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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.