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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Eight
Fridoy, April 24, 1953
Help Cancer
Control Drive
Among the Atlanta Jewish lead
ership taking part in the Atlanta
Cancer Control drive are:
Elliott Haas, a partner in the
firm of Haas & Dodd, one of the
general co-chairmen.
Mrs. Norman Elsas, one of the
leaders guiding the neighborhood
program and one of the co-chair
men of the Fulton Cancer Unit.
Contributions can be mailed by
simply making out checks and
mailing them to “Cancer,” Care
Atlanta, Ga.
Southern Obituaries
.Victor Papouchado
Victor Papouchado of Atlanta
died April 10.
Funeral services were held Ap
ril 17 in the chapel of Henry M.
Blanchard & Son. Rabbi Harry
H. Epstein and Cantor Joseph
Bchwartzman officiated. Interment
was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife; three
daughters, Mrs. M. B. Taranto, of
Atlanta, Mrs. Raymond Hirsch, of
Mobile, and Mrs. John B. Lipkin,
of Long Island; three sisters, Mrs.
6. Oumano and Mrs. A. Saragossi,
New York City, and Mrs. R. Ama-
do, Cairo, Egypt; six grandchild
ren and several nieces and neph
ews.
MRS. J. TARATOOT
Mrs. J. (Senla) Taratoot of At
lanta died April 18.
Funeral services were held Ap
ril 19 at the chapel of Henry M.
Blanchard and Son. Rabbi Harry
H. Epstein, Rabbi Tobias Geffen
and Cantor Joseph Schwa rtzman
officiated. Interment was in
Greenwood Cemetery.
A resident of Atlanta for 30
years, Mrs. Taratoot came to the
United States from Russia.
Surviving are her husband; five
sons, Philip, Samuel, Joseph and
Isadora Taratoot, all of Atlanta,
and Sam Glass, also of Atlanta;
Two daughters, Mrs. I. Malamud,
Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Sey
mour Cristal, Atlanta, and 21
grandchildren.
Mrs. Annie I. Estroff
AUGUSTA—Mrs. Annie I. Es
troff, widow of the late Simon
Estroff died April 8. Funeral ser
vices were held at Elliott Sons'
Funeral Chapel April 10. Rabbi
Rosenberg offlcia’ed. Interment
was in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mrs. Estroff, a native of Rus
sia, had resided with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Joseph Levy, in Augusta
for the past 15 years.
Surviving Mrs. Estroff are two
sons, Hyman D. Estroff of Vidalia,
Ga., and Maxwell J. Estroff of
Augusta; three daughters- Mrs.
Joseph Levy of Augus'a, Mrs. I.
Goldwasser of Louisville, Ga., and
Mrs. Sol Cohen of Columbus, Ga.;
and 15 grandchildren.
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JULIUS A. MEYER
Julius A. Meyer of Atlanta died
April 8.
Funeral services were held April
9 at Spring Hill Chapel. Rabbi
Jacob M. Rothschild officiated.
Interment was in Crest Lawn
Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. David N. Weben
of Lakewood, N. J., and Mrs. Stan
ley Epstein of Greensboro, N. C.;
a sister, Mrs. Paul Lederer of New
York City, and three brothers,
Fred Meyer of Atlanta, Andrew
Meyer of Jacksonville, Fla.- and
Octavius Meyer of Savannah.
MRS. E. M. LEVY
Mrs. E. M. Levy of Atlanta died
April 14.
Funeral services were held Ap
ril 16 at the Spring Hill Chapel.
Rabbi Jacob Rothschild officiated.
Surviving are her husband; a
daughter, Mrs. Nancy Levy; moth
er, Mrs. Max Kahn, Atlanta; two
sisters, Mrs. E. M. Kugelman,
Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Leon
Kohlman, New Orleans, La., and
a brother, Max E. Kahn, Atlanta,
and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Edwin Epstein, Jr.
SAVANNAH —Mrs. Edwin Ep
stein, Jr., died recently. Funeral
services were held from the Wal
ton Way Temple. Rabbi Norman
Goldburg officiated. Interment
was in Westover Memorial Park.
Surviving are her husband,
three sons, -Ensign Edwin S. Ep
stein III, who is with the Navy
at Bayonne, N. J.; Jerome Epstein
and Julian Epstein, and a sister,
Mrs. Powell Alexander of High
Point, N. C.
MORRIS ROCK
AUGUSTA — Morris Rock died
recently in New York City. Sur
viving are one son, Morris Alan
Rock, and daughter, Miss Thurma
Rock, of North Augusta; four sis
ters, Mrs. Beckie Schmaltz, Mrs.
Esther Schmaltz, Mrs. Lillian Jul
ian and Mrs. Ethel Shanowitz, all
of Brooklyn, N. Y.; brother, Jul
ius Rock of Brooklyn.
HARRY RUBEN
AUGUSTA — Harry Ruben died
here April 6. Funeral services
were held April 7 at Pcteet's
Chapel. Interment was in Sunset
Hill Cemetery. „
Surviving are his wife, one sister,
Mrs. Fred Harkins; four brothers,
Paul Ruben, Charles Ruben, James
Ruben and Solomon Ruben, all of
Augusta.
MEYER PINZER
SAVANNAH — Meyer Pinzer
died here April 13. He is survived
by three brothers, Israel Pinzer,
Jacksonville, Fla., Louis Pinzer
and Harry Pinzer, both of Savan
nah, and one sister, Mrs. Maurice
Hameran, Jacksonville.
Mrs. Cecelia Berman
SAVANNAH—Mrs. Cecelia Ber
man of Claxton died April 13. She
is survived by a sister, Mrs. L.
Marks, Claxton, and a nephew,
Leonard Branner, Atlanta.
MRS. RAY M. MARKS
JACKSONVILLE—Mrs. Ray M.
Marks, formerly of Savannah, and
the widow of Charles Marks, died
April 10.
Funeral services were held
April 13 at the chapel of Sipple’s
Mortuary in Savannah. Services
were conducted by Rabbi Solomon
E. Starrels. Interment was in Lau
rel Grove Cemetery.
OUR FOREIGN NEWSLETTER
Good Idea-Poor Response
By PAUL W. FREEDMAN
Now that the agreement be
tween Germany and Israel has en
tered into force, the “Olive Tree
Offering,’’ campaign of the German
“Peace with Israel-’ movement has
decided to wind up its affairs. In
15 months of well-publicized and
impassioned appeals, it has suc
ceeded in raising less than $15,000.
Eigteen month ago Erich Lueth,
Press Officer of the Hamburg city-
state, told his fellow-Gormans that
in view of all the suffering which
Germans had inflicted upon the
Jewish people, it was incumbent
upon them to ask Israel for peace.
The slogan “Peace with Israel!’,
caught on and was so warmly en
dorsed by Germans of good will,
from Federal President Theodor
Augusta
A wedding of Hadassah, daugh
ter of her people, to Israel, son
of Zion, featured the program of
Augusta Hadassah or. April 21.
Admission was by a supply gift
for "Hadassah’s trousseau.”
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Max Bogo and
daughter Sheila, Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Smolen and children, Miss
Joan Cahn, Mrs. Wolf Beson of
New York City and Mrs. Dora
Smolen of Augusta, spent Sunday
in Columbia, S. C., visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Heilman. The
couple announce the birth of a
son on April 11 In Columbia. Mrs.
Heilman is the former Miss Rosa
lind Borochoff of Atlanta.
Heuss on down, that the "Peace
with Israel" movement was set
up, with headquarters in Ham
burg, as a full-fledged volunteer
organization dedicated to the at
tainment of better relations be
tween Germany and Israel. Na
hum Goldmann and other Jewish
spokesmen of note hailed Lueth’s
initiative.
In January 1952, "Peace with Is
rael” feeling that the time had
come to supplement declamatory
exhortations by a concrete ges
ture, launched a nationwide appeal
for funds with which to plant olive
trees in Israel. This project, adopt
ed because the olive tree is the
symbol of peace, again had the
strong support of many prominent
Germans and, in response to ap
peals, lectures, radio addresses and
articles that were periodically re
peated, thousands did contribute
their bit—among them school chil
dren, students, priests, writers, ed
ucators, Bible-reading old folks,
Germans and Jews were gratified
that this channel or expression was
afforded to Germans imbued by
genuine good will, who, together
with their donations, now poured
out repentance and sympathy.
Their letters, the brief message
they penned on money order stubs,
tug at the heartstrings of the Jew
ish visitor, who leafs through them
at the organization’s headquarters.
Yet the paltry total of the sum
collected shows just how small a
minority is willing to make a vol
untary gesture. In 15 months, $15,-
000 were raised, far less than the
sponsors had confidently expected.
To see that amount in perspective,
it is instructive to note that ten
times as much was donated in
three monhs for a “Heligoland Of
fering” to aid the relative handful
Two Orthodox Jews Honored
During Coronation Year
To hold the position of chief
magistrate in the year of Queen
Elizabeth's coronation is perhaps
one of the greatest honors that
can be attained by a subject of the
Crown.
Such an honor has been bestow
ed upon two Jews. They will as
sume leadership of two distinct,
yet indissolubly linked cities.
Manchester and Salford, which
are marked off from each other by
nothing wider than a line of dark
cobblestones.
The Lord Mayor elect in Man
chester is Alderman Abraham
Moss, and the Mayor-elect in Sal
ford is Joseph Shlosberg. In both
cities resides the largest Jewish
community in England outside of
London.
Both men are orthodox Jews.
They pay each other’s city an im
plied compliment—for the Lord-
Mayor elect of Manchester is a
pillar of the Higher Broughton
Synagogue in Salford—and the
Mayor-elect of Salford is an El
der of the Higher Crumpsall Syn
agogue in Manchester.
First elected to the Manchester
City Council in 1929, Moss attain
ed the post of Alderman in 1947.
Although extremely busy in his
public duties. Moss has paralleled
them closely by accepting and
earning high positions in the Jew
ish community. He was elected
president of the Council of Man
chester and Saford Jews, and still
maintained the chairmanship of
the Manchester- Victoria Memorial
Jewish Hospital and of the Gov
ernors of the Manchester Jews’
School.
Under his chairmanship also, the
Nathan Laski Memorial Fund has
collected over L50.000 for local
charities. During the war, he was
president of the Manchester Jew
ish Forces Center. An ardent Zi
onist, he played a prominent part
in the work for the Hebrew Uni
versity, and has on several occa
sions visited Israel.
The son and grandson of rabbis,
Alderman Joseph Shlosberg ac
quired an engineering degree be
fore he was 20. He obtained a job
with a world-famous engineering
firm, but because of his Orthodox
upbringing creating problems in
his profession (he insisted upon
time off to observe the Sabbath)
he resigned from the firm. ,
Upon the advice of his older
brother Jacob, he returned to his
studies—this time to study medi
cine. He is esteemed by his pa
tients, perhaps because of his great
understanding of their problems
brought about by a serious illness
he suffered.
Only a short time after he was
married, he was stricken with a
deadly disease. Not only were syn
agogue prayers recited for his re
covery, but Masses were also said
for him by well-wishers in the
Roman Catholic churches in his
district, and prayers recited in the
Protestant churches and chapels.
He recovered and, in 1933, was
elected to the Salford City Coun
cil. As Mayor of Salford this year,
he will be the third Jew to be hon
ored in like manner by his city.
So two Jews, who have capably
served their communities for
many years, have attained great
distinction—that of being mayor
of an English municipality when
the crown of England is placed up
on the head of a new monarch.
of fishermen and hotelkeepers in
habiting the tiny fortress of Heli
goland. This occurred when the
British, yielding to German na
tionalist agitation, permitted the
former population of this subma
rine base, which the Germans
themselves had evacuated before
the end of the war and which the
Royal Air Force had used for tar
get practice thereafter, to return
to their homes.
Of the amount gathered by
“Peace with Israel,” $10,000 were
put at the disposal of the Jewish
National Fund and accepted by it.
The Central Welfare Agency of the
Jews in Germany received $2,500,
and the balance will be used for
the benefit of Jewish refugees who
have fled from East Germany.
Since all campaign workers are
volunteers, expenses were mini
mal.
Under the courageous and warm
hearted direction of Erich Leuth,
the “Peace with Israel’, organiza
tion will continue to function as
a pressure group. Its energetic
publicitty, taken up by an influen
tial section of the German press,
helped to prepare German public
opinion for Federal Chancellor
Adenauer’s September 1951 state
ment on reconciliation between
Germans and Jews and on repar
ations for Israel, Which in turn led
up to the negotiations in the
Hague.
More recently, when the long de
lay between the signing of the
Agreement in Luxembourg and its
ratification by the German parlia
ment gave rise to anxiety, “Peace
with Israel” strove to mobilize
public opinion through a drumfire
or insistent appeals and petitions
signed by leaders of German pub
lic life. It plans to resume this type
of activity if obstacles should arise
in the implementation of the
agreement.
When a cross-section of West
Germans was asked, in a public
opinion survey taken at the turn
of the year, whether they consid
ered the Israel agreement of Arab
trade relations more important for
Germany, only 12 per cent in
Western Germany and 22 per cent
in West Berlin came out for the
former. Even when the question
made no reference to Arab pro
tests, only one West Germany in
four (but in West Berlin), where
the political climate is more
soundly democratic than in the
Federal Republic, one respondent
in two) thought the Israel agree
ment should be ratified.
By putting the agreement into
effect in the face of so hostile a
public opinion, Chancellor Ade
nauer has. with the support of the
Social Democratic opposition, tak
en a major step forward in rehab
ilitating Germany’s moral standing
among the nations. Such symptoms
as the results of the ‘“Olive Tree
Offering” and of the aforemen
tioned opinion survey, however,
re-emphasize the old distinction
between the “two Germanies.” The
initiators, organizers and support
ers of the Offering of the Israel
agreement are “good Germans.”
They remain a small minority,
however, who feel the inner call
to make a gesture of contriteness
and amends, of willingness to
make good.
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