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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. Entered a* tecond-class matter at the Poatoffic* at Atlanta. Ga., under the Act of March 3. 1879. Published monthly by the Southern Newspaper Enterprises, Inc. Subscription rates: $2.00 per year in The Southern Israelite invites correspondence and literary contributions, but the editor is not to be considered as sharing the views expressed by the writers except those enunciated in the editorial columns F- I92S. M. S. Miller, Editor; M. Stephen Schiller, Publisher; Nathan Lipton. Business Manager. Executive offices, 301 Glenn Building, Atlanta, Ga. AM communications for publication should re; office not later than the 10th and 25th ot each month. thu