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New Ghetto Set Up in Lublin
LONDON (JTA)—A ghetto has been established in the city of
Lublin, Polish circles here reported. Non-Jews must leave the ghetto ;
area by April 10 and Jews living outside must move in by April 15.
The
Southern Israelite
Vol. XVI., No. 15. ATLANTA, GA., Friday, April 11, 1941.
Price Ten Cents
Non-Jewish shops and enterprises in the ghetto must leave by May 3
but Jewish shops outside are allowed to remain for the time being,
for how long is not known.
Rockefeller Foundation Grants for Refugees
WASHINGTON (JTA)—“The shadows that are deepening over
Europe” have shifted the emphasis of Rockfeller Foundation work
from the Continent to the rescue and reestablishment in this country
of refugee scholars and scientists, Raymond B. Fosdick, Foundation
president, said in a review of the Foundation’s work in 1940.
The Foundation made 65 grants totaling $266,340 on. behalf of
140,000 Threatened by Nazi
Thrust at Greece, Yugoslavia
PASSOVER GUESTS
A generous response was made
that number of refugee scholars to the New School for Social Research by C jtj 7ens G f Atlanta to the call
and other institutions. for Sedurim an d as The Southern
Women's League Gift for Jerusalem Home Israelite went to press, arrange-
NEW YORK (JTA)—A $30,000 check for completion of the third ments had been made for the cn-
refugee girls’ center of the Women's League for Palestine in Jerusalem tire 350 soldiers expected here
was presented to Dr. Nahum Goldmann of the Jewish Agency Monday from Fort McClellan, near Annis-
at a luncheon of the league in the Hotel Astor, attended by more than ton, Ala.
1,500 persons. The Jewish Educational Alli-
Mrs. David L. Isaacs, chairman of the league’s Palestine Commit- ance, center for the Atlanta Army
tee, in making the presentation, declared: “We are demonstrating our and Navy Service Committee,
faith in England’s cause and our confidence in an ultimate English handled a volume of the accomO-
victory by completing our Jerusalem home at this crucial time. We datlon arrangements, with the eo-
feel certain that by building in Jerusalem now we are bolstering the operation of several other organ-
morale of Palestine—a strategic factor in England’s defense.” izations.
Weinstein and Rich Lead Advanced Gifts
Committee for Atlanta Welfare Fund Drive
General Co-Chairmen |
Issue Statement on
Purposes of Campaign
I. M. Weinstein and Walter H.
Rich have assumed the co-chair-
menship of the Advanced Gifts
and Special Gifts Committee for
the forthcoming drive of the At
lanta Jewish Welfare Fund.
Concurrent with announcement
of the appointment and acceptance
of these two outstanding Atlan-
tians for this important phase of
the 1941 campaign came.« signifi
cant statement from General
Chairmen Donald Oberdorfer and
I. J. Paradies.
The statement clarifies a misap
prehension about objectives of the
Welfare Fund drive which will
call upon the Atlanta community
BERNE, Switzerland (JTA)—Another 140,000 Jews were
brought under the threat of Nazi Blitzkrieg this week as the
German armed forces pressed their invasion of Yugoslavia
and Greece.
First of the cities to feel the effects of Nazi terror from
the air were the Yugoslav cities of Balgrade and Sarajevo
and the Greek seaport of Salonika, which have Jewish pop
ulations of varying sizes, Salonika has 50,000 Jews, most of
them concentrated in one section. Recent reports from Salon
ika said adequate air-raid shelters had been built in the Jew
ish quarter, which bore the brunt of the early Italian raids,
and that the Jews were facing the German invasion calmly.
Chancellor Hitler charged that the war “was forced on
Germany by British Imperialism and by Jewish finance and
capital” in a statement to the German people. The Chancellor
had blamed “Jewish plutocratic and democratic upper crust”
for the war in a statement to the German people when it
started in September, 1939. The same accusations were made
when the Nazis attacked Norway* Holland and other coun
tries.
There are about 75,000 Jews in Yugoslavia and 65,000 in
Greece. Last week, in expectation of the German invasion, a
large number of the 12,000 Jews of Zagreb—largest Jewish
community in Yugoslavia—had evatuated into the interior,
spurred by anonymous telephoned threats in German to
Jewish leaders that there would be a wholesale clean-up of
Jews once the German forces entered.
The warnings told Jews’to leave the city “before the day
of reckoning arrives.” Zagreb has a large German population
which is predominantly pro-Nazi. The office of the Zionist
Organization in Zagreb received anonymous calls warning
of massacres “like those which took place in Bucharest.” Some
of the callers concluded their messages with anti-Jewish
tirades and ended with “Heil Hitler!”
(See War Threat, Page 8)
Nazi Shadow Over Palestine
LONDON (JTA)—Informed eir-
cles this week interpreted the in
tensification of Nazi agitation in
Syria and Iraq, coupled with the
Axis occupation of 6engazi, as
foreshadowing a new Axis drive
towards Palestine and the Suez
i Canal.
In connection with the coup
d’etat in Iraq led by Rashid Ali-
for their finest cooperative efforts
in view of the mounting world WALTER H. RICH —Bon Art Photo
crisis. The statement: stantial and deserving allocations I, M. WEINSTEIN
“It is significant and essential f or important agencies in this Tuberculosis Hospital, and many Be y Gailani which overthrew the
that every potential contributor to country—the National Refugee educational and cultural services j government of Seyid Taha al-
(See Welfare Fund, Page 8) Hashimi, the name of Haj Amin el
the
American Jewish Congress
Is Out of General Council
Vice Chairmen of Men’s Division
the campaign know that all of the Service for instance, the National
money raised does not go for over
seas relief, although the major
portion is used for that purpose—
the alleviation of the fate of Jewry
overseas, for refugees in this coun
try, refugees in Palestine and the
upbuilding of Palestine. t NEW YORK (JTA)—The Amer-j its delegation from the General
“Included in the budget of the ican Jewish Congress announced Jewish Council at a meeting of
Atlanta Welfare Fund are sub- this week that it had withdrawn the Council held Sunday at the
—- — —. Hotel Astor.
The action followed presenta
tion of a memorandum setting
forth the history of the General
Jewish Council in the three years
since it was formed by the Con
gress, the American Jewish Com
mittee, B’nai B’rith and the Jew
ish Labor Committee. The mem
orandum charged, the Council with
“Consistent failure to make any
progress to achieve the purposes
for which it was formed.”
The Congress also charged that
the action of the American Jewish
Committee and B’nai B’rith on
March 19 in reaching an agree
ment between themselves, without
the knowledge or consent of the
General Council, for joint fund
raising and coordination of activ
ities, excluding from such an
agreement the Congress and the
Jewish Labor Committee, was the
“culminating event in a whole
series, resulting in nullification of
the purposes of the General Jew
ish Council.”
Council to Continue
A telegram received by The
Southern Israelite from the Amer-
(See General Council, Page 8)
Arab nationalists, came Into
limelight.
The Times declared: “It is more
than possible he assisted Rashid in
the intrigues to overthrow the
Government. The Mufti has be
come quite a feature in the Iraqi
political landscape and is believed
also to be dabbling in Syrian af
fairs.” The Times asserted it had
been learned that the Nazi leader
' Husseini, exiled ex-Mufti of Jeru- behind the troubles in Syria was
salem and leader of the Palestine 1 named van Heuting.
Jewish Welfare Board Leaders
LYONS B. JOEL II
Lending capable assistance to
Co-chairman Louis C. Long and
Simon Mendel in leadership of the
Men’s Divisional activities in the
1941 Atlanta Jewish Welfare Fund
Campaign will be Frank Gottes-
FRANK GOTTESMAN
, man and Lyons B. Joel II. Mr.
Gottesman and Mr. Joel have
I previously and often demonstrated
i in public and private philanthro
pic work the qualifications which
directed their selection as Men’s
Division Vice Chairmen.
—Frederick Frankl Photo
PRESIDENT FRANK L. WEIL (center right), of New York, was
principal speaker and guest of honor at a luncheon in Atlanta April 4.
Later that same date he addressed a meeting of the United Service
Organizations, discussing on both occasions what is being done for
men in the Army and Navy. Talking over J. W. B. activities with
him are Eugene Oberdorfer (center left), Atlanta, chairman, Fourth
Corps Area Army and Navy Service Committee; Hyman Jacobs (left)
chairman, Atlanta Service Committee, and Julian Rosner (right) J. W.
B. field representative stationed in Atlanta.