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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
F ridoy, October 16, 1953
The Southern Israelite
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sidered a* sharing the views expressed by writers. DEADLINE is 12:30 P. M., TUESDAY but
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MEM8ERS OP ADVISORY BOARD
Meyer Raiser Hyman Jacobs Berry Rittenbaum
Sal Benamy Edward Krlck Meyer Rosenberg
Dr. Nathan Bias* Sam Levy Phil Schwarts
Dr. Jack Blelch Irving libowsky Dove Slann
Jaa Cohen Thomas Makover Harry Spltxer
Reuben Cohen Ben Massed A. D. Srochl
Prank Gorson Barney Medlnti Kalman Sunshine
Abe Goldberg Hyman Morrl* Arthur Welts
Dr. Irving Goldstein Eugene Oberdorfer Sam Weinberg
Marry Harrison Gustav Oppenhelmer Paul Wolkln
MILESTONE IN JEWISH EDUCATION
Creation of the Atlanta Institute of Jewish Studies holds thrill
ing possibilities for the Jewish community and The Southern
Israelite is happy to add its endorsement to this promising cul
tural and educational development.
The community’s rabbinate and professional personnel are co
operating in offering a curriculum of high quality and interest for
study and discussion with rewarding possibilities for the pupils
who will but partake by registration and participation in the
classes.
At least a dozen subjects arc being offered and it is hoped
that sufficient persons wHl register to activate classes in each sub
ject. Besides Jewish topics'which cover the range of our religious
and cultural history and literature, there will be instruction in
Hebrew and Yiddish, as well as a course in education for Sunday
School teachers and social studies group on the Ainerican-Jewisn
Community.
. Over a period of almost two decades, we have watched the
development of classes for adults by various congregations and
groups in the community. Some were successful and others left
much to be desired. The adult institute begun through the Bureau
of Jewish Education several years ago demonstrated marked prog
ress wild laid the groundwork for the current effort.
The broader scope of the Institute of Jewish Studies brings
together all of the resources of the community and we strongly
urge as many as possible to demonstrate their support by registra
tion. ,
CHEST TRYING TECHNIQUE OF
JEWISH PHILANTHROPY
October is the month in the civic year when organized com
munities give attention to raising funds for Community Chests.
Through the Chest, as many as dozens of agencies band to
gether for a united request to the citizenry for funds to support
a multitude of worthy activities. In many cities, as in Atlanta,
Jewish agencies are included although this is not always the case.
No matter, in keeping with their sense of responsibility, Jewish
citizens have never withheld support from the Chest and are
among its most spontaneous and generous contributors, its most
enthusiastic leaders. They recognize the fine services Chest agen
cies perform, the necessity for eliminating the multiplicity of cam
paigns which wftuld result otherwise.
Interestingly, this sense of responsibility which Jewish citizens
have long manifest and demonstrated in their private and civic
giving is the object of a new approach to Community Chest cam
paigning in Atlanta. The goal in Atlanta is about $1,7(X).(XX)—
largest in its history. To reach this sum, leaders are trying a dif
ferent technique in solicitation. With the theme of “give where
you work," a revolutionary organization has been created, so that
the president of a firm will serve as the Community Chest chair
man for the personnel. Naturally the president is expected to set
the pace for the size of their gifts with his own demonstrated gen
erosity. Previously, contributors had been approached bv outside
workers and there was no relationship between size of gift and the
income of the giver. If Atlanta can thus succeed in translating an
adequate sense of responsibility, the campaign will rapidly go
“over-the-top. One thing is sure, the Chest here and elsewhere
can count on the wholehearted support of Jewry.
live in three countries: the United
States, Soviet Russia and Israel.
Two of these three major centers
—the Jewries of the U.S.A. and of
the State of Israel—Dr. Sehwarz-
bart declares, form great con
structive laboratories of Jewish
ness, thus ensuring a continuation
of the identity of the Jewish peo
ple. The third of the three Jewish
centers, Soviet Russia, is a place
where Jewishness is being com
pletely wiped out, according to
Dr. Schwarzbart.
The study also points out that
another 2,100,000 Jews, or about
19 percent of the Jewish people,
live in nine countries. The re
maining six percent of Jews are
scattered in nations throughout the
world.
PANORAMA by David Schwartz
The Watermelons Are Too Big
Now that we are all talking
about the 3,000th anniversary of
Jerusalem, it seems to me that
there ought to be some interest in
a story about watermelons that
recently appeared in the Jerusal
em Post.
The gist of the story is that the
grocers of Jerusalem are com
plaining about the size of the
We may be disposed to think I spirit alone. But out of Jerusalem,
this very absurd, but let us try to J “shall go forth not only the law—
understand their point of view. j but the watermelons.”
First of all, I wish that we I hope I will not be regarded as
would consider that the water- | sacreligious for writing so. Did not
melon is trffly a great “invention.” the Torah itself spfeak in the same
It has a faculty of extracting wat
er from the dryest land. It is very
tasty, sweet, satisfying and re
freshing: It is at one and the same
watermelons. They are too large, time something to eat anti to drink
They say that the Israelis will only It satisfied hunger and thirst. In
buy small watermelons, because, i the desert of course, with water at
it appears, most of the ice boxes i a premium, the importance of
in Israel are small and besides anything to quench thirst can
there is the matter of transporta- ; scarcely be exaggerated,
tion. The stores of Jerusalem have Even if^we do not approve of
not developed a delivery system Jews who were willing to go back
and a woman coming to the mark
et will think twice of carrying a
30-pound watermelon home.
In itself, this story perhaps is
no great shakes, but if you recall
a Biblical story about waterme
lons in connection with it, I think
you will agree that it is worthy of
some thought.
The Bible story also mentions a
complaint about watermelons, but
in another way. The story appears
in the Book of Numbers and tells
about the grumbling of the Jews
in the desert. Moses had led them
out of Egypt, they had gotten free
dom, but then Egypt, and the cu
cumbers and the watermelons.”
Their mouths began to water
for the watermelons they ate in
Egypt and they seemed almost
willing to go back to slavery to get
a slice of them.
to slavery in Egypt to get a piece
of watermelon, we can appreciate
and sympathize with them to an |
extent.
The one thing however that we
must upbraid them for is their
impatience, for they were going
to a land with even bigger water
melons, than those in Egypt. That
is where they made their mistake.
And now they are complaining
that the watermelons in Jerusalem
are too big!
I think it would be a good idea
to bringf a wagon load of these
big Jerusalem watermelons to
America for the celebration of the
3,000th anniversary of Jerusalem
which is being sponsored under
the auspices of the Israel Bond
organization.
We are apt, too much so, to
think of Jerusalem in terms of the
BETWEEN US by Boris Smolar
Internationalized Jerusalem?
Although Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles keeps pin
pricking Israel for transferring its
Foreign Ministry from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem, it is highly doubtful
that the U. S. will ever insist on
the internationalization of Jeru
salem. . . Such internationaliza
tion would give Moscow a foot
hold in Jerusalem at a time when
the U. S. Government is doing
everything possible to prevent
Soviet influence from gaining in
the Middle East. . . This seems to
be the reason why the United
who have a sober approach to the
Jerusalem issue, consider the pres
ent Jerusalem situation most ac
ceptable since the two countries
directly interested in Jerusalem—
Israel and Jordan — seem to get
along very well in the divided
city. . . This despite the fact that
they are in the state of war and do
not see eye to eye on any other is
sues affecting Arab-Israel rela
tions. . . In fact, some observers
at the U. N. are of the opinion that
the United States could untilize
States’ Britain and other countries the Israel-Jordan amity in divided
Jerusalem as a springboard for
developing better relations and
eventual peace, first between Jor
dan and Israel and later between
the other Arab countries and the
Jewish State. . .
Jewish Congress
Issues Guidebook
NEW YORK (JTA) — A com
prehensive study of Jewish com
munities in 64 countries has been
published by the World Jewish
Congress here. The study, pre
pared by Dr. Isaac I. Schwarzbart,
head of the WJCs organization de
partment, contains up-to-date in
formation on the history, structure
and character of Jewish commu
nities in the Western world, as
well as in such far-flung areas as
Indonesia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Fin
land, Bolivia and the Belgian
Congo.
The survey reveals that 75 per
cent of the worlds 11,500,000 Jews
who protest Israel’s proclamation
of Jerusalem as capital of the
Jewish State have, nevertheless,
not raised the issue at the present
session of the U. N. General As
sembly. . .
It is obvious that if Jerusalem
were put under U. N. administra- I
tion, the Soviet Union, as one of i
the Big Powers, would request [
representation on the administra
tion. . . Especially, since Moscow |
ins a lot of property in both parts |
:1 Jerusalem. . . Admitting the
Soviet Government into partner- i
ship in an international adminis- i
uution of Jerusalem would actual- '■
ly mean giving the Russians the !
best chance to penetrate into the j
heart of the Middle East. . . This
is something which not only Wash- |
ington must take into considera-
tion ,but also the Vatican circles !
which are conducting such intense ;
propaganda for the internationali- ;
zation of Jerusalem. . .
Those in the United Nations i
earthy terms of the land of Israel
as “a land of milk and honey” and
not only of the word of God.
But the watermelons might ser
ve also to convey a moral—recall
ing the ancient story of the grum
bling in the desert about the lack
of watermelons and the present
fact about the complaint of the
watermelons being too large.
What a subject for sermons!
Jewish Senators
Urged By Press
For Canada
MONTREAL. (JTA)—-The sug
gestion that the Jewish commu
nity of Canada should have a rep
resentative in the Senate has been
made in an editorial in the Mont
real Gazete and endorsed by the
Toronto Star.
The Montreal daily, referring to
reports that the Prime Minister
was considering changes in the
compositttm of the Senate to make
it more representative, • proposed
recognition of ethnic groups in
Canada. “It would seem, for in
stance, that the time has come
when the Government might rec
ognize the importance of the Jew
ish population of Canada in con
sidering appointments to the Sen
ate,” the paper declared.
“Of all ethnic groups in this
country,” the editorial added,
“apart from those of French and
British descent, the Jewish people
have one of the oldest historical
claims. . . As the* years have
passed, the importance of the
Jewish people in Canada has
grown. They have made signifi
cant contributions t8* Canadian
development. They brought to this
country many skills which led to
the establishment of new indus
tries. They have made their cul
tural contributions in all the arts.
They have added to the rich
flavor of the Canadian mosaic.
“A representative of the Jewish
people in the Senate of Canada
would also have an historical fit
ness from the fact that Canada
was the first part of the British
Commonwealth in which a citizen
of Jewish faith was elected to
Parliament.” *
•HANUKKAH
Dec. 2, Wednesday
(First Day)
Dec. 9, Wednesday
(Eighth Day)
•PURIM
March 19, Friday
•PASSOVER
April 18, Sunday
•HOLIDAYS BEGIN
PREVIOUS EVENING
TO FRANK GARSON: THE "LOVABLE" MAN
Tonight we pay homage to a man
Who's done as much as anyone can
Through kindness both in word and deed
-|To help others who were in need.
^From the Welfare Fund, that he has led
To the Jewish Home, of which he's head
He's stood out well above the crowd
Although his voice was never loud.
He knew just how to play his part
Because he did it from the heart.
He isn't one to look for praise
He's satisfied to spend his days
In giving comfort to a friend
For whom he'd go to any end.
In being with his family
His love for them is plain to see.
His wife who's been a perfect mate #
Agrees with all thot he is great.
His two fine sons, Arthur and Dan
Are worthy offspring of this man.
His nine grandchildren bring him joys
His Joy helped with a girl and boys.
Through the Lovable he's made his fame
He couldn't have chosen a better name.
It symbolizes all he's done
With love for all, our hearts he's won.
The Jewish Home will ever be
A monument for all to see.
From ail the residents and staff
% bring greetings «n their behalf.
It is time now for me to end .
These few lines to our good friend.
We wish happiness and a long life
To Frank Garson and his charming wife.
September 21, 1953 LOUIS NEWMARK