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VOL XXIX
PROGRAM
Joint Conference
Southeast Council, Union of American
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.n Reform Groups Convene
Next Weekend in Savannah for Parley
Hebrew Congregations
and
Southeast Federation of
Temple Sisterhoods
Savannah, (Ja., January 16-18, 1954
SAVANNAH—Savannah’s Micke
Israel Congregation-third oldest
in the nation, will be host next
weekend to the joint convention
of the Southeast Council, Union of
American Hebrew Congregations,
and Southeast Federation of Tem
ple Sisterhoods.
Approximately 300 delegates
from Reform groups throughout
the South are expected to be pres
ent tar the three-day program
January 16 through January 18.
A feature of the program will be
a dedication ceremony at the site
of the original Synagogue Mickve
Israel, the first in the State of
Georgia. A plaque will be unveiled
by two descendants of original
settlers.
Mrs. Paul T. Kuhr has beeS
designated general chairman in
charge of arrangements. Together
with an able slate of convention
chairmen, details have been
worked out for an event-filled
convention. The program is print
ed elsewhere in this issue.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16th
11:00 A. M. Worship service—Congregation Mickve Israel.
Exhibits will be set up in Lobby of Hotel DeSoto. Registra
tion desk will be set up with hostesses on duty from 2:30 to
receive names for sightseeing trip around Savannah for
those delegates not otherwise engaged.
2:00 P. M. joint Oneg Shabbat for District Sisterhood Board Mem- j
bers and Board Members at Georgian Boom, Hotel DeSoto.
3:00—5:00 P. M. Sightseeing trips around city.
5:00-7:00 P. M. Registration. Desk Hotel DeSoto.
6:00—7:00 P. M. Reception in honor of visitors given by Sister
hood of Temple Mickve Israel at the Harmonie Club, 4 E. !
Jones Street.
7:30 P. M. Banquet—Grand Ballroom, Hotel DeSoto. (Dress
Optional)
Invocation: "America" led by Mrs Sydney C. McCandlcss Jr.
Toastmaster: Mr. Raymond M. Kuhr, president. Temple
Mickve Israel.
Greetings: Mr. Meyer Kronenberg, president. Southeast Coun
cil. UAHC.
Forum: “What is a Reform Congregation, 1954”; Moderator,
4 Panelists. Recorder.
Appointment Conference Committees
Nominations, Resolutions. Thanks, Time and Place.
Benediction
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 Ur
8:00—900 A. M. Registration continues—Desk Lobby.
8:30 A. M Congregational Officers Breakfast, Habersham Room.
9:00—11:4 > A. M. Opening Session, Sisterhood—Gold Room.
Presiding: Mrs. Mycr Blumberg
Invocation: Mrs. Samuel Mohr
Minutes of Previous Convention
Report of Committee on Rules •
Appointment of Convention Committees
Reading of Communications
President’s Message
Reports of Officers
Reports of Standing Committees
Sisterhood President’s Questionnaire
Reports (Time Limit—3 minutes)
Benediction: Mrs. Sam I). Goodman
]0:00 A. M. Worship—“Adult Education for Contemporary
Chairman
Consultant: Rabbi Eugene J. Lipman. director, Synagogue Ac
tivities, UAHC
Recorder
12:15 P. M. Dedication of Plaque.
Marking original location of Synagogue Mickve Israel, first
synagogue to be erected in the State of Georgia, July 21,
1820. Unveiled by Joan Levy, descendant of Benjamin Shef-
tail, one of original Jewish settlers, and by Robert P. Minis,
descendant of Abraham Minis, one of original Jewish set
tlers—Liberty and Whitaker Streets.
1:00 P. M. Luncheon—Grand Ballroom, DeSoto Hotel.
Invocation: Mrs. J. Montrose Edrehi
Toastmistress: Mrs. Paul T. Kuhr, Conference chairman
Greetings: Mrs. Philip Cranman, President Mickve Israel,
Sisterhood, Savannah
Greetings: Mr. Henry Levy, President Mickve Israel, Brother
hood, Savannah.
Address: Mrs. Joseph Gianzer, president, New York State
Federation, NFTS.
Benediction: Mrs. Sylvan E. Ives
2:30 P. \J, Southeast Council Business Session—Ceorgian Room
A. L. Feldman Receives B nai B rith s
Distinguished Service Award in Atlanta
A. L. Feldman, a native of Hart
well, Ga., who came to the big
city to make good, was named :
"Man of the Year’’ for Atlanta !
Jewry Monday by Gate City j
Lodge, No. 144, R’nai B’rith.
Mr. Feldman received the sixth
annual Distinguished Service A-
ward at a dinner-meeting at the
Progressive Club.
Also named for Special Cita- j
tions by the Lodge.were Sam E. :
Levy and M. J. Merlin.
Mr Feldman, president of Puri- i
tan Chemical Co., has had a broad j
range of activities, which won him
I the award, according to Ben Mas-
j sell. Massell, himself a former
■ Man of the Year, made the pre-
era n of World War I and vice
president of The Southern Israelite.
M. J. Merlin’s citation was made
on the basis of 40 years of untir
ing service to his fellow men. A
man with a passion of annonymity
and a devotion to the principle of
truth and justice for all, he has
been an ardent disciple of the an
cient biblical prophets in his wor
ship of learning and has been ac
tive in promoting its dissemination.
He has been much sought after to
participate in organization affairs,
and as a result, is an active mem
ber of more boards than could be
listed here. A learned and cul
tured man in his own right, he
was chosen as- an exemplary per-
I set; i at ion.
The recipient is a past presi-
I dent of Gate City Lodge, a mem-
i ber of the Southern Regional
Board, the Anti-D efamation
League, vice president of the Jew
ish Center, past president and
board member, Atlanta Federa
tion for Jewish Social Service;
board member, Home for Aged.
He also was co-chaifman, Atlanta
j Jewish Welfare Fund; is a mem
ber National Jewish Committee
on Scouting, BSA; co-chairman,
Jewish Communty Center Build
ing Fund; co-chairman, Commit
tee of 100; member, executive
committee, Greater Atlanta Com
munity Fund; co-chairman, Edu
cational Committee, State Cham
ber of Commerce; board member,
Atlanta Boy Scouts', board mem
ber St. Joseph’s Hospital; member
Advisory Committee, N. P. A.;
member J. D. A. national council.
His special citations include
Community Chest, 1931; for out
standing achievement as co-chair
man Committee of 100, Atlanta
Community Chest, 1952; founder
A. L. FELDMAN
and first president of Mayfair
Club, Atlanta. Mr. Feldman is
president of the Puritan Chemical
Company of Atlanta and chair
man of the board of the Puritan
Sales Company, also of this city.
He is listed in “Who's Who in the
South,’’ current edition.
fn a presentation speech by
Barney Medintz, Sam E. Levy and
M. J. Merlin were named for
long and untiring service to both
the Jewish Community as well as
the community *it large.
Mr. Levy, who has been an At
lantan since the age of 6, has
participated in all phases of com- |
munity life. He was cited for
leadership in ^ocial, educational
and philanthropic activities. His
activities include past president,.
Atlanta Fund Appeal Review
Board; past president, Atlanta
Jewish Community Council; board
member Mayfair Club, of which
he was one of the founders; mem
ber executive committee, Jewish
War Veterans. Mr. Levy is a vet-
son a lity.
B ’ n a i B’rith’s Distinguished
Service Award committee was un
der the chairmanship of Dr. Irving
L. Greenberg. It consisted of the
officers of Gate City Lodge and all
previous award recipients. Her
bert Ringel, president of Gate City
Lodge presided at the dinner
meeting.
Bill Howland, of the Atlanta
Time-Life bureau, made the prin
cipal talk at the dinner meeting.
Give to 1954
Polio Drive
The 1954 Polil) Drive calls for
the sympathetic interest o! every
person whose heart is touched by
the pleading eyes of an innocently
stricken child or the stark hope
lessness of a family whose bread
winner has been laid low by polio.
The demands are tremendous-
providing treatment and hope to
victims of every race, color and
creed. Give liberally and help re
lieve and cure infantile paralysis.
Donations can be mailed care of
Mrs. Sidney Cavalier, 3612 Tuxedo
Road, N. W., Atlanta.
British Black Shirts Shout
Anti-Jewish Obscenities in London
Meyer N. Kronenberg, presiding ~.
2:30—5:00 P.' M. Sisterhood Business Session (continued)—Gold
Room '. . ik itMt
Invocation: Mrs. G. B. Kaufman
Benediction: Mrs. Leopold Schwartz
5:00 P. M. UAHC Adjournment
7:30 P. M. Buffet Supper and Entertainment—Hotel* General
Oglethorpe. •
Showing UAHC Movie. “Isaac and Rebecca”
Skit: Entertainment Committee
MONDAY, JANUARY 18th
8:30 A. M. Sisterhood President’s Breakfast—Chatham Room
Presiding: Mrs. Jacob B. Joel
Invocation: Mrs. Horace R. Lippman
Benediction: Mrs. Nathan Krasselsky
10:00—12:00 A. M. Business Session (continued)—Gold Boom.
Invocation: Mrs. Adrian Cohen
Benediction: Mrs. Audrey Buchalter
12:45 P. M. Luncheon and Business Session—Gold Room.
Invocation: Mrs. S. E. Starrels
Report of Convention Committee
Educational Roundtable—Mrs. Joseph Glanaer, moderator
* Benediction: Mrs. Mort L Weil Jr.
LONDON (JTA)—The resurg
ence of British Facism, based
squarely on anti-Semitism, was
predicted here last week-end fol
lowing a “reunion” of Sir Oswald
Moseley’s “Union Movement.”
Reporting the proceedings of
this public meeting, at which some
300 British Black Shirts gave the
Nazi salute, sang the Nazi Horst
Wessel song and bellowed “ob
scenities about the Jews,” the “Pic
ture Post,” one of Britain’s lead
ing illustrated magazines, said that
the significance of the meeting’s
being held in East London was
that here Fascism is based “four
square on anti-Semitism.”
The magazine article said that
Moseley admitted that after a se
ries of public and private meet
ings this year, he plans to run for
Parliament in jSast London.
ReuvenDafni, Israel Consul,•
To Speak at Parley
By MRS. MORRIS FRANK ^
President of the S.
Announcement has been made
that Reuven Dafni, Counsul of Is
rael in New York and Director,
Israel Office of Information will
be the banquet speaker at the
Southeastern Regional Conference,
which is to be held February 21,
22 and 23rd in Columbus.
Mr. Dafni is considered one of
the most colorful and dynamic
personalities in the country today.
His address at the Grand Finale
Banquet Wednesday Evening, Feb
ruary 23, will be one of the high
lights of the Conference.
E. Region Hadassah
Another feature of the banquet
will be the award of Presidents’
service pins to all Regional Presi
dents. The award will be made by
the National Advisor, Mrs. Julian
Ansell of Boston, Mass., former
National Vice President and one
of Hadassah’s outstanding leaders
in the country.
Mrs. Aaron Funk of Columbus^
Ga., has been named conference
chairman, with Mrs. I. D. Shapiro,
Regional Conference Coordinator.
Further Conference plans will bp
announced shortly. j