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VOL. X—NO. 12.
prominent liberal
TO SPEAK IN
ATLANTA
DR JOHN HAYNES HOLMES OF
KEW YORK CITY WILL
SPEAK IN ATLANTA ON
TUESDAY EVENING
A great deal of interest has
been displayed in the announce
ment; that Dr. John Haynes
Holmes, of New York City, will
speak in Atlanta on Tuesday even
ing, January 29, at 8:30 o’clock,
in the auditorium of the Atlanta
Woman’s Club. Mr. Frank Neely,
who is general manager of Rich’s
Inc., and prominent in business
and civic circles, will introduce Dr.
Holmes.
Dr. Holmes has taken a definite
interest in Palestine for twenty
years and it is significant that
he will appear under the auspices
of the Atlanta Unit of Junior Ha-
dassah, an integral part of the
national organization by that
name which is assisting in the
upbuilding of Palestine.
Mr. Holmes is pastor of the
Community Church in New York
City which conducts a diversified
program and he is also well
known as an author, pacifist and
humanitarian. He has lectured
widely in this country and trav
eled extensively in Europe and the
near east.
After graduating from Harvard
in 1902 and from the Harvard Di
vinity school in 1904, Mr. Holmes
was elected to membership in Phi
Beta Kappa. In May, 1930, he
received the degree of Doctor of
Divinity from the Jewish Insti
tute of Religion, and in June,
1931, he received the degree of
Doctor of Divinity from St. Law
rence University. In 1904, Mr.
Holmes began his ministry in the
Third Religious Society in Dor
chester (Unitarian), and remain
ed there three years. He was call
ed to the Church of the Messiah,
New York, in November, 1906, to
succeed Minot J. Savage, and be
gan his work in February, 1907.
In 1919, Dr. Holmes left the Uni
tarian ministry and reorganized
his church into an independent
democratic society under the name
of the Community Church. His
independent position in the reli
gious world and his own specefic
interest in the universal aspects
of religion have brought Dr.
Holmes into close contact with
Jews in this country, and he has
been active in the work of re
conciliation between Jews and
Christians, especially the forming
of close points of fraternal rela
tionships between these two great
groups.
Dr. Holmes is editor of Unity,
Chicago; associate editor of The
World Tomorrow, New York, and
has published many sermons and
Magazine articles. In addition to
Palestine, Today and Tomorrow,”
^hich was recently released from
he press, he is author of many
? her ( widely read hooks, includ
es “The Revolutionary Func-
r° n of the Modern Church,” “Is
the End? ”. "New Wars for
p I’ 11116 Life and Letters of
«ooert Collyer,” “New Churches
old ” and “Patriotism Is Not
tuough."
^ lC kets for Dr. Holmes’ lecture
';: ay be secured from members of
utuon Hadassah. Miss Dorothy
a . and Miss Sara Franklin
joint chairmen for the sale
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For Southern Jewry
ATLANTA, GA„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1935.
Lecturer and Author
DR. JOHN HAYNES HOLMES
Eminent lecturer and author, who
will speak in Atlanta on January
29, under the auspices of Junior
Hadassah.
Roosevelt Lauds Good
Will as McDonald Gets
American Hebrew Medal
Drive Being Launched
For Y. M. H. A. Building
GENERAL CAMPAIGN FOLLOW
ING MASS MEETING WHICH
RAISED SUBSTANTIAL SUM
FOR ITS ERECTION
Augusta, Ga.—A substantial
sum of money was raised by the
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
through contributions and pledg
es at a mass meeting held Sun
day night at the Adas Yeshuron
Synagogue.
James Sawilowsky, president of
the Young Men’s Hebrew Associa
tion, announced that a general
drive would be made to raise
funds to complete construction on
the new Community Center, now
in progress.
Lee Blum, prominent business
man, was named general chair
man of the drive, and he has se
lected as his aides 25 prominent
persons to help in the canvass
of the city of Augusta. The first
report of Chairman tBlum and
his ]commlttee will be received
Thursday with a favorable amount
of pledges and contributions ex
pected to be turned in.
Plans call for a building which
will be a real addition to the so
cial and sporting life of the com
munity. It will cost approximately
$15,000.
Famous Artists To -
Appear At Alliance
J. D. C. Leader
Dr. Bernard Kahn, European di
rector of the Joint Distribution
Committee, to visiting this coun
try to confer with J.D.C. leaders
regarding further relief activities
la Korops.
Council Of Jewish
Women Holds Meeting
The Atlanta section National
Council of Jewish Women will meet
Thursday, January 17th at 2:30 P.
M. at the Standard Club. Dr. Har
old Friedman, who has recently re
turned from a trip to Russia, will
speak on “Women In Modern Rus
PELLET, CHIEFTAIN,
GOES ON TRIAL
FOUR OFFICIALS OF THE SIL
VER SHIRTS, INCLUDING
ITS LEADER, WENT ON
TRIAL HERE
Asheville, N. C. (WNS)—Four
officials of the Silver Shirts, in
cluding its leader, William Dud
ley Felley, went on trial hero in
the Buncombe County superior
court on charges of violating the
state's anti-blue sky laws. PeDey’s
co-defendants are Don Kellogg,
Robert C. Summerville and H.
M. Hardwicke. All four were in
dicted last May on chargee of
fraudelent stock sales growing out
of the deals of the Galahad Press,
publishers of Liberation, the no
torious anti-Semitic weekly.
A. A. Sisterhood
Holds Meeting
“The Contribution of the Jew to
Religion” was the subject of the ad
dress by Dr. Ralph E. Wager at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Ahavath Achim Sisterhood in the
main auditorium of the Synagogue.
Mrs. S. O. Klotz, president, pre
sided. Mrs. Abe Goldstein, Mrs.
Mendle Boorstin, and Mrs. I. Ja
cobs gave reports of the recent
Chanukah Ball.
New York (WNS)—The 1934 Am
erican Hebrew Medal for the pro
motion of better understanding be
tween Christians and Jews in Am
erica was awarded to James G. Mc
Donald, League of Nations High
Commissioner for German Refu
gees before a distinguished audi
ence of Jews and Christians at a
dinner in the Temple Emanu-El
Community House. Messages were
received from President Roosevelt,
Professor Albert Einstein and Gov
ernor Herbert H. Lehman. The
President said: “A knowledge of
the purposes for which the Ameri
can Hebrew Medal is awarded gives
the occasion of its presentation a
deep significance. The promotion
of better understanding in America
between Christian and Jew is a
service fully meriting the honored
recognition annually accorded it.
The real contributions which have
been made to society by the recipi
ents of this recognition deserve the
highest appreciation of all our
countrymen. It is a pleasure to note
that the medal goes on this occa
sion to Mr. James G. McDonald
whose qualities and tireless devo
tion to great purposes have been
personally known to me for some
years.” In accepting the medal,
Mr. McDonald flayed the “extreme
intolerant state absolutism” which
he said imperilled not merely the
Jew but persons of all creeds
through destruction of individual
freedom of opinion, thought, speech
and press. Under such a regime,
he said, every institution—religious,
educational and social— is ruled by
political rulers, and the finest fruits
of Western civilization are vitiated.
Gives $15,000 for Hebrew
University Dormitory
Jerusalem (WNS — Palcor Agen-
cy )_a gift of $15,000 toward the
erection of a dormitory for students
attending the Hebrew University in
Jerusalem was announced here by
Samuel Solow, American citizen
not residing in Tel Aviv.
A. LUTZKY
The Twenty-Seventh Annual Ar-
beiter Ring Concert will take place
on Sunday, January 13, 1935, 8
o’clock P. M., at the Jewish Educa
tional Alliance, 318 Capitol Ave., SE.
A Lutzky, the famous modem
Jewish poet and impersonator; Z.
Zlatin, the well known New York
artist and accomponist; and M.
Brodin, the famous brilliant tenor
and opera singer will take the lead
ing parts in the concert.
The “Chicago Daily News” says:
“Maxim Brodin sang the air from
Tschaikowsky’s ‘Eugine O’Negen’
with imagination and artistic inter
pretation. His voice was clear, pow
erful and under perfect control.”
Tune in Sunday at 1 o’clock over
W. J. T. L.
Arabs Go to Syria With
Their Palestine Savings
Jerusalem (WNS —Palcor Agen
cy)—Many Hauranese Arabs have
begun to return to Syria in order
to take part in the winter sowings
there. The savings earned by these
Arabs in working in Palestine in
recent months will enable them to
carry out the sowing.
sia.” Dr. Friedman will speak at
2:30 P. M. Members are urged to be
on time.
The executive board of the Coun
cil will meet at 2:00 preceeding the
open meeting.
Charge Of Communism
Against Chassidic Rabbi
Stirs Polish Jewry
Warsaw (WNS)—Polish Jewry Is
In an uproar over the sensational
charge of Rabbi Fraengel that his
Chassidic rival, Rabbi Hlrschom of
Yavzscher Is a Communist. Rabbi
Fraenkel’s allegation has created
such a stir In Poland that Rabbi
Levin, chief rabbi of the Agudath
Israel In Warsaw, has hurried to
Cracow to submit to questioning by
government authorities, who are
taking the allegation at its face
value. Presidents of seventeen Jew
ish communities have also gone to
Cracow to give testimony. Rabbi
Hlrschom is chairman of the cen
tral committee of the Agudath Is
rael.
Italian Jews Cite
Differences Between
Fascism and Nazism
Rome (WNS)—Deploring the par
ticipation by Jewish students in the
United States in the recent anti-
Fascist (Italian) demonstrations,
the Union of Jewish Communities
of Italy has made public a state
ment here stressing the fundamen
tal differences between Nazism and
Fascism and emphasizing that the
latter has always rejected every
distinction between races and reli
gions. The Union’s statement call
ed on all American Jews to “recon
sider with sympathy the consistent
ly noble attitude of the Italian gov
ernment and the Fascist regime
toward the Jews.” The statement
is the outcome of the anti-Italian
student demonstrations which oc
curred during the recent visit to
the United States by a delegation
of Italian students.
The entertainment program fea
tured an impersonation of Walter
Winchell by Mrs. Herman Jacobson.
As “Mrs. Walter Winchell” she told
members of the sisterhood “Things
They Never Knew Till Now.”
Tea was served by Mrs. Ralph
Wilner and Mrs. Ben Kaplan.
Runaway Youth To
Be Rabbi Despite
Father’s Objections
Cleveland (WNS)—Abraham Or-
bach, the fifteen - year - old New
Yorker Who ran away from home
because his father refused to allow
him to study for the Orthodox rab
binate, has been awarded a schol
arship at the Cleveland Rabbinical
Seminary, it was announced by
Isaac H. Ever, president of the stu
dent council. Orbach’s father, who
wants him to enter a trade school,
will have to come for him if he
wants him back, seminary officials
said, adding that Or bach Is a bril
liant student. Young Orbach came
to Cleveland on borrowed money
and enrolled In the Seminary, but
his father traced him and had him
arrested as a runaway.
First Hebrew Script
Sent Over Wires
Jerusalem (WNS — Palcor Agen
cy) — The first word in Hebrew
script ever to be sent over a tele
graph wire was flashed through
Palestine as the Government De
partment of Telegrams established
a Hebrew wire service to twenty
towns and settlements. The first
word used was “Shehechianu,” the
traditional Hebrew blessing at in
augural occasions, which means
“Blessed Art Thou Who Hast Pre
served Us.” The historic event was
bound up with country-wide praise
for Israel Amikan, former Jewish
Legionalre, whose persistance In
sending petitions to the Mandates
Commission of the League of Na
tions and to the Palestine Govern
ment was largely responsible for
the introduction of Hebrew script
service by telegraph.