Page 4 UNIVERSITY NEWS November, 1952
NEW COURSES REFLECT GROWTH OF UNIVERSITY
Justin G. Turner
Reports Progress
Already the only Jewish institution
west of Mississippi empowered to con-fer
degrees, the University of Judaism
is assured continued progress as the
largest center of higher Jewish learn-ing
in the western half of the United
States through the addition this year of
new faculty members and new courses.
This was emphasized by Justin G.
Turner, Chairman of the Board of
Governors, in reporting that enroll-ment
figures for the current Fall
semester promise to maintain the 500
high mark set last year.
Attendance in the University Insti-tute
evening classes and the Women's
Institute morning sessions would ac-count
for approximately 300 students,
divided quite evenly. Balance of the en-rollment
is distributed over the Teach-er's
Institute, Graduate School. Valley
Branch and the West End Extension.
New courses offered by the Uni-
JUSTIN G. TURNER
versity of Judaism this semester in-cluded
Jewish Vocational Guidance,
taught by Hyman Rogosin. Vocational
Counselor at the Jewish Employment
and Counseling Service; The Jewish
•"community of Los Angeles, with
Charles Zibbell. Assistant Executive
Secretary of the Los Angeles Jewish
Community Council, as instructor; The
Music of the New Israel, offered by
Dr. Anneliese Landau, Music Director
of the Jewish Centers Association, and
Contemporary Jewish Literature,
taught by Professor Robert R. Kirsch
of the UCLA Graduate Department of
Journalism.
As always, since the founding of the
University of Judaism, prime interest
of most students remains in Hebrew.
Yiddish. Religion, Bible, Talmud. His-tory,
Sociology and Literature.
From STRENGTH to STRENGTH
WELCOME TO SCHOLAR — Dr. Paul Chertoff is welcomed to the community
by Board member Emil Brown. Max Zimmer, Treasurer of the Board of Over-seers
and Founders Day Co-Chairman, joins Harry Maizlish, Secretary of the
Board, in extending their greetings to the Visiting Professor of Rabbinics.
Dr, Paul Chertoff Welcomed as
Visiting Professor and Lecturer
Dr. Paul Chertoff, Associate Professor of Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, is the distinguished visiting professor to grace the Uni-versity
of Judaism faculty roster this year.
Warmly welcomed by the community at a reception in his honor, Dr.
Chertoff has been credited by Dr.
Samuel Dinin, Dean of the School of
Education, and Dr. Jacob Kohn. Dean
of the Graduate School, as imparting
a scholarly lustre to his classes in the
Teachers' Institute and Graduate
School.
Courses taught this semester by Dr.
Chertoff in the Teachers' Institute are
Bible, Religion and Talmud while his
subjects in the Graduate School are
Creative Halachah and Readings, and
Yerushalimi.
Dr. Chertoff gave the first of three
scheduled public lectures on the eve-ning
of October 21 in the University
of Judaism before a large audience.
Titled "The Talmud for Everyman,"
the lecture followed a meeting of the
Board of Governors, hosts for the
occasion.
The distinguished educator follows in
the respected footsteps of other visit-
Julius Fligelman Plans
Schedule Around Dinner
Julius Fligelman. member of the
Board of Overseers and the Board of
Governors, will curtail a series of East-ern
business meetings to be back in
time for the November 30 Founders
Day Dinner. Prior to leaving Los
Angeles, Mr. Fligelman had exceeded
his previous efforts in behalf of the
University of Judaism.
ing professors sent to its West Coast
branch by the Jewish Theological Semi-nary
of America. Among them were
Professor Mordecai Kaplan, Professor
Shalom Spiegel, Dr. Shlomo Noble,
Professor Zvi Scharfstein and Dr.
Abraham Menes.
Charles Brown Extends
Founders Day Greetings
Charles Brown, whose guiding coun-sel
as Chairman of the University of
Judaism Executive Committee has long
been a key factor in assuring the suc-cess
of Founders Day Dinners and the
campaign effort generally, has express-ed
his wishes for a most successful
Dinner event and campaign.
Mr. Brown, though limited in his
present activity on doctor's orders, has
pledged to maintain a keen interest
in the University's academic program
and campaign.
Rothschild Foundation
Aids Fine Arts
The B. de Rothschild Foundation for
the Arts and Sciences. Inc.. of New
York has contributed $500 to the Uni-versity
of Judaism for furtherance of
its Fine Arts program.
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KEY FIGURES AT FOUNDERS DAY IMVM II
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, IN BILTMORE HOTEL
DR. LOUIS FINKELSTEIN
Dr. Finkelstein
To Be Speaker
Dr. Louis Finkelstein, Chancellor of
the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America and President of its Faculties,
will be guest of honor and speaker at
the fifth annual Founders Day Dinner
of the University of Judaism on Sun-day,
November 30. in the Biltmore
Hotel Ball Room, where a reception
is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the Dinner
for 6:30 p.m.
The internationally noted educator,
whose inspiring words are well known
to friends of the University of Judaism
since its founding five years ago as
the Seminary's West Coast branch, was
invited to speak at this year's dedica-tory
campaign event by the University's
Board of Overseers.
In announcing the Founders Day
speaker, the Board's Executive Com-mittee
observed that Dr. Finkelstein
would have much of new interest and
significance for West Coast Jewry, in
view of his recent visit to Israel.
During this extended visit, Dr.
Finkelstein conferred an honorary
Seminary degree on David Ben Gurion,
and met with the Prime Minister and
other Israeli leaders to discuss re-ligious
and cultural relations of Israel
and the United States.
An outgrowth of these conferences
is a plan to create a center in Israel
for visiting American Jews. One facet
of this plan is to establish a dormitory
which would house Seminary students
spending a year of study in Israel as
part of their education.
These developments are expected to
prove of particular interest to friends
of the University of Judaism, in that
a number of its students have quali-fied
for admission to the Hebrew Uni-versity
in Jerusalem by achieving
marks in the examinations reflecting
most creditably to the scholastic stature
DORE SCHARY
Dore Schary Will
Chair Evening
Dore Schary, Chairman of the Board of
Overseers of the University of Judaism,
will once again do the honors as chair-man
of the evening at the Founders
Day Dinner.
Reelected at the annual Fall meeting
to head the Board of Overseers for
another year, Mr. Schary has the con-tinued
services of Ben Platt, Theodore
Strimling and Benjamin H. Swig as
Vice-Chairmen. in addition to Mrs.
Bertram Allenberg, newly elected Vice-
Chairman. Reelected as Treasurer was
Max Zimmer, and Harry Maizlish as
Secretary.
David Bassan. Peter Kahn. Jr., and
Harold Easton were named to the Ex-ecutive
Committee comprising Board
officers and members Jacob Alkow,
Mrs. Bertram Allenberg. Mrs. Jack
Beresow, Ely Elias. Aaron Gordon,
Hyman Levine. Cyrus Levinthal, Mrs.
Irwin Reiss. Dr. Nathan S. Saltzman.
Dr. Philip L. Seman, Louis Silver,
Justin G. Turner. Arthur N. Whizin and
Max Zimmer.
New members of the Board of Over-seers
are Dr. George Berson, Henry
Brandler. Edward Hyman, Pincus Karl.
Charles Krown, Hyman Ledeen, George
Lindsey. Judge Isaac Pacht. Joseph
Pasternak, Sam Rudnick, Dr. Arthur
Turbow and Mrs. James Zofness.
BEN PLATT
Ben Platt Again
Heads Campaign
Ben Platt will head the Founders
Day Committee for the third consecu-tive
year, with the campaign goal this
year set as $107.000 in support of the
University of Judaism and its rapidly
expanding educational and cultural
programs.
Named to serve as his Founders Day
Committee Co-Chairmen were Ely
Elias, Peter Kahn. Jr.. Arthur N. Whizin
and Max Zimmer. who was also last
year's Co-Chairman.
Calling on the entire community for
support of the campaign, Mr. Platt
emphasized that the University of
Judaism has been a credit to the entire
community in attaining the status of
largest center of higher Jewish learn-ing
west of Chicago in the short time
of five years.
Serving as committee chairmen for
the Founders Day Dinner that officially
launches the campaign Sunday, Novem-ber
30, in the Biltmore Hotel Ball Room
will be Theodore Strimling, Arrange-ments;
Cyrus Levinthal, Program;
Aaron Gordon, Publicity, and Mmes.
Irwin Reiss and Albert Winnick,
Hostess and Seating.
ETERNAL LIGHT PREVIEW AT DINNER
A Founders Day Dinner custom will be resumed this year on Sunday,
November 30, in the Biltmore Hotel Ball Room through presentation of an
Eternal Light drama.
With the famed Eternal Light radio program slated for a series of four
NBC coast-to-coast broadcasts from Los Angeles November 23 and 30, Decem-ber
7 and 14, it is planned to stage a preview at the Dinner of one of the latter
two offerings, either on a Hanukkah tlieme or an adaptation of the best seller,
"Diary of Anne Frank."
Benjamin Zemach's advanced drama students at the University of Judaism
icill be featured in the production, with distinguished guest stars of stage
and screen.
The four Eternal Light programs, will include an American theme on
November 23 and a folk tale, "King Solomon and the Bee," on November 30.
All four will be recorded in advance on November 20 and 25, December 4 and
11 at 8 p.m. for broadcast over KFI at the regular Sunday time, 9:30 a.m.
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IN MEMORIAM — Now on display at the University of Judaism is this portrait
of the late Peter M. Kahn, Sr., painted by Max Band (right) and officially
presented to the University by Dr. Nathan S. Saltzman. Aaron Gordon, another
close friend of the late Chairman of the Board of Governors, lends a hand.
Peter M. Kahn, Srv Portrait Presented
by Friends to the University
"It is indeed fitting that a portrait of the later Peter M. Kahn, Sr., grace the
walls of the University of Judaism, to which he gave so much of his love for
Jewish education and his understanding of the need for a living Judaism."
These were the words of Dr. Simon Greenberg, Director of the University
of Judaism and Vice-Chancellor of the -
Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer-ica,
when notified by West Coast Ex-ecutive
Director Edward Rosen that
the portrait had been presented to the
University with appropriate ceremonies
at the annual Fall meeting of the
Board of Overseers.
A gift from ten Imperial Valley
friends of the late Mr. Kahn, the
portrait is the work of Max Band,
internationally distinguished artist and
a member of the Board of Overseers.
In making the official presentation.
Dr. Nathan S. Saltzman reflected his
fellow Board members' high regard for
their' former Chairman of the Board
of Governors by paying tribute to Mr.
Kahn's belief in the University as a
vital means for the continuity of Juda-ism
in Los Angeles and on the West
Coast.
As expressed by his friend of many
years, the University of Judaism owes
much to Mr. Kahn as one of its found-ers
and guiding spirits. Dr. Saltzman
also recounted the Kahn role as a
pioneer leader in the fields of Jewish
education, community progress and
philanthropy, and told of his indomit-able
lifelong fight for social justice.
In his later years, Mr. Kahn's keen
interest in Jewish education was
climaxed by his serving as Chairman
of the Bureau of Jewish Education
and as Vice-President of the American
Association for Jewish Education, as
well as Chairman of the Board of
Governors of the University of Judaism
since its founding, 1948 to 1952.
MRS. IRWIN REISS, now Registrar for
all schools of the University of Judaism,
also manages to find time to teach
Leadership courses Ln the Women's
Institute in the city and at its Valley
Branch Tuesday mornings in the Valley
Jewish Community Center.
Judge Irvin Sta!master
Mourned by Community
Another good friend and leader was
lost this year by the University of
Judaism in the death of Judge Irvin
Stalmaster at the age of 55.
Tireless worker on the University's
Board of Overseers, as well as on the
Board of Directors of the Los Angeles
Jewish Community Council, the Wel-fare
Fund and in the field of Jewish
education generally. Judge Stalmaster
became identified with community pro-jects
immediately upon arriving in Los
Angeles 15 years ago.
A Supreme Court Justice in the
State of Nebraska at the age of 31,
Judge Stalmaster headed one of the
West Coast's leading firms in labor
relations law at the time of his death.
President of the Western States Re-gion,
American Association for Jewish
Education, and a national Vice-Presi-dent,
Judge Stalmaster was known as
one of the community's most eloquent
spokesmen in behalf of the University
of Judaism, its academic achievements
and organizational growth.
Fine Arts Event
for January 18
First important project to be spon-sored
by the Fine Arts Committee will
be the presentation of three one-act
plays at the Wilshire Ebell Theater,
4401 West 8th Street. Sunday night,
January 18, it was announced by Mrs.
Maurice Turner. Chairman.
Directed by Benjamin Zemach, who
heads the University's Drama Depart-ment,
the plays will be Alan
Marcus' "Pioneer from Peoria," a new
view of life in Israel; "The Grand
Prize," first act of the Sholem Aleichem
classic, and "Pity for the Blind," anoth-er
play by Alan Marcus, but this time
set in Los Angeles.
Stage design will be by Moi
Solotaroff and music by Gershon
Kingsley. Tickets will be priced at
$1.20, $1.80 and $2.40, and may be pur-chased
at the Wilshire Ebell box-office
or at the University of Judaism,
612 South Ardmore Avenue.
Serving with Mrs. Turner on the
Fine Arts Committee are Jacob Alkow,
Mrs. Bertram Allenberg, Mrs. Henry
Bamberger, Mrs. Harry Beilin, Cantor
Julius Blackman, Sara Compinsky,
Manuel Compinsky, Mrs. Samuel Dinin.
Aaron Gordon, Mrs. Charles Goldring,
Victor Gottlieb, Mrs. Louis Kash, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Korsen, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Krown, Mrs. Bobby Laemmle,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Level, Harry Maiz-lish,
Mrs. Benjamin Miller, Mrs.
Maurice Nafshun, Sylvia Neufeld, Erno
Neufeld, Mrs. Robert Rosenson, Pro-fessor
Martin Ross, Eudice Shapiro,
Mrs. Sam Shapiro, Mrs. Julian Sieroty,
MRS. MAURICE TURNER
Mrs. Maurice Silton, Mrs. Julian Sorin,
Lynn Stalmaster, Mrs. Justin Turner.
Mrs. Arthur Whizin, Mrs. Albert Win-nick,
Mrs. Arthur Wolpe and Mrs.
James Zofness.
Distinguished members of the Drama
Advisory Committee are authors Lion
Feuchtwanger and Irving Fineman;
Gilmor Brown. Director of the Pasa-dena
Community Playhouse; Dr. H.
Kenn Carmichael, Chairman of the
Drama Department at Los Angeles City
College; Kenneth Macgowan, Head
of the Motion Picture Department at
UCLA; Dr. William W. Melnitz, Head
of the Theatre Arts Division at UCLA;
Henry Noerdlinger, Head of the Re-search
Department at Paramount
Studios, and Dore Schary, Vice-Presi-dent
in Charge of Production at MGM.
Serving on the Music Advisory Com-mittee
are Leon Kirschner, David Rose,
David Tamkin, Mario Castelnuovo-
Tedesco, George Wyle and Eric Zeisl.
November, 1952 UNIVERSITY NEWS Page 3
BIBLES PRESENTED — Two sets of Bibles, one of them with German com-mentary
by Moses Mendelssohn, are given by Oscar Turner on behalf of the
Turner Family to the University of Judaism Library. Viewing one of the
volumes is Dr. Samuel Dinin while Board members Max Zimmer and Charles
Krown also show keen interest in the highly prized works.
Bialik Exhibit Proves a Credit to
The University of Judaism
One of the most distinguished events ever enjoyed by the University of
Judaism and its friends, on the cultural level and in the domains of community
and international relations, was the Bialik Institute Exhibit.
Extending from mid-July to mid-August of this year, the exhibit was
launched on the evening of July 16
with a special showing for prominent
educators, library officials, members of
the Board of Overseers and other Jew-ish
community leaders.
A highlight of the affair was the pre-sentation
by Dr. Stephen S. Kayser.
Curator of the Jewish Museum, and
Justin G. Turner, Chairman of the
Board of Governors, of books from
the exhibit to Los Angeles County
Museum Director Jean Delacour. City
Librarian Harold Hamill. University of
Southern California Librarian Dr.
Lewis Steig. Wilbur Smith of the Uni-versity
of California at Los Angeles
Library and Los Angeles City College
Librarian Gladys Green.
Arranged by the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, in cooperation
with the Jewish Agency and Israel
book publishing industry, the Bialik
Institute Exhibit was taken on tour
by Dr. Kayser throughout a number
of large American cities.
The reception, public interest and
community prestige attendant to the
University of Judaism showing were
described by Dr. Kayser as most grati-
West End Courses
Now in Progress
Known as the West End Extension
of the University of Judaism, a new
group has been formed with the aid
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brandler in
support of the University and to take
courses in selected subjects.
Comprised of young married couples
from Beverly Hills. Brentwood and
Westwood. with Mrs. Jerry Friedman
as secretary, the group is now attend-ing
a course in Bible 1 and 2 Tuesday
evenings at the UCLA University Re-ligious
Conference Building. Rabbi
Leon Rosenberg of the Westchester
Jewish Congregation is the instructor.
fying to both the Seminary and the
Jewish Agency.
A host of new friends was also won
by the University of Judaism through
the large flow of visitors, including
many school children and adults of all
faiths, to the building at 612 South
Ardmore Avenue during the exhibit.
Featured in the exhibit were more
than 200 books, ranging from Hebrew
translations of Shakespeare and Dante
to contemporary Israeli and American
authors, dictionaries embracing 30,000
new words in Hebrew and technical
works of varied scientific nature.
Current Museum
Display Offers
History Theme
Jewish history and folklore are pro-minently
featured in the new exhibit
at the University of Judaism Museum,
as arranged by Dr. Stephen S. Kayser
following the Bialik Institute Exhibit.
It was the expressed belief of Dr.
Kayser. before returning to his Jewish
Museum post in New York, that the
current exhibit presented a broader
view of Jewish historical and art pro-gress
than any previous exhibit.
Among the many unique and price-less
objects on display at present is
the sword of honor given by the Jewish
Community of Budapest in 1898 to
Colonel Picquart, defending counsel in
the Dreyfus case.
Sculpture, modern in origin but on
folk themes, is given special emphasis
in the upstairs cases, where the glazed
and painted plaster of paris figures
made famous by Yssachar Ryback may
be viewed. Also on display here are the
bronze miniature figurines of Louis
Rosenthal.
Perhaps the outstanding object of
the entire exhibit is the oblong silver
platter, made in Germany around 1619
and utilizing the finest detailed crafts-manship
in presenting "The Judgment
of Solomon." Brought to exciting life
are the figures of Solomon, the two
women holding their infants and a
soldier with raised sword.
Another piece of extreme beauty and
interest is a Torah pointer, made in
Vienna about 100 years ago in the re-markable
design of a jeweled peacock,
with a miniature Torah built into the
pointer's handle.
For those interested in ceramics,
there is a special display in the Board
room of ceramic Passover dishes from
Israel, virtually every European coun-try
and the United States.
There are many other ritual objects
on various holiday themes, assuring
the Museum's continued position as
housing the largest and finest collec-tion
of Jewish art in the United States,
outside of the Jewish Museum in New
York.
PRICELESS GIFTS — Two Hanukkah menorahs, both family heirlooms, are
received by Mrs. Bertram Allenberg, Chairman of the University Museum Com-mittee,
as Board member David Bassan, who arranged for the presentation, looks
on approvingly. Donors were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schwartz, and Mrs. Rose Kanarik,
who proudly shows the Menorah she presented to the University. Another valued
gift recently presented by Julius Cohen, through Board member J. J. Lieberman,
was a P u r im megillah.
