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THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
VOL 2 No. 5
Mental Marvel Polgar Shows Here Sunday
Record Crowd At
Opener Sees JEA
Top Charleston JC
Before an over-flow crowd, the
largest ever to witness a basket¬
ball game in the Alliance, Bernie
Kramer electrified the crowd with
his spectular shot-making to lead
the Jewish Educational Alliance
Golden Tornadoes to a 45-32 victory,
over the Charleston Jewish Com¬
munity Center courtmen, thus keep¬
ing clean the record of never having
been defeated in an opening game.
Kramer was the difference between
the two teams all the way and hit
the cords for 21 points for the night.
Abie Palefsky started the ball
rolling when he cracked at mid¬
port for the first two points. Bark
owitz netted two points for Char¬
leston, tying the score. After that
Kramer took the situation in hand
to make it an almost run-away con¬
test.
Barkowitz was by far the out¬
standing performer for the Char¬
leston aggregation. He netted 13
points for the /visitors. Goldlberg
was a defensive star for Charleston
and also made six points t ocome in
second in the scoring for Charles¬
ton and equaled Abie Palefsky’s six
points for the locals. Irwin Center
was by far the outstanding defen¬
sive, player on the court. He also hit
the net for six points.
In a preliminary game that kept
the fans on edge, the Jerome C.
Eisenberg Club eked out a victory
over the Charleston Intermediates
to the tune of 25-24. Trailing prac¬
tically the whole game, the J.C.E.
scored the winning two points in
tjie final 20 seconds of play.
Women's Club Hears
Rabbi L. M. Youngerman
Rabbi Louis Youngerman pre¬
sented an interesting review of Sho
lom Asch’s “East River” at the Book
Tea, sponsored by the Alliance
Women’s Club on Monday, December
16.
The opening prayer was given
by Mrs. Abe Rabhan followed by the
pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
Then, the guests and members sang
the “Women’s Club Song”. Mrs. S.
D. Hirsch, President, extended a
warm welcome to all the visitors,
members of the Jewish Women's
Organizations in the city. Mrs. Jack
Homans gave a report on the suc¬
cessful Thanksgiving Dance- Mrs.
Rose Minkoff, chairman of the wel¬
fare committee, reported that our
members were well during the past
month and she did not send out any
sick cards. In case of illness, mem¬
bers are urged to get in touch with
Mrs. Minkoff.
Mrs. Albert Tenenbaum has ac¬
cepted the position as chairman of
the Silver Jubilee pagent to be held
in March. Members who would like
to display their dramatic talents are
asked to get in touch with Mrs.
Tenenbaum. Mrs. S. D. Hirsch, local
chairman for the S. O. . drive asked
the members not to stop giving to
the drive for so long as there are
displaced persons in Jewish camps
overseas,,, the drive will go on since
the need is still great.
(PuWi&ked! by The
JEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF GA.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1947
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 erection of a new
building; the interest
may be used for carrying
on the regular program
of the Alliance.
Members are asked to
remember the Alliance
ivhen drawing up their
wills.
“Y” OPENS JEWISH GIFT AND
BOOK SHOP
PERTH AMBOY, N. J. -The
YMHA of Perth Amboy has found
a novel medium for bringing Jew¬
ish culture into the homes of its
members and the Jewish commun¬
ity through the establishment of
its Jewish Book and Gift Shop.
In its first year of operation,
this unique store conducted, by the
“Y” Women’s Division sold $1400
worth of books and gift objects of
Jewish interest.
ZIONIST CONGRESS CLOSES
BASLE, Dec. 24. (JTA) - The 22 World Zionist Congress closed
here today without electing a new president or executive and without
acting directly on the issue of partition.
Concluding its sixteen-day session, the Congress authorized the new¬
ly-elected Actions Committee to elett an executive. S
The Congress by a vote of 171 to 154, rejected Zionist participation
the London Conference “under the present circumstances.” The vote
was considered a blow to Dr. Weizmann’s chances of being re-elected
to the presidency of the World Zionist Organization, and a victory for
Dr. Abba HiUel Silver.
Jewish Council to Participate In
Regional Survey of Care of aged
Savannah will be one of approximatedly fourteen Jewish communitiets
ih Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina included in a Survey of the Needs
for the Care of the Jewish Aged in the three-state area, through action
taken by the Executive Committee of the Savannah Jewish Council in ap¬
proving participation in the Survey by the Council . The decision to parti¬
cipate was made at a meetng of the
Council Executive Committee on
Thursday, December 26.
The purpose of the Survey, to
be made under the auspices of the
Council of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds, of which the local
Council is a member, is to ascer¬
tain the aged Jewish population in
the area, to study their needs and
recommend methods for most ade¬
quately meeting these needs. The
survey will be conduced by an ex¬
pert in the field of care of the aged,
who will spend two days in Sav¬
annah in connection with the study.
The Council voted to send a
representative to the National Con-
Internationally Famous Psychic Will Demonstrate
Telepathy, Memory Feats, Power Of Suggestion To Public
An evening of extraordinary entertainment is in store for Savannahians when Dr. Franz
J. Polgar^ internationally famous telepathist and psychic personality, demonstrates his powers
at the Jewish Educational Alliance this Sunday night, January 5th. This will be the second
feature of the Alliance 1946-47
Mrs. David Levy Flies
Abroad On UJA Mission
Mrs David M. Levy, of New
York, National Conference Chair¬
man of the United Jewish Appeal,
left by airplane this week to fulfill
her mission of “Ambassador of
Hope,” to bring to the Jews of Eu¬
rope and Palestine the assurance of
the Jews of America that they are
determined to rebuild the lives of
1,500,000 Jewish survivors of Hit¬
ler through the fund of $170,000,000
that is to be raised in 1947 by the
United Jewish Appeal for Refugees,
Overseas Needs and Palestine.
Mrs Levy will visit France, Bel¬
gium, The Netherlands, Germany,
Austria, Poland, Italy and Palestine.
She will spend at least ten weeks
on her tour of Europe and the Jew¬
ish homeland, where she will also
study the conditions and needs of
Jews in those countries.
ference of the Joint Defense Appeal
the joint fund-raising instrument
of the Anti-Defamation League of
B’nai B’rith and the American Jew¬
ish Committee—to be held in St.
Louis on January 4, 5, and 6.
A resolution expressing the de¬
sire of the Council to act as host
to the Annual Conference of the
Southeastern Region of the Coun¬
cil of Jewish Federations and Wel
fore Funds was passed by the Ex¬
ecutive Committte#
The Annual Meeting of the
Council, at which officers for the
year 1947 will be elected, will be
held at the Alliance sometime in
January.
Dr. Franz Polgar
Patterson Proposes
1947 Campaign Motto
“Can Do” the battle-cry which
led the valiant American 15th
Infantry to many a victory over
enormous obstacles, was sugges¬
ted by Robert P. Patterson, Sec¬
retary of War, as a slogan to
carry the UJA $170,000,000 cam¬
paign through to success.
The Secretary of War told
the National UJA Conference
how this slogan brought tri¬
umph to this American Division
and proposed that it also would
stimulate the UJA 1947 cam¬
paign in going over the top in
its $170,000,000 objective.
Variety Keynote
Of 'Teen Canteen
The new method 1 of operating
the ’teen-canteen is working quite
well. Each group is given an oppor¬
tunity to run the program for a par¬
ticular Saturday evening. In addi¬
tion, that group is responsible for
operation of the snack bar making
a profit on its earnings for the even¬
ing.
To date the B. B. G’s have run
a very unique “Backwards Dance”.
The girls were dressed as boys, the
boys reversed their clothes; the girls
asked the boys to dance with them
—but the boys paid for their refresh¬
ments. Riette Rabhan and Marianne
Boblasky were in charge of the even¬
ing.
On subsequent Saturdays AZA
206 and AZA-Forest City ran pro¬
grams: 206 a “Professor Quiz” show,
with Philip Kaplan portraying Prof.
Q-; Forest City, a series of unique
dances and games.
SAVANNAH, GA.
Dr. Polgar has appeared on in¬
numerable programs on both sides
of the Atlantic and has been ac¬
claimed in the American press for
his uncanny mental marvels. His
photographic mind has amazed not
only the laymen but scientists, art¬
ists and educators as well.
Using volunteer subjects from his
audiences, Dr. Polgar has accomp¬
lished feats bordering on the super¬
natural as he calmly, and without
obvious effort, exposes their thoughts
through the powers Of transference.
Polgar combines his outstanding
showmanship with his ability as' an
educator to produce a program of in¬
structive entertaiment. An expert
showman, he holds his in
a fever of suspense and then plun¬
ges them Into howls of laughter with
his quick wit and unexpected pranks.
Debunking the so-called “psy¬
chics” and “mediums” who prey on
incredulous persons, Dr. Poigar ex¬
poses these frauds for what they are
and reveals the methods by which
they accomplish their mystical ph¬
enomena. In his revealations, Dr. Pol
gar lays no claim to supernatural
powers, but through experiment lays
low the claims of these self-styled
spiritualist
An Alliance audience will be in
for a revealing night’s experience
when Polgar mounts the platform,
Tickets for the entire series includ¬
ing the Polgar program are priced
at three dollars and may still be
purchased at the Alliance. Single
admission for the Polgar program
will be one dollar and will be sold
at the door on January 5th.
Boy Scouts Welcome
New Members to Ranks
Boy Scouts of Alliance Troop 2
are on the march again and since
the beginning of the fall have re¬
newed their activities with great
vigor. Led by Scoutmaster Arthur
Horovitz, the Scouts have been at¬
tending recent meetings with enthu¬
siasm. It appears that once again
the Alliance youngsters will reach
the scouting heights enjoyed by
JEA lads of years gone by.
The troop has been divided into
three patrols, the first patrol being
composed of 1st. Class Scouts and
those of higher rank; Second Pa¬
trol, of 2nd Class Scouts; and the
Third Patrol composed of Tender¬
foot Scouts.
An overnight hike to Camp
Strachan was held on November
10th. The day’s program of activities
included educational and recrea¬
tional events ranging from the var¬
ious types of Scout lore to field
games and boating.
All boys 12 years of age and
over who are interested in Scouting
and desiring to join Troop 2 are
asked to get in touch with Scout¬
master Arthur Horovitz at the Alli¬
ance.