Yeshiva University High School For Boys - Elchanite Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 140 of the 1953 volume:

fl fn nif ,Senior .fdnnuaf BROOKLYN TALMUDICAI. ACADEMY 1060 PRESIDENT ST. BROOKLYN, N. Y ,-- X H D-,V f A g' ' Q MW q -2 Dedication ......,,... Administ.ration ...... Faculty Advisers ..... Elchanite Staff ...... Faculty ....,,...........i... Graduating Classes Graduates ,................ Senior Annals .4.... Activities A Student's Life . Variety Night ,.... Literature ...v.., State Scholarship Diary Montage ........... Hall of Fame .... G. O. ............,........ 4 Student Court ..., Arista .............. . Service Squad Debating Society Library ,........,...,. . T. A. Publications .Athletics .............. Co-op Store ,..,.. inners J evvs in Science - By Josef E Fzshei Chaim Weizmann - By Lemzazd Indyk Reminiscing - By Srzmyel H Lebowztz Sinclair Lewis - By Lionel G1 oeebflrd A Freshie's Lament - A Poem - By Reeie R Brennei Fate - A Poem - By Dnzzd Lfzznp The Good Old Days - A Poem - By Allan J Sclzez Trust Pal - By Larry Sclzuzdlez Israel Through Its Stamps By E11 Lazru . W L . Advertisements .,...,.....,.....,. .-7 5 Y hwgq- ,Y 4 Y 1 --f'- Q,- QE In an effort to employ - for good or evil - the po- tencies released by atomic energy, man is ushering in a new era to comprehend and develop the forces of nature. Within the last dec- ade, science has achieved that which was formerly be- yond the realm of human comprehension. Vlfe are indeed grateful for this occasion to express our appreciation to innumerable scientists, particularly those jewish scientists who altruistically contributed to the promotion of the general welfare. XVe value, in addition. this opportunity to render gratitude to our own science faculty for their tireless efforts to imbue us with the spirit and enthusiasm for attaining clarihed perception of fact. Therefore, we, the graduating class of june, 1955. humbly dedicate this Elchanite'l to all seekers for the basic truths of science, and to those scholars of our own faith in particular. DR. SAMUEL BELKIN President RABBI ABRAHAM N. ZUROFF Administrator 1 ,.-6 Miiif SAN UELM-EEVINETE Executive Director DR. SHELLEY R. SAPHIRE Principal 14 miniA tration T is with extreme joy that we congratulate the class of 1953. May you reflect in your daily lives the harmonious blending of Torah knowledge and the wisdom of Hellas, with keener emphasis on the beauty of holiness rather than the holiness of beauty . In this spirit we bid you farewell. THE ADMINISTRATION czcaftq 1-fdadaeza Robert Bzissell, Literature: Rabbi Perlman. Photography Rabbi Fnivelson, General Adviser: Mr. Hurry Allan, Art OSSB ARD LXONEL 'GR 't,o1'-i11,-Chief Ech 11035 if .. Xfy ,,, ED N ADL?-R NXELVX C 0-E ditm' BOSE? FXSHEB C 0-E dit ow' DAM BEC, EYHR. Business 'LPNE KUBERSKY Busirruess ZSULXUS SQLOMON Business KM AN DPNXD BAKER Ph0tog'rafph15 E-DW ARD GLXCK P l1otog1'aLpI1fg ALLAN SCHER Activities Art ST AN LEX SCHXMMEL Activities JOSEPH 'SXLYERSTEYX Avi i Fif its NXCHA BOTKNECHT A1't GXLBERT GOLD? VS E MR. ALLAN, Art MR. BASSELL, English MR. BRENDER, French and spfmfnf faculty MR. CANTOR, Spanish MR. EPSTEIN, Maflzevnafics RABBI FAIVELSON, Hebrew - 3 .- MR. FRIEDMAN, Social Sciences MR. GODIN, French MR. GOLD, English R MR. GROSSMAN, Zllusic I HER , N w-my ,::.-N '. , MR. KALLNER, Science NIR. LANDONYNE, Scivm' ' S! 1,-I .if Eff l I -9- -iran I . Q X 9 i F , , . it NIR, LEBOWITZ, SL-fence MR. LILKER, Social Sciences DR. LICHTENSTEIN, French and Hebrew MR. MELOV, Social sciences Q2 ef . xv, f ' in A4 .4 , I -'51 ' 'pw . 25? nw: - f 4 LL. 'AZ i NIR. NIORSE, Physical Educafiorz RABBI PERLMAN, Hebrew .. 10 .. : DR. SARACHEK, English NIR. SEPTINIUS, AM0flll'l7l0fiC.C NIR. STRUNI, English A in 'Y EIR. TURETSKY, lllnflremafics .. 1- ' . 1' 3 01 D Y L' I .-:..',.A ld, , A -W MR. VVALLACH, fvlathemarics MRS. LEYITON. Secrvrury - 11 .- bm ,D ar' A Cm Cl ss 8a - Front row, left-right: P. Sultan. A. Scher. H. Simon. M. Leifer. M. Askowitz. P. Kolker, D. Weiss. E. Preis. Second rowg M. Silberberg, H. Fleischer, H. Schneier. W. Sussman, I. Solo- mon, M. Salzman, S. Chwat. Third row, le-it-right: N. Sinowitz, M. Bluth, M. Edelstein, E. Beckman, S Levenson, I. Landwirih, I. Fischer. Class 8b - Front row, left-right: I. Blazer, H. Pollock, M. Adler, S. Feit, S. Schimmel, R. Brenner, M. Boiknecht. H. Shapiro. Second row, leit-right: P. Felig, C. Genn, S. Waltzmcm, R. Meyers, A. Helf- er, M. Hczgler, D. Kolatch. Third row, left-right: I. Schwartz, A. Schrank, H. Udewitz, E. Glick, I. Fur- .T-X mcmsky, A. Guttmun, Z. Kubersky. F-. - . . ,, .. E, , , .. ,..- v. ---Mm ! E I.-119 Class 81: - Front row, left-right: I. Fuchs, R. Levine, Z. Schrader, I. Lebowiiz, L. Schind- ler. IL. Rozmcm, I. Serchuk, H. Hoffman, S. Cohen, N. Bryks. Second row, left-right: M. Greenspan. I. Polinsky, P. Banner, B. Hochdori. H. Rothman, D. Baker. I. Becker, S. Hymowitz. H. Kriegsmcm, I. Kurtz. Third row, left-right A. Rubins, L. Indyk, S. Feder, M. Goldman. D. Fuchs N. Gordon, R. Rudman, L. Grossbard, G. Goldfine, I. Silverstein. 7 une, 53 MELVIN ADLER Arista 5-85 Student Court 75 Associate Edi- -tor-in- Chief of Elchauite 7, 85 School De- bating Team 55 Class Debating Team I, 25 T.A. Topics - Editor-in-Chief 6: Co-Editor 5: Reporter 3, 45 Editor-in-Chief of La Voz ,' Service Squad 5, 65 Library Squad 5, 6. Mel, who is a Talmudist from Boro Park, was co-editor of that renowned Spanish newspaper, La Voz . As editor-in-chief of our school news- paper, he revolutionized its printing process by establishing a new and better type of print. Written with a pen of iron. and with the point of a diamond. - Jeremiah XVIII 1. MARTIN ASKOWITZ Associate Photography Editor of Elchanite 7, 85 Junior Varsity Basketball 55 Class Presi- dent 85 Class Sanitation Marzager 35 Class Athletic Manager 2, 4-75 TA. Topics -- Sports Editor 4, 55 President of Photography Club I5 Service Squad I-55 School Band 6. Oscar, the Romeo of Rabbi Drillman's class, is going to the dogs . He is leaving us in pursuit of the degree of Dr. of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell. He'll bark his way up the tree of life. All mankind love a lover - Emerson DAVID M. BAKER Photography Editor of Elchanite 7, 85 Art Editor of Kolenu 7, 85 Elchantite Art Squad 3, 45 Junior Varsity Basketball 3, 45 Class Vice-President I5 Class Debating Team 1-45 Class Athletic lllanager 25 Vice-President of Public Speaking Club 25 Service Squad 7. Despite the fact that he joined us a year late, Dave accomplished the feat of making High School in three years. School was a sideline to his photography business. His experience with a camera should make preparation for a later career a snap to him. Une picture is worth a thousand faces. -.151 cw! PHILIP BANNER Class Sanitation lllanager 4,' T..4. Topics - Reporter 7,' Secretary of Mzisic Club 6,' Service Squad 7. Phil is known as the Phil of all trades because of his interest in all activities, His optimistic attitude toward everything has made him a con- stant bright light in T.A. His ambition will be realized when he embarks on a career of journal- ism at Y.U. 'Character is what you are in the dark. - Bloody. JACOB BECKER Junior Varsity 5, 6,' Class Secretary-Treay urer 5,- Vice-President of Spanish Club 2, 3,- Service Squad 7, 85 Library Squad 3-8. jackie, who is a combination of strong man and comedian, kept his class in stitches for four years. As one of Dr. Lichtenstein's favorite and most beloved QPJ pupils, he was instru- mental in breaking the good Doctor's record with a maximum 65 . Jackie expects to continue his studies at City College and major in Economics. 'Humor is the harmony of the heart. -Jerrold EPHRAINI NI. BECKNIAN Business illanager of Elchanite 7. 8,- Elcha- nite .-lrt Squad 6,' Class Vice-President 81 T..-l. Topics - Reporter 4-6,' Vice-President of Photography Club 1,' Laboratory Assist- ant 55 Service Squad Sy Library Squad I, 2. Mark, our Elchanite Business Manager, has a smile for everyone fwith an adj. During his tenure in Rabbi Shussheim's class, he filled the air with laughing gas . As a result, helll become ll dentist and torture people. illoney is honey, m i little sonn A . - . J 1'- Anil a rich manls joke is always funny. - Brown IACOB BLAZER Trl. Topics - Typing Squad 5, 6,' President of lllusic Club 7, 8, Library Squad 7, fS',' Office Squad 7, 8. A scientist at home as well as in school, joel raised everything from fish to birds. As Dinah's No. 1 boy, he can be seen spending most of the day in the school office, though he does attend classes for a few periods. 'I love ools' experiments, I am alwa 's makin , J tlzenz. ' - Darwin NIORTON BLUTH Elclzanite Art Squad 7, 85 Junior Varsity Basketball 5. 6,' Producer of Variety Niglzt 8,- Class Secretary-Treasurer 8,' Class Sani- tation llfanager 5, 6,' Class Debating lllanager 5,' Class Debating Team 5-85 Service Squad 7. As the Hercules of Rabbi Yogel's class, Morty showed himself able mentally as well as physically. He'l1 take his talent for leadership to Y.U. land lead a merry lifej. His lines were cast in manly mould, For hardy sports or contest bold. - Scott NIICHA BOTKNECHT C.0. President 7, S, Student Court 7, 5',- El- clzanite .elrf Editor 7. 85 Elclmnite A rt Squad I-6: Kolenu .-1 rt Squad 7, Sy Class President I, 2,' Class Vice-President 3: Class Secre- tary-Treasurer 4: Class Debating Team 2. 3,- Service Squad 5. The school broke tradtion by electing blicha to il second term as school president. The FDR of T.A.. he has to his credit many revolutionary re- forms in-:tituted in our school. Yes, Micha was very sincere in T.A., but even more 'Frank' in Central. The deea' is everytlzing. the tflory IIHIIQIIIX' -Govtllt' -17- ROBERT BRENNER Associate Photography Editor of Elchanite 7, 8g Varsity Basketball 7, 8,' T.A. Topics - Reporter 85 Library Squad 8, Office Squad 8. Reeve is considered by many an even better poet than an athlete fif that is possiblej. With his knack for writing and his natural athletic ability, he has been a sport of sports in all sporting events. The man is either mad, or he is making verse. - Horace NATHAN BRYKS Arista 8,' Co-Editor of Kolenu 7, 8,- Class Vice-President 8,' Secretary of Hebrew Cul- ture Club 8. Naftali joined us a little late - in second term. He made himself useful 'by being chief translator fof Yiddishj for the class and, being a native of Poland, was the only one that could learn portions of the Talmud not cut out for American- born students. This fall, Naftali will shift head- quarters to Y.U. and establish his linguistic fame there. Words, idle words, I know not what they mean. - stolen partly from Tennyson SHELDON CHWAT Junior Varsity Basketball 5, 6g T.A. Topics - Sports Editor 7, 85 Reporter 4,' Service Squad 8: Library Squad 4-8. Hot Shelly Knot to be confused with a certain party of the same namej was one of our Chaim Berlin imports. His four year cruise through T.A.'s halls was only marred by an occasional report card. Very nice, not too shy, Shelly is really a very nice guy. -1g- SEYMOUR COHEN Arista 7, 8,' Student Court 8,- School Debat- ing Mzanager 8g School Debating Team 7. 8,' Class Debating Marzager 8,' Class Debating' Team I, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8,- Vice-President of Pub- lic Speaking Club 5,- Service Squad 5, 6. A complete success with Dr. Sarachek, Seymour glided through T.A. with laughter and confidence. His ever-flowing words of wisdom caused his election to the post of Debating Manager fand often got him into trouble with Mr. Lilkerj. In the future Seymour will try somehow to fit his oratorical abilities to the Held of medicine. 'Why don't you speak for yourself, Jimmy? - partly from Longfellow CHARLES CUTTER Hebrew Club I,' Glee Club 7,' Service Squad 7g Office Squad 6-8. Charlie, our happy-go-lucky classmate, almost was forced to retire from his job as office boy be- cause of the antics of our History Professor. Charlie was our silent partner during his four year stay at T.A. and expects to attend City College and major in accounting. 1 Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile. smile. VIEYER EDELSTEIN Elchanite Art Squad 4, 7, 85 Service Squad 83 Library Squad 2, 6-83 Glee Club 7. ., In his stay in T.A., Meyer has proven to be a conscientious student. He will pre-med at Y.U. and hopes to be one of the first graduates of the Albert Einstein Medical School. Smiling. cheerful and dependable Everything about him is commendable -19- gg 23 C. ffm Y Swag w SOLOMON FEDER G. O. Secretary-Treasurer 7,' fllanager of G. 0. Cooperative Store 7, S5 Class Vice- President 5,' Class Secretar,v-Treasurer 3: Class Debating Team 4, 6,' T. A. Topics - Feature Editor 8: Reporter 7g Vice-President of French Club -lg Service Squad 5, 6,' Libra- ry Squad S, Since Shlomo founded the CO-OP store, the G.O. bank account has run all the way into two figures One of the fine learners in the morning, he led the inhalation fSniff-Sniffj squad, Solomon will follow in the footsteps of his brothers and study for the rabbinate. Solomon, wisest of all kings, Knows Talmud amongst other things. SANFORD FEIT Class Debating lllanager Sf Class Debating Team I-3. 7, X5 Spanish Club 2, 4, 5,- Milsic Club 3, 6. 7,' An understudy of Chuck Dressen, our Human P.A. system, called Footsie , was able to win the Hearst Journal-American History Contest among the Yeshivas of our fair city. He prefers the New York Times to the T.A. Topics because of its higher caloric value. In American History, he thinks Feit is far superior to Beard or Hacker. A111 know is what I see in the papers. - IVill Rogers PHILIP FELIG Arista Leader 8,' Arista 5-8g Student Court 7g G. 0. Secretary-Treasurer 55 Associate Activities Editor of Elchanite 7, 85 School Debating Team 5-85 Class Vice-President 7,' Class Debating lVIanager 1, 2, 45 Class Debat- ing Team 1-8g TJ1. Topics - Editor-in-Chief 7: News Editor 3, 6: Reporter 4, 5, 8,' Pre- sident of Spanish Club 2,' Phil, who aspires to be a doctor, has the distinc- tion of holding top honors in the graduating class. In oratory he has hardly a match, and has done an awful lot of work fwith the emphasis on awfulj for the betterment of our school. 'For knowledge too. is itself a power. Bacon ,,,. r ' 0 as X is 'S Iv? W I? 4 a....,, 'Q' MHP' 'mw- 'EQ JOSEF E. FISCHER .al rista 7, Sy Associate Editor-in-Chief of El- chanite 7, fS',- Elchanite Art Squad -lg School Debating Team 8,' Class Secretary-Treasurer -l, 5g Class Debating Team 2-S5 TA . Topics - Reporter -I, 5,' Service Squad 6. joe, our lone entry in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, paid off by placing as one of the top in the nation. He will combine his passion for Chemical Engineering with his aptitude for l'almud at Y.U. if he has any faults, he has left us in doubt. .-lt least in four years, we could not find them ont. HERBERT FLEISHER .llrista Sf Class Vice-President 5-7,' Class Sanitation Marzager Sq President of Spanish Club 5,' Service Squad 5. One of the Williamsburgh Boys, Herbie estab- lished himself among the tops in both depart- ments QPark Dep't. and Dep't. of Sanitation?j. He'll continue his Yeshiva and secular studies at Y.U. in the Fall. Is Mr. Fleislzer, the master of the house. at homeew' Theres nobody here but us Spanish pupils Senor. DOAV FUCHS Service Squad 7,' School Band 5. 65 Office Squad 75 T..-1. Topics - Typing' Squad 5, 6. The l-larry james of T.A., Dons' is now writing his autobiography, XY'ine, Women and Trumpets. A truly nice fellow, you just Cilllit get enough of him. .J zvinnintg smile, a helping hand, Doazfs a swell fellow who we thinl: is grand. -Q11 JEROME FUCHS Arista 5-8,' Class President 35 Class Vice- Presidenf 2,' Class Secretary-Treasurer 7,- Vice-President of Zionism Club 6. Itchie, a staunch 'Bnei-Akivanik,' always has an inside scoop on the latest happenings in Aretz. flievery newspaper editor in the country is on his trailj. In school he did the most newspaper work - for the 'Bnei Akiva' weekly. It is his aspiration to go to Israel and learn of its current affairs fits: hand. My heart is in the East and I in the uttermost W'est. -Judah Halevi JACK FURMANSKY TA. Topics - Typing Squad Sq Vice-Presi- dent of Tropical Fish Club 5,' Library Squad 4. 6, 85 Office Squad 4, 6-8. Good-natured jack has been the prime factor in making Dinah's life in TA bearable. As her per- sonal consultant, it is said of him that what Dinah didn't know about the office, jackie did. A real man is he whose goodness is part of 1im. Mencius. COLMAN GENN Junior Varsity Basketball 3-65 Class Athletic lllanager 5g Class Debating Team 5, 8,' T..4. Topics - News Editor 7, 8,' Vice-President of Spanish Club 2, 4g Captain of Service Squad Sq Service Squad 6, 75 Office Squad 8. Coles athletic ability has -been a gread aid to the school basketball team. Being interested in science, and an organized member of the Biology braintrust, he expects to further his studies along these lines at Brooklyn College. ...... .....,........ . My man's as true as steel. - Shakespeare -22.- EDWARD GLICK Photography Editor of Elclzanite 7, X5 Class Secretary-Treasurer 7,' T.A. Topics - Re- porter 5, 6,' Captain of Service Squad 7,' Library Squad 3-85 Office Squad 7. If you wanted anything from personalized sta- tionery to magazine subscriptions, all you had to do was see Eddie. As Captain of the Service Squad, he was taken aback after issuing a No smoking cigarettes order, when he had trouble explaining to some that the order included cigars. Justice is truth in action. Disraeli GILBERT GOLDFINE 0.0. Vice-President 7,' Art Editor of El- clzanite 7, 8,' Elchanite Art Squad 3-6,' Var- sity Basketball 7, 85 Class Vice-President -lp Class Secretary-Treasurer l,- Class Athletic Mzznager- 3,' TA. Topics - Reporter I, 25 President of Stamp and Coin Club 3,' Service Squad 5, 8. Although Gilly entered school politics late, he became a huge success, being elected Vice-Presi- dent. Our Art Editor has been contributing his talents to the Elchanite since third term. He intends to study art and designing at Parson's School of Design. lack of all trades, .master of most. VIARTIN GOLDMAN Arista 6-85 Secretary of Arista 8g Student Court 7g Editor-in-Chief of Kolenu 7, 8: Editor of Kolenu 5, 6,' T..4. Publications I--l,' Secretary of School Debating Team 6-8: Class Secretary-Treasurer 3. 55 Class Debat- ing Mlznager 85 Class Debating Team 6-S: T.A. Topics - Editor-in-Chief Sp Service Squad -I, 6, 7,' Library Squad 6, S. Nobody could ever guess the secret of Marty's inexhaustible supply of outside material Che car- ried material to school, not booksj. His myth- ology scrapbook was the only book too long for Mr. Bassell to finish, and his one word answers Qbayisj too short for Rabbi Yogel. He intends this fall to begin preparations for a degree in law and international relations. l stand on my constitutional rielzts. ,TD fd 6, g IGN 54. w W NIACHUM GORDON .-lrista 7, Sf Editor of Kolenu 5, 6,' School Debating lllanager 7,' School Debating Team 7, Sy Class President 7,' Class Secretary- Treasurer 4,- Class Debating Team 3, 5-big Library Squad 6. Nach and Rabbi Faivels0n were a pair which simply could never agree Kon marks among other thingsj. Occasionally Nach took time out from his lunch periods to partake in debating, and was debating manager of the school for a term. He got a first hand lesson in economics on his trip to Macy's and was voted by his class the most choosey in picking the home work he copied. Eat, drink, and be merry, For tonzorrow is school. JEROM E GOTTESMAN TA. Publications 1, 2g Class Debating lllan- ager SQ Class Debating Team Sf lllatlz Club 7. jerry achieved fame through his well-known words, Very XY'ell. His zealous desire to see justice done is leading him to the profession of law. Wlhen he graduates college, he will join the Bar. fHic!!j. -l future DA.. Of him tl1ey'll say - Jerry 'got his man,.,, NIARTIN GREENSPAN Class Debating Team I, 2, 4-7,- Class Sanita- tion rllanager 55 gllusic Club 5',' Service Squad 3, S, 7. Often were the halls of T.A. filled with the strains of Greeny's sax. The class musician was the founder of the school band Qretiredj. Being extremely generous, Greeny wishes to become a philanthropist. He performed a very melodious physics experiment. 133 1:4-V' lv . pd. Ylguq, 'S 153' ' 'vw-ev LIONEL GROSSBARD Arista l 'ice-Learler Sf Arisfa 5-6',' Arista Secretary 7,' Slurlent Court 8g Editor-in-Chief of Elchauife 7, Xp Class President 1,- Class Debating lllanager 2-7,' Class Debating Team 2-Sf President of Stamp and Coin Club 2. Though variety is the spice of life, Lefty , our Editor-in-Chief, sat through nine terms with his favorite teacher ftwo periods one term!j. Recog- nizing the genius in him, his classmates elected him debating manager for seven consecutive terms. This term, however, he declined the nomination and decided to rest on his laurelsf' His object in life is to take the Hippocratic Oath. Genius is 5075 inspiration and 9579 perspiration. -Edison ABRAHAM GUTTMAN Elchanite Art Squad 7, S5 Chess and Chech- ers Club 4,- Mzisic Club 7. Abie the genius fask him and he'll tell youj traveled long and far to attend the Academy, in fact he spends so many hours on the trains that he's made the B.M.T. his official residence. Being one of those rarities who make high school in three years, Our Herol' is planning to take a pre-engineering course in college. lVhere there's a will there's a way. MORRIS I-IAGLER lilusic Club S5 Spanish Club I,' Library Squad 6: Office Squad 7, S. A firm Zionist, Morris, in his spare time, was ai school librarian and a companion of Mrs. Leviton. He has the distinction of being one of the quietest and nicest fellows in the Senior Class. The true znzizwrsiry uf fhese :lays is a collec- linn of lumksf' -25 - ALLEN HELFER Varsity Basketball 1, 3, 5-8,' Class Vice-Presi- dent 65 Class Debating Team 6g Class Ath- letic Managerg President of Tropical Fish Club 6,' Library Squad. The idol of the Freshmen as T.A.'s high scorer in -basketball, A1 was known in the Senior circles as the man with the alibi. He has convinced many teachers with his smooth talking and many others have succumbed to his alluring smile. After graduation Al expects to attend N.Y.U. and major in dentistry and basketball. Better a bad excuse than none at all. Camden. BARRY HOCHDORF School Athletic Manager 6g Co-Captain of Varsity Basketball Team 3, 7,- Varsity Bas- ketball 3-Sg Class President 55 Class Vice- President 1, 4g Class Athletic Manager 2,' Service Squad 7, 8. Barry majored in basketball in T.A. and came out Summa Cum Laude. He claims he had to take a few other courses to rest up between galrles. shot a ball into the air It missed the basket by a hairf, Inspired by Longfellow ul HERBERT HOFFMAN Class Vice-President 2,- Class Athletic Man- ager 85 Class Sanitation Manager 45 Math Club 5, 6. Chaim, one of Mr. Lebowitz's pets, is really a better scientist than we think, for he designed the Hoffman Apparatus and wrote a fine book on the quantum theory of energy QWho? Hoffman?j. Following the family tradition, he will continue his studies uptown at Y.U. Beware of this Hoffman, he's ropy and tough He'II nag you so long you'll cry it's enough. A nd then he'll just smile, without getting sore But soon he will start to do it some more. SAUL HYMOWITZ Varsity Basketball 7,' Junior Varsity Basket- ball 5, 6,- T.A. Topics - Sports Editor I,' Service Squad 7. Saulie, not to be confused with Zev, was voted by his class most likely to score two points per basketball game. But he's not to be underesti- mated, being a real tennis pro. In the fall he will attend C.C.N.Y. and prepare for a career in advertising. Out ofthe hills of Habersham, down the valleys of Hall Through the streets of Crown Heights, to T.A. came Saul. - Stolen from Lanier LEONARD INDYK Arista 7, 8,- Associate Activities Editor of Elchanite 7, 85 Elchanite Typist 7, 8g School Debating Team 75 School Math Team 1, 2,- Class Vice-President 85 Class Debating Man- ager 8,- Class Debating Team 6-8g President of Math Club 5,' Laboratory Assistant 7,' Of- fice Squad I, 2. After attending Lincoln for one year, Lenny looked for greener pastures and came to T.A. Our math whiz was one of the few survivors of Mr. Epstein's trig class. In the fall he will study engineering at Cornell. If a man's wit be wandering let him study the mathematics. - Bacon IRVVIN KANAREK Class Secretary-Treasurer 85 Class Debating' Team 2,' Class Sanitation lllanager 6, 75 T.A. Topics - Secretary 8: Reporter 8g Vice- President of Science Club 3. Kanary is one of the very few that have no scholarly appearances but can supply the most obscure bits of information at the most unex- pected times. This fall he'1l switch to Y.U. and take pre-med. 'Praise, like gold and diamonds. owes it value only to its scarcity. Johnson .Mk W f '-fr 3 'it - -OR N DAVID KOLATCH Varsity Basketball 3-8,' Class Sanitation Mazzager 15 TA. Topics - Reporter 7, 8,' Library Squad 7, 8. Dave, the best dressed man of 1955, finally con- vinced the administration to let him out. For advice on the fair sex all we had to do was visit Dave. In his spare time, Dave managed to play on the school basketball team. The soul of this man is in his clothes. -- Shakespeare. PAUL KOLKER Arista 5-8,' G.O. Secretary-Treasurer 8,- El- chanite Art Squad 7, 8,' Class Secretary-Trezb surer 7,' Class Debating Manager 2,' Class Debating Team 2-6,' T..4. Topics - Reporter D. The erstwhile Secretary-Treasurer of our G.O., Paul straightened out our point system for the first time, and engendered the Informer. He will pre-Med at Y.U. in the fall. Do your duty and leave the rest to heavenf, Corneille HERBERT KRIEGSMAN G.O. Vice-President 8,' Class Vice-Presi- dent 6, 7,- Vice-President of French Club 4,' Service Squad 7, 8. Herby, one of the best natured seniors, crowned his T.A. career with a t-erm as veep. He enjoyed success in everything he did, doing it in a silent way. His past record seems to indicate that he'll achieve his goal of becoming a dentist. Born for success he seemed U 1th ,Erace to win, with heart fo hold. - Emerson -28-. 5 ff .ag- , . ro, nffr ' 'NYS 'Cf' WP' JOSEPH KURTZ Editor-in-Chief of Knlenu 7, 1S',' Editor of Kolenu 5, 6,- School Debating Team 5,- Class Debating Team 1-7,- T..4. Topics - Reporter 2, 3,' Vice-President of French Club -I. His humor was a nemisis to the clever Messrs. Lebowitz and Lilker. The Biblist of the class, Yushka QKurtzzzj quoted psookim verbatim for Rabbi Faivelson. His polyphonic words gave him a definite advantage over other debators fthey couldn't understand himj. In the fall, he'll major in psychology and psychiatry at Y.U. Born with a gift of laugflzter and a sense that the world was mad. - Sabitini ZAVE KUBERSKY Business lllanager of Elchanite 7, 8,' Junior Varsity Basketball 3, 4,' Class Secretary-Trem surer 1, 2. Quiet and retiring fsometimes falling asleep dur- ing our morning sessionsj, Zave was our sole delegate from Wlest End Avenue. A self-made man Qanrl he worships his makerj, he is the only senior to graduate with a B.S.A. degree. HG-D bless the man who first invented sleep. -Sae JULIUS LANDWIRTH .-1 rista 7, 8,' Class Secretary- Treasurer 2: Class Debating illanager 5-7,' Class Debating Team 4-85 TA. Topics - Feature Editor 4: Reporfer I-3, 5-Sq Service Squad 5. Nothing outstanding about julie - except his brains, looks and personality. As 21 charter mem- ber of the T.A. nature club he spent his lunch hours in the Botanical Gardens. He'll attend Y.U. as a stepping stone to medical school. 'lla-V, ft'NI.Dl'l'IlIIl'6' ana' repose. Slam the floor on tlze zloetorfs nose. - Lonefelloir' -- QQ, JACOB M. LEBOWITZ Arista Sg Associate Photography Editor of Elchanite 7, 8g Vice-President of Math Club 2,' Library Squad 5, 6. Due to the fact that his father taught chemistry and physics, Jacob started out with a disadvantage - he didn't know all the answers. Jacob will stu-dy math in Y.U, next fall. After chemistry, Jacob took physics for relief. BIITCHELL LEIFER Elchanite Typing Squad 7, 85 Class Sanita- tion Mzrnager I,- President of Math Club 85 Chief of Library Squad 7, 8g Library Squad 4-6. Mitch was Mr. Epstein,s favorite librarian. He could have been found in the science lab between classes tinkering with electrical equipment. He will continue shocking the teachers at C.C.N.Y., where he will take up electrical engineering. lVhat Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern. Arista S' Varsity Basketball 7, 85 Junior Varsity Basketball 5 6 Class Athletic Marz- SAMUEL W. LEVENSON E WR -qv ager 8g President of Stamp and Coin Club 75 Vice-President of French Club 5,' Ojfce Squad 6, 7. A transfer from Toras Chaim, Healthy Sam found it very difficult to attend school because of his evening T.V. show. He plans to get the business fcoursej at C.C.N.Y. 'He who laughs - Iastsf' 7 - Poole RAPHAEL LEVINE Associate Business Manager of Elchanite 7. 8g Class President 5,' Class Secretary-Trew surer 1, 3,' Class Athletic Marzager 5,' Lieu- tenant of Service Squad 8. Raphey touches Rabbi Faivelson's heart every day - with an ad-blank. All around he's a nice quiet guy, always minding his own business fT.A. Publicationsj. In the fall Raphey will start work- ing for his M.D. at Y.U. 'A good reputation is more valuable than money. - Syrus RONALD MEYERS Class Debating Team 5-Sp Class Sanitation Manager 1, 2,' T.A. Topics - Reporter 6-8,' Service Squad 5-85 Library Squad 7, 8. Ronnie could usually be seen coming to school chatting with Rabbi Zuroff. He has been a great aid to his class in intramural sports, and as the soft-ball pitcher of his class team, has won many a game. It is a happy lot which finds no enemies. JOSEPH MICHAELIS Kolenu Board 7, 85 Captain of School Soccer Team 3, 4,' Lab A ssistant 7. Coming to T.A. from Israel, Chanan had to cope with the diliiculty of a foreign language. He wasn't long in overcoming this, however, and was soon one of the boys - his arguments with Kenny fi.e. Rabbi Kanotopskyj increasing in vigor from day to day. He left us in February and is now enrolled at State University CN.Y.Q. Glory is departed from Israel and come ro TA I l i ' i - partly from the Bible' -21- '34- , ' mel .. , -'GP' Q ,l . I' JACK POLINSKY Co-Captain of Varsity Basketball Team 7, rig Varsity Basketball 5-Sy Class Athletic lllan- ager 7, S. jackie, who transferred from jefferson, soon be- came one of Rabbi Drillman's favorite students and the star of his class basketball team, as well as the school's. A double for Jeff Chandler, Jackie expects to atrend Brooklyn College and major in business. Bright star.', - Keats HERMAN POLLOCK Elchanire Typing Squad 7, Sy Class Sanitation lllanager 4g Tall. Topics - Reporter 75 Pre- sident of Spanish Club 4,' Chairman of Char- ity Drive Xp Service Squad 7, 8,' Library Squad 7, 85 Ojfce Squad 6, 8. Polly, who has an aflinity of adding new words to the dictionary, also got himself into a friendly feud with Mr. Strum. As the Charge d'AHaires of the school charity drive, Polly has done a cery creditable job of collecting the money and keeping each class' record. Every charitable act is a stepping stone fo- ward heaven. - Beech er ERVIN PREIS Class President 85 President of Hebrew Culture Club 7,- lllatlz Club 5',' Hebrew Cul- ture Club 6, 7. Ervin is our ambassador from England, and a priceless one he is. Quiet, bright and sincere, he'll go far fall the way back to Manchester?j. Oh to be in England, Yau' that Aprilgs there. -- Browning -51 v-. .qui . 'iiwiifi R. of' f ? f HERBERT ROTHNIAN Associate Business lllanager of Elchanite 7, Sy Elchanitc Typist 7, S5 TA. Publications I, 2,' Service Squad 7, S, Library Squad 5-85 Office Squad 5, 6, S. As star performer of the office squad, Hoiby came to be known as the S.C.C. fsandwich, coffee and cakej man. History VII was a whiz to him via Havanas. Our errand boy intends to apply his business acumen at C.C.N.Y. Each season ended with a sigh, 'W'ait 'till next year' was He1'bie'.s cry. I -vii 1 f'w,,..Iw. ARTHUR ROZMAN .. ' .ix 4 Elchanite Art Squad 4,- Class Treasurer 1,' Class Secretary-Treasurer 2, 4,' Class Debat- NL V ing lllanager 3-5,- Class Debating Team 1-6: I es ' TA. Topics e- News Editor 5: Reporter 4, 8, 14 vOY ? E Library Squad 4, 85 School Band 6, 7. Artie vied for and won the Absent IVIost prize. He is all here, however, when it comes to dis- cussing his future medical career. To be or not to bei' . . . in class .-Ipologies to lVillie'i ABBA RUBINS TA. Topics - Reporter 3: Zionism Club -I-by French Club 2: Hebrew Club I. Abbey completes the Bensonhurst triumvirate of Fuchs, Kurtz, and Rubins. He plans to attend Rutgers Agricultural School and gain experience on the Bnei Akiva farm to prepare for his farming career in Israel. Behold he is the toiling man - .Ilarlrham ...33 -. A REUBEN RUDMAN Chess and Checker Club 6, 7,- lllath Club 8,' Tropical Fish Club 3-5g Service Squad 3. Reuben was one of the few, select members of the I don't give a rap club, but under the con- stant prodding of Mr. Lilker, was finally per- suaded that good marks are better than good naps. This fall he will transfer his new found philo- sophy to the classrooms of Y.U. Blessing on him that first invented sleep. -Cervantes MICHAEL SALZNIAN A ssociate Activities Editor of Elchanite 7, 8g Glee Club 7,- Math Club 3, 5,' Service Squad 7. When Mickey came to us from the Yeshiva of Brighton, the word deported was printed on his record. He can render a really solid imi- tation of Mighty Moe. He anticipates studying Chemical Engineering at Cooper Union. Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. - Johnson .ALLAN J. SC-HER p Arista 8, Activities Editor of Elchanite 7, 85 Elchanite Typist 8,' Class President 1, 33 ' Class Vice-President 2,' Class Secretary- - Treasurer 6g Class Debating Team 1-4, 6, 85 'gif T TA. Topics-Co-Editor 3,5: Elchanite Re- wg-.r B ,hurt porter 1, 2, 4, 65 Secretary 25 Service Squad 6. Al, our red-headed poet, has continually amazed us with his production of poems of fine quality. A true Romanticist, he also set a record for serv- ice to the school, proving that he is also active in school las well as outj. .-1 poetical medical he will be, He'l! cure your ills, with poetry free. -34- STANLEY SCHIMMEL Arista Sg Associate Activities Editor of El- chanite 7, 85 School Debating Team 5, 8,- School Athletic Mzlnzzger 8g lllanager of Var- sity Basketball Team 75 Class President 5,' Class Debating Marzager 3, 6, 7,' Class Debat- ing Team I-Sf Class Athletic Marzager 4,' T.A. Topics - Sports Editor 3: Reporter 2, -r-b. As the No. 1 Volunteer for Stevenson, Schmoo was the governor's personal campaign manager in the school during the '52 elections. As a debater and orator he has helped his class win many a debate. During his term as athletic manager, Yeshiva history was set when the school basketball team culminated its season in Madison Square Garden. There is no power like that of oratoryf' - Clay. LARRY SCHINDLER President of Chess and Checker Club 3g Chess and Checker Club 3, 7,' Math Club 4-6 ,' Service Squad X. Thanks to being one of Rabbi Herskovics' fa- mous one hundred percent boys,', Larry's average in T.A. rose with every term. His principal in- terests lay in Mr. Epstein's math classes. As much as he liked that subject, however, he will apply his mind to pre-law at Y.U. He explored the unknown - in his science fiction stories. HARVEY SCHNEIER T.A. Publications 1, 2,' School Chess Team I, 2,- School Checker Team 7,' Class Athletic lllanagfer 7,' Service Squad 7. Harv first heard about crossword puzzles in T.A. and worked on them between laff and learn sessions in Rabbi Karlin's class. In the fall, he will continue his studies fboth secular and cross- wordj at Y.U. Better a diamond with a flaw. than a pebble zc'ithout. - Confucius 3 'Ge 'I' i-if R15 . wwe 'J' Ml. ,EQ-6. A img. . ir-- , an fl ZALMAN SCHRADER Vice-Leader of Arista 7,' Arista 6-8,' Stu- dent Court 7, 8,- Elchanite Typist 6-8g Class President 2, 6,' Class Secretary-Treasurer 4,' Class Athletic Manager 3g Captain of School Chess Team 5. Zal became a member of the I.S.M.L.U. flnter- national Sunday Morning Latecomers Unionj against his will. He was the Chopin of the school band QKnabe used exclusivelyj. His favorite pastime is listening to a poetic rendition of the Mountain Vllhippoorwilf' las Mr. Strum found outj. School was one big symphony to him, ARTHUR SCHRANK Vice-President of Spanish Club 5,' Secretary of Stamp and Coin Club 2,' Chess and Chech- er Club 4,' Service Squad 7. After four years of practice and research in T.A., Arthur will probably become a special adviser on microfilm to the F.B.I. A strict observer of the Sunday blue law, he found it impossible to attend school on Sundays. Absence makes the heart grow fonderf' - Bayly IRVING SCHWARTZ Associate Business Wlanager of Elchanite 7, 85 Varsity Basketball 5-8,' Junior Varsity Basketball 3, -l,' Class President 4,' Class Vice-President 5,' Class Athletic Manager 1-3. While not being the outstanding one in class pranks, Itzy,' worked behind the scenes. As a good all-around athlete, our Rabbi Schwartz has been a member of the basketball team for two years and has been a great help to his class in all intramural sport events. The cause is hidflen, but the result is hnownf, - Ovid -36- .w,,,.!,l., , Te A, - af 1, J, ,., W N HARVEY SHAPIRU TA. Publications I,- School Debating Team 7,' Class President 6,' Class Debating Team 3-5, 7, 8,' President of Spanish Club 5,- Ser- vice Squad 7. Shippy, who has been a member of his class debating team, seemed to get strange sensations upon hearing Mr. Strum read poetry. Known as the Chassid of Crown Heights, he expects to attend Yeshiva University and continue learning Talmud. No man has ever prayed heartily without learning' something. - Emerson. -lssoczate Art Editor of Elchanite 7, 8,' El- School Athletic lllanager 7,- Varsity Basket- ball 5-8 Junior Varsity Basketball 3, 45 Class lice-President 1,- Class Debating Team 8,' Class Athletic Maizager 3g Service Squad 8. i IVAN SERCHUK In in I -i chanite Typist 7, 8,' School Debating Team 85 M' 7 I y, I 'Q Realizing the need for a change in T.A. sports policy, fforeign and domesticj, Ike got himself elected Athletic Manager on the G.O.P. fGet into Oflice Patrolj ticket. He kept tabs on all the teachers with that Old Guard vigil. He hopes someday to become a lawyer and dabble in politics. l agree with no man'g opinion. I have some of my own. - Ivan Sergyevich Turgeniet' MOSES SILBERBERG TA. Topics - Reporter 7,' Hebrew Culture Club 8. Moe, an avid soccer fan, never could impress upon the administration the importance of a soccer team. After making high school in three years, he will take pre-med in college. He aspires to be a doctor in Israel. -.1 Cf wp!! your part, there all the honor lies. - Pope nr- .1 5,1 i JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN Arista Leader 7g Arista 5-6',' Arista Sec- retary 6g Student Court 7g Activities Editor of Elchanite 7, 85 Editor of Kolenu 65 Co-Editor of Kolenu 7, 8g T.A. Pub- lications 1, 25 Class President 4,' Class Debating Team 5,' President of Math Club 3. joe is known to all as Goldn1an's other self. Well liked by all, he went about his business and ob- served all about him in a quiet sort of way. Hoping someday to contribute something revolu- tionary to mankind, joe will center his further education around a study of physics. I perceive well by certain evidences thine ability to learn sciences. - Chaucer ROBERT SIMON T.A. Topics - Reporter 7, 8,- Science Club 5, 6,- Service Squad 8,' Library Squad 7, 8. No square he, Bobby has an angle all his own on life, so he will become an engineer. He just man- aged to keep out of Mr. Epstein's hair because . . . Hard to anger, quick to appease, Bobby's got what it takes to please. NORMAN R. SINOWITZ Class President 4,' Math Club 2-5, 7. 85 Span- ish Club 6. Normie, the apple of Mr. Epsteinis eye for su it 'pearsj, has a slight stroke of genius - for doing things differently .,., If he doesn't watch out, he'll end up as an actuary lat 350,000 a yearj. Wlzoso would be a man, must be a noncon- formistf' - Emerson -33- J ULIUS SOLOMON Arista 7, 8,' Student Court X: Business .Ilan- ager of Elchanite 7, 6',' Varsity Basketball 7, Xg Junior Varsity Basketball 5, 6,' Class Pre- sident 6, 75 Class Secretary-Treasurer 5,- Class Athletic Manager -lg President of French Club 4,' Vice-President of French Club 5. Julie, the meistersinger of Rabbi Yogel's class, can reel off arias and operettas ftelephone op- erettas, that is!!j. His knack for basketball the was SO on the Varsirylj and his great personality really set him above and apart. .-I nd ever as he went, some merry lay he sung. - Beattie PHILIP SULTAN Secretary of Math Club 3,' lVlusic Club 4,' French Club 5. 6g Glee Club 7. The Vaughn Monroe of T.A., Phil charmed us with his velvet voice. He is one of these rare people whom everyone likes. With a song in his heart. NVALTER SUSSMAN Arista 6-85 Elchanite Photography Squad 7. 85 Class President 2, 5,' Class Vice-President 3, -l,' Class Debating Team 3, 6-8: T..+l. Topics -Feature Editor 7: Reporter 3-6: Secretary 3, 4. Average Walt participated in nearly all the acti- vities possible in his four years in T.A. If the average average would be as high as XX 'alt's ave- rage, the average average would be much higher. The original Ladies Home Companion f'lVuff said! ll -319- el Q' Q HAROLD UDEVVITZ A ctivities Editor of Elchanite 7, .5',' Elchanite Art Squad 6,' Class Sanitation Nlanager Sy T.A. Topics - Reporter 5: Secretary 5 Considered by his classmates the greatest im- personator and comedian in the country, Udey has been a major attraction at every school func- tion. Not only does he have great talent for the stage, but he is also considered one of the best artists ever to be graduated from our school. All the worldis a stage, And all the men and women merely mimick- ers' material. - lifted from Shakespeare STUART VVALTZMAN ul Class Secretary-Treasurer 6,' Class Debating Team 7,' TA. Topics - Reporter 3, 45 Pre- sident of Spanish Club Ig Service Squad 7,- Ojffice Squad 6-8. Stuie , whose name can always be found on the Summa Cum Laude honor roll, had been one of Senor Cantor's most beloved Spanish students. Being extremely interested in science, he intends to take a pre-Medical course in Cornell Univer- sity. n the scale of the destines, brawn will never weigh so much as brain, Lowell DAVID VVEISS Class Athletic lllanager 3. 5,' Hebrew Club 1, 2,' lllath Club 3, 4,' Chess and Checker Club 7. Davey is a fast man on the cinders fand at socials tooj. He kept us in stitches with his modernistic interpretations of native dances. Be merry and be Weiss. Stolen from DU-1 verant LOUIS VJOHL Producer of Variety Night Sy Class Debating Team 7. c5',' Glee Club Leader 7,' Service Squad 7, Sy Library Squad 3-6,' Office Squad 7, 8. Lou, a gift from Uptown and California, made himself welcome as soon as he came. Aside from organizing and leading the Glee Club, he was instrumental in producing Variety Night. In the fall he will start preparations for the Bar. It didnit tahe long to see through Lou, To bud a guy nicer is hard to do. There arenlt many - one of a few. All that he wants is friendship from you. -40- SENIOR ANNALS biary FRESHMAN YEAR Dear Diary - Today I enter a new school. I am looking forward to a gigantic school, tremendous gym, and a big pool . . . Well, two backboards for basketball is nothing to sneeze at, is it??? . . . Mr. Kallner QT.A.'s gift to the world of science - all wrapped up in himselfj takes us deeper, deeper into test tubes and beakers. Makes us see 'stars' and a moon on his nose. Remember the loyalty oath that had to be signed? . . . Mr. Gold, our English teacher, has an interesting way of giving homework assign- ments - makes you write things in the margin. fYou write so much in the margin that it's im- possible to fit anything else onto the pagej . . . Attention all. Senor Cantor is coming to town with a fixed wagon, red ink, marked papers fafter 4 months, and all. But Senor, the Regents is 3 years away. - Wfho asked you to talk there? . . . New Hebrew teacher says - you will be coming begging to me for those few extra points when you grad- uate. It won't help you even if you bring your fazer, your mozer, your sister or your brozer Cthat's a song, isn't it?j . . . Music can't be short and sweet so we write ten pages for Mr. Grossman on the final - Boy, that ought to bust his QMusicalj scale . . . French professor has nothing but 'good will' for 'fine boys' . . . A certain Rebby teaches with the fluid touch - free showers for the bovs in the first three rows . . , Hershki misses rebby Sau- ders with a Pepsi-Cola bottle. Boys increase acci- dent insurance coverage for fear of being hit by balls, books, and other flying missiles . . . Rabbi H. also goes on an undercover investigation ftzitzis inspection . . . Faivy takes to teaching gemmorrah, class forges ahead at the rate of two lines per day between rest periods . . . SOPHONIORE YEAR Upon returning from our vacations, we have the big three for Math fMorantz, Branson and Rosen- thalj. You can't tell the math teachers without a scorecard, Guess we'll just have to live thru it . . . We have an old fossil teaching us Bologee -- what do the oysters do down in the mud? -wah - they make whoopee . . . Mr. Landowne - XWhat's the difference between a chicken and a roos- ter? Feit - a rooster has feathers . . . fOh Footsie, how could youj . . . julie teaches us a meth- od for fooling the Board of Regents - If ye don't know the answer, write 'therefore' and I'll give you half credit . . . Rabbi Hershkovics fwith a weej makes us give 51.25 for packages for poor relatives in far off lands - you will pay your 'bock' or you vill fail. Rothman asks for a receipt for his money and fails half fyou think I rob you?j . . . Doc tells of his adventures at the Indian reservation. Dearie enjoyed the 'bays' there too . . . The poor doctor laments to us, I missed Rocca last night, Dearie wasn't home to turn on the TV set . . . Smilin Phil Uulie's protegeej teaches us the facts of life - his face gets red enough to learn the biological makeup of a tomato . . . Tex Shapiro -T. A.'s answer to Roy Rogers fthe glitzianah cowboyj makes everyone use their imaginations. Wfeel, this circle isn't exactly a square, but I'm not here to teach you, go home and read the book . . . Radio brought into Spanish class - but have no fear - the Senor is wise to the racket and will get to the bottom of it . . . Boys learn to wrestle with Talmud as Shanghai Shark takes on all comers. The Rabbi takes down names and numbers in a little black book made of fyou guessed itj shark- skin . . . Rabbi Karlin penalizes boys. I am taking a quarter of one second off recess, and he does. 33:1 fi 1 R ' I 'I gg , l ' r I ' u 1 I ---, gm lf' lr' . tl .MM .li 1 I I s f ' - - ' s J r'-rr he e T ff- 1 A m gg iff! it we so I Eli. fly? ifw fi' A A r Y B' A ,a -if i ,. r - JUNIOR YEAR Mr. Turetzky fa combination of math, gemorrah niguns, and a Broolkyn accentj complains that the boys are not loining their work . . . The period ends at 5:28 - Moe enters at 5:25 - 'you're wasitng you own time boys' . . . Dr. Kronenberg takes over the Spanish class and tells us how he gives dictation. He says, you know I vill beng wiz my hent on zee desk every time der ees a writteren accent on de void - yah, yah fwho said nein?j . . . New subject, chemstiry. XVhat's the formula for dog's urine? A, K9P . . . How can you be such a cluck and live . . . Reb Eaivel- son's map business CSC map, transported from the East Side at great expense for only 35cj merrily rolls along . . . He deducts points from those stu- dents with NPA's Cnot purchasing anythingj . . . Student - VUho wrote 'The Fat of the Land'? Doc - Yeziersky Student - How do you spell that? Doc - Y . . . E . . . I can't tell you sonny . . . Marty Qcollapsible knees, teaches us about the alliances before the first World War - If Russia attacks Germany, etc .... NX'e meet and discuss Lincoln Steffens in this manner - Teacher U1 Was Lincoln right in going to Heidelberg? let's vote. Semar, you count the votes . . . Into the stretch before Regents week - 'But Mr. Lebowitz we didn't learn sulphur yet?? Shut up, we still have plenty of time . . . SENIOR XY'ell, here we are, we Bnally made it - the big shots in the school . . . New Hebrew teacher, bbi Per an uicklv endea - ix cabbalah to Korbon without even pausing for 11 breath, but he can still hear the bell -- Yep . . hir. Lilker teaches us all about the yuneeyom in America . . . New social studies teacher. Mr. Melov flpana smile and allj XY'ell, they did it. Ask questions, he says, so like suckers we ask him. The result - Nonesense, Schissel - zero . . . His slogan - zeros with a smile . . . English 7 - a real relaxing course. Stevenson, oops, Strum gives his rendition of the lvlountain XY'ippoorwill fUp in the mountains it's lonesome all the timej XY'hat a ham: Ham? No. ham . . . Physics is one big laugh as one experiment after another bites the dust. As soon as I disconnect the current from this electro- magnet, the bar drops of. Drop off - darn you. Epidemic of cigarette cough hits school. Rabbi Yogel also suggests taking up periodic collections for those boys who wear Ahzinih Hoizen and Zulu hetz in jimmy from Harlem style . . . Botknecht breaks prece- dent by serving for two terms as G.O. prexy . . . Vile read Macbeth in English class - go get him. surgeons - send out moe, hoses - XY'here's Beckman???? Solid is given for first time in school. If you have a line perpendicular to, Solomon, Brump, and parallel to, Brump. Fisher. Mighty Moe gets over his period of mourning and lifts his pants from their half-mast position . . . XY7hy was XY'ilson sick? Adler asks - Melov wipes away tears and argues against dictators . . . And then - Regents scholarship, College Boards, Finals and Regents. and GRADUATION . . . And so - Dear Diary, It actually was a short jump from freshie to senior and we enjoyed every half-second of it. And so now we wish to thank the administration and faculty for making our high-school education such a pleas- ant experience. Yours very truly, dents. IS versatie re y 0 m cam r o The graduating class of 1953 Y i T ' -NN ll' l l , l . N..-. ,, u ' :iff-.df . f j 'gl- 1 ' 'W I L-L VI 1 I1 i iw! I 1 X -J X X , Li i' Q i l l I I V i 1 I N ' W j-,- V , I W '1 g wx T'- 1 M i r I 4 lflIlI'.Zl jx I w ji all ' L- 'il . jx i tilt T' fl if e , 'QELQQI or r Q. ' V I i' MN lljll! I j g Y QW -- ' Tue ll 'av ' I W iq 1' -' '-ii I ' li twig ' 6 ,344 fail? ,if law . , i::f-.1 :J A.. 1-nv ff.: A wx , 1 1 'Q :gi at f .f -W .7-1 - s-...-'Q lsqpgf AJ -uh: 5 r,..,..-.x A , ' 5 W' 'L S... .t.. fi f 4 f I 13 23 33 43 53 63 73 83 93 103 113 123 133 143 153 163 173 HALL UF FAME Best Dressed Best Natured Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Artist Athlete Casanova Humorist Orator Poet Talmudist Vllriter Did Nlost for the School Nlost Conscientious - Nlost Intelligent ---- Blost Likely to Succeed Nlost Popular Favorite Teacher ---- Favorite Subject PAUL KOLKER CHARLES CUTTER GIL GOLDFINE BARRY HOCHDORF MARTIN ASKOWITZ W - A - - HAROLD UDEWITZ PHILIP FELIG ALLAN SCHER JULIUS SOLOMON LARRY SCHINDLER MICHA BOTKNECHT JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN LIONEL GROSSBARD LIONEL GROSSBARD GIL GOLDFINE NIR. MARTIN LILKER HISTORY E0 ACTIVITIES FALL TERM V G.O. Administration fFcr11 Termjz Sitting, left-right: G. Goldfine. Vice-Pres.g M. A Q Botknecht, Pres, Standing: S. Feder, Sec'y-Trecxs. G. O. fFc111 Terml: Front row, left-rightg S. Mille: M. Polcznsky, M. Gordon, H. Book: Second row left-right: M. Goldsmith, H. Kriegsman. S. Feder, M Botknecht, G. Goldfine, I. Serchuk: Third row left- rightg N. Gordon, R. Hixt, M. Kriger. H. Iosepher P. Felig, I. Blau, B. Hochdorf: Fourth Row, left-right: I. Bruckenstein, I. Neugehoren. D. Levine. L. Rubin S. Fleisher, A. Cohen, H. Levine. Q SPRING TERM Our student organization known familiarly as the G.O., and in which all the classes are equally re- presented, has done an excellent job this past. year. As coordinator of the numerous extra-curricular act- ivities of the school, it has contin- ually spurred on the student body to participate in as many activities as possible to further both them- selves and the school. In line with constant efforts to explain the duties of the G.O. in relation to the student body, 21 copy of the G.O. constitution has been distributed to all the students. A tour around the school and grounds has been initiated for the new students. G. O. Administration CSpring Terml: Sil- ting, left-right: M. Botknecht, Pres., H. Kriegsmcm, Vice-Pres. Standing, P. Kolker, Sec'y-Trecis. G. O. tSpring Terml: Front row, leftarighl: A. Gmini, A. Dershowitz. P. Kolker. M. Botknecht, H. Kriegsmcm, I. Welield, M. Polcmsky, B. Lcmgenauer, Second row, lett- right: A. Eidelmcm, H. Elstein, M. Gcmchrow, E. Preis. M. Askowitz, P. Rosenfeld, S. Miller: Third Row, left- rightz A. Kirschbczum, S. Vlfultzman, A. Cohen, E. Beckman. L. Indyk, E. Lazcxr, N. Bryks. v4tA Ar Student Court The object of the Student Court, the judiciary branch of the GO, is to make the students more aware of rules and regulations which they must abide by throughout the school day. The court is composed of six members ffive regulars and one alternatel chosen from Arista. Procedure of trial is as follows: When a student commits a misdemeanor, a member of the Service Squad serves him with a summons stating the time, place, and nature of the act. At the court session the Service Squad member who reported the defendant brings him up and acts as prosecuting attorney. After the summons is read by one of the court members the questioning period commences, during which the justices become more acquainted with the case, and the student may speak in his defence. When the questioning is over, both the defendant and prosecutor leave, and the justices discuss the case among themselves and with Mr. Strum. In doing so, two points are especially considered: the seriousness of the crime and the student's past record. After the court has reached a decision the defendant is returned, and either acquitted or informed of some duty he must perform in con- sequence of his crime. These duties are either in service to the school, such as sanitation work or personal punishment such as detention. By means of formal couragement from Mr. students - socially. procedure followed at the trials and able en- Strum, the Student Court has improved many STUDENT COURT fFc1l1 Termlz Sitting, left-right: Z. verstein, M. Goldman, P. Felig. M. Botknecht, M. Ad! right: G. Goldiine, E. Glick. Schrader. I. Sil er: Standing, left- Student Court SPRING TERM A FUTURE CASE FOR STUDENT COURT: left-right E. Glick. I. Schwartz. D. Baker, M. Goldman. STUDENT COURT fSpring Termlz Sitting, left-right C.Genn, S. Cohen, L. Grossbcxrd, Z. Schrader, I. Solo- mon. M. Botknecht, P. Kolker: Standing: H. Kriegsman. 14riAta FALL TERM ILRISTA LEADERS KI-'cxll Terml: left-right: Z. Sch- rcrder, I. Silverstein. L. Grossbcxrd. lt is always a great honor for a student to be accepted as a member of T. A. Arista, the school's honor society, and to Wear its familiar pin. This year a few changes have been made in the requirements for mem- bership and new application forms have been printed. A committee has also been appointed to draw up a re- vised edition of the constitution and to submit it to the assembly for its approval. Mr. Lebowitz, Arista faculty adviser, offers many fine suggestions as to procedure and legislation. ARISTA Clfcll Terrnl: Seated left-righig M. Katz, I. Fischer, L. Grossbcxrd, I. Silverstein, Z. Schrader, S. Cohen, M. Goldman. Standing le-it-rightg S. Kwestel, L. Indyk, I. Fuchs, I. Lcxndwirth, P. Kolker, M. Adler, W. Sussman, P. Felig, N. Gordon, M. Tokcxyer. 1414 ta SPRING TERM Every term Arista plans an outing or trip for its members. In the fall term C1952-19533 the Broadway hit The King and I was seen, and a good time was enjoyed by all. One of the most important of Arista activities is aiding students who are deficient in certain subjects. By doing: this, Arista lives up to its dual name of excellence in both service and schol- arship. ARISTA LEADERS left-right: L. Grossbard. P. Felig, M. Goldman. ARISTA: Front row, left-righti I. Fuchs. S. Cohen. P. Kolker, M. Goldman. P. Felig, L. Grossbard. I. Lebowitz, Z. Schrader, S. Schimmel: Second rowg W. Sussman. M. Adler, S. Feder. I. Solomon, I. Lcmdwirth, I. Fischer, H. Fleischer, S. Kwestel, N. Bryks: Third rowg M. To- kayer. I. Silverstein. N. Gordon, S. Levenson, I.. Indyk. A. Scher. M. Kcxtz. n., l x 231' X 4 X -o. t In the firm belief that the best school government is government by the students themselves, the administration of the school has encouraged the pupils to set up their own Service Squad. Adhering' to this principle, the Service Squad has grown and grown until it has now reached its present proportions. Quite naturally the students respect this select body and consider it a great privilege to be a member of it. .This past term, in keeping with the democratic ideals, the Service Squad has instituted a newer and better policy of selecting the members of the Squad ln the past the oiticers of the GO picked all the candidates. Now the pro- cedure has been changed so that the students themselves pick the majority of the members. Thus the students are supervised by the people of their choice. While saluting the organization, we dare not forget to commend its Captain Coleman Genn, who has done a most admirable job. Taking an objective view, we sincerely feel that this body has done much to improve our school, and we take pride in saying it. Service Squad SERVICE SQUAD tFc1l1 Terml: Front row, left-righti M. Berlin. M. Ganchrow. S. Wcxltzmcm. E. Glick, G. Goldfine, B. Hochdorl, D. Levine, M. Edelmcm. R Brenner: Second row, M. Tokayer, I. Becker, R. Meyers, H. Shapiro. D. Baker, Schneier. M. Salzman, H. Bursky, R. Spiegel, H. Kriegsmun, S Hymowiiz, C. Cutter, M. Katz: Third row, H. Pollock, M. Bluth, M. Green spcm, E. Herschman, D. Fuchs, L. Wohl. C. Genn, A. Schrunk, M. Gold- man, P. Banner. H. Rothman. . . Service Squad Left-right' C. Genn. H. Kriegs- man, G. Goldfine. E. Glick. SERVICE SQUAD fSpring Terml: Front row, left-right: G. Falk, M. Zall, H Rothman. C. Genn, H. Kriegsmcm, R. Levine. M. Freimcm, I. Serchuk. H Pollock: Second row, left-right: M. Bskowilz. I. Neugeboren, D. Levine. A Eidelmcm, H. Bursky. B. Hochdorl, L. Schindler, I. Becker, S. Nadel. S. Gold- stein: Third row, left-right: H. Levine. S. Wilon. S. Chwut, R. Simon. L Wohl, M. Edelstein. I. Greenfield, G. Goldiine, E. Beckman. X 7 lf ... 'X' swag? M3 ' l X Among the long list of -groups and societies of which our school is proud of, the debating team stands foremost. It is comprised of those students who are exceptionally talented with the gift of eloquence. This society partakes in debates with the various private and public high schools of this city, and often, we proudly say, comes out the victor. Debating in TA is not limited to only inter- school debating, but rather includes inter-class oratory. According to the present system every class has its own debating team led by its debating manager, and debates approx-ima-tely every other week. As the general supervisor of this and the school debating team, we have a school debating manager who is elected by the school at large each term. He is considered an important member of the administration and does much to promote interest in debating among the whole student body. On special occasions assemblies are held at which the pupils act as judges of the debate, and are permitted a questioning period afterwards. The students appreciate this and look forward for more of these gatherings. bebating Society DEBATING TEAM fFc1ll Terml: Sitting, left-right: S. Schimmel, S. Cohen. P. Felig, H. Zuckerberg: Standing, left-right: G. Blidstein. L. Indyk, A. Der- showitz, N. Gordon. SPRING TERM A DEBATING TEAM ACTION: ' Left-right: N. Gordon, S. Cohen. I. Serchuk. DEBATING TEAM CSpring Terml: Sitting, left-right: G. Blidstein. S. Cohen I. Serchuk, S. Schimmel: Standing, left-right: M. Gcmchrow. A. Dershowiiz N. Gordon, I. Fischer. P. Felig. The true University of these days is a collection of books. These words, written by Thomas Carlyle more than a decade ago, still hold true today. That is why we are proud to have a library with as diversified a collection of books as we have. During the past year one hundred new books were purchased, ranging from best-selling novels to history, reference, and non- fiction books. Its periodical section deserves exceptional credit be- cause of its subscriptions to many magazines and pamphlets. The school library is a member of the Book of the Month Club and the History Book of The Month Club, receiving reading material every month. Our school library also has a section devoted to Hebrew literature and history, which is used by quite a num- ber of students. The library staff consists of eighteen librarians. At least two members of the staff are in the library each period. The library is open during the lunch hour as well as during the entire school day. The staff is ably headed by our faculty adviser Mr. B. Brender. Mitchell Leifer is chief librarian. A complete up-to-date catalogue section has been perfected by the library staff under the supervision of Messrs. Brender and Leifer. Zi6rar FALL TERM LIBRARY fFull Terml: Sitting, left-right: M. Goldberg. Mr. B. Brender. M. Leiier. H. Pollock: Second row, left-right: D. Kolatch, S. Richter, R. Meyers. I. Becker. L. Richter, R. Klein: Third row, leit-right' H. Lumermcm, D. Win- ter, S. Chwcxt. R. Simon. I. Blazer. wr X .b a X D LIBRARY SQUAD fSpring Terml: Front row, left-right: I. Blazer, Mr. B. Brender, M. Leiler, L. Richter: 'Second row, H. Machlis. D. Kolcrtch. M. Gold- berg. R. Meyers. I. Becker, M. Edelstein, S. Chwclt. S. Richter. L. Spector, E. Glick: Third row, left-rightt S. Feder. B. Meyerson, I. Furmcmsky, R. Brenner. H. Pollock. M. Goldman. R. Simon. A. Rozman. SPRING TERM MQ LIBRARY ACTION: Tlljllf I. Blazer, R. Brenner l T. A. TOPICS: Sitting, left-right: P. Felig. M. Goldman Standing, left-right: S. Chwat. C. Germ, S. Feder, W Sussman. . A l7u6licationA Kolenu Kolenu, this year, has continued to function as one of the few Hebrew literary magazines on the high-school level. Numerous articles of high merit are included, such as original interpretations of Talmudic passages. Nlartin Goldman and Levi Kurtz have done an excellent job as this year's editors. Rabbi Faivelson deserves much credit for the time and eff0rt he has devoted to this publication. Elchanite This issue of Elchanite as well as all other preceding ones is the fruit of the efforts of an organization which works from the beginning of the year until the end. Meetings of the entire group are held once a week, when all problems are worked out jointly. By learning from past experi- ence, each Elchanite improves upon its predecessors and achieves more and more merit. TA Topics Probably the most familiar of the TA Publications to students is TA Topics, whose dual purpose it is to inform the students of school activities and entertain them with humorous columns. Members of the staff are chosen from the Journalism Club led by Nlr. Sidney Gold. Recently the Topics has reported on the student popularity poll and the TA basketball game in Nladison Square Garden. The editors oi the Elchanite, '53, would like to take this opportunlty to express their gratitude to the following mem- bers o'f the art and typing squads who have contributed so much to the success of this year's issue. ART SQUAD TYPING SQUAD Aaron Cohen Morris Goldberg Mitchell Leiter Arthur Friedman Elias Hershrnan Herman Pollack E11 Ifazar s Leonard Indyk Herbert Rothman avid Lelme Zalman Schrader . U 11 pll6llCdfl0MA ASSOCIATES OF THE ELCHANITE: Sitting, let!-right I. Lebowitz. I. Serchuk, M. Askowitz, Rabbi B. Fcrivel- son. P. Felig. P. Kolker: Standing, IettAright'M. Scrlz4 man, H. Rothman, I. Schwartz. L. Indyk, R. Brenner R. Levine. KOLENU: Sitting, left-right I. Kurtz. I. Silverstein. Rabbi B. Faivelson. M. Goldman, N. Bryksg Standing, left-right M. Botknecht. D. Baker. 14 tlaletic BASKETBALL TEAM CPP TAINS left right I Polm sky B Hochdori The most successful basketball team ever produced by Brooklyn Talmudical Academy took the Hoor last year. Under the coaching of Hal Jetter, the team Won many a game in both the Jewish High School League and in non League play. Two school records were shattered during the '52-'53 season. The indi- vidual scoring record for one season was broken by Al Helfer who scored 384 points. The team broke another record by defeating an opposing team by 54 points, the largest margin in T.A. history. BASKETBALL TEAM CSpr1ng Terml Front row le-it right S Horow1tz B Hoch dorf, I. Polinsky, A. Helier G Goldhne Second row left right S Schimmel Dizengoif, R. Brenner, I. Serchuk M H1fSChhOIn S Hymowitz I Miller Lust row, left-right: I. Lloyd I Schwartz S Levenson I Solomon C Genn Swish llladimvn Square garden This March 25 marked the high water mark in T.A. Brooklyn basketball history. On that night, the championship of the Yeshiva Basketball League was decided in a game at Madison Square Garden. This was the first time that any Yeshiva was able to play in an arena of this size. The game was played as the preliminary to a New York Knickerbocker Boston Celtic game. The opposition was furnished by our bro- thers and rivals of T.A. Uptown. The game was thrilling throughout and was played well. Although we lost 52 - 46, a good time was had by all. fn tra-mural During the last year many new additions were made in the school regarding intramural events. Basketball, punchball and foul shooting tournaments were held during both terms as well as ping-pong, handball and softball tournaments during the spring term. The basketball tournaments were held after school and the ping-pong tournaments and foul-shooting tournaments were held during lunch hour in the school gym. The softball and handball tournaments were held on Friday afternoons at softball courts in city parks. INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL KFGII Termlr From row, left- right: S. Cohen, G. Goldfine. I. Polinsky, I. Serchuk, R. Bren- ner: Second row, left-right: H. Kriegsmcm. M. Greenspan. I- Solomon. C. Genn. In tm- ami 2 Qt INTRAMUARL BASKETBALL CSpring Termk right: S. Cohen, I. Serchuk. H. Hoffman. A. Helier N Gor don: Second row, leii-right Z. Schrader. I. Becker H Knegs man. S. Waltzmcm, B. Hochdori. .If .--,,A.-. 'H f 'S-f .Ia Ji J FUUDNU' S 3 CO-OP: Left-right: M. Botknecht, S. Feder, M. Ganchrow, S. Socol. Cv-op Store A recent development, the Brooklyn T. A. Cooperative store, was founded and subsidized by the G. O. at the onset of the fall term. Be- cause of its excellent management, it has al- ready proven successful, although its merchan- dise is sold to the students at a reduced price. l S I ., , W W 1 f 'll' 'll' A Student's Life Eavesdropping upon a group of prospective freshmen, the Elchanite editors were impressed with the fact that Tulmudi- cal Academy is actually a mystery to those who are about to en- ter its sacred halls of study. As soon as a boy becomes a member of the student body, his daily life begins to take on a particular shape and pattern. Because we wish all who are still strangers to us to become better acquainted with our daily schedule, and because we feel that a glimpse upon a typical day of a T. ,-X. student would bring back happy memories of many such days, we present here a photographic essay depicting one Slu- dent's day. Qi PRE-DAXVN VIEXV of typical T.A. student, Walter Sussman. 4- COMMENCING THE DAY with THE T.A. LIBRARY provides a source of refer- ence for teachers and students alike. Here, Walt is making some final notes before his classes begin. the ritual of the Tephillin, a natural in every T.A. boy's life. 4- A HEARTY BREAKFAST means getting the day off to a good start. 4- BEFORE THE START of the day, Wal stops in for an informal chat with the sch0Q administrator, Rabbi Abraham N. Zuro READY, win- ' ing, and able, our subject is on the job. -y A COUPLE OF CLASSMATES, Gil Goldiine and Louis Wohl, join Sussman in checking some i vital information. STUDY PERIOD. A diliicult portion of Gemnrralz absorbs all of u students -9 attention. IN THE SCIENCE LABORA- TORY, personal observation is necessary to confirm theories gleaned from notes. -y 4' A u' C J' e,X P'm Cl-iANNUKAHg the eldest son of the Sussman household lights the traditional candles. -P s 14 ter School DESPITE the long hours and rigorous l schedule, T.A. boys do have time to relax. A happy homelife, a healthy social life, and planned study hours lill the evening for our students. Religious observance is part and parcel of every boy's life. On these pages we see Walter Sussman in his after-school hours filling out a typical T.A. day. AT HOMEQ Checking on a homework assignment. fi- F 2 ON THE EVE of each Sabbath, upon returning from religious services, Walter follows his father in the recitation of the Kiddush. QQ RELAXING after a long day at school, Walt tries to play a game of chess, H011-IOO easy feat, considering the number of Kibitzers. THE SUSSMAN FAMILY. In the eyes of his parents, Walt is not merely typical, but something ex- tra special. 1 RELAXING OVER A SODA, our boys discuss T.A.'s exciting game at Madison Square Garden. THE CHORAL GROUP provides another form of diversion and pleasure. KEEPING UP with T.A.'s scholastic standards means burning the midnight oil. POOPED after 21 hard day. Wfalt catnaps before going to bed. -P Left-right: Mr. Bluth, Mr. Lilker, L. Wohl. Um-ie ty flight Variety Night was originated last year, and its purpose was to give T.A. students a chance to dis- play their talents in various fields. Its great suc- cess last year warranted another such night this year, during the spring term. Our G. O. has also benefited, as the show proved a tremendous finan- cial success. We sincerely hope that this worth- while tradition will be continued for many a year. ,-Q' 3, 1 3 ' if ,.,f '?' 5 X? ff, f 1. :azn ff LITERATURE Jews in Science HE establishment of the State of Israel in May, 1948 marked the end of a period of almost 2,000 years, during which the Jews had no home- land, no piece of soil they could call their own. In the course of this exile, the Hebrews spread out all over the globe, and they became inhabitants of various countries, always, however, retaining their individuality as Jews. Together with the other people of the various countries, jews have formulated a large part of the customs and have contributed a large portion to the foundations of modern civilization. Some fields in which the jew has achieved renown are music, philosophy, and law. Nontheless, no contribution is greater than the part the jews have played in scien- tific progress. We find examples of jewish scientists from about the beginning of the common era. We all know of the achievements of the Romans in such fields as writing, architecture, and sculpture. Yet, in spite of the grandeur that was Rome, no one ever refers to the Romans as great mathema- ticians. Why, among a people as ingenious and industrious as the Romans are there no individuals who have delved into the mysteries of mathematics? The answer is simple and tragic. Because of the Roman system of numerals, equations would become unwieldy and cumbersome, and thus in the field of mathematics - stagnation! The 'Western world now utilizes the so-called Arabic system of numeralsg therefore, there must have been a transition, a time when the Arabic numerals were introduced to the W-estern world. This marks the first monumental achievement of our people in the scientific field. A number of jews, particularly Johannes Hispaolensis, or John of Se- ville, were instrumental in introducing this new set of numerals. Although the new system had not completely permeated Europe until the sixteenth cen- tury, it was utilized by learned men before that time. Thus, a great debt is owed to a Hebrew who translated from the Arabic a numbers system con- venient for scientific work. At approximately the same time, Indian geometry was introduced to the western world by Abraham bar Hiyya, whose original text in Hebrew was trans- lated into Latin by Plato of Tivoli. By JOSEF E. FISHER Modern photography is founded on the discovery of the noted philosopher Levi ben Gershom, who discovered the camera obscura. He noticed that it was possible to reflect the rays of an external object on a Hat plain, on which the image could be traced. This discovery, together with the younger Hershel's contribution of light-sensitive paper, made the mod- ern camera possible and laid the foundation for photography as we know it today. The fact that this phenomenon is now utilized for astronomical observation is also noteworthy. Levi ben Gershom also invented jacob's staff, a form of an astro- labe. In his voyage to the New World, Columbus utilized this instrument for navigational purposes. In the field of mathematics there are many scien- tists to consider. Let us be content, however, to mention the name of Carl Gustav Jacobi, whose works were published in seven volumes after his death. These volumes were at first edited by Jacobi's brilliant student, K.W. Borchardt, and later by the famous Weierstrass, who took over the editing after Borchardt passed on. The field of mathematics, and science in general, suffered a great loss when the mathematical wizard F.G.M. Einstein passed away at the age of 29. He was praised by that greatest of all mathematicians, Gauss, as having talents given to one person in a century. The young scientist's works were considered so brilliant that Gauss himself published them in 1848. The field of astronomy during the 18th century was dominated by a German-Jewish scientist who migrated from Hamburg to England while still a young man. William Herschel was this man's name, and while holding a part-time job as an organist, studied astronomy and finally achieved the well-nigh impossible. Together with his sister, he charted the sky as no man before him had done. He also con- structed his own telescopes on a large scale. From the viewpoint of practical contributions, it may be said that no other astronomer compares with him. Two of the many modern astronomers who have achieved acclaim are Maurice Loewy, who, as one of the greatest observational astronomers of the 19th century, devised the two part telescope, now in com- mon use, and Karl Schwartzchild responsible for the -74- equation on the atmosphere of the sun. He also devised equations for computing the stability of rotary masses. Thus we see, in spite of the slow start the Jews got off to in the field of astronomy owing to lack of needed elaborate equipment they, nevertheless, finished strong and produced some of the greatest names in the field. Another German-Jewish scientist, Emile Berliner, greatly improved communications by inventing tele- phonic devices now in common use. His fame has been eclipsed by that of Edison, whose commercial success in this field has caused the Wizard of Menlo Park to be recognized as the inventor of these de- vices. We now go to the field of medicine, in which the Jew's contributions date back to antiquity. Karl Sudhoff, the great medical historian, wrote, with the giving of the Torah there came two of tht greatest hygienic ideas ever conceived, the weekly day of rest and the direct prophylaxsis of disease. In spite of the anti-Semitism which prevailed in the middle ages, jewish physicians cared for the major rulers of Europe. A number of individuals have achieved acclaim for their work in the medical field. The first was Isaac Israeli of Kairuoan, known as Isaac -Iudeaus to the medieval scholars. His views on fever have influenced thinking until the present and his authoritative work, De Gradibus Simpli- cium, was translated into Latin by Constantine the African. This book was the main source for further work in the field of pharmacology. The greatest name in jewish medieval life was Moses Maimonides, the Rambam. His profession was medicine, and he wrote two great works in this field. The first was his Treatise on Poisons and Antidotesf' The second and more famous work, Aphorisms, was considered by the great Mercuria- lis to be of no less caliber than a work by Hippocrates on the same subject. Yet the most remarkable thing about this brilliant man was that he advocated prin- ciples which are being put into practice at the pre- sent time. He realized the relation between the mind and the body and made provision for the patiel1t'5 min-rl. This is shown by the fact that although he was against faith treatment, he sanctioned it for the patient's peace of mind. XVhile recommending fresh air and sunshine, he said that exercise should be taken only in moderation. The natural proclivities for the healing art by the Marrano jews were phenomenal. Also known as the Crypto-jews, they were forced tu embrace Christianity during the Inquisition of the I-ith and 15th centuries. They did, however, cherish inwardly the religion of their forefathers and continued in the medical profession. Of these Portuguese jews, Sir Clement Markham considers Garcia D'Orta the greatest. D'Orta studied men in relation to nature and wrote the first scientific work ever to be written in Portuguese - Colloqious dos simples E Dorgas Medicinaesu, written in 1563. His description of Asiatic cholera and medicinal plants remain unsur- passed. D'Orta's family was, however, persecuted, and only his timely death saved the great physician from the agonies he would have undergone. Rodrigo de Castro, also a Marrano, laid the foundations for gynecology, the doctrine of the diseases of women, as we know it today. I-le also wrote a book of medical jurisprudence, as one of the early advocates of the doctrine. The city of Hamburg was benefited by his outstanding services, and his devotion to the sick during the plague of 1654 has become a legend. During the nineteenth century, progress was made in various fields which laid the foundations for the advances in medicine during the 20th century. Medical science was almost revolutionized as a result of the studies of jacob Henle, a microscopic anatomyst. This German-jewish scientist was the first to accurately describe the skin and other linings of various organs in the body. His General Ana- tomy, published in 18-il, remains one of the most authoritative works on the subject and may today be consulted with profit. One of the pioneers in the science of endocrino- logy was Moritz Schiff, whose discoveries in this field laid the foundations for many subsequent dis- coveries. The hormones studied by being used to combat such diseases such dreaded diseases as cancer may the use of hormones. Schiff are now as arthritis and be overcome by XY'hereas there may be conflicts in various lit-lls of science as to who discovered what, there is no doubt as to the originator of psychoanalysis. Sig- mund Freud. The Columbus of the Sub-Conscience XY'orld, influenced human thought in every branch of intellectual life with his theories. lt was through him that many mentally ill now can be made to take their places as responsible citizens of the world. Thus, mankind owes a great dc-ht to a Viennese -lewish psychiatrist who first dt-lied into the mysteries of the suhfonscience mind. ,.- IPM? Remarkable progress was made by Marcus Eliezer Bloch, who, although unable to read German at the age of 19, worked very diligently and founded the science of ichthyology, the study of fish. His work on the subject remained the standard in the field for many years. In the middle of the 19th century, a theory per- sisted that life could arise from inanimate objects. Many contributed proof to discredit this theory, but it was the jewish scientist, Ferdinand Cohn, who gave the coup de grace to the theory of spontaneous generation. This theory, which had obstructed scien- tific progress for many years, was finally diSCard6d and science was free to make advances in various fields. The most brilliant electrical engineer ever to hold a piece of wire was Charles Proteus Steinmiiz. The appropriate name, the Electrical XWizard, was giifzri to him at the General Electrical Corngrffvivdafereellieg X solute calculus, the necessary mathematical instru- ment for the theory. Hermann Minowslci gave the mathematical basis. The scientist who gave the physi- cal impetus to the theory is Albert Michelson, a phy- sicist famous in his own right. In the classic Michel- son-Morley experiment, he proved that the earth is not drifting in a stationary ether, thus destroying that theory forever. This and other experiments earned him the coveted Nobel Prize in physics. The youngest of all Nobel Prize winners is james Franck, a Jew, who received the prize in 1926 for the experimental confirmation of the quantum theory. Gustav Hertz, who received the prize for research in the theories of atoms, and Gabriel Lipp- man, the inventor of color photography, are but two of the many Jews who have received the Nobel Prize in physics. Chief15fofr1herAtomic1Energy research program is J. Robert Oppenheimeigf a jewish physicist who has Xi,-l served as Chief Consulting Engineer forzgmanyayeam. Many of his developments are nowg beingy used tot make life more comfortable for us. il, l f i i With the advent of the Nobel Prize, our task af - recognizing genius became relatively easy. At the end of the 19th century, a Swedish inventor, Alfigecljg Nobel, invented dynamite. Since he had originally intended it as an instrument of progress in the of peace, he was very distressed when ,he saw to what uses it was being put. Therefore, utilizing :the money he made from his terrifying invention, he established the Nobel Peace Prizes. These prizes were to be awarded to the one who accomplishes the most outstanding achievement in the fields of physics, Xachieveci fame because Qof his research in that field. For some strange re1rls'onTfhe Jews have always been more successful im thd field of medicine. This holds trhe for the hxlobel Prizes, since most of the Jewish! recipients received citations in the field of fifnfciiiriei l . A-,sagaiof patiende and exhaustive research is that of'---Paul Ehrlich's war on syphillis. The drug he finally obtained togicombat the disease was named Salvasan i6Q6,nfor was the 606th chemical and drug to' be'trieiclff'TThe world owes a great debt to Ehrlich's patience. Incidentally, the Nobel Prize committee appreciated the discovery enough to award him the prize in medicine in 1908. chemistry, medicine, literature, and world peace. 'If'f:515Kri?rTnportant life-saving technique was made pos- is noteworthy to add that numerically, the Jewish recipients of the prizes are exceeded only by the German and French recipients, some of whom, inci- dentally, were jewish. One scientist whose name needs no introduction is Albert Einstein, the originator of the Theory of Relativity. This theory is said to be so complicated that only a few physicists can appreciate its conse- quences. The stark reality that there is an atomic bomb silenced the sceptics forever. The mighty wea- pon showed that the Theory of Relativity is correct, at least, in part. The venerable professor is now working on relationships between the various forces known to exist in this world. Wfhile we are on the topic of relativity, it is only fair to mention the names of three fellow-Jews who laid the basis. Tullion Levi-Civita developed the ab- sible by Karl Landsteiner, who received the Nobel Prize for his research on the metabolism of cancer, which made possible the steps which are being taken to cure the dreaded disease. Otto Leowi received the coveted citation for his determination of the chemi- cal nature of the nervous impulses. The most recent recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine is the jewish scientist, Selman Waksman. His discovery of the new wonder drug streptomycin. was a great step towards the cure of the dreaded disease, tuberculosis. Thus we can see, that the jews, although a small minority, nevertheless contributed greatly to civili- zation, and in the long run, improved the lot of the great majority, all of mankind. Only through science can Israel become a land flowing with milk and honey. 76- Ch sim Weizmann By HAIM Weizniann won renown in many fields of human endeavor. He was a teacher, states- man, and scientist. A great deal of his fame was derived from his work in the field of chemistry. This scientific work also had a vast effect upon world Jewry. Since this Elchanite is dedicated to jewish scientists, it is appropriate that this article concern itself with Chaim W'eizmann's work in science and the effect of this work on the jewish people. Chaim Weizt11ann's most important scientific dis- covery was the process for the synthetic manufacture of acetone. This is the story of how this discovery came about and the far reaching effect it had in both the scientific and political fields of the world. In 1910 the world was threatened with a shortage of natural rubber. The chemists of the world em- barked on a search for a method of manufacturing rubber synthetically. At that time Weizmann was teaching biochemistry at Manchester University. He too decided to try to produce synthetic rubber, attacking the problem in the following manner: Since rubber is composed of polymerized isoprene, and isoprene can be manufactured from isoamyl alcohol, therefore the logical starting point would be to manufacture synthetic isoamyl alcohol. And since this alcohol was a byproduct of alcoholic fer- mentation, but in quantities not sufiicient to warrant exploitation, Vlfeizmann searched for a bacterium which would produce by fermentation more isoamyl alcohol than the yeast used in ordinary fermenta- tions did. In the course of his investigations Wfeiz- mann used bacteria granulobacter pectinovora which he had obtained from the Pasteur Institute of Paris. The result of the fermentation of sugar by this bacteria was a liquid which smelled very much like isoamyl alcohol. However, upon distilling the liquid Weizniann found that it contained by weight 60W acetone, 30Q7Q1 ethyl alcohol, and 1050 butyl alcohol. His superior on the chemistry staff of Manchester University, Dr. Perkins, told him to pour it down the drain because he considered it worthless. Weiz- mann, however, declined to discard any pure chemi- cal. The sagacity of this decision will be seen later, for the acetone obtained was used in the war and was the main part of his discovery. However, to digress a bit, Wfeizmann saw that merely through fermentation he could not obtain enough isoamyl alcohol. But it was possible that the butyl alcohol obtained in the process which was similar to isoamyl alcohol could be made into butadiene and the buta- diene then polymerized into a rubber. XY'eizmann tried this approach and was successful in producing a synthetic rubber of a quality similar to that of natural rubber. For a long time this was the only method we had for producing synthetic rubber. This was the famous process used by the Germans in XY'orld War I for producing their rubber called Buna ffrom the German BUtadiene Natrium. Na- trium is German for metallic sodium which was an important reagent in the processj, This rubber. however, was rather hard and not as good as natural f 'TTT-X x I ,, ...., 0, Wy Q , Wg, X NN 3 ff IW 'fi-X I, ,. , f I ri X ff! f if sb 5 3 .- ' ff if 4 if Xi iff ,xam X M X a M' li ..,,- vifwlugp-,,W ..-yl, rubber which was very soft. Later on, during Wforld Wfar II, Wfeizmann came to the United States to work on the synthetic rubber problem. Vlfhile he was here he discovered a method for the reproduc- tion of isoprene which was what he was originally searching for. By the condensation of acetone and acetelyne he obtained isoprene which was then used to make a synthetic rubber which was as soft as natural rubber, unlike Buna. As a result of these two important discoveries, during World War II, most of the tires had buna as the hard outer surface and a combination of Buna and isoprene rubber for the soft inner tube. This work on rubber was only one of Weizmann's achievements. A second, greater discovery came about as a result of these experiments on the pro- duction of synthetic rubber. As you remember, in his original fermentation process Weizmann obtained a liquid which was approximately 60fZ, pure acetone. He recorded the process and filed it for a future need. This need arose in August, 1914, when the British government requested all scientists to send in reports of all past work and their present projects. Weizmann submitted the report on his fermentation process. Nothing was heard from the British govern- ment until the Spring of 1916 when a representative of Nobels', a large munitions manufacturer, called on Dr. Weizmann and offered to buy his process. Weizmann was astounded for he had attached no technical importance to the discovery and in conse- quence thereof had neither patented it nor published anything on it. Wfeizmann signed the contract and was ready to commence operations when the news came that the plant which he was to use had been blown up. Weizmann had to terminate the contract with Nobels for they had no other plant available for the project. However, Nobels brought the matter to the at- tention of the British Admiralty and in March of that year Weizmann was called to the Admiralty. The head of the Admiralty's powder department ex- plained to Weizmann that a serious shortage had developed in the supply of acetone. Acetone was used as the solvent for cordite in the manufacture of explosives for naval guns. Wfithout acetone, the guns would be useless. Therefore the Admiralty laboratories were put at Weizmann's disposal and he started immediately to set up a pilot plant to test the commercial application of the process. A few weeks after the preliminary conference, Weiz- mann had an interview with the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, who started the discussion with these words: Well, Dr. Wfeizmann, we need 30,000 tons of acetone. Can you make it ? The world knows that Weizmann succeeded in filling Churchill's request. Wfhen Weizmann started working he was con- fronted with several problems. Up to now he had only produced several hundred cubic centimeters of acetone in his laboratory on an experimental basis. If he could somehow produce one ton of acetone, then he could produce any amount needed. The main problem was in the commercial aspects of the process and this could only be handled by a brewing engineer. Therefore he needed many engineers, equipment, and raw materials which could only be obtained through the government. Churchill gave him CARTE BLANCHE authority for all and any men and materials he needed. Weizmann set up his first plant in an old gin factory. The Admiralty also built a second plant specifically for the purpose of carrying on the fermentation process. However, when the project was going full blast the Food Controller refused to give them any more maize which was the carbohydrate which they were using. Weizmann herewith substituted horse chestnuts for the maize, but the supply of these soon gave Out 35 well. Subsequent researches indicated that the Weiz- mann process could be used with most sugars and starches. 1-2 Because of the obvious impossibility of obtaining large enough stocks of carbohydrates in England, operations were transferred to Canada. The first plant was set up in the Gooderham distillery in Toronto. This plant used maize as the starch. Of the total weight of maize processed, the amount Of chemicals obtained by weight were 7070 acetone, MQ butyl alcohol, and 7.6070 ethyl alcohol. 3 After getting the Toronto plant underway, Weiz- mann went to the corn belt of Canada to set up another plant near Terre Haute. When the United States entered the war two more plants were set up in Terre Haute. The obvious advantage of this lo- cation was its proximity to a ready supply of starch in the form of corn. After the war these plants were taken over by Commercial Solvents and are still operating today. 4 We have seen how Weizmann discovered the process and then set up the plants which supplied the needed acetone. To get a true evaluation of these accomplishments, we have but to see what -78.- Lloyd George, the Prime Minister at that time, had to say about Vifeizmann in his autobiography. -5 Dr, Weizmann, with his discovery not only helped us to win the war, but made a permanent mark upon the map of the world . . . Dr. XVeiz- mannls scientific brain absolutely saved the British army at a critical time. The immediate result of NWeizmann's discovery was of course the winning of World War I by the Allies. However, for the jews the world over there was a more important result. I am referring to the Balfour Declaration. This declaration issued on November 2, 1917 declared the support of the British government for the establishment in Pal- estine of a National Home for the jewish People. While he was working for the government in 1916-17 Weizmann actively lobbied for such a docu- ment among such higher-ups of the British govern- ment as Asquith, Lloyd George, Smuts, Churchill, and Balfour. Once Churchill called Wfeizmann into his offlce in the Admiralty and asked what he wanted as a reward for his discovery. Weizmann answered: There is only one thing I want - a national home for my people. However Weizmann was not content with having just one power aflirm the right of the jews to a national homeland in Palestineg he wanted the whole world to acknowledge and concur in the Balfour Declaration. Through correspondence with justice Brandeis and President Wilson he got the United States to adopt the Declaration by a joint Congres- sional resolution. Then in August, 1924, the Balfour Declaration was incorporated in England's mandate over Palestine by a unanimous vote of the League of Nations. There ensued thereafter 23 years of struggles with the Arabs and the British which finally terminated with the United Nations resolu- tion of November 29, 1947 which established the independent State of Israel. However, this belong, to another chapter of history. Getting back to the period which I am mainly concerned with, 1910-1924, besides political reper- cussions Weizmann's discovery had a far reaching effect on the world of science. XY'hen the project was well under way, the butyl alcohol produced in the process was converted into methyl ethyl ketone. a war chemical. However, when the war ended, the demand for methyl ethyl ketone also entled. Com- mercial Solyents, nevertheless, continued operations, for acetone was needed in peacetime as well as in wartime and large stocks of butyl alcohol accumu- lated. Wfeizmann and his associates devised new and ingenious uses for butyl alcohol. Through these efforts completely new industries came into being such as plastics, synthetic rubbers, high octane avia- tion fuels, and nitrocellulose lacquers. In summation, we have seen that Chaim Wfeiz- mann's discovery had three important results: 1-XY'orld Wfar I was won by the Allies. 2 -As an indirect result, new industries such as lacquers, aviation fuels and plastics were created. 5-The Balfour Declaration - the first concrete step towards the establishment of a jewish State in Palestine - was issued. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1-Seed Culture Methods in the Production of Acetone and Butyl Alcohol by a Fermentation Process by H. B. Speakman journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry V. 12 2-A Study of the Acetone and Butyl Alcohol Fermentations of Various Carbohydrates by Guy G. Robinson journal of Biological Chemistry V. 53 5-Biochemistry of the Acetone and Butyl Alco- hol Fermentations of Starch by Baccillus Granulo- bacter Pectimovorum by H. B. Speakman journal of Biological Chemistry V. 41 -1-Butyl Alcohol and Acetone from Starch by ISI. E. Nasmith of Commercial Solvents Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering V, .2-1 No. 12 5--XY'ar hlemoirs by David Lloyd George Y. II ii: N. Y. Times - November 28, 1951 GENERAL Trial and Ifrror by Chaim XYeizm.mn Chaim XVeizmann - Statesman, Scientist. Builder of the jewish Commonwealth i Edited by Meyer XV. XY'eisg.tl Chaim XY'eizn1.mn - A tribute on l-lis Seventieth Birthday Ifdited by Paul Goodman ,Ta - HEMI I Cl G.. Ed. note: The stiulents of our Talinuilical Acaclenzy are inrleeil fortunate in having a science faculty of high calibre. Coznpriserl of Mr. Samuel H. Lebouvitz, lllr. Julius Landouine, anrl lllr. Theoclorc Kallner, this clepartnzent has nzarle a great co-ntribution to'u'arcls the acarleniic advancement of the sturlent hotly. Tlleotlore Kallner. a, aracluatc of Yeshiva, University, is a cofniparative neufcoiner to our teaching staff. In thc little more than two years that he has been with us, he has in.- stilleil in his students a deep interest in their first contacts with scientific eafperim.ents. Julius Lanrlowne has taught biology in the Brooklyn Bfrawnch of Tal- 'znuclical Acazlcnzy since its founding. His biology classes remain vzvirl in the h.ea.rts and niintls of all T.A. alumni for years after they have left us. Because Mr. Samuel H. Lebourit.: came to Brooklyn after 'many years of teaching in Yeshiva University High Sch-ool, Manhattan, he may be consiilerecl, from the standpoint of service in our school, the senior inenibefr of this trio. lI'c, therefore, feel that a re- count of his experience anrl a.ctiv-ities with us 'icoulfl be of fl'V6!lt interest to those who are connected with our school. Our versatile teacher of science and mathe- matics was born in Brooklyn in the year 1901. He received his high school education at Towns- end Harris Hall High School and a Bachelor of Science degree from City College in 1922. Immediately following his graduation, he began to teach in the public school system. Ufhile teaching, Mr. Lebowit: was studying for his By SAMUEL H. LEBOWITZ Mzzster of Arts degree, which he received from Columbia in 1926. Talmudical Academy of up- town employed his talents beginning in 1930. He now heads tlze Chemistry Department in Textile Higlz School in New York. His wealth of knowledge of textiles has mani- fested itself in the form of inventions in the textile field. lllany of our present-day articles of clothing are made of synthetic fibers. which cannot accept the customary laundering and ironing. A maclzine was invented by Mr. Lebo- witz which indicates the amount of heat dif- ferent articles can take without injury to them. This machine was welcomed by the major com- panies, to whom the trial and error method was both costly and inaccurate. Mr. Lebowit.z's contribution to the war ef- fort in the past world conflict was a very unique and valuable one. He wrote a book dealing with the various types of machines, one of which was used to train mechanics for the armed forces. Mr. Lebowitz's other momentous contribution on another battle front is his twenty-two years of long, suffering, patient endurance with Tal- mudical Academy students. We, feeling that no one can recount those years as well as Mr'. Lebowitz himself can, persuaded him to write the following article: - have just come to realize, that in spite of my apparent youth, time is moving inexorably on, and I, despite my best efforts to the contrary, am getting old. Wlhat brought this realization home to me was a request by Rabbi Faivelson, himself one of my former students and now a colleague on the Yeshiva faculty, that I write some reminiscences, under the general title of 'tMy Twenty-three Years in T. A., or XYlhy I Vilas Never Graduatedf' As I look back at it, it seems only yesterday that I first traveled uptown to join the teachers' staff. Dr. I. A. Schwartz who knew me at Textile, and who was then teaching French at the Yeshiva, told me of a vacancy for a chemistry teacher. I applied for and obtained the position. I've been at it ever since. As to why I was never graduated, the answer is obvious. I never wanted to be. I have my contacts with the developing of intellects of T.A. boys, and I have loved all these boys like a father-which, indeed, I am to three of them. My first mistake, not a serious one, at T.A. was an offer I made to my first chemistry class. Basing my judgment on past experience in other schools, I rashly offered to treat any boy whose regents examination mark exceeded 90 to a Broadway show. Little did I know that these boys needed no urging to work for good marks. Yet a Broadway show did hold some appeal. Consequently in june, 1950, I was to be seen with a group of about twenty attending a fine Shakespearean show. A little basic arithmetic convinced me that there was no profit in the deal - my month's wages going to pay for a show. A wise man by now, I didn't repeat the offer a second time. Wfe did, however, organize a victory party at which the chemistry class each term celebrated its success in the examinations. In view of the fact that one of the boys, Davy Hill, was the son of a salami manufacturer, the parties were fieishig. We had a lot of fun, and a few bellyaches. I was still young. At about this time, I became faculty adviser to the G.O. and the Elchanite. We organized a G.O. store which, after it had proved successful as a T.A. venture, was taken over by our graduates as the Yeshiva College Co-op Store. I believe it is still in business some twenty years after. We managed to get out the Elchanite - the cost was not so great then as it is now - but neither was the income. At times, I had to finance the deal myself, but somehow whatever losses were involved they seemed to be worthwhile. In those depression years, even necessities were sometimes unobtainable. When the need for a moving picture projector was felt, the boys or- ganized a Science Show and Lecture. At ten cents a ticket we packed the hall, and the projector was on its way. I became teacher of physics, in addition to chem- istry. The subject of light and lenses seemed to have a strange fascination for my boys, I suppose, because three quarters of them wore glasses. I still recall introducing the first lesson by examining those of a young man who has since become Rabbi Berzon but who was known as Astigmatism for some time. Several of the boys became oculists. In particular, we had a young fellow who was known as Quack Levy, because he possessed a strange ability to imi- tate a duck. I'm afraid I turned his quacking to good account by calling him a Quack Doctor of Eyes. Another optometrist from uptown is Isadore Kumin whose nephew, Marvin Bashkowitz, was later one of our fine Brooklyn boys. There was always a considerable group of boys whose primary interest became science. I can men- tion only a few of these. Some I have lost contact with completely, some I know through others. In all probability there are more of vxliose scientific Work l know nothing. lrlowexer, among the fNl.D.'s I recall Dr. Safir's son. linoch, who had a hard time with the boys, understandably, since his father was principal. Dr. Mordecai Gabriel, now a Professor of Biology at Brooklyn College, was one of our boys. So was Dr. jacob Goldman, presently a pro- fessor at Carnegie Tech and a leading authority on electromagnetism. He serves as consultant both to the XVestinghouse lilectric Company and to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Rabbi's Faivelson and Kanotopsky, and Martin Lilker, of our present facul- ty in Brooklyn, were among my students. In 1942, I was obliged to take a leave of absence to write a book for pre-induction training. Within a few years after my return, plans were made for opening a branch of T.A, in Brooklyn. Since I was a Brooklyn resident by this time, I became very much interested in this project, and worked with the com- mittee that planned the reconstruction of the first building on the corner of President Street and Bed- ford Avenue. There followed fights with the archi- tect, arguments with my fellow committeemen, and finally victory in the choice of Room 101 as the science lecture hall. Time, I think, has proved me right in demanding it, for our science classes would not fit in the smaller rooms originally suggested. As soon as Brooklyn T.A. was opened, I trans- ferred my activities there. I gave up a steady. but non-lucrative taxi service which I had been con- ducting, bringing Brooklyn boys home from T..-X. Uptown each night. I now concentrated my efforts on equipping the Brooklyn Branch for science instruction. As always. finances were a problem, but we did manage reason- ably to get adequate apparatus and materials. At first I taught General Science. then as the full high school developed, Physics and Chemistry. ..31,u I have kept in mind, as I worked with our boys, the original aim of the secular department of the Yeshiva, to produce a synthesis of the hereditary culture of Judaism with the secular knowledge of our times. VC'e discuss, when the occasion arises, the use of baking powders on Pesach, or the chemistry involved in the conversion of fats and oils to soaps with respect to Kashrufh, gelatines, hydrogenated fats etc, Wfhen necessary we obtain, thru the boys, rulings from their Talmud Rabbis. Thus I feel the boys have been guided into proper procedures for Orthodox Jews, and those who are destined to be Rabbis have learned the scientific facts to which they can apply their Talmudical knowledge and skill in making Rabbinic rulings. Occasionally we have a bit of unexpected fun in class. Some of our chemicals have distinctive odors. On occasion these permeate the building resulting in a temporary loss of prestige for the chemistry teach- er. Sometimes they penetrate the clothes of a par- ticular student, a circumstance that makes him ex- tremely unpopular with those who must subsequently sit near him. We rarely have anything approaching an accident, but just to show the perversity of fate, I must re- count this incident. One student was extremely fear- ful of anything that even resembled a chemical ac- tion. He was afraid of poison, fire, and explosion. Consequently, each time an experiment or demon- stration was contemplated, he discreetly withdrew to the far corner of the room. In the course of time, seeing that no untoward incident occurred, and that students who were right up front returned to school day after day, he became more courageous. Finally, he had worked his way right up to the front line - when boom went a little sodium. And who do you suppose was hit? None other than our friend, who occupied that extreme rear corner from then on. Brooklyn T.A. is a young school but already we can be proud of the science achievements and prom- ise of our graduates, and students. In the graduating classes including June 1955, we have had three Honorable Mention Winners in the Westinghouse National Science Talent Search: Melvin Cohen, Judah Schwartz, and Josef Fischer. Since these are the only three who have entered their work, it is clear that our success is unusual. Some of our boys are presently in medical and dental schools. Among those I know of, is Paul Salkin who even as a T.A. freshman was sure that this was his field. Mordecai Katz has been having great success at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and will make his name as an engineer, I have no doubt. There are numerous others - so many of them that I can't think of them as individuals. All these fine science students, have been all-around boys participating in extra-curricular activities and rendering services to the school. In spite of old crowded quarters, in spite of having to run from building to building for classes, in spite of a lack of fancy gymnasiums and elaborate apparatus, they have all pitched in to develop a fine school spirit, and a wonderful school. Our Arista, honor society of high school grade, in- cludes a large percentage of each graduating class. I like to feel that in some small way, I have helped to shape the lives of our students and to make the school what it is. -i-,tl-7 ,' -iglgfl-4 lf? M I 157 we L if til! X ,rf Fl fr X G ,GZ 7 liimelq vfijglgh X l all Xi KA c tg QAINSTIRIET' Sn S inclair ewis l W , , l Crusader gamst Hypocrisy U T V By troNEt GROSSBARD HE characteristic literature of America dur- ing the prosperous '20's has dealt in criticism of her outlook, habits, manners, and practically all other aspects of the daily life of her people. The prin- cipal figure in this literature has been Sinclair Lewis. The ostensible objects of ridicule in his literature are not American institutions but American com- placency, provincialism, narrowness of thought, un- questioning enthusiasm for the familiar and distrust of the unfamiliar, cultural ignorance, and the reduc- tion of all life's values to a material and commercial basis. Lewis promulgates his idealisms by making ridiculous the folly and unloveliness that must be removed before the desired wisdom and beauty can be attained. Nowhere in his novels did Lewis do any cheek turning. He could not endure what he regarded as moral cowardice or hypocrisy and resolved to ex- pose it - not caring whom on the social scale it affected - be it the physician or the clergyman. Main Street was Lewis' first actual attempt at exposing the hypocrisy existent in the small towns. lt still remains the fiercest indictment that he or any- one else has yet brought against provincial America. Lewis planned Main Street as an artistic rather than commercial book, hoping it would at best sell five or six thousand copies. However, this novel swept America off its feet a year or tvvo after the first XY'orld War. Because it employed all of his powers of observation and satire, it gained him uni- versal recognition. Main Street is the story of a young woman, Carol Kennicott, a graduate of gt large XVestern University, who marries a physician in a small frontier town. Carol Kennicott brings with her to Gopher Prairie a thin culture, vague in its objectives, and trivial in its requirements. which seldom goes beyond an attractive setting and good talk. Her husband is stolid and dependable. truth- ful and loyal in all his relations. His devotion to his profession Carol accepts as a matter-of-course. At times. however, she finds irksome and even un- bearable, the loyalty which prompts his boisterous 'boosting' of Gopher Prairie. He places her among people vvho share his civic enthusiasm, without al- ways sharing his personal virtues. Gopher Prairie society consists in the lirst place of a group of men vvho have made money easily out of the natural resources of the place. vvho re- gard themselves highly for having done so, .md hold the town in esteem because its glory is theirs: and secondly a group of women, each of whom has no other standard of values than her husband's in- come, and only limited opportunities for enjoying even these. Carol proposes to reform the town, socially, aesthetically, and politically, and is broken because her intellectual sensibilities, superficial even in herself, cannot possibly function among men and women whose vulgar grossness requires a new set of values, not new manners, in order to make a culture of their own. There is no reality in Carol, not even an emotional reality, though it is ques- tionable whether Lewis, himself, in 1920 understood how artificial were her standards. The best she can do toward adjustment to life is to escape for a year or so to Washington, where she can talk, if not practice, intellectual improvement, and then to re- turn with sufficient tolerance to settle down as just another Gopher Prairie resident. The town is the real subject and triumph of Main Street - not Carol, who is, after all, an example of Lewis' somewhat naive admiration, in 1920, for the intelligentsia. Although Lewis real- ized that many communities in France and England were duller, meaner, and less literate than these mid- Xwestern towns, his fierce idealism for America makes Main Street a crusade against the cheap- ness of American ambitions. His men think in stereotypes. They profess the liberalism of their forefathers but practice economic domination of the impoverished farmers who are too slow to live by their wits. Their conversation seldom gets beyond the twelve-year age level. The women live by gos- sip, and culture is a tepid circulating of stale and harmless ideas. But Sinclair Lewis does not hate Main Street. Rather he is indignant at it, as at a thing that one loves. He is indignant because of the beauty it wastes, the hills it denudes and covers with unsightly boards, the hearts it depresses and the minds it stultifies. But even more, he loves the virtues of the world which Main Street would annihilate, and it is as a prophet that he perceives and cries out against its attacks on those of its possessions which man must always find enduringly valuable when he lifts his head beyond Main Street's confines. He sees that if Main Street holds out long enough and does not permit the world to vanquish it, it will eventually conquer the world, and this would be a tragedy, as great to Main Street as to the world. Lewis appears as a distressed and dis- gusted idealist, rather than as the cynic claimed by his critics. Lewis waited two years to bring out a successor to Main Street, and the result, Babbitt 119221, is called his masterpiece by most of his critics. In this novel, Lewis continues his exposure of the sham and insincerity present particularly in the bourgeoisie ideology . Babbitt is the story of George F. Babbitt, his home, his family, his friendships, his business dealings, his ambitions and his dissipations. He is a standardized Good Citizen - he resides in a re- spectable neighborhood, provides for his family, knows the right sort of people and would not do anything especially dishonest. He is even a man of some education. But Babbitt also has dreams. They come to him now and again when he is restless and dissatisfied - on the flrst day of Spring - when he is disillusioned with his friends - when work- ing and boosting do not seem worth the trouble. At these times a fairy child comes to him in a dream more romantic than scarlet pagodas by a silver sea. And the intrusion of this dream is the real story that Lewis had to tell, for during it, the fairy child brings Babbitt his moments of greatness be- fore he relapses once more into being a member of the Bunch , It leads him to attempt to avoid his bourgeois responsibilities. It leads him to stand firmly by his friend when the latter has violated Zenith's code by being unfaithful to and, finally, shooting his exasperating wife, although this episode does not bring as dire consequences to Babbitt as it might have brought. It leads him to a forlorn, tawdry affair with the widow, Tanis Judiquem, and her disreputable friends. It leads him finally to re- pudiate the very standard of all those about him, to stand up for liberality in judgment towards strikers and radicals and other undesirables fin the eyes of the communityj. However, his brain had not been made to direct thought or action unsup- ported by the sanction of his group. Although he becomes reconciled to his elements and is retaught its sterling virtues, he has learned a truth, which his fellows will never know existed. In the last paragraph of the book, Babbitt hopes wistfully that his foolish son may find the way he has somehow missed. Unhappily, the reader finds no reasonable ground to share this hope. George F. Babbitt cannot be written off as a caricature, for he was a tragic figure. The man was kind, he was pathetic in his efforts to be both happy and successful, he was as sincere as he was ludicrous in his conviction that he served the community, he was completely devoid of self-knowledge except in -34- brief, devastating gleams of the truth that he had never done what he really wantedg he was com- pletely inconsistent in his moralsg he was completely bourgeois. Babbitt is the highest point which Sinclair Lewis ever reached. In many ways it is the finest novel that has come out of America in this century. For here, a novelist has been revealed full of sensitive- ness and imaginative perception and has created a character among the most noteworthy in modern fiction. It is no mean feat to have created a man, who in himself comprises the characteristics of a type so completely, that the type is thereafter known by the man's name. Sinclair Lewis has done this. The word Babbitt has been added to the English vocabulary, as signifying a precise and definite personality. In Arrowsmith 119251, Lewis took a different grip on the same American problem. Arrowsmith is perhaps the best of the American novels dealing with the theme of the scientist and the threat that commercialism and professional jealousy offer to his integrity. Martin Arrowsmith, the hero, is a man who aspires to be a physician. In the university he comes under the influence of an austere, passionate teacher of biology, Max Gottleib, and from him imbibes the desire for the pure, devoted life Of scientific research. Nevertheless, after earning his degree, he assumes the practice of medicine in a town, the replica of Gopher Prairie, where he en- counters many antagonisms. Later, he develops an enthusiasm for public health work and accepts a post in Zenith as Assistant Director of Public Health. Here, too, he finds unsympathetic conditions, greed and narrowness. He leaves Zenith for New York and accepts a position in the McGurk Institute, tl famous research center, under his beloved Old teach- er, Gottleib. Superficially, conditions are now ideal for both. Actually, they are the same as before. His new colleagues at the McGurk Institute demand re- sults, stating that truth is all very well in its place, but incidental to the principal business of an- nouncing to the world two important discoveries per annum. The intrigues and underhanded policies ixy- of the Midwest are repeated hy them in a different fashion and on a different scale. Arrowsmith has one great adventure, battling with disease in the West Indies. During this period he loses his wife. He returns to New York, marries a rich woman whose code is that of the society interests of the McGurk Institute, and Finally leaves her to take up independent research in the woods, together with a red-haired rebel from the Institute, Terry XY'ickett. Arrowsmith does become the scientist he wished to be, learning on the way what real service to the community means, and the price that has to be paid by a searcher for the truth. Arrowsmith is not the best of Sinclair Lewis' books, but it is in some respects the most interesting and typical, since it is a recapitulation of all that he has written. In it, we find his passion for ex- posure of sham and hypocrisy, his powers of analysis and observation, his tenderness, his ability to por- tray character, and his deep sympathy with all who hope to break the shackles of conventional existence. The principal theme of the book is obviously a thesis, namely that the impersonal quest for scientific truth in a world which judges only by results, is difficult, if not impossible. The confiict lies between the searchers for pure truth and those who would use the half-perfected results of their ideas in the belief that these are 'good enough.' Elmer Gantry 09271, the most violent and bit- ter work that Lewis has written, is a portrait of a Fundamentalist scoundrel. Gantry is a swine, but it is not quite adequate to call him a hypocrite: in a way, he is perfectly sincere in his response to the ecclesiastical life. But he can neither control his passions nor keep his mind off the main chance. The grogsness of his nature obviates the possibility of the struggle and suffering which might make the study of such a temperament in a better or more sensitive man really moving. As he kneels in prayer, on the last page of the book, when he is welcomed back by his congregation, after having been 'cleared' of the accusation brought against him by a woman, his heart fills with gratitude. ln the same moment. he notices a new singer in the choir - a girl with 3 ., XY'ake up in the morning early, Drag myself out of bed, Dress in anything that's handy. fGosh, I wish I was deadj No time for breakfast, got to hurry, Have to catch the 8:05, Shove myself into the subway. QSardines have nothing over mej Dash from building to building, Plowing through knee deep snow, First to math and then to Spanish. fUgh, ugh, look, me Eskimoj It's not that I hate education, Only one thing makes me sad, Wfith all this rushing, I may never Live to be a high-school grad. E By REEVE R. BRENNER charming ankles and lively eyes, with whom he would certainly have to become acquainted. This novel exhibits almost none of its author's finer powers. He makes his one big mistake in per- mitting himself to flame with indignation, but despite this defect the book has great interest. The author must have enjoyed writing it, for the gusts of the vituperative passages could hardly have been simulated. Sinclair Lewis wrote many other novels, one as recently as 1949, but none of these can compare with his earlier works. Success had brought deca- dence in Lewis' works. A lack of fine workmanship is more and more in evidence in the later volumes. The reason for the decline of the quality of his work is that he was pressed by the publisher and a clamorous public, and was not able to labor with as much zest and as painstakingly as before. Instead, he was forced to work as a special reporter, rushed to his job and given no time for revision. Sinclair Lewis has pricked the bubble of American complacency when we most needed something to awaken us, and called us back to the tradition of American independence at a time when many of his countrymen were not following the path of right- eousness. In these capacities - in spite of all limi- tations of art and insight - he served his country well, and he merits grateful remembrance. 9 By ALLAN J. tl f7,,-4-'X- ' lt SCHER L ,X THE WW ULU DAYS N Q-535 They reminisce the good old day s. Of how things used to beg The The rides to town in one horse draw, apples that were free. The Has cry of, Oh for the good old days been heard in all the world's stages. Ifttered with that far-away gaze. It's the lament of all the ages. It's been said at the end of weary days, By the artists, the workers, the trampsg And in gutteral tones, through the fire's haze. By cavemen, in long forgotten camps. But this is the plight of the human race, Something by which they are set. They obtain comforts at a steady pace, - Each, with a sigh of regret. FATE I am a lump of dirt As you all can see Although I hurt none All tread on me. When t.he glaciers come And surely this is no myth I find myself imbedded In a sedimentary cliff. As time marches on A blade of grass grows As the tides of war turn It is crushed under soldie rs' toes. ,qi By DAVID LEVINE As men grow mean And hearts get hard Everything called decent Gets black and marred. I am a lump of dirt As you all can see Every human being Emanates from me. It's dust to dust And ashes to ashes XY'hen all is destroyed By Atomic asses. vig C By LARRY SCHINDLER turned their attention to the manufacture of sv ntheti food In this attempt they met with success Ov er night the world heaved a sigh of relief But relief was ephemeral Mankind was suddenly finding it harder to breathe The secondary effect or the destruction of plart life was becoming all too apparent So again the world looked to Pal Pal han saved them once and he would have to do it avain Clyde Reed except for a temporary moment of trepidation was rela iv ely free from fear He had faith in Pal s invenuity Pal had shown the world how to synthesize. carbon and hydrogen for food Now Pal would show them how to remove the asphx xiatinv element from the air The security Guard was more than slightly wor ried Xoud better find the answer soon he said l - g ITHIN a span of twenty-four h0urS. Ihr? flourishing flora of the earth had withered and died, and were followed by a series of human deaths. Disaster had struck hard. Hysteria reigned. A well known New' York columnist stated that he had reason to believe that it was a plot by the Arab-Asian Alliance to conquer the world. But he overlooked the fact that Asia was no better off. Scientists searched feverishly for an answer. and finally concluded that a new' substance had entered the earth's atmosphere. Since the beginning of time, air had been composed chiefly of nitrogen, oxygen. and some argon, but now, they agreed, something new' had been added. At first. science tried to eliminate the new' sub- stance. but in vain. lt was impossible to destroy something you knew' nothing about. Scientists then ne youslv to Clyde its becoming harder t breathe. Clyde snapped his lingers. It's simple. We in- hale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Plant life replenishes our supply of oxygen. Since this new' substance is destroying the plants, all w'e have to do is to find a way to take out the excess carbon dioxide and replace it with oxygen. The new' substance doesn't affect human breathing directly at all. YY'ell- , the guard began. Trust Pal, Clyde said, Pal will save us. I hope sof' said the guard downheartedly, i hope sof' Clyde ducked through the open door, picked up the day's paper and glanced at it. 12,791 suicides in the States alone. The time to find an answer had come. It was now' or never. Pal's real name was General Zigmond Von Reich- stag. Pal was a robot. In the year 1975. after the forces of communism and capitalism had literally torn the w'orld apart with Atom and Hydrogen Bombs, General Von Reichstag, head of the German forces in Poland, invented an omniscient robot who would answer all questions put to him. From the time of his creation, Pal did what was expected of him. In 1975, he called for a peace conference and ended the struggle between communism and capital- ism. The terms of the peace treaty were written by Pal and accepted by both sides in 1976, Since that time, peace reigned supreme. So thorough was his method of establishing peace that for the next 150 years Pal had nothing to do but talk about conditions with his caretakers. They were all educated men, since a caretaker had to be a Doctor of Medicine and a Doctor of Semantics. In the year 2516, Clyde Reed had been appointed the robot's caretaker. Clyde spent his happiest hours debating various problems with Pal. However, since the disaster struck, there was no time for debates. Clyde had presented Pal with the new problem and Pal discovered a way to make synthetic food. Now, Clyde was sure, Pal would find the answer to the newest problem. Pal had always come through in a pinch, but this time he balked, claiming he did not have enough information. Clyde immediately called the Universal Scientific Laboratory and asked for more facts. He was told that new facts had just been received and would be sent immediately. W'hile waiting for the delivery, Clyde decided to have a discussion with Pal. Let's talk about Darwin, Clyde suggested. All right, answered Pal in a bored tone. Clyde was beginning to worry. Pal had never asked for additional information, and had never acted as he had now. Doubtful about what to do. Clyde decided to act as if nothing had happened. He began to talk about Darwin and his theory of survival of the fittestf' He spoke for almost an hour, applying Darwin's theory first to Darwin's age and then to his own. Pal never interrupted anybody while he talkedg instead, he listened attentively, making a note of every word in his electric brain, eager to learn things for future reference. Pal never forgot. Clyde was speaking when the two men from the Universal Scientific Laboratory entered and turned over the information to Clyde. The crucial moment had come - there was no time for delay, the world desperately waited for the answer. Breathing had become a practical impos- sibility. Clyde started to read the information to Pal. trying to close his mind to the fear that had en- veloped the world. Personally, Clyde feared noth- ing, and placed his complete conhdence in Pal. He knew all about the information that had been given to Pal during the last 345 years. Pal had learned much from many generations, and remembered all of it. He alone could find the answer. But fear was all around Clyde and fear was contagiousg today Pal had to solve the problem, The fact that he remembered Pal's sudden change just a few hours earlier, tended to make Clyde more nervous. As he read, his nervousness became more obvious. But something in him made him go on until be finished reading the few pages of in- formation to Pal. Clyde's eyes were on Pal as the latter digested the information given him. The world waited , . , the seconds seemed like years. Finally, Pal spoke. uttering but one word. Darwin, This is no time to finish our discussion, said Clyde. Now he was sure of the change that had come over Pal. Never before had Pal attempted to change the topic. Clyde decided to try again. XY e've got to have better air, Clyde whisp ered, appealing t Pa1's sympathy You've got to give us the answer XVhv? Pal asked Clyde broke into a cold sweat wished he had been born into a poor familv so he would not have been able , .If ' f to afford the study ff of Semantics. ln that case. he would have been fright- ' ened when every one else was, and would have taken his own life earlier. liven 'wee f Survival of the fittest, muttered Pal. 0 .. . He X X A l ' 1 ff fore Pal spoke, , l Cly de knew what he would say. J l don't need air. Pill said. X D L -39.- A ' use 1, t 'fr f'- -' QQ,-Sif' :iv --'Q' 12-KJ. ' , L' QM rr. ,pr-.'15?ff,w..g,, ' Rev:-L . fnjgi , Q ' c' ffi -- f 'f ' 55,131 .Q Af -fi, 'f'. lj-7 '?E .Lf fl, gs. :lv 94' H 45,--if .. gg, .war ig-'s.9i11fnJ.,1:. . J 5 i'-y,- , ',r- l. e al-Jia.---ft - 54 ga-s'!'g 2 V fy ,y.,,j .jyfll 'e vi ,gym I, tg?,,,,cw.4 -..2'y.. , .'j1j5:r,L' ff 1- fs in V asa. igvffi -ti '. '-Q?-1 ,wiv - Af k, ps'-e4b.3f fix... gwji 1-g'ff2gi.1f5,gi.,- 5 . 'Yfs12i ',g5,.g -A,:,,J-gt., Phd , -- Xena- Q L age' 5 A . I, 6 ,fl It 6 Y f 5,fg?2,, .. A , 3,45 , X w,b'iV:?w ::r' .f sf.: . Y . -A., .,y-21,3 fif, , asf - P ,gf .:'r.9y12'3'-Q3 ' .af , 2 df- 132 '25 1 -I . ., -5'f'1- fi7'f. fr.xf1fv4i?vf?2rl- '.,'1 L 1 4 A sf.. A f .fe-fftwm-Haier 19:1 an--t y'1iirr,,g5?Z. -. we-'gfw-???5?... 1 A, f .. f ' l ,... f . 2 1 'A , ' - . . , ' N , ,- ,s- fl- -:',::z:U1f fi ' QI, 'X' it affyfr.-. ,,,9fi3w,'y5,',g-f,,49i55,gz,:g - tw.,- A FTER wandering throughout the world for '-Y'-4' . 1 . If s.-an ' ,-T.. J pf-egg.-' -rt' .aff-Lg: lj, Q, if f .,3' 5 wkfirjigzffigysgrgv fc , more than two thousand years, the Jew, wherever . --A 1 . 1 .. A- J: S'-!E1'T2sS 3 f-we 'ff'--1 he may be, can now look towards a homeland, a ji ca ' ,:. .:s '??ffgh ,lg place of refuge. He can look with prid-e at the 55? K ' 1 3 name of Israel, inscribed in three languages on bits -, I, .... - - .A ' tl? tr-, .. V, . W e ,r.A,,L:,.f-.j?.5g.r?3g- g 5.51 of paper. These are the young nat1on's postage 32245 . , V ' stamps. They do not merely bear the country's 12353. si name. They depict the story of a people, its strug- ,,- nf, .+- ' 1 , , ,' - ' 5'L-: nh.. 7 ' ' . . . . . ,f . 'fin -. Qjqigtg' gles, its contributions to mankind and its fight for 3, ' -' . J : -T. A 5- 2. TJ . Q 1 1 .zfv - ' L- -. '-Fi freedom. They are an outlet to a deeper under- - in-D' Hrzgj, asf standing of the history of the jewish people, a J7- . E5 4 people rich in culture and national heritage. ' f . . 5 ' ff 1-1 A fi. 'aw -.A . . fkx ig ,tg-' ,5 The proclamation of Israel's independence was 1. l ff 'f,. -.,?Z'i, -' ' 'i 'ff' ig. , 5-hx, 'jg heralded to the world on May 14, 1948, A state 6,2 ts he 1 5, was being reborn. Communications with the rest of QU. . the world had to continue. The young nation needed X 1 gi'-'l A ' fi its own postage stamps. This was foreseen by the A 1, as, jg Provisional State Council, and, on the second day 232' J, .Qi 5, ' fag-X of Israel's independence, a set of stamps appeared. 'H A , , V N th . . . . QIQJ? , 5-'kgs 2- VI5 4 9. The stamps pictured 2000-year-old coins, struck in 25,35 Q U ali' the Maccabbean era. The word Israel did not , ,i 'M i'l gg app-ear on the stamps, for at the time of their if , 5 preparation the country's name was not decided 4 ' upon. Instead, the words DOAR IVRI fHebrew --J. ,. -V '. if . . it gfqf Postj were inscribed. .1 ' .Qi -2' -?f1-6' -'V' :lite . . 'L On November 29, 1947 the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly voted the Palestine Partition Plan. I - 2,173 .-.-4-- - f':.,.E5-1, -2 -Y-'ilu-'7 ' ' 'Q-U 'tips A V? .. r f 5'a'2? se ,,, , . , '-Qfffhf t g M' H 35. oi '-zggfye. f fc, 'TT' f ?5 '5 ' ' 'DW 1.-9 -f,. .fi .. E' -'f e' if : iv ., .fasffihfs .fri -z gp-11,3 fl?-y ei fl ,xl ' .J -12? . .. Q f 'QW 'kts-4 is we-1? ' '1'M7F 51' ff -f- ' .5 I I , .'xq,.e,.q cg- :, V in- ',.'1t5 .QP 'rv-f ifcxs ' is X11 V' : it Siqig.M:w,f'::2 .pf :QL '- 'flI .2!L95.3.' . iiitsfiif-54 t'5L43!5f:i?:q1 P' ' . e 92,333 , 'ne ges -Q' 111. 1 at-.. .gr -ta' Zliffffl' ST mf: 5- - R.. ,Jig W as ' - . 1 i s t'-fi fi -?ri2.'5f 2ta? 11. t ab. f ef' . 4,-Relief . -: -. 4. Y 1 .. B -1. 4 ' I. .5 Jffzssfmtff 1 v ga- rf . ,F31'f-fqlfs 'a,'2.-fm'..,p-f- ff., - 9 ec- .:.fr..,gf 21.g5r1fef'refaf,'2g: :iw L ester. . .5,,,f12j1,f32.?35.gY?g:?Q: . A A 35,255 , -6 fha. 1 .a .. . v uk- U, f.,-,V '..i.'1 'Ziff U' .4 5? QQ, This brought about Arab riots, murders, and finally full-scale invasion and war. The jewish armies faced some of the greatest military powers of the Middle East. Yet as is well known, the jews were heroically victorious. The war became known as Israel's War of Independence. On each anniversary of Israel's Independence, the government has issued new stamps, depicting sites on which decisive battles were fought. Metzudat Yesha and Hakastel are pictured on the first set while the second set shows Degania, Safed and Yad Mordecai. The Yad Mordecai stamp is of particular interest. Yad Mordecai, a desert kibbutz in the northern Negev, was named in honor of Mordecai Anilewitz, a hero of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The de- fenders of Yad Mordecai, surrounded and shelled by the Egyptians, held out with severe losses until the Israel Army ordered the settlement evacuated. It was later recaptured and rebuilt. The stamp shows the watertower of Yad Mordecai, destroyed by mortar shells, and the new buildings of the re- built settlement. The realization of the State of Israel did not fllihr' ugh llts Sta come about suddenly. It was the result of an age- old dream of great idealists, one of the greatest of whom was Theodore Herzl, the founder of Modern Zionism. It was Dr. Herzl who initiated the first Zionist Congress, held in Basel, Switzerland in 1897. After that Congress Dr. Herzl wrote in his diary: If I were to subsume the Basel Congress in one word - which I shall not do openly - it would be this: at Basel I founded the Jewish State. If I were to say this today, I would be met by uni- versal laughter. In five years, perhaps, and certainly in fifty, every one will see it. Dr. Herzl dedicated his life to the ideals of Zionism and it was, there- fore, fitting that on the occasion of the 23rd Zionist Congress, the first held in independent Israel, in 1951, his portrait should appear on the first per- sonality Stamp of Israel. After the death of Theodore Herzl, it was Dr. Chaim Weizmann who was left with the task of guiding the destinies of Zion. This he did until the very eve of Israel's War of Independence. Un- lik-e the other pioneers of Modern Zionism, who did not live to see the realization of their dream, Weiz- mann received his reward during his lifetime. He was granted the great distinction of serving as Israel's first President. When Dr. Weizmann passed away on November 9, 1952, the Israel Postal De- partment, partaking in the mourning of world Jewry. issued a set of stamps which bore the portrait of Dr. Weizmann with the Presidential Standard. Dr. Weizmann, through his scientific discoveries, was instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declara- tion, which led eventually to the establishment of the State of Israel. Together with Lord Balfour, Dr. Weizmann laid the cornerstone for the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus. The University has since become a center of higher learning, perpetu- ating the culture of the Jewish people. The year 1950 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of this institution. On this occasion a commemorative stamp was issued. depicting the jewish National and University Library on Mount Scopus. Unlike other nations which commemorate their historic events hundreds of years after their oc- currence, the State of Israel portrays its current problems on its stamps. First and foremost is the problem of immigration. Contrary to the methods of other countries, whose policy is to restrict immi- gration, Israel, a comparatively poor and small country, has opened its doors wide to allow the dispersed remnants of Jewry to BDICF- OD the 5CC0l1d By ELI LAZAR anniversary of its independence Israel issued a set of stamps devoted to immigration. The 20 prulu stamp is dedicated to immigration prior to the establishment of the jewish State. The 4 prutu stamp symbolizes the free ingathering of the exiles into the independent State. XX'hy have Israel's stamps created such wide in- terest? Firstly, because these stamps depict the spirit of a young nation who had to struggle to gain its independence. Secondly, because of their high artistic value. The government has employed top designers, many of whom have achieved inter- national fame. Recently the United Nations spon- sored a world-wide contest to choose the best designs for its future stamp issues. Out of the entries submitted by thirty-two member nations. Israel won first prize. The sketch came from XY'illi Wolf Wind of Tel Aviv who has designed many of Israel's stamps in collaboration with Yehuda Struski, a Tel Aviv painter. It has been Israel's custom for the past four years to mark the autumn holidays - Rosh Hashanah. Succoth and Simchat Torah - with stamps symboliz- ing the spirit of each occasion. In 1951 the govern- ment sponsored a contest among Israeli designers, to select its annual holiday series. A beautiful NY'ind- Struski set was chosen. The purple 40 prutu stamp pictured the Torah Scrolls, while the blue 5 prutu denomination features a pair of carrier pigeons. Israel's holiday stamps are the only postage stamps of any nation to carry holiday greetings. One does not necessarily have to be a stamp col- lector to appreciate the beauty and value of lsrael's stamps. They serve to express the feelings. the culture, the religion and the history of our people. 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I-1, State Scholarship Winners This Year In line with the line tradition established since 1949, four years after the establishment of our school, this year once again our graduating class made a very creditable showing in the Regents Scholarship Exami- nation. VVinning 6 State Scholarships this year gives Talmudical Academy an enviable record of 36 such awards since 1949. This total represents 1752 of our alumni, a figure which compares more than favorably with any public or private high school in the State of New York. The winners this year were: Solomon Feder Jnsef Fischer Lionel Grossburd Leonard Indylc' Jacob Lelmwitz Allan Scher Congratulations and best wishes to you. The Administration -92- 6 3 T g 9 Ots ff -4i KAW B ff 'KN ff iff 7' E TISE E TS V3 Nl ff Lfwz cglynczbqogg usa Q1 Compliments ol . . . Congregation Shomerei Emunah f S l4tlf1 Avenue of 52nd Street Q ... E 1 Brooklyn l9, N. Y. S ee 0 M EST .A A T-:gy 'J - f X Q 5 axe. - , 14 il' 5 Compliments of . . . 1 . 1X Congregatlon Sons Of Judah 53ll - l6tl1 Ave. l Brooklyn, N. Y. ...94-. FIRST CONGREGATION ANSHE SFARD OF BORO PARK 4502 - l-4th Avenue Brooklyn, N. Y. - Compliments of . . . CHEVRA LINAS HATZEDEK Oi Grafton Street 78 Grafton Street A Brooklyn, N.Y. - i- CONGREGATION AGUDATH SHOLOM Of Flatbush 3714 - 18th Avenue Brooklyn l8, N. Y. Cornplimentrz of . . . CONGREGATION CHOVEVEI TORAH wnm mo : :':'5 'nw 'nn -- with-riffs vL'5sv:' mm- 'za 885 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn l3, N.Y. - - IUDEA CENTER SYNAGOGUE 2059 Bedford Ave. Brooklyn 25, N.Y. Lipman Weiss, President Dr. Meir Felmcm, Rabbi Compliments of . . . MINYAN SFARD Of Boro Park 803 46th Street l -1 Compliments of . . . THE TALMUD TORAH Of Flatbush l325 Coney lsldnd Avonu Brooklyn, N, Y -9f-- .. THE LATE MAARIV GROUP Co...pl1...en.:, of . . . I Congregation Ahavath lsrael L Avenue K CS East 29th Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 4094415 East 95th Street Brooklyn, N.Y. Gilbert L. Steinberg, Compliments of ' ' ' Rabbi YOUNG ISRAEL OR BORO PARK Catering Facilities Available 43 V: A ,zu The Graduation Ot NAHUM Mr. G Mrs. Isidore Gordon CS Sons, Nahum, David CS Daniel Compliments and best Wishes to . . . Paul Kolker from Grandma Sarah Orlansky C pl tsof... RAPHAEL, DAVID and SHULAMITH LEVINE ..97.. Congratulations and Best Wishes to . . . Our Nephew GILBERT JESSE GOLDFINE ln Honor of His Graduation Herman ci lean Goldtine Alex ci Ann Golclfine Abbe ci Gussie Golcltine William CS Elanor Golclfine Sam ci Ann Tobias Al ci Esther Sorcher Sol CS! Rose Horowitz Selye Goldfine lean Golclfine -984 Congratulations and Best Wishes to , . . Our Grandson and Nephew GILBERT JESSE GOLDFINE ln Honor of l-lis Graduation Grandma CS. Grandpa Yunis lack ci Ella Yunis Alexander CS Martha Yunis Matthew P. Yunis Ioe 6: Leah Horowitz Sam CS Dora Fischer Sam CSC Reene Sherman Irving ci lanet Raclyn - 99 - ZAVE KUBERSKY -100- I. SHALOM 8: CO. Hondkerchieis 41 l Sth Avenue New York City l - Congregation B'nai Israel of Linden Heights 4502 - 9th Avenue Brooklyn, N. Y. -. Compliments of . . . Compliments of . , . BERRIMAN STREET LADIES' AUXILIARY Lilly Borsky, Pres. Funny I-lofield, Hon. Pres B. Boorclmcm, Treos. MR. 6. MRS. PHILIP SILVERSTEIN - llll Congratulations to . . . JOSEF From His Parents, Grandparents, and Brothers Mr. and Mrs. Max Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Moses Fischer Mr. David Ochs Harvey CS Shlomo l Best Wishes To Reuben Rudman From His Grandmother, Parents, Aunts, Uncles of Cousins Mrs. Esther A. Hurwitz Rabbi CS Mrs. Ioseph T. Rudman Mr. CS Mrs. loseph B. Wachsman Rabbi ci Mrs. Nathan Glustein Larry, Raphael and Philip Mischa, lra and Norman Rabbi CS Mrs. ludah l..oWensohn Mr. CS Mrs. Leo Levine R059 ludith and Stephen Mr. ci Mrs. lrving Friedman Alfred, Moish and Debby -102- ln honor ot . . . Raphael's Graduation Congratulations to Best Wishes to . . . from Mr. and Mrs. loe Greenberg L . STUART On His Graduation trorn His Grandparents ci Parents -lil- Reuben M. Rudman Universal Dyeing ci Finishing Mills l. Shenck Corrado Porto Congratulations to . . ln homo . , . MELVHXI The Graduation of their Son On His Graduation MICHA Grandmother Mr. and Mrs. Israel Botknecht .. 1023 - Best Wishes to . . . 1VIicha Botknecht from DR. 6: MRS. H. S. FRANK and DAUGHTERS GLORIA, ANITA, cmd DEBORAH fl-lurnor Editor ot Elchanite - l93Ul - Congratulations to . . Our Son MORTON Upon His Graduation Mr. and Mrs. A. Bluth cmd Family Congratulations to . . I ACK :S REEVE On Their Graduation Uncle Murray Best Wishes to . . . MEYER EDELSTEIN from Congregation Petrekofi Anshe Sfard Ol Brownsville 493 - 495 Herzl Street Brooklyn, N.Y. Louis Bromberg, President ln honor oi . . . Our Nephew PHILIP FELIG Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hom IACK FURMANSKY Congratulations to . . . COLE On His Graduation from His Parents Bernie and Fannie Genn Best Wishes to . . Our Dear Son and Brother GILBERT I. GOLDFINE Mother, Dad, and Phyllis -104- Best Wishes to . . . GILBERT I. GOLDFINE Rivka Rivinsky Family Circle - 1- ln honor of . . . The Graduation of NAI-IUM from His Grandparents Rabbi cmd Mrs. L. Siem Congratulations to . . . Our Son LEONARD Mother. Dad and Robbie In honor ot . . . LEONARD INDYK Manhattan Beach Iewish Center Best Wishes For a Successful Future tc Our Son PAUL Mr. and Mrs. Morris Kolker Harvey and Robin Congratulations to . . . IACOB Upon His Graduation from Mom and Dad RONALD MEYERS liv- To RONALD MEYERS From a Friend - 105 Congratulations to , . . Our Son HERMAN Upon His Graduation Mr. and Mrs. Sol Pollock Best Vlfishes to . . . HERBERT Upon His Graduation M.r. and Mrs. Samuel Z. Rothman Congratulations to . . . HERBERT ROTHMAN from H. ne-snek Congratulations to . . , our son ARTHUR Upon His Graduation Mr. and Mrs. I. Rozmcm Congratulations to . . . Our Son STANLEY Upon His Graduation M.r. and Mrs. M. Schimmel Congratulations to . . . ZALMAN Upon His Graduation from Lil cmd Mal -i +- To Our Brother ITZY On his graduation May this mark the beginning in your endeavors for great scholastic achievements and Iewish wisdom Rabbi and Mrs. Isaac N. Lerer La Crosse, Wisconsin Best Wishes to . . . IVAN Upon His Graduation Mother. Dad, and Sara - 10 6 Congratulations to . . . Our Son NORMAN Mr. and Mrs. Sinowitz To IULIUS Best Wishes from Father and Mother Congratulations to . . . LOUIS from Mom, Dad. Moishe and Tena L T Congratulations to . . . MELVIN Upon His Graduation Uncle Sam Aunt Laura Congratulations to . . . MARTIN ASKOWITZ The Nicest Heel in T. A. from Eppy Shoes 251 Utica Avenue Brooklyn, N. Y. Congratulations to . . . The Graduating Class of 1953 FROM THE KINGSMEN Martin Askowitz, Harvey Shap- iro, Gil Goldline, Barry Hoch- dorl, l-lerby Kriegsman, Sandy Feit, Larry Schindler, Lionel Grossbard, lvan Serchuk, Phil Banner, Martin Greenspan, Har- old Udewitz. To the Graduates CHAVERIM OF BNEI AKIVA rvxn ns iszi wiv Best Wishes to . . . HAROLD UDEWITZ The Kaplan Berman Foundation Congratulations to . . . MARTIN ASKOWITZ The Physical Culture Boy from Physical Culture Shoes 291 Utica Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. Congratulations to . MARTIN ASKOVVITZ A Graduate Full ot Viin Vitzcr i Vitality from The House of Vitamins - 107 Congratulations to . , . MARTIN ASKOWITZ A Very Photogenic Lad from Renard Photograph 289 Utica Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. In honor ol . . . Our Grandson M. DAVID BAKER STS Mr. and Mrs. Ioseph Friedman - In honor of . . . Our Son M. DAVID BAKER Mother and Dad - Congratulations to . . . PHIL BANNER from Mother, Dad and Brother Arthur - Best Wishes to . . . PHIL BANNER from Mr and Mrs. lack Wieselman a lli FRIENDS or IACOB BECKER Lil- Congratulations to . . . IACOB Upon His Graduation The Iotkowitz Family - Congratulations to . . . IACKIE from Family nd Family Heartiest Congratulations to . . . EPHRAIM BECKMAN On His Graduation A Shaffir Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Belenken Congratulate REEVE BRENNER On His Graduation Compliments to . . . SOLOMON from Mr. and Mrs. David Spindell 100 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn, N.Y. Congratulations to . . . SANDY Upon His Graduation Grandma Ray In honor of . . . The Graduation ol My Nephew SANFORD FEIT Auntie Bebe L - Congratulations to . . . SANDY Upon His Graduation from Mom, Dad, and Harriet - In honor of . . . The Graduation ol SANFORD FEIT Feit CS loffee - 1 Congratulations to . . . SANFORD FEIT May G-d's blessings accompany you on your way. Roberta L. Zuckerloerg and Hyam -108- Compliments to . . , PHILIP FELIG On His Graduation Mr. and Mrs S. Iablowitz - - Compliments to . . , PHILIP FELIG On His Graduation Mr. and Mrs. Sam Levine 4616 -- 16th Ave. Brooklyn Congratulations to . . . HERBERT Upon His Graduation Mr, and Mrs. Morris Fleischer Vivian and Iulius ll- Wishes to . . . HERBERT FLEISCHER Upon His Graduation Best from Aunt Fannie and Grandfather - Congratulations to . . . My Grandson EDWARD On His Graduation Mrs. Rose Glick Congratulations and best wishes to Our Dear Son EDWARD A. GLICK On His Graduation Love Mother and Dad - v- Congratulations to . . . OUR SON ABE Upon His Graduation Mr. and Mrs. lacob Guttman Compliments ot . . . MR. G MRS. IOSEPH HYMOWITZ and ZEV Best ol luck to Gui' Gf'irVi,Z'L7 LEONARD Mr anfl Mr.: Curr: Zi. - -. Mazel Tov to . . . Our Grandson LEONARD Rev and Mrs. Iacob lnziylz - i. Congratulations to . . . LEONARD On His Graduation Mr, and Mrs Saul lndyic Compliments oi . . . MR. 61 IVHIS. ISAAK KANAREK Compliments of . . . THE KANAREK FAMILY AN UNCLE OF DAVID KOLATCH 1- Congratulations to . . RICKY KURTZ lronz A Frienj -+ D-3.1t wislios to . . MITCHELL LEIFER a..,.,. .-'s lrrzf-:1' - 109 - Congratulations to . . . IACKIE from Mr. and Mrs. Harry lacobson Strawberry Mansion Lake Mohecan, N,Y. .l - With best Wishes to . . . ERVIN On His Graduation from His Parents, Brother and Grandmother Best Wishes to . . . ERVIN PREIS Mr. and Mrs. Louis Edison il- Good Luck to . . . REUBEN RUDMAN Upon His Graduation from A Friend Congratulations HERBERT from Mom and Dad Compliments to . . . HERBERT ROTHIVIAN from Mr, Irving Flomholtz - - To REUBEN RUDMAN Best Wishes for a Successful Future Mr. and Mrs. David Fogel and Children lli Best Wishes to . . . Our Son ALLAN Upon His Graduation Mr. and Mrs. David E. Scher A FRIEND OF ALLAN SCHER .l - LARRY SCHINDLER On His Graduation from Mother, Father cmd Brother l - Congratulations to , . . Our Grandson LARRY SCHINDLER On His Graduation Mr. and Mrs. S. Bodner - Congratulations to . . . ZALMAN SCHRADER from Stephen l - Compliments ot . . . MR. G MRS. GEORGE SCHWARTZ Upon the Graduation of Their Son Irving - MR. 6 MRS. H. GREENSTEIN ln Honor ot the Graduation Ot their Grandson ITZY - Best 'Wishes to . . . IRVING SCHWARTZ from Empire Leather Co. lOl Gold Street New York City In honor ol . . . IVAN The Graduation of Our Nephew Mr. and Mrs. I. Serchuk and Barnett --110- Lots of Luck to . . . Our Nephew IVAN SERCHUK Mr, 51 Mrs. Paul Davis G Family Best Wishes to . . , IVAN Aunt Mae and Uncle Phil iii Compliments of . , . MR. 6: MRS. SILVERSTEIN 51 SAMUEL In Honor Ot Ioseph's Graduation - Best Wishes to . . . IULIUS Upon His Graduation Uncle Louis ci Cousin Anita Good Luck to . . . OUR NEPHEW IULIUS Uncle Gus CS Aunt Fannie - l- Congratulations to . . . IULIUS On His Graduation from Uncle Sam 61 Aunt Ida l Compliments of . . . WALT from Mom, Dad, Stan ci Danny - A Hearty :in TTD To Our Grandson Sufism :G On His Graduation from Mr, 5: Mrs. lsrael Sussman Cori7rat'ilation,n to Our Sort SOLOMON On His Gradrmtipr. Mr G Mrs Maia Fede: i ln Honor of . . , OUR SON HAHOLD'S GRADUATION Mr. CS Mrs, Bernard Udewitz Best Wishes to . . . LOUIS Upon His Graduation from His Friends il1 Congratulations to . . . LOUIS Upon His Graduation Mr. Charles Glass Congratulations to . , , ALL BOYS from A Friend l 1 Best Wishes to . . . ALL THE GRADUATES From A Former Graduate Sheldon Rudolf Congratulations to . . . IACOB I. BLAZER On His Grafluatian ln lxlenmfff of F LOUT Helovfd Parc-:iii FAVISH G BRANE FEDER Their Chzl irc-r' -111- The Graduating Class of Iune, 1953 expresses its deepest sympathy to classmate JOSEPH KURTZ on the passing of his beloved father Kalman -112- I Memory of . . . My Grandparents NATHAN Sz SARAH SHARASHOFF Allen Heller 1 Memory of . . . M Our Beloved Father ci Mother EPHRAIM 8: ANNA BECKMAN Beckman Family emory of . . . NATHAN COHEN ' Beloved Father and Grandfather 111:15 wvaya Syn-s vnva nr-:won -ll+ In Memory ol , . . RUBIN ORLANSKY Beloved Father and Grandfather Sylvia, Sol, and Irin Buchwald - v- In Memory ot . . . Our Beloved Mother and Grandmother MRS. RACHEL WAXMAN In Memory of . . , HYMAN HESNIKOFF Grandfather ol Herman Pollock . - ln Memory ot . . . NOCHHVI IDL HOFFMAN ln Memory ol . . My Dear Departed Grarrapare-rt And Uncle ETA, SAM 5. MOE FEIT Sanford Feit In Memory of . . Our Beloved Parents ABRAHAM 6. ANNA BASH Herman cmd Sadie Bush In Memory of . . SAMUEL CS FANNIE NOVAK T ln Lovina Meznory WOLF AND HANNAH BLAZER - lr. Lovtnuz lk-letxtur-,' ft ELCHANAN cS. CHAYN STIIVILER -1l5- Compliments ot . . . MR, KL MRS. SAM KLEIN 2227 - 28th Street Brooklyn, N. Y. -116- ln Honor of . . . Mr. Sz Mrs. Held's Songs Recovery Lodies Auxiliary Beth Aoron of Flotbush Compliments of . . . Joseph Rosenzweig Compliments of . . . Compliments of . . . MR. G MRS. MR. G MHS. S. H. CHERTOFF JACOB GLOBE 5' RENA From MR. G MRS. IEROME FISHER DAVID S. HAMMERMAN cmd SONS Mazel tov to . . . Our Efficient Bookkeeper ARLENE M. HIRSCHHORN On Her Marriage to Nathan Stillman I. Malick and Sons Congratulations to . . . RABBI KARLIN from His Class and a Friend -li- MR. 6. MRS. IACOB KESTENBAUM and FAMILY llv- MR. 6. MRS. PHILIP KESTENBAUM and FAMILY i Congratulations and Best Wishes to HAROLD KIRSH trorn Uncle Sam and Aunt Sadie l-11 MR. 6. MRS. AARON NEUSTADTER and FAMILY - MR. 6. MRS. LEON SHIPPER and SHELLY Compliments ot . . . REINER :Sf SINGER Furriers 27 East Broadway New York, NY. - 118 Compliments ot . IACK WALKER 38Ul Quentin Rd. Brooklyn 34, NY. Compliments ot . . . MR. HARRIS WEINSTEIN L 1 Compliments of . . . MB.. 6 MRS. ISAAC BAKAL and Son IOSEPH 2314 Strauss Street Brooklyn 12, N.Y. l - Compliments ot . . . MR. G IVIRS. MAX BERLIN ll5 Lee Avenue Brooklyn, N Y. Compliments of . . . RABBI BERNALD L. BERZON and FAMILY DR. 6 MRS. O. H. BLOOM To MANDELL GANCHROW from Mr. ond Mrs, l-lorry I, Woll Coznplimerits ot , . MR. 6. MRS. M. BLUTH and FAMILY Compliments ot . , MR. 6. MRS. MAX ELKINS Compliments of . . . ELISHA 5 ZAHAVA FISCH -it Compliments ot . , MR. M. FLASCHER L I I i A FRIEND M. 45. MRS. VVILL FRIEND 6 SONS 55f., - .l': ' 9 O w FRIENDS OF THE LEVINE'S She1:io:s Grandfather .l1 - Coriphrzeits of . . . MR. SAMUEL FURMAN l - A Frrend ot RICHARD GARBER - - 'N ' .I V W WG' o.,,p11.1.,..t: Cx . . , LEONARD 6. ISIDORE GOLDBERG lqli Hitlifiertf it RABBI 6. MRS. LEWIS GOLDBERG cmd FAMILY lT em-. .... exif of . ,. DAVID GREENFIELD 1335 - 47th Street BrOo111yn 19, N.Y. MR. QS IVIRS. IRVING H. GROSS 1439 45111 Street Brooklyi 19, N.Y. pt ...eits of . . MR. 5 MRS. GROSSMAN 6. SON x.,....t f',Ir-vw CIN, -Wa, - ,,.,:.11...V..1,z ct . . . MR. CS IVIRS. ISRAEL GROSSMAN 1152 52nd Street Brooklyn, N.Y. - - THE HAUSMANS 395 Crown Street Brooklyn, N.Y. L Ccxorcxtxictioxs to . . oA The Birthday of A Grcmdchitd To MR. :S MRS. HELD Ladies Auxiliary Beth Aaron Of Flatbush L T riplirxezits ct , , , MB. G. IVIRS. HAROLD IACOBS and FAMILY C::ip1i:t1er.ts o ,,,. MR. QS MRS. WOLF KLARIS LD TENFE cmd FAMILY FRIEND OF LAPIDUS - phrierite LIFSCHITZ :S LIFSCHITZ . - y1Lff1E-HIS of . . . MR. 6 MRS. CHARLES LISS, NORMAN 6. SYLVIA - 120 Compliments of . . . MENDEL iii- fomplimenis of . , . MR. 6: MRS. E. NEUSTADTER l 1- Compliments oi . . . NATHAN PAIKIN 996 Sutier Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. Vi ride ol The ROTHS MR. ci MRS. IACK SABITH cmd DEBBY .gli A k.Cl'l'1pl1ITlE'I'.!S of 4 . . MR. IOSEPH IRA SALZMAN cmd FAMILY -l - Cornplirnents ot . . . MR. 5- MRS. SELKOWITZ 35ll Dekalb Avenue Bronz, NY. L 1- ioomplirnents of . . . H. B. SPATT To STEVEN :rom Muzi, Dfrfl Cirfii Gr-1:2 i1 Ccr.1plimer,tf: of . . IOSEPH ZELLER Compliments of . . . MR. 6. MRS. PHILIP FEIN and FAMH.Y M84 E. 24th St. Brooklyn 29, NY. Y- ARTHUR STUDIOS, Inc. 49 West 45th Street New Ycrli lg N,Y. Ccmpliments ci MR. CANTOR 6. MR. BECKER -1:1 -W Chalfin Foundation 318 West 39th Street New York City i - ACME FOLDING BOX CO., Inc. 149 East 26th Street New York 10, New York MUrray Hill 9-5525 Manufacturers And Designers Ct Quality Folding Cartonsf' 1 - Dickens 5-5810 Arcola Plumbing 8: Heating Inc. Plumbing and Heating Contractors 1640 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn 33, N. Y. Licensed Oil Burner Installation 833 Evergreen Drive West Hempstead, N. Y. Oil Burner License No. 1128 Licensed Throughout Nassau County -122- Flatbush Hardware Store lulius I. Goldberg, Proprietor Toys - Games - Hardware - l-louseturnishings Cutlery - Electrical Supplies - General Repair 967 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn 26, N, Y Telephone: BUckminster 2-5949 - Yeshivah University Women's Organization BRooKLYN DivtsioN Mrs. Murray Rothman, President Mrs. l-l. Sherman, Secretary l1- GARTENBERGS cSf scHEcHTER's Pioneer Country Club Greenfield Park, N. Y. All Outdoor CS Indoor Sports - Filtered Pool Nightly Entertainment - Private Mile Long Lake 9 l-lole Golt Course - Sabbath of Kashruth Strictly Gbserved Winter Resort: Hotel Edward, Miami Beach, Florida .l 1 Compliments of . . , BERT 6' HEI-lEN'S CANDY STORE BERDIEYS CORSET SHOP 384 Kingston Avenue Serin: ll t I Brooklyn 25, N.Y. Bedford Avo ' V -iza- Compliments of . . . BESTFORM FOUNDATIONS, Inc. B4 - 74 West 23rd Street New York City Greetings from , . . BLOCH PUBLISHING CO. Since l854 Americas Headquarters ol Hebrica and ludaica Send for Catalogues and Blochs Book Bulletin 31 West 3lst St. New York l, N.Y, Approaching A Century Of Iewish Publishing ln The U. S. l BORO FUEL OIL CO. 2 Church Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. -liv- BArclay 7 - 7844 BRYANT FABRICS. Inc. Converters of Bry-Tex Cottons and Rayons 350 Broadway New York l3, N.Y. Saul Grossman C-flftarnercy' 8-5985 i EASTERN MUSIC COMPANY Musical Instruments 34 Third Avenue at 9th St New York 3, N,Y. Compliments of . . . ELITE ISRAEL Famous Candy and Chocolate Manufacturers CFor All Year And Passoverl Rumat Gcm, Israel Compliments of . . . FALECK 6- MARGOLES Wholesale Iewels 7 West 45th St. New York, N.Y. -1 - FEIGER ELECTRIC CO. Maintenance Wiring For Light and Power llll Lincoln Place Brooklyn, N.Y. - 124 - Compliments ot . . GANSVOORT PRODUCT CO., Inc. 100 - 108 Horatio Street New York, N.Y. -i1- GEORGIA LEATHER CO. Nuttman Street Newark, New Iersey Compliments ot . . . HELLER CANDY CO.. Inc. Manufacturers of Quality Candies For Passover and All Year Bound 132 Beckwith Avenue Paterson 3, N.I. -ii1 Knishes. . .? Any Party . . .? Let HEBSI-ll'S KNISHOP Cater lt For You H'ERSHI'S KNISHOP, Inc. 4903 - 12 Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. QR0 I x H30 KI Z A ,.., E N' EN -il- INDUSTRIAL CONTAINER CORPORATION Second Avenue and 50tli Street Brooklyn 32, NYY, L - STEPHEN KANITZ lnsurance Broker 75 Fulton Street New York City WO 4-6953 All Kinds Ot lnsurance KINGS CARD 61 PAPER CO.. Inc. Paper -W Cardboard Cut Cards - Erivelog 193 Broome Street N Y C BOe,wc:i 111995 -1254- Locks - Furniture - Refrigerator and Cabinet Hardware A. L. LIEBMAN 6. SON. Inc. 2046 McDonald Avenue Brooklyn 23, N. Y. A, L. Liebrnan ESp1anade 5-8100 l-l- MANHATTAN-KREALE PROD., Inc. Manufacturers of IACK 6: IILL BUBBLE SET 172 North 10 Street Brooklyn, N.Y. -l - Compliments and blessings of . . . MR. :S MRS. ISAAC MANKUTA Soles Manager of Rokeach Sales Corp. Manufacturers of Kosher Products Best Wishes from . . . MERIT PAPER CORP. Brooklyn, N.Y. Compliments of . . . QUICK FREEZING FOOD CORP. 1802 Third Avenue New York, N.Y. L RAMBAM CATERERS. Inc, 3121 Kings Highway Weltman 6. Son Caterers of Distinction Compliments of . . . REBECCA CHARITY FUND, Inc. T- D. RICHER Specializing in Fresh Iersey Eggs 892 Troy Avenue Brooklyn, NY. -12 G ROYAL LAMP COMPANY New York City M. Hornblcrss, Prop. Compliments ot . . . SABROSA COFFEE CO.. Inc. l29 Mdiden Lone New York, N.Y. i LOUIS I. SEPTIMUS 6. CO. Certified Public Accountants 335 Broddwory New York City - - SAM STEGINSKY Strictly Kosher Meat And Poultry Market 954 Nostrond Avenue Tel. PResident 3-0085 STerlinQg 91,7257 MOBILGAS TOPS SERVICE STATION Tops Them All' l082 Union Street Cor. Bedtord Ave Brooklyn 25, NY, l - TREBOR KNITTING MILLS 250 - 44 Street Brooklyn, N,Y. Compliments ot . . . VIVIAN DRESS COMPANY 50l W 7th Avenue New York City ll1 WEINSTEIN BROTHERS Coats 5l2 --e Stn .lv -127- H. WOOL 6 SONS, INC. Butter - Eggs - Cheese 137 Reade Street New York, N.Y. l - GEdney 8-9388-9271 AARON'S FISH MARKETS Hotels G Restaurants Supplied A Full Line of Smoked Fish every Saturday 4024 l3th Ave, 421 Ditmas Ave. Free Delivery Brooklyn, N.Y. BArclay 7-8918-9 ATLANTIC CLOTHING CO., Iuc. Manufacturers of Allen Park - Baychester Morris latte l Allen Street New York 2, N.Y. l - AMSTELO DAMIA DIAMOND CO. l0 West 47th Street New York, N.Y. BARZEL CO. Hardware, Houseware, Venetian Blinds and Linoleum ll5 Lee Ave. Brooklyn ll, N.Y. Free Delivery EVergreen 4-5571 Tel. GEdney 8-2764 BECKER'S CLOTHES For Young Men and Boys Closed Saturdays Open Sat. Evenings and Sundays 4213 l3 Ave., Brooklyn 19, N,Y. Bet. 42 CS. 43 Sts. GEdney 6-84l8 BERNATH FRIEDLANDER Optometrist Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted 1070 - 45th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. At Et. Hamilton Pkway, Glztamercy 5-3034 BIRNBAUM'St WLNERY 1 Crystal Wine Co.J Pure 5: Kosher Grape Wines 179 East Broadway New York 2, N.Y. BLECKBERG PLUMBING SUPPLY, Inc. 331 Sutter Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. To My Friends EDWARD I. BURNS Accordion Instructor 1531 48th Street Brooklyn, N.Y. ULster 3-4431 Compliments ot . . . CAMP MONROE Monroe, N.Y. HYacinth 8-6345 CERTIFIED BARRE GRANITE CORP. Barre Guild Monuments Al Lefkowitz 391 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn 12, N.Y. CHICFORM -l T CLINTON PLAZA Fine Caterers Under Direct Supervision of Chaim Lichtenstein L- M Ul... 9-0131 Repairs CS Sales COOKIES RADIO G TELEVISION, Inc. ll74 Coney Island Ave. Kent Theatre Building Brooklyn 30, N.Y. -128- CO-ORDINATED ADVERTISING CORP. 9 East 33th Street New York 16, N.Y. -l - CROWN SELF SERVICE CLou and Tedl 315 Rogers Avenue Corner Montgomery Street PR. 8-3688 - - EVergreen 4-9019 DAVE'S COMIVIUNITY GARAGE Day and Night Parking Cars Serviced Dave Perlowitz, Mgr. So. 8th St. cor, Roebling St. Brooklyn ll, N.Y. ll1 DYCKMAN'S 73 West 47th St. New York 19, N.Y, EASTERN FARM PRODUCTS 390 Oakland Street Brooklyn, N.Y. Compliments of . . . EVER-READY FOOD CORP. 54 West 3rd Street New York, N.Y. - EVe-rgreen 7-4490 F. L. NAGEL'S PHARMACY Cor. Lee Ave, 6: Hooper St. Brooklyn, N.Y. .M- Compliments of . . . MR. ROBERT FEINGOLD GRamerCy 7-7492 MATHIAS FISCHER Custom Made Orthopedic Shoe: 152 Second Ave. ll-ew York 3 EVergreen 8-2553 FALUM AND NASS Appetizers and Food Specialtie: A Complete Line of Dietetic Foods 127 Lee Avenue Brooklyn 11, NY l Compliments ot , . . FREILICH'S FOOD CENTER 4403 - 8th Avenue Brooklyn 20, N.Y, . S. FRIIEDMAN 1223 TCP! Meat ci Poultry Market 4714 New Utrecht Ave. Bet. 47th and 48th Sts. Phone: Glfclney 5-9151 - Advertising FURMAN, ROTH G COMPANY 117 West 46th Street, New York 36 PLaza 7-7393 1 1- GANELES - LENGER WINE CORP. 136 Ludlow Street, N.Y.C. GRam-ercy 7-5797 SAMUEL GOLD Foot Comfort Shop 94 First Ave. New York 3, N.Y. lil EVergreen 7-2533 HEWES STREET LIVE POULTRY MARKET 329 Hewes Street, R:v.':1: .'r: ll ff 1: Nfl' F15 1' -129- Glidney d-33ll M. INDICH Kosher Meat and Poultry Market l475 42nd Street Brooklyn 19, N.Y. l - ISRAEL COIN DISTRIBUTION CORP. 27 Fourth Avenue New York l0, N.Y. Israel Coin Iewelry for Men Women and Children ll- IACK'S Quality Fruits 6 Vegetables Received Daily 5009 l3th Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. Dickens 2-048i-5385 lACOB'S IIARDWARE CO. Builders Hardware and Tools Factory and Mill Supplies 3l5 Sutter Avenue, Brooklyn l2, NY. Cor, Osborn St. KINGS COUNTY SUPPLY CO. ll5 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY. KIRSCHENBAUM BROS., Inc. Funeral Directors WESTMINSTER CHAPELS ll53 - 63 Coney Island Ave, At Ave. H Brooklyn 30, N.Y. Ul.ster 9-2020 Branch 345 Throop Ave - MA. 2-1066 - -:l- KRESNERS POULTRY FARMS Freehold, N.I. 476 Alabama Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. -l - V.VAll-:er 5,0448 LASKER BROTHERS Wholesale Coats, Suits, G Dresses 50 East Broadway New York 2, NY. Tel. CAHQ1 6-8971 LERNER 6, COOPER Ladies' Apparel Boys' and Girls' Clothing 1 LORTWAY LAUNDRY, Inc. 4l7 - 90th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. Coprnlete Laundry Service SH. 5-3131 LAckawar1na 4-7l42-3 NAGOURNEY 6 YUDIS Manufacturing Furriers 242 West 30th St. New York l, N.Y. Compliments of . . . MR. WACHTEL National Button Co. Dickens 2-8400 HYacinth 6-5359 PARADISE CATERERS, Inc. Strictly Kosher Caterers Rev. Norman Muchnick l530 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn l2, NY. l Compliments of . . . PARAMOUNT THREAD CO., Inc. l5l West 26th St. New York City l - Compliments oi . . . PAUI.'S SERVICE STATION 7015 Bay Parkway Kings Highway G Ocean Parkway Best Service At All Times i - PENN'S FOOD STORES l205 Avenue N -130- WA1ker 5-3773 NATHAN POILETMAN SONS Brooklyn, N.Y. Wholesale Furniture Showrooms 30 East Broadway New York 2, N.Y. l -l Blfachview Z-3066 BEnsonhurst 6-5405 PRINCETON MATTRESS CO. Manufacturers of Mattresses, Box Springs CS Studio Couches 1751 - 3 Bath Ave, Brooklyn 14, N.Y. - - Compliments ot . . . HAIR PRICE WINDOW CLEANING CO. 152 West 42nd Street New York 18, N.Y. l REGENT - MAIOR CORP. 496 Broadway +1 C. Halbfinger RELIABLE TOY 6. STATIONERY CO. 182 Utica Ave. Brooklyn 13, N.Y. - Compliments of . , . Ike Rosenberg CAIRO FABRICS 9 East 20th Street New York City -ll- ROXY WINDOW CLEANING CO. 233 West 42nd Street New York City .L - RUBIN TEXTILE COIVIPANY 7 East Broadway New York City COrtland 7-1858 Compliments: ol . . . SCHERTZ'S BAKERY 1022 - 43rd Street Brooklyn 19, 1lY Compliments of . , , SCHNALL PRODUCTS Manufacturers of Tam Tov Kosher Cheese l1 SCHRAETER'S 5415 14th Ave, Brooklyn, N,Y. Weddings - Bar Mltzvahs Social Functions SEMEL G SON Self Service Food Center 5013 - 13th Avenue Brooklyn 19, N.Y. li 1SVergreen 7-8298 Cash or Crea SIIVION SINGER Men's, Young Mens of Boys' Clothin 35,37 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn 11.1 SPEEDWAY FOOD STORES 807 Stanley Avenue 840 East New York Ave-nu STAR KOSHER SOAP 5 CANDLE CO. -Al- Ephraim Stem GLATT KOSHER MEATS G POULTRY 4518 Clixirrii .'3.'. 'I'L'f' Bei EAW -loin Si 5 11:5 ,, ,, X. Brcoklyt. Q .. -131 SWEE-TOUCH-NEE TEA ls Good Tea On Sale at all Grocers and Delicatessens Consolidated Tea Co. l85 Division Street New York 2, N.Y. -ll- I. TRACHTMAN'S Prescription Drug Store -1301 lOth Ave, Cor. 43rd Street Brooklyn, NY, GB 8-9308-9577 UL, 449525 - - UNITED OUTFITTERS, I.nc. l35 Graham Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. l - Compliments of . , . UNIVERSAL CREATIONS Mr. Samuel Dansker Mr. H. S. laas 1- Compliments of . . . BAER BROS. DRESSES, Inc. l4OO Broadway New York City Tel Glidney 6-9129 WEINSTEIN'S Appetizers - Gift Baskets Famous tor Creamed Herring Al Weinstein - Frank Kachman 4510 Ft. Hamilton Parkway, B'klyn l9, N.Y ARTHUR WEINSTOCK STRICTLY KOSHER PRIIVIE MIEATS 6. POULTRY 792 Prospect Pl., Near Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn l6, N.Y. Phone: STillwell 3-2827 l Compliments ot , . . WILLIE'S HIGH-GRADE DAIRY 76172 Belmont Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y. WORLD CLOTHING EXCHANGE 832 Broadway New York 3, N.Y. WORTH 5 NASCH General 'Wholesalers 23 Allen Street New York, N.Y. - YOUNG'S HOSIERY CO. Wholesale Hosiery 51 Underwear 319 Grand Street New York, NY, Greetings from . . . ZARETSKY'S Curtain CS: Linen Shop l8l Orchard Street, New York 2, N.Y. Compliments of . . . MR. 6. MRS. IOSEPH L. ROSENBERG WEITZMAN ENTERPRISES, Inc. Industrial Engineering Contractors Factory Planning, Equipments and Installations Carpenters - Masons - Plumbers 6 Bond Street New York l2, N.Y. ORegon 7 - 4310 - 4311 Compliments of . , RABBI 6 MRS. EMANUEL LAZAR ELI G DAVID 683 Essex St, Brooklyn 8, N.Y --132- Compliments ot . . Mr. I. Ader Adest cSf Sons Art Press Mr. l, Auerbach B ci M Sweet Shop Paul Bindiger Mr. and Mrs. David Birnbaum CS Family William Blitz Brauman ci Rose Kosher Meat 61 Poultry Reeve Brenner David Brormer 6. Co. Brooklyn Paint Supply Co. Brooks Pharmacy Sam Bucher Eddie Caroso Louis Cohen M. Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Deutsch Economy Fruit Market Miss Rhoda Ehre Elwood Haberdashers Dr. and Mrs, H. l. Falk Harriet Feit lmkar Co. Ioe CS Al Fish Store F eldman's Grocery Store Iack Furmansky A Friend Mr. and Mrs. Glassman S. Goldberg Goldcralt Hosiery Co. Nettie Goldrich Goldman's Fruit Store Gratt's Fruit and Vegetable Market Max Greenspan Mr. Freedman CS Al Hersh I-lantt's Grocery Fat Hoiman I. G. Lamp Mtg. Co. lrving G Abe Fruit Store lack lsserott S. Iablowitz B. Iaffe la-Hy Meats and Poultry I-labers Hardware Store Hi-Ioe Fruit Market loe's Fruit Market Margo, Carl ci Steven Iossem Mr. Eugene Iutkowitz Arthur Katz, Pharmacist Ci Chemist Mr. and Mrs. S. Kaufman King De Kings Food Center Kramers Bake Shop Emanuel Leibowitz Mr. Ioseph Levine - 133 - Compliments ot . . . Hyman Levy Rabbi Irwin Levy Albert Loew lack Loew LoWen's Bake Shop Luchow Trading Co. Mandel's Custom Tailoring Mendlowitz Food Center Ida Mermel Paul Merriam Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Meyers Mittman's Meat 51 Poultry Rabbi CS Mrs. B. Morgenstern Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Needle-man ci Family Max Neustadter Mr. Arthur Otfenbach Phyllis Shoe Store Pozner Plumbing Co. Prominent Fabrics Propr-wauk' Shoes lules Pugach Mr, and Mrs, Harry Racinstein Mr. and Mrs Iames Reich Mr. and Mrs. Zelig Re-nick Max Rosenberg CS Family A. Rosenthal ' Mr. L. Saclow Mrs. Esther Schnabel Mr. and Mrs. Abe Schonhaut Samuel Shapiro Sol Shapiro Zipporah dr Moishe Sokolow Sonny's Kosher Chicken Market Mr. and Mrs. Aaron I. Sorcher and Family ln Memory of Hyman Sossin William Spira Star Bakery Stern and Elbogen Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Stern Lillian and Peter Strauss Stone's Kosher Delicatessen Mr. and Mrs. lack Sultan Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sultan Mr. and Mrs, William Tauber ci Sons Teddy Diety Trager's Shoe Store Mr. and Mrs. Phil Weingarten Weinstein Brothers Weinsteins Grocery A. Weitzner - Shoes White Mountain Dairy Willie's Sandwich Shoppe Windsor Lumber and Trim Corp. Wassel Fruit CS Fish Store Brooklyn Paint and Supply Co. -134- Congratulations to Philip Felig On l-lis Graduation from Paul Steinberg Best Wishes to . . . Our Son PHILIP FELIG Mr. 61 Mrs. Elias M. Felig Compliments of . . . MUTUAL CLEANERS Inc. 237 Sheffield Ave. Stores Throughout Brooklyn Greetings from YOUNG ISRAEL OF FLATBUSH Solomon I. Sharfman, Rabbi Lester Rhine, Pres. Best Wishes to . . . PHILIP FELIG Mr. 6: Mrs. Louis Tre-tin Compliments of MR. 6. MRS. AL LLOYD 420 Ave. F Brooklyn, N,Y. ll1 nm im To Rabbi and Mrs, S. Schmidman On the Birth of a Baby Girl ANNITA PEARL From His Talmud Cla A FRIEND 5 6 6 -l- PRINTED BY quiz Ezoffizu 243-49 WEST 39TH STREET NEW YORK 18, N. Y. 'EBM mm an laofkneclwf