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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Political Football
THE ARAB REFUGEE
By ARTHUR LEWIS
UNITED NATIONS— although it is apparently willing
The publication of the annual
report of the director of the UN
Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees has received
rumors that Syria may agree to
absorb 500,000 of these wretch
ed people who have become the
politic.;! footballs of the Arab
States. Although the report says
nothing about this, as might be
imagined, it is obvious from
reading it that the agency is glod
to be moving from the static job
of feeding the refugees to the
progressive task of resettling
them.
John Blandford, American
head of UNRWA, speaks of
"emerging from the first stage
of trails,” of the $100,000,000
available under the new pro
gramme which has to be spent,
and says that the next 12 months
are going to be “significant and
determinative in terms of refu
gee welfare.”
Of course, such an influx of
immigrants to Syria might in
crease the aggressive potential
of the state, but Israel is in fav
or of such a move, and Israeli
diplomats here have poined out
on more than one occasion that
there is room not only in that
country but in Iraq as well for
the absorption of most of the ref
ugees. There is plenty of arable
land in both these Arab States,
and what is more important
there are adequate water resour
ces.
As a matter of fact, the Is
raeli view is that Iraq could ac
cept more refugees than Syria
because of the evacuation from
the former state of some 110,000
Jews. So far, according to the
UNRWA report, Iraq has taken
only some 1,000 Palestine Arabs,
to take further refugees w'ith
skills.
The report lists some 19,000
refugees as being on the agen
cy’s ration rolls in Israel up to
June of 1932 but says that “late
in June an agreement was con
cluded with Israel whereby that
government assumed the respon
sibility for the care of the re
maining 19,000 refugees in that
country as of July I. 1952.”
Strictly speaking, the term
“refugees” hardly applies to
those in Israel; they were really
displaced persons who fled from
one part of the country to an
other part during the fighting.
At one time there were some 48,-
000 of these Arab “refugees" in
Israel and their influx into the
Nazareth area doubled the popu
lation there. UNRWA helped in
feeding them, but most of them
were resettled fairly quickly, and
now the last of them have been
taken over by the Israeli Govern
ment.
Almost half the Arab refugees,
which are estimated at some 880,-
000 in the ageny’s report, are in
the Kingdom of Jordan. UNRWA
notes that the refugee population
is not static; the natural in
crease is around 22,000 a year.
Although Jordan has adopted the
most farsighted policy of any
Arab States as far as these ref
ugees is concerned, and has
granted them full citizenship
rights, the state is underdevel
oped and it is a question whether
such a large number could be ab
sorbed in the near future. The
report lists a number of projects
in Jordan to help the refugees,
but they are not a great size.
During the Paris Assembly,
the Arab delegates, after failing
POSTAL SEEKS DATA FOR HIS
U. S. JEWISH TOURISTS' GUIDE
An AmtWcon Pfit Ftalur»
Attempting to chronicle, list
and describe all places and sites
of Jewish interest in the United
States, author Bernard Postal is
seeking material for his book
from American Jewry.
“I have already done a great
deal of research on the project,”
Postal explains, “but because 1
can’t travel around the country
I'm turning to many people for
on-the-spot help.”
The book, “A Jewish Tourist’s
Guide to America," will be ready
for publication in time for the
tercentenary celebration.
Among the information that
Postal wants are major points
of Jewish history, Jewish insti
tutions of national importance,
local Jewish institutions of sg-
nificance, Jewish book shops
and major kosher restaurants,
monuments to Jews, places
named for Jews, public plaques
honoring Jews, historic places
having some Jewish connection,
sites of early Jewish agricultural
colonies, buildings on college
campuses named for Jews, por
traits and has reliefs of Jews
in public buildings, historic resi
dences and other historic build
ings erected, owned or named
jor Jews, and graves of Jewish
personalities famous in Ameri
can or Jewish history.
Postal also wants material on
important monuments donated
by Jews or having some Jewish
connection, monuments and me
morials to non-Jews who were
philo-Semites, historic places and
buildings preserved for public
or donated to public by Jews,
Jewish religious objects in non-
Jewish places, interfaith shrines
with Jewish connections, towns
founded by Jews but not named
to obtain a resolution demanding
the outright repatriation of the
refugees, had to agree to the re
habilitation and resettlement of
them—it’s now more than four
years since these wretched peo
ple have been in camps.
However, many of them were
not enthusiastic about the new
program; and every now and
then, as if moved by some reflex
action, the Arab politicians and
the press revive the demand for
repatriation. The UNRWA re
port indicates that it has not
been receiving the fullest coop
eration from all the Arab gov
ernments but still hopes that it
will be successful in carrying out
the new program of resettlement.
RABBIS ASK
CONGREGATIONS
“KEEP IN TOUCH”
The problems of close contact
with congregants brought ap
peals from two Atlanta rabbis
recently.
Rabbi Jacob Rothschild at the
Temple announced he was not
clairvoyant and could only make
calls to persons he knew were ill
or share the joy in simehas about
which he was informed. He ask
ed members of the congregation
to keep him informed.
Rabbi Harry H. Epstein touch
ed on the same subject in the
Ahavath Achim Bulletin. He
wrote, “I am anxious at all
times to serve our members and
their families. I always endeavor
to visit the sick whenever I know
of illness. However in a city as
large as ours, I do not often
know of such cases. I ask that I
please be informed of illness and
every occasion when my presence
might be desired.”
Southern JWB Section
Will Meet in New Orleans
BERNARD POSTAL
for Jews, important art works
in public places depicting Jew
ish and Old Testament themes,
public buildings donated and/or
named for or dedicated to Jews,
major public works esigned by
and/or named or Jews, and
public collections of Judaica.
The Southern Section of the
National Jewish Welfare Board
(JWB) will hold its Seventh An
nual Convention at the Roosevelt
Hotel and Jewish Community
Center in New Orleans on Nov.
8-9-10, 1952, according to Dr.
William A. Waxier, Savannah,
president.
Jewish Community Centers in
the states of Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, North Carolina, Okla
homa, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Texas are served by the
Southern Section of JWB.
The theme of the convention
will be "Meeting Our Center’s
Current Needs.” Delegates rep
resenting Jewish communities
throughout the 11 Southern
States will discuss ways of fur
ther improving the program of
the Jewish communities; consid
er means of strengthening Cen-
Altman Named Head
Of Temple Beth
Tefilloh at Brunswick
BRUNSWICK—Sam Altman
was elected president of Temple
Beth Tefilloh at an annual meet
ing held at the community cen
ter, presided over by Phil S. Rin-
gel.
Reuben Tennenbaum was nam
ed first vice president; Dr. Sam
uel Leichter, second vice presi
dent; Miss Helen Lissner, secre
tary and Fred Pfeiffer, treasur
er.
Trustees of the congregation
are Mrs. Sadye Bluestein, Earl
Farley, Jacob Friedman, Oscar
Crossman, Joe Isenburg, Bert B.
Kramef and Isadore Schreiber.
jor library and art collections
established and contributed by
Jews for public use, and im
portant statuary, murals and
public buildings which are the
works of Jewish artists and ar-
architects.
Send such information to
Bernard Postal, in care of Jew
ish Welfare Board, 145 E. 32nd
Also needed is material on ma-St., New York 13, N. Y r .
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Community Center movement,
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ed Services programs.
Moise Steeg of New Orleans is
chairman of the convention, and
George Segel of New Orleans is
co-chairman. Leon Kaplan of Mi
ami and Dave White of Houston
are heading up the convention
program committee. Daniel Sch-
langer, past president of the Sec
tion, is nominations chairman.
Friday, October 10, 1952
BIRMINGHAM JCC
HONOR ROTH
Benjamin A. Roth was hon
ored October 6 at a dinner held
to mark his twenty-fifth anni
versary as executive director of
the Birmingham Jewish Com
munity Center.
*****
A Brownie troop is being con
templated at the Center here. Al
so being initiated is a Wednesday
evening Bridge class.
* * * *
Vigdor (Buddy) Sarasohn ami
Henry (Hank) Sherry of Birm
ingham have been called into the
service.
*****
The J.C.C. has arranged to is
sue a six-months free member
ship to Jewish boys or girls dis
charged from the service. Cards
have been issued recently by the
Center to Herschel Feigelson, Ir
vin Weintraub, Albert Taranto,
Bert Cotton, Herbert Morewitz,
Sidney Friedman, Bernard Mar
low, Dave May, Irvin May, Sol
Shapiro, Robert Karesek and
Eugene Plotka.
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SEASON 1952-53
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Tues., Oct. 21—ROBERT MER
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Opera, radio, television, and
movies.
Tucs., Oct. 28—RUDOLF FIRKUS-
NY. world-famous pianist in an
all-Tschaikovsky program.
Tues.. Nov. 18—TOSSY SPIVA-
KOVSKY — The violinist who
captured the heart of the At
lanta Symphony audience in
1949.
Tues . Nov. 25—BEVERLY WOLFF
—Charming Atlanta contralto.
Had appearances in 1951 with
Philadelphia and Buffalo orches
tras. ,
Tues., Dec. 9 — THE ELIJAH—
Mendelssohn's great oratorio
will be performed by the same
great chorus that gave us the
Messiah. Once again with na
tionally-known soloists.
Tues, Dec. 1--ROBERT HARRI
SON—Our popular young con-
eertmaster will play the Bruch
Violin Concerto.
Thurs., Jan. 22—EUGENE ISTO
MIN—Pionist, playing the ever-
popular Beethoven Emperor
Concerto.
Sat.. Jan 31—LILLIAN KALLIR
—Beautiful young Australian
pianist in her first Atlanta ap
pearance.
Tues., Mar. 3—DOROTHY KIRS
TEN—The flamorous soprano of
all muscial fields is brought
back by popular demand.
Tues., Mar. 10—DIMITRI MIT-
ROPOLOS—For the first time
in history the Atlanta Sym
phony will be under a guest
conductor. For this event we
have chosen the popular con
ductor of the New York Phil
harmonic.
Tues., Mar. 31 — ALL-ORCHES
TRA — For our closing con
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orchestral program featuring
Henry Sopkin, Conductor.
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