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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, November 27, 1953
The Southern Israelite
Pubilihtd Wooiily by Soutttom N«w»popor Ent«rprit«, 627Va roadrtfuo St., N. C., Atlanta
3, Gaorgia. Elgin 8549, Elgin 8240. Enured at second date matter at the post office, At
lanta, Georgia, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Yearly tubteription three dollar*. The
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Material received eorlier will have a much better chance of publication.
Member, American Association of Eng/ish-Jewish Newepeper*
Adolph (oeersbero. Editor end Eirbfidser
Meyer Salter
Sol lenamy
Or. Nathan Slot*
Or. Jack Blotch
Joe Cohen
Bauben Cohen
ftonlt Gorton
Abe Goldberg
Or. Irving Goldstein
Marry Morrison
ADVE8TISING DE8A8TMENT
Gustav Oppenhelmer Margaret Merrymon
MEMBERS Of ADVISORY BOARD
Hyman Jacob* Sorry Rittenbourn
Edward Krlck Meyer Rosenberg
Sam levy »hll Schwarts
Irving llbowtky Dave Slann
Thomas Mokover Harry Spltxer
Sen Mattel I A. D. Srochl
Sgrney Medlnti Kalmon Sunshine
Hyman Morris Arthur Welt*
Eugene Oberdorfer Sam Weinberg
Gustav Oppenhelmer r 0 ul Welkin
TWO YEARS FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Few movements in recent time have culminated so dramat
ically and rapidly in Atlanta as did the determination to create a
borne for the aged of this area.
Under the inspiration and driving energy of Frank Carson as
president, the leadership secured the necessary contributions to
erect suitable facilities and almost in record time a beautiful
structure arose incorporating the latest ideas in comfort and utili
tarianism.
T he Jewish home rapidly filled the need for which it was
Intended and men and women took up residence within its friend
ly atmosphere. From the very start, the community wholehearted
ly took residents and the idea into its heart. Many volunteers
caino forward to perform innumerable services which made the
residents more at home. Others expressed their regard by lie
coming sustaining members to help its financial maintainance.
This coming Sunday afternoon, another milestone in Jewish
Home history will lie reached as the second anniversary is ob
served at an open house. Persons who have not yet had the satis
faction of tourist the premises will find a reward in a visit during
the afternoon. Those who have come before will enjoy another
visit to see how well the home is progressing.
Within the last year rfgreernents have been concluded with
two other communities in the state, placing the' facilities of the
Jewish Home at the service of those who require it. Other com
munities will have the same privilege by coining forward and
making the necessary provisions. The sound operation demons
trated during its first two years indicate the Home’s qualification
for expanded services.
We find very special pleasure in extending congratulations
■pon this anniversary to Mr. Carson to the fine staff and to the
scores of diligent volunteer citizens who have created this Home
and maintained it on such high standards of excellence.
PANORAMA by David Schwartz
Herzl’s Yahrzeit
The observance of Herzl’s ya
hrzeit may well occasion reflec
tion on the strange inscrutable
ways of destiny.
The leading feuilletonist of gay
son of sentimental traditions but
because of the contemporary
needs.
Being too a Jew who lived on
the marginal edge, Herel could en-
Vienna, an aristocrat, so off thej vision the Jewish state in less nar-
Jewish tangent, that he once was | r0 w and chauvinistic lines. He
to consider urging Jewish mass saw it as an instrument in the con-
conversion to Christianity, Herzl cer t of’the nations. The flag of
was to lead a movement which he Israel, he envisioned, as having
was to describe as “first a return seven stars for the seven hours
to Judaism” and which could labor day, which he hoped the
count only the support in the be- Jewish State would pioneer in in-
ginning of the poor, ghetto rid- troducing. He prophetically fore-
den Jews. saw the present awakening of
Theodore Herzl nursed another Asia and thought the Jewish State
ambition in his youth which might might play an important role in |
have made him a figure of Amer-! that connection. He dreamt of the:
ican history, alongside of another Jewish State pioneerng in the con-j
Theodore-Theodore Roosevelt. As quest of the desert and the reha- 1
Herzl was growing to manhood, bilitation of the hot countries. He'
the world was very much excited hoped that the Jewish State might j
over De Lesseps’ building of the pave the way also for the setting;
Suez Canal. Young Herzl dreamed U p of an African state for Negroes,
of being another De Lesseps and j The poor might be the on i y one s |
heading the project for the dig- ]lsten j ng to him, but Herzl never
ging of the Panama Canal with; ]f)St his sense of the ar i st0 cratic.
which Theodore Roosevelt was! In his fancy he saw the C haluz
later to be associated. It was not, dicing a iong with his axe a frock
merely a passing whim. He work- coat He migh t be the Mosheeach,
ed out a plan with some detail for ■ bu t he would not come riding on
moulding his life that he might j lowly donkey. Israel Zangwill
achieve this project. The achieve-, {jobbed Herzl “the Motor Car
ments of science stirred his mind. Mosheeach.” It wasn’t altogether
His way a resourceful if brood- j that he didn . t care for the i owly
ing mind. There is anecdote told don i{ e y He peeded the motor car
UTTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
In the Jewish daily, forward, of
October 28, there appeared an ar
ticle about a Jewish grocer in Mi-
tomers were boycotting his store.
Sunday morning he called Sam
Meyers on the, phone. “Sam," he
said, “they „ are .bpycotting my
«mi that was boycotted by his store. "Anti-semites 1 must- have
gentile customers because he kept
his store open on “Rosh Hashona”
gnd “Yom Kippur."
1 checked the accuracy of this
article with a reliable source in
Miami. Here are the facts.
Sam Meyers operated a self-
service market In a gentile neigh
borhood for twenty-two years, and
for twenty-two years his grocery
Store was closed on Rosh Hashona
And Yom Kippur.
Last June he sold his store to
moved into my neighborhood, and
they are forcing me out 6f"busi
ness.’
"Well,” said Mr. Meyers, “1 will
soon find out.” Sam immediately
called Rev. Parker oh the phone
Rev. Parker was the pastor of the
neighborhood church. “Reverend,”
said Sam, “Why are the boycotting
my old market?”
“Well," said the Reverend,
“Thursday, the first day of your
holy holidays, I received many
A young Jewish couple who paid J telephone calls from the women
him n substantial amount in cash
and twenty-four monthly notes for
the balance.
The new owner redecorated the
Store, added new.fixtures and ad
ditional lines. His business in-
of Herzl at a cocktail party of his
journalistic confreers in Vienna.
A colleague noting how the drinks
had affected Herzl’s walking, re
marked how strange it was that
the liquor seemed to affect Herzl
legs, while in his own case, it was
his head which was most affected.
to keep pace with his fast work
ing mind. In the few short years
given him, he met kings and Pope
and carried on a feverish dynamic
activity.
Zionism was costly to him. It
killed him prematurely and prob
ably was responsible for the tragic
‘Its very simple, returned f a | e that befell all of his child-
Hcrzl wittily. "Liquor always af
fects the weakest part. With you,
it’s the head, with me, the legs.”
His best friend was reduced to
tears after reading “The Judensta-
at,” thinking that the work proved
that Herzl was off his balance.
The rich and influential Jews
turned him dowrt. He had little to
go on with—except that brilliant
mind of his which told him that
“an apple must have something
firm—a table—to rest on, but a
great movement need not have a
firm base. The earth swarm
through airy space.”
Dr. Weizmann once facetiously
remarked that Herzl had one dis
tinct advantage over him, in that
he knew nothing of Palestine or
of the Jews. In fact, it was an
advantage. The case of Herzl in
this respect paralleled Moses. Dr.
ren. His son, Hans, his pride, after
first becoming a Protestant later
joined the Catholic fold.
There is a story that a Viennese
anti-Semite on reading of. the
conversion of Hana Herzl turned
to a Jew and said, "See, even the
son of your great Herzl has joined
the Church.
“Well, hasn't it always been so?”
replied the Jew. “We have the fa
ther, ydu have the son.”
But Hans Herzl could find no
rest in his new faiths eithehr and
committed suicide.
Herzl’s only heirs were the Jew-
osh people!
MRS. R. CHASHESMAN
Mrs. Rachel Chashesman, 72. of
Chicago died November 19 in At
lanta.
Funeral services were held No
vember 19 at the chapel of Henry
M. Blanchard & Son. Rabbi Harry
H. Epstein, her-son-in-law, and
Cantor Joseph Schwartzman of
ficiated. Interment was in Green
wood Cemetery.
Mrs. Chaseman, wife of Julius
Chashesman who is Rabbi of the
Congregration Anshe Tiktin in
Chicago, had been in Atlanta, only
five weeks.
Born in Poland, she spear
headed many charitable organiza
tions in Chicago and was outstand
ing in work sponsoring institu
tions of Jewish learning and help
for Israel. She was active in Miz-
rachi.
Surviving besides her daughter,
Mrs. Harry H. Epstein of Atlanta
and her husband, are two sons
Dr. Leopold Jordan, of New York
and Herman H. Jordani of Chi
cago; a sister, Mrs. H. Berezner,
Haifa, Israel: four grandchildren,
one great grandchild, several
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Bessie Goodman
SAVANNAH — Mrs. Bess is
(Rebecca) Goodman, 76, died Oc
tober 26. Funeral services were
held 6ctober 27 at the chapel of
Sipple's Mortuary. Rabbi A. 1.
Rosenberg and Cantor Albert
Singer officiated. Interment was
in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Surviving are sons, Harry Good
man, Abraham Goodman and
Morris Goodman, all of Savannah;
one daughter, Ethel Greenfield,
Savannah; one brother, Phillip
Segall, Miami; eight grandchild
ren and three great grandchildren.
MRS. F. HARTMAN
Mrs. Frieda Hartman, 82, of At
lanta died November 19.
Funeral services were held No*
jvember 20 in the chapel of Henry
M. Blanchard & Son. Rabbi Harry
H. Epstein officiated. Interment
was in Greenwood Cemetery.7
Surviving are three sons, Harry
and Morris Hartman, Atlanta;
Solomon Hartman, Toccoa; three
daughters, Mrs. Morris Sperling,
Los Angeles; Mrs. Herman Sperl
ing, Pickens, S. C.; Mrs. Arthur
Gerstein, Covington; and several
grandchildren.
in our neighborhood, complaining
to me that the Jewish grocery
store was open, while the other
Jewish stores were closed.” Then
he went on, “At a meeting Thurs
day night at the Church it was re
creased 25 per cent. Thursday, the solved that any Jew who keeps
first day of Rosh Hashona, he his store open on his holy holi-
Opened his store and no customers j days has no moral principles, is
came. All day Friday not a single not trustworthy, is unreliable and
customer in sight. dishonest in his business dealings.
MRS. H. GUTMAN
Mrs. Henrietta Gutman of Chi
cago died in Atlanta November 16.
Funeral services and interment
Schmaryahu Lewin noted that thej were held in Chicago.
ancient sages of Israel had asked „„„ , , ..
. .. . . Surviving . are two daughters.
why it was a man who was ignor- .. T „ _ .... ,
' , .. „ . . .... . Mrs. Herman L. Barnard, Atlanta;
ant of the Hebraic tradition, who « T „ r c; ’
. . . . . . _ , Mrs- Sidney Berkowitz, Kansas
had been raised in Egyptian court ~ it „ . „ . . .. .
, . , . i j Zi . »■ City, and a sister, Mrs. Sid Fish,
j Chicago.
MRS. R. SHAPIRO
was selected to lead the Israelites
out of F,gyptian bondage. And the
sages and answered that it was
necessary that this be so, for if.
Moses had come to the Israelites ‘ C5LSTA Mrs. Rachel Sus-
with a Jewish tradition, the Jews kon S H a p i i o, "5, died recently,
would have said to him, it was Funeral services were conducted
the tradition in him which spoke. ,he ,es *dence by Rabbi Simon
By having been apart from this, E Zippei Interment" was in Ma-
he had proven that their emanci- gno ^ a cometer y-
pation was dictated not by rea- Surviving are two sons, Ike and
Harry Shapiro, both of Augusta; a
market and is doing more busi- i sister, Mrs. Annie Ruben of Wilm-
The now owner thought that “I, therefore, detailed ten worn-! ness than ever -
Since the store was closed on; en with instructions to phon?^
Bosh Hashona for twenty-two every member of our church and
years therefore, his customers | every one living in our neighbor-
jxiust think that he is also closed, j hood and ask them to boycott his
On . Saturday his receipts store. By opening his store on Yom
propped to a $60.00, while he j Kippur, he not only showed his
usually sold over $1,200.00. On contempt to G-d, but also to his
Monday and Tuesday no customers | fellow Jews who were in the
•ntered his store. synogogues fasting and praying
On Wednesday he printed three; forgiveness. During the Spanish
thousand sales circulars with!inquisition, Jews were observing
twenty below-cost specials. The Yom Kippur in their cellars risk-
circulars. announcing the sale for j ing their lives. Here, in a free
Saturda>, were distributed on Fri- ( country, with freedom of speech
day over the entire neighborhood, and freedom of religion, this man
Saturday morning, Yom Kippur, is defiant to his G-d and to his
he opened his store, thinking that fellow men. His actions plainly
the below-cost items will bring I show that he is a Communist, and
results, but no one came! we will not tolerate Communism
He became desperate. He j in our neighborhood.”
couldn’t imagine why the cus-1 Sam Meyers is back in his old
—JACK ROTHENBERG
Atlanta. Ga.
♦HANUKKAH
Dec. 2, Wednesday
(First Day)
Dec. 9, Wednesday
(Eighth Day)
•PURIM
March 19, Friday
*PASSOVER
April 18, Sunday
•HOLIDAYS BEGIN
PREVIOUS EVENING
j ington, N. C., and six grandchild
ren.
MRS. E. R. HARRIS
Mrs. E. R. (Estelle) Harris, 36,
of Atlanta died November 10.
Funeral services were held No
vember 12 at the chapel of Henry
M. Blanchard & Son. Rabbi Harry
H. Epstein and Cantor Joseph
Schwartzman officiated. Interment
was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss
Susan Harris; sons, Paul Harris
and Michael Harris, all of Atlanta;
sisters, Mrs. Irving Schatzman of
Miami Beach; Mrs. Charles Berger
of Chicago; Mrs. Joseph Benamy
of Atlanta; brothers, Louis A. Bass
of Chicago; Ted Bass of Vandalia,
Ill., and Morton H. Bass of Chi
cago; several nieces and nephews.
MRS. RAY WEISS
Mrs. Ray Weiss of Altanta died
November 21.
Funeral services were held No
vember 22 at the chapel of Henry
M.'Blanchard & Son. Rabbi Harry
H. Epstein and Cantor Joseph
Schwartzman officiated. Interment
was in Glenville Cemetery in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. Weiss was born in Cleve
land and lived with her daughter
in Atlanta for the past several
years.
Surviving are a son, Arthur
Weiss of Cleveland; a daughter,
j ^rs. Maurice Karr, Atlanta; a
| brother, Samuel Friedman of Cin
cinnati; a sister. Miss Rose Fried-
! man, Los Angeles, five grand-
j children and a great grandson.
ARTHUR WASSER, SR.
Arthur Wasser Sr., 67, of At-
! lanta, died November 18. Funeral
i services were held November 20 at
Spring Hill. Dr. David Marx of-
I ficated. Interment w T as in Crest
i Lawn Cemetery 7 .
| Born in Fort Valley, Mr. Wasser
i had lived most of his life in Atlan
ta. Prior to his retirement, he had
served as a superintendent at
Rich’s, Inc. for 27 years and had
been employed at J. P. Allen & Co.
and Sears, Roebuck and Co. for
eight years each.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Lillian Friedman; two sons,
Arthur Wasser Jr., and Harold
Wasser; one sister, Mrs. M. L
Marks, and several nieces and ne-
I phews all of Atlanta.