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r 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. ECONOMY A memorable service will be arranged at a cost well within your means at our funeral home. Our real and detailed planning makes funeral costs lowed .... one price covers all ar rangements. We will give you a truly beautiful serv ice at minimum cost. Henry M. Blanchard & Son Ambulance Service 1270 Spring St. N. W. 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. Desoto Plymouth ^’agetaff Motor Company, Inc. DI8TUBUTORS 878 Spring St, N. W. At Eighth AUTOMOBILES — AND PARTS WHOLESALERS