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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, June 24, 1949
Max Michael, Athens Communal Leader,
Dies at 65; Prominent Lawyer
ATHENS—Max Michael, 65, Harold Shapiro, Leesville; one
widely known lawyer, banker and j daughter, Miss Sylvia Shapiro,
civic leader prominent in Jewish
law activities, died here Friday,
June 10.
Rabbi Samuel Glasner of Athens
and Rabbi David Marx of Atlanta
conducted the funeral June 12. In
terment was in the family mauso
leum in Oconee Cemetery.
Mr. Michael is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Cecelia
Solomons of Savannah; a son, Dr.
Max Michael, of Emory Univer
sity; and a daughter, Mrs. Fred
Barnet, of Dallas, Texas, and sev
eral grandchildren.
Simon Michael, another son, was
killed in World War II. Mr. Mich
ael established the Simon Michael
II Memorial Clinic, operated by
the Athens Junior Assembly for
the treatment of children, in mem
ory of his son.
Mr. Michael entered the Univer
sity of Georgia at the age of 16.
He was for many years a member
of the Athens law firm of Green
& Michael and and a few years
ago became president of the Na
tional Bank of Athens. He held
numerous civic posts with local
community movements.
For many years, he was presi
dent of the Congregation Children
of Israel in Athens and a local
chairman of the U. J. A.
MRS. ALEX SHAPIRO
Mrs. Fannie Kronstadt Shapiro,
43, wife of Alex Shapiro, of Lees
ville, S. C., died June 6 in Lees
ville.
Rabbi Isadore Barnett and Can
tor Joseph Salzman conducted the
funeral in Savannah. Interment
was in Bonaventure.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Shapiro is survived by one son,
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Leesville; a sister, Mrs. Jack Galin,
Savannah; and two brothers,
Emanuel Kronstadt and Joe
Kronstadt, of Savannah.
MRS. FRANCES KANDEL
Mrs. Frances Orgel Kandel, 71,
widow of Philip Kandel, died in
Savannah June 10. She was a na
tive of Austria but had lived in
Savannah since 1907.
Rabbi A. I. Rosenberg and the
Rev. Hirsch Geffen conducted the
funeral June 10. Burial was in
Bonaventure Cemetery.
Mrs. Kandel is survived by three
sons, Dr. Harry M. Kandel, Eman
uel Kandel and Seymour Kandel,
all of Savannah; two brothers, Dr.
David H. Orgel and Dr. Samuel Z.
Orgel, both of New York city;
three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Gold
man, Mrs. Bertha Halle and Miss
Sadye Orgel, all of New York city,
and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in
the chapel of Sipple’s Mortuary,
conducted by the Rabbi A. I.
Rosenberg and the Rev. Hirsch
Geffen of B. B. Jacob Synagogue.
Burial was in Bonaventure Ceme
tery.
SIEGEL UNVEILING
Unveiling ceremonies were con
ducted Sunday, June 19, at Green
wood Cemetery by Rabbi Harry
Epstein and Cantor Joseph Sch-
wartzman in memory of Morris
Siegel, late husband of Mrs. Siegel
and father of Harry Lane Siegel,
Mrs. Jack Novack and Mrs. Julius
Gurin.
Lubavitcher Towns
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Five agri
cultural villages and industrial
projects will be established in Is
rael at a cost of $1,000,000 for
some 3,000 Lubavitcher Chassidim
who are now in France and var
ious DP camps. They will be es
tablished by the American Fuba-
vitcher movement.
Negro Donates
Camp Tract to
Jewish Scouts
ST. LOUIS, (JTA)—A boy scout
troop attached to the YMHA in
this city will have a new country
camp this summer thanks to the
generosity of a St. Louis Negro, H.
D. Robinson, who made the 20-
acre site of land available to the
Jewish scouts in gratitude for the
"treatment received from so many
white people, especially the Jews.”
(The National Jewish Welfare
Board announced in New York
that more than 45,000 youngsters
this summer will attend 198 sum
mer country and day camps spon
sored by the regional sections of
the J. W. B. Approximately 14,000
of the children will go to 34 coun
try camps maintained by Jewish
community centers.)
With Southern Communities
Tulsa’s Rabbi Shapiro Accepts
Synagogue Call in Toronto
TULSA—Rabbi Norman N.
Shapiro, spiritual leader of Con
gregation B’nai Emunah here for
the last five years, has been named
to head one of the top Jewish
groups in Toronto, Canada.
Rabbi Shapiro will leave this
month for a business and educa
tional trip to New York City be
fore assuming his new role with
Toronto’s Goel Tzedec Congrega
tion. Only 30 years old, he will be
one of the ranking spiritual and
educational leaders among Toron
to’s 55,000 Jews.
A graduate of the college of
education at the University of
Minnesota, Rabbi Shapiro was
ordained at the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America in New York
City.
In 1947, he was named as the
only delegate from the southwest
to the World Conference on Jewish
Education, held in Jerusalem. He
was one of the youngest delegates
there.
During his stay in Palestine, the
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young rabbi became so imbued
with the struggle for a Jewish
state that he joined the Haganah.
His operations with Haganah was
lauded in Jewish circles nationally
in view of the hazardous nature of
the venture.
A long-time Zionist, Rabbi
Shapiro has been an outstanding
member of Tulsa Jewry.
His appointment marks the sec
ond time Tulsa has lost a rabbi to
Canada. In 1941, Rabbi Oscar Z.
Fasman left to head an Ottawa
Synagogue.
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PARIS, (JTA)—Only 12 camps
for Jewish DP’s will be left in the
United States zone of Germany by
July 1, Harry Greenstein, advisor
on Jewish affairs to the American
high command in Europe, said.
English-Jewish Press Choose
Cincinnati for 1950 Meeting
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The exe
cutive committee of the American
Association of English-Jewish
Newspapers, meeting at the Hotel
Statler here, selected Dr. Alex
ander Brin and Dr. Joseph G.
Brin of Boston, editors and pub
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“American publisher who has
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The executive committee accept
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Glueek, president of Hebrew Un
ion College, to hold the Associa
tion’s next convention in Febru
ary, 1950, in Cincinnati, on the oc
casion of the observance of the
75th academic year of the College.
Members of the executive com
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in eight states, were present at the
meeting which was presided over
by Philip Slomovitz, president of
the Association.
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Times of Baltimore, was dele
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on Post Office Affairs of the U. S.
House of Representatives, to pre
sent the Association’s view in op
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has appealed to Congressional
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Israelis Can Get
CARE Parcels
After September
NEW YORK, May 27. (JTA)—
Distribution of CARE packages to
supplement the food supply of the
people of Israel will begin about
Sept. 1, it was revealed here yes
terday by William Cholko, of the
CARE organization, and I. L.
Kenen, director of information for
the Israeli Consulate, addressing
a luncheon meeting of representa
tives of organizations interested in
aiding Israel.
Israeli food experts and Ameri
can nutritionists will confer here
shortly to decide on the contents
of the packages. Approval of the
contents of the CARE parcels will
be obtained from the Israeli Min
istry of Food Control.
Six Jewish camps in the U. S.
zone will be closed in the course
of this month, he stated, as part
of the program under which the
Army, the International Refugee
Organization and the Joint Distri
bution Committee are consolidat
ing their DP work. The 40,000 re
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quartered in 12 large centers and
in the various communities.
If the present rate of emigration
continues, Mr. Greenstein said,
the main part of the Jewish DP
problem in Germany should be
solved well before the end of the
year. Some camps would have to
remain, however, he pointed out,
to accommodate medical cases and
refugees awaiting emigration to
the United States and other coun
countries.
Mr. Greenstein is conferring in
Paris with J.D.C. officials. He will
proceed to Hungary to survey the
condition of the Jewish population
there.
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