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-1949-
April 1949— "United Jewish Fund Campaign for $309,000 to Open This Week," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 7: Saul Chenkin and Louis Steinman, outstanding members of the San Diego Jewish community, will lead the 1949 combined United Jewish Appeal for $309,000, according to an announcement by the Board of Directors of the United Jewish Fund released by Eli H. Levinson. President Chenkin and Steinman are planning an all out campaign with complete coverage of every Jewish person in the community and the outlying districts in the county. Plan of organization includes a gifts divisions, various trades and professions division, the women's organization, young people's division and a Christian campaign. The women's division will be headed by two of the outstanding women in the community, Mrs. Nathaniel Ratner, serving as chairman, and Mrs. Gabriel Berg, President of Hadassah, as co-chairman. A series of luncheons are being planned under the direction of the women's division campaign advisory committee of Mrs. Saul Chenkin, last year's chairman, now a member oft he Board of Directors of the National Women's Division, United Appeal, Mrs. Selma Getz, Mrs. Louis Steinman, and Mrs. A.P. Nasatir—1948's cochairmen. Saul Chenkin has appointed the following leaders in the campaign to date. To head the men's division set up, Murray Goodrich, Max Rabinowitz, Morris Douglas and Al Krasnow, co-chairmen. Lawrence Cantor of Cantor Brothers will again lead the auto accessories. Building trades will be led by Milo Berenson, Sid Goldhammer and John Ruskin; Clothing by Its Penter, Sam Rassin and Milton Roberts; furniture by Victor Schulman and Ben Harris; groceries by Seymour Rabin; jewelry by Nathan Baranov and Sam Druskin; liquor by Harry Farb, Morris Feldman and Maurice Harris; professional by Carl Esenoff, Sol Price, Lew Weiss, Richard Levi and Dr. Robert Stone; locker club, tailors, cleaners by Abe Sklar, Eddie Kitaen and Ben Feinberg; surplus and salvage by Ed Bland. Other appointments will be made in the near future. "1949 is a Year of Opportunity" in which we (will) be able to empty the DP Camps. It is a year of Exodus, according to the campaign co-chairmen, Saul Chenkin and Louis Steinman who made a joint statement in which they clarified the dollar and cents aspect of the mammoth job to be done. They pointed out that the irreducible minimum goal of the United Jewish Appeal for 1949 is $250,000,000. San Diego accepted a goal of $309,000 of which at least 75 percent will be used for the United Jewish Appeal and its three constituent agencies. The remainder will be allocated to the other 35 local, national and international organizations supported by the United Jewish Fund. "This year the remaining 125,000 Jews must be moved out of the DP Camps. Jews scattered through Rumania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia and Bulgaria must receive cash and food, relief and immigration where possible. One million Jews in North Africa and Moslem countries are existing under the most degrading conditions imaginable and must receive aid through the Joint Distribution Committee. In Israel housing must be provided for 250,000 people who are expected in 1949. In the United States, the United Service for New Americans must be prepared to receive upwards of 25,000 Jewish refugees expected to immigrate here," the chairman emphasized. United Jewish Fund headquarters are in Suite 301, 333 Plaza, San Diego.

-1950-

April 28, 1950— "Magic Carpet Day, Sunday, April 30th: Be A Worker or Stay at Home Until A Worker Calls on You," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 16: Over 150 "Modern Miracle Workers" are expected to participate in San Diego's "Operation Magic Carpet" this Sunday, April 30th, Morris Douglas, chairman of the day, stated. Gathering for instructions at Beth Israel Center, the workers will breakfast (courtesy of the Jolly Sixteen) at 9:30 a.m., receive their lists and be off to knock on doors on behalf of the "Keep the Miracle Alive" Campaign of the United Jewish Fund. "Magic Carpet Day," said Douglas, "is an effort to dramatically call to the attention of the Jews of San Diego, the needs of the Jews of Europe, Africa and the Moslem countries, as well as Israel, and to have the greatest possible coverage in the history of any campaign. We hope that our Miracle Workers will cover over 1200 prospects on this one day." All organizations have helped in the recruitment of workers. To date, the following workers have signed their pledge to be the crew of the "Magic Carpet": Rose Abrams, A.A. Abramson, Sam Addleson, Manny Adler, E. S. Also, Rose Anderson, Jeremiah Aronoff, Ruth Aronoff, Rose E. Aved, Ruben Aved, Mrs. Eva Berger, Meir Bleiberg, Ruth Bloom, Miss Teresa Block, Mrs. Ted G. Brav, Sam Brenes, Edward Breitbard, Jackie Brodman, Dave Brooks, Jeanne Camiel, Zel Camiel, Ann Cantor, Eva Chenkin, Saul Chenkin, E.M. Cohen, Minnie Cohen, Irving N. Cohen, Barbara Cohn, Mrs. Paul Cudnay, Elliott L. Cushman, Mrs. Ray Davidson, Al Doctor, Morris Douglas, Sam Druskin, James Effron, Leonard Effron, Mrs. L. Elvove, Harry Elkin, Harry Engel, David Engel, Mrs. A. Epstein, Carl M. Esenoff, Mack Esterson, Harry E. Farb, Mrs. Alvin Feiler, Abe Feingold, Ben Feinberg, Mrs. Morris Feldman, Jack Fine, Joseph A. Finkelman, Sam. E. Fishman, Manuel Fisher, David Frank, Mrs. Esther Frank, Milton Fredman, William Fried, Jerome Freedman, Irving E. Friedman, Zena Frommer, Dr. Allan D. Gale, Rena Garvin, Sarah Geller, Joseph Gellman, Betty Gendelman, S. Glaser, Henry Goldy, Sandor Goldberger, Muriel Goldhammer, M.D. Goodrich, I.S. Gordon, Ernest Green, Mrs. Mathilda Green,l M. Greenberg, Gertrude Harris, Minnie K. Harris, Mrs. I. Heller, Leon Heiman, David Horowitz, Rodin S. Horrow, Ralph Hosenpud, Paul Jacoby, Joe Kaplan, Frank Kenin, Jennie Kochberg, Tully Kitaen, John Kluchin, Nixie Kern, S. Klug, Dr. J. Kwint, Mrs. Joseph Kwint, Alan Lame, F. Lavender, I. Lebb, Mrs. Anne Lee, James Lester, Letty Levin, Richard C. Levi, Louis Levitt, J.H. Lipitt, Freda Mallen, Marian Doctor, Mrs. William Mintz, Louis Moorsteen, Mrs. Wm L. Moss, Yale Naliboff, Paul Nestor, Mrs. Roan Ogelsby, Sam Orlansky, Mitzy Ornstein, Morris Penn, Mrs. Morton B. Peskin, Peter K. Phillipp, Lou Pollack, Bella Price, Henry J. Price, Seymour Rabin, Max Rabinowtiz, Ada Randall, Sol Randall, Bertha Rassin, Nate Ratner, Herbert Rede, Edith Reder, Dr. J. Rittoff, Milton Roberts, Sid Rose, Mrs. Sadie Rosenblum, Jacob Rosenthal, Sadie Rothberger, Lucille Rubel, Pauline Rubel, Ben B. Rubin, Norman Rubin, Harry Ruja, Leon Ruskin, Dave Schissell, Anne Schloss, David M. schloss, Victor Schulman, Goldie Schusterman, Wm. B. Schwartz, Philip Shames, R. Shifrenson, Jennie Siner, I.A. Soberman, Abramah Sklar, J.W. Snyder, Zolda Solov, Joe M. Spatz, Marshall Starr, Mrs. George Starr, Art Stone, Dave Stotsky, Mrs. David Sugarman, Mort Thaler, Judy Traub, Jennie S. Turner, Beronda Tulchinsky, Morris Wax, Mrs. Henry Weinberger, Rose S. Wenig, MRs. Lucille Weisel, Sidney O. Weiss, Jay Wellins, Sylvia Winicki, Robert Allen Wohl, Joe Yaffe, Barney Yanett, Maurice Zahlasky, Leo Zwiebel, Maurice Ackerman, Harry Demsey, Irving Hertz, Harry Klaskin, Maxwell Kaufman, Dr. R.M. Stone, John Ruskin, Sam Fisher, Mrs. Harold Elden, Mrs. Estelle Levi, Mrs. Helen schulman, Mrs. Evelyn Cantor, Mrs. Julia Neuman, Mrs. Sadie Berenson, Mrs. Selm Getz, Mrs. Bernice Esenoff, Mrs. Betty Penter, MRs. Gladys Block, Mrs. Anita Kahn, Mrs. Sarah Horrow, Mrs. Bess Snyder, MRs. Lillian Newman, Mrs. Lillian Nathan, MRs. Ida Nasatir, Mrs. Lillian Bland, Mrs. Sally Ratner, Mrs. Sara Goodrich, Mrs. Maxwell Kaufman, Mrs. Gabriel Berg, Mrs. I. Teacher, Mrs. Esther Cherney, Mrs. Anna Perlmutter, Mrs. Rose Neumann, Mrs. Max Gardner, Mrs. Lillian Ravin.

May 12, 1950—"Training and Tradition Of Family Giving," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 1: One of the highlights of "Magic Carpet Day" was seeing the Rabinowitz family turn out en masse to help. There were Max and Mollie, Seymour and Janice Rabin, Herbert and Edith Reder, all pitching in as workers. Mollie and Max went out as buck privates and brought back the bacon (oops—pardon)—salami. So did all the children. The Rabinowitz family is also among the top givers in San Diego, and the tradition of giving is firmly established in their children. Here is what they gave this year. Max Rabinowitz—$5,000; Mollie Rabinowitz—$500; Seymour Rabin—$1,000; Janice Rabin $100; Herbert Reder—$400; Edith Reder—$100, and Dorothy (Rabinowitz) Arenson from Des Moines, Iowa—$200. The local contribution of the family was $7,300.

December 1, 1950—"Notice of the Report of the Nominating Committee of the United Jewish Fund," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 13: In accordance with the by-laws of the United Jewish Fund of San Diego, the following members of the corporation are nominated by the nominating committee for the vacancies on the Board of Directors for a 2-year-term, 1951-53: David Block, Leo Brett, William Burnett, Harry Farb, Manuel Fisher, Jerry Freedman, Irving Friedman, Murray Goodrich, Ben Harris, Richard Levi, Julius Levine, Harry Mallen, Louis Moorsteein, Walter Ornstein, Sol Price, Seymour Rabin, Nathaniel Ratner, Ben Rubin, Victor Schulman, Mrs. Ann Shelley, Henry Weinberger. Members are further notified that any 5 members in good standing (any contributor who has paid his previous year pledge) may nominate any member in good standing by petition which must include an acceptance in writing by the member nominated. Those Directors whose terms do not now expire are: Judge Jacob Weinberger, Nathan F. Baranov, and Eli H. Levenson, Past Presidents. Mrs. Gabriel Berg, I. L. Domnitz, Edward Bland, Morris Douglas, Saul Chenkin, Rodin Horrow, Alex Newman, Abe Ratner, Morris Niederman, Dr. Robert Stone, Milton Roberts, Nate Schiller, Abe Sackheim, Harry Snyder, Sam Sosna, Maurice Harris, Ralph Rosenpud. Petitions for additional nominees must be presented to the office of the United Jewish Fund, 333 Plaza, not later than December 15, 1950, 12:00 noon.

-1951-
February 2, 1951—"Center Group Elects Officers," Southwestern Jewish Press, page 4: Eli H. Levenson, prominent communal leader, was selected to lead the Jewish Community Center Association again in 1951, at a meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors. Three prominent advocates, Morrie Douglas, Harry Mallen and Lou Mogy, were elected to the vice presidencies of the organization. Watchdog of the finances for the coming year will be Nathan Schiller, elected as Treasurer, while Rod Horrow was selected to be Secretary. Levenson, in accepting the presidency, stated that in 1951 he hoped that the Center would become a factor in the community, and that he as well as the other officers would do everything in their power to begin the realization of the dream of the last five years. Appointment of the following committees were made—all officers and dr. Robert Stone, Henry Price, Maury Ackerman; Program Committee; Morrie Kraus, Chairman; Harry Mallen and Yale Naliboff. Other committees are to be appointed. The committee to participate in the Joint Center Committee was announced as Lou Mogy, Seymour Rabin, Harry Wax, Milton Roberts and William Starr. Esther Siegel, Director of the Armed Services Program, reported on the activity of the Armed Services Committee, which is financed by the Community Center Association. Since it was indicated the USO has not become completely activated, and that the Jewish Welfare Board has not set up operation in San Diego for some time, the Board of the Community Center Association voted the necessary funds to continue the Armed Service Program for an additional two months. The project will be continued at the Temple Center Lounge.

-2006-

January 17, 2006—United Jewish Federation, Men's Event 2006 Program Presenting Prime Minister Ehud Barak, brochure insert: we want to thank our very generous donors who supported the 2005 Annual Campaign (*deceased): Pacesetters, $1,000-$4,999.... Seymour Rabin...