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T H E S OUTHERN ISRAELITE
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Southern Young Judaean Convenes In Chattanooga
By EDWARD R. VAJDA
JOSEPH CUBA
President of Southern Young Judaea
Once again Young Judaeans are
making plans to attend another con
vention that will become the center
of cultural and social activities of the
Southern Young Judaean Association.
•*uiy 26th marks the beginning of the
Twelfth Annual Convention of the
S. V. J. A. The deliberations and so-
ial activities will center themselves
in the Young Men’s Hebrew Associa
tion Building in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Advance reports from Chattanooga
outline so intensive a program of
viuts that this convention has been
termed the “Dynamic” Convention of
1931.
Atlanta, New Orleans, Savannah,
I’> i mingham, Memphis, Montgomery,
' olumbus, Miami and other Southern
■Uidaea centers are making plans to
attend the convention en masse.
Atlanta, the stronghold of Young
aiaea in the South is sending a dele
tion of representatives and visitors
’hat will make Chattanooga seem
"** bke the Gate City of the South
ban Atlanta itself.
EDWARD R. VAJDA
Prominent among the Atlanta so
journers are Mr. Joseph Cuba, presi
dent of the Southern Young Judaean
Association and recently elected sec
ond vice-president of National Young
Judaea. An honor that is more than
deserved by this exponent of our
younger generation. Mr. Nathan
Blass, chairman of the Atlanta Coun
cil who has served Atlanta Young
Judaea unselfishly as its executive of
ficer for the past two years. Mr.
Sidney Parks, an orator of note who
is completing a ierm of service as
treasurer of the Southern Associa
tion. Mr. Louis Getfen, attorney of
Atlanta and past president of the As
sociation. Mr. Max Cuba also a past
president of the Southern Associa
tion and recent delegate of the Asso
ciation to the Nation d Convention at
Long Branch, N. J. Mr. Edward M.
Kahn, executive director of the Jew
ish Educational Alliance who has
served as editor of “Program Notes”
Harry Hasdan, Jerome Alper, Sam
Freidman, Abe Siskin, Israel Fine-
berg, Solomon Cohen, S. D. Meyers,
Julius Katz, Abe Brenner, Sam Gold
berg, Albert Rosentein, Ben Portman,
Ben Silverman, Abram Eisman, Da
vid Center, Mose Abelsky, Melvin
Weinman, Simon Wender, Abe Geffen,
Robert Gerson, Harry Mislow, Harold
Levin, Meyer Rosenstein, Edward R.
Vajda, Wolfe Bromberg, Nace R. Co
hen, and Louis Berchenko.
A feature of the planned arrange
ments will be a special Young Ju
daea car on the President Special
train, leaving Atlanta on Sunday,
July 26, at 8 A. M., via the N. C.
& St. L. R. R.
The tentative program arranged by
the Convention Committee is as
follows:
Sunday, July 26
10:30 A. M. Registration.
3:00 P. M. Opening Session.
HELEN GEFFEN
SIDNEY PARKS
Treasurer of the Southern
Young Judaean Assn.
NATHAN BLASS
Chairman of the Atlanta
Young Judaea Council
the cultural bulletin of the Southern
Young Judaean Association.
As far as may be determined at
this date I list some of the delegates
that will attend: Misses Bess Press,
Ethel Schweitzer, Frances Levine,
Bertha Seligman, Rebecca Mendel
sohn, Rose Esserman, Minnie Miller,
Pearl Hirshberg, Bella Ball, 1* annie
Brenner, Hannah Teles, Reba Nell
Hoffman, Rose Hirshberg, Beatrice
Schaffer, Sylvia Goldstein, May Axel
rod, Yetta Horn, Mitzi Sinreich, Fan
nie Center, Ella Zelien, Mollie Clein,
Ruth Danneman, Sarah Glustrum,
Lillie Bercherko, Mariam Richmon,
Jenie Shamos, Ida Gershchow, Fannie
Turetsky, Beatrice Weisman, Helen
Oser, Sylvia Hirsh, Rosalie Hirsh,
Bertha Fisher, Jeanette Rosenthal,
and Mrs. Nona Dubroff Sayers.
Messrs. Label Katz, Sam Jaffe,
9:00 P. M. Dance at Bel Aire.
Monday, July 27
9:00 Business Session.
12:00 A. M. Taking of Convention
Picture.
2:30 P. M. Business Session.
8:00 P. M. Outing and watermelon
cutting.
Tuesday, July 28
9:00 A. M. Cultural Session.
2:00 P. M. Swimming Party, War
ner Park.
9:00 P. M. Dance, Signal Mountain
Casino.
Wednesday, July 29
9:00 A. M. Business Meeting.
2:00 P. M. Closing session, election
and installation of officers.
8:00 P. M. Debate between Atlanta
and Chattanooga followed by the fare
well dance. (Y. M. H. A.)
The cultural program of the con
vention will be a debate between
teams representing the Atlanta Coun
cil and Chattanooga Council on the
subject: Resolved, That the advance
of civilization tends toward the as
similation of the Jew. The team rep
resenting Atlanta is composed of Mr.
Simon Wender (Coterie Club), Miss
Helen Geffen (T. E. L. Club), and Mr.
Edward It. Vajda (Coterie Club).
Representing Chattanooga are Miss
Frances Levine, Mr. Maurice Pavlow
and Mr. Jerome Alper.
A few words about Young Judaea
woith remembering is that Young Ju
daea is an outgrowth of the Zionist
movement but it is more than Zion-
istic in its scope and work. Young
Judaea not only works for the re
building of the Jewish National Home
land in Palestine, but urges the
growth of culture of Jewry through
out the world. It offers athletic devel
opment and social contacts to our
Jewish youth. In short, Young Ju
daea offers to the boy or girl, and the
young man or woman, a training
ground for leadership in the Jewish
community of tomorrow.