In the Beginning: 1854
Each week The American Israelite will print an item from the first years.
The Choir.
Last Friday evening, August 4th, the choir performed for the first time the singing part of divine service in the Lodge Street Synagogue. The large concourse of worshippers on that occasion is a fair demonstration that this reform was desired by the vast majority of the members of that synagogue, and is approved of by the members of other congregations.
The choice consists of thirty-two persons: fifteen young ladies, nine lads, seven young men and their leader, Mr. Hess.
The parents of the singers looked especially delighted. Upon us those songs made an indescribable impression. We felt once more the beauty and sublimity of Hebrew poetry. When the passage was sung in Adon Olom, “He is my God, the Redeemer of my life,” etc., tears filled our eyes, feeling once more the truth of these words.
— August 11, 1854
150 Years ago
Will the gentleman who wrote to us some time ago offering us old volumes of the American Israelite, please write again; his letter has been mislaid.
Wanted
By the congregation “Adas Israel,” of Louisville, Ky. A Chasan, who is capable of reciting prayers in English and German, can instruct a choir, and also teach a Sabbath-school. To a competent man a liberal salary will be paid. Traveling expenses will only be allowed the successful candidate. Address all applications to S. Ullman, President, 229 Fifth St.
— August 13, 1875
125 Years ago
Jottings
– Rabbi M.L. Zielonka has accepted a call to El Paso, Texas.
– Professor Richard Gottheil of Columbia University, New York, sailed last week for London, to attend the Zionist conference.
– The Jewish population of Nome, Alaska, is estimated at about 800 souls. There are quite a number of women and children among them.
– At Baltimore, Md., Louis Riebel, Jr., 28 years of age, a Christian by birth, embraced the Jewish faith. He was married to a Jewess two years ago and has finally come to her way of believing. Mr. Riebel is a prosperous businessman.
– Three hundred and forty-seven Jewish immigrants who were detained by the Ottawa authorities on board the Elder-Dempster steamship “Lake Champlain,” were admitted through the efforts of Baron de Hirsch Institute of Montreal.
— August 16, 1900
100 Years ago
Vacational Observations
Women have an understanding among themselves that man is essentially a child: “Every man needs to be mothered from cradle to grave. He cannot be trusted without the woman, child that he is. A successful mother is always a successful wife, for she instinctively includes her husband among her children and, accordingly, treats him with patience, forebearance, and benignity.”
Among themselves men caught at the naivety of women. They know that they are not children, that they do things to hurt and things to please pretty consciously. But they would not disabuse the woman’s mind from what turns out to be a convenient for them illusion.
Letter to the Editor
I have had the pleasure of visiting recently the sacred land of Palestine which has filled my spirit with glorious remembrances. While going through the picturesque shores of the Lake of Tiberiades, I have had to pause with a feeling of religious respect mingled with patriotic pride, before the tomb of the illustrious philosopher, legitimate honor of Israel and of Spain, Maimonides, the great Cordobian, who illumined with the dazzling light of his genius the medieval shadows.
I saw with sorrow and pain that the tomb of the glorious Spanish Jew is abandoned, almost in ruins, and this has deeply wounded my spirit, and I felt the flush of shame come to my cheeks. So I made the request that the [tomb’s authorities] patronize my subscriptions to restore the tomb of Maimonides. They have accepted my initiative with enthusiasm and the subscription has been opened, heading it myself with 5,000 pesetas, and with 5,000 pesetas more of Don Manuel Ortega.
— August 13, 1925
75 Years ago
Deaths
– Mrs. Sarah Stern, President Apartments, passed away Thursday, Aug. 3.
– Mr. Jacob Sternberg, of 408 Ludlow Avenue, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 2.
– Joseph S. Levi, of 4515 Barbara Place, passed away Saturday, Aug. 5.
– Fred R. Samuelson, of 515 Melish Avenue, passed away Friday, Aug. 4.
– Mrs. Pauline Winston, of 4383 Kalama Court, Kenwood, passed away Friday, Aug. 4.
Professional Notes
Leonard Kirschner announces his association with Joseph L. Meyer, Benjamin S. Schwartz, and Harry M. Wasserman in the general practice of law at their new location at 405 Schwartz Building, 906 Main Street.
Bar Mitzvah
Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Litwack, of 4239 Rose Hill Avenue, announce the forthcoming bar mitzvah of their son, Michael, Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Louis Feinberg Synagogue.
— August 10, 1950
50 years ago
Day School Laboratory
Rabbi Milton Deutsch, educational director of Cincinnati Hebrew Day School recently announced acquisition of extensive science materials, enabling the school to add a full science lab to its existing facilities—materials for teaching biology, chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy, and health.
Male Nurses at Jewish Hospital
Much publicity has been given to the tearing down of sex barriers by women who have entered fields formerly open only to men. But what of men who have chosen occupations traditionally dominated by women?
Bar/Bas Mitzvah
– Our youngest son, H. Glenn Schulman will be Bar Mitzvah, Saturday morning, Aug. 30, at Temple Sholom.
– Our son, Marc Alan, will be called to the Torah to participate in services on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Aug. 23, at Adath Israel.
– Dear Friends, please join us in our forthcoming Simcha for our daughter, Mollie Ann Bernstein. Her Bas Mitzvah will take place on Sunday, Aug. 24th, at Golf Manor Synagogue.
— August 14, 1975
25 Years ago
Confirmation
– Rockdale Temple celebrates adult confirmation of Allen Tenenholtz, Phyllis Tenenholtz, Colleen Foegle, Mark Ekstrand, and Dr. Morton Mallin.
– Wise Temple 2000 confirmation class includes: Jeffrey Elkus, Becca Baum, Brandon Williams, Mandi Zola, Philip Vogel, Emily Becker, Julie Gould, Stacia Schwartz, Elizabeth Foster, Alexandra Slutzky, Aaron Greenberg, David Schmerler, Brooke Snyder, Ellen Silver, Louie Pastor, Jeffrey Warshaw, Sam Lieberman, Justin Cohen, Mindi Greenberg, Amanda Mayerson, Rachel Lindy, Stefanie Clayton, Rachel Pleatman, Jill Donenfeld, Blair Loftspring, Cassie Iseman, Joel Schulman, Jeffrey Postow, J.D. Rosensweig, Adam Safdi, Jason Mellman, Nolan Kaplan.
Births
Stephen and Lisa (Munick) Haffer announce the birth of their son, Drew Ryan, who was born on August 1, 2000. Proud big sister is Jane Louise. Drew’s maternal grandparents are Dr. Leo Munick of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the late Jane Munick. His paternal grandparents are Gloria and Myles Haffer of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Bar Mitzvah, August 19
Adath Israel celebrates Melissa Ann Glazer becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Rockdale Temple celebrates Stephanie Owens, daughter of Lois and Jim Owens, becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Ohav Shalom celebrates Jordan Berman becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
Wise Temple celebrates Julianna Warren-Novick becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
— August 17, 2000
10 Years ago
– Dr. Gary P. Zola speaks at opening of new exhibit on Lincoln and American Jewry at Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois.
– On July 8 eight Holocaust educators, four from Cincinnati and four from Netanya, Israel, began an 18–day voyage to improve how they teach the Holocaust. They visited Cincinnati, Poland, and Israel…
JCRC Annual Meet
The 76th Jewish Community Relations Council Annual Meeting was held on June 8, 2015 at the Mayerson Jewish Community Center. In attendance were business leaders, ministers, religious leaders, University presidents, politicians, local state representatives, Cincinnati City Council members and Mayor John Cranley (pictured below).
— August 13, 2015
