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Palestine Girds Against Nazi Threats
The
Southern Israelite
Weekly Newspaper
lo, Southern Jewry
Established 1925
v
XVI. No. 17. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1941.
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VICTIMS
LONDON (JTA)—Regent Emir
Abdul Illah and Premier
Hashimi, deposed
of Edu
[ tral Cm;
! nth' r.
who will
JO. a: the
the 37th
>it;lit: James Marshall, President of New York City Board
i: Rabbi Emil Leipziger, New Orleans, President of Cen-
nce of American Rabbis; and Hendrik Willem Van Loon,
Representing Atlanta at the De
troit conventions of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations
and its affiliates are: Mrs. Sam
Mohr, president of the Temple Sis
terhood; Eugene Oberdorfer, exec
utive committeeman of the Temple
Men’s Club; Clarence Feibleman,
Men’s Club delegate, and Mr. and
Mrs. Max L. Goldstein.
durer and journalist,
-peak in Detroit, April
! lit Banquet session of
aennial Council of the
Union of American Hebrew Con
gregations. the 14th Biennial As-
setroly of the National Federation
of Temple Sisterhoods, and the
Ninth Biennial Convention of
Temple Brotherhoods.
From the Four Comers
Passover in London
LONDON (JTA)—A predominantly Jewish quarter of London
suffered heavily in the latest Nazi air raids. Many Jews were killed
and scores of shops and houses destroyed by high explosives and
incendiaries.
A bitterly-weeping crowd attended memorial services for per
sons entombed in the destruction of a clubhouse during an air raid.
The service was held in a synagogue adjacent to the club which,
miraculously, was untouched.
Although it was Passover, several thousand persons were trying
salvage their possessions from wrecked and burned apartment
buildings. A famous market which had been hit in a previous raid
* as completely demolished this time. There were craters where
once stalls had stood. Four Jewish fire-watchers were killed in one
building.
Hundreds were bombed out of their homes by high-explosives and
incendiaries. One of the large social centers affiliated with the Liberal
ynagogue under the management of Lily Montagu was struck by a
mb and many persons were trapped within.
HIAS Aid To Lisbon
NBA Nork (JTA)—The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society an-
nc - a ^' bias cabled $26,000 to Lisbon for transportation of refugees
eased from French concentration camps and to conduct refugee-
work ' -
enable a
Kumar
Students Ask Closing
Of Colleges: Manchester
Guardian Advises Arming
.JERUSALEM (JTA)—With the Axis forces moving
i "m i towards Palestine in the North African desert, Greece
and \ ugoslavia, Palestine Jews are rallying for a supreme
defense effort. * r
Jewish students demanded the closing of higher educa-
tionnl institutions to release men for the armed forces.
A special meeting of the Central Committee of Hebrew
oludents, embracing the Hebrew University in Jerusalem,
the Haifa Technicum and the Tel Aviv Economic School,
t , i' o ° rdc T t0 Fl11 m ' cessar .Y military units. A similar resolution
iaha el adopted a resolution urging obligatory enlistment of students
coup in iraa hiv- r ! cent1 ado P ted b .V a country-wide conference of graduates of
coup in iiaq, have arrived m Jeru-J Hebrew colleges in Tel Aviv,
sulem and established an Iraci I mi. n t , ,
Government-in-exile it JL • J 1 erusalem conference was addressed by David Ben
ported here. This government is tTT 1 ’ chairr ?. an tb ? Jewish Agency Executive, and the
Still recognized t.v Bi ic.i ,l i i‘ , Av, , v , mcetln S by Moshc Shertok. head of the Agency's
>.v tn,tain. polit-1political department. Shertok asserted: “It is our duty to
throw ourselves into the struggle with heart and soul. We are
lighting with our backs to the wall. Yet our will and en-
I durance are immeasurably strong.”
| LONDON (JTA)—-The urgency of arming the Palestine
Jews in view of possible German attack is stressed by the
Manchester Guardian in an editorial on the threat to Turkey
.and the Iraq oilfields.
Declaring that Syria, under Vichy administration, would
i a f! ment she,ters * Th * Reth i not offer any obstacle to a German army which had forced
its way through Turkey, the editorial asserted: “For many
years it was argued in these columns that not only justice
and honor demanded that the Jews be established in Palestine
as a national home, but that this was a great imperial interest.
So it was, and is, until now we are in need and nothing has
been done.” erary police.” The paper referred
ical circles emphasized.
LONDON (JTA) — Buildings
accomodating Jewish institutions
and societies were among those
hit in German air raids on Bel
grade. The Jewish Chronicle re
ported. Many Jews, including
women and children, were killed
Israel Synagogue of the Belgrade
Sephardic congregation was bad
ly damaged.
ZURICH (JTA)—The Nazi-con
trolled Zagreb radio has broadcast
an announcement demanding that
Jewish shopowners who had dis
played the flag of the Croat na
tionalist movement remove the
emblems immediately because they
“are dishonored when displayed in
this way.”
Pointing out that “of all peo
ples, the Jews would be most mis
erably doomed if Hitler came to
Palestine,” the editorial said: “We
can hardly do less now than we western desert,
did during the Arab revolt, when Stressing the danger of filth
Jews were trained as supernum- (See Nazi Threat. Page 5)
to General Wavell’s praise of the
“remarkable couragefand splendid
spirit of self-sacrifice” of Palestin
ians in the British forces in the
Pre-Drive Developments
Of Atlanta Welfare Fund
n Lisbon and Marseille. In addition, HIAS cabled $2,000 to
group of Polish Jewish refugees stranded in Constanza,
aama. to proceed to Palestine and $1,000 to Shanghai for trans
lation of a group of refugees to South America.
Lehman Signs Anti-Discrimination Bill
b; Y (JTA)—Governor Lehman has signed the Mahoney
ir >g discrimination in employment in defense industries be-
ace > color or creed. In a memorandum, the Governor re-
He had asked for such a bill in his annual message to the
^gislature.
At lanta American Palestine Committee
u nization of an Atlanta unit of the American Palestine Com-
pioceeding apace, according to advice received from Julian
jj- e ; ^ " e H‘known Jewish and civic leader, who has been instru-
doj^mj'tt 11 securai g the enrollment of prominent Atlantians on the
are . mon g those who have accepted invitations to become-members
Harve* y ? r R ° y LeCraw l President M. L. Brittain of Georgia Tech;
p res jjp Gox > President of Emory University; Dr. J. R- McCain
Pr esid Rt of A g°es Scott College; George C. Biggers. Executive Vice-
Bair'-^p and General Manager of the Atlanta Journal; Dr. Pierce
tor Ser ^ tCr ° f the First Methodist Church; Dr. Ryland Knight, pas-
ministc- ■ P ° nCe de Leon Ba P tist Church; Dr. Herman L. Turner,
inert \ T Aenant Presbyterian Church, and John A. Manget, prom-
'hcJeh h ° diSt Ia >™an.
r t f d approval of the aims of the American Palestine Com
mittee C ^ ances were expressed in very sincere letters, conveying
and ri deep sympathy with the efforts to establish a Jewish home-
u In Palestine.
Workers Quicken
Preparation Tempo
As Campaign Nears
As time for Atlanta’s 1941 Jew
ish Welfare Fund campaign nears,
a quickening tempo is being ex
perienced among the various divi
sions making preparations for the
drive.
The Women’s Division, the
Men’s Division, Youth’s Division
and other groups of workers have
speeded up their pace for the chal
lenge to the Atlanta community.
(See Workers, Page 8)
Report of Annual
Business Meeting
Of Welfare Fund
Annual business meeting of the
Atlantic Jewish Welfare Fund was
held last Tuesday at the Standard
Club with the following high
lights:
1. Henry A. Alexander was re
elected president.
2. Edward M. Kahn, executive
secretary of the Fund, reported on
the activities for the last year.
3. Max Cuba reported on his
(See Report, Page 8)
U. J. A. Official
Describes Pathos,
Tragedy of Needy
Newspaper headlines, radio news
flashes all week had been herald
ing the defeat of gallant Greece.
Inside the Standard Club Tues
day night, a man was addressing a
deeply moved audience gathered
in behalf of their communal stand
against the defeatism and need
created abroad by war conditions.
“The only great, free Jewish
community is in America, asserted
(See Address, Page 8)
Vice-Chairmen of Youth’s Division
—Frankl Photo
IRVING KALER
Bon Art Photo
DR. RAMOND WENDER
— Bon Art Photo
DOROTHY WEINER ■■
CaoaMv aiding Co-chairmen Bobby Ferst and Harriett Weinberg in leading the genuine
Youth Division's pirt in the forthcoming Welfare Fund Drive.