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SAVANNAH, GA. THE JEWISH ALLIANCE Published bi-weekly by the Jewish Educational Alliance, Inc., 328 Barnard Street, Savannah, Ga. Affiliated with the National Jewish Welfare Board and the Savannah Jewish Council OFFICERS Benjamin Silverman, president; Isaac Meddin, Sanford Wexler, and Dr. William A. Wexler, vice-president; Mrs. Raymond Rosen, secretary; Jack M. Levy, treasurer. Paul A. Kulick, Executive Director Jack Chilnick, Director of Activities EDITORIAL STAFF IN FORMATION Vol I DECEMBER 28, 1945 No. 1 The President Speaks: The “Inklings” have grown up! In keeping with our present program of expansion of activities, this first newspaper effort of the Alliance is pre¬ sented with the hope that it will truly become the voice of the community. It is our hope that this periodical will fill a definite need among us by acting as a medium of expres¬ sion for every group making up our community and in unifying them all. This is my first opportunity to publicly express my ap¬ preciation to the members of the Board of Directors and to the Alliance membership for their loyal support and assist¬ ance which enabled us to overcome the many problems con¬ fronting us at the beginning of this fiscal year. At that time we found ourselves without an executive director or an ath¬ letic director and with the problem of reconversion when the U.S.O. was discontinued. We were fortunate in obtaining the services of Paul A. Kulick as our executive director and adding to our commun¬ ity this pleasant personality and dynamo of action and his charming wife and two children. Paul has already taken over and a definite program is taking shape. His experi¬ enced touch is already being felt in the building’s activities. Early in January, we expect the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chilnick. Jack will be our new activities and athletic director. He is a fine young man and comes highly recom¬ mended and is a specially trained and experienced person in the field of social group work. This will add even more impetus to our program. In the meantime, the athletic department and basket¬ ball team have been most ably handled voluntarily by San¬ ford Wexler, a vice-president of the Alliance and chairman of the athletic committee, and by Sanford Rubin. The latter is a fine example of the rapid reintegration of the returning service personnel into the Alliance, their “second home,” and which we soon hope to present to them and to the com¬ munity completely renovated and with enlarged facilities for everyone. . All of us are enthused and inspired by the success of our recent membership campaign evidencing your interest in the institution and that for which it stands. You are the Alliance and the Alliance is you. As a community asset, the Alliance means much to all of us. The building and its staff are at your service, ever ready to meet your communal or personal needs. Everyone is urged to use its facilities so that it will truly be the hub of our community where all shades of opinion among us may find equal and democratic expression. Community spirit and unity is at a high peak. It can only be kept that way by your continued loyalty and co¬ operation with your officers and staff. BENJAMIN SILVERMAN President, Jewish Educational Alliance. You Still Have Time Members of thc^uAlliance may still purchase season tickets for the Alliance Cultural Series, which are on sale at the Alliance office. Season tickets are sold only to members of the Alliance. Even though two events of the eight-event series have already taken plare, the series ticket still represents a distinct bargain—a savings of $3.50 over the cost of single admissions for the next six events. This year, the Cultural Series is being offered to Alliance mem bers for $3, as compared with the $6 charge made last year. This year, eight events were offered; last year, only six. The remaining events of the series are: Irving Davidson, Jewish humorist, Thursday, January 10. “The Adding Machine,” by Elmer Rice, presented by the Alliance Players at the Armstrong Junior College auditorium, Thursday, Janu¬ ary 28. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, lecture on “Will the New World be One World?” Thursday, February 28. Delakova and Berk, in Palestinian and Jewish Folk Dances, Thurs¬ day, March 7. Dr. Joseph Lookstein, noted Orthodox Rabbi, lecture on “Shaping the American-Jewish community,” Monday, April 29. Play, to be announced, by the Alliance Players, on date in May. Single admissions to all of the events will be $1, except the Wise lecture which will be $1.50. THE JEWISH ALLIANCE Service To Vets The staff of the Alliance would like to receive, from the returned veterans, their sugges¬ tions as to ways in which the Alliance can best serve them, in terms of activities, counselling services, veterans matters, em¬ ployment, etc. Paul Our executive director, Kulick, extends a cordial invi¬ tation to all veterans to come in and personally discuss such matters with him. Present plans call for the set¬ ting up of a committee, to con¬ sider alt such suggestions and to evolve a program of service to veterans. Alliance Players' “Adding Machine” On January 31st The Alliance Players, under the direction of David B. Rossi, will present “The Adding Machine” by Elmer Rice, as their first pro¬ duction of the season, at the Auditorium of the Armstrong Junior College on Thursday eve¬ ning, January 31. The excellent technical facilities of the Armstrong auditorium, which is being used for the first time in the history of the Play¬ ers, will make it possible to pre¬ sent a production of the highest caliber, free of the limitations imposed by the stage of the Alli¬ ance. “The Adding Machine,” a fan¬ tasy dealing with the plight of the white collar worker in the technical age, had a long run on Broadway and has been long a favorite of amateur theatrical groups. Mr. Rossi has assembled a fine cast, including many veterans of Alliance dramatic productions, and rehearsals are well under way. However, there are still a few acting parts open, as well as openings on the technical staff of the production. Those interested in taking part are asked to get in touch with Mr. Rossi at the Alliance. B’nai B’rith The B’nai B’rith Women will hold a luncheon meeting at the Ho¬ tel Savannah on Monday, January 14, at 1 p.m. The organization will join with the men’s lodge in playing hosts to a meeting of the District No. 5 Executive Committee of the B’nai B’rith and B’nai B’rith Wom¬ en on Saturday evening, January 26, and Sunday, January 27. Jesse Fine, of Baltimore, Md., president of District No. 5 of B’nai B’rith will preside at the meet¬ ing of the Executive Committee of the district at the Hotel DeSoto on January 26; Miss Sara Gross man, of Washington, D. C., presi¬ dent of District No. 5, B’nai B’rith Women, will preside at a similar meeting of the women that same night. On Sunday evening, January 27, a banquet will be held in the Main Ballroom of the DeSoto Hotel for all members of both lodges, and v i s i t i n g Executive Committee members, with Dr. Isaac Rabin owitz, newly-appointed National Director of the boys and young men’s activities of the B’Nai B’rith Youth Organization, as the main speaker. A.Z.A. A large contingent of members of the Savannah Chapter of A.Z.A. will attend the Southern Regional Convention of A.Z.A. in Atlanta on December 25, 26, and 27., The reg¬ ion includes 10 chapters. The ac¬ tivities at the convention will in¬ clude Basketball, Bowling, Ora¬ tory and Debating tournaments. Wm. X. Kaplan, Acting Director of District No. 5 of the B.B.Y.O., will be the speaker. Social pro¬ grams and a business meeting are on the agenda of the Convention. The 12th Anniversary Banquet of the Savannah chapter of A.Z.A. will be held late in January at the Gen. Oglethorpe Hotel. A..ZA. will conduct a clothing drive for the needy in Europe dur¬ ing the month of January. We Warmly Welcome You Home! The Jewish Educational Alliance welcomes back to Sa¬ vannah and the Alliance the many men and women who have completed their service in the armed forces of our country. No amount of words on our part can express the affection we hold for them and our appreciation for the contribution which they made in preserving freedom and liberty for the world. We hope that they will use the Alliance—their second home,” in the words of so many of the veterans, both those back home and those still in the service—and will call upon us to serve them in any manner they may need us. We wish for them a speedy readjustment to civilian life; the best of material success; health and long life. Following is the list of the discharged men and women known to us. We believe the list is much longer and would appreciate being notified of the names of those we have left off so that we may personally offer our services to them. Harry Adler Meyer Adler Abe Beryl Alpert Maurice Alpert Oscar Beberman George Bluestein Jacob Bluestein Harold B. Blumberg Louis Brass - I. W. Center Leo Center Dr. S. H. Cohen Stanley Cohen Richard Cohn Henry I. Coleman Joseph Cooper Harry Cranman - Louis Cranman Leo Dermer Louis Diamond Izzy Diamond David Dinerman Joseph Dinerman Sam Dinerman Joseph Epstein Washington Falk, III Hyman Fialkow^ Jake Fine, Jr. Berney Fink Milton Fink Phillip Freedman Sylvan A. Garfunkel Noah Ginsberg Gershon Gonchar Robert Gordon Sam Gorovitz Irving Gottlieb Carl I. Green Joel Grunin Alex Heyman Harold Hirsch Mary Hirsch Sam D. Hirsch C. L. Hcnenstein Ralph Hohenstein Albert Hornstein Neil I. Hornstein Arthur Horovitz Elliot Horowitz Herman Itzkovitz Emanuel Javetz Warning: Check Before You Give All persons in the Jewish community who are approached for contributions to any non-local Jewish institution, either in person or by mail, are asked to check with Mr. Kulick, the Ex¬ ecutive Secretary of the Savannah Jewish Council, to determine whether or not a particular institution receives funds from the Savannah United Jewish Appeal and Federation, The Council has made great strides forward in centralizing all fund-raising for non-local Jewish causes through the U. J. A. and F. This progress will be strengthened if all such contributions are made through the U. J. A. and F., which supports a great variety of Jewish institutions. We have an understanding with all institutions and organiza¬ tions which receive funds from our campaign whereby they will not make any solicitations in Savannah. Our people will be doing themselves and the Jewish community a favor if they will call Mr. Kulick at 3-8843 whenever they are solicited for contributions by non-local Jewish organizations. DECEMBER 21, 1945 Dr. H. M. Kandel Herman Kaplan Henry Kaplan Nathan Karnibad Melvin Karp Michael Kohler David D. Kramer Emanuel Kronstadt Alvin Landy Nathan Lang Frank Lasky Bernard Lennox,' II Abe Levine B. H. Levy Max Lipsey Leonard Lowenkopf William Lubel Arthur A. Manning Elliott Meddin Kehath Mopper Morris Moshovitz Irving Nathan Louis Oppenheim Julius Palefsky Louis Pinzer Nathan Portman Dr. Merle Rips Aaron Robinson Sigo Raskin Dr. Jacob Rubin Sanford Rubins Barney L. Sadler Maxwell Rosenthal Phillip Salkin Louis Scharff Isadore Scheer Fred Schwitz Isadore J. Schwitz Herman Segall — Meyer E. Shensky Harry Shoob Marvin Shoob Melvin R. Siegel Bernie Slotin Martin Sussman Abe Tenenbaum Nathan Udinsky Stanley Ulman Frank B. Weil Isadore Weitz Albert Yellin