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The Southern Israelite
lesume of Annual Meeting of Federation of Jewish Charities
Atlanta Federation of Jewish
held its annual meeting
lay evening, May 27th, at the
I Educational Alliance, with Mr.
Moss, President, in the chair.
;ing the meeting, the Alliance
studio, which was established
de fall of 1930, presented a very
mg musical recital, with Mr.
iHinev, the director of the
,s pianist, who rendered a mim-
As-dcal compositions with tech-
ill and fine musicianship. Mrs.
i. >11nian, soprano, sang an aria
oliaikowsky’s Jeanne D’Arc and
d beautifully the plaintive melo-
i a number of Yiddish folk-
She was accompanied at the
\ one of Mr. Dunev’s advanced
Mr. Irving Lipshitz.
Moss read his fourth annual
nit as President of the Federa-
n which he pointed out the seri-
ficulties which the organization
. face during 1930, owing to the
wd appropriations. He praised
Mghtedness of the Board of Di-
- in seeing the great need for
.u ter building work in such times
e and authorized the withdrawal
nds from the small reserve in
r to proceed with improving the
oral facilities for boys’ work. He
1 the consideration of providing
adequate facilities for carrying
the work of the different depart-
' nt-. of the Federation.
Mr. Joseph B. Wolfe read the finance
it, indicating that during 1930 the
ini from the Community Chest was
■'-’l .<x 10.00, or 71.3 per cent, and that
necessary for the Federation
e additional funds from various
s. which amounted to $8,447.42,
* per cent of the total income,
this income was expended as
per cent for the use of the
I department, 29.3 per cent for
n the character-building work, 8.8
'tit for health work, and 23 per
1 * *r the administration and ex-
' of the Federation proper, total
lit tires $32,815.23, leaving a defi-
the end of the year of $3,367.81,
h, ' r with outstanding bank loans,
■ire the result of meeting part
rating expenses for 1930, as well
cumulated deficits during past
makes a grand total of $9,360.03,
hederation deficit at the end
1930.
A. L. Loeb, Chairman Alliance
nittee on Boys’ Work and Ath-
submitted a very interesting re-
of the various activities of the
:iCe and spoke particularly of the
for character building. Among
things, he said, “The first thing
"ar about these days is the de-
"t- its consequences, suffering,
ips. which you all have to bear,
a time which tries people. We
11 1 the stuff they are made of.”
ew the analogy of the testing
mian material by the testing of
He stated, “Steel must undergo
!es °f different operations. It must
;K ‘d, it must cool properly. We
not take chances that the steel
t stand the test, as we do not
want it to break. So it is with our
human material, which is our boys and
girls.” He stated further, “We want
to develop a generation that will lead
wholesome lives and will live ethically.
We do not want the development of
the gangster spirit in our community.
Hence, we must bend all our efforts in
the direction of developing further
the character-building activities of the
Alliance.”
Incomplete figures presented by Mr.
Loeb showed a total enrollment for
1930 of close to 1,800 and approxi
mate attendance reaching 20,000 in the
various departments of the Alliance.
Mr. Edward M. Kahn, Executive Di
rector, read his fourth annual report,
of the Federation. He again empha
sized the need for a new building for
a Jewish Center in Atlanta. He indi
cated the serious economic dislocation
which the present depression is causing
among Jewish groups in the com
munity.
As regards the welfare work of the
Federation, he stressed the importance
of conserving social work standards
and of utilizing the case work meth
ods as the best means of adjusting
individual problems of maladjustment.
“New techniques”, he said, “are ap
plicable to cases of emergency and
short time care. But the situations re-
AUGUSTA NOTES
Rabbi Joseph Leiser, of Congrega
tion “Children of Israel”, confirmed the
following children on Sunday after
noon, May 24th. Carolyn Louise Wal
lace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam M. Wallace; Helen Carolyn Blum,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Blum;
Margaret Goldberg, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Goldberg; Doris Lev-
koff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shier
Levkoff, and Herman Rubenstein, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rubenstein.
The services were simple and impres
sive. On Sunday evening the confirm-
ants were complimented with a recep
tion, by their oarents, in the vestry
rooms of the temple. Assisting the con-
firmants and their parents in atten
tion to the guests were Mrs. J. Willie
Levy, Mrs. I). Slusky, Mrs. L. W.
Simon, Mrs. Chas. Sybrester, Misses
Minnie Lee Rubenstein, Elsie Lee
Blum and Estelle Levkoff.
Relatives and friends in the city for
confirmation were: Mr. and Mrs. John
Crumptin, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pint-
chot, and Mr. S. Schwartzman, of
Waynesboro; Mr. and Mrs. Abe Barm,
of Atlanta, and Mrs. G. Levkoff and
daughter, of Columbia.
Paris.—Fernand Noziere, well-known
French Jewish playwright and dramatic
critic, died at the age of 57; He was
noted for his sympathy with the mod
ern trend on the stage.
quiring long time care must be ap
proached through case work methods,
which are based on the individualiza
tion of each situation and which re
quires a knowledge of background and
psychological setting of each given
case.” He advocated the establishment
of a Vocational Guidance Service; a
summer play-school for younger chil
dren, and an outdoor playground to be
operated by the Alliance. As regards
the health work of the Federation, he
urged the establishment of a nutrition
clinic and the further development and
expansion of the dental clinic.
Mr. Julian V. Boehm, Chairman of
the Nominating Committee, presented
the following ticket for officers and
members of the Board, who were
elected by unanimous vote.
For President, Mr. Louis H. Moss.
1st Vice-President, Mr. F. J. Salo-
shin.
2nd Vice-President, Mr. Ernest
Feibelman.
3rd Vice-President, Mr. I. J. Para-
dies.
Treasurer, Mr. Joseph B. Wolfe.
Secretary, Mrs. Sam Schoen.
Board of Directors, for one year
term :
Mrs. Leonard Haas.
Mrs. A. L. Myers.
Miss Rhoda Kaufman.
Mr. Herman Hey man.
Mr. Sam E. Levy.
Mr. Joel Dor fan.
Mr. Louis J. Levitas.
Mr. Ed. Montag.
Mr. A. L. Feldman.
Board of Directors, for two year
term:
Mrs. L. J. Elsas, to succeed Mr. L.
J. Elsas, deceased.
Mrs. G. R. Apfelbaum.
Mr. Julian V. Boehm.
Mr. Leopold J. Haas.
Mr. A. L. Loeb.
Mr. Nathan Saltzman.
Mr. A. L. Myers.
Mr. Jos. B. Wolfe.
Dr. Joseph Yampolsky.
Board of Directors, for three year
term:
Mrs. J. E. Sommer field.
Mrs. Sam Schoe».
Dr. David Marx.
Mr. Louis H. Moss.
Dr. J. E. Sommerficld.
Mr. J. Jacobs.
Mr. I. J. Paradies.
Mr. F. J. Saloshin.
The meeting was greeted by Dr.
David Marx, and by Mr. Frank Miller,
of the Community Chest.
Paying tribute to the memory of Mr.
Louis J. Elsas by standing silently for
a few minutes, the meeting adjourned.
Jewish Officer Promoted
Having served in Montgomery for
several years as chief recruiting of
ficer for the United States Navy in
the South, Abraham Ncvelkoff won
so many friends throughout the city
that the city’s newspapers have writ
ten editorials regretting the decision
of the naval authorities to promote
Nevelkoff to an administrative post on
a battleship.
An old established agency has
an exceptional opportunity for
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will teach this man the insur
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for the first year. Phone
WAlnut 0961 for appointment.
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