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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, June
With Southern Communities
Knoxville Welfare
fond Seeks Goal
Of $95,000 for '47
The leaders of the Knoxville
Welfare Fund have set as their
1047 goal, $95,000.00.
There are 100 volunteer workers
canvassing every man and woman
To their community during the
annual campaign. So far the lead
ers' faith have been upheld, for
the enlarged needs have been met
with greatly increased contribu
tions.
The Zionist group of Knoxville
*ttended the called meeting of the
Southeastern Executive Commit-
zfcee held at the Reed House in
Chattanooga on Sunday, May 18.
Those attending were I. Rosen
blatt, president of the local unit;
J. B. Corkland, vice president;
Hen Winick. chairman of the
Emergency Council; Max Fried
man, member of the National
Bradels committee; Rabbi Leo
Stillpass. and Hugo Klein.
Ben R. Winick was selected as
a national delegate to the conven
tion to be held in New York, and
Hugo Klein as alternate. Ben
Ooodstein was appointed with the
delegation representing the south
eastern district.
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A Past Presidents Club was
■ formed by the Nathan Marks
ibodge to stimulate more interest
l ha B’nai B’rlth. M. B. Robinson
Lira selected president and David
'Bhtmbcrg, secretary-treasurer.
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The Jewish CdVnmunity Center
rHunday School gave diplomas to
[six in its recent graduation exer-
,claes. Prof. W. N. Shaw, superin
tendent, awarded diplomas to
fBarry Wolf, Nathan Deitch, Mor-
Rosenblatt, Charles Stras-
EL
rger, Barbara Winick and Nor-
bert Slovis.
Birmingham
-BIRMINGHAM COM NEWS
The Birmingham Jewish Cotn-
.■Hinity will undertake another
rsos (supplies for overseas surviv
ors) drive for canned foods,
[clothing, and other supplies for
|4lie European survivors now liv
ing in Displaced Persons’ Camps.
Mrs. Max Sokol will be chairman.
SOS is one of the activities of
the Joint Distribution Committee,
fOWTWgv
which assists communities
throughout the country to gather
good, wearable clothing and need
ed supplies for Europeans. last
year Birmingham Jewry sent Eu
rope approximately 13.000 pounds
of clothing, medicine and canned
goods.
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The JUG. Youug Judean Club
sponsored a song and dance fest
at the Y.M.H.A., June 18. Pales
tinian songs and dances were
practiced.
Ben Browdy, atliletic director
of the Y.M.H.A., has resigned to
go in business with his family.
Gerald Dorsky will be coach for
the summer and will direct ath
letic activities.
B nai B'rith, Lions
Groups in Savannah
Hear Zysman
David Zysman, founder and i -
president of the B’nai B’rith youth
organization in China, addressed ON
B’nai B’rlth members and Lions
Club members recently.
Mr. Zysman is a graduate of
Thomas Hambury College of
Shanghai which is an affiliate
of Cambridge University. England.
Prior to the outbreak of the war
in the Pacific, he managed radio
station "XCDN, The Voice of De
mocracy” at Shanghai, which was
seized by the Japanese after Pearl
Harbor.
The visitor was asaitant head
master at the Shanghai Jewish
High 8chool, where he taught Eu
ropean history and geography.
During the late war he helped
spread allied news in Japanese-
occupied territory.
At the present time Mr. Zysman
is engaged in completing the w rit
ing of a book on the Japanese oc
cupation of China. Mr. Zysman
is an accomplished liguist, and in
addition to his fluency in English,
has command of the Spanish, Ger
man, Italian. French and Russian
languages.
Dr. Julian Morgenstern (left), who will retire as president of the
Hebrew Union College thie June, will deliver the conference
lecture; and Rabbi Jacob P. Rudin (right), of Great Neck, N. Y.,
will deliver the conference sermon at the 58th annual convention of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis to be held in Montreal,
June 24-29th, it was announced by Dr. Abraham J. Feldman, vice-,
president of the Central Conference and chairman of the conven
tion program committee. The conference will open on Tuesday
evening, June 24th, with the presidential address of Dr, Abba Hillel
Silver.
THE PROGRAM
Southern Rabbis on Conierence Agenda
Leopold Adler, ’'dean of Savan
nah merchants” observed his
eighty-sixth birthday recently,
recovered from his recent accident.
His daughter, Mrs. M. Thomas
Ackerman of New York, fas on
hand for the birthday.
Many southern rabbis will be
present mi Montreal for the fifty-
eighth annual convention of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis, June 24-29.
The first session, in Temple
Emanu-cl, will hear among other
prominent rabbis. Rabbi Emil W
Leipziger of New Orleans, a for
mer president of the Central Con
ference. He will deliver the open
ing prayer. During a later session
Rabbi Liepziger will report on the
Committee on Arbitration.
Rabbi Abraham Shusterman,
Her Sinai Temple, Baltimore,
formerly of Athens, will present
the report of the Solicitations
Committee.
Other reports by Southern rab
bis will be heard from Rabbi Ju
lian Mark, Vine Street Temple,
Nashville, on Justice and Peace;
Rabbi Samuel M. Gup, Congrega
tion Shaarai Shorayim, Mobile,
on Pensions and Relief and Sub
vention; Rabbi Samuel Thurman.
Temple B’nai Israel, Natehez.
BUSINESSMAN
SHOWMAN
Last Rites for Marx Wilensky
SAVANNAH.—Funeral services
were conducted June 10 for Marx
Wilensky, well-known Savannah
businessman and one-time show
man, Rabbi Rosenberg and Rev.
Hirsh Geffen officiated.
Prominent in business circles,
Mr. Wilensky came to Savannah
more than 50 years ago from Rus
sia. For more than 30 years he
was in business at Broughton and
Lincoln streets where he operated
a leather and shoe finding estab
lishment.
Mr. Wilensky led a life of va
ried Interests since he left his
village home in Russia in 1880.
Landing In New York, he spent
his first few months in America
there, later to move to South Da
kota to become a fanner. After
ward, returning to New York, he
Broccoli in
Draw Clothes
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The fa
to a converted tee
pi—i, pat R on a belt, aad K tomaa
—4 neatigr wrapped ia oeHopb—t.
Mat— ally, It looks a whola lot
batter and mo— appetising in the
■law. And the hnaan eh arc In
fee aaapmaa and managoment ot
fee Aaaocmtkm, which is
off in better brain aea.
lt*s not oafer kapoHant that it's
pan and wholaaoma—bat R ahorld
be aoM in anrronndtnga feat are
atean, attractive, law-abiding.
That's why the brewers have
their S«H-Regulation program.
When a tavern ten’t a credit to the
community, fee brewera go right
to fee owner and ask him to clean
up hie place. From where I ait,
that’s right in Mar with fee mod
ern trend of better aarvice to con-
rbt is aa
important — Ms —aHty.
entered the business of manufac
turing shoe uppers.
Three years later Mr. Wilensky
moved to Savannah to establish
his leather and shoe finding busi
ness.
He soon became prominent in
the real estate business, and en
tered in the building of a large
part of the city.
Mr. Wilensky also became well
known for his philanthropic work,
and held offices in the Savannah
Kehillah, the Jewish Educational
Alliance, Congregation B. B. Ja
cob. the Hebrew School, and the
Order of the B’nai Zion.
He opened the first vaudeville
house in Savannah and installed
the first street lights in Savannah
from Abercorn to Price streets for
tlie Savannah Lighting Company.
He helped initiate the paving of
Congress lane and Broughton
lane and later persuaded Mayor
Murray M. Stewart to have Lin
coln street paved.
Mr. Wilensky participated in
many civic movements for the ad
vancement of Savannah and had
a wide circle of friends.
Mr. Wilensky is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Fannie Marx Wilensky;
three daughters, Mrs. Eva Lichen-
stein, of California; Mrs. Isaac
Sliver, Washington. D. C. t and
Mrs. Matilda Sharpe, New York
City; two sons. Moses I. Wilensky
of Florida and William S. Wilen
sky of Savannah; one 10 grand
children and one great-grand
child.
WANT VISA PR-IOfflTY
BUCHAREST, (JTA) _ Two
hundred and fifty Rumanian Jews
who registered for immigration to
the United States before the war
broke out have addressed a joint
appeal to the American mission
here, the State Department and
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, asking
that they be given priority ia the
allocation of visas. Many of them
are former inmates of concentra
tion camps or were deportees.
Miss., on Marriage, Family and the
Home; and Rabbi Harry W. Ettel-
son. Temple Israel, Memphis, en
Information on Judaism.
The convention, which will run
through Sunday, June 29, will be
preceded by a meeting of the Ex
ecutive Board of the Central Con
ference, Tuesday morning, June
24.
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housewives out of the kitchen these
hot summer days. Moet Chinese
dishes can be prepared at the
Ding Ho in just a few minutes.
They are immediately placed in
containers and in many instances
can be served piping hot after-
reaching home—without re-heat
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Even without the time-saving
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INCREASED POLICE
PROTECTION IN LONDON
LONDON, (JTA i—Strong po
lice reinforcements are to be sta
tioned in London's bomb-shattered i
East End every Sunday to cope
with a rising tide of anti-Jewish
propaganda.
liie authorities regard last Sun
day's riot at a proFacist rally as
<the first indication that open
fights between Jews and anti-
Semitic elements can be expected.
Fourteen men arrested as a re
sult of Sunday’s rioting which was
the climax of six weeks intensive
activity in anti-Jewish incite
ment through slogans and posters.
OIL PIPELINE
BLASTED BY IRGUN
JERUSALEM, (JTA •—The Pal--"
esMne extremists’ favorite targets
—the rail network and the larq
Petroleum Company’s pipeline—
were under attack again this week,
with extensive damage resulting.
The pipeline was cut about ten
miles out of Haifa and oil gushed
out uniterruptedly for more than
two hours. The petroleum then
caught fire and was not extin
guished for an hour-and-a-half.
Total losses are estimated at 800
tons. There were no casualties.
TEMPLE SISTERHOOD
SPONSOR ESSAY CONTE1Y
The National Federation of
Temple Youth is sponsoring an
essay contest for students on col
lege campuses in Florida, Georgia
and Alabama. The title is "Living
Liberal Judaism." All entries
should be sent to Mrs. Eugene L.
Diamond, 1145 Oxford Rd., At
lanta. Ga.. by July 2.
The author of the winning essay-
will receive as a prize a week-end
comp conclave and additional re
cognition will be given by the
' Liberal Judaism magazine” who
will print the essay.
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