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Jersey City. The Jersey City Jewish Community Center recently ousted from its building a Jewish congregation headed by an anti-Hague rabbi, Benjamin Plotkin. Some local Jews called him a Communist. Said the American Hebrew last week: "For Jersey Jews deliberately to fan the flame which may ultimately consume them seems the most reckless kind of communal suicide." Similarly, Jesuit America has warned Jersey City Catholics against allying themselves with Boss Frank Hague, a Roman Catholic, on the grounds that Hague tactics may be used elsewhere against Catholics (a warning, however, not heeded by numerous Jersey City priests and Catholic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tensions | 6/13/1938 | See Source »

Some of the bunch were consciously ambitious, felt themselves capable of big things; all of them were determined to do better for themselves than their parents had. Their tastes soon began to differentiate them. Runt Plotkin, toughest of the crowd, embarrassed them by his actions with girls, which spoke louder than their lewd chatter. He drifted off to become a precocious hack-driver. First of the bunch to go further than the universally-allowed petting were Estelle and Sol, the chesty athlete. That went on till they got a scare, then they broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Jews in Chicago | 3/15/1937 | See Source »

Five field events will also bring forth a list of performers with Theodore Plotkin '38 being favored in the broad jump due to Milt Green's absence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIFTY MEN COMPETE IN HANDICAP MEET TODAY | 2/7/1936 | See Source »

Sherman Brayton, Stephen H. Brennan, Jr., Charles H. Cretsmeyer, John W. Erhard, Herbert L. Furse, William T. Glendinning, Peter P. Hale, John H. Herrick, Douglas B. Kitchel, Captain Carroll R. Layman, Nathanael A. Lemke, Hertram M. Litman, Alexander C. Northrop, Winslow L. Pettingell, Theodore Plotkin, William W. Shirk, Robert C. Stuart, Adoniram J. Wells, Jr. William H. Wright, Jr. Manager, George H. Spencer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 214 Athletes, Managers Comprising 14 Spring Teams Awarded Insignia by Sports Committee | 6/10/1935 | See Source »

...Northrup, Randall W. Richards, Jr., William H. Wright, Jr.; javelin: Paul M. Glendenning, Charles D. Ruch; half-mile: Sherman Brayton, Arthur J. Clement, Jr., Robert E. Rogers, Adoniram J. Wells, Jr.; hammer: Stephen H. Brennan, Jr., Charles D. Ruch; high-jump: George D. W. Berry, Winslow L. Pettingell, Theodore Plotkin, William W. Shirk; hurdles: Robert Fawcett, Douglas B. Kitchel, Carroll R. Laymen, Theodore P. Robie, John P. Sparrow; pole-vault: Winslow L. Pettingell; quarter-mile: Herbert L. Furse; shotput: Robert C. Downes, William S. Glendenning, Bertram M. Litman; sprints: David P. Coffin, Charles H. Cretzmeyer, Glen O. Hay, Edgar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HANDICAP TRACK MEET WILL COMMENCE TODAY | 4/17/1935 | See Source »

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