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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry
vex. XXVIII
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Community In Spain Receive
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MAIRID, (JTA) — For the first
time since 1492, when the Jews
were forced to flee Spain because
of the Inquisition, the Chief of
State has received the head of the
Jewish Community in Spain, it
was revealed here by Daniel
Francois Baroukh, president of the
Jewish community of Madrid.
Mr. Baroukh, in a statement is
sued to the Jewish Teelgraphic
Agency, thanked the Jewish com
munities of the United States, Hol
land and other countries for help
ing the Spanish community cele
brate its first public Rosh Hash-
anah services this year for the
first time in 450 years.
The Spanish leader singled out
for particular praise Rabbi Jeshu-
run Cardozo of New York who
came to Madrid to conduct the
services, which were attended by
representatives of the Spanish
Government, the United States
Embassy in Madrid and the U. S.
Sixth Fleet. Jews from Israel,
United States, Britain and France
also attended the historic services
as did representatives of Jews liv
ing in the ten other major cities of
Spain and Gibraltor.
Sr. Baroukh thanked the Ameri
can community for the Sefer
Torah brought to Madrid by Rab
bi Cardozo, a gift of Lester M.
Friedman, and the Torah loaned
by Rabbi B. Gorodetzki for the
High Holy Day services, which
was brought to Spain by Zachari-
ah Schuster of the American
Jewish Committee. He also thank
ed the Dutch' community which
contributed two Torah's which
were flown to Madrid in time to
be used at the services. Sr. Bar
oukh said that the Madrid com
munity had three Torahs of its
own, but that they weer no longer
fit for use.
He also thanked Mrs. Joshua
Goldberg, wife of Commander
Goldberg, highest ranking Jewish
chaplain in the U. S. Navy for
sending quantities of prayer books,
prayer shawls and hats for use
during the services.
No. 39
5 oflewislrOfficials
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Reported From East Germany
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The barred from most jobs and many dent; Leo Eisenstaedt, secretary
Communists in East German have
secretly renewed their anti- Semi
tic campaign, purging the last
handful of government officials of
Jewish origin, dissolving the op
erations of Jewish community or
ganizations and jailing hundreds
of others, the American Jewish
Committee has charged last week.
The AJC report declares that
Jewish population of East Ger
many has dwindled to a few hun
dred from a high of about 5,000
as most of the Jewish leaders have
been purged, have fled or have
been sent to Soviet slave labor
cahnps.
“The Jewish communities have
been broken up to a point where
they have ceased functioning,” the
report asserts. "Vicious public di
atribes against ‘Zionism’ and ‘cos
mopolitanism’ are the order of the
day. All Jews and half-Jews are
registered in special police rosters,
Mail For Bill Sachs
Reaches Wrong Bill
Oks Subscription Bill
“I don’t mind being called presi
dent of the New World Club,” the
voice on the telephone remons
trated to The Southern Israelite
—“but what the heck is it?”
The speaker avowed he was
William Sachs and an invitation
had reached him as president of
the New World Club to send a
representative to the publicity
chairman’s meeting The Southern
Israelite has called for October 7
at 8 p.m. at the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center.
It developed that the invitation
had gone out to Bill Sachs all
right—but to a Bill Sachs who is
in business at 225 Central Avenue
and who hails from up East and
not from across the pond.
He had incidentally received
other communal communications
intended for the proxy of the
New World Club, Bill Sachs of
1440 Lanier Place, N. E-, who
will receive his invitation to the
publicity meeting a few days late.
. . . Just to illustrate the old
saw that it’s an ill wind that blows
no good—Mr. Sachs—the trouser
manufacturer, agreed to become a
Southern Israelite subscriber.
—ADOLPH ROSENBERG
JWB Workers Greet Trio of Liberated Jewish PWs
of them already have been sent to general; Dr. Hans Freund, Her-
Soviet slave labor camps.”
Among those reported purged
by the East German Communist
Government are: Alexander
Aubsch, executive secretar of the
Cultural League; Herbert Grun-
stein, Deputy Insepector- Gener
al of the People’s Police; Peter
Florin, chief of the People’s De
mocracies Desk in the Foreign
Ministry; Albert Hirsch, the gov
ernment’s advisor on Jewish af
fairs; George Honigmann, editor
of “BZ Am Abend,” largest after
noon newspaper; Ernest Ichen-
hauser, editor of the official ed
ucational magazine, “Die Neue
Schule.”
Also, Hans Jakabus, edtior of
“Deutsches Sportecho,” largest
sports magazine; Max Kahane,
managing editor of ADN, East
German news agency; Grete Keil-
son, head of the International Re
lations Dpartment of the Com
munist Party; Max Keilson, chief
of the Soviet desk in the Foreign
Ministry; Hans Mark, executive
secretary of the Society for Ger
man-Soviet Friendship; Dr. Leo
Mendel, division chief in the Min
istry of Health; Albert Norden
top aide in the Office of Informa
tion.
Also, Bruno Wolf, bead of the
Education and Religious Affairs
mann Hirschberg and Heinz Cols,
leaders of the East Berlin Jewish
Community.
Also, Salo Looser, president Of
the Leipzig Jewish community;
Leo Lowenkopf, president of the
Dresden community; Gtinther Sin
ger, president of the Erfurt com
munity; Horst Karliner, president
of the Magdeburg community;
Leon Zamojre, president of the
Halle community; Walter Kappel,
president of the Eisenbech com
munity.
REACHING AMERICAN SOIL In time for High Holy Hay obser
vances, this trio of GIs, first Jewish servicemen to be released in
recently-completed Operation Big Switch, receive a hearty “Sha
lom!” from Shea Schwartz, left, JWB Armed Services director for
the West Coast, and JWB Chaplain William Z. Dalin, far right.
The GIs, left to right, are Pfc. Manuel Castlewitz of Philadelphia,
Cpk Bernard Berman of Lakewood, N. J., and Pfc. Alexander
Kreizer of Danbury, Conn.
Youngest International President
To Address B'nai B'rith Oct. 5
The youngest international
president in the history of B’nai
Mississippi Southern Making Record
In Upsetting Stereotypes of South
To sports followers, the upset
of the University of Alabama,
tabbed as the nation’s No. 1 foot
ball team, by Mississippi Southern
College of Hattiesburg, Miss.,
came as a startling shock.
Even more notable, however,
according to the Anti-Defama
tion League’s Southern Director
Alex Miller is Mississippi South
ern’s “record over the past few
years of upsetting widely-held
stereotypes of the South and
especially Mississippi. For this
college, located in the deep, deep
South, has piled up a list of achi
evements in the field of human
relations that would do credit to
a large, urban university.”
Miller stated that for several
years, ADL speakers and ma
terials have been utilized reg
ularly in the college classrooms.
This fall, he said, a complete li-
Stevenson Pays Tribute
To Rescue Mission of
* Doughty Little Israel*
CHICAGI, (JTA) — A tributS
to “doughty little Israel” was vo
iced this week by former Gover
nor Adlai |E. Stevenson in his
broadcast report on his five-
month world tour.
(In Washington, Gov. Steven
son’s reference to the need for
peace between Israel and the Arab
States was taken as an indication
that the Democratsion Congress,
following his lead, may press for
support of Israel and measures to
secure an Arab-Israel peace.
“The Middle East is largely a
power and defense vacuum, ex
cept for doughty little Israel and
tough, strong Turkey,” Mr. Stev-
Department of the Communist enson sa id in' his review of the
Party. Rudolf Herrnstadt, edtior- world situation. “Peace is impera- ‘
brary of ADL films on human re
lations has been loaned to the
school’s Department of Education
so that they might be used in
training Mississippi future public
school teachers. An Institute on
human relations for the student
body is now in the planning stage.
For years, Mississippi Southern
has made an effort to attract to
its campus representative students
from all over the world in order
that southern students might learn
better understanding of other peo
ples through the process of living
together, Mr. Miller declared. Only
recently, Miller stated. ADL rep
resentatives were approached by
administration officials with re
gard to the possibility of inducing
additional Jewish students to en
roll—a most heartening sign in
these days when too many schools
practice exclusion.
B’rith will be in Atlanta early
next month to meet with the
membership of the combined
B’nai B’rith organizations. He is
Philip M. Klutznick, who, at 45
has been a member of the organi
zation for 23 years.
Upon taking his new office, Mr.
Klutznick gave voice to the idea
that B’nai B’rith could be a more
vital organization if a greater un
derstanding could be developed
between the national administra
tion and the “grass roots.”
Mr. Kutznick’s tour, he says,
is not for the purpose of speech
making, “but rather a real per
sonal visit with men and women
at the local level—the people who
work through their lodges and
chapters on behalf not only of
B’nai B’rith projects, but of their
own community welfare.”
The get-acquainted meeting be
tween Mr. Klutznick and the gen
eral membership will take place
at the Mayfair Club, Monday, Oct.
5 at 8:15 p.m. All paid-up mem
bers are being invited to attend,
in-chief of “Neues Deutschland,”
official organ of the Communist
Party in East Germany; Herman
Axen, Central Committeeman of
the Party Secretariat; Bernd We
inberger, Minister for Production;
Dr. Bruno Raphael, chief of the
European Desk, Foreign Ministry.
The AJC report comments that
“the Grunsteins, the Hernstadts
and the Axens do not rate our
sympathy as Jews or as human
beings. They were never Jews in
any sense. In their careers, they
outraged every canon of democ
racy and decency. They are im
portant as pawns, whose sacrifice
by the skillful chess player reveals
something about his intentions.”
The report contains a complete
list of Jewish community leaders
who fled westward during the last
eight months, including six of the
seven heads of the provincial com
munities. These include: Julius
Meyer, president of the Associat
ion of Jewish Communities in the
German Democratic Republic;”
Dr. Fritz Gruhsfeld, vice-presi-
tive in the Middle East — peace
between Egypt and Britain, and
between the Arab states and Is
rael, which is engaged as you
know in an historic effort to pro
vide refuge and new hope to op
pressed people.”
Synagogue Merger
BUFFALO (JTA) — Two of
Buffalo’s oldest Orthodox synago
gues, Temple Beth Israel and
Congregation Beth Abraham, an
nounced their merger here. The
new congregation will use the
name of Beth Abraham.
Unreported In Korea
INDIANAPOLIS, (JTA) — The
name of Pvt. Morris Meshulam of
this city was included on the list
of Americans captured or miss
ing in Korea whom the Commun
ists failed to release or account
for. The list was submitted by UN
officials to the Communists at
Panmunjam with a demand for an
accounting.
English - Jewish Newspapers
Observe ’53 Newspaper Week
VERN SANFORD
The American Association of
English-Jewish Newspapers this
week announced that the 2
member newspapers of the Asso
ciation, including the Southern
Israelite, have joined in cospon
soring National Newspaper week.
The slogan for National News
paper Week this year is “An In
formed Press for an Informe-
People.” The Week will be ob
served Oct. 1 to 8.
Vern Sanford, general mana
ger of the Texas Press Associa
tion, has been named chairman
of the 1953 National Newspaper
Week Committee.
Announcement of the appoint
ment was made by Stanford
Smith, president of Newspaper
of Association Managers, which
was sponsored Newspaper Week.
Smith formerly manager of the
Georgia Press Association in At
lanta.
The committee will work with
representatives of other news
paper associations in planning
the observance of^National News
paper Week by all departments
of newspapers. As the organiza
tion of executives of publishers*
associations, Newspaper Associa
tion Managers has sponsored
Newspaper Week since its incep
tion in 1939. i