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San Diego’s Health
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 3
The preventive work of the Department of Public Health goes unnoticed except during times of epidemics, when the general public becomes alarmed. The annual report just issued shows that our Health Department does much more than we realize in keeping San Diego not only one of the most pleasant places to live but one of the most healthful. Our climate contributes a great deal to this condition but the planning of our health officials must receive part of the credit.
In the case of Polio, the report shows that in four months more than 260,000 inoculations were given throughout the country (sic, county) at clinics and centers, plus additional thousands of injections given by private physicians. In 1953 we had 367 Polio cases and 24 deaths with one half our present population. This year there have been only been two deaths and 32 cases of Polio.
An Alcoholic Clinic was opened this year and in the four months of its operation 186 patients applied for treatment. Other vital statistics show that venereal disease among teenagers increased more than 30 percent — T.B. rate has dropped 5 percent — there were no cases of diphtheria reported for the fourth straight year–with the compulsory inoculation of dogs there hasn’t been a single case of animal rabies.
San Diego’s birthrate was also higher than for the State and Country and our death rate was the lowest, 40 percent of all deaths were attributed to heart disease, 20 percent to cancer and 10 percent to accidents.
The large natural population increase, coupled with the influx of newcomers and the steady rise in life expectancy, means that San Diego County will need increased health services to keep pace with the expected increase in population. The public health of a community depends on the informed intelligence of the people themselves and the quality of the advice and care they receive from their medical profession. It also depends on the vigilance and foresight of those whose responsibility is to safeguard the public health and the degree to which the people cooperate with their public health program.
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Arabs Organized For Hate!
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 3
Though substituting the word “Zionist” for “Jew” in their speeches and news releases, the propaganda line of the Arab League Office which opened recently in San Francisco is similar to those of other anti-Semites.
The convention of the Organization of Arab Students in the United States was held at the International House at the University of California at Berkeley. This conference attracted over 225 Arab students, who demonstrated a dedication to the Arab objective of destroying Israel, with Nasser their idol in spite of the Sinai disaster.
Directed by a former oil company public relations man, the new line also seeks to equate Israel with “imperialism,” claiming that Israel dictates the foreign policy of France, England and even the United States.
The Arab Information Center in San Francisco has a budget of $100,000 a year and operates under the direction of on Azis Sahwell. Much of it seems to be spent for the propaganda efforts by the Arab students.
It has been charged that the Arab students in America are not here for the primary purpose of education but to be part of the Arab propaganda apparatus. This is evidence by the over 1,000 lectures given by the students, their liberal travel allowances and living expenses, and their ability as lecturers, well-trained in the art of propaganda.
The A.D.L. on the West Coast is alerted to these challenges to the security of the American Jewish community. WE should urge our local leaders to prepare a program to counteract the work of these hate mongers.
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Letter To The Editor
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 3
Dear Julie:
Knowing of your interest in unusual personalities, I would like to share my recent experience during the visit to San Diego of Rivkah Sturman, guest teacher in folk dancing since her arrival in California. Mrs. Sturman lives in the agricultural settlement of Kibbutz Ain-Haod in Israel, where she has been creating and promoting the new Israeli Folk Dances.
The interesting story is that during her stay in San Diego she was the houseguest of an Episcopalian minister and his wife whom she met at one of the summer school folk dance sessions. The minister and his wife became interested in folk dancing several years ago, not only because of its value as a recreational outlet but because folk dancing is a means of meeting interesting people of various national origins (unlike square dancing which is strictly an American – local interest). So enthused was this worthy couple tht they encouraged and took part in folk dancing at their church where they formed dancing classes for teen-agers. I accompanied Mrs. Sturman on her visit to this group and was thrilled at listening to Israeli music emanating from their center and watching how much pleasure it gave them to have Mrs. Sturman instruct them in Israeli folk dancing.
In summary, I can only say that during the time I spent with Mrs. Sturman, I learned how much folk dancing can help to promote tolerance and friendship among peoples.
Sincerely, Bess Borushek
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Community Currents
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 3
By Albert A. Hutler, Exec. Dir. United Jewish Fund
San Diego, California, which has pioneered Christian participation in the work of its central community organization of the United Jewish Fund, again put “inter-fatih” into action.
This community, for the last twelve years, has had its civic, business, religious and military leaders form themselves into a “Christian Committee” for the United Jewish Fund Campaign led by their own chairmen.
Outstanding citizens such as George Scott, President of Walker-Scott Department Store; A.J. Sutherland, President Security Trust and Savings Bank; Anderson Borthwick, President First National Bank; Graydon Hoffman, Bank of America; Bishop Charles Francis Buddy of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego; Jesse L. Haugh, President San Diego Transit System and National President of the Transit Association; Dr. Lester Bond, President San Diego Council of Churches, have all been leaders of the committee. The 1957 committee was led by Richard A. Nelson, business leader and National President of Goodwill Industries.
On the other side of the inter-faith picture Rabbi Morton J. Cohn of Temple Beth Israel has accepted the Campaign Chairmanship for the first United Fund Drive, which will raise $4,125,000.
Murray D. Goodrich, a past president of the United Jewish Fund and Temple Beth Israel, and a local Israel Bond leader, has accepted the chairmanship of the $3,500,000 capital fund campaign for the University of San Diego, a Catholic school.
California-Western University, a Methodist institution, has not only received the support of individual Jews, but recently a committee of the three synagogues was formed to raise $100,000 for the erection of a Human Relations Building on the campus
And to just add two more items – Irving Friedman is President of Guadalupe Clinic, and yours truly is Treasurer of the Urban League.
San Diego seems to have put “brotherhood” into action on a two way street.
“Suburbia” in San Diego
“Suburbia” has finally come to San Diego. For the last several years communities all over the country have been discussing the problems of movement of people to areas surrounding cities. We in San Diego have sat back with a great deal of satisfaction that this would not happen in our community, because all of San Diego was really “Suburbia.”
However, recent indications are that we have been kidding ourselves. “Suburbia” has come to San Diego in the Jewish community in the form of small pockets of Jewish families living, not only in outlying county areas, but right in the city.
The formation of Beth El Synagogue and its Sunday School in the Clairemont area; the recent organization of the Heartland Jewish Community Organization in the El Cajoin, La Mesa, Grossmont area; the organization of the North County Jewish Community Center in the Oceanside-Escondido district, all are markers pointing in the direction of development into “Suburbia.”
The next area that probably will organize is in South Bay, including National City, Chula Vista, San Ysidro and Imperial Beach. And then, if our city continues to grow there are still districts that will no doubt organize in the same way.
Now this poses a problem, not only of Jewish community organization, but a problem for the religious institutions in our community. It is my belief that everything should be done by our religious institutions and by central community organization, to guide “suburbia.”
Egyptians in San Diego
Immigration to San Diego through the Émigré Committee of the United Jewish Fund and the Jewish Social Service Agency is continuing, though very quietly. In the last few months, we have had several Egyptian-Jewish families arrive in San Diego and the Émigré Committee is working to help several others join their families in our community.
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As the Psychologist Sees You
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant
Not long ago we celebrated the birth of a man who was reputed to have discovered our country – at least he gets most of the credit for it. He was an individual who was interested in new things and new places. Even though not from Missouri, he wanted to be shown whether the earth was round.
One does not have to be a Columbus to make discoveries. There are many opportunities to do so all around us and most of us, in fact, make them almost from the time we are born. Consider, for example, the earliest form of a discovery, a child discovering his toes as he lies in his crib. To the infant, that is as great a discovery as the first sight of a new continent. As he grows older, he makes others – lizards and frogs, how to throw a curve with a ball, and a new girl in the neighborhood.
In adult life our discoveries do not cease. We discover interesting places for vacations, an unusual restaurant, or the girl of our dreams. True, these discoveries are not as lasting or important to other people, but they give us a great deal of satisfaction and each may be of significance to us. Some are of greater importance, such as the discovery of a new planet by a scientist or a new formula for the prevention of a disease.
It is difficult to assess the relative value for each of these discoveries. It does not matter that our discoveries are not of new continents. The important thing is that we learn by them, we have a thirst for knowledge, we are interested in new things, and that they give us satisfaction.
Too often we are engrossed in our little worlds, following a routine that gives us little satisfaction. There is so much to learn that we miss opportunities for achievement. Learning need never stop, no matter what our ages. The scientist is constantly seeking things that are new, the farmer strives to discover ways to make his crops grow better, the educator aims to learn how to transmit information to students so that learning comes easier, and the businessman tries to cut down operating costs.
Each of us can make discoveries if we are willing to try. The satisfaction that we derive from them may have far-reaching importance to us and possibily to those about us. Let’s keep learning.
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Bowlero’s Grand Opening Scheduled for November 5
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
Although Bowlero will be open for both organized and open bowling October 6, the mammoth Mission Valley bowling center will not officially open until November 5, General Manager Beny Young, Jr. said today.
“Make no mistake-we’re open for business, but it will take us a month at least to smooth out the overall operation. We will have five days of Grand Opening events starting November 5,” Young explained.
Young said that six of the greatest bowling stars in the nation will be featured nightly during the Grand Opening week.
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Linda Zuckerman In College Play
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
The San Diego State College Drama Group will present “Ring Round the Moon” in the Little Theatre on Friday and Saturday, October 25-26 and the following week, November 1 and 2.
The play, a French comedy by Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry, will be directed by Dr. Wm. Adams, professor of speech arts. Heading a competent cast, many of whom appeared in the successful performance of the “Crucible,” will be Linda Zuckerman in the role of the ballet dancer, Isabele; Bonnie Gould as the heiress, Diana; and Dave Newton, who plays the dual role of Hugo and his twin brother, Frederick.
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Open Forum Begins Lecture Series Oct. 27
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
The first in the lecture series slated for the San Diego Open Forum will be held on Sunday, October 27, at 8 p.m. in the First Unitarian Church, 1541 Sixth Avenue.
The speaker, the Right Honorable Anthony Nutting, made world headlines in 1956 when he resigned his seat in Parliament and his post of Minister of State and Foreign Affairs over his disagreement with Conservative policy in the Egyptian crisis. Mr. Nutting’s prime concern in public life has been the furthering of Anglo-American relations,.
The S.D. Open Forum is a non-profit corporation. Expenses are met chiefly by means of season membership subscriptions at $5 each and by voluntary collections at meetings. High School and College Student memberships are $2. Membership entitles the bearer to a preferred seat in the auditorium before 7:45 p.m. when the doors are opened to the general public.
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Highland Springs
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
Now is the time to make plans for your Fall and Winter vacations at this beautiful Southland Resort. Enjoy its many and complete facilities for your entertainment and diversion.
Clubs and organizations are invited to make inquiries regarding the wonderful and economical group rate set-up for their social or fund raising programs. A note or phone call to the manager, Mr. Robert Zilz, will give you complete information about this plan.
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Council Members To See “Seven Year Itch”
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
Sunday, the 17th of November, Council ladies, husbands and friends will see the scintillating “Seven Year Itch” at the Globe Theatre, and raise money for Council’s many human welfare activities, according to Chairman, Mrs. Robert Silverman.
Tickets available now from Mrs. Silverman, HI-4-5372, are priced according to location in the theatre. Patrons’ tickets, $5 each, will be reserved orchestra seats, others $2.50, unreserved downstairs, and $2 unreserved balcony.
Assisting Mrs. Silverman on the committee are Mrs. Adrian Cohn, posters; Mrs. Arthur Levy, arrangements; Mrs. Ben Lemson, Patrons’ Donations. Mrs. Irving Coleman is Vice President, in charge of this project and Mrs. Sidney Silverman is Coordinator.
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City of Hope On “Wide Wide World”
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
The City of Hope Medical Center at Duarte, California will be featured on the nationwide N.B.C. television program “Wide Wide World,” Sunday, October 27th. City of Hope will be on the last portion of the program. It will be a dramatic and exciting report on activities at the City of Hope – world famous medical and research center for those afflicted with cancer, leukemia, tuberculosis, and operable heart disease, who are unable to pay for this care and treatment. The Children’s Leukemia Wing and Leukemia Research will be an important feature on the October 27th telecast.
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Women’s League Work For Center Library
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
Mrs. Norman Gelman, President of the Women’s League, announced that the project to defray the cost of building library shelves for the new Jewish Community Center was enthusiastically received by the members. “The action of the Women’s League will insure the creation of an effective library for all,” said Wm. B. Schwartz, president of the Center.
The newly formed bowling team will hold their first meeting on Monday, October 21, at 1 p.m. Chairman Mrs. Jack Brisker invites newcomers to join the group. For further information, call her at AT-4-3363 or the Center, AT-1-7744.
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First Civic Concert To Be Held Oct. 19
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 18, 1957, Page 4
The S.D. Civic Music Association will open its concert season on Saturday, October 18 at 8:30 p.m. in the Russ Auditorium with Jan Rubes, bass-baritone.
Rubes, a native of Czechoslovakia, has been living in Canada since 1948, and in the past five years has performed nineteen leading roles for the Toronto Opera Festival. In the United States, he sang with opera companies in Chicago, Pittsburgh, New Orleans and New York and appeared on television in “Boris Godounoff” and “Oedipus Rex.”
Newcomers, who arrived in San Diego after the March campaign, may join the Civic Music before the first concert by contacting Mrs. Mary Sutton, AT-1-3056, after 6 p.m. or President, Mrs. Conant Moulton, HO-6-0161.
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