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The Southern Israelite
VOL. XXIII
A Weekly Newspaper fa* t— 11
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Number 41
Jewish P“Pi's '"crease; Jerus<liein „ c £ Elects
Qualified Teachers Short . , j - ■ _■ - ■
Locker and Goldstein
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Enroll
ment in all Jewish religious
schools in the United States dur
ing the past school year increased
2.1 percent from 232,348 pupils to
237.285, it was disclosed in an an
nual survey of Jewish education
activities made public by Michael
A. Stavitsky, president of the
American Association for Jewish
Education The majority of the
pupils—121,466 were enrolled in
Sunday schools, while 115,819 at
tended week-day schools.
A considerable gain in enroll
ment was recorded last year by
Hebrew classes in the public high
schools of New York City, the
survey said. More than 3,250 stu
dents are enrolled in these classes
to date, representing an increase
of 9.4 percent for the year. There
are at present 26 junior and sen
ior high schools in this city offer
ing courses in Hebrew as part of
their regular curriculum, while
Hebrew language courses will be
introduced in high schools in
Pittsburgh and Buffalo next year.
“The Jewish educational pro
gram last year continued to ex
pand despite the acute shortage of
trained teachers and executive
personnel,” Stavitsky said. The
teacher shortage, the survey es
tablishes, is still “very grave”
throughout the country. A recent
poll ot ten teacher training insti
tutes showed that 83 Hebrew
teachers graduated last year.
These schools reported a com
bined enrollment of 1,326 stu
dents. An estimate by the heads
of the ten schools indicates that
the number of teacher graduates
for 1949-50 will be between 185
and 200.
3truma Memorial
BUCHAREST, (JTA)—A me
morial in honor of the 760 Ruman
ian Jews who perished in the
sinking of the “Struma" in 1941
off the Turkish coast was unveil
ed recently in a Jewish cemetery
here. Funds for erecting the mo
ment were raised by public sub
scription.
Rumania Bans
Hate Writings
BUCHAREST, (JTA)—The Ru
manian Ministry of Information
recently issued a list of more than
7,000 titles of books and periodi
cals which are henceforth to be
banned from all public libraries
and bookstores.
The list includes all anti-Semi
tic, pro-Fascist and anti-Soviet
Literature published both in this
country and abroad and which, up
to the end of World War II, was
widely circulated in Rumania. All
editions of the Rumanian classics
which contain anti-Semitic com
ments or passages will be with
drawn and replaced by edited
books.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The first tinue to head! the Youth Aliyah
meeting of the Jerusalem mem- ! movement, and Levi Shkolnik,
ters of the newly elected World I Lubonte, will be responsible for
Zionist Executive took place here ! colonization and agriculture,
recently. Berl Locker was elect- Eliezer Kaplan, Laborite, and S.
ed chairman of the executive and I Z. Shragai, Mizrachi, were given
was put in charge of public rela- j no portfolio.
tions. Dr. Israel Goldstein of New j The economics department, un-
York was elected treasurer. He der Grossman, has been charged
will return to the U. S. but is
scheduled to assume his office
here within a month.
Another American to serve on
the Jerusalem branch is Haim
Greenberg, Laborite. He will be
in charge of the Education and
Culture Department, but is not
expected to assume his duties im
mediately. Other portfolios were
divided among the members of
the Jerusalem executive as fol
lows:
Rabbi Wolf Gold. Mizrachi, is in
charge of the Jerusalem develop
ments department; Eliahu Dobkin,
Laborite, will head the organiza
tional department; Itzhak Werfel,
Mizrachi, will be in charge of the
housing program for refugee im
migrants; Jacob Zerubavel, United
Workers Party, will be respon
sible for the department to care
for Oriental Jews; Moshe Kolo-
dny, General Zionist, will con-
with four functions. They are:
mobilization of private capital for
investment in Israel; supplying
information abroad of the eco
nomic development of Israel; fos-
Truman Backs Negev
REHOVOTH, Israel, Oct. 1.
(JTA.)—President Truman gave
Dr. Chaim Wt-i'.mann definite as
surance at their meeting in Wash
ington latt November tna: le
would support Jewish claims for
ihe inclusion of the Negev in the
territory of the Jewish state, the
Israeli President told a press con
ference here today.
Sundown Tuesday Opens YomKippur
Jewry will observe its most snored period of the year,
the Day of Atonement, from sundown Tuesday to sun
down Wednesday.
‘ Culminating the High Holy Days which inaugurate the
Jewish New Year. Yom Kippur services will bring to
gether perhaps the largest congregation percentages dur
ing the entire year.
Pious Jews will fast and humble themselves in conso
nance with the effort to pluce spirituality above sensual
ity as they ask forgiveness for sins.
Far greater numbers, the less exacting observers, the
weak worshippers and those excused because of health or
special religious edict, will forgo the evidences of fasting
hut will sincerely seek the plane of forgiveness.
Convoy Brings
Food to Scopus
After Months
JERUSALEM, Oct- 1. (JTA)—
U. N. officials succeeded today in
arranging for a supply convoy to
carry food and other essentials to
besieged Hadassah Hospital atop
Mt. Scopus. This was the first
supply convoy to carry food and
other essentials to besieged Ha
dassah Hospital atop Mt. Scopus.
This was the first supply convoy
to reach the Mt. Scopus sector for
were reported.
Reuters reported from Amman
today that 2,000 Arab refugees
from Palestine demonstrated
against .the formation of the so-
called “Palestine Arab Govern
ment" with its seat in Gaza. The
demonstrators also pledged 1 their
support to King Abdullah who,
they said, should “speak on Pal
estine’s behalf.”
Arab reports from Gaza said to
day Haj Amin el Husseini, the
exiled Mufti of Jerusalem, has
been elected president of the na
tional assembly in the new gov
ernment proclaimed for Palestine
by the Arab League. The assem
bly session was held yesterday in
Egyptian-occupied Gaza.
ter an Israeli export program and,
build up a tourist trade for Israel.
David Remez, Communications
Minister, and Aaron Zisling, Agri
culture Minister, both members of
the special Cabinet committee on
Jerusalem, attending the meeting
to participate in the discussion on
education. The problem is becom
ing acute because schools thruout .
Jerusalem and Israel are schedule
to open next week and the Agency
has taken no action to offer fi
nancial aid despite the fact that,
the school system is in financial
difficulties.
At a press conference this week,
Dr. Goldstein said that he fore
saw a budget of $192,000,000 for
the Jewish Agency this year. Of
this sum about $72,000,000 will be
allocated for immigration and
$24,000,000 for colonization, he-
said, adding that the rest would
be divided among the various
other projects supported by the
Agency, with special attention
being paid to the problem of de
veloping Jerusalem.
The immigration rate to Israel*
is expected to be about 10,000 per
month, he declared. The figure
will vary according to “the needs
ot the DP’s” and the ability of
Israel to absorb them. “It is up to
the Jewish people to determine
how large the immigration, pro
gram shall be,” he stressed.
He estimated that this year, £•
in the past, from 65 to 75 percent
of the Agency’s receipts will come
from American Jewry. He made
a special appeal through the Jew
ish Telegraphic Agency to the
.Jews of the U- S. to continue their
contributions for the development
of Israel, to increase immigration
and colonization and the absorp
tion of immigrants within the
economy of the country. The
Agency will not contribute to Is
rael’s current needs, Dr. Goldstein
stressed.
No More Special Rations for “Nazi Persecutes’
- BRANDE1S JOINS RANKS
OF AMERICA’S UNIVERSITY
' Brandeis University, first Jewish-sponsored non-sectarian University, is officially
ushered into the ranks of higher educational institutions with a three day program 1 .
{October 7-10) of Inaugural Festivities including the Installation of Dr. Abram
1 Leoa Sachar, the first President of the newly-created Waltham, Massachusetts^
' University. Principal participants are (L to r.) George AlperV Boston attorney mad
President of the Board of Trustees of Brandeis University, Dt. Abram Leon
Sachar, and Dr. Arthur H. Compton, President of Washington University, St
Uouis. Thirty College Presidents will be among the more than 200 representative^
of Universities, Colleges, and Learned Societies ,®iCKnt _«*> ^welcome ^Branddei
- University into the academic brotherhood.
FRANKFURT, (JTA)—Special
rations allocated to “Nazi perse-
cutees” will be withdrawn Sept.
1, Allied authorities in the British
and American zone of Germany
announced here this week. The
basis of this new decree is the
general improvement of food
conditions.
anteed in the two occupied zones
for individuals classed as politi
cal, religious or racial persecutees
of Nazism, while the German ra
tion ranged from 1,300 to 1,550
calories per person. German civ
ilian rations are now up to an
average of 1,800 calories daily
Previously, approximately 2,- and more food is available than
500 calories daily had been guar- ever before.
Atlanta’s Spanish Jews Plan
Yom Kippur in Own Synagogue
Atlanta’s Spanish Congregation will have double cause for obser
vance of Yom Kippur next week.
Besides the traditional religious significance, the holiday will mean
Lie occupation ifor the first time of the Or Ve Shalom Synagogue at
1372 N. Highland Avenue.
Services start with Kol Nidre ceremonies at 6:20 p. m. Tuesday and
continue at 8 a. m. the following morning until sundown.
Congregation President Ned Cohen has announced the former Hay-
goed building has been vacated by the Haygood Memorial Church
and is available for occupancy by the Sephardic Jews.
Though the brick structure, he said, is in excellent condition, a re
modeling program will be planned in order to<fconvert its appearance
and facilities completely into those of a synagogue.
He said that holiday a (tendance is open to all regardless of congre
gation affiliation, with no emphasis on admission cards. The same
welcome is extended children for the Or VeShalom Religious Schools,
which will continue to operate at their present sites—the A. A. Syna-
l ;ogue Vestry Rooms on the south side andi the A. A. Center on the
north side, until a completer conversion of the North Highland facili
ties.
A residence, adjacent to the Synagogue has been acquired for the
use of Rabbi Joseph Cohen, the spiritual leader, and his family. Work
on repairs and repainting of this building is underway.