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night flocked thousands of Atlantans, by
no means all of the Jewish faith.
Several years of labor for Louis Aron-
nm, chairman of the building committee
the temple, and other members of his
ommittee, came to a glorious conclusion
hen Mr. Aronstam formally presented
e temple building and it was accepted
Harold Hirsch, president of the
ongregation.
Hr. Marx, beloved of Jew and Christian
ike for his manifold services to the peo-
e of Atlanta, pronounced the dedication
this, the third temple built in Atlanta
the congregation since its organization
1867. Other temples of the body have
een on Garnett and Pryor streets.
Kabbi Samuel Goldenson, of Temple
lodef Shalon, Pittsburgh, Pa., vice-presi-
nt of the Central Conference of Amer-
an Rabbis, delivered the dedication
dress. Dr. Goldenson pointed out that
‘ e dedication was not a mere formality,
t an outpouring of the hearts of his peo-
o, something deeper than empty pomp
d ceremony.
Rabbi Isaac F. Marcuson, of Temple
■cth Israel, Macon, offered the invocation.
Rabbi Abraham Shusterman, of Temple
Children of Israel, Athens, conducted the
Sabbath evening services, and Rabbi Frank
Rosenthal, of Temple B’nai Israel, Colum
bus, led the adoration and kaddish. Rabbi
Edmund A. Landau, of Temple B’nai Is
rael, Albany, offered the benediction.
The dedication opened with an organ
prelude composed for the occasion by Dr.
Charles A. Sheldon, Jr. Officers, trustees
and participants entered in a procession
with scrolls which ended with an exercise
before the handsome gold painted ark. An
impressive part of the colorful ritual was
the lighting of the perpetual light.
Rabbi Louis Binstock, of Temple Sinai,
New Orleans, delivered the sermon at the
Saturday morning services, and Rabbi
Isaac F. Marcuson, of Temple Beth Israel,
Macon, conducted the services from the
Union Prayer book. Rabbi Abraham Shus
terman of the Temple Children of Israel,
Athens, Ga., lead the Torah service, and
Rabbi Frank Rosenthal, of Temple B’nai
Israel, Columbus, conducted the Propheti
cal Portion. Rabbi Edmund A. Laudau,
of Temple B’nai Israel, Albany, offered the
invocation, and Rabbi Benjamin Parker,
of Mizpah congregation, Chattanooga, per
formed the adoration and the Kaddish.
Rabbi Morris Newfield, of Temple Eman
uel, Birmingham, Ala., president of the
Central Conference of American Rabbis,
brought greetings from that organization.
At the last of the series of three services
dedicating the new building the spirit of
the occasion was summed up by Dr.
George Solomon, rabbi of Temple Mickva
Israel, of Savannah, in the words: “Jew
and Gentile have a common God. There is
room and need for every school of thought,
and room and need for every phase of spir
itual expression.”
Every seat of the large temple was
filled and the doors crowded as Dr.
Charles A. Sheldon, Jr. opened the pro
gram with an organ prelude, “Andante
Religioso” (Thome). Rabbi Harry H. Ep
stein, of Congregation Ahavath Achim, of
fered the invocation. Nathan Saltzman,
past president of the temple, expressed a
welcome to all, inviting worship together
in a fellowship of man. Rabbi Benjamin
Parker, of Mizpah congregation, Chatta
nooga, Tenn., gave the scriptural reading.
Introduced by Rabbi David Marx, of