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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Fndoy, April 10, 1959
Agency and A.J.C. Feud
Over Zurich Parley
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Amer
lean Jewish Committee disclosed
this week that it had protested to
the Jewish Agency against the lat
ter’s convocation of an interna
tional meeting of Jewish organi
zations to consider joint action on
Soviet anti-Semitism. It complain
ed that this had been done without
prior consultation with the major
Jewish organizations.
The protest, dispatched after
postponement of the conference
originally set for March 16 in Zu
rich, warned that “any step you
may hereafter take of a similar
nature without prior consultation
will result in our refusal to par
ticipate.’’ Jacob Blaustein, presi
dent of the AJC, who signed the
letter, added that “if the plan for
holding the proposed meeting in
Zurich is revived, our participation
will depend on prior consultations
as indicated above.”
In a reply, the Jewish Agency
said it “rejects the protest of the
American Jewish Committee on
the ground that it is under no ob
ligation to consult with the Ameri-
Southern Obituaries
LEVINE UNVEILING
Friends and relatives are invited
to attend the unveiling ceremony
in memory of the late Benjamin
Levine, at 2 p.m. Sunday, April
at Greenwood Cemetery. Rabbi
Harry Epstein will officiate.
MRS. BEN FOX
BEAUFORT, S. C. —Mrs. Ben
Fox, 34, of Beaufort, S. C. died
March 28 after an extended ill
ness. Funeral services were con
ducted March 30 at the Beth Is
rael Synagogue by the Rev. Julius
Fisher.
Mrs. Fox is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Tillie Young; her
husband, Ben Fox; four children,
Stanley Fox, Marsha Gail Fox,
Phyllis Ann Fox and Jay Fox;
three brothers, Joseph Young and
Oscar Young, all of Beaufort, and
Morris Young, of Hampton, S. C.;
two sisters, Mrs. Max Stein, In
dianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Sara
Singer, New York City.
MRS. MOLLIE COHEN
Mrs. Mollie Cohen of Macon,
formerly of Savannah, died in Ma
con March 25. Funeral services
were hold in Suvannah at Sipple's
Mortuary. Rabbi Isidore Harnett
and Cantor Joseph Salzman con
ducted services. Interment was in
Bonaventure Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband,
Jacob Cohen, two daughters, Mrs.
Selig Wolf, Mucon, and Mrs. Mor-
tin Rutkin, Savannah; several
grandchildren, nieces and nep
hews.
HARRY L. MILES
Harris L. Mills, 84, retired At
lanta chemist and businessman,
died April 3. Funeral services
were held April 5 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.
Born in Lithuania, Mr. Miles
was a resident of Atlanta for 28
years. He was a member of the
Ahavath Achim and the Beth Ja
cob Synagogues and had been an
officer and instructor in Fulton
Lodge, F. & A. M.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. J. Cohen, Miami, Mrs. S. L.
Witt, Columbus; Mrs. W. Silver-
stein and Miss Rae Miles, Atlanta;
four sons, E. Miles, Atlanta; H.
Miles, Griffin; H. A. Miles, Wash
ington, D. C., and D. A. Miles, Ma
con, and several grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
ABRAHAM REISEN
NEW YORK (JTA)—Abraham
Reisen, noted Yiddish poet and
author, died here recently. He was
77 years old.
Reisen was born in Kaidanoff,
neat Minsk, Russia. His first poem
was published in Der Yiddisher
Bibliotek when he was 15 years
old. A year later his first volume
of short stories was publiJhed.
Much of his work first appeared
In the Forward, of which he was
• staff member, the Zukunuft and
other publications. He wrote in
Hebrew and Russian as well as in
Yiddish.
JOSEPH WILNER
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Funer
al services were held here for Jos
eph A. Wilner, a leading Jewish
civic leader in Washington for
many years. He was 74.
The son of the Chief Rabbi of
Orlowa, Poland, Mr. Wilner lost
two sons in the U. S. military serv
ice during World War II.
can Jewish Committee before cal
ling an international Jewish con
ference.”
The statement pointed out that
haste was most essential in the
convocation of the conference for
it to fulfil its purpose and there
had been no time for consultation
with organizations here and
abroad.
"The fact that the organizations
invited had accepted the invitation
indicates that the reasons for the
calling of the conference even
without prior consultation were
fully understood by all,” the state
ment declared. It pointed out that
the Jewish Agency had “clearly
provided that the agenda and the
procedure would be determined by
all the organizations represented
at the conference” and that “the
American Jewish Committee was
so informed.”
The statement expressed the de
sire of the Jewish Agency to co
operate with all Jewish organiza
tions but stressed its right to de
cide to undertake actions on its
own responsibility whenever it
deems them necessary.
C. J. W. Presents
I)R. NISSAN TOUROFF p , p .
NEW YORK (JTA I—Funeral ■* * t-VUUHl M 11*1. 0
NEW YORK (JTA)—Funeral
services were held here this week
for Prof. Nissan Touroff, noted
educator and psychologist, who
died at the age of 75. His remains
will be sent to Israel for burial.
ALBERT LASKY
Albert Lasky, 62, of Savannah
died March 22. Funeral services
were held March 23 at the chapel
of Sipple's Mortuary, conducted
by Rabbi A. I. Rosenberg and
Cantor Albert Singer. Interment
was in Bonaventure cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Pauline Trace Lasky; two sons,
Robert Lasky, and William Lasky
of Savannah; a daughter, Mrs.
Nathun Seigel of Savannah; one
sister, Mrs. Lilly Pnlefsky of Sa
vannah; three brothers, Dave Las
ky of Washington, D. C., Louis
Lasky of Buffalo. N. Y. and Frank
Lasky of Atlanta, and two grand
children.
HARRY SCHOENBERG
Harry Schoenberg, 63, of Atlan
ta died April 1.
Funeral services were held
April 2 in the chapel of Henry M.
Blanchard & Son. Rabbi Harry
Epstein officiated. Interment was
in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Schoenberg, a foreman of the
Rosenthal Metal Works, had lived
in Atlanta for 47 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Sarah Schoenberg, three sons,
Barney H. Schoenberg, Waiter-
boro, S. C.; Marvin N. and Arthur
L. Schoenberg, both of Atlanta;
two sisters, Mrs. Molly Berman
and Mrs. Ephraim Hirsch. both of
Atlanta, and a brother, Lewis
Schoenberg, Beaufort, S. C.
LESTER JAFFE
CINCINNATI, (JTA)—Lester A.
Jaffe/ retired chairman of the
board of governors of the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion, died here March 6 at
the age of 57.
MARK EISNER
TUCSON, Arizona (JTA)—Mark
Eisner, noted educator and for
mer president of the American As
sociation for Jewish Education,
died here March 28 while on a trip.
He was 66.
Mr. Eisner, a well known lawyer
and tax expert, served as chair
man of the Board of Higher Edu
cation of New York City from
1926-38. During his long career
of public service he was a mem
ber of the faculty of New York
University, served as a Collector
of Internal Revenue, was a mem
ber of the New York State Con
stitutional Convention 1b 1911 and
served a term in the New York
State Assembly.
CLEVELAND, (JTA) — Stanley
A. Wolpert of Brooklyn, N. Y., a
student at The College of the City
of New York, is first prize winner
of the National Council of Jewish
Women’s nation-wide essay con
test for college seniors on “The
Meaning of Academic Freedom,’’
it was announced here at the tri
ennial convention of the Council.
Mr. Wolpert was presented a
$2,500 cash award by Thurman
W. Arnold, former Associate Jus
tice of the U. S. Court of Appeals
and a contest judge. Richard N.
Clewell of Allentown, Pa., pre-
theologjcal student at Franklin
and Marshall College in Lancaster,
Pa., won second prize, and receiv
ed a $1,000 award from Mr. Ar
nold. Third, fourth and fifth
prizes of $500 each were taken, re
spectively by Sanford A. Lakoff
of Bayonne, a Brandeis University
student; Miss Jean Berko of Day-
ton, Ohio, a Radcliffe College stu
dent, and Robert E. Rose, of Boul
der, Colo., a University of Colo
rado student.
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Students Win Essay
Prizes on Puritan
Debt to Jews
BOSTON (JTA) — Research
throiigh some rare 17th and 18th
century books in Boston Univer
sity’s Mark and Llorna Bortman
Americana collection won for two
graduate students, David April
and Edward Bunting, essay prize
awards offered by Mark Bortman
of Newton in memory of the late
Joseph Brin, professor of Seman
tics at Boston University and for
the late Samuel Bortman, Brook
line, brother of the University
benefactor.
Writing on “The Interests of
the New England Puritan in the
Jew,” the two students stressed
the debt owed by the Puritans
to the Old Testament for their
ideas in regard to religion and
government and Puritan interest
in comparing their own wander
ings with those of the Israelites.
sponsored by the Israel bond drive
on March 29.
In a major address on American
policy in the Middle East, Senator
Wiley urged that officers of Is
rael’s army be invited to the
United States for training to help
strengthen Israel’s military ma
chine. He called upon the Arab
states to end their economic block
ade of Israel and to join in estab
lishing peaceful cooperation to
make possible the dynamic de
velopment of the entire Mediter
ranean area.
BEN BLUM ENT HAL IS
NOW A HI BE BN l AN
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) —
Don’t let the name Blumenthal
fool you—Ben Blumenthal is offi
cially deputy national organizer of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Furthermore, the president of
Congregation Beth Israel here
holds a brand new certificate of
merit “for loyalty, effort and ex
cellent service to promote Hiber-
nanism.”
The two honors were bestowed
upon the San Francisco Jewish
communal worker here last week
by George R. Reilly, national pres
ident of the Irish order.
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Savannah
Dave Itzkovitz won the Jewish
Educational Alliance gold tourney
with a score of 60.
Rabbi Allan Tarshish of Con-
gregation Beth Elohim, Charleston
and Rabbi S. E. Starrels of Con.
gregatibn Mickve Israel, Savan
nah, exchanged pulpits last Friday
evening in programs honoring Dr.
Isaac M. Wise, founder of reform-
ed Judaism.
Bat Mitzvah ceremonies wer«
held Friday, March 27 at Agudath
Achim Synagogue for Bailee Mir
iam Tennenbaum, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Albert Tenebaum.
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