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1946
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 FEBRUARY 22, 1946 No. 5
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New York (JTA)—The World
Jewish Congress reported that its
representatives, Dr. Samuel Mar
goshes and Louis Segal, who are in
now studying Jewish conditions
Poland, have been received by
Polish Prime Minister Edward B.
Osubka-Morawski, who told them
that difficulties and red tape will
be removed for Jews who wish to
emigrate from Poland. At the same
time, he emphasized that those
wishing to remain, will receive
every opportunity for a free life
and economic and social develop¬
ment.
The Premier declared that the
fight against anti-Semitism in
Poland will continue as a part of
its fight for democracy for the
benefit of all, regardless of race
or creed. He said that those Jews
desiring to go to Palestine will find
sympathetic understanding by the
Polish Government in spite of the
fact that the Polish state, having
sustained great losses of popula¬
tion, is anxious to keep all of its
inhabitants who are able and
willing to share in the work of
reconstruction.
Paris (JTA)—A budget of more
than $5,000,000 for the year 1946
has been approved by the execu¬
tive committee of the World Ort
Union, meeting here at its first
post-war session, the organization
has announced.
At least $750,000 has been ear¬
marked specifically for ORT work
among the displaced Jews in Ger¬
many where an additional 96
workshops are to be established
by the organization in the Amer¬
ican, British, and French zones
of occupation. The necessity for
training about 170,000 youths be¬
tween the ages of 14 and 19, and
the need for supplying machines
for 200,000 Jewish families in Eu¬
rope, was emphasized.
The ORT Union spent $2,500,
000 in Europe during the war
years of 1940-1945, Aaron Synga
lowski, vice-president of the
World ORT, reported. He said
that ORT activity was carried out
in almost all European countries
throughout the war.
Jerusalem (JTA)—The Jewish
Agency announced that 450 of the
1,000 immigration certificates re¬
ceived from the Palestine Govern¬
ment have been allocated to dis¬
placed Jews in camps in Germany
and Austria. The remainder have
been distributed in European
countries.
Of the new immigrants, 550 will
be children and young people.
Thirty visas have also been
allocated to applicants in the
United States and 45 each for
Britain and France.
The Official Gazette carries the
decree granting 4,500 certificates
under the immigration schedule
from Dec. 15 through March 14.
Of this number, 300 will go to
Arabs and other non-Jewish im¬
migrants.
There are approximately 771*r
000 Jews living in Arab-speaking
countries according to a recent
census summary made public in
Jerusalem. According to the re¬
port, they are distributed as fol¬
lows: About 350,000 reside in the
North African countries; 80,000
live in Egypt; 40,000 in Yemen;
20,000 in Syria and Lebanon;
140,000 in Iraq; 70,000 in Persia;
25,000 in Aghanistan and India,
and 50,000 in other Moslem coun¬
tries.
THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
In a cable to the World Jewish
Congress, Ascher Moissis, presi¬ of
dent of the Central Board
Jewish Communities in Greece,
which represents 10,000 surviving
Jews, announced the enactment of
a new law which cedes Jewish
properties to a special fund for
Jewish reconstruction. Greece is
thus the first European country
whose government has taken such
legal measures for the protection
and reconstruction of its Jewish
community.
Criticizing U. S. Army Orienta¬
tion specialists who failed to give
American soldiers a clear picture
of Nazism, Dr. Isadore Lubin,
former associate member of the
U. S. Reparations Committee,
holds them responsible for the
considerable amount of opinion,
among U. S. troops occupying
Germany, that Hitler had “good
reasons” for starting the war and
that Nazi persecution of the Jews
was justified. In an address at
the annual dinner of the Ameri¬
can Jewish Committee, Dr. Lubin
referred to a U. S. Army poll
which disclosed recently that 51
per cent of a cross section of U.
S. troops occupying the Reich be¬
lieve that “Hitler did some good
for his country before 1939, in¬
cluding persecution of the Jews.”
The Henrietta Szold Center, a
$70,000 project in memory of Miss
Szold, will be constructed by
Junior Hadassah, according to
Ruth Ludwin, national chairman
of Junior Hadassah’s Palestine
committee. The memorial will con¬
sist of a group of buildings to be
constructed on the grounds of
Meier Shfeyah, the Palestinian
children’s village supported by
Junior Hadassah.
Reporting on the success of the
Canadian Jewish Congress in se¬
curing the admission of 67 Jews
from Shangai, Saul Hayes, its na¬
tional executive director, revealed
that the Jewish community of
Canada is making vigorous ef¬
forts to enable Jewish refugees to
find a home in the Dominion. The
Congress is further seeking to im¬
plement the permission granted
by the Canadian government in
1942 to bring 1,000 Jewish chil¬
dren into the country.
In tribute to the leadership of
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, president
of the Zionist Organization of
America, a colony will be estab¬
lished in Palestine to be called
Nachlat Abba Hillel Silver, it was
announced by Louis Lipsky,
“Nassi” of the Order of B'nai
Zion.
In an effort to choke? off fur¬
ther Jewish immigration, Arab League’s and to
back up the testi¬
mony before the closing session
of the Angelo-American Inquiry
Committee on Palestine in Lon¬
don, the Palestine Arab Higher
Committee ordered a 24 hour Arab
general strike throughout Pales¬
tine. In addition the Committee
addressed a cable to the UNO As¬
sembly in London and to Arab
representatives there contending
that continued Jewish immigra¬
tion into Palestine was in viola¬
tion of the White Paper.
A scientific program to combat
prejudices against minority
groups in America has been un¬
dertaken by the Commission of
Community Interrelations of the
American Jewish Congress.
The feaoc&dnoppen
Wonderful seeing SADIE RUB
ENSTEIN SHAPIRO after so
long. Would that time would
deal as kindly with an old hag
like me. Sadie still is a stand¬
out in a family of beauties.
Too bad JULIANNE (MRS.
HARRY) WINNER’S recent
visit was marred by the sudden
illness of little Dennis.
With IRVING GOTTLIEB
gone again, Dena continues in
her war-bride role. Plane reserva¬
tions couldn’t be made soon
enough for her to join her Stu¬
dent Prince up in Minneapolis, of
all places. Do you suppose they
could’ve authored the Snow?” popular
“Let It Snow, Let It
Could be.
Always considered MARY
AND MOSE KLEINBERG the
nicest of people. But—shhhh
—how could they have the heart
to desert the Boys of the
Wednesday and Sunday night
games? Oh sure, the game can
still go on, but what hostess
could compete with Mary and
her cuisine art? Nevertheless,
hope they enjoy their trip to
Hot Springs.
Always good to have the old
timers come back. IDA AND
LOUIS BUCHSBAUM, f’rinst
ance, who attended RUTHIE
SCHUR’S wedding. Also BES¬
SIE (BUCHSBAUM) (MRS.
MAX) CHESTLER and her little
son Allen. ROSE AND OSCAR
MARCUS are just before kid¬
napping Allen, I hear. So let this
serve as a warning to Sister Bes
sie.
With both her boys back
home again, have you noticed
how GLSSIE BONO positively
GLOWS? As who can blame
her? Now, you bobby-soxers,
the line forms to the right.
Best wishes to DR. MELVIN
BLAIR on the opening of his of¬
fice. Also to DR. SOL H. CO¬
HEN, whom we welcome back
into the fold after seeing his duty
to God and Country .and doing it.
Our loss is Atlanta’s gain—
darnitt! But our very best
wishes go along with BETTY
and HAROLD KANTER in their
change of address. Why not
call the new Atlanta residence
“Nothing Flat?” Understand
you bought it between train
stops.
MIRRIAM DOBBS’ Luncheon
at Remler’s in honor of her
Brother Abe’s wife was a further
boost to Mirriam’s reputation as
a hostess.
Comes news now of SYLVAN
A. GARFUNKEL’S engagement
to MISS EVELYN DARM
STADTER, daughter of Mr.
Fred Darmstadter of New York,
Sylvan, you know, is the son of
MR. AND MRS. CHAS. GAR
FUNKEL of Savannah.
Also an announcement of the
engagement of BELLE WEIS
MAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Aaron Wiseman to MAX
STRAUSS, employed with the
Army Service Forces Dept.
The Basketball Game with
Parris Island on Sunday, Feb.
10th could be called a social
success if nothing else. BUCKY
YELLIN, now in business in
Charleston, S. C., had a won¬
derful excuse to meet his Sa¬
vannah cronies at the game in
Parris Island.
“COWBOY” RUBIN'S friends
are wanting to know when he’ll
do right by our lil’ Nell ?
And if consistency means
what I think it does — LEO
CENTER rates A-l with MIR¬
RIAM KANTSIPER.
OUR STAFF IN THE
COMMUNITY
PAUL KULICK
spoke to the Chatham County
- Inter-School Council on “Jewish
Contributions to America.”
spoke to the B’nai B’rith Lunch¬
eon Club on the General As¬
sembly of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds.
JACK CHILNICK
addressed a meeting of the
Agudath Achim Sisterhood on
the program of the Alliance.
participated in a round-table
discussion on recreation in Sa¬
vannah on the “Savannah
Speaks” program over station
W.S.A.V.
SAVANNAH. GA
(Repent 'Jnorn Detroit
“The Jewish Alliance” presents, in summary form, the important
facts brought out and the action taken at the sessions of the Fourteenth
General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare The
Funds, held in Detroit, Mich., from February 8 through 11.
Savannah Jewish Council, a member agency of the Council, was repre¬
sented, by Paul KuUck, its Executive Secretary who served as a
delegate. More than one thousand delegates, alternates and visitors
from Jewish communities all over the country, as well as in Canada,
were in (Attendance at the Assembly, which was one of the most im¬
portant in the history of the Council.
National and Overseas Agencies Expand
• Isidore Sobeloff, executive director of the Jewish Welfare Fed¬
eration of Detroit, who was chairman of the Council’s special com¬
mittee on financing, reported that national and overseas Jewish or¬
ganizations which raised $52,000,000 in 1945 are presenting budgets
that are expected to aggregate almost $140,000,000 this year.
Overshadowing all other phases in the situation in which Amer¬
ican Jewish communities find themselves as they survey their prob¬
lems at home and abroad, Mr. Sobeloff said, is the precedent shat¬
tering $100,000,000 goal of the United Jewish Appeal, which com¬
pares with $35,000,000 raised in 1945.
The underlying conditions which have led the UJA to project
a three-fold budget increase have also stimulated other European and
Palestinian programs to extend their services and increase their
budgets. Mr. Sobeloff also pointed out that national Jewish organi¬
zations with civic-protective, health, welfare, and cultural programs
show the same pattern of increased requirements for 1946.
United Jewish Appeal Program Presented
• A comprehensive program for the relief, rehabilitation and re¬
settlement of the 1,400,000 surviving Jews of Europe to be carried
on by American Jews through the $100,000,000 nationwide United
Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine was pre¬
sented at the first evening session of the General Assembly by Mrs.
David M. Levy of New York, Chairman of the National Women’s
Division of the United Jewish Appeal; Rabbi James G. Heller of
Cincinnati, retiring National Chairman of the U. J. A.; and by Dr.
William Haber of the University of Michigan, former National
Refugee Service director.
Jewish Education Centralized
• Judge Louis E. Levinthal, vice president of the American As¬
sociation for Jewish Education, reported a marked trend toward the
intensification of Jewish religious education in the United States.
Pointing out that the Jewish educational institutions have spent
more than $10,000,000 in 1945, he predicted an even greater expan¬
sion this year. Many communities, he declared, have -increased their
appropriation for this purpose by more than 50 per cent.
The increased popular interest in Jewish education has also been
responsible for a greater centralization of Jewish school supervision,
according to Judge Levinthal. Thirty-seven communities have or¬
ganized central Boards of Jewish Education, through which the work
of the individual schools are more effectively coordinated, better text¬
books provided, and better teaching standards maintained. For the
first time last year it has been possible to make provision for a
number of rural areas with scattered Jewish populations through
the training of lay teachers whose work is supervised by a regional,
director.
National Advisory Budgeting Defeated
• The issue of National Advisory Budgeting which had been before
the member agencies of the Council since 1941 was resolved when
the communities voted 263% to 53% not to accept the proposal.
Instead, they accepted unanimously a resolution offered by its West¬
ern States Region and D. Beryl Manischewitz of Newark, which
provided “that the Council’s fact finding service be continued and
expanded so that a maximum of available information on agency
programs, financial expense, and agency needs is provided to local
communities,” including audited reports by the Council’s own audi¬
tors, determination of overlapping services, gaps in service.
Community Organizations Grow
• Mr. H. L. Lurie, Executive Director, in his report to the Board of
Directors, pointed out that from 40 Jewish federations and welfare
funds in 1930, there is now some form of central Jewish organiza
tion in over 300 cities.
“No large or intei-mediate sized Jewish community and even
many small cities with less than 500 Jewish population, is without
one or more central agencies representing cooperative effort in local
planning, fund raising, and support of local planning, fund raising,
and support of local, national, and overseas Jewish causes.
“Originally motivated by philanthropic aims, these central
agencies called federations, welfare funds or community councils
have gradually been assuming additional interests and functions
which relate them to broad aspects of Jewish life in the United
States and the adjustment of the Jewish group to the life of the
general community. This organization of local communities and their
continued functioning for more than a decade is a significant con
tribution to American Jewish life.” *
Depression Could Bring Fascism—Lubin
• A serious depression of prolonged duration could easily become
the basis of a fascist movement in this country, Dr. Isador Lubin,
former U. S. Commissioner of Labor Statistics told the delegates,
and warned that the next 18 months will determine the eventual
course of American economy.
The problem facing us, he declared, is not merely reconversion
to peace “but rather reconversion in a manner which will make it
possible to avert another depression three or four years hence.” He
further declared that conditions today are more conducive to danger¬
ous inflation than at the end of World War I.
Stanley Myers, Miami Leader, Elected President
• The Assembly unanimously elected Stanley C. Myers, outstand¬
ing Miami community leader, national president of the Council,
succeeding Sidney Hollander of Baltimore, who had served seven
years. The following four were elected vice-presidents: Harris
Perlstein of Chicago, William Rosenwald of New York, Samuel S.
Schneierson of New York, and David M. Watchmaker of Boston.
Harold J. Goldenberg of Minneapolis was elected secretary; Ira M.
Younker of New York, treasurer; and H. L. Lurie, executive director.
President Urges Full-Employment
• In his annual report to the delegates, Mr. Hollander urged full
employment, better wages, non-discrimination, health and homes for
all groups as the basic means of fighting anti-Semitism in the United
States.
“There will be no security for Jews if that security is denied
Catholics, Negroes, or any other group that differs in color, in faith,
in customs from the majority.”
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