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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, October 31, 1952
Miriam's
Stories for
Our Hoys
and Girls
Hello Hoys and Girls:
We are about to begin a most
(significant week in our history.
You know that it is of the great
est importance for every citizen
(o vote on Election Day. I
thought you might like to know
nlHiut the first Jew to become an
American citizen . . .
the first round
Peter Stuyvesant, Director-
General of New Netherlands, was
an uigly man, and his ugliness
Si AIL OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OMUITON. or ^
RENEWAL, AND AMENDMENT
PANV, ISRAEL YUDEISON, SAMUEL GLASS,
J,olo the Court following:
That the .aid coipoiatlon wct» duly char-
by void Court on 27th day of Sep
trn» *10*19 ri certified copy of »aid char
:,b"inj hereto osoched, ’marked Exhibit
'•A" and q made o port of thu petition;
Ihi. petition I. brought to revive, renew,
a Mwienrl tile charter of »aid corporation
the particular, hereinafter »et out and *°
!Z ".incorporated under the term, of Chap
in 22 IB « provided in Georgia Code, Sec.
J2 1B8T, as amended;
Petitioner, de.ire to 'amend the Third Ar
llcle of It. Charter by oddmg the following
,K Thf"aid corporation de.ire, to have the
rijll and privilege ot hyvioO yood«*n°t t ?onl,
kind* of w»a f lng PP » n }3[lng»/ appNanc#*
Wdlao-rtore.and their kindred line..
TO add to the Fourth Article thereof the
foMowiag: , oar value of On®
HundTed^nd ?o7lOO <$100 ( 00) each may be
limed In fraction, thereot
of «he .aid corporation;
That the .aid chart- rf
ftNpirud by' °P* r “L. . ome occurred with
O, September 952 and ton, If.
sAJSwTj- sjssrs
thereof; .ald corporoilo I and
''tnough'taid" charter had no. ex
manner av
pirtdi
and
Petitioner, .haw hjl»
desirable amended end that
be revivod. renewea, . j . inr |«r tho
the corporation be r|»"‘° P d „ d 1tw , a ld
Corporate Act of WJB, a, b<;ng ont „t
director, and »*oiAho» ,1952, a copy
o cafled meeting on Oc > . being hereto
aflod,*ed'and’marked frthlblt |n JmSwoil
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Charter be rev ved and wed Jo^^ P^
of Thirty five P ) V ^ corporation be re
eeplratlon and that * a,d c ™ Act of
co h mXo«
:Tht, d ,aw.’ # o.-h U c P a».made and pro-
vi<, ’ d CHARLES BERGMAN
Attorney for Petitioner
112$ Fir«t National Bank Bldq
‘ ORDER t ue
The foregoing P**'*'®" ,be"prayer. of .aid
-heard'and upon hearing, the pray
petitioners SJ9-SJ5? ORDERED that the chor-
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORUCxc revW . d an d
ter of .aid corporation Thirty-Five (si)
renewed for a P— 37 1952, and that the
year. *rom September 27, r „;„-orporoted
laid cotpotation ’’" "nd ,ubiect to all
w ;,h all low and 'hat the char-
ImmunWe* h»ed hereby amended in
StftfSXSS'--" 1 "- 1 *-
"SUx
Sober, '952. v)RlYN B MOORE
jud-e, Superior Court of
STATE Of GEORGIA
counu o, mg?
d JS»V. ySSS”’ 9 ” c —"" „
v- iifSJd ssts
SriiS? rtsu msJ fisssS;
notion,, milhnery, ,mo carried in
appliance, and all a.h- o r . odY , ow .ar,
U^Cmiillniyr and appliance .tore, and
t£nl then kindred line..
- . .1, xrticle of the charter be omend-
adding .he Rowing ,10^!
Stt‘ A 1 !GSS
JE3&’ be"re■ Wv'erpo rated under th. Cog
porate Act of 1938 for a P-iod of ”
year, from September 27. 1952_ The Sec
rotary of .hie corporation and it. attorney
are outhorired and directed to take all
<tep, that ore nece„ory and devrable or
the purpose, of carrying ou, these re»olu
* iT*SAMUEL GLASS. Secretary of Yudelson
do b*r®by certify that tn*
20 Young Birmingham Men
Express Faith in New JCC
obove and foraging
copy of an evbart from
of the
o, me stockholder, and director, of »aL
company he'd in Atlanta. Georgia, on Octo
'^All'of the 2 »tockholder« and a moiority of
the d'recton were present, waived notice,
and the afore»ald reiolution wo. unommout-
' r WITNESS my hand and the sole o( this cor-
porotion on the 20th day of October, 1952.
SkM"EL GLASS
Secretory.
Oct. 31, Nov. 7. 14. 21
1-eached out even to the princi
ples by which he governed this
Dutch colony on the East Coast
of America.
It was 1654, a tiny vessel, the
St. Charles, had arrived in New
Amsterdam (now New York
City) with 23 Jewish passengers.
They had come to escape perse
cution in the Portuguese colony
of Brazil. Stuyvesant greeted
them with a campaign of anti-
Semitism. He petitioned the di
rectors of the Dutch West India
Company not to permit any of
the “Jewish nation ... to infect
and trouble this new colony . .
His campaign was so effective
that in March, 1656, the leading
citizens of the city approved a
proposal calling for the expulsion
of the Jews.
But the Jews of New Amster
dam were not taking this lying
down. They had written to their
friends and relatives in Holland,
many of whom were directors of
the Dutch West India Company,
explaining their problem. The
Dutch Jews used their influence
on the other directors m that an
order was issued which explicit
ly instructed Governor Stuyves
ant to permit Jews “to travel,
trade and live in the colony.”
The new Jewish Americans had
won the first, round in their fight
for citizenship.
ON GUARD
All male inhabitants of New
Amsterdam capable of bearing
arms were enrolled in the Burg
her Guard for the protection and
defense of the city. The Jews,
too, expected to take their turns
at military duty. But here was a
chance for Stuyvesant to show
discrimination.
His local government passed an
ordinance providing that Jews
should “remain exempt from
general training and guard duty”
and thnt they should pay a
monthly tax for this exemption.
Were the New Amsterdam Jews
glad to get out of this tedious
task? Not at all! They resented
the ordinance and they petition
ed the authorities for permission
to stand guard at the stockade
of New Amsterdam like other
citizens. When this was turned
down, they again appealed to the
authorities in the mother coun
try, Holland. This time, their pe
tition was granted.
MEN OF PROPERTY
The next stage in this battle
toward full citizenship involved
the right of the Jews to acquire
and hold property. In December,
1655, Salvator D’Andrada, a Jew
ish merchant, purchased a house
and lot at public auction, but
Stuyvesant’s officers barred him
from singing it. Again, the case
went back to Holland, be
fore Stuyvesant would recognize
that Jews, like all other resi-
BIRMINGHAM - If a new
Jewish Community Center is at
all possible for this community,
a certain group of twenty young
men are determined to start the
movement rolling. But read their
letter explaining how they hap
pened to raise $2,700 for the
Building Fund:
“Last night twenty young men
got together for a dinner and
raised $2700.00 in cash to be giv
en to the Jewish Community Cen
ter Building Fund. We are pre
senting this fund to the Build
ing Committee as evidence of our
esteem and best wishes to Benj.
dents, had the right to acquire
and use real property.
In a letter dated June 14, 1656,
the West India Company severely
reprimanded Stuyvesant and spe
cifically ordered him to recognize
the right of Jews to engage in all
lawful business pursuits and oc
cupations.
# # # # #
THE TYRANT IS LICKED
With the rights to engage in
guard duty, own property and
conduct businesses fully estab
lished, it was time for the next
step—full citizenship. Asser Le
vy, who had been a leader thru-
out the struggle with Dictator
Stuyvesant, appeared in court in
April, 1657, and asked for ad
mission to citizenship.
The court turned the matter
over to Stuyvesant and his spine
less council. All the Jews of the
city rallied to support Levy’s re
quest. They knew that their own
futures depended on the outcome
of his fight.
In a petition to the authorities,
they pointed out that the Jews of
Amstendam enjoyed full citizen
ship and “our Nation (the Jews)
as long as they have been here,
have with others borne and paid
and still bear all Burgher bur
dens . . .”
The Stuyvesant regime finally
realized that it was licked! The
governor recognized that the
Jews would fight on until they
gained all rights. Reluctantly, he
ordered his council to agree to
Levy’s petition.
. On April 21, 1657, Jews were
admitted to citizenship, and As
ser Levy, whose grandson Lewis
i/cvy was later to serve as an of
ficer in the Revolutionary War,
became the first Jewish citizen in
America.
******
Even though you are too
young to go to the polls on
Tuesday, boys and girls, you can
help guard this precious privi
lege of ours by seeing to it that
your parents get out to vote. Per
haps you can wipe the dishes or
baby-sit with younger brothers
and sisters. And if you have a
mock election in your school,
when you put the “X” on your
ballot, remember Asser Levy,
first Jewish citizen of America.
Your friend,
MIRIAM
tru® and correct
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ENGRAVING COMPANY
50 ALABAMA STREET. S. W.
ATLANTA 3. GEORGIA
E. E “Busier” COOPER
I’lione CY. 8281
A. Roth as he begins his 26th
year of service to the Jewish
Community Center of Birming
ham. Knowing that Ben Roth
has dreamed of a new Center for
so many years, we felt that such
from the young members of the
Center would be a concrete dem
onstration of their faith in the
future of our Jewish Continuity.
“Perhaps you may be interest
ed in knowing the genesis of this
idea. Several weeks ago, while
sitting in the Center Lobby, a
few of the fellows began discus
sing the proposed building. They
were many points of view ex
pressed, but one thought was
paramount—we definitely needed
a new building; and we needed It
now. Some expressed the thought
that they were all for the idea,
but that they would withhold
their contribution until the
ground was actually broken and
the building was actually begun.
This attitude dramatically pre
sented the dilemma we were fac
ing. Unless we began construc
tion of our building, some would
not contribute: but until more
contributions were made, we
could not begin. We realized that
quired.
a new’ stimulation would be re-
“Therefore these young men
determined to do something
about it; and that they would
show their good faith by invest
ing in this project themselves.
Perhaps $2700.00 is in itself a
.small amount when compared
with the sum needed; and yet,
when it is considered that this
money was raised among twenty
men' who have not yet had the
time to “make their mark,” the
meaning of their effort becomes
apparent.
“We trust that this small ef
fort will act a sa stimulation to
the community at large, and that
it will not be too long when Ben
Roth’s dream will become a re-
” Signed by:
MERVYN BARSTEIN
WALLACE COHEN
ality.
HOMESTEAD CENTER
MAIMI (JTA)—The 25 Jew
ish families of Homestead, Fla.,
will build their own Jewish com
munity center, they announced
this w’eek. Ground has already
been broken for the project and
a building fund drive is under
way. Religious services have been
conducted in temporary quarters.
Completion of the center will be
followed by constrction of a re
ligious school.
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EXTERMINATING CO.
713 W. Peachtree EM. 4541
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