Impressive Ceremony to Mark Presentation of Sifre lorah to Israel

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Impressive Ceremony to Mark Presentation of Sifre lorah to Israel
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Judge Miisaniahnb
- - -Plans have . now. been .completed
Garmany where he presided over
for the 'reception of Jackson J.
the Nurenberg Trials will .speak on
Holtz of Boston, Mass.., National
t.ie subject of "Good-Will and Its
Commander of-the-Jewish—War Vet­ ..-Meaning- io—Us".- -The --Hon.- Judge
erans of the United States, who will
Benjamin Lencher will serve as
be guest of honor'at the 14lh An­
••tciai'tmasler". Others expected to
nual Good-Will Dinner which is be­
attend are Hon. James ^H. Dui'f,
ing sponsored by " Pittsburgh Post Governor of our state; Hon. John
No. 49, on Wednesday evening, Feb­
J. Kane, Chairman of Board of
ruary 22 at 6:30, in the Main Ball
Commissioners, Allegheny County;
Room of the William Penn Hotel.
Hon. David L. Lawrence, our city
Mayor, Hon. Harry J. Davenport,
U.S. Congressman, Dr. E. L. Van
Kirk,' Cnairman Allegheny County
Brotherhood Observance Week, Rus:..eii L. Bradley, Executive Director
01 local Chapter of National Conle.enee of Christians and Jews; C.
l1 '. Motz, Executive Director of
i-'iltsburgh's Civic Unity Council and
many national state and local lead­
ers of veteran organizations.
The musical program . will in­
clude Leonard L. Fried, known in
musical circles as Leonard Lawr­
ence soloist with the Pittsburgh
Opera Co. He is presently soloist
- -oir-tlie- Temple Sinai, and-guest- a-rtist on radio stations KDKA and
-K.QV. He will be accompanied by
Franklin Watson.Bill Unger is chairman of ar­
rangements assisted by Commander
Miiton Reznik, Saul Tobias, Harry
j.1. Schaffer, i. Rogal, Miss Ann NyCommander J. J. Holtz .
des, I. M. Berlin, Ben R. Neaman,
diaries Garfinkel, Joseph B. Cohen,
Commander Hultz, who is nvIc­
Louis Goodman, David Reichman,
ing his first official visit to this city
Louis Meyers, Morton Cooper, Abe
has, just returned from the West
Rosenthal and Bert Weiss.
Coast, where he conferred with
The community is invited to par­
J.W.V. leaders with reference to
ticipate in this Good-Will Dinner
their expansion and public relations
because the committee feels that
problems. A leading and prominent
this is a living demonstration of
citizen of his own Boston commun­
goodwill brought about by the com­
ity, Commander Holtz has an envi­
mon tie of "veteran-ism", bringing
able reputation in veteran circles
together Jew, Catholic and Protes­
throughout the United States, and
tant in the common cause of a
is a noted lecturer and speaker.
better America.
In addition to Commander Holtz,
For reservations contact Bill Un­
the Hon. Michael A. Musamanno,
ger at Atlantic 1-4900, Ext. 507 or
Judge of the Common Pleas Courts,
who has recently returned from Hazel 1-5902.
David Sakolsky, Fi-esident
The Pittsburgh Cominunity
witness a rare-event — the type of
ceremony that takes place perhaps
mice in a life-time — on Sunday
evening, February 19 at 8:30 at
uie Poale Zedeck Synagogue.
The Tiphereth Israel Congrega­
tion, which is no longer opera dug
its Synagogue, is transferring its
riitre Torah to ten colonies of Hapoel
Hamizrachi in Israel and to the
Children's Village at Kaananah.
Congregation Tiphereth Israel, one
of the oldest Congregations in trie
city of Pittsburgh, was founded in
is70 and has served the community
faithfully since that time.
Under
me spiritual leadership of the late
Kabbi E. W. Kochin, Tiphereth Is­
rael became one of the outstanding
synagogues in 'this area. In lOiS
wnen tne Synagogue was chartered,
under its: present name, S. L. Silverman, William Losman, Louis Goodbtone, Louis Sift", M. Scheinhol.tz,
a. J. Rogalsky, B. Herman, Issack
Martinsky and L. Zarembovitz were
among the Charter Members. Mr.
a. J. Rogalsky is the oldest living
member of Tiphereth Israel.
The Commitree""t'OT ~the—Presenta^tion of Sifre Torah to Israel is un­
der the general chairmanship of
•Rabbi Dr. Joseph fcjhapiro .and in•ciudes a city-wide committee of
Kaobis and leading laymen includ­
ing Rabbi A. M. Ashinsky, Jacob
Brmn, Charles G. Brown, Abraham
L. Butler, Donald B. Butler, Abe
.uunn, Harry Dunn, Judge Henry
.uilenbogen, Max Engelberg, Her­
man -b'lneoerg, Albert E. U-old, J.
ij. Goiuing, samuei Goldstock, Ju.
'j.'. norvitz, Rabbi Joseph Kaplan,
.Bernard Ka.plan, Samuel Kaufman,
Dr. Louis M. Kochin, Rabbi Morris
Landis, Rabbi David Leiter, Rabbi
Wolf Leiter, Judge Benjamin Lencher, Solomon Linder, William Los• man, Morris Mazer,-Har-r-y -N. Morris, Carl Margolis, Bennie R. Neaman, Rabbi B. A. Poupko, Max Rogal, Max Rice, Adolph Schoenbrun.
JJ. Sakolsky, Dr. J. J. Sehmidt,
Morris Schwartz, Edward S. Sheinberg, Jacob Siegel, Emanuel Spector, Leo Unger, Louis Weiner, Judge
Wm. Losman, Treasurer
Samuel A. Weiss, Councilman A. L.
Wolk, Jacob Wolk, Rabbi A. 2.
Zilberberg. Elaborate plans for ap­
propriate presentation of the Sifre
Torah have been made and figures
of international importance will be
in attendance. The Sifre Torah will
be accepted by the Hon. Elihu Elath,
Ambassador of the State of Israel
to the United States. Rabbi Morris
Berman, vice-president of the Rab­
binical Council of America and
Chairman of the National Council
of Ha.poel Hamizrachi will speak.
Major Meir Seihitman, one of the
heroes in the early battles for the
State of Israel will be in Pitts­
burgh for the occasion. Cantor A.
Vygoda will render appropriate
liturgical selections assisted by Leon
Kousheroff and his choir.
Messrs. D. Sakolsky, Abe Leberman, William Losman, Sam Re*nick, S. L. Silverman, J. Levy, B.
Berman, Harry Meyers, H. Sakol­
sky, M. Wolf, M. Losman and Dr.
Louis Kochin, all members of the
Tiphereth Israel Congregation will
present the Sifre Torali in a special
- ceremony -to — mem.bers_- of Hapoel
Hamizrachi of Pittsburgh as repre­
sentatives of Hapoel Hamizrachi in
Israel. This public presentation of
the Sifre To rah will be made to
the following colonies of Hapoel
Hamizrachi:
Achdut,
Bamishor,
Hazorim, Alrna, Kfar Darorn, Mechora, Kiryat Shmuel, Moriah, Tirat
Zvi, and Techiyah, and to the Chil­
dren's Village at Raananah.
This
is the .first time that an event of
this nature and of -such magnitude
has taken place in the Jewish com­
munity since the establishment of
the State of Israel.
The Officers of the Tiphereth Is­
rael Congregation are: President,
David Sakolsky; Vice-President, Abe
Leberman; Secretary^-Rev. A. Spokane; and Treasurer, William, Los­
man.
The Pittsburgh Jewish Commun­
ity is invited to participate in this
memorable celebration. Admission
is free and there will be no solici­
tation of funds.
THANK YOU!
The many expressions of enthusiastic approval that baye, come to us are extremely gratifying to
those who worked hard to make the Hillel Academy Anniversary Celebration the huge success that it was.
-' ' The attendance of thousands of our friends last Sunday evening and their delight with our pro­
gram encourages us to hope that a growing understanding of our work will lead to their continued interest
and support.
G-d grant us all the ability to understand and to help in this noble enterprise.
Hii_l_EL ACADEMY Cr PITTSBURGH
-ADOLPH SCHOENBRUN, President
RABBI DAVID HELMED, Executive Director
LOUIS M. VINOCUR, Chairman, Anmversdfy Celebration
THE JEWISH CRITERION