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VOL. XXIX
UARY 15, 1954
No
2
Several Hundred Southeast Delegates
Eye Reform Convention in Savannah
SAVANNAH—Rabbi Eugene J.
Lipman of New York apd Mrs. Jo
seph Glanzer of Tuckahoe, New
York, will highlight the program
here this week end of the South
eastern Council, U. A. H. C. and
the Southeast Federation of Tem
ple Sisterhoods.
Rabbi Lipman. who was to
in Atlanta Friday evening, is di
rector of Synagogue Activities for
the Union of American Congrega
tions. He will conduct a workshop
on Sunday.
Mrs. Glanzer, who is president
of the New York Federation of
Temple Sisterhoods, will be guest
speaker for the Sisterhood dele
gates from Georgia, Florida and
Alabama. A former vice president
of the National Federation of
Temple Sisterhoods, she is chair
man of its Committee on child
study and parent education. She
is the immediate vice president
of Temple Rodeph Sholom Sister-
| hood in New York and vice chair
man of the NFT special committee
of Tield services.
Rabbi Lipman counsels Reform
Jewish congregations regarding
j administration, architecture, at
tendance, worship and related
matters. He is a native of Pitts
burgh, was ordained a rabbi in
1943 and has had wide experience
as a rabbi and as an Army chap
lain .He has lectured extensively
throughout the country in behalf
of the United Jewish Appeal, the
j Joint Distribution Committee, the
Jewish Agency and U. A. H. C.
New King of Saudi Arabia
H ou Id * * Wipe Ou t'' Israel
Brandeis U. Associates to Hear
1 Ielen Gahagan I )ouglas Jan. 27
Helen Gahagan Douglas, Con
gresswoman from California for
three consecutive terms, will
speak at the second annual Bran
deis University Associates dinner
at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 27
Co-chairman of the dinner
meeting, scheduled at the Stand
ard Town & Country Club, are
Louis Aronstam and Frank Gar-
ion.
Born in Boontan, N. J., Mrs
Douglas grew up in a large family
in Brooklyn. She became interest
ed in drama and studied singing
and acting before graduation. She
stepped into a leading role on
Broadway. Her talent, combined
with her beauty, led Hey wood
Broun to acclaim her as “the ten
most beautiful women in America.”
She was playing the lead in
“Tonight or Never” when she met
and married another member of
the cast, Melvyn Douglas.
After her marriage, she moved
Isenberg Will Seek
Ga. Assembly Seat
.As BRUNSWICK — Joe Isenberg,
shoe store owner and member of
the Port Authority, has announced
he is “definitely in the race” for
the legislature in the primary to
be held next September.
Mr. Isenberg said he has not
decided whether he will seek the
seat presently held by Rep. Ber
nard Nightingale or that of Rep.
Charles Gowen. Mr. Nightingale
has announced he will seek re-
• election but Mr. Gowen has en
tered the race for governor.
Many persons have urged him
to make the campaign, Mr. Isen
berg said. He declared that he
will run on a “businessman’s
platform.”
He said he expects to run on
his own and not incur obligations
“to anyone.”
Mr. Isenberg has been promi
nent in state and local B’nai
B’rith circles.
to California and began activity
Helen G. Douglas
which steeped her interest in com
munity problems and politics. She
found herself a Democratic Na
tional Committeewoman and in
1944 was elected to the 79th Con
gress.
Chattanooga
Family Wiped
Out in Crash
CHATTANOOGA—A family of
I four Chattanoogans was wiped out
in the crash of a B29 bo'mber on
; Guam recently.
The victims were Maj. Gerald
| A. Orken, 31, his wife, daughter
j Shirley Lynn, 6, and son Steven 2.
Major Orken was commanding
officer of the 6319th Medical
Group and base surgeon at Ander
son Air Force Base, where the
flaming bomber ripped through
an officer’s residential section.
He received his medical educa
tion at Vanderbilt University and
had been in service since 1947. His
family joined him at Guam in
October.
The major was the nephew of
B. D. Fine and Mrs. Sidney Cava-
I lier of Atlanta.
NEW YORK (JTA)—The new
King Saud of Saudi Arabia was
ported here as having stated at his
royal palace in Riyadh, capital of
Saudi Arabia, that the Arab na
tions should sacrifice up to 10,000-
IN BRIEF
JERUSALEM (JTA) —Repre
sentatives of the Mapai and Gen
eral Zionist Parties signed an
agreement providing for the re
constitution of the coalition gov
ernment. Agreement on the prln-
ciples involved came after a four-
hour meeting called by Acting
Premier Moshe Sharett and at
tended by four top leaders from
each of the two parties. Immedi
ately after the agreement was
signed, Mr. Sharett re-opened
contact with Progressive Party
leaders looking toward that party’s
return to the government.
ISTANBUL, (JTA)—Some 10,-j
000 Jews living in former Ru
manian territory have been de
ported by the Soviet authorities
to Siberia, it was reported here.
Meanwhile, the Free Rumanian
Committee here reported that six
more Zionist leaders are currently
in Rumanian prisons following
their trial and conviction last
September. The six are: E. Kenner,
Pascu Schaechter, Samuel Schit-
tonowitzer, A. Horowitz, Iancu
Tabacaru and Jean Cernauteanu.
NEW YORK, (JTA)—President
Eisenhower’s failure to include in
his State of the Union message
any recommendation for revision
of the McCarran-Walter immi
gration law drew an expression
of- “deep regret and disappoint
ment” from the National Com
munity Relations Advisory Coun
cil.
The group comprises represent- |
atives of the American Jewish
Congress, Jewish Labor Commit
tee, Jewish War Veterans, Union
of American Hebrew Congrega
tions, Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations, and the United
Synagogue of America and 30 lo
cal, state and regional Jewish
councils throughout the country.
000 of their 50,000,000 people, if
necessary, to wipe out Israel.
The report carried by the Asso
ciated Press, quoted the 53-year-
old Arab monarch as stating: “Is
rael to the Arab world, is like a
cancer to the human body, and the
only way of remedy is to uproot
it just like a cancer.” He made
his remarks in a speech to a visit
ing press delegation from Jordan.
He declared that the Arab na
tions never would hold direct
talks with Israel because they did
not recognize Israel as a nation.
The Arabs lost Palestine to th*
Israelis in 1948 because they
were not united and “not sincere
in their actions and efforts,” h*
added, and continued:
“Had we united then (in 1948)
Israel would not have come into
existence. Israel is a serious wound
in the Arab world body, and we
can not endure the pain of this
wound forever. We don’t have the
patience to see Israel remain oc
cupying part of Palestine for
long.”
Birmingham JCC Members Will Decide
Controversy Over Building Site
BIRMINGHAM — Members of
the Jewish Community Center
here will hold their annual meet
ing Monday, January 25, and seek
a decision to the controversy over
location of their new facilities.
Directors have approved the
immediate sale of the preseht
building and the surrender of
possession within a year. A site
for the new building, whose plans
are ready, had also been approved,
but dissatisfaction has been ex
pressed by members who wish the
site to be changed “over the
mountain.”
Members have been requested
to visit the proposed site before
attending the meeting when a vote
is expected.
Nominal ions have been made by
a committee appointed by Presi
dent Sol Rittenbaum for eight
vacancies to the board and the
additional ten, as provided by a
new constitutional amendment.
Nominations can be made from
the floor, provided they are
signed by ten senior members and
placed in the hands of the secre
tary at least seven days prior to
the election.
Plans Completed for Classroom Annex
To Temple Beth in Macbn
MACON — Plans have been
drawn for the new class room an
nex to facilities of Temple Beth
Israel here.
Harold C. Rosenberg, well-
known Atlanta architect, has been
engaged to survey the recently
purchased property adjacent to
the Temple and to draw up plans.
On the basis of his recom
mendations and consultations with
the Building Committee, it was
decided to enlarge the present an
nex by removing the study and the
class-room in rear of present fa
cilities. A new building with nine
class-rooms and the study will be
erected attached to the present
Institutes on Moral, Spiritual Resources:
Macon Jan. 20; Atlanta 21; Savannah 22
MACON—Local Jewry has been
invited to an Institute on “Our
Moral and Spiritual Resources” at
Hotel Demsey on Wednesday,
January 20.
Sessions will be held from 10
a. m. to 3:45 p. m. under auspices
of the National Conference of
Christian and Jews.
Taking part will be Rev. David
Hunter, bead of the Department
of Christian Education of the
Protestant Episcopal Church; Dr.
Allyn Robinson, director of Com
mission on Religious Organiza-
! tions of the NCCJ, Dr. G. McLeod
Bryan of Mercer University, and
Rabbi Newton Friedman, spiritual
leader of the Temple.
The same panel will speak in
Atlanta on January 21 and in Sa
vannah on January 22.
building, thus saving a consider
able amount of building expense.
A library will be built in the pres
ent study. I
Meanwhile the committee de
cided to permit rooms to be dedi
cated as memorials at a minimum
cost of $1,750.
Four rooms have so far been
underwritten as memorials, as
follows:
The Michael Kaplan Hall: by
Mrs. Michael Kaplan, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Kaplan and Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Friedman in memory
of Michael M. Kaplan.
The Edith Kuhr Classroom: by
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Elkan and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rosen in
memory of Edith Kuhr.
The Melvin Blumberg Class
room: by Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Blumberg and Mr. and Mrs. Al
Hurvitz in memory of Lieut. Mel
vin J. Blumberg.
The Jacob and Rose Goodman—
Leopold Aronson Classroom: by
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Goodman and
Mrs. L". Aronson in memory of Mr.
and Mrs. Goodman and L. Aron
son.
Aliens Must Report
Address in January
Newcomers to America who
have not yet secured their citizen
ship are reminded of the law re
quiring them to report their ad
dress during the month of January.
The address can be recorded
through using the Alien Address
Report Card Form 1-53, available
at any United States Post Office '
or any Immigration and Naturali
zation Office.
If the person does not under
stand the instructions on the back
of the card, Federation officials
said, he should ask the postal
clerk or an employee of the Im
migration and Natural Service for
help in completing it. The card
can be completed and turned ia
on the spot.