Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1954 Page: 1 of 52

                                
Our Best Wishes For A Happy Holiday
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Volume VIII—No. 51_IN OUR EIGHTH YEAR    Thursday, December 23, 1954 CHANUKAH ISSUE 52 Pages — 25 Cents Per Copy
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HAPPY HOLIDAY    ,
Here is your Post Chanu-.
kah Issue. We hope you like '
it. A1 Segal will take you back
to the time of the Macabees and
tell you how he “was there”
(and so were you!) In your
postpages you’ll find a long
feature on how Jews have
helped our servicemen from
the “Civil War to the Cold
War.” Counterparts of the
women and men in your com-
munity have been trying to
fill the spiritual and morale
needs of the military for near-
ly a 100 years. You’d be sur-
prised to learn tha>t service-
men of blue and grey worship-
ped with each other during
the high holy days.
We’re sure you’ll like your
postpics. We’ve paged a few
this issue with the help of post-
tographers Paul Bynum in
Dallas and Bob Bogen in Fort
Worth.
We’re especially grateful for
the fine support given us by
our advertisers. Our loyal ad-
vertisers deserve your paton-
age. We’d appeciate it greatly
if you would mention that you
saw their ad in the Texas
Jewish Post.
To our subscribers, readers
and advertisers we wish the
best of holidays. We trust that
in the coming year the world
will see the true meaning of
Peace. Shalom..
It seems so ridiculous for
people to continue salughter-
ing each other. In the final
analysis they have to talk
things over.
For us that Friday evening
prayer keeps repeating over
and over: . . . when all men
will beat their swords into
ploughshares. . . and the world
will know war no more. . .
Have a happy holiday, folks.
And may God bless you.
Dallas Hadassah Israeli
Style Show Dec. 28
The entire Jewish commun-
ity has been extended a cordial
invitation by Dallas Chapter
of Hadassah president, Mrs. A.
J. Lukin, to the Israel Style
Show and Brunch at the Dallas
Athletic Country Club, De-
cember 28 at 10:45. Final plans
for this glamorous affair in-
clude the showing of an ex-
quisite collection of daytime,
evening and children’s wear,
which is currently touring the
United States after its Ameri-
can premier last August at the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New
York City. These fashions were
flown to this country from Jer-
usalem where they were orig-
inally designed and created by
the dressmaking students of
the Alice L. Seligsberg Voca-
tional High School, a school
created and supported by Ha-
dassah,
The program which is under
the direction of Mrs. Gerald
Segal is being coordinated by
Mrs. Philip Vogel. Miss Gerry
Johnson, KRLD-TV star will
State Dept. Clears
Near East Policy
WASHINGTON (WNS) The
State Department, in a pamph-
elt tracing the development of
American policy toward Israel
and the Arab countries, declar-
ed that American policy in that
region of the world has the
aim of developing political and
economic stability throughout
the Near East and that it is
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Agudas Achim Will Hold
Haniskah Supper Dec 26
Agudas Achim will close
out Chanukah with a gala cele-
bration on Sunday, December
26th, at a buffet supper featur-
ing all the delicacies which
Mamma ued to make. Begin-
ning at 7 p.m. and for as long
as you can eat, you will be wel-
come to serve yourself.
Top-n o t c h entertainment
will be on hand to make the
evening flow pleasantly. Star-
ring will be Miriam Galerstein
and her famous guitar, Jackie
Glatzer on the violin accom-
panied by Joyce Feinberg.
Vocalists Jeanette Abramson
and Mrs. Frederic Joseph will
lead a Chanukah sing-song.
Chartlote Leipman will play
the piano. M. C. will be Max
Robins.
Admission will be free for
all paid-up members of the
Congregation and their wives.
For all others the admission
price is $2.00 per person.
Youngsters will be admitted
for $1.00 each.
Make sure not to miss this
delightful Chanukah affair.
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F. W. Men’s Club
Election Sunday
The Men’s Club of Congre-
gation Ahavath Sholom will
have an election breakfast this
Sunday, December 26 at the
synagogue.
Slate of officers suggested
by the nominating committee
includes the following:    Ben
Coplin, president; Joe Tills,
first vice president; Julius
Blum, 2nd vice president; Milt
Hamill, secretary; Dave
Klimist, treasurer; Leslie
Frankrich, Sgt.-at-arms; and
Buddy Rosen, Chaplain.
Proposed for the board of
directors are the following:
Sherman Resnick, Jerry Leff,
Max Shapiro, Marvin Glazer,
Mickey Mermelstein, Norman
Rosen, Marty Sonkin, Bernie
Solway, David Luskey, Cecil
Prinz, Mannie Soloman, Joe
Zenick, Charles Cohen, Sid '
Diamond, A1 Wexler and Ed.
Kriesberg. Of these, nine will
be elected.
Featured at the breakfast
will be a film, “Great Gridiron
Highlights of the Past”, to be
shown by Zake Handler.
There will be no charge for
members who have paid their
11955 dues.
LIGHTING MENORAHS in observance of Chanukah are G i 11 a Silverman, 3V2, and her
mother, Mrs. Hillel Silverman. Mrs. Silverman is the wife of Rabbi Hillel Silverman of Con-
gregation Shearith Israel, Dallas.
RABBI ROSENBAUMS
TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
Rabbi and Mrs. Rosenbaum
will be at home to all families
of the Beth-El Congregation
and other friends in the com-
munity on Sunday, Dec. 26th
from 3 to 5 p.m. at their new
residence at 2016 Windsor
Place.
be the commentator for the
fashion show. Miss Aviva Hali-
ban, professional Israel singer,
will also perform. Models will
be Mmes. Morris Glaser,
Maurice Pullman, Joseph
Enkowitz, William Susman,
Edwin Ornish, Stanley Pearle,
M. J. Beckerman, Elton
Schackman, Evri Mendel,
Bradley Wayne, Sherman Kap-
lan, Ha r r y Shapiro, Louis
Rubin, Bertram Kessel, Arthur
Dominus, Milton Kessel,
Sylvan Ray, Jack Schindel-
heim, Eugene Weston, Mit-
chell Bernstein, William S.
Miller, Miss Shirley Womble.
Children of Hadassah members
who will also model are Mitzi
Shapiro, Ina Kaplan, Aaron
Kaplan, Betty Glazer, and
Barbara Michaelson.
Reservations which cost
$1.45 may be obtained by con-
tacting Mrs. Raymond S.
Teguns, 5403 Wateka.
postcolumn:
Plain Talk
By ALFRED SEGAL
I WAS THERE
Mr. Ziprin (he’s head of the syndicate that distributes this
column) admonishes me to be sure and write something aboui
Chanukah. And what to say again of Chanukah about which sc
much has been written by others, as well as by me, in all the
centuries?
So, thinking of this or which I may write about Chanukah, 1
suddenly remember: Yes, I was there when it all began—as
far back as the years 175-164 before the Christian era by which
the universal calendar dates us all. Yes, sure enough, I was
there.
As one of the Jews of that period (we’ve never died, really!)
I can remember the events. My father patted me fondly on my
young head when he went away to fight with the Maccabees
against the king, Antiochus Epiphanes, far back there, in 175.
Your family was living in Jerusalem then, and I was 10 or
thereabouts. My name wasn’t Alfred then. I was then'called
Abraham for the father of us all; for short, I was known to my
parents and brothers and sisters as Abba. (Long, long later I
was to be given the name Alfred in the style of nomenclature
of the period.)
It’s all to the good for a Jew to take himself back almost
3,000 years, as I am doing: It lends him the dignity of feeling
like an eternal man. So let’s all go together back to that ancient
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