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THE JEWISH ALLIANCE
VOL. 2 No 7
Savannah Jewish Music Festival Under Way
Jon Silo,Humorist,
Program Here Feb . 13
Jon Silo, noted character comedian and pantomimist, will
present a program of gems of Jewish humor and drama, when
he comes to the Alliance on Thursday evening, February 13,
as the third feature on the 1946-1947 Cultural Series of the
Alliance.
Most recently featured on the air
in his portrayals of Walter Dam
rosch and Sam Bernard on the pro¬
gram “Americans by Choice”, Silo
began his career at a very early age
in Palestine, where he appeared
before pioneer groups (Chalutzim)
in Hebrew plays and as soloist with
many vocal groups. In the United
States, he directed and played prin¬
cipal roles in the Had Gadya Lodge
Series of Broadcasts over WRAX
and WPEN a Radio Center, Phila¬
delphia.
As a member of the Yiddish Art
Theatre Group in New York City,
he played a variety of roles, parti¬
cipating in the following produc¬
tions: “The Witch of Castille’,
“Uncle Moses”, “Kiddush Hashem”,
“sShabbati Ziv”, “The Dybbuk”,
“Yoshe Kalb” and'others.
This varied experience has given
Mr. Silo a well-filled repertoire of
humorous dramatic material in both
English and Yiddish, and has es¬
tablished for him an enthusiastic
following from among the audiences
that have heard him. His most re
cent appearance in the South have "
Tpurnaments On In
Handball, Ping Pong
With the fourth flight of the Al¬
liance Handball Tournament out of
the way, the spotlight now focuses
on the third flight, which begins
play this coming week.
I The schedule for the week of Feb¬
ruary 10, is as follows:
Tuesday, February 11—Reuben
Cooley vs. Max Kaplan; Jack Ber¬
liner vs. Sonny Rubnitz.
Wednesday, February 12—Winner
of fourth flight vs. Marx Gerber,
| Leonard Greenfield, bye.
Thursday, February 13—Winners
of Tuesday games play; Winners of
Wednesday games play.
Sunday, February 16-Finals.
Second Flight-week of February 17
* Monday February 17—Jake Blue
stein vs. David Lang; Julius Rub¬
nitz vs. winner of third flight.
Tuesday, February 18-Morris Mos
hovitz vs. Hyman Fialkow; Alex.
.Scheer, bye.
Wednesday, February 19- Winners
>f Monday games play; winners of
Tuesday games play.
Thursday, February 20—finals.
First flight-week of February 24
Round Robin, with following play¬
ers participating: Maurice Alpert,
^ Walter Lowenkopf, Harry Kaplan,
Rubin Grunin, Joe Dinerman, and
winner of second flight.
In the first flight, the following
participated: Howard Cohen, Roddy
Meddim, Philip Kaplan, Howard Le¬
vine, Murray Galin, Ish Alpem, Al¬
bert Epstein, and Charley Wolson.
The committee which drew up the
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JEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAH, GA.
been at the Charleston Jewish Cen¬
ter—a repeat performance—and in
Atlanta on the Jewish Cultural
Series—both in January and in both
of which he was warmly received.
Admission to the program which
wil be presented in both Yiddish and
English will be by season ticket or
by individual admission ticket
priced at one dollar.
Correct Address
Please
A number of copies of the “Jew¬
ish Alliance” have been returned to
the‘ office because of incorrect or
inadequate address. In order to in¬
sure that every Jewish family in
the community receive their copy
of this publication, the Alliance re¬
quests that any change of address
be brought to the attention of the
office immediately so that the mail¬
ing list may be kept correct and up
to-date. If any of our readers know
of any newcomers to the community
who would like to receive this paper,
please pass on to us the names and
addresses of the people.
JEA, YMCA, CYPA, JAC Sponsor “Brotherhood Through
Sports" Program at High School Monday, February 10
A novel observance of “Brother¬
hood Month” will take place at the
Savannah High School gymnasium
on Monday, February 10th, when the
Jewish Educational Alliance, the
Catholic Young People’s Association,
the Jefferson Athletic Club and
the Young Men’s Christian As¬
sociation join forces in the joint
sponsorship of a “Brotherhood
Through Sports” program. The Phy¬
sical Education Committee of the
Alliance, under the chairmanship
of Bemie Slotin, represents the Al¬
liance in the arrangements, with
Carl Green as chairman of the spec¬
ial sub-committee in charge.
The program for the evening is a
varied one. There will be a demon¬
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1947
Full Schedule
For Basketeers
The schedule of games for the
Alliance Golden Tornado Var¬
sity Basketball Team up to
March 16 was announced this
week by Sanford Rubin, mana
ager of the team. The schedule
follows:
Sunday, February 9—U. S.
Naval Hospital at Dublin, Ga.
,
Wednesday, February 12-Dixie
Paint and Brush Co. of Bruns¬
wick, Ga. at the Alliance.
Monday, February 17—Oliver
General Hospital at the Alli¬
ance.
Wednesday, February 19--Am¬
erican Legion at the Alliance.
Thursday, February 27-Dixie
Paint and Brush Co. at Bruns¬
wick, Ga.
Monday, March 3—American
Legion at American Legion Hall.
Sunday, March 16—Charleston
Jewish Center at Charleston.
The Alliance team resumed
its winning ways with a neat
last minute victory over the
strong Cracker A. C. and the
boys are intent on finishing up
the season in a blaze of glory.
Silo To Offer Program '
To Children February 14
Intraducing a new feature into the
entertainment program for children
at the Alliance, Jon Silo, noted
character comedian, pantomimist,
and entertainer, who will appear at
the Alliance, on its Cultural Series,
will offer a program of dramatized
story telling and Jewish folk songs
at a special program for children
on Friday afternoon, February 14
at 3:30 o’clock.
Heretofore, the Alliance has been
handicapped in planning outstand¬
ing entertainment for children be¬
cause of the lack of high-level talent
in the city. Arranging the Silo enter¬
tainment is an experiment in using
talent on the Adult Cultural Series,
adapted to the level of the children,
as that talent is available.
There will be no admission charge
and all of the Jewish children in
the city are invited.
stration of a variety of sports events.
The CYPA will present a boxing ex¬
hibition; the YMCA, an- exhibition
of tumbling; and the JEA, a ping
pong match and a weight-lifting
demonstration.
Movies of the 1946 World Series
and all-Star Baseball Games, as well
as the Highlights of Football in 1946
will be shown.
The Master of Ceremonies for the
evening will be Jimmie Woods, chief
announcer of Station WSAV. The
main speaker will be A. J. Ryan, Jr.,
Solicitor General of Chatham County
and Past President <tf the Benedic¬
tine Athletic Association.
Jack Chilnick, Director of Activities
Synagogue Services; Radio Programs;
"Parade of Jewish Music" On Bill
The first annual Savannah observance of the national
Jewish Music Festival will open on Friday, February 7, with
the celebration of Jewish Music Sabbath in all of the local syn¬
agogues and will come to a close on Wednesday, March 12,
with a recital of Jewish music the famous Cantor David
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Sidney Rosenzweig
Sidney Rosenzweig
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Elected President
of Jewish Council
Sidney Rosenzweig, prominent
Jewish community leader, was elec¬
ted the president of the Savannah
Jewish Council at the Annual Meet¬
ing of the Council held on Wednes¬
day, January 29. Elected with Mr.
Rosenzweig were: Jack M. Levy,
Meyer W. Tenenbaum, and S. E.
Wolff, vice-presidents; Paul Kulick,
secretary; and Philip H. Bodziner,
treasurer. Mr. Wolff and Mr. Bod¬
ziner were re-elected.
Mr. Rosenzweig has been active in
Jewish community affairs, having
been president of the Savanah Dis¬
trict of the Zionist Organization of
America; chairman of the men’s
division of the Savannah United
Jewish Appeal and Federation cam¬
paign in 1945; and chairman of the
Alliance Building Fund campaign in
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of the Alliance, who inspired the
idea for the occasion, will present
the theme of the evening. To add
to the fellowship, the audience will
join in community singing and a
comedy Yo-Yo contest will be con¬
ducted.
The committee for the event in¬
cludes the following: Carl Green,
Meyer Sable, Bernie Slotin, and Jack
Chilnick, representing the JEA;
Chris Hernandez and Harry Haslam,
CYPA; and Peter O’Millian and O.
K. Wells, YMCA.
The entire community, young and
old alike, is invited. There will be
no admission charge.
SAVANNAH, GA.
Putterman, of the “Eternal Light”
radio fame. In between, there will
be a variety of programs, arranged
by the Jewish Music Festival Com¬
mittee, under the chairmanship of
David Rosenzweig, and sponsored
by the Alliance.
The naJtional Jewish Music Fes¬
tival is sponsored nation-widle by
the Jewish Music Council, an affil¬
iate of the National Jewish Welfare
Board..
The Friday evening services on
February 7 and the Sabbath Morn¬
ing Services on February 8 in the
Synagogues Agudath Achim, B. B.
Jacob, and Mickve Israel will be de¬
voted to sermons, lectures, and
demonstrations of the rich heritage
of Jewish music.
When Jon Silo noted Jewish en¬
tertainer comes to the Alliance on
Thursday February 13 to appear on
the Alliance Cultural Series, he will
present, as part of his program, a
group of Jewish folk songs.
Silo will present a special program
of dramatized story telling and Jew¬
ish folk music for children on Fri¬
day afternoon, February 14.
“Parade of Jewish Music”
An elaborate program of Jewish
music, under the title of “The Par¬
ade of Jewish Music”, featuring out¬
standing Savannah talent, will be
presented at the Alliance on Tues¬
day evening, February 25, at 8:30
P. M.
Included on the program, which
will be open to the public without
charge, will be the following: the
choirs of Agudath Achim Synagogue,
under the direction of Cantor J. C.
Saltzman, and Synagogue Mickve
Israel, in a program of liturgical
music. Vocal numbers will be ren¬
dered by Cantor Hirsh Geffen, of
B. B. Jacob Synagogue and Cantor
Saltzman. Songs of Palestine will
be presented by the Senior Hadassah
Choral Group, under the direction
of Mrs Paul Kulick. Mrs. Eunice
Finn, prominent Savannah pianist,
will be featured in solos of Jewish
music. Milton Bellah, of Station
WDAR, will be the narrator, offering
a running narrative of the signifi
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TO THOSE PERSONS
WHO STILL OWE ON
THEIR 1946 PLEDGE
TO THE UNITED JEW¬
ISH APPE AL AND
FEDERATION : The
need for immediate funds
to pay for the life-saving
work which the agencies
of the United Jewish Ap¬
peal are carrying on is
most pressing. The abil¬
ity of our community to
meet its obligations is de¬
pendent on the payment
of their pledges by those
made the pledges. The
moral of the story is evi¬
dent: PAY YOUR
PLEDGE NOW!