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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. (PubJl^kecf bty ^ke 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. ’ I gv j j f. i I ... 11 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. 1 ** ■■■■ - .....— ~~ 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!