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T*he Southern Israelite Page 9 In The Limelight M PODLISZEVSKI, Pres- Hebrew Sheltering and \i, 1 Society of Poland, died re at the age of 68. One , r Zionists of Poland, he been active in Jewish com- avors, but he had given time to the Immigrant Aid U fore the war he was a xtile manufacturer, but in - tlie post-war economic de- >:<] the various discrimina- . hich tlie Jews were sub- him in poor circumstances \ LUSKIN, manager of the \etors Union, at a meeting <w York recently, announced lish theatrical circuit includ- cities in the United States a will be organized for the u atrical season. Boston, Ncw- l.urgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Montreal, Toronto, and Win- lie included in the circuit * M. DRESSLER, one of the o-ehairmen of the Allied impaign, in a recent’ state- arid that the newest trends ional thought and endeavor being tried out in war-torn ' well as in Palestine. The c of three distinct types, and irious parts of Eastern Eu- ! Palestine. . WOLF, prominent Anglo- leader and secretary of the ign Committee of the Board b Deputies, at a meeting with 1 thlen, the Hungarian premier in London, expressed satis- "ith the improved situation of 11 Hungary and congratulated " tlilen for having taken the m bringing about the pres- of affairs by amending the i lausus law. 1 >HN CHANCELLOR, High oner of Palestine, in an ad- ihe laying of the cornerstone ■destine Archaeological Mu- 1 tribute to the Rockefeller’s e't interests in life, measures ‘ting disease and the advance- education. John D. Rocke- e the funds for the Museum’s H AM KAPLAN, President oi 1 ipal Civil Service Commission 1 °rk for ten years, was again e-elected to that post, set- 1 ord for holding the office so Kaplan is a former State iving defeated ex-Attorney Wrt Ottinger for that post, minently active in the Na- emocratic Club. STEPHEN S. WISE, spir- r the Free Synagogue in • at a closed meeting of busi- ” rs in New York, declared Hi men and women in the tates are now so handicapped ' 'hat the situation is assum es proportions, and urged sen t to cooperate in the in- ' n discriminations practiced ' vs in this country with the ameliorating those conditions. JESSE L. LASKY, vice-president of the Paramount Company, upon his im porting Sergei Eisenstein, noted Rus sian moving picture director, to make pictures here, received a scathing de nunciation from Major Frank Pease, president of the Hollywood Technical Directors’ Institute, claiming that such importation was “an unspeakable crime” inasmuch as he thought Eisenstein was responsible for the propaganda pictures glorifying the red cinema. LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI leader ol the Philadelphia Concert Orchestra, has been enlisted in the $250,000,000 Rockefeller radio and entertainment project, in which two Jews are already actively interested, David Sarnoff, President of the Radio Corporation ol America, and S. L. Rothafel, of the Roxy Theater in New York. Stokow ski is at present studying the electrical technique of broadcasting and is ex perimenting with tonal apparatus for different effects. DR. A. S. W. ROSEN BACH, noted bibliophile, has brought back from his re cent visit to London one of the most valuable historical accounts of the life of Columbus, said to be 400 years old. The manuscript, believed to have been written about 1508, is said to have cost l)r. Rosen- bach a sum in six figures. ADELE BLOCK, born in Alsace Lor raine, and oldest member of the Women’s Society of the Israelite Francaise, died in New York recently at the age of 95. She came to this country 57 years ago with her husband, who was an officer who served with distinction in both the Franco-Prussian and Franco-Italian wars. LOUIS LIPSKY, former President of the Zionist Organization of America, and outstanding Zionist leader, became a grandfather recently when a girl was born to the wife of his oldest son, David. \ he child was born a day after the closing of the 33rd annual Zionist convention in Cleveland. LUCIUS N. LITTAUER, noted Jewish philanthropist, has provided $18,- 750 for scholarships in medical research at New York University, according to an announcement by William E. Kingsley, University Treasurer. Other gifts by Jews to the Centennial Fund, to which the Littauer contribution was made, in cluded one of $5,450 by the Altman Foun dation, and smaller gifts by Percy S. Straus and Eli H. Bernheime. DR. DANIEL PASMANIK, one of the outstanding figures of Russian Zion ism, died recently in Paris at the age of 61. The son of a melamed, he succeeded in acquiring a Russian university educa tion, and obtained his medical degree at Zurich. He launched his Zionist career in 1900 and was widely known for his theoretical knowledge of Zionism and his practical understanding of Palestine prob lems. ALFRED “AL” LASSMAN, at one time all-American football tackle for New York University, was drowned recently when his canoe capsized on Long Lake, at Camp Vakelo, where he was still re cuperating from an injury he received in 1928 while playing football. In addition to his football activities, Lassman was the intercollegiate heavyweight boxing champion and it was believed that he would undertake a ring career upon graduation, but his injuries prevented his doing so.