The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-09-27

| The year 5717, or 1956-57, was a
momentous one for the Phoenix
Jewish community, highlighted by
q record-breaking United Jewish
Welfare Fund campaign in re-
SponSe, primarily, to the Israeli
Egyptian crisis which .erupted in
open warfare.
Here are the features of the year
as chronicled in the Phoenix Jew
iSh News:
Sept. RABBI Albert PlOtkin re-
| ports on visit to Israel Ber-
trand Nj. Weller appointed princi-
| pal of Congregation Beth FL reli-
/ giouS schools Richard Segal
wins University of Arizona College
of Law essay contest Henry +.
Lesem honored at banquet upon
retirement as state tubercular hos
pital superintendent.
SEPT. 28-Temple Sholom organ
| ICES youth group U. 5. Sen.
Carl Hayden was credited by Mr..
! and Mrs. Jack Klein for passage
of a private bill in Congress to al
low immigration of Mrs. Klein's
brother from Germany Mrs.
Edith Klein was elected to her
fifth term as Ayn Yaacov Sister
hood president.
Oct. 12-Mrs. william Griff, Pho
enix Hadassah president, and Mrs.
nj. b. Goldman Jr., Hadassah Med
ical Center chairman, attend ma
tional Hadassah convention in
Houston President Sam Gal
liant headed a delegation of 20 Pho
enicians to the Western States Re-
gion Zionist convention at Beverly
Hills, Calf. The Edith K.
Baum Chapter of B'nai Birth Wo-
men was organized.
OCT. 26 = Temple Beth Israel
Mems Club was announced as host
to the Western regional convention
of Temple Brotherhoods Rabbi
A. L. Krohn was elected president
of Congregation Ayn Yaacov
Local Anti-Defamation League Off
cialS failed to penetrate Silken
curtain around ailing "elder states
man" Bernard Baruch in series
of efforts designed to influence him
to move his convaleScence site
from Comeback Inn.
Nov. -9-Hirsch KapIan and Joe
Stocker, representing the Jewish
Community Councils community
relations committee, appeared on
Mayor Jack Williams radio pro-
gram to refute charges that mill
tarists" and fanatics" are in con-
troll of Israel. The accusations,
made by an unknown informant OF
Williams, were reported by the
mayor on an earlier broadcast.
NOV. 2S-M. b. Goldman Jr. was
elected president of the American
Zionist Council for Phoenix :. .
Jay Edison launched an hour-long
Sunday series of Jewish music on
radio station KONI.
Dec. Mat G.. Silverman, Jew
ish Community Council president,
reported per capita giving to
UJWF in Phoenix decreased from
$40 in 1948 to SIS in 1855 /. The
council adopted resolutions calling
for continued contributions to refu-
gee relief, urging the Arizona con-
gressional delegation and the pres
ident to exert all efforts to secure
peace in the Middle East, and re-
questing immigration law hberaliz-
alton to provide asylum for all per-
secutees abroad.
Dec. % - Thirty-three Phoenix
Jewish organizations co-sponsored
a COMMUNICATIVE public relations
meeting aimed at clarifying and
explaining the Middle East crisis.
Principal speaker was Rabbi JACOB
M. OFT. Western states regional di-
rector of the Zionist Organization
of America A combined UJWt.
and emergency rescue fund goal OF
$3.50. 900, more than double the
amount raised In 1866, was set as
the 1857 Phoenix goal DIR. Har-
old Hyman, Arizona State Conege
at Tempe associate history profes-
~n~ rn~ocoufod a DanQT before Ine