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The Southern Israelite A W eekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry 19*5 VOL. XXV U A H C Chief Says Jew., Will Reject Pope’s Invitation 0X3 “SO 8U9TJQ.V “BTSlDOO JO jfcHSJOATUn Xx'exqT'I FEBRUARY 3, 1950 Number 5 MILWAUKEE, (JTA) — Jews will not forsake their ancient faith, Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath, presi dent of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, declared in reply to the invitation of Pope Pius XII to all Protestants and Jews to join the Catholic Church. consin, meeting at the first annual convention of the Great Lakes Council of the U.A.H.C. this week, Dr. Eisendrath called instead for “greater Judaism—greater Jewish community and congregational life, and strengthening of the na tional institutions of Judaism.” He “The Protestants can indeed speak ( added: “We will not join with a for themselves,” he stated, “but j church which has stood virtually for us Jews, we will require silent in the face of the most greater justification for the de- blasphemous denial of religion in our generation. We Jews will not soon forget the official concordat between Rome and the Nazi re gime, between the official spokes man of Catholicism and the most mand that we forsake the faith of our fathers, tried and tested thru the centuries and not found want ing.” | Addressing congregational lead- . ers and representatives of Reform j temples and synagogues in Mich- brutal, bestial mass murderers in igan, Illinois, Minnesota and Wis- ! history.” Boston Parley Calls Rabbis To Fight Assimilation BOSTON, (JTA)—Rabbi Israel Tabak, president of the Rabbinical Council of America, declared at a press conference this week that the primary task facing the American Rabbinate today is “to fight assimilation and its threat to our existence.” Rabbi Tabak also urged formation of a “unified authority for religious questions to be set up in Israel as a step in bringing about organization in re ligious Jewish life.” The Rabbinical Council, which held a conference here, announced that to “help tackle the problems which hinder the perpetuation of Jewish life today, the Council is devising a program of action, in cluding the launching of a ‘Torah tour’ consisting of rabbis who will visit communities in an effort to help direct the thinking and action pertaining to organized Jewish re ligious life.” Speakers during the sessions included Rabbi Oscar LongVacant Seats Filled In Turkey ISTANBUL, (JTA)—The Chief Rabbinate here announced this week the appointment of 18 mem bers to the General Assembly of the Istanbul Jewish Community. The 18 seats had been vacant for 15 years. The appointments were made following approval of the candi dates by the Turkish authorities. The General Assembly is an 80- member body composed of repre sentatives of both lay and relig ious groups. Fesman, of Chicago, and Dr.Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, editor and lec turer. More than 90 percent of mixed marriage have turned out to be unsuccessful, Rabbi Tabak said earlier. Declaring that intermarriage “tends to weaken the stamina of American population,” Dr. Tabak called upon the Jews of America “to be alert and on guard against its spread.” He emphasized that not only are intermarriages against the most hallowed prin ciples of the Jewish faith, but they “undermine the stability of the home, increase the number of un happy marriages, and bring chil dren into the world with a rift in their souls which can never be healed.” Watch the next issue of The Southern Israelite for an important release from the Central Board on Care of Jewish Aged regarding a Home for the Aged in Atlanta. i wo itabbis to Lead Atlanta’s 1950 Welfare Fund Drive Epstein and Rothschild Selected as Symbol of Unity in Community Behind Campaign’s Humanitarian Objectives Rabbi Harry Epstein and Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild, spiritual leaders of two of the city’* congregations, have been designated to carry the ban ners as general co-chairmen for Atlanta’s 1950 Jewish Welfare Fund Campaign. Their acceptance was an nounced Thursday by Frank Garson, acting chairman of the Special Committee in charge of selecting the leadership for the approaching drive. Both of the rabbis indicated their bid to head the campaign was regarded as “a call to duty and community service.” They accepted with the understanding that they receive the wholeheart ed support and full cooperation of members of the special committee and other Welfare Fund leaders and campaigners. Besides Mr. Garson, the Com mittee was composed of Abe Gold stein, Barney Medintz, Meyer Balser, David Slann, Mandle Za- ban and Ed M. Kahn, ex-officio. The choice of the committee was ratified earlier this week at a meeting of the Welfare Fund board when members unanimous ly endorsed and approved the dual selection. Later Mr. Garson said of the Jan. 30 meeting, “there was an air of excitement and tense ser iousness as every board member rose to pledge his or her support. Everyone realized the urgency of the occasion and the solemn ob ligation which was being assumed in behalf of the Atlanta Jewish Community. But the desperate needs of the immigrants in Israel and the remnant waiting to be transported were stark realities which had to be faced with a de- K A Bill EPSTEIN termination to mobilize maximum resources for immediate action.” Mr. Garson continued: “Rabbi Epstein came to Atlanta as a very young man more than twenty years ago from Tulsa. Okla,. where he occupied a pulpit. His own progress, growth and maturity parallels the progress, growth and maturity of the Aha- (tarnHy of 'distinguished rabbis. vath Achim Congregation which he serves as spiritual leader. The A. A. Congregation is now re garded as one of the largest and most important modern orthodox and traditional synagogues in the entire south. “Rabbi Epstein received his un- RABBI ROTHSCHILD iversity training at Emory. His rabbinical training he received in part at the Hebrew Theologcal College in Chicago, at the Slobo- dka Yeshivah in Lithuania and the Hebron Yeshivah, Knesseth Israel in Palestine, now Israel, which was headed by a famous uncle of his. He comes from a “Soon after coming to Atlanta he married a daughter of a lyell- known rabbi in Chicago and has reared a family of two daughters. “He has been a leader in his own right in every worthwhile Jewish activity in the Community. (Continued on page three) Atlanta Joins 105 Other Cities In Hook-Up to Hear Morgenthau The Terrace Dining Room at the Mayfair Club was filled to capac ity Tuesday afternoon with men Council for Judaism Repudiates N C R A C; Says Zionism Creates “Dual Loyalty NEW YORK, (JTA)—“Zion ism’s Jewish nationalism and its spokesmen” and not the American Council for Judaism have created the issue of “dual loyalties” it was asserted last week in an American Council for Judaism statement released by Lessing J. Rosenwald, president. The state ment was a reply to recent charges by the National Community Re lations Advisory Council. The Council challenged the NCRAC’s claims to representing “the overwhelming majority of American Jews.” It questioned the NCRAC’s right “to establish itself as supreme arbiter and cen sor, sitting in judgment on Amer ican Jews” and it declared that it had been condemned by the NCRAC without a hearing. Charging the NCRAC with con fusing the issue, the Council de nied that either philanthropic support of Jews in Israel or ob- Ground Is Broken in Columbus For New Shearith Israel Shule (Special to Southern Israelite) COLUMBUS—Members of Con- regation Shearith Israel as- ;mbled Wednesday, Jan. 25, to reak ground for their new Syn- gogue. The building, when ready, will ast an estimated §150,000, exclu de of furnishings. Completion is :heduled for August. The building will house a rab- i’s administrative office, recep- m room, air-conditioned daily chapel, library, main auditorium and six classrooms. The 4 basement will have a kitchen, a sftcial room large enough to accommodate 300 per sons and a movie projection room for audi-visual education. The synagogue proper will seat 300 persons. A smaller daily chapel will seat 45 persons. A large parking lot will be constructed behind the building. A three-bedroom house for the I rabbi will be built on an adjoining lot. Sol Singer, chairman of the ; building committee, has led the Coiigregation to success in the drive for the new synagogue. At the ground breaking cere monies, Rabbi Emanuel Bennett spiritual leader, expressed the belief the new structure “will be the center of all spiritual and social activities of the commun ity.” jective recognition of Israel’s ac complishments are involved. “The issues are whether American Jews may give such philanthropy needed by your fellow Jews in Is rael and elsewhere, without being corralled as a nationality-minor ity bloc in the United States.” The Council’s statement acknowledged “the worthy accomplishments of the state of Israel during the brief period of its statehood.” The NCRAC charge that the (Continued on page three) Seven Ministers Resign in Danbury Because of Rabbi DANBURG, Conn., (JTA)— Seven members of the Danbury Ministerial Association have re signed because Rabbi Jerome Ma- lino, spiritual leader of the United Jewish Center here, is a member, it was reported this week. The Rev. Stanley C. Lewis, pastor of the Baptist Church here, an nounced formation of a new group to be called the Christian Evan gelical Ministerial Association. Mr. Lewis said of Rabbi Malino; “He is not a Christian and does not accept Christ as the son of God.” and women who came to hear Henry Morgenthau Jr., the general chairman of the national U.J.A., report on his trip to Israel. Mr. Morgenthau had returned the day before from a special visit to Israel where he went to see for himself the conditions which called for immediate and urgent amelioration. He convened his national campaign cabinet to meet with him and to give considera tion to what UJA can do about this and how the communities can help. The meeting was opened by Julian Venezka of Periora, Ill., in his capacity as chairman of the campaign cabinet. Those who took part in the deliberations were William Rosenwald, Judge Morris Rothenberg and Rabbi Johnah Wise of New York, Sam Rothberg of Peoria, Sol Luckman of Cin cinnati, David Dubinsky of St. Louis, Cherner of Washington, Abe Feinberg of New York, Rudolph Sonnenbom of New York, Abeles of Neward, N. J., and others. Mr. Morgenthau gave a graphic account of the misery and suffer ing of the 85,000 immigrants in the tent colonies and reception centers in Israel. He pictured the work being done by the Jewish Agency for Palestine. He did not mince any (Continued on page four)