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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
_FrWery ( _Octobef Id, 195J
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Uziel Dies
In Jerusalem; Was 73 Years Old
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Ben
Zion Meir Hal Uziel, Sephardic
Chief Rabbi of Israel, died last
month after a long illness in the
Shaare Zedek Hospital. He was
73 years old.
Funeral services for the late
Chief Rabbi were held Sept. 6 at
Kehal Zion Synagogue and inter
ment was in the Har Hamenuhot
Cemetery. The body was draped in
the rough woolen prayer shawl
that Rabbi Uziel had used for
many years. More than 4,000
mourners, from all walks of life,
followed the cortege through the
streets of Jerusalem to the ceme
tery.
Dr. Itzhak Herzog, the Ash
kenazic Chief Rabbi, delivered the
eulogy at the synagogue service.
Abraham Elmaleh spoke for the
Sephardic Community Council of
Jerusalem. Rabbi Uziel’s son, Ya-
acov, recited the traditional pray-
had sreved as president of the
court of the Mizrachi World Fed
eration. He was the author of
numerous religious commentaries.
JACOB ZIMMERMAN
Jacob Zimmerman, 69, of At
lanta died October 11.
Funeral services were held Oc
tober 12 in the Shearith Israel
Synagogue. Rabbi Tobias Geffen,
Rabbi Arnold Heisler and Can
tor Joseph Schwartzman offi
ciated. Interment was in Green
wood Cemetery.
Dothan Parsonage New Macon Rabbi Busy With Speaking
Is Now Occupied Invitations; Starts Jewish TV Program
DOTHAN — When Rabbi Israel
J. Gerber and his family moved
into the Emanu-El parsonage
here, he wrote in the "£MA
News,” congregational bulletin:
The rabbinage Is a living reaii-
MACON—If the pace keeps up,
Rabbi Newton J. Friedman will
have to engage a manager to take
care of his speaking appearances.
Since he was inaugurated spirit-
ty! It was completed on Monday ua ^ leader of Congregation Beth
of this week and on Tuesday our Israel here, succeeding the late
family moved into it. We are look- Rabbi Isaac Marcuson, he has al-
ing forward to much happiness In most become engulfed in a round
it, God willing. It is a lovely home °f speech appearances,
of which the entire community Besides the weekly appearances
can justly be proud. j b c f o r e his congregation at the
We all know that a house In Temple, he has given twenty-six
Itself, however, beautiful It may “outside talks” during the first
be, is insufficient for true happl- month after the Holy Days.
Mr. Zimmerman, a native of Po-] ness. It depends on the occupant* On Oct. 15 and 16, he was the
land, had lived in Atlanta since
1904. He had been a butcher since
J 906.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Frances Zimmerman; two
sons, Dr. Hyman S. and Louis C.
Zimmerman, Atlanta; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Moe D* Horowitz, At
lanta; Mrs. Willie Oster, Tampa,
era for the dead. Among those at- pja.; three brothers, Robert and
tending the services were Presi
dent I. Ben-Zvi and Mrs. Ben-Zvi,
Acting Prime Minister Moshe
Sharett, Minister for^ Religious
Affairs, Moshe Shapira and other
national, civic, diplomatic and
religious personalities.
Prior to the ceremony, Rabbi
Uziel’s body had laid in state In
the center of the synagogue, sur
rounded by rabbis and students
Intoning Psalms. After the service,
Rabbi Uziel’s students carried his
coffin on their shoulders in the
procession led by mounted police
and the beadles of the-Chief Rab
binate. A brief stop was made be
fore the Yeshurun Synagogue on
King George Avenue where Berl
Locker, chairman of the Jewish
Agency, and Minister of Religious
Affairs Shapira spoke.
At the cemetery the traditional
practice of circling the body seven
times was performed by the rab
bis and a sage tossed a coin over
the heads of the mourners in the
Jerusalem custom symbolizing the
casting off of sin. Police Minister
Behor Shitreet, a Sephardic lead
er, spoke at the graveside where
Chief Rabbi Herzog offered the
final rites.
Ben Zion Meir Hal Uziel was
born in Jerusalem in 1881 and was
ordained in 1899. After several
years’ teaching, he served as chief
rabbi of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, from
1912-1920 and as chief rabbi of
Salonkia, Greece from 1920-1923.
He was elected chief rabbi of Tel
Aviv in 1923. He served as a
Palestinian Jewish delegate to the
League of Nations in 1926. Rabbi
Uziel was active in the Mizrachi,
(religious Zionist) movement and
Simon Zimmerman, Atlanta, Ben
Ccmaj, Mexico City; two sisters,
Mrs. Leo Chardkoff, Tampa, and
Mrs. Joe Zion, Atlanta.
Mrs. Meyer Sevelovitz
to transform it into a home where guest of Dr. Lloyd Moll, president
love, devotion and warmth can at Georgia Southwestern College
be found and felt. Nor does it stop; in Americus, speaking at Vesper
there. The surrounding* have a Services, assembly and classes
lot to do with it too. It is called under auspices of the Jewish
landscaping. Chautauqua Society.
Although the grass is not grown
at the rabbinage yet, we cannot
help but feel that the general
landscaping, the community, is
On October 25 and 26, he will
do the same program at Albany
State Teachers College in Albany,
Ga. On October 27, he will address
helping tremendously to round out the Brotherhood of Temple
the picture for a happy life for us Miekve Israel in Savannah.
in Dothan. This does not only
refer to material matters. For in
stance, the attendance at services
last Friday night was rather good.
Rabbi Friedman, who delivered
the invocation Saturday evening
at the Southeastern ADL Confer
ence in Atlanta, has begun month-
Rabbi N. J. Friedman
en, Beth Israel Sisterhood and
Macon Hahassah provide refresh
ments for Jewish patients which
are distributed by Leo Reese.
In Macon, Rabbi Friedman con
ducts a Jewish radio program on
WMAZ at 9 a.m. He recently inau-
Mrs. Meyer (Martha) Sevelovitz, v G w that the summer Is about j y visits to Milledgeville State gurated a weckly Jewish television
. — ~ ‘ ’ - 'Hospital. The B’nai B’rith Worn- progr ™ “ n Wednesday evenings
86, of Atlanta, died Oct. 1.
over, we know that it will he even
Funeral services were held Oct. better. This makes for a healthier
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4 in the chapel of Henry M.
Blanchard & Son. Rabbi Harry H.
Epstein and Cantor Joseph
Schwartzman officiated. Inter
ment was in Greenwood Ceme
tery.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Ben Krugman, Atlanta; nine
grandchildren and eleven great
grandchildren.
MRS. LENA EPSTEIN
Mrs. Lena Epstein, widow of
Joseph Epstein, 75, of Atlanta
died Oet. 3.
Funeral services were held Oct.
4 at the chapel of Henry M.
Blanchard and Son, Rabbi Arnold
Heisler and Rabbi Tobias Geffen
conducting. Interment was in
Greenwood Cemetery.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Saul Berman of Birmingham;
five sons, Sam J. Epstein of At
lanta and William, Louis, Alex
and Taft Epstein, all of Birming
ham; 11 grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
MRS. J. KAUFMAN
Mrs. Hermoine (Jimmie) Fauf-
man, formerly of Atlanta, died
October 5.
Funeral services were held Oc
tober 11 at the entombment in
Crestlawn Mausoleum. Dr. David
Marx officiated.
Surviving are her parents. Mr
and Ms's. Jake H. Wilensky; sister,
Mrs. Harry Solomon; nephew,
Mr. Mark Solomon; aunts, Mrs
Sarah Smullyan, Mrs. J. S. Greene,
Philadelphia.
MRS. A. R. COHEN
SAVANNAH — Mrs. Augusta
Reich Cohen, widow of the late
Charles Cohen, died September 20.
Mrs. Cohen, born in Beaufort,
S. C., but had lived in Savannah
for more than 25 years. She was
a member of Miekve Israel Syna
gogue. -
Surviving are a son, Ralph W
Cohen of Beaufort, S. C.; a daugh
ter, Miss Pauline J. Cohen, Savan
nah; a sister, Mrs. Lena R. Mor
rison, Daytona Beach; and several
nephews.
JULIAN MOSES
Julian Moses. 66, of Atlanta died
October 1.
soil and for sturdier grass. It
makes for excellent landscaping.
Let’s keep it up! Let’s make Tem
ple attendance as perfect as possi
ble every week. Make Friday night
family night at Temple!
over WMAZ-TV (Channel 13).
ADL Conference-*
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have adroitly side-stepped any
decision at all at this time, since
the national action had already
been taken and the Atlanta resolu
tion only indicated a vote of con
fidence. Proposals that it be with
drawn or tabled were ignored. The
delegates overwhelmingly voted
approval of the national decision,
risking considerable unpopular cri
ticism back home.
The two-day sessions brought
forth these further developments:
1. Presentation of a eitiation to
Frank Carson for his nine years’
service as a member of the Na
tional ADL Commission.
2. Selection of William A.
Early, Savannah, president of the
National Education Association, to
receive its 1953 distinguished
Service Award.
3. Reeleption of William P.
Bloom of Tuscaloosa as chair
man of the board and Abe Gold
stein of Atlanta as chairman of
the board’s executive committee.
4. Mr. Bloom, in his president’s
report of ADL activity during the
“year of the smear,” said despite
certain spectacular adfverses, “the
Jewish people have compiled
such a record of achievement of
Americanism on the grassroots
level that it will serve as a bul
wark against any danger.”
5. Report by Executive Di
rector Alex Miller who said the
Leo Frank case could not happen
today. While we can be optimistic
about results of our fight against
bias, we must be aware of perils.
His ten-year service brought of
ficial praise from the Board.
Label Katz, New Orleans, presi
dent District 7, B’nai B’rith, thrill
ed the Sunday afternoon sessioin
with a stirring discussion of ADL
and its Biblical injunction.
Taking part in the deliberations
Referring to the current anniver
sary of ADL work, Dr. Maurice
Goldberg. Washington, national
vice president, said “we must con
tinue to be in the vanguard,
against prejudice, but ever be con
cerned with the dollars missing
from our budget, with which we
could accomplish so much. . . We
have an unprecedented opportuni
ty in this fight against bigotry to
utilize the skill built up over 40
years.
Henry Shultz, New York, na
tional ADL chairman, lashed out
at one senator who like a bull in
a china shop threatening the
fragile ideals of freedom has still
ed all criticism in the nation, who
has sowed seeds for the most viru
lent anti-Semitism imaginable. . .
Morris Abram, reporting on im-
Center s Birthday—
<Continued from page 1)
reported that the 100th anniversary
finds the Jewish Centers with ag
gregate annual budgets in excess
of $13,300,000. New Center con
struction valued at nearly $8,000,-
000 was under way or completed
in the last year, while in the five
years since 1948 communities un
dertook or planned new Center
buildings costing $40,000,000.
Centers now employ 1,250 full
time trained professional workers
and are pressing JWB for addi
tional qualified staff.
At the annual meeting of the
Board of directors of the national
Jewish Welfare Board here, the
annual Frank L. Weil Awards for
distinguished contributions to the
migration, compared the McCar- wor j l 0 f the Jewish Centers move-
ran-Walters Immigration Bill with me nt were presented to Mrs. Wal-
the infamous Alien and Sedition g Heller of Chicago; Charles
Bill (circa 1800) and urged that w Morris of Louisville, KKy.; and
attempts be made to point out this | Dr Qscar L j anoW sky of New
similarity to Southern Congress- York. The winners received bronze
men who have been in the fore-, medallions and scrolls,
front of supportes of restrictive
m TTheADL was advised by Arthur frozen F '* h f » r ,gr « el
Rittenberg, Charleston, to use a THE HAGUE (JTA) Five
“plan as you go’’ technique meet- ! hundred tons of frozen fresh tier
ing each new assault against civil rin ® s wi 'l be delivered to Israel,
liberties with all available wea- j beginning next week. —^
pons. He termed the era as danger-1 valued at about 100,-
ous times, dominated by three Israel pounds ,are being sup-
philosophies — guilt by assoeia- p ** ec * under terms of the Dutch-
tion .character assassination and * srae ^ trade agreement.
also were George Talianoff, Mi-
Funeral services were held Oc-; ami, and George Fagin, Oklahoma
tober 4 at Spring Hill. Dr. David
Marx officiated. Interment was in
Oakland Cemetery.
Mr. Moses was connected with
the Southern Freight Asociation.
He was a Mason.
Surviving are three sisters.
Misses Debbye and Lucille Moses
and Mrs. A. M. Mayer, and a
brother, Harry Moses, ail of At
lanta,
City, ADL district chairmen for
Districts 5 and 7 respectively; Mrs.
Ruth Goldberg, president, District
5, B’nai B’rith Women; Oscar
Cohen, national director, Com
munity Service Division, ADL;
Arthur Siegel and Frank Klein-
feld; Dr. William Wexler, Savan
nah; Mrs. James Deutsch, Hatties
burg, Miss., and Morris Spiezmar,
Charlottee.
smear techniques.
Alfred E. Smith described the
fight which ADL and the Jewish
people of Charlotte are making
against the religious classes which
were approved for the public
schools of that city before the
minority groups were aware of
what was occurring.
Mrs. Miriam Boblasky, Savan
nah, District 5 ADL chairman,
told of the ADL program of better
ing human relations through ed
ucation “in the schools," and Mrs.
Dorothy Turner, Webb City, Miss.,
District 7 ADL chairman,” in the
churches.’ ’
Elected to the board for three-
year terms were: A. J. Koblentz,
of* Chattanooga, Dr. Leon Feld
man of Asheville, Barney Medintz
and A. L. Feldman of Atlanta,
Henry Yashchik of Charleston,
Charles Thahlheimer of Richmond
Emanuel Emrock of Richmond,
Jules Bank and David Baker of
Columbia and Simon Weil of Nash
ville.
For two-year terms: Mrs. Sol
Lipman of Memphis and Armand
Hecht of Bristol City, Tenn.
For one-year term: Leon Mpel,
Durham.
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