Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1942 Page: 2 of 8
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THE JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
November 5, 1942
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Kdvtoory Committee: M M Feld. William Salman,
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4nd scientific plane the organization must be as-
sured of at least a minimum income (not paper
iromises) of more than a thousand; dollars a month,
twelve thousand dollars per year. From a
made of the cost of maintaining similar
itutions throughout the country, the average
per person is well over six hundred dollars
per year. The cost is proportionately higher for in-
stitutions having fewer than twenty-five guests.
The next question anses — how is the proposed
to be financed? Is each and qvery case to be a
f case? Are paying guests to be admitted?
know there are two types o£ individuals needing
services of such an institution. Those who
pay far themselves; the othe* who can not.
are the proponents of this project thinking
g this phiue of the financial aspect of the
upon which the instituticAi will be found-
What provisions are to be m$de for supervis-
? These are matters which must be considered
in making plans to finance the institution. If the .
peed arose for admission and only one bed were
available, and there were two applicants — one a
bay guest and the other a charity patient — which
would be given the preference? WitK finance a
hit strained, would not such a situation annul the
entire premise upon which the proposed organiza-
tion seems to be making its appc4- -
Let us return once again to the need for such an
msututioo. We pointed out in our last issue that
(he existing facilities are sufficient to meet present
demands of our aged in the city. The orthodox
Home for the Aged in Memphis, a B’nai B'rith
institution, is ready to take care o£ those men and
Women who need this attention. The local Wolff
Memorial Home will subvent those who are not
able to maintain themselves in homes of their
own chosing. Those who are orthodox will be
placed in homes adhering to orthodoxy; those who
are indifferent to orthodoxy, in homes of their
choice. We feel that such arrangements are indeed
tort unate for those elder people who suddenly find
themselves without funds, without hope and with-
put family.
In light of these two opportunities—the Home
tor the Aged in Memphis which is orthodox and
the arrangements which the Pauline Sterne Wolff
Memorial is willing to make, we say again that
liuch a home as proposed for Houston is not needed.
If the existing agencies are not taking care of those
who should be taken care of, then by all means let
us investigate these agencies. But let us not tug at
the emotional heart strings of people and sell them
vo much dross for gold.
I am certain that the leadership in this venture
is amenable to reason. There is a time for action
in every phase of communal endeavor — but that
time for action can only come when conditions
are npe for such action and the groundwork has
hern laid, the plan of action outlined and the field
of operation surveyed. We have responsible lead-
ership and men of integrity in our midst. We
also have communally minded men and women
who can review a situation and advise upon a
course of action. We think it fitting and proper
to point out to this leadership which has the wel-
fare of those old folks at heart, to ask a responsible,
impartial committee to function with them in as-
certaining such a need and to make public the
! Hidings of this committee. If the decision is
tavorablc we will shout the good news from the
housetops — if it is not, we are certain the lead-
ership of the proposed venture will then retire
with the full satisfaction of knowing that they
had good intentions and high motives but this was
neither the place nor the time for such an institu-
Home For Aged..
(Continued from page I)
Jewish citizens for quit* some
time. Surprising how enthu-
siastically every one who has
been approached has received
this new organization. It has
been the dream and hope of many
of our Orthodox groups that in
the course of time we would es-
tablish a strictly Orthodox home
in Houston and observe the strict
Kosher Dietary Laws for our
aged men and women who would
like to spend their declining years
in an environment that they know
to be strictly Orthodox and ob-
servant of the Kosher Dietary
Laws.
This organization did not spring
into being over night nor was it
thought up by any one particular
individual, rather, it was the want
and the will and the desire of a
group that has made unusual pro-
gress since it was founded. In
less than thirty days _we pride
ourselves that we have enrolled
more than two hundred memb-
ers and definite plans have been
formulated to proceed with the
endeavor until the establishment
of such a home is accomplished
in our community.
Our meetings are open to the
public and we invite every one
interested in this project to at-
tend. We feel quite fortunate in
having been able to elect reput-
able citizens of our community
who are taking the initiative to
see that a home of this kind is
established on a sound basis,
community wide, and if you
please, state wide.
A very interesting article ap-
peared in the Herald-Voice, dated
Oct. 28th, heading of same “Do
we need a home for the aged?"
To many of the readers this was
confusing since the heading did
not cover the type of home this
new organization is fostering. Had
the heading read to say “Do we
need a strictly Orthodox home
for aged?” those who are inter-
ested in gur endeavor would have
better understood the general
outline of the article.
This great land of ours, full of
opportunity, has given hospitality
to all of us who at one time or
another came here for the purpose
of establishing ourselves, being
permitted to lead our lives as
best we saw fit. We adhere to
the laws of our land as laid
down by our democratic form of
government and it is only through
ambitions and energies well di-
rected which allow us to enjoy
the comforts that we do.
Of course an institution of this
kind is something -different be-
cause we have never had any-
thing like it before and as our
Jewish community grows there
are going to be other endeavors
that are so sorely needed that
it will come from the people
themselves unless the so called
leaders of today take cognizance
of the needs. It need not be said
that by the nods of the heads of
a few that a thing such as this has
come, into being, and it should
be said that it has been the hope
and. the prayer of many of our
Orthodox Jews who have for
many years seen the need for a
home of this kind that their
prayers have been answered. It
might be well for many of our
individuals who agree with us or
disagree with us to attend our
meetings where they can receive
the facts much better than by
listening to others at street cor-
GALYE8TON, TEXAS
Morris Plantowsky, general
manager of Plantowsky Furniture
Company, who enlisted in the
army air corps, departed last Fri-
day for San Antonio for assign-
ment He was honored by store
employes and their families at a
dinner Thursday night at which
time he was presented with a fit-
ting gift.
Mr. Plantowsky for the past two
years has been secretary and
treasurer of the Galveston Furni-
ture Dealers’ Association. He also
is a member of the Galveston
Chamber of Commerce and the
Lions Club, and was active in all
civic work.
Mrs. Plantowsky is the former
Henryetta Zuber of Houston.
Friends Honor
Dr. M. Levinson
tJlea/ul >ut stUe JloJdu&L
By DAVID DEUTSCH.
Dr. Marcus- Levinson who re-
cently enlisted in the Dental Corp
of the United States Army attend-
ed a farewelT dinner given by
many of his friends of the city of
Houston. This dinner was spon-
sored by the Houston Zionist
District of which Dr. Levinson
was a Past President.
Abram L. Geller, Vice President
and Chairman of the Cultural
Committee of the Houston Zion-
ist District was master of cere-
monies. Over a hundred of Dr.
Levinson’s friends participated
in the dinner and words of greet-
ings and farewells were expressed
by the leading officers of the
leading organizations of the city
of Houston. The B’nai B’rith, the
Jewish Community Council, the
various congregations, the many
Zionist organizations and the
Rabbis of the city were all rep-
resented.
Moe Mandel, the present Presi-
dent of the Houston Zionist Dis-
trict, presented Dr. Levinson with
a certificate certifying that his
name had been inscribed in the
Golden Book of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund in Jerusalem for
which $100.00 was subscribed by
many of Dr. Levinson’s friends.
Dr. Levinson expressed his thanks
and appreciation to the Zionists
and to his many friends for this
farewell affair. The Arrange-
ment Committee consisted of
Pincus Juran, vice president of
the Zionist District and Mike
Jacobson, treasurer.
FOR VICTORY BUY BONDS
ners.
Of course we have a definite
program, and of course we fully
realize the responsibility of such
an institution on this community
as well as other communities. We
are proceeding soundly and se-
curely. We have taken counsel
and our plans are in the hands
of a well meaning group, working
—working untiringly with no
selfish motive—yes, these are cri-
tical times, but is there or has
there been any time in our Jewish
history that has not been critical
for our people?
In order to further enlighten
the Jewry of Houston regarding
this institution it is our intention
to publish from time to time
other articles incorporating fur-
ther details of vital importance.
We hope and trust that the
Houston Jewry will cooperate
with us and assist us in reaching
our noble goal and objective.
Jack Robins.
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INTERESTING IF TRUE
Charles P. Taft, who divides his time between
his Cincinnati newspaper and membership on the
President’s War Relief Control Board, is alleged
to be angry because Jews haven’t unanimously
entered local war chests. The people who report
his attitude fail to say that they,didn’t tell Mr.
Taft or his associates why many communities have
chosen to raise funds as before while co-operating
fully with war chests even if Jewish welfare funds
arc not included . . . Reports have it that the
Anti-Defamation League isn’t particularly happy
about the results of its merger with the American
Jewish Committee in the Joint Defense Appeal.
Feeling that while the B’nai B’rith puts- in its
enormous strength throughout the country to
insure the success of the campaign, the other fel-«
lows take off the cream of the crop when it comes
to dividing the money . . . It’s said that it wasn’t
Slimner Welles who was responsible for defining
the Jewish refugee children from France as of
“no particular race or nationality” but some Jewish
“friends” who were afraid that anti-Jewish agita-
tion would be started if “as many as five thous-
and Jews” were reported to be entering America’s
gates , . . There’s a movement under way to es-
tablish a school for Jewish communal workers to
take the place of the unlamented, deceased Gradu-
ate School of Jewish Social Work in New York.
Idea is to train not only social workers but ex-
ecutives for all branches of Jewish service on the
theory that plenty of those in Jewish service today
really ought to find out what “Jewish” means.
NO GLQATING, PLEASE
Appreciation is hereby extended to the members
of Hadassah who voted for David Deutsch rather
than their President in rejecting a “hush-hush”
policy on Judah Magnes’ Ichud proposition to put
up a little ghetto in Palestine. The spunky women
gave one of the finest exhibitions of democracy
ever seen in this land when they stood right up to
their leaders, talked back to them and made them
back down . . . That official Jewish publicity often
is less than completely historical can be judged
from a newspaper release issued by Hadassah,
which glossed over the entire exciting episode and
even more or less ignored the fact that Hadassah
had joined with the Z. O. A. in squelching a bi-
national state in Palestine in an Arab Middle
Eastern Federation. Rushing swiftly over the em-
barrassing episode (embarrassing for the home of-
fice, that is), the release took a strange slant, saying
that the Hadassah convention “also endorsed the
‘policy of friendship and co-operation with the Arabs
of Palestine affirmed by successive Zionist Con-
gresses,’ and although it said ‘that any program
which denies’ the fundamental principles of the
Biltmore Conference ‘such as advanced by the
Ichud or any other group is unacceptable to the
Zionist Organization of America and Hadassah,’
also stated that it would ‘seek to find every possible
avenue to establish good-will and active collabora-
tion between the two peoples’.” Seems as though
the release were trying to say to the general public:
“Sorry, folks, you know how it is when a group
of women get together. They sometimes don’t
know what they’re talking about. But we’re cor-
recting it.”)
PERSONS IN THE NEWS
Did you know that Congressman Samuel A.
Weiss of Glassport, Pa., divides his week-ends be-
tween running his Pittsburgh law office and referee-
ing special football games? He is probably the
only governmental official — certainly the only
member of Congress — who’s a football referee. As
a member of the B’nai B’rith National War Service
Committee, he was responsible for the organiza-
tion’s war service project resulting in the distri-
bution of some 5,000 indoor football games to Army
posts, submarine crews, etc. throughout the world
, . . Anna Appel, the jovial Mrs. Cohen of NBC’s
“Abie’s Irish Rose,” is back at her old love, the
Yiddish stage, playing a part in Molly Picon’s new
Yiddish musical comedy, “What A Life,” by Molly’s
husband, Jacob Kalich . . Too bad Jack Benny
is the target for that Canadian church group which
resents the fact that the traditional evening’church
program on the Canadian networks is to be replaced
by the Benny half-hour. Probably he’s more upset
about it than the clergymen, but he doesn’t sell
his show or arrange the times ... If St. Louis gets-
the musical comedy stock company that the As-
sociated Retailers of that city are trying to promote
it will be because of the energy of Max Koenigs-
berg, who sponsored the idea. He was one of the
founders of the famous Forest Park theatre project.
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