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THE JEWISH
VOL. 1, NO. 2
"Adding Machine"
Cast Includes Many
Players' Favorites
An outstanding cast, including
many favorites of past Alliance
dramatic productions, has been
lined up for the presentation of
“The Adding Machine,” by Elmer
Rice, which will be offered by the
Alliance Players at the Armstrong
Junior College Auditorium on
Thursday evening, January 31. Di¬
rected by David B. Rossi, this play
will be the first production of the
1945-1946 season by the Alliance
Players and mark the first time
that dramatic productions by the
Players will be presented outside
of the Alliance auditorium.
Enacting the male lead role of
. “Mr. Zero,” the white collar work¬
er who faces the dilemma of his
craft, will be Larry Wagger. Op¬
posite hipa will be Betty Michels.
Other leading players will be Dav¬
id Rosenweig, Louis Black and
Pauline Rossi. All of these play¬
ers have been featured in Alli¬
ance productions in the past;
David Rosenzweig and Betty
Michels have had starring roles
with the Savantiah Playhouse of
the Armstrong Junior College.
Other members of the cast are:
Sanford Rosenzweig, Leo Center,
Israel Safer, Harry Applebaum,
Jr., Harry Richman, Mrs. Annie
Wolson, and Helen Hornstein.
Other members of the cast are be¬
ing selected.
The technical excellence of the
production is assured through the
acquisition of the services of the
following members of the n
al staff of the Savannah Play
house: Ernestine Cole, in charge
of scenery; Wray Potter,
charge Clark, m of charge light_ng, of, . “J sound „ att $
properties. technical
Other members of the
staff are: Betty Marcus, Evelyn
Sims Mickey Kapner Miriam
p lotkm and Bertha Plotkin.
Members of the Alliance, who
have purchased season tickets for
the Alliance Cultural Series, will
be admitted without qlarge on
presentation of the season ticket.
An admission charge will be
made to all others.
Places are still open in the cast,
as well as on the technical staff.
pMr. Rossi urges all persons inter¬
ested in taking part, in any phase
■ ■at of the production, to contact him
the Alliance.
Places Still Open On
Staff Of "The Alliance"
We repeat our announcement
the last issue:
Places are still open on the
staff of “The Jewish Alliance”
for persons interested in the
writing of news articles, columns, features,
editorials, special and
'leadlines; newspaper make-up;
aptness management, and
if .Ition.
| Persons with some
|re especially wanted but
S i| |ers are welcomed. of high -school Young and
P and women
lege age are invited, as well
Jnen and women who worked on
their college papers.
Newspaper work is a fascina¬
ting activity and the publication
of this paper will be placed in the
journalism hands of our members, through a
club, as quickly as pos¬
sible.
All persons interested in work¬
ing on this paper are asked to
usee Mr. Kulick in person or to
leave their names at the Alliance
office.
Council Has List Of
|| Czechoslovakian Jews
The Savannah Jewish Council
has received a list of the Jews in
^Czechoslovakia, information with to their authenticated where
as
I abouts from the Jewish Tele
graphic Agency. Persons in
tei'gsted in securing information
ecn*erning relatives and friends
ih f,Czechoslovakia may consult
theklist at the office of the Coun¬
cil! in the Alliance.
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JEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAH, GA.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, i946
Abram I. Rosenthal
Donates P. A. System
The Alliance is indebted to
Mr. Abram I. Rosenthal, a
member of the Board of Direc¬
tors of the institution, for his
generous contribution of a com¬
plete public address system of
the most modern type. When
he noted the absence of such
facilities at the Alliance,.
Abram graciously volunteered
to provide the complete sys¬
tem of microphone, speakers,
and amplifier without any cost
to the Alliance. The fine .spirit
of Abram Rosenthal exempli¬
fies the devotion of our mem¬
bers to the interest of the Alli¬
ance.
Basketeers Win
Season Opener
By Leo Center
Basketball, King of Sports at
the Alliance, put in its first big
time appearance in four years on
Christmas night, when the war¬
riors in blue and gold defeated
the Florida News team of Jack¬
sonville 50-39. The game was
marred by many foqjs through
hard slaying, even though it was
a cleanly fought battle from start
to finish.
Big Bob Gordon flipped the
opening two points from mid-court
and the Alliance was never headed
thereafter. The teams fought on
nearly even terms tbe entire first
half, and the Alliance led 26-20
as the intermission whistle shrill
ed.
Durin the third iod ' th
brought the lans t0 their
£eet wben tbey went on a 5CO ring
spree and came within one / point
of tiei and thj goin into
the lead . However, Wexler-
men had a scoring splurge of their
own ; ‘*c ow b 0 y” Rubin exhibit
ed some spectacular shotmaking !
anrf won a comfort
, , «
In f, in ing thjs the j. E
A u ” eld the tradition of never
be ; ng defeated in an opening
* In the i, preliminary / game, ^ ’
h j E A . B1 es , ed b y A c
ben defeated tbe j. E A whites
21-20
B. B. Jacob Brotherhood
Donates Sound Movie
Set To Hebrew School
The proceeds of the raffle, con¬
ducted by the Brotherhood of B.
B. Jacob Congregation, have been
u&ed to purchase the latest model
R. C. A. Sound Film Projector
and to set up a fund for the rent¬
al of films for the Hebrew School
of B. B. Jacob. The acquisition
of the machine and the funds for
the rental of films will serve to
enhance the program of the He¬
brew School through the showing
of movies related to Jewish life
and the improvement of Jewish
methods.
The drawing of the stubs of the
winners of the Victory Bonds took
place at the New Year’s Eve
Dance of the Women’s Club of the
Alliance at the Alliance. The fol¬
lowing won Bonds: $500 bond—
Julius Kaminsky; $50 bonds'—Ben
Alpert, Ben Portman, Riette Rab
han, Mrs. Sam Hornstein, Morris
Blumberg (2), Benjamin Silver
man, Joseph Lesser, Louis Lasky,
and Capt. V. Hurwitz, of Okla¬
homa.
The co-chairmen of the project
were Abram Kantsiper and Alvin
Karsman. The committee was
composed of Abram Bernstein,
George Kapner, Abram Rosenthal,
Abe Rabhan, Ben Portman, Julius
Asher, Nat Weiss, Jake Ginsberg,
Louis Black, George Richman,
and Fred Rotkow. Isadore Mov
sovitz is the pi'esident of the
Brotherhood.
Tbe Brotherhood will hold its
next meeting at thp Alliance on
Tuesday evening, January 29.
President Movsovitz promises an
outstanding program, including an
outstanding speaker, refresh¬
ments, and quoting the prexy’s
own words, “entertainment of the
high caliber for which the
Brotherhood has become known. ’
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IRVING DAVIDSON, who speaks ,
at the Alliance on Thursday
evening, January 10, on the
subject, “Jewish Wit and
Humor” J in the third event of
Alliance’s Cultural Series.
B. B. Executives
Will Meet Here
The two Savannah lodges of
B’nai B’rith—men’s and women’s—
will play hosts to the Executive
Committee and the B. B. Y. O.
Commission of District Five of
B’nai B’rith, when the two com¬
mittees meet in this city on Sat
urday evening, Sunday, and Mon
day, January 26, 27, and 28.
The local lodges will tender a
banquet in honor of the officers
and members of the District Ex
ecutive Committee at the Hotel
De Soto on Sunday evening, Jan¬
uary 27. Dr. Isaac Rabinowitz,
newly-appointed national director
of boy’s and young men’s work
of the B. B. Y. O., will' be the
main speaker. The public is in¬
vited.
Dr. William A. Wexler, past
president of Savannah lodge and
currently president of the Georgia
Association of B nai B nth Lodges,
is a member of the District Five
Executive Committe; Sanford
Wexler, of Savannah, is a member
of the District Five. B’nai B’rith
Youth Commission.
Presiding at the Executive Com
mitee meetings will be Jesse Fine,
of Baltimore, District President
of B’nai B’rith; and Miss Sara
Grossman, of Washington, D. C,
president of the Women’s Grand
Lodge B’rith. of District Five of B’nai
To Conduct Survey of Jewish Community
In January; Seek Population Figures
A thorough survey and census of the Jewish population
of Savannah will be made during the month of January,
according to tentative arrangements now being made by
the Alliance and the Savannah Jewish Council. The major
share of the work of conducting the survey will be assumed
Two New Features
In our next issue, we will in¬
troduce two new regular feat¬
ures of “The Jewish Alliance.”
Rabbi Abraham I. Rosenberg,
of the B. B. Jacob Congrega¬
tion, will conduct a regular
column, to be known as “Ask
the Rabbi”, in which he will
answer questions on the origins
and meaning of Jewish cus¬
toms and ceremonies. Ques¬
tions may be sent to Rabbi
Rosenberg, in care' of the Al¬
liance or directly to the Rabbi’s
home or study.
A column, devoted to per¬
sonalities and goings-on in the
Jewish community, gotten up
in an intimate and breezy style,
will be written by “The Eaves¬
dropper.” Guess who ?
Readers having suggestions
for other special features are
asked to send in their suggest¬
ions to “The Jewish Alliance”,
at the Alliance office.
Irving Davidson to
Speak Here Thursday
If you want to have your funny-bone tickled and at the
same time get an authoritative picture of the characterist¬
ics of Jewish humor, then you had better set aside the eve¬
ning of Thursday, January 10, at 8:15 p.m. on your calen¬
dar. That’s the date—and the Alliance auditorium is the
Jack Chilnick Takes
Over Activities Job
Jack Chilnick, the newly-ap¬
pointed Director of Activities and
Athletic Director of the Alliance,
is* now in Savannah. He has been
established in an office at the Al¬
liance and is busily engaged in
drawing up plans for an ambitious
program of activities. He is anx
ious to meet our members, who
are urged to drop in to see Mr.
chilnick in his office and make
his. Y acquaintance.
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Locals Attend
A. Z. A. Tourney
About 75 AZA’s and BBG’s
from Savannah attended the 9th
Annual Southern Regional AZA
Winter Tournament which took
p i ace j n Atlanta on December
25th, 26h, and 27th. Savannah
Chapter participated in all events
including basketball, debate, ora
tory, and bowling. The local chap
ter made a good showing in all
events, placing third in Debate
and Oratory, and placing second
i n the bowling tournament.
Each minute of the convention
was jam-packed full of activities,
» an( } s were procured for all of
the social affairs, which included
a dance the first night, a novel
carnival and dance the second
n j g ht and the final banquet and
d ^ the third night , at which
about 850 boys and girls from 7
different cities attended. High
lights of the convention were the
election of Irvin Konter from Sa
vannah Chapter to the office of
Regional Aleph S’gan (Vice Presi
dent) and the election for the
secon d year in a row of Miss Sara
Ehrenreich ’ o£ Savannah former
president of the BBG s as the Re
gional Sweetheart of AZA.
by the Women’s Club of the Al¬
liance, with Paul Kulick, the Ex¬
ecutive Director of the Alliance
and the Council, supervising the
technical end of the project.
From the membership of all
Jewish organizations in the city,
a master list of Jewish families
will be made up. Using this list
as a basis, the entire Jewish com¬
munity will be canvassed, with
the names newcomers and those
not affiliated with organizations
being secured by referral from
families contacted through the
master list.
In addition to securing basic
statistical information, such as
the number of people in each
family and their ages, the survey
will attempt to compile a com¬
plete list of all men and women
who have served in the armed
forces, together with data con¬
cerning the awards received and
casualties sustained by such per¬
sons. The war records aspect of
the survey will tie in with the
Continued on pege 4
SAVANNAH, GA.
place—for the illustrated lecture
on “Jewish Wit and Humor” by
Irving Davidson, who is an out¬
standing authority on the subject.
Mr.' Davidson is no newcomer
to Savannah. His rib-tickling
fund of stories regaled his listen-*
ers last year, when he spoke on
the Alliance educational seriqe.
Those who heard him are anxious¬
ly awaiting his return engage¬
ment.
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
humor. His lecture here will be
part of a Southern tour, which
will include Miami, Jacksonville,
Tampa, and Atlanta.
He was formerly the Principal
of the Religious School of the
Park Avenue Synagogue, New
York City, and jg a member of
the New York bar as a practicing
attorney.
Admission to the lecture will be
by season ticket, sold only to Al¬
liance members, or by single ad¬
mission ticket, purchasable at the
door on the night of the lecture
for one dollar, tax included.
Gus Jacobson Field
Secretary, South JWB
The National Jewish Welfare
Board has announced the appoint¬
ment of Mr. Gus Jacobson, as the
Field Secretary for the Southern
Section, to replace Mr. Matthew
Penn, who has been forced, for
reasons of health, to withdraw
from his traveling post. Mr. Penn
is now serving as the director of
the Program Department of the
Army and Navy Division of the
Jewish Welfare Board.
Mr. Jacobson has been identi¬
fied with the Jewish Center move¬
ment for many years and served
as a group leader at the Bronx
Y. M. and W. H. A.; the 92nd
St. Y. M. H. A. of New York
City and the Jewish Community
Center of Yonkers, N. Y. He is
graduate of the School of Educa¬
tion of the College of the City of
New York. ..*<**'
More recently he was the J. W.
B. representative in several South¬
ern communities, and then served
as supervisor of mobile service for
U. S. O. in Eastern United States.
He comes to the Center Division
of the Jewish Welfare Board af¬
ter a successful period of service
as the J. W. B.-U. S. O. regional
supervisor for New Jersey, Penn¬
sylvania, and New York, well
equipped by background, training
and experience to assume the field
secretaryship of the Southern Sec¬
tion.
On January 8 and 9, Mr. Penn
and Mr. Jacobson will be in Sa¬
vannah. The headquarters of the
Southern Section will be maintain¬
ed in Atlanta, where Mr. Jacob¬
son will establish his office.
Thank You, Girls!
The Alliance extends its
deepest thanks and apprecia¬
tion to the following young
ladies, whose gracious services
made possible the serving of
food and drinks at the opening
basketball game at the Alliance
on Christmas night: Misses
Pauline Fodor, Leah Gorovitz,
Bertha Plotkin, Sylvia Yellin,
and Mrs. Bertha Lamhut.
Thanks for a tough job well
done, girls!
