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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, January 22, 1954
The Southern Israelite
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ADVE8TISING DEPA8TMENT
Gustav Oppenheimer Morqoret Merrymon
MEMBERS OP ADVISORY BOARD
Hymon Jocobs Berry Rittenbovm
Edward Brick Meyer Rosenberg
Sam levy Rhil Schworti
Irving libewtky
Tt'omos Mokover
Ben Mattell
Barney Medinti
Hymon Morris
Eugene Oberdorfer
Gustav Oopenheimer
BETWEEN US by Boris Smolar
Re: Israel Bonds
U i P*f>cmy
Kh Nofhon Biota
Di. Jock Blotch
Joo Cohon
If* i ton Cohon
I'tcrnk Gorton
OtWbffo
th, Irving Goldtfoln
Horriton
Dovo Slonn
Harry Spitior
A D. Srochi
Kolmon Sunshino
Arthur Woitt
Sam W#inb*rg
•oul Wolkm
BLOOD AND DIMES
Few campaigns have captured imagination among Jewish
Communities of late as has the Polio and Blood Bank movements.
In the first instance, the late beloved President Roosevelt
dramatized the fight against a spreading menace called polio and
armuallv in January people everywhere in this nation are requested
to contribute to help the battle against this crippling disease.
Money however was not sought in the blood Hank drives
where something more precious is needed for a multiplicity of
usages. In Atlanta the Jewish War Veterans take the leadership
in sponsorship of community donor days, aided bv the Fulton
lodge of Masons.
both of these campaigns still need their results independently,
though there is a growing interrelationship, since gamma globblin.
secured through whole blood only is being used in a new serum
to immunize children against polio.
Thus the calls for blood are as urgent and as sorely needed
as at any time and the need for funds to turn the blood into serum
still remains in the polio drives.
Those who can give only money should do so. Some who can
give lrotli or only blood are urged to turn out in Atlanta on January
27 for the community-wide Blood bank I)av at the Red Cross
Center.
CHAMISHAH OSOR B'SHEVAT-JEWISH ARBOR DAY
CUEST EDITORIAL
On Tuesday, January 19, the Jewish people commemorated
Chamishuh Osor BShevat, Jewish Arbor Day. This holiday is
also known as TU b’Shivat and bosh Haslmnah of the trees. Trees
are so important that a special New Year is set aside for them.
As men are judged on bosh llashanab, so do the trees appear
before the Lord on the 15th of Shevat when, it is said. it is decid
ed which shall suffer distinction and which shall flourish.
Our ancestors understood the importance of trees. Evefi while
wandering in the desert, they took upon themselves the obligation
to plant trees when they entered the Holy Land. According to
Jewish law, it is forbidden to cut down a fruit tree except in
special cases. Man is not permitted to destroy God’s creations un
less it serve a very important purpose.
Israel has no real winter, but a rainv season that lasts from
December to around February. On the 15th of Shavat, spring be
gins and planting is started. The almond buds come to life, now
shoots appear in the fields, and wild flowers blossom forth. Since
the season when men looked forward to new planting begins on
Chamishah Osor, it became a national holiday with the planting
of new trees part of its celebration.
After the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland, they
have remembered this season of rebirth bv eating “bokser”, dates,
figs, and almonds, which are fruits grown in that land. The Jews
draw hope and inspiration from the annual rebirth of the trees.
In winter a tree is bare. It appears dead. Yet in the springtime,
it blossoms once again into life and is soon alive with leaves.
Chanishah Osor is thus a symbol of rebirth, of hope. It makes us
realize how beautiful is the world God created for us and how
grateful we should be for all the wonderful things that grow. How
sacred and holy is everything. This holiday teaches us that we
must treat with care and consideration not only the people who
live around us, but also the trees, fruits, and flowers. Our Rabbis
and just as others have planted for us, so should we plant for the
sake of those following us.
This holiday is rich and meaning. It is too bad it is so little
known and even less observed.
Db. ISRAEL J. GERBER
% Dothan Rabbi in EM A News
The staff of the Israel Bond
campaign in the United States is
going to be drastically reduced
both in New York and in other
major cities ... The organization
budget will be streamlined in
! other respects as well . .. Parti
cularly, for the new Bond Issue
which is expected to be launched
sometime after April 1st... This
; does not foreshadow any expected
decrease in income ...
On the contrary, leaders of the
Bond drive anticipate that con-
j siderably more will be raised in
! 1954 than in the previous year ...
This feeling of optimism is based
on the fact that the new Bond is
sue will contain new provisions
offering substantial advantages to
bondholders ... The nature of
these advantages is, for the time
being, a secret and will .not be
announced before the sale of the
bonds is started ...
In deciding to cut the staff and
administrative budget for 1954,
the leaders of the Bond drive took
into consideration the following
developments.. .
1. The first Bond Issue had to
j have a major promotional cam
paign because it had to establish
a completely new idea in Jewish
■ community support of Israel. ..
2. Having sold more than 600,-
000 bonds, the Israel Bond Drive
already has a large nationwide
I clientele which can be stimulated
to buy new bonds on the basis of
economic progress in Israel and
without elaborate propaganda . ..
The leaders of the Bond cam
paign also believe that their drive
will receive a good deal of sup
port this year from the more than
100 leading American Jews who
participated in the Jerusalem
| Economic Conference last October
j... Canadian Jewish leaders, too,
I are expected to support the sale
; of new bonds ... Some of them
have visited New York and con
ferred with the officers of the
i Israel Bond Drive on the floating
j of a second bond issue in Cana
da ...
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ALLOCATIONS
Figures compiled by the Coun
cil of Jewish Federations and Wel
fare Funds, on the basis of in
formation received from 85 Jewish
communities, establish that 70
percent of the funds raised for
Jewish activities come from four
and one-half percent of all giv
ers ...
Activities against anti-Semi
tism financed by federations and
welfare funds locally are now re
ceiving less funds than in 1948
... Allocations to homes for the
aged doubled since 1946, are ris
ing steadily the number of aged
in the Jewish population continues
to go up ... Allocations to Jew
ish schools and bureaus of Jew
ish education have been increas
ing since 1950 . .. Family and
child care agencies are now re
ceiving a smaller share of total
allocations than they received
from federations and welfare
funds in 1948 and earlier years...
Jewish centers are, next to health
programs, the recipients of the
highest allocations among the
local services ... Their allocations
have almost doubled since 1946
in a steady year-by-year climb . ..
Health and hospital programs
have emerged as the largest single
category of local beneficiaries,
with 90 percent of allocations to
this field occurring in the very
largest cities... In other Jewish
communities grants for health are
as high as 34 to 45 percent of all
allocations for local purposes . ..
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FUND DRIVES
Israel leaders are now watching
with utmost interest the prepara
tions for the launching of fund
raising drives in the United States
this year ... Of special interest is
the national conference of the
United Jewish Appeal which will
be held in Miami Beach next
month, marking the launching of
the 1954 UJA campaign... No
secret is made by the Israel Gov-
Shearith Israel
Sisterhood Lists
Luncheon Program
Featuring the program of
j Shearith Israel Sisterhood at 12:30
p. m. Wednesday, January 27, will
be a series of dramatic sketches
i by Mrs Rose Klotz and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Frances Manheim.
The mother-daughter team will
| depict Jewish life from the litera
ture of Sholom Aleichem, Sholom
Asch, John Horsey and Ada Jack-
! son.
The donor luncheon at the
Shearith Israel Educational Build
ing is the Sisterhood’s fund-raising
project. Tickets can be secured
from Mrs. Sol Tannenbaum, At
wood 8346 ,and Mrs. Murrah Hal-
pern. Emerson 1254. Other chair
men an* Mrs. Eddie Janko, overall
chairman; Mrs. Meyer Rhode,
program; Mrs. Irwin Krick, deco
rations; Mrs. A1 Berger, meal.
The program will include greet
ings by Rabbi Tobias Geffen and
a short talk by Rabbi Arnold
Heisler.
, ernment that for many years t#
come the Jewish State will stand
; in need of vast sums of foreign
: currency for the development ol
: the country ...
And American Jewish leaders
| are being told by Israel that ef-
forts must be forthcoming in
good time to make good any de
ficiency that may occur in col
lections in the course of the
!year...
In the year just concluded, th«
UJA income exceeded $71,00,000,
of which over $42,000,000 were
i allocated to the United Israel Ap
peal and $11,000,000 to Malben
work in Israel...Increase of
about 20 percent has been re-
I ported in campaigns for Israel in
Argentina and Brazil during 1952
’... Of the $3,000,000 required by
the Jewish State annually, the
campaigns abroad provide about
$80,000,000 a year ...
Fund-raising drives in various
j countries have brought Israel no
less than $375,000,000 in foreign
currency during the first five
years of the existence of the Jew
ish State ... Of this, $255,000,000
1 came from the United Jewish Ap-
i peal in this country, in addition
to many millions of dollars spent
by the Joint Distribution Com
mittee for its Malben activities
in Israel... An average of $17,-
000.000 a year is also raised for
Israel in the United States by
the Hadassah, Jewish National
Fund, Histadrut and other cam
paigns ...
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CARBON PAPER & RIBBONS
Ben Gurion Demands Abolition
Of 300-Year Ban On Spinoza
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The aboli- works of Spinoza. He points out
tion of the excommunication de- that just as the excommunication
dared by the Amsterdam Jewish declared by Athens on Socrates
community about 300 years ago could not prevent the Greek phi-
on the philosopher Baruch Spino- losopher from being recognized as
za. and the publication of all his first thinker of Hellenic times, so
works, is demanded by David Ben the excommunication of Spinoza
Gurion, retired Israel Premier, in by the Jews of Amsterdam can
his first article written in Seder not evade the fact that' Spinoza
Boker. his residence in the Negev. was Jewish
Th« article is published in Davar.: Mr Ben Gurion „ „ , ha , , he
« pro-government Labonte daily I
newspaper. publication of Spinoza’s works
Mr. Ben Gurion suggests that should be timed for the 300th
the Hebrew University should j anniversary of his excommunica-
aponsor th« publication of the i tion, in 195«.-
TEPs Pledge Party
The Pledge C lass of Mu chapter
of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity
at Emory University is going to
climax its pledge period on Satur
day, January 23, by a Pledge-
Brother affair. This affair is giv
en annually by the Pledges as a
show of thanks and appreciation
to the Brothers for their guidance
and devotion during the pledge
period.
The details are kept a^secret
until the night of the affair. Only
the time, place, and dress are di
vulged as a matter of necessity.
In this year’s class, the affair will
be held at the Tau Epsilon Phi
house beginning at 8:30 p. m. and
lasting until 1:00 a. m.
Five committees have been
formed to carry out the plans.
These and the chairmen are: deco
rations, Bob Marcus; food, Don
Kurlich; skit, Dave Breslow and
Howard Golden; invitation, Rich
ard Fred; band, Ken Molkner.
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♦PASSOVER
April 18, Sunday
(First Day)
April 25, Sunday
(Eighth Day)
June 7, Monday
♦SHAVUOT
(First Day)
September 28. Monday
♦Rosh Hashonah
(First Day)
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