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THE
SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
A MAGAZINE PERPETUATING JEWISH IDEALS
VOLUME VIII.
JULY 31, 1933.
NUMBER 8.
Welcome, Young Judaea!
On Sunday, August (i, Atlanta will In* host to approximately 250 Jew
ish hoys and girls who will attend the 14th annual convention of the
Southern Young’ Judaea Association. Representatives of some of the
South’s finest Jewish families, these youthful guests will be in At
lanta to participate not only in dances, luncheons, outings, and ath
letic events incident to the convention, but they will attend leaders’
groups and cultural meetings under competent leadership. It is sig
nificant that while many of our younger generation are willing to
forget their Jewishness, members of Young Judaea have banded to
gether for the perpetuation of Jewish ideals and traditions, as well
as for the promotion of proper social activity, good fellowship, and
the development of fine American citizenry.
Approximately 700 young men and women between the ages of
ten and twenty-one comprise Southern Young Judaea, a unit of the
national association, sponsored by the Zionist Organization of America.
Organized into more than fifty clubs in various cities throughout the
southeast, these boys and girls take part in a continuous program of
cultural, social, and athletic activities, and once a year meet for an
annual convention in some Southern city.
Wielding a mighty influence on the lives of its members Young
Judaea aims to foster a social environment which makes for joy in
Jewish living and for pleasurable association among Jewish boys and
girls; to cultivate in the Jewish youth of America an unfailing loy
alty to America and to the Jewish people and its aspirations; to
reawaken in the Jewish youth the ancient Jewish love of learning
and to imbue them with a keen appreciation of tin* lasting values
of the Hebrew language and literature; to bring them closer to the
dramatic history of the Jewish people and its unique modern revival;
to cultivate in them habits of cooperation
and service in the cause of Zionism and
of the Jewish community generally.
The South is indeed proud to see such
a notable and deserving assemblage gather
in Atlanta. Young Judaea, we salute
you!
The Con veil tion
Without the distinguished presence of
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the 36th conven
tion of the Zionist Organization of Amer
ica would have presented a sail spectacle.
It was a rudderless ship tossed about from
session to session without direction or
goal. In view of the emergency confront
ing world Jewry and our Palestine work,
this lack of a program of action was in
deed pitiful. True, a score of resolutions
were passed on the last day amid a chaotic
atmosphere—no delegate understanding
the significance of the various resolutions,
all animated by but one desire: to have
the business over with. The only serious
addresses at the convention were those of
Dr. Weizmann and Emanuel Neumann.
And while these addresses very definitely
In This Issue
•
PACE
Germany’s Jewish Traitors
By Pierre Van Paassen __ _ _ _
5
Southern Young Judaea Convention
By Simon H eader :
6
David Slusky of Augusta, Ga.
By Joseph Leiser
7
Saul Raskin—The Artist
By Joseph A. Loewinsohn _ _
8
The Gorgeous Destroyer
By Benjamin De Casseres
9
projected serious issues because of their divergence of opinion on
Transjordania, private investments and middle-class immigration, tl
convention did not even pause to consider this difference of viewpoint
Yet Weizmann’s observations were incontrovertible, and to the Zion >*
rank and file of the utmost importance on the eve of the Zionist Coi
gress. Dr. Stephen S. Wise delivered an eloquent anti-Hitler harangn*
suitable for an American Jewish Congress campaign meeting hut ur
terly out of place at a gathering of so-called Zionist leaders convent
to discuss problems and not to listen to oratory. Louis Lipsky, usually
a brilliant convention figure, contented himself with steering the di ■
of the empty, futile armistice between the Zionist Organization and
Iladassah into calm waters, disappointing his many friends, who »*\
pected from him straight-from-the-shoulder guidance. Morris Rothei
berg, re-elected President of the Organization, a platform gentleman,
did not come to life till the last few hours before the closing of the
convention; his presidential address was a conscientious effort to
present a dispassionate report of his stewardship during the pa>t
year, but it failed to present a program. As a whole this 36th con
vent ion of the Zionist Organization reached a new low of mediocrity,
attributable to the leadership, which for the sake of a fictitious unity
avoided every issue. Will Morris Rothenberg and Morris Marguliev
who have again been entrusted with the destiny of the Zionist Organi
zation, decide to apply drastic measures to revitalize the movement
It can be done, if they determine to act instead of stalling for tin-
on a number of political, economic and organizational issues.
Sto/i the Publicity
Publicity can be extremely helpful to a cause. It can also hurt be
yond description. We think that too much of the activity of the
American Jewish Congress falls within the
latter category. We note that the Con
gress has written a public letter to the <>•
fieials of the Young Men’s Christian As
sociation asserting that the Y. M. C. A >
being used for the dissemination of Hit
lerite propaganda.” No definite accusa
tion is made. Information is asked a" to
whether the suspicions of the Congress
are correct. Here, obviously, was a fer
tile field of activity for the Congress But
the purposes it has in mind are not served
by rushing to the newspapers with state
ments that are irritating. Despite increas
ing censure from a variety of sources, tic
American Jewish Congress does not s eem
to realize that its first duty is the i "tec
tion of Jews and not the ballyhoo g
its individual officers. When publi P r "
test is essential, it can well be expi
But pretty barking can only serve t de
tract the attention of the public fron vita-
issues just at a time when united am
directed action is so essential to th* P r '
tection and welfare of Jews her* an
abroad.
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