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5.7^7 jy GENERAL LIBRARY VOL. XXVIII The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry "" - 1 i -j -too*; 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. *4 i t* \ 4 1 i \ | 1 i' . 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.