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SABB.ATH . SERVICES ThiS Friday Evening, February 8th, at .8:15

GO~ORCHAmxSPO~TTI

will speak on

"FACE TO FACE WITH FASCISM AFTER IT AL Y'S LIBERATION

This Saturday Morning, February 9th, at 10:15

BOY SCOUTS SABBATH SERVICES

This Sunday Morning, February 10th, at 10:45

RABBI NEWMAN "YOUR SON AND DAUGHTER AND THE COLLEGE QUOTAS AGAINST

THEM: WHO IS TO BLAME? HOW CAN WE HELP OURSELVES?"

Sunday Morning, February 17th, at 10:45

MR. ARTHUR MIL~R Author of "Focus"

will speak on

"THE GENTILE WHO WAS

MISTAKEN FOR A JEW"

GOV. CHARLES POLETTI This Friday Evening, Feb.

8th we · w ill have the hon­or to welcome to our pulpit former Governor Charles Poletti who will describe some of his experiences as head of the Allied Military Government in Italy, Gov­ernor Poletti was one of the speakers at our 100th Anniversary Banquet ' in 1942, and he is greatly ad­mired and respected among us. Weare sure that our Temple families will come with their friends to hear a message of historic interest. Governor Poletti is a vigor­ous and magnetic speaker, and he has much to tell us of conditions in Rome and elsewhere in Italy during the days following the li­beration.

OUR BOY SCOUTS This Saturday Morning

the Annual Boy Scouts Sab­bath Services will be held, and parents and friends of the Scouts are invited to be present. A special Ritual will be conducted by :nem­bers of the Temple Troop, No. 502, and by the Cub Scouts. The bond between Scouting and religion is thus commemorated each year, and we anticipate an inspiring occasion.

2 RODEPH SHOLOM CHRONICLE

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Candidates lor liar. Mitzvah and their parents may communicate <AIHb the Cantor at his home.

The Rabbi and Cantor 01 the Congregation would appreciate being advised 01 congregants to whom they cern be of service in any way.

ACKNOWLDEGMENTS

We grate1ully acknowledge the follow­ing generous donations:

CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Kerner, Mr. and

Mrs. Marcel Horowitz, Dr. and Mrs. Bern­hardt Gottlieb, and Mr. and Mrs. Irving J. Nethe in memory of Sally Ann Sipser for the Bible and Prayer Book Fund;

Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Kerner and Dr. and Mrs. Bernhardt S. Gottlieb in memory of their mother;

Dr. and Mrs . Irving Green in memory of Max Leff;

Mrs. Victor Neustadt! in memory of Frieda Morek and Moritz Neustadt!;

Mrs. David Cohn in memory of her hus­band, Reverend David Cahn;

.Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lowenstein in honor of their 45th Wedding Anniversary;

Mrs. Henry Liebeskind in memory of her husband and her mother, Augusta Schoen­lank;

Mr. and Mrs. Elias Reisman in honor of the birth of their grandson, Ra lph E. Ro­senfield, Jr.;

Mrs. Lippman Schnurmacher in memory of her husband;

Mr. Isidore Siegel in memory of his fa­ther Joseph Raphael Siegel;

Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ross on the Wel­coming and Naming Prayer for their new­born daughter, Alice Marjorie.

SERVICE MEN'S FUND Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lowenstein in honor

of their 45th Wedding Anniversary; Mrs. Flora Lowenthal and Mrs . Carolyn

Goodman in memory of their sister, Belle T. Goodman;

Mrs. Sadie Brooks in memory of her parents;

Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Priester in me­mory of their mother, Yetta Priester.

ROSA ROSENHEIM MEMORIAL MILK FUND Mrs. Fannie Greenebaum, Mrs. Rose Loe­

With, Mrs. Sarah Samuel, and Mrs. Ida Edman in honor of Mrs. Max Minzeshei­mer's Birthday;

IN MEMORIAM Congregation Rodeph Sholem

extends heartfelt sympathy to the families of

JOSEPH G. HAIT MILTON STERN ROSE TREEGER

who have passed away. Memorial Lights will be kindled

at the Nameplates on the Bronze Memorial Tablets in the Temple in memory of

Charles F. Bloch Lippman Schnurmacher

The Yahrzeits 'of the 'foHow-ing departed will also be observed and the Kaddish recited in their memory at the coming Sabbath Services:

Sol Blemenfeld Robert Bauman Rosalie Becker Rev. David Cahn Bertha M. Baer Max Freund Jacob Freund Julius Goldstein Max Goldschmidt Jacob Hirsch Max Levy Henry Liebeskind Joseph Leopold Samuel S. Manheim Jennie Miller Max Oettinger Yetta Priester Dora Rosenstein Louise Siegler Bernard Strauss Eleanore Siegler Abe J. Silver Bertha Speiser Theresa Shoninger Nenah Stolwein 'Rudolph Taussig Fannie Teweles Joseph Raphael Siegel

ROSA ROSENHEIM MEMORIAL MILK FUND

Mrs. Herbert Weill in memory of her father, Max Freund;

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lowenstein in honor of their 45th Wedding Anniversary.

PULPIT FLOWER FUND

Mrs. Herbert Weill in memory of her father, Max Freund.

RODEPH SHOLOM SISTERHOOD

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lowenstein in honor of their 45th Wedding Anniversary for the Social Service and the Memorial and Scholarship Funds; .

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Oppenheimer in . commemoration of the birthday of their mother, Cecilia Gunzendorfer.

RODEPH SHOlOM CHRONICLE

~ t ANNUAL SCHLACH MONOS PARTY

~Olld$IY Afternoon. Feb. 25th, at 2:00 Members of the Sisterhood and

thefr Friends are invited to attend our Purim Affair. At this time we in­vite gifts of money instead of food and clothing, inasmuch as these money donations enable us to aid agencies which furnish Passover re­lief to needy Jewish families in New York.

MR. CANADA LEE Distinguished artist of the stage

will be our guest. The Sisterhood is looking forward to

the celebration of its FIFTY -FIFTII BIRTIIDA Y

Saturday, March 16th. There will be special Sabbath Services in the Temple followed by a Luncheon in the Marcus Loew Auditorium. Res­ervation cards for the Luncheon have been mailed, and Mrs. Jacob S. Manheimer, Chairman of the Lunch­eon, will appreciate a prompt re­sponse. Reservations will be made in the order in which they are received. MRS. WILLIAM DICK SPORBORG

yrol be our guest speaker.

GUEST PREACHERS Friday Evening, February 15th,

Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin of Temple An­sche Hesed will be our guest preacher, and Saturday Morning, February 16th, Rabbi Philip M. Ru­din of Great Neck, Long Island, will preach on "They Told It to the Chap­lain." We trust that our Congregant·s will plan to be present in large

. at these Services in order Cl\..VWlC our distinguished guests, hear their me9sage.

OUR CONGRATULATIONS Weare pleased to congratulate

Mr. and Mrs. Chester (Barbara Shloss) Ross upon the birth of their daughter, Alice Marjorie, for whom the Welcoming and Naming Prayer was recited at Sabbath Ser­'(ices last Saturday Morning, Mrs. Adolph Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Sid­ney H. Schloss, the grand-parents, on the happiness which has come to them; . •

Mr. and Mrs. Louis~ertzberg, the grandparents, and Mr. and Mrs. Abraham (Joan Naumburg) Hertz­berg, the parents, upon the birth of a grandson and a son, Daniel Hertz­berg;

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Munk, upon the marriage of their daughter, Janet, a Confirmant of Congregation Ro­deph Sholom, to Robert Fenton.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lowenstein on their 45th Wedding Anniversary.

ITEMS OF INTEREST Saturday Evening, February 9th,

our Young Married Guild will hold a night of Games in the Marcus Loew Auditorium to raise funds for their Social Service activities. Subscrip­tion is $1.50 a couple, and we invite Temple families and their friends to attend and enjoy the evening.

Tuesday Evening, February 12th, our Rodeph Sholem League will hold an Evening devoted to "Recent De­velopments in Palestine". The speak­er will be Mrs. Alexander M. Dush­kin, member of the National Board of Hadassah, and Chairman of the Vocational Education Committee. Mrs. Dushkin, whose husband is the Executive Director of the Jewish Edu­cation Committee, has lived in Pales­tine for many years, and is intimate­ly acquainted with the economic, so­cial and political situation in the Holy Land.

Our War Service Committee is planning a n entertainment at Mit­chell Field, Wednesday Evening, February 24th. Our Auxiliary Or­ganizations are furnishing the Hosts and Hostesses for the occasion and the expense will be met by the Ser­vice Men's Fund of our Temple.

ROD E PHS H 0 L 0 M C ·H -R O 'N I C L E

OUR MEN'S ASSOCIATION

A large Committee of the Men's Association has undertaken an in­tensive Campaign to contribute to the success of the Affair on April .7th at Carnegie HalL whereby it is plan­ned to write finis to the mortgage indebtedness of the Temple. Through the medium of our "Chronicle", Mr. Samuel Kolin and Mr. Arnold W. Becker, Chairmen of our. Men's As­sociation Committee, appeal to our members to aid in making the Cam­paign a complete and inspiring suc­cess. Contract blanks for advertise­ments in the Journal which will be published for the Affair, may be ob­tained at the Temple Office. Mem­bers are urged to make their reser­vations for tickets while they are still available. We appreciate the cooperation of Mr. Herbert E. Herr­man, one of our members, who has made ' it possible by his gift, for all of the boys of our Temple Scout Troop No. 502 to attend the "Show of Shows",

The next meeting of our Men's Association will take place Tuesday Evening, February 19th. Matters of importance are to be discussed re­lating especially to returning Service Men, and their part in our future program. The Entertainment Com­mittee is planning an enjoyable so­cial evening.

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL

Mrs. Irving J. Nethe, Chairman for Rodeph Sholom, urges our Congre­gants to respond generously when the Uni.ted Jewish Appeal turns to you. We have a challenging respon­sibility to meet, cind we must do our maximum in aiding our destitute fellow-Jews. Thousands of homeless children must be rehabilitated. Let Rodeph Sholem be one of the first congregations to tum in a worthy report] .

REMEMBER TO DONATE TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS} HELP THIS GREAT WORK OF SERVICE AND RESCUEl

"AN AMERICAN LEGACY" Tuesday Evening, January 29th,

the Rodeph Sholem League presen­ted "An American Legacy" adapted from the work of Jerome Bayer by Muriel Kornreich and· George Kauf­man. Harold Kaufman was the Nara­tor, anct the following participated: Ellen Ross; Hadassah Margolith; Ro­bert W ohl; Gloria Goldsmith; Muriel Kornreich; Mildred Goldstein; Char­lotte Post; Harold Spitzer; Stuart Le­vin; Lillian Glass; at the Piano, Mar­tha Wernd; at the Violin, Theodor(;; Metz; Soloist, Naomi Blechtzin; ligHt

;' and Sound, Allan White. Cantor' Meltzoff aided in the production.' We congratulate the League, of which Mr. Max Feder is the Advisor, upon the excellence of the presentation, which was attended by a gathering of several hundred persons.

A LETTER FROM ABROAD Mrs. Lillian Guckenheimer, Chair­

man of Charity and Defense Sewing, has received a letter of appreciation forwarded to the Layette Sewing Group for a gift of clothing, sent abroad to aid in the rehabilitation program for underprivileged children of'Europe: "One week ago I received your most welcome box containing the baby clothes, for which I thank you very much. It is lovely of you to send me those ' pretty things, which . are so badly ne'eded here. My little 'daughter will be able to use the flannel shirts, the wool blan­ket, and the linen cothes. My sec­ond baby of eight weeks will be able to use the flannel tremple. As soon as I have ' photographs of the children I will send you some. Once more I thank you very much and wish you a Happy New Year, Sin­cerely yours, L. W., Middlebury, Holland."

HAVE YOU MADE YOUR TICKET RESERVATIONS

for the "SHOW OF SHOWS"

ON APRIL 7th Tickets $2.00 to $25.00