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The Southern Israe
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry
Established 1925
VOL XXVIII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 3, 1953
Denazification in Germany
1$ Complete Failure', Survey Claims
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Denazifi
cation in Germany must be writ
ten off “as a complete failure”
and Germany can be described as
“undergoing a process of gradual
renazification,” Saul K. Padover,
dean of the Department of Politics
of the New School for Social Re
search, reports in a special survey
for the Foreign Policy Association.
The survey, presented in the
Headline Series 6bok, "Europe’s
Quest for Unity,” points out that
the “attempt to eradicate former
Nazis from Germany’s public and
Coronation Ceremony
MONTREAL, (JTA) — The
Canadian Jewish Congress has
been asked to send representatives
to the coronation of Queen Eliza
beth in London on June 2.
Samuel Bronfman, national
president of the Canadian Jewish
Congress, accompanied by Mrs.
Samuel Bronfman, will be in Lon
don for the coronation and will
be present in Westminister Abbey.
intellectual life was abandoned
early—too early as events may yet
prove. Why it was abandoned and
through whose decision, these are
mysteries, at least so far as the
American people are concerned.”
The Foreign Office of the Bonn
Republic, according to the survey,
contains up to about 80 percent
former Nazi Party members—“a
percentage higher than it was un
der Hitler.” The survey quotes
reports showing that 60 percent of
the judges and 76 percent of the
public prosecutors in Bavaria were
former Nazi Party members 1 while
of the 12,000 teachers in that
province dismissed in 1945 as
Nazis, 11,(J00 are back at their
posts.
LEHMAN IS 75
NEW YORK, March 29. (JTA)
-—Senator Herbert H. Lehman
who yesterday celebrated his 75th
birthday, was the recipient of
many messages hailing his work
both as a distinguished public
servant and a leader in philan
thropic causes.
Chairmen Announced For
Ladies Division AJWF Drive
Special to The Southern Israelite
Mrs. Herman Heyman, Mrs. Her-
old Marcus and Mrs. S. J. Stein-
bach have been appointed Gen
eral Chairmen of the Women’s Di
vision of the 1953 Atlanta Jewish
Welfare Fund campaign, it was
announced earlier this week by
Campaign General Chairmen A. L.
Feldman and David L. Slann.
As a member of the team that
did such an outstanding job in
heading up the Women’s Division
last year, Mrs. Marcus is again
serving as a member of a trium
virate of veteran campaigners and
was learned that already, on
past chairmen of the Women’s Thur sday morning, April 2, all the
Division.
Mrs. Heyman is an outstanding
leader in both Jewish and general
civic work in the community. Mrs.
Steinbach has given the major
part of her interests an effort to
ward projects in behalf of Israel.
The selection has received en
thusiastic response and coopera
tion from all Jewish women in At
lanta. The ladies are hard at work
streamlining the 1953 organization
of the Women’s Division.
As this issue went to press, it
National J. W. V. Chief to Speak at Banquet;
Vets to (ate Barney Medintz and Earl Mann
Jesse Moss, national commander
of the U. S. Jewish War Veterans,
will be in Atlanta on Wednesday
night April 8 to install the new of
ficers of the Atlanta post and La
dies Auxiliary at a dinner dance
at the Progressive Club.
Mr. Moss is a former Assistant
U. S. Attorney, former assistant
general counsel for the R.F.C.,
served as special Tax Prosecutor.
He is a graduate of Columbia Law
School and served as a Major in
World War -Ifc-w-" **>■
Irving Karesh is to be installed
as the new Commander of the At
lanta post, largest in the U. S., Dr.
Marvin C. Goldstein as Senior Vice
Commander, Harold Frank as Jun
ior Vice Commander and Ben Rice!
as Judge Advocate. Mrs. Coleman
Medintz will be installed as Presi- j
dent of the Ladies Auxiliary, Mrs. j
Mack Frankel as Vice-pjresident
and Mrs. Sylvia Friedberg as Sec
retary Treasurer.
Earl Mann, President of the At
lanta Cracker Baseball Club*, is 4o
B’nai B’rith Girls Arriving
for Convention in Atlanta
By Vivian Golden
The work of many months fin
ally came to a climax Thursday
evening, April 2, when 125 girls
arrived at the Progressive Club for
the Pre-convention dance of the
B’nai B’rith Girls’ First Southern
Regional Convention.
The girls responsible for the
hard work and success of this
Convention are Joan Pels, finance;
Esther Rosenbaum, publicity; To
by Dwoskin, Shirley Krick, Edith
Rubin, and Norma Shetzen, pro
gram; Shirley Merkowitz, dating;
Lillian Landers, registration; Be
atrice Dolob, housing; Fayle Dia
mond, transportation; Bonnie Har
ris, welcoming, Myrna Lafowitz,
kit; Shirley Taffel, work book;
Jean Meisel, refreshments; Tamara
Rose, decorations; Marilyn Stein,
invitations and “thank you’s”;
Beverly Stein, records; Marian
Hoffman and Susan Ward, mis
cellaneous.
The advisors, who have given of
their time and effort to supervise
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co-chairmen of the various com
mittees and sections of the Wom
en’s Division met at the Mayfair
Club and spent the entire morn
ing planning the strategy and
scheduling the events of the cur
rent campaign of the Women’s Di
vision. Among the early events
scheduled is a meeting of the Ad
vance Gifts Committee on Wed
nesday, April 8, 10:30 a.m. for the
JESSE MOSS
.. . national commander
be honored with a National Blood
Citation for his fine work in help
ing the Red Cross Blood program.
One of the highlights of the eve
ning’s program will be an award
to Barney Medintz by the Atlanta
Post for his outstanding service to
the community and for his efforts
toward strengthening Jewish com-
munial life both locally and na
tionally. Mr. Medintz is presi
dent of the Jewish Community
Council.
Harry Harrison, general chair
man, announced that reservations
could be made by calling. Sam
Bredow at Cy. 3242. Sam Feld
man and his orchestra will furnish
the music for a dance later.
See Page 7 for other news
of Atlanta Jewish Welfare
Fund Campaign.
purpose of holding a training for
the workers in this section of the
Women’s Division and also for se
lecting and assigning the pros
pects in this group.
Following the success of last
year, a Special Division Committee
has been organized for the purpose
of raising the sights and concen
trating on securing increased giv
ing among women. This group has
scheduled a meeting for Friday*
April 10, 10:30 a.m. j
Object to Sabbath
School Attendance
ROME (JTA)—The Union
Italian Jewish Communities
of
has
protested to the Minister of Edu
cation, Dr. Antonio Segni, against
the Ministry’s refusal to grant a
Jewish child excemption from at
tending public schools on :Satur- \
days. The Orthodox Jewish stu-;
dent is Sara Gottlieb of this city. ■
Ask Investigation of
Kosher Meat Prices 1 ;
In Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS, (JTA) — A
call for an investigation into the
cost of kosher meat in the Twin
Cities was voiced this week by
the American Jewish World which
reported receipt of numerous com
plaints over the price differential
between kosher- and non-kosher
meats.
The paper declared the issue
was one of “great concern to
many in the community.’’. If in
vestigation establishes that the
price of kosher meat is inordinate
ly high, the paper said remedial
steps should be taken immediate
ly.
WELCOME FOR BBG DELEGATES is being extended by Misses
Vivian Golden, Stella Franco and Norma Glazer (front, left to right),
who headed the convention committee. In back row are Mrs. Hilfred
Bossack and Mrs. Michael Harris, convention advisors.
Schwartz to Open Savannah
Campaign Drive on April 14
SAVANNAH—The Jewish com
munity here has adopted a cam
paign goal of $300,000 for its Unit
ed Jewish Appeal and Federation
drive.
Officials announced that Joseph
Lesser, outstanding local leader,
has accepted the campaign chair
manship.
. Simultaneously came the an
nouncement that Dr. Joseph J.
Schwartz, executive vice chair
man of the United Jewish Appeal,
will address a community rally
at the DeSoto Hotel on Tuesday,
April 14.
This will mark the official open
ing of the Savannah Drive and
there will be no solicitation of
funds.
Mr. Lesser is vice president of
the Savannah Jewish Council. He
has served the U.J.A. and Feder
ation campaign in numerous ca
pacities in the past.
Jack Neusner Wins
Oxford U. Fellowship
HARTFORD, Conn. (JTA) —
Jack Jacob Neusner of this city
has been awarded a Henry Fel
lowship for a year’s graduate
study at Oxford University, it was
announced this week.
Neusner, now a senior at Har
vard, is the son of Samuel Neus
ner, publisher of the Jewish Led
ger, and Mrs. Neusner. He will
study Jewish and European his
tory at Oxford and will later enter
Hebrew Union College to study
for the rabbinate.
Rabbis Criticize Congressional
Investigations as "Undemocratic'
ATLANTIC CITY — Approxi
mately 150 rabbis attending the
recent Institute of the Commis
sion of Justice and Peace of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis issued a statement criticiz
ing the “undemocratic methods”
of Congressional investigators, the
Smith Act which makes it a crime
to teach or advocate the overthrow
of government, the McCarran In
ternal Security Act, the removal of
wage and price controls and the
imposition of- loyalty oaths on
teachers.
Attending the three-day sessions
from Atlanta were Rabbi Jacob
Rothschild, who is a vice president
of the Commission, and Morris B.
Abram.
The two Atlantans were desig
nated to draw up a proposed reso
lution for presentation to the
forthcoming bienniel meeting of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations on “Individual
Freedom and National Security.”
The statement issued by the
Commission Institute added:
“We believe that the national
security of our country is rooted
in the individual freedom of its
citizens. We reject the concept
that there is any incompatibility
between freedom and security, and
that individual freedom must be
curtailed in the interest of na
tional security.”
On the subject of education, the
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