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THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
VOL. 1, NO. 1
Welcome Kulicks
To Savannah At
Alliance Party
The Jewish community of Sa¬
vannah turned out in large num¬
bers to welcome Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Kulick at a reception tend¬
ered them by the Board of Di¬
rectors of the Jewish Education¬
al Alliance on Sunday, Decem¬
ber 23, from 4 to 6 p. m. The
beautiful affair was the occasion
for the formal welcome of Mr.
Kulick, who is the new executive
director of the Alliance, and his
wife, who recently came to Savan¬
nah from Stamford, Conn., where
Mr. Kulick was, for four years,
the executive director of the
Stamford Jewish Center.
Informality was the keynote of
the affair, with Benjamin Silver
man, president of the Alliance,
speaking words of welcojne on
behalf of the community, and Mr.
Kulick responding, on behalf of
himself and his family.
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The two rooms on the main
floor—the former^ U. S. 0.
Lounge and the Main Meeting
Room—were converted into one
huge lounge for the occasion,
tastefully decorated and with
tables, agleam with beautiful
^ silver and linen, and filled with
a wide assortment of goodies.
The committee in charge of the
affair included the following
members of the Board of Direct¬
ors: Mrs. Isaac Meddin, Mrs.
Harry R. Friedman, Mrs. Sam
Goldberg, Mrs. Sam D. Hirsch,
Mrs. Henry Karsman, and Mrs.
Raymond Rosen, assisted by Mes
dames Irving Kaminsky, H. Di¬
rector, David Rosenzweig, Julius
Palefsky, and Benjamin Silver
man.
Mr. Kulick ^arrived in Savan¬
nah on September 15 to assume Di¬
his duties as the Executive
rector of the Alliance, succeeding
Rabbi Jerome Labovitz, who took
an executive post with the United
Synagogue in Philadelphia.
Mr. Kulick also serves as the
Executive Secretary of the Sa¬
vannah Jewish Council and the
director of the annual United
Jewish Appeal and Federation
campaign.
Mr. and Mrs. Kulick are re¬
siding at 16 South Oakwood
Drive, with their two children,
Frances Elizabeth and Gilbert
David.
B.B.G
The B.B.G.’s, girls’ organization
of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organi¬
zation, have been taking part in
the Victory Bond Drive. Regular
meetings are held every other
Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the
Alliance. The next meeting will
be held on December 30. Girls 14
.■o 19 years of age, interested in
joining, are asked to get in touch
with Millicent Melaver, president,
720 East 35th St., phone 3-9216.
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JEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAH, GA.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1945
We Make Our Journalistic Debut
The issuance of this, the first edition of the publi¬
cation of the Alliance, as yet untitled, marks a mile
in the history of the Alliance and reflects the expanded
program of Savannah’s Jewish Center. The official
organ of the Alliance, which will be issued bi-weekly
and mailed into all Jewish homes in Savannah, this
publication will also serve as a medium for the Jewish
community of our city.
In addition to news matter, editorials, columns, and
feature articles about the program and activities of the
Alliance, this publication will serve the entire Jewish
community, carrying news about the family of Jewish
organizations of Savannah; news about and of interest
to Jews in general; news of happy events in the lives
of Savannah Jewry; and news and articles interpreting
the work of the Savannah Jewish Council, the Savan¬
nah United Jewish Appeal and Federation and the
many regional, national, and overseas organizations
which the latter helps to support.
It will be the aim of the leaders of the Alliance
to make this publication an activity of the membership
of the institution. Every effort will be made to enroll
members of the Alliance to serve on the staff of the
publication. The production of the paper will be in
the hands of a journalism club, which will train its
members in all aspects of newspaper work.
The secretaries or publicity chairmen of all local
Jewish organizations desiring space in the publication
are asked to submit their news to the Alliance office
one week before the date of publication of each issue.
The deadline for such copy for the next issue is Friday,
December 28.
Comments and suggestions from our readers are
invited.
Publication Seeks
Staff Members
Places are open on the staff
of this publication for persons
interested in the writing of
news articles, features, editori¬
als, special columns, and head¬
lines; newspaper make-up, busi¬
ness management, and circu¬
lation.
Persons with some experience
are especially wanted but be¬
ginners are welcomed. News¬
paper work is a fascinating ac¬
tivity and publication of this
paper will be placed in the
hands of our members as quick¬
ly as a staff is organized.
All persons interested in
working on this paper are ask¬
ed to see Mr. Kulick in person
or to leave their names at the
Alliance office.
Irving Davidson
Here January 10
Irving Davidson, outstanding
authority on Jewish humor, will
give an illustrated talk on “Con¬
temporary Jewish Wit and Hu¬
mor,” when he comes to the Alli¬
ance on Thursday evening, Janu¬
ary 10, at 8:15 p.m., as the third
feature on the 1945-46 Cultural
Series of the Alliance. Mr. Dav¬
idson appears on the Alliance pi*o
gram for the second straight sea¬
son, in response to the demands
of the hundreds who were regaled
with his humor last year.
Known as the “Jewish Ripley”
for his lectures on Jewish histori¬
cal oddities, he has spoken to
hundreds of audiences throughout
the United States and Canada and
delighted thousands of listeners
with his lectures on Jewish hu¬
mor. His lecture here will be part
of a Southern tour, which will in¬
clude Miami, Jacksonville, Tam¬
pa, and Atlanta.
He was formerly Principal of
the Religious School oif the Park
Avenue Synagogue, New York
City, and is a member of the New
York bar as a practicing attorney.
Admission to the lecture will be
by season ticket, sold o ily to Alli¬
ance members, or by single ad¬
mission tidket, purchasable at the
door on the night of the lecture
for one dollar, tax included.
| JEA Women's Club
Holds New Year's
Eve Party Here
The auditorium of the Alliance
will be the scene of a gala New
Year’s Eve Party on Monday, De¬
cember 31, sponsored by the
Women’s Club of the Alliance.
The affair will open with a
cocktail party, beginning at 10
o’clock, with a tasty assortment
of hors d’ouerves, prepared by
the ladies of the club. Refresh¬
ments and drinks will be served
Reservations, priced at $7.50
per couple, are now being re¬
ceived by Mrs. Henry Karsman,
chairman of reservations. Other
committee chairmen are: Mrs.
Max I. Halperin, chairman; Mrs.
Morris Homansky, co-chairman;
and Mrs. Irving Alpern, chair¬
man of refreshments.
Music will be provided by an
outstanding colored jazz band;
the auditorium will be gayly dec¬
orated; and the buoyant spirit
which characterizes all Women’s
Club affairs will be in evidence.
Sanford Wexler
Basketball Coach
At a recent meeting of the
Athletic Committee of the Al¬
liance, to select a coach for the
1945-46 varsity basketball team,
there was a unanimous vote in
favor of the appointment of San¬
ford Wexler, long prominent in
J. E. A. athletics.
In choosing Mr. Wexler as
coach, the committee has made it
possible to continue the same type
of clean, hard fought basketball
that was always played at the
Barnard Street institution, under
the popular, beloved Jerome
“Jerry” Eisenberg. Coach Wex¬
ler grew up on the hardwoods
under the patient guidance of Mr.
Eisenberg, learning the finer
points of the game, and also the
tradition of clean sportsmanship
that Mr. Eisenberg so well repre¬
sented.
Besides playing right “up the
steps” at the J. E. A. from
Juniors to Varsitv, Mr. Wexler
also was a member of Savannah
High School’s basketball team up
until the time he graduated in
1933.
Mr. Wexler, as recognized by
basketball fans of this city, was
always a good floor general and
is remembered well by his steady
and clever play.
Painting , Repairs «
Program Mapped
For J.E.A. Building
Plans have been completed by the House Committee,
under the chairmanship of Sidney Rosenzweig, for a pro¬
gram of painting, repairs, and renovations of the Alliance,
which will put the building into better shape to serve the
needs of our community.
Activities Director
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JACK CHILNICK, former direc¬
tor of the B’nai B’rith Youth
Organization in Philadelphia.
Pa., who has been appointed Di¬
rector of Activities and Athletic
Director of the Alliance. Mr.
Chilnick will assume his duties
on January 6.
Jack Chilnick New
Activities Leader
Mr. Jack Chilnick, director of
the B’nai B’rith Youth Organi¬
zation in Philadelphia, Pa., has
been appointed Director of Activi¬
ties of the Alliance. The appoint¬
ment of Mr. Chilnick, who will
direct the physical education pro¬
gram of the Alliance as part of
his work, comes as a result of the
decision of the Alliance Board of
Directors to increase the profe -s
ional staff of the institution, as
part of the expanded program of
the organization. Mr. Chilnick
will arrive in Savannah, to take
over his duties on January 6. He
will be accompanied by his wife,
who is also a social worker.
Mr. Chilnick brings a record
of excellent training and rich ex¬
perience to his new position, the
first such post in the history of
the Alliance. A graduate of Phil¬
adelphia Normal School, he con¬
tinued his graduate studies at
Temple University, in Philadel¬
phia, receiving his B. S. in edu¬
cation in 1941 and his M. ed. de¬
gree in Group Work in 1943.
From 1937 to 1939, he taughi
in the Philadelphia school sys¬
tem. He served as athletic di¬
rector and club worker at the
Neighborhood Center, in Phila¬
delphia, from 1938 to 1940. As
part of his field work training
at Temple, he served as the super¬
visor of social clubs at the Y. M.
H. A. of Philadelphia, where he
directed the program and leaders
of approximately 50 social clubs.
The Philadelphia “Y” is one of
the largest in the country.
From December, 1940 to De¬
cember, 1944, Mr. Chilnick was
the head of the Boys’ and Girls’
Department of the Associaiton
for Jewish Children of Philadel¬
phia, where he set up a well
rounded program of recreational
and group work activities for
hundreds of children. For the
past year, he supervised the ac¬
tivities of the B. B. Y. 0. in
Philadelphia, which has over 1100
members in its affiliated organi
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SAVANNAH, GA.
The entire building, from top
to bottom, will be repainted, in
an attractive color scheme, to
provide a combination of prac¬
tical utility and eye-pleasing
aesthetics. Because of present
conditions, the painting program
will not start until January.
All of the wooden floors in the
building will be refinished by a
professional floor surfacer.
The kitchen on the main floor,
which had been used by the U. S.
0. as a photography dark room,
will be restored to its original
function as a kitchen, attractively
painted and with a new floor cov¬
ering. The storeroom, adjacent
to the small lounge, where the
U. S. 0. had its offices, will be
converted into a darkroom for the
use of the photography groups, to
be organized by the Alliance.
The U. S. 0. office will be
maintained as one of the addition¬
al offices of the Alliance, neces¬
sitated by the addition of another
professional to the staff of the
organization.
The furniture in the former
U. S. O. Lounge will be distribu¬
ted between the former room and
the main meeting room on the
main floor, so that each room will
become a lounge, convertible into
a meeting room, when additional
meeting space is necessary.
New equipment for the e rerc'se
room downstairs is being pur¬
chased to replace the equipment
damaged or destroyed during the
war years.
The Alliance now has such
equipment as a sound moving pi •
ture projector and screen; slid
projector; combination r a d i o
victrola; fans on stands, include I
in the equipment purchased from
the U. S. 0.
Arrangements have been made
for the improvement of the tele¬
phone system of the Alliance,
whereby an extension telephone
will be installed in the gymnasi¬
um and basement floors, to pro¬
vide greater convenience to mem¬
bers participating in activities on
those floors, in answering tele¬
phone messages.
Varsity Basketball
Team Will Open
Season Xmas Nite
Bolstered by the return of three
more discharged veterans, Leo
Center, Maurice Alpert, and Har¬
vey Gordon, the Jewish Educa¬
tional AlliaAce varsity bas^otball
team is going through its paces
in preparation for the opening
game with the Florida News team
of Jacksonville on Christmas
night, Tuesday, December 25, at
Alliance.
Sanford Wexler will serve as
coach of the basketball team
the 1945-46 season, succeeding
late Jei'ome “Jerry” Eisen
Coach Wexler is working
a squad of some fifteen to
men.
The team is working out three
a week and anvone interest¬
has been invited to tryout for
team. Maurice Alpert will
as manager, with Hal Weis
as his assistant and the pub¬
will be handled^by Sanford
Manager Maurice Alpert has
home and home games
the Union Bag, C. Y. P. A.,
Island, and Hunter
Also expected on the
are games with the Par¬
Island Marines, Charleston
Augusta YMHA, and an
foe, the South Georgia Teach¬
College.