Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1956 — Page 13

THE NATIONAL JEWISH POST

Fridav. June I. 1956

IT HAS BEEN widely touted for some 16 years now that Louisville’s greatest gift to Brooklyn has been that notable ex-champ-ion of the ring, one Harold “Pee Wee” Reese. Lest there be some unsophisticated skeptics among the readership. we hasten to add that Mr. Reese did not gain his crown campaigning as a prizefighter. The ring he excelled in was the one enrounding the marbles so prized in boyhood. But Pee Wee's former ring skill is of small account these days. It is his shortstopping par excellence that has endeared him to the millions whose moods twist and turn with the fortunes of the Dodgers. They are indebted to his native town, which despite its situation in the wilds of Kentucky, has produced such a notable offspring. IT IS ALMOST axiomatic in the realm of economics that when a debt exists it should be paid. Fully aw’are of this, several Jewish gentlemen of Louisville took it upon themselves to collect in return for Pee Wee Reese. The University of Louisville in recent years has enjoyed more than modest success in basketball. Last season, in fact, the Cardinals captured the NIT championship. But despite their heroes’ sjrill, several Jewish sports enthusiasts w r ere depressed by the lack of Jewish athletes decorating the teams’ uniforms. Conspicuously successful in other fields of endeavor, these gentlemen were not the sort to idly sit by and let such a state of affairs continue. They determined to correct the grevious shortage of Jewish talent. FIRST, they consulted Louisville’s basketball coaches. The latter, whose very bread and butter depends on the success achieved by their minions, were understandably delighted at the public spirit shown by the worthy citizens. They readily agreed to secure them w’hen they had been pinpointed.

Now', fortunately for Brooklyn’s debt to Louisville, the top Jew ish high schol basketball play ers during the season of 195455 performed in Flatbush. Donald “Red” Goldstein, 6 feet 5 inches, and Alex Mantel, 6 feet 3 inches, were shoo-ins on the allborough, all-city and all-state teams. Goldstein averaged 25.7 points per game during his career at Tilden high school. Mantel rang up 29.5 counters per game at Erasmus Hall High school. GOLDSTEIN AND MANTEL could not hide their lights under a bushel basket. The University of Louisville coaches discovered them. The Jewish citizens, gifted with extraordinary eloquence, seduced the boys, w 7 ho had enrolled at New York university, and persuaded them to choose Louisville for their alma mater. Last season was a dream for Louisville Freshman Coach John Dromo. His charges prospered as never before. And Head Coach Peck Hickman also slept better of nights. The NIT crown secured last season conceivably could be retained by his serfs for another three years. But early this month the dream took on the aspect of a night mare. The NCAA suspended the University of Louisville for two years for giving “aid in excess” to athletes. It specifically cited the recruitment of Red Goldstein and Alex Mantel. So, Brooklyn still hasn’t paid its debt to Louisville. SPORTS SHORTS . . . Onetime major league pitcher Marvin Rottblatt has been released outright by the Louisville Colonels . . . Jim Jacobs successfully defended his singles championship in the recent United States Handball Association tournament held in St. Louis ... Los Angeles pitcher Hy Cohen has been optioned to Tulsa despite his impressive 5-0 record, his luck having been better than his pitching as an over-buxom 5.70 ERA will attest.

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MRS. SCHAVER, BAR MITZVA BOY A Playground In His Honor

Names In The News

Principal Speakers Now Face New Challenge: Can They Sing Folk Songs? Principal speakers at banquets will have to go some to beat Allan Bronfman, of the Seagram family, who recently addressed the Hebrew University (Jerusalem) banquet in Vancouver. A large audience heard Mr. Bronfman relate events of his recent trip to Israel, but expressed their appreciation with applause when he finished his talk by singing an Israeli folk on lhe staff of Beth-El Hospital song. i n Brooklyn, and his many With Rabbi Ely E. Pilchik, who friends for his 50 years of mediw r as re-elected, presiding, the an- cal practice and service to the nual meeting of the Jewish Book community. . . . Abraham Slabot, Council of America, made publisher of The Jewish Ledger awards for the best works of of New Orleans, has been elected Jewish interest in 1955 to Jo president of the American AsSinelair, author of “The Change- sociation of English-Jewish Newslings” for fiction; Mrs. Sadie papers, succeeding Jacques Bach. Rose Weilerstein, Atlantic City, publisher of The Observer of N. J., for juvenile literature, and Nashville, Tenn. Prof. Hillel Bavli and Naphtali LOUIS B. SELTZER, editor of Gross (posthumously) for poetry. The Cleveland Press, has been DR. REUBEN FINKELSTEIN named chairman of the 24th anwas honored by his colleagues nual celebration of Brotherhood

Week next Feb. 17-24, sponsored 1 by the National Conference of

Christians and Jews.

Creighton University will honor one of its outstanding alumni when Philip M. Klutznick, president of B’nai B’rith, will receive

■■iipi degree at Commencement Exercises next Th ursday. Klutznick will also deliver the principal address at the Creighton U. Senior Alumni

banquet next Tuesday in Cmaha, Neb. The prominent Jewish leader, who is a former resident of Omaha, graduated from Creighton’s School of Law' in

1930.

JACK GLATZER, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Glatzer, won first prize in violin in the Meriwether Post Award of the National Symphony Orchestra held recently in Washington, D. C. Jack will graduate from Forest Avenue High School with high honors. He has been playing v'iolin since he was 6 years old. and hopes to become a concert artist. The Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew’ Congregations of the British Commonwealth. Israel B r o d i e, v’ill make his first official visit to the U. S. this month. On Thursday, June 14, he will address the annual dinner of the Union of

JUDAISM HAS FEW THINKERS, SAYS HESCHEL By MARGO H. WOLFF

National Jewish POST Correspondent

NEW YORK (NJP)—Pro-

fessor Abraham Heschel of the Jewish Theological Seminary charged that “Judaism today has very few thinkers.” Delivering a lecture at the annual meeting of

the J e w' i s h Academy of Arts and Sciences, the professor of religious philosophy and author of many theological works stated that “Judaism is the

HESCHEL least known religion. “Complaining that in this country a “w'hole generation grew up not understanding the whole meaning of Judaism”, Prof. Heschel said that though Jew’s today live “in a great hour and great opportunity” Jewry has just not gotten “enough people to deal with it.” He urged Jews to “rediscover Judaism.” and explained that “Judaism is an ultimate answer to the individual and to mankind.”

FILM SHOOTER ARRIVES JERUSALEM—Andre de Lavar of Warner Brothers arrived here recently to shoot a documentary film for the public relations department of Pan-

American Airlines.

U. S. BAND IN TEL AVIV TEL AVIV—The band of the United States cruiser USS Albany played an hour at the Gan Meir in King George Ave. here, during the ship’s visit to Israel recently.

THE NEWS HOPPER

Brandeis Has Trouble Keeping Up With So Many Dedications So fast is Brandeis University growing building-wise that Jt has to crowd a number of dedications into one day. \\ hile groundbreaking ceremonies were taking place May 20 for the Rabb Graduate Center, these other installations were being accepted or dedicated by the university: The Sheffres Faculty Dining Hall, Anne J. Kane Reflecting Pool, — the Allen Hall men’s residence their son Isaac in a unique way. building and the Mu Sigma On the happy occassion of the Court. youth’s. 13th birthday, they anMR. AND MRS. MORRIS L. nounced that a playground in SCHAVER, Detroit, long active in Jerusalem will be established Israel an^ philanthropic causes, through the Jewish National celebrated the Bar Mitzva of Fund, which will be known as the

Isaac Schaver Playground. JEWISH MAYORS were elect-

ed in four London boroughs. They

are J. Kahn, Hackney; L. Levy. Stoke Newington; D. Wray, Shoreditch, and M. Cliff. Finsbury . .. The fabulous Dutch Couple, Mr. and Mrs. B. Van Leer have donated $1,500,000 for a Jerusalem center for the A dan cement of Human Culture. The Van Leers are publishers of Chronicles, a regular newspaper which gives accounts )f biblical events as if they were cotemporaiy

occurences.

AN ISRAEL E\C HANGE student and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Ariel Stiebel of Detroit, will livt on $6.00 this month unless someone comes to their aid. They were robbed of the 53 J X) which Mr. Steibel had just received from thUnited Hebrew Schools where he is musical and iiice director... A total of 92,3»}0 children and young people are expected to enroll in summer and day camps conducted by Jewish CommunityCenters affiliated with the Jewish Welfare Board ... JORDAN J. DO HEN has been named first recipient of Yale’s newly-established American Jewish Congress Prize. The son of Mrs. Gladys B. Cohen, of Kansas City, Mo., Jordan was head o! the Yale Hillel and directed the 1953 United Jewish Appeal Drive., among other aedvities. A TOTAL of 342 persons have bought $10,O» in Israel bomb this year, while 3.738 have bought at least $1,000 this year, it was announced by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice president of tre Israel Bond Organization at the meeting of the board of governors at which i minimum $30 million goal by June 30 was set . . . Belgium has asked West Germany for $20 million for compensation for the Nazi extermination of 21,000 Jews luring Woj id

War II.

TWO OF >IX prize winner? for unusual noo lie ind macaroni recipes at a contest in Jerusalem were men. A jury of 35 decided that Max Cimbalista’s preparation of Ossem P. ee to which hr added a delicious gravy, and Julius Hoffman's cream* d noodles with wine sauce warranted fourth > ' i fifth prizes in the contest. A RABBINIC KI. seminary to train rabbis for Jewish communities abroad has been established in a former hotel in the Talbieh quarter of lerusaleum . . A letter-writer The American Hebrew’. Max Stock, of Mt. Verron, N. Y.. disclosed that although he cam.3 gns for the vale of Israel bonds *nd for contributions to the UJA. he is also a member of the American Council for Judaism .

KLUTZNICK

Orthodox JewBRODIE ish congrega- ANTI-ISRAEL L^Y^^ COMING tions of America at the Hotel | JERUSALEM — A number ot Roosevelt in New York, and the (laws banning *r • with ImucI following week on June 20, he will soon be suomitted U it*e will receive an honorary degree parliament of Sudan, Foreign from Yeshiva University at the J Minister Mubank Zarouk vi.ni in annual commencement exercises . Beirut recenth'