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THE SOUTHERN IS R A ELITE
What Asheville Jewry Is Doing
Jews In This Famous Resort Enjoy Active Community Life
Special to 1 he Southern Israelite
By EDNA LONG LICHTENFELS
The Jewish community of Asheville, N. C., though comprised
of but one hundred and fifty families has been carrying on
a surprising heavy schedule of activities for the past year.
Asheville Jewry presents a fine example of community life
that places her high in the estimation of Southern Jewry.
MRS. GUSTAV LICHTENFELS
President
Jewish Aid Society
The activities of the Jewish
community of Asheville, North
Carolina have been in close har
mony with the Temple Beth Ha
Tephilla and Synagogue Bicker
Cholim for the past year. This
active community, though com
prised of only one hundred and
fifty families, has accomplished
some highly commendable activ
ities in an organized manner.
The officers of the Temple
are Mr. Gustav Lichtenfels,
president; Dr. Samuel Robin
son, vice-president; Mr. Roy
Swartzberg, treasurer, and Mr.
Edward Goldsmith, secretary.
The Temple could have no
better rabbinical leader than
Rabbi Moses P. Jacobson, who
has endeared himself to the
entire community during his nine years of ministry among the
members of the Temple. Rabbi Jacobson’s endeavors as a pulpit
leader have carried him to the University of Florida and the
University of North Carolina for a series of lectures during the
past year. He is also a member of the Social Service Institutional
Committee.
Closely affiliated with the Temple Beth Ha Tephilla has been
the Sisterhood, headed by Mrs. Joseph B. Breman, as president,
and the Temple Club, with Mr. Joseph B. Breman, president, who
have extended some splendid co-operation in aiding the Temple
in every respect.
The Asheville Temple Center has been paid for and built by
the Sisterhood. This Center is used for the Sabbath School, as
well as all business and social meetings of affiliated organizations,
with card parties, rummage sales, and cake sales used as revenue
mediums. Most worthy activities have been carried on along
this line.
The men of the Temple formed themselves into an organization
called the Temple Club and
have joined the National
Brotherhoods. Meetings are
held the second Monday of
each month, at which time an
original paper is read and then
discussed by the entire club. A
social hour follows and the
wives are usually invited to
join in the sociai hour. Some
of the topics which have been
discussed are: Cotton, Steel,
Paper, Labor Unions, the Phil
ippines, etc. Dr. Samuel Robin
son was the founder and first
president of the Temple Club
Mr. Joseph B. Breman is the
present president, and Mr. Jos
eph Cooper, secretary.
. Th j; charity work of the Jew
ish Community is centered in
the Jewish Aid Society. Both
men and women contribute to
its support, but it is officered bv
women. Mrs. Gustav Lichten
fels is president; Mrs. Robert
MAX CROHN
President B’nai B’rith
GUSTAV LICHTENFELS
President
Congregation Beth Ha Tephilla
Persky, vice-president; Mrs.
Marcus Sterne, Jr., treasurer;
Mrs. Z. B. Cohen, correspond
ing secretary, and Mrs. Nathan
Blomberg, secretary. Much of
the work of the Society has
been the care of the sick, who
seek renewed health in the fa
mous climate of Western North
Carolina, but whose funds are
used up before a cure is effected.
Since the war, a branch of
the Jewish Welfare Board has
been maintained in Asheville to
look after the Jewish patients
at the United States Veterans
Hospital No. 60 at Oteen, N. C.,
six miles from Asheville. Reg
ular visits are made there by
Rabbi Jacobson and the local
officers of the Board, and the holidays are suitably observed.
There is an average of ten Jewish patients in this hospital of
over six hundred patinets. The officers of the local branch are:
Mr. Julius Lowenbein, chairman; Mrs. Julia Meyers, treasurer,
and Mrs. Gustav Lichtenfels, secretary.
Rabbi H. Goodkowitz, of Synagogue Bicker Cholim is especially
interested in the Hebrew education of the children and has a
daily Hebrew school for them. The officers of the Synagogue are:
Mr. 1). Robinson, president; Mr. S. H. Berman, vice-president:
Mr. M. Dominitz, secretary, and Mr. S. Argintar, treasurer.
I he Ladies Auxiliary helps in the affairs of the Synagogue, and
ol the Religious school. The officers are: Mrs. M. Scheer, presi
dent; Mrs. R. Sheptowich, vice-president; Mrs. Max Rosen, treas
urer, and Mrs. J. J. Goldstein, secretary.
The Jews of Asheville take an active part in civic life,
Mr. Louis Lipinsky being councilman and vice-mayor of the
city. Both he and Mr. Marcus Sterne, Jr. are active mem-
bei s of the Community Chest organization.
The B’nai B’rith Lodge has
an active membership and as
usual with this organization,
helps in the upbuilding of the
community. Mr. Max Crohn is
president; Mr. Joseph Kartus,
vice-president; Mr. Joseph
Cooper, treasurer, and Mr. Ed
ward Goldsmith, secretary.
I he Zionists, the Hadassah,
and the North Carolina Asso
ciation ot Jewish Women all
have members in the community
w ho work hard for the causes
in which they are interested.
Being a pleasure resort as
well as a health resort, Ashe-
ulle has triends in the distant
places of the earth, for people
Horn tar and wide come here
to seek rest and health and
hntL y • f ° rtunate in Ending
both m the enfolding hills.
“Asheville'is onAillsTn JtA DR- S. ROBINSON
lev surrounded by mountains.” CongregaVion BeT^Ha Te P : H»