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Page Two Irwin Giffen Starts at JEA Iiwin B. Griffin formerly the director of activities of the Jewish Community Center of Lancaster, Pa., has been appointed the di ec tor of Activitie: of the Alliance and has already started on his duties. Mr. Giffen succeeds Mrs. Louise Rudofsky, who held the post of director of activities since February, on an interim appoint¬ ment, following the resignation of Jack Chilnick. Mr. Giffen comes to his new position with a rich career in social work. A graduate of the Univer¬ sity of Michigan in 1941, he took graduate courses at Michigan for two years before war work inter¬ rupted his studies. He entered the Graduate School of Social Work of the University of Pittsburgh and received his master’s degree in group work in 1946. He started his professional Jew¬ ish Center career at the Irene Kaufmann Center in Pittsburgh and then went to Chicago, where he served as boys’ worker at the Max Straus Center. While in Chi¬ cago, he served as program direc¬ tor of the Sunday School of the North Shore Congregation. Then Mr. Giffen moved to Lancaster where he served as director of ac¬ tivities and acting director prior to his coming to Savannah. Summer Plans For Teen-agers The Youth Council of the J.E.A. has formally requested the J.E.A. to initiate a summer program, boih at Tybee an! in the city, for these in the 13 to 18 age groun Mary Weitz, President of the Youth Council, has appointed Don Gold¬ en, chairman of th : s summer pro¬ gram committee. Other members of the committee are Melvyn Galin and Shirley Pike. The committee reported back to the Council the following ideas. The city program should consist of at least two full days per week. The group would meet at the J.E.A. and then embark on activi¬ ties which would consist of trips, hikes, over-night camp-outs, ath let'cs, games, fishing and arts and crafts. The Tybee program would consist of Wednesday and Satur¬ day night informal dances, Sun¬ day night camp fire programs and cock-outs, and Wednesday and Sunday afternoon fishing and sports program. To find out exactly what the teen-agers want in the line of a summer program, a survey is be¬ ing made by Irwin Giffen, Director of Activities. JEWISH ALLIANCE IN MEMORIAM MORRIS SLOTIN typified the epic story cf the immigrant boy who made good in America. He was one of those who, in making good, helped make our country great. He lived a full and useful life, as a result of which his community was enriched. Honored and respected ,n life, he is mourned and fondly remembered in death. He was a gcod citizen, interesting and concerning himself with public affairs. He contributed generously to the progress and welfare of his city and country. He was a good Jew. His leadership was exerted for the benefit cf the Synagogue B’nai B’rith Jacob, the Hebrah Gemiluth Heseu Society, the Savannah Jewish Council, the United Jewish Appeal, the Jewish Educational Alliance and all Jewish causes dedicated to the development of a richer Jewish life in America. When the Jewish Educational Alliance was forced to cease its activities, it was his < ynamic leadership which sparked its reopening as a character-building agency for youth and as a clearing house for the interests and activities of the Savannah Jewish community. He was a man of vision, of high ability, of resourcefulness, of determinathn. His judgment was sound, and his counsel was widely sought. He was a good friend. He knew how to--play, and he enjoyed the comradeship of many friends. He was a devoted and respectful son, bringing joy and comfort to his mother ard father. Morris Slotin was a husband and father true to the he ritage of Israel; his home was a sanctuary of love, cf hope, and of joy, of comfort and of devotion. Be It. Resolved, by the Board of Directors of the Jewish Educa¬ tional Alliance that we mourn the passing of our Honorary President, Morris Slotin, that a copy of this memorial and resolution be spread upon our minutes, and that a copy be sent to the family of our lamented leadei. HERBERT BUCHSBAUM lived a life all t o short of years, but full of the things which make life worth while. He lived not for himself alone, but for others. He overcame handicaps, and his nature was the sweeter for the d’ffieulties he experienced. Indeed, he helped others with many acts of kindness and graciousness known only to himself and those he aided. He was a sue ess in all of the important things of life, but he was at all time simple, unaffected and humble. He resisted honors, holding office only after the repeated insistence of his associates. His only desire was to work and to serve. No one could work more 1 yally nor serve more devotedly. Sharing with his family and with his many friends the sense of deep and unhealing bereavement at his untimely dea.h, his associates of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Educational Alliance pause to do honor to the memory of Herbert Buchsbaum. Be It Resolved, by the Board of Directors of the Jewish Educational Alliance that we mourn the passing of our past president, Herbert Buchsbaum, that a copy of this memorial and resolution be spread upon our minutes, and that a copy be sent to the family of the departed. (Continued from page 1) in ace rd&nce with Dieta y Laws, towels and soap, all program sup¬ plies, all swimming fees, trans¬ portation to Tybee and all trips and outings. The fees are: Fight weeks—$70.00 for Mem¬ bers; $75.00 for Ncn-Members. Four weeks—$42.50 for Mem¬ bers; $45.00 for Non-Members. By special arrangement, each additional child in the family of a member, aft°r the first drl' 1 . will be able to register for a special fee of $60.00 for the full 8 weeks camp session. Many new program features will be offered at camp this year. On Tuesday. June 7 from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. there will be a special Camp /'ll’an^e Pre-Vue for the campers. During tb* 1 Pre-Vue each camp?; will get his medical examination. In addition, there will be games, (Continued from page 1) The members of the Nominating Committee of the Alliance are as follows: Dr. William A. Wexler, chairman, H. Sol Clark, Robert Grrdon, Judge Emanuel Lewis, Leon Longwater, Abe Odess, Harry Richman, Sam Robinson, and Mrs. Joseph Wilensky. The members of the commitee, which planned the program for the /nnual Meeting are as follows: Raymond Rosen, chairman, Mrs. Philip Boblasky, Dr. Maurice Camin, Harry R. Friedman. Mrs. Sam D. Hirsch, Sidney L. Raskin, and Abro Robinson. stories, refreshments, athletics and arts and crafts. Parents, for a summer full of fun and enriching, worth-while experience in a camp sett’ng, you can Rely on Camp Alliance, the summer Day Camp of the JEA. MAY, 1949 First Family Of DPs Here Chaim Melamed, his wife Maryla and daughter Chana, aged one, have arrived in Savannah, as the first family unit resettled in Savannah, under the auspices of the local Jewish community, through the Savannah Jewish Council. The Melamed family was brought to Savannah under the D. P. Act and their adjust mer.t will be carried out through the Resettlement Committee, of the Council, under the chairmanship of Harry R. Friedman. Previous to the enactment of the D. P. Act, by Congress last yea , all “New Americans” who came to the U. S. did so under af¬ fidavits supplied by individuals. Under the D. P. Act, assurances of supp rt, housing, and employ¬ ment had to be made by communi t ; es or organizations. Working in cooperation with the United Serv¬ ice for New Americans, the Sa¬ vannah Jewish Council agreed to accent r t r tal of eighteen family units of D. P.’s, on the basis of three units per month for s i x months. Serving with Mr. Friedman, as co-chairmen of the project are Morris H. Bernstein, Judge Eman¬ uel Lewis, and Mrs. Joseph L. W'lensky, as co-chairmen, and Hubert L. Kayton, as treasurer. Each of the co chairmen have supervisory responsibilities over a group of sub-committees. The group of sub-committees, dealing with security aspects of adjustment, under the supervision of Jud^e Lewis, are: Finance, with B. I. Friedman, as chairman; Em pp^ment, with Morris Levy, as ehn’rman, and Legal, H. Sol Clark, Chairman. *'r. Bernstein supervises the following committees: Housing, Mrs. Miller Kaminsky, chairman; Case Work, Mrs. Emanuel F. Posen and Mrs. Jacob Rubin, co chairmen; and Supplies, Mrs. Henry Shonfield. chairman. Mrs. Wilensky is coordinating the work of the following commit¬ tees: Reception, Mrs. A. J. Gar funkel, chairman: Americanization and Education, Mrs. Casper Wise¬ man. chairman; Social and Hos¬ pitality, Mrs. Sidney Rosenzweig, chairman, and Benjamin Silver man. co-chairman; and Religious, Rabbi Isidore Barnett. A. I. Rosen b°r. and Solomon E. Starrels, co chairmen. Mrs. Louise Rudofsky, has inst been re-elected to the Hoard of Directors of the National Jewish Welfare Board at the annual mee't inp of the Jewish Center Di¬ vision held in New York City the week-end of April 30.