eyes the day after.
Our special vote of thanks to all of our Jr. Hostesses attending that night and we give you the click of the heels and a great big whistle. So … Thank You! Adrianne Bernstein, Barbara Belovin, Jane Cohn, Linda Douglas, Helene Davis, Nadene Feiler, Sandra Flax, Maxine Gerson, Dorothy Hess, Barbara Kahn, Leani Leichtag, June Maurer, Phyllis Mollick, Shirley Samuels, Lois Swainman, Reitha Stokes, Lucy Recht, Judy Smollar, Roxanne Stein, Natalie Veitzer, Jeanne Gordon, Gail Gordon, Sophie Berger, and me, too. Also thanks to our “Guardians at the Door,” Sr. Sponsors Pauline Mirkin, Claire Kaplan and Freda Ruden, who checked us in and out and extended friendly hospitality to all the guests.
Our March 2nd drawing to select the Jr. Hostess of the Month was won by Barbara Kahn. Her photograph is on display for the month of March in the Temple Center and she was also presented with a lovely gift. The Junior Hostess for April could be you, or you, or even you… so make it a must to attend the U.S.O. Dances on Wednesday night, and be eligible for the drawing. See you there. Happy birthday to Maxine Gerson, Shirley Samuels and Sandra Flax.
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Fiesta Club
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
Sp0ring is in the air and the Fiesta Club has planned a gay “Penthouse Party” to be given at the Park Manor Hotel, Blue Room, Corner 5th and Spruce St., Saturday, March 26, 8:00 p.m. Doorprizes, dancing and gaiety will rei[g}n.
All single persons, 21 and over, are invited to attend this first affair, in the new and lush atmosphere. Admission, 75c. For further information, phone Rhoda Jaffe, BE 3-5547; Ann Greene, BR 7-0931; Elaine Silverstein, AT-1-5682.
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City of Hope Aux.
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
Paul Roberts, who is only nine years old, is our Star Salesman. In one afternoon he sold almost an entire raffle book (40 tickets) and as soon as he recuperates from a bad old that is keeps him indoors, he is going out to sell some more.
Paul’s example of super-selling can be duplicated by your children and grandchildren. All they need is your inspiration to guide them.
Let’s sell every donor Book and go back to the printer for more!
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Solimones Offers Unusual Fine Food
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
Gourmets expect and receive the unusual in food at George Solimones Restaurant on El Cajon Blvd. and 48th St. For the beef lovers there is a feast on fillets, N.Y. cuts and tender top sirloins. (Properly aged and Prime Pen Fed.)
A specialty of the house is the Black Cornish game hen, with wild rice broiled to a golden brown, with sauté of fresh mushrooms.
Add all this to a quiet, friendly atmosphere and you have the answer to the family’s night out. Solomine’s are open from four p.m. to one a.m. weekdays, and twelve noon to midnight on Sundays and holidays.
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(Effect of cocktails)
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
Some cocktails make you see double and feel single”!
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(Conceit)
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
Conceit is a form of “I” strain.
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Synagogue Sets Fifth Annual Festival
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
Tifereth Israel Synagogue will celebrates its Fifth Annual Musical Festival, with a special service and musical program on Friday, March 18th, at 8:15 p.m.
Cantor Jos. Cysner will present the Senior and Junior Choir in original liturgic compositions, as well as Israel and Yiddish folk music.
The community in cordially invited to attend.
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New Officers and Board for Sisterhood
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
AT the regular monthly meeting of Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood on Wed., March 9, Mrs. Murray D. Goodrich, Chairman of the Nominating Committee presented the following slate of officrs for the 19555-56 Club year.
Pres., Mrs. Irving Hertz; 1st V.P., Mrs Herbert Eber, 2nd V.P. Mrs Harold Elden, 3rd. V.P., Mrs. Richard Silberman; 4th V.P, Mrs. Marvin Jacobs; Rec. Sec., Mrs. Mortimer Rosenbaum; Corr. Sec., Mrs. Alfred Brooks; Fin. Sec., Mrs. Charles Silverman; Treas., Mrs. Nathan Smollar; Parl., Mrs. Henry Weinberger; Directors, Mrs. Robert Miller, Mrs. Fred Leeds, Mrs. Donald Pogrell, Mrs. Robert Beitscher, Mrs. Morris Sims, and Mrs Sydney Goldstein.
On Wednesday, April 13, the election of officers will be held and the program for the day will feature the Hilltop Choir, outstanding singing group from San Diego High School.
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Jewish Center News
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
The Junior High Group under the leadership of Ethel Mallenger and Herbert Gross is planning out-door activities for the Spring months, such as a treasure hunt, supper, picnics and other parties.
Since the Purim party proved to be so successful, the Young Adult Group which meets every Tuesday night is enthusiastic about developing more activities for young people, ages 21 to 30. Plans are being made for cultural and social events to be sponsored in the future. A Ping Pong tournament is being scheduled for April.
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The Teen-Age Group which meets on Thursday, will have a meeting this week in order to organize committees among the boys and girls to assist in the planning of programs. Excitement is in the air because of a big mystery program to be given soon.
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The Bridge Class which meets every Wednesday night with Mr. Leo Zweibel as the instructor, continues to be well-attended. Mr. Zweibel is a well-known teacher of the Culbert Contract system. The next session will feature the new Culbertson Asking Bid for Slams. A tournament to which the public is invited will be held on March 30th. Also, new enrollees are being accepted for the class.
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Newcomers and others interested in participating in any of these groups are asked to visit the Center, 3227 El Cajon Blvd.
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Mrs. Max Nussbaum To Be Guest Speaker At Temple Services Mar. 18
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 6
Friday evening, March 18, at 8 p.m., will be Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood Sabbath. Officers and members of the Sisterhood will conduct the services from a special book entitled “The Bridge of Prayer.” The guest speaker for the evening will be that outstanding personality, Mrs. Max Nussbaum, wife of Rabbi Nussbaum of Temple Israel in Hollywood, California. All members of Sisterhood, their families and friends are cordially invited to attend the service and remain for the social hour as Sisterhood’s guests and to meet Mrs. Nussbaum.
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