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The Southern Israelite
Southern Notes
A. Z. A. Chapter In Atlanta
On Sunday, the 18th of May, Jewish
young men between the ages of sixteen
and twenty-one, and Jewish men, mem
bers of B’nai B’rith of Atlanta, met for
the purpose of organizing an Atlanta
Chapter of A. Z. A. A high spot of
the meeting was a very inspiring talk
by Mr. Harry Alexander.
A. Z. A. is a child of the B’nai
B’rith, mounted in the latter’s platform
and having for its additional and pre
paratory purport the training of Jewish
young men in the spiritual essentials
they will need when it comes their time
to carry on. Patriotism, Judiaism, filial
love, charity, conduct, purity, and
fraternity are contained in the creed
of an A. Z. A. It has for its purpose
the enrollment of all desirable Jewish
young men in a fraternal organization
having for its program the mental,
moral, and physical development of its
members, the strengthening of their
Jewish affiliations, the abatement of the
pernicious influences of bigotry and
race prejudice, and a stimulation of
interest in humanitarian, educational,
and philanthropic endeavors.
At this time the B’nai B’rith had the
honor of having for its guest Mr.
Julius J. Cohn of Chattanooga, 2nd
Vice-President of the Supreme Advis
ory Council. Mr. Cohn is an effective
organizer with an understanding of
human nature.
The B’nai B’rith may be considered
the upper house of a Congress of Jews
from all groups, having them meet on
a common plane when they solve or
endeavor to ameliorate their problems.
A. Z. A. is the lower house and should
he a fabric of the same fabric. Mr.
Harold E. Marcus, of the local Advis
ory Committee, advises that the interest
is keen and all Jewish youth should
participate enough to insure a charter
from the national institution. The
B’nai B’rith knows the Jewish training
of young men at the ages between 16
and 21 is particularly essential, and ask
for the support of the entire com
munity.
Julian Boehm Heads
Political Group
Aroused by the conditions revealed in
the recent grand jury investigations of
municipal graft and corruption independ
ent voters of Atlanta have organized the
"1930 Cluh” of which Julius Boehm, a
prominent insurance man and social work
er, was elected president.
The club is planned to enter candi
dates for all offices in the forthcoming
primary elections. Mr. Boehm accepted
the presidency against his wishes hut
when all the other candidates resigned he
was elected by acclamation.
The *1930 Club” is the outgrowth and
includes many of the leasers of the citi
zens movement that aided in the city-wide
graft probe with th • subsequent indica
tions and trials now under way.
Alliance Head in Boston
Mr. Edward Kahn, Superintendent of
the Jewish Alliance, for the next few
weeks will be in Boston, Mass., as a
delegate to various conventions that
will be in progress then. Mr. Kahn
will attend the National Conference of
Jewish Social Service Workers, and
also the National Association of Jewish
Community Center Secretaries. At the
latter convention, Mr. Kahn will read
a paper there on June 8th. He will
also be a delegate to the American
Association of Social Workers, and will
attend the meeting of the National
Committee of Jewish Transients.
Percy Straus Gets Degree
From Oglethorpe University
Percy Straus, vice-president of R. H.
Macy & Co., and son of the venerable
Jewish philanthropist Nathan Straus, re
ceived at the commencement exercise of
Oglethorpe University the honorary de
gree of Doctor of Commercial Science.
The Straus family originally came from
Talbotton, Georgia.
Knoxville Dedicates New
Jewish Center
Knoxville’s new Jewish community
center, costing $45,000, and donated by
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Arnstein, was dedi
cated May 25th. The dedicatory ad
dress was given by Dr. Julian Morgen-
stern, president of the Hebrew Union
college in Cincinnati.
The new center is connected to Beth-
E1 Temple by a covered cloister, and
contains class rooms, a large auditor
ium and banquet room, a large kitchen
with all modern conveniences, a beauti
fully appointed lounge and club room,
and locker and shower rooms for boys
and girls. The entire top floor of the
building is devoted to a well equipped
gymnasium and an impressive hall and
theatre combined with dressing room,
and a stage employing the latest light
ing devices and modern facilities to
accommodate amateur theatricals.
The donation by Mr. and Mrs. Arn
stein was consumated on June 3rd.
1929, the fifty-fifth anniversary of Mr.
A'rnstein’s arrival in the United States.
According to Mr. and Mrs. Arnstein’s
statement, ‘‘the center is dedicated to
the Jewish community of Knoxville,
and is intended to serve the spiritual,
social, and educational life of all Jews,
irrespective of their affiliation with any
temple or synagogue.”
The committee supervising the con
struction of the Jewish Center included
1. Beiler, chairman; J. Reich, D. A.
Rosenthal, Jay Moskowitz, Ben R.
Winick, Max Friedman, I. Rosenblatt,
Mrs. Walter Blaufeld, Mrs. A. A. Levy,
Mrs. Bessie Lobenstein and Rabbi Mil-
ton Greenwald.
Young Judaea to Hold
Annual Convention
From June 19 to 23
The anual convention of Young Judaea,
national Jewish youth organization, will
be held at the Scarboro Hotel, Long
Branch, New Jersey, beginning Thursday,
June 19th, and ending Monday, June 23rd,
in accordance with a decision reached by
the national executive committee meeting,
held on Sunday, June 11th and announced
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National Council for
Jewish Education
The National Council for Jewish Fdu
cation will hold its fifth annual confer'
cnce in New York City and at p ort
Jervis from June 21st to June 24th m
elusive.
Noted educators in both Jewish ami
non-Jewish fields and outstanding laymen
will participate in the program.
Hadassah Receives $58,000
The receipt of $58,(MX) on two In-quest,
to Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist o r
ganization of America, was announced
by Mrs .Edward Jacobs, head of the
Palestine Committee of the organization
According to Mrs. Jacobs, $34,000
comes from the estate of the late Amelia
Ostroski, of San Francisco, Cal., as the
first installment of her bequest of over
$100,000, which she designated to be used
for the poor and needy of Palestine. The
interest on a bequest of $24,!XK> under
the will of the late Simon Kussek. of
New York, who was a prominent real
estate operator, will be used for public
health education through the Straus
Health Center of Hadassah in Jerusalem.
In its medical and health work in Pales
tine Hadassah is constantly stressing pre
ventive care and it decided, accordingly,
that the most fitting use for the Kussek
gift would be to further Hadassah's cam
paign for the preservation of health.
Israel Weisfeld Heads
Southern Orthodox Rabbis
Savannah, Ga.—The joint conference
of southern orthodox rabbis ami lay
men concluded its sessions here with
establishment of the Southern Ortho
dox Rabbinical Council to serve a» a
nucleus for directing Jewish communal
activities in this section.
Rabbi Israel H. Weisfeld, of Miami
was elected president. Rabbi Benjamin
G. Axelman, of Charleston, was chose
editor and secretary. Lay officers
named to function in co-operation with
the permanent organization were 1
Weitz, Savannah, president; L. Hersh-
kovitz, Nashville, first vice-president:
L. Weinkle, Miami, second vice-presi
dent ; William Pinsker. Savannah,
secretary; Fred Rosen, Savannah,
treasurer; Charles Garfunkel. Savan
nah, chairman of the executive commit
tee, and Max Kupferstein, Miami, aix
Harry Stern. Nashville, assistant secre
taries.
A complete report of the I-irst An
nual Convention of the South Eastern
Orthodox Rabbis will be featured
the first June issue of the Southern
Israelite.
Macon Chapters Senior anu
Junior Hadassah Hold ! > nt
Mother's Day Program
snoring their mothers on ’ c
iside as Mother’s Day, the aC
Dters of Senior and Junior Tadav
jointly celebrated the occasion .
afternoon. May 11th, in t!
Room of the Hotel Dempsey
:eding the program arranged '
occasion, the chapters ■’
less meeting. . ne( i
ttle Miss Irma Goldman P ■
irogram with a reading. I