Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1954 — Page 1
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Vol. 10—No. 17
Bond-Buyer 9 s Eye View
Mischa Elman will appear in a concert on behalf of Israel Bonds on Sunday evening, Dec. 26, at the Indiana Hoof. The .famed violinist will play compositions of Mendelssohn, Sam-martini-Nachez, Joseph Achron, Charles Miller, Marc Lavry, and Sarasate. Admission to the concert is by purchase of Israel Bonds. # • FOB ISRAEL BONDS New ‘Big Day’ Home Canvass Scheduled for Coming Sanday Heartened by the reception afforded their volunteer Israel Bond salesmen by the Indianapolis Jewish community last Sunday, B.I.G. (Bonds of Israel Government) Day co-chairmen have announced that another BIG Day home canvass will be made on Sunday morning, Dec. 26. Purchasers of Israel Bonds, and —
LOCAL JUu uiKECTOR TO LEAVE POST JAN. 1 Maurice Mezoff, executive director of the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council since late last spring, has submitted his resignation from the position to the JCRC’s board of directors. He plans to leave his post on Jan. 15. MezofTs resignation was taken up by the Council board at its meeting in Kirschbaum center
last Tuesday night.
The departing director told The Mir i • . m VIV+aV ffl 1 Post that the community relations Menuhin to Ploy With Sympheny w ° uid undoubtedly con.
* # ■ # tinue in active existence, and that
ifi m — #■ a t ^ ie change in personnel would In January Tercentenary Concert »ot its program. * * Indianapolis JCRC president Yehudi Menuhin, world-famous violinist, will be guest artist with Norman Abrams said that the the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra, under the direction of Dr.' Council has already begun to seek Fabien Sevitsky, when it presents a program commemorating the a replacement for Mezoff. CandiAmerican Jewish Tercentenary early next month. dates for the post are selected The orchestra will give the same concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. from suggestions made to the lo2, and at 8:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. C al body by the National Com-
3. Included in the list are Beeth- LC a i L J oven’s Symphony No. 3 (“Eroi-HeDOrail MSleiilOOd
Planning Card Social
munity Relations Advisory Council, which serves as a clearing house for its field. Their qualifica-
„ tions are then reviewed by the The Deborah sisterhood has Indiana poii s J C R C's personnel
ca”), Bruch’s Concerto for Violin, and '‘Future” from the epic rhapsody “America,” by Bloch.
Menuhin performed the Bruch j scheduled a card party social for | com mittee.
concerto, written in 1866, in his 8 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 9, at the Cen-{ The process of choice may take
last appearance in Indianapolis in x TT ~ i - - - ~
1948.
Tickets may be purchased at the Symphony office in the Murat temple, MElrose 5-9596.
YEHUDI MENUHIN Tercentenary Soloist
Beth-El Teen Conclave Scheduled for Weekend
the canvassing crews, will re- EXPECT MORE THAN 60
ceive tickets to the Mischa Elman concert at the Indiana Roof on
Sunday evening.
Rabbi Ephraim I. Bennett, chairman, and Mrs. Shoolem Ettinger, co-chairman of BIG Day, announced that the next session will be held at the home of Abe J. Miller. 5794 North Pennsylvania,
at 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
More than 60 teen-agers from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky will gather here for a conclave sponsored by the Teen-Age League of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, Dec.
26, 27, and 28.
Major groups will represent Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Fort Wayne. The program
Elman is celebrating his 45th W |U consist of cultural and social Frank Miroff is general chairseason before the American public affairs. - : ma n of the conclave, and Robert this \ear. The violinist was also Aj j sc }jeduled events will take Koor is president of the local
the first Western virtuoso to tour
the Orient and Far East.
president
place in the Beth-El Zedeck ves- league.
try, starting with a formal open- Group advisors are Mrs. Joseph
Elman’s program for the Bond ing dinner tendered in honor of B. Albert and Mrs. Morris Himelconcert will include the following all the out-of-town teen-agers stein; they are assisted by Rabbi works: “Passacaglia on a theme Sunday night. It will be followed Ephraim I. Bennett and~ educawith figured bass” by Sammar-j with a social hour. j tional director Samuel Deutsch. j
tini-Nachez, Conceito in E Min- ^ dance will be held Monday or, Opus 64, by Mendelssohn; at Continental hotel.
“Hebrew Melody” by Joseph Ach-
ron; 4 Cubanaise, by Charles s unc j a y by a transportation corn- conclave. A $4 fee is Millei, Yemenite W edding m j^ ee> an( j accommodations for charged for the affair. Marc Lavr>, and the out-of-towners will be avail- Conclave chairmen include the
able in private homes. following:
A panel discussion on “W r hat we
Temple Beth-El Zedeck has been owe to the past and what we will
named honorary chairman ot the give to the future” will feature | Doris Muschel, assisted by Fran concert. Monday’s sessions. * (Continued on back page)
tral Hebrew congregation. A De- a month or more aceord; to luxe Black Angus rotisserie will |Abrams However) based on the e given away at the party, and Council’s experience with prev-
the public is invited to attend.
ious changes in staff, he added,
Sinai Religious School Seis Hanukah Program
The sisterhood’s next regular no difficulties are expected to en-
meeting will be at Central He- sue>
brew at 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 3. Before coming here in May, Me-
zoff was assistant director of the Southwestern Jewish Community Relations Council, with headquar-
ters in Houston.
In announcing his resignation,
MICHIGAN CITY — The relig- Mezoff said that he intends to ious school of Sinai Temple will leave the Jewish community represent a Hanukah program at lations field completely. He added 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 26. Lunch that he will probably take one of will be served by the sisterhood’s two options open to him in the religious school committee to all business world, but has made no children, following the program, definite decision just yet.
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“Zigeunerweisen” by Sarasate. Rabbi William P. Greenfeld of
El Zedeck confirmation class are
All groups will be picked up being invited to participate in the
being
Transportation, Jerry Segal and Myron Weinberger; registration.
Current members of the Beth-, J' wo Torches. TWO Freedoms
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Under the uplifted arm of the Statue of Liberty, 12-year-old Roni Ester Lador of Rehovoth, Israel, representing the young people of the new country, presents a Hanukah Torch of Freedom to Rabbi Israel Goldstein of New York. The torch was presented by the government of Israel to the Jewish community of America in thanks for their aid. Members of the Shomrim society, organization of -Jewish policemen of New York city, served as guards of honor.