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A Statement of JJrinriplPH
To Guide the Action of American Jewry in 1947
The text of the resolution adopted
at the National Conference of the Uni¬
ted Jewish Appeal ;
Representatives of American Jewry
gathered at Atlantic City, on November
30, December 1 and 2,1946, are resolved
that the Jews of Europe who survived
shall continue to have our comradeship
and our substance until they may be re¬
stored to the dignity and security which
is their natural right.
For the year 1946 we undertook
to dedicate our supreme efforts so that
tiie remnant which remained after the
extermination of six million might be
assisted through the transition period
with measures of relief, rehabilitation
and reconstruction. With unparalleled
generosity the Jews of America respon¬
ded to this challenge. As a result of their
compassion, hundreds of thousands of
men, women and children were kept
alive. Tens of thousands were put on
the road to self-recovery. Scores of
thousands were transported to Pales¬
tine, the United States and elsewhere
to begin life anew. But in this year of
great achievement new problems arose
to afflict our sorely tried people. The
forces of hate did not perish with the
enemy vanquished by the Allies. These
forces propelled an exodus through Eu¬
rope which is today one of the most ur¬
gent concerns of Jewry and one of the
greatest sources of instability in Europe.
The number of displaced Jews has
more than doubled. The essential needs
of hundreds of thousands of Jews have
remained or have increased as these
* ‘ ‘Tha Eauwcflnoppen
Wonderful folks like the SAM HIRSCH’S
don’t wait for the seasons of the year to do
their good deeds: Altho in keeping with the
present mood - and mostly in recognition of
God’s good graces - they presented a set of
the Talmud to the Agudath Achim Synagogue.
Thus was executed the thought with the deed
in giving thanks for welcoming home their
three sons from the services.
MIRIAM KANTSIPER’S marriage to LEO
CENTER held the center of the stage for
several busy, busy weeks. Parties galore
were given. The wedding ceremony was
beautiful to behold held as it was at the B. B.
Jacob Synagogue, with as lovely a bridal
party as we ever hope to see. Smart AOKLK
SUTKER did it again: this time in wmaking
the dresses for the two flower girls.-.ail
with her lily-white hands, or should I say
“golden (?) hands. Of course, the flower
girls themselves - ARLENE RICHMAN
HARRIET ROSENZWEIG - did full justice
to the occasion. The ceremony was followed
by a reception at Render's. Mazaltov, Miriam
and Leo!
Something new has been added to the ser¬
vices at Agudath Achim: Friday nite, December20,
services Were conducted by the A. A. Sister¬
hood with none other than the inexhaustible
EBBIE KARSMAN taking charge .duly assisted
by other ladies from the congregation.
The “news” has leaked out about you,
EVELYN BALBER (Mrs. Sanford) RUBIN.
As long as it is such good news, hope you
won’t mind my spilling it here.
Not to Bfe overlooked, was the Grand Opep- -
ing of his Produce Plant by ISADORE (Musky)
MOVSOVITZ. Everybody and his uncle was on
hand to pay Musky the honor he deserves. In¬
cidentally, HELENE, how does it feel to be a vice
President? Cute sight was the daughter t.tcbt
officiating at the Egg Nog Bowl, and carrying
THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
first and worst victims of the Hitler era
have beeen awaiting the opportunity of
resuming their normal lives. Their
major chance for betterment lies in the
constructive help and planning that we
can assure them during 1947.
Recognizing its role as the great
source of strength and hope for the
helpless and despairing among our peo¬
ple, the American Jewish Community
dedicates itself to these tasks for the
year 1947:
It will, on behalf of the Joint Dis¬
tribution Committee, provide the re¬
sources that will assure physical sur¬
vival to hundreds of thousands' of Jews
in Europe; that will, through recon¬
struction measures, assist a maximum
number to regain their self-respect
and self-support through economic res¬
toration ; that will, through resettlement
assistance, enable a maximum number
who wish to do so to find their way out
of the misery and hopelessness to which
they are doomed on the Continent that
is still haunted with terrible memories;
that will strengthen all in need with
the assurance of our brotherhood and
concern.
It will, on behalf of the United
Palestine Appeal, and in association
with the great Jewish community of
Palestine, furnish the means to estab¬
lish a maximum number in the Jewish
National Home so that, together with
the hundreds of thousands of others
who have found permanent haven in
this ancestral homeland, they may ex¬
pand the civilization that will be a
out each detail, even down to sprinkling the
final drop of cinnamon- Truckloads of floral of¬
ferings over-ran the place and it was a sight
to see. The tables, with food and delicacies, were
a work of art.
Hear tell that recently MARY KLEIN
BERG and ROSE ZAREM entertained with
the Cocktail Party of the Season* Among
other festivites enjoyed was MAY LESSER'S
Luncheon held at the Pink House, also
MARY LEVY’S, and PEARL STEMER’S.
High spot of the Oneg Shabbath held at
MARY LEVY’S home on Dec. 21st was RABBI
YOUNGERMAN’S enlightening review of the
book “Thieves in The Night.” By popular de¬
mand he was asked the same week to appear on
the program of the Women’s Club, at which
time he gave an absorbing review of Sholom
Asch’s latest book “East River.” I might add that
the author came in for as much discussion dur¬
ing the open forum as the book.
SADIE RABHAN, wife of the B. B.
Jacob’s new Vice President, reports the
Kishka Party she gave on Dec. 11th for the
Trustees and officers of the Shule went
over in a great big way. And knowing how
the Rabhans do things - we betcha that’s
an under-statement.
Now that winter seems positively here -
wish we could add our names to the list going
to Miami. Some of the luckier people are
FRANK and IDA BUCHBBAUM, ETHEL
and MAX HALPERN (who incidentally, are
including Cuba in their itenerary) - the MIL-.
LER KAMINSKYS, MAY BLAIR, ROSEBUD
WHITEMAN, PAULA and LOUIS and MOSE
BLUMENFIELD, the newly arrived IRVING
MORTONS and Family (nee EVA ALPERT).
source of benefit and pride to Jews and
all mankind; to give the assurance to
the governments entrusted with such
power that their willingness to meet
their legal and moral responsibilities matched to
the Jewish people will be fully
with the resources required to achieve
a large-scale resettlement program.
It will, on behalf of the United Ser¬
vice for New Americans, provide the
hospitable assistance which newcomers
to our shores require to reestablsh them¬
selves and to rebuild their lives in peace
and security; to make full use of our
Government’s humanitarian leadership
illustrated by the President’s Directive
on immigration and by the expressed
desires of eminent Americans of all
faiths that we receive our share of the
homeless and dispossesed; pledging our
united community effort to maintain our
historic tradition of asylum.
To meet these needs a total sum of
$215,000,000 is required. To fulfill Am¬
erican Jewry’s responsibility toward
this program of positive salvation for
the surviving remnant of Israel, this
National Conference of representatives
of American Jewry resolves that for the
year 1947 a campaign shall be under¬
taken to provide for the United Jewish
Appeal the sum of $170,000,000.
This Conference solemnly calls upon
every Jewish community in the United
States and upon every member of such
community to summon with renewed
strength and conseereation all the forces
of energy, devotion and resource so that
American Jewry may live up to the des¬
tiny that history has entrusted to it.
THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
Published bi-weekly by the Jewish
Educational Alliance, Inc., 328 Barnard
Street, Savannah, Ga.
Affiliated with the Jewish Welfare
Board and the Savannah Jewish Council
OFFICERS
Benjamin Silverman, president; Jack
M. Levy, Isadore Movsovitz, and Dr.
William A. Wexler, vice-presidents;
Mrs. Raymond Rosen, secretary; A. L.
Karp, treasurer
Paul A. Kulick, Executive Director
Jack Chilnick, Director of Activities
Editorial Staff: Michael Forstadt, Edi
tor-in-Chief; Abram Bernstein, Assist¬
ant Editor; Mrs. Abe Alpert, Jack
Cooper, Sam D. Hirsch, Sol Mirsky.
Chairman of Publications: Judge Eman¬
uel Lewis.
Always nice seeing the oldtimers (no pun
intended) back on the home plate. IDA
FRIEDMAN FINKELSTEIN was as good
a sight as any we’ve welcomed back In a
long time, as was FLORENCE PERLMAN
and her sister SARA CARTER, the latter
just a newlywed. Then, of course, ROSALIE
and JOE ZIMMERMAN who visited at
MICKEY and BERNIE’S charming place
at White Blufff* Good, too, seeing LAUR
ETTE SUSSMAN and her cute lriflg here
for the holidays from Macon, where she
is now making her home.
Congratulations and all that sorta t,hir» c to
EMANUEL LEWIS, WILLIAM WEXLER and
ARTIE WHITEMAN!
I'll be seeing you.
JANUARY 3, 1947
The American economic out¬
look for 1947 will be extremely
favorable for sacrificial giving
to the $170,000,000 campaign of
the United Jewish Appeal, Rob- •
crt R. Nathan, leading economist
and former Deputy Director of
Reconversion assured the 1,700
delegates to the Atlantic City
Conference.
Mr Nathan listed the follow¬
ing factors “as favorable for
the UJA’s goal.”
1. The huge volume of liquid
savings.
2. The tremendous needs for
economic rehabilitation abroad.
3. The large backlog of de¬
mand for consumer durable
goods.
4. The persistent housing
shortage.
5. The vast investment de¬
mands.
6. The large liquid funds for
private businesses.
“All these combine to offer
a favorable outlook for some
years to come,” he emphasised.
JDC Buys 4,100,000
Pounds Passover Food
More than 500,000 pounds of
Passover provisions are now en route
to Jewish survivors abroad, the first
of a total of 4,100,000 pounds of Mat
zoth, Matzoth meal and other hol¬
iday supplies purchased by the
Joint Distribution Committee for
overseas shipment.
Additional quantities of Matzoth
will also be baked in Europe and
paid for by the Committee. In ad¬
dition, sacramental wine for the
Passover holiday will be purchased
by the Committee in Palestine for
distribution among Jewish survi¬
vors..
- Jewish communities in most
European countries will receive Mat¬
zoth, meal, win and other holiday
provisions from the J. D. C. These
shipments are in addition to regular
J. D. C. shipments of food, clothing
and medicines to distressed Jews
abroad.
Largest share of J. D. C. Pass
over supplies will go to Jewish sur¬
vivors in the displaced persons
camps and centers- of Germany and
Austria. They will receive 1,120,000
pounds of holiday provisions. Jew¬
ish men, women and children in Ru¬
mania which contains the largest
Jewish community in Europe out¬
side the Soviet Union, will receive
930,000 pounds of J. D. C. Passover
supplies. For Poland, the Commit¬
tee is shipping 400,000 pounds of
Matzoth and Matzoth meal.
Last year the J. D. C* shipped
over 2,000,000 pounds of Matzoth, •
Matzoth meal, raisins an d maca¬
roons from the United States, paid
for the baking of several hundred
thousand pounds on the continent
and provided 50,000 pints of sac¬
ramental wine from Palestine.
AKRON CENTER HOUSES A
JEWISH MUSEUM
AKRON, OHIO—The Jewish
Museum, started last year by the
Jewish Center, is now located in
the Center library, on view for all
visitors, and the Center hopes that
additional contributions of Jewsh
ceremonial, cultural and historical
objects, as well as books and man¬
uscripts, will be offered by members
of the community. Exhibits of the
objects are planned for various oc¬
casions.