Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff
Arlene Solof Weds
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. William Solof announced the marriage of their daughter, Arlene Joyce, to Mr. Fred Hamilton on Friday, April 20, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Arlene is a graduate of Hoover High and attended U.C.L.A. in Los Angeles. She has won several beauty contests and has appeared in television and motion pictures. Mr.. Hamilton is an executive producer at NBC in Hollywood.
Arlene’s sister Nancy was maid of honor and Robert Stack was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Beck, uncle and aunt of the bride, attended the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will reside in Beverly Hills.
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Bloom-Brown Engagement Told
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
Leonard Bloom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bloom of Los Angeles, surprised Deanne Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Brown of this city, by presenting her with an engagement ring at the Beth Israel Sisterhood’s Dinner Dance, held April 21.
Leonard attends U.S.C. Dental College and Deanne is completing a course at the Dental Assistant School in L.A. No wedding date has been set.
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Personals
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
George Burnett, Elliott Cushman and Arthur Gardner were elected for another term, to serve on the board of the Better Business Bureau.
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Hadassah members and officers are anxiously awaiting the return of Mrs. Harry E. Felson, president, who has been in Canada for two months. It is hoped that she will be home for the May meeting.
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A double-shower was held on April 25 for Ettie Mallinger and Shirley Krasner, at the home of MRs. Wm. Schwartz, who was co-hostess with her daughter, Joyce. The shower was a surprise for Shirley, who thought she was attending a party for Ettie. Most of the guests were school friends of the girls. Ettie will be married in June; Shirley in July.
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Mrs. Edith Bernheimer, 78 years young, has served the highest number of hours as a volunteer to the U.J.F. She was initated last week into the Native Daughters of the Golden West.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Keuls, of Beverly Hills, were recent visitors to San Diego. They attened the Beth Israel Sisterhood’s dinner dance with friends, Dr. and MRs. Harold Elden, while daughter Andrea was being entertained by the Elden boys.
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There were many and varied orchids worn at the Jewish War Vets Installation – all supplied by Lee Turner, daughter of Mrs. Jennie Turner. Miss Turner is in business in Los Angeles under the name of Bal-Mer Associates. She services weddings and large parties, handling all essentials.
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Mr. and Mrs. Niel Himmel celebrated their 36th anniversary by spending a weekend in Palm Springs.
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Unveiling Notice
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
Mrs. Goldie Schusterman wishes to advise friends of the family that the stone for her late husband, Wm. Schusterman, will be unveiled on Sunday, May 6, at 2:30 p.m. in the Beth Jacob Section of the Home of Peace Cemetery. Rabbi Baruch Stern will officiate.
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Golden Anniversary
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
Four generations helped celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. G. Asch, parents of Anne and David Schloss, with a host of many friends and relatives. Granddaughter Barbara Schloss sang the Anniversary Song and a three-tiered golden wedding cake was cut by the happy couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Asch have seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Betrothal Announcement
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Haas wish to announce the engagement of their daughter Manon Ruth, to Aaron Henry Kolkey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Kolkey. The wedding will be held on August 12.
Miss Haas is a graduate of San Diego High School and Mr. Kolkey attended San Diego State College where he was affiliated with Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.
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Jolly 16 Club
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
The last meeting of the Jolly 16 Club was held on April 17, in the home of Mrs Saul Chenkin.
Two scholarships were awarded and money granted for a J.C.C. Campership. The Treasured Recipes cook books are still available at #1.00, with a ticket for a chance to win $100.
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New Life Club
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
The New Life Club will hold its Annual Spring Dance at the Lafayette Hotel on Sunday, May 6, at 8 p.m.
Earl Fisher’s Band will supply the music. The famous dance pair of Anderson-Infante will add to the entertainment.
There will be a door prize. For tickets, call Ernest Finch after 6 p.m. at AT 4-1747.
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Bar Mitzvah
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
Sanford (Sandy), son of MR.a nd Mrs. Ralph A. Cohen, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah, on Saturday, April 28, 9:30 a.m. at Tifereth Israel Synagogue.
Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. David S. Lipschitz, of New York, are in San Diego to attend this happy occasion.
Members and friends are invited to attend. Reception will follow the service.
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Cradle
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2
Another young lady joined the family of Sylvia and Sidney Rose when Stephanie Ann was born on April 14. She weighted 7 lbs, 5 ozs. Sandra, aged eight, is delighted at having a sister.
Maternal grandmother is Mrs. Robert Gerson.
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The arrival of Howard Floyd on April 15, evened the score, making it two boys and two girls for Mr. and Mrs. Sid Chemnick. Howard weighed 5 lbs, 6 ozs. Sisters are Leona, 4, and Irene, 14 months; brother is Jeffrey, 2 ½ years.
Maternal grandparent is Isaac L. Domnitz.
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A formal, legal-type document signed by Judge Bay B. Stork, announced the birth on April 12 of Mark Steven, first child of Bernie and Nan Schwartz. To quote from the document, “said child was 19 inches long, weighed 5 lbs, 3 ½ oz. and had a red wrinkled complexion.”
Maternal grandparents are Harry and Tillie Shall of L.A.; paternal grandparents are Jack and Lillian Schwartz of San Diego.
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It was a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Gates. Sharon Beryl joined her brother, Michael, 5 years-old, on Sunday, April 8. She weighed 7 lbs, 1 ½ oz.
Maternal grandmother is Rose Brooker of San Diego, paternal grandmother is Esther Gates of Chicago.
Baby Sharon will be formally named tonight, April 27, at Tempe Beth Israel.
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U.J.A. Helps Children (Editorial)
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 3
Who is there to help the children of fear0riden Moroccan ghettos whose parents are too poor to buy milk, to call in a doctor, to afford shoes for the family, to provide schooling? Who is there but you?
Who is there to help the Jewish child in west European cities whose parents still have not recovered from the ailments they contracted during years in the Hitler concentration camps—parents too broken to provide either for themselves or their children? Who is there to help but you?
Who is there to help the children in Israel’s Youth Aliyah centers, some of them orphans, most of them sent from Moslem lands by their parents so they would not be forced into child labor or die young of pestilence and plague? Who is there to help but you?
Of the hundreds of thousands in Israel, Europe, Moslem lands and the United States who this year need the help of the United Jewish Appeal—better than a fourth are children!
The broad UJA-supported child care program must be strengthened. The need is for more doctors, nurses, medicines, dispensaries to cope with trachoma, tinea and impetigo among children in Moslem countries. The need is for more youth centers in Israel as thousands of families stream in from tension-ridden North Africa. The need is for more help to children in Europe whose parents were left incapacitated by Hitlerism.
Won’t you do your share? This year, in addition to the regular UJA campaign, there is a special emergency drive for the Survival Fund of 25 million dollars plus. So please give more than you ever have given before. Help save and build tens of thousands of young lives.
Send your check or pledge now to the United Jewish Fund and feel better in the morning.
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As the Psychologist Sees You
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 3
By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant
Group Experiences of Children
Every parent will tell you that Shakespeare was right when he said that we go through stages and that each age indicates a different mode of behavior. Their children are living proof of this fact and at times their role as parents requires constant adjustment in their response pattern.
Too often, however, they forget that children are not miniature adults and as such require special understanding. The need for playmates, for example, varies with each age level and “Group Experiences of Children” are more necessary with some levels than with others. By the age of five a child needs group activities and group play and tis accounts for the introduction of the kindergarten at this level. However, he is still very much an individual and does not always cooperate with others. He stays in the group so long as he enjoys himself but his interests are self-centered.
By the age of nine we find that each sex shows a different pattern and he engages in unrehearsed dramatics with others, acting out his stories with gestures. At eight his interests will focus upon friends of his own sex; the beginning of the period of clubs and gangs. He wants to be like others, to have a sense of belonging. Often he will follow the pattern of the group rather than the directions of his parents or teachers.
By the age of nine we find that each sex shows a different pattern of group activities. The boys are noisy and active whereas the girls are inclined to sit around and talk, instead of dashing about. The adolescent finds group activities very necessary to his welfare and happiness. He adopts the standard of the group. He enjoys the pattern of the group for by its acceptance he gains security and self-confidence. He wants to look like others and to behave like them. Thus, fads in clothes gain easy acceptance.
The insecure child requires group activities in order to gain encouragement. He needs to learn the give-and-take, the sharing and the awareness of standards. Through the group he can learn to evaluate his own capabilities and shortcomings.
Whether the child gets his group experiences in school or in his play are not as important as the fact that he does get them. Often being away from home and becoming part of a group in camp gives him the opportunity to gain this needed opportunity for group experiences.
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Letter to the Editor
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 3
Dear Mr. Kaufman
Dr. Stone is to be commended for pointing out that facilities for the mentally ill in California are inadequate.
Proper research and proper facilities will actually work to reduce State costs. Hospitals must constantly be increased, as population increases, unless we are prepared to move ahead to find cures and rehabilitation methods for the mentally disturbed.
At the last session of the legislature an appropriation for about $350,000 for research in this field was approved.
Meanwhile, the total state cost for State Hospital programs increased from about $70 million annually to about 80 million dollars. This cost will continue to increase, at an alarming extent, unless our methods themselves are improved through research.
Sheridan Hegland
Assemblyman
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Dear Mrs. Kaufman:
Many thanks for your letter of April 6th. We are certainly pleased that you thought so well of our posters.
We realize the importance of having as good a display as possible in the Cottage of Israel and are making all the material we can available to you for this purpose. We are forwarding to you, under separate cover, six figure dolls representing various types in Israel, as well as a set of colorful hand-painted tiles. Also being mailed to you is an eye-catching three dimensional display unit which are sure will be a welcome addition to the exhibit.
Copies of your letter are being sent to the Consulate of Israel in New York and Los Angeles with the request that they send you any further material they may have which would be suitable for the Cottage.
If there is any way in which we can be of further help to you, please do not hesitate to inform us.
With all good wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Israel Government Tourist Office
Joseph Ilan, director.
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Book Review: The Odyssey of An American Zionist by Julius Haber, with an introduction by Louis Lipsky, Twayne, 399 pp., $6.00
Reviewed by Dr. A.P. Nasatir
Out of the tons of literature written about modern Israel, Julius Haber, an unusual Zionist, has produced indelible impressions in his new book, “The Odyssey of an American Zionist.”
The entire life of Julius Haber has been wrapped up in the Zionist movement -for 60 years he worked for Israel in Europe, America and Palestine. His children and their children live in Israel and are making it grow. Now in his 70s, Haber has put his experiences and reflections on paper. Because this author is blessed with a remarkable memory, a keen judgment and a great love for Zion, his book is not only intensely interesting, it is really a valuable contribution to the history of the Zionist movement all over the world.
“The Odyssey of an American Zionist” goes back to the days of Herzl and is brought down to the present – to the morning of January 15, 1953 when Abba Eban presents Israel’s contribution to the United Nations building – 800 slabs of Jerusalem marble, quarried in the hills of Judea, blocks of stone which symbolize the City of Peace.
The scope of this book is wide. Haber went to all the Zionist Congresses, no matter where they were held, and he writes about them in glowing fashion. He met all the great and the near-great Zionist leaders of our time and he presents them in a penetrating fashion. He writes with familiarity of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Stephen S. Wise, Shmaya Levin, Henrietta Szold and dozens of others who helped shape the destiny of the Zionist movement. He tells of the early struggles fo the Jewish National Fund in New York – its attempt to raise money by selling stamps. And he describes the development of Zionism in America with relish and with a memory that is never-failing.
As Louis Lipsky notes in his Introduction: “Haber managed, by strange divination, to be present at many of the vital events in Zionist history; and his own participation as a contributor, as a fund-raiser, as a pioneer in many significant phases of Israel’s development, are in themselves a significant part of American Zionism’s contribution to the State of Israel.”
Julius Haber is a unique man in many respects. One of these is his whole life’s dedication to Zionism. His book reflects his good, full, abundant life. It ought to be widely read.
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Those Who Serve
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 3
Servicemen ho attened the April 18th USOP-JWB dance responded to an appeal for blood made by Mrs. Joseph J. Kaplan, for her nephew, Jimmy Steiman, 5, son of Mr. and Mors. Morris Steiman of Pacific Beach.
Little Jimmy is a leukemia victim at Scripps Memorial Hospital.
The Servicemen are: Wallace Watler, J.J. Germain, F.A. Hausen, Arnold Gladstone, Lee J. Vickman, R. L. Shivley, and Jay R. Codes.
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Press Notes
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 3
By Julia Kaufman
“Quire”-“Choir,” as long as they sing. The Press is still taking a ribbing for using the word “Quire” as an eyecatcher instead of “Choir.” For those too tired to lift a dictionary, it means “a body of singers” or “choir.”
…Sorry, we cannot name the author of the diet that appeared in our last issue … she is still recuperating from malnutrition and a nervous breakdown.
*The Hounds n’ Hare, or Greyhound Racing Season opens each year in grand style. This year hundreds of invited guests at the Tijuana track were dispensed corsages, cocktails, entertainment and a delicious dinner of wine, lobster and filet, with surprise dessert of whole coconut filled with sherbet. The main attractions of the evening was the lean and ungry dogs with the resultant “If I had bet … I would have won.”
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… In the Spring a racketeer’s fancy lightly turns to fraud, judging by the report of Beecher Dixon, General Manager of the Better Business Bureau of San Diego. Beware of “fly-by-night” boys, who install inferior sprinkler systems with “guarantee” and then disappear; tree surgeons who offer to prune your trees and skin you; cures for baldness. Above all, you are warned to read the fine print before signing any contract.
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Japanese Fan Mail received by the Jewish Press: “We don’t want you Yids in Japan and we don’t want you Yids in the United States. Now that you have a country of your own, why don’t you go to Israel? Whatever you do (censored) do for the other people besides taking their money? We Japanese are a superior and patriotic race. We can’t have any parasitic Japanese-Jews (Fagans, Shylocks, Rosenberg) in our midst. You (censored) will please refrain from marrying our women.” (signed Niseis for Kawakita Society). No Nippon poison-penned this .. more likely new divisive angle of California hatemongers.
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Antidote for Poison … April marks the anniversaries of three great men – all Jews. Albert Einstein—Science—Front page of Saturday Review…. Sigmund Fred—Psychoanalysis – front page of Time Mag … Heinrich Heine—Literature and Poetry – who died 100 years ago, but his works will live forever.
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…Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood’s “April in Paris” Dinner Dance was climaxed by a preview ride on El Cortez’ new outdoor elevator. Floating skywards, without benefit of glass enclosure, were Rabbi Morton J. Cohn, Charles E. Salik, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Elbogen, your truly and my vertigo-free hubby, who waved madly to friends below with nothing between him and Eternity but a low railing.
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Thank you .. I was ddeeply touched b the honor bestowed upon the Jewish Press by the Jewish War Vets of San Diego for “courageously championing the cause of San Diego Jewry in the tradition of the American Jewish Press.”
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Watch that Clock on Saturday night before you retire. You must set it one hour Ahead, which means one hour less in bed.
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Mrs. John Ruskin Elected Hadassah President; Fiesta del Pacific Luncheon Set for May 24th
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 3
Hadassah announces its 1956-57 roster of officers and with pride salutes the incoming President, Mrs. John Rusin. Other member serving on the new Executive Board will be Vice Presidents Mmes. Leonard Zlotoff, Elmer Wohl and Harold Elden. Treasurer, Mrs. Alfred Solomon; Secretaries, Mmes Morris Feldman, Leo Smollar and David Miller; Parliamentarian, Mrs. Howard Hoffman Historian, Mrs. David Block; Executive Board members includes Mmes. Edward Kitaen, Hyman Kitaen, Leon Solomon, Rudolph Hess and Morton Thaler. Mrs. Ruskin ascend to the Presidency after many distinguished years as a Hadassah member. She has served in various capacities during her 9 year membership, most recent of which was her outstanding service as Treasurer, for two consecutive terms.
Installation of officers will be celebrated at a Fiesta del Pacific Luncheon on May 24th in the beautiful new room of the El Cortez Hotel. Mrs. Morton Thaler, General Chairman for that event, announces that a festive mood will be set from the moment the luncheon commences until the last of many surprises planned. Excellent entertainment for luncheon guests will be a program feature.
The Southern Pacific Coast Regional Conference of Hadassah will be held in Santa Barbara at the Miramar Hotel from May 6 to May 9th. Many local members are planning to attend and Mrs. Anna Peckarsky, local Conference Chairman, is accepting reservations. Those planning to attend are Mmes. Ruskin, Leonard Zlotoff, Hy Kitaen, David Horowitz, Max Rabinowitz, Hymie Rabinowitz and Gabriel Berg.
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(Stupid voters)
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 3
In a democracy, the votes of the vicious and stupid count. On the other hand, in any other system, they might be running the show.
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(Price of Experience)
Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 3
Experience is a good school, but the fees are high … Heinrich Heine
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