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The Southern Israelite
/ MiszaVill r f° r Southern Jewry
iraxcm J 1925
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627Vi Peachtree St., N. E.
New Phones Elgin 8249
Atlanta 3, Ga.
VOL XXVIII
.Y, DECEMBER 18, 1953
No. 51
Macon's Historic Beth Israel Tells
Of New Building in Expansion Program
Special to The Southern Israelite
MACON — Announcement has
been made here of plans for a
nine-room school building to
handle the expanding services of
historic Beth Israel Congregation.
One of the oldest congregations
in the South, Beth Israel officials
have purchased the residence on
Cherry Street adjoining the Tem
ple.
This building will be razed to
make way for the modern struc
ture.
In addition, extensive altera- j ton J. Friedman, spiritual leader,
tions will be made to the present j A compaign for funds is cur-
Vestry to accomodate the enlarged j rently underway, with Myer Sigal,
social and educational program of j Marvin Gordon and Leonard Ka-
the Temple, being developed un- j plan serving as Building Campaign
der the guidance of Rabbi New-1 Co-chairmen.
Southern Senior Judaeans Will Hear
Bethune, Schwartzman at Conclave
Dr. Mary McLeod Betbune, i Another outstanding educator on
President ,Emeritus, B e t h u n e-j the 4-day program will be Louis
Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Schwartzman of Miami, executive
Florida, will be one of the prin- director, Greater Miami Bureau
cipal speakers at the 7th Annual j of Jewish Education, who will lead
Winter Conclave of Southern j a workshop on Jewish Education
Senior Judaea to take place De- and its challenge to the American
cember 25-29 at Daytona Beach, j Jewish Community.
Florida. Two other educators taking part'
Speaking on "Making Democra- >n the Conclave as Creative work-
cy Live,” Dr. Bethune will deliver sh °P consultant and advisors are
her address Saturday afternoon Yosel Peri and Rati Adler, both
at 3 o’clock at the Princess Is-1 I srap l-
sena Inn. Her talk will be follow- ; Mr Adler, on a Southern tour
ed by a workshop discussion of from December 2.1 to January 12
, , , . . . . to Jacksonville, Daytona Beach,
Judaeas American Atfairs pro- „ ... . . ... .
Greater Miami and Atlanta, is Di-
_ . .. , . in which the expected 125 ^ ctor Qf the Music Section of the
The Mizpah pupils also> decided j teen . age delegates will take part Jewish Agency for Palestine’s
nnntrihiifo nrto rtf thotr Haniilrah .
in groups of fifteen members each, j Youth Department.
Mizpah Pupils Give
Lunches to Needy
CHATTANOOGA — Religious
School pupils of Mizpah Congrega
tion here have decided to adopt
two worthy children at a local un
graded school for the daily lunch
period.
The Jewish youngsters will pro
vide the funds necessary to buy
lunches for two of the boys and
girls whose families cannot pro
vide lunch money.
U.J. A. Votes to Raise
$119,921,150 in 1954
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The three-
day annual national conference of
the United Jewish Appeal con
cluded here Sunday with the ad
option of a goal of $119,921,150
for the year of 1954 and with the
drafting of Edward M ,M. War
burg for a fourth successive term
as general chairman of the UJA.
The goal represents the budge
tary sums required as a mini
mum in 1954 by the constituent
agencies of the United Jewish Ap
peal and was adopted to provide
$91,620,000 for the United Israel
Appeal,'$26,186,000 for the Joint
Distribution Committee, and $2,-
115,150 for the United Service for
New Americans and New York
Association for New Americans.
In a resolution adopted unani
mously by the 1,200 community
leaders wljp attended the confer
ence, anxiety was recorded over
the fact that cash receipts of the
UJA for 1953 are running be
hind those of 1952. The resolu
tion urged ail communities and all
contributors in these communities
“to undertake at once an effort to
enable the agencies of the UJA to
continue without interruption or
delay their great humanitarian
(Continued on page 8) .
to contribute one of their Hanukah
presents for distribution to the
needy children at the school.
Open 10 New All-Day
Hebi •ew Schools
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Ten new
Hebrew day schools were opened
in various cities in this country
with the beginning of the current
school year, it was announce dto-
day by Torah Umedrosh .national
organization for Hebrew day
schools. The announcement re
vealed that there are now 167 He
brew day schools in 70 cities in 24
states'.
The 10 new schools are in Atlan
ta; Denver; Louisville, Ky.; New
York; Newport News, Va.; Perth
Amboy, N. J.; San Antonio; Toled-
o; West Hempstead, N. Y.; and
Vineland, N. J.
Charleston Youngsters Set Sterling
Example in Helping Others
By BILL NOVIT I other sources of enjoyment in or-
Charleston - Adult Jewry of dc1 ' to ^ worthy causes and the
Charleston would do well to follow | T h<> ten , or fifteen cents sac-
the example set by their children,
the younger generation.
District 7 President Offers
B’nai B’rith Aid to Vicksburg
NEW ORLEANS—Within a few
h >urs after a devastating tornado
struck Vicksburg, Mississippi, Dec.
6 Label Katz of this city, presi-
d ait of B’nai B’rith’s District. Sev
en, mobilized the local and dis-
t) ict representatives of the or
ganization in order to provide all
t! e aid in its power to the vic-
ti ns.
The first action taken by Mr.
I'ered a broken leg. Leo Bearman,
Memphis, chairman of the board
of the Home and a past presi
dent of District Seven, immedi
ately arranged for their admission
to the institution. Before the sis
ters could be moved, however, the
elder of the two died as a result
of her injuries.
Working with Joseph Cahn,
secretary of the District, Mr. Katz
Temple
Standard Club
Site of
Dinner Jan. 24
Atlanta Standard Club in Brook-
haven has been chosen as the
scene of a dinner and meeting
when the members of the Hebrew
Benevolent Congregation gather
on January 24 to meet and hear
Dr. Nelson Glueck, president of
the Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion.
The affair is being sponsored by
the president, officers and board
of, the Congregation in behalf of
the combined campaign for the
Union of American Hebrew Con
gregations, Hebrew Union College-
! rificed *by each of these children
comes from their hearts as much
as the $400 or $450 would coming
While the average Jewish adult, from their parents . If e ach of us
in the community has been sitting K, t() depriv( , ourse lves of a little
back complacently admitting that ( , njovmenl or entertainment ' as
we need a new Center, but refus- | these Brownies of Troop Seven did,
ing to dig into his own pockets or | the Charleston Jewish We i fare
do a little work toward attaining
this goal, the young men of AZA,
B’nai B’rith Youth Organization,
have conceived a way to raise sev
eral hundreds of dollars for a * I? J
much-needed adequate JCC, and! Vill&rlCStOIl PUllCj
Fund would have no trouble in
surpassing its 1953 goal instead of
struggling to reach it.
they have been working arduously
to obtain this money.
AZA has decided to give all the
profits from its 1953 Minstrel show,
which was held December 7th, 8th
and 9th, to the JCC Building Fund.
The boys have also offered to
match from their own funds all
that Is raised at the minstrel show.
This is not AZA’s first act of gen
erosity to the Center; a year or
two ago, AZA gave a beautiful
trophy case to the JCC.
It is little wonder that the AZA
boys, who are the future leaders
of the community, are so generous
toward the JCC . . . the Jewish
Community Center is their second
home. They use its facilities for
their meetings, dances, cultural
programs, minstrel practices, ping-
pong tournaments and many other
activities. It is a pity that the
Center does not offer them a gym
nasium, so that they would not
have to rent one for their basket-
Jewish Institute of Religion.
Members of the committee who ball practices and a more spacious
have been appointed to work out
the details are: Samuel A. Miller
and David Goldwasser, general
chairmen; M. William Breman,
president; Mrs. Annette Morris,
secretary; Norman Frankel, Ger
ald Ghertner, William H. Frey, Nat
Levine, Philip Robinson, William
Schwartz Jr., M. L. Weiss, Rabbi
JacoG M. Rothschild and Dr. David
L. Marx, ex-officio.
Morton L. Weiss and Joseph J.
Fine are in charge of arranging
the dinner at the Standard Club.
Additional details will be an-
nouncedd in later issues.
dance-floor, so that they could hold
their big affairs there, too.
There is another youth organiza
tion which has demonstrated its
acceptance of responsibility to the
Jewish community at large. A
group of 16 girls, nine years of
age or under, have contributed two
dollars out of their own spending
money to the Charleston Jewish
Welfare Fund. These young girls,
realizing the importance of the
UJA and local organizations which
benefit from the Welfare Fund,
are depriving themselves of candy,
comic books, movies, ice cream and
AS Midway Mark
Karl Karesh, President of the
Charleston Jewish Welfare Fund,
proudly announced last week that
the 1953 Campaign has reached 56
per cent of its goal. To date,
$54,331.32 has been pledged with
several important gifts yet to be
received in the advanced gifts di
vision.
On November 17, the Women’s
Division held a most spirited meet
ing at the Center. Approximately
50 ladies, representing the seven
women’s groups in Charleston, met
and took cards to solicit the ladies
of Charleston. To date, they have
raised $5,584.82, which is almost
the amount raised by the ladies in
the 1952 Campaign. With several
teams yet to report, all signs point
to the fact that the women will
beat last year’s mark. Mrs. A. V.
Williams, chairman of the Women’s
Division, urged all teams with
cards to see their prospects and get
their reports to the Center as soon
as possible.
Likewise, Jack Brickman, Chair
man of Division B. andLouis Tan-
enbaum, Chairman of General So
licitation, have asked the solicitors
to see their prospects immediately
and get their reports to the Center
office.
Mr. Karesh in reviewing the
campaigns to date, stated that he
hoped all solicitors would see their
prospects before they become too
busy with the holiday season. “If
we all do our job," he continued,
“our 1953 results will top 1952!”
ADC Maps Fight
On Florida Resort
Discrimination
ORLANDO, Fla., (JTA)—Mea
sures to combat resort discrimina
tion in Florida were adopted here
recently at the annual Florida
State Anti-Defamation League
Conference.
The parley decided on a study
of the charters and ordinances of
various Florida municipalities in
connection with possible adoption
of anti-discriminatory advertising
and sign ordinances. It also decid
ed on an “educational program” in
the various communities on the
problem of resort discrimination
and to make representations to
discriminatory establishments as
part of this program.
The conferen.de also called for a
statewide campaign for removal of
discriminatory barriers in civic
club organizations. This followed a
report analyzing discrimination a-
gainst Jews in civic clubs in this
state.
The conference also decided to
set up a committee to organize a
citizens movement in Florida for
revision of U. S. immigration
policy.
Katz was to arrange to have two contacted Dr. Nathan Lewis, presi-
j aged sisters, 85 and 74, respective- j dent of B’nai B’rith’s Vicksburg
1 ly. who had been injured, admitted. Lodge, and Louis L. Switzer, di-
t< > the B’nai B’rith Home and ; rector of the Vicksburg J ewif h
I ospital in Memphis. The cyclone -Federation, offering aid and ask-
h id completely demolished their ing for information on the heeds
h ime, and the elder woman suf- that the B’nai B’rith could be
helpful in meeting. Mr. Katz also
asked Burt Jaeger, of Clarksdale,
president of Mississippi B’nai
B’rith Association, to send a dele
gation of B’nai B’rith' leaders to
Vicksburg to confer with commu
nity leaders there over whether an
application should be 91 a d e for
financial aid from the Emergency
Relief Fund of B’nai B’rith.
Mr. Jaeger later reported that
the group had decided not to ask
for the allocatiop immediately, al
though it might be requested
later. He also asked Mr. Katz to
appoint another committee to re
port on the needs of the commu
nity. Mr. Katz at once appointed
the following committee, which
will visit Vicksburg within the
next week;
Dr. Emil Leipziger, New Or
leans, rabbi emeritus of Touro
Synagogue and B’nai B’rith’s so
cial service chairman; Dr. William
Weiner, Jackson, Miss.; Emanuel
Crystal, president of the lodge in
Jackson; Jack Bennett, Green
wood, past president of the B’nai
B’rith State Association of Missis
sippi and Mr. Jaeger.
Mosley Revives
His Faseist Party
LONDON (JTA) — Sir Oswald
Mosley, Britain’s notorious Fascist
leader, has announced that he in
tends to revive lys Union Move
ment this coming Spring.
Speaking last night at a “Christ
mas Reunion” of his followers in
the East End of London — where
many Jews live—Mosley said that
his party would undertake a na
tional campaign including enter
ing slates for Parliament.
Two Among Dead
In Vicksburg Tornado
VICKSBURG, Miss., (JTA) —
Two Jewish children were among
the known dead following the De
cember 5th freak tornado which
flevastated this city, killing at least
30 persons injuring hundreds more,
rendering 1,200 homeless and de
stroying property estimated to be
worth $25,0/10,000.
Several other Jews were among
the injured and one Jewish family
was homeless, according to Dr.
Nathan B. Lewis, president of the
local congregation. Members of
the Jewish community worked
side by side with neighbors of all
faiths and 1,500 U.S. Army men
searching the ruins for victims of
the holocaust.