The Way We Were in 1963

Dinner Program Honors 25 Years of the Knoxville Jewish Welfare Fund and the United Jewish Appeal

The chairs and co-chairs honored were David Blumberg, George S Busch, S Harry Busch, J B Corkland, Joseph Epstein, Max Friedman, Guilford Glazer, Louis Glazer, Max Kesselman, Max Morrison, Lester Popkin, Ruben Robinson, Sam Rosen, Isadore Rosenblatt, Oscar Schwarzenberg, Miles Siegel, Max Wolf, charter members: Philip Chazen, Nathan Robinson, Ben Winick, as well as then deceased Morris Reich, Max Robinson. The 1963 co-chairs were Rabbi Harold Rubens, Rabbi Max Zucker, and Milton Collins.

2016 Current Knoxville relatives: J B Corkland’s grandsons Doug and Jeff Weinstein; Max Friedman’s grandchildren Scott Hahn and Margot Dunn; Guilford and Louis Glazer’s nephew Arnold Cohen; Max Morrison’s niece Mary Linda Schwarzbart; Lester Popkin’s widow Leona Spritz and children David Popkin and Janice Feinman; Ruben Robinson’s nephew Pace; Sam Rosen’s grandson Stephen; Miles Siegel’s children Mark Siegel, Cindy Shefler and Peggy Siegel-Loflin; Max Wolf’s son Barry; Nathan Robinson’s daughter Joyce Diftler; Ben Winick’s daughter Barbara Bernstein; Max Robinson’s son Alfred; Milton Collins’s cousin Alan Danziger.

Thanks to the Weinstein family for the donation of the program.

More Details about the October 23,1963, KJWF-UJA Dinner that honored the past Knoxville Jewish Welfare Fund leadership. 

While it was billed as a 25th anniversary dinner, the KJWF actually was a successor organization to the first organized Knoxville fund, the Knoxville Federation of Jewish Charities.

 As noted on the cover of the program, the dinner honored founders as well as annual chairs.

Here is the list of chairmen and co-chairmen for each of those 25 years, from a list published in the October, 1963, Menorah, noting when they served, as well as whether they had moved or passed away:

1938        Oscar Schwarzenberg
1939        David Blumberg
1940-1941    Max Wolf  
1942        Max Friedman
1943-1944    Max Robinson**
1945        Max Friedman, co-chair; Max Robinson;** J B Corkland
1946        Harry Busch, co-chair; J B Corkland
1947        Max Kesselman,* co-chair; Harry Busch, Morris Reich,**  J B Corkland
1948        Isadore Rosenthal
1949        “many served as co-chairmen”
1950        Guilford Glazer*
1951        Louis Glazer*
1952        Joe Epstein*
1953-1954    David Blumberg
1955        Sam Rosen
1956        Sam Rosen and I Rosenblatt, co-chairmen
1957        Max Morrison
1958        George Busch
1959        David Blumberg and Sam Rosen, co-chairmen
1960        Miles Siegel
1961        Lester Popkin and I Rosenblatt, co-chairmen
1962        Dr. Ruben Robinson

* left town
** deceased prior to October, 1963

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