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THE SOUTHERN
ISRAELITE
c ^'day, May T, 1953
The Southern Israelite
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
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MEMIERS OP ADVISORY BOARD
Meyer Balter
tel Banamy
Dr. Nathan Blatt
Dr. Jack Blaldi
fc Cohen
ban Cohen
Prank Oarten
Abe Goldberg
Dr. Irving Ooldtleln
Harry Harrltan
Hyman Jacobi
Edward Krlck
Sam levy
Irving llbowtky
Thomat Makever
Ben Matiell
Barney Medintt
Hyman Morrit
Eugene Oberdorfer
Guttav Oppenheimer
terry Rittenbaum
Meyer Rotenberg
Phil Schwartx
Dave Slann
Horry Spitier
A. D. Srochi
Kalman Sunthlne
Arthur Weitt
Sam Weinberg
Paul Wolkin
CONGRATULATIONS TO FITZGERALD AREA
Again Jewish residents in the Fitzgerald area have distin
guished themselves—this time in behalf of the Bonds for Israel
drive. *
From twenty-eight towns, people assembled recently in
Fitzgerald to do homage to the Fifth Anniversary of Israel’s In
dependence. And how better to honor such an occasion than to
purchase bonds which will aid in the future economic security
of the new nation? So the good people subscribed more than
$50 ,000 in Israeli .bonds and what’s more, they paid for every
One right on the spot.
Judaism of times languishes in areas where followers are so
widely scattered that steady and ready contact does not permit
the self-inspiration and encouragement possible in populous cities.
But it need not he abandoned or diminish because of those dif
ficulties, the Fitzgerald congregation has so often demonstrated.
Indeed the determination to promote their Jewishness gives these
Southeast Georgians special vigor and quality. We congratulate
their record.
MOTHER'S UNDERSTANDING LOVE
Now is there in this world a grander thing
To lean upon than Mother when one’s sad
And all of life is filled with pain and woe?
She is the only one who seems to show
Us kindness though our acts be good or had,
And heals us with her gentle ministery.
In thought she keeps her flock beneath her wing
And shields them with a mood forever glad,
Until their Hedging wings the stronger grow.
Age has not marred the loveliness l know
Hemnrtbering the patience that she had
There is no other friend more comforting
To lean upon than Mother when one’s sad.
Gussie Deich
Griffin, Ga.
PANORAMA by David Schwartz
Ten Greatest American Jewish Women
BETWEEN US by Boris Smolar
Common Ground
Although the American Jewish in these particular questions which
Rebecca Franks married a Brit
ish officer and moved to England.
In her later years, she was said to
have expressed regret that she had
not taken the Revolutionary side.
No story of Philadelphia of those
times can overlook her. She be
longs to history.
As No. 2, I would list another
Rebecca—Rebecca Gratz of the
famous Gratz family. She is of a
little later time than the first Re
becca and was renowned for her
philanthropy, but earns her place
in history principally through the
fact or the legend that she was
supposed to be the model for the
Rebecca of Sir Walter Scott's
“Ivanhoe.”
As No. 3, I would put Ada Is
aacs Menken, who died in her
Dear Editor into the little Beth-a-Medrash and early thirties, but managed in her
A few days ago I read a notice sit over a -blatt gimori.’ (Talmud) short life to crowd in enough hv-
„w„„ o, the multi-million tioiiar iormed oh.uiieur wa.l«i ior him *>■
Hudson Pulp & Paper Co., passed ou 1 e - . . : first strip teaser in America, a
away at the age of 77. A few days ore e ewi.s poetess a pioneer Zionist, and a
It did not state that upon his Morning Journal, the only Ortho- captajn G f the Texas militia,
death his family received sympa- daily newspaper, ceased i Swinburne wro te of her “she is
thy telegrams from Israel and j operations a few months ago, the ; thg de]ight o{ the world.” She was
from all parts of the world. Abra- publishers and writers mac e c cs adrrdre( j by about every important
perate efforts to save the existence personage from Mark Twain to
of this newspaper. They selected Longfellow Xhe latter visited her
a committee of ten and came to
the office of Abraham Mazier.
American Jews are preparing to
celebrate the 300th year of the
settlement of Jews in America. We
shall hear no end about the con
tributions of Jews to American
history—about all the great men.
But what about the Jewish wom
en? Recently at an Israel Bond
event at which the two Myerson
ladies appeared, Golda Myerson,
the Israeli Cabinet minister and
Bess Myerson, the former Miss
America, the thought came to me
of compiling a list of ten Ameri
can Jewish women who have won
a place in American history.
As No. 1 on such a list, I would
put Rebecca Franks of Revolution
ary days. I am sorry to say that
while she lived in Revolutionary
days, she was herself a Tory. She
was one of the Beauty Queens of
the famous Mechianaza in Phila
delphia for whom the British of
ficers battled in tournament. She
was regarded as a kind of Doro
thy Parker of her day. She wrote
poetry and even called George
Washington to question in her
verse:
"Thou hast supported an atrocious
cause
Against thy king, thy country and
the laws.”
Letter to the Editor
ham Mazier gave millions of dol
lars for charity during his life
time. A pulp and paper plant is
being completed in Israel now by
Abraham Mazier’s son Joseph. Al-
1JD, just before his death, the
in Paris shortly before her death.
, , , „ ., , w .She was proud of her Judaism.
They explained to Abraham M “- ghe js buried in Paris and on , he
| stone over her grave are the
zier that a loan of $250,000 for
Abraham Mazier Loan Bank” J Uve years will save this great j words „ He Knoweth.
was opened in Israel with a capi- ! Orthodox newspaper that dentes ^ ^ g j would offer Ernes _
tal of millions of dollars, pumping ‘ 8 , A hrlham Mazier tine Rose > I'ttle known today, but
new life blood Into the industries i Jewish 8 P^eer of the woman suffrage
Morning Journal is published on movement, who inspired Susan
Saturday with shades covering the j Anthon y' •
windows of the building on the As No. 6, I place Emma Lazarus,
of Israel.
'’Abraham Mazier'immigrated to
America as a young boy of 17,
just out of a “Yeshiva.” He started
in the paper business with a capi
tal of fifteen cents. He rented a
push-cart for fifteen cents a day
and pushed his cart all over the
East side of New York, picking up
old newspapers and paper trash.
A year later "Avremela,” as, . . .. ... ... . ...
„ . .. .. .. , , - ; facing the committee while holding
they called him affectionately in I . , , ,
v. « , j the check with two fingers, ad-
the Beth-a-Medrash where he do- , ... ® ’
.... . dressed the ten men: “Gentlemen,
vand, saved a few dollars and I .....
. K , „„ j you claim that you are very re
bought an old horse and wagon so ,. . c—.jii, ,,
. * , . „ ligious Jews, and you are preach- Smith of New York.
no could haul bi^Gr loads of pa* I , . » • g-e n» ■ il, n _i
j ing Judaism to the Jews of Amer- j No. 8 is Gertrude Stein, the gal
P^ r s ’ ica. Therefore, I will not lend you who wrote "a rose is a rose is a
One hot day in July his horse this money but I will give you r °se.” After that, no one will ever
Bowery. The Jewish writers wrote
the articles on Saturday and the
presses were going full blast on
Sabbath.
Nevertheless, Mr. Mazier wrote
out a check for $250,000, rose to
his feet in front of his desk and
one of whose poems will be read
as long as there is an America,
for it is carved in stone—on the
Statue of L\Jjerty.
“Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning
to breathe free . .
As No. 7, I would place Belle
JVIoskowitz, who was quite a poli
tical figure 25 years ago, as the
chief adviser of Governor Al
Committee and the Anti-Defama
tion League do not see eye to eye
With the organizations offiliated
With the National Community Re
lations Advisory Council, repre
sentatives of the two camps came
together this week. They exchang
ed views on immigration prob
lems, especially on action con-
cening the demand for revision of
the McCarran Immigration law.
The meeting took place on neu
tral grounds, under no auspices,
Dad came about at the initiative
•f Senator Herbert H. Lehman,
Who is anxious to secure a joint
Jewish effort for modification of
the McCarran Act. It was a meet
ing at which notes were compared
in a most friendly fashion, but
which went no further than ex
changing views.
All indications point to the fact
that none of the Jewish organiza
tions are happy about President
Eisenhower's moves on the immi
gration situation. It is clear that
Jews in Europe will benefit very
little, if at all, from the Presi
dent’s request for the admission
In two years, of 240,000 immi
grants outside of the quota.
They could, however, benefit if 4
the McCarran Immigration Law
were revised. But President Eisen
hower asked Congress merely for
a study of the “injustices” in the
McCarran Act. How long it would
take to carry out such a study and
what recommendations would
come from such a study—these
BR different questions. And it is
the leaders of all Jewish organi
zations in this country arc pri
marily interested.
MILITARY POLITICS
The renewed border incidents
along the Israel-Jordan frontiers
are being studied in United Na
tions circles with some suspicion.
The flare-up coincides with the
Anglo-Egyptian meeting on
Egypt’s demands for the immedi
ate withdrawal of British military
forces from the Suez Canal. And
some suspect that Jordan’s provo
cations are motivated by a desire
to create a situation in which
"helpless Jordan” is compelled to
invoke the military assistance of
its patron-ally Great Britain. Thus
preparing the ground for the
transfer of British forces from the
Suez Canal area to Jordan terri-
Calendar
A2E
•SHVUOTH
May 20, 31
•ROSH HASHONA
Sept. 10, Thursday
•YOM KIPPUR
Sept. 19, Saturday
•SUKKOS
Sept 24, Thursday
Oct. 2, Friday
•HOLIDAYS BEGIN
Previous Evening
collapsed and died. When “Avre
mela” came to the Beth-a-Med-
rash that day to Dovan Mincha,
he told his friends with tears in
this $250,000. I am giving it to | mistake a rose for a sweet potato
you as a donation, but I will give
you this quarter of a million dol
lars on one condition, and one con-
his eyes about his misfortune. He dUton only. I want one of you
is out of business, he told them, men, any one of you, whether you
unless he could get $3.03 for an- are one 0 f th e writers or one of
the publishers to stand up, un
button your shirt and show me
that you are wearing an “Arbi
confess.” (tsitsis) The committee
was amazed. They had never ex
pected that anything like this
would happen. They all remained
seated. They were stunned. No one
wore an Arbi confess.
other "plug.” Between Mincha and
Mariv, the $3.00 was raised and
“Avremela” was back in busi
ness.
Abraham Mazier always remem
bered those $3.00. He knew how
it felt to be in need and he gave
away millions of dollars to the
needy and the poor.
Even when he was already a
multi-millionaire, he was still a
member of the same little Beth-a-
Medrash on the east side, being a
“Gobbi” for years. He used to slip
tory. The Jordan Government once
before called on Great Britain to
send troops into Jordan to repel
“Israel aggression.” At that time,
Britain refused the request. Now
it is considered by some that this
maneuver must have been a dress
rehearsal to give the British army
a valid excuse for going into Jor
dan, as part of the planned evacu
ation of the Suez Canal Zone. For,
even though Jordan is dependent
on Britain, Arab public opinion
throughout the Middle East would
resent such a British action with
out what appeared to be a valid
excuse. The Israel-Jordan border
incidents serve to provide this ex
cuse. If they were not acted upon
earlier, it is probably because of
the delay in agreeing on the evac-
• uatioa of the canal zone.
Abraham Mazier waited a mo
ment, glancing at everyone of
them and finally said, “I am sor
ry gentlemen,” as he tore up the
check and walked out of his of
fice.
So died the Jewish Morning
Journal.
—JACK ROTHENBERG
or a pair of brass knuckles. Miss
Stein’s influence on the modern
school of literature cannot be gain
said.
For No. 9, I nominate Henrietta
Szold, the founder of Hadassah.
For No. 10, I have reserved a
place for Golda Myerson, one of
the rarest kind of women—a wom
an statesman. When a member at
tacked her in the Knesset, another
defending her, warned that it was
useless to -throw stones at Golda
Myerson, for she would pick them
up and build roads with them.
The new roads of Israel are part
of her handiwork. She is an Israeli
minister, not an American, but she
hails from Milwaukee, so I think
she has a place on our list.
Are there any others who belong
to history? Maybe we should find
a place for Edna Ferber, who will
not be forgotten too quickly, and
there is Dorothy Parker, whose
Atlanta father was a Rothschild.
LOVE VS. PREJUDICE
If prejudice is the root of war and ordinary man could ex
terminate it, a great responsibility resets on each of us. Prej
udice is a lack of love. Love for mankind is possible if we think
of all the people of the world as the children of one Father, all
races as one human race, all nations as a single nation, and all
religions as coming from the same source, namely God.
Man might think of himself as a gardener, who cares for the
ugly bulb, gives it nourishment, stmshtne and the gentle rain.
After patiently waiting, a beautiful flower appears. So also man
can care for others, that they will unfold and thereby eradicate
prejudice.
-OLGA FINK, Atlanta