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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, March 27, 1953
The Southern Israelite
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Member, American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers
Adolph Rosenberg, Editor und fobllthot
ADVERTISING DEEARTMENT
Gustav Oppenhelmer Moraoret Merrymon Mildred Hershberg
MEMBERS Of ADVISORY BOARD
Meyer Balter
Sol Benamy
Dr. Nathan Blass
Dr. Jack Blelch
Joe Cohen
Reuben Cohen
Eronk Gar son
Abe Ooldberg
Dr. Irving Goldstein
Harry Harrison
Hyman Jacobs
Edward Krick
Sam levy
Irving libowsky
Thomas Makover
Ben Matsell
Barney Medinti
Hymon Morris
Eugene Oberdorfer
Gustav Oppenhelmer
Berry Rlttenbaum
Meyer Roeenberg
Ehil Schworti
Dave Slann
Harry Spitser
A. D. Srochl
Kalman Sunshine
Arthur Weiss
Sam Weinberg
Paul Wolkin
TAKE ONE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND STIR WELL;
RESULT-A PROMISING WELFARE FUND DRIVE
“There’s something electric
about the forthcoming campaign
for the Atlanta Jewish Welfare
Fund.”
A. L. Feldmnn, one of the newly
designated co-chairmen, was
speaking. His partner in guiding
the 1953 drive is Dave Slann who
added, “We expect to draw into
active participation many who
never before have taken part in
the Welfare Fund campaign and
to interest others in greater par
ticipation.” He asserted, “I believe
this drive will result in even
greater unity among Atlanta Jew
ry.”
Mr. Feldman continued, “This
enthusiasm is lurgely due, I firmly
believe, to the responsible ground
work laid by previous campaign
leadership.”
These extemporaneous remarks
to a few friends at last weekend’s
U.J.A. Parley in Atlanta indicate
the dynamic personalities und en
thusiasm of the two men who
have been selected to spur Atlan
ta to its 1953 goal in Welfare
Fund support.
If any leadership can accom
plish the 1953 objective, it is the
team selected this year. For this
reason, The Southern Israelite is
particularly enthusiastic about the
possibilities for success.
Both Mr. Slann and Mr. Feld
man have repeatedly demonstrat
ed their capacity for successful
leadership. The spheres of their
activities in the community in
cluding the broadly civic fields
have been varied and not over
lapping, so that the combination
of their energies and wisdom will
bring a very special quality to
this drive.
We arc certain that the team
will pass on their enthusiasm to
their co-workers, yet to be se-
PANORAMA by David Schwartz
The Wife of Mr. Lot
Leaving the Israel Bond Con-, 0 f 200,000 soldiers on the side of
ference at • Washington several the freeedom loving nations. Ab-
weeks ago thoughts about “the b a Eban, speaking next, said that
wife of Mr. Lot” kept going he agreed with Mr. Morgenthau,
through my mind.
i except that he thought the figure
The wife of Mr. Lot! We know 0 f 200,000 was too low. Israel, he
a good deal about Mr. Lot him- W as convinced, could put a larger
self, and we know a great deal army than that into the field. The
about Sodom, in which he lived, conference also heard that the Is-
It was a terribly wicked place, the raeli army is a very good army,
Bible and the Talmud tells us. Ac- that an American military expert
cording to the Talmud, it was such recently said that the Israeli army
a sinful place that it had a law
that anyone doing an act of char
ity-giving bread to a hungry
man, for example—was condemn
ed to death. It was very wicked,
but Abraham nevertheless plead
ed with God not to destroy it, if
today could again lick the com
bined Arab armies of the Near
East.
Dr. Nelson Glueck told the con
ference that he was confident that
oil would be found in Israel. An-
Southern
Obituaries
SAMUEL ESTROFF
Samuel Estroff, formerly of Sa.
vannah, died February 3 in Birm
ingham. Services were conducted
at Sipple’s Mortuary in Savannah
by Rabbi A. I. Rosenberg of B. E.
Jacob Synagogue, assisted by Can
tor Albert Singer. Interment was
in Bonaventure Cemetery.
I. Jacobs Dies;
Educational Leader
Isadore Jacobs, long a popular
figure in Atlanta Jewish leader
ship, died March 17 while on a
trip to Baltimore, his former
home. ,
He and his wife had celebrated
their fortieth wedding anniver-
Of Lot himself, we have some iab rule'only'ToOO Arab children sary '
data in the Bible. He was hospit- rece j ved a sc hool education while
able. He welcomed the angels of under Jewish rule , 26i00 0
the Lord, who came in human ^ chUdren attend sehool .
form. He was not a pattern of per
fection, the Bible indicates fur- A speaker told how Beersheba
ther, telling us of one time when had grown in a few years from
he succumbed to drunkenness. scratch to a town of 20,000 with
But what about the wife of Lot, 300 business enterprises. He was
who was permitted to escape. All followed by a man who reported
... ,, . 3 . ’ . other man told of nitrates which
one righteous man could be found found . stm another to]d
in it But God could not overlook
its sin and the city with all of its added 3 of the
inhabitants, save the family of Mr. f wam P 1nnH a
how the reclamation of the Huleh
Lot, were swallowed up in a con-:
vulsion of the earth.
] best kind of agricultural land. A
fourth said that even the Arabs
were benefitting, that under Brit-
lected, and through them to the
community at large.
Another factor contributing sub-
etantially to the portending suc
cess which we predict for the
campaign is the recent visit which
Ed Kahn, executive director of
the Welfare Fund, made to in
spect overseas projects for the U.
J. A. Mr. Kahn has brought back
to the community a realism in ap
proach to U.J.A. and the overseas
emergencies which has been in
spiring and informative to those
who have heard him so far. We
trust that his experiences will be
utilized to the utmost in the cam
paign events for he has a vital
and vibrant message to share.
Leadership alone could hardly t thc inf 0 ” 1181 * 0 ” we have about her that the area of land under cul-
sweep a campaign forward. There! is that flecin 8 from Sodom with tivation had been doubled and ex-
must be a strong fundamental pur- her husband, she looked backward ports in the last three years had
pose to motivate contributors and : an< ^ was hirned into a pillar of been increased by 40 per cent.
salt.
What kind of a woman was she?
workers alike. The campaign this
year is loaded with such purpose
for once again Jewry is called up-: If she was lhc wife of ^ U is
on to save lives.
It was all news to make any
good Jewish heart beat faster—
| probable that she was not a really hut speaker after speaker also em-
bad woman. I couldn’t get her out phasized that one trouble to which
Mr. Jacobs had lately achieved
national recognition through his
organization of people of all faiths
who lived in his residential area
into a “Know Your Neighbor
Club.”
For many years, he was active
in religious educational work, par
ticularly at the Ahavath Achim
Congregation. Synagogue officials
regarded him as the father of the
Congregation’s Bible School. It is
remembered that there was no
class at the time in the communi
ty for young people who had fin
ished the prescribed course of con
firmation study at religious
... , , , Vj I WOU VYUlllUlli A VUUIUII V JILL UUL * I
We have come to regard as noV- j of mind mind as l Icft the Wash _ I have referred, the fact that many ^ools.
mal the acceptance of responsi
ble regard for fellow Jews im-
ington conference.
of the purchasers of Israel bonds
No one had mentioned her at have not paid for them. These well
It was Mr. Jacobs who went to
bat for a group of young people
periled by obscurantism and ty- thc bond confcrence senator Leh- intentioned people have not only and had a class created. This post-
ranny, no matter wherever they!
failed to implement their good in-
. ... . . , man spoke. Senator Taft spoke,
muy be. I he stident developments Abba Eban spoke None of lhem tentions, but are actually hinder-
cmanuting from the Soviet orbit, had sald anything about the wife ing its progress, for the fact of the
has served to intensify the pur-: Q e ^j r
matter is that many
irrigation,
expansion
poses behind the U.J.A. and many j Dr Dov Joseph of the Isracli railroad and harbor
of the other constitutent purposes Cabinet spo k e . He didn’t say any- Projects which were begun on the
of the Welfare Fund Drive.
assurances provided by the sale of
bulking strength of the top cam
paign leadership. Truly thc stage
is set for one of the most success
ful campaigns in the history of
the Atlanta Jewish Welfare Fund.
The same spirit we are confident
will motivate other Southern com
munities to positive action and
results. ,
A J „ | thing about her. He told the con
It is against this backdrop for- ference that thc rcccnt i y d i scov _ the bonds have had to be stopped,
the campaign that we now see sil- 1
houetted the personalities and
the element needed for atomic en- j Israel bonds, are worthless if there
ergy. There are millions of tons( is no money to lay them. A half-
of phosphates in the Negeb, Dov no project at all. Now disaster
Joseph added, and that means completed project is worse than
there is a- great deal of the valu-; threatens,
able uranium there.
It was thinking of this situation
This was good news. One thing which evoked thoughts of “the
about an Israel bond conference wife of Mr. Lot.” It seemed to me,
is that you hear a lot of good 1 that she was like these people who
news. At most Jewish gatherings, 1 had bought Israel bonds and not
.. ., . . . . they discuss anti-Semitism and paid for them. She was a well in-
let anyone who 18 needy, come m and share m the\ other troubles, but at a bond con- tentioned person Like her hus-
u He that feeds the hungry feeds himself also, for
charity blesses him that gives even more than him
that takes”—The Talmud (Ruth Rabbah, 194).
A GREAT EDITOR-A GREAT MAN
Jewry has lost a great personage in the passing of Dr. Haym
Greenberg, long a leader in Jewish and Zionist circles.
Thousands expressed their respect by attending the funeral
in New York and words of condolences came from far and near.
Horn in Bessarabia, Dr. Greenberg came to the United States in
dish periodicals. Later he became editor of the "Jewish Frontier”
1924 to begin a long and distinguished career with several Yid-
exerting great influence through his writings and philosophy. He
had been elected to the Jewish Agency executive at the 22nd
World Zionist Congress in Basle. At the time of his death, he
was head of the Department for Educationand Culture of the
World Zionist Organization.
OHHttB
—but then she turned and looked
back. So she was turned into a
pillar of salt!
“Let anyone who is hungry, come in and eat;
anyone who is needy, come in and share in ti
Passover meal.”—From the Passover Haggadall. I ference, mostly you hear news of band, Lot, she was going forward
STILL TIME FOR MOAS CHITIM
Though somewhat late, we want to relay the annual appeal
for Moas Chitim which is being made in many an organized com
munity in the South.
Jewry has a wonderful tradition about this custom of pro
viding Passover requirements for those who need it. It is a simple
directive which many follow religiously from year to year:
“Who needs no Moas Chitim must give Moas Chitim.”
We urge our readers to delay no longer in sending the check
to the officials printed on the appeal which was sent out.
great achievements. At the bond
conference the only trouble that
you heard about was tke fact that
a lot of Jews who have bought
bonds have not paid for them. But
For instance, at this Washington f oSlVT Ffl HI |l ICS
conference, Henry Morgenthau
addressing Senator Taft, said that A
“if God forbid, worse came to ^
worst,” Israel could offer an army
CaUn6dr
•PASSOVER
March 31
(First Day)
April 7
(Last Day)
•SHEVUOTH
May 20, 31
•ROSH HASHONA
Sept. 10, Thursday
•YOM KIPPUR
Sept. 19, Saturday
•SUKKOS
Sept. 24, Thursday
SIMCHAS TORAH
Oct 2, Friday
•HOLIDAYS BEGIN
Previous Evening
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — The
Jewish Family Service is under
taking a privately financed ex
periment in foster care of the
aged, it was announced this week
by Robert D. Abrahams, president.
A number of elderly people, un-
AAU able to maintain their own homes
or live with relatives, will be plac
ed with foster families under the
agency’s supervision, Mr. Abrams
said. This type of care, he pointed
out, is intended for aged men and
women who cannot live entirely
by themselves and need some de
gree of protective environment but
not full-time institutional care.
The cost of the experiment is be
ing met by an anonymous donor.
He said that placement of the
elderly people “will give them
surroundings, care, and atmos
phere of family life. The JFS will
pay a regular weekly fee for
j room, board, and the valuable ser
vice of the foster family.”
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Conrmation idea has grown into a
regular course for several years’
study at the Ahavdth Achim and
it has been taken up by other
groups as well. He himself for
many years was on the A. A. fac
ulty.
Funeral services for Mr. Jacobs
were held March 19 at the chapel
of Henry M. Blanchard & Son.
Rabbi Harry Epstein and Cantor
Joseph Schwartzman officiated.
Burial was in Greenwod Ci\ e-
tery.
Besides his wife, he leaves a son
Joseph Jacobs; a daughter, Mrs.
Milton O. Stein, and two sisters,
Mrs. Pauline Fine and Mrs. Sarah
Leaf, all of Atlanta, and two
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
J. I. KANTZIPER
Jacob I. Kantziper, 63, of Savan
nah died March 16. Funeral serv
ices were conducted March 17 at
Sipples Mortuary by Rabbi A. L.
Rosenberg and Cantor Albert Sin
ger. Interment was in -Bonaven
ture Cemetery. »
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Belle Levy Kantziper; one son, Al
vin Leonard Kantziper, USN; one
brother, S. A. Kantziper of Savan
nah; two sisters, Mrs. T. Sherman
of Savannah and Mrs. Li Earlich
of Augusta and several nieces and
nephews. ,
MRS. FANNIE COHEN
Mrs. Fannie Cohen, 83, of At
lanta' died March 20. Funeral ser
vices were held at the chapel of
Henry M. Blanchard & Son. Rabbi
Harry H. Epstein and Cantor Jos
eph Schwartzman officiated. In
terment was in Greenwood Ceme
tery.
Mrs. Cohen had lived in Atlanta
for 50 years. She was a native of
Roumania.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Louis Klein, Atlanta; son, Ike M.
Cohen, New York City; five grand
children, and ohe great-grand
child.
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