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SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
A MAGAZINE PERPETUATING JEWISH IDEALS
VOLUME VIII.
MAY 31, 1933.
NUMBER 4.
Uniform Determination Needed
Atlanta was the mecca of some of the most prominent figures in
American Jewish life who came to attend Georgia’s first state-wide
B’nai B’rith conference. The organization, through the Gate City
Lodge, deserves high mention in carrying out one of the most im
posing conferences the South has ever staged in Jewish activities. The
success of the conference which purpose was to increase the ranks
and the usefulness of the order—is characteristic of the manner in
which B’nai B’rith has promoted its principles throughout the world.
In the organizing of a B’nai B’rith council for the State of Georgia
the Jews of the State are given further opportunity to avail them
selves of this organization to help carry out their work in a manner
that each member is proud of( just as has been done since its organi
zation in New York in 1842. B’nai B’rith is not the type of organiza
tion that carries the air of ballyhoo about its accomplishments; in a
simple, unaffected manner it goes about its duties and carries out its
work without shouting it to the skies. The Atlanta Lodge for seventy-
five years has been carrying out in a most noteworthy fashion tin* key
words of B’nai B’rith, “Benevolence, Brotherly Love and Harmony.”
In combating the problems that confront the Jews of today, Gov
ernor Lehman’s message to the conference, that there is a need for
uniform determination among the Jews to render service in “the af
fairs of the State, nation and our own faith,” carries a significant
interpretation that is embodied in the very principles of B’nai B’rith.
Shabuoth
Shabouth as a holiday is identified with Confirmation Day, when our
young generation steps from childhood into adolescence. It is in this
sense a holiday of rejoicing. World Jewry
is becoming enriched by legions of young
men and women eager to take their place
as full-fledged members of our family.
And this additional strength, mental as
well as physical, which Shabouth, through
Confirmation Day, brings us is most wel
come. Now, more than ever. We want a
straight-thinking, healthy youth to help
us carry the burden of the manifold prob
lems which beset the Jewish community.
We do not agree with those who paint a
dark picture of our youth, describing it
as unfit to take over the reins of Jewish
leadership when the hour will come for
it to do so. We believe that the Jewish
youth is well-equipped to take over the
torch from its elders, in this eternal re
lay race toward a better and more hu
mane world. Our young people, if statis
tics count for anything, are thirsty to
learn, capable of acquiring knowledge of
life. To tell the continuants of the South,
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE extends
hearty wishes for a successful manhood
and womanhood.
CONTENTS
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Another Straus Makes History
By Robert Stone _
PAGE
__ 5
Two Hundred Years in Georgia
By Judith I. Stein
6
Looking at the Past
By Pirginia Hersch _
„ 7
The Reality of Hitlerism
By Pierre van Paassen __ _
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Are We Modern Barbarians?
By Lion Feuehtwanger
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The German Situation
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Southern Notes _ _
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Review of the Jewish Week
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July Third
More than three thousand Jewish men and women, including t
chorus of more than a thousand trained voices and an orchestra of
gigantic proportions, will depict “The Romance of a People” at Sol
diers’ Field, Chicago, on July 3rd. The day on which this tremendom
spectacle will be presented, will be known as Jewish Day. On tkat
day American Jewry will gather in Chicago to partake in this Jewi>k
super-festival which, in addition to the grandiose pageant, will also
present a Jewish exposition as well as a Jewish Olympiad of sport
None can question that July 3rd will see at Chicago the greatest gatk
ering of Jewish people in the history of the country. The clarion call
issued by the National Committee of the Jewish-Day to America®
Jewry to make this day, July 3rd, an extraordinary and epochal <*•
casion will be answered by hundreds of thousands of Jews from coast
to coast. July 3, 1933, will become known as the date when Ainerieai
Jewry met to express their faith in the future. It is appropriate that
the guest of honor of the Jewish Day will be Dr, Chaim Weizmann,
who is making a special trip from London to Chicago.
What They Say
“The works of Feuehtwanger and Remarque, of Einstein and Lieb
kneeht, of Marx and Wasserman and Heine will live long after th*-
Hitler movement has run its course.”—William Soskin, Literary Edi
tor Evening Post, New York.
“Let us open our arms to the refugees; let us bow our heads before
the victims. The blood of martyrs never flows in vain. It will suffocate
the killers. The cause for which they fell we hold sacred. It will win
—Romanin Holland, Geneva, Switzerland.
Michael Williams, editor of the Com
monweal a New York weekly Catholic
review, made public his findings after an
investigation of conditions in German}
His conclusion says: “Unless the present
rulers of the Great German people are ca>'
aside by the civilized Germans they now
oppress, Jews and Christians will be sub
ject to scandalous persecutions. Plans for
world dominance of the Nazi system are a
menace to the institutions of free men of
Europe and America.” Mr. Williams pro
poses a plan of allowing a number of ref
ugees to settle in various countries and -
need be to enlarge the quota for that pur
pose. The Executive Committe of tin* Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ ic
America issued a statement that on < hrn
tian grounds its protests against racial
and religious intolerance, and expresses
deep sympathy for the victims. Such sen
timents by the leaders of the Christian de
nominations in America are evidence th«-
the Christian Church in this country i*
fully aware that Christianity as such is on
trial on the crooked cross of the Hitlerites
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