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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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Fridoy, Jonuary 15, 1954
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A CAUSE TO FIGHT FOR
The chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee studying
the operation of the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act, Senator
Arthur V. Watkins of Utah, recently returned from a three-month
inspection trip abroad and announced his belief that the law was
•11 right as it stood. Mis observations in Europe, he stated, merely
confirmed the view he expressed five months ago ,in a letter to
President Eisenhower, that it was unnecessary to make any basic
revision of the immigration law. In fact, he now felt that it would
la* “very unwise” to seek even minor changes at the next session
of Congress, for such an attempt would open the whole act to
Amendment and the ensuing struggle might jeopardize the entire
Eisenhower legislation program that will then he before Congress.
It was Senator Watkins, as spokesman for the Administration,
■who steered the emergency refugee hill to passage at the last ses
sion of Congress over hitter Senate opposition. At that time it
liras widely reported that in order to secure passage of the refugee
legislation the Administration had agreed not to press for revision
of the McCarran Act. Senator Watkins now denies that his stand
•gainst tampering with the act had resulted "from any deal to
block amendment.” But whether or not a "deal was actually
negotiated, it is a safe assumption that the Administration will
jiot take the initiative at tin* next session to rewrite the immi
gration law. The political realities are such as to favor a do-
nothing course. Senator Watkins was probablv correct when he
told President Eisenhower last August that "further action on
Immigration will be impossible during the next four vears unless
there is almost a complete turnover ol members of the Congress
Sn next year’s Congressional election.’ In the circumstances.
President Eisenhower’s hold declaration that “the McCarran law
must be rewritten” presumably will, for the time being, remain 1
• rhetorical statement.
1 But discouraging as arc the prospects for immediate results.
Bte struggle against the init|iiitons McCarran law must go on.
T’or it is a part of the unceasing struggle to maintain in \merican
public life the principles of decency and tolerance, humanitar-
ianism and brotherhood, \s Senator Herbert Lehman, that
doughty champion of human rights and American freedoms,
said in a recent address to the New York Friends Committee:
“In fighting the McCarran Act we give direct battle to the forces
of national and racial prejudice and discrimination. Senator
Lehman, who is well aware of the formidable obstacles in his
path, is determined to continue the fight for a just and Immune
immigration law. The major problem, he points* out, is public
education—"the education of millions of people as to the facts
And principles involved . . . an informed public sentiment through
out the country to breach and destroy the barricades of prejudice
Jn Congress.”
I The problem posed by Senator Lehman can he successfully
fnet hy the numerous civic and religions groups that have long
Opposed the McCarran immigration law. Their task is to mobi
lize all their strength on a continuous, organized basis and to seek
increasing public support for the elimination of the McCarran-
Walter law. It should he a persistent and unrelenting effort. But
•s Senator Lehman has well said: “The challenge is great enough,
the target is big enough, the objective to lx* gained noble and
important enough to call forth the kind of dedication that is need
ed, This is a cause for all who believe in the brotherhood of man
and the blessedness of justice.”
-CONGRESS WEEKLY
Second Lecture
On Conservative
Judaism Jan. 18
Second of a series of lectures on
Conservative Judaism will be pa
tented at 8 p. m. Monday, January
At, at the Ahavath Achim Educa
tional Center.
Speaker, according to Rabbi
Harry Epstein, will be Dr. Israel
Goldman, Baltimore. His subject
will be Dialogue with God, the
Synagogue in Conservative Juda
ism.
The series was begun January
31 with a talk by Rabbi Mordecai
Waxman of Great Neck, N. Y„
speaking on "Religious Revolution
in America: History and Back
ground of Conservative Judaism."
Dr Jacob Agis, Baltimore, is
scheduled to make the third lec
ture January 25 and Dr. Gershon
Chertoff, Elizabethtown, N. J., the
final talk on Monday, February 1.
On Welcoming A New Year
From time to time, material reaching us in various congrega
tional bulletins seems worthy of passing on to our readers. We
will include such material here. These remarks by Rabbi Meyer H.
Marx of Temple Beth El in Knoxville, are worth mulling over.
—THE EDITOR
ON WELCOMING A NEW YEAR
. . . Sometimes I wonder just
why this mood of joy at the New
Year. Are we so glad to get rid
of the old year? Have the past
twelve months een such a bur
den that we are glad to close the
books? Are we rejoicing that the
unceasing flow of time has mark
ed off another 365 days of our
allotted span? Or are we just
happy as we tear off the last
month of the calendar because we
now turn to thef uture to embrace
"another chance” which 1954 is
about to offer us?
I think I won’t answer these
questions for you. Contrary to
popular opinion at times, the rab
bi’s job is not always to give you
the replies and the solutions to
life’s questions and problems.
Sometimes he fulfills his task just
by suggesting them to you. I am
meditating on them for myself.
Won’t you join me?
Then there is the business of
“resolutions” at this season. I
suppose most of us make a few
even if we smile in a slightly
amused fashion as we make them.
Personally, I don’t think a few
New Year’s resolutions will hurt
any of us. Who can tell? They may
even help a little. You see, when
you make resolutions for the fu
ture you almost have to take stock
of the past. A little personal in
ventory? Not a bad procedure.
Everyone of you who is in any
business will be “taking stock" in
the next few weeks. Aren’t you
more important than your busi
ness? Why not a little personal
"stock-taking”? What notations
are there in that little book which
is only yours? I suppose you have
some good entries and some bad
ones. Most of us have. In any
event, you will have to find out
for yourself when you say, “This
resolve for the New Year.”
Such meditation as this does
something for you! It sets up your
goals. It concretizes ends. It helps
you decide what you really in
your heart of hearts want to do
with this new blessing God is giv
ing you. Maybe you won’t reach
the accomplishments you visualize
today. Most of us won’t. A man’s
dreams always outstrip realities—
or should. Yet, some sober thought
about yesterday and tomorrow on
the last day of the year can at
least serve to reestablish the will
toward purposeful achievement.
Thomas Jefferson once said that
he did not think God Almighty
had put into any man the power
of attaining perfection, but that
the nearness to that end, that He
had put within the reach of all of
us. — Or to put it differently —
having searched ourselves as the
year ends, this we can surely say
with understanding and with
sincereitv of purpose: I resolve to,
be better than I was.
US-Israel Liner
Lists Sailings
NEW YORK — Israel’s first
transatlantic liner, the S. S. Jeru
salem, will sail from New York
to Israel on February 8, it hag
been announced here by Zim-
Israel Line.
Additional sailings are sche
duled for March 29, June 9, Sep
tember 8 and November 15, to co
incide with peak travel season*
to Israel.
B. & P. W. Hada8sah
Will Meet Jan. 21
Regular meeting of Atlanta B.
& P. W. Hadassah will be held
at 8:15 p. m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at
the Mayfair Club.
The program will be devoted
to the group’s kickoff in their J.
N. F. campaign. A film will b*
shown,
Jewish Student Again
Heads Emory Group
Jack Horowitz, a student at
Emory University, has been elect
ed president of the Emory Reli
gious Association. This is only th*
second time in the history of th«
University that a Jewish boy has
been elected to this office.
Jack, who is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lou Horowitz, 854 Parkway
Drive, N. E.. will have the duties
of coordinating and supervising
the religious activities of all
groups on the Emory campus.
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Furnished room with all conven
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NEWARK, N. J (JTA)—A pri- The Jewish Community Council ed. Northside location, right on
vato residence program for elder- has made a special agent to the bus stop. 1212 Lanier Bivd. Reas,
ly persons was launched here this 1 to help defray the cost of the pro- DE. 8646.
week by the Jewish Family Serv- Jewish Family Service Association
ice Association. The program was gram when applicants and their
launched after a three-year study relatives are unable to meet its
Newark Launches Private Residence
Program For Aged Persons
had disclosed a major cause of full cost.
unhappiness among the aged was
inadequate living problems.
Similar programs are in effect
on Long Island. New York, in New
It aims to place elderly persons j York City for the elderly blind,
in private homes in the communi- j and in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
ty where the family, in return for — :
modest remuneration, will privc (i I'CCIl lid’ 0 Pai*tV
friendship and companionship as j ® w
well as room and board.
The homes will be selected by
the agency’s counselling staff and
will be supervised throughout the
period of the elderly person’s stay
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Greenberg en
tertained with an eggnogg party
on January 1 in observance of
New Year's and their new home,
1320 Chalmette Drive, N. E. Mrs.
Efforts will be made to match the j Greenberg is the former Miriam
elderly person and the home as Kaler.
compatibly as posible.
FOR RENT
One single and one double room;
near bus line; kitchen privileges;
Days, call ATwood 7860, Nights,
call EMerson 1836.
FOR SALE
Lovely cooperative apartment
facing Chalmette Drive, N. E. Con
venient to transportation. Spacious
home, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths with
screened porch. First floor. Priced
reasonable. Call LA. 7221 nights,
Sunday AT. 5801.
FOR SALE
By owner, 12-room brick duplex
Mi. and Mrs. Greenberg regret : —$14,000. Con be used as horns
Feldman Bar Mitzvah lout during the Christmas mail
Joel Martin Feldman, son of Mr. ' i’ush, quite a number failed to
and Mrs. Louis A. Feldman, will ceach their destination in advance
celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Sat- j °f the party.
urday, January 16. at 8:45 a. m., i Assisting in entertaining were
Ahavath Achim Synagogue. A Mrs. Greenberg’s aunt, Mrs. Clara
Kiddush honoring Joel will fol- \ Mazer of Birmingham, and these
low the service.
that because invitations were sent with space rentals bringing up to
$210. Parkway Drive, N. E. ELgin
1361.
SALESMAN WANTED
Opportunity
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Chemical manufacturer want*
•PURIM
March 19, Friday
♦PASSOVER
April 18, Sunday
(First Day)
April 25, Sunday
(Eighth Day)
June 7, Monday
•SHAVUOT
(First Day)
September 28. Monday
♦Rosh Hashonah
(First Day)
♦HOLIDAYS BEGIN
PREVIOUS EVENING
FRIED BAR MITZVAH
Richard Martin Fried, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Max Fried of At
lanta, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah,
January 9, at the Ahavath Achim
Synagogue.
Yiddish Concert
Sunday Panorama
Of 300 Years
“Gut Yom-Tov, Yiddn” is the
title of the dramatic musical
montage of 300 years of Jewish
life in America which will be pre
sented at 8:00 p. m. Sunday, Jan.
17. at the Progressive Club.
Sponsors are Atlanta branches
of the Southern District Commit
tee of the Workmen’s Circle.
Henach Kon wrote the music
for the program and Wolf Younin
the lyrics. The panorama is di
rected by Israel Welichansky who
will serve as master of ceremonies
and perform several humorous
sketches.
Featured will be Charlotte
Cooper, Pola Kadison, pianist and
Mascha Benya, singer.
The second part of the program
will be devoted to a variety of
Jewish humor, music and song.
Admission is $1.00 a ticket.
Atlanta ladies, Mrs. Sidney Stein, ]
Mis. Perry Rubin, Mrs. Norman i one salesman for protected terri-
Lebedin and Mrs. B Freeman. tory. Previous industrial selling ex*
Also attending from out of : perience helpful. If you are looking
town weie Mr. and Mrs. Sidney ! for a well-paid position with stead-
Mazer of Birmingham. ily increasing income, write Sales-
Mrs Anita Rich assisted the manager, P. O. Box 4897, Atlanta
Greenbergs in arrangements. 2, or coll Calhoun 8445.
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