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GENERAL LIBRARY
VOL. XXVIII
The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry
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No. 18
nen Asked to Remain Home
Sunday to Receive Coverall Girls
WOMEN DIVISION CO-CHAIRMEN. Mrs. S. J. Steinbach, Mrs.
Herman Herman and Mrs. Harold Marrus survey the progress being:
made by their workers for Sunday’s Coverall Day in the current At
lanta Jewish Welfare Fund campaign.
German Bank Advances Millions
To Israel Purchasing Mission
COLOGNE (JTA)—The Deut
sche Laender Bank will make the
equivalent of about $34,000,000 in
marks immediately available to
the Israel Government’s purchas
ing mission here as a result of the
entry into force of the German-
Israel reparations agreement, the
instruments for which were ex
changed last Friday at United Na
tions headquarters.
Under this agreement, West
Germany is making $47,600,000
available to Israel by March 31
of this year. Since Germany has
mately $34,000,000.
1 The first semi-annual install
ment for the 1953-54 fiscal year,
amounting,,to $24,000,000, will be
come due in April, about the time
the Israel purchasing mission be
gins to function on a large scale
here. The mission will consequent
ly have about $68,000,000 at its
disposal. «<<
The Jewish Restitution Succes
sor Organization, which operates
in the United States zone of Ger
many to recover Jewish heirlcss
Special to The Southern Israelite
In a special mailing sent this
week to all women contributors to
the Welfare Fund, Atlanta’s Jew
ish Women were urged to remain
at home Sunday, May 3, between
the hours of 9:3 0a.m. and 4 p.m.
when more than 300 Coverall Girls
would conduct a personal house to
house campaign in behalf of the
1953 Welfare Fund campaign.
Summarizing the needs that ex
ist, the mailer stated, ’’She'll be
knocking at your door this Sun-
_day. Open it when she comes—
and open your heart, too. For the
gift you make will circle the
world. It will provide help desper
ately needed by the immigrants in
Israel. It will help to continue the
immigration timetable in Europe,
North Africa and elsewhere. In
this country it will help combat
anti-semitism and discrimination.
It will contribute to work among
Jewish youth and among the men
and women in the armed forces of
the U. S. It will assist national
Jewish hospitals and health agen
cies. It will help in the support of
religious and cultural institutions.
It will help meet local needs and
strengthen our own community.
“No gift could do more—no gift
could be too great.”
already advanced to Israel the and communal property confiscat
sterling credit equivalent of about ed the Nazl£ ’ has turned ™ er
$14,000,000 to cover Israel oil pur
chases from British concerns, the
mission will have at its immediate
disposal here for purchase of ma
chinery, materials, etc., approxi-
25,000 marks to the Jewish Blind
Society of London. This represents
part of the proceeds of the sale of
property in Berlin formerly owned
by the society.
ANATOMY OF REFORM JEWRY
Reform Jews in the United States are certainly drifting back
to Jewish customs and traditions which for many years rwere ta
boo in the Reform movement. This can be seen from the results
of a stirvey presented to the convention of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations which took place in New York last week.
The survey established that members of Reform congrega-
Women Ready
For Coverall Day
After "Prep” Meet
In preparation for their annual
Coverall Day event which will
take place this Sunday, May 3, all
the chairmen, their captains and
colonels who are working in the
Women’s Division on Coverall Day
gathered for a training institute
for workers at the Progressive
Club last Monday.
Plans for the mobilization of
community support for this event
were discussed. Facts about the
Welfare Fund were given in a dra
matized program based on “What’s
My Line,” led by Mrs. Herman
Hons in all sections of the country are eager to restore old rites < Heyman as mistress of ceremonies
and observances, anti that many Reform rabbis comply with this
trend.
It is significant that the laymen are far ahead of their rabbis
in the desire for an increase in ritual and ceremonial practices.
Thus, the proportion of laymen who insist on employing a mohel
for circumcision rather than a surgeon is much larger than the
proportion of rabbis who take the same stand. About 80 percent
of the laymen declared that they believe in Bar Mitzvah, but the
percentage was much smaller among the rabbis.
Laymen also appeared to be more eager than the rahbis about
tradition practices at weddings, and advocated the use of a “Chu-
pah” at wedding ceremonies, the wearing of a hut, the breaking
of a glass. While 69 percent of the rabbis said they believe in
cremation after death, only 52 percent of the laymen expressed
such belief. The survey established that only 8 percent of the
laymen and 10 percent of the rahbis observe dietary laws in their
homes. About 80 percent of the rabbis and laymen reported that
they mix milk and meat at medls. Only 62 percent of the rabbis
do not eat pork. Fifty-two percent of the laymen and 93 percent
of th erabbis fast on Yom Kippur.
A third of all the laymen reported attending synagogue wor
ship every Sabbath, while another third reported attending once
a month, and the remainder replied “seldom." Ninety percent of
the laymen like the practice of lighting candles at Friday evening
services in the temples and the singing of Kiddush there. On
Passover, 74 percent of the laymen have a Seder at their home,
and on Chanukah 81 percent of them light candles. At the same
time, 21 percent of them reported that they have a Christmas
tree in their home. —Boris Smolar
and Mrs. Barney Medintz as the
sponsor.
In addition to the co-chairmen
of the Coverall Division, a num
ber of colonels participated in the
questions and answers which
identified the needs of institutions
and agencies in this country, as
well as in Atlanta, which are in
cluded in the support of the Wel
fare Fund.
Emphasized was the fact that the
Welfare Fund was all-inclusive
and did not limit itself merely to
the support of the UJA and agen
cies engaged in work overseas, al
though the latter constitutes a ma
jor part of its support.
Following this exciting and ef
fective presentation, Mrs. George
Chaite conducted a quiz program
on proper methods of soliciting
contributions. Answers were given
to all the “stock” questions. Em
phasis was laid especially on plus
giving which is so important in
raising substantial additional funds
which are so vital this year.
Mrs. Pauline Manning presided
at the meeting where Edward M.
Kahn, the Welfare Fund’s cam
paign director, spoke briefly on
his observations on his recent stu
dy mission overseas and gave a
brief account of the problems and
Physicians and Dentists To Stage
Annual Welfare Fund Dinner Sunday
Atlanta’s Jewish Physicians and
Dentists will hold their annual
meeting in behalf of the 1953 Wel
fare Fund Campaign at the May-
fair Club at 7 p.m. Sunday, May
3, at 7 p.m.
Under the chairmanship of Dr.
James I. Weinberg, a committee of
physicians and dentists was set up
to arrange for the participation of
all Jewish physicians and dentists
in the Welfare Fund. This is in
keeping with the fine record estab_
lished over the past several years.
Serving on Dr. Weinberg’s com
mittee were Dr. Nathan Blass, Dr.
Morris ,Erbesfield, Dr. Irving H.
Goldstein, Dr. Irving L. Greenberg,
Dr. Albert Heyman, Dr. Simon
| Krantz, Dr. Louis Levy, Dr. Jos
eph Yampolsky and Dr. Sam Zion.
Guest of honor and principal
speaker will be Dr. Alexander Mil^
j ler of Cleveland, Ohio, a noted or-
| thopedist who is vice-chairman of
the Physicians’ Division of the
! Cleveland Welfare Fund. Dr. Mil-
; ler is interested in the medical
i school in Israel and is conversant
i with the medical program of the
I UJA agencies.
Front, left to right: Mrs. Harry Solomon, Mrs. Irvin Blumenthal,
Mrs. Clarence Feuer, Mrs. William Frey. Second row: Mrs. Jack Wal
lace, Mrs. Charles Gordon, Mrs. Gerald Ghertner, Mrs. Sidney Rich.
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Left to right: Mrs. Jack Gay, Mrs. Ruth Geller, Mr. J. E. Guilder-
sheimer, Mrs. Harry Robkin, Mrs. Seymour Rappaport, Mrs. Cay
Kaufman.
Left to right: Mrs. C. D. Schiffman, Mrs. Murray Kandel, Mrs.
Henry Birnbrey, Mrs. David Eisenberg, Mrs. Mollie Greenberg, Mrs.
Samuel Penson, Miss Mary Zakheim, Mrs. Ralph Sacks, Mrs. Jack'
Friedman.
needs confronting the UJA agen
cies in North Africa and in Israel.
A special plea was made to all
captains and colonels to make their
own pledges first before going out
into the community to secure
pledges from others. The plea met
with a generous response by all
those present. Prospect cards and
workers kits were distributed to
all workers that so total coverage
might be attained by Sunday.
BIG Fitzgerald Report |
FITZGERALD—Officials report
that at last Sunday’s Israel Inde
pendence Day Rally here, a total of
$53,000 in Bonds for the State of
Israel was sold, with $53,000 col
lected in cash.
Fund Divisions
Will Meet May 6
A general report meeting of all
divisions of the 1953 Welfare Fund
campaign has been called at 12:30
p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at th«
Progressive Club.
.Approaching the climax of one of
the most successful campaigns in
recent years, the meeting will
serve to bring together all leaders
in the various groups to report re
sults to date to survey the situa
tion, after which plans will be
mapped out for bringing the cam
paign to a successful conclusion.
A. L. Feldman and David L.
Slann, Campaign General Chair
men, will preside.