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SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
A MAGAZINE PERPETUATING JEWISH IDEALS
VOLUME VII. MAY, 1932.
Hr ft isli llim Well
Tin* final count of the ballot-box for the Second Ward in the city of
NUMBER XVIII.
I revealed “the people’s choice” in the selection of Max M.
<'uba for councilman. With three candidates in the field Max Cuba
won lii> election by a two-to-one majority.
It ins that the Jews have finally awakened to taking politics more
seriously than they have in the past three decades, proof being that Max
( >il»a makes the fourth candidate from the city of Atlanta^in the ad
ministration of city or state affairs.
N t0 the Jews of Atlanta have been negligent in the mat-
trr city government and with the fairness that the Jewish tra-
'litimis and laws carry as a heritage from the councils of the desert in
hihliral Hines in all certainty there should be more interest displayed
i polities than has been. At present, Joseph Herman and Max M.
i iilm are the only two Jewish men who have a voice in the city ad
ministration. Me hope that a whole-hearted cooperation from the Jew-
ish population will be given them. They need it with the anti-Semitic
f»‘«*Ii11lt growing throughout the United States, and Atlanta being no
exception, it is about time the Atlanta Jewish population wake up to
hi" needs of combating the antagonism and bigotry that exists. It
mnirn.t he done if there is merely an attitude of sitting back and watch
ing tin* show.
W Mother hope that Mr. Cuba and Mr. Berman will not forget
hi* ii heritage, that is so often the case when Jews attain political
Whatever danger signals have been manifested by others, we
!,,, I confident that these two will carry on in the manner that will not
! !, or disappointing to their fellow Jews not forgetting their voters
who have voted in accordance with their political principles.
("ti/irrnation Day
week we will hold our Confirmation
thousands of Jewish boys and girls wi
"od to the next stage in their lives,
h' ^ill become, ipso facto, factors in
" n communal activities. A new respon-
s| hhity will be theirs, that of playing a
1 'h part in the Jewish youth organi-
f p to Confirmation Day nothing
expected of our children except a
" Mllne attitude to play and work.
■Jewish education, while of im-
Day. Throughout the
I j >ass—offcia 11 v—from
u
o e, is by necessity an elementary
After Confirmation Day, however,
"al formative phase of their lives be-
1 heir interests in things Jewish
! become positive. They are expected
plaint themselves with the intricate
involved problems which they will
lo lace in less than half a dozen
1 heir Jewish identity, until now
? ieal and abstract, becomes almost
ght a realistic matter of everyday
in - It is to be hoped that despite
days of depression which have
havoc with the functioning of the
your organizations, our boys and
ill find that social contact which
ix'e their Jewishness meaning and
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CONTENTS
Judah Magnes—Adventurous American
By I)evere Allen T
The Krassin's Heroic Deed
By Joseph A. Loewinsohn 5
Abraham Levy’s Revenge
By Mark Hellinger 6
No Gain Without Adventure
By Vladimir Jabot insky '
Jews on the Rock of Gibraltar
By Marvin Lowenthal 8
National News—In the Limelight— 9
Southern Notes ^
College Notes 12
Society and Personals l-I
Strictly Confidential
By B/tineas J. Biron 14
Foreign News—Line-o-Iypes of
Atlanta
content. Our best wishes «:<> out to the Jewish sons Htul daughters of our
community lor a happy and useful youth. It is up to us to assure
. "" I"ate educational and recreational opportunities reirard-
less of what sacrifice that will necessitate.
/ he llig Problem
Hr. I. M. Ruhinow, the newly elected President of the National
oilm mice o| towish Social Service, analyzed the economic problem
ol American Jews clearly the other day. He stated unequivocally that
discrimination against Jews in the economic field was quickly develop
ing into a fundamental condition of our life in the United States along
the same lines as in the ease of the Negroes. Coming from so distin
guished an economist and statistician as Dr. Uubinow, this statement
is decidedly alarming. It places the economic question of American
Jewry squarely under the heading of our greatest problems. When
one considers that Dr. Uubinow mercilessly and correctly destroys the
illusion that the salvation of the American Jew lies in the realms of
small independent commerce, agriculture or factory employment, one
must realize that the problem which confronts—or, if you will, will
confront us—is one difficult, enough to tax our united resources If
during the next few years we mark time, merely stating the problem,
we shall wake up one morning face to face with a situation that will
defy any remedy. Dr. Uubinow s address should be studied with a
view of formulating a plan right now,
Religion Ido Expensive
The synagogue is becoming an institution for the rich only. There
is the essence of an address by Louis .1. Moss, president of the United
Synagogue of America, at tin* annual convention of that body, lie as-
sedts that the emphasis in the svnogogue is shifting from religious to
social center activities, and charges social discrimination against the
white-collar worker and artisan. Does Mr. Moss wish to imply that
if religious teaching were intensified in our temples of worship the
white-collar workers would rush the por
tals of our sqnagogucs 1 We hold the view
that while our synagogues require demo
cratization. they are too expensive a com
modity to interest the small wage-earners.
Our white-collar men are perhaps tempted
to join a congregation just because of the
social center activities. What keeps them
bacg is the expense involved. On the other
hand the synagogues have a difficult fi*
naneial problem to deal with, what with
the high salary of the rabbi, the Sunday
School activities, the mortgage against
the building and the center expense ac
count. The overhead is usually crushing.
No wonder that the rabbi—if only for
reasons of self-preservation—must needs
cater to the wealthy class. Money talks
even in religion. Under the present sys
tem it cannot be otherwise. Religion free
of charge is an illusion. If it existed it
would find no takers. People believe only
in what they pay for. ... We have
proved nothing. This merely states an
unfortunate situation.
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