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Friday, May 13, 1949
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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The Southern Israelite
Published weekly by Southern Newspaper Enterprises, Inc., 312
Ivy Street, N. E.. Atlanta 3, Georgia. WAlnut 0791-0792. M.
Stephen Schiffer, publisher; Adolph Rosenberg, editor; Willy Pels,
business manager. Entered as second class matter at the post of
fice,Atlanta, Georgia, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Yearly
subscription, three dollars. The Southern Israelite invites literary
• contributions and correspondence but is not to be considered as
sharing the views expressed by writers. Deadline is 9:00 a. m.
Wednesday but material received earlier will have a much better
chance of publication.
$400,000 Advanced U J A
Responding to an urgent plea by Henry Morgenthau,
Jr., General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, the
board of the Atlanta Jewish Welfare Fund voted to again
go to the banks and borrow an additional $100,000 as an
advance toward the 1949 UJA allocation. This makes a
total of $400,000 that the Atlanta Jewish Community has
borrowed and forwarded to UJA.
As in the case of the first loan serious thought was
given by the board of the Welfare Fund to the subject of a
cash advance. The facts that Jewish immigrants to Israel
are living in tents because of the shortage of cash; that
the entire program of emptying the D. P. camps is in
jeopardy for the reason; that now the Jews of America
have the historic opportunity of resolving the problem
of Jewish homelessness and misery if money can be pro
cured at once were so overwhelming that the Board’s
decision could only be to make the loan. The total, $400,-
€00, is a lot of money. This loan from the banks of Atlanta
is now the prime obligation of the Atlanta Jewish Wel
fare Fund and its contributors.
It is the major responsibility of each member of the
Jewish Community to make a maximum pledge for 1949
and pay all or a substantial part in cash. Those contribu
tors who owe a balance on their 1948 pledge are obliged
to redeem their pledge in full at once.
A pledge is a promise. A payment is life.
No Time To Lose
I Guest Editorial
I Four years ago, Unconditional Surrender in Europe
brought wild rejoicing throughout the world. But the
news from Germany in recent months is a far cry from
the happy tidings of V. E. Day. It sounds a warning we
cannot ignore.
When our occupation armies moved into Hitler’s Reich,
we knew a difficult task still lay ahead. Once before, after
victory, the peace had been lost in Germany. We had
cleared out too soon. We had left too much undone. This
time, we would make no such mistakes.
Four years ago, our hopes were high and our aims
clear. We would flush the Nazis out of hiding; we would
punish the war criminals; we would purge the poisons of
blind nationalism, race hatred and religious bigotry from
the German mind; we would awaken in German youth a
new loyalty to the democratic way of life.
Where do we stand today? The facts speak for them
selves. In recent elections held in the American Zone,
bers of the Nazi Party or of one of its successor brgani-
zations.Ilse Koch, the beast of Buchenwald who made
ilamp shades of her innocent victims, got off with four
years imprisonment. Franz Von Papen was released from
jail, cleared by a “denazification” court in Bavaria. The
editorial staffs of two Berlin papers were fired by the
Military Government for featuring nationalistic, militar
istic and anti-Semitic articles.
Official Army polls indicate that the overwhelming ma
jority of the German people still think Hitler was right;
still believe themselves super to Poles, Frenchmen,
Americans, and other “non-Aryans”; still think the only
mistake the Nazis made was to lose the war.
We’re rebuilding the German economy but we haven’t
even made a dent in the German mentality. We’re not
investing enough money, time, effort or supervision in
re-education; and, with each passing day, the task grows
more difficult because of our neglect.
With the memory of World War I in our minds, a good
many of us are telling ourselves, “This is where we came
in.” And unless we mend our fences NOW; unless we
rush textbooks and teachers into German schools; unless
we end the cynical spectacle of old-time Nazis recaptur
ing prestige even while we preach against them to the
young, we may one day discover that this is where peace
went out!
BETWEEN US, by Boris Smolar
Britain’s New Look
The request voiced by the
Pope that Jerusalem be inter-*
nalized is not favored by the
American delegation at the
United Nations . . . Nor does
the British delegation at the U.
N. intend to stand by its pre
vious demand for the intern
ationalization of the city . . .
Britain is being pressured by
King Abdullah of Transjordan
to agree to the division of
Jerusalem between Israel and
Transjordan . . . And the Is
raeli delegation at the Arab-
Jewish conference which is
now taking place at Lausanne
under the auspices of the U. N.
Conciliation Commission has a
definite plan regarding divi
sion of the city . . . The plan
provides that the new section
of Jerusalem, as well as the
Jewish quarter in the Old City,
should become a part of Israel
. . . The remainder, consisting
of the Moslem and Christian
quarters of the Old City, should
be ceded to Transjordan . . .
However, the Holy Places
should be entrusted to a special
mixed committee composed of
representatives of Israel and
Transjordan, under the super
vision of the United Nations...
This is in line with the
“Weizmann formula” on Jeru
salem which the Israeli Presi
dent enunciated in New York
. . . This formula, as well as ■
the entire text of Dr. Weiz-
mann’s speech delivered at the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, had the
official approval of the Israeli
Cabinet . . . All indications
point to the fact that tjie Pope
is far from being satisfied with
the ‘‘Weizmann formula” . . .
It is known now that Cardi
nal Spellman visited President
Truman in the White House
and had an unusually long talk
with him on Catholic demands
with regards to Jerusalem . . .
* * * * *
No less than 15 national com
mittees are now working on
the implementation of the de
cisions adopted at the General
Assembly of the Council of
Jewish Federations and Wel
fare Funds . . .
They are composed of 250
lay and professional leaders
from all parts of the country...
The major problems facing
Jewish communities will re
ceive priority attention from
these committees . . .
One of these committees is
now exploring methods of at-
fewisn (calendar
LAG B’OMF.R
Tuesday, May 17
SHAVUOUS
Friday, June 3
(First Day)
Saturday, June 4
(Second Day)
TISHAH B’AV
Thursday, August 4
ROSH HASHONA
Saturday, Sept. 24
(First Day)
Sunday, Sept. 25
(Second Day)
TOM KIPPUR
Monday, Sept. 26
succos
Saturday, Oct. 8
(First Day)
Sunday, Oct. 9
(Second Day)
Saturday, Oct. 14
(Eighth Day)
HANUKKAH
Friday, Dec. 16
taining more unified national
fund-raising . . . The same
committee is working toward
the objective of achieving
closer partnership between
national overseas agencies and
local communities . . . Also to
ward eliminating duplication
and overlapping of functions...
Another committee is working
in the direction of checking the
multiplicity of independent
campaigns which is widely
recognized as harming the
United Jewish Appeal . . .
The possibility of establish
ing a “National Jewish Welfare
studied . . . One of the CJFWF
committees is busy tackling the
plan calling for more analytical
and independent studies of
beneficiary agency programs
and costs . . .
Another committee is study
ing salaries and personnel prac
tices . . . Incidentally, great
demands are now being made
for CJFWF personnel service
to aid in filling executive posi
tions in communities and na
tional agencies.
QUESTION: What is the
"Mapai?”
ANSWER: “Mapai" is the
name of the leading party in
Israel today. It is the party of
Prime Minister David Ben
Gurion. It is fundamentally a
labor group. Its program dedi
cates it to a “devotion to the
construction if the Jewish peo
ple in Israel a sa free working
people ...”
QUESTION: What U the der
ivation o fthe name “Mapai?”
ANSWER: The name “Ma
pai” is an abbreviation com
posed of the initials of the
words: “Miflegeth Poalei Eretz
Israel” which means “The
Party of Workers in the Land
of Israel.”
QUESTION: When was this
party founded aaid by whom?
ANSWER: Actually the “Ma
pai” is a merger of two pre
viously independent labor
Zionist groups. In the year
1929 the “Poale Zion” (Work
ers of Zion) and the “Tziere
Zion” (Young Zionists) known
.. in jest
NOT SIPPING HONEY
Berl was a Jewish “shikkur.”
One day, Berl’s wife was having
some visitors and she rushed down
to the saloon to get Berl home. But
Berl hung over the bar, ordering
one drink after another. He would
not move.
Berl’s wife coaxed and pleaded.
Finally Berl said he would agree
to return home if his wife, who
was a teetotaler, took one drink.
Well, she must get Berl home,
so she took a drink. She began to
get hot, to cough, to fume and
THE DRAFT IN ISRAEL
There were, as might be expect
ed, also a lot of stories about the
draft in Israel. According to one
of them, the authorities in Heaven
were much concerned about this
development in Israel, so they de
cided to send an experienced
man to find out. They dispatched
none other that Methuselah. He
had lived on the earth a thousand
years, so he ought to know how
to get around, they resolved.
Finally, Methuselah came back.
“Jimmy,” he exclaimed, “I got
away just in time. If I had stayed
another day, they would have
called up my age group.”
in Palestine as the “Hapoel
Hatzair” (Young Laborer)
merged into one party which is
called the “Mapai.” The “Poale
Zion" dates back to the year
1907 when it was organized in
was organized in Hague under
the leadership of Borochov. The
“Zeire Zion” was organized in
the year 1905 under the leader
ship of A. D. Gordon who is
referred to by some as preach
ing a “religion of labor” as his
doctrine.
QUESTION: Is there a Com
munist party In Israel?
ANSWER: One of the 21
parties listed in the last Israeli
election was a collective group
called the “Communists and
non-party list.” The election
results proved that the Com
munists are a relatively insig
nificant group in Israel. What
should be borne in mind is the
fact that whatever infinitesimal
group there is in Israel who
call themselves Communists is
made up of both Arabs and
Jews.
Discussing Georgia ’s Future
"WHICH WAY GEORGIA” was the panel subject discussed at the
recent meeting of Atlanta Lodge B’nai B’rith by Sam Massell Jr.
(standing), Sol H. Greenberg (at left) and Morris Abrams, moderator.
Not shown in the photograph are Eli Leff, who treated the ills of gov
ernmental organization, and Manuel Krugman, who considered the
state’s educational system. Mr. Massell’s topic was civil Rights and
Mr. Greenberg’s election system.
What About That?
By Rabbi Sammuel J. Fox