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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, Ai|Ml !«, IMS
St. Pete Readies ( Ceremonies
For Center Ground-Breaking
By HARRY ROSE
Operation Up” has been a
success and the figure needed
for the erection of a new Jew
ish Community Center of $30,
000 has been secured. The drive
for funds will continue for in
terior needs and kitchen equip
ment, chairs, tables and neces
sary requirements to complete
the building for its official open
ing.
The Jewish Community Coun
cil has officially issued a state
ment that the ground breaking
ceremonies will be held on Aug
ust 25, with Mayor Goldner and
many well known local digna-
taries, of all religious and poli
tical walks of life, taking part
in the official proceedings. Mrs.
Marion Ross, President of the
Jewish Community Council will
be in complete charge of the
ceremonies, at which all of the
local Jewish organizations will
be a part.
The new Jewish Community
Center Building will be of fire
proof construction and it will
be centrally heated and air-
conditioned. The main auditori
um will be able to seat 500, and
it will contain two other large
meeting rooms, measuring 20
feet by 20 feet; an outside cov
ered patio 28’x80’ feet, which
will be used for outdoor card
playing and other games: two
large rest rooms; 2 large offices
for the Jewish Community
Council and 1 large teen-agers
lounge will complete the struc
ture including a fully equipped
kitchen.
It is planned to make use of
the shade of a great many large
trees on the grounds by laying
out a small park area with
benches for those who would
prefer to remain outdoors. The
grounds used for this purpose
will be landscapped.
A large parking area has been
included in the finished plans
and Camp Kadima will have
greatly improved facilities in
the new construction work and
laying out of the grounds. T^he
official opening of the pfew
building is scheduled for late in
October. The general Fufid Com
mittee is remaining in action
and will complete its work in
the late Fall.
Congregation
B’nai Israel
301 Fifty-Ninth St, North
St Petersburg, FU.
Phone 341—1471
Saturday, Aug. 17— Conserva
tive Service will be at 7 a. m.,
and the Traditional Service at
9 a. m. Concluding ceremonies
marking Sidney Roth’s becoming
Bar Mitzvah will take place at a
special service beginning at 10
a. m. Sidney is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex H. Roth.
Sunday, Aug. 18—Conservative
Service will be at 9 a. m.
Tuesday, Aug. 20—Meeting of
Board of Directors at 8:30 p. m.
Friday, Aug. 23—Michael Klein,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Klein,
will become a Bar Mitzvah at the
Family Sabbath Hour beginning
at 8 p. m.
Off The Record
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
Page From My Notebook . . .
It Is said of the famous pianist
and composer Anton Rubinstein
that his first awareness of Jew
ishness was one of the most dra
matic moments in his life.
He had been out promenading
on a cool evening when he was
lured by an intriguing melody.
Before long he was to stand in
awa at the threshold of a syna
gogue where the worshippers
stood bound in unison as by en
chantment.
It was Yom Kippur eve. Anton
Rubinstein the musician was not
unfamiliar with the Kol Nidre
melody. But now it had a strange
quality, not alone of plaintiveness,
but of distance, as an echo. It was
a simple tune, by the standards
of the great, but its emotional
impact upon this stranger in the
sanctum was vast beyond expla
nation. Rarely had he been so
moved even by the masters he so
masterly Interpreted on the pi
ano’s keys. Silently he made his
way home, little realizing perhaps
at the moment that this musical
experience was to lead him to a
re-examination of his past and
discovery of his true lineage,
though it is amazing how he
could have escaped up to that
time such a reminding rod as
the name Rubinstein.
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minding rods. His grandfather
had been the great Moses Men
delssohn, most of whose disciples
and children took the baptismal
road. Felix himself was born in
the Christian faith, his father
having taken the step to church
door under the impact of the
emancipation concept sired by
Moses Mendelssohn, who died a
devout Jew some three years be
fore the French Revolution, but
who had been forewarned by his
opponents that his teachings
would lead to apostasy. Felix was
not only aware of the apostasy
in his family; he often felt the
sting of relatives who remained
steadfast in faith.
But had the artist ever given
pause to his Jewish roots in his
works? There is division of opin
ion on this score, even though
two of his compositions are call
ed Moses and Elija. Yet his Jew
ish antecedence must have
troubled him, as in the great
moment of elation when he de
clared it was providential perhaps
that he, a Jew, should have re
discovered for the Christian
world Bach’s immortal musical
and religious masterpiece. The
Passion According to St. Mat
thew.
It would be folly to speculate
what heights of artistry Mendel
ssohn would have achieved if he
had drawn on his original roots.
Conceivably — as has one been
said by the late music critic Olin
Downes of the New York Times
— it was Mendelssohn’s “social
and ancestral disharmony” that
“gave us a master of the second
instead of the first rank.”
At this moment in our history
it is pertinent to pause at the
thought that creativity without
roots is too often a minor if not
a transient labor. Our young
Jewish novelists and intellectuals
who are striving for artistic sus
tenance in other pastures would
do well to ponder their literary
fate against the background of
this verity. The heights begin In
one’s roots.
St. Petersburg
Senior
Friendship
News
by Harry Rose
Harry Kaplow, First Vice
President of SF Club and Chair
man of its Executive Board, has
been busily engaged in import
ant matters having to do with
the well being of Senior Citi
zens of Florida and all over the
Nation. Harry Kaplow is repre
sentative from the SF Club to
the National Organization of
Senior Citizens of Washington,
as well as the Florida Senior
Citizens Organization. Through
his work, with both of these
organizations, members of the
SF Club will have first hand
knowledge of the various efforts
that are being made in their be
half, including the Medicare Bill,
which will be offered up this
year and which it is expected
will be adopted on a National
basis. During the Fall months of
Club meeting Harry will report
to the entire membership on the
work being done and the ac
complishments achieved. During
the month of September Harry
and Bella Kaplow will spend it
in New York State with rela
tives and close friends.
Word has been received from
Toba Rothman, reporting that
Dr. Sam is getting along slowly,
but holding his own. She en
tertained many of close friends
and members of SF Club at an
outdoor barbecue last Sunday
and as always great enjoyment
prevailed.
Ethel and Harry Rosenberg
are enjoying a get-to-gether with
their family in Cleveland, Ohio,
and write that they sure are
having the time of their life
and enjoying every minute of
it. Harry and Ethel Rosenberg
will guide the Refreshment
Committee of SF Club, when the
indoor season gets underway in
October.
George and Clarice Kraus, of
165 17th Aveune, S.E., in St.
Petersburg, members of SF
Club, are the happiest pair in
the Sunshine City, for on Aug
ust 17, Bells will toll—Golden
Bells—designating their Golden
Wedding Day. To make it a
brighter event their son, daugh
ter-in-law, and grand children
came to St. Petersburg for the
Occasion. During the official
season of SF Club the Golden
Wedding of the Kraus’ will be
Temple
Be tk-El
400 Pasadena Ave. So.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Rabbi David Suskind
SPIRITUAL IFIADI.R
8:00 p. m. Friday, Aug 23 —
Family Worship Service.
given official recognition. In the
meanwhile the officers and
every member of SF Club join
in wishing the Kraus’ one of the
happiest days of their life.
Mary and Louis Shapiro are
the “automation couple” of the
Sunshine City and in the affairs
of the SF Club—outdoor beach
gatherings, funerals, the sick,
checking events and keeping
“tabs” on club affairs. This
makes Louis a real working So
cial Secretary—that’s his job in
SF Club and he does it with a
spirit that is genuine and he
fills the job well. Thanks Louis
for the sincere efforts in behalf
of all of us.
Moe and Lillian Levy motored
over to Miami Beach last week
for a short vacation and enjoyed
every moment of it and every
mile over which they motored.
They returned this week to
their home in St. Petersburg.
Kate Waterman and Joe Mey
ers were married in New York
City August 6th., and are now
on their honeymoon. The ro
mance was bom in SF Club
circles and when the happy
couple have completed their
honeymooning they will reside
at 4747 10th Avenue North, St.
Petersburg.
Molly Brandt, First F'resident
of the SF Club, who is summer
ing with her daughter Erma
Brenner in Scarsdale, N.Y., will
spend several weeks in her
daughter’s New York apartment,
taking in the sights of Broad
way, the plays and will have a
look at the Lincoln Center.
Molly will return to St. Peters
burg Beach, late in September.
Brighter news is in focus for
our members on the “ill list.”
Jacob Braun is back home feel
ing well but still under close
scrutiny of his attending physi
cian. Harry Goldberg underwent
successful surgery at St. An
thony’s hospital last week and is
resting very comfortably. While
Harry is recuperating his wife
Jennie is resting at the Williams
and Mary Nursing Home. Max
Kochman was operated on last
week at St. Anthony’s Hospital
and he is staying over in St.
Anthony’s for recuperation. He
will go home this week. Gitel
Lourie is back in her home
surroundings feeling fairly well.
Henriette Tirk is with her sis
ter, Estelle Hammer, in Newark,
making wonderful progress to
complete recovery. She will re
turn to her home in Pass-A-
Grille late in September. Bessie
Brown is making wonderful pro
gress in her recent tussle with
illness and is now visiting her
children in Illinois, where she
will remain until early in Octo
ber. Morris Brown is frolicing
with his grandchildren and hav
ing a “Ball.”
Helen Feeney, Secretary of
the Jewish Community Council,
is spending her vacation, along
with her two daughters, in Point
Pleasant, N.J. She will return to
her duties on August 20.
A Service ol Your Doctor of Medicine.
Your Local Medical Society and the
Florida Medical Aaaociatiou.
TIPS ON PICNICS
Picnics are great fun in
Florida's many fine outdoor
areas at all times of the year.
But now and then picnics end
in tragedy—the tragedy of
food poisoning. Most foods
spoil quickly in hot weather
and away from refrigeration. If
there are a few staphylococcic
bacteria present, they need only
a few hours of time and a warm
temperature to grow rapidly.
Some foods can become poi
soned in as little as five or six
hours on a hot day.
There are some easy and
simple ways to avoid food
poisoning on a picnic. One val
uable item is a good portable
icebox. Chill the foods
thoroughly in the refrigerator
at home. Use plenty of ice.
Make sure the lid is tight. This
will keep your perishables
fresh.
Take along the sandwich in
gredients in the original wrap
pings and containers and make
up your picnic lunch on the
spot, just before mealtime. Take
the ham in a sealed can and
open it at mealtime. The same
applies to mayonnaise. Keep
the boiled eggs and potatoes
separ.v • in the ice box, and mix
the po.ato salad at the last
minute.
Stick to canned foods and
scaled jars and bottles that can
he opened just before serving
Be careful about pics and
cream-filled bakery items. They
spoil very fast on a hot day.
Fresh fruits keep better and
will make good desserts.
It's actually not very diffi
cult to insure safe picnic meals.
Just follow your home practice
of refrigerating those fools
that need it. If you make up a
hamper of sandwiches, load it
into your hot auto trunk, head
for the beach, and eat many
hours l-tor—will, you're asking
for t.-. : ' V.
BAKED ON OUR
MADE FRESH
ON SUNDAY
OWN PREMISES
NANCY and CHUCK'S
The Cake Box
6601 Central Avenue
(West Central Shopping Center) 342-8331
St Petersburg, Florida