In the Beginning: 1854
Each week The American Israelite will print an item from the first years.
Letter-Box of the Israelite
Mr. Gustavus L. Westheimer. — We take this method to inform this gentleman, that his correspondence and literary labors will always be welcome to the editor of the Israelite. It has been remarked previously, that it is our desire to concentrate in the Israelite the Jewish talents of the Anglo-Jewish community. Every new contributor to the Israelite is to us one step forward in the realization of our desire.
— November 10, 1854
150 Years ago
Foreign Record
– In Germany some effort is being made under government authority to classify races by ethnological or physical characteristics, so as to divide North Germans from South Germans. The Jews are excluded from this peculiar investigation.
– The present Jewish year 5635 being the “year of release,” it has been decided by the Universal Israelitish Alliance that the Jewish colony under cultivation at Jaffa shall lie fallow during the year in accordance with the Scriptural injunction.
– Mr. G. Grove, the Honorary Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund, has written to the London Times to announce a discovery by M. Ganneau, identifying the site of Gezer, a border town appropriated to the Levites (as mentioned in Numbers) the words “Boundary of Gezer” having been found on a rock between Jaffa and Jerusalem.
Editor’s Note: Scholars have dated the inscription from Gezer to the first century BCE based on paleographic evidence.
NOTICE
I hereby warn the public against a young man who travels under the name of Dr. Kirschbaum, from place to place, and who by his pleasing address has induced many to bestow upon him favors and money in a very liberal manner.
This Man Kirschbaum is neither a doctor nor a jurist, but simply a VILLAINOUS IMPOSTER. I request all Jewish papers to copy.
-Rev. J. L. Leucht
— November 13, 1874
125 Years ago
Jottings
– Templ Emanu-El congregation, of San Francisco, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary next September.
– The corner-stone of Beth Shalome synagog was laid at Danville, Va., a few days ago. The structure will cost $7,000.
– Governor Candler of Georgia recently proved that he was imbued with the true American spirit by promptly pardoning J.A. Waters of Hill County, a Seventh Day Adventist who had been sentenced to the chaingang for violation fo the State Sunday law.
– Some new facts about Pinero, the great English realistic playwright, are given by Mr. Malcolm C. Salamon. The dramatist is, it seems, of a singularly modest temperament. Inclined to take his honors unassumingly and never assured of the success of his forthcoming plays until they have actually received a triumph. Although Pinero is a thorough Englishman, Mr. Salamon believes that he derives much of the force and beauty of his character from his Sephardic ancestry.
Foreign Notes
– In the districts of Popow and of Pskow, Russia, the peasantry have been brought by constant struggle with traction so nearly to the condition of animals that they pass the winter, like them, in a state of practical hibernation, doing almost without food.
– From Vienna is announced the death of Friedrich Freiherr von Leitenberg, the founder of the Austrian Society against anti-Semitism. The deceased was a Christian, but made no distinction between Jews and Christians, being very liberal to both. He has bequeathed 80,000 florins for the poor of Vienna without distinction of creed.
— November 16, 1899
100 Years ago
Foreign Notes
– Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, was recognized by the French high commissioner of Syria as an official holiday in that country. All government offices were closed on that day.
– The question of Palestine’s independence is further being discussed in the Arab press. Opinions, however, vary on the subject. In reply to an article recently published by the “Lisan-ul-Arab” on the impossibility of independence of Palestine, the editor of “Al-Jezil” shows, in a long article, that independence is quite necessary to Palestine.
Jottings
– Temple Beth Emeth, of Albany, New York, has donated to the Hebrew Union College Library at Cincinnati, the Rabbi Max Schlesinger Memorial Library.
– By a vote of fifty-two per cent for and forty-eight against, the Province of Quebec, Canada, has gone dry. The dry voters were largely rural, and they out-voted the cities.
– The Euclid Avenue Temple Congregation of Cleveland, Ohio, dedicated their beautiful new temple house on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week. The outstanding feature of the occasion was the address by Dr. David Philison, of Cincinnati, who was one of the teachers of Louis Wolsey, Rabbi of the congregation. The congregation is the oldest in Cleveland and one of the largest int he United States, having over twelve hundred members.
— November 13, 1924
75 Years ago
Cincinnati Social and Personal
– Dr. Miriam B. Urban, professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts, University of Cincinnati, and widely known lecturer, is giving a study group for members of the Cincinnati Junior League.
The meetings, which will total four in number, deal with contemporary world issues. Approximately 25 members of the league have been attending these weekly meetings at the home of Mrs. John Colville Taylor, 5 East Rookwood Drive.
The series began with a consideration of the Atlantic Pact, has covered Yugoslavia and New Germany, and will be concluded with a meeting Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. on the French Revolution and Modern Parallels.
– Mrs. Max Stern’s annual Thanksgiving party will be held Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m., at the Cincinnati Association for the Blind headquarters, 1548 Central Parkway.
– Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, the Adolph S. Ochs professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew Union College and director of the American Jewish Archives, has returned after a visit in Syracuse on behalf of the combined campaign of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
– University of Cincinnati Students have received the fall issue of Profile, quarterly “general interest“ magazine. Sherwood Kohn, 6234 Savannah Avenue, liberal arts sophomore, is literary editor. Alvin Felman, M. Orab, O., liberal arts union, is business manager. Mr. Kohn is a son of Stan Kohn, staff artist of The Enquirer
— November 17, 1949
50 years ago
Bar Mitzvah
– Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Magenheim are pleased to announce the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Douglas, on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 10:45 a.m., at Temple Sholom.
Friends and relatives are cordially invited to worship with the family and attend the Kiddish immediately following the service.
Douglas is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Steinberg and Mrs. Belle Magenheim and the late Morris Magenheim of Elzabeth, N.J.
– Dear friends and relatives,
We are pleased to announce the forthcoming Bar Mitzvah of our son, David Brian, on Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) Nov. 28 at 10:45 a.m. at Temple Sholom, Longmeadow and Ridge Road.
You are cordially invited to attend the service and the kiddush following.
David is the grandson of Jack and Fannie Kessler and Mrs. M. J. (Frieda) Greenberg. No Cards.
Sincerely, Bud and Jerry Moss
– Mr. and Mrs. Kenneith Mandell take great pleasure in announcing the forthcoming Bar Mitzvah of their son Jeffrey R. Mandell, Saturday, Nov. 23, at 9 a.m., at Adath Israel Synagogue, Ridge and Galbraith Roads.
Friends and relatives are cordially invited to worship with the family and attend the Kiddish following the services.
Jeffrey is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Benny Mandell, Mrs. Sidney Goldfarb, and Mr. Julius Fox, of this city.
Bas Mitzvah
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosenthal are pleased to announce the Bas Mitzvah of their daughter Lori Ellen, on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Rockdale Temple.
Lori is the granddaughter of Mrs. Wilbert Rosenthal and the late Mr. Rosenthal; and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Goldberg of Charleston, W.Va.
Relatives and friends are cordially invited to worship with the family and to attend the Kiddish immediately following the service.
— November 14, 1974
25 Years ago
Wiesel talks, Weiland honored at 17th HUC-JIR Tribute Dinner; funds raised set new record
By Joan Porat
Contributing Writer
The 17th Annual Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner for Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion shattered fundraising records for charitable dinners in Cincinnati, according to James G. Heldman, Cincinnati Associates chairman. The dinner honoring Richard A. Weiland and featuring guest speaker Elie Wiesel drew more than 1,250 people and exceeded the College-Institute’s goal of $1,675,000 of which $1 million goes to the HUC-JIR general fund and the remainder to a new Center for Holocaust Education and the HUC-JIR campus.
The success of the Nov. 7 event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel was a direct result of the personal energy and commitment of community activists Weiland, president of Richard Consulting Corporation, successive speakers pointed out. Weiland, a memoir of Cincinnati Associates since its inception, currently serves on more than 30 boards and commissions.
There was also much kidding about Weiland, whose suit pockets are always crammed with telephone numbers on paper scraps, whose meeting-filled days leave him no time to change clothes. On behalf of the Associates, dinner co-chairman Mona Kerstine presented him with a 10-pocket wrinkle-free travel blazer.
— November 18, 1999
10 Years ago
JCC welcomes Rick Lefton as Director of Development
The Mayerson JCC is pleased to announce that Rick Lefton has joined the JCC staff as the new Director of Development. Lefton brings a wealth of professional experience to this position, most recently as the Planned Giving Officer for the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. While remaining a part of the Federation’s Development Department team, Rick will spearhead sponsorship and fundraising opportunities for the JCC.
“We are very excited to have Rick Lefton joining our team at the JCC,” said Marc Fisher, CEO of the Mayerson JCC. “As the Jewish Federation leads our communal development efforts, it is great to have a team member on the JCC that has been trained and vetted by the Federation and its development program,” he added.
Jewish Community Relations Council creates award in honor of philanthropist, lobbyist and local icon Dick Weiland
There are already 14 establishments in Cincinnati named in Cincinnatian Dick Weiland’s honor, and this spring those honors will reach 15 when the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) presents the inaugural Dick Weiland Community Relations Award at the Mayerson JCC, during the JCRC’s annual meeting in June.
The award will be given to community leaders who exemplify Dick’s ability to promote inclusion while collaborating with leaders from diverse communities to address issue facing the Greater
Cincinnati area. Nominees will be solicited from throughout the community with an advisory board selecting the winner.
— November 13, 2014
