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THE JEWISH ALLIANCE VOL. 2, No. 3 Samuel's Lecture Here Monday Opened Series SPECIAL EVENTS in Celebration of JEWISH BOOK MONTH Sponsored by the JEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE FRIDAY. EVENING, NOVEMBER 29 SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30 JEWISH BOOK MONTH SERVICES Agudath Achim Synagogue-Friday and Saturday B. B. Jacob Synagogue—Saturday Mickve Israel Temple—Friday*and Saturday MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, at 8:30 P. M. MAURICE SAMUEL LECTURE- at the Alliance Subject: “The World of Sholom Aleichem” OPENING OF SPECIAL EXHIBIT-at the Alii ance English, Hebrew, and Yiddish books, for child* ren and adults; Rare volumes; Religious Tracts; photographs; ceremonial objects, etc. Open to the public during the entire month of December. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, afternoon ONEG SABBATH - sponsored by Senior Had assah - at the home of Mrs. Morris Levy, Rabbi Louis M. Youngerman will review “Thieves in the Night” by Arthur Koeatler. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, at 1 P. M. THE JEWISH HOUR - - special “Jewish Book Month” Program ’ Station WDAR - - 1400 on the dial SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, at 8:30 P. M. LECTURE ON YIDDISH LITERATURE - - in Yiddish - at the Alliance Sponsored by Savannah branch of the Workmen’s Circle, with the Director of the Workmen’s Circle School in Atlanta, as speaker. M0UDAY, DECEMBER 16, afternoon BOOK TEA~at the Alliance - sponsored by the Alliance Women's Club, with members of the Jew¬ ish women’s organizations of Savannah as guests. RABBI LOUIS M. YOUNGERMAN will be the speaker. * * * * • * OTHER EVENT BEING ARRANGED Radio programs on all local stations; Exhibits in the Public Library, High School Library, and commercial libraries; Sunday School and Hebrew School “Jewish Book Month” special assembly programs; Story Telling Hours - - Alliance Winter Day Camp; Special programs sponsored by the Alliance Youth Council and its affiliated groups. Plan Jewish Courses For Adult Study Plans are now being made for the establishment of an Institute of Jewish Studies by the AlUiance, which will offer courses, discussion groups, etc. on important and timely Jewish subjects. The project is in the hands of the Adult Education Committee, under the chafemtaship of David Roeensweig. It is planned to inaugurate the project at the of 1947. Suggestions from as to the content and sub cejt matter of the courses will be welcomed- (Pubti&hedi bt| T'ke JEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF GA. Friday, December 6,1946 ©ym Floor Resurfaced We are very proud of the apear ance of the gym floor, which was recently resurfaced by the Alliance maintenance staff. A special '‘Gym Finish" has been applied which gives the floor a hard, tough yet at¬ tractive surface. Because of the many uses to which the gym floor ia put, In addition to athletic ac¬ tivities, special care must be used in maintaining the floor. Opener Jewish Of Book Month Alliance Sponsors Series Of Varied Programs Radio programs, exhibits, book reviews, story-telling hours, special Sabbath services—ad are included in the program for the local ooser vance of Jewish Book Month, un¬ der the auspices of the Alliance, which opened with the lecture by Maurice Samuel on Monday, Dec¬ ember 2, at the Alliance. Simultan¬ eous with the lecture by Samuel on “The World of Sholom Aleichem”, the special “Jewish Book Month” exhibit in the Main Lobby of the Aliance was opened. The schedule of events is listed in an adjoining column, a special brochure, giving the details of the various events in connection with the observance of Jewish Book Month, has been mailed to the en¬ tire community. Highlighting the radio programs, which wll be carred on all the local stations, will be the dramatzation of “They Burnt the Books" by Ste¬ phen Vincent Benet, which will be presented on Station WDAR on Sun¬ day, December 15, at 1 P. M. on the “Jewish Hour” by the Alliance Sen¬ ior Dramatic Workshop, under the direction of Miss Betty Michaels. In¬ terviews, book reviews, and musical numbers will be included on the pro¬ grams aired over the other local sta¬ tions. The exhibit at the Alliance wll) be one of a series of exhibits in the (Continued on page 4) This suggestion may sound a little cold but it's a practical necessity. The Alliance has an Endow¬ ment Fund which has been in existence for many years, and built up largely from bequests made in wills by friends and supporters of the Alliance. The corpus of the Fund remains in trust and may be used only for the building of a new building; the interest may be used for carrying on the regular program of the Alliance. Members are asked to remember the AUiance when drawing up their wills. Ninety-five Boys And Girls In The Alliance Winter The Alliance Winter Day Camp is now operating every Sunday after¬ noon from three to five o’clock. The Camp itself is utilizing the physical facilities of the Savannah Hebrew School and the Hobby Center, lo¬ cated at Abercom and Huntingdon Streets. To date some 95 children have become members of the various groups. The staff of the Camp in¬ cludes Mrs. Jack Chilnick, head counselor who is in charge of the five and six year old boys and girls; Jack Berliner, who directs the pro¬ gram of the seven year old boys; Jewish Book Month, a nation-wide annual pro¬ ject designed to stimu¬ late interest in Jewish bo ok 8, is conducted un¬ der the auspices of the Jewish Book Council of America, which is spon¬ sored by the National Jewish Welfare Board. The AUiance is one of the 288 Jewish Community Centers and Y. M.-W. H. A’s in the United States and Canada which makes up the constituent mem¬ bership of the Jewish Welfare Board . New Young Men's Group Elects Blumberg Prexy A new young men’s group has recetly been organized at the Alli¬ ance. The age at which young men will be eligible to join the group will start at 19 yeans. The purpose of the group is to conduct social activities as well as cultural and athletic pro¬ grams. At the last meeting of the group, as yet unnamed, Harlod Blum¬ berg was elected Chairman; Abe Palefsky, Co-Chairman; Burton Uciinsky, Secretary; and Bemie Kramer, Treasurer. A Social Com mitteee was formed, to be headed by Marx Gerber, with Leonard Greenfield and Charles Grossman as his aides. This committee will now begin workng on a full program of socal activities. A Ways and Means Committee was also elected; Henry Pike is Chairman, to be aided by Hymie Kaplan, Leonard Greenfield, Irving Warshaw and William Levine. Jack Chilnick was elected Advisor to the group. New members are invited to join this group. The following young men have been enrolled in the group to date: Harold Blumberg, Charles Grossman, Leon Smithberg;, Abe Klugman, Hy¬ mie Kaplan, Marx Gerber, Abie Palefsky, Ruben Cooley, Victor Noct rica, Henry Pike, Leonard Green¬ field, Gilbert Odrezin, William Le¬ vine, Irving Warshaw, Alex Scheer, Milton Womble, Trank Kelly, Ber nie Kramer, and Burton Udinsky. Pete Homansky, who is in charge of the eight and nine year old boys; Victor Notrica, a newcomer from the University of Georgia, and Leonard Greenfield who jointly head the act¬ ivities for the older boys groups; Dena Cohen, counselor for the seven to nine year old girls and Harriet Levine, counselor for the ten to thirteen year old girls. The girls and boys are very enthusiastic shout the hobby program, which is headed by Mr. I. G- Osterweil and Mr. Dtvmnt Rountree, both outstanding hobby craft experts. At present they are (Continued on page 6) SAVANNAH, GA. Noted Author's Topic World Sholom Aleichem “The World of Sholom Aleichem” was the subject of the lecture by Maurice Samuel, famous author, critic, and world-traveler, when he opened the 1946-1947 Cultural Series of the Alliance on Monday evening December 2, at 8:30 o'clock. Coinci¬ dent with the opening of the Cul¬ tural Series, Samuel’s lecture also mftritprfi tbe opening of the Savannah celebration of Jewish Book Month, which has been arranged by the Aduit Education Committee of the AUiance, in cooperation with var¬ ious Savannah Jewish organizatona. In his lecture, Samuel dealt with the leading themes and characters in the works of Sholom Aleichem, the greatest Yiddish writer. Samuel is intimately familiar with this phase of Jewsh lterature, havng au¬ thored the book “The World of Sho iom Aleichem”, which became a best seller. following Samuel wlU come four outst&numg personalities on the Auiance cultural senes: Franz JPol gar, emment mental telepathist; Jon Sno, actor and humorist; Cantor David Putterman, of the “Sternal Light" radio program; and Samuel Margoshes, editor of the Yiddish newspaper, “The Day-" Tickets for the entire series, at the very n o m i n al price of three dol¬ lars, are still on sale and may be secured at the Alliance or by mail¬ ing c h ecks to the Alliance. Single flnmiKKirmq ah programs of the senes will be one dollar. Nathan Karnibad New Member JEA Board, Succeeds Mrs. Friedman Nathan Karnibad, popular young veteran, was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Alli¬ ance by the AUiance Board at its last meeting. Karnibad the place of Mrs- Harry R. Friedman, who resigned because of the'pres¬ sure of outside duties and' her in¬ ability to devote the necessary tin^o and energy to the position. We re¬ gret the loss of Mrs. Friedman as a Board member. She has given long ,and outstanding service to the AUi¬ ance. K a r n i bad was a member of the Board before entering the armed services. Since his return to civilian life he has participated actively in Jewish community affairs, having served as a captain in the United Jewish Appeal and Federation and Alliance membership campaigns. He is also advisor to the Youth Coun¬ cil of the AUiance. Karnibad will serve until the Annual Meetinng in May, 1 M 7 . when the position will be filled for the unexpired portion of Mrs. Fried. n»b’s tenure, which was to be until May. Mk