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VOL. XXVII
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.^dper for Southern Jewry
Established 1925
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 10, 1952
No. 39
Know Why aappotn campaign
Begun by United Synagogue
An American Jewish Press Feature
“The Case for the Five Day
Week” is now being made by
the United Synagogue of Ameri
ca. Conservative organizations
throughout the country will car
ry on the National Sabbath Ob
servance Effort—an appeal to
Jewry to observe the traditions
of the Sabbath.
Although the National Sab
bath Observance Effort will be
emphasized in November, the
movement’s leaders emphasize
that the program will be carried
on through the year. This year’s
effort, the second of its kind,
■will be coordinated with the
“Religion in American Life”
campaign conducted by 22 na
tional religious bodies—in coop
eration with the Advertising
Council of America.
Conservative congregations are
emphasizing special Sabbath
events such as meetings of Jun
ior Congregations, and Friday
night dinners for Young Mar
ried Couple’s Clubs. Forums on
“Sabbath in the Jewish Home”;
“How Can the Sabbath Help
You”; “So You Want to Be a
Good Jewish Father,” are now
being scheduled.
To encourage community par •
Hcipation in Sabbath activities
many synagogues will begin re
hearsing Sabbath cantatas with
choir members recruited from
the ranks of congregation mem
bers. These will be presented
during or following the Friday
evening services. Young People’s
Leagues from these congrega
tions will seek to enlist the at
tendance at services of Jews
shying away from the syna
gogue.
All-day conferences will be
held in many synagogues on the
first Sunday in November, fea
turing a keynote address in the
morning and seminars in the aft
ernoon on subjects such as “Cre
ating Sabbath Atmosphere”;
“Basic Training for Sabbath
Home Observance”; “Building
Attendance for Sabbath Serv
ices”; and “Sabbath Observance
in Our Community.”
The Eternal Light Radio pro
gram is mailing out scripts upon
request of broadcasts on the
Sabbath — “How the Sabbath
Was Seven Months Late in Tel
Aviv”; and “The Broken Sab
bath of Rabbi Asher.”
NEW YORK (JTA)—Appoint
ment of Herffcan Wouk, Pulitzer
Prize author of “The Caine Mu
tiny,” as visiting professor of
English at Yeshiva University,
was announced by Dr. Samuel
Belkin, president.
Israeli Police
Arrest Ex-lrgunist
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli
police Sunday arrested a former
member of the Irgun Zvai Leumi
outside the Foreign Office build
ing here carrying a bomb which
was primed to explode six min
utes later.
The attempted bombing is be
lieved to be connected with the
recent signing by Israel of a rep
arations agreement with the
West German Government. The
rightwing Herut Pai'ty, to which
many former lrgunists now be
long, has opposed the negotia
tions from the very first.
Cleveland Federation Backs
NCR AC on Reorganization
Robinson Cancels Personal
Plans to Sub for Cantor for BIG
In a self-sacrificing gesture,
Edward G. Robinson cancelled
his personal plans for last week
in order to substitute for Eddie
Cantor at a series of four Israel
Bond dinners held in four differ
ent cities, it was announced by
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Chair
man of the Board of Governors
of the llsrael Bond Drive. Cantor,
who was taken ill after his tele
cast on Sunday, September 28,
had been scheduled to appear for
Israel Bonds on four successive
days in Chicago, Detroit, Cleve
land and Kansas City.
When he learned of Cantor’s
illness, and of the Israel Bond
events which had been planned,
Mr. Robinson immediately offer
ed to interrupt his work on his
new motion picture to fill the gap,
Mr. Morgenthau reported.
“All of us associated with the
Israel Bond drive are deeply
grateful to Edward G. Robinson
for his prompt and valuable aid,”
Mr. Morgenthau said. “Without
regard to his personal plans or
his own convenience, he made
himself available to insure the
success of these important Israel
Bond functions.”
Mr, Robinson’s wonderful co
operation was a service not only
to those who attended these din
ners, but also to the people of
Israel, who count heavily on the
proceeds frotm Israel Bond sales
for the development of their
growing economy,” Mr. Morgen
thau stressed. “It is characteris-
CLEVELAND (JTA) -- The
board of trustees of the Cleve
land Jewish Community Federa
tion has adopted a four-point re
solution on community relations
work in which it pledges support
to the National Community Re
lations Advisory Council in be
coming “an increasingly creative
instrument in the field of com
munity relations.”
The resolution expressed sat
isfaction with the “earnest ef
forts” made by the plenary ses
sion of the N.C.R.A.C. at Atlan
tic City to bridge differences be
tween the majority and the two
agencies, the Anti-Defamation
League of B’nai B’rith and the
American Jewish Committee,
through the Barr compromise
proposals, lit voiced regret that
the two agencies had withdrawn
from the N.C.R.A.C. and the
hope they would soon find it pos
sible to return.
With regard to community re
lations work in Cleveland, the
resolutions work in Cleveland,
tic of Mr. Robinson that he
should have undertaken this
heavy schedule of events for la
the resolution expressed the in
tention “to continue the fine re
lationships and the process of
joint planning by all organiza
tions and by representatives of
all points of view in our commu
nity.”
HARTFORD, Conn. — A res
olution calling on the National
Community Relations Advisory
Council, the Anti-Defamation
League and the American Jew
ish Committee "to re-open nego
tiations on the subject of coor
dination of national Jewish com
munity relations work in the Uni
ted States” was adopted by the
Community Relations Committee
of the Hartford Jewish Federa
tion.
The resolution stressed the
need for unity “at so critical a
time” and declared that “the
compromise which may be nec
essary to achieve our objectives
will rebound to the benefit not
only of the American Jewish
community as a whole, but to the
entire nation.”
rael Bonds without hesitation.”
Mr. Cantor is reported improv
ing.
Savannah Preparing Gala
Welcome for S. E. ZOA
Over 100 Southern leaders of
the ZOA will gather in Savannah
over the weekend of October 17-
19, to discuss'and implement the
new national program of the or
ganization, recently announced
by Rabbi llrving Miller, presi
dent.
They will come from Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
South Carolina and Tennessee.
The delegates will have to pass
on a variety of issues which have
set the ZOA on a course differ
ent in many respects from that
which it pursued in the past.
New approaches to membership,
PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO ADDRESS JWB MOBILIZATION OCTOBER
PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN, who will address the
Friday, Oct. 17, luncheon session of National Jewish Wel
fare Board’s 2nd annual National Leadership Mobilization
for Cl and Community Service, at Hotel Statler, Washing
ton, D. C. Mr. Truman is shown here reviewing program and
services of JWB with Irving Edison, JWB president, at
White House meeting following 1951 Leadership Mobiliza
tion. Other scheduled speakers at 1952 event, which will
run from Oct. 17 through 19, are Secretary of the Army
Frank Pace Jr.; Federal Security Administrator Oscar R.
Ewing; Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Charles I. Carpenter, chair
man Armed Services Chaplains Board, and Leo M. Cherne,
director Research Institute of America. Joseph S. Lerner,
Kansas City, Mo., is chairman of Leadership Mobilization,
which has been called to give nation’s key Jewish communal
leaders a detailed picture of close relationship between
America’s long-range defense, welfare, and recreation needs
and the services and program* of JWB. Top-ranking government figures will present to 300 leaders expected
to participate in Mobilization latest facts concerning civilian and military welfare requirements, and JWB
officials wiK present details of JWB’s projected 1953 programs In these fields.
LEO M. CHERNE
CHAPLAIN CARPENTER
fund raising, public relations,
and youth work'have been devis
ed, with specif*), emphasis on the
character of the ZOA as an in
strumentality deyo.ted ,to Gener
al Zionism with H capital “G.”
Principal speaker's'at-the con
ference luncheon,-Vhich'will be
held at the DeSoW^hatel on Sun
day, October 17, Wsllvbe Dr. Sid
ney Marks, national- executive di
rector, and Mendel , N. • Fisher,
who heads the .Jewish National
Fund of America. Dr. Marks will
clarify many aspects of the new
National policy, and Mendel
Fisher will explain the part
which the JNF plays in the over
all program.
There will also be panel dis
cussions dealing with privately
sponsored American Economic
and Industrial Aid to Israel;
Chalutziut; and Public Relations
work on the American scene.
Participating in these panels will
be; Mortimer May, chairman of
the National Administrative
Council, Robert A. Persky, pres
ident of the Southeastern Re
gion, and Benjamin Silverman,
a member of the Administrative
Committee. The role of youth in
the work of the ZOA will be out
lined at a special meeting of the
executive committee of the
Southern Zionist Youth Commis
sion, on Friday afternoon. -
The conference will be ushered
in on Friday, October 17, with
special services held at the Agu-
dath Achim Synagogue. The
Savannah chapter of Hadassah,
Women’s Zionist Organization of
America will honor delegates and
their wives at an Oneg Shabbath
on Saturday afternoon, October
18, at the B’nai B’rith Jacob Syn
agogue.
Highlight of the Conference
will be an address by Mayor Suf
fer of Petach Tikvah, at the clos
ing Banquet, which will toe held
PRESIDENT PERSKY
. «ketch made last year while
in Israel.
MICHAEL ADILMAN
Conference Chairman
at the Jewish Educational Alli
ance.
Michael Adihnan is conference
chairman and Isaac Meddin is
President of the Host District.