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THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
VOL. 2, No. 2
Full Speed Ahead
For JEA Varsity
Basketball Team
Preparations for the Alliance
“Golden Tornado” basketball season
are going at full speed with heavy
bi-weekly workouts and scrimmages
scheduled for the varsity-men,
Coach “Mutzle” Longwater is co?,<
centrating his men on team play,
which has been the outstanding
factor in recent practice sessions.
All of the Alliance candidates
for the 1946-47 season are ex-ser¬
vicemen among which are many
men who have yet to see action on
an Alliance team. New entries for
this season include: Abie Palefsky,
David Lang, Frank Kelly, and a
newcomer to the Alliance, Bennie
Feldman, formerly of Seattle, Wash
- ington. garry Eichholz, Gilbert Odr
ezin, Robert Gordon, Hymie Kaplan
Charlie Grossman, and Maurice
Alpert are veterans of past “Golden
Tornado” teams and all will see
plenty of action this year.
The Alliance management has
done all in its power to bring some
of the best teams in the South to
face our boys. The Tornadoes will
have a full twenty-game schedule
with the opening game slated) for
Christmas night. As usual, the Jack¬
sonville News is expected to be the
first opponent. After that such
teams as Armstrong Junior College;
University of Georgia; (Savannah
Branch); Brewton Parker College;
U. S. Naval Hospital of Dublin; the
powerful Parris Island Marines;
C. Y. P. A.; Augusta Jr. College, and
the Jefferson Athletic Club will all
appear at the Alliance.
Youth Council Is
Voice Of JEA Youth
The Alliance Youth Council is
the collective voice of the J. E. A.
youth groups in democratic action.
The council is organized in the fol¬
lowing manner:
Each club or activity group
nds three elected delegates to coun¬
cil. These representatives are the
link between the boys and girls in
the groups and the Alliance pro¬
fessional staff. At the same time
the council becomes the liaison be¬
tween their members and the Alli¬
ance board of directors.
The council will take on the
sponsorship of those mass activities
that might be difficult for the
average group to handle by them¬
selves. Such activitiese will include
the operation of the Teen-Canteen
conducting forums, celebration of
festicals, and holidays, stunt nights,
helping with various charitable
drives such as the SOS drive, pro¬
gramming for special events such as
Jewish Book Month, etc.
At the first session of the coun¬
cil Adeline Kelly was elected tem¬
porary President, and Harry Yellin,
temporary Secretary. Delegates to
the council and the organization
they represent are: Adeline Kelly,
Betty Weinberg, Betty Jean Wolsen,
B. B. G.; Harry Yellin, Henry Weis
man, Alvin Adler, Forest City A. Z.
A.; Roger Meddin, Harry Robbins,
Philip Kaplan, „ Savannah-David
Finn A. Z. A.; and Ernie Friedman,
Murray Galin, Ramon Silverman.
Jerome Eisenberg A. C.
As other youth groups form they
will have representation on the
council.
(Published by TTxe
JEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAH, GA.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1946
HERE ARE THE STARS OF SERIES
Maurice Samuel Samuel Margoshes Franz Polgar
DECEMBER 2nd APRIL 4th
Jon Silo David Putterman
FEBRUARY 13th MARCH) 12th
Alliance Cultural Series Will
Bring Prominent Personalities
The annual Jewish cultural
series, sponsored by the Alliance
which opens with a lecture by Mau¬
rice Samuel, on Monday evening,
December 2, will present a well bal¬
anced program, including music, en¬
tertainment and enlightenment. The
series was drawn up by the Adult
Education Committee, under the
chairmanship of David Rosenzweig,
after an exhaustive study of the
available lecturers and artists.
The lecture by Mr. Samuel, who
is recognized as one of the outstand¬
ing creative Jewish writers of this
generation, will be part of the local
observance of Jewish Book Month,
which has become an annual nation¬
wide celebration.
For the past twenty-five years,
Mr. Samuel has served, through the
written and spoken word, as the in¬
terpreter of Jewish values to both
the Jewish and non-Jewish world.
On the lecture platform, in the per¬
iodical press, and in a series of
books, he has been and continues
to be a tireless exponent of the cre¬
ative elements in Jewish life.
Franz Polgar, famous psychic
and mental telepathist, will inject
a novelty note into the series, when
he appears on Sunday evening, Jan¬
uary 5. His program will include
mental telepathy, memory feats,
and a demonstration of the power
of suggestion. Polgar has given over
1100 programs in the past three
years before the outstanding Forums,
Town Halls, Universities, Men’s and
Women’s Clubs, Dinner Clubs, and
Conventions. His program is educ¬
ational as well as entertaining.
Jon Silo, character comedian,
humorist* and pantomimist, will pre¬
sent his program on Thursday
evening, February 13. Most recently
featured on the air in his portra¬
yals of Walter Damrosch and Sam
Bernard on the program "Americans
by Choice,” Silo began his career
at a very early age in Palestine. As
a member of the Yiddish Art Theatre
ed a variety of roles. He has a well
filled repertoire of humorous dram¬
atic material in English and Yiddish.
The featured vocal artist on the
famous radio program,“The Eternal
Light”, David Putterman, who pre¬
sents his program on Wednesday
evening March 12, has been acclaim¬
ed byy music critics as “the possessor
of a beautiful tenor voice, true In
intonation and emotional in every
fibre.” His diversified program will
include caballistics and chassidic
songs, folk and art songs, music of
the Bible, liturgical songs, songs of
the Diaspora, and Palestinian songs
sung in English, Hebrew and Yid¬
dish. -j *
The series will be concluded on
Thursday evening April 4, when
Dr. Samuel Margoshes, editor of the
Yiddish newspaper. “The Day” oc
:upies the Alliance platform. On the
front page of “The Day”, of which
he has been the editor for the past
twenty-five years, Margoshes con¬
ducts his daily column, “News and
Views”, which enjoys wide popular¬
ity among American Jewish Youth,
He has been twice to Palestine, has
visited Russia, all of Latin America
and has recently concluded a twe
month study trip through Poland.
The cost of the entire series has
been placed at the nominal sum of
three dollars in order that all may
avail themselves of the privilege of
enjoying this fine series. Orders for
series tickets accompanied by check
or money order, are now being re¬
ceived at the office of the Alliance.
8,000 Refugees To France
The Joint Distribution Committee
in Paris is preparing to receive
approximately 8,000 Jewish refugees
from eastern European countries,
who will enter France on temporary
visas. Two thousand Jewish orphans
are included in the group.
SAVANNAH, GA.
SOS Drive Brings
Fine Response In
Food And Clothing
The response of the Savannah
Jewish community to the appeal for
canned goods and good used) cloth¬
ing for the surviving Jews of Europe
during the special house-to-house
S. O. S. campaign from October 27
through November 3, was excellent.
Although no exact count of the mat¬
erial contributed was available at
press time, it is certain that Sav¬
annah achieved a splendid record
as evidenced by. the constant stream
of contributions brought into the
Alliance by the volunteer workers
and the remarks of the workers
that they had been warmly received
by the families they had called
upon.
Although the special campaign
produced fine results, the S. O. S
collection effort will continue on a
year-around basis because the need
of the Jews abroad is a continuing
one. The local committee, headed
by Mrs. Sam D. Hirsch, and com¬
posed of representatives of the Jew¬
ish women’s organizations, is making
plans for the continuation of the
collection effort.
All types of contributions, in¬
cluding the items listed) below, will
be received at the Alliance at all
times. In addition, members of Jew¬
ish organizations will be encouraged
to bring at least one item to every
meeting; special affairs will be
sponsored by cooperating organiz¬
ations, at which the price of admiss
(Continued on page 4)
Saul Wills Leads
Music Appreciation
The Music Appreciation Club
for adults has initiated a fine pro¬
gram designed for the listening plea¬
sure of all Alliance members. Tre
organization is led by Saul Wills,
who is well known for his wide mus¬
ical interest. At present the group
has organized into various sub¬
committees, with each of these
taking responsibility for each week’s
program. As part of its meetings, the
group will take the music that is to
be played at the various All-Star
Concerts and will review its content,
form, etc.
The past two meetings have been
devoted to a description of and lis¬
tening to music that expreses mood
such as humorous, joyous, somber,
etc. A discussion; of 1 the opera H Trov
vatore, recentlyy presented at the
City Auditorium, featured a recent \\
meeting, at which time the story /
of the composer’s life was given
This program was concluded with
recordings of excerpts from the
opera.
In the future Mr. Wills intends
to include a study of the different
types of Jewish music; demonstra¬
tion of instruments by specialists;
motion pictures having operatic
themes, etc.
New members are welcomed in
the group which meets every Wed¬
nesday at 8:15 o’clock, at the Alliance.
The following are members to date:
Miss Judith L. Abrahams, Bemie
Adler, Sam Berliner, Miss Estelle
Blair, Mrs. Helen Brass, Mrs. Anne
Chilnick, Richard Falk, Mrs. Leena
Gonchar, Miss Beatrice Kimick,
Mrs. Fanny Kramer, and Bernard t
Ratner.
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